"B!" roared that strange feral voice again.

Everyone stopped talking, turning to stare at the source of the commotion. It was clear that B knew who it was, and that he was frightened.

Beads of sweat trickled down his face, but he bravely tried to smile.

"No need to worry," he told his fellow foolish jinchuuriki. "It's just my...friend."

"Octopops, you aren't rapping. Why aren't you rapping?" Naruto asked. "What's going on? Is there some kind of emergency?"

"YOU CAN BET THERE IS!"

Then a giant flaming blue cat burst onto the scene and scratched B right across the face.

Naruto screamed. Fuu screamed. Han screamed. Even Roshi screamed.

Could you blame them, though? Normal cats are very cute. Giant flaming blue cats are...very terrifying.

Then the cat turned into a human lady. Specifically, a human ninja lady wearing a Kumo standard shinobi uniform, just like B, along with a dangerous scowl. Her blonde hair was standing on end like a cat's fur during a fight. Even her nails were sharp, just like a cat's claws.

"I can't believe you, B!" snarled Nii Yugito, jinchuuriki of the Nibi. "You went on a jinchuuriki rescue mission without inviting me? Another jinchuuriki?"

"Yugito, I beg your pardon, please," B said sheepishly, rubbing the angry red marks on his face. "I didn't mean to leave you out, honestly, that's not Killer B!"

Yugito seemed to have calmed down after venting her anger in a frighteningly unhinged way. She turned towards the other quaking, trembling jinchuuriki. Han was hiding behind Roshi – a ridiculous sight, as Han was easily the tallest jinchuuriki of the bunch. Meanwhile, Naruto and Fuu were holding onto each other for dear life.

"Pleased to meet you," the scary cat lady said with a smile. "I'm Nii Yugito, jinchuuriki of the Nibi, Matatabi. Please don't make any puns about my name, or I will scratch you."

"Y-yes, ma'am," Naruto squeaked, not releasing his death grip on Fuu for a moment. "Fuu nee-chan, please protect me from her."

Fuu frowned as Naruto called her "nee-chan." Then Killer B tried to break the ice.

"So...Yugito, long time no see. How are things holding up in the village without me?"

"The Raikage had a meltdown and he sent C, Darui, Karui, and Omoi after you," Yugito said, plonking herself down on a log. "It was tough for me to sneak past security, but I managed it last week, when those morons X and Y were on duty. Bet he's having another meltdown."

She sighed heavily. "Took no time at all in tracking you down, what with the massive bijuu chakra signatures you five are emitting. I'm surprised that you haven't been caught yet." She took a skewered fish hanging in front of the campfire. "Mind if I take this? I'm starving."

Naruto nodded feverishly, trying desperately not to provoke her. Yugito then began gnawing at the fish in a very cat-like fashion.

"Oh, by the way – we're all – chomp, chomp – under an international manhunt now – chomp, chomp."

She shrugged off her bag and pushed it towards Roshi, who opened it and pulled out a collection of newspapers and a bingo book.

"MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN HOT SPRING; ZERO INJURIES, SIX ABSCONDING," he read out. "WANTED IN TAKIGAKURE: CHOPSTICKS MASTER OF KONOHA AND THREE ACCOMPLICES."

Naruto blushed in pleasure at his new title.

"Oh, and here," Roshi continued, reading from the bingo book. "Wanted in Iwa, Kumo, and Taki for...that's a lot of zeroes. Naruto, B, you two need to be more discreet, do you understand that? You're the only ones listed with your photos. It's a good thing that no one will be able to find you with this thing, though, Naruto."

He held up the bingo book. It was Naruto's ninja registration photo from when he was twelve. The one where he was pretending to be a kabuki actor.

"Why is he wanted, su?" Fuu asked. "We left a note and everything. We asked them not to worry, su!"

"Yeah!" Naruto agreed. "I left a note back when we left Konoha too. I hope that Kakashi-sensei is watering my plants, and that baa-chan isn't mad at me..."

The adults in the group, excluding B, stared at Naruto and Fuu incredulously.

What was wrong with teenagers these days? Did someone beat jinchuuriki kids on the head too often and give them brain damage?

"Fuu...Naruto..." Han said. "You two ran away from the village. Which is illegal. That's why they're looking for you."

"But we left notes, ya know. They explained everything."

"Really?" Roshi said. "Then you kids can go ahead and explain exactly what you wrote in those notes."

Naruto cleared his throat and recited from memory:

"Yo, everyone! I know this is kinda sudden and all, but I need to leave the village for a few...months. Some random jinchuuriki came here and we decided that we need to save everyone else so that no one ends up like Gaara! But don't worry about us, Octopops is a really cool guy and he isn't a danger to the village or anything!

To Kakashi-sensei: Please water my plants while I'm gone.

To Ichiraku: IOU three thousand ryo. I'll pay you when I'm back.

To Sakura-chan: Please tell baa-chan not to get mad.

Naruto :)"

Yugito was staring at Naruto in shock. Then Fuu opened her mouth and added to the fire:

"I'm leaving on a trip to realize my dream of making a hundred friends! Right now I'm somewhere in the eighties range. I'll be back soon when I've made a hundred! Tell Shibuki not to worry. Even though the world is dangerous for people like me, I have a lot of friends who will help me!

The village's lucky charm, Fuu :)"

Yugito then stared at Fuu in shock. "What is wrong with you kids? That's not how you write notes," she finally said.

"Forget about it," Roshi said. "These kids are just weirdos."

"Who are you calling weird?"

"Yeah, su!"

"More importantly, we have two more jinchuuriki to rescue," Han said. "And if my memory serves me right, they're in..."

Kirigakure. The Bloody Mist Village.

"Well?" asked Pain. "What are those jinchuuriki up to?"

"The Nibi, Yonbi, Gobi, Nanabi, Hachibi, and Kyuubi jinchuuriki are heading towards Kiri, un," said Deidara. "I bet they're trying to rescue the last two jinchuuriki."

"Very well. This saves us the trouble of looking for the Rokubi. These jinchuuriki are doing our work for us. How convenient. And as for the Sanbi...well, we already have the Yondaime Mizukage under our control. Those fools just need to complete the set."

A/N: Thanks for the reviews, UltimateGenius, Jac Frust, RedFistCannon, and NahImTheGoat07.

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