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Italics=Thoughts.

I found out that being under Grandma's care, wasn't much different than back home. We did a little friendly gambling and drank. When she first saw me drinking she asked, "Aren't you a little young?," and I told her that she gave me my first sip of sake when I was four. I recall that Mother wasn't too happy about that. Oh, and I also "helped" her with all her paperwork. By "helped" I mean DID ALL OF IT. Two days went by pretty fast though, and now I'm here waiting in her office for Naruto-sama and Gramps.

"Jiraiya came by earlier. He informed me there were rumors that Uchiha Sasuke killed Orochimaru." She tells me.

Jiraiya's death is approaching. I wonder what would happen if he were to be saved? No, no, no. I can't mess this up, his death is important.

"After you're taken care of I'm going to tell Naruto and Sakura. Is that what I'm suppose to do?"

"Don't ask me. You must do whatever you think you should. Remember, what I told you, you don't know."

The door bursts open.

"Granny Tsunade what do you need?" Yells a boisterous blonde.

Yuudai?

Then I notice the subtle differences; whiskers, tanner skin, and slightly lighter hair.

Besides that, they are identical, except the hair…there's something else different about the hair, I just can't put my finger on it.

"Naruto settle down, wait until Kakashi arrives."

That's going to be a while.

"That's gonna take forever, Dattebayo!"

Same old Gramps.

"Not this time." Grandma says with a sly smile.

Naruto-sama looks over at me, looks away, and then does a double take.

"Why hello, I'm Uzumaki Naruto, next Hokage. And who are you?" He says with a wink.

Is he flirting with me? This is wrong on so many levels.

"Ume."

"A beautiful name for a beautiful girl."

Beautiful, psh. I've heard that before. I like the way Mom describes me best though, "You received the best feminine features of your Father and I."

"Naruto, quit flirting with your mission."

I don't think Hinata-sama would be happy with this.

"Mission? What mission?"

"I said I'll tell you when Kaka-"

And if on queue the window opens.

"You're here!" Naruto-sama shouts out in surprise.

He doesn't look any different.

I'm a little disappointed.

Stupid mask.

"Yes, well, Gai made it his mission for me to arrive on time." Gramps states, seeming a little sour.

"I, Maito Gai, wouldn't want my eternal rival of youth to be late to an important, and more than likely, youthful mission."

Said man comes flying through the window smiling. He gives this creepy pose.

He doesn't age graceful.

I picture the wrinkled Gai-san of my time and his speeches of knowledge with age.

"Thank you Gai, now go train or something." Grandma says shooing him out.

"For you Hokage-sama, I will do 500 laps around the village."

He leaps back out.

Okay, I hope I can forget that.

"Kakashi-sensei's here, now what's the mission?"

Grandma looks over at me.

"This is Ume. She is your mission. Or at least a theory she has is your mission. You two are to listen to everything and anything she directs you to do, no matter how outrageous it may seem. This shouldn't take long."

She directs her next words to me.

"Where do you think the best place to do this would be?"

"Where I was found."

She nods.

"When you two finish, I want the report immediately." She says leaving no room for dispute.

"Now go."

The two follow me out.

"So Ume-chan where are you from?"

"Someplace similar to here."

"Is it a hidden village too?"

I don't really have to lie, it's not like I'll be here much longer either.

"Yes."

"Are you a ninja?"

"Hn." I say giving a slight nod.

Naruto-sama becomes rather quiet. I take a look and he's thinking intently about something. Sadly, Gramps starts asking questions too.

"You seem familiar Ume-san. Have we met before?"

He probably just notices a resemblance between Mom and I.

"That is extremely unlikely. I'm not from around here."

"A mission then?"

"No."

He too goes silent.

The faster I'm out of here, the better.

We reach our destination, a little clearing just outside the village.

I twirl around.

"First I need you two to stand about 20 meters apart, facing each other."

They obey.

"Now Naruto-san you need to form a Rasengan, and Kakashi-san you need to create a Chidori."

They both stare at me.

"You were warned."

They prepare their unique jutsus.

Naruto-sama makes a clone to help with his.

That's different…

The sound of birds fills the clearing.

"When I say now, you need to run at each other and join your techniques. No matter what, and under no circumstances should you stop. Understand?"

"Yeah!" Naruto-sama yells.

Gramps inclines his head.

"Now!"

They speed towards each other.

Three. Two. One.

And I time my jump just as they are about to meet.

The pain is worse this time. Last time it just nicked my side, this time I made my jump a little too accurate. The attacks hit me straight in the stomach. The only thing I can hear is my own screams of pain. I don't even have time to blackout from lack of chakra, the shock takes me into the darkness.

The cliffhanger, everyone's least favorite ending. What did you think? I don't know when I'll update next, in a week or so most likely. I have finals coming up and I need to study. Ta-ta for now.

~Death-chan