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Author's Note: None. Start Chapter.
Naruto was thinking hard. Very hard. Why? Because, they would have to sneak in to Konoha. Under normal circumstances, this would prove to be extremely easy, however, now there were problems. First off, the Leaf was cautious, because it was attacked by two villages, only 2 ½ years ago. Second, three years ago as well, two S-class criminals slipped in unnoticed. Konoha, always one for pride, would not let that happen again. Naruto sighed. It would take a lot for them to get in unnoticed. And to add to that, what would happen once they got in? The plan was to have the Yamanaka family use their techniques to have to three bijuu communicate. This would help them in many ways. First off, the Nibi and Kyuubi would "convince" the Ichibi to let Gaara finally sleep. Second, they could home in on other bijuu chakra signatures.
'Simple enough, ne?' thought Naruto. This was not meant to be. The Yamanaka family, or Ino's family, as Naruto knew them, detested him. It appears that only Ino and her family were the only Yamanaka's left, thanks to the Nine-tails.
'You just made this a lot harder...' thought Naruto to himself.
'I guess, we could persuade them to help us.' said Gaara
'No, that wouldn't be right. That would only prove that we really are evil.' said Kita
'Kita's right. However, we really don't have many options at this point.' Naruto sighed
In Konoha
Sakura walked down the dirt road towards the Hokage tower. The Godaime came back a few days back, and Sakura had been happy. According to Tsunade, Naruto had died. Gaara had met up with them, and Naruto and Gaara killed each other. The whole night, everyone in Konoha had an even greater party than the one that was held when Naruto left. And slowly, yet surely, the seeds of false happiness and joy gave way to a hubris of undermining guilt that nearly drove Sakura insane. Sakura just pushed away her final last, teammate. Their sensei, Hatake Kakashi ran off with Yuuhi Kurenai a few weeks after Naruto left on his two and a half year journey. The once loud, boisterous Konoha died. It had died when Naruto left, Sakura realized. Everyone in town knew it.
It didn't help that some people were on Naruto's side. All the geniuses in Konoha, apparently felt Naruto had nothing to with the demon, other than the fact that he was it's container.
During Naruto's two and a half year absence in Konoha, Hyuuga Hiashi broke the Sandaime's law, and announced to the youth of the village of Naruto's heritage.
Needless to say, everyone was shocked. The smart people, like Shikamaru, put that fact aside, and were content. The other people however, like Sakura herself, blamed Naruto for everything wrong that happened to them. Sasuke left, because of his brother. He needed to get stronger.
'Grr! IT'S ALL ITACHI'S DAMN FAULT! IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT BASTARD KILLING OFF HIS DAMN FAMILY, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!' said Sakura.
She was desperately trying once again to pin the blame on someone else. Again. The part that killed her, however, was the fact that she celebrated last night that Naruto died. And now, she could never say she was sorry. That cut her deeper than any blade could.
'Come back home, Naruto. Please... I'm so sorry...It looks like you really don't know what you've got until it's gone...'
Sakura sighed as she realized that she was right in front of Tsunade's door. She reluctantly opened it, not wanting to meet the Godaime's gaze.
'Hello, Sakura.' said Tsunade weakly. It was obvious that she had been crying. Sakura couldn't think of anything to say. Then out of nowher, she blurted
'I'm sorry. I should never have done that to him. I...' whispered Sakura
'That's enough, Sakura. I know what your going through. I drove out Jiraiya too, when Orochimaru left us.'
Sakura was stunned. She ran into the Godaime's arms.
Later that day...
Naruto, Kita, and Gaara stood facing one of the walls of Konoha. It had been decided. They'd just try and use the Henge technique to get past the guards. They were only chuunin anyway, and yet, there was still a risk. One false move, and there would never be another chance. And so they went. Naruto transformed into Rock Lee. They had been seen earlier, leaving Konoha, no doubt on a mission. Gaara, though he hated it, transformed into Maito Gai, and Kita...well, she didn't even need to transform, since no one would recognize her. It was true that there were Konoha teams in the Chuunin exam she participated in a year ago, but she doubted anyone would remember her.
'Gai. Done with the mission so soon? You just left.' said the chuunin on guard
'We need to get more supplies for the mission, and we found this girl on the side of the road. Due to the YOUTH POWER that I possess, I cannot allow her to stay there. We will take her to the Hokage, and see if she can stay.'
'GREAT SIR! I WISH THAT I COULD POSSESS THE FLAMES OF YOUTH ONE DAY!'
'Don't worry, you will get your candlelight will burn into a bonfire, but not now.'
'YES SIR! PLEASE, GO THROUGH!'
And so, Naruto, Kita, and Gaara made their way towards the Godaime. When Naruto(as Lee) opened the door to the 3rd's former office, he immediately stiffened. He saw Sakura sitting on a chair, talking to Tsunade. Both looked up to him. He didn't know what to do.
'Did they see through my technique?'
Gaara, seeing Naruto hesitant, came to the rescue, by saying 'Hokage-sama, we must talk to you immediately. This girl, he said pointing to Kita, has two huge swishing, tails of youth! She must be allowed to stay. When Tsunade saw them, she looked at them strangely. Then she noticed a headband with a slash running through it clenched in Lee's fist. And she realized that Gai said the word two with a special tone in his voice. Her eyes widened. The Nibi. She turned her eyes to Lee.
'Naruto!' she thought
'Sakura, allow me to talk to the "beautiful beasts of Konoha". In private.' said Tsunade with a note of finality in her voice.
' I better get out of here, then. Hi Lee-san!' said Sakura as she walked towards the door, where Naruto and Gaara still were. As Sakura put out her hand for him to shake, he immediately if possible, even, stiffened more and took her hand. He didn't let go.
'Lee-san, let me get going now.'
'Of course, Sakura-chan.'
And with that, Sakura walked outside. Then a thought reached her mind. 'Only one boy calls me chan. When did Lee start using Naruto's honorific for me? Usually he calls me Sakura-san.'
After Sakura left the room, and the doors were closed, two poofs were heard, and Gaara and Naruto, and Kita stood in front of the Hokage. A silence hung in the room. Then, Naruto went up and said
'Kaa-chan, this is Kita-chan.' said Naruto
'Mom? I'm mom now huh? A few days ago, I was granny.' said Tsunade
'You're the closest thing to a mom that I have.' said Naruto
Tsunade inwardly smiled. Naruto had just made her day.
'I'm like the weird son of Jiraiya, and you.' said Naruto
And then Tsunade's cloud nine shattered in that moment.
Naruto chuckled.
'Hokage-sama, we must see the Yamanaka family. They have to perform their "Meeting of the Minds" technique.' said Kita
'What? What for?'
'Tsunade, we need them so that the Bijuu inside us can talk. If we can do that, I can finally sleep, and the three demons can home in on the other bijuu.' said Gaara
'That's a great idea. However, how you wil get the Yamanaka family to do that, is beyond me.'
'We need you to buy us a window of time. Is Ino's dad in the village?' asked Naruto
'No, he is not. He's currently on a mission.' said Tsunade
'Then we'll just have to wait. When he gets back, give him a mission break, for at least a week. Leave Ino off missions too. The Meeting of the Minds technique requires at least three minds to use the jutsu. Ino's Mom, Ino's Dad, and Ino herself, should be sufficient.' said Naruto
'Well then, I'll do that. But what are you going to do in the meantime?'
'Just some fun.' said Gaara.
End Chapter
Author's Note: Yes, another chapter done! Well, review answers!
ScionofKyuubi: It will be bloody. Don't worry.
Ace31592: When putting a URL on this site, do it like fanfiction(dot)net
Kai's Snowfall: I happen to like RaineJoyBringer's OC.
UnitFox-Hound: I won't do that. I considered it, but as I said in earlier chapters, I'm ignoring the fact that Akatsuki is holding ANY bijuu at the moment. All the jinchuuriki will be at least 10-15 years old.
BlackXheart: Interesting, ne?
Arazashi Hatake: Sorry, but no NaruHina in this story. I find it interesting, but it's the majority of all NaruXpairings in the whole site. It will most likely be a jinchuuriki. But because it's a jinchuuriki, doesn't mean it's an OC...