SailorStar9: Wha...? Two chapters up and no review? Anyway, Chapter 34 goes up, this is Chapter 35 and a special appearance by two of the Guardians. *Looks at reviewers* What? You guys said you wanted the Guardians' involvement. To all my non-reviewing readers, I love you all! Will love you more if you review! *hugs all round!*

Disclaimers: I do not own both the animes. However, I do own the pairing, I hope.

Chapter 35: Meeting With Gamabunta

That night...

"This was unexpected." Dosu remarked, seeing Gaara on the rooftop. "Do you not sleep?"

"What do you want?" Gaara inquired.

"I was thinking of defeating you right here and now." Dosu replied. "Then, I'll have a higher possibility of fighting Sasuke-kun. I know of your sand attacks. Which do you think is faster, your sand or my sound?"

"When there is a full moon..." Gaara started. "When there is a full moon, his blood gets excited."

"What?" Dosu was stunned when he saw Shukaku manifest. "What are you...?"

His question remained unanswered when Shukaku released his fury on the Oto nin.

"Gee Gaara, was that really necessary?" Keena quirked a brow at the red-haired container.

"That was incredible." Kabuto noted. "Was that his true self?"

"But was that okay?" Baki inquired. "He was an Oto..."

"It's okay." Kabuto replied. "We have no use for him anymore."

"I thought he was a guinea pig to see how strong that Sasuke kid was?" Baki was confused.

Why was he talking to a Suna..? Hayate wondered, eavesdropping.

"No, there's no need for that anymore." Kabuto replied. "I was ordered to take Sasuke-kun before, but I failed."

"What?" Baki growled.

"Yes, it's true." Kabuto admitted. "They know that I'm a spy from Oto."

"If someone finds out that you are secretly meeting me here, and they find you about our plan..." Baki pointed out. "The plan to destroy Konoha will be ruined! I heard that you're Orochimaru's right hand man, yet you still come to see me like this, after they've seen your face. You are quite the fool."

"Well..." Kabuto chuckled. "More accurately, they didn't find out... I showed them. I wanted to see what Konoha would do. It's not too late to take Sasuke-kun, even after seeing Konoha's reaction."

"If it looks like you people are going to fail, we will withdraw." Baki reminded. "This plan was brought to us by the Oto to begin with. The Suna will not come out to the open until the very last moment. That is Kazakage-sama's will."

Oh my god... Hayate was stunned.

"That is fine." Kabuto remarked. "This is the scroll with Oto's plan."

"Yes." Baki took the scroll.

"Also," Kabuto added. "Please tell those three about this plan soon."

"Yes..." Baki replied. "I know."

"I will be going now." Kabuto stated.

Our ally, the Hidden Village of the Sand is connected with the Sound? Hayate mused. I must inform Hokage-sama about this.

"And one more thing." Kabuto added. "I will clean up the mess."

"No, I will do it." Baki corrected. "As a soldier from the Country of Wind's Hidden Village of the Sand, I must lend my aid to a comrade. Besides, there's only one mouse. It will be easy."

Hayate took off hurriedly with Baki on his tail.

"My, my, we have the examiner here." the Suna Jonin noted. "What are you doing out here alone?"

"Looks like we must fight." Hayate readied his weapon.

Just then, two metal chains stopped the fight.

"Guess we're on time." Guardian Venus told her partner.

"Hn." the stoic Death Guardian snorted.

"Really..." Guardian Venus looked at the two ninjas. "The two of us just returned from our mission, and what do we find: a pending internal war about to erupt."

"Uranus would be so disappointed when she finds out that the country she's supposed to look after is involved in this coup." she shook her head.

Looking at Baki, she added, "Who knows what she'll do when she find out? Heck, she might very well wash her hands off the Country of Wind."

Baki paled and shunshinned off.

Hayate nodded his thanks to the two Guardians and took off to inform the Hokage.

The next morning...

What the f... Keena let out a string of curses when she shunshinned on a tree branch outside the hospital to find Sasuke's bed empty. That stupid, idiotic Peacock... if he's where I think he would be, I'll...

Meanwhile...

Kakashi was rock climbing the a canyon.

This rock climbing training is tougher than last time. The one-eyed Jonin mused. Damn, my body has weakened. Will I make it in time?

"Release!" he chanted, focusing his charka and leapt to the rock ledge on the top of the rock formation. Pulling himself up, he noticed a shadow on top of the large rock.

"Hey." Sasuke greeted his sensei.

"So you've finally come." Kakashi chuckled.

Later...

The sparring session was cut short when the two ninja sensed a powerful chakra signature full of KI coming towards them at a rapid speed.

Uh oh. The two males blanched, recognizing the very familiar charka. They did not have the chance to dodge the icy wave of water that came milliseconds later.

"YOU!" Keena hollered, sending an intense wave of KI at her 'Bonded'.

"Hey E..." Sasuke stammered, before Keena sent a hail of icicles in his direction, pinning the raven onto the side of the rock structure.

"I don't remember the nurses giving you the all-clear yet." Keena leveled a glare at the Uchiha.

At his silence, she screamed, "Then, what in the world of all sanity, did you think that training right now is a good idea!?"

"How long does he have until he's give the all-clear?" Kakashi asked, threading lightly around the fuming Guardian.

"Another two days, tops." Keena replied. "I went through his medical assessments."

With a hand wave, she released her 'Bonded' and turned her KI at the one-eyed Jonin.

"Light training for these two days, Kakashi." she warned, poising the tip of an ice blade at Kakashi's throat. "And not one scratch on him. Not one scratch."

Now, I have a toad sage to torture. Keena thought when her messenger owl came back to inform her that Jiraiya had tossed Naruto over a cliff.

"Scary." Kakashi muttered after Keena shunshinned off. Sasuke nodded mutely in agreement.

Minutes earlier...

"Hey Naruto, come here for a second." He called out. Naruto sent his friends back to the summoning plane and walked over to Jiraiya.

"What's up Ero-Sannin?" Naruto asked

"You little punk, stop calling me that!" Jiraiya shouted

"Stop acting like one and I might consider it. What did you call me for?" Naruto retorted.

"Despite your disrespect, I've got to give it to you. You've done well with this training." Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his head at the praise. "However," Jiraiya suddenly said which caused Naruto to look at him. He never saw it coming as Jiraiya moved with incredible speed and punched Naruto in the gut. The boy hit the ground with a thud and Jiraiya sighed. I hope you forgive me Minato but this must be done.

Naruto opened his eyes and groaned. He clutched his gut and stood up slowly. He looked around and noticed that he was no longer at the river.

"So, had a nice nap?" asked a voice. Naruto spun around to see Jiraiya standing there with a smile. Naruto charged him, remembering what he did to him. Jiraiya ducked the charge and put his whole hand on his chest.

"Sorry about this Naruto but you need to get over this." He whispered and he threw Naruto clear across the clearing and off a cliff. Naruto looked down and yelled as he plummeted into the dark valley of spikes. He tried to use his chakra to stick to the walls but at his speed and the slippery edges he couldn't do it. He didn't think that any of the toads he knew how to summon would be able to help him either.

This is really it. I'm really going to die. Naruto thought when everything went white and he was pulled into the back of his mind. I am so going to haunt that old pervert until he gets a heart attack.

You will find it hard to get your weapons in your mind, kit. Kyuubi joked. So, how about you use my chakra before we go splat?

Okay, nee-san. Whatever you say. Naruto grinned as Kyuubi's charka engulfed him.

Naruto's eyes flashed open and he felt that sensation again. It was like the time on the bridge but it was similar. He bit his thumb and smeared blood on his palm. He did the hand seals.

"Summoning Technique!" Naruto shouted. This time there was a huge blast of smoke and a large shadow below him. He hit this shadow full force and was laying face down on whatever this thing was. He groaned and picked himself up. He looked around and noticed that he still in the pit of doom. He did a bit more searching and he saw brownish ass. He was really confused now. "What the hell is going on?"

"That's what I'd like to know." a voice boomed. Naruto jumped at the sound and walked to the other side of whatever he was standing on. He saw a pair of yellow eyes and a pipe. That was when he realized he was on a toad, a very big toad. Suddenly, something clicked in his mind.

"Hey, you wouldn't be Gamabunta, would you?" he asked

"That's right brat. How do you know me and why are we hovering in mid-air?" the toad asked

"Oh, well Gamakichi is always going on about how he was going to be head toad like his father and we would be kicking ass when we got older." Naruto answered

"So you're the one who signed the toad contract? Gamakichi and Gamatatsu have spoken of you. Yet, you don't have the chakra yet to summon me."

"Yeah, well, I didn't have too much of a choice." Naruto shrugged. "That white-haired pervert threw me down here so I would use nee-san's chakra."

Nee-san? Could he be? Gamabunta wondered.

"Boy, tell me you're name." he ordered. Naruto frowned a bit but he knew better than to mouth off to a summons. Keena had reminded him countless times.

"Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage of Konoha." He said. Gamabunta did not show his surprise but he was shocked.

So, it's the Kyuubi container that has summoned me. Gamabunta noted.

"Well Uzumaki Naruto, get on my back. We're getting out of here." Naruto complied and got on the great toads back.

"Hang on!" Gamabunta said and with a mighty push, he leaps up. Jiraiya, who was busy gathering 'research', was suddenly shaken out of his concentration by a large quake and huge gust of wind. Once it died down, he turned to the source and paled. He quickly hid and looked back at the scene.

Well, he used the Kyuubi's chakra all right but of all the toads why did he summon Gamabunta? Jiraiya thought.

Naruto stood up but he quickly fell off as he was very dizzy. Gamabunta turned as soon as he heard the thud of Naruto hitting the ground.

"I would suggest that you don't summon me any more. If you get dizzy for that jump, then you aren't ready to ride on my head." He told him

"No problem, I know my limits." Naruto said

"That's good, you're much better at this than Jiraiya." Gamabunta remarked.

"You mean Ero-Sannin? I'll take that as a compliment. Now, I must do something to get back at him but what." Naruto wondered. Suddenly, he had a sinister smile on his face. Gamabunta remembered that smile. Jiraiya was in for a world of hurt.

Jiraiya watched as Gamabunta moved away from his location. He let loose a breath of relief as he watched him go. He really did not feel like explaining himself to the great toad. He looked to see the pretty girls gone except one, a stunning blond who was bathing under the waterfall. He drooled and moved closer to get a better look at this vision of beauty. He moved quietly until he was about twenty feet away from the waterfall. He was glad that he was there because she was coming out from out the waterfall. He took out his pad and pen, waiting in excitement. She stepped out and disappeared, in a poof of smoke. Confused, Jiraiya was wondering what was going on until he felt a bit of killer intent. He turned and faced Naruto.

"Well, how are you doing Naruto?" he asked.

"Oh, I don't know. I will be fine once you're eating dirt, you dirty old man." Naruto snarled. "You threw me off a cliff and you will pay for that." Naruto said

"Oh yeah and what can you do?" Jiraiya asked with a smile.

"Him, little. Me, a lot of painful memories." Jiraiya's body went rigid and began to sweat. He did not need to turn around to know who it was. The intense KI radiating from the Ice Guardian told him all he needed to know.

"Ice Geyser!" Keena wasted no time in sending Jiraiya flying via a updraft of icy water.

The two containers smirked and looked up at the large shadow that covered them.

"He's all yours Bunta-sama." Naruto said

"Thank you, you two." Gamabunta said. Jiraiya looked at the smirking vessels and growled.

"I will make you pay for this brat." He threatened

"Perhaps but you'll be in the hospital for quite a while before you do." Naruto's smirked widened. "Oh, hope you don't mind but I sent a clone to Angel-nee-san and old man Hokage about this little training exercise."

The loud cries of "WHAT!?" sailed through the air.

"Later Ero-Sannin." Naruto said and the two left the white hair man to his fate.

"Any last words Jiraiya?" Gamabunta asked his henchman

"Have mercy?" Jiraiya asked

"Not happening." Gamabunta pounced on the toad hermit.

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