A/N: Hey, hey! Finally, I'm back! I want to let you know that I'm really busy because I'm going to move back to Arizona soon. So don't expect me to update it so fast. It may takes some time anyways. And I want to say disclaimer for myself. I have nothing to say anything because having Vegeta say this over again and over again is... troublesome.

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Chapter 89: Danzo and ROOT ANBU

(Konohagakure- Hokage Mansion)

Sakura was surprised to see Gohan, Kuririn, and Bulma again. She was even more surprised to see Inari, too. "And Inari?"

Inari grinned and waved at her. "Hey, Sakura-san."

Sakura was in utter disbelief. "You flew all the way from Earth till here for two months?"

"Actually, consider it, only two and a half weeks," said Kuririn.

Sakura was shocked at that statement. How could they possibly reach Element in two and a half weeks?

"So that's them you're talking about, Sakura?" asked Tsunade. Gohan, Kuririn, and Bulma looked at the sole female Hokage sitting on a chair behind a table.

Sakura nodded, "They're my friends, and they fought alongside with us against Freeza on Planet Namek and with Orochimaru and his underlings on Earth."

Tsunade continued to glance at her, as if waiting for something more for Sakura to spit out. Realization dawned on Sakura's face. "Oh, right. This is Kuririn, Gohan, and Bulma." She pointed to each person respectively. "And Inari from the Land of Waves." Sakura spun around to her friends. "Guys, this is Kakashi-sensei, Shizune, this is Tsunade-sama, the Hokage of Konohagakure"

Kuririn took a glance at her and analyzed her appearance, finding her too attractive due to the fact that she had such a nice bust. However, he was surprised when Sakura whispered in his ear, and told him that she was actually in her fifties. Gohan's eyes scoured all around the room and realized something was out of place. "Hey, where's Naruto-san and Sasuke-san? It's urgent, because we have to tell them."

Tsunade sighed, "We all know."

Gohan, Kuririn, and Bulma were astounded. "What?"

Sakura nodded, "It's true. We already know about the mishap. It was Freeza's brother. Coola invaded our planet in search of Naruto because of the fact that he insulted their species. We did not know about this. Naruto himself proclaimed that he had a bad feeling before we arrived here."

"Yeah…" Kuririn looked down at Gohan. "He had the same feeling. That's why he came."

Sakura sighed, "When Naruto was in interrogation—"

"Interrogation?" Bulma gulped. She was concerned about Naruto about the fact that he was in interrogation. After all, she recalled something about Naruto telling everyone about him being the host of the Kyuubi. He told them right after they fought Orochimaru. It seemed that Sasuke and Sakura were the only ones that comprehended Naruto for a while.

"Well, it's a long story. Anyways, when he was in interrogation, Sasuke and I sensed stupendous amount of power levels that flickered frequently. So Sasuke had to go over there to check out what's going on, only to run into Coola and his underlings. One of his henchmen somehow knew everything about Element. The other henchmen decided to brawl with Sasuke. Sasuke had a hard time and was nearly killed. It's been two weeks since Coola and his goons have invaded here. I'm pretty sure 2 or 3 major villages have already been eradicated."

Kuririn growled, "Dammit! Why can't we do something? We can't let them destroy more villages! If this keeps on, they'll come here soon!"

Gohan nodded, "Right!" He pointed at Inari. "His home was destroyed by Coola's men, and Kuririn and I fought to save him."

"But where is Naruto and Sasuke?" asked Bulma.

Sakura was going to answer her, but Tsunade shushed her. The door opened, revealing Danzo as he emerged in the room.

Tsunade snarled, "Danzo…"

Gohan, Kuririn, Bulma and Inari had no clue what was going on and simply deadpanned. The Earthlings including Inari could tell there was something apprehensive about Danzo. Shizune gulped, because she knew that Tsunade would lose her control soon. Tension began to rise in the air. Sakura hissed at him, because she hated the way how he took her boyfriend away. Kakashi did not show any expression of disgust or resentment, but he never liked him ever since Danzo did something horrific to Tenzo.

"What do you want this time?" said Tsunade with a scowl on her face.

Danzo glared back at her with cold eyes. "As this woman asked, where is Naruto, the demon brat and Sasuke? Are you aware that Sasuke is still under ANBU's supervising and is forbidden to leave this village until any further notice? Furthermore, about the fact that Naruto was scheduled to be executed two weeks ago? The council and I have discussed this whether or not that you were the one to pull it off."

Gohan, Kuririn, Bulma, and Inari widened their eyes in astonishment. Naruto was scheduled to be executed two weeks ago? Why? What did Naruto do? Did he do something wrong? They were wondering what Naruto just did.

Tsunade narrowed her eyes. "Do you really think I let him to get out of the jail? Do you have any evidence that I was the one to do that?"

"Of course. In fact, you supported him in first place," commented Danzo.

"Wait a minute!" Shizune involved herself in the conversation. "We are still investigating on how he got out of prison. We haven't yet to find the proof of it. You could not accuse her of getting him out of prison. If someone gets out of prison, at least a guard should have been knocked down or killed. Or it can be one of the security guards who freed him."

Danzo tapped his cane on the floor, and hissed, "Very well. However, if we ever find out that you indeed freed him, not only will we remove you from your position as the Hokage, you will also go to prison for a long term." He turned around, and was about to leave the room.

"Wait!" yelled Gohan.

Danzo halted himself and glanced over his shoulder at the half Saiyan kid. "Who are you?"

"I'm Gohan, and we're his friend. We came from planet Earth for Naruto and his team-mates. Can you tell me what's going on with him?" asked Gohan.

Danzo looked at his front before scoffing, "So you proclaim to be a brat from another planet, eh?"

Gohan nodded.

"Pathetic, do you expect me to believe in your silly story? There're no such things as aliens or other planets. There is only one living planet."

"But it's true!" Bulma admitted. "Naruto and his team were transported in a materialized portal to Earth."

Danzo turned around, and glanced at the Hokage once again. "Once again, there's more reason why I believed that you're not qualified as the Hokage."

Tsunade scowled.

"You let them here, and you don't know where they're from?"

Danzo received no response.

"I thought so. So you don't know where they're from. Instead of you, I should be Hokage-!"

"It's true." Kakashi interfered, "They're not from here. They're from outer space. They're indeed Aliens."

"Kakashi, even a prodigy ninja like you believes in this crap?" snorted Danzo. He felt everyone glaring at him. But he did not care anyway. He glanced down at Gohan who begged for an answer. "I cannot answer your question. It's classified."

Gohan knew what classified means. After all, Naruto told him about the 'classified details'. He growled, "You mean the fact because he's the host of the Kyuubi?!"

Danzo widened his eyes in apparent shock. How does the brat know the truth about Naruto? He glared at Tsunade. "Hokage, this is a crime. No one should be told about Naruto being the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi. EVER!"

"No, it was not her telling. Naruto told us." said Gohan. "Am I right? You want to have him executed because the fact that he's the Kyuubi? Right?!"

Danzo sighed, "There's a reason why he should be executed… You're right. It's because he's the Kyuubi, but not only that, he's the Kyuubi that became a nuke-nin if he was alive. However, it was more than just a nuke-nin. He also brought the last survivor of the Uchiha and Sakura outside of the village by abducting them. I declared him as an S-Ranked Nuke-nin, when we found out he was back alive. Now his criminal rank has increased to SS-Rank Nuke-nin when he broke out of prison."

Everyone in this room was astounded excluding Danzo.

Tsunade broke her desk by slamming her fist onto it. "You're going too far!" She just realized that Naruto became an SS-ranked nuke-nin when he escaped from prison.

"That's right. He's in the Bingo book already. It's in Page 140," said Danzo. He walked towards her, and handed the Bingo Book to her.

She opened the book, and flipped through the pages till she found Page 140. She widened her eyes. She found Naruto's picture along with specific details.

DEAD OR ALIVE

Name: Uzumaki Naruto

Village: Konohagakure

Status: Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi, SS-Rank Nuke-Nin

Crime: Abduction of Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura for two years. Prison Escape.

Stats: Ninjutsu: 2, Taijutsu: 1.5, Genjutsu: 1, Intelligence: 1, Strength: 2, Speed: 2, Stamina: 4, Hand Seals: 1 Total: 14.5

Bounty: 50,000,000 Ryo

Side Note: This is Naruto's previous stats. It's unknown that his stats may have improved in the past two years. Be cautious of him.

Tsunade's eyes seethed with rage. She glared at Danzo. "You bastard!" Rage began to fill inside her chest as she looked at him with resentment. She was finally able to meet Naruto, and Danzo wanted him to be executed. She wanted to see Naruto because the fact that he was Kushina's son, and she got to see him at last. Now Danzo took him away from her.

"Calm down, Tsunade-dono!" cried Shizune.

Kakashi gently grabbed the Bingo Book, and read Naruto's Bingo. He spotted and notified himself mentally that his bounty was price for 50,000,000 Ryo. 'He has more bounty than Asuma.'

Gohan immediately resented Danzo. He snarled, "Why?! Why do you want to execute him? For what purpose?!"

Kuririn nodded, "He's right! For what reason you want to take his life?" Gohan and Kuririn defended Naruto.

Bulma smiled, 'Gohan-kun… Kuririn…'

Danzo glared down at Gohan, and spat, "Naruto is the host of the Kyuubi. He's a dangerous ninja. You fools know nothing about him. If he ever gets out of his control, he will kill you. He's now a Nuke-nin and considered deadly. He may be your friend, but he's nothing but a demon-brat who's waiting for his prey! His execution should have happened two weeks ago!

"SHUT UP!" Gohan yelled, "He's not a bad person! He's our friend! He's like my older brother! Don't you dare talk anything bad about him!" He clenched his fists firmly.

Danzo snorted, "Brother, eh? He manipulated you in order to use you guys as his prey."

"You're wrong!" remarked Gohan.

"Listen, brat! I would recommend you to avoid him. Because if you don't, he will hurt you." Danzo insisted. He raised his hand, and was going to ruffle Gohan's hair, but Sakura suddenly appeared between them, and strangled Danzo's wrist. He cringed and fell to his knees, while Sakura was twisting his wrist.

Sakura glared down at Danzo. "If you ever touch my boyfriend or threaten him, I'll kill you!" her killing intent was too powerful.

Danzo muttered angrily, "Damn useless bitch!"

Sakura crushed his hand harder as he groaned. "Oh, and one more thing… I'm not a useless bitch. I could kill you with a finger if I wanted to."

A hand was gently placed on Sakura's shoulder, and she looked up. It was Kakashi. "That's enough. Let him go."

Sakura realized she had completely lost her temper, and immediately released Danzo's hand. She never thought she would completely lose control of herself, and threaten someone. She had never done that before. Perhaps, she had a hard time since she came back to Element with her team—no, since Naruto was taken away from her for three weeks ago. She assumed it was hard to live without Naruto for a while. She needed him soon, at least.

Nonetheless, she still hated Danzo, for what he had done to Naruto. He took him away to prison. Now since Naruto escaped from prison, he took it seriously, taking it to a whole different level.

Danzo walked past her, pausing near the door. He glared over his shoulder at her. "Sakura… You'll regret doing this to me soon." He walked out of the room.

Sakura scowled, "I regret doing this to him for what? Why should I be regretful anyways? He's the biggest the douchebag I've ever met! Probably worse than Vegeta!"

"You're right. He's one hell of a douchebag! It's like he's trying to control us." agreed Bulma.

"Never mind him…" Tsunade sighed, "You need a place, right?" She asked Inari and the Earthlings. They only responded with a nod. "Sakura, could you ask your parents to let them to stay with you for a while?"

Sakura smiled, "Yes, Tsunade-sama." She was once again happy and gratified by Tsunade because she could see her parents again. She wanted to see them so badly, and she got what she wanted.

"You might as well give them a tour in Konohagakure, and introduce your friends, would you?"

"It will be fun!" cheered Sakura. Bulma, Kuririn, Gohan, and even Inari were curious what Konohagakure would be like. Bulma wondered if there was television or a movie theater. She could use a movie. Gohan and Kuririn wondered if they could train together somewhere in order to defeat Coola when they're done with the tour. "Oh, that's right. It's almost lunch time. I'm supposed to meet Ino-pig and the others."

Kuririn raised his eyebrows in confusion, "Ino-pig? But you mean the pig is right over there?" He pointed his index finger at the pig that cuddled into Shizune's arms.

Shizune scowled, "No, this is not Ino-pig! This is Tonton!" The pig oinked, hinting that it agreed with her.

Sakura laughed nervously, "No, Ino is my friend. It's a nickname for her, so I usually call her Ino-pig."

Kuririn now understood the concept. "Oh, right…"

"So, do you want to meet my friends? We will eat lunch together. Let's forget about what happened few moments ago. I will pay for you guys since you don't have our currency. Then, we can back home. You will meet my parents soon," said Sakura.

Gohan smiled, "Sure!"

"Sounds great!" agreed Bulma.

"I don't mind meeting your friends," said Kuririn.

"I can't wait to meet your friends!" exclaimed Inari.

Sakura smiled happily, "Then that settles it!" At least, she could get her Earth friends, and Inari to meet her friends. She could not wait for their reactions when they meet the Earthlings.

Tsunade smiled, "You have a lot of time to do. You're dismissed. But Kakashi, stay with me. I want to speak with you alone."

Sakura, and her friends nodded at her. She escorted Kuririn, Inari and the others on their way to their usual restaurant. Since she finally met Ino and the others, she usually went to the restaurant on every lunch. Sometimes breakfast. But she found out that her friends were going to a different restaurant because Hinata saved Konohagakure from Gaara. Surely, she heard the whole invasion thing a month after her team was transported to Earth. But she didn't know what exactly happened.

Anyways, since Hinata saved Konohagakure, Other 8 former Genins decided to celebrate her at their restaurant which would become their usual restaurant. She decided it would be good idea to strengthen Konoha Nine, originally supposed to be Konoha Twelve, by teamwork. In order to do that, they would visit their restaurant every day, so they would build up the bond of friendship. Ever since Naruto suddenly vanished, Hinata did not have anyone that she could depend on anymore. That's why Hinata decided that to change. She was no longer stammer to anyone besides Naruto. She was no longer a shy girl except when it came to Naruto. She became a wiser woman. She was more aggressive when she did not like how things go. That was the huge difference between these two years. Two and half years, in fact.

Well, that's what Ino told Sakura. But what shocked her was when Ino told her the biggest secret she had ever heard. She found out yesterday. Well, it was not literally a secret, according to Ino. But it was still the biggest secret in her opinion anyways. The biggest secret was…

"Sakura?" Sakura snapped out of her thoughts, and looked at Bulma. "You've been standing out here for a while. Aren't you going to take us to any restaurant?"

Sakura just realized that she had been standing outside the Hokage's office the whole time. She assumed she got lost in her thought. She chuckled nervously, "Oh, sorry. I was thinking about something else. Never mind… Let's go." With that, Sakura and others were on way there to their usual restaurant.

(Hokage's Room)

Of course, Shizune had to leave because it was private right now. Tsunade sat on her chair next to the broken table, and watched Kakashi who was staring at her.

Tsunade sighed, "You're late by three days. You were supposed to be here three days ago. Do you have any report concerning Uchiha Sasuke?"

"There's a Cursed Seal on his neck," stated Kakashi.

"Of course, I recognized it the minute I saw him. That's why I asked you to analyze it. Do you think you can get rid of it?" asked Tsunade.

Kakashi shook his head. "It's impossible. I can't get rid of it. Not even I can suppress it. It's too strong."

"What do you mean? Why can't you suppress it?"

"Originally, the Cursed Seal was filled with dark chakra into his neck. Take Anko for an example. However, on Sasuke's neck, the Cursed Seal was filled with pure Ki. In other words, I can't suppress it with chakra."

"Why?"

"I just found out that one energy source could not restore or stop ones other energy source. Therefore, I can't stop the Cursed Seal in his neck that is filled with Ki, even from Chakra."

Tsunade frowned, "I don't understand. Naruto and others can use their Chakra and Ki together into one in order to unleash their attack, yet you can't stop it?"

"I was asking the same thing. But… I have a theory. You can't mix ones energy source, and other energy source from the inside, but you can mix ones energy source, and other energy source from the outside," explained Kakashi.

"From the outside? You mean like when you leaked small fragments of Chakra out of your body?"

"That's correct."

"But the technique you just used it on him is also from the outside! Moreover, all techniques are always for the outside. Only few techniques among them are for the inside."

Kakashi sighed, "Yes, it's also from the outside, but…" He remembered when he found out that Chakra could not affiliate with Ki inside. "… It usually goes inside someone's seal. When I used this technique on him, the Ki source drove it out of his body. I attempted three times, but it would not work. You need to have a Ki user to stop him. Even so, I highly doubt that Jiraiya-sama, even an expert Fuinjutsu master, can unseal it unless a Fuinjutsu user can use Ki. But we have none. It means we have to learn how to use Ki someday."

Tsunade nodded, "I see… Now you're dismissed. You may go back and resume training Sasuke."

Kakashi eye-smiled at her. "Not necessary. He has completed his training."

Tsunade knitted her eyebrows. "What? Then where is he?"

"He's still training. He said he wanted to train on his own. He said something about combing his new jutsu with both Ki and Chakra. He said it will improve his new technique."

She nodded, "So that's why you were late by three days. Let him to train alone. At least, we could use more like him to defeat Coola and his men."

(Root Foundation Building)

Standing in the middle of bridge, Danzo was left in the middle of his thought about Sakura. He did not like how the meeting went earlier at the Hokage room. "Damn that useless bitch! She will regret it soon!"

(Flashback Began)

"Listen, brat! I would recommend you to avoid him. Because if you don't, he will hurt you." Danzo insisted. He raised his hand, and was going to ruffle Gohan's hair, but Sakura suddenly appeared between them, and strangled Danzo's wrist. He cringed and fell to his knees, while Sakura was twisting his wrist.

Sakura glared down at Danzo. "If you ever touch my boyfriend or threaten him, I'll kill you!" her killing intent was too powerful.

(Flashback Ended)

"Damn her!" She nearly broke his hand! He was not going to have another bandage in his arm. He already had one bandaged arm, so it was enough! He looked up, and cried, "Sai!"

A 16 years teenaged boy jumped and emerged in front and kneeled before Danzo. "Yes, my lord Danzo-sama!"

Sai had short, black hair, and black eyes which contrasted with his very pale skin. He was carrying a small backpack. He wore a short black jacket with red straps. He also carried a tip-less tanto on his back. The rest of his outfit consisted of a high-collared midriff shirt, black pants, shinobi sandals and gloves with hid index and thumb fingers exposed.

Danzo said, "I got a new mission for you. Your mission is…"

(With Sakura)

Sakura was leading them on their way to meet her friends at the restaurant. She was left to ponder about how Naruto was doing right now. She had not seen Naruto for three weeks. She wondered how he was doing at his training.

There was silence for a while, so Kuririn decided to break the silence since something popped up in his mind. "Oh, yeah… You haven't answered our question."

"Huh? What?" Sakura was confused.

"Where are Naruto and Sasuke? We want to see them again,"

Gohan, Bulma, and Inari nodded in agreement with him.

Sakura smiled sadly, "Naruto and Sasuke are training, and won't return until they're strong enough, or unless Coola gets here."

Bulma frowned, "Why can't they fight them instead of waiting? You'll never know if this planet is going to be destroyed in any second."

Sakura gulped. To think Bulma was right after all. She remembered when she saw a large energy sphere that was going to be launched, but it suddenly stopped. It was not definitely Coola, but she was pretty sure that it was Coola's underling.

"Well, Hokage-dono's order. And if he was almost like Freeza, he would not destroy Element until he finds Naruto-kun. If he can't find Naruto-kun, he will destroy it."

"What if he goes with second choice?" worried Kuririn.

Sakura sighed, "Doubt so. This village hasn't been found anyways. You heard what Hokage-dono said. Coola's destroying every major village until he finds Naruto, that is. It's been three weeks since Coola and his men attacked here. Pretty much, he desperately wants to find Naruto. If you think we're letting them dying, you're mistaken. We can use Dragon Balls to retrieve them all. But we are not strong enough to defeat Coola and others. If we go there right now, we would be dead. Then this planet would be destroyed. It will be for nothing! That's why we're training right now."

Gohan frowned, "You're right. That's why we come to help you. I don't want to let you guys die!"

Sakura ruffled his hair, and smiled, "Good thing we have you guys. Without you, we would not know what to do. If it was not for you guys, Naruto-kun would never become like how he is now. He would be the same as before… Happy-go-luck idiot. Non-calculation guy. He's changed, because of you guys. We changed too. He's so happy to have a friend back on Earth, unlike this planet."

Gohan grinned, "You're right! But if it was not for you, we would not be able to survive either the Saiyans or Freeza. That's why we're going to owe you. That's why we're going to help you. I had a dream about Element, and it was going to be destroyed. That's why I asked Kuririn to come, but Bulma came along, too."

Inari pondered about the conversation. He wondered how they could fly. He just realized that Naruto and others also went to Earth. Maybe they could fly, too? "Say, how do you fly?"

Kuririn scratched his bald head. "How do I explain? It's uhh…" He had no idea how he should explain. He was always nervous when he wanted to explain. Gohan had yet to learn how fly works. Surely, he knew that it required Ki, but he could not explain it either. Bulma, obviously, did not know how Flying works.

Fortunately, Sakura had an excellent mind, so she was able to explain the concept to him. "Only Ki users can use the flying technique called Bukujutsu. Do you remember where we practiced our tree-climbing exercise?" Inari nodded. "It requires us to focus our Chakra into the sole of our shoe, and stick our feet against the tree. Same goes for Bukujutsu. It also requires us to focus our Ki beneath our feet, and levitate. Of course, it requires Ki to fly. I don't know if Chakra users can fly though."

"Oh… Now that's how you fly?" Inari said. Sakura smiled at him. At least, he understood. If he was Naruto, who knows, he would have probably been bewildered and Sakura would sigh with exasperation. "Anyways, I wonder what are your friend's like. What are their personalities?" Bulma asked.

"Oh, yeah… I should tell you about them. Some of them have taboo… They've changed, so it took me a week to know about them again. Let me start with Ino. She's just a blond girl with a ponytail. She's Ino-pig I'm talking about. She usually flirts with boys for her beauty. Of course, she's the most popular girl. So many boys like her. She is very confident, kind, and outspoken. She's not afraid to speak her mind. Obviously, she's fall for Sasuke."

Kuririn deadpanned, "That was you when you fell for Sasuke because of his good looks.

Sakura scowled, "Kuririn! I was so young! I didn't know what true love meant anyways! Now, she loves flowers. She knows about various numbers of assorted flowers. You have to be careful because she's a loud-mouthed girl, and loves gossip. So yeah, she's a sweet girl too. She knows how to deal with people who bullies and makes fun of me, only because of my huge forehead. She was my best friend…until I found out that she liked Sasuke, I declared her as a rival over her."

"Really? You must have been stupid. Arguing over a brooding guy, eh? At least, you were not like Bulma." Kuririn said sarcastically, pointing at Bulma.

Bulma clobbered Kuririn's head, and scowled, "Are you saying I'm worse than her?!"

Kuririn rubbed his bald head, trying to relieve himself from the pain. "C'mon! Every time you see 'cute' boys, you're flattered over them! If Sasuke was like your age, you would have probably fawned over him as well, even worse!"

Sakura growled, "Once again…I was young! I didn't understand about true love. Anyways, then Ino changed a little. Just a little. She has trained to enter into Konoha Torture and Interrogation Force. It's a place where you interrogate an enemy. That's a small change anyways…

"Next, Kiba is often a short-tempered and impulsive. He loves to fight even when facing strong opponents. He has a dog named Akamaru. His family is mostly affiliated with dog. He's also passionate for girls. He falls for any girl he sees. He even flirted with me once… Good thing Naruto-kun's not here. Oh, and one more thing, he's a loudmouth. Worse than Ino."

"By any chance, doesn't he sound like Yamcha?" asked Bulma.

Sakura twitched her eyebrow. Bulma just compared Yamucha to Kiba… "Well, you will see him soon and get to know more about his personality.

"Come to think of it, Naruto's like Goku and Sasuke's like Vegeta," commented Kuririn.

Sakura actually urged to face-palm, but she chose not to. "And Shino is the only that hasn't changed. He's too silent, and creepy. He has bugs and insects that reside within him as some of them crawls around his body."

"Eww..." Bulma yelped.

"I know right! But that's the Aburame Clan trait. All Aburames have bugs. I know it's creepy, but let's not talk about it. Let's describe about the next person. Not the creepy one…

"Choji is a very kind, polite, and caring person. He loves to eat food. He usually carries chip bags wherever he goes. But… If you see him, please don't call him that."

"Huh? You mean he's like Yajirobe?" asked Kuririn.

Sakura twitched her eyes. They're comparing again! How could they compare them like that? Sure, Yajirobe and Choji were almost alike, but when it came to fighting, they were completely different. She shrugged, "Yeah, something like that…"

Bulma realized, "Oh, you mean, he's fa—"

Suddenly, Sakura shot her hand towards Bulma and covered her mouth. "Look, he may be anywhere, so don't call him that! It's taboo to him! If he hears us, it's over for us!"

"How is it over for us? We're too strong for him. He can't even lift a finger on us," said Kuririn. Gohan nodded in agreement with him.

Sakura glared down at Kuririn. "You guys are not what I'm talking about."

Kuririn and Gohan immediately understood what she meant. The Z warriors looked at Bulma in unison.

Bulma glanced at them and began to wonder why they're looking at her. "Huh? Why are you looking at me?"

Kuririn smiled generously, "Nah, no worries. Good luck… Just try not say stuff about him, 'kay?" Bulma still wondered why they looked at her almost as if she could not handle anything.

"And next is Shikamaru. He's just too lazy, but very intelligent with over 200 IQ." Sakura stated. Bulma, Kuririn, Gohan, and Inari were bewildered by the statement. 200 IQ?! "He usually watches over the clouds." She spotted him, and pointed over the yonder. "Right over there. Before he goes in the restaurant, he just lays right there and watches over the clouds. It's his hobby. You probably will notice he always say his favorite word…

"...Troublesome…"

"Huh? He thinks everything is troublesome?" Kuririn chuckled, "I think I want to be his friend."

"Sometimes, you think some things are troublesome. Maybe you can be his best friend!" Bulma said sarcastically.

Kuririn shrugged, "Well, I think fighting against strong guys like Freeza or Coola is troublesome…"

"But by blowing you up is… too troublesome," said Gohan.

Kuririn rolled his eyes over and sighed, "How many times I told you guys?! I didn't die at Namek! Naruto died…! How troublesome…"

Inari widened his eyes, and was in shock. He wanted to know how Naruto died, but he would ask them later anyways.

"Then in this case… you dated a whore woman. What's her name again? Oh, yes. Her name is Maroon. She's a troublesome whore!" Bulma shouted back.

Kuririn was taken back. "Well, I didn't know she was a whore. I thought she's a sweet and caring girl. I never thought she would go for so many men. Ugh… Finding girls is too… troublesome… At least I scored one girlfriend."

"…And fighting is too troublesome for you, too," said Gohan.

Sakura twitched her eyebrows repeatedly. Why do they keep saying 'troublesome'? It's annoying! They had some strange conversation involving Shikamaru's favorite word 'troublesome…' And they're still at it.

She turned around and yelled at them. "Shut up! Stop saying 'troublesome'! Saying 'troublesome'… is troublesome! Geez, you guys are troublesome, sometimes! Now shut up and let me do the talking!"

Kuririn whispered to Gohan and Bulma. "…And she's a troublesome girl, too." Gohan and Bulma immediately agreed with her.

"Now we're here…" Sakura stopped along with them in front of the restaurant. The Restaurant was called Fruitbee. "Oh, and one last thing… Hinata has changed the most out of all eight. She was shy, thoughtful, serene, kind, and very polite. She used to lack self-confidence, and deemed as failure. But now, there has been a huge difference between these two years. It's now the opposite. Now she's bold, discourteous, mean, and very impolite. However, she's still serene. She still dislikes fighting. Perhaps because she still has a crush on Naruto. Since he disappeared, she no longer relied on Naruto, and now had to rely on herself. She gained self-confidence. Well, I supposed that's a good thing. However, Hinata is still shy and stutters if she sees Naruto-kun."

"Sakura-san…" the voice greeted.

Sakura, and her friends looked around. It was Hinata. "Hinata-san..." Not just Hinata, Kiba also stood next to her.

Kiba grinned, "Yo!"

"Did I hear 'Hinata is still shy and stutters if she sees Naruto-kun.'?" asked Hinata.

Sakura shrugged, "Well, it was just a small mention. At least, they get to know what you guys are like, so they don't have to accidently offended you guys in any way. Take Choji for example. You're not the only ones."

Hinata nodded, "True…"

"Hey! Who are they?" asked Kiba.

"Oh, they're from Earth. It's them I'm talking about. They just got here today." Sakura said, and began to introduce her Earth friends to Hinata and Kiba. Then she introduced Kiba and Hinata to her Earth friends as well. "And Inari… Well, he's not from Earth. He's from the Land of Waves. His town was completely wiped by Coola's goons."

Kiba frowned, "I'm sorry, Inari."

Inari shook his head, and smiled sadly, "It's okay…" He truly missed his family and his townfolks. He never had been in this mess before. Now he lost all of the people he was so close to.

Sakura placed gently placed her hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. We can use the Dragon Balls and bring them back to life."

Inari looked at her. "I've been wondering what these Dragon Balls are."

"You have to gather all seven Dragon Balls. By gathering all seven Dragon Balls, you can have one wish granted. Bringing a dead person back to life, for example," explained Sakura.

"Is this some kind of fairy tale?"

Sakura shook her head. "Trust me. We've used the balls before."

Inari began to smile, as his hopes where risen high. If it was true, he would be happy to see them again!"

Kuririn grinned, "She's right, y'know! We can use the Dragon Balls to bring them back to life! All we need to say is "'Please bring everyone back to life who were killed by Coola and his men' as soon as we get home again!"

Gohan nodded, "Yeah…"

"And my Dragon Radar's still at home. That means we will have to get Dragon Radar at my house as soon as we're at Earth again," said Bulma.

Hinata scoffed, "Oh, all of the sudden, you're being so nice and caring. Last time I saw you, you treated Naruto-kun like he was a plague! Now you treat him like he's your silver knight riding on a horse who's come to rescue you. You use Naruto only when he's convenient to you. What's next? Would you give birth to a child that is yours and Naruto's?"

Sakura blushed after Hinata mentioned about giving birth to a kid but disappeared quickly, and her face turned into a scowl. "Oh, stop the jealousy! You have Kiba!"

Hinata widened her eyes in shock. Kiba immediately blushed at that comment. Oh, yeah… That's right. The 'biggest secret' was that Kiba and Hinata were in a relationship right now. They started dating last year.

"Oh, you thought you could keep that secret from me? Ino-pig told me what happened in the total of two years, and what astounded me the most is that you would choose Kiba, instead of Naruto-kun. I always thought you would never give up on Naruto-kun. But I guess I'm wrong."

Hinata smirked, "Don't be ridiculous. It's not a secret. Everyone knows that I'm dating Kiba-kun. Well, if you thought its secret, I supposed I could consider it as a secret because the fact that you're actually shocked. Yeah, I could go with that one." She took several steps past Sakura, and stopped. "Sakura-san... One day… If your life were in perilous, I will save you just like the way I saved Konohagakure two years ago. It also proves that I'm more useful than you. And Naruto-kun will be mine someday." She went inside the restaurant.

Kiba sighed, "Sorry, Sakura. Hinata-chan has behaved like this recently ever since Naruto had returned. So yeah, see you there." He followed Hinata inside the restaurant.

Bulma frowned, "Well, she's a bitch, isn't she? She's like Chi-Chi."

"How is my Mom like her? Mom is unlike her!" disagreed Gohan.

Kuririn chuckled, "Well, Sakura's like Bulma, and Hinata's like Chi-Chi. It makes sense. Element and Earth are siblings, so it's obviously is a parallel universe."

"Except Sakura's dating Naruto, and Hinata's dating Kiba," said Bulma.

Sakura was annoyed by how Bulma and Kuririn kept comparing everyone else. She turned around, and yelled loudly, "Shut up! For Kami's sake, can you stop comparing them?!" She went into the restaurant as she muttered the last part. "Idiots…"

With that, Kuririn, and others followed them inside the restaurant.

"Sakura!"

Sakura spotted Ino who waved, Hinata, and others that gathered in one place. They all sat next to the table. She smiled, "Ino…" She looked at her Earth friend and Inari. "This way." She led them to their usual table, and sat there.

"Hey, who are they?" asked Ino.

"Besides Inari here," Sakura pointed at pre-teen boy, and then pointed at his Earth friends, "this is Kuririn, Gohan, and Bulma from Earth."

Kuririn, Gohan, and Bulma waved at Konoha Nine, and smiled friendly.

Now Sakura began all of Konoha Nine's introduction to her Earth friends. "Yamanaka Ino."

Ino smiled, "Hey! Come to my flower shop sometime!"

"Inuzuka Kiba."

Kiba grinned, "Yo!"

"Aburame Shino." Shino said nothing, but remained silence.

Bulma frowned, 'He's too quiet. And creepy… Is this the bug freak Sakura was talking about?'

"Akamichi Choji."

Choji smiled cheerfully, "Food!"

Bulma sweat-dropped, 'That's all he can think about right now? He's fat like Yajirobe…' For some reason, she could swear that Choji was glaring at her almost as if he could read her mind!

"Nara Shikamaru."

There was no answer. They looked at the empty space, seeing that Shikamaru's seat was empty. "Huh? Where is he?" asked Sakura.

Ino frowned, "He's probably still lying on the grass and watching over the clouds again. The most laziest person in the whole genin squads. Probably the laziest in the whole village."

"Troublesome woman. Asuma-sensei was just talking to me before I was on my way here," said the voice.

Everyone looked at Shikamaru who just arrived in time. Ino rolled her eyes. "Look, Sakura brought her friends here."

Shikamaru just noticed Bulma, Kuririn, Gohan, and Inari. "Your friends? From where?"

"From Earth. They're my friends I mentioned to you guys. They've arrived here by a space ship." Sakura said

"Hey! Why are you still standing right there, Shikamaru?! Come and sit here now!" demanded Ino.

'Sakura's right. Ino's loud but cute. She's too young for me too,' thought Kuririn. 'No, no! I'm not a pervert like Muten Roshi!'

Shikamaru pocketed his hands in, and sighed, "How troublesome…" He would never understand girls. He did not comprehend why girls get upset for small matters.

Despite Shikamaru's sitting beside her, Ino growled, "Stop saying 'troublesome' to me! I'm your girlfriend, remember?!"

And he did not understand why he asked her out. He began to think he should have asked a girl from the Sand named Temari out. She seemed better than Ino. But he remembered when the Sandaime Hokage cut ties with the Sunagakure alliances, due to the invasion. Few months ago, Konohagakure and Sunagakure reunited as an Alliance. They haven't encountered any problems so far and they were getting along very well. He did not want to go to Sunagakure due to the crazy jinichuriki there. Then again, dating a girl was also troublesome for him anyways.

Sakura sighed, "And at last, this is—"

"Not necessary, Sakura-san." Hinata interrupted. "I will introduce myself."

Sakura nodded, "Sure."

"My name is Hyuuga Hinata, heiress of the Hyuuga Clan. I hope you will enjoy our meal today. This is the finest restaurant you will ever find in this village. Don't worry. I pay all the bills."

Bulma, Kuririn and Gohan smiled, "Thank you."

Sakura noticed that Inari was quiet for a while. She could tell that he was too shy to say something. She nudged him. "Don't be afraid to say. Say something."

Inari gulped, "T-Thank you, Hinata-sama." Actually, he was not being shy. He was thinking about his family and his townfolks. He had mixed feelings of happiness and sorrow. He was sad because they were killed by Coola's men. He was happy because he found out that they would be brought back to life with the Dragon Balls or whatever you call it.

"FOOD!" Choji shouted excitedly when the waitress placed many delicious servings on the table. BBQ, rice, and etc. Kuririn, Gohan, and Inari drooled over them. They had never seen such fine and delicious food before. They began to think Elementians prepare food better than Earthlings.

Ino groaned, "Hey, don't shout! You're embarrassing the whole group!"

Shikamaru sighed, "Geez, you're such a troublesome girl. None of us are embarrassed 'cuz it's nothing embarrassing."

"I'm talking about them!" Ino shouted, pointing at Bulma and others.

Kuririn laughed, "Don't worry. Goku's always been like this, and Yajirobe too. So it's nothing embarrassing."

Gohan nodded, "Yeah, Dad's always like this."

Choji hurried, and grabbed five or six BBQ pieces to his dish, and began chowing on the food. Bulma stared at him in disbelief. "Seriously? He's so fa-"

Sakura immediately covered her mouth to prevent Choji from hearing this word. Bulma sweated in panic. Fortunately, Choji ignored her because she did not say the taboo word so he resumed with his meal.

Sakura and everyone else sighed with relief. "Please don't say that word to him."

Bulma nodded nervously, "Sorry…" everyone began to eat their meals.

They chattered for a while, Gohan started talking about how he loved animals. He loved to hang out with animals because he believed all animals should be treated like humans.

That's when Kiba immediately wanted to be Gohan's friend. "Hey, Gohan!"

Gohan looked at Kiba. "Yes?"

"Do you like dogs too?" asked Kiba.

Gohan nodded and smiled, "Yes, I like dogs. But Mom won't let me to have one."

Kiba grinned, "Dogs are forbidden to enter Fruitbee. So how about you go with me to see my dog after the restaurant?"

Gohan smiled, "Sure, but I have to ask Sakura if it's okay."

Sakura took a sip of her juice. "Well, I don't mind."

"Umm… I will go with him too," said Kuririn.

"I'll go too." Inari insisted.

"No thanks. I'll stay with Sakura. I want to see more of Konohagakure," denied Bulma.

Kiba grinned, "That settles it! You will come with me after this!"

"Wait!" Hinata stared at Kiba in shock. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

Kiba hung his arms behind his head, and chuckled, "Nah, I'm not forgetting something! I'm pretty sure we have no plans after this restaurant right?"

Hinata hung her head down in defeat, and felt so disappointed in her boyfriend. "Oh, I see… I think I'd better leave." She got up, and hurried to leave Fruitbee.

Kiba cried, "Hinata-chan! What's wrong?" He was so confused why she was upset and left. Did he say something wrong?

"What's going on?" asked Bulma.

Ino slapped Kiba's back head. "Way to go, Kiba!"

"What did I do? Did I do something wrong to her?" confused Kiba.

"She's upset and left you. Why? Because you promised her you would take her on a date after our meal today," commented Shino.

Shikamaru sighed, "This is the third time."

Kiba widened his eyes. He postponed it three times in three consecutive days. Now she was very upset because he would never be able to make a date with her. "Oh, shit."

Ino shook her head at his stupidity. "Now you realized it, idiot! This is the height of stupidity. You better make it up to her before it's too late."

"Troublesome…" Shikamaru sighed, looking at the window. Suddenly, he just spotted someone that just landed on a roof top far away. It was an ANBU. He shrugged like he did not care.

(With Hinata)

Hinata aimlessly wandered through the town, and was left to ponder. 'Damn it! This is the third time Kiba-kun has postponed our date! What should I do with him? Why do I have a feeling for him, rather than Naruto-kun?' She looked up, and suddenly spotted someone in ANBU costume and a mask that stood upon a rooftop. 'What's he doing? Judging by his cover, he's from ROOT. Damn, what's that bastard doing this time?!'

She had no time to think what she should do next, as she jumped atop the roof next to the ROOT. "Hey! Identify yourself!" Root guy looked up into Hinata's eyes. She noticed the scroll with ink pencil. 'Sketch? He's drawing? But I can't trust him…'

The Root ANBU remained silence.

Hinata growled, "This is Sakura's home! Care to elaborate what you're doing here?" The Root ANBU did not reciprocate with her, and began to draw sketches on his scroll with his ink pencil. "Whatever you're doing, I won't let you harm Sakura nor her parents!"

The Root ANBU was waiting for something that Hinata did not notice. The thing that he drew early already went into the window. Not to mention he also drew a beast, so it could emerge from the scroll, and immediately charged her.

This Root Anbu drew a beast on his scroll and using some sort of technique, made it emerge from the scroll and act as real life animation.

She widened her eyes. As it came closer, she quickly palmed it, destroying it as the beast turned into gushing ink. She glared at him. "As future heiress of the Hyuuga Clan, I won't be cowered by something like that, and I won't give up!" Her snarl turned into a smile. "Because that's my nindo! Byakugan!" Veins suddenly appeared near her temple bugle. She shifted into her Juuken Stance.

'Her eyes… Danzo-sama told me that it's the Byakugan, inherited from Hyuuga Clan. So she's from Hyuuga Clan,' thought Root ANBU. "Choju Giga! (Super Beast Imitating Drawing)" Then a large group of lions emerged from the scroll, and immediately charged her.

'What?! So many of them!' thought Hinata. She put her hands up, and bent her knees. "You're within my range. Hakke Rokujuyon Sho! (Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms)"

With the Byakugan's near 360 degree field of vision, Hinata envisioned an Eight Trigrams circle. Sai was on the third circle, and beasts just entered the second circle. She spun around, and began to strike them with her palm repeatedly. "Two strikes! Four strikes! Eight strikes! Sixteen strikes!"

Watching the Hyuuga annihilating the ink tigers, the Root ANBU began to wonder about her ability. 'She's good… She countered my technique…'

"Thirty-two strikes!" Hinata started to step forward and shouted, destroying more ink tigers. She even succeeded destroying 31 additional tigers. She stepped forward to the ANBU Root, and reeled her palm.

"Sixty-four strikes!" She brought her palms back, and slammed her hand onto Root ANBU's chest. She smirked, "I got him!" However, the Root ANBU morphed into ink, and splat onto the roof. 'What?! It's Kawarimi no Jutsu!'

Hinata could not believe that she fell for it. She could swear it was the real one with her Byakugan. No one could trick her eyes, unless...

'W-Wait! Could he be using this technique when I was distracted by the beasts? Did he perform it before I got to him?' Hinata realized. 'Damn! He escaped! He's smarter than I thought.'

At that moment, a scream echoed into her ears, as she widened her eyes in fear. "Oh, no!" She hurried, and jumped down on the floor, so she could get to the door. She knew something was really wrong. If she knocked on the door, she doubted they would answer, so she had to kick the door since it was locked. She succeeded in kicking in the door, and widened her eyes in shock, as she trembled in fear.

Sakura's parents were lying on the floor with pounds of blood on the floor and some trickling from their body.

To be continued…

A/N: Oh, no! What happens to Sakura's parents! :(... WHY?! WHY?! At least, Hinata actually cares about Sakura after all. :)... I mixed her personality into regular Hinata and RTN Hinata... :)

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