"I hear that Gaara-kun eliminated your opponent for the first match," said Naruto speaking to his son.
"Yeah, I'm probably going to end up fighting that genin from cloud now, but I'm not too worried about it," said Arashi with a smirk.
"You should be," said Naruto seriously.
"Why is that tou-san?" asked Arashi confused.
"The Raikage holds a personal grudge against me and my family because we stopped him from obtaining the Byakugan and have eliminated many of his elite ninja since then," said Naruto.
"So the cloud genin will probably be trained heavily during this month in order to get a fight with me and possibly kill me," said Arashi understanding.
"Yes, so I am going to give you a brief history of how most cloud ninjas fight and then I am going to teach you some jutsu that will help you in your match," said Naruto. Arashi just nodded before taking a seat on the ground to listen to what his father had to say.
"First off, most cloud ninja are trained in speed and stealth. The reason for this being is because lightning is a very chaotic element and when using a lightning jutsu if you don't hurry and use it will turn against you. Take the Chidori for example; Kakashi-san may be able to use the jutsu multiple times, but he only uses it when he knows he can get a direct hit and to finish an opponent off. If he were to hold the Chidori for too long, he might burn his hand badly and leave himself open during a fight. That is why they are trained in speed and stealth because the faster they make the kill the less chance of losing control over their jutsu and with great stealth so that their enemies don't have much response time to block their attack," said Naruto.
"Another thing about lightning jutsu is that most tend to be very effective when causing a large area of damage and can paralyze your muscles even if the jutsu barely touches you due to the current of electricity flowing through your body. That is what you will have to worry about most because I have no doubt that the Raikage is personally teaching the genin how to immobilize you so that he can mock and taunt you before finishing you off," said Naruto.
"I take it you will be teaching me some earth jutsu," said Arashi.
"Yes, but I am also going to teach you how to completely humiliate your opponent and the Raikage," said Naruto with a smirk. Arashi just gave his tou-san a weird look, before he realized he was serious.
"Are you sure that is a wise thing to do?" asked Arashi.
"Oh no it is a stupid thing to do, but if you make the Raikage angry enough when I am forced to fight him it will give me an advantage because he will waste chakra trying to avenge his lost honor," said Naruto with a smirk before signaling for Arashi to get up so he could start teaching him.
Break
"Where is Kimimaro-kun, I miss him," said Aiko as she held her nii-chan's hand while they walked through the city.
"I do not know, but I'm sure we will see him soon," replied Gaara.
"I hope he is ok," said Aiko sadly. Gaara just picked her up and put her on his shoulders to cheer her up. It was a good thing he left his gourd back in his room or he would be able to carry his little sister. Aiko just giggled happily and was instantly back in a good mood.
"Hey Gaara-nii-chan," said Aiko cheerfully.
"Yes Aiko-chan?" asked Gaara.
"Can we go get some ramen, kaa-san won't let me have that much anymore," said Aiko.
"Sure, I remember tou-san saying something about Konoha having the best ramen out of every other village," said Gaara as he continued to walk through the village. After 30 minutes of walking, Gaara and Aiko came upon a small ramen shop.
"Welcome to Ichiraku's Ramen stand," said an old man behind the counter. Aiko jumped off Gaara's shoulders and instantly took a seat in the closest tool and started to look at all the different types of ramen.
"Have you made your decision yet Aiko-chan?" asked Gaara.
"Yes, I'll have three bowls of miso ramen please," said Aiko happily.
"I'll just have one bowl of miso," said Gaara.
"Ayame four bowls of miso ramen," yelled Teuchi.
"Coming up tou-san," said Ayame as she started to make the ramen for her guest.
"So this is where you have been hiding Gaara-kun," said Yugito taking a seat on the other side of Aiko.
"Nee-chan," squealed Aiko happily.
"Hello little sister, has Gaara-kun been treating you well?" asked Yugito smiling at her little sister.
"Gaara-nii-chan has been great like always, see he is even buying me three bowls of ramen," said Aiko holding out three fingers to Yugito.
"Better make sure kaa-san doesn't find out Gaara-kun," said Yugito. Teuchi served Gaara and Aiko there bowls and asked if Yugito wanted anything, but she replied that she didn't want anything at the moment.
"Hey, I didn't know you three liked ramen," said Naruto as he ordered ten bowls of ramen.
"As tou-san would say, 'who doesn't like ramen?'" replied Yugito.
"Is there something you wanted Uzumaki?" asked Gaara.
"Hey how come you got whiskers?" asked Aiko as she ate her ramen. Naruto just stiffened at that question, but then just put a large smile on his face and made up a lie.
"They are birthmarks," replied Naruto.
"Do not lie to my sister Uzumaki, I do not appreciate it," said Gaara glaring at him.
"Gaara-nii-chan, I'm done let's go play some more," said Aiko tugging on his sleeve. Gaara just nodded before placing some money on the countering and picking Aiko up.
"Bye Nee-chan," yelled Aiko as she waved goodbye to her sister.
"Goodbye Gaara-kun and Aiko-chan," said Yugito with smile.
'Does he know my secret?' thought Naruto worried.
Break
"How has it been going Kimimaro-kun," asked Naraku.
"You know better then to call me by my real name," replied Kimimaro glaring at Naraku through his mask.
"Sorry, how has your mission been going bones," laughed Naraku. He just loved annoying Kimimaro because it was so much fun.
"I have eliminated one-fourth of the sand forces, but they have become more suspicious, making it harder to get to the rest," said Kimimaro before looking up into the trees.
"I'll go see what they are meeting about, you deal with the spy," said Naraku before disappearing into the shadows.
'Shit they sensed me,' thought the cloud jounin. He was about to take off, but when he turned around he found a bone sword at his throat.
"You will tell me what I want to know," said Kimimaro flaring his killing intent.
"I'm not telling you anything," replied the cloud jounin. Kimimaro could sense the fear coming off the man and he would use it to make the man tell him all he knew before he disposed of him.
"We shall see," said Kimimaro coldly.
With Naraku
"You ok there pal?" asked Naraku. He wasn't in disguise so there was no reason for him to act cold and indifferent especially to an ally.
"Yes, thanks to you, otherwise I would be a goner," coughed Hayate.
"Lucky, I had my insects watching that sand jounin sensei otherwise I wouldn't have got here in time," said Naraku with a smirk.
"I must inform the Hokage of what I have learned," said Hayate before bowing to Naraku then disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
"It seems the plan tou-san and I came up with is falling together perfectly," said Naraku with a smirk.
Break
"Kazekage-sama, our forces seem to be disappearing, but we don't know what is happening to them," said a sand jounin. Orochimaru disguised as the Kazekage just glared at the sand jounin.
"Start traveling in larger ground and be more alert. Now leave I have much to think about," replied the Kazekage.
"Yes sir," said the sand jounin before disappearing.
"Something is not right, but the finals are only a week away and it is too late to change my plans now. It doesn't matter I have already marked the Uchiha, he is my true goal. Destroying Konoha is just a bonus," said Orochimaru with a sinister grin.