AN: 2000+ Just, wow! Thanks so much. I was right about my feeling with the views. Anyway, sorry it's been awhile. Originally I was going to post this last week, but creativity part of my brain had decided to go to smush during that two week break. Originally, I wanted the two week break to show you all that this was supposed to be closer to being Book two, instead of Part two. I know how it's labeled, but the first Part's plot is done, and now we are looking at the new Plot, which should be more towards the main plot. Makes sense? Good! Oh, and don't get confused over the chapter names in the scroll thing over there.  I just started the chapter count over again to keep with the whole, It's a completely new Part/Book.

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Part Two: The Legendaries

Two Years Later

Chapter One: Changes

It was a clear blue day, warm and sunny. There were a couple small clouds hanging in the robin's egg blue sky. A slight breeze roamed the streets of Konoha. It was the beginning of October, made obvious by the trees surrounding Konoha becoming vibrant and colorful. The red, yellow, and orange hues of the leaves cast a strange yet beautiful feeling over the crowd in the village square.

Gaara, Suna's Kazekage, stood 5 feet 9 inches tall on top of the Hokage building, along with the Tsuchikage, Mizukage, Raikage, and several important Feudal Lords. Tsunade stood up there behind a podium, speech notes in hand. It wasn't like she needed them, but they made the speech easier and made it less likely for her to deviate from the point of the announcement.

"Many of you know the dangers we face. A local legend made prophecy two years ago, and we have yet to face what it's warning us. It tells us of an Apocalypse. We do not know when this time will come, and we fear it will hit us when we least expect it," Tsunade gave a dramatic pause so everyone in the crowd could internalize this information. She took a deep breath, and then continued. "But, through this fear, we must look ahead and be strong. That is why I am stepping down as Hokage. We need a stronger leader to guide us into the unknown and feared. Though, this person is very much younger than I, he has taught me so much. He has shown me to believe in one's self and to persevere through the tough times.

"The first time I saw him fight, even though the odds were against him, he refused to give up, and refused to lose. It is with that attitude we must face our fears and step bravely into the unknown. For this reason, I could think of no one better to lead us into these fearful times and help us be strong.

"It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the new Hokage of Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki," she finished, stepping aside to let the young twenty-two year old, blond-haired, blue-eyed man walk forward. He stood at 5'10" and wore a white shirt, a pair of black capris, and an orange and black coat. His shaggy and unruly hair was barely being tamed by the shinobi headband around his head. His face beamed with a triumphant grin, his six whiskers wrinkling with satisfaction.

He turned toward Tsunade and shook her hand. The other Kages stepped forward to shake hands and show their alliance with Konoha and Naruto.

Once that was done, he walked back to the podium to start his speech. He waited for the applause of the crowd to die down first. "Thank you all for …" he didn't get to finish. Over the Hokage Mountain, an Earth shattering roar was heard. Then monstrous wings beating in a steady rhythm echoed against the sky, creating a loud booming tempo. Suddenly, a sound similar to jets flying overhead sounded as five dragons flew in a V-shaped formation. They flew over the crowd and swung back around. The dragons landed on each of the Hokage heads of the mountain. On the first was a long white dragon; the second, a purple and silver feathered dragon; on Sarutobi was a red and black dragon; the fourth held a green dragon; and Tsunade held a blue dragon that looked like the Lochness Monster with wings.

On each dragon, a woman climbed up on top of each head. On the white dragon, the woman had nearly blond hair with little streaks of light brown running through her hair, although the edges of her hair held vibrant red tips which hit her waist, but it was tied up at the moment. She wore a patterned tank top, jean shorts, and gladiator sandals. The woman next to her wore a black tank top, and worn out camouflage pants, with black combat boots. She had long wavy hair that went down to the small of her back even though hers was tied into a ponytail, and it was so dark it was almost black. The woman next to her had stick straight dirty-blond hair that had honey and wheat colored highlights that went down to the small of her back. She wore a lacy black tank top, flared jeans, and black high-heeled boots. The next woman wore a green and white t-shirt and black jeans. Her dark brown hair hit her waist. The last woman wore a blouse top, flared jeans, and dance shoes. Her hair was held back in a long, low ponytail, reaching her hips

They were all smirking, laughing a little at the gaping crowd. Then, all of them simultaneously jumped down from their dragons onto the Kage platform. They straightened themselves, still smirking at the disbelieving crowd. "Uhm…" Naruto mumbled into the microphone. He paused for a moment, trying to gather his thoughts into coherency. The dragons roared and launched off the Hokages' faces to fly towards the Forbidden Forest, leaving Naruto in a state of surprised silence. Once he recovered slightly, he turned to the crowd and said, "I want to thank all of you for coming out. Due to some urgent business, I must go. Thank you again for your support and I hope to have a good term as your Hokage. Thank you and goodbye." He walked away from the mic and over to the girls who were lightly snickering.

"Dude, you said 'Thank you' three times in repetition," Ronni giggled.

Naruto shot her an irritated expression and then stated, "Yeah, well I had an entire speech planned out, but your arrival kind of blew it out the window."

"Sorry," Lynne laughed, obviously not very sorry at all.

"Well, since you guys are here, I'll hold a small meeting in my office in ten minutes. We need to discuss testing your training as soon as possible so we can get that out of the way. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to tell my wife what's going on," Naruto stated, turning to leave them.

"Wife?" the women asked simultaneously.

Redness overtook the Hokage's face. He nervously scratched his nose in embarrassment, turning back to face them. "You didn't know?" he asked, his voice shaking a little. The women shook their heads. "Hinata and I got married a year or so ago," he stated, his blush increasing.

"AW!! NARUTO!!!" Fred squealed.

"You grew up," Lynne cooed, pinching his cheek lightly.

He frowned at the patronizing tone and growled, "My office, ten minutes," pulling away from her fingers. With that, he turned on his heel, but was suddenly flooded with Kages asking him questions about the mysterious women. He growled, his temper grown short, and stated that they were all invited to the meeting. Gaara just smirked, already knowing he was invited, considering one of the women was a genin from his village.

Speaking of said woman, he waltzed over to the Suna kunoichi and smiled. "Long time, no see," he stated.

She turned and beamed at him, giving him a huge hug. "It has been too long," She sighed, holding onto him. He pulled her away so he could study her. He couldn't believe how much she'd changed. She was a little bit taller with more matured facial features. Her body had lost the last vestiges of her teenage years, making her silhouette more stunning than before. He dragged his eyes away from her to look at everyone else. They were similar. They had all physically matured out of their childish looks and had adopted the physiques of strong grown women.

His staring made her blush a little. She cleared her throat, pulling him out of his thoughts. "We should probably get going," Cordi stated, nudging over to the stairs that led off the Hokage tower and down to the office.

"Yeah," Gaara muttered, turning around, letting the women follow him. "Lynne, I thought your hair was red," he stated, his hairless brow furrowed.

"Uhm, no," Lynne laughed. "I dyed it. I'm thinking I should dye it again …"

"Don't," they heard a cool voice answer. They turned their heads to see Sasuke had started walking behind them. He didn't look at them, and his expression looked bored already.

"Don't what?" Lynne asked. Her heart rate started to speed up, but she didn't let her expression waver.

"Don't dye your hair," he stated, still acting bored. He then looked down, making sure not to make eye contact. "The color suits you." She barely saw the red forming in his cheeks. It was more like a light pink, but she could still see it. She smirked. It didn't take a mind reader to know that he was starting to like her.

"Thank you Sasuke," Lynne stated nonchalantly, while on the inside she was practically screaming with excitement. She knew she had to play it a certain way, otherwise she would look just like the girls from his fan-club. "Now, why are you following us again?" The way she asked sounded a little short and rude, but this was Sasuke she was talking to, so she pushed her thoughts about her tone aside.

"Well, everyone who was at the original meeting is supposed to be at this meeting apparently. Although, Kiba's out on a mission, and Kankuro is busy, for obvious reasons," Sasuke stated. Lynne was just about to ask what those reasons were, but they had arrived at Naruto's office and the meeting was about to begin.

Shikamaru stood with Neji on the other side of the room in a secluded corner. They looked over and their eyes brightened; well Shikamaru's face visibly lifted while Neji just smiled. Rox ran over to Shikamaru, giving him a huge hug and laughing "Oh, It's been way too long!" He leaned back with her ferocious force as he caught her, and her feet lifted off the ground before touching back down again.

"That it has," Shikamaru laughed, patting her back and looking down at her, happiness in his eyes.

Lynne sauntered over to Neji, a wide smile on her face as she embraced. "It's nice to see you guys again!"

"Likewise," Neji smiled. Lynne saw Sasuke scowl over in Neji direction a little, but swiftly look away and ignore their conversation, maybe. Then, a dangerous, yet intriguing and ingenious idea popped into her head, and she decided to run with it.

"So, while we were away, I began to think about you, a lot," she growled seductively. She not-so-innocently bit her lip with a coy smile, and played with the collar of his shirt. The rest of the group couldn't help but gawk at them, except for Rox and Shikamaru, who were too busy talking about how much they missed each other and staring at each other in general. And then Sasuke was also not looking at them, but his face held a disgusted frown, his right eye twitching a little.

Neji bit his lip in confusion and, was it pity?Lynne wasn't quite able to put her finger on it, but she could tell Neji was hiding something. She gently pried into his mind and heard, "If I tell her I'm gay, would she be crushed? She did try to jump me the last time we were together, and isn't the saying 'Drunk actions are sober thoughts?'"

Oh, this couldn't be more perfect, she thought, smiling to herself a little. "Don't be shy. I can tell you've been thinking about me, too," she purred, running a hand through his long chocolaty hair. "Remember, I can read minds," she whispered seductively, just loud enough for Sasuke to hear.

Neji looked at her like she was crazy, until he saw Sasuke standing in the other side of the room. If he was using his Magenkyou Sharingan, Neji and Lynne might have been nothing but a pile of ash right now, his glare was that deathly. Then Neji caught onto what she was doing. None of the other girls had ever tried to make Sasuke jealous. And if she had read Neji's mind, then she knew there was no way she'd be hurting Neji because they'd be pretend-dating. Lynne could see the dawning of understanding as Neji smiled and pulled her into a huge hug. "There is no hiding from you about the matters of the heart, is there?" Neji asked in a very Fabio-like voice.

Lynne couldn't help but chuckle a "No, there isn't. OH NEJI!"

"Oh, Lynne," he sighed passionately. He pulled her into a huge kiss, tonguing and all. Both of them knew it had to be realistic for Sasuke to believe it. Meanwhile, everyone else was gawking at them in disgust. Even Rox and Shikamaru were brought out of their reveries of each other with Lynne's and Neji's antics. Sasuke was still not looking at them, but his eyes were shut tightly and a despicable frown had found its way onto his face.

"Get a room, you two!" Cordi snapped, fighting the bile rising in her throat.

They pulled away from each other, their foreheads still touching. "We really should," Neji panted.

Lynne nodded before panting, "My place 9:00. I'll have the rope ready."

"Oh, I like bondage," Neji growled before nibbling on her ear. She gasped in ecstasy and was laughing with Neji on the inside, who was howling with laughter in his mind.

"That's IT!" Sasuke snapped. He stormed over and yanked them apart. "SOME OF US would like to keep our meals, which is getting rather difficult with your PDA!" Sasuke yelled, glaring at both of them. (AN: PDA= Public Display of Affection) Lynne and Neji glared at Sasuke, forcing him to note that he was ruining the moment, which was his intention.

"Thank you, Sasuke," they heard Naruto stated as he walked into the room. "I was starting to feel my breakfast leave my stomach, and as much as I liked it the first time, I'd love to not taste it again," he stated, giving them a belittling stare as he crossed the room to his desk. The other Kages filed in after Naruto and stood beside his desk. All except Gaara, who stood between Cordi and the other Kages. "Now, we need to discuss testing your powers, now that you have finished your extensive training," Naruto stated. The women couldn't help but feel awkward with the responsible Naruto. It felt strange.

"About that," Fred started, "we found we need to put a special cap on Lynne's powers." Lynne scowled at her for bringing the subject up. Naruto's eyebrow suddenly shot up in interest as if to tell her to continue. So, Fred cleared her throat and stated, "We found that our powers aren't just making things appear out of nowhere."

"According normal Physics law, that would be impossible," Cordi stated. "Everything must come from something. I believe the technical term is the Law of Conservation of Mass and the Law of Conservation of Energy. It's basically just the Law of Conservation." Everyone looked at her strangely, making her feel uncomfortable. "Sorry, science nut," she muttered.

"Anyway," Fred continued, "so we aren't really manifesting our powers out of nothing. We're bending the elements around us. Like Cordi bends the heat in the air to make her fire. And Ronni bends the humidity in the air to pull out the water. Make sense?" Naruto nodded after processing the information. "So, obviously, Lynne's bending her spirit which is…"

"Fred," Lynne growled in a warning tone.

"Let her finish," Naruto demanded. "If there are any complications, we need to know about them," he explained, shooting Lynne a worried glare. Lynne sighed as Naruto nodded to Fred to continue.

"Well, basically, because she has to bend her spirit, some of her powers make her go slightly crazy. She becomes extremely paranoid and bipolar. It's like she becomes another person," Fred finished.

"I'm right here you know," Lynne stated in a ticked tone.

Naruto turned to Lynne and asked, "What powers would she be talking about?"

Lynne sighed and said, "Persuasion, Aura sensing, but that one not so much, Visions, and Healing. Not the basic kind of healing, which does take its toll, but the heavy, like bringing people back to life. I try to avoid that one as much as possible because it actually rips my spirit, piece by piece." She pursed her lips, and looked down in shame. Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara eyed her with interest.

"It doesn't kill you?" Naruto asked. The last time anyone he knew had been able to bring somebody back to life, it was Chiyo Baa-sama, and the jutsu she used made her sacrifice her life for Gaara. It intrigued him that all Lynne would sacrifice is her sanity.

"No, but after I use it, I become crazy, or were you not listening?" Lynne stated, confused he didn't catch that bit.

"How crazy?" Naruto asked. Gaara couldn't believe he was asking it. Any kind of crazy was bad enough.

"Uhm, I was her first best friend," Cordi stated, raising her hand. "She brought a dead crow back to life, and later tried to kill me. Bringing back a human would be substantially more, I think."

Naruto nodded. "Puts it in perspective," he muttered. He certainly didn't want any deaths on her conscience, so he threw the idea of putting her on a team as a medical ninja out. "Alright, but we still need to test your training. In two weeks we are holding Jounin exams. I want you five to sign up, and I feel Gaara will agree with me." Gaara nodded to show Naruto was correct, looking at Cordi. "If you pass, we'll make you Jounin, obviously. If not, you'll stay chuunin. Is that fair?" Everyone nodded in agreement. "Good, now that that's settled, is there anything else we need to go over?"

"Yes," the Mizukage stated. Her voice sounded velvety and cold. "Why did you not share the wealth with these new ninjas? It definitely upsets our balance of power."

"Because they were made citizens of Konoha before their powers had manifested," Naruto explained.

"And Suna," Cordi jumped in. The other Kages frowned at this.

"So, the Wind country got an elemental, and you got four, leaving the rest of us with none?" the Tsuchikage demanded. He was a short and grumpy old man. He reminded Rox slightly of her favorite dwarf in Snow White. "You should have divided them once their powers had manifested."

"It wasn't in my power at that time," Naruto stated. "I wasn't Hokage then, if you'd forgotten. Tsunade was."

"Then why not share them now that you are?" the Raikage asked, smugly smirking. "It should be well within your power now."

"But it isn't," Naruto replied, getting annoyed with the other Kages' bickering at him. They frowned at him, obviously disappointed with his answer. "They have been Konohan ninja for two and a half years. I'm sorry, but my power is withdrawn if I make a ninja switch allegiances, making them missing nin. And I also have no influence on where they live. Because they are Konohan citizens, they live in Konoha, until they feel they should move, which if not followed with the proper protocol, which is them no longer being ninja, would result in them being missing nin. And if they are missing nin, they are no longer valuable to you, and under our treaty, you would be forced to kill them on sight. Am I missing anything?" Naruto snapped. The other Kages frowned, as if mad that Naruto was well versed on their treaty and the laws that the Kages had to abide by. Gaara, on the other hand, had a difficult time holding back a smug smirk. "That's what I thought," Naruto stated to their silence. "We are done here."

The Kages left the room, slightly peeved that they couldn't get their way, Sasuke leaving right after them. The rest of the group left after Naruto gestured to his massive pile of paperwork. Ah, the joys of kage-dom. Ronni stayed behind though to ask Naruto when Kiba was supposed to be getting back, and Fred waited for her.

Rox and Shikamaru walked down the streets of Konoha catching up on everything they had missed. "Asuma Jr. should be six now, right?" Rox asked.

Shikamaru nodded. "Very perceptive," he laughed. "Yes, Asuma is six and just joined the Konohan School of Combat … and giving poor Iruka a run for his money," Shikamaru added, laughing a little. Rox laughed at that too.

"Oh," she chuckled pitifully.

"No, he's a good kid," Shikamaru stated. "I normally pick him up after school, but it was cancelled today for the inauguration, which you girls so gracefully interrupted." Rox pretended to be hurt and gave him a light joking punch in the arm. "Ow," Shikamaru muttered, then gave her a small punch back. "You're so troublesome," he joked.

"I am not!" she laughed.

"Are, too," Shikamaru laughed. "Just because of the fact you are a woman, a troublesome woman."

"If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were sexist," Rox laughed, giving him a small shove with her shoulder.

"Too bad you don't know any better," he laughed, giving her a small shove back, making her gasp in mock surprise.

"They will be so excited to see you," Gaara stated before reaching the door of their suite. "Especially Temari."

Cordi didn't really catch onto the last part. She was having an issue not expressing her excitement with jumping for joy. She held back a squeal as he opened the door. He let Cordi in first, helping her with her bags. Trying to get them through the door was a little more ridiculous than normal.

"Gaara, you home already?" they heard Temari call from the back. Gaara had explained to Cordi that Temari had been out grabbing some supplies for the baby during the inauguration, so Cordi wanted to surprise her. She stayed quiet as she heard Temari's footsteps approach. Temari looked up to see Cordi grinning madly, and let out a squeal, pulling Cordi into a big hug. "You're back!" she laughed, squeezing Cordi a little. Cordi could see in her periphery Kankuro walk in with a little girl on his hip, a calming smile held on his face.

The girl had the same hair as Kankuro's tied up into pigtails on top of her head. She had Temari's sparkling evergreen eyes and Matsuri's facial structure. Cordi couldn't quite see the toddler's mouth because she had her hand innocently placed in front of it. Kankuro smiled and bounced the toddle a little. "This is Yukina Subaku. Yuki, this is Cordi Turner," he introduced, smiling at the little girl. "Can you say Cordi?" Yukina eyed Cordi for a bit before shyly burying her face into Kankuro's shoulder. "Guess not," he chuckled. "So, how've you been?"

"Good," Cordi stated, smiling at the group. "Although, I've missed all you guys immeasurably." She nodded a little as she stated the last bit.

"Well what can we say?" Kankuro laughed. "We're a miserable bunch without you."

"What? With your bundle of joy? Impossible," Cordi stated, motioning to little Yukina. "I can't help but notice that Matsuri isn't with you guys. Why didn't you leave Yukina with her in Suna?" Cordi asked, not really noticing everyone taking a sharp intake of breath. All that was on her mind was that a three day trip was not something for a one and a half year-old, especially when the first two days of that trip were in the desert.

She looked around to everyone, noticing their faces went grim, and Yukina looked as if she were about to cry. Yukina burst out crying, and Kankuro rushed her to the back, trying to cheer her up. "Did I say something wrong?" Cordi asked gravely, shooting Temari and Gaara confused glances, gesturing to where Kankuro and Yukina had exited.

AN: I hoped you liked the new chapter. Sorry if you thought it was short. The next one should be a little longer. ^.^ ... but a little more depressing. Anyway, please remember to review!!!