The new Team Kakashi and Team Guy along with Lady Chiyo watched as Sakura tried to heal Gaara. Mayumi bit her lip, from the look on Sakura's face, it didn't look like he was going to make. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed a black wing, but when she moved to get a better look, it was gone.

"Sakura-chan...?" Naruto questioned as she pulled her hands away the Kazekage.

Sakura pushed herself to her feet and they all stared down sadly at Gaara. Sure Mayumi hadn't known him to well but when she did she had a great time…irritating him.

Flashback: (A/N: Sorry can't resist XD)

Sakura and Mayumi followed the Sand-nin to the new Kazekage. Tsunade had sent them on a mission to see how the Kazekage was handling his job. Mayumi was only going because her uncle had forced the Hokage to allow his niece to go so that he himself could information on the sand. The Sand-nin opened the door to reveal Gaara.

Sakura's green eyes widened, "Gaara! You're the new Kazekage!"

Mayumi grinned, shouted, "Look Sakura it's a raccoon!", and then she glompped him only to be pulled away by Temari.

The Haruno girl sighed and ran her hand through her shoulder length hair, "Mayumi this is Gaara, he's the son of the previous Kazekage who-"

"Your dad's dead, sorry to tell you…" The bluenette told him.

Without warning the pink-haired female grabbed her teammate and shook her violently, "Why can't you take this mission seriously!"

"I am!" Mayumi yelled back at her, trying, and failing, to pull away.

"What's wrong with them?" Temari asked the seconded oldest sibling.

Kankurou shook his head, "I have no idea."

*later*

Temari and Kankurou stared at their brother oddly. They felt so bad for him! But mostly, he couldn't believe he was allowing it in the first place. Well of course they knew had changed somewhat but this was ridiculous!

Gaara tried his hardest to talk to Sakura but was having problems looking at the girl, (A/N: That ugly huh? XD) due to the fact that her teammate had placed herself on his lap. It had taken her multiple tries to get him to leave her be, and now she just sat there comfortable, swinging her legs over the edge of the chair.

"See Sakura! I don't why you were so scared of the raccoon, he's pretty friendly!"

The Haruno girl laughed nervously from the look on Gaara's face.

End Flashback

"Why…was Gaara… Always Gaara… To die like this… He's the Kazekage; he didn't just become Kazekage…"

"Relax… Uzumaki Naruto," Chiyo told him.

"Shut up!" The blonde snapped at her, his blue eyes filled with tears. "If you Shinobi of the sand hadn't put a monster in Gaara, then nothing like this would've happened! Did any of you even try to ask Gaara how he felt? What is this, Jinchuuriki anyway? You just arrogantly made up that word to call them!"

'Woah', Mayumi thought. 'There's that bird again…'

She studied it for a minute…it was a crow, and it was staring at her. Making a face she walked over to Naruto and gave him a comforting hug as he cried onto this sleeve.

"Naruto…" Sakura muttered, her eyes becoming glossy with unshed tears.

"I couldn't save Sasuke… And I couldn't save Gaara… For three years I trained desperately, but nothing's changed since three years ago, has it…"

"It's okay Naruto-kun…" Mayumi assured him, pulling him closer.

Chiyo stood to her feet and walked over to the Kazekage's lifeless body. Her hands begun to glow in a similar way that Sakura's had; only hers seemed to be a bit more forceful.

The Haruno's eyes widened, "Chiyo-sama…That jutsu is-" She stopped her words and looked down sadly.

"What're you trying to do now?" Naruto asked, pulling away from Mayumi.

"That's-" Gai said only for Kakashi to cut him off, "Yes."

"What the hell are you doing?" Naruto snapped at her.

"She's bringing Gaara back!" Sakura told him.

"Bring him back?" He questioned. "Can you really do something like that…?"

"This jutsu is Chiyo-sama's alone…"

"Guh…" The old woman moaned. "Damn! Not enough chakra…"

"Please…Use my Chakra… Old Lady… Can you do that?" Naruto questioned her.

Chiyo looked down and thought it over, "Put your hands on top of mine."

With a nod the Uzumaki boy placed his hands over the old woman's.

Mayumi watched as her friend glared down at his hands. The glow coming from Chiyo's hands intensified with Naruto's focus. The blue haired female bit her lip; last that she had checked it was impossible to revive the dead… So how did Lady Chiyo expect to pull this trick off? The black crow circled overhead, its red eyes locked on the Arakaki.

"I am glad that someone like you appeared…," the woman told the blonde, "in this world of Shinobi that we old people created… In the past, everything I did was mistaken. But at the very end, it seems I am able to do the right thing. Sand and Konoha. Their futures are differing from our past… What Kakashi said; your mysterious power… That power may change the future. Become a Hokage unlike any before. And Sakura, do not risk your life for an old hag next time. Save that which is important to you, you are a lot like me. There are not many women with chivalrous spirits matching those of men. You may become a kunoichi surpassing your own master."

Sakura smiled slightly as tears ran down her cheeks.

"Mayumi… Just, continue to learn, when you put your mind to it you seem to learn a lot. Naruto, a request from an old hag… You are the only one who can know Gaara's pain… Gaara also knows your pain. Help Gaara out…"

*Later*

"Gaara…" Naruto smiled, his hand resting on the red head's shoulder.

"Naruto…"

Gaara's sea foam green eyes widened as he looked around. Everyone was there, in that clearing... Or at least all of the sand Shinobi were.

"This…"

"Everyone came running, to save you!" Naruto explained. "Hey, you put us through a lot!"

"For sure," Kankurou agreed. "Your little a little brother I'll always have to worry about, eh?"

"Hey," Temari warned him. "Don't go getting all complacent! Gaara's still the Kazekage, so don't be so cheeky! You underlings!" Naruto glared at her but she ignored it and turned her attention to her youngest brother, "Gaara, how are you feeling?"

The red head put his hand on his knee and tried to push himself up, "Guh!"

"You shouldn't be in such a hurry to move," his sister told him. "Your body's not back to full health yet."

"This is great…" One of the sand ninja cried. "I wondered if the Kazekage-sama really would die…"

"No way Gaara-sama'd die that easily!" A female yelled at him. "Gaara-sama's a real strong and silent type, and good-looking and elite…"

"Yeah yeah, but still there's some cuteness about him, but then he's Kazekage…" Another agreed. "Next time for sure I'll get Gaara-sama out of whatever mess he's in!"

"No me!"

Mayumi's eyes widened as they knocked Naruto over to get to Gaara. Oh hell no! No one was going to steal her comfy chair and get away with. Quickly she ran over and placed herself on Gaara's lap. Temari blocked off the fan girls and gave her an odd look.

Mayumi grinned and stuck her tongue out at the other girls, "And you thought I wouldn't notice! What losers!"

"Yeah I guess I'm still just a genin…" Naruto muttered from the ground.

"Don't feel bad… Woman are always weak at the knees for the elite, cool types." Kankurou told him.

"Well I remember Shikamaru saying something like that too…"

"Thank you Naruto…" Kankurou told him, looking at Gaara.

"You should be saying that to the old lady, not me," Naruto smiled softly. "She saved Gaara with her amazing medical ninjutsu."

Both boys looked over at Chiyo. Sakura held onto her gently and stared down at her lightly. She looked as if she were sleeping peacefully, her eyes closed softly and her white gray hair blowing gently. The old woman's brother stood behind them, looking down at them with a frown.

"She's passed out from tiredness now, but… She'll be fine when she gets back to the-"

"No…" Kankurou stopped him.

"What do you mean, no?" Naruto questioned him.

"That was no medical ninjutsu, it was a tensei ninjutsu… Chiyo is dead."

"What are you saying?"

"A ninjutsu that restores life, in exchange for the user's own… At one time, in the sand's puppet squad… People tried to research and develop a jutsu to give life to puppets. Chiyo led that, she worked out the theory behind that jutsu, but in the process…saying that the risk of the jutsu was too high. Before experimentation, it was designated a forbidden jutsu and sealed away…"

Naruto stared wide eyed at her.

"I'm just playing dead," Chiyo's brother used her line. "I keep expecting her to laugh out loud and say that… Such a peaceful expression she has now…"

Sakura pulled the woman closer, "Yes…"

"Naruto…" Temari spoke. "You really are a mysterious person. You have the power to change people. Chiyo-sama was always saying how she didn't care about the future of the village. She wasn't the kind of person who would do something like this for Gaara…"

"Chiyo-sama entrusted the future to you and Gaara…" Kakashi added. "A truly fitting last moment for a shinobi."

Gaara blinked a few times and began to push himself up. Mayumi jumped to her feet, "You could have told you wanted to get up Raccoon-san."

"It's okay…" He told her.

Naruto grabbed his arm and pulled him to his feet. Both of them walked over to Chiyo.

"Everyone…" Gaara spoke, "Say a prayer for Chiyo."

*Later after returning to Konoha*

Mayumi walked into the Hokage's office to see an anbu man standing there also, she gave him an odd look, "You called me Tsunade-sama?"

"Yes. Give me a minute," she looked back at the anbu. "You will take Kakashi's place."

Mayumi's mouth dropped, "He'll what!"

"To take Kakashi-sempai's place… That is indeed an honor."

"This is not an anbu mission. It is a regular mission. You will remove your mask, and be assigned a codename. For the duration you will take on the name of Yamato."

"I understand," he said, taking off his mask.

Tsunade nodded, "This is where Mayumi comes in. There is one more person… One of the members of the anbu training department "root" has been assigned to Team Kakashi. Keep an eye on his movements."

"What do you mean?" Mayumi questioned.

"The new member is one that Danzou recommended. Danzou is a man who previously opposed Sadaime, emphasizing the use of military power over diplomacy. He created a separate division in anbu, the training division, root, with himself as leader. The group has been disbanded and he has lost his position. But he hasn't changed; he must have some ulterior motive… Mayumi, I want you to get close to this new member. If he won't allow that, follow him if he does something unexpected… I don't wanna give Danzou any means of doing something he shouldn't…"

*Later*

"Y…You!" Naruto shouted, pointing at their new teammate.

"Um, from now on, Team Kakashi… I'll be taking Kakashi's place as-"

"Naruto do you know this person?" Sakura questioned him.

"Sorry about before," the dark haired male spoke. "I just wanted to gauge the ability of my new team member. I just didn't know how much I'd have to look after the little prick with no balls."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" Naruto snapped at him.

"He's our new teammate now! Cool down!" Sakura warned him as she held him back. "But… You're not that nice…"

"Ahaha…really? I like people like you, friendly crones."

"You what!" Sakura shouted angrily.

Mayumi grabbed her, "Hey remember what you just told Naruto-kun!"

"Anyway…" Yamato spoke. "From now on the five of us are off on a mission. But look at you, there's no time to toss you all in a cage and get you used to each other. So introduce yourselves."

"Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto glared at the new guy.

"I'm Haruno Sakura…" Sakura added, also glaring.

"Arakaki Mayumi!" Mayumi grinned.

"My name is Sai," the dark haired male added, smiling.

"Well, now that we know each other, that's the end of that. Now I'll explain our mission. From here, the five of us will proceed to the Tenchi Bridge. There we will intercept the spy Akatsuki has in in Orochimaru's organization. This is a chance for us to find out about Orochimaru and Uchiha Sasuke. We can gain a valuable source of information which may lead to formulating a plan to assassinate Orochimaru and take Sasuke back. So keep focused! We will assemble at the front gate in one hour! After sorting out equipment, we will depart!"

*Walking to go get ready*

"Why is he taking Sasuke's place?" Naruto questioned. "Four people is enough for Team Kakashi!"

Sakura smiled lightly, "He's definitely very vulgar, but don't you think he's resembles Sasuke somewhat? His face, his voice…"

"Hmph! No a bit! Sasuke's cooler, no he's just better!"

"You're right," Sakura agreed. "Sasuke is somewhat cooler than Sai."

"What do you mean somewhat?" Naruto shouted. "Sasuke's way better!"

Mayumi made a face, "I don't what you guys are talking about. Sai is ten times better! He's funnier than shit!"

The blue-haired female took off quickly before her teammates could get a hold of her, knowing that she had just dug her own grave.

Answers To Questions:

Refrigerator-Burn- Okay so, towards the end of the chapter basically Kakashi had Mayumi try to distract Deidara, Naruto hits Deidara, Mayumi gets off the bird cause Naruto took the head off to get to Gaara, and Naruto fought Deidara and blah blah blah lol If ya don't get it, ya might wanna message me cause I don't know where you got lost

Oschuga- The reason I won't write two endings cause I feel that that would go against the reason for the poll, and that would simply be too much work lol

Okay so that was chapter 26, My parents had wiped my computer so it took me a while to update and I did in a hurry cause I won't be able to do much for a while, anyways, the pull is still up, Sasuke is still in the lead, and Itachi is still in second. Please vote on that if you can, I love hearing from you all! So reviews are nice too! Plus if you have any questions or requests let me know and I'll get back to you! Bye!