A/N: Alright! Ninth chapter and still counting! It's a new record! … well, at least for me. Ninth Chapter, here we come!
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Continued from last chapter…
"Eh…?" Ino blinked twice while staring at the equally blushing Naruto.
"What the…" Naruto replied while staring back at Ino, whose face was less than 4 inches away from his.
They stared at each other for a few moments… until a silver-haired Jounin poofed out of nowhere and accidentally landed his hand on Ino's head, pushing it a bit until Ino's and Naruto's lips connected.
'Sensei… if you're there… help me… I'm doomed after they stand up.' Kakashi thought as he started to have a flashback.
Kakashi's flashback…
'The Hokage wants to see me? I've just been back from a mission. Is she trying to kill me or something?' Kakashi thought as he let out a sigh. He opened the Oval Office of Konoha's (Hokage's Office) door.
"Hatake Kakashi! You're late!" the Hokage shouted at him as he went through the door.
"Sorry! Asuma swallowed his cigarette and I had to bring him to the hospital." Kakashi said as he scratched his head.
"Lame excuses…still haven't changed, have you?" Tsunade looked at him with Shikamaru-like eyes.
"Yes ma'am!" Kakashi said cheerfully, which earned him a sigh from the Godaime.
"Anyway, Hatake Kakashi, I have a mission for you. It's a Class B mission." She said with the same 'troublesome' expression.
"What? I just got back from a Class A mission…" Kakashi pouted like a little child.
"Don't worry. This mission is within the walls of Konoha." Tsunade lost the Shikamaru expression and let out a 'Naruto-sized' grin.
"I don't like that grin of yours… Sensei told me that when you smiled like that, something evil is in your mind." Kakashi took a couple of steps back.
"Jiraiya… he was constantly poisoning Yondaime's mind. And that was passed from Yondaime to you… you still think ill of me, don't you?" Tsunade gave him one of her killer glares, making him step back a little further.
"M-Master Hokage…" Kakashi gulped before changing the topic, "so, what's my mission?"
His plan succeeded. The Hokage calmed down and took a seat.
"Your mission is to play a matchmaker. You are not supposed to tell anyone about your mission. If you do, I'll hunt you down myself!" Tsunade glared as she threw him a scroll.
"Other information needed can be found inside that scroll. Now go!" Tsunade shouted at Kakashi.
"Y-Yes ma'am!" Kakashi saluted before poofing away.
End of Flashback…
'When she said Class B mission, I didn't think it would be this dangerous…' he sighed as he kept his hand on Ino's head. Ino and Naruto, on the other hand, were blushing madly. After a few seconds of their forced kiss, Ino and Naruto unconsciously let themselves kiss, removing all resistance.
'Damn that Ero-sennin! He infected me when we went to get Granny!' Naruto thought as he tried to pull away, but to no avail, since Kakashi was still pushing down on Ino's head.
'Not good! I'm starting to get used to this! Kakashi-sensei! Get your hands away from my head! Ino tried pulling away, but the Jounin's push was too much to overcome.
Kakashi was starting to get carried away when an ANBU wearing an orange fox mask with stripes that formed whiskers, and his blond hair covered by a blond, appeared next to him.
"Kakashi. Stop that. They need to breathe you know." The ANBU said. Kakashi found himself surprised. Although he did not know who the ANBU was, Kakashi obeyed.
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Meanwhile, outside Konoha, Sasuke was walking towards the meeting place. Even though he was only walking for less than an hour, he felt the urge to take a nap, and so he did. He rested himself under a huge tree and a few minutes he fell asleep, he started to dream… a weird one.
Sasuke's Dream…
Sasuke saw himself in an empty room. Orochimaru was right in front of him, sitting on his so-called throne, with Kabuto on his right.
"Sasuke… do you see this body? This is Itachi's body." Orochimaru smirked.
"I can see that! If you're in his body, I'll have to kill you!" Sasuke said.
"Go ahead. The body that I really want is yours. Sooner or later… if you don't comply, I'll have to tear you to ribbons." Orochimaru laughs like a maniac.
"Your in Itachi's body… so technically, you killed the entire clan." Sasuke activated his Sharingan.
"So… Join me…" Orochimaru 'seduced' Sasuke. (writer gets goosebumps)
"Never! You killed my father!" Sasuke shouted at him while he prepared his Chidori.
"Haha… Sasuke…" Orochimaru formed a handseal and dispelled his Henge, "I am your Father!"
"NOOOO!" Sasuke shouted as the scene faded and he found himself awake, breathing heavily.
End of Dream…
"What the hell was that?" Sasuke asked himself as he continued his heavy breathing.
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Back in ye' old Konohagakure… inside the Hokage's office…
Tsunade was getting through the 1 meter tall stack of paper works on her desk. She paused for a while to rub her forehead.
'That Hizachi… his request was so weird… I wonder who gave him that idea, to make Kakashi a matchmaker.' She thought as she continued her rubbing, when she suddenly heard the window open. Sensing someone else in the room, she stood up and tried to pinpoint the 'intruder', if there was any. She waited for an attack for a few seconds, but there was none. She sat down while keeping caution when an ANBU with a Kyuubi mask appeared in front of her desk.
"Who are you? What are you doing in my office?" she asked the ANBU.
"YOUR office?" the ANBU chuckled. Taking this as an insult, Tsunade threw her chair at the ANBU, who dodged it with ease.
"WHO ARE YOU?" Tsunade yelled at the ANBU.
"Relax, granny… that's what Naruto calls you, right?" the ANBU smiled beneath the Kyuubi mask.
"So what? And what's with that mask?" Tsunade finally calmed herself down,
"Oh, this? Nothing. Absolutely nothing at all." The ANBU nodded a few times in agreement with himself.
"You still haven't answered my first question. Identify yourself!" the Godaime ordered the ANBU.
"Fine… if you insist. But promise me that you won't freak out or shout after I remove my mask."
"Alright." Tsunade stared at the ANBU.
The Kyuubi masked ANBU first removed his hood, exposing his spiky golden hair. Godaime gasped at the sight of this.
'What the… It can't be… Naruto's the only shinobi with that hair.'
Then, the ANBU removed his Kyuubi mask, exposing his face and blue eyes. This caused Tsunade to gasp again and her eyes widened in shock.
"Yondaime?" the Godaime asked, her voice almost squeaked from the surprise. Her voice was so loud that the birds outside the building got frightened and flew away. Yondaime flinched and fell to the floor.
"You said you won't shout!" Yondaime yelled at Godaime.
"Why wouldn't I? You're supposed to be dead!" Godaime yelled back. Yondaime tried retaliating, but found himself at a loss of words.
"Anyway… did you do what Hizachi requested?" Yondaime leaned on the wall.
"Yeah… so? What's so important about that?" Godaime sat down and took a box of pretzels from her drawer and started eating.
"Well, to tell you the truth, it was my idea. I thought that Naruto would really need a girlfriend right now… especially when he's about to have a huge emotional breakdown."
"You set up your own son? Unbelievable…" Godaime shook her head.
"What can I say…? A father's got to do what a father's got to do." Yondaime let out an Uzumaki smile. (in contrast to Gai and Lee's nice guy pose)
"Where have you been all these years? Did you know that Naruto can eat as much ramen as you do."
"Really? Well, I guess it's our bloodline limit!" Yondaime started laughing.
"You haven't answered my question. Where have you been?" Tsunade glared at Yondaime.
"Well…" Yondaime said, while scratching his head and sweating heavily.
To be continued…
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A/N: Well… that's that! Please review! See you next chapter!
