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Chapter 7 is finally here! It's a miracle, as my friends would say. Anyway they finally made it to the Land Hidden in the Clouds! I hope you like chapter and as always remember to review for cookies! I love reviews!

Miharu-Uchiha

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Chapter 6: Recap!

Sasuke followed, but kept behind him them a little bit. He ran his hand through his hair and sighed. He'd changed a lot since he had become a chunin. Heck, they all had. Naruto was no longer the shrimp and his chunin apparel suited him well. Now if only his attitude would change. His chunin outfit was the same as when he had fought with Gaara, which seemed like ages ago, though it was only three years or so. Sakura too was no longer the same. Her chunin outfit fit her age of 15 well, showing off her curves, and she now gave even him a run for his money during their sparring matches. Whoa, did I just think Sakura has nice curves? He thought shaking his head. Honestly…

"Oof," Sasuke said bumping into the back of Naruto having not been paying attention.

He looked up and saw why they had stopped. A huge wall of swirling fog was ahead of them. It was spread out like a perimeter around something. ------------------------------ Chapter 7: The Land Hidden in the Clouds

"Are we going into that?" Sakura asked.

"What? It's just a giant wall of lowered clouds," Kakashi teased. "Just stay close."

Team seven headed into the clouds and immediately felt the temperature drop at least ten degrees. Sasuke could no longer see the sun as it breached the horizon and mentally shivered. It was almost absolutely silent out here save the call of a bird somewhere in the distance. After wandering forward in the fog for a while, suddenly up ahead they heard a flute playing. Mostly out of habit, Kakashi stepped ahead of his team. Then the flute was followed by the sound of a drum that echoed around them.

"State your business here in The Land of Clouds," a voice said up ahead. "All of the village knows you're here so don't try anything."

"We're from Konoha, The Village Hidden in the Leaves," Kakashi announced. "We have urgent business with the Raikage."

"Konoha ninja?" the voice said getting closer. "You must be the ninja the Hokage sent."

Suddenly the fog around them dispersed and a giant wall appeared out of it. A masked cloud ninja came forward and nodded to them. His pulled down his mask to reveal scars left by a kunai and a harsh countenance. He instantly reminded Sasuke of Ibiki, the head of the ANBU, back in Konoha. His eyes however were softer then Ibiki's and he smiled at them. After signaling to the others on the wall, he faced Kakashi again.

"Sorry, but it's protocol mostly," he said, his voice deep and filled with authority.

"I understand," Kakashi said calmly.

Several other ninja walked up behind the scarred man who apparently took charge as the leader. All wore deep blue almost black uniforms with hazy blue jackets. Gesturing to them, the ninja came forward and checked them for any weapons other than their basic ones, like kunai and shurikan. Once they were done their leader nodded and the gate started to swing open.

"Excuse me, I'm Ashitaka," he said extending his hand to Kakashi. "I'm the leader of all of our main operations second to almost none, but the Raikage himself. Glad you could come."

"Hatake Kakashi," Kakashi replied calmly taking the man's hand and shaking it.

"I'm supposed to take you straight to the Raikage, but I suppose you'll want to drop your things off at your rooms," Ashitaka said.

"That would be nice," Kakashi said with a smile.

Ashitaka lead them in through the gate, past the guard posts, and down a cobblestone road. They walked past numerous shop windows and restaurants with tasty smells wafting out of their open windows. Soon they came to a town square area with an enormous fountain at the center sending up crystal droplets of water.

"You can get practically anywhere in the village from here," Ashitaka said his voice beaming with pride. "The hospital is straight across from the local mission center and down that road just a ways is the ninja academy."

"Dang," Naruto whispered. "It's huge…"

"Well what did you expect, baka?" Sakura retorted.

Their team was immersed in the beauty of the Village in the Clouds. The shinobi leader walked down the road that passed the ninja academy. This ninja academy, Sasuke noted, was not unlike the one back at Konoha. The Chuunin teachers waved to Ashitaka from the yard where the students were enjoying their recess. One of them walked over to the fence to speak with Ashitaka personally. He was tall and wore his hitai-ate around his arm much like Shikamaru.

"Sir," he said saluting.

"Hey Hitaro." Ashitaka replied.

"Are these the ninja from Konoha?" Hitaro wondered rubbing his neck and eyeing the team.

"Yes, indeed they are," Ashitaka said. "I was showing them to their rooms to drop their things off before going to meet with the Raikage."

Hitaro leaned forward and whispered to Ashitaka, "I thought they were going to be older though."

"You'd be surprised just how capable my team is," Kakashi said before Ashitaka could respond. "They're all ninja of the highest caliber. Otherwise I doubt Lord Hokage would have chosen them."

Sasuke glanced over at Naruto who was beaming with pride and grinning widely at the chuunin teacher. Hitaro nodded and he face became a deep crimson color.

"Of course, sir," he said calling Kakashi 'sir' by habit. "Sorry, sir."

The kids behind him after realizing their teacher wasn't watching them began to get wild. Hitaro bowed and went to calm them down. Ashitaka turned with a sigh and walked on down the cobblestone pathway. They finally came to a halt in front of a big hotel like building.

"Your rooms are inside and I hope you'll find them to your liking," Ashitaka said. "I'll wait here for you."

Kakashi nodded and they hurried inside. If the building looked big from the outside, it was bigger inside. This was a place you could get lost in. Fortunately it wasn't hard to find their rooms seeing as how everyone knew them and helped out quite a bit.

"Finally," Naruto said chucking his pack on the bed nearest to him, which was the one closest to door.

"Don't relax just yet," Kakashi said with a sigh. "I'm tired too, but we still have to speak with the Raikage and then it all depends on what he thinks."

Naruto growled in response and sat down on the bed glaring at Kakashi. Sasuke watched Sakura claim the bed farthest from Naruto by the far wall and sighed. Inwardly groaning, he threw his pack on the bed between them. Kakashi on the other hand claimed the small bedroom off to the side with an evil grin at his students.

"Shall we then?" he asked calmly.

He was answered with three pillows thrown at his head. Once he had deflected those he found himself forced to drag his students off of their beds and down to where Ashitaka was waiting.

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So I know this chapter's shorter and I apologize, but I'm working on it. Hopefully the next one will be longer. Please review and tell me what you think! I like to improve and ideas are always appreciated!