A/N: Yo! Thanks for the reviews! Here's chapter three! Enjoy! For the questions, yup. Hizachi is in his early twenties. Quite a dude, eh?

Shizune was walking up a long flight of stairs towards Hizachi's room. She was carrying a lot of food, mostly for the purpose of shutting up Naruto. She sighed and continued walking. She was probably the person with the greatest patience in all of Konoha. After all, she had to keep up with Tsunade's constant gambling and piles of debts. Now, they were on the way to Konoha for Tsunade to officially become the Fifth Hokage. She finally had a huge load off her back. Making Tsunade the Hokage meant a little or no more gambling. This meant she had more time for herself. Then, another thought entered her head. If Tsunade gets off her back, it means that Jiraiya will be her new problem. He would most probably leave Naruto to her while he goes peeping. To her, Naruto isn't really a problem. She just thought that it would be hard to keep up with Naruto, especially with his chakra of titanic proportions. He let out another sigh as she finally reached the room. She knocked softly on the door, but there was no answer. Thinking that Hizachi was probably asleep, she slowly opened the door. She put all the bags on a table and proceeded to wake up Hizachi. She pulled the sheets on the bed and uncovered a log, with a smiley scribbled on it. Attached to it was a note:

"Shizune, don't worry! It'll take me more injury than that to keep me down for more than a day! -Hizachi"

P.S. If you really want to see me, I could probably be outide the town with Naruto or at the Ramen shop.

After reading, she crumbled the piece of paper and threw the log out the window.

"That idiot! He hasn't fully recovered yet!" Shizune shouted while she leapt out the window to look for Hizachi.

Incidentally, Jiraiya was resting after exhausting himself in chasing all the bunshins. He was nearly a kilometer away from the inn. But thanks to Shizune's Tsunade-like strength, the log landed right on Jiraiya's head, knocking him out instantly.

Outside the town…

Naruto was busy snoozing off. Hizachi was staring into the little stream, obviously in deep thought…

"The Gate of Ages… a jutsu that reverses the flow of time. It requires perfect chakra control. The slightest mistake could send anyone a hundred years beyond their destination. I guess desperation made me lose my concentration." He thought, "I don't have a jutsu that reverses the Gate of Ages… which means I'm stuck here for a while…I wonder which era the Kyuubi landed into…"

His chain of thoughts were broken when he sensed a disturbance in the wind. He focused chakra on his right hand (like Kabuto's scalpel) and he disappeared. He reappeared next to the source of the disturbance. He put his glowing hand next to the neck when the person stopped him.

"Whoa! Relax Hizachi! It's just me!" Shizune raised her hands to surrender.

"Oh, sorry about that. I guess I just got used to high levels of fighting."

"Umm… okay… you can put down your hand now." She pointed at his hand.

"Oh, sorry." He went to a more relaxed position and released the chakra in his hand.

"My… you recover at such an incredible rate. If not faster, at the same speed as Naruto."

"You really think so?"

"Yup." She smiled at him and sat on the grass beside the stream, "I haven't had the chance to talk to you. Do you mind if we talk now?"

"Sure. Go ahead. Be a sceptic, a critic, a reporter or whatever." He lied down on the grass next to Shizune. Shizune just giggled at his answer.

"So, what are the two of you doing out here?"

"We got chased by one hot-headed perverted hermit."

"Master Jiraiya? Why was he mad?"

"Four words… Thousand Years Of Pain." He said. Shizune's jaw dropped.

"THAT? Well, it's not a wonder that he got mad. Don't worry. Give him a girl and he'll forget all this ever happened."

"I'll do it myself." A grin appeared on his face. "I'll use Sexy no Jutsu!"

"You can do that as well?"

"Well… of all the Hokage, Naruto's the one I admire the most and…" he stopped himself before he revealed even more.

"What do you mean by Hokage? Naruto's still a Gennin."

"Oh, that. Sorry. I just got carried away by the moment."

Centuries into the Future…

The 69th and the 68th were having a discussion about Hizachi's situation.

"Do you think he used the Gate of Ages?"

"I think so. He may have sent the Kyuubi into the past. Since it's the first time the Gate was successfully opened, we don't know its side effects. All we know is both of the Kyuubi and Hizachi are gone."

"If that was the Gate of Ages, which era do you think did the Kyuubi end up in?"

"Yondaime's era. The Kyuubi here was more powerful than the one in the past."

"What's your point?" the 69th asked.

"My theory is that the Gate sucked a part of the Kyuubi's power, making the fox weaker. It may have landed in Yondaime's time. In short, the Kyuubi here is the same Kyuubi in the past, only weaker because of the Gate."

In Naruto's time

Shizune and Hizachi were still having their little chat. Naruto was still asleep and he was mumbling stuff, mostly 'ramen'. The two just laughed at Naruto.

"Even when he's sleeping, he thinks of nothing but ramen." Hizachi chuckled.

"Yeah."

They remained silent for a few seconds. Suddenly, they heard a loud grumble, followed by Naruto's personalized alarm clock, his stomach.

"I'm hungry. Let's go eat."

"Alright let's go." Shizune stood up.

"Yeah, come on Naruto. It's Shizune's treat." Hizachi smiled at Naruto.

"What? My treat?" Shizune stood in disbelief.

"Actually, we both have no money. Jiraiya robbed Naruto and Naruto robbed me. That leaves you and Tsunade with money. Knowing her, she probably has no money after gambling. That leaves you." Hizachi pointed at Shizune.

"I have the worst luck…" Shizune sighed.

They all walked back to the town to find something to eat.

The next day…

The three of them found themselves sleeping on Hizachi's bed since Shizune had no keys to Tsunade's room and Jiraiya was doing his usual business. Naruto fell off the bed, leaving the two of them on the bed. Suddenly, the door flew off its hinges and a blond sennin stood in its place.

"Shizune, wake up! We have to return to Konoha." Tsunade shouted in a voice that was so loud, even the neighbors woke up. Shizune pulled the covers away, revealing her and Hizachi.

"Shizune… you're fast." Tsunade stated.

"What do you mean?" Shizune asked but Tsunade just pointed at Hizachi's direction. After realizing who she was pointing at, Shizune turned red.

"Master Tsunade! It's not what you think!" she said while pushing Hizachi off the bed, causing him to land on Naruto.

"What are you talking about? I didn't say anything. I just said you were fast." She said as if nothing happened.

"Master Tsunade! You pointed at Hizachi! I know it meant something!"

"Calm down, Shizune. I wasn't pointing at him. I was pointing at Jiraiya." She pointed again. Shizune looked outside the window and saw Jiraiya sleeping, with a bubble on his nose.

"Master Tsunade! Why didn't you tell me what you were pointing at?"

"You never gave me the chance to talk. You already started shouting. Makes me think you are actually guilty. Now that I think of it, it's funny that you defend yourself when no one's accusing you." Tsunade laughed but Shizune just pouted.

After a few minutes sleeping on top of Naruto, Hizachi stood up and blinked his eyes.

"Yo! Granny…" he said haf-asleep. Luckily for him, Tsunade wasn't paying attention. Soon after, Naruto also woke up.

"Ouch. My back hurts. It feels like I fell off the bed and an adult fell on me." He held his aching back.

"Come on. Move it, you three. We have an entire day of travel today. We have to return to Konoha."

"May I ask… how long do we have before we reach Konoha?" Hizachi finally woke up completely.

"If we leave within fifteen minutes, we'll reach Konoha by sunset."

"So, we're near."

"Yeah… NOW MOVE IT!"

"Yes ma'am!" the three saluted and started to move. Jiraiya, on the other hand, was still asleep.

To be continued…

A/N: I finally finished. Whew! I had to cut it that part because I was starting to run out of ideas. Anyway, I need help again. Can anyone give Hizachi's eyes a name? preferably one that would be appropriate to its color and capabilities. Thanks! Don't forget to review! Until next time!