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As soon as Ino left Sakura she went to find the others and tell them about Naruto's fight. They started to get worried so they decided to help clean up the debris, hoping to get preoccupied. Later on their parents came by to lend a hand.

"I hope Naruto's alright. That last blast kind of has me worried." Tenten says.

"I'm sure he's alright. It's Naruto we're talking about." Kiba says.

"You guys have a lot of faith in him." Inoichi says.

"Yeah well. He's always been there for us." Ino says.

"Lady Hokage would like to see Rookie Nine and Team Gai." Deer says. Making all of them jump sky high.

"I hate how you ANBU do that." Kiba say. Deer smirks, although no one knows but him, as Crane laughs a little.

"Did she say why?" Shikaku asks.

"It concerns Uzumaki Naruto." Crane says as she stops laughing and thinks of that clearing again. They immediately stop what they are doing and look at each other. They nod their heads as they follow the ANBU back to the Hokage Tower. They walk up to the roof and see Lady Hokage leaning up against the rail, her back facing them along with Ibiki, Anko, and Iruka. The two ANBU walk about three feet from her and kneel as the girl says:

"Rookie Nine and Team Gai, My Lady." She exhales as she straightens up and says:

"Thank you. Dismissed." They then disappear as Sakura asks:

"Is something wrong Lady Tsunade?"

"I hate this part of the job." She says as she turns around. The kids get a look of confusion on their faces as Ino asks:

"What are you talking about?"

"Did you kids feel the explosion a few minutes ago?" she asks.

"I think the whole village felt that. What was it?" Kiba says.

"I'm not really sure but I sent the two ANBU from before to investigate. When they came back they said that all they found was blood, pieces of clothing and body parts everywhere. They then handed me this." She says as she holds out a headband with the Konoha symbol on it. All of them go white in the face as Sakura asks:

"W-What does that mean?"

"I'm not sure, yet. I sent another squad there to look around." She says.

"What if they don't find anything?" Shino asks.

"I'm afraid I'll have to pronounce him dead." She says as her voice gives on the last word. Hinata gasps as she puts her hand to her mouth and tears start falling down her cheeks. Neji walks over to her to comfort his cousin. After Naruto kicked his but in the Chunin Exams he's had a new respect for him, although he would never admit it. He accepted his cousin liking him and didn't mind Naruto that much, but only when he wasn't being annoying.

"This…This can't be right." Sakura says.

"Are you sure?" Kiba asks.

"I wish I wasn't." Lady Tsunade says grimly.

"Not Naruto. This isn't supposed to happen to him. He was going to be Hokage." Lee says as they walk off to tell their parents.

"I know. Trust me. I feel the same. " Tsunade says hanging her head.

"May I ask a question?" Shikamaru asks. Tsunade looks up and nods her head.

"If they don't find anything and you do have to pronounce him…dead… what are you going to do with his things? He never had any family." he asks, struggling with the word dead.

"I don't know. I'm still hoping that I don't have to do that. Why? Do you want something of his?" she asks.

"No, nothing like that. It's just that I think Hinata should get it. She was the one who always truly believed in him. She knew how strong he really was when the rest of us just thought he was annoying." He says. Tsunade smiles as she nods her head and says:

"I agree. But let's hold off on that till…necessary. Sigh…I need some sake." She says as she walks back towards the office. As she walks up to Shikamaru she stops and says:

"Here. Give this to Hinata. It'll help her more than me." As she hands it to him. He nods his head as he walks out of the tower and back towards the debris.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Inoichi asks as they walk up.

"You look like your puppy just died." Kiba's mom says. Every one of them flinches at the last word as Kiba gives his mom a look.

"Well, are going to tell us what's going on, or not?" Shikaku asks.

"Naruto's…missing." Kiba says, not wanting to call his friend dead. The parents stop working as they look at each other.

"Lady Hokage said if she doesn't find anything in the clearing proving he is still alive, then she'll have to pronounce him…dead." Ino says her voice giving away on the last word, as Lady Hokage's had done. The parents then get a sense of how important Naruto was to them as Shikaku says:

"I'm so sorry kids." He looks up as he sees his son walk out of the tower. Shikamaru walks over to Hinata who was sitting down to keep from passing out. He knew out of all of them this was going to be the hardest for her to get through. He kneels down in front of her as he says:

"Here. Lady Hokage wants you to have this. She said it would help you more than it would her." as he hands her Naruto's headband. She reaches out and takes it as she says:

"T-Thank you, Shikamaru." As new tears flood her eyes.

"I know how you felt towards him, Hinata. Although we were his friends you saw something that we didn't in him. I know this is going to be hard for you to get through, but please don't do it alone. We are all here for you." he says referring to his friends standing around him. The others were shocked that Shikamaru could be so caring since most of the time he cast women off as troublesome. But they nod their heads when he says the last line. Hinata smiles as she nods her head and clutches the headband in her hands. He smiles as she stands up and says:

"Ino, do you think you can come with me. I need to tell Chouji and I'm not sure how he'll react." Ino nods her head as she walks up to him and he says:

"Someone needs to tell Konohamaru."

"I will." Sakura says.

"I'll go with you." Tenten says.

"And we'll go tell the people at Ichiraku's." Kiba says.

"I'll come, too." Shino says as Kiba nods his head.

"Why don't you take Hinata home and let her rest, Neji." Shikamaru says. Neji nods his head as he helps his cousin up and they walk towards the Hyuuga Compound. The others then walk off and go find Naruto's other friends. A few days later nothing was found at the clearing except what Deer and Crane saw, so Tsunade publicly announced his death. All of the ninja couldn't believe that Naruto was dead. They had just started respecting him and he is now dead. Of course Tsunade refused to have a funeral without a body, this way there was always hope. The other villagers, non-ninja, held a celebration that night and got drunk yelling:

"THE DEMON BRAT IS DEAD!" (Author's thought: LET'S KILL THEM ALL!)

I hate them, don't you. Anyways, next chapter- Kitsune appears! Please review! Thank you!