Later the next day….

Jiraiya yawned as he walked into the room where Naruto and Ryo were watching TV and noticed that there was hole directly over Naruto's head, letting sunlight in a bunch of debris from what looked like roof titling and other various things that were from the roof.

"Hey, why are you two just sitting there when there is a hole in my roof and did the two of you stay up all night?" he asked, a little angry that they left a hole in his house while watching TV.

"Of course. Demons do not need as much sleep as humans do so we stayed up watching TV," Ryo told him.

"Sakura is also right above us and I've been using this hole to keep an eye on her," Naruto told him as he then jump through the hole he had made wider in order to fit through.

Sakura was still sitting in the same spot he had last seen her in after she left and decided to give her some space and time to herself. Though, the strange thing was that she had this strange dazed look on her face as she stared up at the sky, possibly at the stars which were no longer visible thanks to the sun having risen.

"Sakura?" Naruto asked as he shook her shoulders, wondering if something had gone wrong with her seal. Did he mess up somewhere? No, that couldn't be it. The seal was done perfectly so it could not have been that some there must be something less behind his teammate's dazed expression.

"Huh, Naruto? You are back. Is there something wrong?" Sakura asked confused as she wondered why Naruto was holding her like this and why he had such a worried expression on his face.

"Naruto, there's nothing wrong, is there?" she asked worried as this time it was Sakura that was going though a list of worries that were in her mind at the moment when Naruto did not answer her. 'Is Kyuubi gaining control? That cannot or should not be possibly since Naruto assimilated the Kyuubi, but maybe his personality traits are starting to show through Naruto,' she thought.

Naruto then took Sakura into a hug and was slightly shocked when she did not push him away but eventually hugged him back.

"No, I am fine, Sakura, but what about you? You had this dazed expression on your face. I was worried that maybe the seal had been done wrong or that something worse happened like it had failed," Naruto told her after breaking the hug.

"I guess I was just lost in thought. I began thinking about a lot things as I sat here looking up at the stars though I guess my mind began to wander. I think you know the rest. Sorry about zoning out like that though," she said. She really was trying to be of use to Naruto and the others by keeping watch on the roof for anyone that might attack them but failed.

'This is just great. I can not heal Naruto if he gets injured, could have lost himself to Kyuubi in attempt to get revenge on Sasori for what he done to me, and when I try to stand guard for him, I let my mind wander,' Sakura thought as she beat herself up over the things she had failed to do in order to live up to her promise of helping Naruto rather then being a burden.

"Hey, Sakura, do not worry about it. You were up for a long time so your mind was going to naturally wander off. Besides, me and Ryo would have noticed if anything was wrong with the surroundings," he told her.

"Ummm…Naruto, can you do something about my tail? While I look normal again, I still have this tail to worry about," Sakura asked as she showed that her tail was still visible but it looked organic instead of wooden just like the rest of her.

"I guess you will just have to keep wrapped around your waist kind of like a belt or something. That worked so far, so why should you it stop now?" Naruto suggested and Sakura just nodded.

"Hey, Naruto! Are you just going to stay up there all day talking to Sakura or are you going to fix this hole in my roof?" Jiraiya yelled up at him.

"I am going to get to, Ero-Sanin. It's not like this is your only house!" Naruto yelled back.

"……." was the response that Jiraiya gave back to him.

"Really, I did travel with you for nearly three years. Did you think I wouldn't figure out that you were well off you are the author of Icha Icha after all and that those books sell like crazy to people like Kakashi and closest perverts like Ebisu and Kabuto," the red tint blond told him with a smirk on his face.

"Wait, Kabuto is closet pervert?" Sakura asked, shocked at this information as she might have been there when Naruto found out himself but was fully aware of her surroundings at the time.

"Yup," Naruto told her, filling her in on what happened since he knew she did not have any clear memories since after they managed to beat Kakashi-sensei in the bell test.

"Why don't you go down and see if you can not get anything to wear beyond what you currently have on," Naruto told as this was one of sensei's house so he was guessing he had clothing for opposite sex lying around seeing as how much he liked to waste other people (mostly his) money on them.

"Actually, Naruto, I kind of like your jacket and feel very possessive of it. I was wondering if I could keep it," she asked.

"Sure, it's yours," he told his pink haired teammate since she already claimed as her own anyway.

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While Naruto was fixing the roof, Jiraiya arrived and stood there watching him and informing him on the various things that were going on back in Konoha.

"So how long do you plan to stay away from Konoha? Unlike me or Tsunade, you cannot stay away from the village too long as there is a limit to what Tsunade and I can do, you know," he asked.

"I am not going back until Sakura is normal again, Ero-Sanin," Naruto told him as he finished the interior roof repair and was now working on the exterior part. Turns out all of those roofs repairing D-rank mission he took were coming in handy now.

"What about Sasuke?" Jiraiya asked.

"What about him?" Naruto asked back.

"Are you going after him? The transfer jutsu Orochimaru wants to use on him was delayed because the soul of his current body was weak but he's rapidly approaching the limit he can stay in that body. Soon he'll try to take Sasuke's body," the Frog Sanin informed him.

"If he wants to have someone three times his age take over his body, then that's his problem, not mine anymore. I have bigger things to worry about then the stupid Uchiha," his student told him.

"It seems that you decided to stop being a fool and grow up then," the white hair man said.

"Nope, I am still a fool. It's just I changed my focus to someone more important. Sakura means way more to me then Sasuke ever will," Naruto told him. Also there was some bad blood between Kyuubi and the Uchiha Clan which he did not understand fully but it also effected how he viewed Sasuke.

Just then from the ground, Sakura appeared and stared up at the roof towards Jiraiya.

"There you are, Perverted Sanin," she yelled as she was still wearing the same thing she had been the last time Naruto saw her.

"I have to go! See you later, Naruto!" Jiraiya said before vanishing in the way high level ninja like him could.

"Get back here!" Sakura yelled as she jumped on the roof and sighed in defeat after realizing he was gone.

"What's the matter, Naruto?" Sakura asked as she instantly switched from anger to worry over Naruto backing away from her.

"Just what happened to trying to find some clothes?" he asked, wondering what made her so angry.

"The stupid pervert did not have any normal clothes and only ones he did have was for people with who could give Hinata a run for her money," Sakura growled. Using her tail, she showed a Naruto a skimpy sleeveless dress that seemed made to show off extra cleavage.

"Well, we'll just have to go to town and get you some," he told her, glad that the mental connection between him and her seemed cut because he was currently picturing Sakura wearing a form fitting version of that dress in his mind.

"Okay," she said smiling before asking if he wanted any help.

Naruto was wondering if there was something wrong with her because she was having some strange mood swings.

Once the repairs were done and they were about to leave for a town to get Sakura some new clothes, something that had been Sakura's mind came up and was brought to Naruto's attention.

"Hey, Naruto, why don't you call me Sakura-chan like you used to before ummm…this happened to me?" Sakura asked since they traveled referring to her being transformed into a human puppet.

"I feel that I should not call you that until I have redeemed myself for leaving you behind in the first place. If I listen to Kakashi then maybe you still be human today instead of human puppet animated by my charka," he told her.

"Okay," Sakura responded but mental added that she would repay Naruto by help him in any way possible.