The next morning, I woke up to the sound of jiraiya waking up naruto and I. "Look you two, we're getting close to the village now so when we set out, no stopping; got it?" he explained in a surprisingly commanding tone. "Yeah, yeah we know." About midday we reached the massive village gates. "Whoa!" I managed to squeak out as naruto scooped me up and ran up the nearest light pole. "Ne, aneki it's good to be home isn't it?" he said happily with a tinge of bitter-sweetness. I looked up at him crying and smiling. "Of course ttebane!" I nodded as I wipe the tears away. "Look kasu-nee. They added tsunade baa-chan's face to the mountain." As I was about to answer, I was cut off by a loud voice below us. "Oi, naruto! When did you get back?" it was sakura who was talking.

"Just now actually." He said as we came down. "Naru, please put me down." I asked him. He nodded and put me down. And as soon as he put me down, I saw a kid run up with his friends. "Hey konohamaru! Long time no see ttebayo!" before he said anything else he (and me too) noticed sakura giving him an irritated and disgusted look. "What is it sakura-chan?" at that she looked even more upset. "I'd appreciate it if you would release that sexy jutsu henged clone ya know." "Oi, who in kami's name do you think you're talking about huh, usuratonkachi? I just so happen to be his sister dattebane!" I barked at her. "I'm sorry naruto; I'm sure she's nice but how do you love her with the way she talks to you?" sakura looked away for a moment shocked. "Did you say 'usuratonkachi'?" I turned away from naruto to look at her and when I saw her she had a longing look in her eyes.

"Yes dobe I did. Why?" after saying that she looked even more upset. "Look I'm sorry but I just found the only family I've got and hearing you say that didn't set well with me ttebane." "It's okay kasumi-nee she's just surprised you said those words. They remind her of sasuke." Naruto said, jumping in to help sakura. Jiraiya stepped in at this point "I'm sure that sakura meant no offense kasumi. After all, this is her first time seeing you. Before today she had no idea he has a twin sister; not to mention that he looks like you when he uses his sexy jutsu." Sakura walked up to me with a look of curiosity and caution in her eyes. "You were born here but didn't get to live here right?" I nodded my yes and she gave me a look of forgiveness and guarded suspicion. "Welcome home kasumi-chan."

At those words I closed the space between us and hugged her, catching her off guard, and murmuring 'arigatou, ttebane' to her. She hugged back lightly and said something akin to 'you're welcome.' "Gomen naruto." "It's fine sakura-chan. Let's go let tsunade baa-chan know we're back." We all nodded agreement and were off to her office in the hokage tower. When we arrived, we knocked on the door and entered the room to stand before tsunade. "Well if it isn't naruto. How you been gaki?" she said, eyes closed. But she opened them and sat frozen in shock staring at me. "Y-you're…" her voice trailed off and found itself again, calling shizune to the room. "Shizune get in here NOW! " she managed to yell as shizune came through the door a few milli seconds later. "What it lady tsuna- i-it's you kasumi-chan!"

she walked over to naruto and asked "Did she tell you who she is already?" naruto nodded very cautiously and moved around to take a protective stance around me. "Yeah, she's my sister, right?" he snapped his gaze from me and shizune to train his gaze on tsunade who got up and walked over and hugged naruto and I crying. "I'm glad I got see you both together again! Shizune! Clear the tower of unwanted personnel. I need to talk to my gaki about their uh, situation." Shizune nodded and left. A few moments later she returned. "We are free to speak now, milady." Baa-chan nodded, sighed, took a steadying breath and spoke "I know for a fact that you know who your parents are. Jiraiya told me while you were talking to sakura earlier today. And I wanted to set the record straight for you two. Now, keep in mind, I never knew until I saw you naruto, I thought you were gone."

Naruto and I looked at each other in curiosity and confusion. "I was- and am proudly- minato's (your father's) mother. He belonged to me and dan. When died was traumatized, but what set me over the edge officially, was when I was returning to the village after overcoming most of the grief from his death, was that I heard he had died along with your mother. When I learned this, I was hysterical and damn near broken and when I asked about y'all, they said you both had died and THAT had destroyed me. Imagine my surprise when I meet kasumi when I'm travelling and naruto when you come to make me hokage. It was too much. But now, I know that I was wrong to ignore you both for so long; even when you were apart. I understand if you hate me, but please let me once be proud to truly call you my grand-kids. Please?"

As she finished naruto and I looked at her with disbelief. 'Naru, I don't know about you, but don't hate her. I say give her a chance ttebane.'He looked to me at this and smiled 'Why would I hate her? Of course she can have a chance. It's a no-brainer, ttebayo.' I nodded at that, smiling. "Why would we hate you baa-chan? You're here now, you're hokage and we're alive and we want you to be known as family. Nothing less." Tsunade lightly shook as she held us closer, still lightly crying. "Thank-you gaki. I love you both. So much…." She stepped back wiping away the tears, and walked to her desk. "Shizune here happens to be dan's niece. Ask her any questions about dan or your dad when he was a little gaki. And kushina too….anyway, that's for later! Shizune, go and prepare a room at the Uzumaki-Namikaze compound for kasumi-chan and naruto. It's time they took their rightful place in this village."

I immediately interrupted her with an argument of my own. "Baa-chan, I'd like to, if I don't change anything, stay at sasuke's old apartment." Naruto looked at me with surprise and bitter-sweet memory. "Look nee-chan, sasuke isn't here but that doesn't mean someone can just move in! it'll be waiting on him to return, nothing out of place." I gave him a look of rough sympathy and chose my next words carefully. "Naruto, I wish to know more about sasuke is all. If I stay there the rooms will tell me more about what he did, thought about, how he acted and so on." Understanding lit his face but he still shook his head, upset. "But, I guess I can learn that if I visit every day instead. I'll keep it clean so he'll have an actual apartment to come home to instead of a memory, okay?" At that note, he looked happy and sympathetic.

"Thank you for aneki. And as for your place to stay I think tsunade baa-chan wouldn't want us anywhere but our parent's house." As he said that, he and I looked to tsunade who nodded her head, giving a 'damn straight' look. "Shizune please accompany me around the village today. Naru, I'll see you and tsunade baa-chan at home later." Shizune followed me out as naruto said goodbye before the door shut. Before I could speak, shizune gave a hasty 'wait here lady kasumi' and ran toward the direction of the hokage's archives. A few moments later she returned with a scroll, and opened it reading the contents. "Kasumi-sama, your appearance in the village results in your priestess, sage and ninja training to be complete; So, as of today, your rank will be an S-class ANBU medic and your regular rank to be-" "what rank is naru-chan?" I interrupted her before she could rank me. "Genin, milady."

She gave me a curious look "For all intents and purposes, my (cover) rank is genin but I will actually be an S-class special jounin." She nodded her understanding and knew I didn't want naruto to feel alone. "And please call me kasumi, kasu, kasu-chan or kasumi-chan. Anything but kasumi-sama or lady kasumi." For the rest of the day shizune and I went shopping to get my headband –which I decided to get custom made- and a hold for arrows, and chakra metal arrows. After shopping, we went home and I got changed, tied my headband around my neck, put my shoes on and set out to pick up naruto after the match I heard he was having against kakashi-sensei. "Well, if it isn't kasumi-chan. You're just in time; the match just ended." Kakashi greeted me as he walked over. "Umm, aneki-" sakura then interrupted naruto with a "Wow kasumi your outfit looks just like naruto's!"

I looked at my outfit: (think my profile pic) the mainly orange jacket with black sleeves and red uzumaki swirls on each sleeve with the black collar, the orange short battle shorts looking like sakura's and a split black skirt (think orange black version of sakura's short sand skirt from shippuden), the orange cloth tied around my wrist, to the pure battle-grade orange silk cloth of my headband and black ninja sandals. "Huh. I didn't realize it when I bought it, I just thought it would look nice. Oh well, at least I know it works on two uzumaki and you can bet your ass kyuubi nii-san is laughing HIS ass off at my subconscious choice ttebane." I laughed as everyone –including naruto- compared our ridiculously similar clothes. "Well let's get going naru. I'm going to need help with eating the dango that I'm making ttebane! "Naruto gave me a sheepish look of apology and as he looked over to sakura.

"Gomen kasu-nee sakura and I are going on a date." I looked from him to sakura and saw her blush at the reference to their plans. "are you sure naruto?" after all kasumi, I'm sure, would love to spend time with you." I looked at her as she said that and heard her very much held back sadness at her words as if she didn't want to relinquish him to me let alone give up said date. "It's fine sakura-chan, just be nice to naru and everything will be just fine." I smile at her as my words cheer her up and naruto blushes at them. "Well, gave fun! I guess I'll go to the market and get something for dinner. Oh, and breakfast too." I waved goodbye as I ran to the market to buy two snow crabs, a lobster, and some ginger ale. Next to the store for flour, eggs, salt, sausage, dragon fruit and blueberry syrup.

I made my way to the compound, giving my chakra to the sealed gate to identify me as an inhabitant and not an impostor. The gate accepted my chakra, opened to allow me to pass. As I walked down the sakura tree path walkway to the house, I let my mind wander and walking becomes automatic as I do so. Pay attention to where you walk, kit.At the warning, I look up in time to see the door I'm about to walk right into and I stop myself from making contact with my face. 'Thanks Kyuu-nii' Hn. Just watch where you walk. 'Short much?' Gomen kit; I'm just tired.I laugh to myself a little at kyuu's words and open the front door to let myself in. I walk to the kitchen set the bags on the island counter and make my way upstairs to my room, passing naruto's. I flip the switch to let the room greet me.

From the black walls with pink cherry blossom tree branches with blossoms designs, black marble floor, large full size bed with its steel frame and metal Uzumaki clan symbol designs in the work on the wall in front of me, and black silk covers with blue uzumaki clan insignia and white sheets, the door on the left wall leading to the full bath, and the door to my right leading to naruto's. I walk forward and flop down on the bed and look to the closet door that's to my left beside the bathroom door. 'Well I can't lay here forever, I've got to get changed and cook dinner.' I argue to the side of me that didn't want to move. I got up, smoothed the cover down, and made my way to my closet. I opened the door, turned on the light and made my way to the shelf where I put mom's old early maternity dresses. (due to my chest being slightly bigger than tsunade's by four centimeters -110 not 106- and my ass not helping me any but at least being somewhat normal sized I'm forced to wear mom's old maternity night dresses or a kimono similar to tsunade's tops. –which I also wear-) and picked out a black silk dress mom had for when she was four months along.

'Lets' hope this one fits ttebane!' I half laugh to myself as I change from my new clothes to the dress. "Ow! That hurt like hell dattebane!" I practically scream as my lower back feels like it's on fire. I yank off the dress and run toward the mirror on the back of my bed room door. I turn around to look in the mirror and looked down at my lower back to see my uzumaki tribal-style chakra tattoo glowing an angry orange-red color. And the uzumaki clan symbol on my left side of my chest starting to glow and burn as well. "Help me! Ahhhh! Kyuubi-nii, naruto, someone!" I shouted mentally and out loud as the pain intensified. Kit! What is this strange chakra invading you?"I don't know, just get rid of it! Please! I feel like I'm on fire Kyuu-nii! Naruto! Help me!" as I cried out he came running through the door, and began to look me over and funnel some of his chakra through my tattoos to calm them down.

"Naruto? Thank kami you're here. Kyuubi-nii doesn't know what's wrong with me yet and it really hurts." I cried up to him as he moved to my clan tattoo on my chest. "Don't worry kasu-nee, I'm here. But why are these tattoos acting up?" I stopped crying and sighed. "Well, they're chakra tattoos, so they absorb mine and kyuubi-nii's chakra; mix it together with my purifying powers, sage chakra, goes through the tattoo's design and back to my body to supply an even and harmonic balance so we're not in danger of killing each other. But I guess someone must have tampered with my tattoos' balance. Which is dangerous; Kyuu-nii isn't happy that someone's made an attempt on my life and wants revenge for me." I sadly explained to him and blushed as I realized he hadn't moved since he started healing my chest tattoo. Realizing what I had, he blushed deeply and moved away after treating me.

"Umm, next time, please warn a guy or at least keep your clothes ON ttebayo!" he half raised his voice to a yell with stress on the word on as I shunshined to the closet and put the dress back on. "Gomenna ttebane! I took it off look at the tattoos in the mirror." He forced the blush down and walked over to the door going to his room. "Ne, nee-chan, are you sure it wasn't kyuubi? He might have tried to-" I flashed him my most stern glare. "Kyuubi-nii would never try to hurt me! He was there for me when my shishou beat me near to death, when my training almost killed me! When my best friend was killed by demons!" I cried painfully, defending him. Suddenly, some of kyuubi's chakra left me and manifested into a human about 6' tall with red hair whisker marks, fox ears with black earrings and red fur with white tips, and tails with red fur. And his clothes were a white shirt and black ninja pants and red eyes with slitted pupils.

"Why are you making my kit cry, you bitch? She's been through enough already without your help!" I walked over and hugged him with all I had. "It's fine kyuu-nii, naru doesn't know you're serious about looking after me like family. Please be nice to him nii-san." As I finish, naruto looks from me to kyuubi his look softens when he notices the look of concern and worry kyuubi is giving me and slightly smiles when he sees the protective stance he's giving. "So, that's really you, huh kyuubi? I didn't know that you were the red-head that looked after her in her memories when she let me see them. Thanks for that nii-san." He said and stressed the nii-san as it was an unfamiliar term for him to refer to kyuu-nii as. "Well, I'll ask tsunade baa-chan too look at them later, but for now, let's go make dinner huh? Just- don't kill each other. I want everyone to see next sunrise ttebane."

Naruto and kyuubi looked at each other and laughed a little. "Anything for you, kit." Naruto nodded at that in mutual agreement. "Yeah, I think one night won't kill us. We'll talk about being friends when we know we can stand each other ttebayo. Now, let's get working on dinner." He called walking down the hall and the stairs with kyuubi and then me close behind. We made our way down to the kitchen and made dinner and plans for breakfast when tsunade baa-chan came home and ate with us. "So, the tattoos just started acting up tonight?" I nodded my yes. "Yeah, kyuu-nii and I were fine today except when they started acting up earlier. And lemme tell ya, it hurt like HELL dattebane!" and at that kyuubi added his opinion. "I agree with the kit. I haven't been in pain like that since the demon she slayed in shadow country when she was six."

Tsunade looked thoughtful for a moment and gave a look of concern and slight fear. "Well there isn't much I can do but I will monitor yours and kyuubi-san's chakra along with those tattoos. Now, let's get some rest gaki. Kyuubi-san, you can have the room next to kasumi's if you wish to stay here." He nodded his thanks and walked towards his room. "Let's go kasu-nee. We have work to do tomorrow." Naruto yawned as he made his way up stairs with behind. I made my up the stairs and to my room. 'Goodnight kasu-nee'naruto called and I smiled a little. 'Goodnight.'I called back as I climbed into bed, and five minutes later, I was asleep. However, I was terrorized by what I dreamt and finally woke up screaming to the third nightmare of the night with me screaming for naruto and kyuu-nii along with 'help me' till my throat was raw and passed out.

Seconds later naruto, kyuu-nii and tsunade baa-chan were in my room, with naruto and kyuu-nii trying to calm me down because I had fallen asleep again, was still screaming, and wouldn't wake up. As soon as my eyes flew open in fear, naruto was coaxing me back to reality with me still crying. "Thank kami-sama you're all okay!" I cried, sobs racking my tired and scared form as I hugged him and held on for dear life as I let kyuu-nii take me off of naruto and hug me, to lay me back on the bed. And tsunade baa-chan who had left the room, came back in, walked over and handed me an herbal sleeping pill and some water. "Don't worry about us gaki." Tsunade stated. "Yeah, it's you who needs to be worried about kasu-nee." Naruto demanded. "Kit, I should be thanking kami you're not hurt! But I wonder how you were able to have a nightmare. After all, I'm the one who blocks them every night they appear because they cause you physical pain due to the evil of this world that you stop purifying in your sleep when you have the nightmares. In fact, I made and placed a chakra seal that should have- that's it! The chakra disturbance was the seal breaking! Great, now I feel terrible."

'Wait, if kyuu-nii did that, it shouldn't have faded or burst. Someone did it on purpose.' 'Yeah, that doesn't sound right either. Either someone released the seal or you out to much strain on it. Then again we're talking about kyuu here so it wouldn't break that easy if at all.'I nodded at that logic. He was right more than likely someone had undone the seal. "Well, even if someone has undone the seal, we can't investigate now; it's best if we do so tomorrow or on one of our off days." I reasoned. At that everyone agreed and went back to bed except for naruto. "Yeah, sorry about waking you ttebane. It was just another nightmare; the third one tonight." He steadied his breath as he gathered his words. "You should have come to my room after the second one ane. Hell, I knew there was a reason why we didn't shut the door that leads to each other's rooms ttebayo. And, yeah, sorry about the uh, busting through the door when you didn't have clothes on. And for not noticing sooner when I healed you but you coulda chosen better spots for the tattoos so if either of us tells the story it wouldn't be weird ttebayo."

"Yeah, sorry 'bout that but I thought it might have been the clothes or something. And, seriously, I'm glad you came in when you did. Otherwise, kyuu-nii and I would either be dead or injured. And as for the healing, we're family it's like taking care of yourself. You shouldn't be embarrassed. Of course that doesn't mean walk in when you feel like it or anything; just that if you happen to see me don't freak out because it's like looking in a mirror; Albeit a weird I-appear-to-be-a-girl mirror, but a mirror none the less. And sorry about my rambling on ttebane." He nodded showing agreement, stood up to stretch, and started walking towards to the door that leads to his room. "Wait!" I shouted and grabbed his wrist holding on for dear life. "Don't worry; I'm just going to get my pillow so I can sleep here.

I'm gonna make sure I can wake you up if you have any more nightmares ttebayo." He coaxed as I nodded and let go of his wrist to let him get his pillow. He was gone only for a few seconds and comes back to crawl into my huge over-indulgent luxury that is my bed. I tossed my pillow to the side, placed his and he draws back the blankets over himself and turns to face me. He pats my head in a 'goodnight' and drifts off after I do. In the morning, I wake up to a lightly snoring naruto and he wakes up seconds after I do. "Aww, look at the gaki and her identical brat. Kawaii!" we look over to see kyuubi and tsunade smiling down at us with expressions of mirth and endearment. "How nice to see naruto helping kasu-chan keep away the nightmares before the seal repairing." At that tsunade spoke up;

"Which will be taking place after your mission today. Come on you lazy pair of gaki, breakfast is downstairs." Naruto and I look at each other with a silent challenge and mutual agreement. "Last one down stairs-" I mused at him. "Buys the loser ramen-" he grinned mischievously at me. "For two months no bowl limit (ttebane/ttebayo)!" we finished in unison. "123go!" I said as we raced down stairs, barreling past tsunade baa-chan and kyuu-nii, dashing down the stairs hallway, and bursting into the living room and crashing into the dining room with –naruto- as the winner. "Yatta!" "Okay naru-chan a deal's a deal! Ramen on me, no bowl limit ttebane!" I chuckled the sentence at him as we sat down to eat. "Well, gaki, I regret to say, I can't join you this morning." Tsunade baa-chan called walking toward the door to leave.

"Aww, why not tsunade baa-chan?" we complained simultaneously. "Because, brats, I have to go to work! I'll make it up to you guys later!" she said heading out the door. After breakfast, kyuu-nii had gotten up and walked over to me. "Come on kit, let's fix that nightmare seal." he said making me follow him upstairs. "You too highlighter boy." ne called to naruto from the stairs' landing. "Don't call me that ttebayo!" he called back, following us up the stairs to my room and into it. "Why are we up here, kyuu-nii?" i inquired to him. "Because, kit, you need to be laying down for this. If you were standing, you would collapse to the floor." he gestured to the bed and I complied sheepishly. "Umm, kit the seal goes on your back, so you have to ditch your shirt." he said as I looked to naruto who was fighting an award blush.

"If that's the case kyuu, do i have to be here for this?" i looked to kyuubi who nodded affirmation. "I need you to hold her down in case she tries to struggle." he nodded solemnly walking to stand beside the bed as i ditched my shirt and laid down. "Right, let's get this over with." kyuu-nii sighed placing his hands on my back. "What's that?!" i looked to naruto and over my shoulder at kyuu who had gathered black chakra. "You act like you've never seen chakra. Now focus! She should start struggling soon!" he hissed as naruto recovered and went to restraining me again. Then it hit me like a tidal wave. Pain. "IIYA! ITAI TTEBANE! STOP! AHHHHH!" I cried as wave after wave hit me like a brick wall. "Don't worry kit, you're almost done!" I vaguely heard kyuu-nii's voice as another wave hit me. "KYUU-NII, NARUTO! MAKE IT STOP! AHHHHH!" I screamed at them as a sharp wave hit me.

"Kyuubi can't we do something to ease her pain?" I heard naruto off in the distance. "No. but don't worry! one more wave and it's over, kasumi-kit!" he called the last part to me as the last wave hit. "IIYA!" I called as the pain subsided and caught my breath. "There, it's set, and this time it won't dissipate and can't be tampered with without delivering a powerful purifying shock to the 'enemy'." I nodded as I sat up and rolled my shoulders to shrug away the pain. "Put your shirt back on already ttebayo!" naruto called as my shirt was thrown to me. "Right. Thanks, naruto. Sorry if I worried you, ttebane."i said, pulling my new look-like-naruto's but stopped to look at my new seal on my back. I saw a tribal crescent moon with a cloud before it disappeared, fading into my skin. "Good now, let's go meet with sakura, naru." I called running down the stairs as he followed shortly after I left the room. "I'm going to run errands around town before i come back to you kit!" kyuu-nii called as I left.

"Have fun ttebane!" I called back before shutting the door to the house and leaving the compound going to meet sakura with naruto, then met kakashi on our way to the hokage tower. 'Naruto there's a sand messenger hawk coming in.'he looked at me curiously as we made our way to the hallway in the tower. "Man, it feels so good to be on a real mission again." Naruto said, anticipation lacing his voice. "Listen, whatever mission we're given just take it and don't complain about it." Sakura complained to him. "Maa maa sakura, I'm pretty sure he's mature enough to keep his thoughts to himself ttebane." I mused mirthfully at her, my barely there but sharp musing sneer at her ever-present for knocking him down. "Yea, sakura-chan don't sweat it those days are over." He said as kakashi looked worn out just thinking about it. "I hope so." He sighed at naruto.

"Out of the way, out of the way!" shouted the voice as the head of the level-one cipher core Tsuki Takahashi made her way toward and then through our group as we moved just in time to let her through without incident. 'Hmm. They've already called in the cipher core.' "Huh? What was that all about? Ne, kakashi-sen-" "WHY DON'T YOU WATCH WHERE YOU"RE GOING! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" naruto shouted over sakura as Tsuki rounded the corner. I cast a glance to kakashi who had looked after that direction that she had gone with thoughtfulness. 'Glad I'm not the only one that an tell there's something going on around here ttebane.' It would be weird if you were kit. Kyuubi retorted as we made our way into the office. "Good to see you're here." Tsunade baa-chan called to us as we entered the mission room. "Team Kakashi's mission is to escort and guard a caravan."

I immediately looked at naruto, who didn't look all too happy with that. "Huh?! Escort duty on a caravan?! Come on!" he complained to tsunade baa-chan who looked annoyed at the familiar whining naruto. What? Have you got a problem with that?" she asked in an irritated tone. "Since you're asking, yes; lousy C-ranked mission. It's beneath my dignity!" naruto said sounding just as annoyed with a little haught to his voice as I looked at sakura, kakashi-sensei, tsunade baa-chan, and shizune trying to keep my temper in check. But to no avail, our mother's famous temper shone through true and STRONG! "Have a little humility every once in a while Dattebane!" I yelled smacking the back of his head. "Owww! That hurt dattebayo! What'd you do that for aneki?" he whined as I gave him a look of annoyance all my own. "Because you needed it ttebane! Even kyuu-nii agrees with me!"

Kit, I don't want to be a part of this, true opinion or not you know!Kyuu-nii whined as naruto looked like he was about to chime in on our conversation. But before he could retort, the door opened and Tsuki came running to tsunade baa-chan with the message she ran to decipher earlier. "Lady Tsunade! Terrible news!" she relayed as she jogged to stand in front of the table. "Now what is it?" Tsuki looked up, panting from here 'hauling-ass-because-the-devil-is-behind-me' marathon here. "A level one dispatch from Suna." She panted as she caught her breath. "Huh? Suna?" naruto inquired. "Where is this dispatch?" tsunade questioned her as she waited for the information. "Right here; I deciphered it as quickly as I could." She explained, handing tsunade the sheet. 'What the hell is going on kasu-nee?'naruto asked me rubbing the back of his head from where I hit him.

'I think the gaara's in trouble. Let's listen and find out.' "No way." "It can't be!" shizune and iruka gasped as they read the message. "It's Gaara. It seems he's been taken by the Akatsuki." Tsunade relayed.

~line break thingy?~

"Kasumi!" I turned around to the sound of my name being called snapping out of the tracker trance I was in as I tracked naruto and the other's chakra. "What is it tsunade baa-chan?" I asked taking note of the troubled look on her face. "I need you to go on a little mission for me." She started calmly. "What's the mission? I know you could have called anyone but me, so that means it's personal, but you trust I can put those feelings aside easily if need be." I stated just as calm as her face turned from troubled to grimly sad. "I need you to investigate a sasuke sighting. There have been reports of him playing errand boy for Kabuto under orochimaru's orders, gathering ingredients for his 'medicine' to prepare for his transfer to sasuke's body."

I narrowed my eyes at her I thought. "That's a lot of information." I mused at her half-lost in thought. "Yeah; thank kami for drunken henchmen ne." I raised an eyebrow at her words. "They've been executed after refusing treatment for their 'experimentation results' and trying to escape. Now, back to the mission; Will you accept it?" she inquired, tilting her head slightly waiting for my answer. "Of course, tsunade baa-chan! This is a chance to bring sasuke home, so don't worry if I see him I'll be sure to bring him home!" she sighed lightly in bitter happiness. "Of course. Now, please get ready to leave immediately. "Hai!" I sounded off as I made my leave to collect thing for my mission.