An: Okay, Um… I have so much to do this weekend, School sucks. I'm honestly just avoiding stuff at this point. I hope this chapter is okay because it'll be a little rushed.

Oh my god so we reached 100 favorites! Thank you guys! Its so amazing to know people enjoy my writing! I really love all you guys, thank you so much.

OH! And I got a question about "How the fastest and greatest sensor ninja alive gets caught by a Jutsu?" And I got a few answers. We could say it was because people make mistakes, I'm sure the greatest ninja in the world would make a mistake now and then. And then there's the answer that I simply didn't think about that at the time, when I started writing this I had just finished the Naruto series and this plot idea came to mind so I wrote it down, you know, save the questions for later type of thing, so I just wasn't thinking about it. or We could go about this the logical way and say, well it doesn't make much sense, and I agree it doesn't really, but think of it this way, if he hadn't, where would the story have gone? Anyway, If any of you would like I could try to add to it to make it more… Believable? If it really bothers someone I would love to change it!

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Chapter 14: More Time

Hinata was a surprisingly heavy sleeper, sort of a quark really since she was so skittish about everything, you would think she would be awoken easily, but these past few months had started to prove that wrong. Maybe it was the fact the person she felt safest around was sleeping in the next room, even if he was in the form of a child. She was honestly having the best nights of sleep in her life, but tonight was… different. It was hard to explain, but she found herself waking up in the very, very early hours of the day.

The moon was at its peak when her eyes fluttered open. The hair on the back of her neck stood up when she became fully conscious, something was very wrong. There was an aura of... well, suffocation was the best was she could describe it. It felt as if the air was thicker and threatened to close off her airways.

She jumped practically out of her skin when she heard a short pained grunt from outside. It sounded so small, so painful. She climbed out of bed quickly grabbing a robe and wrapping herself in it, it was comforting.

The stairs creaked a little as she calmly walked down them, her eyes flicking around the moonlit bottom floor. She straightened her posture as another grunt sounded from what sounded like the back yard, it sounded familiar. That fact was enough to kick her into action and she found herself skidding to a halt as she rounded the corner of the house, the grass soft on her feet as her eyes scanned the yard and she saw—

"Naruto?" She muttered in confusion. The boy was curled up, and clearly unconscious. His arms looked as if they had been gripping his abdomen at one point, but now lay limp. What surprised Hinata the most was the fact that an almost perfect circle of dead grass surrounded him. What had happened here? Her mind instantly went to and attack, but that soon showed itself false when she spotted two ANBU, not exactly trying to conceal themselves, in an Oak tree that lay in the middle of the field as they whispered to each other looking at Naruto now and then. If it was a fight the ANBU would have saved him. She Ignored the ANBU who seemed to be contemplating what happened and cautiously approached Naruto, it didn't seem the boy would awake soon, but she wasn't sure what was wrong with him. Naruto's breathing was shallow and shaky, it didn't sound too good. "Naruto," She called gently as she kneeled down next to him in the scratching, dead grass.

The ANBU went silent and one even quietly slipped out of the tree to disappear into the shadows of the trunk and watch them.

Naruto let out an unconscious moan and tightened on himself, beneath his shirt something pulsed red before dying out. She threw caution to the wind with his breathing becoming spotty and turned him over activating her Byakugan to quickly search him. She squinted when she found his chakra system throbbing as if it had been wounded somehow. Something was wrong with him.

"Naruto!" Sakura growled trying to help hold down the boy as he flailed kicking over a chair. Hinata was trying to hold him down but he was gasping in pain and trying to get free, his eyes squeezed shut—he wasn't fully conscious. "What happened?" Sakura asked as her hand started to glow and she touched his neck, the boy calmed wither her chakra blocking out some of his nervous system. Hinata woke her by saying there was something wrong with Naruto and didn't explain as they had brought him in the house.

"I-I don't k-k-know, I woke up and saw him lying in the field." Hinata's eyes were wide with fear, Sakura was sure it was for Naruto's safety not her own. "I-it looks like something is t-trying to snuff out most of h-his chakra," Hinata said still holding onto the boy's shoulders.

Sakura nodded as she let herself fall into 'medic mode'. She moved her glowing hands from his neck and he grunted in pain as his senses came back. She had come to rest over his stomach and she closed her eyes to focus, Hinata had been right, it was almost like chains bounding a beast as his chakra tried to escape from an interesting red type of chakra. This wasn't something she could medically fix. She opened her eyes and lifted the boy's shirt to see a mark fading, it looked strangely like a sealing mark, but Naruto had removed his…

Sakura clicked her tongue as the mark faded completely and Naruto visibly relaxed. "I'm not sure, but I don't think it will cause too much damage, it looks like it's going away," Sakura said keeping to herself that she was suspicious it had something to do with the Jutsu.

"W-what should we do?" Hinata asked releasing Naruto as he took in a deep breath, the first that didn't sound strangled.

"Um… Tomorrow we should bring him into Tsunade," because she knows more about the Jutsu then I do, Sakura added in her mind. She didn't want Hinata to worry about it, but if it really was related to the Jutsu that meant this Jutsu had to be one of the more complicated and stronger Jutsu's she'd seen, it could very well damage the boys for life if it was strong enough to repress the Kyubi.

Sasuke hadn't slept, he was able to listen to what was happening downstairs from his room by lying on the floor and he knew very well why Sakura was trying to get him to agree to leave the house. "Sasuke, you're making this hard, we just need you to come with us so you can have a checkup," Sakura said rubbing her temple. A lie, they wanted to bring Naruto in.

"I don't want to be seen in this weak form," Sasuke couldn't help the loathing seep into his voice as he scowled at the kitchen floor.

"Sasuke, sorry to break it to you, but half of the people don't know and the other half doesn't care," Sakura said. Sasuke knew it was a lie, Sakura's right eyebrow was always lower when she lied as if she wasn't entirely sure.

"How many people know?" He demanded.

"Well, um… the Hokage, elders, our closest friends and, well…. The entire Hyuga clan…" and anyone who is smart enough to put two and two together, Sasuke could almost hear the thought they were sharing. Sasuke had been informed of his kidnap attempt, he had expected as much from those spoiled Hyuga, and was sure the commotion that it made started to turn heads.

"Why can't they just come to us?" Sasuke demanded. He was taking pleasure in seeing Sakura trying to control her temper, she was being annoying.

"Because Tsunade doesn't have the time and we sure as hell do. let's go," Sakura said through clenched teeth. Sasuke kicked himself mentally for squeaking in surprise when Sakura picked him up swiftly and started carrying him toward the door where Hinata was waiting; Naruto still passed out on her shoulder.

"Let me go," Sasuke hissed trying to squirm free.

"Not if you're going to be difficult," Sakura responded smugly.

"Sakura," Sasuke growled pushing on her face trying to get free, this was so embarrassing! Before he could struggle free they were outside. "Fine!" Sasuke said not wanting to get spotted by their neighbors who had made a habit of smiling and cooing at the 'cute little boys' next door.

"'Fine' what?" Sakura asked and started bouncing him. Gods save her, he was going to rip her throat out if she didn't stop.

"I'll 'behave'" He growled continuing to give Sakura the hardest glare he could muster, which according to his guardians was no more than a baby making a grumpy face for attention.

"Okay, that was all I wanted," Sakura said setting him down and continuing down the road. Sasuke waited for a second so he could trail them, and keep his embarrassed blush to himself.

Sasuke didn't want to admit it, but his legs were killing him! Curse his Five-year-old body and his short legs! It was hard to keep up with Sakura and Hinata who were striding at a brisk pace, could they not give him a break and slow down!?

Not only where his legs throbbing but he was about to pass out, he was so tired. Rarely had he ever felt so sleep deprived in his life, it had only been one all-nighter! Yet his entire being ached with the effort to keep himself walking.

He was so exhausted he almost hadn't noticed when they entered the streets of the main town. He sure as hell noticed people's eyes darting to them as if they were some sort of family, people smiled kindly, Gods it was sickening. Not that it wasn't nice for a change, but he would never admit that to anyone.

He stumbled on a rock and his legs felt heavy with the effort to catch up with them. He soon found his eyelids becoming heavy, he was so Gods damn tired. It felt like he had run miles, but he knew it had barely been a mile. He found himself becoming drowsier by each step and his body was telling him to take a break. "Sakura," he finally muttered hoarsely, he really fricken hated being a five-year-old.

"Yes, Sasuke?" She responded slowing down a little to glance over at him as came to a stumbling stop.

"Can we just… take a second… please…?" He was breathing heavily and he felt like lying on the ground, the grass next to the path they were walking, around a small pond, looked soft…

"I'm afraid not," Sakura said and he didn't realize she had walked over to him till she had her hands under his arms and he was being lifted.

"Sakura," Sasuke moaned, he was too tired to put up a fight, he just needed a second, then he would walk again. Sakura ignored his small plea for release and let him lay his head on her shoulder. Yeah… he just needed a second… no one would even notice… just… a…

Sasuke fell asleep, missing Sakura's wicked grin.

"An entire flashlight? How the hell…" Tsunade trailed off as she pondered, the doctor in training waiting for an answer on how to deal with the patients situation. "Where did you say it was?" Tsunade asked and the man opened his mouth then she held up a hand, "actually never mind, I really down want to know," She rubbed her temple and sighed. "You have my permission to do whatever," She said really not wanting to know anymore.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade," The doctor in training said before leaving.

The door was swinging close just as it was pushed open again, would she ever get a break? "What is it? Just pull it out how it went in!" Tsunade said her face in her hands, expecting the doctor to have turned around with a question.

"Um… Lady Tsunade?" She recognized the voice instantly.

"Ah! Sakura!" Tsunade let out a sigh of relief, finally some help! She removed her hand from her face and sighed—not in relief—as she spotted the two biggest pains in her ass. "Why'd you bring the kids?" She asked a migraine already kissing her temple.

"I want you to do a checkup," Sakura's voice was in that way Tsunade new well from being in the operation room with the woman many times. She looked over Konoha's strongest to see what the problem was. All she saw was the large bags under Sasuke's eyes as he slept soundly on Sakura's shoulder then Naruto who looked fine, also fast asleep.

"What happened?" Tsunade asked standing up to cross the room to the two women.

Sakura quickly explained what she knew, the Hyuga girl—who she was having trouble remembering the name of, probably the sake—added to the story.

Soon they had Naruto laying on the stretch Tsunade now kept in her office, her hands glowing as she inspected the boys bare stomach. She pushed some chakra into the area to see what happened and watched calmly as a wicked looking sealing mark appeared on the boy's skin and he tensed. She continued pushing chakra into it so she could get a proper look at it, she didn't stop as it started glowing red and Naruto's mouth opened as a strangled scream escaped him. He started to struggle and soon his eyes flew open, they were full of pain as he gripped his stomach turning away from Tsunade who lowered her hands as he let out a grunt of pain. She glanced over at Sakura and the Hyuga girl seeing their pained expressions and Sasuke who had been jolted awake giving Naruto a confused look.

"Son of a…" Naruto's voice became less strangled as he started to relax. The blonde took a second before he propped himself on one arm, the other still gripping his abdomen. The way he was speaking meant he probably had his memory back, good for him.

"Naruto-kun?" The Hyuga asked hesitantly and approached his bed.

"That really hurt," He whined laying back down again and resting an arm over his eyes. Tsunade watched contemplatively as Naruto asked where he was and the Hyuga answered, what was her name? H-h… Hana! Yes, that was it… no… what was her name?

"Lady Tsunade?" Sakura asked and Tsunade snapped back to her reality noticing Sakura had put down Sasuke who was blushing at the ground. What was the little snots problem with Sakura? There was something she always thought about when the two were around each other… Gods, she was forgetting everything…

"Tsunade," Sakura repeated sounding slightly pissed now.

"Oh, yes, It's just the seal," Tsunade said walking over to her desk and taking a seat.

"What do you mean 'just the seal'?" Sakura asked following her.

"Didn't Kakashi tell you? I told him to inform you on his next visit that the Jutsu came with a chakra seal," Tsunade said casually picking at her nails.

She almost fell off the chair at the outburst from both Sakura and Sasuke, "what!?" they both asked.

"Damn the Kakashi…" Tsunade muttered grabbing her bottle of water and taking a sip. "Um… when I did some more research I found that a variation of the Jutsu included a seal on the victim's chakra, so they couldn't use enough that it would be a weapon. I wasn't sure if they were inflicted with that version or not so I didn't think it was too urgent," Tsunade said resting her elbows on the desk and interlacing her fingers.

"Oba-chan! What do you mean?" Naruto asked from the stretch now sitting crisscross and looking grumpy.

"I mean you guys can't use too much of your chakra or the mark will activate and keep you from using any chakra," Tsunade said shooting Naruto a glare.

"But! I… I need to train!" Naruto huffed looking for words.

"Well isn't life a bitch," Tsunade teased sticking out her tongue to the boy.

"But Tsunade-sama what does this mean for our time watching them?" The Hyuga girl asked nervously. H… maybe it was Hana? No… Um Hi… Hinata! Yes, that was it!

"Ask Kakashi," Tsunade said waving a dismissive hand.

"There was dead grass around Naruto, what does that mean? How does the seal work?" Sakura asked.

It would be easier to lie and say she didn't know, but she explained anyway, "The seal takes what power it needs to suppress the victim's chakra, sometimes it needs so much it kills plants and such around it like in Naruto's case," She said remembering the section from her book that explained how to make the Jutsu. "It's not even supposed to be that painful, but my guess is the guy who cast it was rushed on both of them so he didn't bother making it painless," She added her eyes flicking to Naruto who scowled at this news.

"Okay…. Um, are you sure their safe?" Sakura asked glancing at the two boys who seemed lost in thought.

"I'm sure they'll be fine," Tsunade said casually them remembered something. "Oh, Sakura," She called and gestured a hand for the woman to come closer. Once Sakura obeyed she lowered her voice so the boy's wouldn't hear, "They may have their memories back, but their brains are just as developed as if they were their bodies age, so if they sometimes act childish that's why," She informed and Sakura gave her a smile as if she had guessed the already.

Kakashi was trying very hard to ignore the angry stares he still got from Sakura. The woman had stormed in and gave him, him the Hokage! A lecture since he hadn't told them about the possible chakra seals. He argued that he didn't want to stress them out about the possibility at the time, but that only led to the now angry stares he was continuing to get as the argument moved to other subjects.

It also came as a not so pleasant surprise that Sasuke and Naruto had regained their memorized back, sadly making their arguments liable again.

"I'm not living with them anymore," Sasuke said stubbornly staring down the Hokage. The boy seemed to ignore a slightly hurt glance from Sakura and didn't drop his gaze.

"You might want to watch what you say," Kakashi teased and Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Don't we have ANBU watching us, though?" Naruto piped up having been mostly quite. The boy quickly added, "Not that I wouldn't mind living with Hinata-chan and Sakura-chan, I just don't want them to have to work anymore then they want."

"Well I can't have those ANBU stationed forever, actually, I'll need almost all of the ANBU for a council meeting that's very important and possibly dangerous. I can't spare those ANBU for much longer and if you guys can't protect yourself, and probably not care for yourselves either, I believe it's best for you to continue to have guardian's and it doesn't have to be Sakura or Hinata if you don't want," Kakashi explained contemplating how much they would be enraged if he put then in a day care camp instead of having to plan all this out.

"I prefer Hinata-chan and Sakura-chan over anyone else," Naruto said quietly.

"Hn," Sasuke grunted glaring at the window, Kakashi could only guess it was some form of agreement.

"Are you guys okay with that?" Kakashi asked looking from Sakura and Hinata. The two women exchanged a look.

"To hell with it, sure," Sakura said giving Kakashi a grin for the first time all day. Hinata agreed with a small nod and Kakashi could have sworn Naruto and Sasuke grinned for a second too.

"Okay, it's settled then. Carry on as normal until told otherwise," Kakashi said giving them a hidden smile and closing their mission folder, it seemed the thing kept opening.

Extra: Sakura's Parents

Sakura could almost feel the Earth vibrating before her mother even stomped up and pounded on the door. It seemed they had finally figured out she wasn't at her apartment theses past five and a half months, and her peace was over. They had only just settled down after dinner from the long day of running around trying to get answers about Naruto and Sasuke's chakra constraints, now she had to peel herself off the couch to get to the door and surely receive a verbal pounding. "Sakura!" Her mother growled through the door, Gods save her.

Sakura didn't try to hide her frown when she opened the door and her mother stood there, fist ready to pound the door again and an expression of rage on her face; a much settler image of the same expression on her father's face. "Hi, Kaa-san…" Sakura was interrupted.

"Sakura! Why didn't you tell us about this mission!? If we hadn't gone to your apartment to see how you were we wouldn't have known you were gone! We had to go to the Hokage and everything!" Sakura's mother yelled a hand now on her hip.

"Kaa-san, I'm sorry, this mission just calls for so much of my time I just didn't get the chance…" cut off yet again.

"I don't want to hear excuses! How time-consuming can a mission guarding some person be!?" So that was what Kakashi told them…

"Look, I don't have to tell you where I am anymore! I'm an adult and I can handle myself! You're always trying to get into my life!" Sakura was trying hard not to raise her voice but was failing so she just growled the words instead. She hated her parents sometimes.

"Well you could have invited us over or something sweetie, we just want to know how you are," Her much more calm father said his arms crossed.

"I-I can't though…" Sakura muttered and walked in front of the door closing it a little at the sound of small footsteps. "It's not that simple."

"Why not? What are you hiding?" Her mother asked peering over her shoulder.

"It's nothing," Sakura said quickly trying to close the door as her mother's eyes caught something of obvious interest to her. The door was stopped by her mother's hand, the woman had surprising strength.

"Who was that?" Her mother asked quietly.

"Nobody Kaa-san," Sakura said trying to pull the door closed while keeping eye contact with her father.

"Sakura," Her mother growled and the door was pushed open.

"No wait!" it was too late the door hit the wall and her mother's face dropped at the sight of Sasuke who was staring at the woman with the same confused expression. The silence, oh Gods the silence, it was so thick she could cut it with a Kunai.

"Sakura," It was not the low growl that omitted from her mother's throat that scared Sakura the most but the squinted glare she got. "Who is this child?" She asked pointing a finger at Sasuke who looked like he was about to argue to being called a child, but her mom didn't give them either enough time to respond. "Did you have a child!?" Sakura's mother suddenly asked.

Sakura let out a deep groan from the depths of her soul, what? How do parents jump to such conclusions?

"You did, didn't you? On one of those missions, a few years back that were extremely long perhaps?" Her mother questioned, but seemed to have already made up her mind.

"Mom, okay, look…" Interrupted again! Why wouldn't that woman let her speak!?

"I bet it was with that Uchiha boy," Oh god, her it comes, "I knew you've loved him forever," Sakura didn't mind that too much, Sasuke knew that, "but to lie about something like this!? Did he force himself?" Oh, Gods. There was more… she could feel it… "To think you would allow that-that wicked man to-to touch you like that—"

"Shut up! Please, just… stop for a second…." Sakura said holding out her hands, her eyes squeezed shut. This was it, her life was over, and Sasuke had heard all of it. She might as well just kill herself now and get it over with.

"But Sakura—!"

"Shush," Sakura snapped opening her eyes to glare at her mom. "I. Did. Not. Have. A. Child." She growled her hands turning to fists. Why were parents so awful? Sakura fell into a calm fueled by pure anger. "I also have not lost my 'V-card' if that's what your next question was. And no, I did not let 'that wicked man' —who has a name by the way—touch me in the way you're thinking," Sakura was practically growling.

"Then explain who this child is, who looks exactly like that Sasuke guy! You know, the guy who caused you so much pain. Sakura, you can't get involved with that guy—"

"Leave," Sakura stated simply, her mom looked outraged by her attitude. "I'm not your little girl anymore, I don't need 'Mama' and 'Dadda' to watch over me. 'This child' is part of my mission and that's all I'm tell you. I can handle myself and how dare you come in here and try to control me." Sakura was fed up, she just wanted one meeting, one, to go well with her parents. Sakura's parents looked outraged, but her mom gave her one last warning glare before she stomped out; her father following.

The door slammed shut and Sakura let out a sigh, leaning against the table and hiding her face in her hands. "I'm sorry Sasuke," She muttered to the boy who hadn't moved and had been scowling through most of it. There was no response and she let her hand slip from her face and saw Sasuke. He was looking at the door, not angrily but looked clearly hurt.

"I-is that what your parents think of me?" He asked quietly his expression obviously trying to morph to blank, but his eyes still held the emotion.

Sakura looked back at him quietly, what could she say?

"In your parents eyes am I just some sort of monster who wants to-to 'force myself' on you, as your parents so pleasantly put it?" His voice was becoming cold, angry, and possibly sad. It was so weird, he look five yet he felt and knew such awful things.

"They never liked you, and they try to find excuses for me staying away from you… I don't know… they just exaggerate everything and make it sound awful…" Sakura trailed off looking at her feet in shame. Her stupid parents had to ruin everything…

"Your entire families annoying," He stated simply, and that was that he turned around and left. Annoying? That's all he had to say? It was sort of a relief, but so, so angering at the same time.

An: This extra was pretty long, mostly because it sort of is a little important to the plot and all. Anyway, I hoped you enjoyed! If you didn't, tell me why! Reviews are bae! And so are you!