Okay….Why did Kisame call Tobi Mizukage? Duuuude, are there TWO Tobi's? But at least Kisame is back…I missed him. He's my favorite Akatsuki besides Itachi. Who knows…maybe he'll go good in the end. Unlikely but whatever…and poor Naruto!! –huggles- Jiraya-sama….-sniffle- B-but anyway….if Sasuke and Tobi are gonna use all of the tailed beasts that they have captured so far, that also means they'll use Shukaku…Narutoooooooo, go to the sand village and ask Gaara-sama for help! ……..Take Hinata with you!! XD


"I can't find anything, Michiru," Said Hiraku, shuffling through the pile of book she had picked up.

"Keep looking!" he whispered, flicking through a huge book with Akina, "There has to be something on Otogakure and Kumogakure somewhere in here…" He sighed and scanned the pages.

"Maybe there is no documented information," Suggested Akina, "At least not in here. It is a very restricted subject after all."

"All of the books containing information on those villages might be with your father," Suggested Debu, looking around at Michiru, "He is the Kazekage after all…maybe he didn't want anyone snooping around in this matter?"

Michiru frowned and looked back down at the book. He and his friends were at the Sunagakure library. It was a very big library, but they had only been searching the section on the other hidden villages. They were trying to get as much information for themselves as they could, since they knew Kumoashi and Kabuto would be coming after him.

"Maybe these will help?"

He turned to see Akume walking up to him, a few books in her arms. It had been three days since she had come to the village and attacked Amagumo. Now she hung out with Michiru and his friends. When they were busy, she stayed close to her uncle.

"Thanks for helping us Akume," Michiru said gratefully, taking the heavy books from her.

"No problem," She said quietly.

Hiraku frowned and went back to looking through her book.

Arai was staring absently into space, his blue eyes dull and covered with mist. He'd been like that all day. He was lost in his own thoughts and no one could yank him out of it.

Aki, who was sitting on the table beside Michiru's book, laughed and slapped a page with her tiny hands. Hinata had to go on morning patrol and Gaara was busy with work, so Michiru decided to take his little sister with him.

"What is it Aki?" He asked, looking at the page she had slapped.

It read…

"The Land of Rice Fields. A small country bordering the Land of Fire's northern border. The Land of Rice Fields is its original name, with the Land of Sound, possibly derived from Otogakure, being the criminal ninja, Orochimaru's own name for it. Many of its shinobi were collected, most being from the Fuuma clan, to supply his need for followers and jutsu. The Land of Sound, along with Otogakure, is a relatively new country in the political scene, though the country itself existed long before Orochimaru took it over and renamed it. It conspired with the Land of Wind to launch a surprise attack and hopefully destroy the Land of Fire. "

"Huh…" Michiru frowned and reread the paragraph. "It says that most shinobi were collected from the Fuuma clan…what's the Fuuma clan?" he looked at Akume.

"I don't know," She said, shaking her head.

He sighed and looked back in the book. "We need to look for Fuuma clan," He told the others.

They all nodded and began to search through their own books. Except for Arai who was still in dreamland.

"Here it is!" Hiraku called, pointing to a spot on her book.

They all crowded around her and began to read.

"The Fuuma clan. A shinobi clan from the Land of the Rice Fields, where Orochimaru established the Land of Sound. Some of their most powerful members were tricked by Orochimaru, who promised to restore their clan status, and were used in his kinjutsu development experiments."

"That's all?" Asked Michiru, staring at the book, "There must be more information then that…"

"There is," Said Hiraku, studying it closely, "According to Sakura-sensei, all documents concerning political clan matters are in the restricted section. The only ones allowed in there is the Kazekage and the higher ups."

"Well that doesn't help us out much, does it?" Muttered Michiru.

"There must be something…" Akina grumbled, sitting on the table beside Aki and flipping through another book. She blinked, her yellow eyes widening, "Hey…hey you guys, check this out."

"What is it?" Asked Michiru, hurrying over to her.

"It's about an ancient clan that lived in the land of wind, very close to the village," She said, tracing her finger along the book, "The book talks about the clan that had no name, but was commonly known as, the canyon clan, since they dwelled only within the canyons. It says that this clan was ridiculed and banned from the village once they started to negotiate with Orochimaru and other enemies of Sunagakure. Later on, when the Yondaime Kazekage was still n charge, he Daimyo ordered everyone in this clan to be killed…" She paused, frowning slightly, "it claims that all but one of this clan were killed. One man could not be found along with his newborn baby son," She turned the page, "Later documents state that this man was found and killed by the special forces of Suna, His son was found as well but escaped with his own baby. The baby's mother was a woman from the sound. This man and the woman were killed, but the baby vanished. It is presumed that he has died, and all searches for him were canceled."

"So the second baby was never found eh?" Hiraku read over Akina's shoulder, her blue eyes confused, "So does it ever say that the baby was found dead or something?"

"It doesn't talk about the baby anymore…"

"That's strange…" Michiru took the book from Akina and scanned it for a moment. The book went on to talk about the alliances between the land of wind and other lands."

"We're at a dead end," Said Debu, leaning on a table, "We won't be able to figure out anything else."

"What if the baby is still alive?" Suggested Michiru.

"That was years ago," Snapped Arai, finally coming out of his daze.

Akina grinned, "You were actually listening Arai?"

"Shut up."

"Even if it was years ago…" Said Michiru thoughtfully, "The baby could be grown up by now….and the baby might be only about…nineteen or somewhere around there…" He counted for a second, "The original man's son was probably found around the time my father became Kazekage…so yeah. The baby would be about that age."

"Your point?"

"If his mother was a woman of the sound village," he continued, "Then maybe the sound sheltered the baby to keep it safe from Suna…"

"That might be true," Said Akume, "But I never herd of anything like that. My father would have been told of it, and he would of told me…"

"Maybe he's dead," Sad Arai, returning to his daydreaming.

"Or maybe he's not…" Michiru sighed and looked at Aki. She laughed and clapped, her eyes bright.

"More information on it might come later on," Said Hiraku, putting away the book she had taken out, "For now I think that is all we're going to find. I'm late for a lesson with Sakura-sensei. See you!" She turned and hurried out of the library, pulling her bag over her shoulders.

Michiru looked around at Arai, "hey yah know, if you'd rather go daydream you can leave now."

"Thank you." He got up and left, eyes still glazed.

"I think he's in love," said Akina.

"Eh?"

"That look is the look of someone in love," She shrugged, "I mean, why wouldn't he be in love? With Hiraku, myself, and Akume-san around!" She blinked brightly.

Akume blushed and looked at Michiru.

He shook his head at Akina, "Say what you want, but I think another guy might have eyes for you, Akina."

She jerked up and stared at him, "W-what!? WHO!?"

He shrugged and smirked, "Figure it out yourself." He turned away from her and caught Debu giving him a look. His friend's face was a light pink shade. Michiru smiled at him, and Debu smiled back.

Akina was muttering to herself, he eyes wide. Akume stood beside her watching, her red eyes enthused.

"I should be heading back," Akume said after a moment. "By Michiru…" She smiled at him and left.

He watched her go, blinking slowly.

"Now who's in love?" Snickered Akina.

He threw a book at her.

"I should be going to," He said after picking up the book. He put it away and picked up Aki, "I'll see you two later…" He actually meant to leave the two of them alone. He smirked and left the library.

When he had left this morning for the library, almost everyone was still asleep and the sun had barely risen above the canyon. Now the sun was high in the sky and life was active as normal in the village. Everyone was walking around, working, talking, selling, and buying.

He sighed and looked down at Aki. She laughed. He shrugged and walked of into the village. He barely noticed everyone telling him good morning, or asking him how he was. He was to wrapped up in his own thoughts about all they had discovered in the library.

He stopped before the kage building and stared up at the huge structure. Gaara had said that he would be in the meeting for quite awhile…How long had it been? "……"

"Michiru?"

He looked around to see Temari walking up to him, her should length blonde hair down from its normal four ponytails. She looked like she just got back from a mission.

"Hey," he said, turning to face her.

"What've you been up to?" She asked, "I just got back from the night patrols. I met the morning patrols on the way back. Hinata was with them."

"Yeah I know," He said nodding, motioning to Aki.

She smiled, and then frowned, "Why were you in the library?"

He froze, "W-what?"

"I had Chongiru go to the library this morning…" She said, "To find a certain book for me. He told me just now about you and your friends…looking up stuff about Otogakure, The Fuuma clan, and the ancient canyon clan…"

He blushed and looked at his feet.

She was quiet for a moment, "So what'd you find out?" She whispered, leaning closer to him.

He stared at her for a moment, before smirking.

"Of course I'm curious," She whispered, reading his eyes, "So…what do you think?"

He sighed, "I think…that the baby of the canyon man and the sound village woman, is still alive, and in the sound…"


"ACHOO!!"

"Are you alright Sora-kun?" Asked Seiyru, glancing at him.

"Fine," He sniffed, rubbing his nose, "Someone must be talking about me." He scratched his dark brown hair and looked around at her.

They were walking through the gardens together, discussing their plans for the future of the sound ninja five. Seiyru had mainly been explaining all about the past sound ninja five. She knew everything about it, since Tayuya was her grandmother. More then anything, Seiyru wanted revenge for the woman that had killed her grandmother.

The Sunagakure jounin Temari, the Kazekage's elder sister.

Sora really had nothing personal against anyone from the sand village. He was just following orders as they were given. And maybe if he followed them directly, he might run into Nariko and Rei.

"So once Rei-san and Nariko-san take out the Kazekage and Hokage, we'll be free to attack both villages!"

"But we have to find a way to pull the villagers apart first," he reminded her, "remember Kabuto-sama's plan?"

"Yes…"

"But it won't be easy now that Uzumaki Naruto is the Hokage…" Sora stopped walking and crossed his arms over his chest. He smirked and brushed his bangs away from his handsome copper eyes.

"We'll figure out a way…"

He looked at Seiyru, intense eyes staring at her.

She blushed fiercely and looked at the ground.

Sora chuckled lightly and patted her on the head, "C'mon Seiyru…we should be heading back, don't you think?"

She frowned. She didn't want to go back to the others yet.

"What's the matter?"

"It's nothing…" She said, shaking her head, "But Sora-kun…do you think it's right? What we are doing I mean? Especially looking at your heritage-"

"It is Kabuto-sama's orders," he said, looking down at her, "and we must follow his orders, weather it is the right thing to do or not. If you remember all he has done for each of us, Seiyru, you should think the same. Correct?"

"Yes, forgive me…" She said, nodding slowly.

"Now come on.." He turned and began to walk back towards the building. As he turned away from Seiyru, his eyes darkened and his face fell from the small smile. She shook his head, eyes showing a tint of sadness. "Come on Seiyru, stop slaking!" he called over his shoulder.

"Right!" She hurried after him.


"Look out Naruto-kun!"

The new Hokage looked around in time to dodge a flying nunchuk. His rammed into the wall before him and left a huge crack in it. "What the hell was that!?" He cried, sitting up, blue eyes wide.

"Sorry!" He looked around to see Lee running up to him, Nao behind him. "We were training and I lost control of my weapon," panted Lee.

"It's fine," Said Naruto, pulling the weapon out of the wall and handing it to his friend.

"Thanks Naruto-kun!" Said Lee, grinning.

"Oh, and Hokage-sama…" they looked at Nao, "Tenten-dono told me that a group from Suna is coming. Paku-san, Kakeru-san, and Sasuke-dono."

"Sasuke's coming back?" Asked Naruto, looking happier then he had when they had ran into him.

Nao nodded, "For a quick mission Kazekage-sama assigned. Sasuke-dono is also going to visit his family's grave. He scent the message to Tenten-dono. They're a few hours away."

"Oh yeah, it's almost the day when his clan was killed…" Naruto glanced at Lee who frowned. "Thanks you Nao," he added, looking at the chunnin.

He bowed.

"I'll see you later Lee," Naruto added, turning and walking back up the stairs. He sighed and leaned against the wall once he was out of his old friend's sight. He ran a hand through his sun gold hair and let out a low breath.

Being Hokage was harder then he thought, but that wasn't why he was so worried. He had been reading up and researching on the current war, and he realized how serious things were.

As he reached his office, he plopped down in his chair and banged his head on the desk.

"You ok?"

"GAAAAHAHHH!!"

He whipped around to see that Sai was sitting on the windowsill, smiling at him.

"Don't scare me like that!" Naruto gasped.

"Ah, so sorry Naruto-kun…." He said, leaping into the office, "I was waiting for you to come actually, to give you these," he placed some papers on the desk. "More work from Tsunade-sama!"

"I thought you were gonna molest me…"

"What?"

"Nothin…"

Sai tilted his head to one side.

"Anyway," Naruto looked at some of the papers, "This is about the land of waves and the Mizukage?"

Sai nodded, "Yes. Apparently the Mizukage is still being a…."

"A bastard?"

"Yes!"

Naruto nodded understandingly, "Okay, I get it…" he sighed and pulled out some papers to sign. "Did granny say in these papers exactly what he was doing?" he asked as he began to sign the papers.

"No," Said Sai, shrugging slightly. "She didn't."

"Okay…" Naruto scratched his head, "I wonder if Gaara's gotten any word of this…Sai, will you send a message to him about it?"

"Of course," Sai nodded and left.

Naruto frowned and leaned back in his chair. He stared out of the window at the Hokage Mountain. They had begun to carve his face into the stones…He sighed ad got back to work.


-Dies- OMG 50 CHAPTERS!! OOOOH YEAH!! HALF WAY THERE!! –dies- I'm half way there….yosh!! Um, uh…anyway…hehehe…I don't know why but I have really grown to like Sora-sama! He's becoming a character that I am very interested in…even though I made him…hehe. He and Amagumo are my favorite oc's….anyway, most of the stuff about the Fuuma clan and Otogakure were found on . But all the stuff about the ancient canyon people was my idea….my-idea!! BWAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH!! ….um…..um….next chapter will be up…um…soon?