Experiment 52

Summary: Saratobi realises that the village is becoming more and more corrupt, he realises that unless something is done about the council then the ninja's will begin a rebellion. So he calls in the only person he can think of with enough power to defeat an entire village of corrupt politicians. [Pairings undecided] [FemNaru, FemDei]

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"Speech"

'Thoughts'

-- Setting change

** Time Change **

"Demon Speech"

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Chapter 4: The first C Rank!

It was quiet on the road, maybe too quiet. Slowly Naru could see Sakura getting agitated, the blonde simply sighed and returned to her book, and where she had gotten it no one knew. Kakashi also had his book, and Sasuke was walking in front his mind on obsessed thoughts of revenge.

"Sasuke if you keep frowning like that you'll pull a muscle." Kakashi stated, getting a glare that was deflected by the bright orange porn in the man's hand.

There was silence again, the blonde glancing to the pinkette to notice she as just about ready to start frothing at the mouth. The fun was ruined by the puddle sitting suspiciously in the middle of the room. Naru stopped and started at it, catching the attention of the rest of the team.

"Naru?" Sakura asked, looking at the puddle too.

"Don't you think it's strange?" the blonde questioned,

"What?" sakura replied.

"Can't drink water, not milk. Milk makes them ill." There as a group face plant as Naru continued.

"I don't believe it!" Sasuke groaned from his place on the road.

They carried on, Kakashi watching behind him as the to ninja hidden in the puddle rose from behind him. In one quick swing he was caught, and split. Sakura screamed, her mind not truly understanding what had just happened.

"Kakashi-sensei! Kakashi-sensei! He-He just, Just-" She started to panic, she was not ready for this, not to see her sensei killed. They would be caught and captured, and Sasuke was the last Uchia! Naru watched with calm as Sakura panicked, Sasuke started to get ready to attack but she stopped him.

"What do you want?" she asked the enemy ninja. They ran forward,

"Just to kill you!" Sakura screamed again.

"Sasuke, help Sakura!" She yelled to the Uchia, pulling out one of her on kunai and dancing round one of the ninja, their chain followed her and soon she found herself stuck, the chain wrapped around her wrist poison flowing into her bloodstream. With a swift jerk she bulled the two off their feet using their on chain and stuck the kunai into one's shoulder earning her a screaming curse. The Uchia followed her actions with the other one.

"Ha! I-It's already too late, t-that poison is fast acting, y-you're going t-to diiie!" He screamed at the last part as kakashi appeared and twisted the kunai in his arm.

"I am well aware of the fact." Naru stated to him, pulling the chain from around her wrist with a spray of blood. She glanced at the one who had spoken to her. "You are the Demon Brothers, no?" he nodded.

She stuck the chain into the other ninja's shoulder with a swift snap of her hand. He cried out in pain and the other cried with him.

"What did you want again?" she asked calmly, "Tell myself and your brother before we die." She smirked earning a glare.

"To kill you, or rather your client over there." He sighed. Naru nodded.

"Thank you, I'm sorry, so sorry." He nodded himself, and grasped his brother's hand as Kakashi took them away with a shunshin.

She looked up to see Sasuke was hugging Sakura, the Uchia was looking at her.

"Are you really going to die?" He asked in a quiet voice.

"No, I'm just going to be very ill." She felt her head going dizzy after holing on for so long; the effects were catching up quickly. Kakashi caught her and he heard him tell the others something about the others. After that she was gone, the oblivion of sleep over taking her.

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"Well. That was well achieved." A familiar dark voice reached her ears, the blonde refused to open her eyes but she gave in. the place was dark, as always, the same dangerous red glow surrounding the sewer. Staring at her was the one person she didn't want to see.

"Hell Kyuubi."

"And such a warm welcoming." He replied to her sarcastically. She stood up, looking around and sighing.

"I hate this place." She mumbled.

"So do i. Especially since you met that sand boy. Stupid Shukaku."

"I REFUSE TO BE CALLED STUPID!! Look at this place, at least my container gives me a better prison!"

"Only because your seal is weak enough to allow interferences to your containers mind!" Naru looked to the left out the corner of her eye and saw a large doorway that defiantly hadn't been there before. Shikaku, the one tailed demon raccoon dog was standing out the other side bellowing to Kyuubi, who was standing waving his tails about angrily as he yelled at the other demon. Gaara was standing next to Shikaku. As the voices started to get louder Naru started to get a bigger headache. Suddenly it was silent. A quick glance to Kyuubi showed that her imagination had done its job. \the giant nine tailed demon fox had a muzzle on, while the large hole in her subconscious had been sound proofed. Blocking out Shikaku's bellowing laughs.

"Anwd Whawt Is Whis Fow?" Kyuubi asked, his voice coming out muffled as he tried to speak around the muzzle.

"You were giving me a headache." She stated, watching his angry red eyes turn to Shikaku. Seeing he had calmed down the muzzle disappeared. There was quiet as they watched a giant hammer appear and bash Shukaku on the head as Gaara rubbed his own no doubt suffering from his own headache. "Why am I here?" she asked quetly.

"I know you hate it. Change it if you must, but I know you will continue to hate it. You are here because changes have happened and we have yet to talk about them. Also this giant hole cannot stay, if it does the most likely ending is that your own and Gaara's mind will merge. Leaving your bodies unstable and warring for, then when one body achieves the full mind it will not be able to cope with the stress of having to minds deal with one body's problem. In the end, you will both die. Especially with the problem of you both having demons sealed. The body just wont be able to cope."

"How interesting." Naru sighed. A giant marble doorway started to form it's self around he hole, the edges that had previously been falling away as if eaten by corrosion was restored. Slowly two marble doors were made, one opened to Gaara's side, outwards, and one to her's, Inwards. As the doors closed with a steady click the locked them selves. A key appearing in Nauru's hand, and no doubt in Gaara's as well.

"You will now be able to talk to each other as well. now about those dreams…"

Their conversation carried on. Kyuubi's chakra flooded her chakra paths and began neutralising the poisons, then dragged it out of her actual body and into her mind, locking it in a safe called "To Be Used On Idiot Later" Specially designed to be used on anyone who pissed her off enough. And truthfully, she had lots of dangerous things in there.

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Kakashi noticed Naru's chakra go through a strange change, it became more disturbed but more calm. He put it down to Kyuubi helping with the poison. Yes, he knew about the demo fox, he had been told when Saratobi had first set himself and Anko to be her guardians. Speaking of Anko, the girl has been strangely determined to come on this mission. He pondered this finding it strange that she would take an interest in the mission, she normally only wanted to take one when she needed money…

He set it aside, he was getting strange looks because he wasn't reading his porn. He waited a few minutes until they were on a boat then whipped it out setting Naru on Sasuke's lap, much to the annoyance of Sakura. He gave a small giggle before getting lost into the plot of the newest Icha Icha. "Icha Icha – On Holiday!" 'Kineko slowly unwrapped her dressing gown, lying on the bed and softly calling to Dreg. "I've been waiting for this holiday for a long time…"' Kakashi gave a small perverted giggle, successfully achieving eye rolls from his two awake students.

** An Hour Later **

Sasuke had been carrying Naru for nearly half an hour now after the boat journey and he was getting rather sick of it. Though the girl wasn't heavy her breathing on his neck made him feel rather… strange. He also noticed that she kept receiving dirty looks from sakura. Though the Uchia had to doubt that Naru really cared. So far he had gathered that she was the sort to say "Fuck you bitch, you should have fainted first." Which would most definitely not go own well with Sakura.

A small chill, and slight whistle was all the warning they got before Kakashi yelled "DOWN!" and they hit the deck. Sasuke landed on his stomach, taking the brunt of the fall, and with Naru on his back that pain was made so much worse. Slowly rolling over all Sasuke managed to say was a pitiful,

"Ow." Meanwhile, above him Kakashi was facing their newest opponent,

"Momochi Zabuza, Demon of the hidden mist." Kakashi stated.

"Oho! Hitake Kakashi, the Copy Cat Ninja." Zabuza called from his place on his sword that was wedged halfway up a tree. They continued banter for a few moments before Zabuza called mist forward and became lost in it.

"Guy's be careful, Zabuza in notorious for hidden mist techniques, and the silent killing. Sasuke, protect Naru." With his order's given Kakashi himself disappeared, searching for Zabuza.

"Ah, you poor children so weak, pitiful really. The points I could hit and kill you with, heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, brain, spinal cord." Sasuke panicked, the killing intent around him was starting to make him feel insane. If he could just end it all, end the pain, leave his dreams and ambitions behind, everything would be better then.

Naru at his feet gave a small moan; she gripped her stomach unconsciously as her body continued its battle with the poison. 'That's right! I have to protect Naru, she can't help herself right now and she's relying on me, so is Kakashi-sensei and probably Sakura. I NEED to show them that I am strong!' He glanced to his left and right, trying to peer through the fog to see his team mate.

He heard her panicked breath and carefully picked Naru up, moving towards it.

Something touched her arm; she turned to the touch, panic racing through her. It was Sasuke, carrying Naru on his back. Beside him was Tazuna.

"Let's stick together Sakura, and work as a team, like that exercise that was our genin test." She nodded,

"But Naru came up with the plan!" She replied, panic seeping into her voice.

"Well then we think like Naru," He whispered to her. They gathered closer together, giving each other a moment to think.

"Alright, let's just stick together. How did Naru act in the test?"

"She was calm, really calm." Sakura replied, calm taking over as she started to think, looking around using her senses to the best of her ability. Far off she could hear Kakashi and Zabuza fighting. The mist was cleared by Kakashi, and Zabuza began yelling.

"Ha! Now, this is getting easier!" He made a move that launched Kakashi into the water.

"Kakashi-Sensei get off the water!" Sakura yelled, watching Zabuza go through some short seals that she recognised from a book.

"Wha?" Almost immediately Zabuza had him stuck in a water justu.

"Now who's gonna help your student's?" Zabuza laughed joyfully creating clones that ran to Sasuke and sakura. The Uchia had to drop Naru, quietly giving an apology as he rolled in a different direction to the girl in order to avoid a kunai.

A clone saw the unconscious girl unguarded and made his move. All fighting stopped as everyone realised what had just happened. A Zabuza clone, held Naru in a tight grip, kunai at her neck. "Well look what's happened now! Poor little unconscious girl!" he laughed joyously, "Now, hand over the old man." The students were torn, the old man was caught in fear, and Kakashi couldn't choose. 'What do I do? I can't sacrifice Naru but I can't let Tazuna die!'

"Shinobi rule 22. No matter what happens, mission priorities come first. You hesitated." A croaky voice whispered, though the sound carried. Zabuza stared at the now awake girl in his arms. "You woke me up." She sated, her eyes seemed to turn purple. And suddenly he wasn't so sure he wanted the girl as a hostage. "DIE!" He voice took a demonic edge as the cloned was met with his match, everyone watched in awe at what an irate Naru could do. She stabbed, slashed and generally mutilated him. Once the clones were gone she turned to the real one.

He backed off, releasing Kakashi so suddenly that the man fell under the water for a few seconds. When he resurfaced, he found that Zabuza had already lost his sword and now was taking a battering from Naru's hands. Just as she was about to deal what would certainly be a death blow senbon whizzed past. The ex-Mist Nin went down like a stone, the blonde in front of him kicked him to the shoreline, where he lay in the mess of a broken tree.

"Thank you for that, I've been trying to catch him for a while. Though I am sorry that your team had to go through so much trouble." Kakashi caught Naru as she almost immediately fell back asleep, a small sweat drop forming.

"Mah, no losses, no problems." He checked Zabuza's pulse and found none. The mist hunter nin slung Zabuza's arm over his shoulder and disappeared.

"Well then, lets get to your house, neh Tazuna-san?" Kakashi eye smiled, and Tazuna gave a slight chuckle, glad to have some sibilance of normality back.

** Three hours later, Tazuna's House **

Naru and Kakashi were sleeping in their separate bed rooms as Sasuke and Sakura helped Tazuna's newly introduced daughter, Tsunami to make dinner. They were sitting around the table when Tsunami's son arrived, he sat down and glared at them.

"What?" Sakura asked, Sasuke ignoring him, he may be open to his friends and his new team, but when it came to strangers he closed up again, a current annoyance to Naru.

"Why do you do it? You're just going to die!" He almost yelled, Tsunami and Tazuna stared shocked.

"Inari! Hush please!" Tsunami half chided, half pleaded.

"No, You're all gonna die! Gato will kill us all, he won't leave!" Inari stood up, his face creasing as tears started to roll down his cheeks, "You don't know what it's like to lose people close to you! Or to watch them be punished for being good in front of you! You don't know and you wont. Your lives are so good, so peaceful and-"

"And we are ninja, therefore if we didn't already know how you feel we soon will. Sadly though my team has already experienced the pains you talk about. Be glad you still have at least part of your family brat." Everyone turned to the new voice in shock. Naru was standing on the stairs, in shadow enough to cover her upper body but showing her lower. Her smooth legs were crossed, as well as her arms and she only seemed to be wearing an oversized t shirt. Sasuke almost drooled. Inari was still standing, gaping at the newest addition to his tantrum.

"But, but you haven't seen him, Gato is ruthless! He won't stop until grandpa stops building the bridge. He showed the village this when he- when he-" Inari cut himself off with a sob. Tsunami looked like she wanted nothing more that to hug him but was refraining herself.

"So something bad happened, big deal. You don't have a right to bitch about it and cry your eyes out." Her voice took a softer edge, "Look around you Inari you have your mother and your grandpa to protect and after them, your whole village! I'm guessing that the man who Gato punished was your role model. Now follow his example and show Gato the power of Wave!" Inari stood shocked before wiping his eyes and nodding. They looked back to see that Naru was gone, the door closing upstairs telling them where she had went.

Sasuke and Sakura finished their dinner before leaving. Their day had been exciting but now both were tired, Kakashi was still asleep when Sasuke slipped in. Judging by the quiet murmuring from the next room Sakura and Naru were talking. Soon however the family went to sleep as well, silence became the only sound in the house.

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Naru came upstairs, closing the door behind her loud enough for those downstairs to hear her. "That was a compelling little speech wasn't it?" Kyuubi's voice echoed in her mind. The blonde sighed, resting her back against the door.

'He is needed, if he stayed the bitchy little child I would have to show off more of my powers when the time comes to fight Zabuza again.' She whispered back to him, her own voice smooth in her mind.

"Ah, so you did notice then." He asked, she received a picture in her mind of the fox doing a sort of smirk with his mouth, hard thing for a fox.

'Of course. However, this also means that while they are busy training and fighting I can move the plans forward some. You already know who I have to meet tonight.'

"True, those pathetic human always need to train. Your meeting will go smoothly, I can already feel the planned chakra source heading towards us, they will arrive at the place in three hours." Kyuubi informed her. She sent a picture of herself nodding to him.

'Have you spoken anymore to Gaara?' she questioned, hearing Sakura and Sasuke bid their goodnights and moved to her bed, pulling up the blankets just as Sakura entered.

"Yes, he is planning to meet on the third of next month."

She didn't reply, instead started to focus on Sakura's rambling. She was talking about how much closer she was to Sasuke recently.

"Naru?" she received a hum, "Do you like Sasuke-kun?"

"Yes. As a friend, however I suppose you are talking as in more than a friend." She glanced at the pinkette out the corner of her eye. The girl was nodding.

"Yes, I wanted to know, because-" the girl blushed looking to the side.

"Don't worry dearest Sakura-chan," suddenly Naru was in front of her, her breath fanning out across her face as she held the blushing girl's chin, "Dearest Sasuke is yours." The pinkette released a small sigh of relief, sending her breath all over Naru who smirked.

"Naru-" Sakura started but was cut off by a small kiss. The blonde pulled away, still smirking. She ran her tongue over the pinkette's lips, her hands gently pushed Sakura down, then held their owner's weight.

Sakura absently noted that for the first time since she had met Naru the girl wasn't wearing her headband, instead there was a bandage around her forehead, as if, as if…

The thought was cut off by Naru's lips on her neck, sucking gently. Sakura gave a slight moan, thoughts tumbling around her head, unable to keep any sort of order.

"Naru." Sakura moaned,

"What is it?" Naru whispered into her ear, gently sucking on the pinkette's earlobe as she waited for the reply.

"What - what are you – we doing?!" she panted, her hands trailing Naru's arms up to her neck, and into her hair. Naru gave a soft chuckle and claimed the girl's lips once more.

"We – are – making - out." She started in between kisses. A light was flicked on outside the room, and they heard the doorknob turn.

The door opened to reveal Sakura and Naru in their respective beds, Naru with a book. Tsunami smiled at the blonde when she looked up.

"Are you both okay?" she asked quietly, not wanting to wake Sakura up. Naru gave a slow nod, and Tsunami left.

"How angelic you look, pretending to sleep with that small blush on your face." Naru gave Sakura one last kiss, long passionate and searing before the blonde was back in her bed, facing the wall and slowly slipping away into dream land. Sakura was left panting and blushing worse that ever, it took her a while to calm down and even longer to fall asleep.

** The Next Morning, 5:30 **

Naru was standing on the roof, Pakkun, one of Kakashi's dogs was with her. It was light but the sun had not yet risen. In all a peaceful morning, everyone was still asleep in the house, though Kakashi had woken earlier and given her instructions lending her chakra in order to summon Pakkun.

"I can't believe he wants me to do this!" Pakkun complained. They had just received a letter from the Hokage's summons asking about the mission. Naru was currently writing one, telling him what had happened and asking for assistance from the next team he could send. Pakkun was going to take it as he was well known for being Kakashi's summon and Naru didn't have one of her own. She stopped; read over the note and rolled it up handing it to Pakkun who took it in his mouth, gave a short nod and disappeared.

"What do you want?" her voice was soft and calm as she tilted her head to regard the newest ninja behind her. As soon as the smoke from Pakkun has gone this new ninja had appeared on the roof behind her.

"The council is getting restless, we have not heard from you and people are starting to doubt your loyalty." The Ninja lifted his head to show the proud gleaming headband of Konoha, though this ninja was anything but loyal to his Hokage. His name was ChijinSegare (Idiot Son) Mitokado, The son of the council elder Homura, he had been trained since a young age to think little of the current Hokage, and also that the council had ninja and civilian interests at heart unlike the hokage who was prejudice, apparently.

"When there is a reason to doubt my loyalty you will have it in writing until then, I suggest you leave." He sighed, and began to say something else, "Look, as sure as I am that you have something important from the council to say I would suggest you leave! Hitake Kakashi is in the room below and very soon he will be waking. Tell the council not to worry about me, when I return I will have many a thing to report." The ninja nodded and jumped away. When he was far enough away Kakashi stuck his head out the window.

"Nice save."

"Thanks" she sighed, looking down at him, "Go to bed Sensei, your still weak." Her sensei sighed, slipping into bed, his memory taking him to the first time they had started on their plans with the council.

** Flashback **

Naru, Anko and Kakashi were in the Hokage's office just after she had been unsealed. "Now, as you know because of the council being a rather large problem for us we had to unseal you, this will cause problems for you as their votes can over rule mine if they all vote together, that's why you were sealed in the first place." He received a rather tight nod, though Naru remained expressionless. "I am going to suggest something here that may put you in a lot of danger if you are caught. I need you to befriend the council, make them think you hate me, and spy on them." Anko and Kakashi gasped remembering the torture the last spy had gone through before an 'unknown ninja' (cough, Kakashi, cough) had put him out of his misery.

"Hokage, sir, you can't be serious!!" Anko cried out as Kakashi said in alarm,

"But, she's just a child!" Saratobi watched in mild amusement as his two most trusted ninja continued with reasons and arguments.

"Anything else?" Naru asked quietly, the shouting stopped for a second as the two ninja stared at her, then they started to shout at her about how she couldn't be serious.

"Yes, report to me before you go to these meeting so that we can discuss what to tell them, then please report to me after about what they have decided to we can take necessary action." The two ninja had shut up now, just watching with open mouths.

** End Flashback **

Naru continued to sit on the roof, even as the house started to stir into movement. Tsunami was up and cooking breakfast at half six, followed shortly by Tazuna. Sakura and Sasuke were up at around seven. Then Kakashi wobbled down the stairs at half eight. Through out it all Naru sat on top of the house staring at the two chain seals around her wrists. The blonde knew without looking that Kakashi had one on his left wrist and Anko one on her right. They were 'cautionary' seals, so that she would be protected from any one in the village or outside it. However Naru knew seals, and between the chains links there was a tracking seal and one to cause instant death. They weren't there to help her; they were there to threaten her. She gave a small chuckle, sure they would be a threat, if the threat hadn't been neutralised as soon as it has touched her skin.

'Oh, the joys of you being locked in my stomach.' She though, only receiving a light chuckle from the still sleepy Kyuubi.

"Naru! Naru, breakfast is ready. Are you coming?" Sakura asked from their bedroom window, she looked down startled, and then smiled softly. Quickly she swung down, through the window, she had judged everything just right and landed in a way that made Sakura slam back and let Naru grab her and swing her to the wall just to the left of the open window.

"Good morning dearest Sakura." Naru purred, her mouth in a soft smirk as she watched Sakura blush intently.

"Naru, why do you keep doing things like this?" she whispered, her mouth suddenly dry. Naru was wearing her blood red Lolita dress again, but she was barefoot and with only bandages across her forehead.

"Because your so fun to tease." Naru replied, softly licking then kissing Sakura before she had time to reply. slowly her arms were unleashed as Naru's hands moved down her body. Sakura rested her arms on Naru's shoulders, her eyes sliding closed into the kiss.

-- Change to Sakura's POV –

I felt Naru's hands slide down my body, for a second I was alarmed. What was I letting her do? I had never let a boy touch me or even kiss me in the way she was now, and has never even thought of a girl doing it! So far all my thoughts had been on Sasuke, and now here I was. Sasuke was down below with the others eating breakfast. Yet I was up here, my arms wrapped in Naru's hair, tied up into a loose ponytail while we kissed and her hands roamed. I felt my dress slide up and her hands reach the waistband of my shorts. Oh god, oh. My. God. What was she doing, her hands paused, everything paused. Carefully she pulled away, I opened my eyes to see she was still fucking smirking.

"Is everything okay Sakura-chan?" damn her, damn this blonde girl who knows everything is not okay.

"What are you doing?" I panted, damn, why couldn't I bee as calm as her?

"Nothing, I was kissing you but you started to hyperventilate so I stopped." She paused, examining me with her eyes, her smirk growing wider, "Did you want me to go further with my roaming, Sa-ku-ra-chan~?" God damn her, and everything she has done! I can feel my body reacting to her, feel something I have only felt after a little roaming on my own at night and under the sheets, and she fucking knows how I feel. In pure frustration I bring her closer by dragging her arms to my body and throwing them around me, and then in surprise to myself and her I kiss her. I can feel her respond after small hesitation, in seconds we are back the way we were before, only this time there is passion, frustration and a small amount of confusion heating the air and our bodies. What am I doing? This is a girl, a girl! But it doesn't feel wrong, not like all the other girls at the academy said it would, all of them… except, except Ino…

** Flashback **

"You know Ino, if what the others say about kissing another girl, I'm rather frightened to kiss a boy." Eleven year old Sakura said, they were walking home from the academy, and the lunch conversation had been on Sakura's mind all afternoon. "I mean, what if boys think that about us?" beside her Ino snorted, she had remained quiet until now.

"Sakura, what the girls said about kissing other girls isn't true. They're too young to have even tried that stuff yet so don't believe them." She looked at Ino. The blonde was the oldest between the girls and was already twelve.

"Have you, um, Have you-" Sakura couldn't finish but she knew that Ino knew what she meant.

"Almost."

"Ino!" Sakura cried out, half in excitement, half in… jealousy? She shook her head.

** End Flashback **

"Naru, can I ask you something?" I said as we paused to breath, our foreheads were touching and I was acutely was aware of Naru's cold hands on my ribs.

"Mm?" Came the answering murmur, blonde eyes opened to look into mine.

"Did you ever do this with Ino?" I whispered, for some reason I was anxious about the answer. Blonde eyes slid closed again and Naru let out a breath that fanned over my face, it sent strange shivers down my spine.

"Would it change your mind Sakura? Would my answer make you want to go further?" Naru looked up at me, searching my face, my eyes for the answer. I took a breath, would it? Would knowing that Naru had some things with Ino change this? Would it make me step back? Would it make my feelings at the moment change?

"No." I whispered, her eyes flicked up to me, relief shining, and she answered me,

"Yes. Almost, once when we were eleven." I took a breath and kissed her. I was right, there was no change in my feelings, somehow it just ment that I knew I would get the better deal, because Naru had experience, and that would mean everything.

We kissed, sloppily and heatedly as I felt Naru's cool hand sneaking further up, she rubbed my breasts through my bra and I gasped, my head hitting the wall as she moulded them and nipped my nipples. Oh. My. Fucking. God. My dress slid off as her followed, soon we were lying on the bed, semi naked and panting. The reason we had paused, people were moving downstairs. Footsteps sounded as somebody climbed the stairs and walked to our room. Naru threw my dress on me, zipping it up and left me in the room, climbing onto the roof, quickly catching onto her idea I ran to the door, opening it I ran into Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei. I schooled my face into one of surprise.

-- End Sakura's POV --

Sasuke and Kakashi sat around the table with the family, except Inari. Tsunami told them that like all young children, he wouldn't be up until about half ten, it was nine now. Sasuke glanced to Kakashi and the teacher knew he was wondering about his other two team mates, he had sent Sakura up there about half an hour ago. They were finished soon and started up the stairs. Coming to the bedroom Kakashi was about to slide it open when it was opened by a surprised Sakura.

"Is breakfast over already?" Sakura asked, tilting her head to the side a bit.

"Yeah, just, what happened to you two?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi looked Sakura up and down, her dress was ruffled, she wasn't wearing her shoes anymore, her hair looked a bit tousled and, and… Was that a hickey?! He almost giggled, his mind quickly coming to the most perverted reason for being late, her and Naru had been 'having a little team bonding' session it seemed. At that time Naru swung down from the roof, her dress now in place.

"S'up?" She asked casually, gliding past them all and almost skipping down the stairs. The two men turned back to Sakura to see she was sliding her shoes back on. Sighing the two left. Kakashi having very perverted thoughts about what had been going on and Sasuke wondering about it.

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"Sasuke and I are going out for first watch, at lunch you and Sakura are to come and swap, we have sorted out the roaster without you since you decided to be late for breakfast. Tomorrow I'll tell you when your going up but there is one simple rule through out this. There must always be two people on that bridge whenever Tazuna is there. Get it?" Sakura and Naru nodded, waving goodbye as the two left.

"Well I'm going back to bed" Naru said though a yawn. Sakura sighed as her blonde team mate climbed the stairs. She helped Tsunami for a time then decided to sit on the porch and read this new book she had. It was called The Vampire Diaries, a good read, very thrilling.

"Shoot." She climbed the stairs wondering when she brought it up. Entering the bed room she couldn't find it in her bag. After a few minutes of rummaging through her things she stood up and glanced around the room, she saw it lying innocently next to Naru's bed. "Bitch." She muttered, picking up the book and glancing at Naru, the girl opened an eye and stuck her tongue out. Sakura on a moment of impulse leaned over and sucked the blonde's tongue. Then with a cocky smirk the pinkette was gone, her book with her. Naru grumbled and rolled over, falling asleep again.

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Sasuke was soo bored! He wondered what the girls were doing now, a voice in the back of his head told him he didn't want to know. He ignored it; he rarely ever listened to the voices in his head any way. "Sasuke, keep a look out!" Kakashi told him as he crossed to the other side of the bridge. Sasuke nodded. Turning to look at the water below, he let his thoughts wander. Predictably they went to his brother, revenge, small flashback, revenge, power, revenge, revenge, his family's power, revenge. A known cycle to anyone, but the one thing that people didn't know about was that this circle also included Naru.

'She's so pretty, I wonder if she would revive my clan with me?' his mind took him back to the confrontation with Inari, when she had been on the stairs. He had been so close to loosing his self control. 'No! I am a Uchia, of course she would want to be with me. Plus she's powerful, she would teach me, and she would obviously love me. All the girl's love me!' Nobody knew the problems Sasuke had from having fan girls following him everyday, though Naru had a hint. Though if she knew she would have squashed his dreams right then, as it was though she didn't get to see him until two days later…

** Two days later **

Naru was in a bad mood, after the confrontation with the council member earlier in the week she had never since had a chance to be alone, especially since yesterday she had been training with Kakashi, and it hadn't exactly been easy training. It seemed Kakashi wanted her to show the powers she had so far only shown with Gaara the first time she had met him. And that was simply not okay. Now though Kakashi and Sakura were guarding the bridge, she was training with Sasuke on tree walking, something she had mastered but Kakashi had only just started to teach them. A rather poor reflection on his teaching skills. 'Then again he has only ever been taught, and he was a prodigy, so I guess I can't really fault him…'

"Naru, you seem to know more than Kakashi-sensei." Sasuke broke the silence first, his tone was slightly questioning and something about it put Naru on edge.

"Yeah?" She asked, continuing to climb her tree, purposely putting in too much chakra and rebounding off the tree onto the floor. She glanced at Sasuke to see he was glaring at his tree.

"Yeah. So train me." She was slightly put off by the way he demanded training, and annoyed by it.

"No." She replied with out pause, starting back up her tree.

"Why not?" He demanded back to her, Naru turned on her tree, slightly shocked to hear his tone.

"Uchia Sasuke. I thought more of you, obviously extending friendship to you was a mistake if this is how you treat your friends." She pushed herself off the tree, twirling like a cat to land on her feet. She stood up and found herself face to face with an angered Uchia.

"I know your more powerful than Kakashi, you just hide it. You have to teach me." He stated.

"I don't have to do anything, I am not yours to control, nor am I one of your fan girls that would bend over backwards just to hear you say hi. If this is how you ask favours of your friends then I don't want to be your friend." She replied sidestepping him and walking away.

"What about the tree training!" Sasuke yelled at her. Still seething,

"I've already mastered it." she replied, not once looking back as she wandered deeper into the forest. Soon it was dark with nearly all the daylight blocked by the over hanging leaves.

"I'm sorry I'm late, it's been hard to get away." She told the empty clearing.

"That's fine, I think we all remember what Genin teams are like." A voice said, drifting over from the shadows just to the left of her. Naru sighed and sat down in a whoosh of skirts. She was once more wearing her gothic Lolita clothes, this one a slim black and white.

"Are all nine here now?" asked another voice this time to her right.

"All nine, and the second nine." Came a voice from behind.

"Very well. As the container for the Kyuubi no Kitsune, lord of the foxes, strongest of the Bijuu. I start this meeting by welcoming you all, my fellow Jinchuuriki, My friends Akatsuki." Naru spoke to those circled around her, who had now stepped out of the shadows,

"Welcome, Lady Elemental, Leader of us here, Last of the Metherlence line, Experiment 52. As your servants, we activate your power, as your servants we use it, as your servants we control it." In a spike of bright pain she was surrounded by a circle of blue charka, expelled from those around her, her own blue chakra was brought forward by it, and with it her power as an elemental, the blood red pooling around her. The bandages around her forehead fell, her eyes slid closed, and the beautiful blood red stone was shown for all to see.

There! Sorry it's taken so long. There was a small argument about the moments between Sakura and Naru but that's been sorted now.

We're both happy to say that this little bit is our proudest part.

Love, Envy and Angel.