Tsunade

Tsunade had pushed open the two doors separating her from the emergency room where Naruto was. Tsunade walked over to the surgery table, to see what she should prepare for, and she saw what she had never expected to see again.

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Sakura

Sakura had reached her home, and walked into the living room, where she saw a yellow note on the table. She read the note, which read, 'Sakura, me and your father need to go work for a while. We're going other to the sand village for work. Won't come back for a couple months! We'll miss you! Mom & Dad'.

"Mom and Dad aren't coming home for a while huh? And wow, to the only place not hit by a disaster. That's a good thing right? But too bad I won't bump into them on my trip. Better write a note to let them know I'm gone!" Sakura said to herself as she wrote a note. "I guess I better pack up now!"

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Gaara the Kazekage

"Please let me talk to you sir! Kazekage, please let us negotiate! It's not too late to sign this contract! It will make the sand a much powerful village!" the unknown man pleaded.

The unknown man is let into the office.

"Fine. Explain yourself." Gaara stated.

"My name is Ruomachiro. I am a representative from Sound. I would like to ask, have you ever heard the rumor that the Sound is planning another attack against the Leaf?" Ruomachiro asked.

"Yes, I have." Gaara said.

"Well, we would like to pay you for a S rank mission. The mission is simple. We would like you to prove our innocence to the other villages!"

"Hmm? Why can't you do it yourself?"

"We've tried! But whatever we give proof to the mist, rain, and grass, they don't believe, and just say that we made the proof up!"

"Well, then we'll be accused that we've taken side of the sound, and we will diffidently be attacked. Those three villages are on unstable ground because of the disasters. They will be very defensive."

"Please! Just sign on the contract to keep this confidential, and please prove the Sound's innocence! We'll give you a lot of money, and you can get a lot of ninjas to work for you with the money, so you can have more power! And it's a very simple task too!"

"No. This mission is not accepted. Please leave now." Gaara commanded.

"But please!"

"No."

Ruomachiro left the office downtrodden, sad that his mission was not accepted.

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Shikamaru

"Hello, Shizune-san." Shikamaru said as he walked into the office where Tsunade is supposed to always be. "Where's the Godaime?"

"She's doing an operation on Naruto-kun right now." Shizune said.

"Operation? Why?" Shikamaru said as he added, "Never mind. It'll be too troublesome if I knew. What mission do you have for me today?"

"Oh! I got the perfect one!" Shizune exclaimed as she handed Shikamaru a piece of Paper.

"What's this? Theres a person with a mission in the Rain Village? And they can't tell me the mission until I get there? How bothersome."

"Shikamaru-kun, this mission is an A Mission. Are you up to it?"

"If I have to."

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Yuuhi Kurenai Team

"Kurenai-Sensei, what is this mission about?" Hinata asked, as Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and Kurenai walk through the woods.

"I don't know. We're going to get our mission at the Sand Village. They say they can't give us our mission until we meet face to face. It's an A mission though, I can say that." Kurenai said.

"How can you say that, teacher?" Kiba asked.

"The client told us." Kurenai replied.

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Tsunade

Tsunade walked over to the surgery table, to see what she should prepare for, and she saw what she had never expected to see again. The Curse Seal.

"Everyone, I think I can handle this myself. Everyone. Please assist me by getting out of this room. You may not see the treatment as some of you may disprove of it." Tsunade commanded.

'I thought I saw the last of the Curse Seal when Naruto killed Orochimaru and Sasuke... Hey, wait a minute... Naruto was supposed to be with Jiraiya the whole time! What was Jiraiya doing? How did Naruto get the curse seal? The only one who could give this to him is Orochimaru. And he's dead... What if!'