Chapter 06: Revelations and Show their True Nature

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(Story Start)

Naruto was standing lobby, waiting for his wife to came around, Arcee besides him just when Ratchet's voice echoed around the bridge room:

"Understood. Ratchet out."

"Well?" Naruto asked.

As the medic and the white robot turned around, his face grim.

"I have contacted Optimus and others," he said. "The beacon was a hoax. They were ambushed by a hoard of Insecticons."

Arcee cursed under her breath. Naruto just raised his eyebrow. He obviously had no idea what an 'Insecticon' was but it didn't sound too good.

"Can you bridge them out?" Arcee asked, moving to stand beside Naruto. Ratchet shook his head.

"According to Optimus there's too many of them now, opening a ground bridge is too risky. We will have to wait. So, I'm going to send you to Wheeljack and the kids."

"Damn! Why Wheeljack didn't reported us!" Naruto cursed. "Hinata shouldn't get involve for this!"

"I know, what you think about your concern with your friends." Ratchet said.

"What's the situation there then?" Arcee asked, flexing her fingers.

"Soundwave, Dreadwing, and an unknown amount of flyers."

"Scrap," Arcee cursed. She glanced at Naruto. "Dreadwing is Megatron's First Lieutenant. Soundwave is the Chief of Communications. And they were apparently tailed by a group of minions."

Naruto nodded. He tried to imagine the foes he would be up against. He had almost no idea what to expect and he did not like it one bit. SInce being a Sage and the Jinchuuriki of the 9 it will be match.

"So, what are we waiting for," The ninja asked. If he was going to fight against some giant robots he might as well start right away. He didn't like not having enough information prior a battle. Back home he had had loads of experience, knowledge of sage arts, kage bunshin, bijuu mode and wind ninjutsu and now he was about to march into a combat situation with powerful enemies that didn't fight by the former rules.

But then again, from the Decepticons' perspective, neither did he.

Ratchet had a serious look in his blue eyes. "I'll open a bridge for you."

While the medic turned to activate the portal Arcee straightened momentarily, the transformed into the blue motorcycle.

"Hop on," Arcee-the-motorcycle said. How could she even talk when in that form…?

With Naruto nod, swiftly getting on the vehicle.

His fingers gripped the handles tightly. Since thanks the Television he had watch and learned to ride a motorcycle before, leaving as fast as it had appeared because suddenly there was a green vortex in front of them and Arcee's engines roared like thunder as the motorcycle shot forwards and through the portal.

Now they on the move towards the portal. And suddenly they were not in the base anymore but in dark woods with rain clouds hanging heavy on the sky. Arcee raced forwards for a moment, heading forwards where Wheeljack's signal had apparently been before braking and stopping as the terrain got rougher. Naruto slid off. The Autobot transformed back into her robot form, crouching beside him, one arm changing into a weapon of some sort, ready to be fired.

As it was a first time to ride it before, Naruto has started to hear voices over the sound of rain – explosions, cracks of breaking wood, distant shouts.

"There," Arcee said, her voice clipped, and pointed where red beams of light could be seen, not too far from them. Naruto saw a tall form of a robot – a Decepticon as it most definitely wasn't Wheeljack – running through the woods and firing at something.

"I'll get Hinata and the others, you help Wheeljack," Naruto said. Arcee just nodded.

"Be careful, they are flyers." Her eyes flashed. "As the name indicates, they 'do'fly."

"Thanks for the warning," Naruto said with a smile that was quickly mirrored my Arcee. Then the blue 'Bot rushed forwards, her footsteps getting fainter and fainter under the roar of the pouring rain.

"Let's get going then," He muttered and set off. "Hang on, Hinata, guys...helps is on my way."

The forest was very different to what they had back in Konoha – the trees were smaller and grew thicker and it just felt different, smelled different. Since it was perfect place to harness his nature chakra if those trees were useful.

The sounds of battle grew louder and the beams of light brighter. There was a loud metallic crash from ahead and Naruto increased his speed. He had to reach Hinata and the others before –

There was a roar of engines and something flying sped above him.

Naruto cursed and ducked instinctively. The Decepticon circled back and raced towards him, transforming while still on air and dropping heavily in front of him.

The flyer straightened and looked down at Kakashi with expressionless visor.

Naruto darted behind large rocks, narrowly evading red beams of light making the tree trunks behind him crack and explode.

'Well, that's new,' He thought somberly while running, attempting to circle around the 'Con. The rain fell down like a proper downpour, making forest floor muddy and slippery under his sandals.

Kunais would be useless against his metallic foe; he had gathered that much from the first encounter in the desert. He would have to choose his techniques carefully as it would be the best to try to end the fight as soon as possible. The 'Con only had to get one single hit and that'd be it.

Suddenly he smirked. He started to rummage through his shirt while ducking behind a big tree. His gloved fingers soon found what they were looking for and he drew out an explosive tag from his pocket.

He heard the flyer approaching. He steeled himself, taking a deep breath and then darted from behind his cover, dodging the blasts from the triangular weapon and dashed straight towards the Decepticon. He leaped and rolled, slamming the tag into what would have been, had it been human, the 'Con's upper tight. The flyer started to turn, without a doubt aiming at his back again as he ran away from it.

There was a loud explosion from behind him and the metal cried and complained with a nasty screeching sound. He glanced back to see the flyer collapsed to the ground, bits of metal lying everywhere.

His lips twisted into a small smile. Then there was another sound of exploding metal, coming from the opposite direction Arcee had headed to.

'Hinata...guys!'

He continued running, jumping over a fallen tree and a couple of rocks. The sounds of battle were growing stronger. He close his eyes as the orange coloring slowly started to appear on his eyelids. Suddenly his eyes opened up and they could see his irises had also changed to look like frog eyes; now he entered Sage Mode and the world became into a different kind of focus.

There was another flyer ahead, already targeting him with its blaster and firing rapidly. The Naruto's eyes narrow wildly in its socket as he evaded shot after shot, hands once more forming the very familiar seals.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow Clones)" He shouted and a bunch of clones appeared around him.

"Okay, let's go guys!" He cried and darted behind his cover, the doppelgangers right behind him.

There would be no use using kicks and punches against this foe. The freaking thing was made of metal and Naruto was smart enough to realize that he would just end up breaking his hands, even with chakra enhanced attacks.

The Decepticon took a few steps back when the group of clones and one original ninja rushed forwards. The beams of light, nearly as tall as he, shot through the rain, hitting two of the clones which disappeared in puffs of white smoke.

'Good, now this one is busy.' Naruto thought while the rest running towards the 'Con, trying to get behind it as the clones distracted the robot. However, the amount of kage bunshins was quickly decreasing as the robot mercilessly shot them down.

'Now!' Naruto thought and couldn't help but he jumped when starting to form the next jutsu with one of his remaining clones.

"Senpō: Chō Ōdama Rasengan! (Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Spiralling Sphere)" He shouted.

The surrounding gloomy woods were momentarily lit up by a white-blue light that surrounded his palm, a gigantic ball of swirling energy in his hand as he dived down the tall robot that was just about to turn to face him as the last of the other clones dispersed in white smoke.

'Too late!' Naruto thought and slammed the Rasengan to the robot's side. as he dodged the flyer's final attempt to take him out by slamming its fist down at him.

He struck out his technique and rammed it into the Decepticons torso. The metal was forced to give way to the brute strength of his chakra-filled hand and the middle of the flyer's torso soon had a smoking hole in it. The sage just managed to jump back as the robot fell on its back to the ground.

"Well, that's something I haven't done before, but the training is payed off." He muttered. He grimaced as he wasn't felt himself getting fatigued already. Now He had completely fully recovered and with his Sage mode is active. But he had no time to loiter around. He still had friends to find.

That's when he heard the shout of agony echo around the woods. 'Hinata...'

He was already moving, once again racing through the forest and towards the voice. The Toad's eyes continued to sensed as he ran forwards, his speed enhanced with chakra as the trees seemed to nearly blur around him.

Then he saw it, the remaining flyer standing over Hitomi who was currently lying on the forest floor, trying to break out from the 'Con's hold. As he saw Ino and Sai were unconscious.

He circled behind the enemy and approached, silent and deadly as the sage ninja he was.

Another Sage-enhanced Rasengan was formed into his palm as he stormed towards the one remaining foe.

The flyer turned its head to face him just when he was about to strike. The bluish light reflected from the blank visor.

Then Naruto slammed his fist into the 'Con's face.

Another explosion and sound of metal screeching. Another body of a Decepticon started to drop to the ground. He saw Naruto rolling away from the robotic corpse that hit the ground with a loud 'thud'.

Naruto landed into a crouch a little away from Hinata and the now offline flyer. Or he at least attempted to because as soon as his feet hit the ground his knees gave out and he fell to the wet ground. Until his eyes revert into his normal blue eyes.

'Maybe that last Rasengan was a little too much, then,' He though before he went to Hinata, as she saw her arm got injured, as he took out a bandage as he wrapped around her arm, before he create a two kage bunshins.

"Get Ino and Sai."

"Hai!"

As Naruto place his palm in the ground creates a burst of smoke reveal to be a large scroll. As Naruto unrolled it and create a few seals and slam the seal and yelled. "Gyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Reverse Summoning Technique)" As poof of smoke appeared the seal; it reveal to be his kage bunshin? Since he left two or three clones for a stated of emergency. As the clone disappeared and with the information passed to his.

==With Arcee==

Arcee ran towards the battle, thinking if leaving Naruto on his own had been the right choice or not. He was a human after all, small and fragile, and about to dive into a battle with an enemy he had no experience fighting before. He didn't even have any modern weapons, no guns to fight the 'Cons with! She then berated herself angrily. Hadn't she been saying all week that there was something the ninjas weren't telling the Autobots? Hadn't she been suspecting some weird powers all that time their dimensional tourists had spent at the base? Well now they could as well use them.

Arcee smiled darkly as she dashed forwards. He hoped Naruto would find his friends before the they got themself killed. She herself had a trouble-attracting Wrecker to find.

The sounds of the battle grew stronger and she managed to catch a glimpse of white metal between the trees. Then she emerged from the forest into a clearing filled with signs of battle. And that's was where she found Wheeljack, fighting against both Dreadwing and Soundwave. The Wrecker was missing one of his swords already and was at the moment firing rapidly with his blaster and forcing Dreadwing to back off while simultaneously keeping off Soundwave's tentacles with the remaining blade. He was fighting like a true Wrecker he was, but it didn't change the fact that he was outnumbered and beginning to look increasingly weary.

Arcee sped up, dashing towards the Decepticon Communications Chief who had just managed to block the Wrecker's sword while he was getting more and more preoccupied by Dreadwing, who was approaching despite the rain of blue bolts of laser fired at the First Lieutenant's direction.

Arcee jumped.

Soundwave turned his head at her but it was already too late. Arcee's heel kicked viciously at the 'Con's chest and Soundwave was thrown backwards.

Arcee landed on a crouch beside Wheeljack who dodged a strike from Dreadwing and threw a punch at the large Decepticon's head, making him too stagger backwards.

"Nice you decided to join the party, Arcee," the white Wrecker said, grinning like a maniac.

Arcee snorted. "Only two against one? You getting rusty, Wheeljack?"

The 'loose cannon' of the Autobots barked a laugh. "Me? Never." Then he's tone turned a little more serious. "The others?"

Arcee narrowed her eyes as Soundwave picked himself off the ground and turned his empty visor to stare at them. "Not yet. Ratchet will send them as soon as possible. Naruto went to find his friends."

Wheeljack let out an affirmative grunt and flexed his fingers to get a better hold of the sword. Arcee could hear Dreadwing approaching.

"Then it's just you and me, eh?" Wheeljack said as Arcee leaped into action and darted towards Soundwave.

For a moment the only sounds in the clearing were the harsh clashes of metal against metal and an occasional blast of a laser. The rain had subsided into a light drizzle but the stormy-looking clouds continued to hover above them.

Arcee evaded one of Soundwave's violet-tinted tentacles that tried to grab a hold of her arm. She batted the other one aside too, bringing up her blaster and firing at the 'Con's head. Soundwave dodged but couldn't avoid the next punch delivered at the side of his face. With a cry Arcee rushed forwards, only to feel one of the tentacles attach itself on her back. Soundwave tilted his head and threw her backwards like a piece of junk metal. She crashed violently into the muddy ground. Groaning she opened her eyes and saw the tentacles approaching her again, only to be pulled back as Wheeljack (who had now lost his remaining sword too) fired at the sleek visored Decepticon. Arcee grunted and pulled herself up into a crouch. Swiftly she aimed her blaster at Dreadwing, firing with an annoyed snarl and distracting him enough so his punch aimed at the back of Wheeljack's head missed its target.

Then she was back on her feet, her focus once again back on Soundwave.

'Scrap,' She thought as she was once again in a vicious hand-to-hand-combat with the Communications Chief. Where were the others? They couldn't keep this up forever.

Suddenly there was a thunderous roar and three flyers sped over them.

"Scrap!" Arcee shouted, kicking Soundwave in the chest and retreating a bit. She was once again back-to-back with Wheeljack who seemed to have as rough a time as she was. "We have to wrap this up now! I have a feeling I know where the flyers are heading to."

Wheeljack grunted and Arcee felt the Wrecker tapping her arm. Soon her fingers were tightly wrapped around a grenade.

"Thirteen seconds, 'Cee," he said and engaged into a new fight with Dreadwing.

Arcee smiled grimly and sped towards Soundwave. A tentacle dived at her from the side but she jumped over it, struck another one aside and moved to throw a punch at Soundwave's head.

The 'Con dodged. He didn't, however, have the time to evade the roundhouse kick the femme slammed at the side of his face. The Decepticon staggered backwards and dropped to one knee, one sleek arm rising to wipe the mud of the visor.

And Arcee had already thrown the grenade at his feet.

She had barely time to transform and rush away from the blast. The motorcycle came to a halt at the edge of the clearing and she transformed back, crouching and looking at the scene of the explosion with narrowed optics. No sign of Soundwave.

"Arcee!" At the sound of Wheeljack's voice she snapped her gaze at Dreadwing who was currently getting punched in the face by the Wrecker, blue Energon dripping down his chin.

She stood up and soon the two Autobots were fighting the remaining enemy, kicking and striking and forcing him to retreat towards the forest.

Wheeljack kicked him in the knee and Dreadwing staggered back with a grunt. After managing to dodge Arcee's kick by a wire's breadth the Decepticon seemed to decide it would be best to retreat completely. Wheeljack tried to grab him by the wing as he transformed but it was already too late, and he and Arcee looked as the Nemesis' second-in-command sped off into the grey sky and away from the battle.

Arcee let out a huff and Wheeljack laughed, swiping off a trickle of leaking Energon from the corner of his mouth. The white Wrecker had acquired a great deal of new scrapes and cuts all over his paintjob and even a couple of rather nasty-looking dents at his torso. She herself probably wasn't doing much better. Oh, she could already hear Ratchet's outraged huffs and scolding words.

Before either of them had time to say anything there was an animistic roar of war cry emanating from the forest.

They both whirled around.

"What on Cybertron was 'that'?" Wheeljack cried out.

Arcee stared at the dark woods. For a moment the forest was silent. Then there was an explosion loud enough to split audio receptors and a couple of trees seemed to fall down in the distance.

Arcee and Wheeljack shared a look.

"Ratchet," Arcee said through the CommLink as Wheeljack went to fetch his swords."Now would be a really good time for those reinforcements."

==With Hinata==

As soon as Hinata saw the familiar bluish chakra swirling in the air behind the huge robot about to blast his head off he got ready to move. The second the Decepticon turned slightly, absently releasing his slashed arm she rolled away, grunting in pain but determined to get as far as possible. It would be a very stupid way to die by being crushed by a giant robot falling on top of you.

There was a loud crash of exploding metal and their enemy dropped to the ground. Smoking bits and pieces fell everywhere.

For a moment Hinata just lay there, catching her breath and enjoying the heartbeat beneath her ribs. Alive. Still alive.

She groaned in pain as she dragged herself up into a sitting position. Where was Naruto? Was he all right –

"Naruto-kun!"

As she saw Naruto create two clones as he summon a large scroll like during the Pain invasion, as he saw unrolled the scroll and making several handseals and slam his palm on the seal and summon a clone before it disappeared. As Naruto went to Hinata.

"You alright, Hinata?" Naruto asked, which made Hinata blush of how he was worried.

"H-Hai."

"Damn, me and Sakura-chan thought you were dead." Naruto relief.

"Sakura-san is here?"

"Yes." Naruto replied. As they heard a moaning and saw Ino awoke from the hit along with Sai. As Ino and Sai saw Naruto holding Hinata. Which made them shocked of she can't believe Naruto is here.

"Naruto, it's you!"

Naruto rubbing his head. "Hey guys."

"Naruto, where are we?" Sai said.

"That explanation has to wait, Sai. Right now..." As he glance at the skies. "We have some uninvited guest." Which made then turn their follow Naruto gaze a the raining sky.

A roar of rapidly nearing engines split the air in the not-so-far distance. A flyer dived from the sky, transforming and dropping into a slight crouch into the wet ground.

Since Wheeljack was busy with the sleek blue-black 'Con, Soundwave, he would already be here, wouldn't he? The Autobots would soon be here to get to safety.

The 'Con closest to him slowly tilted his head and took one step forwards

"This was bad." Hinata muttered.

"I know. Very bad." Ino added.

As Sai took out his scroll. "Who are they?"

"Decepticons." Naruto answered. "Right now, we'll explained later. And you guys better rest? Ino healed Hinata's arm. Since you guys were exhausted from your Chakra depletion."

"Right!" Ino, Hinata and Sai replied unison. As Sai remain seated, with Ino went to Hinata had her other arm was practically useless. Then healing her arm, since the Yamanaka heiress still had her chakra left.

The flyer wasn't alone. Soon there were two others slightly behind him, all watching them with empty visors and the drizzling rain here and there streaming down the dark metallic surface.

'Kurama.'

'Yeah, kit?' Kurama asked.

'Guess now is the time to reveal out true nature.' Naruto declared, which made the demon fox smile of his declared.

'Thought you never ask!'

As now Naruto made a loud clap, which his eyes flashed red. Before the flyer stepped closer.

They aimed their triangle-shaped weapon straight at them.

"You won't get him, you flying pieces of scrap metal!" He threatened. The 'Con closest to him slowly tilted his head and took one step forwards.

Suddenly Naruto changed only this time it was much more pronounced. It looked like his whole body was turned into some kind of fire with shroud parts down the middle and opens up into a full-length haori, revealing a black undergarment with three magatama on each side of his high collar. The shroud's numerous swirl patterns become complete, black circles, and the whisker-like markings on his face become thicker.

(Naruto Shippuden - OST - My Name - Starts)

As the flyers was surprised of how a blond child's sudden change. As they're about to fire their blasters.

There was a large tail, cloaked in a yellow flaming aura, hitting the Decepticon in the lower torso with a shattering force. The robot was flown backwards, its metal back hitting a tree that cracked loudly and started to fell from the brute force. The flyer dropped to the ground, trying to drag itself up again. The two others glanced at their comrade, and then back to the ninja in apparent confusion and shock.

Naruto is now in partial transformation in his Tailed Beast Mode. Now Hinata, Ino and Sai were like he was surrounded by the

The War Cry of Kurama roars.

Through the haze of the giant fox form, he stared at the flyer on the left quickly raise its weapon again, aiming at him. The Kyuubi charge forwards, as he plunged the forms now giant clawed fist into the 'Con's side.

The Naruto/Kurama drew back his arm from the strike and slammed his fist forward again, hitting the 'Con in the torso before it could aim the gun at his head. The metal creaked, complained and gave way to the fist filled with demonic chakra. The flyer flew backwards and went down with a thunderous crash.

There was a blaze of red light behind him and he barely managed to evade the laser beams hitting trees and ground behind him. He remain calm and leaped at the side, avoiding more shots of the triangular blaster the third enemy kept aimed at him. He suddenly dashed forwards hitting the ground in front of the flyer. It staggered back from the flying earth and rocks and tried desperately to land even one hit at the beast in front of it, throwing a punch at his head. Naruto is able ducking under the strike and rammed his one of his tails at the 'Con's leg.

The flyer was forced to stagger backwards and it fell heavily to the ground as its leg could no longer support its weight. Naruto in Kurama form stormed forwards, leaped and brought down creating a Giant Rasengan straight at the Decepticon's chest. The metallic body jerked violently and went completely still.

As he stood there, with his form still active at the world, the flaming aura surrounding him. 'Better thank Old man Sennin to stay their summoning world for improved my senjutsu and Biju form.

The remaining enemy, the one that had finally picked itself up from the muddy ground let its blaster sing and fired a shot after a shot after a shot at him. He swing his tail at the tree trunk behind him exploded, sending sharp pieces of wood flying, a couple of them hitting his back. He leaped forwards, as he dashed forwards, batting the aimed gun away with a sound of metal breaking and creaking under the force.

He jumped, the full-bijuu's chakra attacks. Then he slammed the tail at the Decepticon's visor in with one final strike of a chakra tail.

The prey's body jerked and it fell backwards on the muddy ground.

Silence fell to the woods, broken only by the sound of the silent breathing of the beast. The rain was practically nonexistent now, only a slight drizzle dripping from the grey sky above.

Then there was noise behind him and Naruto turned to see two more robots running towards him. "I don't think so."

They both stopped dead when they caught a good look at him. The larger white one seemed to shout something at him. With Naruto is no longer bared blood lust.

He would have charges forwards with high speed, would have raced towards them and tear their metallic limbs off one by one until there would be nothing left but scattered pieces of metal. As Naruto fades his transformation leaving into his first stage with black markings over his front, going to his shoulders and then to this back.

(Naruto Shippuden - OST - My Name - Ended)

As Naruto turned walk towards his friends, which he stopped on his tracks...he saw Ino and Hinata were knocked out, as he ran towards to Ino. As Naruto pick Ino and slapped her cheek which cause her to awoke it. She weakly open her eyes.

"Naruto..." Ino said.

"Ino, what happen?"

"We were ambushed, by the same visored face freak."

"Soundwave." Naruto guessed with a snarl.

Ino nodded. "Since you told me to hold tight for you instructed me to heal Hinata."

"Yea, but-" Naruto is about say, he notice someone's missing. "Where's Sai?"

"That freak took him."

Naruto gasped in shocked about Soundwave took Sai? Since of what he want with each of us. As he look around that since the only people is Hinata and Ino, as he cursed. "Kuso! (Shit)"

As he turn his head noticing Arcee and Wheeljack rush towards them. Which they saw their optics (or eyes) widen of Naruto's sudden change. As Naruto turn his head to Arcee and Wheeljack.

"Soundwave took a friend of our." Naruto proclaimed. "And this is ALSO part of the explanation HAS to wait too." Until his Bijuu mode fades. With both of the Autobots staring at Naruto with disbelief.

==At the Moment==

On a cliff not too far from the spot where the blond-haired human was defending his companions, Soundwave was crouching and intently staring at the four humans down below. He watched as the reinforcements dived from the sky, three flyers landing in front of them.

The Communications Chief tilted his head. There were ugly scrapes and dents all over his body, marks from the explosion he had barely managed to escape from. Not completely but enough not to have ended up in a smoking pile of scrap metal and wreckage.

Someone might have snorted at his actions, called him a coward for retreating and leaving Dreadwing behind. That Wrecker he had fought against, for example, would probably get even more arrogant after he left the battle. But Soundwave had no interest in such things. Values like honor in battle did not interest him. He was here to fulfill Lord Megatron's orders, not to engage petty quarrels with battle-crazy Wreckers.

It had been most interesting to watch the blond-haired human dispatch the flyer. It was something the Communications Chief had never seen before, had never imagined a mere human could do such a thing.

But Soundwave was becoming quite certain these were no ordinary humans, not by any standards.

He didn't know how the other younger ones had managed to beat two other flyers. Maybe he had similar abilities as his comrade, that energy-like power he had used to wipe out the flyer.

Suddenly there was a flare of something yellow with red linings from down below.

Soundwave watched in expressionless awe as a cloak-like flaming yellow aura started to shroud around the blond-haired human, enveloping him completely, making him appear nearly beast-like. The sleek Decepticon watched in silence as the – what could he call it? He didn't like not having clear definitions – human attacked the flyers, by turning into a animal with 9-tails, and almost took one of them down with a single blow.

Well, this was turning out to be rather fascinating.

He watched the boy closely, how he calm and silent almost animal-like, without any trace of any human awareness (Well, any of those Soundwave was aware of). He would be very interesting research material. And that's why he recorded every second of it.

But now was not the time to catch the boy – still charging like there – as he was mauling the remaining flyers with nearly startling efficiency. It would be too risky to attempt anything. Before which he saw two humans were busy, he saw girl with blond hair the same like the male one, he was. a glowing hand that place on the lavender-haired one's arm the one the flyer impaled her.

The other one is black haired, still look weak instead –

He transformed and dove off the cliff.

The boy didn't even notice, too busy to beat down the last of the flyers, as he landed which made the two girls and one male attention and saw him, before took out his tentacles charges straight at her, before the Ino will defend her friends. She saw took out the same knives before.

"I won't let you get your dirty hands on my friends! (Watashi wa, anata ga watashi no yūjin ni anata no yogoretate o eru koto ga dekimasen!)" Ino threaten, which made Soundwave was stunned a sudden outburst of a girl with a strange language. As he did analysed the knife he uncovered. As she knocked Ino in the side that hitsher head on the boulder, before the lavender shocked of her friend got knocked out.

"Ino-san!" As Soundwave is attempted grabbed her first with his tentacle sparks with electricity, until the pale skin boy appeared behind her. That struck him electrified, that collapse him, which made him annoyance for got in his way, so he change his plan by gathered him up the unconscious boy from the ground and set the coordinates for the 'Nemesis'. Until Hinata is about to stood. "Sai-san!" As she collapse. Until Naruto arrived since he was careless for leaving them behind.

==With Arcee and Wheeljack==

Arcee ran through the dark woods, Wheeljack by her side. The air between them was filled with a growing sense of dreading anticipation. She could still hear that war cry in her CPU, like the sound had never left her audio receptors and was just echoing around there. They rushed towards the new sounds of battle that had begun to emanate from the forest not long ago, both fearing what they would soon find.

The rain had lessened from the downpour into a slight drizzle so it was easier to navigate in the gloomy forest. Her blue-and-pink paintjob was already splattered with numerous stains of mud. Wheeljack looked even worse for wear; He had numerous the scrapes and wounds left by the battle against both the First Lieutenant and the Communications Chief of the 'Nemesis'. The Wrecker looked as grim as she did, blue optics trained at the direction the sounds of battle were emanating from.

There was a ground-grumbling crash from ahead and Arcee narrowed her eyes. She just hoped Naruto and the others could hold their ground until the help arrived.

"Ratchet, what's the situation there?" Wheeljack's voice had a very serious note in it. The Wrecker knew when to joke about the matter and when to cut out the nonsense.

Arcee heard the medic's voice through the CommLink.

"I'm about to bridge them back," He said. "Any sign of Naruto or the other kids?"

"No, not yet." She heard him reply, "but that'll hopefully change soon."

"They're not far," she grumbled. Another crash, this time almost thunderous in its volume.

Wheeljack was speaking with Ratchet again. "We're about to get a visual. Yeah, there is Naruto – what in the – "

They both stopped dead on their tracks as soon as they saw him.

Well, it 'was' Naruto – or at least Arcee thought so. She stared with wide optics at the weird yellow flames-like aura that surrounded the kid, shroud and moving, almost in a form of some sort of a canine is about the size as the mountain on 55 ft. Yes, she could even see a giant animal with 9 tails. She could see Naruto is on the head glowing.

What on Cybertron was that thing?

And then he turned to look at them. Arcee felt the first tendrils of cold fear wrap around her spark as she stared into the eyes that had earlier been as blue as fresh Energon. Now the irises were red. And the beast's eyes is blankly. With Naruto's eyes is look calm and fearless.

She could immediately see there was no human awareness of any kind left in those eyes. It looked like someone had just hit a switch. She thought about Naruto and his easy, cheerful smiles and enthusiastic rambling with calm demeanor, along with his wife. It was like this creature was a completely different being.

"What in Megatron's rusty exhaust pipe is 'that?'" Wheeljack let out.

Arcee could hear Ratchet's voice through the CommLink, his words getting increasingly more frantic as neither of the Autobots was responding.

The femme's gaze swept over the area. Four flyers were dead on the ground, the wreckages still smoking and sending white sparks into the sprinkling rain. Her fingers flexed. There was no doubt of what had happened to them. Her optics swiftly returned to Naruto.

She could see his intentions – or at least the strange monster's intentions that seemed to have abducted his body. The thing wasn't looking at them like a predator at its prey. It was staring them like a beast at anything living and moving – something it would rip apart just because it 'could'.

Arcee knew it then: the thing would attack them; it really was just a matter of seconds. The question was whether they could fight it without killing it – the thing still 'was' Naruto.

Or if they could fight it at all.

The time seemed to have slowed down; they had probably stood there just for a moment but for the blue Autobot it felt like hours. She more felt than saw Wheeljack silently adopting a battle stance, getting ready to fight if necessary. As it very probably would be.

Suddenly there was a strange look in the thing's eyes. Arcee's optics narrowed. It looked like Naruto was staring at the ground approximately in the middle of the distance between him and them.

And like it had never even existed, the flaming cloak aura started to disappear, vanishing soundlessly into the rain. Naruto is change back into his size while his appearance is still intact, since the flames never goes off from the rain water dose it. As he went to a fallen blond girl lift her in the onto the muddy forest floor. As Naruto turn his heat up at Arcee or Wheeljack.

"Soundwave took a friend of mine." Naruto proclaimed. "And this is ALSO part of the explanation HAS to wait too." Until his Bijuu mode fades. Which made Arcee shocked those flames were fade engulfs him. "And my friends need medical attention, NOW!"

"Ratchet!" She shouted through the CommLink. "We got Naruto's friends; send someone to get Mrs. Darby or Sakura to the base 'now!'"

"Naruto is already called his wife, informed Mrs. Darby. How bad is it?" Ratchet's concerned voice rang through the link after he had barked orders at someone.

"Ino and Hinata are alive, and unconscious!" Naruto informed.

"Naruto's says; Their alive but the blond girl is knocked out, she had head bruised and the other is in bad shape. Hurry!" Arcee knelt in front of the boy carrying the blond girl. "I'll take her." As he grab Ino on Naruto's hands.

With Wheeljack carrying Hinata had followed the motorcycle and now stood by her and raked his gaze around the surrounding woods.

"Naruto? We better get them back to base soon."

"Thanks, Arcee-san." Naruto replied.

She glanced at Wheeljack holding Hinata. The Wrecker was looking uncharacteristically somber and Arcee could see the same train of thought in his eyes as she was having at the moment. What had happened? And would it happen again? But right now, she told herself, there was just a badly injured human kid in front of them with Naruto. They couldn't 'not'help. As she turn her glance at Naruto.

"What in the Primus was that, Naruto?" Wheeljack stated. "What was that glowing flaming thing?"

"I told you that explanation has to wait!" Naruto replied. "Why did you didn't call us out!?"

"Hey! Your friend Ino insisted." The Wrecker replied. Which made Naruto sighed.

"Same old Ino." Naruto comment.

Ino had said something but so quietly she hadn't caught it. She spoke to her in Japanese, keeping her voice quiet and kind.

"You'll be alright, girl. You and your friend will need Medical."

"Sai-kun."

Arcee's optics widened and her gaze snapped back to Ino.

"What?" she breathed.

"Soundwave-teme took our friend Sai." Naruto informed.

Arcee suddenly realized why the girl had stared at the ground with that horrified look in her eyes. She looked at Wheeljack again.

"The kid's right. It was Soundwave," the Wrecker spat out.

Arcee closed her optics for a short while. The situation was getting worse and worse at every passing moment. As she glancing at Naruto.

"We'll get him back, Naruto, don't worry, your friends need some medical first." She said which getting a nod from Naruto.

The dark forest was momentarily illuminated by the green glow of a ground bridge that was opening not too far from them. Soon Optimus Prime and Smokescreen stepped out from the vortex.

"Whoa – what 'happened'here?" Smokescreen exclaimed, his gaze sweeping over the bodies of the dead flyers and the clear signs of battle that were scattered around the place: pieces of metal, tracks on the ground, splintered tree trunks. And of course the blood-stained and unconscious hyuga girl held in Wheeljack's arms. Along with Arcee carry Ino.

Prime was quickly by their side, one forearm transformed into a blaster a he silently observed the surroundings before focusing his attention to them.

"What is the status?" He asked.

"The 'Cons apparently got one of Naruto's buddis," Wheeljack said grimly. "As for what happened here…"

"We really don't know what was going on," Arcee concluded.

Optimus nodded gravely. "Bumblebee and Bulkhead are on their way to Jasper. They will bring the children and Ratchet informed me of Naruto called his wife to Mrs. Darby to the base." As he glancing at Naruto.

"I'll explained right away." Naruto said.

Arcee nodded, her mouth a straight line. Ino was limp as a rag doll in her arms. "Let's get going then," she said.

"Ratchet, we're ready for a ground bridge," Optimus said and soon the swirling vortex appeared before them again. Smokescreen hurried to them from where he had been inspecting the offline flyers.

"Was that 'Naruto' or his 'friends' who –"

"Not now Smokescreen." Her words were clipped as she stepped into the green glow…

==At the Autobot Base==

…and soon arrived to the base where a very worried-looking Ratchet stood by the switch and waited for them all to make it through the portal. As soon as Smokescreen, coming in last, had gotten his both feet into the floor of the base the medic shut down the bridge, then hurried to them.

"Is that the rest?" He asked, optics taking in everyone present and realizing who was missing.

"Just one. Taken. By Soundwave, probably," Wheeljack said, crossing his arms. Ratchet shut his optics momentarily, nodded jerkily and then focused his attention to Hinata and unconscious Ino on Arcee's and Wheeljack's arms.

"Bring them here," he said shortly, beckoning for Arcee to follow him. The rest of the Autobots trailed after them and Arcee and Wheeljack laid Ino and Hinata down on the same ascetic bed Raf too had once occupied when hurt.

They gathered around him, everyone silent for a moment as they waited for Jack's mother or Naruto's wife to arrive. Ratchet seemed to be inspecting the young kunoichi's wounded arm, blue optics narrowed. Smokescreen was standing beside the white medic, looking a little helpless, eyes trained on the blood still sluggishly bleeding from the deep gashes.

"Looks bad," their newest recruit mumbled. Arcee silently agreed. Humans always looked bad when injured, their bodies seemed to be so soft and fragile that she couldn't help but wonder what would be too much for them to endure. And the blood, the alarming color of red staining everything and looking even darker against the boy's pale skin.

Arcee momentarily tore her gaze from the hurt kid, glancing at Smokescreen. She only now took in the scrapes littering his white paintjob. She felt bad for nearly forgetting they had been fighting too.

"So the beacon was just a trick?"

"Yeah." Smokescreen sighed. "We got there easily enough and took a look around. And suddenly," he waved his arm. "The place is 'swarming' with Insecticons. Took us forever to thin out their lot so we could be bridged back without a bunch of them tailing us to the base."

Wheeljack was nodding. "Back there, at first Soundwave was the only one. Then that heap of scrap metal went and called for 'reinforcements.'" The Wrecker snorted.

"And that was something he apparently did only after seeing each of them there too!" Ratchet snapped, glaring at the white Wrecker's new battle scars. "And didn't I just finish fixing you?"

"I'd like to see 'you' after a fight with both Dreadwing 'and'Soundwave, Doc," Wheeljack growled.

Ratchet glowered at him but kept silent as they all saw that Optimus had one finger pressed beside his audio receptor, receiving something through the CommLink.

"Thank you, Bulkhead," he said and lowered his hand. "Bulkhead is coming to the base with Mrs. Darby and Mrs. Uzumaki. Bumblebee is attempting to keep the children out of the base for a short period. It would be unwise to let them see this young lady's in his current state."

Arcee nodded somberly. Better not to frighten the kids yet. As he turn his glance at Naruto and asked.

"Can you tell the names of those two girls?" She asked, getting a nod for Naruto.

As Naruto pointing at Ino. "This is Yamanaka Ino, the friend of Sakura."

"So...this is the 'Ino' you were talking about?" Smokescreen mention.

"That's right, since I used to be her friend or classmate at the time." Naruto explained. "And also her family is run a flower shop, and a heiress of her clan."

"Wait! Is she one of a noble family?" Ratchet asked.

"Something like that," As the blond move towards to Hinata. "This is Hyuga Hinata? She is also a friend too. Since I know her since she is a heiress too."

"You mean those two were heiress!" Ratchet stated.

"Yeah, her families arts is Jyuken, or a Gentle Fist?" Naruto explained. "Her families were specialized in Palm thrust."

"So only Palm thrust?" Arcee stated which made Naruto nod.

"Can you tell me who is the pale skin kid?" Wheeljack asked about the describe of Sai.

"He's name is Sai."

"No family name?" Ratchet said with Naruto replied. "Yup. And also my third teammate."

"He's your replacement teammate?" Smokecreen exclaimed, since Bulkhead was injured during the Tox-En effects, when je came around.

"Yup...like I said; he maybe creepy, but he is still a friend." Naruto replied with explained. "Right now. Saving Said is only option to get things done. Right now, the girls first."

"Considered it done." Optimus replied.

There was a sound of engines roaring and Bulkhead raced to the base, tires screeching as the green truck came to a halt in the middle of the room. The car's door to the passenger's seat was quickly pushed open and June Darby and Sakura hurried out, medical back held tightly in her right hand. She was pale but looked determined, her brow furrowed as she glared at Team Prime.

"Bulkhead kindly explained the situation to me in advance," She snapped.

As Sakura came and saw Ino and a badly injured Hinata. "Ino...Hinata...they're alive." As she snapped and went to them, as she turn her glance at her husband. "Naruto...but how! I thought they're-"

"I know, Sakura-chan? We thought our friends were dead." Naruto replied. "Since I never thought they're others still alive."

Arcee wondered how much Bulkhead (who had quickly transformed and joined the others, looking at Hinata shockingly, also a bright blond girl as well) had actually told Jack's mother. Probably not everything, because the dark-haired woman might have looked a little more shaken if told that there was a wounded dark blue kunoichi and platinum blond girl from another dimension waiting for medical attention in the Autobot base. But then again, Arcee thought as she watched Mrs. Darby and Sakura to hurry to Hinata's bedside and start to inspect the wound, she 'was'a nurse and as their own medical staff member probably had the invaluable ability to push everything else aside and concentrate on saving lives. Along with Sakura; due her greatest intelligent knowledge of medical. And 'also' a doctor and the 'wife' if Naruto.

And giving a good telling-off to the ones responsible for her patient's injuries, of course.

"I don't know 'how'I'm able to, it's unlike let Jack and his friends run along with you, Prime," She seethed, kneeling beside her bag to gather the needed equipment and pull latex gloves over her hands. "I knew it; some day one of them will get badly hurt. And now you have another child here, passed out from blood loss!" As she turn her glance at Arcee's arms; there was another one as well. "'And' even her!"

Arcee remembered the large glowing animal engulfs Naruto, looking straight at them with nothing since she didn't sense blood-lust. She felt the heavy gaze of Wheeljack on her shortly. Soon they'd had to tell the others what had happened. But she knew Optimus would want to wait for Naruto or Sakura themselves to explain things, and now it was not the time to press anyone about the matter.

"And they was on a 'battlefield!'" She bristled from anger but her hands were completely steady as she disinfected the deep wounds. "Anyone care to tell me 'why' there was a child 'or' two of fifteen or sixteen running around there? They could have been-"

"Those kids had been holed up here for a whole week," Wheeljack let out. "And this girl Hinata a-"

"You!" June pointed an accusing finger at the Wrecker, and Wheeljack managed to look somewhat taken aback, clearly not used to being scolded by human mothers. "Bulkhead told me how they got there in the first place! You should have sent them back as soon as you noticed they had come along!"

Wheeljack looked like he was about to retaliate but Optimus held up his hand.

"Now it is not the time for accusations. How is two girl's status?" The last words were directed at the still woman glaring at Wheeljack and then dropping her attention back to Hinata or Ino.

"Ino will be alright, she got her head knock pretty hard." Sakura stated. "I will gave her treatment until Hinata need to treat her arm first."

"I agreed with Sakura. This girl maned' Hinata, right?" Getting a nod both Naruto and Sakura, "her arm is seriously injured," She said sharply. "I'll need to take her to the-" As interrupted by the blond before he stepped in.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto called, which made the rosette attention to her husband with serious. "Its time."

Which made Sakura flinch for what her husband meant. "You sure?" She curious.

Naruto nodded. "Yes, since Arcee and Wheeljack did see it." Which made the autobots and June wondered what he meant. Also Arcee and Wheeljack knew Naruto's true nature. "Time to see the true nature."

Which made Sakura's eyes widen of the word signal that Naruto made.

Suddenly June frowned. "What did your mean...true nature?" She asked.

"What is it?" Arcee asked.

As Sakura staring at her husband with a serious look. Which both of them ignored their questions. As Sakura closed her eyes, since she remember the time will come when the Autobots were gain their trust worthy, her husband made a signal and the toads or slugs to do, but now...its the time."Hai, Naruto...it's time..."

As Sakura went over wounded Hinata in front of her; one she knew all too well and knew what to do. "Naruto, need your help here."

"Hai." As Naruto went assist his wife.

"Wait a minute." June said. "I was about to say that she needs surgery, the tendons and muscles were badly torn."

"I know..." Sakura replied, as she grab her arm and analysed the arm of Hinata's it was severed a bit and gravely deep, as she turn her glance at Naruto. "Can you hold her arm, please."

"Hai." As he instructed and holding her arm. As Sakura create a few familiar hand seals letting the Autobots watching of what she was doing; Ox and Tiger. As which made the Autobots surprised of what they had seen, since June did recognized that glow engulfed Sakura's hands. "Hold it still."

"Sure." As he keep her arm still as Sakura will do the work. As green healing chakra covered her hands. She placed her healing chakra on the wound and almost instantly the wound started to heal with concentration.

'This is work of a Deceptiocn, it almost had her arm severed. Luckily it only got flesh and bone, major blood vessels bleed out is still high risk.' Sakura thought as she ran though what she need to do. As June went closer look her eyes widen of she saw it before.

"It appear to be those wounds is staring to closing...and she's healing her wounds."

"What?" Ratchet blurted, stepping closer. "How is that possible? How did she do that?"

"How in the Cybertron is that?" Smokescreen asked as he watched the skin of Hinata's actually grow back.

"I don't know?" Mrs. Darby said. "This is the second time when she healed Naruto's head back in the…" she trailed off, and then raised her gaze at Optimus. As Naruto heard it turn his head at June.

"It's that the second time you see it?" Naruto asked, getting a nod from June.

"Yes, since Sakura awoke from her unconsciousness. I decide to keep as a secret like you guys. If I know you guys did not trust me, so if you can tell me when you're ready." June explained.

"I see...you had our trust now." Naruto declared. Which made June surprising. As Sakura finished healing those wound and went to the group.

Sakura stately announced. "I manage healed the tissue." For a moment, June looked to be at complete loss. As she went to her next patient. "I'll be checking with Ino." As she glance at June. "Hinata needs some intravenous, okay." As that since she is a doctor and went to the next ascetic bed.

'Okay?' Arcee though, dumbfounded. But it had seemed like he had been fighting the 'Cons barehanded. But there had been that strange thing floating around him…

Arcee met Wheeljack's gaze.

"We might have an idea what could be it," She said slowly. June frowned, looking at her. Optimus met her gaze.

"We will talk about that later," Prime decided. "For now we should just accept what is happening and make sure each of them will recover."

Mrs. Darby nodded, lips pursed but she gathered more equipment from her large bag and started to wrapped, Hinata's arm was securely bandaged. She was in the middle of making her and arm sling when the girl's eyes suddenly snapped open.

With a gasp Hinata sat up like someone had given her an electric shock and winced after the sharp movement. June let out a sound of surprise and took a step back as Hinata looked around.

"Hey, it's alright, you and your friend safe." She said with a kind voice. Hinata stared at her, clearly struggling to understand her words.

"Unfortunately this girl is like Naruto doesn't understand English very well," Prime explained. "According to him? His companions only speaks Japanese for now."

"Another one!" June blinked in surprise. As she glance at her eyes. "Just what happen to her eyes?" As the Autobots minus Optimus saw her eyes is completely pale.

As Naruto went to her for accompany. "You okay, Hinata? (Anata wa daijōbu, Hinata?)" Which made her 'eep!' turn her glance at Naruto standing besides her. Which made Autobots minus Optimus for jump in the gun.

'I didn't expected that.' Arcee thought amusing.

'I don't believe it...Naruto-kun is here...wearing some strange clothes.' Hinata thought before replied. "Yes, Naruto-kun. I'm alright. (Hai, Naruto-kun. Watashi wa daijōbuda.)" As she look around which she nearly jumped out of the bed with she saw the same giants before, as Naruto saw it coming.

"Whoa, whoa, easy Hinata. (O~tsu, o~tsu, kantan ni Hinata.)" Naruto said to Hinata to calm. "Their our friends. (Karera no yūjin-tachi.)"

"Friends? (Yūjin?)" Hinata asked.

"You did know Wheeljack, right? (Anata wa tadashī, Wheeljack o gozonjideshita ka?)" Naruto asked getting a nod from Hinata. "Those guys were good guys. (Sorera no hito wa zen'nindatta.)"

As the Autobots were disbelief of how this girl is like same age like Naruto and Sakura with her strange eyes.

So Bulkhead hadn't told that much to Jack's mother after all.

Hinata's gaze quickly swept over everyone in the room. "Who is she, Naruto-kun?" she asked in Japanese, eyes now trained on Mrs. Darby.

"This is June Darby." Naruto explained gestured at June.

"We called her here with your friend Sakura as soon as we found you and your friend injured. Sakura took care of your arm." Arcee added.

"Oh." Hinata looked down at the bandages.

Before Naruto spoke in. "Hinata..." Which made Hinata look at Naruto, as the blond turn his head to everyone. "There're the Autobots," As he pointed his finger at Arcee. "This is Arcee-san, she is the one carried Ino away to this base."

"This is their base?" Hinata exclaimed.

"That's right," Arcee replied. "Nice to meet you." Getting a nod from Hinata. Then Naruto pointed next to Bulkhead. "This is Bulkhead, the green muscle one." With Bulkhead replied. "How you going kiddo." With a nod from Hinata, next is Ratchet. "This is Ratchet-san, the medic." Getting a nod from the Mech medic, next is Bumblebee. "This is Bumblebee. he maybe can't speak well, only beeps or chirps, but his friends can?" As he gesture at the yellow-black bot with a beeping, which gave Arcee a translate. "Bee says nice to meet you." Which gave a nod from Hinata, that surprises her.

As he turn his head at Optimus. "Hinata..." Which made the pale-eyed girl at Naruto, as she follow his gaze at Optimus. "This bot standing before you was their leader, his name is Optimus Prime."

Hinata was awed of the sight of the red-blue giant bot with aura of leadership and brave. With Optimus spoke. "Naruto told me about you were one of them when you were in that cocoon." He said. "You and your friends were safe, with Mrs. Darby able patch you in a heavy concussion."

"Hai." Hinata replied.

Then she looked at Mrs. Darby who was looking at her patient with apparent doctor's eye.

"Thank you," Hinata said to her, which Naruto gave a translate to her. Her pronunciation was a little off but clear enough for June to understand. She smiled warmly at him.

"Does it hurt?" She asked gently in English, very lightly tapping his bandaged arm. Hinata caught her meaning and nod her head.

There was a sound of car speeding through the tunnel.

"Mrs. Darby, could you please inform the children of two new strangers situation? They must be worried," Prime said to June who had been looking at Hinata, then her her glance at Sakura with the same glowing hand on her head, brow deeply furrowed. "There is a matter of high importance we need to discuss with them. And," he said when she seemed ready to object, "we will make sure they rests properly afterwards."

June closed her mouth and nodded curtly. She smiled at Hinata, and then walked to the teenagers who were currently climbing out from the yellow-black Urbana 500. Before Naruto turn his glance at Hinata. "I better check on Ino if Sakura-chan finished her head after discussion about Sai." Which made Hinata nod and then turn walk towards to Sakura.

Arcee returned her attention back to Hinata, who was looking uncharacteristically serious. Which Naruto came to joined their discussion.

"This kid name Sai has probably been taken to the Decepticon ship," Wheeljack said. "Soundwave has kidnapped other humans before, so it could have been him. He was absent from our battle at the time."

Naruto nodded to Wheeljack to Arcee.

"Did you know why I meant 'true nature'? During my fight?"

Bulkhead and Ratchet looked beyond shocked. Others were silent for a moment.

"You took out a bunch of flyers; that seems to be all," Arcee replied. "Since you don't look like you're different, and calm."

"Yeah, I haven't use 'that' since I need some exercise." He stated. "And I took out all of them, of course..." He hung his head a little.

"What do you mean you 'took out'all of 'flyers?'" Bulkhead asked, baffled. Ratchet opened his mouth, and then shut it again, blinking. Smokescreen seemed equally astonished.

"I believe it has now become very important for you to properly explain the situation," Optimus Prime said. Naruto nodded, flexing the fingers of his good hand.

"Yup, this is why me and Sakura-chan decide to keep it as secret if you gain our trust." Naruto said it first. "Until we better save Sai."

Wheeljack snorted, crossing his arms. "What do you think we are, some Decepticon scum? Of course we'll get the little man back." He flashed him a smile. "You don't abandon a member of the band, after all."

"LIke you said about; those who abandon your comrades

Naruto smiled and replied. "Thanks...but right now...there is someone who wants to joined our discussion."

==With Sakura==

"Thanks again, Sakura." Ino said to her friend, since the rosette wrap her head with bandage. "Although...its good to see you."

"Same here, and I missed you too." Sakura replied, given a hug from her friend.

"So, Sakura, what's with a new outfit and includes a hospital coat." Ino asked. "During those Decepti-creeps took Sai-kun when Naruto came around...one more question...why's Naruto wearing something like that?"

"Its a long story Ino." Sakura stated, before make a glare. "And you shouldn't listen to Wheeljack! You almost had you killed in processed!"

Ino scratching behind her head. "Sorry, sorry. I was careless at the time." Which getting a sighed from Sakura as she turn her attention at Hinata. "So how's your arm?"

"Still sore, from that creature called Decepticons, right?" Hinata stated.

"Yeah, but its an advance humanoid machine. Like Puppets of course." Sakura explained.

"I know, except those weapons on their arms are highly advance, and also they can change forms into a air like in Sora no Kuni." Ino said.

"Same as always Ino." Naruto said, as the girls saw Naruto came in with Jack, Miko and Raf, since which made Hinata blushed for seeing Naruto came, as Sakura stood and turn with a smile. With Jack however, he couldn't help of how beautiful this girl is along with the bright blond girl, and including the uniform they wearing like Sakura does. With Raf was staring of how this girl is blind somehow she can see him with his face, with Miko wonder if she's wearing contacts?

"Ino, Hinata." Naruto said as he gestured to his new friends. "I would like to introduce some new friends."

As Jack step forward first and Naruto said. "I would like to introduce to Jack. (Watakushiha ni shōkai shitai to omoi Jakku)" As he introduce to Jack to Hinata with a shocked in surprising. With Jack gave her a nervous wave. Since Jack couldn't help of how beautiful this girl is with a pale eyes.

"Come on, Jack. It wasn't that hard." Naruto informed him with English, which made Ino and Hinata shocked about Naruto speak a different language. With the Sakura was giggle about how those two were confuse before they look at each other to what he said.

"I maybe never learned to speak a bit with basics...so...Kon'nichiwa." Jack said to the girls, getting a wave their hands nervously.

"There, that wasn't so bad." Naruto said.

"You think!" Jack replied as he joined the others before heading home.

"Naruto-kun, what was that that strange language you spoken? (Naruto-kun wa, sono kimyōna gengo anata ga hanasa rete iru koto o nandeshita ka?)" Hinata asked.

"Yeah, what where you you guys talking about? (Un, nani o anata-tachi no hanashi?)" Ino added.

"The language is called English, cool, huh," Naruto replied. "Since me and Sakura learn those stuff to talk each other or anyone." Which made Ino and Hinata's eyes widen in surprising off how Naruto or Sakura learned that language.

"That's cool! So can teach us about it?" Ino asked.

"Can you do mind walk, pig!" Sakura mocked asked.

Which made Ino eyes widen for forgotten about it. "Right, right I forgot."

Sakura giggle for her friend's forgotten. "You almost had amnesia when Soundwave knock your head towards the boulder hard."

"Says you, forehead!"

"Not until you think about it, piggy~" Sakura slyly said in English.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" Ino yelled in Japanese for not understand what she said. As the kids was completely surprising about an ague between friends? Since Naruto told them when they're 13 like Raf? They always argue all the time.

"Girls, stop arguing, and Sakura, please stop teasing Ino with the language we learned, okay." Naruto said. "Let's continue the introductions first."

"Alright." Ino replied.

"Hai, Naruto-kun." Hinata replied.

"Yes, koi (Loved)." Sakura replied which made Ino and Hinata was wondered about what Sakura called 'koi'? What did she mean?

"Now...also..." As glance at Raf gave him a signal to stepped forward. "This is Raf." With a wave from the 13 year old. "He maybe a kid like we were his age. So he has brains like Sakura-chan."

"Oh! Nice to meet you kiddo." Ino said with a cheerful expression.

"Nice to meet you, Raf." Hinata said with polite.

"Nice to meet you too." Rafael replied, before Naruto translated. As the blond is about continue.

Until Miko stepped in approaches to Hinata and said in Japanese. "Hi, I'm Miko. Nice to meet you." Miko greet which made Hinata and Ino flinch of this girl is saying. "What special with your eyes? What Ninja are you with the blond girlfriend? Can you do stuffs like Naruto or Sakura?"

"Huh?" Hinata confused.

"Great, another Naruto." Ino comment.

"Ino~" Sakura frowned.

"Sorry." Ino replied.

Sakura shook her head and said to Miko in English. "Miko. Hinata need some rest, since you don't want to get another arm fix." Which made Miko stepped back and said to Sakura. "Sorry." As Naruto explained to Ino and Hinata.

"Miko can speak our language, since this world's language is called 'Japanese'." Naruto explained, getting a slight nod from Hinata and Ino.

"I see, and I thought it was our world's language." Ino stated.

"I agreed." Hinata said, as before asking another subject. "Um...Sakura-san."

"Yes." Sakura responded.

"Why did you called Naruto-kun, 'koi'?" Hinata asked, which made Ino notice.

"Yeah, I'm curious." Ino added, before Miko stepped in until Naruto raise his hand and said.

"Don't spoiled it, Sakura will." The blond said getting a nod from Miko.

With Sakura heard their curious question. "Well..." With a sighed, as she continue. "I was married." Showing a wedding band.

Ino and Hinata were surprised, until the blond kunoichi spoken. "Are you serious?" Getting a nod from Sakura.

"Is it Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked hoping its her crush with terrifying and depression. 'No...NO!'

Sakura saw Hinata's face. With Miko will gave a translate to Jack and Raf of what they're saying. Since she knew about the Hyuga heiress had always loves Naruto during the Pain invasion and also when they were kids. As Sakura closed her eyes and answered. "...Yes, Hinata...its Naruto..."

"Sakura...you married Naruto...since when?" Ino asked before she shocked.

"Months ago, when myself and my husband Naruto thought you all dead from the explosion when Madara use the Infinite Tsukiyomi when you were trap in the slumber." Sakura explained. "Months been since we started to get used to this strange new world that has no chakra having our lives together, but the Decepticons were attack this world unlike the 4th Shinobi War."

Hinata's shook her head in disbelief with her eyes widen of her answer, as she cover her mouth and eyes with tears, as she got out on bed and ran towards the stairs to heading to the corridor. As the Autobots saw the crying heiress with heartbroken. Until June yelled. "Wait! You can ran like that when you were injured." Until Naruto saw it, as he went to June and place his hand on her shoulder.

"June...I'll talk to her." Naruto said to June which made June nod for understand.

"What happen?" Arcee asked.

"Sakura told Ino and Hinata about we're married." Which getting a nod from the Autobots. Until Optimus stepped in.

"Can you asked why?" Optimus asked curious.

Naruto sighed. "Hinata used to crush on me since the Academy in age of 8 or more. Before I was crushed with Sakura-chan." He answered.

"Wait, you're telling us that the girl you knew was your first childhood crush?" June stated.

"Yes, since she maybe shy, but I couldn't accept her feelings." Naruto explained.

"Whys that?" June asked with the Autobots were wondering about it.

"Its because she 'confessed' me first." Naruto answer, as he went to find Hinata the last thing she was running in the corridor. Before saying while walking to find her. "I'll find her and bring her back to bed since her condition."

Optimus saw it like when he reminded about his sparkmate Elita during in Cybertron. She and himself were close when she tried to confessed her feelings. Then suddenly...

A loud squeal like a giddy school girl which causing the Autobots and June saw Ino glomps her best friend.

As Ratchet groaned. "Another Miko!"

==At the Corridor==

As Naruto found Hinata sitting against the wall, crying softly as she hugged her knees with one arm with the other is broken.

She rested her forehead on her knees as she bit her lip, trying to stop the uncontrollable tears flowing from her eyes.

"Hinata..."

The Dark blue girl blink, then looked over to see Naruto with his hands on his pockets as he look at her. Still has her tears running down on her face. "N...Naruto-kun...?" As she immediately gaze at the floor.

Naruto sighed slowly as he walk over, rubbing the back of his head and said. "G-Gomen (Sorry), Hinata...I just...want to know that I love Sakura with all my heart? Since she is like my mother of course."

Hinata's eyes widen slightly before looking up at Naruto. "She's like your mother, Naruto-kun?"

Naruto nod. "Yeah, she is like my mother after all? She had red hair, unlike my wife's pink hair with a shade of red, slight temper, and even got her personality." He explained. "And it comes when kaa-chan hates her hair, and even Sakura-chan also hates her forehead as well...I told her everything and told stories about her, she was completely stunned about it."

The Dark Blue haired girl only hugged her legs with one arm more, in pains as she remember what happened only a couple hours ago. As Naruto sighed again. "I know you love me...but the matter the fact that I only sees you as a friend." Which made Hinata cringe and turn her eyes at Naruto. "Listen Hinata...the matter fact that there is something you should know..."

Suddenly a loud scream that came from the Bridge room. As Hinata turn her attention at the scream. "What happen?"

"It looks like Sakura-chan told Ino what happen to our world." Naruto explained, which getting a confuse look from Hinata. As the blond turn his eyes at Hinata. "You want to know what happen?" Which made Hinata nod.

==Hour Later==

Hinata was completely stunned about the whole story what Naruto told what happen to his friends and family at the Elemental Nations, which made her eyes burst out into her tears again, she shook her head quiver her mouth about her home...is gone...as she laid down hug herself become distressed and yelled. "UUUUGGGGHHHH!"

Her father is gone, her clan, her family, her friends, her home...and includes...her sister Hanabi. As Naruto lift her and gave her a comfort embrace. "I called Lord Fukasaku about our world...since your family will be watching you...and including Neji." As within minutes and then gave her a piggy back and went back to the Bridge room.

==At the Bridge Room==

As Naruto arrived back, with to see Ratchet still working, with he called. "Ratchet-san."

Getting attention from the medic seeing Naruto carried Hinata. "Is she alright?"

"She's fine." Naruto replied, as he look around and said. "Is my friends went home?"

"Yes, Bumblebee taking them back, with your wife remains." Ratchet explained, getting a nod from Naruto. "She comforted your friend, Ino, right?" Another nod from Naruto. "What did Sakura tell her?"

Ratchet answer. "She told her the news when she was excited about you and Sakura were married...and then she told her that causes her to distressed? What cause her sudden react? But why?"

Naruto sighed as did not hesitated to tell him. "Guessing there is no need to send us back with groundbridge."

Ratchet shocked. "Why?" As Naruto look down in the ground and answer. "Sakura-chan told you are going to use a whole stock of Energon to get us back" -getting a nod from the doctor- "...well...the truth is...Our world is gone."

"By the AllSpark! Serious?" Ratchet disbelief with his optics widen of he announced. "What happen?"

"Did you know Madara like the story?" Naruto asked, causing the mech medic nod. "He is the man that destroying our world." As he went to the stairs as Ratchet asked another subject. "Who informed you?"

"My sensei...I'll tell you tomorrow." Naruto replied. "And also keep it quiet if you'll stepped for an answer."

==At Nemesis==

Megatron stood at the bridge of the 'Nemesis', towering over the Doctor, First Lieutenant and the Communications Chief of his crew and staring at them expectantly. Not the good kind of expectantly, rather than "If you fail to tell me anything useful you will be thrown off the ship, you worthless pieces of scrap metal" kind of expectantly. Such looks rarely summoned confidence in his subordinates, but this time the three in front of him seemed to be rather pleased with themselves, even the blank-visored Soundwave.

"Well?"The Leader of the Decepticons asked in a menacing voice.

"Lord Megatron, we are happy to inform you that we have successfully seized one of the Autobots' new human pets; since they are three of them what Soundwave informed." Knock Out's voice had a clear note of pride in it, and the sleek red racer looked insufferably smug.

"And no thanks to you, 'Doctor,'" Megatron growled, making Knock Out take a half a step back. Megatron threw an ugly look at the race-enthusiastic Decepticon and turned his attention to his two other subordinates.

"But I am most pleased with 'your' work," he said. The plan with the false beacon and Insecticon ambush had fled his mind as soon as Soundwave had contacted him, informing him that there was a single Autobot near the Energon mine the Communications Chief had been examining, accompanied by the new human child. And the other one had soon stormed to the place, ready to save his companion. Almost too easy.

"Soon we can interrogate him-"

"'I'was the one who took him to the cargo bin," Knock Out muttered. Megatron looked at him murderously and the Doctor quieted down so his master could continue:

"-and he 'will' tell us how two 'humans' plus three managed to dispatch an entire team of Vehicons!" His eyes flashed dangerously. His gaze then focused on Soundwave, who stood as silently as always beside Dreadwing.

"Soundwave. I believe you have something to show me."

The Communications Chief nodded and stalked to the computers. After a moment the screens flickered on and there was a video footage of a forest shown there. It started playing immediately.

The Decepticons present took a step forwards to get a better look.

Megatron watched as the smaller three of the newly arrived humans – human children did look so 'pathetic'– attempted to defend themselves. There was a dead flyer lying on the ground not far from them. Megatron frowned. The flyer was missing a head. Clearly it was one of the two insects covering on the ground that had done it, but Megatron just couldn't understand how two or three mere humans had succeeded in it. And without using any of those modern weapons the inhabitants of this sorry planet usually favored in order to appear tough.

Then three other Vehicons dived from the sky and landed in front of the humans. The small four tried to protect themselves, planting one himself in front of the flyers. Megatron's smile was nearly an ugly snarl. It seemed the humans were as foolish as the Autobots themselves, busy to sacrifice themselves in every possible direction. Fools.

One of the Vehicons was approaching the boy, and then...

Megatron's red optics widened as he watched the boy turn into something that his body was covered in strange yellow flames, shrouds coming from nowhere and engulfing him. The boy turned into a giant animal with 9 tails, with clearly improved strength and speed, attacked the closest Vehicon. They watched as the flyer was send sprawling back and hit a tree with a force great enough to destroy the tree trunk with the beast's tails.

"Did he just…?" Knock Out's voice was flabbergasted. Megatron narrowed his eyes and watched as the kid took out the second flyer like it was nothing. The beast's size is 55 ft tall that unlike the Combiner.

The view angle changed as Soundwave changed his position and sped towards the battleground. Momentarily they got a closer look as the thing laid chaos in the middle of the woods. The boy didn't even notice as Soundwave seized the one of the humans with the same uniform as the girls, one is injured and other is weaked like the pale boy that Soundwave obtained him. Then the footage stopped.

Knock Out was opening and closing his mouth, and Dreadwing's eyes were wide, though he still managed to look as grim as always. Soundwave only tilted his head a little.

Megatron smiled.

"Thank you, Soundwave." He said silkily. "The new information you managed to gather has been most interesting."

The leader of the 'Nemesis' let out a laugh that echoed around the bridge and started to walk towards the door to the corridors.

"Maybe we should go and see if our 'guest' is awake. I'm sure he will have a lot to tell us."

==With Sai==

Sai slowly blinked his eyes he was till weak for his chakra got depleted. These occasions were easy to spot as it always felt different to wake up from the tired slumber caused by the overusing of his reserves than from ordinary sleep. 'Where am I?'

Normally he woke up silently yet swiftly, instantly alert and ready to move and fight if necessary. Now he came to sluggishly, his mind slowly awakening from the darkness it had descended into. His head was throbbing violently, when he was shocked, and his whole body felt stiff and sore. He soon realized why.

He was hanging from the ceiling, his both arms being stretched to the sides and encircled by multiple loops of chain that went around both his upper arms and forearms, causing his shoulders to bend backwards into an unnatural and painful position. His limbs were already suffering from the strain, aching but still feeling unpleasantly numb at the same time. He flexed his gloved fingers, checking his range of movement: not good. He couldn't make any seals as he could barely move his restrained arms. And he was still very tired, the small struggling being enough to make him gasp for breath. He growled, hating to be so weak.

He turned his attention to the room he was currently being held in.

It was dark, so very dark that he could barely see the walls and the corners of the room. He could hear low humming and clanking sounds coming from somewhere, like engines. Some kind of a ship, maybe? There was only one source of light, above him. He bent back his head, the light momentarily blinding him and he quickly let his head fall back, blinking furiously to dispatch the lights dancing in his field of vision. He glanced down instead. He could see the floor in the white light. The distance wasn't huge but if he were to fall down the wrong way he could break some bones or twist his ankle, both of which wouldn't be good in his current situation. If he managed to land correctly he would be ready to escape in a relatively short time.

So he had been captured. Probably by Decepticons like Naruto warmed him. Not. Good.

His equipment was all in place. His hitai-ate was still in his forehead. He was beyond glad for that. Maybe, just maybe he could, at some point, manage to use some of his weapons stored in the pockets of his vest. He really hoped the Decepticons were arrogant enough to overlook that.

The light above made him felt too exposed in the otherwise pitch-black room. He didn't like that light, the merciless white spotlight directed straight at him from the ceiling – it felt too much like he was on some kind of stage as a very unwilling performer.

And he had a feeling he wouldn't enjoy tonight's show.

He wondered if Naruto was all right along with Hinata and Ino. The last thing he remembered was shocked by a electric tentacles that the giant being struck him. He was protecting Hinata from the kidnapped attempted.

Then… Nothing.

He prayed they hadn't gotten Naruto or Ino or Hinata too. He knew for a fact that Naruto wouldn't have just left him there. If he had managed to teach the kids one thing, when Naruto told him, it was that proper ninjas did not abandon their comrades. And it was outside Naruto's nature to leave his friends behind.

So had they captured his friends as well? Were they being held in different premises? Was Naruto or Sakura or Ino or Hinata somewhere around here, maybe in the next room hanging from chains too?

Sai drew in a shaky breath. Since he was Ne or ROOT ANBU trained by Danzo and also not letting his emotions, since the books he read to learned.

Or, he thought blankly, they could have killed them.

He shook his head weakly in denial. No, his friends was strong, would soon be stronger than him. He would have gotten away. The boy would have fought his way out. 'Unless Naruto didn't want to leave his friends at any cost. Since Hinata was injured severely, her arm did look bad.

Sai closed his eyes. What kind of a teammate was he? Passing out when his friends needed him? Each of them should have been more careful! He had known when Ino or Hinata hadn't been fully recovered yet. He had been reckless, for being captured with no thought for the consequences.

But maybe the if Naruto or somebody had managed to save Hinata and Ino even though they had been too late for them. He hoped so much that it would be the case.

Otherwise, he would have failed his friends as well as the great men who had entrusted him in his care.

==Next Day - At the Autobot Base==

Ratchet regarded Naruto, his wife Sakura and new strangers like Hinata and Ino with worried optics. The ninja group was somewhat about their abilities. He was frowning a little and pursing his lips ever so slightly, clearly still in pain. The medic frowned. He knew very little of human physique and his inability to help made him frustrated. Luckily Mrs. Darby had fixed the arm of the paled eye girl (it had looked very painful) and it would heal properly. Before Naruto reported of hows Hinata and Ino were doing as she replied that Ino will be alright until she needs rest.

Speaking of Jack's mother, Naruto and Sakura told them about their friends being alive and wrapped in cocoon of how they survived, with Hinata and Ino were still in medical attention; when Naruto or Sakura told them about those were also medic, which made Miko shocked in surprised of how those two is also ninja medic. The white mech rolled his eyes. Trust the children to keep quiet about the matter, really.

Optimus went to speak with them for a moment, probably briefing them about the incident and calling them to join Team Prime. If Naruto or Sakura was finally about to tell the whole story, the kids deserved to hear about it too. And, well, guess Mrs. Darby was now part of that package too.

Ratchet glanced briefly at the other members of the team. Both Arcee and Wheeljack had a very serious look in their optics, and Smokescreen was eyeing Naruto like he wasn't sure how to act around the boy. Ratchet too was more than a little shaken about the conversation that had just taken place, and he truly wondered what had happened out there in the battlefield.

Apparently, he would soon find out.

He returned his attention to Naruto, who winced slightly while straightening his back.

"Are you sure you can do this?" The wedded couple. It would do no good to ignore them.

"Yeah, we're fine. Or we'll soon be," Naruto assured.

Ratchet frowned again.

Then the other kids were back, followed by a rather shocked-looking Mrs. Darby who was looking at Naruto half incredulously, half suspiciously along with his wife.

"Are you ready to begin?" Optimus asked, halting beside the teenagers sitting on the couches.

"Yup. The faster we get to rescue our friend Sai, the better." Sakura determined expression. "We are ready to tell you all the truth about us.."

"And that'll be enough," Arcee assured with a slight smile.

"Well…guess its time, for now..." Naruto went silent for a moment, clearly considering the best way to begin. Miko was moving restlessly beside Jack and Rafael, clearly wanting to say something but Bulkhead shushed her. As Sakura begun spoke.

"You know how we told you we are ninjas, right?" Sakura began slowly, hesitating a little, clearly unaccustomed to explaining such things to beings that had no idea what was going on. "That's true, we 'are' ninjas, but…we don't fight only with fists, knives, katanas and shurikens."

From the corner of his optic, Ratchet saw Arcee and Wheeljack exchanging a look.

"There's a energy source called chakra." Sakura announced before asking. "You guys don't know what chakra is?"

"I read about it." June stated. "It was traditions and other belief systems, chakra are energy points or knot in the subtle body."

"In a way, chakra is a natural energy within everyone." Sakura explained. "Though training a ninja is able to mold chakra into different forms. It's energy of sorts, formed by both physical and mental force."

"We can use it with these hand seals-" he raised his both hands in front of his face and formed a ram seal. "-to do the ninjutsu or genjutsu techniques."

"Like 'magic?'"Miko exclaimed.

Naruto and Sakura frowned. As the rosette. "Um, no."

"But it 'sounds' like magic!"

"Its not Magic, Miko." Sakura stated.

"'What'exactly are those…techniques?" Ratchet interrupted carefully, before Miko could ramble on.

"Well…for example, I did something has this really cool one. And a big one too." The teen's gaze wandered first to Arcee and Wheeljack and then to Smokescreen and Optimus Prime. "Remember that one 'Con without the head? Like Wheeljack said; it was me."

Ratchet heard Raf let out a gasp shortly after Naruto or Sakura's words. However, he paid very little attention to it as he himself was trying to comprehend the two young ninja's words. Naruto and Sakura gaze snapped to Arcee and Wheeljack. The blue femme nodded grimly in agreement.

Ratchet blinked. It nearly went over his range of imagination to picture how a human could do such a thing without any guns or other weapons.

Bulkhead was almost sputtering, clearly having the same difficulties. Bumblebee let out a shocked chirp. Smokescreen seemed to be recalling the battlefield in his mind and his eyes widened slightly in understanding.

"You…you can really do such things?" Bulkhead asked.

"Yeah...I'll show you." As Naruto stood, and then made his way at the Elevator besides the sliding doors, and then before putting his hands into a ram seal. He casually placing his foot on the wall, which of course causing them confuse minus Optimus with a keen look. as then he place another foot; that also causing the kids and June surprised along with the Autobots. As Naruto The moment he did he begun to walk up in the wall made his way up the wall and finally stopped as he hung there upside down on a balcony underneath.

"This is how chakra worked? It allows to stick someone's foot and stick it in the walls or any objects like trees." Naruto explained. "And also we can travel pretty fast when we boost the movements with chakra. Or hit very hard." Naruto grinned a bit." As he cancel his chakra and begun to as he spin and land safely. "And chakra allows to endured the landing."

"No way..." Jack, Miko and Raf unison. They never thought Naruto can stick his foot in the object surface.

"That's impossible!" Ratchet gaped. How could humans can use an energy source like Energon. Like the Insecticon can crawl on walls. Since there is no human can do such a thing.

"Yup, now it's my turn." Sakura said, as she stood, and casually dug into her pocket and pulled out her two black gloves. She only wore them when she and Naruto went out for training, as June saw of she was wondering where did she get that.

"Where did get those gloves, Sakura?" June asked. As Sakura impassively slipped on one of her gloves as the rosette turn her face at June replied.

"I have keep them as a state of emergency." Sakura said calmly as she cracked her knuckles which made Jack and Raf flinch for never thought of Sakura cracking her knuckles like that before, and also Miko.

"Did you crack your knuckles?" Miko said. "Your a medic and a fighter like Ratchet."

"I guess I agreed with Miko." Ratchet said.

"Shall we head outside." Sakura offered which made the Autobots confused minus Optimus wondered about her question. With Naruto knew what she was about to do.

"Why?" Ratchet asked.

"Just a little test...outside..." Sakura replied. As the Autobots exchange looks so they do what she said.

==Outside==

As June and the kids with Bumblebee outside minus Autobots will remain the base, since they don't risk themselves for reveal outside in the base by monitor with surveillance. Since they had cameras to watch Sakura's examine. Before Miko took out her cellphone and start video shot at her.

At the Base with the mainframe shows the area where June came to base after MECH. (AN: From Metal Attraction Episode)

Now back to Sakura, as she stepped up first as she put on her black gloves. "Okay I'll go first you two, now while Naruto was training for two years under Jiraiya I trained under Tsunade in that time."

"She meant the Hokage and Erosennin." Naruto translated.

"Whoa, you were trained by the Female Hokage? And also your legend teacher?" Miko was impressed by that although she really didn't have a good understanding of what Tsunade could even do.

"So that's his name." Jack stated.

"That's right," Sakura smile as she flexed her hands slightly. "I'm a fully trained medic and learned everything from Tsunade-sama as her apprentice."

"So that explains the glowing hand that closed the wounds." June said about she witnessed Sakura's healing capabilities.

"Mom, you know this?" Jack stated.

"I did, since Sakura awake from her consciousness." June state. "Since I don't what that is to do with Naruto, then suddenly he got healed."

"She did healed my head when she got space out by accident. And she's really great too," Naruto grinned. "I remember this time in the Sand village she took out a poison that no one else could figure it out how to cure it. She was amazing and that was the first time I really saw her medical skills too."

Sakura felt herself blush slightly at his praise honestly she didn't see the big deal. She only did what she was trained to do to save Gaara's brother who had been poisoned. But it did feel nice to be praise for her skills, only Tsunade had been one to really do that while training, well thinking back on it, Naruto had always been in her corner cheering. He had always been there helping her whenever he could, sometimes she wished she could go back and accept it more than she had.

"An unknown poison that no one else could figure out how to cure it." June said mimic about the poison. "It's sounded like a rare deadly poison was made by someone that kills its own victim."

"In a way, yes." Naruto replied.

"Well I can't use any real medical knowledge since no one is hurt," Sakura went on. "So we'll move into the one technique that I'm the only person that has been able to learn from her."

Sakura grinned as she slammed her fist into the earth as the ground shook like an earthquake was starting, the ground tore up as it split and some parts rose up out of the ground in large chunks. The kids had their jaws on the ground at the sight of it all, plus June was completely shocked. Sakura pulled her fist out of the broken earth easily enough with a superior smirk on her face at their surprised looks.

'What kind of insane strength was that!?'June thought to herself.

'Let's hope, Vince will had his death wish.' Jack then looked to Naruto and hoped he didn't get hit as much these days. With a punch like that she could do a lot of damage. Raf was completely terrified about. Also Bumblebee while the vehicle was completely shocked about Sakura, he couldn't imagine that a petite woman like her would be capable of such colossal damage. *This girl is like a human Rumble.*

'This girl can break a whole building with a single punch.' Raf thought.

"Man Sakura-chan that freaky strength is always impressive." Naruto grinned.

A slight anger tic appeared on her head as she glared at him. "Freaky huh? I can still show them how to reset a bone you know."

Naruto started to panic as he forgot she got sensitive about certain ways he described her strength. "S-sorry I didn't mean it like that!"

With Jack and Raf thought. 'Note to self; never say freaky or...' As they about to finished they saw Naruto lend them and whispered.

"And also...Don't under any circumstances call Sakura-chan monstrously strong or anything like that! You are only going to end up at the moon or travel way to Washington or New York!" Naruto whispered so only the kids or June could hear.

"We'll keep that in mind." Jack whispered back with Raf nod for agreed.

"This...this awesome!" Miko exclaimed, as she glance at the video she recorded. "And she is a Wrecker! With a one monstrously strong-UMPH!" Before she could finish that sentence, June ran over to her and covered Miko's mouth. With Naruto could already tell his wife had a tick mark on her forehead again and if he said anything else, he was going to be smack into the ocean!

"Miko, please don't say what any circumstances what Naruto warmed us not to called his wife monstrously strong or anything like that! You going to break your phone!"

Miko's eyes widened in surprise and fear before shaking her head in confirmation. Sighing in relief, June pulled her hand from her mouth as Naruto said. "Thanks," As he walk towards and said. "But you're right about her, Jack. Miko certainly is a troublemaker like I was."

"What was she going to say, Naruto-kun?" there was an edge in her voice that promised pain if she commented about her strength.

"It's nothing Sakura-chan" Naruto wrapped his arm around her and had her lean against him. This seemed to calm her down and get Miko out of the fire.

"Well..." Miko shrugged. "Wait until I tell Bulk about this."

As Jack staring at Naruto and Sakura and wondered. "Why did you married her in the first place."

==At the Base==

A sudden small earthquake that surrounds the base. Before they saw Sakura did punch a ground.

"By the AllSpark!" Ratchet shocked with a sight of a footage of a new area.

"No way!" Wheeljack shocked. "How could a little girl like that can punch a single solid ground."

"I agreed, Jackie. When Miko came and gave us some details of Sakura's strength." Bulkhead comment.

"Especially causing a earthquake too." Smokescreen added.

"Damn it!" A loud feminine voice. Which made the Autobots turn attention and saw Ino awake from her faithful headache. "Ratchet-san, did Sakura shown them about her strength?" As they were remain quiet, as Arcee gave Ino an answer? Before Naruto or Sakura or Hinata introduce to the Autobots and the kids and June.

"Yes, and did you want to tell us about it?" Arcee serious.

Ino sighed. "Forehead better when she got back with some medicine."

"I'm sure, Sakura will healed your head a bit since your friend Hinata will recovered from the fight." Ratchet said.

Ino nod for understand and turn back to bed for another nap.

"I agreed with Arcee. We need to learned your capabilities." Optimus stated.

==An Hour Later==

As Bumblebee returns with Uzumaki couple, June, Jack, Raf and Miko arrived back to base. As they unmounted out, before Bee transforming. As Miko went to Bulkhead and showing him the examine about that ground.

"Check it out Bulk! She was completely break the whole ground! It was so awesome!"

Bulk looked at her cell phone screen and was amazed by the damage.

"Wow… Never thought the girl could fight for being a medic. She might make an honorary Wrecker herself." Bulkhead stated. Miko just looked at him with a little bit of a glare and told him that's not going to happen.

"Miko! I suggest that show us the footage of Sakura's examine." Ratchet said.

"On it." Miko replied as she went to the mainframe and updated the footage. With they watch her examine that made the Autobots shocked about this.

"As you can see...Sakura-chan use chakra enhances her fist that cause a massive in her muscles." Naruto explained. "As her own personal technique called...Cherry Blossom Impect or Ōkashō."

"She is like the Decepticon Rumble." Bulkhead comment, as Bumblebee told him the same thing.

"You do?" Bulkhead said, getting a nod from the yellow bot.

"I never knew something that strength, its about like she can punch a hard armor as well." Arcee comment.

"So, those 'chakra' enhances anything?" Ratchet said.

"That's right," Naruto replied, as he took a strange kunai with marking, the blade is three ponged.

"I never seen this knife before?" Miko confused. "Until the those in my hometown."

"It was Miko." Naruto replied, as turn and a kunai at the corridor, which the Autobots saw hit in the floor, before they turn his head at Naruto as Smokescreen spoke. "What did had to-" As he is about to finished his sentence and saw Naruto was disappeared.

"By the AllSpark!" Ratchet reacted.

"Where did Naruto go?" Miko asked.

"Last thing I saw he toss that knife at the corridor and then vanished with I haven't blink in a eye."

"I'm over here!" Which made the Autobots and June and the kids (before they stood checking the corridor) saw Naruto at the entrance of the corridor, waving at them.

"What the!" Wheeljack disbelief.

"Naruto, how did you do that?" Jack exclaimed.

As Sakura joined in and called. "Did you still learned your father's jutsu?" Until she felt a arms around Naruto and whispered. "Yes, koi." That cause the kids and June jumped back and saw Naruto appeared behind Sakura.

"Naruto. how did you do that?" Raf asked.

Naruto look at Raf and he took the same kunai he tossed. "This is the result the technique I learned."

"What is that? Its cool!" Miko exclaimed,

"Its called "Hiraishin" or "Flying Thunder God"."

"Flying Thunder God!?" Optimus stated. "How did you appeared behind your wife, young Naruto?"

Naruto explained. "Its a technique allows the user to transport themselves to a given marked location instantaneously."

"Impossible! Just like the Groundbridge!" Ratchet exclaimed getting a nod from Naruto. "How did appeared when you toss that knife?" As Naruto replied showing a markings in the handle. "See this handle." As he took out another one, and gave it to Jack. "This will be come in handy."

"I guess so." Jack replied before taking it. With Miko take a closer look at the markings on the handle. "Flying Thunder God or Lightning Rod." She read the handle. As Miko turn his face at Naruto. "How did you appeared here with a blind of an eye?"

"It was dad's signature technique." Naruto proclaimed. "That's why dad earned the title as the Yellow Flash."

"That explains whey you did not tell us about your and your father's capabilities." Optimus serious.

"I did had to Optimus." Naruto replied. "It would if since Miko will spread rumors? None will cause a major incident." As he continue explained. "Iits also a Time-space continuum."

"Come on, Naruto, It will be awesome!" Miko exclaimed. "I want to learned that!"

"Uh...no."

"Why?"

"Me and Sakura-chan and Hinata and Ino were the only people can use chakra in our world."

"So that means you can get back to your world." Smokescreen suggested with hopeful.

Ratchet sighed about the rookie's comment as he spoke. "Actually...we can't have them return to their world."

"What are you talking about, Ratchet. I want to see their world look like?" Miko said.

"Naruto explained it to me last night." Ratchet stated, as Optimus was curious of what happen to the young ninjas world?

"What're your saying, old friend?" Optimus said.

As Ratchet saw Naruto and Sakura holding each other. Since he turn his eyes saw Ino and Hinata overheard their conversation. Now he turn his optics at Naruto staring at him, with a nod. Now he announced with his eyes closed. "Their world...is gone." That only cause shocked with disbelief. As Optimus eyes widen of how that announcement.

"Young Naruto told you?" Optimus asked getting a nod from Ratchet.

"How could this possible." Arcee exclaimed. "What happen."

As Naruto broke their hug with Sakura as his wife spoke. "We'll tell you." With the Autobots attending along with the kids and June. Now Naruto took out his hard drive, until they saw Ino and Hinata came in as Ino spoke. "Can we joined our conversation?"

With Naruto nodded. "Sure, Ino. More then merrier." As Hinata is seating a couch next to Jack, with Ino sitting against the rail.

With Naruto sighed alsong with his wife, and with the blonde started. "When the war still rage...things is getting bad when the fight between myself and Sakura-chan up against a man who responsible to declar war..."

==Time Skip==

With their explanation is done...Naruto retrieve the information, as Hinata and Ino were wondering of how Naruto can use such a device. Jack and Raf was stunned about this, as Hinata lower her head about it.

The Autobots were silent about their world is destroyed like Unicron did destroyed and devour worlds when the fight against Primus and the 13 Primes.

"So...you are all survivors?" Optimus asked serious.

"Yes, Optimus...there maybe others like me, Sakura-chan, Ino and Hinata." Naruto replied.

"I agreed with my husband...since we made our own life after our world is dead." Sakura said.

"that was...sad."

"And that's is awesome!"

"Miko, its not awesome! Its horrible!"

"Come on Jack, don't be like that! This is 'awesome'!Who knew they could do stuff like that?"

Sakura gritted her teeth and yelled. "MIKO!" As she stomp her foot create a the floor the shake causing Miko 'eep' and saw a raging Sakura with her eyes and releases KI surrounds her, as Miko collapse and she couldn't breath. With the Autobots saw Sakura's sudden rage.

"Did you know of how our lives were wasted for everything!" Sakura furious. "You are nothing but a 5 year old when comes to go the candy store to by sweets and then you want to see actions!" As she was about gave Miko a hard slap until a shoulder touch which turn her head until calm her KI and saw Naruto shook his head with concern. As Sakura gave him a embrace of comfort, as Naruto glaring at Miko. "Jack were right about you? Since this war between Autobots and Decepticons when you want to help them, right?" Which she was completely nervous. "Just like I was when I was thirteen." Which made June, Jack and Raf shocked about Naruto's age of being a ninja.

"I was careless for attack an enemy head on without a plan...since you did made your own mistakes if you want be a burden for your life." Naruto explained. "Putting lives in risk is the worst case scenario..."

Optimus nodded. "We understand, and I'm sure you will understand too."

Naruto smiled a little. "Yeah, I guess so." Then the blond boy's expression once more changed, now becoming very serious. As they broke their embrace and said calm. "Are you okay?" Which made Sakura nod.

"I think you want to talk about what happened in the battlefield, next…" he said slowly.

Ratchet looked at the others. Arcee shot a meaningful look at Prime. The leader of the Autobots shook his head ever so slightly and said. "We can talk more later. You must be tired; it would be advisable to get some rest now before we continue."

Naruto looked silent and nodded. Ratchet thought he could see a glimpse of relief in the boy's azure eyes along with the others. He wondered what the following conversations would bring with them. Arcee and Wheeljack clearly knew something, and Smokescreen and Prime too had some idea. Bulkhead and Bumblebee both looked at the medic with question in their eyes, but Ratchet could only shake his head. He, too, had no idea what truly was going on. They would have to be patient.

Bulkhead herded the other humans to the other side of the room so Naruto could get some rest. Jack and Raf turned many times to glance back at Naruto. Minus Hinata and Ino? Since with Naruto speaking rapidly in Japanese, telling about everything that had been said.

Ratchet sighed. So much had changed, very quickly. But guess that had really been just a matter of time.

Mrs. Darby made her way to them and went to Hinata with her medical bag. She was rather pale and was pursing her lips tightly. "I need to check if she has any more injuries," she announced. The look in her eyes clearly said she was not to be contradicted.

Ratchet nodded. "Please do. He's been through a lot." As turn his optics at Hinata. "She needs to check if you have any more injuries." Which made Hinata nod.

There was a flash of something unreadable in Mrs. Darby's eyes before the woman nodded and walked to Hinata once more.

"She will just check if you have any other injuries, then you can get some sleep," the white medic told Hinata. The girl looked like he would have liked nodded resignedly, the weariness getting the better of him.

Ratchet watched as Jack's mother studied the young girls's knuckles with a critical eye. As Ino stood and went to Sakura, which the rosette look at her and said. "What is it, Ino?"

"Can I scan your memory?" Ino offered. "Since you guys were learned that sort of language." Before she forgot something, since she knew what's inside Sakura's mind. "Can you tell the other you for that knowledge."

Sakura smiled about her offered until she thought through her mind. 'Hey, Inner, did you heard it?"

'Yeah, sure, but be sure don't not invade our personal life! Shannaro! (Cha!)' Inner Sakura replied.

With they cut out, then Sakura look at her friend and replied. "Sure, but she said don't invade our personal life, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, sure forehead." Ino replied, as she place her hand on her forehead, which made the others confuse. As the chakra flowing into her forehead, she watched her memories as if like watching movie in front of her and learned anything that might be of value.

"What's your friend Ino doing?"

"Reading her memories." Naruto replied.

"Cool! Is she a psychic?" Miko explained.

Naruto sighed and look at Miko and explained. "She is a Yamanaka heiress? Since her clan is specializing Mind Walking Techniques? It was used for gathering Information through memory, and also its part of the I& Department."

"I&T?" Smokescreen asked.

"It means Interrogation and Torture Department."

"Whoa, just like the 'Cortical Psychic Patch', when is a procedure through which mind of my mind when I captive." Arcee stated. "And also I never knew she is a heiress. Is her clan allows to reads minds of the human, looking for secrets and true motives."

"That's right, since Ino's Inoichi is a good man." Naruto explained.

With Ino was done, she took her hand off in Sakura's forehead as she look at the others with confuse looks plus Optimus with a serious face. As Jack step forward and said. "Can you understand me?" This time, Ino understood what he said through making a shock a little.

:Yes...I can." That made everyone surprised.

"Whoa! She can read minds 'and' learned from Sakura!"

"It 'was' similar then Pyschic Patch." Ratchet comment remarkable.

"I think I got forehead's memory to speak after all." Ino stated, as she glanced at Hinata then went to her. "I will transfer the language I learned from Naruto and Sakura, Hinata. This will take a while to teach it to you, when we don't want to waste time for our new life."

"Hai, Ino-san." Hinata replied. As Ino place her hand on her forehead.

"Guess don't do over do, okay?" Sakura informed with English. "You are going to get yourself from suffered from chakra exhaustion."

"Alright, forehead. I got your word." Ino replied.

"Chakra exhaustion?" Raf asked.

"Its like a flashlight ran out of juice? Depends how many energy have, that results for you going to get weaker in your body if you don't have chakra left." Naruto replied. "You'll died when you ran out causing to collapse."

"I see." Raf understand. Until Miko walked in and said. "Hey, Naruto."

Naruto frowned. "What?"

"Sorry about it earlier." Miko stated. "I shouldn't keep my mouth shut."

"Its alright." Naruto said. "But don't pull another gossip again."

"Right." Miko replied.

Ratchet watched Ino had her hand on her forehead? She can learned their language as if they were days, not hours old.

'Truly remarkable.'

"You want me to continue?"

==At Nemesis==

He had no idea how long he had been hanging there in the darkness. Just 'hanging around'. Ha ha. What a terrible joke. Naruto would have been so disappointed in him.

He really was tired.

He had fallen asleep at some point. Now that he was awake again the weariness was still clinging to his mind, trying to drag it back into the oblivion. He blinked slowly, trying to clear his vision after another spell of unconsciousness. He had no idea about the time. He was still rather tired so the time spent here in the lonely wherever-he-was could not have been very long.

Suddenly there was a loud clanking sound coming from somewhere in the darkness, and a slam that might have been caused by a closing door.

He slowly raised his one-eyed gaze and stared into the dark.

Sounds of loud footsteps emanated from the edge of the room, slowly coming closer. Soon Sai could see a large figure appearing, even darker than the darkness before the Decepticon walked to the halo of the white harsh light.

Sai found himself staring into red mechanical eyes of a biggest robot he had for now encountered. The being was even taller than unlike the others and despite the fact that Sai was already suspended far above the floor, he can tell that he is the Decepticon still towered above him.

He did not like that.

At all.

"So, you have finally woken up." The robot said in Japanese. Sai's neck stood up when he heard the voice. It was that kind of voice that immediately told that the speaker was someone very accustomed to eliminating everyone standing in their path, between them and their goal. It was a voice that left no doubt that the speaker believed to be above everyone and everything else.

Sai put together one and one and the this giant was their leader if he want to know for a became clear.

He held the red gaze steadily.

"Who are you?" He said smoothly despite his weariness.

Megatron chuckled darkly. "I am Megatron, leader of the Decepticons." -Which Sai was correct about him- "Wonder what else he has babbled to you about." The eyes flashed. "The Autobots do get so easily attached to their human 'pets'."

Sai narrowed his eye.

"So how did you figured out the language part," he said dryly.

Megatron scoffed. "Just because my subordinate was unable to realize it doesn't mean it was difficult for 'me'."

The huge steel-grey Decepticon then slowly walked around him, inspecting him like some fascinating insect in a glass jar. Sai flexed his fingers, fixing the 'Con with a harsh glare when he was again face-to-face with him.

"About a months ago," Megatron began, looking down at him, "There was an energy spike coming from the desert. Energy not unlike the one of a ground bridge. And when I send someone there to investigate they found two 'humans.'" The red eyes narrowed threateningly. "And the last night. The same signature came from the same location until now. It would be wise to tell me where you came from, you bug, before I decide you are no use for me."

Sai just stared at him, unblinking and without a word. its best not to betrayed his friends.

Megatron laughed. "Well aren't you a brave little crawler. I should warn you that if you refuse to cooperate, there are means to make you scream every little detail of your origin." The voice had changed from amused into vicious. "And 'then'you will tell me what that yellow haired human did to destroy my team of Vehicons."

'It must been Naruto's doing.' Sai thought before saying in replied. "What, didn't even one of your henchmen survive to tell the tale...Buckethead?" He mocked.

Megatron reached out and closed his huge steely claw-like fingers around the chains from which Kakashi was hanging. The Decepticon then yanked him up from the chains so that they were on eye-level. The jounin let out a pained grunt, grimacing as his arms were forced to strain even more.

"Let me make something clear to you, you pathetic little being," Megatron snarled, his face very close to the ninja's. "You may think you can maintain that attitude and defiance, but I can assure you that it won't be for long. Your Autobot friends won't find you, they cannot get aboard and they definitely won't be able to come and rescue you. We will have a 'very' long time to discuss about you and your…abilities." Suddenly there was even more unpleasant glint in the red eyes. "And of course, about your companion. Rather interesting topic for a conversation, that little 'beast?'"

The pain in Sai's arms was nothing compared to the agonizing feeling of dread that settled hard and heavy to the pit of his stomach like a piece of a glacier. Megatron must have seen something in his eye because the Decepticon laughed again. Since he needs to keep his emotion.

"Hit a nerve, did I?"

Sai swallowed. No, that could not have happened. If he must've he use the Biju's power… That meant anything could have happened. Naruto could have never even betrayed his friends…Sai shuddered and resisted the urge to bow his head. No, he would still look the evil in the eye, even if it could now see how shaken he was.

"I have never seen anything like that before, I must admit," Megatron continued, still holding him up by the chains that were painfully digging to his arms. "The boy could be a great use to me, don't you agree, bug?"

"You can't control him...since he had his Will on his own..." Sai snarled suddenly, rage threatening to take over his mind (it felt so much better than the despair). "No one can, least of all 'you'."

"Oh, but I disagree. And it's not about direct control, human; it's about using the 'inability' to do so." Megatron dropped the chains suddenly and Sai let out a cry of pain when he fell and the chains snapped straight again. "It's about deciding 'where' and 'when' that controllable action will happen." The Decepticon towered above him once more, but Sai didn't have the strength to look up anymore. He was breathing heavily, eyes closed tightly as he tried to control the pain. "And judging by how he went charging after my flyers threatened you I think I have gained useful insight of how to get him to…control."

Sai forced himself to tilt his head back to look the 'Con in the eye.

"Then…it'll be your loss…for he will come after you…and I won't betrayed...anyone..." He managed to ground out. Then his vision was already turning black. He heard one last thing before the darkness claimed him again.

"Well, we will see about 'that'."

==At the Bridge - Nemesis==

Megatron returned to the bridge and went straight to the computers. Soon the screens were once more displaying the video footage of the blond-haired human child turning into a beast with a shrouding flames. His optics were trained to the beast, to the righteous aura circling it, cloaking it and apparently giving the human incredible powers. And change into a 55 ft animal with nine tails.

At first he had thought both of the newly arrived humans might have had similar talents; along with three new humans; one is a boy and two is girls; that would have explained how they had managed to destroy the flyers. But according to Soundwave's report that was not the case. The Chief of Communications had peculiarly described that the 'feeling' when the monster had surfaced had not been experienced earlier in the battle. And it had seemed to be so controllable, like the kid wasn't really doing it, more like he had just succumbed to the calm demeanor. he saw him with his expression is calm and steady.

The pleasant conversation with the black-haired pale one had just strengthened the theory. The young human had been shocked to hear about the beast: It had not been part of the plan. No, the humans did have some other abilities. And he would unravel them, sooner or later.

Oh, this new turnout gave him so many possibilities. He could extract all the information possible from their prisoner and when they had all the useful data he would contact Team Prime and then torture and probably kill the insolent boy. Based on the boy's reaction showed on the footage, perhaps that would be more than enough to send the boy into another fit of controllable power. In the middle of the Autobot base.

Of course, his plan needed more information and some of his assumptions required confirmation before it could be properly executed. He would not fail this golden opportunity.

"We shall give our guest some rest before questioning him further," the leader of the Decepticons said and the Vehicons nearby snapped into attention. "He's weak and shaken. It won't be long after the pathetic being's resolve will be shattered to pieces."


Chapter 06 Ended
Date: 12/20/2014/3:17pm - 12/20/2014/3:30pm

Thank you for reading!

AN: Aaaand I'm back! The exams are over for now (I will have another super-important exam later, but that won't affect my updates yet ^^) and I can finally return to Naruto Shippūden: Ninjas of the Transformers Prime. I'll do my best to post the next chapter as soon as possible as I'm eager to finally continue this. Poor Sai. But I think you are underestimating our Emotionless kid, Megatron. Anyway, this chapter was kind of difficult to write as I had to make a character who is not good at explaining tell abut chakra to the others. Since Ino was completely concerned about her closed admired, and Jack had laid eyes on Hinata when they meet? He maybe like Sierra.

As an answer for some reviews: Just as I thought? This takes place during TF Prime Season 2, just after Smokescreen's arrival and Bulkhead's recovery but before the finding of Star Saber. As for Naruto, he will prepared to save their friend along with Sakura...well he will do solo or something.