(Author's Notes: Hi again, I'm glad many of you liked this fanfic so far. I'm not sure what pairing I'll have. I'm really partial towards Hinata and Naruto BUT, there can always be an exception...or perhaps something else.... BUWAHAHAH...We'll see. Well on with the fic!!))

Travel and Journeys

Another two weeks breezed by like a summer wind; we had traveled and trained for nearly two weeks before we came upon the village of the hidden cloud. Another week and a half of additional traveling and training to find the village; some might think it impossible to find a shinobi village. Yet, for some reason, it took Ero-sennin and I no time at all to find the village of the hidden cloud.

Oddly enough, the village wasn't on a cloud at all, but perhaps hidden by a cloud high atop one of the largest plateaus in the region. Jiraiya would argue about it for hours that it took careful investigating and maneuvering to even come close to the hidden village. While in fact, I had a dream about it the night before we actually began to investigate the plateaus and mountains.

Before, we had just traveled by some nearby mountains when their cloud rings entered our conversation and perhaps that was why they called themselves the lightning country. Jiraiya immediately straightened me out when he told me of the violent storms that showered the countryside and its people.

The shinobi of this land had to learn how to control the weather and its elemental powers. Not to mention contorting it into their own attacks, making them very dangerous and erratic. He had heard a myth of a teleportation technique that was taught to only a few that allowed them to teleport to anyplace where the shadow of a cloud had touched a region they had been to once before.

Sounds pretty limited to me, but he reassured me that any shinobi being able to teleport to a distant location at will. The power could be easily misused or enhanced to a greater fashion in combat.

This had immediately perked my interest and I continued to listen intently about the country's tales of hardships and triumphs. We approached the village and one shinobi jumped down from an unseen place and stood at ready. His hand was near his shuriken pouch.

"What business do you have at our village?"

His voice was low and his hand shook slightly, he was definitely nervous or scared, or both. The reason why wasn't obvious to my dismay as Jiraiya held his hands up in a feign defense and sighed lightly.

"I've come here to come and talk to the Raikage."

The sweat forming at the shinobi's head was apparent, glistening in the sunlight above his brow beneath his forehead-protector. It was cocked to the right, covering his right eyebrow; he swallowed and spoke up again.

"What business do you have with him?"

"I haven't talked to the young man in quite a while."

Ero-sennin had said with a smile on his face and his hands at his hips now. As if on cue, another shinobi jumped from an unseen perch and landed with his arms crossed beside the younger man. His head protector was worn wrapped across his right shoulder, his dusty blonde hair wrapped up in a black ninja garb. He gave the other shinobi a look and shook his head.

"Calm down, Kue. You look like you're going to have a heart attack. So you're Jiraiya-sama; one of the legendary hidden leaf's sannin?"

Jiraiya seemed to beam instantly, I could tell as he straightened up and his chest puffed out slightly. I sighed exasperatedly and shook my head, scratching the hair on the back of my head to keep my mind busy from thinking of horrible things to do to Ero-sennin.

"You may enter but please stay at the village square and only there. I will come for you once I've talked with Raikage-sama."

He vanished from my eyesight as the nervous shinobi heaved a sigh of his own and stepped aside from the gigantic door. We gradually made our way from the front gate and eventually found the village's literal town square. Many small vendors were littered around; selling random things that strangely perked my interest.

Unfortunately I noticed as several of the village's ninja had been strolling by, they had taken the time to stop and stare at us in the most non-evasive way they possibly could. Which meant they literally had stopped at a nearby vendor and peered at us from the corner of their eyes or perhaps from behind the decorative flags of the nearby ramen shop?

I was truly amazed; I hadn't seen such creative ideas just to be able to stare at someone without blatantly showing you were. Even though they're disguising, they definitely needed work when it came to prying. I looked up at Jiraiya and leaned in a bit closer.

"Why are they staring at us?"

He sighed, his arms crossed, he leaned back against a moderately large wooden beam that lead into the next part of the village. He cocked his head forward and quickly glanced at the dozen of shinobi staring at us darkly.

"I'm not sure, but I'm guessing they don't want outsiders in here at the moment."

"Guess not..."

Five minutes came and went and the ninja that we had met at the gate finally arrived in a flash of movement. He smiled, and nodded towards Ero-sennin.

"Raikage-sama will see you now, Jiraiya-sama."

He nodded and we both were lead into the keep of the village's Kage. I felt slightly antsy, this was the first time I was going to meet another high leading official of another shinobi village. As we entered the main chambers, it was definitely different from Hokage's office.

There were many windows that held no panes of glass, nor any bars that would prevent intruders. I looked about; there were in fact several shinobi. There were eight in total, not including the Raikage or the shinobi that brought us here. Things were already looking bleak for our trip here, I was still wondering why in fact we had come to talk to Raikage, but what was I thinking?

This was Ero-sennin I was trying to figure out, he did do some things right, but he also did a hell of a lot of really dumb things too. Oh well. I stayed quiet as I listened intently to Jiraiya and Raikage talk.

"It's been a while, Raikage-sama. I was just telling these guys how I wanted to see the young leader of this band you got here."

The Raikage didn't bother to turn around as he shook his head and placed his official hat upon his dusty brown hair. He wore a mask over his face as he gradually turned around and glared at my sensei.

"I'm only a few years younger than you! You idiot!"

Jiraiya had chuckled lightly and sweatdropped, scratching the side of his cheek.

"So you are...I forgot. You know how age affects the mind."

He gave a small wink that caused Raikage to merely sweatdrop towards; he turned towards the window and took several steps towards it.

"What are you here for, Jiraiya-san. It's not often I have the...pleasure of encountering one with such prestigious forth comings."

Jiraiya feigned a frown and took a couple of steps toward the same window that Raikage was standing at. I took notice of all the attention that Jiraiya was getting as he got that much closer to Raikage.

"I'm hurt, would you think of me as so low as to only come to visit you when I am in need of a favor...?"

"...Yes..."

Jiraiya sweatdropped and smiled, putting his hand to the back of his head.

"Well it's not so much as a favor to me but to this young man right here."

He motioned towards me; I raised my eyebrow and gave him a wry look before taking several steps closer to the two eldest men in the room. Raikage slightly turned his head, glancing at me from his peripheral vision. He exchanged a look with Jiraiya causing him to continue on.

"I wanted to see if I would be permitted for Naruto to meet with your father."

I could see the shock on his face even through the cloth-mask that hung over the lower part of his face. His eyes were wide and narrowed slightly.

"Why is it you want him to meet with my father?"

"I merely wanted him to soak up some of the great knowledge that your father is so famous for."

He gave me a glance over, I wasn't sure if he was sizing me up in battle or checking me out, but I didn't have a good feeling about this. He looked back towards Ero-sennin and stared at him eye-to-eye for nearly a minute straight before breaking the silence.

"Perhaps it would be good for him in his current condition. He's in the same place he has been since he retired."

"I appreciate this."

He said in almost a whisper, smiling foolishly at the Kage of the hidden cloud. Raikage merely nodded lightly and waved him on as if he was only pestering him once again. Jiraiya gave me a large smile and the two of us made our way out of the village.

"Ero-sennin..."

".............."

"Ero-sennin..."

".............."

"Ero-sennin..."

"WHAT?!"

I paused and took a quiet glance back at the village that was quickly fading behind the clouds rolling in behind us as we made our way down the trail.

"I thought I was going to train to learn a few jutsu from the ninja of the hidden cloud."

Jiraiya sighed and continued walking as normal.

"That's what we're going to do."

"Oro?"

He didn't even bother responding, so I instantly clamed up and folded my arms at the back of my head. After nearly five extra minutes of silence we finally reached a small home that was surrounded by a thicket of trees and a decent genjutsu. We came upon his door and Jiraiya was the one to come knocking.

The door flew open and several kunai was thrown past us, I had somehow - without really thinking - dodged the one kunai that was flying at my neck. Jiraiya caught one and allowed the other to fly into the brush beyond. A girl with jet-black hair that hung to about her shoulders was standing at a stance a few feet inside the home, two more kunai drawn. Her hidden cloud head-protector wrapped around her head; shimmered with our images, her head cocked back and forth to where the two of us stood.

"What the hell were you thinking?? Trying to kill me like that, damnit!"

I shouted about to step inside the house before Ero-sennin stopped me in my tracks; his face was firm and resolute.

"Girl, we aren't here to hurt Taifuu-san."

The girl slowly began to ease and looked back at the next doorway inside, there stood a thinning older man of about his late 70's or even older. His hair was pure white was as wavy as any young man could hope for. His paling blue eyes squinted and he smiled a huge smile and opened his arms.

"I'll be damned, Jiraiya? If it isn't the pupil of Sarutobi, how is that geezer?"

Jiraiya only smiled and looked at the girl; she frowned slightly, bowed, and gradually backed inside to let us through.

"He's still alive and kicking...sort of. What about you? You look like hell old man."

The man smirked and tried to straighten his posture and took in a deep breath to enlarge himself as a very elder man possibly could.

"Hell, you look worse than I do, boy. Besides, what the hell are you talking about - I'm as fit as a fiddle."

He slammed his shaking fist into his chest causing him to instantly run into a coughing fit, the girl shinobi was instantly at his side and helping him up gingerly. He smiled weakly and patted her on the side of her arm and stood back upright.

"Well I'm still kicking..."

Jiraiya returned the smile as best as he could, I stole several glances at the young shinobi, the way she merely stood there caught my attention. I wasn't sure if it was her beauty that stole my attention from me, or perhaps that she seemed at ready for battle even merely standing there calmly.

"Naruto!"

I shook my head and looked over towards Jiraiya; he shook his head and sighed.

"This is the man I wanted to introduce you to, idiot. This is the prior Raikage, Taifuu Ikazuchi."

I had learned eventually after many repeated occurrences where I didn't properly show my respect, I usually ended up showing it in the end by doing as many vertical push-ups as I could do. As one of my now automatic processes, I bowed slightly and smiled lightly at him in which was returned by the eldest man in the room.

"Please, sit. Tatsumaki, would you get us some tea please?"

He asked, motioning us towards a lone table sitting a few feet away from us. I quietly watched as the girl disappeared into the next room and thus returned with a small platter filled with teacups and a teakettle already filled with steaming hot tea. She sat at the other side of the table next the former Raikage.

"Thank you, dear. Now, why is it that you've come to visit me...Perhaps you're in need of a favor?"

I sweatdropped and almost choked on my tea, how was everyone always guessing that he was in need of a favor when he really was. I would hate to have to think of why Jiraiya had to ask so many powerful people for so many favors. I tried not to think about it too much as I listened with half-interest, watching the girl next to Taifuu-sama.

My mind began to play around with several ideas as to why she wore her head-protector over her eyes but most followed suit with her having blindness but I wasn't quite sure. Ero-sennin had always told me; don't judge a book by its cover. Unfortunately he was way too wise in that saying, as I had hated to find out numerous times on our journey.

"So you want me to teach him some of my own techniques, hmm?"

Again, I struggled to swallow down another load of the steaming hot tea as I had heard what the former Raikage had just repeated what Jiraiya had said. I thought I was just going to pull the same routine as what we did at the village of the hidden mist. I held my smile at full-force, not knowing what the consequences my sudden burst of happiness would do to Taifuu-sama.

Jiraiya nodded and looked over towards me for a moment before turning back to Taifuu-sama.

"Yes, I'm merely trying to teach the boy wonders of the world and if he were to walk away with a bit of training from one of the best shinobi I have ever known. I think it would greatly help him mature...He really needs it."

The last part of his statement was a little above a whisper which caused me to glare over at him. The old man chuckled and ran a hand through his snow-white hair.

"You win, you win. He can train with my grand-daughter Tatsumaki."

He looked over at her and put a gentle hand on hers and smiled.

"I think it would also do her some good to have some company her age."

I don't know if I could have smiled any larger right then and there, but I was one of the happiest boys in the world to hear the news.

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A few weeks in and all I was being taught so far was taijutsu. I felt so cheated at first, but Jiraiya had reminded me that you have to work your way up and that good things came in due time. Taifuu-sama also taught me taijutsu that I would never have learned in the village of the hidden leaf or the hidden mist.

We were using the motions of our body and the speed or attacks of our enemy against them. I watched Tatsumaki from a distance as the old man began slicing the air with shuriken and kunai alike. I held my breath at times as she gracefully twirled her body, never stopping, even catching several kunai, and tossing them towards the wall to her right.

After nearly five minutes Taifuu-sama stopped the exercise, she walked towards the two of us and smiled, sweat was apparent on her face.

"How did I do?"

She asked in the sweet voice I was growing to adore with each passing day. Wait, what the hell did I just think? I quickly shook the thoughts from my head as I watched her pant softly.

"You did excellent, dear. You've come along and I notice that you're hearing has gotten better."

She smiled and nodded.

"Yes, but sometimes it just feels like I can almost feel or maybe...sense where they're coming from."

Taifuu-sama and I traded glances then looked back towards her; she looked to the left of the older man at me with a dazzling smile.

"It's not so hard; just try not to really think about them. Oh and don't look at them."

I sighed, "Easy for you to say."

She frowned and put her hands on her hips.

"I was just kidding!"

I ran towards the open area and cleared the field of all the prior weapons littered across the ground and trees. Placing them all back into their respective bags and handed them back to Taifuu-sama. I raced back out towards the middle and took in a collective breath.

"Ready, Naruto-kun?"

My mind began to glide through all the previous training exercises I had done with Tatsumaki. I continued to screw up, and even now I felt the oncoming failure begin to consume my courage and my resolution. I suddenly remembered her coming to my aid as I was nicked my several throwing stars, Tatsumaki had heard me wince in pain, and she immediately was at my side and helped me up to the best of her ability.

This amazed me nonetheless since I was still wearing my training clothing. She had patted me on the shoulder and touched her hand briefly to my cheek; I remember the one thing she said to me. Something I'll probably never forget.

"Just close your eyes Naruto-kun...Feel your body move with the air around you. Let your body naturally feel the attacks and repel them..."

I smiled and continued to keep my eyes closed.

"I'm ready!"

(Author's Notes: Taifuu's form of taijutsu, its stance is identical to the Hyugga's gentle-fist fighting. But think of Cowboy Bebop's Spike's way of fighting, being fluid with motions and attacks. )

The attacks began; I held my stance and gradually began to move. My mind raced as it fought against me to open my eyes to see the attacks, but I eventually won the inner battle as I listened as the air rushed at times. I could swear that I could hear the shuriken and the kunai literally cut through the air.

Eventually it all stopped and I came to a stop myself, resting back into the same opening posture as I was taught. I slowly opened my eyes to see the old man smiling foolishly at me with both his weapon bags completely empty.

I scanned the area and saw the dozens of throwing weapons scattered about me: the trees, the walls, and the grass was littered with them. As I turned my attention back to him, I saw him whisper something to Tatsumaki. She smiled from ear to ear and clasped her hands together.

"I told you, you could do it Naruto-kun!"

She yelled at me, I blushed lightly. Thank god she couldn't see me, right? We cleaned up the mess we had made; he brought us back over towards the big oak tree which had been our main spot of training for the next part.

"Now that you can feel the attacks coming and predict where they're coming from without seeing them. You must master blind combat...and with that mastery I will teach you to use my own technique, the Ikazuchi Ring."

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It's been nearly six months since I've arrived here. Today we were supposed to learn a legendary technique that we could not teach anyone else but our children, only to continue its legacy. Unfortunately, he fell gravely ill in the night. I would say that he didn't look in very good shape when he was training us. But looking at him right now, he took a steep turn for the worse about 10 times worth.

Jiraiya had shown back up from the village with additional medicinal herbs and creams. Unfortunately he had to leave for a day on some 'personal' business. I growled in frustration and gritted my teeth; I had hoped he had more respect than go to some lowly brothel house from some random village than take care of someone in need.

I decided not to think about it too much as I watched Tatsumaki stroke the old man's pure white hair. Her head hung low, she seemed to look up at me for a moment through her forehead-protector.

After nearly an hour after noon, I heard him rouse from the next room where I had decided to practice my seals to some of the jutsu I had come to master as of recent. New and old; I walked into the room and saw him leaning up against the headboard of his bed. He waved me closer and I obeyed respectfully.

"Naruto, I'm glad you and Tatsumaki have watched over me so carefully. But I'm afraid I really don't have much longer..."

He said, trailing off into a string of coughs that seemed to last nearly five minutes straight. It sounded like he was trying to hack up his lungs in a literal fashion; I frowned as he finally calmed down and took deep raspy breaths.

"I need to teach the two of you how to do my most precious of all techniques...a technique that I forbid you to teach anyone but your children when it comes that time..."

I nodded as well did the beautiful shinobi sitting next to Taifuu-sama. He looked towards Tatsumaki and touched his shaking hand to her shoulder.

"Dear, would you please leave us for the moment? I need to have a moment with Naruto-kun alone."

Her face instantly fell; she tried to fight against the frown that was currently holding ownership of her emotions at the time. She nodded, grabbing her simple black staff; she gradually made it outside.

Taifuu-sama smiled at me, coughed several more times before he was finally able to bring it under immediate control.

"Naruto, I'm going to teach you these seals and the way to use your chakra properly...I'm going to teach you how to teleport using the world around us."

I clenched my jaw, thankfully stopping it from falling slack in front of the retired Kage. I nodded firmly and he placed his hand upon my knee and locked eyes with mine.

"I'm also asking you to do me a favor that I shouldn't ask of one such as you. But I feel as if you're mature enough to perhaps take the favor with good will and intentions."

My mind immediately began to run through several scenarios and probabilities, taking only a moment I swallowed and nodded, a small bead of sweat collecting at my brow.

"Tatsumaki is the last female Ikazuchi, I'm afraid that because of her last name, in the future she will be wed only because her family name means power and stability. I don't want her to get used or taken advantage of..."

I swallowed again, Oh shit. My mind suddenly came to a screeching halt, try stopping a 15-ton locomotive traveling at nearly 90mph and then telling it to stop within 30 feet. Let's just say my mind sort of derailed itself as I just numbly listened on and nodded weakly.

"What I'm asking you is: would you be able to watch my grand-daughter. Protect her, care for her, and maybe someday in the future, wed her."

Yep, I'm boned. My mind, the smoking train wreckage that probably wouldn't have any neural survivors proceeded to smoke a bit heavier and explode in a massive fireball that engulfed an imaginary three miles. I could feel my eye twitch and I automatically took one long stare out the open doorway. She sat quietly against a tree in the distance away from the household.

She held onto her staff with a face emitting pure sorrow. I sighed and looked back towards the elder man.

"I'm not sure what I should say...I really do like Tatsumaki-chan a lot. And I know that I could fall in love with her if I let myself. But what if she wouldn't want to? She has a choice who she wants to be with and I wouldn't want to be the factor holding her back...She's beautiful, smart, caring, and not to mention an awesome shinobi. I doubt there's anymore a man could ask for..."

I paused and sighed again, heavier this time.

"But that's the point...I'm not a man. A boy can't possibly take care of someone like that without first proving himself capable of much greater things. Until I do so, but I'll be damned if I ever let her come to harm; no matter what I do, I will protect her with my life and do the best I can for now."

The man's melancholy look gradually brightened as he smiled looked towards the front door from his room that stood at the very opposite end of the house.

"Thank you, Naruto-kun..."

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A few days passed and Taifuu Ikazuchi had passed away. Jiraiya had been the one to personally tell Raikage of his father's passing. I had helped the medic-nins with his body and they quietly took it away on a stretcher, a beautiful white drape with the hidden village's design sewn into it draped over his body.

I held Tatsumaki as she cried into my shoulder, my heart cried for her as well yet I didn't show it. I felt wrong for not showing emotion but no matter how hard I tried, the tears just wouldn't come. I settled with holding Tatsumaki close, her tears soaking my jacket. After nearly three and some hours of constant crying, she had fallen asleep in my arms so to speak. Inside, I wanted so desperately to give in and stay with her. Keep her from harm and not allow tears to grace her face anymore. Yet I couldn't bring myself to do it, I had to continue training. Growing stronger and wiser so I could one day return to the village of the hidden leaf and become what I feel is destined for me, Hokage.

Jiraiya had come inside and sat at one of the wooden dinner table's seats. He looked at the girl and then at me and a smile touched his face. I blushed furiously and shook my head and whispered angry rants.

"It's not what you think, you hentai! She cried herself to sleep."

He held up one hand in defense and chuckled lightly.

"It's alright, I can tell. But we'll have to wake her soon. If she's going to come with us that is."

My eyes widened and I looked at Jiraiya with one of the most wide-eyed looks I think I've ever worn in my life.

"W-what?"

"I talked to Taifuu-san before he passed and he wished for her to travel with us so that she wouldn't be forced into a marriage."

"Forced into marriage?"

"Yes, the girls living in the village of the hidden cloud marry at 15 or in few instances 16. It's tradition and allows them to flourish and populate the village in a faster fasion."

I gritted my teeth and looked down at the sleeping shinobi that rested her head in my lap. I frowned at the thoughts that began to plague my mind; I don't know what I would do with myself if I had allowed a forced marriage to happen. Especially after I had promised Taifuu-sama that I would never let her come to harm or sadness.

"If we bring her along though...I mean...We can't though."

I could tell Jiraiya was getting either perturbed or perhaps he was just outright confused with my statement.

"We can't? Why do you say that, kid?"

"Well, I don't believe it would be umm, wise for us to take her if there are already people coming to take her to a new home tonight...And I promised Taifuu-sama something too, and I'm not ready yet. But I've made a solemn promise that I will return for her when that time comes. I will fulfill that promise in full."

Jiraiya's firm look slowly contorted into a smile and he slowly stood up.

"We should be leaving then. If you don't plan to wake her, leave a note then. But we probably shouldn't be here when the Raikages' Nins or they could think wrongfully of us still being here."

I cursed inwardly as I slowly stood up and laid her on the seat we had been peacefully sitting upon for the last few hours. I looked over towards my sensei and mentor and nodded.

"Would you take my things outside for me, I want to be able to say goodbye alone."

He nodded being serious for once in what seemed like a blue moon and gathered our things quickly and ventured outside. I gently nudged the black-haired shinobi; she awoke in a panic and looked around sporadically.

"Naruto-kun?"

Her voice sounded panicked as well, I sighed; this was definitely going to be harder than I thought. I didn't bother trying to smile; I knew she was blind so I didn't have to put on a mask in front of her.

Unfortunately I didn't plan on her touching both of her hands to my face, she frowned. Her forehead-protector beaming my image back at me in a distorted fashion, her hands continued to roam about my face.

"Why are you sad, Naruto-kun...?"

I softly grabbed her hands and took them from my face and slowly let them go. Her frown deepened as I could almost feel her eyes burrow deep into my soul.

"I must leave, Tatsumaki-chan..."

"Oh...may I ask why?"

"I...I have to tend to some unfinished business."

I turned and was about to take a step when her hand snapped out and grabbed me by the wrist, I slowly turned around to so light streams of sparkling tears glisten down her face.

"Could I come along with you and Jiraiya-sama?"

I shook my head and touched my other hand to hers, her other hand following fashion.

"I'm sorry but I can't. You must understand...but I will..."

I was cut off when she loosened her grip on my hands, my heart seemed to fall a step before her hands came to her forehead protector. She loosened it and allowed it to fall loosely around her neck. Her deep blue eyes shimmered in the light of the house. Her pupils were non-existent but the pristine color amazed me the most.

She touched her hands to my face again as I merely gazed deeply into her blue eyes, feeling myself getting lost within the deepness of them. She smiled as she traced the contours of my face.

"You are really handsome..."

She had said in something above a whisper, which instantly caused me to blush furiously. My mind clicked internally before snapping into several different choices rather firmly as the tone in her voice triggered something deep inside of me. My courage had seemed to double in a heartbeat as I touched my hand to the left side of her face. I smiled and slowly leaned in, I wasn't sure what I was doing but it somewhat felt natural.

Once our lips touched, I could have sworn that I could have seen the lights flicker rapidly through my eyelids. Not to mention the electricity that I felt run through my body as our lips met and pressed firmly against one another. I put both of my hands on each side of her neck before I slowly and regrettably, finished the kiss.

I forced my eyes to open and gazed at her beauty, doing that just made this about 10 times harder than before. She touched a hand to her lips as she stared blankly at where I stood.

"I will be back for you. Once I've done what I've committed myself to do...I will be back for you."

"Naruto-kun...please, just promise me that you won't forget about me."

He felt the strings that held his heart up twinge violently as she seemed pleading, her eyes almost appearing the same.

"Never."

We both held onto the last moment and her hand fell limp as I rushed out the door where Jiraiya was standing and waiting patiently, he tossed me my loaded bag and turned his attention to the top of the slope. Several lights were coming this way; we both exchanged a silent look and dashed off into the darkness of the night and onto the next part of our adventure.

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END OF CHAPTER THREE!

(Author's Notes: Tatsumaki is Japanese for waterspout and Kouu is Japanese for rain or rainfall. Taifuu is Japanese for typhoon and Ikazuchi is Japanese for thunder...so what did you think of this chapter?? REVIEW! Thanks for your comments; I'm hoping your enjoying this. Now just because this happened between Naruto and Tatsumaki doesn't mean he wouldn't or couldn't possibly fall in love with someone else and then fall into a love triangle...or something. I was possibly thinking that and there could be so many combinations...or perhaps a battle between like five different girls for him!!...LOL, thanks again for the reviews. OH and a big thanks to Blaboy for pre-reading and fixing a few of de errors. Until next time everyone. Ja!))