Naruto Sedai 7, Puraimaru no tatakai (Battle of the primordial Forces)

by The Storyteller and his Books

World Wars, Natural disasters, supernatural assaults, what have they together? Death and destruction! And those who know what comes forth out of this combination, have already made their move to save the world. The war has finally begun, the worlds stands on the edge, will the Light win, or the Dark triumph? Will the Humanity be saved or will it perish in the flames of hell? ( 16)

4. Foxes, Cats, Humans and the true Love

Naruto Sedai 7

Puraimaru no tatakai

Battle of the primordial Forces

Chapter 4: Foxes, Cats, Humans and the true Love.

Part I: The Bonus story continues:- The Secret of the Fox statues, Toad Vs Snake.

Sarada and the Nekotsuki Gang, like Romeo and Juliet.

Border to the land of Rice-Fields, Himawari´s Pov:

It was deep in the night as it happened, to say I was prepared would be a lie, and to be honest not one of us was.

Everything seemed to be peacefully, over Byakugan I was not seeing any threats coming at us.

To be honest, it rather seemed as if any life in the forest, beside of us, would avoid the place, where we were having our camp.

As if we had an infectious illness.

So it was rather unexpected for me, to suddenly find something nuzzling to my side, moreover something I couldn´t see with my Byakugan, even though it stood right before me.

But that this tiny being was here, to drag us into one of our greatest adventures, I didn´t know yet.

Flashback, a half hour ago:

"Huh?" I asked, as I felt something pulling on my knee.

I looked down but saw nothing over my Byakugan.

I brushed it off as nothing at all, perhaps only my muscles who began to relax, so I resumed to look forward.

"Huh, what the…?" I asked, as I felt the pulling yet again, I looked down but still I couldn´t see something, I decided to look with my own eyes.

I stopped the Byakugan, only to see the small figure of a tiny white fox leaning on my leg, tongue lolling out of his mouth in anticipation and his tail was waging happily from side to side.

"Hello my little one, where do you come from, and how is it possible that I cannot see you, over my Byakugan!" I asked, as I watched this tiny little fox, who was trying to climb up on my leg.

"Here let me help you!" I said, picking him up gently and laying him down on my lap.

You might now say I would be naïve, maybe I was to some point still, I felt that this tiny animal was no threat, I rarely was mistaken when I looked for potential threats.

It looked like a normal Fox to me, beside of the clear fact that it was snow-white, somehow it seemed to be fluorescent, since it shone quite bright, it even wore a red scarf around its neck, also it had no hidden weapons as much as I could say.

However, it also didn´t looked as if it was much alive either, at least when I was looking through my Byakugan.

I just simply saw nothing, as if this being don´t really existed, or at least has no compact body, perhaps I can see him or her, only on my visual level.

Still I didn´t think it was a ghost, since I was somehow able to touch it, I looked again over Byakugan, but I still couldn´t see him or anything that looked like a body, sitting in my lap.

However, I couldn´t see myself being in a Genjutsu or any kind of jutsu being performed on me at all, either.

"I really ask myself where you come from!?" I asked as I gave him a piece of my bento, I was about to eat.

"Myam, this is good, thank you very much, Miss!" Suddenly the tiny fox said, much to my surprise, I shrieked so loud that I fell backwards.

"Kyyyaaaa, what are you!?" I asked backing away, eyes open wide in shock, before I was hearing foot-steps.

"Himawari, are you alright!?" I heard Bolts voice behind me.

"Nii-chan, everyone, i´m sorry for waking you, I just was so surprised all of a sudden!" I stated honestly.

"What happened?" Kiba-sensei and Mirai-sensei stated in unison.

"It was him, he suddenly started to talk, and this caught me mighty of guard!" I said pointing at the white being.

"Huh, well this is something, I haven felt his presence at all!" Bolt stated, being in Sennin mode, perhaps he had let one of his Shadow-clones assembling nature chakra.

"I don´t smell him either!" Yuudai stated.

"Are you sure it can talk, aren´t you imaging things?" Chouchou asked dumbfounded.

"Am not, I swear it can talk!" I stated, but they did not buy it.

"I think you should rest a bit Hima-chan, you are up since hours; it´s our guarding time anyways!" Inojin stated.

"I-Inojin Sempai, I swear I am not joking!" I said stammering in embarrassment.

"Seriously this is not funny, Himawari-chan!" Mirai-sempai stated, yawning.

"But I am not joking, it really can talk!" I said near the tears, no one is believing me.

"Ah, geez it´s crybaby-time, geez you disturbed my peaceful beauty-sleep, you hollow nut!" Lorena stated, before getting a back-head slash from Nii-san.

"Careful young girl, I am still here too, and I say I believe her!" Bolt stated.

"Nii-san!" I said in happiness, at least one believes me.

"You bastard you are hitting girls, how could you, now my hair is a mess!" Lorena shouted.

"I don´t remember to have hit a girl, all I can remember is, that I stuffed the mouth of a pain in the neck.

Do you remember that I hit a girl Sensei?" Bolt asked Mirai and Kiba-sensei.

"Can´t remember that!" Both stated yawning.

"Oh, why you...!" Lorena started but was overtone by my Brother

"Anyways, I never though dogs can talk, before I got to know Yuudai and Kakashi-san´s Ninken, I also never believed to ever do a conversation with a toad about sweets, but there I was doing the exact same thing only 5 months ago, with Gamatatsu.

So if you ask me that I believe that a fox like him can speak, than I gladly say yes, I believe it!" Bolt said crossing his arms, standing next to me.

"The Kids are right, of course I can talk; after all I am a Light-fox, a servant of our Mistress Lady Inari, the Wild Sage of Light!" The fox said to us and now also our Team mates and Senseis were caught off guard.

"The fox, it really talked!" Kiba-sensei and the other stated in awe.

"That's what I am saying the whole time!" I stated with crossed arms and blown-up cheeks, pouting.

"But what is he, a Kuchiyose animal, a Jutsu!?" Mirai-sensei stated.

"I-I don´t know, I cannot see him over Byakugan so it has no real body, still I can touch him, somehow!" I stated, as I caressed it´s head.

"I see, well then, he´s really a cutie!" Bolt said, as he caressed him as well,…, better said he tried to.

"Huh, but how is this possible?" Bolt asked, as his hand slipped right through the head.

"How is that possible, is that you?" Bolt asked as he started a new attempt and another one, narrowing his eyes at every time he failed.

"No, it´s not me, it just happens!" The Tiny Fox stated.

"Himawari touch him again!" Bolt demanded and I did as told, I caressed its head without slipping through.

"Well that's funny, seems like only you can touch him!" Bolt stated as he, in the same moment tried to touch the fox.

"Is this really real or are we in a Genjutsu!" Ganto asked.

"No, at least not that I can see over Byakugan!" I stated.

"She´s right, I see nothing too!" Bolt nodded.

"See I told you, these Byakugan are good for nothing, they can´t even see if we are in a Genjutsu!" Ganto whispered to Lorena, only to get both a Back-head slash by Chouchou.

"But what is he then, is he a ghost?" Mirai-sensei asked.

"I am a Light-fox, as I said already!" The Fox said, a tiny bit annoyed, as I assume.

"A Light-fox, what´s that?" We asked.

"I do admit, we are Ghost like beings, at least in this world, our true body is remaining in our world, as long as we don´t find another matching body in this world.

However doing that would transform us into beings of this world, our ghost remains within this new bodies and lives on.

However, one time part of this world, can´t we no longer go back to the world we came from, as long as we are stuck in this Body.

We Light foxes are Servants of our mistress, Lady Inari, the Wild sage of Light, as I said before!" The fox stated.

"The Wild Sage of Light, what in the world is a Wild Sage?" I asked completely confused, same as the others.

"I don´t really know either, all I can tell you is that they shall live here in the world as well in our world, for since time began.

It´s said that they are mighty beings, who are monitoring the flow of the world, somehow; also it is said, that all 10.000 years a new one is coming in place of the old one, and that they rarely look alike, at least by some of the different races.

Still it is also said that a Wild sage, at the end of his Life, takes in a pupil to whom he or her trains and reaches all of their force and wisdom over, this pupil however hasn´t necessarily to be a direct family member, even Humans can, as much as I know, become a Wild sage at some point!" the tiny fox says.

"I see, and Your Lady Inari is such a Wild Sage you say?" Bolt asked.

"Yes, indeed, she is a beautiful and strong Fox-goddess, which is guarding upon our forest and the people of the land of Rice-fields.

She is helping them in need, whenever they need us; as long as they believe on her at least.

People who are not believing to her or any of us, we can also not help.

And the less people believe in us, the more it lacks us on the ability to manifest herself in this world, especially our mistress!" The little fox stated.

"I see, well it is logically, nothing can help you when you not believe in it!" I said and the fox nodded.

"We, her Servants, still are needing relatively little amounts of Moonlight and believe in us, to manifest.

Thanks to our bodies in our world being so small, but hers is huge and therefore she can only manifest at the light of the Full moon!" The fox said and now we understood.

"So this was IT, what this Orochimaru meant, but what does he wants from her!?" Kiba-sensei mumbled.

"I don´t like that man, he is evil, more than once he tried to capture our Mistress, whenever she manifested, but every time she was able to flee back in the Getchōseki no kyuden (Moonstone Palace)!" The Fox stated sadly.

"By the last of these attacks, she was hurt by something, something evil which began to change her, to the worse, it seemed to be an infection.

She had been sick for a long, long time, and after she was cured, so we though, she lost all energy rule, all drive to help others.

She became selfish and prissy, somehow she turned to 360° form her natural care and kindness and the love she once spread!" The little fox stated sadly.

"Very few of us are remaining, many had quit the duty and stopped being Light-foxes, they vanished in the forests during our manifestation becoming simple foxes, unable to talk anymore and unable to use the power of the moonlight.

From the once large numbers have only 40 of us remained.

But her life spirit was not the only thing she lost, due to that attack, she also lost her beloved baby, her little Daughter in the same night, she went missing as this Orochimaru attacked them, during her manifestation in this world.

Weakened, the Mistress had to return to her domain, full of sorrow, wrath and hatred, she ordered us to go out in the world and to search for her daughter.

My folk searched far and wide, but we could not find her and bring her back, we didn´t found one trace of her whereabouts since all these years.

We feared for the worst, so our mistress, more than once our Mistress closed herself in her domain to cry in solitude.

It seemed that nothing was able to heal her broken heart, still I won´t give up until I have found her Daughter and until I was able to bring a heartfelt smile at my mistress´ face!" The look of the Fox went even sadder, if possible.

"Ever since this last time, so long ago, did she fell in a deep depression and so she is lacking every strength and will to watch over anyone, wherever it are us Light foxes or the Humans.

She is to the strong conviction, that every human is evil and rotten to the core and that she has no obligation anymore to help and guide them, the duties she once fulfilled carefully, were becoming meaningless to her.

She is in this state of depression, for several years already, for 11 to be exact, ever since that day her Daughter, Princess Kitsunee, the loveliest of us all went missing!" The Light fox said and his glance was one of pure Melancholy.

"Kitsunee, somewhere I have heard this name before, but I do not remember from where!" I thought to myself.

"The beautiful and lovely princess, oh what I would do, to see again her loving smile, my whole life i would give up only to know that he is alright!" The little fox said and tears started forming in his eyes.

"Are you perhaps in love with her?" I asked him, but he looked quite shocked at me, however I also saw his face redden around his cheeks.

"Who would not be, she is super sweet and so beautiful, still, I am a simple Servant, I am no prince.

Less am I from any kind of royalty or upper social stand in the Hierarchy of the light foxes, also was she only a baby at the time, so I will be way too old for her now anyways.

Her beautiful smile was what made me falling in love with her.

But even if she would be here now, all adolescent, is it us not allowed to have such indecent thoughts; the Princess is destined to marry whoever her mother chooses!" The fox said blushing deep red.

"That's so typical from You Himawari, one does not simply ask such questions!" Nii-san stated, trying to lecture me.

"Aren´t you the one, who´s the most curious in these things.

Haaa, he´s curious about romances but still does not admit to be in one with Sarada-chan!" Mirai-sempai asked Bolt, sweat-dropping.

"I told you, we aren´t together, nor are we having any romantic feelings for each other!" Nii-san stated enraged, blushing deep crimson.

"You are only lying to yourself Bolt, juts admit that you are firmly in Love with Sarada!" Chouchou stated and Bolt turned around, arms crossed and walking away, his head was steaming from overheating.

"Ahem, anyways, it seems as if you have a strong affinity to Foxes, I can smell a lot of fox odor on you!" The little Fox said clearing his throat, sniffing at me.

"Hey I have washed myself this morning, don´t tell me I smell funny, that´s so rude of you, you, you…!" I said embarrassed and enraged.

I was shoving the fox of my lap, where he had sat the whole time since I sat back up from my surprise, he tumbled to the ground but hopefully not so painfully.

"Taron, my name is Taronimos, called Taron, at your service!" the fox said, as he stood back up, before bowing apologetic.

"I was not my intention to mock or hurt your pride, not at all, I only meant that I smell the odor of my conspecifics on you, so it means that you must have met or somehow gotten in contact with one of us, at some point in your life.

The trace is old, very old to be honest, but still strong on you, perhaps that's the reason of why you are the only one to be able to touch me.

Usually, in this world only other Light foxes are able touch us, this is strange it´s the very first time, that I experience something like this!" Taron said.

"Also I feel a tremendous power sleeping deep in you, only to be woken when you are in deep need for it!" he said cryptically.

"Perhaps you are referring to Kurama´s power, can it be, after all Daddy is his Jinnchuriki?" Bolt asked.

"Kurama…, oh you mean the nine tailed Shadow Fox, no, I don´t think this is it, the Kyuubi, as most call him, is a gruesome and monstrous being, full of hatred and wrath and so is his power, one could say that it is the embodiment of evil!" Taron said and I saw how Bolt´s hand clenched, but he said nothing.

"No, something different, something pure is what I feel in you, something Foxish nevertheless, but pure!" Taron said cryptically.

"Are you sure you are talking about the same Kurama, the Kurama I know is a friendly and ticklish being, sure his grin sometimes might be fearsome but overall he is really nice!" I said and Bolt nodded in approval.

"It seems we truly speak about different beings, anyways, it was this pureness in you that lured me out, I don´t know in which way you are connected to this Light fox.

However, I can see great care, love and kindness in your heart, so I don´t think that you have hurt him at some point.

I beg you please, help our mistress out of the depression, show her that not every human is evil, and show her that there is still hope for her, help us finding her daughter, I beg you!" Taron asked me with a heartbreaking whimper.

Still I hesitated.

Could I really promise him to be able to help him, less bring his Mistress out of her depression and wrath, or that I would be able to find the Princess.

"Still the codex of a Konoha ninja says, that we have to help where we can, no matter if it is a part of our mission or not.

If we see injustice in this world, it is our personal mission to not close our eyes before it, but face it and get rid of it!" I though, as I looked in these blue eyes full of anticipation.

The sad look he had in his eyes was so heartbreaking, that I could not deny my help to him, I knew what Nii-san would say to this, but I hope he understands me.

I looked at him and he nodded, knowing that I thought about it too.

"Alright I will try to help you, as best as I can, it is part of our mission to ensure that no one is going to steal the fox Statues anymore.

However, if Orochimaru tries to catch your mistress through such an act, then we have to stop him anyways, I hope this might show your mistress that not every human is like that Guy!" I said to him and his sad look changed to a happy one.

"We will do this not Bolt, Sensei!" I asked and they nodded.

"I Thank you dearly, miss, oh my, I don´t think I caught your name before!" he said and I could likely hit myself for this.

"Where my manners are, I am Himawari, Himawari Uzumaki from Konohagakure!" I said.

"Hime-wali!?" Taron asked confused.

"Well you simply can call me Hima-chan if you like!" I said blushing.

"Alright Hima-chan, then it is set, I will show you the way to my home, and you help us to bring Lady Inari out of her depression.

I know it is much asked from you, and I know you will try everything you can, regardless of being able to do it or not, but be ensured, that our thanks will be forever with you.

Who knows, maybe our Mistress has a reward for your efforts afterwards!" Taron stated as he jumped of my lap to the ground, before he whistled a tune.

Out of the wooden box with the statues inside, many light-foxes emerged, big, small, tall short, no matter which size, all of them stood up in one row.

"We will lead you the way, so you all better follow us, if we shall get back home in all hurry!" Taron stated, and so we made our way through the forest, after we removed the camp.

I looked up to the stars, asking myself what the others or Bolts team might do now, I looked at Bolt who did just the same.

I hope for him, that Sarada was alright.

Meanwhile in The Cat-bastion at night, Sarada´s Pov:

I don´t know, how long I was lying on the plank bed, listening to the snoring of my male Team mates and Senpou's silent breathing.

I could not sleep, many worries and dark thoughts were making every attempt, to fall asleep, futile.

I asked myself if I might never will be able to see Bolts smile, the faces of my Parents and Katsuo and the comforting speeches of my friends.

That I might never feel the motivating and comforting aura of Bolt, and that I might stay in here forever, never feeling his gentle careful touch.

That I never will seeing his hot, feverish gaze looking in my eyes, not shifting his glance a second, when we are both drowning in to the sea of our mutual glance, when I was witnessing his pureness.

I wished to see him, to feel his closeness and to be able to drown once again into my infatuation to him; if only I would know, that it was a mutual feeling we both feel for each other.

There is so much I would like to tell him, so much I regret right now, like never having the chance to show him, how much he means to me.

I knew I could not bear for long to be separated from My Family and my Friends, and especially I could not bear it to be separated all too long from Bolt, without driving insane.

I admit, no matter how much we bicker and how much we often fight and no matter how different we might be poled, I liked him the most, of all my friends, perhaps of all the people in the world.

For he was the first, outside of my family, who really cared about me.

"Oh Bolt, if you only would be mine!" I stated, as I imagined his cute smile, his feverish glance at me, his sexy voice and the tasty body of him.

A Body to die for.

I long knew that I had a crush on him, a strong one, heck, let´s be honest, I was hopelessly in love with him.

But whenever someone tells me this, I try desperately to deny it, why that´s so, I cannot even totally say myself.

It is somehow so embarrassing, to hear it from others, rather from myself, as long as I have no certainty that he might feel the same way.

"Oh Bolt, if only you would be here too, then in would at least not feel so alone!" I mumbled, I felt tears running down my cheeks, as I remembered his words he said only this morning.

"No fear Sarada, I will handle things there, so don´t be sad, you will have me sooner back, than you might like!" I though back at the jump my heart made, as he said this with all confidence that he had, it was a claim which I just had to believe to become true.

It was kind of mean from me, to think so much of him, and only of him, since Konoha-sensei, Senpou and Shikadai where here too after all, being also captured in here, sharing the same mess I was in.

Therefore I should think about them and the others too, I guess.

But the only one, I truly wanted to be with together in here, at least so I felt deep down, was Bolt.

The First three persons I would like to have with me, if I ever would be stranding on a lonely island, would definitely be, Bolt, Himawari and Katsuo, without them three I just wouldn´t feel whole, at least not whole enough to survive a second.

I laid down in silence for a while, trying to blend out every unnecessary thought and noise.

Through the Window up on the wall, the moonlight shone through and illuminated the cell.

I took out the heart-shaped medallion I once bought, and where I had Bolt´s picture in it, no one knew about that.

Everyone assumed that I might, or better said should, have a medallion with a picture of my Parents and Katsuo, as well one of my whole team in it, not that I don´t have such a medallion too, I hung next to the golden heart shaped one, in a platinum frame like medallion.

Still, the one made of gold was entirely used for only Bolt´s picture.

Honestly I often asked myself, if I might be obsessed with Bolt, like really obsessed; for I had many things in a box in my room, which had his photo on it.

Five years ago, as his father became the Hokage, he had to pose, alongside of his family, for several product lines, sold for the benefit of several institutions which had been newly build here in Konoha, such as the Uzumaki Orphanage, the Konoha Uzumaki Hospital, etc.

Even the Dojo of Senpou's Parents has been officially being inaugurated by Kakashi-San, to the end of his era as the Hokage 6 years ago, as well as logically Bolt´s Parents and us, the Konoha 8 and our parents, as the first scholars.

From this promotion-tours I have a few goodies, all in all I had a true Bolt collection at home, even a Bolt Plush and a Bolt Dakimakura (Hug Pillow), something no one, not even my parents had a clue of and so it shall stay.

The box was in a secret place, only I knew of and only I would ever be able to open it, I created a seal, which only react on my Chakra.

Knowing that I might long had lost my mind, as well as my heart, on Bolt, I tried my best to keep myself cool and composed in his presence, when in reality I simply wanted to squeal, embrace and cuddle with him.

Simply getting as much of Body contact with him, without it becoming sexual.

I was afraid my parents might get me in the psychiatry for this obsession, still, I loved Bolt so much, it was unbearable at some point, to not tell a soul about this.

I often had nightmares about anyone wanting to keep me away from him, from my Light and whenever these bad dreams came, something terrible happened to Bolt on our missions, as if they were predictions of evil.

To be honest, it was not the fear that anyone might find my Collection, or that my friends find out about my love/obsession to Bolt or that they might make fun of me.

I was more afraid about what Dad would do, if he finds out that I am in love with Bolt, he always was so overly protective, even more than mom at some point.

By mom I was not so afraid, that she would have anything against it, I think she begins to understand my feelings too, the one I was most worried about was definitely Dad.

But the greatest horror for me would be, if Bolt would reject my love, I think I was more afraid of this, than of my dad finding out about me being in love with Bolt.

Still all of this love/obsession mostly began 2 years ago, as he showed me the sweetest side he had, it was at that moment that I truly fell in love with him.

I knew of how much I felt for Bolt, still, I was not able to tell him, even though I think he likes me too a lot.

Still, there was one more reason which let me hesitating to tell him, the third worst reason.

I always told me it was the fear of being shunned by the whole town for it, I mostly stood in a bad light by the people anyways, for being an Uchiha, or better said Sasuke Uchiha´s child.

I also knew a lot of people, to whom my friendship with Bolt was a thorn in their eyes.

If we now officially would date, I fear that these suckers would go rampaging and try to break us apart at some point.

Therefore, in a way, the situation and the friendship we have is the status quo to me.

"Geez, why is love so complicated!" I sighed, as I turned around.

I tried to erase every though and finally be able to sleep, but it should be even more futile as before.

The whole thinking about Bolt made me horny, like really horny, believe it or not, even I, Sarada Uchiha, Bookworm number 1 of Konohagakure, also was only a healthy 16 year old, adolescent girl in Puberty, with an adolescent and at times quite dirty mind.

"Dammit, I don´t even dare to relieve myself, what if somebody hears me, I know as soon as I begin and think about Bolt, I cannot stop myself from moaning and drooling!" I mumbled to myself.

It was not often that I did it, mostly only to relive some stress or if I was really, really horny after thinking about Bolts sweating muscular body, still, I always was a mess later, I once also almost had been caught by Katsuo, as I did it in the Bathtub, this was the greatest shock for me, I had a near heart Attack.

However, feeling in such a way, because I love someone very much, that I have to masturbate when I get too horny, thinking of him, is normal isn´t it?

I mean when I look in the newspaper and in the TV of how many shit other kids of my age are doing, like smoking, consuming Drugs, drinking excessively much alcohol, or even some of them getting pregnant at the same age like Himawari and Katsuo are now and so on, I can say I am fairly normal, or not?.

However there was one fact I could not deny at all, no matter how often I tried to deny any feelings of love to Bolt before others; there would be no boy I rather would letting touch me, than him, and that was my problem right now.

"Goddammit, why the hell am I now so horny, I shall stop thinking about Bolt´s muscular body, his wonderful, soft skin, his Tender fingers, his aphrodisiac of a voice, his...!" I thought but was interrupted harshly, as my fingertips were about to reach under my panties.

"Clonk!" Suddenly the noise of the door brought me out of my thoughts.

I quickly put my skirt back down and took my fingers away.

I looked to see a tiny Orange paw, gesturing me to come.

"Miss, meow, we are here to rescue you, please follow us!" A meowing voice stated, I didn´t bought it though.

"And where would you like to bring me, am I the first candidate to be placed in the Maze?" I asked the voice, with venom and justified doubt.

"Wait, meow, they want to place them in the maze, dammit, this is worse than Lady Chibineko thought, we have to bring her towards her, as fast as possible!" Another voice stated.

"I know right, meow, Miss, please, you have to believe us, we are not from the Bastion-guards, we were ordered by our mistress to bring you directly to her, as soon as possible, we beg you, the guards won´t be knocked out for all to long!" the first voice stated.

"How can I trust you, I bet you too are just trying to get me even deeper in this mess!" I hissed in annoyance.

"Geez, I guess there is no helping then, we got to get her away from here, as fast as possible, time for Plan B!" the voice stated, and it sounded not good at all, it suddenly had something far dangerously in it, it sounded not at all as polite as before.

"Wait Pan I think this is a bad idea and…!" a female voice tried to say but was overtone.

"Get her guys!" The voice stated.

Suddenly a bunch of blurs, too fast to see with human eyes, entered, I only had time to activate my Sharingan, before I already had to dodge their attacks.

My arms were clawed open and my hair surely will be a mess afterwards.

"We are Sorry for this, meow, but you don´t leave us any other choice, miss!" One of the female voices stated, still, their attacks came so rapidly that I had no time to see, where it came from.

"It is not like we want to hurt you, but you have to absolutely come with us, meow!" Another voice, another female I assume, stated.

"Hah, as if you get me so easily!" I stated, dodging their attacks, I recognized that they only attacked with Taijutsu, still their reflexes were even better than Senpou´s.

"Tire her out!" I heard the voice stating.

"Ha, as if!" I shouted, as I saw an opening, I dodged and ran to the other side of the cell, out of the door.

"Sarada, what´s going!" I heard my Team mates shouting out of their cells.

"I won´t let you get me so easily, Jutsu of the great fireball!" I shouted, aiming at the few cats who stood before me, ready to attack.

I breathed in and was about to attack with my Katon-fireball, as I felt some intense pain.

"Dammit, I´m sorry but you leave me no choice!" I heard the voice of the Orange Paw stating behind me, I was shocked, I didn´t even heard his steps, before I could use my jutsu I was knocked out.

"Dammit, she´s strong for sure, thanks to your good reflexes Pan, without them, we surely would have been grilled!" I heard faintly, while I was drifting slowly into unconsciousness.

I tried to fight against it but it was futile.

"Stop telling tales, we have to hurry, I bet the ruckus have woke up the other guards, they soon will get here, we have to bring her towards mistress Chibineko!" I heard the voice from earlier saying, before I finally blacked out.

Meanwhile with Bolt:

We were running for some time now, always after these strange ghost foxes.

"Hey, are you guys sure about this, I mean it could also happen that they lead us to our death, I mean, these things are practically some kinds of ghost lights, aren´t they!" Inojin asked worried.

"In a way they are, but I cannot feel any kind of evil intent on them, to be honest I cannot feel them at all!" I replied.

"I guess all we can do is follow them, after all with them also the statues of the Foxes are running away, in a way!" Himawari said and we nodded, knowing she was right.

It was really crazy, but the more ghost foxes came out of the box, the less statues remained in the box, just as if the statues were indeed these beings, who were running before us momentarily; somehow even though it made no sense to us.

"I guess you are right, our mission is to bring them back to the temple and to guard them, and if they get us towards this temple then I would say, why not, just follow them!" I said, I was none to be naïve, but I also knew when something didn´t seemed quiet kosher.

The current situation wasn´t kosher at all, at least not for me, therefore I remained close to Himawari´s side, if things are going rough I will do my best to keep everyone, but especially Himawari, safe.

Still, honestly, by all the stories I got to know about this Orochimaru, be it either by Dad or Lady Tsunade, then I truly could imagine him to go such lengths, to get the power of this Wild sage.

If this being then should be as powerfull as Taron says, then the power Orochimaru would gain would be enormous.

"How far is it Taron?" I asked the fox before us.

"Not far anymore, a little over ten miles perhaps, then we arrive at the border to my Home!" The fox replied.

"I see!" I mumbled.

"Nii-san, are you sure we can do this, I mean, we have like no clue where Lady Inari´s daughter shall be, also do we have no clue how to bring her out of her depression, and what if this Orochimaru is there, we have no idea how strong he is, or perhaps has become in the last years!" Himawari stated and I nodded.

"I know, still, we have promised them to do anything in our power to help them and it is our mission after all, more or less, so by possibility, we have to succeed in it anyways!" I stated.

"Let´s simply make the best out of this situation!" I said as we ran through the forest.

"I guess you are right, we will see what happens if we arrive there!" Himawari replied and I nodded.

"We will see, I just hope we make it!" I mumbled looking up to the stars, imagining Sarada´s face.

"Bolt!" I heard it echoing in my heart, as if her Voice is calling for me.

"At Guard guys, we are tailed!" I heard Yuudai suddenly shouting.

"Dammit!" I shouted, activating my Byakugan.

"Dammit they are all around!" Himawari shouted.

"This evil feeling and this smell, no doubt, they are Oto- Nin, I can smell a faint trace of Orochimarus odor on them!" Kiba-sensei shouted.

"It is the same smell I once smelled on Sakon and Ukon!" He stated.

"I see, well then we better defeat them, I bet they are after the box!" I shouted.

"They are definitely after it!" Mirai-sempai stated.

"Inojin, please locate their positions as best as you can and transmit it to my mind!" I said to him, as I took out my Flying Guillotine.

"Alright, give me a second!" Inojin said.

"How far behind are they?" He asked Himawari.

"Around 7 miles on 360°, they got snake´s on their sides who follow our traces!" She said.

"Alright, first aim at the snakes, if we can kill them, they are not so easy to trace us and we might have an opening of a small time window, before they summon new snakes; afterwards you aim at the ones in front of us!" I demanded from Inojin.

"Yes, sir!" He said playfully before stopping on a tree and concentrating.

"Got them!" He said after a while.

"Alright, transmit them to me!" I demanded and he did as told.

"Alright I got them, step back this will be quite dangerous now!" I said, as I activated the Flying Guillotine.

"Kyūbiko, you got to help me in this!" I mumbled and the Bijuu in me, a part of Kurama´s power, which had been inherited to me and developed an own personality, nodded.

The others only though I had inherited Kuramas power, but that I had a second ninetails in me, no one but Himawari knew; I told her because I didn´t wanted her to ever be afraid of me.

I was engulfed in Kyūbiko's chakra, which allowed me to detect the enemies' evil intent, it worked in a way, better than my Byakugan.

"Gotcha!" I shouted, as I filled both Chakras, the Sen-chakra I had saved and Kyūbiko's into my Flying Guillotine.

I swung the rails around, releasing the enforced blade-disc.

"Hakai-kusari no jutsu, puraimaru kamigami-shuriken!" I shouted, as the dark red Shuriken flew through the forest, decapitating the snakes, before flying, through my will and my chakra, in a circle around us, towards our enemies who came from our front.

Inojin transmitted their position at me as soon as he had found them.

"Alright we can go on, the snakes are dead and our front is open, the rest is retreating!" I stated and they nodded and so we resumed to run towards the temple of the Light foxes, following Taron and his conspecifics.

"Yuudai, are they following us!" Kiba-san asked after a while.

"No not anymore, Bolt´s attack truly made them shitting their pants, no fear if something comes I will alert you!" The Puppy stated.

"Thanks!" We said and so we went on, running through the night.

"I tell you Kiba-san, they are ready, just look the way Bolt can command them and how they follow, he is the born Leader, just like his father.

He is able to combine his and Inojin's forces, to successfully take out our enemies, I mean you guys used to participated on your first exam early after you managed to succeed from the academy not, at least after what I heard from Naruto-Sensei.

Mine and Konohamaru´s team trained for six years.

And you see how good both are working together at many missions, not for nothing Naruto-Sensei has often used both of our teams on many missions alone and we always succeeded even if we had some collateral damages at time.

If they aren´t ready for this, then no one is!" I heard Mirai-sempai saying towards Kiba-sensei, after it was silent for a while.

Beside of Ganto´s monologues and Lorena´s whines, which were firmly interrupted by Back-head-slashes from Chouchou and Inojin only them both spoke silently with each other, still not quite quiet enough for my better hearing.

"I know, still you don´t have to ask me for this, you must speak with the Hokage about this, after all he has to make the plans, but I can tell you, I am sure that they will succeed in it too, how many B and A missions did they made, mutually counted, by now?" Kiba-sensei asked curious.

"4 A-missions, 6 B-missions, 32 C-missions and 60 D-missions, only 15 missions were unsuccessful in the whole six years, all others were successful!" Mirai-sensei stated full of pride.

"Only 15, in six years, well this is really something?!

My team had 32 unsuccessful missions, in four years!

All in all we had made 34 C-missions, 45 D-missions and this here is the first B-mission, I really hope we might succeed!" Kiba-sensei stated, I looked at Himawari to see her being sad, I bet she heard Kiba-sensei.

"However, to our defense I have to say, that most unsuccessful mission were because of a lack of true teamwork.

I don´t want to speak badly about them, but praising them I also can´t really do, well beside of one of my pupils.

Sigh, Ganto-san is often successfully blowing every cover we ever took and Lorena-san has a strong inability to get something done straight, without whining.

Seriously, the only one who really does something right is Himawari, if I shall be dead-honest.

I wish I had Sarada-san´s little brother in my team, I bet he and Himawari would be a perfect team!" I heard Kiba-sensei stating.

I looked yet again at Himawari, only, with joy, to see, that she was smiling and I think I even saw her blushing a bit.

I cannot say if it was due to being praised by her sensei, or about the mere thought, of being in a team with Katsuo-san.

"All in all I would say that the Chunin exams of this year will be quite hard, I heard that Suna and Konoha want to make the exam this time and the tests shall be harder than ever before.

I heard that, according to the Hokage, many Animals have being imported to the Forest of Death and that Yamato-sensei used his forces to enlarge the forest from 20 miles to 40 miles in the diameter, so it is way harder than to my time.

Also shall the first test, according to what I know, be monitored by Kankuro-san in Suna, this is somehow disturbing, honestly I never could get a like in this guy.

It are even talks with Iwagakure on the run, to make the last test there, however, as much as Naruto said to us, is nothing being clear on this, at least for now!" Kiba-sensei stated.

"I think no matter where they have to be, our teams will give their very best to succeed!" Mirai-sensei stated proudly.

"You are lucky you know, as I said, I wish I had at least Katsuo-san in place of Ganto-san, then I perhaps would be able to get my kids in the following Chunin exam, but as it looks now, this will perhaps only work if I try to collaborate with Sasuke´s Team, perhaps I can convince Naruto to let a team participating, consisting of the three best Genin of three different Teams, then I could place Himawari with more capable teammates, who knows?" Kiba-sensei stated.

"You think this is possible?" Mirai replied in thoughts.

"To be honest, my team, as it is now doesn´t and won´t work out at all, as I told you before, Teamwork is something Ganto doesn´t know about and perhaps, as much as I see it, never will, and getting herself dirty on mission is the biggest horror for Lorena.

You know, I really ask myself why they wanted to become Ninjas in the first place, Himawari is the only one of them who truly knows what it means to be a true Ninja, and who has the potential to become a great Kunoichi.

That's why I often set her in charge for doing all necessary things while I check our surrounding.

Sigh, I know this might sounds cruel to practically anyone…!" Kiba-sensei stated.

"But the other two truly hold back Himawari-chan, on her potential, to ever becoming a Chunin!" Kiba-sensei said and it was the first time in my whole life, that I heard a teacher or a Sensei saying that any of their pupils would hold another one back.

Mirai-san gasped in shock and I saw that Kiba-san was sad about his own words.

I looked at Himawari, only to see that she was in deep thoughts.

"Himawari are you okay?" I asked her concerned.

"I am, but I guess I will ask Dad, to maybe transfer into a new team, just as Kiba-sensei said.

It's true after all, out of 34 C-missions we only succeeded in 2 of them and most of it was pure coincidence.

This here is my only and last chance to show my skills to Dad, if I succeed in this mission I will ask him, if not I have no right to complain!" Himawari said and a single tear left her eye and rolled over her cheek.

"No matter what sis, I will help you, I will do anything in my power to make sure that you can succeed in this mission!" I said to her.

"Thanks brother, but I have to do this alone, if I always have to depend on you to get anything done, I will never be any better than Ganto and Lorena, then I have no right to call me a Kunoichi!" Himawari said.

"No fear Hima, we know you are a great Kunoichi, already yet!" Chouchou stated, as she came over, having heard what Hima said.

"I know that you always give your best, I am sure you will succeed in this mission!" Inojin stated and Himawari blushed deep red.

"We are soon there, only 3 miles before we are at the Border of my Home-forest then we still have to run for 10 miles!" We heard Taron stating.

"At guard something is rapidly coming at us!" Yuudai shouted.

"Dammit, Himawari!" I shouted and she nodded.

"Byakugan!" We shouted, as we activated our eyes.

"What in the world is this?" Himawari shouted.

"How far is it, I can´t see a thing?" I said, as I wasn´t able to see anything yet, damned shall be my lack of Hyuuga genes.

Why am I the only one to only see for 5 miles away, when Himawari is seeing for 10 miles?

"Approximately 8 miles away, but it comes rapidly, dammit this thing is Huge, looks like a Giant Anaconda!" Himawari shouted.

"Goddammit, this is Orochimaru!" Kiba-sensei shouted in horror.

"Dammit, we got to get away from here, as quick as possible!" Mirai-sempai shouted terrified.

"Gather together!" I ordered, having a sudden brain storm.

"What are you going to do?" Kiba-sensei asked dumbfounded.

"Just do as I say!" I shouted and they nodded gathering together.

"Taron you guys too!" I shouted as they surrounded us.

"Kyūbiko, help me, please!" I mumbled and I was engulfed into its chakra.

"Thanks buddy!" I said.

"I hope it works, I do this the first time in years!" I said, as I bit in the tip of my thumb.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" I shouted.

Suddenly we were catapulted highly in the air, with a massive noise and many smoke.

"Hey, brat, what did you brought me here for, I was just about drinking Sake with my Brother!" No one else, but my father's Kuchiyose partner Gamabunta, stated, as he appeared out of nowhere.

"I guess this was a little too much!" I stated, as for real I actually aimed to get Gamakichi here, which was easier to handle than the others, but honestly in our current situation I was not to be picky.

"Brat where am I here, where the hell have you brought me again…., hmm, funny, you are not Naruto or did you got tinier again?" The Toad-boss asked.

"Uhmm no sir, I am Boruto `Bolt´ Uzumaki, Naruto Uzumaki is my father, i´m sorry for summoning you, I actually aimed to summon your son, Gamakichi, however I am also glad that you are here, I think we need your Battle force the most!" I stated, as I pointed forward.

"Hmm, I see, I think that's Manda, or at least it´s a Snake from the Ryuuchidou, I don´t really care about their names anyways, still I can feel the evil intent behind its summoning, this chakra belongs to Orochimaru if I assume.

I thought that bastard has been killed, by Sasuke Uchiha, guess that's not true too, very well I shall grant you my power and cooperation for this time, Bolt Uzumaki, at least you have more manners than you father, as he summoned me the first time!" Gamabunta stated.

"Thank you Toad Boss, Sir!" We all echoed.

"Wait, who the hell are the others, who are sitting on my head?" He asked quite annoyed, with narrowed eyes.

"My team and my friends, we have to either defeat this Orochimaru, make him retreating or we are fleeing with flying colors, it depends on you, of which action you think we should take in this situation!" I said.

"Boy, how good is your talent in using Wind Chakra?" Gamabunta asked.

"Quite strong, if I may say so myself, why?" I asked.

"Ever used a Collaboration-jutsu?!" Gamabunta asked.

"Often, with Gamatatsu and Gamakichi, or my friends!" I said.

"Alright we use Fuuton: Gama Teppou (windstyle, Toad Gun) to blow the forest away!" Gamabunta stated.

I nodded, I often did such training with the two Toad children, to craft mighty attacks in our Missions; it truly saved my head the one or the other time.

"Alright, you better don´t miss the right moment!" Gamabunta said.

"Yes Sir!" I stated as I waited to feel his chakra building up.

I looked over my Byakugan only to see that the Snake of this Orochimaru guy was near, only 3 miles and he got us.

"2 miles!" Himawari stated after several minutes.

"He´s really fast!" I said, as I thought about many strategies at once.

"1 mile!" Himawari stated after another few seconds.

"Dammit can we really do it, I hope we hit him, but will he even be able to be blasted away by such a simply technique!" I though afraid, I was no one to easily underestimate a strong opponent, if I almost can feel how powerfull they are.

"Here he comes!" Himawari shouted.

"Guys, I need you to buy me as much time as possible, when he´s in the air!" I shouted and they nodded, preparing for the ambush.

"Brat, give me the Box!" I heard the deep voice of the pale skinned man before me.

His eyes had murderous glance full of evil intent in them.

The Giant snake on his side used some kind of Poisonous liquid, which it sprayed on us, at least it tried.

"Now!" I thought and as if with a mental link, Gamabunta spew his chakra enforced water gun, which I enforced with my wind power to high-speed, creating kind of a water laser.

It blew away the poison and simultaneously decapitated the Giant Snake, Orochimaru was standing on, alongside of a good Portion of the entire forest behind it, while catapulting our opponent high up in the sky.

"What the…, how can he be so powerfull… interesting?!" He said, as he dodged the Raiton Jutsus of Chouchou, as well as Inojin´s Ink beasts.

However he was no able to see that some of the beasts had been transformed Kagebushin of me, which de-transformed and used Fuuton: Rasen shuriken, being engulfed in Kyūbiko's chakra, right into Orochimarus back, to shoot him back to the ground.

But before he could hit it, he was engulfed, being paralyzed by my jutsu for a few seconds, into another Jutsu.

"Hah, just as planned!" I mumbled as I saw it right before me.

"Katon: Haisekishō (Fire-style, ash pile burning)!" I heard Mirai-sempai shouting, being brought with my Hiraishin: Dorai no jutsu (Jutsu of the Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder) to one of my Kagebushin, right behind Orochimaru.

Mirai-sempai was engulfing the surprised Orochimaru from behind, into a huge cloud of chakra infused Gun-powder, before igniting the same.

"AAAARRRRGGGHH!" Orochimaru shouted in pain, as he went ablaze and fell downwards right within a huge explosion, with several Rasenshuriken at his toe, ready to strike him down.

"Alright let´s get out of here!" I shouted, as I teleported Mirai-sempai back on Gamabunta Head.

"Good idea, everyone hold on tight!" Gamabunta shouted and with a few huge and wide Jumps, he brought us out of the Danger-zone.

An even more massive explosion went off, as the Rasenshuriken hit, seconds after that a massive firestorm went ablaze.

"Seems like we have to report yet again some Collateral damage!" Mirai-sempai stated, while we all sweat-dropped at the scene, a huge crater has been crafter, right in the middle of the forest.

"That was really nice sempai, you truly caught him off guard!" I said and the other nodded.

"Well it was thanks to your strategy Bolt and Chouchou and Inojin´s fore-work; with which I was able to get him from behind!" Mirai said with a Thumb up.

"For the few minutes you had, to react, this was really a well-timed strategy, I truly must say this was really Shikamaru Level!" Kiba-sensei stated and I blushed deep red.

It was a common fact that Shikadai´s father was known as the greatest strategy and intelligence mind in Konoha and the right Hand of my Father, also a member of the Hokage Goei Shoutai (Hokage Bodyguards), alongside of Sasuke-san, Lee-san and Shizune-san.

According to Dad was he also a candidate for the post of the Seventh Hokage, so to be put on the same level as this great man, was truly an honor.

"Oh c´mon guys, it was only quick thinking, if Shikadai wouldn´t ever had showed me how to quick think, we would have been fucked, so most of the credit goes right at him, I am only his pupil!" I said waving it off blushing.

"No, Bolt, take the damn compliment for once, not many people would have muster up such a plan like yours, in the few minutes you had, as Orochimaru had been attacking from atop his Kuchiyose animal!" Mirai-sempai stated and they all nodded.

"Well if you mean?" I stated blushing by all this praise.

"Anyways is he following us?" Kiba-sensei asked.

"No, it seems like he is either unconscious or has retreated for now, still we should be at guard.

One never knows what might happen!" Himawari stated.

"Now we are here, we are running over the border to my Home forest, only Humans we let or the Monks of our temple can overcome this barrier, but it gets weaker when my Mistress appears, for we have to weaken it, so the light off the full moon can hit her Statue unfiltered, that is very important for her manifestation!" Talon explained.

"Well I guess from here on out we better go back by feet, no offence but with your giant appearance the enemy will easily find us, Gamabunta, and I think there is still a Sake waiting for you anyways, as long as your Brother has not drank it all!" I said bowing before him.

"I really hope he didn't, anyways, it was nice to meet you Bolt Uzumaki, perhaps we might see each other again, well then Sayonara my Friend!" Gamabunta stated and bowed too before he vanished in a cloud of dust.

"Hmm, I don´t get it, Dad always claims that he´s such a difficult guy, but honestly I find him rather easy to handle!" I said to Himawari.

"Seems to be thanks to your Charisma!" She stated giggling cutely.

"Perhaps!" I replied.

"Well then we still have to defend you all for the next Two weeks, say when does your Mistress appears the next time?" I asked.

"Every 6 months, she can only manifest herself 2 times in a year!" Taron stated.

"Well then we simply have to look afterwards for every half year, that Lady Inari´s visit will become a success before she goes back to her world, but for now, we better try to survive this one time!" I said and they all nodded.

"I ask myself what Sarada-san does momentarily?" Himawari asked.

"Yeah me too!" I said honestly.

"I bet she´s alright and even if she will be in danger, it´s not like she has not some strong comrades and a strong Sensei at her side to help her!" Chouchou stated with a sheepish grin.

"No fear Bolt, your Sweetheart will be alright!" Inojin said smiling.

"For the last time, she is not my Sweetheart, she´s just a friend…!" I said.

"For now yes, but face it Bolt, we all know you got a thing for her, same as she has one for you!" Mirai-sempai stated.

"Did I missed something?!" Kiba-sensei asked confused, we all looked at him strangely.

"Nothing!" I shouted, blushing deep red, to hear it from others was just so embarrassing.

"Oh Please, sigh, Bolt and Sarada are having a thing for each other, that is an obvious fact, the only two who still don´t believe it are them both, out of unknown reasons the two just cannot admit it to themselves , that they are long over the border of more than simple friends and teammates!" Mirai-sempai explained her claim.

"I tell you guys, there is nothing going on between us!" I said trying to once and for all clear things up.

"Oh Please, if you still believe this you are only lying to yourself, Bolt, it´s blindly to see that you like Sarada a lot and it´s even more than blindly to see that Sarada feels deeply for you too, that's a fact!" Mirai-sempai stated with narrowed eyes and I was inches before denying it yet again, but if I shall be honest, Mirai-sempai sure was right, wasn´t she?

Who the hell am I still trying to fool here, the more I had contact with her, the more often I gazed at her and the more often she embraced me and smiled at me out of pure joy, the more I fell in love with Sarada.

Honestly I had enough of always trying to deny it, still, I had no idea if Sarada truly would feel this way for me, and as long as this hasn´t been cleared, I won´t tell anyone about my Love for her, no matter how obvious it shall be for others.

"You know what, why the hell am I trying to even deny it, it´s not like you guys actually believe me a word anyways aren´t you, so just believe whatever you want to, I won´t say anything to this anymore!" I stated pouting.

"Imagine, the ugly Uchiha girl and the Son of the Hokage, what a scandal, they don´t match together anyways, the Uchiha-nerd is way too dumb and Ugly and so mean and way too stupid, to ever be with such a High-society man, as the Son of our Hokage!" Lorena stated and Ganto laughed his Ass off.

"Right, the strange Nerd is always reading book, even walking around with them, my mom says that she shouldn´t have ever be born and that the Uchiha Clan would have better died out with the Criminal- Brother!" Ganto stated, while I and the others stopped dead in our tracks.

"What was that, I think I didn´t quite catch that, how did you called Sarada?!" I asked them.

"Bolt, Don´t do it!" Kiba-sensei warned.

"Are you deaf or what, we said she is dumb, ugly, stupid and strange, isn´t she!" Ganto stated laughing out loud, while Lorena joined in.

The more they laughed, the more blood trickled down from my hand which has been clenched in a tight fist.

"Now Guys, stop it yeah, Sarada is not as you think she is...!"

"Abnormal, mom says the Sharingan are dangerous tools of murderers, and that that Uchiha Itachi was a sick Psycho who killed his entire Clan for Fun, isn't that right?!" Lorena stated.

"Say that again, I dare you!" I said calmly, while in my inside my Blood boiled like a volcano near the eruption.

"You should go to a hospital and exchange your ears to new ones, they are really bad!" Ganto stated.

"Ganto that´s enough!" Kiba Sensei shouted.

"Hey, could it be, that you really love that ugly, stupid Dork, Bolt-san!" Lorena stated and I moved forward.

"Bolt don´t you dare!" Mirai-sempai stated, trying to step in my way.

"You guys are really stupid, can´t you two for once shut your mouth if you got nothing smart to say?!" Himawari asked them both equally enraged.

"Oh shut up you ugly Crybaby!" Ganto shouted annoyed.

"I double dare you to say that again!" Himawari shouted, pulling up he sleeves.

"Stop marking the big girl, crybaby, everyone in our grade knows that you are in love with that Uchiha boy, how was his name, Pinkie Uchiha!" Lorena stated, referring to Katsuo, Sarada´s Brother.

"Dammit Shut it your two, Himawari is right you just don´t know when to shut your trap!" Chouchou stated full of disgust.

"No one rattled on your Cage, stupid fat chocolate cow!" Ganto shouted, getting a back head slash from Inojin and Kiba-sensei.

"Oww, why do you hit us, Baka-Sensei, Alien!" They shouted.

I grit my teeth, while Mirai-sempai stopped me with a hand to my shoulder and a soothing speech I didn´t even heard at all.

"You are really stupid aren´t you, I tell you, this way, if you keep up being so dumb and without respect over other older Ninjas, you will never be Ninjas yourself!" Kiba-sensei stated.

"So what, I never wanted to become a dumb ninja anyways, my parents forced me to this, I would rather be a millionaire, living a carefree life, than running around and throwing with knifes around!" Ganto stated.

"He´s right, there is no benefit in risking one's life only to fulfill a mission, it`s better to run way by danger than to go against it, one better gives up, or else one only dies, where is the benefit in dying, only so that someone else might live!?" Lorena sighed.

"Baaaaaaaaammmmm!" A Loud explosion was to hear, as the tree right behind Ganto and Lorena splintered in pieces, being punched right above their heads.

"You little brats have no fucking idea, what it means to be a Ninja at all, you think we are just running around and fighting out of fun, you think that our missions aren't important, that you can fool around and run away by every single glimpse of danger.

Well Holy Fuck, let me tell you what got wrong there!" I stated as they were shocked beyond believe, I heard out Sensei´s breathing out in sheer shock.

"A Ninja is someone who works for the government of the own land and village, a Ninja fights to protect others, no matter the sacrifices.

In order for such dumb idiots like you and your parents to live, true ninja give their lives every day, to ensure the peace in our world to be uphold.

A Ninja always faces a possible defeat, but a true Ninja knows that he shall never give up and try his best until the very end.

If you cannot endure all pain, and all the negativities in this job you shall just leave and never ever again, dare to speak bad about a Ninja!" I stated enraged beyond believe, still I fairly held my true anger back.

"And where is the Benefit, you only get a small payment for bringing your life in danger, nothing to ever get rich from!" Ganto shouted.

"It´s not everything about money Ganto!" Kiba-sensei tried to reason his pupil.

"And how did the Hokage made so much money to build such a giant house, I heard he and that Uchiha man are best friends, I bet they threated the People to get more taxes from us Poor people, really, on such an unfair man I shall bring my respect, I beg your Pardon, the Hokage seems also to only be a loan-shark!" Ganto shouted and we all gasped, I was shortly before exploding.

"Hakke Kūshō (Eight Trigram Air Palm)!" I heard Himawari´s voice shouting.

Ganto flew several hundred meters through the air, before landing right in the trunk of a tree.

"Ganto, you witch, what you did to him!?" Lorena shouted at her, as she rushed at Ganto´s side.

"I will suck down that you guys mob me, but if you Insult my friends and my Family one more time, I will stomp you into the ground, you miserable, useless pieces of shit!" Himawari threated through gritted teethes, Byakugan activated and standing in the Hyuuga stance.

"You little, useless whore!" Lorena shouted enraged, in the same moment, as I punched a tree full force, making him cracking before he splintered in tiny pieces.

"Be grateful that it was only me, who punished you, Ganto, if my Brother would have done it, we would have to scrape you off the trunk!" Himawari stated before turning around and high fiving me and the others.

"Geez you guys are really troublesome!" Kiba-sensei stated.

"Kiba-sensei, I have a request!" Himawari stated, stepping before her Sensei.

"Yes, what kind of request?" The same asked.

"I made up my mind in the last half hour, and I would like to change the team after this mission!" Himawari stated with eyes full of determination.

"I knew you would say that, well I will look what I can do, but I am certain you will be able to get your will on this, so as things are standing, this team will go downhill anyways and I don´t really know, if I still want to have these two as pupils.

Anyways let´s stop this conversation and focus on our mission, we are soon there, now if you would, please!" Kiba-sensei stated.

"Ah and guys, if you should insult my Friends and Family and especially the Uchihas, ever again, make sure to know that I will gladly lead you to the Nirvana!" I said with a creepy smile and they nodded fearfully, both have pissed their pants.

"Eeeew!" the rest of us stepped away, each with sheepish grins.

"To think that of all potential combination, it must be Bolt, Naruto´s son, who falls in Love with Sarada-san, Sasuke´s daughter, this is truly amazing and also crazy at some point.

I honestly never really thought that there was anything going on between them, but now that I see it and think of it, whenever I met them two, they had always been together, either with Himawari chan, Senpou or Katsuo, but also often alone with each other!" Kiba-sensei mumbled.

"This truly was such a Bolt-like reaction even from Himawari, seems like the Uzumaki-kids truly feel in love with the Uchiha-kids!" Mirai-sensei stated, while Inojin and Chouchou snickered behind mine and Himawari´s backs.

"Geez cut the crap!" I shouted enraged and they finally shut their trap.

"And now keep shut, until we have arrived!" I stated annoyed.

"Sir, yes, sir!" Inojin stated mockingly, before I gave him `The Stare´ which shut him up rather quick.

Afterwards it peacefully was quiet for the whole rest of this rather rough ride, giving me time to think up strategies, if we might encounter this Orochimaru yet again.

In the Catmoon (Nekotsuki) Hideout, Sarada´s Pov:

"Uuuh, my head, it hurts!" I thought, as I woke up to some voices, who were having a heated dialogue.

"Did, you really… so far… no other possibility… won´t trust us …!" I tried to focus myself on anything, still I was not able to do much, my body felt as if it weights a ton.

"Guys I think she´s waking back up!" the female cat voice, which I heard earlier this night, said.

"Alright, at least she hasn´t token too much damage, but she sure was heavy!" I heard the voice of the cat, who earlier tried to lure me out of the cell.

"Smack!" With a loud noise a slap was to hear.

"Oww, why did you hit me Kona!?" The voice asked.

"Are you an idiot, you can´t tell a girl that she´s heavy, how indecent are you, you prick!?" Another Female voice stated.

I tried to focus more on my hearing, but it hurt my head to even think about doing that.

"Honestly I ask myself, how you manage to live with this indecent prick, he always says what comes to his mind, wherever it is good or bad, how can you cope with that, Kona?!" I heard the first female voice speaking, I began to see, as I forced my eyes open, still everything was blurry.

"Most of the time I don´t really listen to his babbling, he´s a nice guy, he too has his good sides to some point, even if he is kind of annoying at times.

Still, I love this guy, for how he is, not how I might would have had him and he has skills Deida, skills, most cats would dream of, if you know what I mean.

But overall you are right, he is an indecent prick!" The voice of Kona stated sighing.

"That really hurts somehow, Kona!" the male voice stated, with a pained tone.

"Well i´m right after all, aren´t I!" The voice of Kona stated.

"So basically your reason to be with Pan is, because he amuses you, in a way, and because he´s good in bed,…oh well… let each person their desires!" The voice of Deida said, with an annoyed huff.

"Anyways I guess our guest has finally woken up, you sure she won´t have any side effects, Pan?" Another voice asked.

"No Saso, I am sure, perhaps only a bit of Neck pain but nothing which cannot get rid of, through a well massage!" Pan said.

"Well you don´t really had to bump her head on that one street lamp, that one tree in the Park, the wall outside in the stair house, the door to this room, hell you guys even managed to bump her head on the chair she is sitting on!" Deida´s voice stated annoyed, while Kona´s voice sighed.

After several attempts to focus, I finally was able, to fully get my eyesight back.

"Where am I, Why am I here and moreover who the hell are you?" I asked, as I looked at a group of multicolored cats, of all sizes and races.

I recognized that I was strapped on a chair, but it was not of the same rope as the Bastion-guards had used earlier, still I could not move my hands a bit.

"Uhm well you are here in our Hideout, the Catmoon, the former best restaurant in the city of Sora-Ku, we are the Nekotsuki Gang and you are here to speak with our mistress, Lady Chibineko, she has a favor to ask you!" Pan, which seemed to be the leader of the group stated.

"Well it´s definitely a funny way, for asking a favor!" I stated sweat-dropping.

"See, I told you she will be angry at us!" Kona stated at Pan with narrowed eyes.

I scanned the cats of, there was a red one lying lazily on a windowsill over the radiator, a white-silvery colored, who looked around for some food, while holding a small twig in her mouth, as if she fear to let it go.

Right before the chair, I was sitting on, stood a blonde female cat, Deida, which seemed to feel kind of annoyed by something, perhaps Pan, she had long, hair-like fur on her head bound together as a pigtail, while the rest was hanging over the half of her face.

Next to the blonde stood a Russian Blue female cat, Kona, with a white rose behind her ear, who narrowed her eyes at Pan, the leader, who was an Orange colored tall male cat, with something looking like black piercings in her ear, he had lilac eyes, very unusual, as much as I know about cats.

A skinny Egyptian Mau, with grey-blue shimmering fur, sat next to him, narrowing his eyes at me, smirking evilly.

Next to the red one laid a brown-beige furred male cat, with some kind of headscarf around his head, he seemed to be the oldest of them all, as his fur had some grey spots, and his back was full of minor to large scars.

Perhaps from many fights with other cats.

"I´m waiting?!" I asked annoyed.

"See, she´s angry, it´s only because you had to speak about her weight, you are so an idiot Pan…!" Kona scolded her boyfriend, while Deida sighed and shook her head in disbelieve

"Anyways where are our manners, hi my name is Deida, these are my best friend Kona, this here is our current leader and the greatest indecent idiot there is, Pan.

The Gray cat with the twig over there is called Hid, the Scarface over there is called Kaku, the evil-looking skeleton over there is called Kisa!" Deida stated chuckling.

"Who the hell are you calling a Skeleton?" The Bluish Egyptian Mau asked enraged.

"The red lame-ass on the windowsill, is going by the name Saso.

Unfortunately is someone missing, our actual leader Ita, he sits in the prison cell deep under the bastion, deeper than you have been, in the high security area as the sole imprisoner!" Deida stated and all of them wore depressed expressions.

"And who is this Mistress you have told me about?" I asked curious, caring less about their problems, at least for right now; I had plenty of own ones.

"She should be coming soon!" Deida stated and as if on call, it knocked on the door.

"Parole?" Pan asked, as he looked through the Door-spy

"Ita o kaihō, hitobito o kaihō (Free Ita, free the folk)!" A sweet voice stated.

"You may enter, Mistress!" Pan stated, as he opened the door.

A cloaked, person, or better said, a cloaked cat entered the room.

"May I introduce you, our mistress Lady Chibineko, isn´t she just the sweetest thing?" Deida stated, as she brought a pillow for the cat to sit, while Pan took off her Cloak.

Under it was a beautiful white cat, with some colorful dots in beige and brown on her fur, she wore a red Kimono with a Yellow obi; she had a dignified and aristocratic air around her.

But the biggest difference to all the other cats in this room, was definitely the fact that she had two tails, just like…

"You are Nekomata´s Daughter, aren´t you!?" I said, as I recognized the face.

I saw her sitting next to her father in the audience hall, at first I thought it might be the personal servant of Nekomata, but now that I see her two tails, I was certain of it.

"You have a good grasp, Young miss Uchiha, you are right I am Chibineko, the daughter of Lord Nekomata!" she said and bowed before me, she was quite polite, completely different as the rest of the cats in this room.

I bowed, as far as possible, too.

Just what has such a fine cat to do with these guys?

"Pan, I beg you, can you please release her from the chair!" Chibineko asked.

"Are you sure, she tried to grill us earlier, who knows what she will do, once she comes free?!" Pan stated.

"Well you guys weren't quite squeamish with your attacks either!" I stated with narrowed eyes.

"Pan, please!" Chibineko asked and Pan sighed.

"If you are so sure about this!" Pan stated.

He sighed, before he used his claws to cut the ropes away, I plunged forward, shoving him out of the way, as soon as all the restrains were off me.

"Dammit!" Pan shouted.

"No one comes near me!" I shouted, as I held Chibineko in my grasp, the cat was quite calm though, for just being taken hostage, as if she knew it would come so.

"Lady Chibineko!" Deida shouted terrified.

"So, and now you march back to the prison and release my friends as well, I don´t care about this dumb mission anymore, buck that dumb Paw print, I only want my Teammates back and then we will go home!" I stated, threatening Chibineko with a hidden blade, the metal-wire which was stuck in my wristwatch.

Ten meter pure wire, ready to cut and to tie up.

"Dammit, a hidden weapon!" Pan stated.

"Please let go of her!" Kona asked afraid.

"Only if you get me my teammates!" I shouted.

"That won´t be possible!" Chibineko stated calmly.

"Why not?" I asked enraged.

"Your escape out of the prison wasn´t as precise and calm as we had intended, we could not make a replacement for you, so that the guards won´t recognize something.

Through your rough escape, things resulted in the heavier guarding of the prison cells, a cat won´t be able to get in there so easily, less a human, but even more difficult it would be to get out again; less with three humans at one´s side, without hurting anyone, and still, I am the cat Princess, so I have a responsibility to my folk.

I cannot let it being hurt, not even for helping your team mates to escape, i´m sorry!" Chibineko stated.

"And what now, you want to die, I care a shit about what will happen to you cats, you have enclosed my friends in prison cells, goddammit!" I shouted at them all and Chibineko flinched.

"We are sorry, really, but the guards also have no choice, they cannot stand against the orders of the king of the cats, or else they will be thrown into the jail too, most of them have families to feed!" Chibineko said.

"Can´t you talk to him, stimulate his conscience, or at least trying to change his mind, aren´t you supposed to be his daughter?" I asked annoyed.

"Indeed I am his daughter, but unfortunately is this not possible, at least not anymore.

Everyone who tried to change his mind or who revolted against his orders, has been thrown into the prison-cells, so also Ita!" Chibineko replied, and at the call of the leader´s name, everyone went in a deep depressive look, even Chibineko.

Suddenly my curiosity was awoken and my wrath began to fade away.

"Ita tried to help me, and for this he has been thrown into jail, we tried to free him, but we have been slain back by the guards, afterwards they brought him into the deepest and most secured part of the Bastion!" She began to tell.

"You must know, it was not always so, before many Years Father was respected and loved for his care and kindness over our folk, but ever since this cat came to us, my father turned around to 360°.

His former Kindness has turned to an imperious character, what once was care has turned towards cold calculation, everything to his benefit.

It began 5 years ago, ever since this time, he also forbid any Human to ever enter the Town, Nekobaa, a good friend of mine, had to move out of the City last year, after she was chased out by my Father.

The Influence of this cat has somehow obscures his senses, I am sure that my father doesn't know what he is doing!" She stated.

"But who is this Cat you are talking about anyways?" I asked.

"We don´t know much about him, only that he is called Kuro Z and that he has arrived shortly before the king´s change to the worst!" Deida stated worried.

"Unfortunately am I and my friends here, the only ones who believe this, all the rest of the folk, who is suffering under my father's strict reign of terror, is angry and more than once, revolutions had to have been brutally slain down, by the influenced Guards.

After all this time, Nekobaa finally managed to get a Message out, for the whole desolated area around the town and the Bastion is being guarded by Cat guards, there aren´t many birds who ever come here, therefore it is not quite easy to smuggle a message out.

Every Cat gets thoroughly interrogated before entering or exiting this Areal.

You had luck for Nekobaa was able to create a teleport-point with help of a Hiraishin no jutsu seal on a Kunai, which has been used by Hina and Denka, who got the Kunai from the Hokage, in order to get you in here without the guards knowing.

But now your friends are stuck within the prison cells, I bet that Nekobaa hadn´t counted with this!" Chibineko stated.

"So you saying that this whole mission is a fake!" I asked, after I let her go, she sat back on the pillow and I myself back on the chair, everyone was keeping their distance from me.

"In a way yes, I asked Nekobaa to help me find a way how we can bring father back to his senses, she then told me that there only has been two people who ever were able to defeat my father, something no cat before was able to do.

She told me about the Uchiha-clan, which in old times stored their Ningus in our town, by Nekobaa being the guard and store keeper over them.

She also told me that you Father and Your Uncle had been the only ones who ever manage to defeat my father in a fair battle!" Chibineko stated.

"So she asked for my team, because I am an Uchiha and she thinks I have what it takes, to defeat your father am I right!?" I asked.

"Indeed that´s what she said, that's why I was glad that you managed to get as far as that I could see you, I saw your special eyes, even though only for a second, which gave me certainty that you are an Uchiha!" Chibineko stated, before she bowed before me.

"I beg you, in the name of my Folk, please help us to rescue my friends as well as yours, help us freeing father out of this evil influence and make him see what he does to our folk!" She asked me with teary eyes, as she and all the others bowed before me.

"Can I really promise this, that I will be able to help her, I mean this guy managed to easily defeat me, not that I wasn't caught in a surprise attack and restrained by this Chakra blocking ropes, but still, it´s not like I will come all too far, with only a pair of two-tomoe Sharingan, won´t I?

Still, Father as well as Uncle Itachi shall have defeated him already, as my father's daughter and a proud member of the Uchiha clan I cannot be chicken out by this.

Nekobaa and these cats, as well as Konoha-sensei, Shikadai and Senpou, they all count on me.

If I would not help them, if I now would flee like a coward, trying to only safe my friends and let them dwell in their misery, how would I be able to look in Bolts face ever again?" I thought.

It was silent for a few moments while I weighted the pro and the contra, I knew that I had to do something, who knows maybe I truly will get some advantage, if I manage to make some of these cats to my friends and perhaps even my Kuchiyose partners.

I had no real intention to have a slug as my partner, even though Lady Katsuyu is really nice, and a Snake would only freak Bolt out.

He likes to caress mine and Himawari's hair like a cat, so perhaps he likes cats.

"Alright I will help you, as best as I can, but note that I am perhaps not as strong as my father has been, during his time as he defeated your father!" I said and Chibineko looked up with teary eyes.

"We will forever be thankful to you, if you manage to bring my father back to senses, I will ask him personally to give you a Paw print, so that your mission still will become a success.

I also wanted to first apologize that we had to trick you in here, but your Father and Lord Uzumaki stated that it would be too obvious, if they would arrive here, since my father knows their faces.

But by an unknown Genin team, with a fake Mission, my father would not become so suspicious, also not Kuro Z!" Chibineko stated.

"Wait, Bolt´s father and mine knew about this mission, why did no one told us anything?" I asked enraged.

"Your father said that it would be easier to play an act if you truly believe it to be the truth, therefore Nekobaa should not tell you about it, until you see it for yourself what has become of my Father!" Chibineko stated.

"Anyways, we have approximately 2 weeks before the maze is fully installed, these days we will use for your Training!" Chibineko stated.

"Wait Training, what are you talking about, we have to free my friends?!" I shouted.

"And how do you want to do this, you might not know it, but even if you are human with exceptional skills, we are cats and therefore able to unlock the cell door, so without our help, you won't be able to get them out of the cells anyways.

As humans you don´t really have anything to fear if you get away from here, but we as cats will be targeted all our life until they get us, if we simply help you.

No we have to bring Lord Nekomata out of the dark influence, only then we can force him to release your friends!" Deida said getting nods from the others.

"Well then, let´s go, what are we waiting for, let´s defeat your father, and Kuro Z, and everything will be alright!" I stated as I jumped up.

"This will be not so easy as you think, Miss Uchiha!" Chibineko stated calmly.

"Sarada, my name is Sarada, and why shall this not be so easy!?" I asked but was interrupted in my conversation.

"Wait, you are called Salad?" Pan asked me laughing, and said just the wrong thing.

"Huuuaaarrrgghhh!" The same shouted, as I strangled him.

"DON´T CALL ME SALAD!" I screamed at him.

"There you see it Pan, just shut up for once!" Kona stated as I was done, Hid poked the fainted Pan with his twig and Deida mumbled something about indecent idiot and bucking Goofball.

"Anyways, many years have passed since my father was defeated by yours, so it's only logical that he trained more and he is now near invincible, he defeated all the other Cat Lords and is now the undisputed King of Ninekos , the only which might pose a threat to this position, are my Childhood-friend Ita and the Fire cat Matatabi!" Chibineko stated.

"You said this name earlier, but who exactly is this Ita and how does it comes that he´s in the jail anyways?" I asked her.

"Ita was my Childhood friend and the son of the Commander of the Bastion Guards, well over the years that we had been together I fell in love with him, and even our fathers always supported our relationship, well before a half year ago, as the Climax of my father´s brainwashing had been reached, he wanted me to marry Kuro Z, all of a sudden.

Of course Ita and I were not at all amused, we tried to speak with father and as that didn´t worked we tried to flee, as everything went too much for me, but we were stopped by the Bastion guards.

Ita, who always has been a friend of the right, truth and the free will, tried to bail me out of this marriage.

He called my Father for a duel, if he would win, my father would have to let me and him go, if my father would win, then he could do whatever he wants with Ita.

Ita was strong no doubt, but my father has become a power charge of evil forces, enforcing his Genjutsu force, showing Ita some kind of gruesome illusions, he never spoke about it but it had to be really gruesome.

Anyways, Ita, tried to fight against it, but was hit unconscious by my father and therefore lost the battle, afterwards my Father threw him in the jail, accusing him of high-betrayal, and he would have to show his worth in the Cat Maze!" Chibineko stated and everyone was silent.

"But what exactly is this Cat Maze anyways?" I asked still a bit confused.

"An obstacle course, with deadly weapons and traps, a cat will have many difficulties with it, more than once cats have been coming out crippled and some even died on their wounds afterwards, a human with bad reflexes has as good as lost, and even with good reflexes, it is still hard to overcome all the obstacles, believe me!" Kaku, who had been silent for the whole time stated.

"You know this quite well I would say, as if you had been there?" I asked and he nodded.

"Twice, I barely came out alive the last time, Nekobaa, who is an old friend of mine, healed my wounds, patched them up and so saved my life, she kept me at her side as I lost everything I had, before we had been chased out of the town last year!" He said, as he showed me his scars, under the Headscarf was a large scar over the back of his neck.

"I have been a proud soldier and the advisor of my Lord, before all of this happened, 5 years ago, and only because I believe the same as Lady Chibineko, I joined the Nekotsuki gang!" He said.

"All of us worked in the fortress, more or less, so we saw the drastic change firsthand, Kona here was the court-gardener´s daughter, Deida was the daughter of the pyro-technician, who was responsible for the fireworks of the festivals.

Saso was the court-mechanic, however he only worked when the machines of the Fortress were broken, such as the cannons or the mills and so on, Kisa was the old chef of the Fortress, and always responsible for creating the sushi-masterpieces for the large dinner parties.

Ita and I were best friends and sons the Commander and the sub Commander of the Bastion-guards

Hid was our sensei!" Pan stated and all of them wore sad expressions remembering the old days.

"Anyways, in order to defeat Lady Chibineko´s father, you first have to learn how to fight like a cat and how to defend yourself against our Genjutsu, only if you are able to overcome this training, you have a slightly realistic chance, to hopefully not get defeated in the first 10 minutes!" Hid stated.

"We have built up a large dojo in the basement, where we can train!" Pan stated.

"I see, and I understand this but what about my friends, I cannot simply leave them in the jail, all alone without a sign of life of me, mourning over my loss!" I said and they nodded.

"I will give them a message of you, if you want, I have my tricks to get near them!" Chibineko stated and I was glad.

"Alright, I will try to learn everything I can to defeat your father, free him from Kuro Z´s influence and free your friend and mines!" I stated and they cheered and embraced me.

I chuckled, in a way they still were cats and so I began to caress their heads, but once I started it was hard to stop, now I know how this feels for Bolt.

It feels really good to hear the purr of them.

"Achooo, achooo!" I suddenly sneezed.

"Did you catch a cold down in the prison, or do you have and allergy against Cats?" Pan asked.

"No I guess someone´s speaking about me !" I stated.

"Bolt!" I mumbled.

"Bolt, is that your Boyfriend?" Deida asked and I flushed deep crimson.

"Noo, he´s not!" I stated quickly.

"Well it looks like it!" Pan stated.

"No it´s not true!" I shouted embarassed, hitting him on the back-head knocking him out.

"Whoops my Bad!" I stated.

"No fear, he is robust, in a few minutes he will be alright, anyways it´s time to rest a bit, tomorrow we will begin the training, from now on you stay in here at any time of the day, until you mastered the Pansā Kumite (Panther Battle), got it!" Hid stated in a harsh tone.

"Understood!" I said saluting.

And so my work filled days should start, and I had no clue what will lie ahead of me.

Part II: Present days: The Month between- Side Yamanock: Operation youthful Makeover andThe perfect Motive.

A Date like no other.

Senpou´s Pov:

"UUUWaaaah!" I yawned after I woke up, trying to swipe the sleep out of my eyes.

It had been exactly one and a half week since the Trainings month had started, in this time I hadn´t seen anyone of the team beside of Inojin, to whom I had a strong crush on.

Logically the same had no idea about this, not as if he really cares about that anyways, he was too occupied with googling after Sarada after all.

"Sigh, honestly I have no drive to stand up!" I mumbled as I sat in my bed, a little dizzy from being roughly woken by dad, with one of his ah-so-youthful speeches.

Honestly, youthful was the least I felt right now, I more felt like I was a hundred years older.

"Just another boring day of training!" I mumbled as I looked outside, even though the sun was shining and the summer was about to come, was everyday just the same as the previous.

Since days we did nothing else but training, training, training, and there was no real end in sight.

I always liked it to train and to prove my skills, either to Dad or to Mom, but lately it just felt dull, and I lost every interest in it.

Mom meant that I might have out-burnt my power-reserves for this month.

Dad, meant that I might simply need a rest, of all the intense youthful training I had with Inojin.

Honestly, I think it rather has to do, that I feel kind of sick in my skin.

"But it´s nothing wrong with my skin, isn´t it!?" I thought, as I poked at my belly or my arms.

"Feels normal!" I stated, well, I don´t really knew what I would have expected anyways.

"Sigh, why do I just feel so unmotivated?" I asked, as I finally stood up.

I went in the Bathroom, to wash my face.

"Hmm, I don´t feel sick, and I don´t look like i´m getting sick at all!" I though as I looked in the mirror.

I was greeted by the exact copy of my father's face, the only difference was, that I had a more round face and rosy cheeks, at least that was what Mom always said.

"Perhaps I just need a strong tea to really wake up!" I mused, as I went back in my room, yawning, still only dressed in my undergarments.

"hmm!" I looked myself in the mirror of my room.

"hmmm?" I twirled around but saw nothing wrong, just the same as I always was seeing, when I wake in the morning.

"Hmm, naaah, I don´t get it, just what is wrong with me?" I asked loudly, as if the answer would fall right before my feet.

I sighed in annoyance.

"Well I guess pondering about it won´t help anyways, won´t it, I better get dressed and look if Inojin´s ready?!" I stated, as I went to my wardrobe.

"Hmmm , which one to wear?" I asked as I looked around.

To say that my possession on clothes and accessories was decent, was practically a joke, I had like nothing different to wear than the 7 green tracksuits, one for each day of the week.

Due to being trained hard by dad, at my own wish to become such a great Ninja like my Mom and my Dad, during most of my childhood, I had much muscles and, besides of my D-cup chest perhaps, not much sexappeal.

I had no real time to do girlish things, until the age of 8 I still was an A-cup, and as such I had often being mistaken for a boy, I guess this kind of nagged a bit on my pride as a woman.

Still, I never really held much about lip-gloss, nail varnish or Makeup in general, I never had an interest in using that, not even Mom did, as much as I know, or at least she does not do it often.

"Who knows maybe I should try it, only to see how this would look like!" I mumbled as I mused about it.

"Naww, better not, I have no idea how to do this anyways, I better get ready so I can get Inojin for training!" I stated, as I brushed the thoughts off.

I dressed in my tracksuit, fixed my Konoha-belt, combed my hair straight, before going over to the Kitchen, where Mom sat and was reading the newspaper.

From the direction of the dojo I could hear some loud voices, those of my Dad, Bolt and Sarada, the two of them often came here to train their Taijutsu, both were as strong as me, said Dad.

Not for the least that Sarada has had a special training in Pansā kumite (Panther battle) and had awoken her Third Tomoe in her Sharingan, only a few months ago during a mission.

And Bolt was to a half Hyuuga, he has learned the Jukken Taijutsu by his mother and Aunt and so he had good reflexes anyways, with Dad´s training his reactions were only increased.

"Ohayo, Okaa-San!" I greeted my Mother.

"Ah Senpou-sweetheart, had a good sleep?" Mom asked, as she stood up and took her self-made extra-spicy curry out of the refrigerator, to heat it up in the microwave for me.

"Kind of, still, I feel somehow without any motivation to do anything today!" I stated honestly, as I embraced her from behind.

"Do you feel sick, you had been feeling so since two days, as much as I noticed, not?!" Mom asked and I nodded.

"I don´t feel sick though, but it´s just no fire in my oven, and somehow I don´t find the door to shove new charcoal inside of it!" I stated.

"What a poetic speech my dear, anyways it´s not unusual for someone to have no drive from one day to another, I think you have a routine-sickness!" Mom said.

"Routine-sickness, what do you mean by that, I am not sick, I have no fever and my eyes are also alright, my head also doesn´t hurt….!" I stated confused.

"No, no, not that kind of sickness, what I mean is that you are tired of the routine you have been doing since two weeks.

I mean the waking up, getting dressed, eating, going over to Inojin, going to train till late evening, coming back home, eat dinner, get washed and go sleeping and the next day you do it all again.

With increasing time such a routine becomes boring and uninteresting, because nothing new happens, it are just the same boring things you do every day.

And at some point your body just don´t feel like doing this anymore, so you have to change something in your routine.

For example you could going another way to Inojin's house today, who knows, maybe you encounter something completely new!" Mom stated and somehow her words made sense.

"I will try that then, thanks mom you really helped me!" I stated and kissed her cheek, before I took the curry out of the microwave as it was done heating.

"Well then, Itadakimasu!" I said with a smile, the talk with mom brought a bit of my spirits back.

She was right, I had to change something.

After I was done eating I washed the dishes, before I prepared and was ready to go out.

"I will be back at evening mom, wish Dad a good day from me, okay, see you later!" I said and she nodded.

"Be careful dear!" She said and I nodded smiling.

"Will be!" I said and closed the door behind me.

"Well then, off to Inojin!" I stated in a happier mood and was about to run the way along the street.

"Wait, silly me, I wanted to take a different way today!" I stated, as I remembered and so I was running over the rooftops of the town, instead of running on the streets.

Inojin was living with his parents at the edge of the Upper town, above the Hokage Mountain, where his mother has a bigger flower shop than the old one of her parents, which has been destroyed during Pains attack, and his father had here a famous painting atelier.

Honestly I didn´t get why this Nagato, who, as much as Sarada and Bolt see it, might be the seventh Pain, is allowed to live within the Uzumaki Village, less roam through the village freely, not that he actually does that, since he knows that nobody will have to have anything to do with him.

Still Bolt´s Father is the Hokage and he is Strong, so I think he must know what he does.

But Beside of Nagato also the other Uzumakis, like Sarin-chan and her Father, Karin-san and Lady Mito, had gotten a living in the Uzumaki Villa offered by the Hokage.

I think that Bolt and Himawari are glad, to have so many people in their house for once, since normally only their Grandfather and their Aunt are living with them, together with Konohamaru-sensei.

One truly could speak of the newly rise of the Uzumaki Clan, so far.

After a while:

"Good morning!" I said as I, after a long run over the rooftops of the city, arrived in Mrs. Yamanaka´s flower shop.

"Oh Hello, Senpou, how are you, what are you doing here?" Mrs. Yamanaka asked, smiling at me.

"I´m fine, i´m here to get Inojin, is he ready?" I asked.

"Wait didn´t he called you?" Mrs. Yamanaka asked me confused.

"Uhmm, no, why should he?" I asked, equally confused.

"That damn little prick, I knew he would forget it, raaah…. Calm Ino, calm, sigh, well he has gotten an urgent call for a mission, I told him to give you a call, so you don´t have to come all the way for nothing!" Mrs. Yamanaka explained, after almost snapping.

"Ah I see, well we can´t change it anyways so it´s okay, was a good exercise for me!" I said, brushing it off as nothing.

Still my heart stung a little, I always was happy to see Inojin, especially when he sweated, these nice sweating spanned muscles and his perfectly shaped behi….

"Uhmm, it may be sudden for you, but if you like I could use some help in the flower shop, I´ve got plenty of orders to do, if you have nothing more important to do of course!" Mrs. Yamanaka stated, bringing me out of my dirty daydream.

Proof that I was still a young girl in puberty, rather than a hard working muscle-brain.

"Sure I can help, but I am not so fond in terms with flowers or plants in general!" I said honestly.

"Oh no fear, if you don´t know something I will gladly show you!" She said.

"Thanks Mrs. Yamanaka!" I replied.

"Oh my, you don´t need to be so formal, just call me Ino okay!" Ino-san said smiling and I nodded.

"Will do!" I said and so I helped her to make flower-arrangements, or preparing the cut flowers, while planting the flowers in the soil in the greenhouse, I learned much about many kinds of Plants from Ino-san.

"Ino-san, if I would be a flower, which one do you think I would be?" I asked out of the blue, as we came on terms of characteristics of flowers who match the human personalities.

"Hmm, let me think, I think you're either a blue iris, which stands for creativity and boundless energy or an Anthurium, which is considered quite exotic and as a symbol of strength!" She said, as she showed me the flowers.

"They look beautiful!" I said smiling.

"Just like you!" Ino-san said and I blushed.

"Oh stop it you, i´m not that beautiful!" I said sadly.

"But of course you are, who says you are not beautiful, truly must be blind!" Ino-san said with a frown.

"But it´s true, I rarely get complimented for my look, mostly only for my fighting skills, until I was 8 years old, people constantly had mistaken me for a boy.

But ever since my chest began to grow, it are less people who think of me as a boy, still it has never someone come to me, only to tell me that I am Beautiful!" I stated and she frowned even more.

"Hmm, well this is a pity, really, I tell you Senpou, you have so much potential to be a beautiful woman, a little rouge there, a bit of eye shadow, perhaps another hairstyle and skadooch, a beautiful flower is born!" Ino-san said, as she looked at me.

"Perhaps, but I have no real sense for makeup and such things and even if, it´s not like I have any matching clothes, I only have these tracksuits and honestly it was all I ever really needed!" I stated honest.

"You know what, I think it is time for a Makeover then!" Ino-san said loudly.

"Eh wait what, why, it´s not like it will change a thing, it´s still me!" I said irritated and highly confused.

"Tsss, tss, tss, I will tell you what, most guys, perhaps not all but most of them, like girls who are creative with themselves, who don´t always look the same way but who also like to show their female charm, from time to time.

And as I said earlier, you have potential girl, really, I can imagine it... still you are right, the tracksuits truly disturbs such a picture,…, hmm how about this, we will finish the arrangements and afterwards we go on a Shopping and Makeover tour in the city.

I will gladly show you a bit of the world of the Female Charm, logically only if you want!" Ino-san offered and I thought about it.

Mom did told that keeping a routine for too long time is bad for the wellbeing, she meant this more psychically, but still, maybe a new look will help me to feel better in my skin.

"Well, I got time so why not, I think, yeah, let´s give it a shot!" I said, smiling happily.

"See that's what I mean, we truly have to bring this Smile to bear!" Ino-san stated.

"Say, Senpou, I know it´s personal, but, are you perhaps in love with someone?" Ino-san asked, out of the blue and all too sudden.

"Eh what!" I asked as I, completely baffled by this sudden question, let a vase falling.

"Oh my!" I said as I saw the mess.

"I´m sorry Ino-san, I will pack this away instantly!" I said blushing in embarrassment.

"I see, haha, so you are!" Ino-san stated, a bit too amused.

"Someone I know?" She asked.

"In a way, yeah, I guess!" I said blushing deep red.

"And, did you told him already?" She dug after it.

"No, still not, I think he don´t even really notice me properly, or at least not as a potential girlfriend, I guess for him I am only a friend, someone who is simply there!" I said, a bit saddened.

"Oh my, but it sounds as if you really like that boy, well, I bet after the makeover, he cannot different but notice you, that I am sure off!" Ino-san stated.

"But if he only likes me because I have changed myself, wouldn´t that mean that he is quite superficial?" I asked afraid.

"Not if you show your inner values outwards towards him, don´t fear we will only do as much as you want it yourself, so it´s up to you of how much you want to change your surface, just don´t try to become something you truly aren´t, if you do that you only will lose yourself!" Ino-san stated.

"I guess you are right!" I said, after I had cleaned the mess I had made.

"Well, I guess we are done here, just let me dress myself in something better and then we can go!" She said and I nodded waiting in the showroom.

"There I am, well then let´s go!" Ino-san said, as she came back after a while, she truly was breathtaking beautiful, especially in this purple Two piece dress.

She wears her short purple, sleeveless blouse, and elbows fishnets, her long skirt who is reaching her ankles, underneath mesh leggings along with high-heeled sandals.

"You look so beautiful!" I said absentmindly.

"Really, well thank you!" She said smiling.

"I just have to tell Sai, that I am going out!" She said and together we went in the atelier next door.

"Sai, sweetheart where are you?" She shouted loudly.

"I´m here, in the store!" We heard a male voice, before the owner of it came out from behind the counter.

"Oh hello Senpou-san, nice to see your here, I thought Inojin had called you, that he has an urgent mission today and can´t go train!" Mr. Yamanaka stated.

"Yeah I know, I guess he forgot to call me, but I had a great time helping Ino-san in the flower shop, I learned much about flowers!" I stated.

"Really, well then I am glad, anyways did you needed something honey?" he asked his wife, who nuzzled at his side.

I blushed at the mere sight of it, they looked as if they still were fresh in love with each other, even though they are married since 17 years.

I ask myself, if I might look the same way, if I ever would be able to date with Inojin.

"No not really, I just wanted to tell you that I go out shopping with Senpou, as a reward for helping me in the shop!" Ino-san replied at her Husband's question.

"I see, well then, have a nice day, just don´t give too much money out, we soon have to stock up our food store, ah, by the way, if you are in the city, can you perhaps bring some tubes of these colors with you, I really need them, actually I wanted to go myself tomorrow, but if you are there already, you might get me some!?" Mr. Yamanaka asked his wife, giving her some money.

"Of course, leave it to me!" Ino-san replied, as she kissed her husband right before me, I shifted my glance to the ground, blushing deeply.

"Well then Senpou, here we go!" She said and, while grabbing my hand and smiling full of youth and happiness, we went out on the street.

"Operation youthful Makeover, start!" She said with sheer élan.

Meanwhile with Inojin:

It surely was not easy to be popular, especially not by the kids of rich parents, to which I once had to be the bodyguard of.

And just one of them, Mr. Yasori Kunihisa, a good friend of our Hokage, had asked, especially for me, to come to the Birthday party of his daughter, as an actor, with my Living pictures, as she calls them.

"Thank you Inojin-san, you really helped me out here, and especially on such a short-term!" Mr. Yasori stated.

"It was nothing, I really liked to do that, after all Umi-chan is one of my good friends!" I said honestly.

"But was it really alright, I heard that you had to train for the Chunin exam?" he asked me.

"I have trained with my partner for almost two weeks straight, I guess one day without training won´t kill us in the arena!" I said lightly.

It was true, for I might die even before the exam, I totally, in the rush at the morning, forgot to call Sen, to tell her that we would not train today, I bet mum will snap at me, when I get back home.

"You think so…., well you have to know it, anyways I really wish you luck for it, and give my thanks to Naruto-san, alright?!" Mr. Yasori stated and I nodded.

"Will do so!" I replied before I said my goodbyes and made my way back home.

It was early afternoon, as I arrived in the Konoha forests.

"Hmm?" I asked as I saw something shimmering, I looked to find a near cliff from which one could see over a near Valley.

"So beautiful!" I stated, as I took my special scroll out.

"Summon!" I stated, as I summoned the contents, my paint box, in which I had everything I needed to paint a portrait, and a painting canvas with an easel.

I looked to find the perfect perspective, before I began to paint.

I lasted a while before I was done with the biggest part.

I first had to sketch the scenery, before it began to change due to the passing time, then I burned the colors of the nature into my eyes, by observing the color-play of the sunlight which hit the nature around.

Luckily I have a photographic mind and a better perspective, at most things around me, than other people.

The last part was to find the perfect position for my perfect motive.

"How shall I draw it, horizontal, sitting, leaning on a tree…?" I mused, as I looked at all my sketches I ever had drawn of it.

"Hmmm, hmmm…., hmmm, yes, this, this is it, that´s how I will do it!" I exclaimed excitedly, as I found the perfect position to draw it.

"Then I will draw the shadow, so and so, and then only this here,… and voila it´s done!" I said after a while.

I admit I was a quick painter, if it comes to do so in a fight, but by portraits like this one, I liked to take my time to draw all the details.

Unfortunately does this eat many hours, to get it right and more than once I lost the track of time, just like today too.

By the time that I was done with it, I had to see that it was already late afternoon.

"Dammit, mom´s going to kill me, but hell, it was totally worth it!" I said, as I packed all my painting material back in the scroll, before I continued my way, as quick as possible.

Still, as I arrived at the main gate it was already evening.

"Ah Inojin-kun, your mom asked after you, she said I shall tell you that you shall get home quickly, ASAP!" Sensei Izumo stated.

"Yeah she was really furious, because you weren´t home already!" Sensei Kotetsu said, shuddering while he remembered it, I clearly could imagine it, the way mom snapped.

"I see, well I guess I only have deserved it, for losing track of time, anyways I better get home, there´s no benefit in trying to prolong the unavoidable, I will give my report to the Hokage tomorrow!" I stated smiling weakly.

"Stay strong boy!" The Two of them stated, smiling equally weakly.

"Will do!" I stated and so I made my way back home, running as fast as possible, every missing minute will only add to moms rage.

It lasted another 20 minutes, as I finally arrive before our shop, I braced myself as I entered.

"I´m home!" I shouted.

"Finally, you almost missed the dinner, come one in, there´s a friend who eats with us tonight!" mom stated and I was confused.

Usually I would get a massive telling-off by mom, when I come back home so late, especially when I almost, or when I actually, miss the dinner.

"Okay, I only going to wash my hands!" I said, as I walked in the bathroom.

I quickly swiped the rest of the color away, before I stepped in the kitchen.

I stopped dead in my tracks, mouth wide agape.

"Wha, whaaa…!" I was a loss of words, right before me stood the most beautiful girl I ever had seen in my life.

"Close your mouth boy, that´s so impolite, anyways, won´t you like to greet our guest politely!" Mom asked.

"Of course, of course, hello my name is Inojin Yamanaka, nice to meet you!" I said politely.

"Why so formal, Inojin?" Came the question and yet again my mouth fell agape.

"Wait, Senpou,… is that really you?" I asked dumbfounded.

"Silly Boy, who else shall it be!" She asked chuckling.

"Sorry but for a moment I truly didn´t recognized you!" I said honestly and she giggled cutely.

She was beautiful to say the least, downright gorgeous would match the description better.

"Well yeah your mother helped me a bit by a Makeover!" Sen stated.

Makeover is good, she looks as if he has been fully new born.

She suddenly wore light makeup, she had Extensions in her hair, creating a long and voluminous lateral Ponytail.

Instead of her usual tracksuit, she wore a lightly green dress with a red Belt and a west in a darker shade of green, she wore black ballet flats and Orange knee socks.

To be honest it was the very first time that I saw Senpou wearing such clothes, and in my adolescent mind many indecent thoughts and pictures appeared.

But one thought was completely clear to me, I never knew that Senpou could get any cuter than she already is.

"You look gorgeous!" I said.

"Better than before?" She asked, innocently.

And absentmindly as I was right now, I just had to answer it, of course I answered it wrong.

"Much!" I said and I completely ignored moms warning glare and her sigh as I messed everything up.

"Clonk!" Before I even really understood what just happened, her chair hit the ground, and a rush of wind blew right in my face, I felt a bit of moisture hitting my face.

Before I had the time to turn around, I already heard the bell of the shop ringing.

Damn that girl was really fast.

But exactly as fast as Senpou was out of our home, so fast I felt a striking pain in my cheek, which heated up like a burning fire.

"Inojin, you indecent Idiot!" Mom yelled, louder than she ever has done before.

"What…, what just happened!?" I asked dumbfounded.

"How could you, Senpou really loves you and for you she tried to make a change for once and all you can say is that she looks much better than before, how indecent can you be.

Now she thinks that you never saw her as a girl, prior from today.

Dammit, do I really have such a superficial son, must be the genes!" Mom ranted and it looked as if she was ready to explode at any second.

"She, she changed herself…, for me… but why!?" I asked confused.

"Because she thinks that you never saw her as a girl, or a potential girlfriend, and with you lame claim, you just confirmed her thoughts!" Mom shouted.

"She thinks of you as a very important person, you are the boy she has a crush on, but she feared that she looks not girlish enough, for you to notice her and now she feels her inner fears confirmed!" mom said, as she sat herself.

"But, but why, I never said that I don´t think that she is not enough girl for me, I mean she´s perfect the way she is, she don´t have to change only for my sake!" I said to her, trying to explain myself.

"If that´s so, why do you always only look at Sarada-san then, huh, explain it to me, or better said, explain it to her!" Mom shouted and I was shocked.

"That´s what she thinks, that I compare her with Sarada, hell I never said that I like Sarada, at least not in this way, she is way too scary and fearsome, as if I ever could fall in love with her.

I, I, I´m sorry mom, but I have to clear that, I cannot eat something now, I´m sorry!" I stated, as I stood up and rushed outside on the street to follow Senpou´s track.

Ino´s Pov:

"Geez and for whom I did now cooked?" I asked myself, as I tried to calm myself.

I packed the meal of them two into the Microwave and cleared up the table.

"I just hope he does not makes an even greater mess right now, geez, he really is like his father in old times, claiming things without thinking it through!" I ranted as I picked up Senpou´s chair.

"Geez he even forgot to store his equipment away!" I stated, as I saw his backpack standing in the doorway.

I took it and made my way to his room.

"I really hope that all of this didn´t nagged on Senpou´s confidence, perhaps I shouldn´t have offered her the Makeover, but who would have known that my son has become as superficial as I was when I was around his age!" I mumbled, as I stopped before the door to his room.

I only wanted to give her more confidence as a woman, but in the end it looked, as if I have taken all of the confidence she actually had.

It´s the direct opposite as with Sakura, that time I wanted to give her confidence as well and in the end she gained even more than I had.

"Oh Inojin, I hope you don´t mess things up right now!" I mumbled, as I entered his room to pack his backpack away.

"Clonk!" with a dull sound, the backpack landed on his futon.

"Huh!" I asked as something rolled out of the backpack which had opened itself, as it landed on the futon.

"What´s that?" I mumbled, as I picked the scroll up that had landed before my feet.

"The perfect motive!" I read, as I looked at it.

"Hmm, well I guess a quick look won´t hurt!" I said, I wasn´t one to invade my sons privacy, but I also was a curious cat by heart, unfortunately.

"Oh, it´s a summon scroll!" I thought as I opened it.

"The beauty of this motive, bursts every scale, dammit now I am really curious, I just hope it´s not what I think it is, Summon!" I said, as I summoned the scrolls content, I feared that I might find some dirty magazines, but what I summoned was something I didn´t in the slightest would have thought of.

In a cloud of dust a sketchbook appeared right before me.

"Hmm…, oh my!" I shouted, as I opened the book.

"Well this is really unexpected!" I mused as I looked the book through, on every page I could clearly see that he had sketched Senpou, her smiling face, her sleeping face, the way she looked the way she stood, all in all he had sketched her in different poses and life-situations.

"Somehow this remembers me, on how his dad used to draw me in many different life situations, he too had a sketchbook!" I mumbled.

"The most beautiful motive in this world, is a smile that comes from the heart!" I read the text under one of the sketches, it showed Senpou how she smiled.

"I see, so it was exactly the opposite from what Senpou believed, who would have known that my son had a crush on her!" I said smiling, as I stored the sketch book back in the scroll and the scroll back in the backpack.

"Don't you dare to mess this up Inojin, a girl like Senpou you won´t met a second time!" I thought, as I went back in the kitchen, to make a tea to calm my heart and my nerves.

I went to the cupboard and took Sai´s old Sketchbook out, which he had gave me as a gift for my 20th birthday.

"They are so similar, in more than one way!" I thought smiling, as I roamed through the pages, sipping on my tea.

Meanwhile with Senpou:

I ran out like the wind, all I wanted right now was to get away from the stinging pain in my heart.

I should have known it, this whole Makeover was an entire fault.

If he only sees me as a girl when I completely change myself, how shall I ever be able to see if he likes me the way I am.

"Why did I do something so dumb, change myself, ha, as if something like this makes me more girl than I am, if people only see me as an odd girl, as a Tomboy, then so it shall be.

I don´t need to change, in order to feel myself more female and everybody who has a problem with that, shall just leave me alone!" I thought, as I ran over the roof, tears falling from my eyes.

Why, why has it to be, why has my first crush to be in a boy, who does not even notice my bare self as a Girl.

I didn´t really looked where I ran but before I knew I was on my favorite place, the rock portrait of our Seventh Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki.

The only man who ever complimented my skills, as well as my female charm, beside of Bolt perhaps?

I sat myself on the portraits Headband, observing the town, while I let the tears streaming.

I was not at all ready to face anyone, and honestly I didn´t wanted to see anyone for a while, so I logically hid myself behind one of the rock hairs of the Hokage as I heard Inojin´s voice shouting for me, he was the last person I wanted to see right now.

"Senpou where are you, I know you are here somewhere, I could feel your Chakra here!" I heard him saying, dammit I totally forgot his tracking abilities.

Still I remained in my hideout, I was not ready to face him, especially right after he showed me, how little he really thought of me as a girl.

"Senpou I beg you come out, I got to speak with you!" I heard him, his voice was coming closer.

"Stop right there, I don´t want to see you!" I shouted.

"Senpou I beg you, it was a misunderstanding, I didn´t meant to say that, i´m sorry!" He said.

"How can anyone misunderstand this, it was clearly to hear that you only like me and notice me as a girl, when I completely remodel myself, isn´t that right?!" I shouted, while my tears kept streaming and my hands becoming sweaty, I blushed from sudden rage, hurt and sorrow.

"I never said that and you know this.

It´s not that I didn´t notice you as a girl, I was just baffled because you looked so much more beautiful than you already had, it was simply a shock for me that you from one day to another go completely girly.

I always knew you as a girl who liked to wear tracksuits and train the living daylights out of me and our comrades.

You always were so determinate to show that you too can be a great ninja, without knowing all too much about Ninjutsu, and you truly are a great ninja to us and especially to me!" Inojin stated, as I heard how his voice came closer.

"Not as great as Sarada I assume?" I asked with bitterness in every word.

"What has Sarada to do with all this?" Inojin asked, confused as I assume, but he cannot fool me anymore.

"Oh don´t you think I never noticed your googling after her, the hot glances you gave her, the blushing whenever she looked in your direction.

It´s obviously to see, that you like girls like her more, who know on how to play with her female charm!" I shouted.

"Well i´m really sorry if you think this, but I never was interested in Sarada, and I also never knew myself looking at her with any feverish glance, if I look at her it is more an fearfully and scanning glance to measure her rage and temper, I looked far more often at you to be honest!" Inojin stated as a matter of fact.

"I always try it, to suck unnecessary commentaries down, but whenever I see her flirting with Bolt and going all embarrassed over it, when someone points her infatuation towards him out, then I cannot different but teasing her, but that was never meant as me being attracted to her!" Inojin explained and I was shocked, could it be, did I really misunderstood this.

"How can I be sure, that you don´t trick me?!" I shouted.

"Because I love you Senpou, I always did!" he said and I was even more shocked.

"But why didn´t you ever said something then!?" I asked behind tears of joy.

"You always trained and you never seemed to care much about crushes and love in general, I was afraid of being rejected, that's why I admired you from afar.

Whenever I had the possibility I watched you, without you knowing, I love your smile, the smile that comes from your heart.

I love the way you look, when you work out with all the determination and all the fire of the youth in you.

I love to draw you, you who don´t need to pose to be beautiful, to be photogenic, a cheer on my photographic mind for I have been able to find my perfect motive, the girl I fell in love with, you Senpou!" Inojin stated, and his voice was really near now.

"Please Senpou, I didn´t meant to hurt you, believe me!" He said as he appeared on the headband.

"Inojin, why are you coming here, I though you are afraid of heights, when you don´t have to concentrate on our missions?" I asked him.

It was funny, whenever we are on a mission he manages to somehow blend his fear of heights out, but whenever we are not, he trembles and shiver when being higher than five meters.

Not that the mountain was not dangerous enough, from up here it goes 150 meters straight downwards.

"Well I do feel somehow sick, but if it means that I can keep you from jumping, I will do!" He said and I looked confused.

"It never was my intention to jump!" I stated baffled.

"Eeh what!" he asked, as he blinked his eyes in bright surprise.

I thought to hear a Scratch sound of a Gramophone, just seconds before he lost his footing and broke a piece of the headband away.

Useless to say that he broke through and fell downwards.

"INOJIN!" I screamed in horror, as I jumped after him, I caught his arm just in time, with my other hand I managed to stop our fall by grabbing the edge of the headband.

"Are you alright?" I asked.

"Not really but thanks, but…. What now?" He asked as he recognized that we hung here quite bad.

Wind was howling and swirling around us, swinging us from side to side, which hurt on my bandaged hand.

"I will try to swing you, so you can grab on the headband!" I shouted downwards.

"You think this is a good idea?" He asked fearfully.

"It´s the only one which comes in my mind, I might be strong but you aren´t really a feather, if I may say so!" I stated, sweating buckets.

The sweaty hands and the wet bandages, wet from sweat, blood and tears, wouldn't hold us up her for too long, before I lose my forces.

"Alright I will swing you now!" I shouted.

"Okay!" He shouted and so I began to swing him back and forth.

"And now, hold on it tight!" I screamed as I had enough swing to fling him upwards, he managed to grab the head band.

"I Got it, I got… uaaaahh!" he shouted as he broke away, same as me.

"UAAAAAAHHH!" We shouted, as we were about to fall to our death.

"Dammit, why does it have to end here, there was so much I wanted to do with you, if I ever would bring up the courage, to tell you how I feel!" Inojin shouted while falling.

"Maybe we have more chance in the next life!" I stated.

"But I wanted to show you how much I love you in this life, I wanted you to see that you are a beautiful girl and that you have your very own charm.

Believe me, you don´t need to change to have my attraction and admiration, not that I don´t like it thought, mind you!" Inojin shouted.

"You are amazing, just the way you are!" He said, as he tore on my arm and pulled me in an embrace.

"Oooh Inojin!" I stated as I shed tears of joy, while embracing him tightly.

"I´m sorry that I misunderstood you and I am sorry for causing this situation with my runaway, I should have stayed and talk it over with you, rather than running away and hiding from you!" I stated.

"Don´t talk about this now!" he said, as he looked in my eyes who were shining with love.

"I love you Senpou, and I regret it the most that I never had the guts, to tell you before today!" He said and his forehead hit mine as we turned in the air, I just recoginzed that I was above him, which made me blushing madly.

"I love you too Inojin, forgive my stupidity!" I stated, as I, in a rush of love and regret, took his face in my hands and kissed him bluntly on the lips, to show him how much I felt for him.

We turned yet again for 360°.

"Swoosh!" Suddenly we heard something coming at us, ripping through the wind and I felt a strong pull at me and him.

"Swoosh!" I heard it again and from one second to the other, I felt myself no longer falling.

"Eeeh!?" We asked confused.

"Are you guys alright?" We heard a voice, as I recognized myself lying over someone's lap, while Inojin was lying over me.

"Uwwaaah!" I blushed and pushed him away in embarrassment, only for him to hit his head on the ground.

"Inojin!" I shouted afraid of having hurt him badly, I crawled on all fours, still shaky from our fall, towards him to check up on him.

"Where are we?" I asked, as I looked around, only to find myself right on top of the house of the Hokage's offices.

"You are out of danger!" The voice stated and now I recognized it, I looked only to see its owner, my eyes went as big as tennis balls.

"Ho-Ho-Hokage-sama!" I stammered blushing, full of embarrassment and of confusion.

"But how?!" I asked, while I was holding Inojin, who was unconscious.

"I came out to clear my head for a while, from all the Paperwork, as I saw your dive and heard your screams.

I jumped through Kurama´s forces and managed to grasp you two, before you reached the ground, then I was teleporting us back on the roof with my Hiraishin no jutsu.

Guess I made it just in time!" The Hokage stated.

"Thank you a hundred times and sorry for bothering you!" I stated blushing, bowing before him.

"No need to be so formal, it would have been a great loss for our village, to have lost such outstanding Ninja-offspring like you two, and after all we are Konoha-ninjas not, we always help each other!" the Hokage stated with a friendly smile.

"Yes sir!" I exclaimed and he smiled even more.

"You better go check this in the hospital, are you alright or shall I call your parents?" Hokage-sama asked me as he pointed at my bruised and bloody hand.

"I think this would be for the best!" I said as I felt the pain.

"Well then let´s get inside, if you stay out here you will likely catch a cold, it´s still not summer after all!" The Hokage stated and picked up the unconscious Inojin, to bring him inside.

"What were you two doing on my head anyways?" The Hokage asked.

"I tried to find some comfort, by watching the downtown, the stars and the moon, before I was about to settle a misunderstanding with Inojin.

He came after me and broke through the headband, I grabbed him but almost fell downwards as well.

I then tried to swing him upwards only for both of us to lost our grip and fall down, we are sorry for destroying your Rock-portrait!" I said honestly.

"Don´t be, i´m glad you are alive, that's all what counts, however, well I don´t think I have to tell you that the edges of the mountains are dangerous, especially by night, that's why there is a high fence before it!" The Hokage stated sweat-dropping.

"I know, still it´s my favorite place to think and to calm myself, whenever I am upset I get up towards your Portrait and watch the town!" I said blushing.

"Well I think I should feel myself flattered!" He smiled at me.

"Let me tell you, I also have a favorite place up there, on the head of my Father, the Fourth Hokage!" he stated and I was in awe.

"Your father has been a Hokage too, for real?" I asked, I never knew that, at least not precisely, I only always heard rumors about it, but had no firsthand facts.

"Yeah, I also only got to know it as I was as old as you now, the third Hokage had forbid to speak about it, out of still more or less unknown reasons!" He stated a bit annoyed.

"You know after I was born, my Parents died while defending the village from a controlled Kurama.

They died and left me behind, ever since that day people saw me as a monster, even though I never knew why, to that time at least, at the age of 12 I finally understood why I had been hated all my life.

Because I was made to a Jinnchuriki shortly after my Birth, I never had a saying in it, so I also didn´t knew why people judged me for only this, it was not as if myself was a monster wasn´t I, still people never understood how I felt the whole time, no one did.

From that day on, as I understood what had happened to me, I trained hard to gain the respect of people and to one day become Hokage.

I trained hard and fought many battles, helped where I could, through this I slowly, step by step, gained the respect of the people and finally I managed to fulfill my dream!" The Hokage told me and it was as the same story, I more or less heard, but never really could prove.

"Since 5 Years I am the Hokage and I have overtaken many responsibility, the responsibility left behind by the Third Hokage, my father, the Fourth, Granny Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage and Kakashi-sensei, the Sixth Hokage.

I tell you, it was not easy in the beginning, not at all, I made many pranks to gain attention, just like Bolt did to get mine 6 years ago, as I began to get trained by Kakashi-sensei in order to become the next Hokage after him!" The Hokage told me while we went into his office.

I looked at the pictures of the Hokages before him, only to see the one of the fourth Hokage and in a way he was right, he really had many familiarities to the Seventh.

"Yes the dream of being Hokage, a high-flying plan and at times I felt myself unable to achieve it, still as much of suffering I had to endure, I tried to never lose this goal out of sight.

But all of this, I would never have achieved without my friends and without the woman on my side, Hinata Hyuuga.

Without them I might have died the one or the other time, never being able to achieve anything.

Love and friendship are the greatest gift in this world, with them you are able to move a mountain.

Through your father I learned what it means to bear iron-like determination and steel-like endurance, he worked hard to achieve his dreams, and in a way he was the same as I.

In him I found another best friend, though kind of weird at times, did he remembered me on myself more than once and it was often him who gave me the spark to go on, when I remember his will to go beyond his limit to achieve his goal.

Not for nothing I asked him to become a Bodyguard of mine, for I knew his power and his will to defend those dear to him!" Hokage-sama stated with a glance at a photo, which showed him and all of his friends as they were young and as they are now.

He stood right next to His wife and his dearest friends.

"Anyways I will now call your parents, can you look over him for a second?" The Hokage stated, as he laid Inojin on a couch.

"Yes sir!" I nodded, as I sat myself next to Inojin and put his head in my lap.

The Hokage left the office to go phoning our parents, it was silent in the room, beside of our breathing.

"You silly guy!" I stated, as I stroke over his face.

"You know how afraid you are of heights, so why did you came after me?" I asked him before he stirred.

"Senpou?" He asked.

"I´m here Inojin!" I replied.

"Are we still alive?" He asked, as he tried to focus his eyes.

"Fortunately yes, the Hokage saved us in last second!" I answered.

"What happened, I cannot remember!?" He asked, must have been the shock.

"You said you loved me!" I stated chuckling.

"Oh good, I thought I was not able to tell you before I fell unconscious!" He said.

"Well it was romantic and scary in a way, I have to admit!" I said chuckling.

"I see, just note that I truly meant it, I really loved you all the time and I don´t know who told you that I was attracted to Sarada-san, but note that that´s not at all true, I am way too afraid of her, at times, to ever fall for her!" He stated.

"I guess I really misunderstood your glances!" I said, quite embarrassed.

"No problem, just, the next time where we ever have a fight and try to make up with each other, promise me that we do this on solid ground!" he stated.

"Why should we fight?" I asked him confused.

"Well as a pair one does fight from time to time, still one always tries to avoid a fight!" Inojin stated and he stood up.

"As a Pair, wait you…, you still want me, even after all what happened right now?" I asked confused and he nodded.

"Senpou I meant to tell you this for years but never had the guts to ask you, but I won´t run from it anymore.

Senpou I love you, I really do, would you like to go out with me, would you like to become my Girlfriend?!" Inojin asked and tears of joy streamed yet again over my face.

"Y-Y-Ye-Yes!" I said stammering overwhelmed with love and joy.

"Senpou, I will never get you in such a danger anymore, I promise!" Inojin stated as his forehead gently hit mine, his hand caressed my cheek with careful, tender and gently movements, leaving a sweet burning sensation on my skin.

"I promise to never make you facing your fears like this anymore, I swear!" I replied, as I nuzzled in his gentle touch, I gazed in his eyes.

"Senpou, I love you!" He said as he came closer.

"I love you too Inojin!" I said, as I closed the gap between our lips.

I pressed my lips on his and with a tender sensation we kissed for the second time, this time however on solid ground.

"INOJIN/SENPOU; ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?" The Voices of our Parents shouted, as they burst in the room.

Useless to say that we practically jumped of each other, blushing furiously.

"Oh my, I guess we disturb here!" Mrs. Uchiha stated, as she came inside seeing me in an embrace with Inojin.

"Eeeh, eeeh, uhmm, well this is…!" We tried to explain, stammering uncontrollably.

"No fear I told them already!" The Hokage stated, which made me even more blushing.

"Inojin /Senpou!" Our parents shouted as we were embraced tightly.

"No fear we are alright, the Hokage saved us!" I said and they nodded looking at the Hokage.

"Thank you so much Naruto-kun!" they all said.

"It´s nothing, I couldn´t let this cute pair dying after all, what for an Hokage and moreover what for a kind of human would I be, if I would have let them getting killed, right after admitting their love to each other!" The Hokage replied.

"So you finally told her!?" Ino-san asked her son.

"Yes, after all this years I could finally tell her, I really thought our last hour has come!" Inojin stated.

"Honey you look so marvelous!" Mom stated as she looked at me.

"Yeah, but I decided to only take this look to important days, I rather will stay to myself and wear my normal look, i´m sorry Ino-san, you took so much effort in making me beautiful, i´m most thankful for this!" I stated.

"Bullshit Senpou-chan, I did nothing but bring your inner self to the surface, but beautiful you had being from the beginning, after I finally got it, that you meant my son, as you said that I know your crush in a way, I felt dumb, because I was afraid that I did the wrong thing yet again.

Same as I once did with Sakura, only that by her it worked far too well!" Ino-san stated sweat-dropping.

"What´s that supposed to mean Ino!?" Mrs. Uchiha stated annoyed.

"Uuh nothing!" Ino-san said sweat-dropping.

"Anyways I am glad that nothing bad has happened!" The Hokage stated with a smile.

"Yeah we had much luck that you had been on the roof, if not who knows what would have happened to us!" I said, as I bowed.

"A million thanks, Hokage-sama!" I said.

"As I said, no need to be so formal.

You are a beautiful girl Senpou, if I may say so, and as such you are only right to play with your female charm, just promise me, the next time, don´t do it while being in such a dangerous place, will you!?" the Hokage stated smiling, as he put a hand on my shoulder.

"I Promise!" I said and he nodded smiling.

"And as for you, Inojin-kun, it is not good to tell yourself that you are not good enough for your crush or that you feel afraid of being rejected, if you are in love with someone, you should take your entire courage together to tell it to her.

If you don´t do this, it will come the time where you might regret it the most, just like almost today.

Let me tell you both something about my childhood, you two know the history of how Pain destroyed our village?" The Hokage asked us and we nodded.

"During my fight with him, I heard a girl saying that she loves me, that she always had, even long before I became famous, long before people showed me respect, long before I managed to gain friends.

It was Bolt and Himawari´s mother who told me this, as I was literally pinned to the ground by Pain.

She stood against Pain, even though she knew that she had little to no chance against him, I told her she should run away as fast as possible, but she just remained at the same spot.

She tried to defend me and stayed against my will on the battlefield.

As I asked her why she tried to save me, she stated that she loved me, always, that she had wished to walk beside me, to be with me.

She said that she always cried and always gave up, but that she saw me train hard to gain respect, and that I never gave up no matter what and she saw my determination to make my dreams come true.

She told me that my confidence in myself gave her the force to work hard too, so that one day she could stand next to my side.

Then, as she attacked, she was almost killed by Pain.

In the few seconds where she flew in the air through Pains attack, millions of thoughts raced through my brain as I followed her dive with my eyes.

But one thought was clearer than every other thought.

It was the thought of pure regret!" The Hokage stated and everyone was silent and had down-casted expressions.

"I regretted to never have noticed her crush on me, I noticed to never have fully listened to her, to hear her out, beside of her stammering, whenever she tried to speak with me.

That I always got quickly annoyed by it, even though I actually found this characteristic cute on her.

I regretted that I always chased behind someone else, behind someone I never was meant to be with, instead of turning around and embrace the love which came from her.

The moment she hit the ground was the most horrible moment of my entire life, because it meant to me, that I almost lost the most precious of all things I ever was able to find during my life, the girl that loved me, for who I was, who I am and who I might be.

That Girl was Hinata Hyuuga, my wife and the mother of my children.

If she would have died that day, Bolt and Himawari might never had been born!" The Hokage stated and I gasped, it was the horror per se.

A world without them both…, I could not even imagine that.

"Long time after that fight and the war that had come afterwards, I thought that, despite of her love confession to me, I had no right to be with her.

That she had deserved someone safer, someone who don´t always bring her in danger and who might be better for her than me.

It was then as someone came and almost stole her, from me, from the world, where someone was yet again at taking her away from me forever, and almost succeeded in that.

A good friend, better said the girl I always had chased after, until that one day, then taught me the worth of what was offered to me, and I recognized that I just never knew, what I might would have gotten, until the moment where it would have been gone.

It was right after the last real hard battle I fought, that I finally said the words to Hinata, which she always had longed for, for all her life.

And she gave me something I had longed for all my life too, you know what it was?" The Hokage asked smiling, with tears in his eyes.

"No, what?!" We both asked curious.

"She gave me a loving family, the warmth of people the closest to my heart, as I told you earlier Senpou, I grew up without parents and without friends, without a loving family.

I never knew friendship or Love, before I managed, through my will to never give up, to gain them.

Until I was as old as you and Inojin now, I never knew what real love was, even though I just would have to turn around and grasp those hands directed to me, and the heart who echoed out to me.

More than once Hinata has been hurt during our childhood, be it by her cousin Neji, Pain, during the war or in other different matches on missions.

Afterwards, as she was finally mine and I remembered all these times, I recognized that more than once during all these times, I thought that I might just had lost what I never knew I got!" The Hokage stated.

"Don´t you make the same mistake as I did, though I still had many luck in my relationship to Hinata, tell your crush how you feel, or you will surely regret it someday, if you don´t do it!" He said and we nodded.

"Hmm, honestly, now that you do have admit your love each other, I rather give this speech to Bolt, don´t you mean Sakura?" The Hokage asked jokingly.

"Perhaps you are right!" Mrs. Uchiha stated.

"Just don´t let Sasuke hear this, you know how he stands to this!" She replied jokingly.

"I really ask myself what his problem is, it´s not like there are so much Boys who even dare to develop a crush on your Daughter.

I am quite glad that it is Bolt who did, after all he knows how to value love, care and friendship!" The Hokage stated and Mrs. Uchiha nodded.

"That is sure, I really would love to see them both together, they make a really cute pair, just remember as they were babies, whenever they were sat in the same crib, they always fell asleep holding each other's hand!" She chuckled.

"Yeah I remember that, and Sasuke always flipped instantly, waking both up, and in the end he always was getting a nice back-head slash by you!" The Hokage chuckled evilly.

"Well what do you think Senpou, Inojin, would you like to help us, to bring the two lovebirds together, I mean, it is obvious that both have a thing for each other, not!?" The Hokage asked us.

I looked at Inojin and we both nodded.

"Well then, operation Matchmaker is about to roll on!" He laughed.

"Anyway, I think we all should go home now, it´s already late and I too want to finally get home to my Family!" The Hokage stated and we all nodded.

"Hey, Senpou…, uhmm, you, you think we might can meet tomorrow?" Inojin asked as we were leaving the Office.

"Sure thing, we have to train after all?" I said.

"No it´s not what I meant..., I mean..., do you..., I mean..., would you like..., uhmm, dammit, Senpou do you want to go on a date with me tomorrow!?" Inojin stated loudly, after stammering for a while.

The silence which suddenly ruled was deafening, all eyes were on me and Inojin.

"Sure, when shall we meet?!" I asked.

"Uhmm, well, eeeh, how, how about at 1:00pm, I will get you if you want?" Inojin stammered.

"Suits with me, shall, I dress like this or shall I go back to my usual style?" I asked.

"I think that is at you to decide, I honestly like both styles!" Inojin said and everyone broke out in a cheer.

Everyone was glad and happy, so we did not expected the scratch sound which came.

"Wait a second, how the hell am I now going to explain to Himawari, that Inojin is off-market, last time I checked she too had a crush on him, not that I approve much to that crush anyways, but still, I would hate to see her unhappy!" The Hokage stated, an expression of sheer horror and sweat-drops were on his face, so much it was worth to fill buckets with.

"Well that's a problem!" We all said trying to think about a solution.

Still we all knew, that it would not come around many tears and an unhappy girl.

"Bolt´s is going to kill me!" Inojin mumbled and I could imagine this to me.

"Himawari will be jealous and angry at me, that´s for sure!" I stated nodding.

"We are so fucked!" We both mumbled in unison.

The Next day, 10:00 am, Inojin´s Pov:

I woke up early, to get myself in the very best shape possible.

"Mom, did you washed the Black shirt I told you yesterday!?" I asked through the house.

"It's on the chair in the living room, honey!" Mom stated and I went to the living to pick the t-shirt up.

"Thanks mum!" I stated, as I rushed back in my room to get dressed.

I tried to comb my hair straight, but in the end I gave up, simply tying it in the usual lateral pigtail.

It was way easier to let it loose, as I still had short hair, but now, people surely would mistake me as a girl if they don´t look from the front, can´t have that.

I was long enough called gay in my childhood, before I met Bolt and the others.

"Well then this one and the money bag and i´m done!" I stated, as I was fully dressed.

"Ding dong!" Suddenly the doorbell rang.

"Honey can you get this!?" Mom asked.

"Coming!" I stated, as I went to the front door.

I might have expected Senpou to be here early, or at least one of the elder neighbors to ask if the Shop is already open, however the ones who stood before the door, were the last ones I counted with, and I still had no idea what to tell them.

"OH hey guys!" I said smiling weakly, as I looked at Bolt and Himawari as well as Sarada, each of them wore a sour expression.

"Hey Inojin, we heard what happened yesterday, glad you are still alive, may we enter for a minute or two!" Sarada asked.

"Uhmm sure!" I stated, as I said yesterday already, there was no benefit in prolonging the unavoidable.

"Mom, Bolt, Sarada and Himawari have arrived, we are in the living if you search us!" I said to mom.

"Alright, but don´t forget, you have a date in 3 hours, so don't you dare to get yourself killed by them and go out with time, so you don´t have to let Senpou waiting!" Mom stated, I practically felt Bolt´s angry aura and Himawari´s sad and disappointed glance stinging in my back like sharp knives, as soon as the words Date and Senpou were stated in the same sentence.

I was kind of glad that Sarada was here, I bet she was here to stop Bolt, from potentially strangely me.

"Well c´mon in!" I said, as I led them to the living room.

"So, uhmm, there we are, that´s our living room!" I said, slightly nervous.

"Well I guess we simply get this over with, the faster we are through, the faster I might strangle you!" Bolt stated, his eyes were filled with rage, I took a step backwards.

"Bolt, didn´t we agreed that we first let him speak, before anything happens, also you promised me and your mother to not hurt Inojin!" Sarada stated saving me, at least for now.

"Sigh I know, I know, honestly it also came for me rather surprising, I didn´t intended to tell Senpou my feelings for her, at least not so early.

Still, in that one moment as we were falling I regretted the most to never have told her, so I did it then, while we were about being crushed on the floor.

I just had mighty luck that your Father was there and saved us, Bolt.

For if not, we wouldn´t have this conversation right now, then you might rather stand before Senpou's and my grave, mourning over the rest of us, that has been able to be scraped up from the street!" I stated and I saw the rage fading, little by little.

"Inojin-san, do you love Senpou-san?" Himawari asked, with a sad but kind of understanding glance.

"Yeah I love her much, and honestly I don´t intent to lose her again, for nothing on this world…, sigh, Himawari, I know that you got a crush on me for several years now, and I feel mighty flattered by this, believe me.

But I was just not the right one, we are just not meant to be with each other!" I stated and I had to look in Himawari´s sad glance, to be honest, it really broke my heart to see her so, it truly killed me inside, I liked her smile but hated her sadness.

I saw how Bolt´s fist tightened, he wore an expression of mighty suppressed wrath.

"But hey, you are young and you are beautiful, I bet there will be a lot of boys who would love to go out with you, and yeah I bet there might also be at least one Boy, that also suits Bolt.

It might not be me, but I know that you have deserved one who is at least equal in a way to me, if not even better, you just have to wait, my dear, and who knows, perhaps you will find him sooner than you might think, who says that he´s not waiting just around the corner!" I stated taking her face and gently lifting it by her chin.

"Please don´t be sad, I might not be with you, but note that I will be always there if you need me, I will be your second Big Brother, only if you like of course!" I said.

"Do you promise to always be there when I need you the most, do you promise to never stop our friendship?" Himawari asked with tears dripping from her eyes.

It was unbearable to see her, the little sensitive sunflower.

I took her in my arms and she began to cry, while I rubbed her back in comfort.

"I Promise!" I said with loud and honest voice.

"Well now that that has been cleared, may I finally strangle him?" Bolt asked annoyed.

"Bolt stop it, okay, they just comfort each other, be patient!" Sarada stated and suddenly I had a real bad feeling.

"Well then, I am going back home, I still have to go to Uncle Neji´s grave this afternoon, with Mom and Katsuo!" Himawari stated, as she stood up.

"Alright I see you next time, just remember, the Yamanaka Flower Shop is always open for you!" I said to her and she smiled, finally, she was so much cuter with a smile.

"Thanks Inojin-san, well then, see you guys!" She said.

"Be careful on the street and don´t go missing, make sure to get home early okay!" Bolt stated, as he kissed his sister on the cheek.

"Will do Nii-san, don´t be too harsh to Inojin-san alright!" She stated and he nodded.

"I won´t be that harsh, but he has to get a grim reminder!" Bolt stated and Himawari sighed as well as Sarada, I only shivered to this claim.

"Well then Sayonara, Guys!" She said, as she went out of the living room.

"Sayonara, Mrs. Yamanaka!" She said, as she went past the kitchen.

"Sayonara, Himawari chan, be careful on your way and tell your mom and Dad a good day from us!" Mom stated.

"Will do!" Himawari replied and then she already was out on the street.

"Finally, alone!" Bolt stated as he approached me with a murderous glance, same as Sarada.

"Uhmm guys?" I asked afraid, as I backed away until I was trapped within a corner, crap.

"Donk, pow, skadooch, baam!" And so four well measured punches hit my head.

"These ones you deserve, for making Himawari crying!" Bolt stated with an even more murderous glance.

I cried a little and tried to ease the pain.

"And these are for you almost getting you and Senpou killed, all because of your strange fear from heights!" Sarada shouted and they attacked yet again, I knew I had deserved them, so I got my man.

"Badonk, skadooch, Pow, boink!"

It hurt to say the least, but eight punches for two of the biggest crimes in my friend's eyes, I truly have to say I once more got off lightly.

"Ahem anyways, that was all we wanted to do, we better get home now, we still have to train!" Sarada stated and Bolt nodded.

"Yeah I also have to get myself all prepared!" I stated, tears of pain drippling from my eyes, as I tried to ease the pain as best as I could.

Dammit now I once again had to comb my hair.

"Well then see you soon!" Both said, as I brought them to the door.

"Yeah see you!" I said.

"Sayonara Mrs. Yamanaka!" They shouted.

"Sayonara Bolt, Sarada, be careful on your way!" Mom shouted back.

"Got it!" They replied.

"Well then, make sure you don´t mess this date up Inojin!" Bolt said, as he laid a hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah, Senpou is my best friend out of the girls, so don´t you dare to mess things up and make her cry again, or I might have to punch you again!" Sarada stated to laying a hand on my other shoulder, they squeezed hard and had a murderous smirk on their faces.

"Dare to make her cry again and we surely will make you cry, understood!" the both hissed.

"I will do my very best to avoid making her crying!" I said with honest voice, since I could not promise anything.

Also they did not precisely said, by which kind of crying they will make me cry.

It gave crying which came out of pain, out of joy or out of sorrow, so avoiding to make her crying at all will be the best I guess.

"Well that´s what we want to hear, anyways we have to get back to our special training, see ya!" Bolt said and Sarada nodded before both darted down the street, jumping over the roof tops into the upper town.

"Geez, wait when the two of you are dating, then I and Senpou will give you this speech!" I mumbled, as I wonk after them, before I closed the door, I stopped dead in my tracks.

"Wait, for the trainings fields it goes in the other direction, not!" I thought, but brushed it off, who knows, perhaps they run like in a hindrance-course over the roof tops, to train their agility.

"Well they surely will know what they do!" I mumbled as I went into my room, to check if I got everything.

"Honey, are you okay?" I hear mom asking from the Kitchen.

"I´m still alive so yeah!" I stated, as I entered the Kitchen.

"Well that's the main thing I would say, anyways please sit down, I will have to talk to you about the rules!" Mom stated.

"Rules, which rules?" I asked mom curious.

"Well the rules for the First Date, they may not be carved in stone but they are essential etiquettes, you have to master to make your First Date a success.

Fortunately Senpou knows you quite well, so you don´t have to play an act on her, to cover how you truly are.

This is your first Date Honey, which is a big step for you and I will make sure that you are ready for it.

So sit down, listen well and memorize everything what I am saying, understood!" Mom said and I nodded and took out my notebook.

"Dammit, boy, what are you doing, I meant that you should memorize it by heart.

It´s not as if you got the time, to read any notices, while you are on that date and you are supposed to have a good time with Senpou, so reading notes in front of her won´t really raise the mood!" Mom stated fuming and I nodded packing the Notebook quickly away.

"Now, listen well.

1st rule, your behavior: The surefire way to get a woman to like you, is by being respectful, courteous and polite.

So open the door for her, if you enter a building, also you should not walk in front of her, but best would be to walk by her side at any time, however, you also should not stick to her like a limpet.

And always remember, you are not a sailor, so do not swear in front of her.

2nd rule, decisions:

A woman has a mind of her own, so make sure that she has a say about where to go and by the way, you can offer suggestions about the menu, if you go grab a bite, but chances are that she can read, which I highly believe that Senpou is more than capable to do, so let her pick what she wants.

3rd rule, Comments:

Women tend to say negative things about other women. Sometimes they have reasons, other times they're just jealous.

Regardless, use these comments to get a better idea of her true feelings, but refrain from making any derogatory comments about women in general, which is surely a death-trap.

4th rule, Question and Answers:

Women have brains and would love to share them with you, as well as their other assets but this involves you letting them answer.

If you ask her something, don´t interrupt her midway, even if she needs some time to answer, just make sure to well place your questions and also to ask things she understands.

Remind yourself to speak loud and clear.

5th rule, Jokes and their consequences:

While on first dates, some women cannot help but feel like they are the targets of the jokes, so try not to make everything a punch line.

This, however, does not mean that you should curb your sense of humor, after all, women love to laugh and someone who takes the time and effort to bring a smile to their beautiful faces.

However this is a slow progression, so don´t try to act as a comedian and make jokes all the time, or she surely will lose her interest in you soon.

There is a difference from making jokes, acting as a comedian and of making a complete fool out of yourself, always remember that.

6th rule, Places to go:

There are some spots that people can walk into blindfolded and still feel at home; this is great, and every man (and woman) should have such spots.

But these are not the spots to head to, when you are on a first date.

Unfortunately, many men make the mistake of taking women to places they frequently visit; they must do this to show their dates that they are known.

However and let´s be serious, you don´t want your First Date to end, because you make worse impressions, by meeting friends or acquaintances, who don´t know you are on a date and make the mistake to, for example, spill some drunken histories about you.

On a first date, pick somewhere that you are comfortable with; do not go where everyone knows your name, got it?

7th rule, be modest:

Women prefer a man with the potential to be successful, rather than a rich one, who had daddy set up some trust funds, so do not throw your wad of cash around, and go easy on the jewelry; if the situation comes that you like to make her a gift, always remember, less I more, so keep things simple.

Always remember my son, you are no cash-cow, so part you your money, so that you still have enough in your wallet until you say Farewell to her and that you still can buy yourself a drink.

8th rule, talking is silver, silence is golden:

Don´t text her full with whatever comes in your mind, let her time to take in the whole surrounding, still don´t be silent for all too long, or else she might think that you have lost interest in talking to her at all.

If she talks, don´t interrupt her, only if you want to warn her from something dangerous, like going over the street without looking to the left and the right, or when she is about to bump into something.

Let her talk and not matter what, stay strong and, even if what she says don´t interests you all too much, listen closely and attentively to her, for she might ask you something about it.

You will be down through to her, if she recognizes, that you didn´t listened at all to what she said.

So suck 1-word-comments like, Hmm, Aha, yes, uhu and so on, down and answer her, in whole and clearly understandable sentences.

9th rule, the hook for a 2nd Date:

All this talk about likes, dislikes, hobbies, interests, dreams, and unfulfilled promises should serve as the perfect setup for you to guarantee yourself a 2nd Date with her.

Think of it; you can have the greatest time in the world, but do you think it would lead to anything, if you do not gather the courage to follow up?

Probably not, so drop the shyness, and invite her somewhere else for the next time, when the opportunity arises, which mostly comes shortly before the farewell.

10th rule, Be honest, don´t act:

It is the most important rule of all, don´t dare to act as if you have the same interests, likes, dislikes and hobbies, or even the same believes like her.

If she asks something you don´t know at all, you are in a deep pit, my boy.

So be honest with her, always and if it still doesn´t work afterwards, it was never meant to be.

Also don´t try to bend yourselves in angles never known, for it will be not easy for you then, to ever walk straight again in her company.

Bonus rule; walk her home:

Before your Date ends, if she is to be home at a certain hour, don´t miss the time and bring her back home, before the time is up and she might get in trouble, perhaps with her parents.

Don´t dare to say farewell somewhere, where she doesn´t know how to get the quickest back home, especially when you too don't know where to go.

Always accompany her home, especially when it gets dark outside.

Who knows perhaps you might get a reward or a real assurance for a second date, and maybe also future dates.

Don´t sound all too sad to leave her, but make sure to let her know, that you look forward to the next time, if she do has the interest to go on a second date with you!" Mom stated.

"Did you got this all?" Mom asked.

"Memorized and ready to put in action!" I replied.

"I hope so, sigh, your first Date, i´m glad to have lived so long to experience this day and I intend to live as long as for you to marry!" Mom said and I went deep crimson at the mere thought to marry.

"Anyways I think it´s soon time so get ready, and check everything through, before you go to pick her up!" Mom said and I nodded.

"I will, don´t worry i´m sure I am capable to succeed, this Date will be the best Senpou ever had!" I said confidently.

"I hope so my son, I really do!" Mom stated.

"I ask myself what Senpou does, I hope she is not too nervous, not like me!" I thought, as I walked back in my room.

Meanwhile with Senpou, 12:00 pm:

I woke up early to get everything done as fast as possible, when Inojin comes to pick me up.

Everything was ready, I decided to remain, at least for today, in the look Inojin´s mother gave me, after all Inojin seemed to be mesmerized by my look.

Everything seemed perfect, so I was not at all prepared to get in this situation right now.

"So, Sen, we heard the big news, you and Inojin huh, well congratulation!" Chouchou stated, as she and Shikadai sat together with me in the living room, by tea and cookies.

They arrived a few moments ago, to congratulate me for coming together with Inojin, also for surviving a near death.

"Well thanks, I heard you two also finally admitted that you are a pair, I always had the suspicion!" I stated with a smile.

"Yeah, we both kind of were tired of always having to hide and only to share tenderness when we are both alone.

So we decided to just pop the news to our parents, on that they finally are silent with their tries, to match-make us with some other people!" Shikadai said, while Chouchou leaned on him in a smiling and loving manner, cuddling with him.

In a way I was a bit jealous, for she had far more experience in it.

I wish I could also cuddle like this to Inojin.

"Say is there something I have to watch out, by our first date?" I asked them curious.

"Well, I think you could say that Inojin surely will try to impress you somehow and that he tries to make the date as interesting as possible, perhaps he also will try to look the best possible for you, same as you do to him.

But over all this, you should not try to bend yourselves in angels never known, if you do that, the whole date is doomed to fail, so if he exaggerates in something, make sure to brake his dive alright!" Shikadai said and Chouchou nodded.

"He will surely bring a bouquet of flowers with him, since his mother owns a flower-shop, so whatever he brings, don´t let him ramble over it for hours got it, the best is that the two of you simply act the way you usually do, just try to get more in contact with each other.

You can touch his hand accidently or gaze in his direction for a few seconds, every now and then, for example!" Chouchou stated.

"Ah and an absolute no-go is to get too much distracted in your date, for example when you meet friends or acquaintances of you.

Try your best to get away from them as fast as possible, without being impolite though.

If you let him wait on something, make sure to get him a little present for waiting, this however doesn´t has to be something material, you could give him your cutest smile for example.

Or when you perhaps get yourself an ice cream, make sure to get him a special treat, but only if the line is really long and you probably will stand long in it!" Shikadai stated and Chouchou nodded smiling.

"Ah and expect him to pay for most of the expanses of the date, still, always remember, that he is no cash cow, he can only pay as much as he has with him, and you do have to grab something to bite when you guys are hungry, so take it easy with buying things, don´t rush things but don´t let him wait too long.

Ah but the greatest Date-killer is, when out of the Date suddenly a shopping tour becomes, don´t let it go down this route!" Chouchou stated and Shikadai nodded, with a pained expression, as if he remembers something bad.

"So much to learn by heart!" I stated, as I wrote the important things up.

"No fear Senpou, the first date is always a bit scary but as long as you don´t lose yourself and try to be something you aren't, everything will be alright i´m sure about it!" Shikadai stated.

"Ah yeah and something different, I he offers to walk you home, make sure you take his offer, if not one never knows what happens, it´s is always better to be in good company, if it´s dark outside" Shikadai stated and Chouchou nodded.

"We had to experience this the hard way, not Honey!" Chouchou explained.

"Unfortunately yes!" Shikadai stated with a pained glance.

"Anyways, where are you going to anyways?" Chouchou asked.

"We wanted to go to the new Zoo, which had opened last month and later perhaps roaming through the town a bit!" I stated, as I looked at the time.

"OH man, I have to get ready when he comes, sorry guys but I guess I have to throw you out now!" I said sweat-dropping.

"No fear we wanted to go grab a bite at Ichiraku´s noodle restaurant anyways, so we are not mad!" Chouchou assured me, as I led them to the door.

"Thanks again for helping me out and making me courage!" I said, as I bowed before them.

"No problem, I bet your first date will be gorgeous, just calm down and be yourself alright and even if it fails a bit, don´t give up your hope!" They said and I nodded.

"Will do my very best!" I stated.

"Well then, Sayonara and Good Luck, see you!" They said as they made their way, as soon as they were out of sight I sighed.

"Dammit now I am even more nervous than before!" I stated, as I closed the door.

"Hey kiddo, are you ready for your most Youthful Date ever, the first date of your life as a girl in a relationship, I bet it will be the greatest of experiences for you!" Dad said, as he walked out of the dojo.

"Well I just will make the best out of it!" I stated.

"Oh my, is my youthful honey nervous, yes, I still remember your mother´s and my first Date; it was a day like each day too, we were having a good time together, going to watch a Kung-Fu show together and later we went in a restaurant to grab a bite, afterwards we strolled through the park, that was before the Up-town had been build.

Suddenly there were some thugs and these guys though to make trouble in our town, and they also thought to just have to pander on my girlfriend.

Well Tenten and I showed them how strong our love was and incidentally we chased them out of the village with flying colors!" Dad said laughing and I sweat-dropped.

"Well sounds like a rough day!" I said.

"Naww, not really, to be honest we enjoyed it like nothing else, we could show that we had not rusted at all, since all this time after the war and the Battle against Toneri Otsutsuki.

Also was it a good training, I think that was also the moment, as the wish for an own Dojo rose in us, but logically did we first had to earn money.

Since both Tenten and me were orphans, we had only a bit of saved funds from our parents, still we had to live before we were 18 not, so most of it went for food and other important things, during our early life.

Anyways your mother than had the idea to buy an apartment, with our saved money from our Ninja jobs, together, she then opened a small shop in our living room, while I gave the kids who wanted, private training in Taijutsu.

It was mostly thanks to your friends parents sending them to me, that we were able to gather enough money together, to finally 5 years ago managed to fulfill our dream.

Finally we had enough money to buy a house and build a dojo, and well, since 5 years we live here, as you know!" Dad told me, while we went back in the living.

"Wait, you guys were Orphans, like the Hokage had been?" I asked surprised, I never knew this, but now it also made sense, we never went to the graveyard to give our respect to their parents.

"Yes, they died as Tenten and me were only a few months old, during the attack of the Ninetails here in Konoha, we assume that they died, for they simply vanished and never had been seen since then.

It was in the same night, as Naruto was born and had become the Kyuubi´s Jinnchuriki.

We never knew until very late in our lives about this, but later we told ourselves that Naruto was not at all to blame for it, for he had become a Jinnchuriki without him knowing and so he never had a saying in this.

He lived until the age of 6 with us in the Orphanage, but we soon recognized that he has been outcast for all his life, even during the years in the orphanage!" Father told and it hurt in my heart, as I heard these words, I remembered of how sad the Hokage had looked as he spoke yesterday night about the same story.

He, the greatest of all Hokages, my Idol, had been outcast for almost half his life.

"That's awful, I still ask myself, how could they?" I asked enraged and near the tears.

For me the Hokage was always a shining example, for the Will of fire we had been taught in the school, the very embodiment of this will, that´s how I always saw Bolt and his father.

"Great power creates great envy and great fear among the people, especially if this power was entrusted to a baby, which had no significant capabilities.

The people were just waiting, that the fox spirit would break and would attack the village again.

Slowly but surely, Naruto was regarded as a ticking time bomb, as well as treated and viewed the same way.

As an essence whose existence really should not have to be, as the people whose comments we eaves dropped, said.

To our shame, I must confess that after a while, we had forgotten him too!" Dad said and I saw the sadness and the self-hate in his eyes.

"How could you forget him?" I asked him, with an accusing tone in my voice.

"At the age of 6 the director of the Orphanage sat him out on the street, the next time we saw him was during the Chunin exam, no one seemed to really care what he did all alone during his free time, all of us though that he was nothing but a loser, so long until he defeated Neji and later Gaara.

After this moment we finally understood that he was neither a loser nor a normal boy, he was smart and strong, in his own ways.

With the time passing we came to respect him and he saved the village more than once; as we then found out about him being the Jinnchuriki of the Kyuubi, Tenten and I had a long talk about it.

We agreed that it would only leave questions and confusion, if we now would start to hate and avoid Naruto all of a sudden.

And what was the point in hating him anyways, hating him for something that has never been in his might?" Dad stated and I nodded.

"I think we both were one of these people, who we could call ourselves friends to Naruto, who never could hate him once we heard the truth!" Dad said, as he thought about it.

"But I still don´t understand, why did everybody hated him, it was not like he for himself was that monster back then not!?" I asked, the exact same question the Hokage has asked himself.

"Well you can think it as the same as with Sarada-chan, she is, as much as I know, not well seen here in the old town, since she´s an Uchiha, not that I have everything against her, mind you, but people always only see what they want to see, in those they don´t like, and eventually this dislike turns into strong hatred!" Dad explained and I was near the tears for hearing this.

It was exactly as when I had been mobbed when I was younger, only that Sarada has been mobbed and being hated far worse, than I might ever understand.

In a way I now know why Bolt befriended us all, because he surely knows the histories about his father and didn´t wanted anyone to ever feel the same way, his father had felt during his childhood.

And we had been teased and mobbed the most, out of the entire village-kids, who had been in the same school as him.

"Where was I ah, yeah, I spoke with Tenten about the matter with Naruto and we decided to keep shut about our past, for Naruto perhaps knew or at least could understand our suffering more than anyone else.

For he encountered the exact same thing, having to grow up without parents, being mobbed and underestimated for practically all his early life.

But in the end he showed it to us all, that he would never give up on striving for his dreams, same as your mother and me!" Dad stated and his sad expression changed to a smile.

"If I would have had a brother, I bet he surely would have been like Naruto, for he too never gave up and, same as me, no matter how deep he falls in a sudden pit, he always finds a way out of it and continues going his way, to achieve his goal!" Dad said.

"So you have to always remember, as long as you are motivated enough, to never give up on reaching for the stars, you surely will someday catch one of them!" Mom´s voice stated from the doorway.

"Anyways, you better go preparing yourself for when Inojin comes, to pick you up; you only got a half hour anymore, young girl!" She said and I looked at the watch.

12:30am, dammit.

"You´re right, got to hurry!" I said, as I dived back into my room, leaving them both standing in the living room.

Lee´s Pov:

"Well, well Mr. Rock, and what do you think we shall do today, as you know we have Sunday today, so no one will come here, all day long, it has been a while since you showed some tenderness to me!" Tenten stated, purring as she nuzzled in my embrace and traced a finger over my chest.

"How about I show you, how youthful I truly can be, my sweet Wildcat?!" I asked with a cocky grin and a flash tooth.

"Hmmnnn, much appreciated!" Tenten replied, as she took my face in her hands.

"I love you honey!" I said, as I closed the gap and kissed her on the lips with gentle movements.

So long until it rung on the door.

"Mom, Dad i´m going now okay!" Senpou stated.

"Okay be careful honey and have a nice day!" We said as we watched her aiming for the front door.

"Will be anyways, Sayonara I will come back in the evening!" She said as she opened the door to greet a neatly dressed Inojin.

She was greeted by a bouquet of red roses, irises and Anthuriums, she took it with a smile and embraced Inojin dearly, before she asked for a vase, I went back in the Kitchen to get one.

"Young man don´t you forget over all the fun you will have today, that she can stay outdoors until 10:00 pm, as we had agreed, not a second later!" Tenten stated with a stern tone and Inojin saluted.

"Heard and memorized, Mrs. Rock, I will make sure to bring her back at least 20 minutes earlier!" He said and we smirked as he politely bowed before us.

"I thank you dearly for allowing me to take your daughter on a date, Mr. and Mrs. Rock!" He stated and we chuckled, it was nice to know , that he was such a well-mannered boy.

"No problem Mom and Dad don´t you worry, we will be back on time, no fear!" Senpou said, as she went through the door, while we wonk them goodbye.

"They become adult so fast don´t you think so?" Tenten said.

"Too fast for my taste, still, I think we can trust Inojin, if not I surely wouldn´t have approved to this Date!" I said and she nodded.

"Anyways, now I will show you, how youthful I still am!" I said, as I picked her up bridle style.

"Uaaah, hahaha, Lee let go of me, or at least close the door, they Neighbors don´t have to see this!" Tenten said chuckling in a heated tone.

"As you wish Milady, of to the Bedroom!" I stated, as I closed and locked the door, while holding Tenten in one arm, before I practically ran in the back of the house to our Bedroom.

To show her the real power of Youth.

Inojin´s Pov:

I was nervous, to say the least, I memorized everything my mom told me and I was willing to use her advices.

"Well then, here we go I guess, are you excited!?" I asked her and she nodded.

"Much, I just hope the weather will play along!" She said as she looked up towards the clouded Sky.

"According to the Weather service, the sky will clear up by 3:00pm, but even if it shall rain, I have a scroll with two Umbrellas with me, so don´t worry!" I said as normal as possible.

"Well then, shall we?" She asked and I nodded.

And so we went up in the town, ready to get this Date on the road, little I know that we were watched by eyes full of fury.

Katsuo´s Pov:

"H-Himawari-san, do you really think that this is a good idea, I mean is it not cruel to do this?" I asked the girl who looked around the corner, cloaked in a long dark coat.

"Oh stop being a pussy Katsuo, it´s for the greater good, I want to know what he finds on her!" Himawari stated in an angered tone.

"But what you want to do is even crueler, I-I have a real bad feeling about this `Plan´!" I stated.

"Don´t you dare to chicken out now, you told me you would help me with it after all!" She said and I sighed.

"I do regret this now!" I thought to myself, as I saw the burning determination in her eyes.

"I will make this Date the most hellish trial they ever will experience, and if she don´t runs away crying after this, only then I will accept her on his side!" Himawari stated, but I bet there was a fully different reason behind this whole `trial´.

In my eyes Himawari simply was Jealous at Senpou, for stealing her crush away, still, for me this was the perfect opportunity, to show Himawari that I want to always stand at her side, that I always got her back.

Still I felt bad about this whole plan she had made, I like her, very much, but to play with the relationships of others isn´t really, what I think, is an act of showing her how much I like her.

Good thing I texted Bolt and Sarada about this, perhaps they can somehow save this date, still, I will have to get something to hear from Sarada later.

"C´mon or we will lose them out of sight!" Himawari stated as she dragged me out of the shadow in the daylight.

"Oh boy, I will get the talk of my life after this!" I mumbled as I ran after her, little I knew that we were watched and tailed as well.

(To be continued in the next Chapter)

Part III: The month Between- Side: Neherit, the Night before the Date:- Enter the hidden Mirror.

It was night as I arrived in Naruto´s bedroom, he and Hinata were sleeping peacefully, without a care.

To be honest it was quite easy to get in here, for without a real body I am also able to enter shadows and used them to slip inside a barrier, without being seen nor detected.

"And now show me what I want to know, my Dear friend!" I thought, as I used my Tamashī Kagami no Jutsu (Jutsu of the Soul-Mirror) to enter Naruto´s deepest conscious.

I was searching for the one hidden place in his heart, which already another person had once found, I searched for the Genjutsu World he once had been dragged in.

With the jutsu I was able to see in his deepest consciousness, blending out my aura I was able to do this without anyone knowing, not even Kurama could feel my presence right now, nor could anyone see me for I hid myself with the force of wind.

"Show it to me, where is it, Naruto?" I though as I scanned every aspect of his inner self, I saw things he never had told anyone, I saw his deepest desires and his deepest fears, but they didn´t really interested me, or better said, I could care less about these private things.

"There it is!" I whispered as I found for what I searched.

"And now this!" I thought, as I used another Jutsu with a crystal Ball.

"Tamashī mohō (Soul Imitation)!" I whispered.

I saw how the Ball began to copy the world of Naruto´s Consciousness, like a computer who is copying data.

"Alright, thank you dearly Naruto, now sleep peacefully!" I whispered, before I vanished back in the shadow and made my way away from the village.

I arrived in a near forest, where I already had taken my precautions, so that no one interferes, a massive dome shield.

"So I received the world, the Anchor-points for a quick escape have been set up, all that remains is to start this operation!" I said, as I casted a Jutsu.

"Kesshō sufia sekai no jutsu (Jutsu of the Crystal-Sphere World)!" I said, as I threw the Crystal ball up in the air, where it floated and reflected the Moonlight.

Through this the tiny world in the Crystal-ball became bigger, so it seemed, but in reality one was dragged within the Ball and so within the world.

"Well, here we are!" I said, as I looked at the familiar but slightly different scenery, from high above in the sky, behind me shone a Crimson Moon, giving this whole scene something far more demonical, in a way.

"Well then, let´s get this party starting!" I said, as I used some fingersigns.

"Go my little ones, find me some strong Ninjas, Senshi bochi no jutsu (Jutsu of the Prehistoric Cemetery)!" I said and casted one of my strongest jutsu.

"Rise your creatures of the Prehistory!" I shouted, as the 5 strongest of them appeared out of the soil in the town.

I could hear the surprised screams of the People down there, still, they had nothing to fear, for now, until I will start the show really.

"Pteranodon, Tyrannosaur, Stegosaur, Spinosaur, Triceratops, rise from your Graves!" I shouted and they did as said, their Bones assembled together and formed the Skeletons of massively large Dinosaurs.

Perhaps they were even bigger, than they actually have been, it depends on the amount of natural force I use.

Good thing I am a Sage, one step away to become a High sage, aiming to become the next Wild Sage.

As such I was being trained by Grandmother Chika and the current Wild Sage of Spirits, the Bochi no Yakei Ryu (Cemetery-Guardian Dragon) a Giant Skeleton Dragon, who lives in the Bochi no Mori, (Cemetery Forest) .

As such an advanced Sage, I was able to easily manipulate the Natural energy, I admit I was proud of my Skills, still, I had a hard time for learning and training them.

Different as a normal Sage, who first has to gather the Sen-chakra, as they call it, together and take it inside of their body, I, as a near High Sage, am able to directly manipulate it while it swirls around.

I could use these forces to create Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Floods, Volcanic Eruptions and so on, the power to control the world was right in my hand, but it was easier to create something, they have to fight, something they cannot kill so easily, for it is already dead.

Therefore I created my Skeleton puppets.

"Well then, after the first fright, let´s go to Phase 2!" I said.

"Kokkaku ningyō geki no jutsu (Jutsu of the Skeleton-Puppet Play), and now, show me your strongest Ninja´s!" I stated, as I began to move my fingers, while each of the resurrected Dinosaurs made their way through the town, scaring the peoples and hopefully lure some strong Ninjas out.

"And now, let´s enjoy the show!" I mumbled as I sat myself on the edge of a roof, high above on a Skyscraper, observing the actions of the dinosaurs through my flying eye-Jutsu, while I projected the sight of them as well as the one of the dinosaurs themselves, on floating holograms.

In the Hikarikage´s office, Menma´s Pov:

"Baaaam!" A big noise was to hear outside, still I was unfazed by it, as long as no one comes storming in my office, the situation was fairly easy to handle, for our Ninja´s.

I had better and more boring things to do, for example I waited for my Bowl of Instant Ramen to be ready.

Afterwards it was the end of work for today, and it was finally weekend, I could spent some time with my family again, Hinata would rip my ass open, literally, if I miss it again.

It was definitely not easy to be Hikarikage as well as Father and husband, still I loved my family and I loved my village.

As much as I can at least, little I never was able to come over the fact, to have been made as the Jinnchuriki of Kuro Kurama.

Still, if I shall be honest, it was anything but unfortunate, for I became the strongest Ninja of the Town this way.

And my Wife just happened to be the Heir of the Hyuuga Clan, same as I was the next Heir of the Uzumaki Clan, when Great Grandpa Ashina will die, still this could last still a few Years, after all he was already 150 but looked like 100.

Unfortunately has the first Jinnchuriki, Grandma Mito, died at the age of 100 years, she was a fullblood Uzumaki, but even her life-force had been drained due to Kuro Kurama´s seal and attempt to break out of her, since she had constantly caged her in herself.

Different from me, who I have 12 days in the years in which I go out of the village, in order to release Kuro Kurama and let her relieving her stress and rage a bit, for a whole day, before sealing her back inside of me.

This way she stood freely inside of me, she was a good partner to say the least, perhaps I also could see her as some kind of special friend, but she mostly denies this, blushing and trying to shout in bafflement.

"Nevertheless, without her, I just would not be able to feel complete!" I stated.

"Well I think I should be flattered then, hehe, anyways are you really not going to take at least a look for all these explosions, I tell you I can feel a tremendous power behind it!?"Kuro Kurama, or Kuku, as I call her, said over Telepathy.

"If they need me they call me, it will probably be only some riots, who think they have to cause trouble!" I said, as I took my ramen out of the microwave.

"For now let me enjoy my Pre-dinner, Itadakimasu!" I stated, as I was about to eat.

"HIKARIKAGE; WE GOT PROBLEMS!" Suddenly Konohamaru burst through the door, screaming his soul out, startling me so hard, that I swallowed the wrong way, I coughed hard and reached out for my Coke.

"Hikarikage, is everything alright?" Konohamaru asked, as he looked confused, as I tried to reach my drink, almost suffocating.

I cursed his damn backwardness in my mind, beside of his Ninja skills was this idiot good for nothing.

"Puuuaaaah, kami, Konohamaru how often did I told you to knock for hell´s sake, you freaking retard, I almost suffocated and all you do is standing there and build air-castle!" I screamed, as I finally could breathe again.

"But, but Hikarikage, sniff, i´m so sorry!" The Young Man sniffed and began to cry, dammit.

"Oh c´mon don´t do this to me, you know how much I hate it to see you cry, anyways what for Problems do we have this time?" I asked nonchalantly, changing the topics.

Seriously he always had been a crybaby, still, I could understand it a bit, ever since his Parents vanished, due to Orochimarus sick Human Experiments, he lived with his grandfather, the Third Hikarikage.

Who had little to no time for him, same as his Uncle, Asuma Sarutobi, who was one of the 12 Ninja Guardians of the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni.

Since the day he saw me in his Grandfather´s office and since I taught him, out of pity, the Oiroke no Jutsu, and since the day his Grandfather died, he saw me as his Big Brother, and kind of as a replacement for his father, during most of his lifetime.

It was not so that I disliked him, hell no, but sometimes his Retard behavior really was bad-timed, just like right now.

"Uhmm we are under attack!" Konohamaru stated.

"Who is it this time, Suna, Iwa, Kusa, or even Kumo?" I asked sighing, scanning my ruined food with a sad expression, which had landed on the ground due to my desperate try to get my Coke.

"None of the other Ninja Villages or lands, no, we are attacked by Giant Dinosaurs!" He said.

"Dinosaurs... say Konohamaru, are you Drunk or completely Stone?

Didn´t I told you that you should let your fingers from Alcohol and Drugs, this is only for those who truly can handle this shit, not that I would ever try drugs, but still!" I stated shocked.

"I am not drunk, if you don´t believe me, how about you look out of the Window, there is one Coming!" He said and I turned around unbelievingly, ready to shout at him.

Just to see indeed a giant Pteranodon flying Past the Windows, the noise it made was so loud, that it burst the windows in tiny pieces, which flew everywhere around.

I jumped up and threw Konohamaru to the ground to shield him, can´t have that he starts to cry right now.

"Dammit, get me the Top Jonins and the ANBU here, quick!" I said to him.

"Oki Doki!" He said, running out of the room.

"Riots, ha, I really would like them now!" I said, as I looked out of the destroyed window.

"I hope Hinata and Sana are alright!" I mumbled.

"I feel their Chakra they are near, I think they are heading towards us!" Kuku stated.

"Alright at least one good news!" I stated.

"Hikarikage!" I heard the voice of Kiba Inuzuka and the others of my Old Classmates, who had become top Jonins, no matter their Character.

However what truly amazed me was that the Crossdresser Lee and the Weapon-rapist Tenten, as well as the even more retarded Shikamaru were able to become Jonin, less Chunin.

It was surely a Phenomenon I could not explain.

"Guys I think I don´t have to tell you that we are in deep shit somehow, well I have little to no information, so clear me up about things!" I demanded.

"Don´t you leave us out of this!" I heard the voice of my Wife ringing.

I felt her presence and the one of my 16 year old Daughter, who too, believe it or not, had the rank of a Jonin, alongside of some other `Wonder kids´, even before I saw her.

"Hey Honey, Sana!" I said, as I kissed her and ruffled the hair of my Daughter.

"Well, then here we go, only shortly, for about a 20 minutes ago, suddenly giant bones were rising out of the streets, on four directions of the Main crossroad and one appeared in the center of the Village.

Momentarily we know from 5 Giant Dinosaur-skeletons, who began to move and to scare the villagers, as much as we know for now.

They didn´t attacked anyone of the villagers, at least before our Ninjas attacked them, so as if they are programmed to attack, as soon as they are attacked!" Chouji stated.

"Attacking is the best defense!" I mumbled nodding.

"Does anyone of you have a clue about which kind of Jutsu we are talking about here?" I asked them.

"Not really, but I guess it might be a Puppetry Jutsu, however does one has to have exceptional amounts of Chakra to constantly move these Dinosaurs, since they are only Skeletons, but Fucking Huge ones!" Chouji explained.

"So we search for a Ninja with high amounts of Chakra, who might be in a position to overlook the entire village, he must be camouflaged, for he entered without someone knowing, anyways how good can our Ninja fight these Skeletons back?" I asked.

"As well as not, seems like every attack against them is useless, if they are shattered they just build themselves back up.

Even the Akatsuki mercenaries could not defeat them so far!" Shino stated.

"Even them, well then I guess it´s time to attack then, everyone we go in Teams of three, each one of you is going to take down one of them!" I stated.

"Shino, Chouji and Shikamaru you try to fight the Spinosaur, Kiba, Sarui and Marui you going to fight the Triceratops, Tenten, Lee and Neji, you going to take down the Stegosaur, Sakura, Sai and Sasuke, you take down the Pteranodon, Sana and Hinata, we are going for the King, and you Ino, you try to make out the Position of our enemy, while being defended by Sheena, Mom and Dad, everyone Got it?!" I asked and they nodded.

"Well then, Go!" I shouted and so we made our way to take these things down.

To say it was easy was an understatement, more than once they simply rebuild themselves, as if it was the most normal in the world.

But after 2 Hours they finally shattered to dust, after many of us had been, approximately twenty times, thrown into buildings by a sudden swipe of their tails.

Shino has been distracted during the fight by insects swirling around him, Shikamaru failed almost instantly since he attacked without a plan.

Chouji beated the Spinosaur, by multiple times overrun this shit, that's what I call a road kill.

Kiba and Akamaru were unable to work together, while Kiba´s Twin-daughters combined their forces perfectly, it was thanks to them that the Triceratops had no chance.

By Lee, Tenten and Neji, well it was not really clear who managed to destroy the Stegosaur, for it gave too much Collateral damage, to say where which attack actually hit.

Sakura managed to destroy the Pteranodon, together with Tsunade, by crashing with it down to the ground, after Sheena managed the caught him in her wood Forces, just like a meteorite, only to later whine about a broken nail.

And we, well, Hinata held the T-Rex with success on distance while Sana and I, from two different direction, loaded our powers up and destroyed the Skeleton with Chō Oodama Rasen Shuriken.

"Ino, did you have the Source?" I asked over our Communicator.

"Yes I think we have made him fleeing, Menma-kun!" Ino stated.

"Alright let´s meet in my Office!" I stated.

"Hai!" They shouted and so we rushed towards the Hikarikage office.

"Huh?" I halted abruptly, same as Sana.

"Who is that, dad?" She asked me.

"No clue!" I stated after what I saw, there on the Head of Tsunade stood an completely unknown and Cloaked person.

"What is it, why did you halted?" Hinata asked me.

"Well don´t you think this person is quite suspicious?" I asked.

"What kind of Games are you playing Menma, there is no person!" Hinata stated annoyed.

"you really don´t see that guy?" Asked.

"No, and now hurry, it is really embarrassing to come, as the Hikarikage, too late to your own meeting!" She said, as she dragged Sana behind her.

"Perhaps you are right, maybe my eyes were playing games with me!" I stated, as I brushed it off.

Neherit´s Pov:

"Marui and Sarui Inuzuka.

Sheena Senju and Hinata Hyuuga.

Kushina and Minato Uzumaki as well as Menma and Sana Uzumaki, I think I got my Chess figure.

Now all that's left is to connect them to our world!" I stated.

"But this has time, for now I will rest!" I said, as I treated my injured arm, which had been caught in Kushina´s Adamantine Chakra Chains, as I was distracted with avoiding to be hit by Ino´s Shintenshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Switch Jutsu).

She would have been killed, if she would have hit me, since I have no real Body to be overtaken.

So I had to bring her off using this Jutsu, since I only wanted to find the strongest Ninjas, not kill someone.

Geez what one doesn´t do to double our own chances, for a half month I now searched for evidences that the Uzumaki Clan has been reawaken by Kuchiyose Edo Tensei.

But all what I found is that they might search for Power-sources and that they surely will try to unseal some demons, to use their forces to double the one of the Uzumakis and so use them to destroy the Hell circles.

I am most certain that they aim to revive some of the strongest Ninja-warriors of history, the Fourth Ninja world war was a good test run for this Jutsu.

Now they know of which power they must have, to create an army of Zombie Warrior, therefore I have to be quick by myself.

Still, I only could found a few intact corpses, so it will not at all be easy to fight against this predominance, still I have some good Chances with the ones I have, to at least stop their attempt for a while and hopefully the world won´t go down in the next 2 Months.

"The people of Hi no Kuni and the other lands are just too careless, they don´t know the danger that lies ahead.

So once again most things are relying on me!" I stated annoyed.

"But I have to hurry, it is not easy to completely recreate a body out of only a bit of DNA and bones, I had it easier with Nagato and Jiraiya, than with the other four, the previous Hokages and their friends, still, lucky as I am, I have now these two in a double pack!" I mumbled as I looked over my other Crystal-sphere via the Outer-world-Link Jutsu, in which I saw my Laboratory, which I build in a hole far in the mountains, beyond Konohagakure.

There I used DNA and the bones of the dead ones, to reconstruct their bodies and so to bring them back alive, the same way as I did with Lady Mito.

It was far more long-termed than simply reviving a body and let the soul overtake it again, like I did with Nagato, that Girl and the Jinnchurikis, whose bodies were still quite intact.

Still I do had some scruple, as much as I can feel, which is not much though, to use them as simple marionettes, therefore I revive them and leave them the choice to help us or not, only if they try to work against us, I use my forces to control them.

Still they also have to understand that they will remain in this state for only year, and to use the Necromancy power of Bochi no Kaze, I have to use bits of my own existence force.

Therefore I cannot use my force to just revive anybody they want, I only did it by that girl because she was an Uzumaki after all.

People might shake their heads, by the mere thought of giving up bits of our own soul, only to revive some strong ninjas, or to revive the dead ones anyways, still to me it was a necessary evil.

"The world, outside of the Mezakan Clan and Gensan no Kuni, has no idea what is lying before them, but I do, for I was born and dragged firsthand in the last Millennium-war!" I thought to myself, as I observed the state of the Body reconstruction, 4 or 5 days and the Bodies will have been completely recreated, I had to enter many graves for this.

"I might look like 16 to them, however I am for a 100 times older, 1600, still it is a very young age, if you call yourself as a member of the Mezakan Clan.

Grandma Chika was after all 20.000 years old, perhaps even older, to the rest of the world she looks like 200 years.

She is near the end of her life and entrusted her entire wisdom to me, still I aim to become a Wild Sage, therefore I too have to raise my own Pupil, but who this will be, I still have no idea!" I thought, as I looked up in the sky.

"Perhaps there won't be enough time for me to raise a pupil, I guess I might as well just use my force, to transfer my wisdom to someone else, at least so the high art of, Seimei no sōzō (Creation of Life), Kokumajutsu (Necromancy) and Seishin no an'nai (Spirit Guiding) will not been forgotten!" I mumbled as the stars began to glow.

"Anyways it´s still some time before it is deep dark night here, so I might rest a bit!" I stated and so, secured by my shield Jutsu, I began to sleep, having Nightmares of coming doom, and about what I already experienced.

Menma´s Pov:

It happened deep in the night.

A voice in my mind, that seemed to come from nowhere, led me out of the village.

No matter how often I told me, that it was not at all safe, my body did not react, as if it was controlled by something different, something stronger than me.

Still, normally there should be no Genjutsu being able to work, through the Shield around our house.

"Once upon in ancient time, long before the darkest kind.

When there was no evil mind, where no war had to be find.

Driven by the ancient force, know the nature, how it takes its course.

Banished from the course of life, and only the strongest will survive!" The voice sang and somehow my heart went heavy, the voice was so full of melancholy.

"Menma, where are we going, why can´t I control my body!" I heard it next to me, only to see Hinata and Sana, I looked around to also see, Sheena, the Inuzuka Twins, Marui and Sarui and Mom and Dad.

"I don´t know, but we eventually will find out!" I said, to be honest this force was extremely strong, I had no power to go against it.

"It seems to be some kind of Genjutsu, which is based on tones, as long as we cannot close our ears we are no match against it!" Hinata stated.

"Tones, hmm, then it might be Oto-nins!" I stated.

"Oto-nins, then there is also that bastard Orochimaru who killed my father and made my mom Crying, I will personally kill him!" Sheena shouted full of wrath.

Since she was the Daughter of Tsunade and Jiraiya, she was strong, extremely strong, also was she, with Yamato-sensei one of the only Ninjas alive to use Mokuton.

"But then the demons Gods, they came, like a virus, over the world.

We never saw nothing more insane, causing fear and terror across the world.

And spread their evil to the earth, which once has given to us birth.

Once there was a time, where mankind knew no crime.

Where the humans ruled so kind, had no greedy and no selfish mind.

Mother earth was in control and prevented us all to fall.

Taught and living by her rule, learning not to become cruel.

Born to keep the world under control, to prevent our all heads to roll!" The voice continued.

It sounded Young, like that of a teenager, still it was somehow wonderful and luring and at the same time Sad and full of grief.

Little I know that I might have to do with the Attack from earlier, the Group of these Ninjas truly must be strong, if they are able to use such jutsus.

"We are the keepers of the time, the guardians of death and life, bound to rime.

We know every song, which the past has ever sung,

For the eternity long, we shall sing, from all our lung.

Into earth and water, wind and fire, we will lay our all desire.

Dark is their mind, bright is my kind, overcome the world like a fire.

A burning wish to fulfill, to the hour of the last rime.

Still forever we shall be known, as the ancient Keepers of Time!" The voice sang.

I recognized that we walked through the forest which is surrounding Kagamigakure, our strange moonshine-stroll through the forest led us towards an even stranger place; hidden behind a thick wall of Mist looking like a giant dome.

"I ask myself, what might awaits us here!" I though as my feet dragged me further into the fog, I had no clue where the others were, nor did I had any orientation as to where I walk.

All I heard was this voice signing that strange song, all I felt was bitterness, coldness and a sudden sadness in my heart, as if this songs speaks to me.

I ask myself, if the others might hear this song as well, and perhaps the same way as I do.

"Never taking the chances to flee, through the history we see.

That the demons will not kneel, before our courage forged of steel.

Ripping apart their chains therefore, as so many times before.

Until my folk vanishes forevermore and the earth is destroyed by its core.

We are the guardians of life, we are the Keepers of time

Bound to live a cursed life, until we tell our all last rime

We know everything, about the past

Into Darkness, our world shall not last.

We will fight, to regain control.

To erase the evil, which has to fall

There's always a light, beyond the Dark.

That shines bright, like a sacred ark!" Suddenly the voice faded and it was as scary and silent as on a Graveyard.

The Fog before me began to fade, as soon as the song ended.

It lasted a few more minutes until I arrived on a clearing, there, right before me, stood a Man with Black Clothes, a brown coat with a cowl, as well as a strange mask, on his head he wore something looking like horns.

The attire was of no ninja clan I ever have seen before, here in Hi no Kuni, just what are such guys doing here all of a sudden.

"Greetings Menma Uzumaki, Hikarikage of Kagamigakure, my name is Neherit Mezakan and I am here to Challenge you, do you participate or do you entitle yourself as a coward?" That Ninja stated.

I felt how all the earlier loss of control faded away, I was again the master of my own body.

"You come in my town and cause so much havoc and now, that you stand here before me, challenging me, you think I will chicken out, for Fuck´s sake I am the Hikarikage, I won´t ever run away from a challenge, that's my Ninja way!" I shouted.

I knew I would get in trouble with mom, she hates it when I jump head forwards into the heart of Danger, still, that´s how I am.

But when there is one thing I fear most in this world, it´s definitely my Mother, when she´s angry.

"Very well, then, shall we begin?" This Neherit Guys stated, and so a Challenge should began which would drag me into the craziest of all sick adventures I ever had in my life.

Even crazier than that dream I had, so many years ago, about another me, coming to fight me, while I had become an S-rank criminal, it was the strangest and sickest dream I ever head.

As if I ever would use my forces to destroy Kagamigakure.

"So how will this challenge look like, I defeat you and then you vanish freely, or shall I simply kill you, I will be very friendly for once and give you the choice, since beside of a few Collateral damages, no one of my fellow Citizens has been hurt too much!?" I asked.

"Well I thought we could make it so, if you win, I gladly will leave you all alone, however when I win against you, you will have to help me, to solve a worldwide problem, how does that sound!?" Neherit asked.

"Hmm, depends on which Problem you mean?!" I stated.

"How about trying to stop a Powerful Group from Probably destroying the world, by releasing the Three Titans, I think you know who I mean!?" he asked and I gasped in shock.

"How you know about this, only the heirs and the Leader of the Uzumaki Clan know about this secret, I got told by my mother, which was the last heir before me!?" I asked him.

It was a secret of the Uzumaki Clan, which only the Bloodline of the current leader knows about it, who got told this history, from a messenger of another world, a world, in which also an Uzumaki Clan shall live, and where these Titan demons shall be sealed.

According to this messenger, shall the unleashing of these Beasts have also a direct effect on our world.

Honestly I never really believed this story, it sounded so unreal somehow, but here I found someone who knows about this story and is no Uzumaki.

I could not feel any familiarity in his Chakra, which was strange enough, it somehow didn´t felt like Chakra, but something far more powerfull, in any way I had to be careful, I cannot dare to lose this Battle.

"How do you know about the Three Titans, I want to know this before I kill you!" I stated.

"I am a member of the Clan, who once fought against them, I am Neherit Mezakan, from the Mezame no Jinkan Clan!" Neherit stated and I paled, before I grit my teeth.

"Well then, prove it!" I shouted, as I attacked.

"Dai Rasenringu (Great Spiraling ring)!" I shouted as I attacked him.

"Too easy!" He stated as he appeared a second later right next to me, and without any hesitation bat me right into a massive tree.

My attacked flew away and destroyed a good portion of the forest.

"Argh, haaa, I admit you have some good skills man, but you won´t escape this one!" I shouted as I attacked.

"We will see!" he stated.

I used Kuku´s chakra to increase my speed, to the one of Light.

"Haaaa!" I shouted, as I attacked once again.

"Dammit!" I heard him shouting, and so I stretched my smile into a triumphant on.

I strengthened my Jutsu with an extra portion of Kuku´s power, before crashing it inside my opponent.

"Aaaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh!" I shouted in intense pain, as I was hit by something, something so powerfull that I thought it would rip me into pieces.

I recognized that I was hit by my own attack, which somehow has changed its direction.

"Menma, are you alright!" I heard it in my mind.

"What was this attack, how did he managed to throw my attack back at me, and so quick, shouldn´t my Jutsu be unavoidable!?" I asked confused.

"I don´t know, but this is definitely the force I felt earlier in the village, but there are more than just him!" Kuku stated.

"You mean his accomplices?" I asked.

"No, I don´t think so, to be honest I only feel one Chakra signature, however on different spots in this forest, and this one seems to be the strongest of them, I also feel the Negative emotions of your friends, they seem to be in some kind of trouble!" She stated.

"I see, dammit, with normal attacks I won´t come far here I guess, I think it´s time to let the fox out of the Cage, what do you mean, care to rip a Chicken?" I asked.

"Always Darling!" She said and I chuckled.

I used my force to open the seal and free her, she was still bound on my by leaving one piece of her in my body, I think it is one of her tails; this way I could not die while releasing her.

"Now come and face your doom!" I screamed, as Kuku used her Bijuu Dama to fire at Neherit.

"Haaaa!" We screamed.

However there was no explosion.

"What the hell is going on here!?" I asked myself.

"Menma, Watch out, Argh!" Kuku shouted, as I realized that we were enchained by Trees, which not only caught her, but also blocked her movements, holding her down on the ground and sucked most of her chakra out.

"Is this Mokuton, how I this possible, there should be no one but Yamato-sensei, Sheena and Hashirama Senju being able to use this Power!" I shouted.

"Well, are you giving up?" Neherit asked.

"Never in a million years!" I shouted trying to break free, I used my Rasenringu Jutsu to cut the trees, but as soon as they had been cut, new ones appeared, they pierced themselves into her Legs and arms stopping her movement completely.

"Well then, face doom, my friend!" He said, and suddenly I too was caught by his trees, after I tried to jump away.

He pointed with his index finger upwards, I looked to see a hole in the Sky, and in this hole something big and Pitch Black seemed to fall down.

"Oh no, Shit!" I shouted, as I recognized that it was my Bijuu Dama from earlier.

"Menma, separate me, only this way we can avoid to be hit!" Kuku shouted.

"Alright, Kumen Sowaka… Sei, Byaku, Shu, Gen, Kū, Nan, Hoku, San, Gyoku… Kumenjū (Nine Masked Svāhā… Azure, White, Vermilion, Black, Sky, South, North, Three, Jewel… Nine Masked Beasts)!" I chanted to summon my beasts.

The rune appeared under Kuku and her Force divided into nine equal forces.

"Ha and you think this will help you!" Neherit stated and before anyone could react, one each of the nine masked beasts has been hit by a tiny Bijuu Dama.

The explosions threw me from side to side, and weren't good at all for my body, but even worse was my pride feeling.

"How is this possible?" I asked afraid, as I stood up, as best as I could.

I admit I was no one to easily fear something, but I also had great respect before those, who can overpower my own forces, which did not happen very often.

However this guy, this Neherit, was definitely such a person.

Still, I won´t stop until I lie on the ground unconscious or dead.

"You don´t think you are the only one to divide Chakra from a massive entity, aren´t you going to ask where the giant Bijuu Dama from earlier is?" Neherit asked me.

I looked upwards only to see this thing taking a dive, right in my direction.

"Dammit, Kuku!" I shouted.

"I´m sorry Menma, but I have no chakra anymore, I used most of it to craft this giant Bijuu Dama from earlier, also did the trees sucked most of my Chakra up, i´m sorry but I have to rest!" She stated.

"Dammit, I see, well then come into me!" I said and so she did.

Her fragments dived back into my body, while the Bijuu Dama still approached me like a meteor, even if I would try to run away, the explosion and the shockwave will get me and probably also Kagamigakure.

"I clearly see that I am not strong enough to perhaps survive, still, as the Hikarikage, it was and is my duty to defend my Home, even to die to protect it.

So I will give my everything, to destroy this thing!" I shouted as I took my whole Chakra together and jumped.

"Dai RasenringuGatoringu shōgeki (Giant Spiraling ring, Gatling Bombardment)!" I shouted as I bombarded the giant Bijuu Dama, with a rapid fire of Dai Rasenringu.

"Haaaaaaaaa!" I shouted, as I the Bijuu Dama crashed into me, and a massive detonation went off.

Everything went black, but somehow I felt no real pain.

"I managed to defeat you, so you will have to help me, but it still has time, I hope, for now, rest your forces, you fought well!" I heard Neherit´s voice in my mind, before I fell in a deep unconsciousness.

Neherit´s Pov:

It was a hard fight, especially since I had to duplicate myself with help of Tamashī Bushin no Jutsu (Jutsu of the Soul-Clone), a strong force with which I use my own body to create clones, instead of creating them out of an element.

They were me, in every look, from the head over the toes to the Soul, copying the possession of ¾ of my entire power.

Through this Battles I had enough DNA material to create Bodies for Menma and his friends and Family, bodies which are constructed and bound to Naruto´s world.

This way I can let their soul wandering through my special seal towards that Body, which enables them to remain in our world without to have to vanish from their World.

Now I will send them back, and plan everything forward, I think Tsunade will surely be able, to handle the course of Kagamigakure for a certain time, as being the previous Hikarikage anyways, she is the best for this Job.

All that I have to do is to bring in some false info and orders as well as a certain faked mission, then I have to search for a good hideout for them to stay during their dive into our world.

"I will let a Tamashī Bushin of myself staying in this world, who looks out for their bodies' vitality.

I think in about 2 weeks I might be able to get them here, then the bodies should be ready!" I mumbled, as I treated the wounds of the people, which I just kicked in the ass.

This surely will double our forces.

After they were treated I ordered some big animals to bring them back to the village, while I went back in the shadow, to manipulate everything after my plan.

"They will wake up after 3 days, enough time to work out every aspects of the act!" I stated, before I vanished within the shadow.

Our Chances just has been increased for a bit.

A/N: and yet another Chapter is ready to be read by you, hope you like it, don´t forget, read and review!

(Song-Original: Gaia Epicus - Keepers of Time)