Authoress Note:Hey everyone guess what? I'M ALIVE!!!!! *cough* erm sorry lol. OK I know it's been like almost a year since I've updated and I wanna say sorry. My excuse? The same it has been for a long time now. Writers block. This is longest I've ever had writers block stick around before in my life. It's drivin me nuts! Anyways! cookie0monsta:Thanks for the review. It's nice to know that people are still reading my stuff even if I haven't been updating. Oh and yes Naru will be feeling better but not in this chappie sorry! Well that's all. R and R please!!!!!

Meanwhile Tsunade had returned to her office only to find Naruto was gone. Frowning she looked over the broken window for several seconds before turning to the guards.

"What the hell happened?" She asked angrily.

"There was a loud noise so we went in to check it out." The first guard began.

"We found the window like that and a paper weight on the floor near it. Then we noticed Naruto was gone." The second guard said.

"YOU IDIOTS! DON'T YOU KNOW A DISTRACTION WHEN YOU SEE ONE?!" Tsunade yelled. She was angry yes but mostly very worried.

Naruto was off who knows where doing who knows what while still stuck in his chibi form. There was no way he could defend himself! But where would he go?

His apartment?

The monument?

Iruka's?

She'd have to send people to all of those places to check. Once she finds that boy he is so going to get it. How could he be so stupid and run off like that?

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Kyuubi sighed softly. It had been several hours now since Naruto had passed out. A few villagers had come in to the ally but she had been able to scare them off by leaking out a little bit of her chakra.

Apparently the Hokage had found out Naruto was missing. There were ANBU running all over the place. Those idiots couldn't find their own hand let alone Naruto. Especially since Kyuubi was doing her best to keep him hidden. She didn't want these people to find her kit. They didn't care about him. All they cared about was making sure the Hokage was no longer angry.

That angered Kyuubi.

Looking down to the boy she held in her tails she couldn't help but feel her love for him swell up to the surface.

"Don't worry Kit everything will be ok. I will not allow anyone to harm you." She murmured softly while gently tightening her tails around him.

Although that was a promise that could only be kept while Naruto was unconscious. Whatever it was that had transformed Naruto in to this chibi fox creature was interfering with the seal. This worried Kyuubi a lot. There were only a few things that could interfere with such a powerful seal.

The first would be another seal with equal or more power. However the odds of that were very slim. Not many people studied seals anymore and those who did tended to keep to themselves. Plus Kyuubi didn't sense another seal any where on him.

The second would be if the seal had been damaged by having to much of her chakra being forced through it during several different occasions. Kyuubi had made sure that that hadn't happened because she knew it would only cause harm to her kit.

The third reason would be if Naruto himself was blocking the connection. He wouldn't do that. Well…..he had a few times when he was much younger before they had made contact with each other. Of course Naruto didn't even know that he was blocking her. However now that he was older and they had become so close he no longer blocked her.

What could it possibly be that is interfering with the seal?

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Tsunade sighed in frustration. They had looked in all of the places she could think of where Naruto would go but he wasn't there. Sitting back in her seat she frowned.

"Where else would you go brat?" Tsunade mumbled to herself.

Then a realization hit her so hard it felt like a ton of bricks had been dropped on her head. How could she have been so stupid? Of course he would run to the one friend he had. Dakota Kano.

Jumping from her chair Tsunade hurried out of her office. She had to find Naruto. If something happened to him she would never forgive herself. Ignoring the people around her she hurried to the Kano home.

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Tara frowned as she watched her youngest daughter pretend to read a book. She'd been like that for the last hour and her mother was starting to worry. Her daughter was never one to act like this. Moping around the house like a dog who had lost his bone. This had all started when Dakota had come home without Skye.

Where was the little fox boy? Dakota had told her that he was with the Hokage but why would he be with her for so long? Tara just didn't understand. Oh she knew there was something her daughter wasn't telling her. After all she is a mom…….not to mention a retired ninja. Her children (As well as her husband) had never been able to keep the fact that they were hiding a secret from her a secret. Tara may not have known what they were hiding but she knew they were hiding something.

"Dakota honey why don't you go and start the laundry for me?" Tara asked trying to distract her daughter from whatever was on her mind.

"I did it while you were out." Dakota said never looking up from the book she was 'reading'

"Oh." She was surprised. It usually took threats to get Dakota to do the laundry but this time she did it without even being asked.

"I also did the dishes and vacuumed."

Now Tara was REALLY worried. None of her children willingly did any type of house work. Ever.

"Dakota-" Tara began before she was cut off by the sound of the door bell ringing.

Sighing Tara went to answer it. Imagine her surprise when she opened the door to find the Hokage standing on her porch.

"H-Hokage-sama! What an unexpected surprise." She said trying to speak past her shock.

"Kano-san I'm sorry to bother you but I was wondering if I could talk to Dakota." Tsunade said.

"Oh! Of course you can. Please come in and have a seat Hokage-sama." She said stepping aside so the other woman could enter.

Tsunade followed Tara in to the living room where she saw Dakota. The girl was laying on the couch and she seemed a bit distracted but that may have had to do with the fact she was reading. Tsunade wasn't sure.

"Dakota honey Hokage-sama is here to see you." Tara said hoping her daughter would snap out of it.

Looking up Dakota looked from her mother to the Hokage. Sighing softly she closed the book and sat up saying "Hello Hokage-sama is there something I can help you with?"

"Yes there's something I needed to talk to you about."

Taking the hint Tara quietly left the living room. She hoped Dakota wasn't in any trouble or anything.

Once Tara was gone Tsunade continued. "Tell me where he is."

"Huh?"

"Don't play games with me Dakota. I know Naruto came to you. He has no where else to go."

Frowning Dakota said "Wait a minute are you telling me that Naruto is missing? Again?"

Curious about the 'again' Tsunade decided to ask about it later. "Yes now where is he?"

"I'm sorry Hokage-sama but he isn't here. The last time I saw or spoke to him was in your office." Standing Dakota started to pace. "If he took off he probably figured you would look here first so he decided to go somewhere else."

"Well if he isn't here where else would he go?" Tsunade asked her frustration rising.

"Well…..I'm guessing you already checked out his usual hang outs right?"

"Of course."

"Ok….where else would he go?" Dakota asked aloud as she continued to pace.

"That's what I'm trying to find out!"

"Hokage-sama please you don't need to shout. Naruto told me how much you care about him so I know this is hard for you. However you aren't the only one who cares about him." Dakota said angrily.

Needless to say Tsunade was shocked. There was only one person who ever dared to talk like that to her. Everyone else is to scared. Well apparently everyone but Dakota Kano. Looking closely in to the girls eyes Tsunade frowned. She did care about him a great deal but….she seemed confused about something. What that something was Tsunade wasn't able to figure out.

Turning away Dakota began to pace once more. Where could Naruto be?