Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, If I did he'd be waaaay cooler.

Author's note: Ha! I updated on time! Yesss! Anyway I decided to use this time to answer a few questions that were raised in my reviews, First off with Gai name, In Shonin Jump Magizine, they Spell it Guy. But thanks to My friend Su-chan I realize the error of my ways. Also If anyone was wondering why Tenten Calls Naruto Naru-chan enstead of Naru-kun, it's because Chan is waaaay prettier than Kun. As always I hope you enjoy.

A Night at the Festival by: Korry

"So, you can explain huh? Well let's hear it." Said Kakashi. "Look, we didn't do anything. She was just on top of me and-" Naruto stammered. "Naruto, you're just digging yourself deeper." Interrupted Kakashi. "Oh alright, I'm sorry." Admitted Narto. "But nothing happened, I promise you!" At this Kakashi, simply smiled with fatherly affection, and placed a hand on Naruto's head. "Relax, you're not in trouble, In fact Tenten might be a good influence on you. I'm just concerned."

"About what?" Asked Naruto. "This is a B-ranked mission Naruto. We need our minds to be completely on our mission, and by getting emotionally involved that becomes a little more tricky. Besides, it also makes loss harder to accept. If Tenten were killed, it would destroy you." Finished Kakashi solemnly. "So what should I do?" Questioned Naruto. "Just be careful Naruto." Answered Kakashi, and with that he was gone. Naruto barely had time to think on Kakashi's advise when suddenly...

"Goooooooood morning Ninja!" Came Gai's voice over the intercom. "Everyone please report to the meeting spot, for mission briefing." 'Great' thought Naruto. 'now maybe we can know exactly what we'll be doing.' Naruto wandered downstairs, and took his place on the floor next to Sakura and Kiba. "Alright team," Began Gai, bursting with enthusiasm. "First and foremost, you should know that Kakashi and I haven't told you everything."

"I frickin' knew it..." Grumbled Kiba, petting Akamaru. "So it is time to fill you in on what you will be doing for the next week or so. First off, our mission is to attack the Wind emporrer's palace backed by Sunagakure forces. We are not to kill his highness, simply put a serious hurting on him and his guards, until Garra miraculously appears and 'destroys' us." Gai, then stood silently waiting for the big question, finally it was Sakura who simply asked, "Why?"

"Good question. Sound is one of the main nations plotting against Konoha, Sound's greatest ally is the Wind nation, therefore he is just as dangerous as the Sound lord. Any decision made by the Wind Emperor to attack Konoha, must be followed by the ninja of Sunagakure, Garra included." Explained Gai. "Wait... I'm not getting this at all. If the Wind emperor is that dangerous, then why don't we just kill him?" Asked Naruto. "The Wind Emperor isn't a bad man, therefore we won't kill him. Were going simply to change his opinion of Sound."

"So, his mind will change if he's attacked by Konoha ninja?" Asked Naruto, not buying it. "No, his mind will change by being attacked by Otonin Ninja." Gai held up an object, it was an Otonin Sound ninja headband. "In 1 week, we will attack the Wind emperor masquerading as Sound ninja. Outraged, he will break his alliance with Sound." Said Kakashi, making it easier to understand than Gai did. Tenten's hand suddenly shot up. "One more question, this is an exteamly dangerous mission. Why didn't you use Chunin?"

"That's simple, It would look suspicious to the people of the Wind nation, if a bunch of enemy elite and Journeyman ninja, suddenly showed up. By using Genin, it looks like were just taking a bunch of beginners on a field trip to the venerable capital of the Wind nation. However, you 6 aren't just any Genin, you're the best in Konoha. I know it's unheard of, but it's a brilliant plan. Lady Tunade came up with it herself." Answered Kakashi. "Now, in one hour we will arrive in Sunagakure," declared Gai. "Any questions?" No hands went up.

An hour later Naruto and co arrived in Sunagakure. "Whoa..." Gasped Naruto, as they deployed from the caravan. The scene before him, was like nothing he'd ever seen. It was a large city in the middle of the desert, straight out of "Dune", there were tall, rust colored buildings buildings and colorful decorations, probably for the festival. The most noticeable quality was the giant, half-buried, buddah statue, who's head and right hand poked out from the sand. "It's awesome.." Said Sakura. "Not bad." Commented Sasuke.

"Kakashi and I, are going to go make our presence known to the Ninja council. You're assignment for the next two days is to have fun." Announced Gai. "Alright!" Konomaru leaped and punched the air in triumph. "Ah young Konohamaru, what are you so happy about? You're coming with us." Said Gai, bursting his bubble of happiness. "What! Why?" Demanded Konohamaru, bursting with opposition. It was Kakashi who answered "Because, even though were guests of honor, there is still a lot of anti Konoha sentiments. If someone were to act on their animosity against us, you'd be a potential target. "Need I remind you of your little encounter with Kankuro?"

"Oh, alright... I'll see you later Naruto." Sighed a resigned Konohamaru. Kakashi and Gai each placed a hand on his shoulder, and Kakashi held the unconscious Ashad, by the scruff of his neck. "Be careful, we'll see you in 48 hours." And they were gone. "Teleportation no Jutsu... gotta love it." Commented Kiba. "So what do you guys want to do?" Asked Naruto. "Well I'm going to go look around." Said Neji, walking off. "Come on Akamaru, I saw a dog food sales tent back that way." Kiba left too. "Bye losers." Said Sasuke, nonchalantly using Teleportation no Jutsu, before Sakura could reach him. "Sasuke wait..." Sakura feebly called after him.

"Naruto... I'm going with you, okay?" Said Sakura. "I'm sure Naruto has nothing better to do than be your second choice." Shot Tenten, with a venom Naruto Naruto had never heard. Sakura dismissed Tenten's remark with a simple, "Who asked you?" Then to Naruto. "You don't mind do you Naruto?" She asked. "You can hang with us if you want." Sakura beamed, and Tenten simply scoffed.

The festival was amazing, there were booths, and games of every kind. The streets were crowded with people, both Ninja and civilian alike. "That's what I love about this festival, it's a time of peace..." One man was heard to say. It was absolutely wonderful, except for the fact that Naruto had two beautiful girls with him. This fact usually would have been great, but Sakura and Tenten, were at each other's throat the whole time. It wasn't anything big like fighting, it was a more subtle conflict, with Naruto right in the middle.

"Let's go dancing." Tenten said. "No, I want to eat." Said Sakura. "Naru, you decide." Tenten and Sakura looked to him for the answer. "Umm... I've got to go to the restroom." Naruto, turned and ran for the nearest restroom. "Well, this buys me some time..." he said to himself, leaning against a building, out of sight. "Girl troubles?" An old man, with a scraggly beard, that he hadn't noticed before was seated beside him. "You've no Idea..." The old man looked familiar, but he didn't know why.

"Look son, I was watching you, and your problem, isn't about choosing between the two lovely ladies over there." declared the old guy, in a paternal tone. "News to me." Replied Naruto. "Your problem is about maintaining the relationships you already have with them." Continued the man. "Oh? And how do you do that?" Asked Naruto. "That is for you to figure out." When Naruto looked over to reply, the old man was gone. 'Weird...' Thought Naruto, but it was time to handle his business like a man.

"Naru!" Tenten called out to him as he came into view. "where's Sakura?" Asked Naruto, noticing that she wasn't there. "We had an argument, and she stormed off. I'm sorry Naruto, should we look for her? Please don't be angry with me." She almost pleaded. Seeing the look of remorse on Tenten's face, Naruto put his arms around her. "It's okay, I'm not mad at you." Tenten, locked her arms around Naruto's neck. "You should go look for her, I said some pretty hurtful things." She whispered in his ear. "Don't worry, I'll still be right here when you get back." Tenten kissed Naruto before releasing him. "She went that way..."

Naruto found Sakura, sitting on a stone bench, in the southeast part of town. "You alright?" He asked. "No." Was her reply. "What is it?" Sakura looked up at him with a tear streaked face. "Tenten's right, I've been horrible to you." She half-sobbed. "What happened?" Pressed Naruto. "As soon as you left, I told her to stop being so clingy towards you. She asked me why cared and I told her that I didn't because I love Sasuke. Then she said, 'Ah, but Sasuke doesn't love you back.' Then I played the 'we were friends long before you came along' card." Continued Sakura. "But what Tenten said next really threw me, she said that you loved me, and I always ignored you." 'Can't argue there...' Thought Naruto, but he didn't voice the thought.

"Finally she said that the only reason I was being such a bitch was because you had finally found someone to love you back. And the worst part was that She was telling the truth. I feel like I've lost you Naruto. I've been an awful friend, and now you have Tenten." Naruto placed a comforting arm around, Sakura. "It's okay Sakura. You've been a great friend. Sure, your Sasuke affection can get a little old, but in all honestly I don't blame you, Sasuke's frickin' hot. Besides, Tenten and I are close right now, but you'll always be something she's not. My fellow cell member, my Sakura." Consoled Naruto, hoping he wasn't being too mushy. "Now how about telling me how Sexy

Sasuke is."

"Well..." Sakura began, describing the perfect way he holds himself, his hair, and that cute little scowl. When Sakura was done, She smiled. "You always make me feel better. Can I try something?" She placed her hand on the side of Naruto's face. "Um... sure" answered Naruto, unsure of what was to happen next. That question was answered for him as Sakura's mouth found his. They kissed once before Sakura got on top of Naruto, and they continued dueling toungs. "I see why Tenten likes you." Sakura murmerd, pushing aside his long beautiful hair, and sucking his neck.

'No frickin' way...' Thought Naruto, as he stroked her hair. Sakura ceased her ministrations and looked him square in the eye. "How was that Naruto? On a scale of 1 to 10?" She asked. "11." Was all Naruto could say. "Really? That good? Well Sasuke's in for a treat then." She said, with new found confidence. Their "Conversation" Was interrupted by an angry voice. "Konoha scum!" Three ninja clad in masks made from hardened sand, and black cloaks, stood around them.

Sakura and Naruto Jumped up, and drew their weapons. Recently they had both learned the art of metal fans, and now was the time to put the training to use. One of the mask ninja, made a dash for them only to be cut down by Sakura's Fan. "Let's get 'em!" Naruto made the sheep, and then the dog signs, with his left hand while slashing downwards with his fan. "Konoha, gale blast!" A huge burst of wind sent both remaining mask Ninja Sailing.

"Nice one Naruto!" Cheered Sakura. "Die!" The mask Ninja she had downed, Suddenly rose to his feet and threw Sakura, with such force that she slammed into Naruto sending them both sprawling. "Prepare for death, Konoha Scum! Kamikaze, self destruct!" He began glowing as he rushed the downed pair. "Oh no you don't!" Said a voice. In an instant, the Unidentified ninja was cut in half, sending a shower of blood everywhere.

"Wind dance, pretty nice huh?" Standing next to were the dead Ninja lay, was a girl with brown hair tied up in spiky pigtails, wearing a short tunic over a fishnet bodysuit. "Temari!" Exclaimed Sakura. "Surprised? Looks like were even now fox boy." She said, warmly. "Garaa suggested that I look after you 6. Rightly so, seeing as how there's a big battle going on right now. Even your teachers have gotten involved, tour friends need us." Informed Temari.

"Right, but first let's go get Tenten." Suggested Naruto. "She ran off to help the others, when I told her what happened. Now come on, grab my arm!" As Naruto and Sakura each grabbed an arm, Temari used Teleportation no Jutsu to get them to the site of conflict. What awaited them was nothing short of chaos. There were countless cloaked figures, battling the Konoha Ninja.

Kiba and Akamaru, using Man beast dopplegangers, were tackling a small group of mask ninja. While Tenten used a profuse amount of weapons to dispatch of another. "Blaze of Glory!" Sasuke roasted 8 of them. Neji took out one at a time with Juken, filling their bodies with his chakara, causing them severe internal injury. "Time we got involved!" Sakura and Temari ran off to join the fray.

"Take this Konoha Scum!" A Mask Ninja, Appeared behind him, only to fall to a swift kick by Gai. "Kakashi ran ahead to fight some weird guy." He announced. "Maye you should go help him." Naruto was about to oblige when, he heard a familiar voice. "Help me Naru!" A large mask less Ninja, Naruto hadn't seen before had Tenten in a bear hug. He had cropped blond hair and looked as If he could bench press 20 Chojis. "Aaargh!" There was a cracking sound and Tenten began coughing up blood.

"Get off her! Toad Summon!" Naruto summoned three big, surly toads, who instantly charged the big man down. He dropped Tenten, and began battling the attacking Toads. Naruto rushed to Tenten's side. "Tenten are you alright?" He cradled her head in her arms. "N-Naru... My Naru... Everyone needs your help." She whispered before going quiet. "No..." She said to himself, not wanting to bereave what he saw. "No!" He Jumped to his feet, and rushed the big guy, who had made short work of his toads.

"Catch me If you can!" He made a dash for a far off ally, with Naruto not far behind. "Naruto wait up!" Temari was right behind him. The big Ninja stopped halfway through the Ally and faced Naruto and Temari. "What's wrong boy?" He taunted. "YOU'RE GONNA DIE!" Naruto Roared, and as he said this he began to change, his fingernails became elongated claws, his hair glew bright white, and his eyes became the hate-filled Slits of the Fox demon.

"What the-" the big Ninja began, but in an Instant Yoko Naruto was on him, tearing into his flesh with his claws. "Aaaaaargh!" The big guy pushed Yoko Naruto away, Ad lay on the ground dying of blood loss. "Yen... help." He murmerd. "No." Out from the shadows stepped a small boy. He had a similar hairstyle to Temari, except his hair was bright pink, he had a cute face with orange circles on his cheeks. he wore a brightly multicolored tunic and black ninja capris.

"You're weak Kuri, so you deserve to die." Said Yen, devoid of emotion. "No..." Kuri groaned before dying. Meanwhile Naruto had returned to normal and was leaning against Temari. "Did I kill him?" Asked Naruto. "Yes." Answered Temari with her arms around him, in truth she was as scared and confused as he was. "Good work Naruto." Congratulated Yen. "But how will you do against me? Your Teacher Is already in dead after facing me."

"Naruto, I've heard of this guy. They call him San-Yen and he's very Dangerous." Said Temari Quaking with fear. Naruto had never seen Temari like this. "So who dies first?" Asked Yen. "Take this! Wind Dance!" Temari charged at him, wielding an invisible blade of wind. "Ah! very advanced Sand technique. But you still can't win." It was too fast to see but, In an instant Temari lay unconscious in a puddle of her own blood. "Y-you killed her..." Naruto stammered, unable to register what had just happened. The shock was the only thing keeping him from crying.

"Your turn." Yen stood waiting to make Naruto next move, his last move. 'I barely have enough energy for one more summoning... this is it, I'm gonna die' Naruto thought to himself. But Images of Tenten, and Temari flashed through his mind, giving him strength. he also recalled words from his first training exresise with Kakashi. Kakashi had shown them the Konoha Memorial stones and he had wanted his name on it as well, until Kakashi explained that everyone on that list was dead.

"Looks like we have another name for the Konohagakure Memorial stones, Uzumaki Naruto! But If I go, you're coming too! Toad lord summon!" As always when Naruto summoned the Toad lord, It took the form of the nine tailed fox demon. "Excellent!" Breathed Yen, with excitement. "Final Attack! Nine Tails of Death!" Naruto on the back of the nine tailed Fox Charged directly for Yen. "Lunar kick!" Naruto's attack was stopped by blinding pain, and the next thing he knew he was on his back, with his eyes defocussing.

"Not good enough yet Naruto, but soon..." Said Yen, walking away. "Naru!" Naruto Heard a familiar voice Calling to him, as everything went black.

This is were the credits would begin and some pretty and sad ending theme, would play and make you cry, and want to buy the soundtrack, and hope that the next episode is happier. I bet the lyrics, would be something like the the Love hina ending theme... yep.. Anyway, I hope you send me lots of reviews as always, and the Next chapter should be out by the 5th of June maybe sooner. Love you Guys- Korry.