"If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much space."

anynimous

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chapter 13: NANI! Secrets revealed!

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Kurenai glared...ooo boy did she glare.

He laughed...

Her gaze hardened as he grabbed his sides while he laughed...honestly...its not that funny!

And YET this IDIOT has the AUDACITY to laugh at HER!

"You mean to tell me that while you were chasing Uchiha you tripped..."

"Yes..."

"On a branch..."

"...yes..."

"And you spilt your OWN INK on YOURSELF..."

"Your point..."

"HAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

"ASUMA I SWEAR!" The red-eyed kunouchi grabbed his bucket full of ink and gladly poured it over his head causing his mouth to open in shock and his cigarette to fall out.

"Remember the exam is still going on and I dont have time for this...I could always make sure that girl of yours doesn't make it..." She smirked evilly.

"I alway heard dog was a rarity that tastes esquisite..." He smirked back before they both vanished.

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3 hours left

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"Hokage-sama are you sure you just want to bet that the three young ones will win?" Shizume asked nervously as she followed the young (looking) Hokage to the second part of the exam being closely followed by Iruka and Naruto who were "invited" (meaning Narutp and Tsunade fought for a little while which is why they are late) to come.

"Hey are you saying they won't?" Naruto grinned over to the nervous chakra, "I bet on them too!"

"Naruto!" Iruka bopped the blonde on the head, "What did I tell you about picking up nasty habits from...er..." The chunin blushed and laughed nervously as Tsunade glared at him.

"Tell me how you truly feel Iruka-kun." Tsunade huffed. If that guy weren't so close to perfect if would be easier to have amo on him...honestly what could I say? Atleast I didn't rub off the queerness on Naruto...but then again...no! Tsunade let it go...let it go...he has more amo on you than you know!

"Hmmph!"

"So Hag! What's the second part of the exam like?"

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"Crap, crap, crap, crap...CRAP! Akamaru this is your fault!"

A certain dog boy yelled at his growling companion as a happy little group of jonins surrounded them...all of them looked like Shikamaru.

"Grrr...ruff!"

"Don't blame this on me! I was busy making sure we didn't fall into any traps!"

"Grrrrrr!"

"No, your job was to make sure no one was near by!"

"Grr..."

"Dear gawd I hate this tiresome job..." Shikamaru sighed, he had hoped that sticking with a slow group of old jonin as he did would be a sure act of not catching anyone...but no...even the slow jonin get the idiots...so...tiresome...

"Okay lets go!" Kiba smirked as Akamaru jumped ahead of him.

"Behind." Asuma laughed as he marked Kiba's back...thats what that stupid Kurenai gets for covering him with ink! Haha her student fails!

Kiba disappeared.

"I would check your behind if I were you!" Kiba laughed aiming a kick for Asuma's face before the smoking jonin vanished.

"Hey...Asuma I thought the job was to cover the opponent in ink...not yourself." Shikamaru sighed.

"Why don't you freeze the idiot already Shika..." Asuma tripped over a figure that seemed to be running from something.

"Itai!" Ino screamed before jumping up again and running...being followed closely by a very...very...very...horrifying...did I mention very scary...looking Kurenai laughing evilly.

"Crap! Ino run!" Asuma yelled after his blonde student. "Dang it...she's going to win..."

"Asuma-baka..." Shikamaru sighed...this guy did not pay attention to the important things...what was this some sort of game?

"What?"

"He got away..."

"NANI!"

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"You do realize that it will take more than just you to stop me..." Sasuke glared over to the trees revealing his sharingan.

"Che..." Kakashi waved out of the bush..."I know!" He chirped happily as a very large green figure jumped from the bushes behind the Uchiha and tackled him.

"I Maito Gai shall help my rival this once! So that..." Sasuke disappeared from underneathe the Green Beast...and Kakashi was gone too..."Ah! My rival using me as a distraction! I shall make you pay for keeping me out of the bigger plan!"

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"Like I said..." Sasuke glared with a smirk, "It would take more than you to stop me."

"Che..." Kakashi smiled already revealing both eyes.

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"So...in other words..." Tsunade grinned evily, "The second part of the exam tests their mind...they will relive their worst memories...go through their worst fears...and maybe even crack! Bwuhahahaha!"

Iruka, Naruto, and Shizune sweatdropped as she laughed.

"Wait...so how are you going to do that?" Naruto sat down in the chair in the middle of the arena. From what he could tell it was a large building...with a battle dome in the middle but the only entrances were halls...very long halls...

"Well...I will have Ibiki-kun and his squad seal the halls that we just were in and test out this new interrogation jutsu he's wanted too." She smirked, "Its supposed to awaken dark things in the mind of who ever enters the hall...and even if we won't be able to see it...they will..."

"Dark things in the mind?" Shizune asked...she wasn't told about that.

"Hokage-sama isnt that a bit much? I mean this is just a jonin exam..." Iruka noticed the worried look on Naruto's face.

"Exactly Iruka! I believe that these past few jonin exams have been too easy to pass...war could break out at any moment and I need my soldiers ready." She glared over at the suprised chunin sensei.

Soldiers? Iruka looked over to Naruto who seemed to be really nervous...it had to be bothering him for the blonde not to try and conceal his emotions.

"What makes you think that having this happen to them will make them stronger!" Naruto stood up and glared at the powerful chakra. "What makes you think that this is even reliable? I mean why would you do this...there is no proof that causing someone to live through that will make them strong!"

Naruto couldn't stand it. He had to relive his nightmares every night but for it to be forced onto someone? That was just...

"Where is the proof that this will make them stronger..." He growled over to Tsunade who glared back and walked over.

"I do believe he is standing in front of me." She said casually suprising the blonde boy, "Jiraiya told me things that you have been through...that you relive..."

Naruto gaped...Jiraiya knew? Well ofcourse he knew! He was the one that woke him up during his dreams...but to use that for an exam...

"You may not believe me but those who do not face their fears or nightmares can never grow stronger Naruto!" She yelled walking off.

"Hokage-sama!" Shizune gave one last glance to the shocked Iruka and obviously unnerved Naruto before chasing after her.

"Naruto..." Iruka looked over at the blonde who was shaking...

"She's right...she's right..."

"Naruto..." He placed a hand on the smaller boy's shoulder.

"She is right...Iruka-sensei..." Naruto turned to face the light blue chakra, "but I disagree with her using this for an exam!"

"I do too...but we have got to trust he instincts and know that Sasuke will be okay..." Iruka smiled when Naruto blushed.

"And why would I care if he got out just fine?" Naruto huffed turning back into his regular self causing Iruka to thank the gods mentally.

"Naruto I swear you two need to work out your feelings before..."

"We turn out like the Hag and the Pervert and are two old people getting it on?" Naruto offered.

"Yes, before you turn out like Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama and are two old people getting it...HEY!" Iruka blushed furiously boppeing the blonde on the head. "Not what I meant!"

"Hey you were the one that said the names...I could've been talking about anyone!" Naruto laughed earning a few more bops.

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Haha! I have the upper hand hear! Kakashi would have squeeled if it wasn't for the fact that Sasuke would never let him live it down.

"Crap!" Sasuke jumped away only to have a hand fly in his face and smash the back of his head against a tree.

"Oops! Was that too hard Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke glared...Kakashi was enjoying this way too much...now to get this hand away from his face...

"ITAI!" Kakashi jumped back shaking his hand...did Sasuke just...bite him?

Sasuke spit the piece of cloth from Kakashi's glove out of his mouth as he smirked...but he had to get out of here...there was only around an hour left...how close was the end of the forest?

"You bit me?" Kakashi appeared infront of the Uchiha looking kind of hurt.

"Che..." Sasuke disappeared...he didn't care if Kakashi wouldn't let him live this down he had to get to the end of the forest! He turned his head to see Kakashi chasing him...with a bucket of ink...had he had that the whole time?

Haha! He's running! This is the best day ever! Kakashi sparkled.

And what the heck is with those sparkles? Sasuke decided he didn't want to know...for now...

"AAAHHHH! Leave me alone!" Sasuke and Kakshi halted as an ANBU ran by screaming holding Ino's body being followed by a very very...terrifying...Kurenai laughing...did I mention she was terrifying?

"You think you can fool me!"

How did Ino take over an ANBU? Kakashi mused at the thought...must of been the newb...haha he'll never live this down...

"DANG IT! AKAMARU RUN!" Then a certain dog boy and his canine ran past them being followed by Asuma.

Was it just me or was Asuma-san muttering "food...food..." Sasuke decided he didn't want to know...

"Yo..." Shikamaru landed and waved before continuing his lazy way...

"Okay..." Kakashi grabbed his ink brush and whipped it at Sasuke only to have the Uchiha disappear...dang...so close.

Sasuke swooped his foot down only to have Kakashi jump over him and swing his brush full of ink again only to miss barely...again!

Sasuke apeared behind the silver-haired jonin. "I'll take this!" He grabbed the brush and vanished.

"No fair!" Kakashi pouted before swinging his bucket around him hitting something...very...very...hard...

"ITAI! My rival how dare you!" Gai glared as he was now covered in ink...

"Sasuke...I hate you..." Kakashi sighed...

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"Times up!" Tsunade yelled into a headset she put on. "Bring the ones who made it to the second stage now!"

"Hai Hokage-sama!" Genma and Raido sighed as they took the headsets off...did she have to be so loud?

"You six! Come on you passed!" Genma grinned as the group smiled...So Inuzaki, Uchiha, and that blonde chick passed...good job. (I forgot Ino's last name )

"Dang...I owe Hokage-sama twenty bucks..." Raido sighed, "I thought she lost at betting..."

"So you bet against them?" Genma smiled, Hokage-sama's luck had risen since she came to the village...of course only in the since of who was graduating or doing what in the ninja world...not in the actually gambling..."What do you owe if they pass the next step?"

"Two hundred..." Raido sighed as Genma laughed.

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"Ah! Kakashi!" Iruka stopped midstep when he noticed his lover was covered in ink and mumbling..."What happened?"

"Gai..."

"Gai? You know you were supposed to go after the contestants right?" Naruto snickered at the silver chakra...covered in (orange) ink.

"Ja..Ja...Naruto I hope you like pain Sasuke bites hard." Kakashi laughed as a huge blush krept onto the blondes and Iruka's cheeks.

"What does that have to do with me..."

"Kakashi!" Iruka bopped the older man on the head. "Go clean up!"

"Che...fine...just a warning for the love bird dont mind me..." Kakashi winked at Iruka before turning around. Revealing "Perverted Idiot" writen in very nice handwriting Iruka reconized as a certain Uchiha's...

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"Do you think she new who was going to win...considering she built exactly six halls for them?" Raido mumbled to himself...trying to uncover the scam so he wouldn't owe any money...everything just seemed to be working out too perfectly...

"So what...we go to the middle and battle?" Kiba stood at his entrance looking at the guard...it seemed easy enough. "Ready Akamaru?"

"Akamaru" Kiba looked beside him were his dog was...but he wasn't there...

"He is inside with Hokage-sama it has been asked for the dog not to be with you..."

"Unfair advantage?" Kiba asked the guard with a smirk.

"In fear of traumatizing the creature." The guard smirked back as the doors opened.

"Wha?" Kiba was quickly shoved in...or was it pulled? The doors shut quickly behind him...so maybe not as easy as he thought.

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"What is this?" Ino looked around...something about this hall...there was something wrong...

"Ino! What's up?" Sakura ran up to her smiling in her wedding gown.

"Sakura? What are you doing at the exam?" Ino smiled at the beautiful sight before her...Sakura was going to get married and have a beautiful child...what more could a best friend want?

"In...o?" Ino opened her eyes to see blood everywhere...

"Sakura?..." Her eyes glanced around. "Oh my gawd! Sakura!"

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Sasuke looked around with his Sharingan...a justu...this hall was a justu...or something like that...it was hard to decipher...it was obviously made in a way his sharingan couldn't block it...fully..

"Mom! Dad!"

He turned around to see blood everywhere and his younger self crying over the dead bodies of his parents...

"Lame..." He smirked and noticed the scene change back into the hall...was that it? Was that all they had?

"Brother..." He looked to his side to see Itachi there with an evil smirk. "You are too weak!"

Sasuke glared..."You are not real!"

"You have failed the name of the Uchiha!"

"You are dead!"

"You couldn't protect them!"

"You are not really here!" Sasuke shouted back turning away...he couldn't let this get to him...

"How are you going to protect him?" Sasuke turned around wide-eyed to see Itachi was gone.

"How are you going to protect him from me?" He spun to the front to see Itachi smirking holding a bloody necklace...Naruto's necklace that the blonde had given him before the exam.

He grabbed the necklace around his neck...Itachi was not going to hurt anyone anymore!

"I will kill you once and for all!" He through a kunai through the illusion causing the hall to go back to normal...

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"Akamaru!" Kiba looked at the bloody form of his dog. "Akamaru!"

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"Ino please..."

Ino backed away from the bloody Shikamaru trying not to gag.

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"Yume...why..."

Sasuke's eyes widened...it was Naruto's dream...but how...

"Yume!" He watched the blonde huddle shakily over the dead girl...

"You're too weak!" Sasuke stopped as the horrid voice came.

"You're not real!" Naruto wailed.

"You couldn't protect her!"

"No!"

Sasuke saw the form of his brother appear above Naruto...

"How can you protect your beloved now?"

"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled running over...

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"Naruto go to the top level...that is where everyone who passes must go." Tsunade rubbed the blonde's head. "I think they are almost done."

Naruto got up...something was bothering him...something was going wrong...

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Sasuke gasped as the illusion disappeard to reveal all the wall around him torn and burned...all of his kunai and weapons on the floor...Itachi...Naruto...the demon...

He looked around...all an illusion...

He felt a sharp pain go through out his body before falling on the floor.

"Hokage-sama...what do you think?" Ibiki opened the door at the end of the hall where Sasuke was...

"This is not good news..." She frowned at the curse seal marks on Sasuke's body, "Still..." She sighed with a smile, "He passed...when the marks disappear take him to the top floor with the rest when he wakes up I will talk to him after the ceremonies."

"Hai." Ibiki picked up the limp form and exited the hall.

"Kakashi come out." Tsunade grinned as he appeared beside her.

"Hai Hokage-sama?"

"Make sure no one finds out about this...it would cause too much concern about Orochimaru...if he is dead or not..."

"Hai." Kakashi bowed and vanished out.

"For his sake he better be dead." Tsunade frowned and hit the wall causing that side to collapse immediately.

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"Shika!" Ino sat up quickly and looked around to see Shikamaru waving his hand infront of her face. "Shikamaru!" She quickly grabbed his neck and pulled him to her.

"Hey!" He sighed with a blush at the troublsome girl...er...woman..."I'm came to congratulate you."

Ino stopped and looked around to see a blushing Kiba and Hinata with a sleeping Akamaru in the corner and a passed out Sasuke on the couch beside a sleeping...er...he could be awake Naruto.

"Wait...where am I? I failed didn't I! I passed out in the middle! Oh my gawd I failed you jerk!" Ino bopped Shikamaru on the head causing him to glare at her. "How dare you try to congratulate me on failing!"

Before she could hit him again he stopped her with his shadow.

"Stupid Ino listen!" He sighed as she pouted, "There was a certain distance you had to cross in the hallway and you made it...Hokage-sama wouldn't expect anyone to make it through that tunnel all the way...still sane anyway..." Shikamaru smiled at Ino...he was happy she was okay...after he heard...okay "over heard" Hokage-sama talk to Ibiki about the second part he was really worried.

And the state he had seen the Uchiha in...sworn to secrecy by Kakashi of course.

"I...passed..." Ino smiled with tears in her eyes. "I passed!" Shikamaru released his jutsu and hugged her.

"Me too Ino!" Kiba laughed, "And Sasuke when he wakes up..." he looked over at the couch.

"Sasuke..." She looked over at the Uchiha...he seemed...something was wrong...different maybe...but wrong...

And Naruto could sense it too...

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Blood.

Darkness.

Screams.

"Naruto!" Sasuke sat up quickly only to hit something very hard on the way up.

"Itai!" Naruto shouted as he backed up...he heard Sasuke mumbling so he thought if he leaned closer he would be able to hear it but he didn't plan on Sasuke actually waking up.

"Naruto?" Sasuke turned to see the blonde rubbing his head and sitting on the ground. He released a breath he hadn't realized he was holding at the sight of the blonde...he was okay...of course he was...it was all just an illusion...

"Hai, hai its me already!" Naruto pouted at the new bump on his head not noticing the sudden movement until Sasuke pulled Naruto into a hug.

"Sasuke?" Naruto blushed.

"Sasuke we all passed!" Ino screamed happily jumping onto the two boy not realizing the moment she had just ruined. Shikamaru sighed...stupid girl.

"What? Even Kiba?" Sasuke smirked.

"Hey!" Kiba glared over to the "snoody-im-hotter-than-everyone" Uchiha.

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"Congratulations everyone!" Tsunade smiled at the three infront of her. "Also thankful that no one died in the exam!" She laughed evily causing them to sigh.

How did she get this job again?

"After the ceremonies I would like to speak with you Sasuke..." Tsunade smiled at the Uchiha as she walked out into the festival.

"Hokage-sama! Please don't gamble!" Shizune ran after the now fleeing woman.

"Hmmm...why just Sasuke?" Ino pouted.

"Probably for a position with the ANBU" Kiba laughed punching Sasuke on the arm.

"Hn." Sasuke smiled back before taking his leave...if he had until the end of the festival he wasn't going to waste his time...

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"Two Miso!" Naruto grinned as he ordered.

Okay so maybe he would end up waisting his time away...Sasuke sighed. Well hanging out with Naruto would be better than hanging out with...

"Sasuke-kun! Naruto-kun! I've been looking for you two!" Lee ran up next to them...Sasuke sighed...

"What's the matter?" Naruto looked at the frantic green chakra...something had to be wrong.

"Well you see during the exam Sakura thought it would benice to start decoration for the wedding but then when she went home to get her dress it was gone!" Lee didn't have time to over exagerate the situation, Sakura-his beloved's dress was missing!

"Nani?" Sasuke got up...if he had to go through four hours of excruciating pain with all the girls to help her choose that dress in the first place...he was not doing that again...it would be worse than taking the jonin exam all over again.

"Can you guys help?" Lee panted with a smile.

"Yeah come on!" Naruto jumped up and followed the green chakra as Sasuke followed too.

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"Its in your lot?" Naruto questioned when they arrived to the empty lot of Sasuke's used to be home.

"It was going to be by the bridge but Sakura decided that this place might be nicer...and more room..." Lee laughed as Sasuke sighed...why doesn't anyone ask him if its ok to do things to his property? His now white, pink, and green flower-y flow-y just plain romantic in a weird way property.

"Okay if the weddings here then where would she change?" Naruto asked at the lack of a building. "Not that I would mind the whole change infront of the crowd thing..." Naruto grinned as Sasuke shook his head...would the blonde even be able to see that?

Could he see this?

The decorations?

"Ja...Sasuke stop getting so worried..." Naruto patted the red chakra on the back, it seemed to be growing tense..."Lets go find the dress!"

"Hai...Lee where have you already looked?" Sasuke wondered how Naruto would know if he was getting worried over something...oh yeah he sees the chakra...the emotions of the person as well...

"Well I looked in her house and a block radius around her house but I lost track of the foot-prints around the halfway mark of her house and here..." Lee sighed...he couldn't even save his Sakura's dress! How horrible! He would have to remind himself to train with Tenten as punishment...

Crap...

"Wait foot-prints?" Sasuke asked...why weren't they just taken there?

"Yeah three sets but they just vanish..."

"Three sets?" Naruto smirked, "So where was she going to change at?"

"Um...I think Ino's shop because its the closest place to here that we could use..." Lee looked over at the grinning blonde.

"Well lets start there!" Naruto smiled as he began to fan out his chakra in a thin layer...oh where oh where could Kono-kun be? Hopefully he would be in atleast a 60 meter radius...that is if he even did it...ofcourse there was Moegi and her romantic mind...how could she not want to "help"...and there was Udon...was he gullible or what?

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"I can't believe the dress is missing!" Ino stomped back and forth and Sakura sniffled on the couch.

Ino had decided to visit her friend..after that experience who wouldn't?...but she came to see Sakura crying and Lee trying to calm her down...so the dress was missing?

"Sakura! Naruto and Sasuke are going to help!" Lee entered smiling hoping that would make Sakura a little more happy.

"Sasuke? Shouldn't you be like...I dont know...resting?" Ino smirked causing Sasuke to sigh.

"Why would that be? Last time I checked you were the one who seemed most effected by the exam...and Shikamaru..." Sasuke walked past her not really wanting to start anything.

Ino blushed but when Sasuke went by her, she could feel like something was different...she looked over at Naruto who was infront of her.

"Hey Naruto!" She smiled, she still felt incredibly bad after the incident before with the blonde...well hopefully he would be able to sense the change too...

"Ino..." Naruto nodded before following Sasuke to look around the shop..."Is it alright if I check upstairs?"

"Uh...sure?" Ino watched confused as Naruto made his way up...how would he be able to...

"Don't worry I think he knows who did it..." Sasuke mentioned as he walked beside her again and went to the closet.

"Sakura my love! Do not worry for we will surely find the dress!"

"Not here lets go to where the foot-prints stopped..." Naruto came back down stair and smiled at the extremely upset pink chakra, "don't worry Sakura-chan! We can find it!"

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"Iruka-kun!" Kakashi smiled at the blushing chunin-sensei...ah how he loved that.

"Hey Kakashi...kun..." Iruka scratched his nose, if it weren't for the fact that they were in the middle of a large crowd..he would feel a little more comfortable...sure almost everyone knew by now...but still...it was a public place.

"Hokage-sama sure did win alot of money this time..." Kakashi curved his visible as Iruka looked down blushing even more.

"Yeah...poor Raido bet the most..." Iruka smiled back at the jonin-sensei causing Kakashi to blush this time.

"Ahh...love! I feel it!" Asuma joked as he put an arm around Kakashi laughing.

"Asuma leave them alone..." Kurenai walked up and smiled at the blushing Iruka, "Iruka I swear you get cuter every time you do that!"

"Kurenai-chan!" Iruka tried to get closer to Kakashi but Kurenai already had an arm around his shoulder causing Asuma to huff at her.

"Hey...where's the not so loveable Gai?" Kakashi asked Asuma..usually this would be the time he would run up and talk about love and them give them all a tear-filled hug...not that Kakashi enjoyed those...

"Hn...last time I saw him was at the exam when he was trying to get the ink out of his hair..." Asuma thought about it..."Hey Kakashi how did you get it out of your hair so quickly?"

"I didn't really have ink on me...I put an illusion up so Gai would be happy and leave me alone..." Kakashi sighed...

"Well you did have ink on your back..." Iruka grinned blushing. "Sasuka-kun obviously didn't like the fact that you were chasing him."

Dang I was hoping no one saw that...Kakashi sighed...

"So Iruka-chan..." Kurenai grinned, "Why not leave the scarecrow and some with me?"

"Hey!" Asuma glared over at Kurenai who poked her tongue out at him...she was not a nice person when drinking...

"Konbanwa Kakashi-san!" They all turned to see a blushing Shizune holding a cup of obviously not touched sake.

"Yo Shizune...not guarding the Hokage?" Kakashi smiled...crap...I hope she doesn't ask me out.

"I was wondering if you would like to go out after the celebration?" Shizune blushed and looked at her feet causing everyone to stare at Kakashi who was looking at Iruka...

"Shizune..." Kakashi sighed trying to get some help from Asuma or Kurenai...or even...

"I'm sorry Shizune Kakashi already has plans with me..." Iruka blushed and bowed politely.

"Oh...okay then maybe some other time Kakashi..." Shizune tried to hide the disappointment and went on her way.

"You still haven't told her!" Iruka bopped Kakashi on the head.

"When you told me she was interested I thought you were kidding..." Kakashi shrugged. It wasn't normal for your boyfriend to tell you tha someone else was interested.

"Gah! Now I will have to tell her at work and she is going to kill me!" Iruka could see it now...Him telling her...she would get upset and start to cry...he would try to comfort her...and she would kill him then and smile...haha now Kakashi isnt taken!

Okay so maybe Iruka was over exagerating but this girl had it bad...and he meant bad!

"Whats the problem with that? Better now than later right?" Kakashi smirked causing Iruka to huff at him and walk away...there were just some things that Kakashi didn't understand...and Iruka was one of them...

"ooo trouble in paradise!" Asuma whistled.

"Gee thanks Kakashi now he's gone." Kurenai pouted causing the older man to sigh...he also didn't understand his choice in friends...

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Naruto could feel them...they were fifteen meters from where the footprints ended...

"So find anything yet?" Sasuke asked the blonde who had told them we was scanning with his chakra...

"Yeah 15 meters to the west..." Naruto smiled to see a white chakra heading toward them...it seemed to be scheming..."Yo! Neji!"

Neji stopped to see Naruto, Sasuke, and Lee...jusr great...

"Would love to chat but we got to go my arch nemisis!" Lee left being followed by Sasuke as Naruto paused...

"Hey if you see Sakura's wedding dress wondering around try and catch it!" Naruto laughed as he went to catch up...he was the one who exactly where the three kids were.

"Wedding dress? Isn't Hinata..." Neji sighed as they left...he better go talk to Hinata...

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"Nn...Kakashi..." Iruka broke the kiss to glare up at the now maskless jonin-sensei...they were in an alleyway...

"Nani?" Kakashi asked playfully causing Iruka to blush and sigh.

"Your going to tell her tomorrow?" Iruka looked up pleading...it was Kakashi's turn to sigh...

"Hai, Hai I will tell her..." Kakashi grinned and leaned in to kiss his dolphin again...Iruka worried about the strangest things...

"Ah!" Iruka felt a cold hand go up his shirt and tickle his back allowing Kakashi to kiss him deeper...life was fun...

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"Ahhhhh!" Gai screamed.

"Ahhhh!" Konhamaru, Moegi and Udon screamed.

"Ahhhh!" Lee screamed.

"What the?" Sasuke looked at the group of kids...

"My uniforms!" Lee glared at the three now dressed in his ,obviously too big for them green, uniform.

"Sasuke!" Udon and Konohamaru screamed in fear and tried to get away as Moegi stared heart-eyed.

"I don't think so!" Naruto grabbed Konohamaru as another Naruto grabbed Udon.

"Could...you...please...get...out..." Gai glared at them...he was in a towel! "Now!"

Lee grabbed Moegi and left his sensei's house. Sasuke decided to never...ever...ever...go there again.

"Okay where's the dress?" Naruto asked Konohamaru.

"Dress? What dress?" Konohamaru tried to stay closer to Naruto than Sasuke or Lee who were hovering over the group of three.

"We stole these outfits to see if they made us stronger!" Moegi confessed smiling at Sasuke.

"Moegi!" Konhamaru and Udon glared at her. "Traitor..."

"Okay...weird..." Naruto sighed...so much for his theory...

"So you dont have the wedding dress?" Sasuke asked Moegi...hey atleast she would tell him...

"You want to get married!"

okay...maybe not...

"No." Sasuke glared down at her...he had no time for children right now. "Lets go back and see if anyone else has found it yet."

"Okay!" Lee gave Sasuke a thumbs up and left.

"Its okay Moegi..." Naruto patted her head as she sniffled, "I just don't like sharing either." Naruto grinned at the smaller chakras and follwed Sasuke. "Oh! And return the outfits!"

"Hai..." They all sighed and went back to return the powerful green unifroms.

XXX

"Sakura we couldn't...the dress!" Lee smiled as he saw the dress.

"Ah..." Hinata blushed as Lee took it out of her hands.

"You found it?" He smiled over at Sakura who was blushing madly.

"Ah..."

"What Sakura means is that even though she has a big forehead she managed to forget that Hinata was fixing it up so that it would fit her perfectly!" Ino laughed causing Sakura to blush more.

"Huh?" All the guys asked at once.

"I was going to tell you all but you left in such a hurry..." Neji sighed standing next to Hinata. Kiba was sleeping on the couch...suprisingly alive...and in the same room as Neji...

"Oh..." Naruto laughed...

"Ah! Naruto!" Hinata jumped up scaring everyone causing her to blush..."Ah...its just that...here!" She handed the blonde boy a bundle of cloth and smiled. "I...fixed them..."

"Huh?" Naruto help up the cloths and tried to trace him with his chakra...

"Hey those are the weird robes from before..." Ino smiled at Hinata, "Who are you trying to impress?"

Naruto grinned...his robes? They were damaged...and he hadn't thought of getting them fixed...the fabric used on them was made in...her village...he pulled them to his face and smiled.

"Thanks Hinata this means alot to me." Naruto stopped, "But how did you fix them? The fabric was made in..."

"Some far away village?" Hinata smiled, "I know but a few years ago my grandmother gave me a fabric kit from some far away village

and it had some things I could use to fix them!"

"Wow Hinata you are going to make a great wife someday!" Sakura laughed as Hinata blushed and Kiba suddenly woke up.

"Huh? What 'id I miss?" The dog boy rubbed his eyes only to have Akamaru bark at him. "Hey you be quiet! I'm tired from being chased by Asuma-san and that Shikamaru Bastar..."

"Speak of the Devil!" Ino grinned as Shikamaru walked in and sighed.

"Uchiha..." Shikamaru scratched his head and yawned, "Go to the Hokage, She's waiting..."

"Hn..." Sasuke frowned and followed Shikamaru out the door.

"So who wants to bet he's becoming an ANBU?" Kiba asked grinning.

"Me!"

"Yeah..."

"Hn..."

"Me!"

"He shall become ANBU!"

"Ah..."

"No..." Naruto sighed as everyone looked at him funny he stopped and looked at the confused chakras. "Er...I mean he's not just going to be ANBU but what about captain?" He grinned as everyone cheered...minus Neji because...he doesn't cheer.

Ino huffed as she looked at Naruto...was it just her or was there something going on.

XXX

"Sasuke do you understand why we are meeting?" Tsunade asked as the Uchiha entered, her usual atmosphere was now serious.

"Not really, but I think I may have an idea..." Sasuke reached his arm around and touched his shoulder where the curse seal was...he had felt some pain there right before he passed out and again when he had woken up.

"Kakashi...Jiraiya..." The two men came into the room when she called their names.

"No one else knows correct?" She asked them still with an eye on Sasuke.

"Ibiki does ofcourse...and..." Kakashi scratched the back of his head, "Shikamaru-kun knows too...that kid has a nack for knowing things..."

"But he also can keep secrets.." Tsunade smiled with a sigh, "Sasuke you do know you woke it up..."

"I had a feeling..but what does this mean?" Sasuke frowned...if this meant that he was still...

"I do not know honestly..." Tsunade smiled, "but I will tell you that you were the one that woke it...not him...because if it was him Anko woud've had a reaction as well dont you think?"

"Yeah but..."

"Don't worry for now..." Tsunade stood up from her chair, "After Kakashi seals it I will require to have certain people watch after you just to make sure..." Since we don't know if he is alive or not...he could still harm you... Tsunade closed her eyes, "I want this to be kept from Naruto as well...but do not push him away Sasuke..." She looked at the Uchiha with earnest catching him off guard...what did she mean by that?

"Wha..."

"Just a warning Sasuke...just a warning." Tsunade looked at the worried look Jiraiya was giving her as she yawned. "Dismissed Kakashi do your thing now.."

Jiraiya followed Tsunade into her room as Kakashi took off his glove and Sasuke went to sit down in the middle of the room.

"Tsunade...why did you say that?" Jiraiya asked as she changed into her night robes.

"I would think that you thought the same thing..." Tsunade turned to Jiraiya with a glare, "those two have been through enough and they need eachother to survive...whether they realize it or not!"

"Naruto is perfectly able to take care of himself." Jiraiya argued back.

"Yes but could he handle total rejection from Sasuke? Could he live through that? Jiraiya I know I wasn't there and I am not Naruto or Sasuke but believe me I know what its like to lose your important people or even be pushed away by a close friend...I couldn't save them but I do believe they can save eachother if they try..."

"Tsunade..." Jiraiya gave her a confused glance, was there something else going on...what was she thinking? "Tsunade?"

"I want you to leave now..." The blonde-haired woman glared over at the older man, "please..."

"Che..." Jiraiya frowned...this was so unlike her...he quietly backed out of the room with a small bow.

He needed to find out what was going on...

XXX

"Dang it...I don't think I have a key..." Naruto huffed as he sat down infront of the apartment door...it was getting a bit chilly now. He reached his arm down and felt his robes...they were fixed...he grinned..."I will wear you tomorrow!"

"And remind me to bother Neji for a day so that Hinata can hang with Kiba..." Naruto laughed as he thought about how he could stall Neji...he could bring Sasuke with him and have them fight the whole time...he could bring Tenten with him and have them fight the whole time...Lee with him and they would fight...gee wiz didn't Neji ever stop fighting with people?

"Or I could just..."

"What?" Sasuke moved infront of the blonde boy, "are you doing out here?"

"I dont have a ke..." Naruto stood up as Sasuke opened the door...it was unlocked the entire time..."Heh..."

"I left it unlocked because you didn't have one..." Sasuke sighed, he was still sore from the seal and he just wanted to get to bed before Naruto noticed something...

do not push him away...

What the heck was that all about anyway? Sasuke frowned he hated being left out in the dark and now he felt like he was...

"..iderate...Sasuke are you listening to me?" Naruto pushed the Uchiha into the apartment causing the older teen to come back to reality.

"Huh?"

"I was saying thanks for being considerate but I take that back now..." Naruto stuck out his tongue

"Oh...gomen...I think I might go to bed now, the new jonins get gate guard duty tomorrow..."

"Wha? Thats a boring job! Wait...so you didn't become ANBU?" Naruto put his robes on the table grinning...

"No who said that?" Sasuke ran his hand through his hair as he watched the blonde move around the kitchen so easily...for a person seeing only his own chakra anyway.

"Oh the guys figured thats why you went to the Hag..." Naruto paused his ramen mission, "So what did you go for?"

"Um..." I want this to be kept from Naruto. "Well nothing really..." do not push him away... Sasuke sighed, why would he do that anyway? Why would she say that? "She was too drunk so all she said was nonsense..." Sasuke smirked at Naruto who finally found a pack of ramen, "So really I guess I should probably talk to her after my duty..."

"Trust that Hag to do something stupid..." Naruto sighed as two arms wrapped aroung him, "Uh..Sasuke?"

"Naruto would you like this back?" Sasuke leaned his forehead against the back of Naruto's head...he would never push the blonde away. He grabbed one of the smaller boy's hands and put the necklace into it. "I believe it means something to you..."

Naruto knew he was blushing...if he weren't blushing his body had gone mad because Sasuke this close...He felt the cold necklace in his hand.

"I believe I gave that to you for a reason," Naruto leaned back so that the back of his head was on Sasuke's shoulder, "I want you to keep it so that I have my two important things in one place..." Naruto grinned as he felt Sasuke's face warm up..."Ahh I didn't know you liked sappy lines! I'll use them more often!"

Naruto laughed as Sasuke pulled his arms away in a huff and he took the necklace with him, "Ah! Sasuke I was just kidding!"

"G'night Naruto..." Sasuke wandered down the hall with a sigh...how was he supposed to be serious with a guy like that, Wonder if Iruka has to face the same thinge...though I'm pretty sure all Kakashi wants is...Sasuke blushed, maybe he shouldn't think about things like that...

"Itai..." Sasuke mumbled as he seperated the two futons from the night before, he didn't think about it hurting him this much but it hadn't been done on him for a few years now...man was his body sore, maybe Kakashi should come up with a new way to do it...

"And not just leave singing songs about dolphins..." Sasuke mumbled remembering that Kakashi had just left right after...and singing...poor Iruka, He took of his cloths and threw them on the floor and crawled into his futon...slowly...very slowly..."Itai..." Sasuke sighed again maybe it would all be gone by morning.

Thud. Splash. "ITAI!" Thunk.

Sasuke sat up and looked to the door..."Naruto?"

"a...lil'...help...please..." Sasuke quickly got up ignoring the pain and ran to the kitchen...to see Naruto laying on the ground covered in ramen...with the rest of the kitchen, he looked down to see the pot roll to his feet...with a big hole in the side..

"What the?"

"um...I think I can explain..." The body on the floor rose up his hand and Sasuke walked over to help him up, "You see I thought if I used chakra it would cook faster and not explode..." Naruto grinned before slipping on some ramen as Sasuke caught him, "well I think I just over...um...did myself after using so much chakra to find the dress and all...and then this." Naruto sighed as he held on to Sasuke, "Sorry for being such a trouble..."

"You're not..." Sasuke sighed as he quickly picked the blonde up.

"Wha?"

"You honestly believe I would let you clean up after this mess..." Sasuke smirked as Naruto yawned, "You can do it in the morning..."

"Hey! You mean your just going to leave it out like this!"

"Its your mess so why not?" Sasuke started to walk down the hall as Naruto struggled to get out of his grip, "If you keep doing that I might just..." He let go of the blonde letting him fall onto the floor in the room.

"Itai! That hurt you jerk!" Naruto began to wish he had more chakra to blow that jerk up...hehee...

"Listen your out of chakra right?" Sasuke waited for the blonde to nod grudgingly, "So you can't see whats around you right?" Another nod, "And your covered in ramen so you can't get on the bed yet..." Sasuke sighed as he kneeled down beside the blonde, "Now help me undress you so we can go to bed..." Dang it I want sleep!

"Wha? No shower? This is kinda unlike you Sasuke..." Naruto blushed as his shirt was pulled off and then the fishnet, "Your becoming a dirty person..."

"I...just...want...to...sleep...shower...in...the...morning..." Sasuke took of the blonde's shoes as Naruto unbuckled his own pants.

"Right you must be tired...the jonin exam...searching for a dress...seeing Gai in a towel..." Naruto laughed and thanked the gods he was blind at that moment.

"Hn..." Sasuke frowned and he helped take off the pants and he was sort of suprised Naruto didn't make any perverted jok...

"You know most people beg for this kind of action yet you give it to me willingly..." Naruto smirked until Sasuke threw his pants at him. "Hey I was just kidding!"

"Go to bed..." Sasuke dragged the blonde to his rightful futon before returning to his...sleep...

"Im still hungry..."

Sasuke sighed...this was going to be a long night...

XXX

Sasuke Uchiha was tired and very bored...

Not a good mix.

"Sasuke would you stop playing with that necklace and atleast pretend to be on guard..." Kiba sighed as Ino huffed.

"We're jonin now and they give us guard duty! I did this when I was still a chunin!" Ino growled as she threw her hands up in the air and walked to the other side of the look out point.

"Hn." Sasuke looked at the necklace...it really was beautiful he just wished it would give off some clue as to where it was made...

"Is that the necklace Naruto gave you?" Sasuke looked to see Kiba right infront of him. "Its really cool looking."

"Hn..." Sasuke put it back around his neck and sighed, "I hate this job."

"Hey speaking of that! You didn't become ANBU?" Kiba stood up as Akamaru walked by them...atleast someone was doing guard duty.

"ANBU?" Sasuke looked at Kiba as if he were an idiot (you know the normal face ) and sighed, "So you were the one that put that idea into Naruto's head...no not ANBU..."

"Well Naruto said if you were going to be ANBU you should be captain." Kiba laughed as he scratched his head, "I just said ANBU..."

Both boys watched as an ANBU squad jumped over the gate giving a nod to the jonins on duty as they passed.

"Speak of the devil..." Kiba smirked as they seperated into groups and went in different directions. "I guess its scouting time?"

"Hey guys! Did you see the ANBU!" Ino squeeled with hearts in her eyes, "Now that would be a boyfriend!"

"Er..." All three turned to see Shikamaru glaring over at Ino and then sigh, "Troublesome..."

"Oh Shika-honey!" Ino giggled with a blush, "Are we still on for tonight's date?"

"Hn..." Shikamaru scratched his head with a blush, "Yeah and I'm here to keep an eye on you all...make sure you don't just day dream or something."

Sasuke ignored the fact that everyone looked at him as he stood up.

"Well the ANBU just went out and if they don't find anything strange then I doubt that anything is going to happen." Kiba sighed as he returned to his guarding point...this was no fun...

"To watch over us?" Sasuke smirked as Shikamaru sighed, "Hokage-sama and Jiraiya-sama are argueing and kicked us all...except Iruka-sensei..." Shikamaru smirked, "He absolutely refused to leave the office until they stopped their 'childish squabbeling'"

XXX

Tsunade sat at her desk and glared over at the spiky white-haired man across the room who was glaring back.

Iruka sighed, this was getting no where...

"What is this about if I may ask?" Iruka took his teaching tone ignoring the fact he was with two very powerful people...but honestly this was just plain ridiculous!

"No you may not!" Tsunade kept her glare on Jiraiya who smirked and then looked at Iruka.

"If you would like to know this woman is keeping secrets!" Jiraiya made it almost sound like a huge scandal causing Iruka to sigh.

"It wouldn't be a secret if more than one person knew Jiraiya-sama..."

"He doesn't believe in the advice I give Sasuke or Naruto!" Tsunade yelled back as Iruka looked at her...if it had something to do with those too it was going to get personal with Iruka.

"And what kind of advice did you give them?" Iruka asked a little suprised if this was the reason they were fighting.

"I told Sasuke to not share with the boy what he doesn't need to know and to not push him away..." Tsunade mumbled...why was she explaining herself to 'Mr.Im-Naruto's-perfect-brotherly-figure-and-im-better-than-you-anyway-so-nana-na-nana!'...

"Well that could be kind of hard...those are kinda opposite requests that would go against eachother in Sasuke's mind...or atleast Naruto's..." Iruka noticed Jiraiya stick out his tongue...how old was this guy?

"But..."

"What I mean is..." Iruka ignored the fact he just interrupted Tsunade, "To them keeping things from eachother is going to puch them apart no matter how much they want to stay together...but also sharing everything is going to hurt them too...its a double-edged sword no matter how you look at it..."

Tsunade looked at Iruka sadly with a sigh...she just wanted to help...

"But if you only told this to Sasuke then it could work out..." Iruka smiled at his own knowledge of his past students, "Naruto would try to hard and the fact that he still isn't ready to share would hurt them alot...but with Sasuke he knows what he can and cannot tell Naruto...Sasuke acts on instinct and even if you tell him not too when it comes to sharing certain elements with Naruto he chooses for himself what is best and the fact that you told him not to push Naruto-kun away will make him more aware of his actions and also the fact that he might just want to prove you wrong..." Iruka smiled.

"Who invited you into this conversation anyway?" Jiraiya mumbled causing Iruka to bow politely.

"I'm so..."

"Dont apologize to that idiot Iruka-san..." Tsunade smirked as she stood up, "He just hates it when he's wrong and thank you for staying but I will request that you leave now."

"Hai..." Iruka sighed but then smiled when he thought of what he could tell Kakashi...

"And don't tell anyone!" Jiraiya shouted.

"Ah...but Jiraiya-sama...I'm more like Sasuke-kun myself..." Iruka grinned and left the room.

"Ah! Told you he had an evil side!" Tsunade jumped up in shock.

"Woah..."

XXX

"Hey! Senpai!" Kiba grinned as Shikamaru glared at the nickname, "Akamaru says he smells something funny..."

That caused the rest of the group to stand up.

"It could just be you..." Ino mumble as she looked around.

"Hey!"

"The ANBU haven't returned so something may have happened..." Shikamaru stated as he looked around, nothing suspicious but that didn't mean anything...

"Do you think we should go look?" Ino asked as she walked over to the boys.

"Sasuke you come with me...Kiba you stay here just in case...Ino you stay but if anything happens go as fast as you can and get back up..." Shikamaru waited for everyone to nod before he jumped infront of the gate being followed by Sasuke.

"Nara-sama, Uchiha-sama..." Both boys looked to see the ANBU squad walking up...with two people in the middle of the group.

One was a boy...maybe thirteen years old with black hair and blue eyes the othe was a teen maybe eighteen or nineteen he had brown hair and black eyes...they had on familiar looking clothing...

"These a from a far away village in search of a murderer who they believe belongs to Konoha..." The ANBU leader stated to Shikamaru causing Sasuke to wonder why the ANBU was explaining himself to a jonin...

"Ah...take them to the waiting room and I will inform the Hokage..." Shikamaru nodded as he looked at Sasuke, "Come with me will you?"

"Hn..." Sasuke didn't like the fact he was missing something...

XXX

"Welcome to Konoha but before you make yourselves comfortable I will ask for you name, home village, and reason for coming..." Tsunade in her formal Hokage robes sat at her desk and waited with Jiraiya on her left and Shikamaru and Sasuke on her right.

"I am Kyo and this is my friend Daisuke..." The older one spoke, "He is from the Hohoemu village which was destroyed a year ago and I am from..."

"Hohoemu?" Jiraiya asked when he noticed the younger boy glare at him.

"Yes! The village that was destroyed when you were there! And then you tricked another village into taking you in and they got attacked! Your friend is a monster and he killed..."

"Daisuke!" Kyo glared at the younger boy causing him to stop and look at the ground.

"You have no right!" Jiraiya growled, "You were that kid that hung around him weren't you? With the two girls? You saw how he tried to protect the village and protect you! He ran into a burning building to.."

"Jiraiya!" It was Tsunade's turn to keep her friend in line.

Sasuke stared...these people...the villages...Naruto...monster...

What was going on?

"Sorry for the outburst from the old man..." Tsunade stood up.

"No Daisuke is the one that caused it." Kyo bowed politely, "If we may...um..."

"Hokage-sama..." Tsunade offered, "Yes, come with me and we will talk privately...but not without my guards..."

"Daisuke you stay here." Kyo patted the younger boy on the shoulders and followed the blonde woman with some of the ANBU around him.

"Jiraiya...you stay here too." Tsunade gave one last glance at the suprised older man before leaving the room.

XXX

Sasuke looked at the younger boy...he seemed to be in alot of pain...was it because Jiraiya was in the room too?

"How can you people protect that monster?" Daisuke glared up at Jiraiya, "HE killed more people than any of the attackers did!"

"HE killed the attackers!" Jiraiya shot back.

"HE KILLED THE VILLAGE ALONG WITH THEM!" Daisuke glared with tears in his eyes catching Jiraiya off guard.

Sasuke got prepared in case the kid attacked...for some reason he felt like he would need to protect the boy from Jiraiya...

"Where do you get that information?" Jiraiya asked confused.

"Thats what the other villagers said! When they went to check out our village for supplies they came back and said that most of the damage was..."

"You're trusting them over someone who risked his life for you?" Jiraiya shook his head.

"How could someone who cared about us kill us?" Daisuke asked silently.

"Just who do you think Naruto killed instead of the rogues?" Jiraiya slammed his hands on Tsunade's desk ignoring the confused looks he was getting from two certain jonin.

"He killed Yume!" Daisuke then ran out of the room pushing Gemna out of the way as he ran.

"Sir?" Gemna asked as he entered the room...he was going to tell Hokage-sama that it was time for a meeting with the elders...

"Go get him Gemna, he can't be in the city alone..." Jiraiya mumbled as he rubbed his temples...so it was that little brat that hung around Naruto and Yume...how could he think such things?

"Jiraiya-sama?" Jiraiya looked over to Sasuke who seemed to be hiding his confusion well with his usual frown.

"Ignore what you just heard Sasuke..." Jiraiya looked over at Shikamaru who for once seemed confused, "I guess I couldn't ask you to do that as well now could I?"

Shikamaru sighed, sometimes he hated the fact that he always seemed to be at the right place at the right time...now that he was going to be promoted to something like Iruka's position except the fact that he was supposed to know everything now...how tiresome.

"Naruto is not a murderer that should be hunted..." Jiriaya growled as he left the room, Sasuke could only guess he was going to Naruto...

"Sasuke lets look for the kid too just in case..." Shikamaru waved the Uchiha to follow him to look for the kid...anything to try and distract the raven-haired boy for a second was good enough...

"Hn..."

XXX

"I wonder who the visitors are?" Naruto grinned as he walked to the Hokage tower...he had gone to the gate to see Sasuke only to be told by two very bored jonins that he and Shikamaru escorted some visitors...

"I hope its not some princesses here to find a prince...Sasuke might get mad if they take me away!" Naruto snickered as he spun around...it was nice to be in his robes again.

"You look more like a samurai than a ninja..." Naruto grinned at the sound of Neji's voice this could be his chance to keep Neji away from Hinata and Kiba, "Why hello there Neji-chan!"

"What are you up to now?" Neji sighed as the blonde grabbed his arm.

"Lets go visit the Hokage together it will be fun!" Naruto grinned, haha he has no idea whats going on!

"Um..." Neji sighed as he was being dragged, he honestly had nothing else to do and Naruto was up to something.

"Hey kid come back!" Neji looked to see Gemna chasing a little kid who seemed to be either in a lot of trouble or very upset...he quickly moved as the kid ran into Naruto causing the blonde to turn into a cloud of smoke.

Doppleganger...Neji smirked...Naruto was defenitely quicker...

"Hey kid!" Gemna ran up to the boy laying on the ground.

"You okay?" Naruto asked the smaller dark blue chakra...it seemed familiar for some reason...he couldn't place it.

"YOU!" Daisuke glared at the blonde who had his hand out, "Get away from me!"

"Huh?" Naruto took his hand back...that voice...

"You murderer!" Naruto took a step back.

Neji noticed that they now had the attention of everyone on the street.

"I'm going to kill you!" Daisuke tackled the suprised blonde teen causing Neji and Genma to try and get the boy off.

"I don't know what your talking about..." Naruto sat up as the angry blue chakra struggled in Neji's grasp.

"You! You're the one! You still have the nerve to wear her brothers robes after you killed her!" The smaller boy stopped struggling as he began to cry. "Yume..."

"Yume?" Naruto stood up quickly..."Daisuke?" He noticed the chakra grow angry at the name... "I didn't..."

"Why are these people protecting you? Don't they know that you are a monster! You kill the inno..."

"Thats enough!" Genma took the boy from Neji...there were some things that shouldn't be said in public and this boy decided to test what things they were...

"You are going to go back now." Shikamaru landed noticing the suprised Naruto covered in dirt...crap...

"Why? Just so that the old man can yell at me some more?" Daisuke spat out with a glare.

"You are not free to roam this village and if you pull another prank like this you will be hunted and more than likely killed if you put up a fight." Shikamaru said nonchalantly as Genma pushed the boy in the right direction.

"This whole village..." The boy seemed confused as if no one had heard his words...this whole village...murderers...

"Naruto?" Sasuke ran up to the blonde who didn't seem to move at all.

"Naruto?" Neji asked when he noticed the blonde didn't respond.

And then Naruto vanished in a cloud of smoke.

XXX

Okay! So thats the end of this chapter! I hope it isnt too long! Heehee Well I hope you like the fact that its long!

What are Tsunade and Kyo talking about now? How is Kakashi going to tell Shizune? ah! lol

Ah! I know that I abuse the "..." thing and that my writing has worsened since the first chapter...but...you dont have to point it out! lol

RukaIayLomperGayH8er- you are no longer allowed to email me! I mean honestly...its scary! haha jk youre allowed to have your opinion and all...but tell me your opinion of the story not of me as the writer (btw do I know you?)

Oh! I found this awesome site! Its called and its KakaIru Doujinshi! Fanfictions! and Fan art (but nothing too great yet...)

did anyone notice that I put little notes inside the story? haha I couldn't help myself!

Unless I say Sasuke is smiling or smirking...just think frown...I mean thats all he does in the manga anyway! haha

Ino and Shikamaru...I finally realized that I didn't pair Kiba with Shikamaru...thats another fav yaoi pairing of mine and I was like...huh? Kiba and Hinata? lol you would think since I am writing this story I would have realized it sooner! lol

I turn 18 tomorrow! yay! w00t! I can buy R Doujinshi legally now! I can write smut legally now hahahah! oh! Does anyone know where I can find Icha Icha Academy Doujinshi scans? Its this one that I heard about that Iruka is going to teach sex-ed but Kakashi decided to have a little fun with that... yay!

Anyone else other than my sister upset that I didn't have a shower scene between Naruto and Sasuke? lol She was like what! you Mofo!

I also realized that I hated SasuNaru! with a passion! My first fic...Flowers (sucky don't read it!) I started off thinking SasuSaku but then...as I grew to love KakaIru...I changed! You can tell in the story because its like Sasuke is making out with Sakura one moment and then Naruto the next! lol

Once again forgive the spelling and grammar mistakes I am really trying to find them! My sister is no help because my grammar is better than hers and all! lol

hmm...what else should I put?

I guess I could reply to reviews now...oh! If someone wants to tell how long this chapter really is feel free! like how many pages and all! heehee!

REPLIES TO REVIEWS! OH YEAH AND THANKS FOR THE 200 MARK! W00T!

annika: hmm...I guess I will go more into Naruto's training next chapter because of alot of flash backs.

cocopops: now do you just like that cerial alot...or is there some other meaning behind the name? lol Im glad you like this story! yay!

Vermillion Wolf: lol yay! I'm glad you can compare this to the manga...in a non-yaoi way! lol ...ahh...Haku...(sniffles)...Yes Iruka...my favorite character! I like to tease him way tooooo much!

lightdragon1987: yeah...the whole sharing a nightmare thing...its actually true! Or so I've heard...you can rub off dreams or something freaky...not that i am into that weird stuff! just yaoi! lol well I'm glad you saw this story update!

Ria Sakazaki: Arigatou!

Red Rose: FMA rules! tho I will have to say my fav pairing is Havoc and Fuery...yum! Ah! Have you read the latest chapter in the manga! I wanted to cry! OMG! (I am trying so hard not to just blurt it all out in case you haven't read it!) Tho Im not that far in the anime ...lol The cruise was awesome! yay! so relaxing too! Oh and about the necklace...you'll see...heehee!

anonymous #1: yeah he ran...heehee...I just thought...thats what I would do! it adds humor anyway! lol

anonymous #2: This story will not die! (oooo can't say too much about forbidden jutsu tho...oops) heehee not really any kisses in this chap anyway...well atleast not between Sasu and Naru its just so much fun to tease!

Lady-Frisselle: have you ever seen the magic school bus show?...your name just reminded me of mrs.frizzle...lol anyways! I hope you liked this chapter too!

taggED: thanks! I was actually sick this whole week which is why the chapter is done now! heehee! I had alot of free time! So...if something seems out of place...blame it on the sporks...I dont know how...but its their fault! haha! Well I feel alot better today! yay! I actually woke up! lol I hope you like this chap!

Qian Yun: ! AH! You're back! yay! though now i feel really bad about...I am so bad at reviewing for other stories! Im horrible! I promise to review to all the chapters I have read of your story and didn't review to! Ahh! ...

Okay! lol yay! we are both horrible people! lol oooo...I wonder if you still think the jonin exam was lighthearted? o.0 lol...I think this chap and next chap are def going to be angsty...but I will find a way to add humor! for everyone's sake! And mine...I don't want to start crying while I'm writing it do I ? lol We will get back to the whole class thing too...woah...I have alot going on in this story at once! ahh! lol ttyl!

Kamikakushi: luv the name btw! thank you very much!

Tsugath: yay! I am glad you thought so! hope you liked this one as well!

END!

Oh yeah! next chapter!

sneak peaks!

"Why won't you speak to me?" Sasuke played with the blonde's hair as he slept, "I'm starting to think that you are pushing me away this time..."

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"I do..." Sakura blushed as Lee put the ring on her finger...they had finally made it...

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"Neji...I hate you..." Tenten glared with a blush as the Hyuga boy picked her up with a smirk.

"The feelings mutual..."

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"Why won't you fight?" Daisuke's hands trembled as Naruto stared blankly back at him, "Why won't you fight to live?"

"I don't deserve to..." Naruto grabbed the hand holding the sword and pulled it closer to his own throat. "Isn't that right?"

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Ahh almost got carried away there! XD lol!

chapter 14: Pushing away and staying together.

c-ya!