Chapter Thirty Five

Meeting with Jinchuuriki

The Morgue person had yet to come and get Naruto's body, so he was still laying on the couch with Tsunade at his side. She had pulled of the blanket from his face, letting it lay on his chest instead. She ran her hands through his red and blonde hair, wiping blood from his face here and there.

She sat by his side until a knock at her…window? Tsunade turned to the window to see a white cloak with sapphire clouds at here window. She jumped, she only knew Akutsuki had clouds, but theirs were red.

Being cautious, she walked over to the window and opened it, meeting with brown eyes and a serious face. "Tsunade of Konoha, Godaime Hokage, I presume?" The man asked, his blonde hair going to his shoulders. Tsunade recognized him as the Jinchuuriki of the Mist and holder of the Sanbi. "Yagura, I thought you were suppose to be dead. You were captured by the Akutsuki years ago." Tsunade said as she stepped away from the window and let the Jinchuuriki in.

He nodded as he looked around the room, his eyes settling on Naruto's calm face. His eyes widened and he went over to him. "Kyuubi, what happened to him?" Yagura asked as he knelt down to his fallen leaders side. "He was suppose to lead us, not be here dead." Tsunade shook her head as she walked over to the body as well.

" I believe it was a seal on his chest that killed him. It was meant to be broken by someone else that loved him, but Naruto broke it himself. With that, it imploded in on him and destroyed part of his heart and lungs. My apprentice, Sakura, was dating Naruto at the time, and tried to save him. She was unable to." Tsunade said as she ran her hands, once again, through Naruto's hair.

Yagura nodded his head and then stood back up. "I'll tell the others, but the reason why I'm here is because me and the other Jinchuuriki and the Akutsuki have joined forces. We want peace through out the country and we intend to keep it that way. There will be no more wars and each country will unite together to make this happen." The Sanbi jinchuuriki said as he looked the Godaime in the eyes.

Tsunade's eyes widened as she listened and she began to shake her head in disbelief. "How can that happen, there's no way that this will work. This will just end up leading to a bigger war." Tsunade said as she began pacing and biting on her thumb nail.

Yagura watched for a minute before leaning against the wall that was next to the couch, crossing his arms. "That's why there's going to be a summit soon. All the Kages are going to gather, including Pein-Sama, leader of the Akutsuki and Rain, we'll meet at Iron country, there negotiations will be held. This is to bring peace, so if you don't agree, I will personally drag you there." Yagura threatened with narrowed eyes. Tsunade stopped for a second and then turned to the blonde and nodded. "I'll be there, when is it?" "Come in a week, on the thirty first of October." He said and then disappeared.

Tsunade was worried. This meeting could bring peace or destruction.

34

Pein sat in his room, his body pale and shivering, soon he wouldn't be able to hold the body at all and he'd have to go to the summit in his original form as Nagato. Konan stood next to him. They were all waiting for the Jinchuuriki to return.

They did soon enough and each reported that the Kages would show up. Killer Bee had to threaten his brother to get him to go, but every other Kage said they would attend without a problem. Pein nodded and dismissed them. They were to show up to the summit, but they were free to go. Pein had a feeling he knew exactly where they were going.

They hadn't known the boy, they'd only seen him once in fact. But that didn't matter. Jinchuuriki had a strong bond. One look and they would be hard to separate. With that one look of Naruto, they had acknowledged him as their leader. Now that he was dead, he was sure that the eight were going to go and pay their respects to one of the most powerful of all Bijuu and Jinchuuriki.

34

It was several days but Jiraiya arrived. He wasn't as fast as the Jinchuuriki, he didn't have the speed he did when he was in his prime either. So when he arrived at Konoha, he noticed a bunch of people gathered at the cemetery. He stopped by and was surprised to see Team 7, even Itachi, and Kisame were there. Tsunade stood at the front, a picture of the blonde with very true blonde hair and bright sapphire eyes.

The funeral, he was surprised to see, was for the blonde. He had died and with that thought, Jiraiya fell down out of the tree he was in and landed next to a startled Kurenai. The women looked down at Jiraiya with shiny red eyes, she wasn't crying, but she was still sad for Team 7. They had already lost so much, and now they had lost even more.

Jiraiya stood up and walked to the front, people separating to let him through. Jiraiya noticed Gai and his team, then there was Anko, Ibiki, and Team Ten, an old women, he didn't get that one at all. He finally spotted Tsunade, Shizune, and Team 7 at the front. He walked straight to them. All of them, he noticed was looking at the grinning face of Naruto, leaning against a tree, his headband tied around his neck and wearing a burnt orange tank with a vest.

Jiraiya looked at Tsunade, who had tears running down her face, Shizune in the same state, and then he moved on to Team 7. He was very shocked at what he saw. Sasuke was crying full out, very silent crying though, his tears flooding down his face in big droplets, and he had his arm around Sakura's shoulders in comfort, for both him and her.

Sakura had her hands covering her face, he could see tears running through her fingers, onto the ground. Her breathing was ragged as she choked and sobbed. Jiraiya knew instantly that she had a thing going on with the boy. He had seen Tsunade in the same state when Dan had died and his heart almost broke as he watched the same thing happen to the young medic. He had heard she'd lost her family in the invasion of Konoha from Sound and Sand. He would be able to understand how that felt.

Kakashi was in just as bad, only he wasn't making any sound either. But Jiraiya saw the inner turmoil that the man was having. Kakashi had lost his father and mother when he was young. His mother dieing, giving child birth, his father committing suicide after a failed mission. Then the boy had lost his friend Obito, but had gained his eye. Rin was next, who had disappeared mysteriously during a mission.

Then finally Kakashi had lost his sensei and father figure, Minato. Kakashi understood why he had lost him, but he had still been crushed when he was told his sensei had sacrificed himself to seal the Fox. Jiraiya had seen the effect and now he was seeing it again with the loss of one of his students. Jiraiya wasn't sure what he was going to do to help.

In fact, there was nothing he could do actually. He could only watch them let their sadness out in the only way they knew and that was mourning. Jiraiya would have to do the same, especially since he had also cared for the boy. Jiraiya felt the tears fall from his eyes in moments and he too cried as he said his goodbyes to the blonde boy he had once knew.

34

The funeral was over and the people who had come, left, except for Team 7. They didn't want to leave, letting go was the hardest for them at the moment. if they left, it would mean that Naruto was truly dead, that he wouldn't come back to them at all.

Suddenly, the sounds of many swishes came from behind them and Kakashi turned around lightning fast, kunai in hand and in a defensive position. What he saw surprised him. Eight white cloaks stood behind him and his team. Sakura didn't pay attention and Sasuke only stood lax, neither cared at the moment as to who was behind them. The cloaks, Kakashi noticed had sapphire clouds on them. The umbrella hats covered their faces and each hat had a golden bell tied to it with white string.

"Who are you?" Kakashi asked, but his question went unheard. Instead, each cloaked figure stepped forward, walking pass Team 7 and up to the grave that held Naruto. Then each figure kneeled onto one knee and bowed their heads at the picture of the blonde in front of his tombstone.

They each muttered something incomprehensible and then stood back up and walked over to the now stony faced Sakura. Her eyes were blank of all emotions and her hands by her side, silent tears falling.

As they walked pass her, each one put a hand on her shoulder for a second, a different colored chakra entering each time. Finally the last one did and his green chakra entered her silently. Nothing happened, but nothing would for a long time.

"This is our apology for not coming here faster, maybe if we had, we could've saved him." Said the last one as he followed his team into the trees and disappeared into the night. Kakashi stared after them as they left and then turned to Sakura, who's tears had now stopped.

Kakashi stepped in front of both his students and was surprised at what he saw. Both had blank eyes, no emotions or anything, no tears, not even a glisten. He waved his hand in front of both their faces. Neither would respond to him. He knew that the two were suffering. He wasn't sure if they'd ever recover from it either.