Kyuubichan Chapter 6, a naruto fanfic

Disclaimer - all original naruto characters are not mine.

A/N: Again, I wish to thank the nice people who reviewed.

Some of you have noticed in the previous chapter that Itachi mastered Mangekyou at 8, I made a mistake it was supposed to be sharingan I had a lot of things going on my head when i wrote that and again i apologize for the error.

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Chapter 6

Sakura swallowed hard upon seeing the result for the first match-up. Her hands became sweaty all of a sudden.

" The first match-up will be Haruno Sakura against Kin Tsuchi. May I request the others to clear the arena so we can begin the match. " Hayate announced and the rest of the gennins climbed the stairs to a balcony around the arena. Sasuke approached her and said good luck and smiled. Sakura smiled back although she was scared as hell. She saw Kin standing a few yards in front of her and smirking at her.

" Your boyfriend is not here to save you this time bitch. "

Ino's ears perked up when she heard that and threw a nasty stare at Sakura. " That girl? and Sasuke-kun! NO WAY! "

" He's not my boyfriend. " Sakura replied with firmness in her voice and then added to herself, " yet.. "

Hayate motioned for the two kunoichi to step closer he then signalled for the match to begun.

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The moment Hayate signalled for the match to start, both kunoichis leapt backwards. Sakura threw a few shuriken at Kin who deflected them with shurikens. The moment Sakura landed, she began running sidewards throwing more kunai. Kin dodged them and pulled out three kunai of her own. Sakura created three bunshins and ran towards Kin.

" I won't be defeated by such a mediocre jutsu. Take this! " She threw the kunais she was holding towards Sakura who used shurikens to deflect them away. " Damn! " Kin jumped backward again. Sakura however, had gotten too close she threw a punch towards Kin who blocked it and retaliated with a kick, however it went through Sakura who promptly vanished in poof. " A Clone! " This time the real Sakura hit her squarely on the side of her head knocking her away. The other Sakura clone vanished immediately. Kin stood up, rubbing her jaw.

" Hmm..not bad guess I'll have to stop playing around. "

Up in the stands, Kakashi felt somewhat satisfied by the show Sakura was putting on. Sasuke had a poker face but was actually impressed he was slightly worried since the Sound nin didn't appear to be a push-over. And Naruto was yelling his head off, cheering Sakura. It was then that Sasuke noticed the kitten's head sticking through Naruto's jumpsuit. However, he saw the Sound girl take out kunais with things attached to their handles and decided to question Naruto later.

Sakura noticed the batch of kunai Kin took from her pouch had something attached to the ring in the handle. Kin charged towards Sakura, revealing four kunai in each hand with the strange thigs attached to it. Sakura braced herself, falling into a defensive stance preparing to dodge. The moment Kin got close enough, she lashed out a kick towards Sakura, who dodged it by doing a backflip. ' Perfect... ' Kin said to herself.

While Sakura was still in the air, Kin threw all the kunai she was holding. Most of the spectators was certain she would be hit and so did Sakura. Only when her feet was on the ground did she noticed that the kunai hit the wall and the floor behind her. She smirked and taunted Kin.

" What's the matter? Lost your aim? "

Kin smirked back at her and then Sakura saw the thin strings going from Kin's hands she followed the strings path and noticed they were connected to the kunai. She then noticed that the strange things she saw earlier were infact miniature bells, the type that looked like those put around the neck of pet animals. ' What the hell? ' Sakura said to herself. Kin moved her fingers a bit and Sakura suddenly felt very dizzy. She closed her eyes for a moment then opened them again This time Kin seemed to hve multiplied, there were at least a hundred Kins surrounding her. ' What's happening to me! '

" In case you're wondering, those bells aren't for show. I can control them to make you see any illusion i want. It's over now bitch. "

The hundred Kins suddenly took a shuriken with their free hand. And threw it towards Sakura. Sakura tried to dodged it but got confused to which one was real as a hundred shurikens came flying at her. She jumped to one side but the shuriken grazed her right thigh.

" Hmmm...You dodged that eh? Try dodging this! " This time Kin threw five shurikens at Sakura who saw a thousand flying at her. Her mind shut down in her panic and she put her arms to her face in a frantic attempt to protect herself. All five shurikens hit her with three embedded in her arms and right leg, near where first wound. She winced at the pain and collapsed to the ground. Kin laughed out loud telling her to give up now or die.

Ino was horrified when she saw Sakura get hit directly with the shurikens and wondered aloud, with worry , why she just stood there. Her team's instructor, Asuma explained that Kin was using the bells to create an illusion to confuse Sakura. Ino looked backed at the battle as she watched Sakura, straining herself to stand-up. She hoped to herself that Sakura just give so she wouldn't get hurt any longer but she knew Sakura will never give up. She yelled at Sakura, cheering her on.. Shikamaru took a deep breath and said to himself. ' Girls... '

Sakura was trying really hard to stand up, the pain in her leg was increasing with every movement she made. Though she was feeling a world of pain she figured out that Kin must be somewhere in front of since she can still see the strings connecting the bells to her hands. Her train of thought was broken by Ino yelling out a " GO FOREHEAD GIRL KICK HER BUTT! "

' Damn you Ino-pig! I'll get you! ' she said to herself smiling then focusing back to the match she noticed the strings and then it struck her why and berated herself for not figuring it out earlier. She stood up, removing the shurikens embedded in her leg and arms then took out a kunai then began charging towards Kin, using the strings as a guide to her location. Kin was a bit startled seeing Sakura going straight for.

" What the... " she threw more shuriken towards Sakura who didn't dodged and got hit directly. Sh smiled in satisfaction but then Sakura vanished, replaced by stump of wood. A moment later, Sakura re-appeared in front of her. ' Kawarimi!. ' Sakura hit her squarely to the side of her face, distorting her facial expression and was sent flying backwards landing in a rolling heap on the floor. She was about to throw her kunai at Kin but then noticed she wasn't getting up.

Naruto let out a low moan when Sakura punched Kin in the face. ' That has got to hurt..Sakura might not look like it but she packs a mean punch! ' he said to himself having been on the receiving end of that fist on numerous occasion. Others were also talking about themselves about it.

Genma motioned for Sakura to stop as he went to check Kin. Seeing she was unconscious, he raised his hand and declared the winner.

" The winner of this match is Haruno Sakura. "

A few cheers could be heard, the most noticable one was from the loudmouth Naruto. A few medics approached Sakura to check on her wounds while two placed Kin in a stretcher. Sakura heard one of them muttering to himself something about scary girls who pack a mean punch and she couldn't help being amazed where she got that strength. One of the medics used a healing jutsu on her deep wounds and then covered the minor ones with bandages. Sakura was amazed at what the healing jutsu can do. There was no trace of a wound, not even a faint scar she then heard the medic say something to her but she was pre-occupied so the medic repeated his statement a little bit louder.

" You're alright now, you can watch the rest of the matches or would you rather rest in the infirmary? "

" Ah..I feel fine now thanks. I think I'll stay here and watch... "

The medics nodded and then left the arena. Sakura then climed to the balcony and approached her team. Naruto instanly approached her and began yelling at her.

" THAT WAS GREAT SAKURA-CHAN YOU TOTALLY WHOOPED HER ASS! "

"Aww...Shut up Naruto... " she said smiling weakly at his antics. She went beside Sasuke.

" You did pretty well out there. " Sasuke said smiling his cool smile at her.

" Re..really? Th..thanks... " Sakura squeaked as she turned red slightly.

" Sakura-chan? " she looked beside her to see her other teammate with a curious look in his eyes and she thought she was seeing this or was there a kitten's head protruding form his jumpsuit?

" What...is..it...Naruto? " she took a closer look and rubbed her eyes to see if it was really a kitten. " And why the heck you have a kitten on you! "

Sasuke overheard and butted in.

" Yeah dobe where did you get that kitten? "

" Oh this... " he took out the kitten then brought it closer to Sakura and Sasuke. " This is Kyuu-chan i found her in the forest. Say Hello to Sasuke-teme and Sakura-chan, Kyuu-chan! "

The kitten meowed at Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura thought it was really cute but Sasuke wasn't so sure about it.

" Idiot, how are sure that it's really a cat? "

' Well I'm not! ' Naruto said to himself then said aloud. " Awww...don't be so cruel on Kyuu-chan Sasuke-teme, its just a poor little kitty alone in a big dark forest, isn't that right Kyuu-chan? " he then rubbed the kitten on his face and stroke it's fur.

" Aww..Sasuke-kun, dont be like that it's so cute! "

" Hmph "

Sasuke noticed that the screen had already showed the next match-up. Hayate threw another coughing fit before announcing the next match.

" The next match will be Aburame Shino vs. Akadou Yoroi. Please come to the arena. "

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The next two matches were pretty quick. Shino used his bugs and avoided close combat with Yoroi who's main jutsu seemed to be a chakra absorbing technique. In the end Shino's bugs had sucked away most of Yoroi's chakra and he was declared the winner. The next one was shikamu against Misumi. Misumi used a body stretching technique, making your bones soft so you can twist your body or make it longer. His neck and arms become longer as they snaked towards Shikamru who only stood there with an evil grin in his face. When Misumi's head was only a few inches from Shikamaru, he felt that he can't move. He then noticed that Shikamaru's shadow was extended towards his Shikamaru then began nodding his head. A few of the spectators covered their mouths as Misumi's head repeatedly bounced of the floor. Hayate motioned for Shikamaru to stop and declared him the winner. The screen flashed again and this time Sasuke felt some excitement. The screen read: Uchiha Sasuke vs Rock Lee

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Hayate announced the next match-up and requested the participants to go down to the arena. Lee leapt from the balcony to the arena while Sasuke took his time and used the stairs to do down the arena. Lee was getting really impatient but resisted the impulse to yell at Sasuke and proclaim his burning desire to beat him and win over Sakura and instead stared intently at Sasuke as he slowly made his way to the arena. Hayate didn't waste time, the moment Sasuke and Lee stood facing each other, he signalled for the match to begin.

Lee and Sasuke stood thre eyeballing each other, waiting for one to strike first, Lee in his usual stance one hand in front palm facing towards him and Sasuke with his hands in his pockets and trying too look very cool whick made Sakura and Ino drool a little but was really feeling pain as the seal Orochimaru made was acting up again. Lee made a motion with his hand as if to say " Come and get me ." Sasuke smirked, and made handseals.

" Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu! "

A large burst of flame engulfed Lee, and drew some oohs and aahs from spectators. Sasuke looked to see if his attack did any damage but was not surprised when he didn't see Lee from his previous position. He knew Lee was too smart to be caught like that. He looked up and saw Lee about to drop a kick on him. He back-flipped away and making Lee hit the floor instead. He was just getting back on his feet when Lee suddenly went on the offensive again. ' He's too quick! ' Sasuke said to himself as Lee's kick connected to his gut. Sasuke flew a few yards away, but controlled his body and landed on his feet.

' Damn he's faster than I thought... ' Sasuke thought and then decided to activate his Sharingan and instantly a wave of pain went through his boy and he dropped to his knees holding his neck. Unlucky for him, Lee paid no heed and continued attacking.

" Konoha Reppuu! " Lee dropped down on one leg and hit Sasuke to his face, sending him flying to the wall. Everyone gasped as the wall cracked underneath Sasuke. The Hokage and a few of the more observant persons in the room saw distinct black markings start to appear on Sasuke's body. ' Hm, So Orochimaru was after him after all. I wonder if he can fight the seal's effects. '

Sakura had also saw the markings and images of Sasuke covered in strange seals and oozing with evil aura flashed before her and it worried her that he might lose his mind again this time. " SASUKE-KUN! " she yelled out loud drawing some looks to her but she didn't care, she didn't want to see the "other" Sasuke again.

Sakura's outburst echoed in Sasuke's ears. His willpower started to overpower the effect of the seal. ' Sakura... ' Slowly the black markings started disapearring. " I will win with my own power! " he said aloud forming a few handseals.

" Katon, Ryuuka no Jutsu! "

A stream of fire sped towards Lee who dodged it but saw a large shuriken flying towards him.

" AAHH! What the... " he muttered as he ducked, the shuriken went past him.He saw Sasuke doing another set of handseals.

" Katon Housenka! "

This time, several fireballs came flying at Lee who jumped upwards to avoid it. He landed back on his feet to see Sasuke breathing heavily.

" Ah..it seems you have already exhausted you chakra Sasuke! It's now time for me to attack! " he said as he began running towards Sasuke. " Konoha Dai Senpuu! " he said as he threw a spinning kick towards Sasuke. Sasuke smirked at him as he blocked it and threw in a punch of his own. Lee was surprised as he fell back, impressed that Sasuke had blocked his attack and hit him.

" Sasuke-kun! You're a worthy rival! I will not hold back! " Lee began charging at Sasuke again and this time Sasuke also charged as the two traded blows back and forth. The spectators was amazed by the taijitsu show the two were putting on. The Hokage took a puff from his smoking pipe and smiled to himself. ' Impressive, he fought off the effect's of Orochimaru's seal and he's impressive in taijitsu too. '

Sasuke had activated his sharingan and was able to keep up with Lee's speed because of it. However, his chakra was also burning at a faster rate so he knew he had to end it quickly. He feinted with his right fist satisfied when Lee took the bait and appeared to blocked it then his left fist connected to the side of Lee's head sending him backwards a little before he could recover, Sasuke kicked upwards to the chin then used Kawarimi to appear above Lee who was to dazed by consecutive hits to the head and wasn't able to recover quickly.

" Shishi Rendan! " Sasuke then began striking Lee, knocking him towards the ground mostly by using kicks. Lee took every hit and crashed to the ground as Sasuke made one last strike to his chest, knocking the self-proclaimed taijitsu expert out. Hayate check Lee, found him unconscious and declared Sasuke the winner.

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Sasuke slowly went back up the balcony after getting checked by medics. He saw Sakura eagerly waiting and Naruto with a frown on his face. He ignored Naruto's look and approached Sakura.

" Sasuke-kun... " the two looked at each other before Sasuke sat down, with his back to the wall. " Sasuke-kun! Are you alright? " Sasuke smiled back at Sakura. " I'm fine. i'm just tired. That's all, don't worry about me. "

" Hmm...Sasuke-teme you seem awfully talkative today... " Naruto interrupted, narrowing his eyes at Sasuke.

Sakura hit Naruto on the head. " Shut up Naruto, Sasuke-kun just had a gruelling match you could at least congratulate him on winning idiot! "

Naruto rubbed his head a little. " Hmph, You'll see I'll win and you won't even see what I'll do! HA! "

" As if you would win... " Sakura replied raising an eyebrow.

" You'll see Sakura-chan. Or maybe not... "

" Hello everyone! "

" Kakashi-sensei! " Naruto and Sakura both yelled out.

" I'm sorry to interrupt your festivities, but I'll have to take Sasuke. And congratulations on you two for winning your matches. " Sakura beamed and stuck out her tonuge at Naruto. Naruto just "hmphed"

" Let's go Sasuke. Oh and make sure you win Naruto or Sasuke will never let you forget about it. " Kakashi said as he took Sasuke away.

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The next match-up was Temari against Hinata. Hinata was pretty impressive with the Hyuuga-style Taijitsu but Temari was smart and kept her distance, sending waves of kamaitachis towards Hinata in the end, Hinata was caught in one of the whirlwinds and Temari was declared the winner. The next was Tenten against Zaku. From the start of the match, it was obvious already who would win. Zaku just blew away the weapons Tenten threw at him. Tenten provided some eye-candy in the match , taking out two scolls then leapt into the air as smoke dragons came out of the scrolls. She did a few pirouettes as the scrolls circled around her and countless throwing weapons came out of the scrolls. Tenten directed them, using chakra stringst to attack Zaku. The attack was useless as Zaku just blew them away with a Zankuuha and he was declared the winner later. Everyone awaited the next match-up to appear on the screen and when it appeared almost everyone knew it would be murder and felt sorry for a certain blonde ninja.

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Ino almost fainted when she saw the next match-up appear on the screen. Choji had stopped stuffing his mouth with potato chips and Shimaru had a worried look in his face.

" Ino... I think you should just forfeit at once. "

If Sakura hadn't shown some flair in her match and lost, she would have forfeited immediately. But she didn't want to appear weaker than Sakura.

" No! I will fight him! Sakura won so I must win too! "

' Sheesh, she's so stubborn. ' Shikamaru said to himself. " But Ino, It will take a miracle for you to win. "

" No! I will win! " Ino replied as she went down to the arena.

The screen read: Yamanaka Ino vs. Hyuuga Neji

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Neji watched as Ino descended to the arena. He smirked to himself. He knew his opponent was really pathetic and he'd end it quickly. Somehow he was dissapointed when he wasn't matched against Hinata. Ino slowly approached to where he was standing and had a serious look in her face. Neji was the number one rookie of last year's batch and could be as strong as Sasuke. Hayate looked at both gennins and motioned for the match to begin.

Neji stood there smirking at Ino. " I'm going to end this quickly for your sake.

Ino was staring to get irritated by Neji's attitude. " Who do you think you are? I don't go down that easy! "

" We will see about that... " Neji immediately got into the stance of the Hyuuga Style Taijitsu. Ino felt uneasy and went into a defensive stance.

" Pathetic, you have absolutely no chance of winning against me. "

" You're all talk! Why don't you show me what you got! " Ino shot back.

Neji smirked at her. " Quite brave aren't? Time to end this! Byakugan! " The nerves around Neji's eyes swelled as he started attacking Ino who put her arms in front in an attempt to block his attacks. She was however surprised that every hit of Neji seem to be very painful, even though she knew she blocked some but she was falling back, as Neji's attacks became faster. Neji sent one last hit to her chest, sending her flying backward. Blood flowed on the edges of Ino's mouth and she was breathing hard and appeared very weak. Hayate stopped Neji from attacking any further and checked on Ino. He declared Neji the winner as medics checked on Ino.

From the moment the match-up was announced, Sakura knew that Ino would have no chance whatsoevr. But she knew Ino would never backdown. Seeing Ino in her current condition, made Sakura wish that Ino shold have just forfeited. She immediately jumped from the balcony and went towards Ino. She heard a medic say that Ino's breathing was irregular and her pulse is weak. She also saw Ino's sensei there and heard him mention that Neji messed her inner coils real bad. Sakura stared holding both her hands to her chest as the medics took Ino away on a stretcher

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The next match-up was Gaara against Dosu Kinuta. The match was pretty quick as Gaara used his sand to squeeze Dosu and would have killed him if his sensei hadn't yelled at him to stop. Hayate later declared him the winner. The moment Choji saw his name appear on the screen he immediately forfeited. Hayate had no choice but to declace who would have been his opponent, Kankuro, the winner. Then saying there were only two people left, he told them to go down to the arena to begin the last match of the prelims.

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Sasuke and Kakashi had just returned to see the end of the last match. Sakura noticed that didn't look different but was glad that he was back anyway. She then turned her attention to her other teammate.

Naruto yelled, saying that it was finally his turn and he would show Sasuke-teme cooler techniques. Sakura just hit him on the head again and told him to go down already. Naruto rubbed his head again then took out the kitten in his jumpsuit.

" Hey, Sakura-chan, can you hold Kyuu-chan for me? "

Sakura's eyes lit up as she took the kitten from Naruto. " Oooohhhhh, so kawaii! "

" Thanks Sakura-chan! Be a good kitty now Kyuu-chan! " Naruto said as he jumped down the balcony to face his opponent.

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Kiba was very excited. His opponent was Uzumaki Naruto, the dumbest student in their class. So he was certain the he would win.

" Alrgiht Akamaru, we'll just breeze to this one! "

Naruto and Kiba slowly faced each other and began taunting each other.

" Tsk, I'm so lucky I'm fighting you Naruto. "

" Hey dog-boy? Did you take a bath? I can smell you from a mile away! "

Hayate then signalled for the match to begin.

" I won't be needing you now Akamaru, This one's going to be easy. "

Naruto smirked then jumped backwards a and formed a set of handseals.

Kyuubi, who was in Sakura's arms watched intently as Naruto did the handseals. She was certain he will win. But he also told him not to show off too much.

Finishing the handseals, Naruto softly said " Ninpou, Kokuangyou no Jutsu! "

" Hey! Who turned off the lights! " Kiba yelled out. A few gennins laughed thinking he's gotten crazy. But a few of the adults in the room recongnized the genjutsu.

" It can't be! " Kakashi revealed his sharingan and studied Kiba.

" What is it Kakashi sensei? " Sakura said holding back her laughter.

" That genjutsu that Naruto is using... "

" That idiot knows genjutsu? " Sasuke interrupted.

" It's a high level technique. Its engulfs the your opponent in total darkness as if they were blind. "

" Eh! That idiot knows that much! " Sakura said, she then looked back towards Naruto who was doing another set of handseals.

" I wonder what he's doing now... "

Naruto laughed when he heard Kiba say who turned off the lights.

" Hehe! Hey dogboy! Can't see anything now don't you? Don't worry I'll end this now! " he said as he performed another set of handseals.

" Suiton, Suiryudan no Jutsu! " A pillar of water about a meter in diameter rose out of nowhere and formed in to the form of a dragon and rushed towards Kiba, who was blind as a bat and struck him head on and slammed him into the wall and knocked him out. Almost everyone's jaws dropped when they saw what Naruto did and had a " How the hell did he do that! "

" Kakashi-sensei... Did you teach Naruto that water jutsu? " Sakura asked.

" Why didn't you teach it to us too? " Sasuke added.

" I did not, and even if I did you would'nt have enough chakra to do that. "

" But Naruto just did it and there's not even a drop of water in here! " Sasuke replied.

" I don't know. "

Sasuke and Sakura looked hard at their sensei. Satisfied he was telling the truth, the two of them decided to question Naruto later.

Hayate had recovered from his shock now and declared Naruto the winner.

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Hayate had now ordered the winners to line up in the arena to decide the match-ups for the Final Round of the Third Test. Naruto stood between Sasuke and Sakura with the kitten on his head. Sasuke and Sakura had bugged him on how knew the techniques he used aganst Kiba and Naruto just laughed out loud and said Kyuu-chan taught him which was the truth but of course, they didn't believe him until they just got tired of asking and let it go for now. Hayate approached them holding a box. He asked them to each pick a number from the box.

" The people with the same numbers will be the ones matched up. Now please tell me what number you have picked. "

" I got 1 " Naruto yelled. Neji's eyes lit up. ' This is going to be interesting... '

The match-ups was sorted out and everyone took a look at it

1st match: Uzumaki Naruto vs. Hyuuga Neji

2nd match: Gaara vs. Uchiha Sasuke

3rd match: Haruno Sakura vs. Nara Shikamaru

4th match: Temari vs. Abumi Zaku

5th match: Aburame Shino vs. Kankuro

The Hokage then went to the front and congratulated the winners of the prelims and then explained that the Finals will be held in a much larger arena in a month and that there will be a lot of important people who will be watching. He then told them to train hard and do their best for the honor of their respective villages and then dismissed them.

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" YAY! HOMESWEET HOME! " Ayeka yelled out as soon they entered the gates of Konoha. Ayako smiled at her sister's antics and looked at Dan.

" So Dan, How does it feels to be back home? "

" Hmpf... Konoha didn't changed a bit. But it still feels great to be back. I wonder if my old house still stands... "

" Where is it? " Ayeka asked. " I know! Let's go over to your place! "

" That would be cool, " Dan nodded. " But I've forgotten where it is... "

" Bummer. " Ayeka deflated.

" Hmm...Why don't you stay at our place then? " Ayako offered

" No kidding? "

Ayako nodded.

"Hmm..Let me think, YES! "

" Yay! Let's have a party at our house! " Ayeka yelled

" Uh..Ayako... "

" Yes? "

" You did say you work in the Kage Tower didn't you? "

" I'm the one in charge of keeping important document in order, why do you ask? "

" I think that maybe you have access to some files. I'm looking for a person, a boy by the name of Uzumaki Naruto "

" Hmm...I don't think that would be a problem but I have to ask Hokage-sama first. "

" Oh, don't worry he won't mind... "

A/N: I'm sorry if the chapter feels rushed. I have to do a school project but i wanted to finish this first. Don't worry next chapters will be better!