A.N- Hey. I told you they'd be saved. Those of u who got the crash right, congrats. Those who didn't, don't feel bad. Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story and the characters I make up.


Emi woke to the bright lights of Konoha hospital. The first thing she saw was her parents' worried faces bending over her.

"Emi!" Her mother cried, tears gathering in her eyes. Naruto put his hand on his daughter's face, stroking her cheek gently.

"Mom? Dad? Temair-oba, Shikamaru-oji? Where are we?" Fumiko asked from her bed, next to Emi's on the other side of the room.

"Fumiko! We're at Konoha hospital. How are you feeling?" Fumiko sat up and narrowed her eyes at her parents. She looked over at Emi. The Uzumaki nodded. Fumiko answered her mother's question.

"I feel o.k. But Emi and I have some questions that must be answered." Emi nodded and began.

"What's a Jinchuriki?" Before Naruto of Gaara could answer, Emi asked her next question.

"What or who is Kybui?"

"What of who is Shukaku?"

"Who're the Akatsuke and what do they want with us?"

Why were Fumiko's eyes black and yellow? Why were mine purple?"

"Why-" Emi was cut off by her father's hand covering her mouth. Fumiko would have continued the questioning, but before she could say a word, hermouth was covered by Shikamaru's hand.

"Oi, troublesome girls, wait until your fathers answer before you ask more questions."

Slowly, Naruto took his hand away from Emi's mouth as Shikamaru took his hand away from Fumiko's. The Hokage sighed.

"I guess we have no choice but to tell them now."

"Tell us what?" Fumiko asked, intrigued.

"Now what Gaara and I are going to tell you will answer a lot of your questions, so don't ask anything untill we're done. Actually, don't say anything 'till we're done,k?" The girls nodded. Naruto took a deep breath and began.

"32 years ago, the nine-tailed fox, also known as Kybui, attacked the Leaf Village. The Fourth was Hokage then. He sacrificed his life for his life for his village. He used a forbidden Jutsu to seal Kybui in a new-born baby. The baby was me." Emi's eyes widened. Her father continued.

"I grew up alone, with no knowledge of the monster inside. Until graduation. Mizuki, who was Iruka-sensei's helper, told me I could become a geninif I stole the sacred scroll. So I did. It wasn't until Iruka-sensei came that I heard Mizuki ask why he cared for me when Kybui killed his parents. I beat him up after threatened sensei. Anyway, my first mission on Team 7 was to the Village Hidden in the Mist. There we discovered Zabuza, one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, and Haku. That's when I first time I released Kybui, when I thought Sasuke was dead, that Haku killed him. The second time was when Pervy-sage pushed me into that abyss. He wanted me to use it to summon the Chief Toad, to control. I also used it in the Chunin Exams, when I fought Neji and Gaara."

"Dad?" Fumiko exclaimed.

"Why?" she asked, turning toward her father. Gaara sighed.

"I start from the beginning and go from there, alright? Well, when I was born my father-he said the word as if it were poison- "sealed Shukaku in me. He planned to use me as a killing machine, the ultimate weapon. He got the killing machine part, alright. I also had no love as a child but, unlike Naruto, I had no one to care for me. I thought that person was my uncle Yashumaru. But I was wrong. He only pretended. He wanted me dead. When the Kazekage ordered my murder, Yashumaru got his chance. At first, because my father ordered him, I forgave him. But when he said he could have refused, I broke. When Yashumaru blew himself, I decided to love only myself and fight for myself. But my fight with Naruto changed that." Gaara closed his eyes, reminiscing.

"But why did you fight?" Fumiko insisted and Emi nodded. She wanted to know, too. Gaara looked at Naruto. The blonde took this as his cue to pick up where his friend left off.

"Well, during the Exams, Sand was with the Sound and-"

"Sound!? What were you doing with Sound ninja!?" Emi growled. Sakura shot her a look. Shikamaru looked at his wife, brother-in-law and Matsuri. Gaara sighed and shrugged.

"Orochimaru was impersonating the Kazekage." Emi didn't think this a satisfying answer, but could tell the adults from Suna were going to say anything more on the matter, so she let it drop. For now. Naruto continued where he left off.

"Anyway, Sasuke was fighting Gaara when Sound and Sand attacked. You know about Sasuke's curse mark, right?" When the Kages' daughters nodded, he continued.

"Sasuke's mark started, uh, growing I guess you could say, so he couldn't continue. So I took up the fight. Gaara was going at Sasuke, but Sakura blocked him. He nailed her to a tree with sand. But I wasn't going to let him hurt her. Even thoughI used most of my chakra, I was able to summon Chief Toad and beat Gaara."

"All the while I was thinking. how could this fool be so strong fighting for them. But when Naruto told me he was a Jinchurik, but was able to make friends, to be accepted, I felt hope. And each day that hope grew as I tried to be better. It really paid off." Gaara sighed, then looked at his daughter.

"As for your eyes, the black and yellow-specks are the eyes of Shukaku."

"I don't know why your eyes were purple, but when I went into Kybui form, my eyes turned red. So maybe because you don't have as much Kybui in you, your eyes turned a mix of red and blue. Now, the Akatsuki is an organization that goes around the Great Five Nations looking for Jinchurik. They got Gaara once and sucked it out, but it came back."

The adults looked at the girls and waited, wondering what their reaction would be.


A.N-Whew. Finally got it done. Here ya go, folks!