Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. This privilege goes to Masashi Kishimoto.

This story will stay fairly close to the animie/manga story line.

Chapter 21-Sand Siblings…

Looking at the clock, Naruto notices that he has been working on the project all night. He had made several important discoveries; but, with each new discovery, he uncovered couple of new flaws in the ninjutsu. Getting up and stretching Naruto walks over to his coffee pot, shaking it to see if there is any coffee left.

Chiaki, a two tail red fox, appears in front of Naruto, "Lord Kyuubi/Lord Naruto, Lady Temari's party is being ambushed near the border of Land of the Hidden Rain and Land of the Wind. They were returning from a diplomatic mission at the Land of the Iron. Ishida Ryuken is leading the ambush."

Naruto reacts immediately and creates one Kage Clone, "Chiaki tell me the exact location of Temari." Once he has the information, he turns to Chiaki/Kage Clone, "find Gaara/Kankuro and tell them what is happening. After that, I will summon you to our location. I will be waiting for you, go."

Naruto pauses to hold up a hand sign before changing into Ky. Focusing his golden eyes, Ky does several hand signs before "Kitsune Sage Teleportation" slapping his hand down on the floor and disappearing in a poof of smoke.

Temari is cursing her stupidity for letting this happen. It was suppose to be a simple escort mission to bring back the Wind Daimyo's granddaughters and Land of the Wind's trade ambassador and his daughter back from a trade summit held in the Land of Iron. She had a squad of Sand ANBU with her; she thought nobody would be stupid enough as to attack them. She was wrong because she was currently tied to tree with a Leaf village kunoichi, who was allowed to accompany them back to Sunagakure to study medicine. The only plus side was that she had managed to give the Daimyo's granddaughters and the Ambassador and his daughter a chance to escape before being struck from behind and knocked unconscious.

The Leaf village kunoichi, "good you are awake, how do you feel any blurry vision or dizziness?" Temari shakes her head 'no'. "That is good, I would probably say that all you might have is a mild concussion; but, the situation that we are in is not one I would recommend for anyone. I recognize their leader from a bingo book, Ishida Ryuken."

Temari stiffens at the name; the bingo book listed him as 'Ishida Ryuken - Mercenary.' However, all female kunoichi knew him as "Ishida the Kunoichi Rapist/Slaver." Temari eyes narrow at the sight of three of her ANBU squad drinking with Ishida and laughing, "so that how they got the drop on us, those sorry bastards sold us out."

Ishida sees that Temari is awake and struts over to stand in front of her. Ishida is about 6' 2" with a handsome face, hazel eyes and wavy black hair wearing a 'Hidden Mist' jonin jacket and black cargo pants. Most women just glancing at him would call him handsome; that is until he showed his true nature. "So Temari, you are finally awake I was afraid your former ANBU had hit you too hard. It's no fun for me when my partner is not able to appreciate my love making."

Temari glares at Ishida, "when I get free I going to I kill you. Then I'm going to kill those traitor bastards slowly."

Ishida leans over and licks up one side of Temari's face, "after I get through with you, I told them that they could have you as a bonus until we get to the buyer. They seem to like that idea a great deal, they even asked me for a 'few pointers' when it comes to pleasing a woman such as yourself." Looking over at the Leaf kunoichi, "and who do we have here, an Inuzuka? I don't think I have ever had an Inuzuka before this is my lucky day. Maybe I'll put a collar on you and lead you around on a leash."

The Inuzuka kunoichi growls at Ishida, "If she does not kill you I will. If you harmed me my sensei will hunt you down and kill you."

Tapping his finger on his chin Ishida, "I don't think so because your master will never know what happened to you, you will just become another one of those 'lost in the wilderness.' I see that you have a medic's bag, so you are a healer. Good, after my followers and I finish with you, you both will bring me an extremely good price from my buyer. Now as soon as my captain returns with the Wind Daimyo's granddaughters and Ambassador's daughter we can start our little party." Ishida turns and walks back towards his followers laughing.

Turning her head towards the Inuzuka, "sorry that I have had the chance to talk to you, I'm Temari."

Looking at Temari, "please to meet you Temari I'm Rin Inuzuka second apprentice to Lady Tsunade."

Temari eyes grow big, "you are apprentice to 'Tsunade the Slug Princess'?"

Rin cocking an eyebrow, "yes, do you have a problem with that?"

Temari chuckling, "no; but, there is someone in our village who hates her with a passion. When we get out of this, I will introduce you to her just to see the look on her face." Temari quits chuckling when she feels something furry brush against her hands.

A little voice is heard behind the tree holding them, "Lady Temari, I'll have you free in a moment; but, don't move."

Temari whispering, "Koko, is that you? How did you get here?"

Koko, "everything will be explained later, Lord Shukaku, Lord Gaara, and Lord Kankuro are here.'He' is here also."

Rin whispers to Temari, "who is behind us and who else is here?"

Temari whispers back, "my brothers Gaara/Kankuro are here, Koko is a clan member to Gaara's summons. What I don't understand is how did they know I was in trouble and how did they got here so fast? And who is this 'He'?"

Rin whispering, "looks like the captain is returning; but, it looks like he is empty handed... Is it my imagination or is he walking rather strangely?"

Temari looks over at the shinobi entering the camp, Rin is right he seemed to be walking rather oddly. The longer Temari watches the captain walking towards Ishida the more he reminds her of Kankuro practicing walking his puppets…"Kami, he is a puppet."

Ishida sees his returning captain, "did you find them?"

The shinobi slowly shake his head 'no'.

Ishida is furious that he failed and starts to walk toward him, "so where the hell are the Daimyo's granddaughters and the ambassador's daughter? Where are the rest of your men?"

The shinobi slowly raise his hands up, palms up and shrugging his shoulder as if to say 'I-don't-know'. Slowly he takes one finger and pulls it across his throat.

Ishida stops and starts to back up from the captain, "what is wrong with you, why won't you talk."

The captain points at himself, slowly pulls a finger across his throat. When he finishes the motion, his head falls off, leaving a decapitated body standing.

A deep male voice is heard behind them, "let's have a round of applause for this loser." The decapitated body's hands attempt to clap before the body slump to the ground. "Damn it, how does Kankuro make this look so easy?"

Rin and Temari heads both look in the direction of that voice; both are thinking, "I know that voice."

Walking out of the woods casually towards the encampment is Ky in his white trench coat with his hands in his black cargo pants pocket.

Ishida's men start to gather behind him, "How dare you kill my men, do you know who I am?"

Stopping at the edge of the encampment looking at Ishida and his men Ky slowly pulls a black notebook out of his trench coat and flips through several pages before stopping, "yeah, I know who you are, you are listed as 'Ishida Ryuken - Mercenary, 'A' ranking, leader of gang specializing in attacking caravans/small villages. You should be listed as 'Ishida the Cowardly Bastard' because you only attack unarmed caravans/villages and you are a rapist and a slaver. Two of Top Five Things I hate in this world. Now I will ask you a question" as Ky puts his notebook back in his trench coat, "do you know who I'm?"

Ishida smirks, "like I care to know who you are, my men will kill you easily." As he is talking, he is watching the Sand ANBU shinobi sneaking around to get behind Ky.

Ky pointing a finger over at his hostages, "well just for your information, I am friends with Temari/Rin. Say Temari, Rook D7 to D1."

Rin looking at Temari, "what is that some kind of code?"

Temari shaking her head, "no, that a shogi game we have going, now let me think…bishop F5 to D4."

Ky rocking on his heels, "oh… you are calling my bluff; you are going to make me work for this win."

Grinning Temari calls out, "only in your dreams, you might have a chance at winning."

Ishida is staring at Ky/Temari; they are playing a shogi game instead of paying attention to him, which infuriates him.

Ky looking at Ishida, "oh by the way you three Sand ANBU, who betrayed your village and think you are sneaking up behind me. I hope that you have already spent what ever Ishida gave you because Gaara is extremely pissed off at you."

The three Sand ANBU stop at Ky's statement before seeing sand start to swirl around their feet and a male voice, 'Sand Coffin' is heard, followed by next command, 'Sand Coffin Execution'. Ishida's men watches as the three Sand ANBU are encased in sand, followed by the sand compressing and the sounds similar to melons being crushed are heard. As the sand retreats back, three crushed bodies are left behind. Their eyes are focusing on a single individual with a gourd on his back as he walks up besides Ky and stops.

Ky turns to Ishida's men, "you have two choices, die now or… wait you don't have any choices."

Ishida is slowly easing his way to back of his men once he is behind them he yells out, "KILL THEM, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF THEM."

As Ishida's men charge forward Ky looks at Gaara, "they don't have a clue, who we are do they? 100 ryos says I kill more then you."

Gaara standing there with his arms crossed, "as long as you don't use your speed or Kage clone jutsu, you are on."

Ky nodding his head, "deal, I'll only use basic shinobi skills, I need Ishida alive, I need answers from him. After that he is all yours."

Gaara uncrossing his arms, "deal."

Ishida's men being a rag-tag mixture of low ranking shinobi and bandits have only one strategy, which has worked for them on all other occasions, attack in mass and overwhelm the unarmed opponents. However, this time said strategy does not work so well. As Ishida is slowly moving away from the fight, he is seeing that his followers are being slaughtered. Ky seems to be gliding between his men as he passes; they are falling down dead like freshly mowed wheat. Gaara is walking through the other half with his sand acting as a shield to any attacks or weapons tossed at him. Gaara's sand is also reaching out like tentacles grasping his follower's necks, snapping them, and then throwing the bodies behind him.

Ishida is sweating because in a few moments those two will have killed all of his followers. Remembering the two kunoichi that he had tied up, he could use them as hostages to make his get-away. Running to where he had left the two, he stares at a pile of ropes that is lying on the ground where the two kunoichi were supposed to be tied.

"Looking for us?" a pissed-off voice is heard behind him, turning towards the voice Ishida is hit in the stomach with a battle fan. As he doubles over, the battle fan is brought upward connecting with his face knocking him off his feet and rendering him unconscious.

Ky is arguing with Gaara as they come walking up, "what do you mean you won't let me count that one, I used as a puppet?"

Gaara raising one eyebrow, "we made the wager after you had killed that one. You Lost, Pay Up."

Grumbling Ky hands Gaara a bundle of ryos. Both stop to watch Temari as she is steadily kicking a unconscious Ishida while Rin is holding and petting a little raccoon.

Ky leans over to Gaara, "you need to tell her to stop."

Gaara raising one eyebrow, "do I look stupid, she might turn on me? You need him alive not me, you tell her to stop."

Ky pointing a finger up in the air, "I know let's wait for Kankuro to get here and have him tell her to stop."

Gaara shakes his head 'no', "my brother does not have a 'death wish' either."

Ky shrugging his shoulders, "it was a idea… well I guess I better stop her before she kills him. I need him to answer some questions." Walking up slowly towards Temari, "Temari?…Temari?"

Hearing her name being called Temari turns towards the voice and snarls, "WHAT!" before seeing the man with blonde hair and a white trench coat.

Ky stopping a safe distance from Temari, "Temari could you stop for a moment, I need him alive for a little bit to ask him a couple of questions. After that, you can go back to kicking the hell out of him." Turning toward the Inuzuka, "Hi! Rin, if you got a minute later, we need to talk." Looking at the little raccoon in her arms Ky, "Hey Dust Mop, long time no see."

Rin feels the little raccoon bristle at Ky's comment. "I'm not a dust mop and you know it", which causes Ky to roll eyes as if saying, "whatever."

Rin/Ky watch as Gaara slowly approaches his sister, who is standing stiffly beside the unconscious Ishida, speaking softly to her. After Gaara talks a little longer, Temari throws her arms around her little brother and seems to be crying on his shoulder. Ky notes that the 'ultimate' defense did not appear when Temari hugged her brother. Gaara slowly wraps his arms around Temari, appears to be whispering into her ear as he slowly strokes her hair.

Ky turns his back to the pair, "Rin, you need to talk to Temari later about today. Temari is a strong kunoichi; but she is still a genin and has not been exposed to the 'real world' of the shinobi. What Ishida was planning to do to her, could have happened and she now knows it."

Slowly stroking Koko's fur Rin sighs, "yes, I will talk to her, so that she can start healing and move on. I know how savage and cruel a shinobi can act during a battle. I know some shinobi who think it's their 'reward' to whatever they want to a captured kunoichi it's never a pretty sight."

Ky turns to look to his right, "looks like Kankuro is bring in the Daimyo's granddaughters and the Ambassador and his daughter. Why don't we go meet them before they get into the camp. Rin, you might want to check out the returning party, a medic giving everybody a 'clean bill of health' after this morning will settle everybody's nerves."

Rin nods her head in agreement and turns to walk beside Ky towards the returning party. As they are walking towards the party, Ky does a one handed sign creating a army of Kage clones in the camp, they to start searching/removing the bodies and clean up the mess.

"Sensei, tell Lord Shukaku that we are going to meet up with Kankuro and Daimyo's granddaughters and the Ambassador/daughter outside the camp. We will keep them out of the camp until I get it all cleaned up. Tell Gaara to take his time, we have everything under control.."

"Kit, Shukaku says Gaara says thank you."

"Just protecting one of my precious people like I was taught."

"Kit, I sense that you are troubled by this, because you are picturing Hinata in a similar situation; but, you did not get here in time to protect her."

"Sensei, you are right, what if this had been Hinata instead of Temari. What if I had not been alerted in time to prevent her from being rape? I know I should not dwell on the 'what-if's' in life; but, if something like that had happen to Hinata what you did to Mizuki would look mild compared to what I would do to whoever violated her."

"I know kit, and I hope that you never reach that stage, like you say wondering about the 'what-if's' can make you doubt your abilities and confidence."

Ky/Rin meets Kankuro and his party at the outer edge of the camp.

Ky raising his right hand up, "Kankuro good to see you found them, you did not have any problems?" Ky had seen the bloody bandage wrapped around the Ambassador's head as Rin moves over to inspect it.

Kankuro sets one of the granddaughters down that he was carrying beside the Ambassador's daughter, who is holding the other granddaughters hand, "a couple of Ishida's men were returning from their base camp when they got the drop on the Ambassador's party. They knocked out the Ambassador and were taking their 'lumps' from Suka when I showed up." Kankuro points a finger at the Ambassador's daughter.

Suka blushing slightly, "I was just swinging a stick that I had picked up after they struck my father to protect us."

Ky looking at Kankuro, "I take it that the two are no longer a threat."

Kankuro smiles, "I /'Black Ant' took care of those two, they are 'vulture chow' now.

The two little granddaughters and Suka are staring as an identical 'Ky' approaches the group, "boss, we moved the Ambassador's tent and everybody's belongings over next to the creek away from the original campsite. We will have breakfast ready in fifteen minutes coffee in five."

Ky nodding his head, "thank you, I think Rin would like some privacy for the Suka and the Daimyo's granddaughters when she checks them out." The second 'Ky' bows before heading back towards the camp as Ky motions the group towards the newly set up tent.

Suka tugs on Kankuro's sleeve, "Twins?"

Kankuro, "no that was a shadow clone, a 'body-double' made with chakra."

As they are heading towards the tent, Kankuro sees Temari/Gaara holding on to each other. Kankuro leans over to Ky, "is Temari alright, Ishida didn't …"

Ky looks at Kankuro, "no he did not however knowing him he gave a graphic description of what he was going to do. I got everything under control here, go to your sister she needs the strength of her family badly right now."

Kankuro looking at Temari/Gaara nervously, "what do I say?"

Ky, "I don't think I would say anything, just let her know that you are there for her."

Kankuro nods before heading over to where his sister/brother is standing. Stopping a few feet away from them, he waits for Temari to sense him and look at him. After a couple of seconds, Kankuro steps up to his sister and hugs her. Temari arm slips around Gaara and brings them all into a group hug.

Ky turns to let the siblings have their privacy Rin is escorting the girls into the tent for their examinations. The Ambassador is taking a seat slightly away from the tent as one of the clone's walks up bearing a tray of drinks and breakfast rolls. Pouring two cups of coffee Ky walks over to the ambassador and offers him a cup, which he accepts.

Taking a seat near the Ambassador, Ky taking a sip of his coffee makes a face, "ugg… I forgot how strong you Land of Wind brew your coffee."

This gets a chuckle out of the ambassador as after he sips his coffee looks at his cup, "you know today events proved my wife was right about one thing and it probably saved my life."

Ky sipping more of his coffee, "what was your wife right about?"

"That I'm a hard headed fool," ambassador chuckles before grimacing as he touches his bandage before staring into his coffee cup.

After a couple of minutes of silence, Ky looks over the creek, "let it go Ambassador, if not it will eat you up on the inside."

Ambassador looks over at Ky, "let what go?"

Turning towards the Ambassador, "the guilt that you are feeling about not being able to protect your daughter and your friend's granddaughters."

Ambassador is gripping his coffee cup, "I should have been able to do something to protect them. I tried to reason with them and that what got me this lump. I heard them laughing at my daughter's attempt to defend herself and what they were going to do to them and I could not do anything to stop them."

Looking at his coffee cup Ky, "Ambassador the world you live/work in is entirely different from my world. My world words mean nothing unless you can back them up with force. Your daughter did the right thing when she grabbed a stick and started beating on those two. She saw that words were not going to work and physical force was needed."

Ambassador nods his head, "I'm proud of my daughter, she did what I could not do."

Ky looking up at the clouds, "then when you get back to your village correct that problem. Get Baki to train you in basic self-defense, how to properly use a kunai and start carrying a kunai. That way next time if they will not listen to your words, make them listen to your kunai."

This suggestion seems to lift the Ambassador's spirits causing him to sit up a little straighter. Rin comes walking out of the tent and stops in front of the Ambassador to check him out again. Nodding her head, Rin hands the Ambassador a couple of aspirins and tells him that the girls are all fine and resting and it probably would not hurt if he laid down for a couple of hours. The Ambassador smiles and stands up to thank Rin saying he will follow her advice before entering into the tent with the girls.

Ky had gotten a new cup of coffee and gestures for Rin to sit as he hands her the cup before sitting down beside her, "so you left 'Dust Mop' inside with them?"

Sipping her coffee Rin, "yeah the youngest one instantly fell in love with Koko and was hugging him to death. The middle one thought that this was a great adventure; but, finally lay down and went to sleep. Suka is the one I will have to watch, the reality of the situation finally hit her. I think like Temari, she suffering a mild case of shock because she knows what those two men were going to do to her and the Daimyo's granddaughters. I think she has a hero's crush on Kankuro for saving them."

Ky chuckling, "Kankuro is a good man she could do worse. By the way, the old man says that Lady T has given you a excellent review and he sees no problem with you continuing your training. However, Tsume wants you to at least visit, she misses you."

Rin bows her head over her coffee, "I don't know if I can ever step foot back there ever again after what happened."

Looking over at the Sand Siblings for a moment before looking at Rin, "you and Lady T have got to come to terms with your memories of the village. You are letting those memories keep you away from people who care about you all and it's your home. I'm not saying to forget those memories; but, you have already grieved/punished yourselves enough, move on."

Looking over the creek Rin, "I'll think about it."

Clinking his coffee cup off of Rin's, "that all I can ask. I'm heading out of here shortly so you take care, Rin Inuzuka second apprentice to Lady Tsunade."

Ky stands up bows towards Rin before heading over to where Ishida is still lying unconscious. Stopping in front of Ishida, a large red fox and a large tan colored raccoon appears besides Ky, "Sensei/Lord Shukaku don't kill him just make him suffer more then all his victims. Gaara can let Temari kill him if he wants to. Sensei you know what information that I want."

The fox looks at the raccoon, "Lord Shukaku if you will allow me to get the information that we need first, then you may start 'the paybacks." With that said the two tails reach up and touch Ishida on opposite sides of his head, his body instantly stiffens, his face twists in agony.

Ky walks over to the three siblings who are no longer hugging; Temari is still leaning against Kankuro who has a arm wrapped around her shoulder protectively.

Gaara looks at Ky, "we will be forever in your debt, Naruto for saving our sister."

Naruto looks at the three, "you owe me nothing, I just did what friends are supposed to do for friends."

Temari looks at the Gaara/Kankuro/Naruto, "tell how did you all get here so fast and how did you know I was in trouble?"

Naruto, "when your party entered into one of my clan's home territory, she shadowed you. When she saw who you were and when you got attacked, she came to me. I sent her and a clone to locate your brothers and then summoned them to your location. Once we all got here, we formulated a plan and the rest is history."

Frowning Temari, "what are we going to tell our father, he is going to want to know how all of you all got here."

Naruto, "simple, tell him you discovered the betrayal, you sent your weasel summons to Gaara, who grabbed Kankuro and had Lord Shukaku teleport them here. Lord Shukaku has only enough power to transport two people roughly to the edge of your border. Once they got here, they encounter 'Ky', who was tracking Ishida for his bounty. They agreed to team up to get rid of Ishida's gang. Afterwards, 'Ky' challenged Temari to a shogi game for the right to keep Ishida, he lost the game. Your father will believe this because he knows how good you are at shogi and how big a gambler Ky is."

The siblings nod their heads in agreement to the story that they will use to explain everything. The fox walks up and sits beside Naruto, "Lords Gaara/Kankuro & Lady Temari it is good to see you, I'm sorry that it is under these conditions. Naruto I have all the information that you were wanting from Ishida. Lady Temari you can go back to kicking that piece of trash if you care to."

As Kankuro/Temari/Gaara bow to the fox, "Lord Kyuubi, thank you" The fox bows his head to the three before they start to walk by, Naruto tilts his head at Gaara who tells his siblings to go ahead he has to talk to Naruto.

As Kankuro/Temari walk off Naruto turns to Gaara, "Gaara I have to head on, I figure you told Biki to catch up to you all with reinforcements and medics, they should be here later. Once my clones finish cleaning up the bodies, they will burn the bodies then disperse. I'm heading over to Ishida's base camp and clean it out, after that, I'm heading home. Make sure Temari talks with Rin, I know Temari is a strong kunoichi. This was a situation that no kunoichi should have to experience. If you see any of those black clock Akatsuki around you let me know and I'll bring all our tailed brothers/sisters to give them a warm welcome."

Gaara sticks out his fist, "you take care, 'Ky – The Golden Fox Mercenary'."

Reaching out to bump fists with Gaara, "you too, 'Gaara of the Desert', by the way Rin thinks the Suka has a crush on Kankuro. Would probably do him some good to have a girlfriend that way she can help him with his makeup."

Gaara grins, "You are one to talk, how things are going with your current 'love-life'?"

Scratching the back of his head Naruto, "like so many of my projects, it's going; but, not at the speed I would like it to be going. Later Gaara."

Gaara sees Naruto turn his back and wave before vanishing in blink of the eye. Turning to walk back towards the camp Gaara stops by a unconscious Ishida, who is being guarded by a large raccoon and kicks him in the ribs, "don't mess with my family" before walking over to sit beside his siblings.

Back at the Leaf village all the genin sensei are meeting in the Hokage's office to give their 'test' results to the Sandaime, who is sitting behind his desk puffing on his pipe. Teams 3,4,5 and 6 sensei all report that their teams had failed. However, they felt that if they could work with them and retest them is several weeks they might be able to pass. The Sandaime nods his head in agreement with their suggestions.

Turning to look at Kakashi who is leaning against one of the walls reading one of his copy of 'Icha Icha' books, "what test did you give Team 7 and how did they do?"

Kakashi looks up from his book, "are you talking to me?"

The Sandaime frowns at Kakashi, "if you do not put up that book and pay attention, I will personally 'outlaw those books' in this village."

With that statement, Kakashi quickly puts his book away, "Team 7 was given the 'Bell Test' and passed."

The Sandaime raises one eyebrow, "you are telling me that your team actually took a bell away from you?"

Scratching his chin Kakashi, "actually no, Sai was the only one who really came close, Sasuke/Sakura fail miserably, I ended up tying Sakura to a post and told the other two not to share their meals with her. But, in the end Sasuke/Sai fed Sakura thus showing they care about their teammates and passed."

Kurenai leans over an whispers to Anko, "they probably fed her to shut her up, when I was at the Academy scouting my team she is just like her mother constantly talking."

The Sandaime nods his head, "Kami, the civilian council probably pressured Kakashi to pass 'The Last True Uchiha.' I hope he will teach them something because I don't want to listen to Haruno whine about her daughter getting hurt." "ok, Kurenai, how did Team 8 do?"

Kurenai steps forward, "I gave my team a different version of the 'Bell Test' a game of 'Tag'. I proud to announce my team successfully passed their test." This causes the Sandaime/Kakashi to raise a eyebrow with questioning looks.

Kurenai continues, "before you even ask, no I did not go easy on them. I even used a 'B' genjustsu on one of them, they still were able to successfully complete their task. Monday morning at our first workout, I'm going to find out how they did it. 'sneaky little bastards are going to tell me more about this 'pinging.''"

Sandaime nods his head, "ok, Asuma how did Team 10 do."

Asuma steps forward, "I gave Team 10 the 'Bell Test' and they took the bells away from me in under ten minutes after starting the test."

The Sandaime was taking a sip of water just as Asuma makes his statement spews water all over his desk. Looking at Asuma, who looks like a schoolboy who is called in front of the principal, "They took your bells 'away' from you in under ten minutes?" Asuma nods his head in agreement, the Sandaime give Asuma the 'you-will-tell-the-whole-story-later' look. "I see, Naruto is teaching a few of his classmates a few tricks. That ought to make Asuma/Kurenai's lives interesting from now on." Turning towards Anko and motioning her to talk.

Anko steps forward, "Team 13 passed; but, not before almost b-b-queing me. With the help of Iruka Umino, I tested blondie and he passed the 'Anko Test'."

The Sandaime nods his head, he did not want to know how Anko almost got b-b-qued or what the 'Anko Test' was.

As Sandaime dismisses the sensei, "oh, Anko could you please stay a minute there is something that involves you."

Anko tells Kurenai to head on to the coffee shop, she will catch up as soon as she gets out of this meeting. Taking a seat offered by the Sandaime, she is curious as to what the meeting is about.

The Sandaime's secretary buzzes him, "Iruka Umino is here."

"Send him in," the Sandaime replies.

Iruka walks in bows to the Sandaime and is surprised to see Anko sitting there, the Sandaime motions Iruka to take a seat.

Taking a puff off his pipe before looking at the pair staring at him, "Iruka/Anko this matter involves both of you."