Well. This chapter was tough. Had to make a LOT of disisions about where the future of this story was going here and I can honestly say I NEED to start writing these things down more often….

My bad.

As always I own nothing and never will, and if I ever own anything I will then be subsequently bought out by Disney, because monopoly's aren't a crime if you're a mouse apparently

"So kid, what do you say you answer me huh?." The snake mistress of Konoha, and the only ninja ever to apprentice under Orochimaru glared down at me with an obviously fake smile. I had not met her in this life, but I had heard of her. The only thing I knew for certain was that unlike her cannon counterpart who was weakened by the cursed seal, this Anko was a legendary ninja.

"What's the matter kiddo? Need a juice box? Are you scared?" I blinked with a blank expression on my face as I tried to push down the fear creeping up my spine.

"uh…" I muttered dumbly. "what was the question?" this response seemed to please her as her mad grin split her face like the grinch.

"Oh ho I was hopping you would be difficult!" she pulled out a Kunai and licked the blade. "now I get a chance to try out my 12 step program! Step one is I peel the skin off those pretty little fingers-."

Taking a deep breath, I held up my bound hands in a placating gesture and cut her off. "Ok im going to stop you right there cause I'm not going to make it through step 1." She stared blankly at me while I shook my head. "I really don't know what you asked and I am happy to answer any questions so seriously just ask away!"

"kid, you really know how to ruin a lady's night you know that?" she sighed and put the knife away as I let out a soft sigh of relive. "Now, im going to place a seal on your hand. If you lie it will hurt you, do you understand?"

I nodded as I observed her place a seal simply by touching my hand. I had to catch myself from nerding out over the action, I had been hounding Jiraiya every time I spoke to him to teach me 'Inking', the art of converting chakra directly into ink and creating seals just by thinking of them.

"So, do you know why you are here?" she leaned back in her chair and pulled an apple out of nowhere.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "well, I assume it has something to do with the tail? And the weird chakra?" I didn't want to give too much away, but I knew I couldn't lie. Even without this seal on my hand I'm sure Anko could smell a lie from a mile away.

"The 'weird chakra'." She leaned forward and crossed her arms. "what do you know about it?"

With my senses I could feel a secondary source of chakra within myself. Much like a jinchuriki it was slowly mixing with my own, enhancing my power passively. I was uncertain just how much stronger I currently was, but evidently it warranted a underground seal covered prison cell. "well, I know I felt it for the first time this morning, and I know it feels… similar to… well…

"Similar to your friend Naruto?" she was clearly fishing for visible reactions, but I kept calm and prevented myself from flinching.

"Yeah." I nodded in confirmation. "But… I don't have any kind of seal on me other then this one right?" I held up my hand, the one she had placed her truth seal on to emphasize my point.

The older woman sighed, not quite annoyed but more tired. "That's the issue. You clearly have something similar to a tailed beast within you, but it shouldn't be possible. Do you have ANY idea how it got there? Did you talk to anyone suspicious in the last few days?"

I bit the inside of my lip. It would be very difficult to answer this without giving anything away… but an idea entered my mind. One that might just get me out of this fire. "well… I did encounter the former village elder the day he died, its possible he did something?"

Without answering Anko suddenly jumped up and moved for the door. Before leaving she turned to me with a… almost scared expression. "Risa, your not in any trouble, but do not try to leave this room under any circumstances understand?"

I responded with a curt nod, and with that I was left alone.

Hokage tower- 20 minutes later

"lord hokage, sensei." Anko spoke with a small bow as she entered the village leader's office. The hokage was seated at his desk while Orochimaru sat in a chair before him.

"Anko. Have you finished with your… questioning already?" Hiruzen paused at the term 'questioning', dreading the thought of a child being put under Anko's 'supervision'.

"Fortunately, there was no need for any of that sir." Both the Kage and the Sanin visibly relaxed at that. "But im afraid Risa dosent seem to know any more than we do."

"Yes, and I am afraid Jiraiya is far more knowledgeable when it comes to the tailed beasts. Until he returns to the village, we will not have the means to understand how a Tailed beast is contained within the girl without a seal." Orochimaru rubbed his temple. "It dosent help that we still don't know which tailed beast it within her. I just cant make sense of it."

"Did the girl say anything about meeting any suspicious people recently?" Hiruzen questioned, filling his pipe with tobacco.

Anko let out a cold laugh. "According to her the only strange encounter she has had recently was Danzo, and I know for a fact that he had no experiments related to tailed beasts."

"Ah yes." The hokage took a puff from his pipe. "I don't believe I ever properly thanked you for spying on my traitorous teammate for me."

The woman shook her head. "All do respect sir, I dident really do a very good job of that, considering how much he got away with…"

Orochimaru responded to this with a huff. "Anyone less skilled would have been caught and killed, the fact that you went undetected is a testament to your skill."

Anko turned a slight shade of red at the compliment before returning to her serious expression. "Regardless, I spent the last few days looking through Danzo's secret experiment files. He had absolutely nothing on tailed beasts, other than methods to fight them."

"Perhaps I could shed some light on the matter, kit." The three occupants of the room turned to see a figure standing in the doorway. The hokage sighed in relief as he recognized the voice.

"Ah, I must say I never thought I would be so glad to see you. I assume Naruto handed over temporary control to you lord Kurama?"

'Naruto' stood in the doorway, though the whisker marks where much more pronounced, fox ears sat atop the golden hair, and once blue eyes glowed red. "Yes, I'm afraid that our bond is not advanced enough to do this for long so we will need to talk quickly Saru."

Orochimaru stood from his chair and crossed his arms. "Can you tell us which of the tailed beasts is currently inhabiting the Inuzuka girl?"

'Kurama' crossed his own arms and shook his head. "The power within her undoubtably is a tailed beast, but it is not one of my siblings." The three humans eyes widened in shook as the 9 tails continued. "As you know Saru, me and the 8 other tailed beasts were all born from one entity. As far as I can tell, the power within Risa Inuzuka is more akin to that entity then one of us."

"So to be clear…" the Hokage spoke up after a long awkward pause. "This… entity, inside of young Risa, is NOT a tailed beast?"

The fox in human form nodded. "it is, but while not as strong as my 'mother', its power is more… focused. 'Denser' would be the more appropriate term in this instance. The only thing I know for sure, is that it is not an enemy."

Everyone perked up in curiosity at that. "What?" Anko spoke up. "What make you so sure that its not an enemy?"

"I cannot say." Kurama held up a hand in a placating gesture as the three ninja seemed to prepare to argue. "I cannot tell you how I know it is friendly, all I can tell you now is that it is safely contained within Risa Inuzuka, and that you can trust her to keep it safe."

For a good minute the three humans stood in silence, but with a heavy sigh Hiruzen Sarutobi sat back in his chair. "you have been a loyal friend to the leaf since its inception Lord Kurama, and I am inclined to trust your judgment. But…"

The fox raised an eyebrow at that. "But what?"

"there have been… multiple strange situations lately that all seem to cumulate around that girl. Now with this on top of everything, are you certain, without any doubt, that I can trust her to work as a ninja?"

Kurama shook his head. "I am sorry for being so cryptic about this, but all I can tell you is that I trust her. What you do with that information is up to you, however…." The fox's eyes glowed a brighter shade of red as he locked his gaze with the elderly Kage. "If you don't let her be a ninja that means Naruto wont graduate this year either, and if you make me sit around in a classroom for another year then an Inuzuka is going to be the least of your problems!"

The hokage's pipe dropped from his mouth as his hands began to shake. "You… you couldn't possibly mean…"

A down right evil grin split Kurama's face as he wagged his index finger. "that's right! Im giving Naruto permission to start pranking you again!"

Anko and Orochimaru sweat dropped as their respected leader shook like a twig in a hurricane. "What are they both children?" the two thought simultaneously.

"So." Kurama scratched the back of his head. "You'll let team seven pass then?"

The Kage took a deep breath, but after a moment let it out and flopped back into his chair. "Can I entrust you with looking after this 'unknown tailed beast' for me?"

"Of course, Saru." The fox chuckled. "So long as Risa and Naruto are together, I will keep both of them out of trouble. You have my word." with a puff of smoke Naruto's appearance suddenly returned to normal. "oh wow." This time Naruto was the one to speak. "I feel like someone just kicked me in the fricking skull."

Everyone let out a sigh of relief. "Orochimaru, fetch Kakashi, let him know Risa has been cleared for duty and team seven can begin official operations. Anko, get Risa home. Gods know the poor girl could use some rest. Oh, and make sure to let lady Inuzuka know's that her daughter is under house arrest until we can verify she has control over her new power." The two-ninja vanished from the room to fulfill their orders as Naruto took the seat the snake sanin had been occupying. "And you young lady." Naruto looked up to meet her 'grandfathers' eyes. "I think you and I need to have a chat with Lord Daimyo."

Naruto's eyes widened at that as the girl leaned back in her chair. "Well. If you're planning to tell him the truth about me then does this mean that you're planning to retire?"

"Yes, my dear." The old man leaned forward and tussled the girl's hair. "I am most certainly done with this fucking paperwork."

That night- Inuzuka Houshold

*Tap Tap Tap*

"Soooo…. Mom…" I did everything I could to avoid meeting my mothers gaze as she tapped her foot on the ground.

*Tap Tap Tap*

I scratched behind my ear and laughed nervously. "How was your day?"

*Tap Tap Tap*

I took a sharp breath. "Soooo…. How are things?"

*crack*

I froze has her heel slammed into the floor, based on the sound she may have very well broken the wood. "Risa. I just got off the phone with your teacher."

I blinked, having almost forgotten that we actually had phones. "Wait." I squinted. "Teacher? But my team failed because of me…."

My mother let out a half chuckle. "Sorry but your shit out of luck, Lord Hokage has authorized team 7 for active duty."

I blinked a few times as I tried to process the new information. "So… everything's ok then?"

I flinched as she tensed up, a flair of chakra filled the room with a distinct tinge of negativity to it. I closed my eyes expecting at the very least a verbal bashing, but the flair disappeared, and Tsume let out a very tired sigh. "Your under house arrest until further notice. you will leave only when accompanied by your teacher. If you try to leave without permission you will be labeled an S rank threat to the village and ANBU will kill you on sight."

I sweat dropped and scratched the back of my head. "Well, that makes sense, being a jinchuriki-"

*SLAM*

I froze again as the kitchen table folded in half under my mothers' fist, tears streamed down her face as her breathing became heavy. "I. am. Done, Risa. I cant take this anymore, every time I turn my head something else is going wrong with you! You have no smell, you cant bond with a ninken, you catch the attention of fucking Danzo! And now you 'somehow' have a KAMI DAMNED MONSTER IN YOUR GUT!" The entire estate shook with what I felt had to be a chakra enhanced yell. Even with all the power I had at my disposal, nothing cuts as deep as a parent screaming at you.

Tsume took a deep shaky breath. And the next words mad me feel like all the blood in my body was draining out onto the floor. "Your under house arrest Risa, but your not staying in my house."

I took a few seconds to process, trying to grasp the implications. "What… Mom what-"

She raised a hand to cut me off, shaking her head. "The clan elder have made their decision Risa. Kakashi is waiting for you outside. Your bag is on your bed."

"So…" I muttered. "The elders are kicking me out till I'm off house arrest?"

I understood before she spoke, but the words still sounded fake when they met my ears. "Risa, until you can redeem yourself in the eyes of the elders, you are forbidden from carrying the Inuzuka name. you've been disowned." She would not meet my eyes, but then again, I wasent exactly trying to make eye contact. "Get out of my house Risa."

I don't remember much about the rest of that night. I remember grabbing my bag, Kiba was there but I couldn't look him in the eyes. He said something to me, but my ears where ringing. I remember Kakashi leading me through the dark streets of Konoha, thinking about how I had just lost my family. Of all the ways I could have screwed things up, I manage to get myself disowned. The very last thing I recall about the day was falling asleep with someone's arms wrapped around me as I cried myself to sleep.

Hidden rain village

The rain tore through the air sideways as body's rushed through the hectic streets. Alarms blared through the air and explosions rang out as 6 figures stared down a lone nin near the village center.

"Who the hell do you think you are!" spoke the first figure a large man with blue skin who had a large bundle wrapped up on his back.

"Kisame." Spoke the figure in the center of the group. "Do not act so rashly, this is no ordinary opponent."

"Ah you know how fish sticks gets when hes in a good mood boss!" spoke another of the six.

The now identified 'leader' shook his head. "You are wearing my patience thin Hidan."

Another of the six spoke up. "Come now Nagato, let the boys have their entertainment."

"Yes do let them entertain themselves, otherwise they will be asking to spar with me all night… again."

The leader sighed and shook his head as their 'Enemy' continued to glare at them from below. "yes very well, I suppose I owe you that much Yahiko."

"Are you all finished up there?" Spoke the figure on the ground. "I was rather looking forward to killing you!"

Kisame unsheathed his sword, the legendary shark skin samehada, and pointed it at the figure. "That's a lot of talk for a long dead ghost, Hatake!"

"Say, konan." Yahiko spoke. "Wasent Sakumo Hatake supposed to be dead?"

The blue haired woman nodded sagely as said 'ghost' seemed to simmer in anger at being ignored. "Indeed, he was said to have committed suicide, after failing an S ranked mission during one of the great wars."

"You will find, my friends…" The lone warrior spoke from the ground. "The tales of my death were a bit… exaggerated." The six nin who stood together suddenly tensed as the rain froze in the air, and the white haired nins eyes turned from red, to violet. "But none of that now, I have come today to eliminate my master's greatest threat!" he raised his hands into the air and a mad gleam took hold of his expression. "THE AKATSUKI WILL STAND IN OUR WAY NO LONGER! HEAVENLY PUSH!"

In an instant the rain began to fall once more, and every building within half a mile of Sakumo's location shattered from an invisible force. After the dust cleared the six nin still stood, but none of them had escaped unscathed, especially Hidan, who had a large piece of rebar sticking through his head.

"Nagato." The groups leader, Yahiko, spoke between breaths. "His eyes, they were just like yours!"

Aforementioned redhead huffed in exasperation. "Well thank you oh wise and glorious leader, very good observational skills you have!"

"Boys please." Konan muttered. "The real question is Nagato, can your eyes match up to his?"

"You kidding?!" The mans body was shaken by a coughing fit for a moment before he settled back to normal. "MY Rinnegan is nowhere near that powerful on its own! If I had my corpse puppets I'm sure I could match him, but SOMBODY makes me keep them in cold storage!"

This time it was Yahiko who huffed in annoyance. "I apologies for not letting you parade our peoples dead loved ones through the village Nagato, truly I am a fool-"

The sarcastic commentary was cut short as a beam of white light ripped through the group, just barely missing any of the members and boring a hole through the wall behind them.

"Well that settles it." Kisame called out to the group as they scattered. "White lightning, so it really IS the white fang."

Just as he finished speaking the rouge ninja appeared in the middle of the group, faster than any of them could react to. They all lifted their weapons, or readied a jutsu, but they were too slow. Just as the mad 'ghost' had his blade, coated in white light, pressed to the throat of Nagato, a call rang out through the clearing.

"RASENGAN!"

Just before the white haired nin could kill his target, a blur of white, red, and blue slammed into his chest, sending him spiraling into the distance.

"You know, something tells me I might need to skip my usual introduction this time."

The faces of the Akatsuki's three founding members lit up in jubilation aa reality dawned on them. With smile splitting their faces ear to ear they all called out in relief. "Master Jiraya!"

Konoha- The next morning.

Waking up in Narutos arms was an interesting experience. On the one hand there was something so… cozy about the Kyuubi container, on the other hand…

I dident feel like I deserved to be cozy at the moment.

The morning seemed to drag on forever. I took a shower, changed into my 'ninja outfit', then pored some captain crunch, which somehow existed in this world. I tried not to question that.

Luckily, Kakashi arrived to save the day as it were, because he explained what had ACTUALY happened with my clan the night before. I hadent been DISOWNED, not in the literal sense. I was basically 'suspended' until I could accomplish something that would bring the clan higher standing in the village.

Basically, my clan would benefit from my accomplishments, but if I kept 'failing' they wouldent suffer. Fortunately, according to Kakashi, I could still contact my siblings throught my 'banishment' and all I really needed to do to 'redeem' myself was reach chunin rank. According to my teacher that would be more than enough. It seemed… simple, compared to the 'trouble' I had caused, but like hell was i going to complain about that!

Still a dick move on their part in my opinion.

After Naruto joined us and prepared some breakfast ramen (a habit I had tried to end with no success) Kakashi gave a small eye smile. "Now, since you are under house arrest Risa, and since none of you have much family to go home too-"

Wow. Low blow Hatake, low blow.

"-lord hokage and I have decided to move you into a team house. Think of it like… a big team building exercise! This way Risa wont get lonely while locked in her, and you can all spend more time together!"

It was then that I took a moment to observe the house we were in. from the windows view I could tell we were in the clan section of the village, but I dident recognize the exact area we were in. "ok so… who's house is this?" I muttered, much to my blond teammates apparent delight.

"Well Risa!" Naruto beamed. "Welcome to the home of clan Uzumaki!"

I blinked as I took in more of my surroundings. The house was well furnished and from the pantry I had raided for my captain crunch earlier it was recently stalked up and cleaned, but on the mantle over the fireplace hung a photo of a beautiful very pregnant redhead, and a blond wearing a shit eating grin.

"Oh Naruto." I muttered. "Are you really okay with me staying here with you? And when did you move in here!?"

Naruto chuckled for a moment. "Well, Gramps gave me the keys after we were officially made genin yesterday… And don't even think about refusing to stay here! You AND the bastard are gonna live under this roof so long as we are a team and that's final!"

After nodding in acceptance, I hid a devilish grin behind my hand and snickered. "Oh my Naruto, you and Sasuke living alone with a young lady? What will the village think?"

But to my surprise Naruto shared my devilish grin. "Well the secrets out as of this morning, so its actually Sasuke living alone with two young lady's hehehehe."

Kakashi prayed silently for his male student as the two teen girls shared an evil laugh, for he was in for a living hell.

"But wait." I broke out devilish musings as a thought occurred. "do we really want to take Sasuke away from the Uchiha compound? Itachi needs help with all those kids dosent he? How many does he have now?"

"well." Naruto scratched the back of her head. "Funny story, Obito is actually taking over as clan head."

I blinked, and scratched at my ears to see if maybe some wax had caused me to hear the blond incorrectly. "But… what the hell is Itachi doing then?"

Capitol of the land of fire- five hours later.

POV- Hiruzen Sarutobi

Fortunately, with my aids running at top speed, I was able to reach the capitol of my country in just under 12 hours. Now before me sat the lord of the land of fire, and at my side sat Orochimaru, Obito, Hayate Gekkou, and Anko. My security remained outside as our meeting began.

"Hiruzen." The voice of the Daimyo carried power worthy of a man of his position. Even to the legendary ninja before him, it was clear who the top dog in the room was. "I hear you've had some trouble in the village as of late."

I took a steady breath before responding with a curt nod. "Yes Hideyoshi-Sama." I made sure to look him in the eyes as I spoke. "You have received the report from my Jonin commander I take it?"

A full bellied laugh split the tension in the room as the Daimyo waved his hand dismissively. "You needn't be so tense old friend. A new tailed beast? The old war hawk Danzo biting the dust? You dident come all this way for that did you? You know I trust you to handle matters such as those!"

I let relief wash over my aching bones for a moment, but clenched my fists in determination as I steeled myself for what came next. "Of course not my lord, I would not waste your time on such matters, not with a personal visit that is. I am here for something more… delicate."

"Ah." The lord of the land of fire had a unknowable glint in his eyes. "Have you finally decided to retire again?"

This was the moment I had been dreading for twelve years now. "Yes, however the reason for my retirement is due to…. A… secret, that I feel must come into the light."

"A lie." It was not a question, but a statement of fact that the Daimyo uttered. That gleam in his eye made the air in the room feel dense as he ushered for me to elaborate.

"Yes well… this is regarding my successors heir-" before I could finish I was cut off by yet another hearty laugh from Lord Hideyoshi.

"BAH! That's whats got you all worried? Ive know Naruto Uzumaki was a girl from the very beginning you old coot!" I blinked in surprise for a moment before regaining a stoic expression.

"I must admit, that is not the reaction I had expected my lord." I spoke in a calm tone, but truly confusion gripped at my mind as it raced to comprehend the implications.

"yes, yes, that little traitor Danzo told me about your secret years ago! Truthfully, the reason I never acted on the information was so that I could use it a blackmail against you if I ever needed something… uncouth." He continued to laugh as my accompanying party all sweat dropped.

All of us save Obito, who was accustomed to the Daimyo's antics.

"Regardless my lord." I took another breath. "While I am relived to hear that you are not angry with me for that secret, I still intend to retire today."

Hideyoshi clapped his hands together and a smile split his stoic face. "But of course! And judging by your party, I trust you have a successor picked out? By all means Hiruzen, I more than trust your judgment on this matter, who shall take the mantle of Hokage from you?"

I smiled as my Ninja looked to my with weary looks. I had yet to reveal my choice to anyone except for Naruto after all. "Well, before that, there is the matter of Danzos position as head of Black Ops. For that position, I wish to grant Orochimaru the title of village elder, and have him resume covert operations."

My students face was unreadable. A few years ago he would have been furious at being denied the seat of hokage, but in recent years he had…. Matured. I was not certain, but I believed he was pleased by the promotion.

After all, as the head of black ops, he would also be in charge of certain… EXPERIMENTS… that I felt he would find enjoyable.

Orochimaru POV

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Hiruzen POV

"But of course, though if not him, who will be taking your place as hokage?" The daimyo spoke with a slight hint of confusion.

I smirked as the others looked intently at me. "Ah that, well, I feel there is only one in the village at this time capable of fulfilling the paperwork- I mean responsibility's! of the Hokage!" I closed my eyes. After all, once I spoke the name, I was officially retired from this damn job for good! "The fifth Hokage shall be Uchiha Itachi!"

Konoha- same time

Naruto and I, now joined by Sasuke, were chattering excitedly over a lunch of sandwiches made by one of Itachi's wives.

"I still cant believe it! An Uchiha finally in the Kage's hat!" Sasuke had an uncharacteristic energy about him as he downed another ham and cheese with extra tomatoes. "If only mom and dad could see this"

I chuckled at that as I munched on a turkey sandwich. "yeah so don't get me wrong I happy to see Itachi get some well-deserved recognition, but why is Obito taking over?"

"yeah." Naruto sputtered with her mouth full of roast beef. "He cant even have kids right? Whys a Jonin of his skill getting sidelined? Cant they just wait till you're an adult to make YOU leader?"

Sasuke shook his head and sighed in exasperation. "its not about having kids, trust Big bro has plenty of those. Its about having someone to sit on the Council for us. That, and I know it's not obvious, but Obito is losing his edge, its best for him to retire from active duty now while he can."

Kakashi butted In at that moment, cutting off the young Uchiha's explanation. "Yes im afraid Sasuke is right. Sadly, the seals Minato sensei used to create his prosthetics are weakening, and, well…"

"Nobody else is smart enough to fix them, only dad really knew how they worked." Naruto pipped in, some of the joy fading from her expression as her thoughts drifted to her dead parents.

"yes im afraid so. I only wish I had let him teach me more sealing, maybe then i-" our teachers muttering were cut off however as an ANBU agent suddenly appeared in the clearing next to us.

"Naruto, you are needed at Konoha ER." The ANBU's voice was shaking. An ANBU's voice NEVER betrayed emotion. This had to be bad.

"What? The hospital? What happened?" Naruto's face drained of all color as the Agent spoke again, the girl disappeared in an instant, from her chakra I could tell she had called on the nine tails to boost her speed. Not that I could blame her.

"Its lord Jiraya, he- hes hurt bad."

Sasuke raced off after our blond teammate, and I would have too if Kakashi hadent held me down by my shoulder. "Easy Risa. No Chakra enhanced running till we know you can control your new power."

I nodded in agreement, and let the one eyed Jonin pick me up. In an instant we were outside the hospital, judging from the frazzled civilians outside Naruto and Sasuke had just beaten us here. Walking through the doors I expected a horror scene, blood leading to the operating room, the smell of flash rotting from poison… and well that might have been the case, from the ANBU's tone I assumed that Jiraya must have been hurt bad, but that was not what made me freeze up in the middle of the main hall. No, what caused my blood to turn cold was the figure standing in the hall, arms covered in blood and body covered by a black robe with red clouds.

Konan.

Kakashi rushed past me to the room where all the commotion was coming from, the main operating room. But I dident follow. I was too busy processing the blue haired figure before me. And said figure took notice of my gaze, because in a moment her eyes locked with mine.

That's when I noticed her headband. There was no slash, so she was still loyal to ame? That question did not matter as she made for the exit, walking past me as she prepared to leave.

"Wait!" I called out, my curiosity betraying my sense of reason and brining the S rank Ninja to a halt. "i- im sorry, miss Ame nin…I mean.. mam… is Master Jiraya going to be Okay? Did you bring him here?"

For a moment I was afraid I might have annoyed her, or that she was just going to ignore me entirely, but she turned to me with a sad expression. "Yes, he was assisting our village when he was injured. I'm afraid I do not know how.."

At that moment she was cut off, the sound of a doctor screaming "CLEAR!" pierced through the doorway of the operating room.

"i-" the blue haired Nin's voice cracked for a moment before she seemed to lock down her emotions. "I am sorry little one. I need to make a formal check in otherwise your village security will treat me as hostile, I must be going at once."

I closed my eyes as I heard the doctor called out again, followed by a painful cry that was unmistakably Naruto.

"Please." I spoke without thinking. "At least wash yourself off first, you shouldn't have to walk around like that." I gestured weakly to her blood covered hands as the ANBU from earlier appeared before us.

The ANBU stood rigid in the dim hallway. "Lady Konan of Amegakure, Jonin commander Shukaku will meet you here shortly, please take this time to clean yourself up and have our medic nin see to your wounds."

The ANBU disappeared, and the now very clearly exhausted Ame nin gave a very tired chuckle. "alright kid you win, ill sit down for a moment-"

And with that one of the most feared ninja in the world promptly passed out and face planted at my feet.

Ignoring the absolute shit show that this whole day had turned into, I looked up to the dull white ceiling and gave a simple prayer, to any gods that I now knew were listening, to let Jiraya make it.

"Please." I muttered. "Don't take him away from Naru…. Not yet."

I soon found myself collapsed into a waiting room chair, the distinct feeling of being dragged into my mindscape took hold as I swear a voice sounded off in my head.

"alright, I owe you this much, little mouse."

ANNNNNNND done.

Totally TOTALLY did not completely forget to upload this….

Okay you all know I forgot but GOOOOOOOD I am exhausted

Character-Tim

Race- Demi-god

Home world- Earth Dimension M.A.D000006

Background- a simple man from one of the original earths, he became a guardian, and is the only Mortal Guardian to ever save a L.O.S.T world.

Fun Fact- 'Tim' is responsible for a 300 year suspension from any guardian entering a RWBY dimension, after somehow getting all the main characters to become his 'heram' in multiple alternate reality's for… unknown reasons