Lazyfox: -Shaking due to still being her bikini- Alright guys I'm back after finally escaping from my torture

Random: You were tortured?! I was forced to watch Sasuke pine after you in a bikini! Then watch some crazy guy try to turn him into Sausages

Lazyfox: Oh I'm sorry let me play a sad song for you on my violin. Get over it woman Sasuke is a freaky stalker with a Duck butt hairdo that needs to leave me alone!

Spy of Influence: I have to agree with Foxy on that one no man has the right to force themselves on a lady -places a magenta robe with abstract cream flower shapes on Lazyfox-

Lazyfox: Thank you Spy such a gentleman you are

Spy of Influence: ^.^ Yay! I was called a gentleman!

Random: Ah crazy dude who tried to turn Sasuke into sausages! -runs away screaming for her life-

Lazyfox: -.-' Some days I question myself on why she's the co-host

Spy of Influence: -pats her back comfortingly- I'm sure you had your reason and also because she's your lovable psycho

Lazyfox: Plus the fact I like to torture her so yea I see your point she does have her usefulness

Spy of Influence: Happy to help. Want me to say the disclaimer now?

Lazyfox: Oh yes please go right ahead

Spy of Influence: Okay~ Now listen up people LazyFoxLover owns nothing dealing with Naruto except for this awesome story she has thought up and remember to review or I"LL HUNT YOU ALL DOWN AND TURN YOU INTO SAUSAGES! MWHAHAHA!

Lazyfox: He just the sweetest guy isn't he~ Also last chapter I forgot to do this so I'm saying this now. Spy of Influence was the one who gave me the idea behind giving Ino and Sakura their memories back just wanted to clear that up. With that being said hope you all enjoy the chapter~


The world was filled with blackness that surrounded her not knowing where she was or where to go. All that she knew was that in the blackness she felt a numbing throb of pain in her stomach and head. Thought her world was cloudy with pain she could feel a gentle warmth around her and could hear a small echo in her ears.

"Blue-eyes...Blue-eyes"

Was the repeating echo that was getting louder and clearer breaking through the hazy darkness. As the chant continued the more aware she became of her surroundings until finally she began to crack open her eyes.

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Shikamaru was holding Naruko's limp form tightly and protectively in his arms gently shaking her and calling out to her. "Aw man come on Blue-eyes open your eyes for me!" he shouted feeling himself over coming with fear and panic for his blond headed best friend at how unresponsive she was to his calls.

Sasuke was off to the side pinning the smug Hyuga boy to a tree snarling in fury at the older raven haired boy. "What the hell is wrong with you! Were you trying to kill her with that attack. You had her beat you didn't have to take it that far!" he yelled slamming Neji harder into the tree.

"I warned her that the match was futile, but she had already made the mistake of challenging me and as you can see she has lost. Though you shouldn't be that surprise she is after all a loser" Neji said coldly glaring at the fallen girl.

Sasuke growled out in fury again preparing to strike the Hyuga boy in his smug face when a gentle hand caught his fist before he could make connect with the boy's face.

"S...Sa...Sasuke-K...Kun don't. I...I don't want to see a..an...any...more of my friends ge...getting hu...hurt" Hinata pleaded facing Sasuke with her tear filled lavender eyes.

Sasuke's face softened at the sight of the teary eyed girl and reluctantly released Neji from his killer grip. "All right, but please don't cry" he said gently wiping away a stray tear from her cheek.

Hinata gave him a grateful smile before she turned to her cousin as he straightened out his clothes from being rough-handle by the Uchiha heir. "N..Nii-S..Sama?"

"What do you want now you poor excuse for a Hyu..."

A loud slapping sound resounded through the air cutting Neji off before he could finish his insult followed by a collective gasp from the occupants of the clearing. Everyone stared wide eyed at the bright red hand print mark forming on the raven haired boy's cheek.

Hinata held her hand out in front of her struggling harder now to hold back her tears and sobs as she faced down her older cousin's shocked gaze for her action before she watched them turn ice cold again.

"You shouldn't have done that" Neji snarled threateningly taking a step closer to his younger cousin towering over her shaking form only to stop in mid step when Sasuke stood protectively in front of her. "Tsk I've wasted enough of my time here with you losers" he declared storming his way out of the clearing to distance himself from the group of friends.

As everyone watched Neji walk away their attention was averted back to Naruko and Shikamaru when they heard her let out a choking cough as she spitted up some more blood.

"Blue-eyes!" Shikamaru shouted in a mixture of relief and worry as he sat her up in his lap gently patting and rubbing circles on her back as she tried to regain her breathing.

Naruko blinked the haziness out of her eyes as she took in gentle breaths glancing around to see the worry etched into her friends faces forcing herself to give them a small tired smile.

Hinata gave a muffled sob blaming herself for Naruko getting hurt. "Go...Gomenasai Naru-Chan! N...Nii-S..Sama hu..hurt y...you because of m..me." she choked out as she hung her head down in shame.

Naruko gave Hinata a sympathetic smile. "Hinata-Chan it wasn't your fault I challenged him and I lost, so don't blame yourself for my lost. Besides the next time I face him I'll be stronger and I'll knock that smug look off his face. Believe it!"

Hinata sniffled out a teary laugh hearing her friends confident words nodding her head in understanding as she wiped away her tears.

"That's fine in dandy Blue-eyes, but lets leave the fighting for the future and worry about if that jerk didn't cause you any internal damage" Shikamaru stated picking her up.

"Besides Hinata took care of him by giving him nice slap to the face" Sakura informed her sporting a proud grin for the shy girls action.

Squeaking in surprise at being lifted yp so suddenly she grabbed onto the front of his shirt. "I can walk you know" she muttered in embarrassment before she jerked her head in Sakura way. "Really?!"

"Yep and it's nice big red one too" Ino commented patting the blushing girl's back.

"Not taking any chances. It'll be too troublesome to wait and see if you fall unconscious again or not" Shikamaru tells her giving her a small smirk also proud of Hinata for sticking up for herself and for Naruko.

"Way to go Hinata-Chan that's showing that jerk whose boos" Naruko said giving Hinata a proud smile before turning back to face Shikamaru huffing. "Whatever. Just don't start complaining that I'm too heavy for you to carry later on."

"Now why would I do that when your as light as a feather" Shikamaru says softly so only she could hear. "You really are considering how much you eat" he thought amusingly to himself.

Naruko blushed a slight red at his kind words tucking her head in his chest hoping no one would notice her blushing as she took in his unique scent. "Baka Shika~ Who knew he could be so sweet" she thought happily smiling to herself letting his scent and gentle heartbeats lull her to sleep.

Lee watched the scene between his love rival and crush and had to bite his lip from the surge of jealousy coursing through his body as seeing him holding his crush like that. "I should be the one carrying Naru-Chan if only I got here sooner she wouldn't have gotten hurt. This just shows I have to get stronger so I can beat my rival and possibly win Naru-Chan's heart!" he thinks determinedly making his eyes shine with his fire of determination.

Choji who was closest to Lee took a step away from the boy somehow feeling a heat source surrounding the older boy. "Is Lee-Kun on fire?" he thought imaging the boy surrounded in flames.

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Shikamaru carried Naruko all the way back to his house getting a squeal of excitement from his mother as he walked in with his sleeping friend while his dad and Ino dad gave him approving nods that made him blush and mutter about troublesome adults as he went to lay Naruko in his bed. Once he made sure she was comfortable he walked back into the living room to hear Sasuke finish explaining to the three adults what happened at the academy between Neji and Naruko.

"I'll call Cat to come over and check on her to make sure no serious damage was caused" Yoshino stated as she excused herself from the room to make the call.

"I have to say Naruko is a very determined girl. It's not everyday you see an undergrad taking on a more experienced and graduated student" Inoichi stated mostly to himself as Shikaku gave his friend an amused smile.

"Aren't you forgetting about a certain Red Hot-Blooded Habanero Inoichi?" Shikaku inquired sipping his tea.

Inoichi shuttered as he remembered the incident when Kushina started to beat up their fellow classmates and then heard the story of how she took on a one year level Genin by herself beating the boy silly. "Haha I guess your right."

Deciding to let the two friends have their own conversation about their younger days the group of kids migrated to Shikamaru's room to check up on their sleeping friend happy to find her still sleeping peacefully. The seven friends sat in the room having their own separate conversations waiting for the Anbu healer to show up consequently they didn't have to wait long for the purple haired woman.

"Thanks for watching over Naruko for me guys, but I can handle the rest, so you guys head on back to the living room" Rin tells them as she walked over to the bed kneeling beside it to began her examination as she started using her medical ninjutsu to scan Naruko for any internal damages.

The kids walked back in to see Dog talking with Shikaku and Inoichi with Yoshino refilling their teacups.

"Well, this has been a nice visit Shikaku, but its time for me to head home. I don't want Minako to be any madder at me if I'm late for diner. Ino, Sakura tell everyone goodbye" Inoichi said as he got up from the table.

Soon the three finished saying their goodbyes and were headed home accompanied by Choji and Lee who too did not want to be late for dinner wishing the Nara's and the others a good night.

Glancing out the window to see the sky Sasuke found it fast approaching sundown. "Hinata it's getting pretty late do you want me to take you home?" he offered to the Hyuga heiress.

"Y...You don't h...have to S...Sasuke-K..Kun. I c..can make it ho..home al..alone" Hinata replied fiddling with her two index fingers.

Sasuke gave her a slight smile. "I know, but I'm offering too since I'm heading over to the hospital anyway to check on Okaa-San and Oji-San."

Hinata gave him a grateful smile. "A...Al..Alright. S...Shikamaru- K..Kun tell Naru-Chan I h..hope she gets be...better wh...when she wa..wakes up."

"I will. Hey Sasuke make sure she gets home safely or Blue-eyes will never forgive you" Shikamaru yawned out.

"Hn Like I need you to tell me that" Sasuke muttered leading Hinata out of the compound and onto the deserted streets.

As the two left Rin rejoined the main group taking her seat next to Kakashi. "How is she?" he asked once she had settled down.

"Better. Their was no serious damage done to her just a couple of bruises, a tender abdomen along with a few hair line fractures to her upper rib cavity" she reported.

"If that's all. Why did she start coughing up blood?" Shikamaru asked.

"The pressure from the blow might have caused her to dry heave making her spit up the blood in her mouth from her busted lip" Rin tells him.

"Stupid jerk was fighting too roughly. He could have seriously hurt Blue-eyes" he muttered sipping his tea.

"Just be glad he didn't. Naruko will be fine in the morning except for slight soreness and stiffness, but that can be managed with the medication I brought" Rin stated handing Yoshino the medicine. "Wake her up in about an hour to eat before you give her the pills and when she lays back down to go to sleep rub that lotion on her stomach and apply it again in the morning" she instructed.

"Alright" Yoshino said getting up from the table to put the medicine away. "Cat, Dog would you two like to stay for diner?" she asked coming back into the living room.

"We'd love too, but we're being called away on a mission tonight" Kakashi informs her as he stands up with Rin preparing to leave.

"That's too bad just make sure to stay safe" Shikaku tells them.

"We will and thanks for looking out for my little sister she's quite the hand full at times" Kakashi remarked with a teasing tone to his usually dull voice.

"No problem we enjoy our daughter in-law's company" Yoshino said happily causing Shikamaru to choke on his tea and Kakashi to twitch unhappily at the thought of his precious sister getting married.

"Haha well we better be going now. Nice seeing you guys again" Rin said dragging Kakashi out of the house before he attacked the poor choking boy.

"Troublesome mother" he grumbled finally catching his breath while Yoshino giggled skipping happily into the kitchen to prepare supper.

Shikaku gently patted his son's back. "I understand son, but trust me it'll be hell of a lot worse when you do actually get married" he said trying to comfort his son only to fail miserably at it.

"Ah Troublesome parents~"


Lazyfox: Haha I hope everyone liked this one even thought it's kinda short. It was just a filler for the last chapter since the next one I'm doing a huge time skip to the graduation exams so I can pick up the pace for the story.

Random: Yes~ Finally we get into the real ninja action!

Kushina: My baby is going to go off to beat people up. I'm so proud of her -wipes away the tears of joy-

Minato: Haha Yoshino was joking right? Where was I when that happened!?

Lazyfox: Probably at the spa. WHEN I WAS BEING OGLED BY THE TEME!

Kushina and Minato: We have no comment

Crossover: Ah I had fun doing that last week it was good

Lazyfox and Random: -Glare at him- NO IT WASN'T!

Crossover: It was for me XD Now it's time to play...THE WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE! Kushina who are this weeks victims?

Lazyfox and Random: Please don't be me! Please don't be me!

Kushina: Today's Victim is...TheDesertedFox!

TheDesertedFox: ._. Shit! What are you going to do to me you demented freak!

Crossover: MWHAHAHA glad you asked that my dear! Deidara come on out my friend

TheDesertedFox: -Squeals fangirlishly grouping the clay bomber as he walks out on stage- DEIDARA I LOVE YOU~

Deidara: Ah! Crazy Fangirl! -Ties her up with clay centipedes about to dentate them when he makes connect with her eyes- Your eyes remind me of beautiful works of art in the form of a magnificent explosion

After that he releases her and together they skip off stage giggling like happy school girls.

Crossover: O_o WTH! I DEMAND MORE TORUTRE! LAZYFOX! I DEMAND YOU LET ME TORTURE ANOTHER!"

Lazyfox: Nope you had your torture it's time to end the show

Crossover: I'll put you in the 'closet'

Lazyfox: O_O NOOOOO! NOT THE CLOSET! -hides in the Emo corner-

Kushina, Minato, and Random: Did we miss something?

Crossover: My little secret~ Now Spy of Influence come back on stage you are needed!

Spy of Influence: Someone called my name?

Crossover: So you thought you could turn my into Emo Creepy Sausages huh? Well take this! -shoves him into a sausage tube and teleports him on display in a German Sausage festival- My revenge is complete~

Lazyfox: -Still in emo corner clutching onto her magenta robe- Don't make me go to the closet it's a bad place

Random: Oaky Foxy's lost it so I guess we have to end the show

Kushina: Remember to review cause next time you'll see my baby graduate~ ^.^

Minato: And hopefully by reviewing you'll save that baby girl stealing Lazy cloud from Kakashi and me -throwing Kunais at a picture of Shikamaru-

Crossover: So until next time...

Everyone: JAA-NEE!

Ps. Don't really have a name for this chapter and would love to hear some suggestions for it. Thanks