"Hello." Someone else speaking

"Hello." Kyuubi speaking.

"Hello." Thoughts

"Hello." Kyuubi thoughts

Chapter 13

Naruto was too shocked to hear what she said. Sasuke soon entered the room and put an arm around Hinata making her blush a bit!

"No way! This can't be real."

"Sorry dobe…"

"This bastard's taking everything that I ever wanted again!" thoguth Naruto angrily. "That traitor's gonna die now!"

Naruto quickly flew out of bed, kicked Sasuke into the wall and made a rasengan. Naruto then screamed in rage and began to bring his most powerful jutsu towards Sasuke's heart who was trying to make a chidori.

"Naruto wait!" screamed Hinata. But before Naruto knew it he had just pushed his rasengan right through Hinata and Sasuke's bodies killing them both.

"Nooo. This can't be real!" screamed Naruto grabbing his head with his bloody hands.

"Ahhh!" shouted Naruto shooting out of bed swinging around. He suddenly felt very soft hands grab his wrist trying to calm him down.

"Naruto-kun! Calm down it's me" squeaked Hinata.

"Hinata-chan! Oh thank god…" said Naruto hugging Hinata who returned the embrace.

"Are you okay?" Naruto nodded and looked at her left hand and saw no jewelry what so ever making him sigh in relief and fall back onto the bed. Hinata was confused and sat at the side of the bed.

"How are you feeling?" asked Naruto.

"I slept for about a day and made a full recovey." Said Hinata smiling.

"How long have I been out?" asked Naruto.

"About 4 days." Said Hinata. Naruto's mouth dropped open.

"Wow I think that's the longest I've been unconscious before."

"Well you did tap into most of Kyuubi's chakra and used it!" said Hinata kissing his cheek.

"I know. Where's Akira?" asked Naruto.

"He was unconscious for 2 days and left the hospital…" said Hinata. "I don't want to ruin the moment or anything like that Naruto-kun but do you think that Akira-kun hates me? You two have been best friends for 3 years now and you know him best."

"I'm sure he is sad but I don't think he hates you he just need some time to himself." Said Naruto reassuringly. "He will be back soon back to his old cheerful self." That made Hinata giggle a bit.

"Are you hungry Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata knowing that it would probably cheer both of them up. Naruto was about to respond but his stomach began to growl quite noisily making his girlfriend giggle. "I'll take that as a yes… Ramen?"

"Let's go!" shouted Naruto who was dressed in an instant. He then grabbed Hinata's hand and began to run with her all the way to the Ramen stand where Shikamaru along with Choji and Ino were already eating. "Hey you guys!"

"Hey Naruto!" said Choji happily stacking his 5th bowl. Naruto and Hinata sat down and began to talk to their friends happily telling them everything they had been doing for the past 3 years.

"That was some fighting Naruto…" said Shikamaru.

"Yeah… I know…" said Naruto smiling.

"Sheesh giving him a compliment and he just inflates it to the size of the world… So troublesome…" Thought Shikamaru.
"So how is everyone doing?" asked Naruto while slurping up his ramen.

"Where should I start?" said Shikamaru.

"Shika-kun is a jounin now along with Neji, Lee, Shino and Kiba!" said Ino excitingly knowing it would bother her boyfriend. "Choji, Sakura and I are all chuunin's too!"

"Wow Shikamaru that's great." Said Naruto smiling. "You teach your own students yet?"

"Nah none of us applied for it." Said Shikamaru. "Konoha has changed a lot since you left. Our numbers have increased more then double so we kinda have too many instructors. Konoha has already exceeded its best image in the past."

"That's great news…" said Naruto. "And how long has HE been here?" Shikamaru looked at his former team mates.

"He's been here for about 2 years." Said Shikamaru. "He found out what Orochimaru had planned for him so he escaped. One day while me, choji and Neji were patrolling we found him half dead in our territory being chased by 2 sound nin's that were killed by Neji. We took him to the Hokage who spared him and put him under severe anbu watch. He also had to earn his way back up the ranks again. As much as I don't like him I do have to admit he gave us some good ambushes that hurt the sound pretty badly."

"I see…" said Naruto. "Well thanks for the update guys. I should get going."

"Wait! What have you been doing!" said Choji.

"Training of course." Said Naruto grinning. "Me and Hinata are a lot stronger then before."

"Who is the new guy that came with you Naruto?" asked Shikamaru.

"A friend that we met on our journey. I think you'll like him Shikamaru you both have a lot in common."

"I see…" said Shikamaru. Naruto soon said his farewells and walked away with Hinata.

"So what did you want to do now Hinata-chan?" asked Naruto.

"If its okay with you Naruto-kun could I go see Kurenai-sensei!"

"Of course Hinata-chan! I'll find you later okay? I'm going to try and find Akira…" Hinata nodded and jumped away towards her old training area.

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"You 2 please bring Naruto to me. Tell him it's important." Asked Tsunade. The 2 anbu nodded and disappeared.

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Naruto who was just jumping around looking for his best friend was soon confronted by 2 anbu.

"Uzumaki Naruto. The hokage wishes to see you." Said the anbu. Ever since Naruto and his friends saved the Hokage he had at least gotten the respect of the Anbu and other higher ninja's. "She says it is important." Naruto nodded and followed the elite ninja's.

"Ah there you are Naruto. Thank you both." Said Tsunade. Both anbu bowed then left the room. Naruto saw that Tsunade, Jiraya, Kakashi and Akira were already in the room.

"I was looking for you Akira." Said Naruto ignoring Tsunade.

"Same here this guy told me that the hokage wanted to see me and that you would be here." Said Akira pointing to Kakashi with disgust. "Isn't he your old teacher that favored the traitor?" Kakashi flinched at his words.

"Yeah…" said Naruto. "So why did you want to see me?" Tsunade looked at Naruto and knew that he a little troubled maybe even mad.

"I just wanted to thank you and Akira for saving my life." Began Tsunade. "I have already personally thanked Hinata and promoted all three of you to chuunin since jounin is harder to get these days. There is also an upcoming jounin exam in the mist village in a week. I want to get you and your team enrolled Naruto."

"Just to fill you in Oba-chan. They are my new team. I will never work with Sasuke or Sakura like I used to." Kakashi's eyes went down a bit in sadness. "But yeah we will go to the exam."

"Okay going with you will be Ino, Choji and Sakura." Said Tsunade. "They have also requested some of our ninja's to assist them since they are running a little small after their war with the stone. So Shikamaru will lead Shino, Kiba, Rock Lee and Sasuke." Everyone saw Naruto look away after hearing the traitor's name. "You also need an instructor to escort you Naruto since you are new chuunin's."

"Noooo." Said Naruto quietly. Both he and Akira looked at Kakashi.

"He is the only instructor currently available Naruto because Asuma is escorting Choji's team." Said Tsunade.

"Fine whatever." Said Naruto. "Are we done yet?"

"No." said a new voice making everyone look around. Suddenly a man appeared right beside the hokage.

"You!" shouted Jiraya. He was about to step forward when a blue man blocked his way about to bring his sword down upon the toad sennin but all he heard was the sound of his sword hitting metal. He then saw a boy with sunglasses that had just taken the blow right in the head but didn't have a single scratch on him!

"What the-"But before the man could finish his sentence the boy hit his spiky sword away and grabbed him by the neck pinned him against the wall and began to choke him with one hand.

"Stop!" shouted the man next to the Hokage with a kunai at her throat. Kakashi and 6 Naruto's with rasengan's were ready to pounce on him when another figure arrived and had a kunai pointed at Kakashi's back ready to stab him spine. But she also felt a dagger against her throat and shifted a little too see the boy with sunglasses holding the weapon at her but at the same time had a bunshin pining down Kisame.

"How did she get behind be so quietly?" Thought Kakashi.

"We aren't here to fight." Said the man pulling his Kunai away. "We came here to talk peace terms."

"Why would you want to do that." Said Tsunade. "Uchiha Itachi!" The red eyed man looked at the Hokage very coldly.

"Because there is a new enemies around and if they aren't stopped they will destroy everything in their path." Itachi then looked at Naruto. "You owe me Naruto-kun and I know you are a man of your word." Naruto nodded.

"What is he talking about!" said Jiraya. "Did you help him in some way?"

"He gave me the heads up about Orochimaru's plan." Said Naruto still looking at Itachi. "In return I told him that I would listen to whatever he had to say when it was over." Tsunade looked at the man who had killed his entire clan.

"Why would you help us?" asked Tsunade.

"Because now we need your help." Said Itachi.

"Is this enemy so powerful that you and your Akatsuki can't handle them?" asked Kakashi. "Where are the rest of you anyway?"

"Your looking at the rest of the Akatsuki." Said Itachi. It took at least 2 minutes to let the information sink into the leaf ninja's heads.

"Are you telling me-" began Tsunade.

"Yes. Out of 12 Akatsuki members only 3 remain." Said Yumi. "The other 9 including our leader were killed by the third group of ninja's."

Awww man come on you guys have that little faith in me… I love Naruto and Hinata. So sad guys that just hurts my heart…