The next morning Naruko woke up and got dressed. Ready for her day. She packed a bad of ramen for the trip and later put her ninja head band on. She heard someone knock at the door and when she opened it she was surprised to see Hinata.

"Hinata what are you doing here so early" asked Naruko.

"Well I was so excited I couldn't wait" admitted Hinata.

"I know right we might even find you a devil fruit, I wonder what type it could be"

"Lets not get are hopes up, okay Naruko"

The pair then walked out the building. They walked and had a nice conversation. Hinata had told Naruko she talked to Kiba the other day.

"So what did the mutt say" asked Naruko.

Hinata giggled at Naruko's nickname before answering. "Well Kiba said that Sakura has become amazingly strong. There sensei says she has a natural talent for genjutsu"

"As long as she is doing something than bothering Sasuke" said Naruko

Hinata then turned to Naruko with a surprise look on her simply looked over to her and said "Please don't think what I think your thinking"

Vengeance and blood. That was something Sasuke Uchihawanted. He had to get strong and stronger. But even then strong was not strong enough. He couldn't let Naruko bestronger than him.

He then stopped practicing his jutsu when he heard to familiarvoices. He looked over into the distance and saw Naruko and Hinata.

"What are they doing out here" he thought.

Brushing it off Sasuke went back to his training. But the thought of them in the woods was still in his mind.

"Oh Hinata I forgot to tell you about this weird dream I had" said Naruko.

"Well what was it about" asked Hinata.

"Well it started with me running away from this angry mob as a kid. Then while I was running a woman with black hair and agreen suit showed up. At some point I think me and her said we are going to save the Uchiha clan"

"Yeah that does sound like a weird dream"

Hinata stopped in her tracks as she noticed Naruko gapping her mouth open. Hinata looked over and saw a completelydestroyed of what used to be a cottage.

"Who could have did this" said Naruko.

Unknown to her or Hinata a giant figure was approaching them. He was the same man from before Bartholomew took of his glove and raised his hand.

Just as he was about to swpye his hand on them, Sasuke was the one to push the two out the way.

"Hey Sasuke what was that for" shouted Naruko.

"Look you idiot" said Sasuke.

Everyone got up to see Kuma standing directly in front of them. He began to walk up to the trio.

"Hey you are you the one who did this" asked Naruko.

She got no answer but in the blink of an eye Kuma had knocked her into a tree.

"Naruko!" shouted Hinata. Soon she herself was pawed into a tree.

Sasuke got away from him as fast as possible before he could do any real damage to him. Sasuke made a few hand seals and fired fire balls out his mouth. It looked like it hand consumed Kuma until he appeared behind Sasuke and kicked him over by the pond.

Sasuke was able to quickly get back up and noticed that he was heading for Naruko. He made his way and took out some shuriken. He intercepted between the two and threw the shuriken at Kuma's body. Much to Sasuke's surprise they bounced off as if he was made of metal.

"What the hell is this guy" thought Sasuke.

The next thing he knew Kuma had placed his paw on him and felt a great shock go over his body. He fell to the ground not able to get up. He looked to see Kuma about to swype his hand upon him. "It can't end like this" thought Sasuke.

At the last second Naruko appeared in a burst of flames and grabbed Sasuke. In the next burst both of the appeared behind Hinata with her byakugan activated.

Sasuke wanted to get back up, but he couldn't find the will. He looked at Naruko who looked back at him. "Don't worry me and Hinata got this" is what she said.

Those words is brought Sasuke his will back. He couldn't fall like this and have other people defend him. He had to get stronger himself. He then stepped back up next to Naruko.

"So you are going to fight" she said.

"Yeah I won't let you stand me up" said Sasuke

"Are you two ready" asked Hinata

"Yeah" they bothed answered.

"Good, now here is the plan. While I stay back here and watch his movements. You to go on and attack him allright"

"Got it" they both said.

They duo than ran towards Kuma. "Naruko you can make fireballs right" asked Sasuke.

"Yeah, why" asked Naruko

"Because if we combine both of are attacks this guy can be burned to a crispe"

"Nice thinking Uchiha"

The two then stopped in there tracks and fired there fireballs.

"Fire style: fire ball jutsu" Sasuke launched his flame attack at Kuma.

"Flame thrower" Naruko launches her flames as it combines with Sasuke's. The two attacks colliding created a massive fireball coming straight for Kuma.

Kuma not looking worried put his paws in front of him. When the burning flames touched his cold paws, the flames were forced to repel into the air.

Everyone being completely astonished at the power of Kuma. "This is unreal" thought Hinata, getting her head back in the game she noticed Kuma was moving.

"Naruko, Sasuke behind you" she shouted.

Just in the nick of time Naruko and Sasuke jumped in the air to avoid a large air bubble. Heading for the general direction once it hit its mark, the world went white.

Every singal thing that was in that things path was completely destroyed. From the trees to the ground.

Naruko and Sasuke knew they had to get out of there. So when they landed they headed for Hinata's direction. They didn't need to say a word as Hinata also ran into the woods.

Kuma didn't seem to chase them or even mind they were going. He simply went on his way.

What felt like a run for there life, the three genin made it back to the village. While Naruko and Hinata seemed glad, Sasuke did not seem as much.

"Don't get to happy you two. You should know that he let us escape, a guy like that could have easily caught or killed us. He must have not wanted us by his territory"

After his little speech Sasuke went his way home. It was nice and silent. But he couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. When he came to his doorstep he found a strange book. He picked it up and read the title.

"Cp 0-9, what type of name is this for a book" Sasuke then walked in his house and closed the door. He wasn't the type to read all the time but he was curious on what this book had to tell. It lets just say he liked it a lot.