(I'm just writing this as I go so I have no idea how the parings are gonna go – or if there's gonna be parings. I'm also doing this and English lit coursework simultaneously, so please be nice if my writing style goes a little off.)

Chapter 3

"So you're from Konoha?" Fuyuki-san boomed, "I like what you guys are doing up there! First country with a female -kage!"

"You mean Tsunade-baba?" queried Naruto.

"BABA?!" choked Fuyumi-san, "you call the great Tsunade-sama BABA?!"

Naruto shrugged, "well sure, I mean she is like 50 no matter how young she looks."

Fuyuki-san stared at Naruto with wide eyes. She cleared her throat:

"Well... errr," she started, "Konoha... the last remaining survivor of the Uchiha clan lives there, am I right? It's a shame its a male though..."
Sasuke flinched.

"I know" chimed Naruto, "he's such a pig! He thinks he's god's gift to women!"

Sasuke and Sakura shot Naruto murderous looks. Sasuke forced a casual smile.

"Well... Naru-ch-chan," he muttered through clenched teeth, "that's a bit of an exaggeration isn't it?"

Naruto thought for a moment, "No... not really," he said with an innocent smile.

"What does he do?" Fuyuki-san asked interestedly, leaning in closer to Naruto.

"WELL!" Squealed Naruto, "he'll come up to you like, trying to act all suave – if you get what I mean-"

Fuyuki-san nodded intently.

"- and then he'll stand over you in what he thinks is a manly way. THEN he'll use his signature move – if you know what I mean-"

"Move?"

"Chat up line."

"Oh. What is it?" Fuyuki-san questioned in a hushed tone, unconsciously leaning in even closer than before.

Naruto held back a giggle whilst Sasuke grimaced – he knew that whatever was coming wouldn't be good.

"He tells you..." Naruto stood with his legs widely apart, slightly bent over with one hand on his hip, supposedly imitating Sasuke, "Konoha needs be YOU that keeps Uchiha linage from dying out! Help your home town revive its strongest clan – its not just a favour to Konoha – but a favour to yourself."

Sasuke let out a low gargling sound. Sakura spluttered loudly, her hands which were clenched into fists shaking with anger. Fuyuki-san surveyed them with a suspicious look.

"Those two are still suffering from the memories of his advances" Naruto quickly cut in, "Ne! Hina-chan!" he grinned nudging Hinata.

"Ah-ah Y-YES!" gasped Hinata turning cherry.

Seemingly convinced, Fuyuki-san looked away.

"The village's gates should be coming into sight right about now" she noted.

A huge set of gates loomed on the horizon. Its doors seemed to sparkle in the sunlight, rays of red, yellow, green and purple radiated off its surface. The Konoha nin gasped as they each realised that the doors didn't seem to be sparkling, they were sparkling. The two massive doors were both shaped from pure crystal.

"beautiful isn't it," smiled Fuyuki-san proudly before bringing her fist down on the door three times.

"State your names!" someone bellowed from behind the entrance.

"Fuyuki-Cell accompanying visiting Konoha Kunoichi"

"Entrance granted" the voice replied.

The giant doors swung open revealing dusty streets, ramen stalls and simple looking buildings. Unconsciously the Konoha "Kunoichi" each let out an exhale of underwhelment – no-one wanted to admit to the fact they all secretly possessed the naïve notion that the streets would be paved with crystal – as would the buildings and stores. Well – not quite no-one:

"Is this it?" asked Naruto flatly.

"NARUTO!" barked Sasuke and Sakura in unison, turning to Fuyuki-san and giving a rapid apology.

Fuyuki-san laughed as they walked through the massive crystal structure, "Don't worry about it – I can see how you would get the wrong idea by the country's name Naru-san."

"Why just the gates?" Naruto asked, looking a little bemused.

"We are just a small country, not poor but not rich either," explained Fuyuki-san, "we wanted something that we could share throughout the whole community – something we could feel proud of. The gates... they just seemed the right thing. They are important to us. Most of the women that come here come for a feeling of sanctuary and safety, it is those gates that keep them safe from the evils outside." Fuyuki-san was quiet for a minute, the Konoha-nin joined her in her thoughtful silence.

Whilst this silence drew on, far across on the other side of Kessho-Cho, in a dark, confined room which – unknown to the person inside it was build deep under the foundations of the home of the Kesshokage. This Person was bond and gagged tightly but this did not stop him from struggling and squirming. His usually pale face was flushed and his silver hair that extended to the nape of his neck was stuck to his forehead with sweat. The trim silhouette of a woman approached the boy from behind, rolling over in his struggles he caught sight of the woman's face. His eyes rounded in fear and he let out a muffled scream of pain as the woman brought her foot down on his stomach.

"Hmph!" She spat, "I can see how your mother can't stand to look at you young master – you look just like that worthless father of yours."

Muffled Cursing.

The woman laughed mirthlessly, squatted down and grabbed the boy by the fringe bringing her face forward so that they were both nearly nose to nose.

"You're father betrayed your mother, like all men eventually do," she hissed spraying his face with spit, "at least your father leaving her for another man opened her eyes to the evil of your species..." an evil grin broke out over her face, distorting her features into a grotesque mask.

The boy managed to shake the gag from his face:

"YOU BITCH!" he snarled, "what are you planning to do?!"

She laughed again – her glare filled with mocking.

"Do you think I'm such an idiot that I would reveal my plans to YOU?! Hah! Don't be such a fool!"

The woman got to her feet, pulling the young master up with her, still holding onto his hair. He whimpered in pain:

"..b-bitch" he groaned as she threw him to the floor.

Her laughter followed her out the door, when she slammed the metal door shut he heard his captor pull several heavy bolts across and turn a rusty key in the door's lock.

And so Himura Akihiko son of the petal country's feudal lord, who left his wife 2 weeks ago following his 6 month affair with his royal advisor Fukui Mitsuo who consequently was a male, was left alone in a pitch black room completely bound. Akihiko had learnt to accept his father's choice, he was just content with seeing him happy after growing up witnessing countless arguments between his father and mother. Although their marriage had not been a happy one, the separation had destroyed his mother. Her pride had been shattered and for Himura Kin this was enough to push her to the edge. With her sanity continuing to slip through her fingers she had drugged her son and with the help of a group of her council women stole away in the night. Her destination – Kessho-Cho.

(And so the plot thickens! hahahha R&R pllleeaase BUT BE NICEEEEE! Btw I don't think "underwhelment" is an actual word. I have actually had a whole load of inspiration for this D so please keep reading!! and also I just finished writing this at 2 in the morning while watching my scrubs DVD so sorry if there's any odd errors )