Power. Pure, strong, and boundless. It was inside of her, he could sense it. Could feel it in the air around her.

Dear god, she had so much of the shit that he was starting to wonder if the brat that had created them all had been just slightly off his rocker before he had died.

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Sauske hovered close by as Naru got dressed in some clothes that looked eerily similar to the ones that Naruto number 5000 had worn. The orange and navy blue jacket, the black short sleeved T shirt, the mesh shirt that he wore under them, and the black Capri pants and shinobi style sandals.

She tugged the mesh shirt down over her breasts and paused to look at him. "Are you a perv?"

He looked startled by her question. "Wha? No!" He wasn't watching her get dressed because he was attracted to her or anything! It was merely because he had never been this lose to a Zero Unit before. Especially a female one. He was mentally looking over her for flaws, nothing more. Just flaws. So far he hadn't found any.

If he were a cruel person he might count her fox ears and the bushy strawberry blond tail attached to her lower back, flaws of some kind. But he doubted that that was the case since Naruto would have destroyed her if she was flawed.

The ears and tail were merely a bi product of her development. A genetic mutation of some kind to set her apart from all of the others. Or maybe it was because she contained two different pieces of two different beings. Whatever the reason for them, he sort of liked them on her. They made her look more cute and approachable. Like a cute little foxy-chan.

"If your not a perv then why are you staring at my ass?" She sounded irritated. Sauske opened his mouth to respond when someone let out a low whistle from across the room. Both of them looked at the tall blond man, dressed in a drab grey blue yakuta, standing across the room. Sauske narrowed hsi eyes at the man and growled in annoyance. When the hell had he gotten in here?

"I think the better question here is, who would'nt look at your ass? It is very nice and shapely. Just like those long legs of yours." Sauske looked horrified as the man pushed away form the wall just inside the door and walked over to them.

"Who are you?"

"Minato Namikaze, the second. A Zero Unit, like yourself. And you are?" Minato asked as Naru grabbed her pants and quickly pulled them on after her panties and then grabbed her shirt and slipped it over her head. Minato couldn't stop grinning. Really who wouldn't grin like mad when they were staring at their own grand daughter, all grown up?

"None of your damned business. Now go away." The girl snapped at him, and he grinned at her even more. Aww, she was so cute. He reached out to touch her and she grabbed his wrist, stepped around him and twisted it up behind his back.

He yelped and blinked back tears. "Don't do that unless I give you permission." She hissed in his ear before thrusting him away from her and letting his wrist go.

Yow, baby had claws. Really, really sharp claws. Sauske gave him a dark look and snapped. "Your lucky to still have your arm stupid."

"I'm not stupid. Your stupid." Minato growled.

"Your both stupid, now shut up!"

Both men clammed up as the girl gave them a murderous look as she headed towards the travel gate. She couldn't waste any more time here right now. She picked up the little watch that held the seals etched into the back and fastened it around her wrist as she walked.

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Gone.

Naruto was gone.

His body. Just gone as if it he never been there at all. Guren had looked everywhere for the past three days and had'nt been able to find the blond boy that had said that he would save her. She was certain now that he was dead. There was just no other explanation. Naruto was dead.

The reality of his untimely demise hit her hard. Driving her to her knees as she started to cry. Her fault. He was dead and it was all her fault. She buried her face in her hands and sobbed, deep heart wrenching sobs.

Why? Why was she fated to watch children die?

Hinata peeked out of the spare bedroom at Kakashi ad the others and shifted nervously from foot to foot. Yukimaru was finally awake, and talking. But he wasn't making any sense and Hinata was wondering if he should be examined for a mental illness of some kind. "Um..."

Sakura looked over at her. "Hinata, is something wrong?"

"Y-Yukimaru is awake."

Shizune, Kakashi and Yamoto all looked at the Hyuga curiously. Waiting for the rest of what Hinata was obviously wanting to say. "And?" Kiba prompted.

"Yukimaru is talking...but he isn't making any sense." Hinata said with a frown as she went over the child's words in her head.

"Naruto-kun is gone. The Zero Unit is coming..."