Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Never did, never will. Masashi Kishimoto does.
--Begin Flashback--
Kisame slowly walked down the uneven cave floors as he held a burning torch. He could already sense that someone or two were already at the prison chamber, he could hear the usual curses. He detected the light coming torches on the chamber walls, with the trickling of calcium carbonated water trailing down the stalactites. He sighed, "Why do I have to be the one that always do these things? It's always, Kisame do that, Kisame do this, Kisame don't do that, or Kisame don't do this. It's never Deidara who gets to do these things."
Out of the nine of them, Deidara was definitely by far the weakest. Of course, he was also by far stronger than Orochimaru could ever be. A range attacker with all the explosives he'll ever need, that would last his a lifetime. Akatsuki members tend to get closer with one another, usually the ones they are partnered with. Sasori and Deidara was an example. Though in Kisame's opinion, they've been relatively doing fine after being put up with the seal maniac, Takasugi Sakai. Sakai was usually paired with Raetsu, but somehow those two just couldn't really tolerate each other anymore. The recent events were starting to confuse Kisame.
"Oi Sakai! Time's up! Raiha said that's enough for today. We don't want the Kyuubi vessel to simply just die from your crazy seal experiments," shouted Kisame as he entered the room.
"Crazy?" repeated Sakai in a dangerously angry manner, "See if you can open this seal if you think it's easy."
"What's so hard about this one? With all the seals that I've seen you do, what kind of seal can't you make?" asked Kisame, "You did create those seals for the Akatsuki entrance, I really wish I could open those trap seals. See how it feels to fight another great Hoshigaki Kisame for once."
"Those seals are still imperfect, and this is one seal definitely hard to crack." Replied Sakai. He was shorter than Kisame, wearing all usual Akatsuki crimson clouded, black cloth outfit. He had electric blue hair, that was tied together much like Nara Shikamaru or Umino Iruka. His eyes were strange. His iris that was supposed to black, but it was white. The white parts of his eyes were black. It weren't because of family trait or special bloodline Doujutsu, Sakai said because he greatly messed up with one of seals back when he was in the Hidden Rain.
"I give one last try for today." Said Sakai. "Hei Sasori, again."
The Sand Puppet creator moved his fingers playfully as a pair of puppets in black shredded shrouds moved into already opened prison doors. Stalactites and Stalagmites joined together forming prison bars with intricate seals carved all over them. Uzumaki Naruto was lying down on the cold cave floor, disheveled and panting heavily with the Shikifuujin seal on his stomach flashing red like mad. His wrists and feet were shackled, with several more intricate seals etched on them. The puppets moved in and dragged him out with no effort of retaliation whatsoever.
Sakai made a long list of seals with his hands, and finally gathered chakra at his fingertips. He thrust the burning fingertips onto Naruto's stomach, and all three Akatsuki members watched as the Kyuubi vessel shouted in pain. He twitched violently in the puppets' arms as the two seals reacted against each other. Suddenly red chakra burst out from his body, and then Uzumaki Naruto began to change. His sky blue iris changed blood, crimson red. The pupils retracted into slits, his whisker marks thicken in length and width, and claws and fangs elongated from the usual canines and nails.
The puppets' arms cracked as they continued holding the boy in place. Sasori quickly summoned more puppets, Sakai began making more seals, and Kisame quickly pulled out Samehada. It was like a routine: More of Sasori's puppets would try to restrain Naruto, Kisame's Samehada would suck the Kyuubi's chakra as much as possible to weaken him. And Sakai would perform the counter seal on the seal he had used earlier to cancel each other out. The boy once again lay limp in the puppets' hands, and he was carried into his cell once again.
"Tough luck, Sakai." chuckled Kisame, "Better luck tomorrow then."
"Aaaargh! Curses!" bellowed Sakai.
Sakai was really frustrated. All the seals he had done so far couldn't even lay an effect on one of the Elephant Seals. And there were actually two of them, which totally make them even more difficult to weaken by. He definitely didn't like whoever this Hokage Yondaime was. After hearing from Itachi about how young he was when he died performing the seals, Sakai was really starting to hate him more. He was already 43 years old, armed with over a hundred seals in learning and his very own creations. Yet, he couldn't even weaken these containment seals at all.
Sakai looked into the prison bars and said, "At this rate, I might have use all the weakening seals that I know by next month."
"And you get to a lot spend time with the brat, I'm so jealous." This time Kisame laughed at his own sarcastic remark.
"I've had enough, let's go Sasori." Ordered Sakai as he made his way to the chamber's exit.
Sasori didn't talk much but merely said, "Fine, but let me at least have a look on my broken puppets."
He picked up the puppets that had their arms cracked, and unsummoned them. He hunched way as followed Sakai later. That meant Kisame was left all alone with the Fourth's legacy in the dimly lighted room. Sakai and Sasori had taken their own torches, leaving only Kisame's. He crouched down with a torch in one hand; Samehada was already strapped once again on Kisame's back. Naruto had crawled away to the corner of the cell, with his body and head rested on the prison walls. The long dirty tethered yellow hair obscured his eyes from Kisame's view.
"Not so tough are you know, brat?" asked Kisame, "Too bad fate had chosen you as Kyuubi's vessel."
Naruto gulped, but he slowly moved his head. He surprised Kisame by giving a smile. Naruto spoke in a very groggy voice, "Shut up, insolent fool. You really think you're all that. Do you, pathetic vermin?"
Kisame's eyes widened, he slowly backed away. The voice alone was already making him uneasy, and watching the eerie foxy grin through the rocky bars wasn't helping. It still had the pair of elongated canine teeth, but not really long like when Naruto transformed. Kisame watched the seal on the stomach give a final glow, before it disappeared, and Naruto's canines changed back to normal.
Naruto gave a weak chuckle, "Scared you back then, eh fish face?"
Kisame was somehow angry but scared at the same time. He left the Jinchuuriki all alone in the dark. He was going to have a word or two to Sakai about what just happened. He was moving fast, he couldn't risk wasting time with the nine tailed fox demon breaking lose anytime soon. He didn't even notice a beam of light. Just as he passed through a corner, he accidentally bumped into Raetsu. He saw someone passed him at the same moment.
"You might want slow down Kisame," advised Raetsu, "You won't like it when you accidentally trip and sprain something. We're in a cave you know."
"Yeah, yeah." Mumbled Kisame. He dusted himself and gave a look on the shorter figure that stood right in front of him. A middle aged man with messy red hair, purple eyes, also dressed in the usual Akatsuki cloak held a torch light in his left hand. Kisame looked at it as if it was a two-headed puppy.
"Where did you get that?" asked Kisame. Totally forgetting his worries altogether.
"Just bought it in a town while returning from the latest mission. Asami said the bright fire from the torches was starting to bother her eyesight. She said she didn't want to wear glasses or something." Answered Raetsu.
"You've got extras?" asked Kisame as he looked at his burning torch and imagined himself wearing glasses.
"Get one yourself. These things don't cost much. But all the batteries this baby needs are really bothersome. The fact we always use these every time we're here." Answered Raetsu with a smirk, "I even Asami buy using her own money."
"You're really a scrooge, you know that?" asked Kisame, "I've never met a shinobi who's stingier than you."
"Judging from the place you came from, I'd say you just visited the prison chambers," commented Raetsu.
All the troubles from the encounter with the Konoha brat suddenly sprang back to his mind. He looked nervous and scared all over again, something that Raetsu doesn't usually get to see.
"You've seen Sakai? This is urgent!" pranced Kisame.
"Why?" asked Raetsu curiously, "You look like you just saw a demon or something."
"Well I did! Well, talked to it actually. Kyuubi was actually talking through the brat's mouth. Then he had this really creepy grin before the seal disappeared. Then he began chuckling and said how scared I was." Answered Kisame.
Raetsu had a curious look but quickly threw it off.
"I'm sure it's just some side effects from Sakai's seals. We, on the other hand, have some more serious things to talk about." Stated Raetsu with a serious face.
"Oh? About what?" asked Kisame.
"Not here," stated Raetsu simply, "Just follow me."
Kisame complied as he followed Raetsu, but he was curious with where Asami was. She was always by Raetsu's side he saw him outside the cave . He suddenly had a look of realization and asked Raetsu while following.
"Let me guess, Asami went to see the Kyuubi brat?"
'Shut up," simply answered Raetsu. His face expression didn't seem to like upon the idea of Asami's actions. But his daughters constant meetings the Jinchuuriki might prove to be useful.
They entered into another chamber, though Kisame could already sense someone standing there. He knew whom it was when the figure spoke,
"This better good Raetsu. You already made me wait here for half an hour."
Uchiha Itachi had his right hand resting on the openings of his Akatsuki cloak. He didn't look pleased, though it was barely noticeable from his usual straight up face. He already knew Raetsu wasn't alone, and came to a conclusion it was Kisame by his height and out linings of a hilt protruding from the back.
Raetsu turned off his flashlight, looked around as though there were anyone was hiding. He turned to the two.
"Kisame, You smell any chakra around?" suddenly asked Raetsu.
"Nope," stated Kisame as he took several sniffs in the air. He was getting confused at Raetsu's odd behavior.
Raetsu directed a question towards Itachi, "No cloaking Genjutsu whatsoever?"
Itachi activated his third leveled Sharingan and gave a full 360 degrees sweep. He just said a simple "No."
"What's this about, Raetsu?" asked Kisame, "You're acting all secretive for all of a sudden."
"Just to be cautious. Don't want that sneaky Zetsu eaves dropping on our conversation." Answered Raetsu. He said, "We have a problem."
"About what? The Kyuubi brat?" asked Kisame. The idea came right at the wanted Mist missing-nin's mind.
"No, it's about Raiha." Corrected Raetsu.
--End Flash Back—
Kisame woke up from his sleep and looked around his room. His Samehada rested on the wall right next to his bed. His ANBU vest hung from a wooden chair, while his shuriken holster was on the table beside it. Kisame never really needed a kunai for the rest of his life ever since he got Samehada in Kirigakure (Hidden Mist). The room was really dark since he closed the blinds. Naruto had already placed some seals on the windows so that nobody could spy on them. Even the soundproof seal worked like a charm. He didn't know what time it was and glanced at the digital clock.
It was 5:45 p.m.
He groggily woke up from his bed and went off to the toilet to get a shower. He took a towel from a closet, and pulled out a scroll from a particular pocket in his Jounin vest. When the scroll opened, he gave a slight jab on a specific Kanji seal. It gave a poof of smoke and a toiletry bag with the logo that somehow looked like a Game Shark appeared before him. He picked it up and threw the scroll on the bed.
He saw Kabuto sitting on the couch, watching the television. Kabuto seemed to be watching some movie about some huge snake summoning gone loose and wreaking havoc in a shinobi village.
"He must be one stupid shinobi to not notice that snake creeping behind him." Stated Kisame as he stood there and watched.
"Alas, that wouldn't make the story interesting then." Replied Kabuto.
"Whatever," muttered Kisame, "Did those two come back to whatever it was they went?"
"Nah, I think Naruto and Asami would be coming in with Kazekage-sama and the others. It would seem strange to see the Kazekage enter Konoha without his elite guards waiting for him at the Konoha gates." Answered Kabuto as he watched the snake began swallowing a Rain-nin.
"Isn't it already strange that the Kazekage's elite guards had come here earlier, prior to his arrival. Instead of being by his side?" argued Kisame.
"True," answered Kabuto, "But we don't really care, do we?"
"Nope, we don't give a damn." Added Kisame as he continued on his way to the toilet.
Meanwhile….
Naruto and Asami were tree hopping their way through a huge, dense jungle. Everything was slightly bigger than the all usual forests and jungles in Fire Country. It was like everything grew so big enough that it would match up the ones that grew in the Forest of Death. The tree trunks and branches were relatively wide enough for a group of people to stand together, much less have a decent brawl on it.
"You'd think after all those times visiting them, you could at least open up a portal much closer to their den." Commented Asami.
"That would take the fun out," replied Naruto as he watched something climb into a hole in a tree trunk.
"We're going to see Gaara and the rest arrive at the Konoha gates, right?" asked Asami.
Naruto gave a nod, "Yeah, of course. Can't wait to see him wearing that Kazekage robes. It kind a makes him look girlish and stuff. I never dreamt about wearing those horrible clothes. Back when I wanted to be a Hokage, I always imagined myself wearing only that hat."
"I guess you really did have sense of fashion back then, even when you only wore those horrible orange jumpsuit." Teased Asami as she landed on a branch and gave another boost to propel her to next one.
"It wasn't really that bad was it?" asked Naruto in opinion. "It sure was comfy, heck I didn't need to wear anything extra when I was in Snow Country except a pair of gloves, boots, and cloak. The others had to get a set of sweaters, scarves, and stuff."
"You've got to be kidding. Itachi totally burned your jacket when you were going to meet Sakai for the first time. Sakai did said the jacket was an eye sore, and he asked Itachi to burn it off the moment he saw them." Explained Asami as she recalled back some of her memories in Akatsuki.
"Yeah, but I really was satisfied when I killed him in the end," said Naruto. He could hear sheer laughter in his head as he jumped. Kyuubi really did enjoy those moments on watching his memories like a television as a form of entertainment.
"We better hurry it up if we're going to meet them, and then meet up with Gaara later on." Pointed out Asami as she worried about the time. They did go out in the morning and went to the memorial stone. She was just thinking how they would lose the track of time meeting them, and coming back just for Gaara's arrival.
"Right," Naruto kept looking forward and said, "Less talking, more hopping."
After ten minutes of rather bothersome tree hopping, the two Sand-nins finally landed themselves in front of a huge den. Both of them stopped as they stood near the entrance, and Naruto took in a deep breath.
"Oooi! Anybody home!" shouted Naruto as loud as his voice box could.
The earth trembled a little, anything could hear the sound of rumbles coming from inside the cave like nest.
"Hey! Would you come on out already!" Naruto continued shouting.
"I think they heard you the first time, Naruto." Advised Asami as the ground beneath them shook every now and then as a rhythm of huge footsteps could be heard.
It was an odd one, there were two sets of legs making their way. More like paws as the legs could be seen as they stepped into the light. A huge tangerine, orange fox came out with golden yellow eyes with its own foxy grin. It definitely towered above them, though it wasn't really as big as Gamabunta or any of the boss summonings. It looked down at Naruto and Asami and gave a real foxy grin. Naruto returned with his own as he took off his mask.
(Okay people, things are going to be a little weird for some time. But all will be explained in due time. Kind of makes me feel like a bad writer doing this.)
"It's been a while. Naruto, Asami." Smiled the fox in a feral animalistic voice. Anyone could easily make it out as a female's voice.
"Oh come on, Okaa-san (mother)," replied Naruto, "It's only been like what? Two weeks since I last came to visit?"
"Half a moon cycle, yes I remember. But you know your father and I only get to see here when you visit. You're the one that always meet up with Ryochi and the twins." Confirmed Naruto's so called mother.
"Speaking of which, where is Otou-san and the twins?" asked Naruto who now sat comfortably on the ground.
"The usual council meeting. The twins told me that they going out to search for food and so called 'fun' in the snake's territory. Though I doubt they would find any snakes there with their usual rambunctious attitude and all." Answered the huge vixen as she too sat on the ground on all four.
Asami slowly approached the large vixen as she took off her own fox blue mask. She looked at the large den, and it was still quiet. She looked up at the monstrous vixen, and cheerfully asked, "Hey, it is Shiro around?"
"Shiro? I'm sorry Asami; you just missed him a while ago. She said she was going to catch up with the twins." Answered the vixen.
Suddenly there was a huge blur that sprinted out from the darkness of the den, and tackled Asami and Naruto altogether. It was the size of Akamaru that grew after two and a half years after Naruto and Sasuke left. It was another female fox, but it began licking both of their faces repeatedly like an over excited dog.
"Hey, Rena. Stop it! It tickles," giggled Naruto.
"Well look who decided to join in," said Asami who crawled away from under the new arrival.
"So how's my little sister doing?" asked Naruto as he disengaged from the deep red, young fox. "Can you speak human already?"
The excited fox gave a loud squeaky bark. Much like new born puppies."
'Now. Now. Naruto, you know she's just starting to speak. She can barely speak fox, what makes you think she can speak human?" retorted the large vixen.
Naruto gave his sibling a pat on the head.
Later on, Naruto sat in front of his 'mother' in a cross-legged position. The fox cub rested her head on Naruto's legs, as he absently scratched her head and behind the ears. Asami sat in a perfectly feminine manner beside Naruto as she stroked the fur on Rena's body and tail.
The huge canopy of leaves from the tower-like trees gave absolute shade. Little streams of sunlight made their way through the holes, giving a dazzling effect on the forest floor below. The four of them just sat there relaxed, not caring for the world for a while.
"How long has been since Otou-san (father) left for the meeting?" asked Naruto as he tried to start up a conversation.
"Since morning," answered Naruto's mother, "The twins left a later on, said they were still hungry even after going out around at night time."
"So how's Shiro doing? I take it she's still adjusting the place and food?" asked Asami.
The answer never came as the sound of rustling through the bushes and leaves on the forest floor began to get louder and louder. The four of them didn't seem to care at all at the disturbance. They could hear several birds squawking and chirping as they fly away while monkeys chatter form branch to branch. A bigger crimson red fox finally walked out from the trees, and came into the clearing of the den. It had a long goatee under the chin of its muzzle. A few feet long of whiskers trailed showing great age, with its had brown eyes, and a few long fur growing at the back, joints, and tail.
"Coming home from a meeting, and what do I find? A family gathering." Stated the fox with a hint of laughter for himself.
"One that isn't held too far away from your own home," commented Asami as all four of them watched the great fox moved on. Naruto's 'father' licked the vixen and Rena, but Naruto and Asami quickly declined the sign of affection. They said that it would too conspicuous for two shinobis walking around with fox scent all over them.
"Excuses." Said the father fox, "Rena's already covering you with her own fox scents."
"Well it's easier to get rid the smell of fur from the scent of saliva on us. Besides, there's this clan that utilizes dogs to a point that their senses are almost as acute as their own dogs." Explained Asami happily. This time, they had a reason not to be licked unlike the previous ones.
"So tell me, how is the soul of my grandfather's brother doing?" asked the male fox curiously as he eyed Naruto's stomach.
As soon as he finished asking, blood red chakra began leaking through the containment seal. However Naruto didn't seem to have any changes as it began swirling in the air on top of him. No fangs and claws, no red demon eyes, deep thicken whisker marks whatsoever. It was as if chakra was being released by itself through his body like he was training chakra control. It formed into a fox head the same size as the other gigantic fox counterparts. Kyuubi was definitely different in comparison even as a fox. Black markings around the eyes and ears, the demonic eyes, and he had more sharp canines than any of the two.
"It's been fun. Like always, couldn't have been sealed into any other interesting humans around." Answered Kyuubi as he looked in between Naruto and the fox in front of him.
The old fox gave a laugh in response; he slowly tried to calm down from such humor.
"Anything slightly more interesting that's going to happen?" asked the fox.
Kyuubi looked down on the only humans that were there, and gave his version of the creepiest foxy grin alive. "I'm going to have some fun helping the brat kill some pitiful weak human tomorrow in front a crowd of weaker humans ."
Naruto didn't seem to mind being called 'brat' by Kyuubi anymore. It was more of like telling the truth in calling someone for who they are. Sandaime (The Third) was really an old man, no argument about that. Tsunade was also a very old woman, fit to be a grandmother if she had married at a young age. Jiraiya was just a perverted Sennin, simple as that. In a way, Naruto accepted that he really was and will always be a brat for the rest of his life. He had respected the older people he knew that really deserved them, yet he still called them for what they are. They few who he still hold precious to his heart: Iruka-sensei, Tsunade-obachan and Erro Sennin.
All six of them idly chat or simply sat there quietly, enjoying the presence of others around them. Rena, the fox kittling did most of the sitting and keeping quiet. Asami and Naruto noticed that the sun was setting.
"I guess we'll be leaving then. It's getting late." Stated Asami.
Kyuubi didn't look pleased but had a face of understanding. The other large grown foxes nodded in agreement while the red swirling chakra head quickly retreated back into it vessel. As both Sand-nins prepared to go off, Rena made her usual antics. The female kittling made a pout. Naruto bowed a little and ruffled the fur of Rena's head.
"Don't you make that sad face, Rena." Smiled Naruto as he looked eye to eye with the baby fox. "We already talked about this. It doesn't suit you one bit."
Rena licked Naruto's whiskers marks, and Naruto stood up straight. This time, Asami walked near and forbade farewell to Rena.
"You don't seem to mind Rena licking your face." said Naruto's 'father.
"Well her tongue isn't so big that it can even let me roll around on it." replied Naruto.
Asami scratched the neck of Rena one last time and said, "Tell you what. I'll bring you something special the next we come and visit. Now you be a good vixen and grow up to be a strong vixen just like your mother. Heck may be stronger."
Rena gave a yip, while her parents chuckled in amusement. Judging by that determined and happy face of his, the male fox knew he had something to say before he left.
Naruto amused, "May be you'll be having snakes for tomorrow. Rena-chan, Otou-san, Okaa-san."
The both of them wore their masks, and moved a couple of feet away. Under the mask, Naruto had a look of concentration; he was thinking the ideal place in Konoha to set up the opposite end of the portal. He didn't want to make one that was right in the room they were staying. Making plenty amount of time to Konoha's gate for Gaara's arrival, getting rid of the fox smell they had all over them, and not attracting attention to themselves. His mind finally clicked an idea as he began making a different chain of seals that also ended with a seal that wasn't in the Chinese animal zodiac. As another portal opened in the middle of the air, Naruto gave a farewell goodbye and pushed Asami quickly through the portal. The four of them could hear her scream, and finally Naruto jumped in. The three foxes sat there for a moment. The mother fox looked down and nudged Rena with her nose.
"Come on, time to get inside. We'll see what that two brothers of yours will bring in for dinner."
Rena ran off into the den, leaving the two adult foxes behind. The mother slowly followed suit, however the other one stayed behind. He chuckled, said one thing before he retreated back into the den.
"You sure found yourself one interesting human indeed. Kyuubi-ojichan. Even his own mate…."
Naruto watched as Asami plunged into a river with a huge splash. He fell in several seconds later, and quickly swam to the surface of the water. He looked around, and already saw Asami swimming to the edge of the river. By the time he got there, Asami grabbed a fist full of his cloak and pulled him to a stand.
"What the hell was that!" shouted Asami angrily. Her eyes were totally covered in a blazing fire.
"Uuuuummm…the fastest way to get rid of the fox smell?" answered Naruto hesitantly. When she was definitely the scariest kunoichi he ever met when angered.
Asami suddenly threw Naruto off to the ground a few feet away, but he landed quickly on his legs like a cat recovering from a fall. He did it; he had angered the daughter of one of the strongest Akatsuki member.
"Oh come on, this place is the only place I can think of that's really near to the Konoha gates. We're definitely clear from having anyone see two Sand ANBU shinobis jumping right out of thin air." Explained Naruto.
She moved in for the kill as she moved closer with every step. Naruto had to think fast, but he couldn't really think of any idea as he heard Kyuubi's roar of laughter in his head. He was sweating, under all of that wet ANBU uniform. He asked Kyuubi if the demon fox could sense anyone in the area. Kyuubi checked and told him there was not even a villager close. Asami picked up the pace as she moved in closer, Naruto could already sense the chilling air radiating off her.
'Crap! Crap! Crap!' repeated Naruto in his head.
"Oh you you're gonna look like crap by the time she's done with you." Commented Kyuubi with sheer glee in ever word. The fox demon thought that his vessel is going to need a lot of chakra to heal all the damages.
Only centimeters separating the two, Naruto finally thought of an idea. He quickly took of his mask with his right hand and Asami's mask with his left. He definitely paled when he was able to see the angry face that was Asami's. She didn't seem to care that her mask was taken off.
'Here goes nothing!" exclaimed Naruto in his head. Kyuubi was once again laughing, he absolutely couldn't have been sealed in any human more interesting than Naruto.
Naruto suddenly gave Asami a kiss. And it was no mere touch of lips to lips.
This definitely surprised her by a long shot, Naruto wasn't giving the usual lips to lips kiss anymore. His tongue moved in and played with hers. Naruto let go of the masks in his hands, moved them, and held onto her waist. Asami just had both of her palms and fingers on his chest. They stood there as Naruto got rid of every sense of fear as he watched Asami slowly began to lose her temper in a different kind of way. Asami finally let go when she ran out of air. Naruto was never the one to disengage from a kiss, and somehow it irritated Asami a little.
"You think you're really all that, huh?" joked Asami. With every ounce of anger and frustration forgotten.
"Yeah, I am." Answered Naruto confidently. He had his forehead rested on Asami's own forehead, Asami couldn't really do anything. He could smell her breath as she could smell his from such distance, and they both loved it.
"Come on, we've got to move on," advised Naruto as he gently let go.
"Do we have to?" asked Asami who was enjoying every second.
"Yeah, those Leaf-nins will be curious to why his elite guards aren't even there to welcome him." Explained Naruto.
Asami playfully asked, "Should we even care?"
"Nah, but 'Kazekage-sama' would." Said Naruto as he bowed down and retrieved the two masks. He handed Asami's as he fixed on his own Oni red mask onto his face. The both of them moved on as Naruto lead the way to the Konoha gates.
I'm definitely not good in writing the romantic parts. That I know. I guess I explained a few loopholes in what happened in the Naruto world, but also add more loopholes. I guess I'm trying to make things interesting while keeping you readers thirst and wonder more in the upcoming chapters. Please rate and review. Okay?