Riley's POV

"Holy crap!" Naruto exclaimed as he and his clones tried to avoid my Diamond Storm attack. As my shards of ice hit the clones they disappeared in a cloud of smoke while the real Naruto was pinned to a tree.

"Nice dodging" I praised my team mate as I came up to him and undid the shards of ice that pinned the blonde to the trunk.

"I'll have to improve dodging them in the future" Naruto confessed rubbing the back of his head. Naruto was still working on his Wind Chakra which I'm sure he was getting annoyed with by now. "I also wish I could get my new Wind Technique finished soon!"

"Diamond Storm took me a year to master and Ice Surge six months just be patient"

"Alright I'll try" Naruto promised. Our stomachs growled at the same time so the blonde and I went to have lunch at Ichiraku.

"So uh Riley you think Hinata would really go out on a date with me?" Naruto asked nervously. His face was red and it was freaking cute.

"Dude she's nuts about you" I responded after swallowing some noodles.

"Thanks I just never had luck with girls" Naruto confessed. "Most of them stay away due to the Nine-Tails or them thinking I'm an idiot"

"Their the idiots" Naruto widened his eyes at my remark. "Yes you may possess the Nine-Tails but you are a kind hearted, hardworking, and the sweetest ninja I ever met Naruto"

"Aww thanks Riley"

The goofball smiled and I was glad I cheered him up.

"You're also hilarious you did fart in Kiba's face when you fought him during the Chunin Exams right?"

"Oh man that was embarrassing"

"It helped slow Kiba and Akamaru down that's for sure, I wish I saw that"

"It sure did" Naruto agreed and we both finished our lunch. I paid the tab and the two of us went to visit Sai in the hospital. Naruto picked up one of Sai's books and read the contents.

"So how much longer do you think you'll be in here?" I questioned my injured team mate.

"Another week at most possibly" the artist stated with a sigh.

"Hey at least you don't have a broken wing" I explained. Having your wing broken hurt like a bitch and the recovery speed at minimum was two weeks or more depending on the injury.

"I bet that's gotta hurt" Naruto added cringing.

"Yeah it does" I confirmed. "Get some rest okay?"

"Thanks for coming by you two" Sai thanked us with a smile.

While on the way back to the training grounds Naruto noticed a cloud of smoke in the sky and he took off wondering what it was. I followed after him and when I caught up with the blonde Naruto had just taken a whole bunch of shuriken into his back to protect Sora who was on the ground.

"Damn you for butting in" Sora scowled at him.

"You had my back in the caves so now I'm covering yours" Naruto said to the monk-in-training. Just as Tsunade came out of the building with Yamato and Shizune the wind blew hard catching everyone off guard. By the time the wind settled down Sora was gone. Naruto then grunted before passing out from the shuriken being embedded in his back.

With Yamato's help we took the blonde to the hospital and to save Sakura some trouble I healed the shuriken wounds on Naruto's back. I had to report back to Tsunade because she needed my help with locating Sora so I spent the rest of the day on the route she assigned me.

"No luck finding your target?" Kakashi asked appearing next to me in the tree I was resting in.

"No he's still in the village but I have no idea where and I'm not going to disobey Lady Fifth's orders"

"I'll see you at home then" my mate promised and pressed his masked lips onto my forehead before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. After my brief rest I continued on my rounds until Yamato told me to report back to Tsunade. By the time I arrived at her office it was getting dark.

"I couldn't locate the target nor could my dragon" I reported to the Sannin in front of me.

"He won't hide for long" Tsunade responded with a sigh. "Maybe I shouldn't have let him into the village"

"No disrespect Tsunade but screw what the elders and Danzo say" I began. "You made a decision you thought was right people make mistakes and mistakes can be fixed"

Tsunade chuckled and I was glad I made her feel a little better.

"You're a damn good Hokage, if anyone else thinks otherwise then it's their issue not yours"

"Thank you Riley, I appreciate your words" she told me with a smile.

I smirked back and I was about to leave when I saw something coming towards Tsunade from outside her window. Without warning I leapt over Tsunade's desk and pushed her down at the same time Naruto burst through the door. The window shattered and soon Naruto used a kunai to hold back Sora.

Swearing Sora fled back out the window and Naruto trailed him.

"Are you okay?" I asked Tsunade.

"Yes thank you Riley" Tsunade replied and I helped her to her feet. A storm was gathering outside and it looked like things were going to get ugly.

Several ANBU alongside Shizune came to make sure Tsunade was safe. Suddenly the power went out and I swore. Tsunade tried to get a response from the power station but it was to no avail.

"The power outage must have been a sabotaged effort" Tsunade said. After the village was placed on a Stage Two Security threat Sakura arrived.

"Riley I want you to go help Naruto in anyway you can, Sakura go and heal anyone wounded" Tsunade ordered.

"Be safe milady" I told Tsunade and the Sannin patted my back before I took my leave. As I followed Naruto's scent trail I saw that gates on the east, west, north, and south were now blocked thanks to one of Fuen's technique.

"Holy shit!" I yelled as an undead shinobi appeared out of nowhere with a katana. I dodged from getting injured by the sword and I summoned my element. Water shot out of my palm and the corpse became pinned to a wall below me. I jumped in front of the corpse and used my right foot to kick the katana away before slamming both of my hands against the corpse. The water holding the undead shinobi turned into ice.

I then let my dragon half take over and using her dragon fire the ice encased shinobi melted. Once that task was done my dragon half let me take over once more. As I went after Naruto again I made an apology to the undead shinobi within my mind for having to destroy their body hoping that ninja who died would rest in peace from now on.