Hello all, me again! Miss me? Of course you have. Anyways, I'm somewhat excited to get this arc off the ground. It's getting there, but its moving kinda slowly in my opinion. But, aside from that, things are gradually progressing forward. I'm actually really siked about the next arc I have in mind. I just hope I can get their quickly without rushing through stuff. Well, that's enough of me rambling, let get on with story people!

"Speaking" Normal

'Speaking' Thinking

"Speaking"Jutsu

"Speaking"Kyuubi or Summon Talking

'Speaking'Kyuubi or Summon Thinking

"Speaking"Demon Naruto Talking

I don't own Naruto or anyone/thing from Inuyasha


Three days. Three, boring and dull, days of wasted time. If there was one thing that the boy hated most, was wasting such time on something without any real excuse. He was the type that if he could get something done in a few minutes, he would just to have it over and done with. Though, he did have his times when he would put off certain things, but he would never put it off any longer than a day. Jiraiya, after staying in Otafuku Gai for two more days, had decided that it was time that the group set out. When Naruto had asked the man why they wasted such valuable time, and his answer had left him pissed to the highest degree.

"I had found out the day we arrived that she wasn't here." Were the man's words as they made their way down the road before shrugging. "I just wanted to kick back for a bit."

Needless to say, he hadn't spoken to the man since he had gotten that answer. And Jiraiya had finally gotten to experience what one of his punches felt like. He did however, find it amusing that the bruise on his cheek was still there even to this date and would see the sage every once and a while poke at it and wince ever slightly.

Hana though, was surprisingly calm about the whole thing. He expected her to react the same way he did, yet she didn't. How she could tolerate such a thing, he had no idea. Maybe she was just used to this kind of thing back at home, or maybe she was just restraining herself from acting out. He couldn't really blame her, as Jiraiya was a Sannin, and you don't really have any right to treat them like ordinary shinobi. They were on a rank of their own, and pissing even one of them off was a bad idea. Though, he guessed he was the only exception as he did it rather often and damned the consequences or the reactions he got from those who saw him do so.

Naruto let out a sigh as he glanced down the road with a bored look in his eyes. Otafuku Gai was just plain boring and he hadn't been able to train at all during this little trip. He needed to let out some steam, needed to grow stronger, and more importantly, needed to see what else he could learn from Taishou and Kyuu-

'Oh crap.' Thought the blonde as his shoulder's sagged and his head sunk just a bit. 'Kyuubi-chan's going to kill me.'

Now, due to the many events that had occurred after his week-long coma, he hadn't put much thought into visiting his three tenants. Even during his stay in Otafuku, the thought of visiting the three of them had flew right over his head. If he'd had thought about it, he probably have passed those useless days by in a flash. But, it wasn't that he somewhat forgotten about them that made him hesitant to go see them.

Kyuubi, was the main and only reason he hadn't entered his mind-scape. He knew damn well she was angry with him, and he couldn't blame her. He had treated her like a slave, an animal at worst. She didn't deserve that, not after all that she had given him since the two had met. She helped him grow, healed his wounds, taught him an amazing technique, and how did he repay her for it? He ordered her to grant him power, power that had nearly gotten him killed had Yugito not saved him. Sure, his actions were justified, at least to him, since if he hadn't made that command, he more than likely would have died at that very moment. Though, even with that knowledge, it still didn't make his actions right. If anything, he was just making up excuses to defend himself. Excuses in which, he knew deep down weren't truly legit.

All in all, he knew that eventually he would have no choice but to return to his mindscape, and when he did, he was going to have to deal with a very, very pissed off Biju.

"Hey," asked Hana from behind him, causing the boy to jump ever slightly out of surprise. "You ok?"

"Y-yeah, just deep in thought." Replied the boy with a grin while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

Hana merely raised an eyebrow in curiosity while a small smirk started growing on her face. "Must have been really important for you to zone out like that. Are you thinking about someone special you left back at home?"

"Huh?"

"Oh, you know who I'm talking about."

"No, I don't."

"That blonde haired girl from Kumo, Nii Yugito I think it was." Replied the girl while striking a thinking pose for a moment. "Come to think of it, you two seemed really close that day you came over the Inuzuka compound. That and she was wearing your cloak."

It didn't take long for Naruto's face to turn slightly red at the mention of that day. Or, more so, the day after in which he had almost gotten the beating of a life time had Haku and Zabuza not shown up to help him. Even after that morning Yugito had done everything in her power to avert her gaze elsewhere whilst they were training. It was only after the two had about a week and a half to train when she finally started acting normal again. He knew now, after that incident, that anything involving him and alcohol was bound to be a bad idea.

"Why was she wearing your cloak anyway?" asked the girl while still smirking at the boy. Mind you, she had no knowledge of his official girlfriend being Tenten. Though, with the way the two acted around each other, most did assume that the two blonde's were a couple.

"Oh well, uh, you see I let her barrow it for a while because, um."

"He had slashed the girl's shirt off and after that the two got busy in the woods." Answered Jiraiya with a small grin while memories of that day resurfaced. "I got some good research off of that little show."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" Shouted the two younger shinobi together before turning to face the other.

Before the blonde could even begin to explain the real story as to what happened, the Inuzuka had grabbed him by the collar of his shirt before shaking him back in forth while glaring heatedly at the boy in her clutches.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? Your only, what, twelve years old and your already doing that? And to top it off, you actually did that in broad fucking daylight?!"

"What the hell are you talking about? Did what!?"

"Don't play dumb with me blondie!"

"I'm not playing dumb you stupid bitch!"

From the front, Jiraiya could only watch with a small frown as Hana and Naruto continued to argue back and forth with each other. Glancing around, he found Fujino, Setsuna, and Akane were all watching the whole event with, what he assumed were bored looks. To the three canines situations like these happen almost on a daily bases with Hana and Kiba. So, to them at least, this wasn't all that unusual so they just decided to sit back and wait until the two calmed down.

After another few minutes of arguing, Jiraiyadecided it was time to end the two's bickering. Not because of the mission mind you, more so because the two's constant yelling was starting to give him a headache. So, with speed that none in area could havefollowed, he appeared beside the two before grabbing each of them by their respective shirts and lifting the two in the air. The results were almost instant, as the moment the two realized what had happened, they both shared a glance at the Sannin, who was currently looking at them with an annoyed expression on his features.

"You two are acting more like children than shinobi." Stated the man as he set the two back onto the ground. "So shut up and come on, Crater city is only a few miles away from here."

With that said the man turned on heel and began walking ahead of the two. Surprisingly, both Akane and Setsuna had gotten up from their seated positions and were now following not far behind him. Fujino though, chose to stick next to Naruto once more, which made Naruto smirk a bit. Upon seeing the smirk, Hana let out a growl as her fist began to clinch.

"Keep smirking, and I'll be happy to whip it off your face pretty boy."

Naruto didn't even bother to suppress a snort at the comment. "I had to fight a giant Tanuki by myself; do you really think I'm afraid of a Chuunin?"

"I said that's enough you two!" Barked Jiraiya, who had once again stopped in his tracks, yet did not turn to face them. "This is your last warning."

Sharing a glance with each other, both gave one last glare at each other before grumbling out their responses.

"Yes, Jiraiya-sama."

"Got it Jiraiya-san."

Happy to note that the two had finally gotten the message, Jiraiya let out a sigh before moving once more. Maybe bringing up that day was a bad idea, since this whole situation was caused by his little comment. He just said it as a joke, but it seemed that the Inuzukawas rather quick to assume things. Or, more than likely, it was just things that involve Naruto at least. He knew that if this continued, should something happen, the two would have a hard time working together well as a team. Naruto was good, that was obvious, but the boy wasn't invincible. That was also an issue he needed to address. Ever since the fight with Gaara, Naruto seemed, to him at least, cockier than normal.

Jiraiya couldn't have that, Minato had done the same thing back in the day. Those were war times, and being cocky was a good way to get you killed. He couldn't afford Naruto to let his accomplishments, as great as they were, getting to his head.

'Great,' thought Jiraiya with a sigh as he took a glance back at the blonde who was staring down at Fujino. 'I got to deal with yet another cocky brat who thinks he's the shit….I'm getting too old for this crap.'

Konoha: Training Ground 57

At first glance, one would find that this particular training area was rather peaceful. Birds were chirping in the trees, squirrels were feeding on the many acorns that had fallen from the said trees. Hell, even the pesky cat, Tora, was sleeping soundly in one of the shrubs nearby. All in all, the area was a prefect picture of peace and tranquility.

That is, until a kunai sailed through the air and nearly struck one of squirrels had it not hit the acorn first. In that instant, every living thing in the area fled at the sight of danger which was now approaching. A few moments later, from the edge of the tree line, a bright pink blur shot out of one of the bushes before landing on the ground in a heap. The said blur was none other than Sakura, who was currently clutching her abdomen in pain whilst a familiar Anbu casually stepped into the clearing, wearing mask and all.

The said Anbu merely scuffed as she stared down at the young kunoichi before her while placing her hand on her right hip. As far as she was concerned, the girl was a big waste of time. Though, she had to admit, she was at least taking this far better than she had four days ago. Even if that wasn't saying much it was still an improvement, given that before she could hardly take any hit from her without feeling tremendous pain.

Currently, Sakura was a now back on her feet while panting heavily due to the Anbu's rather….exhausting training exercises. Her dress was now torn in multiple places and her face was littered with small cuts and minor bruises. Other than her shortness of breath, she was still able to continue with their training.

'More like beating if nothing else.' Thought the girl to herself while wiping the sweat off her brow.

After staring at her 'punching bag' for a few moments, the kunoichi let out a sigh before reaching into her pouch and pulling out a bottle of water and tossing it to her.

"Take a break for a few minutes, Kami knows you're going to need it." Was the woman's only statement before seating herself down on the ground while leaning against the base of a nearby tree.

Sakura, not one to turn up a chance to take it easy, hastily opened up the bottle before almost downing half of its contents in one gulp. With a sigh of contentment, she eased herself into a more comfortable position on the ground while placing the water next to her. Glancing back at the strange Anbu in front of her, she still wasn't sure exactly why the woman was doing this for her.

The first time she had met her was when she went to visit Naruto when he was in the hospital. The second time though, was when shortly after the said boy had left for his mission. Sakura had been in her backyard, practicing her tree walking exercise when the woman had suddenly appeared. The only thing the woman had said was to follow her and, given the fact that it was an Anbu giving her orders, she did so.

The moment the two had arrived at the training ground, the kunoichi had turned around and began her assault. Needless to say, the pink haired girl was completely blind sighted by this attack, which had resulted in the worst beating in her life. By the time the Anbu had ceased her actions, the girl laying in a heap on the ground with tears in her eyes.

Sakura still remembered her cold words that day as, even after the four days that had passed since then, it seemed to echo throughout her very soul as if it had said just two minutes ago.

"You're pathetic."

And with those two words she realized a very important fact about herself, something that she had done everything in her power to block out. Out of all the battles that she and her team had been through, she had never done a thing. From Kakashi's bell test, all the way to Gaara's attack, she had done nothing but stand aside and watch from the sidelines as her teammates dealt with their enemies. The only time she had actually done something to aid them was during the second part of the exams. Even then, she had still needed to be saved by someone else. For the Anbu to bluntly state this fact, it was as if someone had stabbed her with a kunai.

This had resulted in more tears falling down her face as this devastating realization finally sunk in. It didn't last long though, as the kunoichi had punched her hard in the jaw and sending her flying. Once she had recovered from her daze, she noticed that the woman was leaving the area. Her parting words were simple:

"I'll be here tomorrow, if you don't show up then just quit being a shinobi all together."

It was with those words, which left another emotion to surface through her. Anger, not the anger she displayed towards Naruto at times, but true and utter hatred for this woman. She hated the Anbu for her scathing remarks. She hated her for her treating her like a punching bag. But, most of all, Sakura hated her because she was right. Everything the Anbu had said was correct and she deserved every bit of criticism she had gotten from her. Sakura, hated that, she wanted to prove her wrong, that she could improve herself, and show her that she wasn't pathetic.

Hence why she was currently here in the first place, and when she did arrive the next day, it was obvious that the woman was serious as Sakura found her waiting patiently in the center of the clearing. The pink haired girl had a feeling that, behind the blank hunter mask, the woman had been smirking that day before gesturing her to attack.

Speaking of which, the said woman was now returning to her feet while cracking her neck in the process. Sakura though, was still deep in thought about this whole situation. Sure, she could tell that what they were doing was indeed helpful, yet she couldn't understand what reason the kunoichi had to be helping her in the first place. Did Kakashi ask her to train her in private like he had done for Sasuke during the finals? She doubted it but, then again, it would make since, as Naruto was out on a mission so that left team training out of the question. She could understand that, as it wouldn't be fair for two team members to learn something while leaving one completely out of the loop.

Before she could put more thought into the subject of why the woman was training her, she heard the sound of footsteps quickly approaching and, without thinking, she quickly grasped the water bottle next to her before chugging it in the direction of the footsteps while her free hand dug into her shinobi pouch and brandished a kunai and tossing it in the same direction as the water bottle.

When she finally realized what she had done, she was surprised to see that the Anbu's cloak was currently dripping with water while holding the kunai by the tip with only two fingers. Once again, she felt as though the woman was smiling behind her mask as she tossed the said kunai into the air before catching it by the handle and placing it into her own pouch.

"Not bad," Praised the woman, though it didn't sound like praise to Sakura. "Still could use a bit of work but at least you're more aware of your surroundings."

"Y-yeah, thanks uh, Anbu-san."

The kunoichi merely waved her hand dismissively at that before tilting her head to the side slightly. "What's on your mind pinky?"

Sakura could feel her eyebrow twitch a bit at that but was able to push down her annoyance by letting out a sigh. "I was just thinking about something."

"Care to enlighten me?"

"W-well," Replied the girl, a bit uncertain on whether or not to ask before finally giving in. "I was just curious…why are you helping me?"

For a few moments the area was silent, thought it wasn't a silence that was filled with a tense atmosphere. After a while, the Anbu finally let out a sigh as she placed both her hand behind her head, which Sakura found oddly familiar yet couldn't figure out why.

"I guess you could say I see something great in you." Spoke the woman in all honesty. "You have the potential to be a great kunoichiin the future. But, from what I could tell, you weren't allowing yourself to grow. Potential is useless unless you can bring it out, so I decided to do just that. When you spared with me four days ago, you were only slightly better than a civilian. I had half the mind to just tell you to quit and save yourself from humiliating both yourself and kunoichi in general. Yet I didn't, and now, even in such short time, you've grown slightly better with your basic skills. Your endurance is slowly increasing; your observation skills, and instincts are improving as well. So, even if you yourself don't notice it, you truly do have the potential to grow at an alarming rate."

By the time the kunoichi was finished, Sakura was staring at her with widened eyes. She had no idea that someone could see such a thing in her. In most cases, people would talk about how quickly Naruto and Sasukewould improve yet never once did anyone mention her. But, for someone to actually notice that she herself had potential had brought forth the feelings of confidence and hope. Confidence that she wasn't just some useless fan-girl and hope that she could finally walk side by side with her teammates and not feel out of place.

"But, enough of that sentimental crap. Break times over pinky, so let's get back to training." Stated the Anbu before entering a fighting stance. Sakura didn't miss a beat as she too rose up from off the ground and replied in an uncharacteristic way.

"HELL YEAH!"

Crater City

"Oh hell yeah!" Shouted a familiar blond as he looked down upon the rather large village.

The group had just now arrived and the first thing that they noticed was the multiple stalls stationed in the center of the road and countless people bustling throughout the village. From food stalls, to gambling booths were scattered everywhere along the path. It was then that they realized that it was around the time for the city to have one of its festivals for the season.

Both Jiraiya and Hana shared a glance at the boy who was currently staring down at the village with what looked like stars in his eyes. What made it even more childish in their eyes was the fact that the boy was practically bouncing on the balls of his feet with excitement.

"What's your deal blondie? You've never been to a festival before?" Questioned Hana with a raised eyebrow.

"Nope, this is going to be my first time coming to one of these festivals. And its going to be awesome because I actually have the money to buy stuff." Replied the boy with a grin before digging into his pouch and pulling out his wallet, which resembled that of a fat green toad.

Hana let out a low whistle as she stared as his rather packed wallet. She had to admit, the kid was good at saving his money, unlike her brother who went out and spent most of the money he earned on missions the day he got it. Though, she didn't blame him, as she had done the same exact thing when she was that age as well.

Jiraiya, on the other hand, was grinning at the sight of so much money. Being who he was, he didn't really carry cash on him all the time, mostly just checks and a bit of change. However, with all the cash that Naruto had, he could easily afford to have his own fun without the need to waste any of his own funds. Given, he would pay the boy back of course, but that would be much later, preferably after they find Tsunade and returned to the village.

Unfortunately, before the sage could even open his mouth to comment on the blonde's money, the said blond was already rushing down towards the festival with Fujino right on his heels. Cursing lightly, the sage followed with Hana not far behind him. By the time they actually reached the streets, the blonde had mixed in with the crowd, making it difficult to find the said boy.

When the two had finally found the boy, he was standing by a random stall which was selling masks. When the blonde had turned to face them, he was already wearing his purchased mask, which happened to be a blue painted Kitsune mask. The two couldn't help but let out a sigh as he made his way over towards them.

"Admit it, I look awesome with this thing on." Said the blonde while grinning behind the mask.

"No, you look like a kid pretending to be an Anbu, and failing." Replied Hana while resisting the erg to smack herself in the forehead.

Tilting his head slightly, the blonde simply threw the hood of his cloak over his head before tucking all his blonde hair underneath. "How about now?"

This time, Hana did smack her forehead in annoyance as she stared back at the boy. All maturity she felt he had simply by saving up his money had been thrown out the window by this little act. Then again, this was more than likely the first time she had actually seen how childish the kid was. But the fact was that he was still in fact a kid, whether or not how famous he was in the village.

With the grin still on his face, Naruto once again pulled out his frog wallet and placed the change back inside its safe confines. However, before he could put it away, Jiraiya had struck and had swiped his wallet easily out of the boy's grasp.

"I'm going to confiscate this." Stated Jiraiya before hearing a low growl from the blonde.

"Like hell you are. You've got just about all my savings in that wallet and I don't trust you with it."

"Listen Naruto, in this world this world there are three things that lead to corruption: Alcohol, Money, and Women. The perfect example would be-"

"You." Interrupted the blonde with a deadpanned expression on his face. "You drink till you can't stand, you have enough money to buy anything in the Elemental countries and you practically whore yourself out to women whenever you get the chance. Don't think even for a second I don't know what you're planning to do, cause it aintgonna work. I learned how to take care of my funds and I always set an amount of money I plan to use before I do anything. So, give me back my wallet before I take it back."

"Oh yeah?" Replied the man with a grin as he eyed the boy with a knowing smirk. "Then by all means, try."

Before the said boy could even move, a sickening crunch could be heard, followed by a yelp from Jiraiya, causing him to toss the wallet into the air in surprise. When he realized what he had done, he let out a grown as it was too late to recover the green frog as Narutohad already caught it and was now holding it in his hand with, what he guessed, a smirk on his face. Glancing down, he glared at the rather large dog that had its jaws clamped just above his ankle.

"I hate you so much." Growled out the man as the dog released its hold on him before returning to Naruto's side.

"That's it, Hana-chan, I demand that you give me Fujino to be my new pet!" Declared the boy as he kneeleddown and gave the dog a hug, much to her enjoyment.

"Like hell that's going to happen!"

"Easy, I'm just kidding." Replied the boy while returning to his feet and backing away from the slightly angry woman with a sheepish smile on his face. However, as he was in the process of backing further away, he didn't realize that someone was behind him, causing him to bump into the said person. Upon impact, Naruto frowned and turned to see a man in a high collared white cloak with brown hair standing behind him.

"Oh, sorry about that sir."

When he didn't get a response, he raised an eyebrow before turning to face the man, only to notice that the man was currently staring intently at the front of his cloak. Glancing at the spot he found that, apparently, he had spilled something on the front, causing a small wet stain on the front.

"Look at what you did you brat!" Shouted a bald man standing next to him wearing a black suit. "You better be willing to compensate for this, as its Akoki's designer suit. Now pay up, 100, 000 Ryo, right now!"

Naruto mere made a small glance at the bald man, then at the man known as Akoki, before moving his new mask slightly to the side to take a better look at the stain.

"It's not that bad, it'll wash out and it won't even be too hard. Besides, looks to me like you got ripped off for this thing. I doesn't even look like it's worth 100,000 Ryo to me."

"What did you say! You better watch what you say around us for your sake. Akoki-sama is a former Chuunin from Iwa, and a legendary missing ninja. Someone you, little brat, should be afraid of as he is an incredibly skilled ninja. Besides, at least Akoki-sama has class, unlike a little street rat like you, who pulls his clothing out of the dumpster."

"Akoki?" Mumbled Hana to herself, trying to think of where she might of heard the name before. "I don't think I've heard of him."

"Legendary huh?" Murmured Jiraiya with a small smirk on his face as he crossed his arms across his chest.

He knew what was going to happen next, and he really didn't care. It was people like this guy that made people such as him look rather bad, claiming to be legendary when they clearly weren't. He had seen plenty of legendary people in his youth; hell trained the very best and most feared shinobi of all time. So, at least to him, for this no name missing nin to call be even remotely considered legendary was downright insulting. Hence why he really didn't care what happened to him for picking a fight with the wrong person. Besides, the guy had asked for it, and he was dying to watch the man's little ego drop down a couple hundred pegs.

"Street rat?" Asked the blonde with a slight tremble in his voice, a clear sign of annoyance and anger before chuckling slightly. "Hey, buddy, do you have health insurance?"

"Huh?" Was the bald man's last reply before the red cloaked Genin appeared in front of him before slamming his fist into the man's nose, followed with enough force to send the man flying into one of the stalls which happened to be selling water balloons. One of which had almost flown passed Jiraiya had he not caught it out of reflex before letting out a sigh. Glancing over, he knew that if the punch wasn't enough to knock him out, the impact he made with the stall did, as it soon collapsed on top of the man, leaving him a twitching mess underneath the remains of the stall.

"Why you little-"

Before the 'legendary' missing-nin could even take a step forward, he found that the boy's sword, which he had no idea was there until now, was positioned by his throat. Glancing up at the boy he found that, through the eye-holes of the mask, golden slit eyes staring back at him with great anger while feeling a great amount of killing intent radiating off him in waves.

"Your little lackey got what he deserved. You take even one more step towards me and I'll have you leaving here with more than just a stained ugly outfit."

By now, most of the people who were enjoying the festival had now surrounded the group and watching with mixed reactions. Most of the adults were startled, while the children were mixed with both fear, and awe as they watched. Incidentally, during the minor scuffle, Naruto's hood had fallen off his head, causing his blondehair to be seen once more. Deciding to givethe man a real scare he raised his free hand to remove his mask. Akoki could only stare in fear at the sight of the boy's face, as blue and gold slit eyes bore into his own while three red marks began to cover the whisker marks on his right cheek. Naruto could only smirk a bit at the fear that was now on the man's face, which resulted in one of his rather large fangs to surface adding an extra bit of a scare.

"Y-Y-Your," Stuttered the man as his body began to shake a bit in surprise. "Buruenkou!"

"Huh?" And just like that, his once angry expression changed into that of confusion as his demonic features faded away in less than a second. "What the hell are you talking about?"

It was then that Jiraiyalet out a sigh as he fished into his pocket and pulled out a small book. Upon opening the said book, he began flipping through pages until he finally found the one he was looking for. Once Narutonoticed this, he moved the blade away from the missing ninja's throat and walked over towards the man, who was holding the book out for him to take. What he found almost made him pass out due to shock, along with Hana as she glanced over his shoulder to see what the blonde was looking at.

It was a picture, not just any picture though, one of him. And underneath the said picture, was a small text.

Name: Uzumaki Naruto

Alias: Konoha no Buruenkou

Rank: Genin

Village: Konohagakue no Sato

Ninja Status: B-Rank Shinobi

Precautions: Engage with caution.

For a few seconds, Naruto couldn't believewhat he was reading. Flipping the bookover to check the title he realized that, what was in his hands, was the bingo book. Even he knew what it meant to havehis name in this tiny book. It meant that he wasn't just famous in Konoha, but everywhere. It also meant that he was a bigger target for most villages. And at that moment, he didn't know how to feel about this strange new development. Should he be proud, or worried about this? He couldn't honestly give an answer to that question, as it was a lot to take in after all.

Hana was, if possible, just as surprised about this as Naruto was. She had never in her time as a Kunoichi heard of a Geninbeing labeled in the Bingo book. She had heard what the blonde had done during the invasion, as it was rather hard notto, but she didn't think that he would gain a reputation so quickly. Hell the youngest person she knew of that was that had been put into the in it was Itachi, and he was labeled as an S-rank criminal at age fourteen years old. It both amazed and scared her to know that someone so young could gain this rather unwanted attention in the span of a few weeks time.

"Congratulations kid." Spoke Jiraiya gravely, bringing both Hana and Naruto out of their thoughts. "You are now officially a marked man…..or a marked kid, whichever way you'd prefer."

Unknown Location

Deep in the confines of a dark cavern, a single red eye stared at the picture in the book he held in his hand. As the person's eye skimmed the page, a small smirk spread across his face before he snapped the book shut.

"Uzumaki Naruto." Mumbled the man to himself as he tossed the book aside. "now you're beginning to peak my interest."

The man let out a dark chuckle as he stepped out of the cave, greeted by the heavy rain that practically doused his outfit. He didn't care, as he now had more important things on his mind. Namely, how to deal with this new development that had been brought to his attention.

"Seems as though you a have become....stronger than I had originally anticipated....Hanyou."


Konoha no Buruenkou - Konoha's Blue Flame

And there you have it. Hope you guys like the little thing with Naruto being in the Bingo book. Oh, and on the last chapter I made a minor mistake on it but I fixed it so....yeah. Also, the reason for the Sakura moment was because people have been telling me that I've been pretty much ignoring both her and Hinata in this story. I realized this mistake and I'm trying to fix it. Rest assured that you will see more of them in the future. Oh, and one last thing, I don't want to hear any complaining about the shortness of this chapter. It's annoying as it is writing about the filler stuff for this arc so please, bare with me until I get into the more important stuff. And now, onwards with the Jinchuuriki Chats!

Naruto: So, SF, where have you been?

Me: Oh, I've recently picked up RPing on here. It's actually quite fun.

Yugito: (Gasps) You like doing that too?!

Killer Bee: (Sweatdrops) He said Role Playing, not cos-playing Yugi-chan.

Yugito: (Blushes while chuckling sheepishly) Um, whoops.

Gaara: (Glances around) Excuse me, but, where is PM

Me: Oh, he's still at the hospital for his foot injury. Don't worry he'll be back next time.

Naruto: (Looks over at Yugito) Soooooo who do you cos-play as?

Yugito: (Squeals) SABER from Fate Stay Night!

Killer Bee: (Scuffs) That show's just a big chick-flick only with fight scenes and explosions.

Me: DON'T YOU DARE MAKE FUN OF FATE STAY NIGHT!

Yugito: YEAH, YOU TELL HIM!

Gaara: .....I've lost all respect for you.

Me: (Doesn't hear comment) The ending was (Sniff) so sad.

Yugito: (Sniff) Y-yeah, it's so (Sniff) unfair.

(Me and Yugito brustinto tears while hugging each other for comfort)

Naruto: (Glances at crowd) Um.....yeah, R&R. I aint got nothing to say this time so....yeah I'm leaving before I start to cry.

Yugito: (Sniff) How were you (Sniff) able to cope?

Me: (All sadness on face disappears and is replaced with a giant grin) I watched To Love Ru.

Killer Bee: Awesome!

Naruto: THAT'S A GOOD PLAN!

Gaara: ....youhavemyrespectoncemore.

Yugito: (Stares blankly as her grip unknowing tightens) What?