Within the elemental countries, there exists a number of special hideouts that no ninja or kunoichi can find unless they already know beforehand where they are. These places are thought to be mostly legends and myths. No one knew who made these hideouts as some say that they pre-date the time period of the Sage of the Six Paths, the legendary figure who founded the ninja world and was the first to invent Ninjutsu.

Yet, there was one ninja who not only knew the hideouts existed but was actually using them for his own purpose. This ninja was none other then Konoha number one ninja at surprising people (himself included) as well the current nine tailed demon thanks to Kyubi merging with him, Naruto Uzumaki.

Currently, the red tint blond was sleeping on couch that was located in the strangely well accommodated hideout. Though Naruto was now truly the demon that people tried or foolishly believed he was for years, he did not need to sleep that much any more but it was a hard habit to break as sleeping at night was just something that came natural being human, one with demon sealed in him yet never the less still fully human.

Hugging him securely was what at first glance looked like nothing more then life size wooden puppet, yet, in reality, it was his teammate Sakura Haruno who had been converted into this by the late Sasori of the Red Sand. Of course, Sasori met his untimely end when he let his ego and overconfidence get the better of him.

Strange things had been happening to her since Naruto had managed to get her away from the sick and twisted excuse for human that was named Sasori. First was that she had strange reactions to the demon kugutsu that allow him to control her without chakra string. That being that somehow this just made so that she could move on her own and react in limit amount of ways. However, lately, Sakura seemed to become more and more responsive as of late. She still could not act completely on her own, but the range of things, she could do on her own was steadily increasing.

At the moment, Sakura could not move an inch as while she was able to do things on her own that were solely dependent on Naruto's use of the demonic kugustu that allow one to move puppets with the use of chakra strings.

Naruto yawned as he awoke from his unneeded but still taken slumber to see that Sakura was hugging him again.

Rather then removing Sakura's arms from around him on his own, he was keeping to his word of continuing to treat Sakura like a person and not the puppet she appeared to by using that demonic kugustu. Though rather then just getting up and sitting next to him, she walked over to the kitchen area and grabbed a bowl of instant ramen that was stacked up on the counter alone with some of the water that was stored in this place.

Naruto was about ask "why" (thinking that talking to her might help in her become more aware) when he got his answer through his own stomach rumbling.

It was unknown why there was so much instant ramen left in these hideouts and more over why both ramen and the water was still fresh was mystery, but Naruto was not complaining as he was getting himself free ramen.

"Sakura, you don't…." Naruto started to say before a bowl of instant ramen that only need to be heated up was presented to him.

It seemed that in addition to being able to do more then she could before, Sakura could also tell when she could not do something and was even able multitask to some degree.

Naruto took the bowl of ramen and heated it up himself. One good thing he discovered about being Kyubi now was that he could heat his own instant ramen instantly rather then have to wait those annoying three minute for the water to boil.

While he was eating the ramen, Sakura simply sat there looking at him, waiting for the next thing she could do for him.

Naruto had thoughts and dreams about a time when he would be eating ramen, even instant ramen, that had been prepared by Sakura, yet what he did not expect was that it would be while it was like this.

Naruto then turned his head towards Sakura whose head cocked to the side slightly as if she was wondering what he wanted her to do as he was looking at her but her subconscious in it current state could not determined what he wanted based off the thought she was getting from him.

Coming up with something, Sakura then stood and began striking pose that let Naruto get a better look at her since she guessed he wanted to look at her body.

Naruto just stood there shocked for few seconds before he sat her back down, her head cocking in confusion again as she simply doing what he wanted.

'Great, I am really going to have control what I think about her. She's getting better at interpreting my thoughts,' the red tint blond sighed mentally.

As for what Naruto was looking at was how Sakura seemed to be against wearing anything then what she currently had on. That being his jacket and makeshift skirt he had made for her after he awoke from merging with Kyubi and killing Sasori.

"Once I can find who we are here looking for, I can get started on learning how to make it so that you can do more and act on your own fully rather then semi-fully like you are now," Naruto told her, yet this was lost on the pink haired human puppet that simply pushed the ramen towards him as if she was saying to eat while it's hot.

Though as she was pushing the ramen closer to him, his eyes ventured to his open jacket that she was wearing. Since she refused to take it off, Naruto finally realized that meant that she still had nothing on under the jacket, thus giving him a good view of her wooden breasts.

'Since Sakura's almost like a second baa-chan, I wonder if that means her breasts are done growing yet for her. Right now her current bust size fits her perfect, but still, I wonder if in two or so years they grow out to be huge like Hinata's has become,' Naruto thought.

While Naruto himself may not be pervert, that did not mean that his sensei were not. Kakashi, Ebisu, and worst of all Jiraiya, while all three of these highly capable ninjas that were amongst the best at what they did, their shared flaw was that they were all perverts in their own way (from closet pervert to super pervert). After three years of traveling with Jiraiya and have to deal with his perverted ways whenever he was not being serious about training, some of his bad habits had rubbed off on Naruto.

Now was one such time when his mind wandered and he imagined Hinata's huge breasts being rubbed in his face in place of Sakura's small ones back during the time Sasori had forced her to do it.

Naruto then felt someone tapping him on his shoulder and he turned right into a fist that Sakura drove into his face, sending her teammate flying across the hideout into the wall leaving a crater about two inches deep.

Normally he would not be happy that he was slugged from something that just happened as result of having nothing but highly capability but nevertheless perverted sensei. However, this was different because this was reaction might mean that Sakura had become fully aware.

'This requires a test. It might get me slugged again, but it would be worth it if Sakura's consciousness has awakened,' Naruto thought as looked towards Sakura and thought about his previous line of thought again.

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'It about time I get back to doing my own things,' Sazanami thought as enter the hideout. While he was partnering with Naruto, they most did their own thing looking for their own leads. Since he was not a ninja, there were places that he could get into easier then Naruto could even while using his Sexy no Jutsu disguise. Also, Naruto was trying to avoid Hidden Villages in case someone managed to recognize him or undercover that he was using a jutsu.

"Hey, Naruto….I am….back," Sazanami said as he did not really know what to make the scene that was before him.

Naruto was running around the hideout being chased by a completely topless Sakura who was holding onto his jacket with her tail (which probably could be considered hers now since she refused to give it up).

"I do not even want to know. I'll just go in the back until you two are finished," Sazanami said.

"Wait! This is not what it looks like!" Naruto said in panic, though because he stopped to say this, Sakura caught up with him and now pressing his face against her wooden breast.

"Sakura, stop!" Naruto told her as he held her at arm's length yet his thoughts were betraying him as she wiggled out his grasp and resumed what she was doing.

Five minutes later…

"She's going to beat the living hell out of you if she ever learns of this," Sazanami told him, looking over at Sakura who lying on the couch motionless because Naruto had to cut the jutsu responsible for her moving to stop her.

"I thought that her consciousness had come back fully when she slugged me for the first time, but the second time, well, you saw what happened. It's not like I wanted her to really do that, but once she started trying, it was hard to stop thinking about those since she was completely topless rather then just partially after all!" Naruto told him as he was still trying to get the blush off his face.

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