I'm back again with chapter 54 this time and things are progressing with the upcoming time skip ahead I'm trying to set up some stuff for future chapters I always like leaving little things in even if they seem pointless they will have a meaning later in the story so looking at this story with only a face value outlook will only hinder you if you're trying to guess what's going to happen. Also I made a little mistake regarding the countries, Last chapter I put Suna No Kuni however I meant Kaze No Kuni sorry for the confusion.

Now Naruto and Temari have set off basically Temari will be Naruto's guidance in Kaze No Kuni he has no idea about anything in the country even if he has been there for two months already. So as we saw last chapter Naruto has not given up on finding a cure for Izumi…but I wonder if he realizes how bad his own condition is…or perhaps he just doesn't care, another thing when Naruto said it was the answer he was expecting regarding what the doctor told him that was to imply Naruto had been asking many doctors before this one.

Like I said last chapter this arc will mostly be based around the change in Naruto where he'll finally be able to say I'm sick of sleeping around and hopefully he'll realize just how broken he is due to the fact he's been using sex as a way to forget his problems…but he and Temari will do it at some point in this arc and this is to only show that the Naruto now does not feel the same way about sex to the Naruto in the past.

I DO NOT OWN NARUTO…


Chapter 54


Temari frowned as the first town came into sight, yesterday she and Naruto had set out from Sunagakure on some…'adventure' that was Naruto's way of saying it but she found this a complete waste of time…what was the point? She knew Naruto was keeping something from her he was incredibly secretive from one word answers to completely dodging her questions she could tell he wasn't giving her the full story but she was here to be his guidance and nothing more.

"Oh…that town looks great" Naruto said as the entrance of the town came into sight there was a large clay wall around it with a large gate blocking the entrance.

"Of course…all of Kaze No Kuni is exceptional our towns are a part of Sunagakure, supplies from all over the country are delivered to Sunagakure from towns like this" Temari explained and Naruto nodded in understanding as the two got closer to the entrance and the guards immediately noticed and raised there…pitchforks?

"Stop…you're not allowed to enter" Temari heard who she assumed was the guard say.

"Why not?" Temari asked in annoyance she wanted a bed to sleep on tonight not some make shift bed on the sands.

"We don't trust strangers" The guard said causing Temari's eyebrows to tick…stranger she was no stranger to this country.

"My name is Temari from Sunagakure" Temari stated her voice was strong and loud so the guards could hear and Naruto could tell by the widening of their eyes that they recognized the name and immediately the sound of hushed whispers could be heard making Naruto smile slightly due the fact that Temari was starting to get aggravated especially if the tightening of her knuckles said anything.

"A-Are you really Temari of Sunagakure?" Both Naruto and Temari heard someone shout from behind the walls just how suspicious did the two of them look they wondered.

"Yes…" Temari shouted back and immediately the gates to the town opened and the two guards from earlier came running out and bowed down to Temari making sure their face touched the ground.

"Were so sorry Temari-sama we had no idea it was you now that you're here you must have heard what happened please forgive us and help us" one of the guards said making Temari frown in confusion while Naruto raised an eyebrow before looking over to Temari she would probably get an ego boost from this.

"I…don't understand" Temari stated and the guard quickly perked up.

"Please come in we are always honored to have a family member of the Kazekage stay with us" The guard stated happily and Naruto looked behind the two guards to see a lot of people staring out at them.

"Is this person with you as well?" The guard asked referring to Naruto and Temari blinked for several seconds before smirking at the thought of payback.

"Yes he's my personal assistant…he's under my orders" Temari said and Naruto felt his eyebrow tick immediately…yes it would seem she was still a little sore over the whole prank Naruto had played on her.

"I see then please both of you we welcome you" The guard said motioning for Naruto and Temari to enter and the two nodded at each other before doing so.


Temari frowned as she and Naruto walked into the town it seemed deserted despite all the people they had seen staring at them…had they all ran inside they wondered but despite the face the town put on the place looked like a ghost town the thing that worried Temari was the state the town was actually in.

Broken buildings, broken windows, broken doors and many other destroyed parts of the town could be easily seen the place looked like it had been in a war. Narrowing her eyes Temari noticed the face of a small girl staring at her from one of the buildings through a boarded up window however the small child was quickly pulled down by a woman who Temari assumed was the mother.

"Looks like this place has seen better days" Naruto commented he could vaguely see blood on some buildings and some weapons that where lying around on the floor looking to his side he noticed the two guards from earlier still following him and Temari.

"What happened here?" Naruto asked to the guards and Temari also glanced at them wanting an answer.

"About three weeks ago, a group of bandits came and destroyed everything…" The guard started making Temari's eyes widen while Naruto had already assumed it was something like this.

"They came through this town like a storm they destroyed homes, murdered people, stole from us and even…raped some of the women in the town" The guard said and Temari clenched her fist so tight Naruto could hear the bones cracking…again however he wasn't surprised when he had been on his own before he had joined the Akatsuki he had come and rescued women that had been raped by bandits and other dark characters, yes it was fair to say he had seen how dark the world could be and how truly evil mankind actually could be.

"And you've had no help from Sunagakure?" Temari asked her voice was filled with rage at the thought that this town had not been helped.

"No...The guard who usually checks up on the town hasn't been here in two months" The man explained to Temari and her hair shadowed her eyes for a moment the rage was building up to the point where she couldn't control it anymore.

Sunagakure was the capital of Suna No Kuni and it was also the center of the country's protective forces and so the village would send out a number of Shinobi's to guard and check up on the towns like this one and then report back everything they knew.

However what was causing Temari's anger was the fact she knew that if a report for this town came in then Sunagakure would immediately send help…in the first place however Gaara should already know about this…unless he was given a false report.

It made sense to Temari the shinobi that would come here hasn't been seen in two months by the town and if Gaara has still been getting reports from him then that could only mean he had written a false report.

"What's your name?" Naruto asked to the guard.

"Yozo kuiga" The now identified Yozo explained and Naruto nodded it seemed that there was nowhere on this planet where dodgy dealings wouldn't happen like Temari he had come to the same conclusion.

"Do you have a delivery hawk?" Naruto asked it was the way most shinobi villages sent messages to one another and almost every town had them.

"No…I'm afraid it was killed" Yozo explained making Naruto frown…that was him out of ideas, if only Izumi was here she would know what to do.

"Okay Yozo I want you to go to Sunagakure and meet with my brother Gaara if anybody asks tell them I sent you and show them this" Temari said pulling out a scroll and writing on it for a few moments and rolled it back up before giving it to Yozo.

"W-What are you going to do?" Yozo asked and Temari narrowed her eyes.

"I'm going to find the people who did this and make them pay" Temari stated and Naruto sighed…he wanted to tell her this had nothing to do with him and that they should just continue however he doubted she would listen.

"Thank you" Yozo said running inside one of the buildings and Naruto assumed he was getting ready for the journey.

"Are you ready?" Temari asked and Naruto looked at her before sighing.

"As I'll ever be I guess" Naruto answered.


Izumi sighed uncomfortably while she laid in bed her body still felt terrible and weak but she could move around a little, she was slowly gaining a little of her strength back.

For the last two months she had been in the same habit of getting up walking around Amegakure and then going to bed…and for the better term she was actually feeling lonely, which to her was weird she had always been on her own or felt like that anyway.

Even after the death of Shisui Uchiha her close friend back when she was young she never felt any loneliness. Shisui to her was her first crush but to him he never viewed her as anything more than a younger sister. However she did remember being hurt when he died…that was probably the point in her life she had decided to stop letting people close to her and it was the reason she had always kept Naruto at an arm's length when it came to anything romantic…she didn't want to experience that pain or make him feel that pain.

Sighing to herself Izumi heard her door open and she quickly turned to see who it was. Narrowing her eyes slightly at the presence of Konan Izumi sat up.

She never liked Konan despite the fact she was the only other woman in the Akatsuki besides herself it was something instinctive, it wasn't the same instinctive annoyance Izumi got when she was in Tsunade's presence it was more…dangerous.

"Can I help you?" Izumi asked as Konan walked into her room and Izumi didn't like the way she would look around the room as if she owned it.

"Ah, I was just coming to see if you were feeling better I heard you coughing recently and I'd just thought I'd check up on you" Konan answered making Izumi tighten her fist slightly.

"I'm fine…" Izumi answered as emotionlessly as possible she did not want to give Konan any information regarding her disease as if Konan found out it was likely she would inform Pain and they would know she was pretty much useless now when it came to the Akatsuki ambition.

"I see…have you seen Naruto recently?" Konan asked and Izumi frowned slightly no she hadn't, she hadn't seen him since they went their separate ways.

"I'm assuming that frown means you haven't…" Konan stated with a sigh before smirking slightly.

"You like Naruto don't you?" Konan asked however Izumi kept up her stoic look she wasn't going to answer that question and she knew Konan was baiting her. She knew Naruto and Konan had something going on after all she knew Naruto more than anyone.

"I don't understand the question" Izumi replied back and Konan stared at her.

"I…see you know though Naruto does a lot for you" Konan stated making Izumi raise her eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" Izumi asked making Konan smile slightly.

"He cares about you a lot…it makes someone like me a little jealous" Konan answered.

"But…I wonder if you know me and him fuck whenever we are together…" Konan said she was going to annoy Izumi and nothing was going to stop that.

Truthfully Konan wanted Naruto…and his talents just for herself she wanted him as her permanent bed buddy. She wanted to wake up next to Naruto and go to sleep next to Naruto, she didn't love him however she felt jealous whenever someone else got his dick other than her.

"I…don't see how that's any of my business" Izumi replied back her fists where tightening under her cover and she felt a slight anger towards Konan.

"You must have been doing it with him all the time when it was just the two of you come on it's just us two we can talk about this right?" Konan asked and Izumi didn't reply but she knew Izumi was getting aggravated.

"Once you feel that dick there is no going back did you hear he got Tsunade Senju pregnant…lucky bitch them two must have went at it like rabbits" Konan said amused by Izumi's silence.

"I wonder how I would look pregnant…do you think I should let him knock me up next time?" Konan asked and Izumi looked away she wanted to punch Konan so much for how she was talking about Naruto.

"So…how many times have you sucked him off, I always find myself amused when he fucks my throat just before he cums" Konan stated and as she noticed Izumi's body language she raised an eyebrow it seemed like she was shy in this conversation and was very uncomfortable.

A sudden smirk appeared Konan's face as a thought occurred to her, she had been trying to find a way to make the Uchiha jealous and it seemed she might have just found it.

"It couldn't be…you haven't slept with him yet have you?" Konan asked and Izumi narrowed her eyes in anger.

"That's none of your business and I wouldn't tell someone who would spread her legs so easily anything" Izumi bit back it wasn't like she hadn't had the chance to have sex with Naruto.

"I see…you've never felt it have you, you've never felt him pounding into you" Konan stated letting out a small chuckle before walking back towards to door a smile on her face.

"You know…he has sex with me to stop me from telling Pain about your disease, so I suppose I should say thank you for giving me source of pleasure" Konan said walking out of the room and Izumi's eyes widened at that last comment.

Glaring at the floor Izumi tried to not let Konan's words reach her she was bigger than that she wasn't some immature little girl that would cry because another woman was having sex with the man she sort of liked.

However what she couldn't stop from cutting into her was what Konan had said at the end, Naruto was being blackmailed because of her…she felt angry at herself at the thought even when she was trying to protect Naruto from her disease it still found some way of affecting him.

But for some reason she felt a little at ease now with the whole Naruto and Konan situation of course Naruto being blackmailed into having sex with Konan made her mad but the fact Naruto wasn't having sex with her due to emotional feelings made her feel at ease.

Rubbing the back of her head Izumi laid back on the bed she was tired again and when she got aggravated the back of her head would always start to itch. It was due to the fact when she had been younger way before leaving the village she had been in an accident that caused her to split the back of her head open, even now underneath all of her hair there was a faint scar the medical Ninjutsu couldn't heal and she had lost a lot of blood to the point she needed a donor luckily however her mother and her shared the same blood type and she had been healed pretty quickly. Though whenever she got really angry or emotional even the scar on the back of her head would itch.

"…Moron" Izumi whispered closing her eyes.


Naruto sneezed as he and Temari walked across the desert of Kaze No Kuni it had been a week since they had left the first town and things for the better term could have been better.

Each town they had visited had after the first one had pretty much the same story that a large group of bandits had come and destroyed their homes and lives with no one reporting it. Of course there where some towns better off but it was pretty much the same story and each time Temari would get angrier and angrier.

Naruto couldn't help but frown…even now when he was travelling with Temari he still felt lonely of course he and Temari talked to one another, argued with one another and on rare occasions laughed with one another however it didn't feel the same as it had with Izumi and he couldn't help but feel that way. Somehow he would occasionally compare Temari with Izumi by thinking what Izumi would have done instead or how she would have done it better.

He knew he shouldn't do it…but he couldn't help it on several occasions when he had heard Temari tell him to get up or hurry up he would sometimes almost say 'I'm coming Izumi' he always stopped himself though before saying it however her name was always at his lips though.

He honestly did want to help Temari as she hadn't completely side tracked from her mission which was to help him as she would follow Naruto to anyplace that caught his eye even if she did show her annoyance in doing so.

"Up ahead" Naruto heard Temari say and he could see the town in front of him burning with black smoke coming out of it. Nodding to Temari the two ran towards the town and they noticed several bandits hanging outside the entrance.


"Hey…what's th-" The bandit was cut off courtesy of Naruto slicing his head off with his wind armor activated around his left arm making his body fall to the ground.

Quickly dashing forward Naruto impaled his hand through another bandits chest before pulling out his hand showering the area with blood, seeing another bandit run at him with a katana out Naruto sliced the blade in half before grabbing the bandits head and crushed it, then chucked him into the wall surrounding the town splattering him onto it in a shower of blood.

"A bit slow aren't we?" Naruto asked looking to his side to see Temari finally catch up with him she frowned slightly at how fast Naruto actually was not even Gaara would have been able to travel that fast however she quickly reminded herself that this was the man who had been able to keep up with the Raikage the fastest man on the planet.

"Shut up…" Temari muttered before looking around at the mess Naruto had made she was used to seeing so killings from being a Kunoichi and the sister of Gaara she had seen Gaara kill people in sickening ways.

"What are you waiting for…go protect this country's honor" Naruto said nodding his head towards the sound of screams and Temari looked at him for a moment before nodding and running off into the town.

Just before he went to follow her Naruto noticed two large eyes engraved onto the side of the town walls at the exit and he narrowed his eyes they looked similar to the pair that he had seen in his dream. The engraved eyes where incredibly small but he could see them perfectly there was no way he could forget.

Walking into town Naruto quickly avoided a swing from an axe that would have taken his head off and activated his wind armor around both of his arms and tore the bandit that had swung the axe at him apart. As he walked forward again he noticed a lot of bodies that belonged to the bandits and he assumed Temari was cleaning house and quickly he also took note that some of them had their face or head completely sliced off making Naruto think she was quite a powerful wind user.

Hearing a scream from a nearby ally Naruto followed it down before coming across four bandits holding a woman against a wall and looked to be in the process of stripping her. Sighing to himself he launched forward sticking his hand through the two bandits that had hold of her arms, blood sprayed everywhere showering even the poor woman that was half naked now.

"W-What the fuck?" One of the bandits shouted and Naruto quickly grabbed him by the throat before ripping it apart with the high power wind around his hand. Looking towards the last bandit Naruto stared at him in boredom before eventually the bandit tried to run off however a large wind scythe came from the sky and split him completely vertically in half, and Temari quickly dropped down from the buildings above she had a bit of blood on her face but she was uninjured.

"…You should get out of here" Naruto said to the half-naked woman and she nodded bowing slightly before running away covering herself the best she could.

"Satisfied now?" Naruto asked and Temari didn't answer him her hair shadowed her eyes before she began to walk forwards towards him.

"Hey are you alri-" Naruto didn't get to finish his sentence as Temari had pushed him up against the wall and had slammed her lips onto his grasping at his chest as tightly as possible.

Naruto felt her slip her tongue into his mouth and he found it a little weird…he had never actually thought kissing a woman was weird before and it sort of felt wrong kissing Temari here, however following his instincts and bodily needs Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her back playfully batting his tongue against hers.

Pulling back Naruto noticed the flushed look on Temari's face and he saw her grin slightly before slowly dipping her hands into his pants making Naruto widen his eyes slightly as he felt her hands wrap around little Naruto.

"I've wanted to do this for days…and tonight you and I are going to be a little dirty understood?" Temari asked and Naruto smiled slightly at how bold she was he did find her attractive as she was beautiful, smart and strong…not to mention she actually wanted it.

"Nothing serious though this is just sex between us understood?" Temari questioned and Naruto nodded once again, since the age of thirteen it had always been about sex with Naruto, with the possible exception of Mei, Kurenai and Tsunade but the countless other women beforehand it had always been about sex so…Naruto found himself having no problem agreeing with Temari.

"We're going to stop here for tonight…and head off back to Sunagakure in the morning" Temari stated and Naruto nodded and watched as she smirked before leaning in to kiss him once again and Naruto quickly wrapped his arms around her waist.


With Gaara


Gaara frowned as he looked at another piece of paperwork on his desk, he was only fifthteen and he was stuck doing paper work…what was wrong with him seriously. He frowned however as he remembered the message that man…Yozo gave him, it had been the first he had heard of any bandits attacking the towns of Kaze No Kuni.

Of course Gaara had immediately sent people onto the case but he still frowned at the thought of one of his own shinobi betraying him already…did they really think they could do what they like now they had a young leader.

Looking up Gaara sighed at another one of his headaches…Shikamaru Nara…he honestly could say that he had no idea what to do with him, he was meant to wait for Temari's return however she had been gone for a quite a while so Gaara had placed him around the village to help the civilians and people who needed assistance. He hoped Temari would make it back to see him become Kazekage officially as for him she was one of the few people he wanted to prove himself to and to show that he has changed.

Narrowing his eyes at Shikamaru Gaara had noticed the way Shikamaru would look at Temari at times and he felt uncomfortable by it.

"Shikamaru-san…what is your relationship with my sister?" Gaara asked in an emotionless voice looking back down to his paperwork. Shikamaru gasped slightly and a small blush formed on the Nara's face.

"N-Nothing is going on with us where just friends…" Shikamaru answered it was true he was only friends and saying friends pushed it they were more like acquaintances, however Shikamaru did find Temari different despite how troublesome she was.

"I see…" Gaara replied back continuing his paperwork.


With Naruto


Naruto groaned as he raked his hand over his face, his eyes where closed tightly due to the sun shining through the gaps in the curtain, he had been drinking last night with Temari, and he couldn't remember much about what happened last night.

Hearing a groan beside him Naruto opened one of his eyes slightly and looked to the side to see the sleeping face of Temari, remembering the events of what happened last night Naruto sighed and pinched the skin between his eyes.

The two of them had been drinking last night she had admitted how she found the way Naruto killed those bandits as sexy. So the two of them had flirted throughout the time they were drinking and eventually it lead to the two of them…ending in bed together.

Hearing her groan Naruto watched as Temari went through the same actions he did, once she realized where she was Temari smirked at Naruto before sitting up allowing Naruto to see her bare chest and her ample breasts.

"We should get up…it's quite late in the morning" Temari stated looking towards Naruto before grinning and jumped out of bed making Naruto see her in all her nakedness, he could see every curve in her body and her perfectly round tanned ass.

"I'm going to have a shower you're more than welcome to join me if you like" Temari said giving Naruto a smile before entering the bathroom.

Naruto sighed once again as she entered the bathroom and stared at the ceiling in thought he felt…dirty slightly and he was racked with guilt…Temari had been a virgin last night and he felt uncomfortable at the thought he had taken her virginity away from her even if it was a mutual decision.

Groaning Naruto rolled out of bed why was he thinking like this again…this was the first time he had done it with another women since Kurotsuchi the idea of sleeping with any random chick now…put Naruto off completely and even with Temari he felt uncomfortable…however it did distract him from stressing out over everything he had to do…he was running out of time to do everything, defeat Madara and the Akatsuki, save Izumi and his brother…he needed to do all of these before his disease took him.

"Are you coming or what?" Naruto heard Temari shout from the bathroom and he sighed before standing up and walked towards the bathroom he was stressing out again and he needed something to take his mind off everything and with that in mind Naruto joined Temari in the shower.


"Thank you Temari-sama we don't want to even think about what would have happened if you and your assistant never showed up" One of the townsfolk said and Temari nodded to them happy she could help.

"It was my pleasure…I'll be informing the Kazekage of your situation and of the betrayal of one of our own shinobi" Temari said in a neutral voice as she remembered gutting the Sunagakure shinobi that had been lying on the reports just so he could take a profit of whatever the bandits got.

"Are you sure you won't stay another night it's no trouble at all" Another townsmen said making Temari scratch her head slightly in embarrassment she wasn't used to getting such praise.

"No, thank you for the offer but we must be getting back now" Temari replied and Naruto snorted at her she loved the attention. She quickly glared at him before smiling slightly and walked forward.

"You'll pay for that one" Temari whispered in Naruto's ear as she walked past him making him cringe slightly…he knew she could make him pay as well, as he found out last night Temari was an extremely curious woman and she wouldn't leave any place not licked.

Rolling with the punches Naruto raised his arm and waved to the townspeople it was time for him and Temari to leave and continue their journey.

"Hurry up Moron" Temari shouted aggravated by Naruto's sudden slowness and she stopped to stare at him.

"Jeez I'm coming alright…Izu…" Naruto cut himself off before he finished his sentence and his eyes widened slightly at what Temari had just called him…Moron…the word sounded wrong coming from Temari, that was Izumi's nickname for him…however Izumi said it with affection and in a teasing manner while Temari said it in an angry manner.

Sighing Naruto found himself missing Izumi again…he still hadn't got used to her not being by his side and for Naruto it was strange no woman in his life had gotten this close to him, no woman had ever gotten so close to him that he missed them even after months of not seeing them…except his mother.

Quickly shaking any thoughts he had Naruto caught up with Temari and nodded to her he didn't feel like talking now and luckily she could sense it as well and just as the two reached the town entrance Naruto looked towards the two small engraved eyes and widened his eyes when he noticed they glowed red and in an instant both he and Temari disappeared.

"Wh-What just happened?" Townsfolk asked and the same question was being asked by many others in the town as well wanting to know what happened to the two people that helped them.


Okay done that was chapter 54 Now where getting close to the end of this arc already I only ever planned on this being a short arc I'm estimating the time skip will be around chapter 57 but I might be wrong depending on how things go, since I'm going to do a chapter on Tsunade giving birth.

Well anyway this chapter was about how Naruto has grown up in the time he has been without Izumi of course he's still immature since he's sleeping with Temari but…as you saw he's feeling uncomfortable now after doing it, he hadn't even slept with another women since Kurotsuchi which for Naruto being on his own shows how much he has grown.

I do plan on writing a lemon for Naruto and Temari, and I'm hoping this will be the last lemon before Naruto and Izumi get together and Temari will be the last woman Naruto sleeps with (Other than Konan because he's being blackmailed) before they get together, I'm trying to make this development believable and Naruto is slowly figuring out sleeping with women now doesn't make him forget everything and it only makes him feel dirty and disgusted in himself.

I felt for Izumi this chapter as well, how she must have wanted to punch Konan in the face for doing that, Izumi herself is working out her own feelings for Naruto and for Konan to be stirring things like this must be playing on Izumi's heart. However at least she knows Naruto is only sleeping with Konan because she's blackmailing him and don't worry Izumi will get her own back eventually on Konan...you'll see.

Anyway where have Naruto and Temari been sent to? Does it have something to do with Naruto's dream or is it something completely else…I love writing cliff-hangers.

Until next time…