Steve: And here we go! The chapter befor-

Pen-pen: Wark war waar warr ark war rk war waarrk ark arr waaarrrk!?(When the hell will you get to the finals and the invasion!?)

Steve: As I was saying before I was interrupted, this is the last chapter before the finals which are themselves two chapters long.

Yui: So we're finally going to see Neji get his ass beat down?

Steve: Yup! Had to keep it to a minimum or else Hinata would hurt me.

Hinata: (Notices everyone looking at her) What? He's still like a nii-san to me.

Yui: (Shaking head) You are WAY too forgiving. Good to see you up and about after the last chapter though.

Hinata: (Turns bright red) Um... yeah... Thank you for doing that Steve-san...

Steve: No prob Hinata. Anyways, time for the disclaimer!

Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)

Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.

Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura

'Who?' Thoughts

-YO!- Animal speech

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Walking down the street the day before the finals, Naruto looks around as he watches various people shopping, a number of whom aren't even from Konoha. Waving at the people, he chuckles at the sight of the two masked and bundled guys at a nearby stand selling tee-shirts with various sayings on them. He can't help but shake his head at them. 'Wow Kyubi-chan, who would have thought that knowing how to make Shikigami could bring in so much money?' She giggles a little from where she is.

'True… love the shirts that you and Harry are having them sell though. Maybe later you'll get me some?' Her giggles become laughs as Tsume and Hana walk towards them wearing their own shirts (Hana: 'I'm kind of a big deal' stretched across the front . Tsume: '90% Pure Bitch'). Upon seeing him, the two grin as Hana gives him a wave.

"Hey Naruto! Any idea where Harry-kun is?" Naruto jerks his thumb back towards the apartment.

"He's home doing some packing still for moving day." Nodding, Hana takes off as Naruto turns to look at Tsume, who's grinning at him. "Hey, Tsume-chan. What's up?" She shrugs a little as she looks at him.

"Nothing much… just checking out the wares they got at the moment." She taps herself on the chin before looking down at Naruto. "If you got some time I wouldn't mind some company while I walk through the stands." Thinking it over, Naruto nods.

"Sure, I got some time to kill anyways." And with that, they start walking. Glancing at the woman beside him, Naruto grins. "Love the shirt by the way. Suits you to a tee." Looking at it, she grins.

"Yup! I love it. I really got to thank you and Harry for making them." Naruto just chuckles and waves her off as they reach a booth selling various items of jewellery. Walking in, Tsume examines the various pieces on sale. Watching her, Naruto raises an eyebrow and chuckles making Tsume look up. "What?" Naruto just shakes his head.

"Nothing. It's just that with your attitude, one would think that you wouldn't like jewellery of any kind really. That's all." Tsume looks at him before smiling while slowly nodding at what he just said.

"You got a point there, however like any girl I still like dressing up every once in a while Naruto-kun. As long as it's simple, functional, yet looks good, I'll wear it. None of that fancy-spancy crap though." Seeing him nod, she goes back to looking while mumbling every once in a while as she goes through the stock. Glancing around, Naruto's eyes fall on a silver locket depicting a wolf howling at the moon. Looking at Tsume, who's examining a group of earrings, he motions the seller over.

"How much for the locket?" The seller looks at it and tells him. Thinking it over, he nods before seeing two small pink crystal earrings as we as an amethyst necklace. "I'll take it along with the earrings and that necklace." The seller looks at the two and nods as he takes them out and places them in a separate cases. Still watching Tsume, he takes the locket from it's case and casts a notice-me-not charm before placing several protection charms on it as she continues looking through the jewellery for the next half hour before he places it back into the case and cancels the Notice-me-not. Just in time too as Tsume shakes her head and turns to him.

"They got nothing at the moment I guess. Oh well, let's go Naruto-kun." As she walks out, Naruto shares a wink with the owner of the booth before leaving as well. Looking around, she glances at the young man beside her as her mind drifts off to what had happened that morning…

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Hearing something, Tsume looks up from her morning paper to see Kiba and Raven walk into the kitchen. "Good morning you two, enjoy your sleep?" They look at each other and blush making Tsume smile. 'They're good for each other… though I do wish that they might take it a little slower, what with them sleeping in the same bed and all.' Looking away from Kiba, Raven looks at Tsume and smiles.

"Hai… Tsume-san…" Raven stumbles over the words since she's still learning to be proficient in the language. She blinks as Tsume wags a finger at her.

"Call me Tsume-kaa-san, not Tsume-san. After all, what with the way that you and my son are moving along and all you might have to call me that by the end of the year." She smirks at Raven's heavy blush and Kiba's sputters. 'Still got it.' She takes a sip of her coffee only to spit it out at Kiba's next words.

"And I suppose that I'll have to call Naruto, Naruto-Tou-san by the end of the year?" He gives his own little smirk at how Tsume's coughing after some of the coffee went down the wrong tube. "What? You thought that I didn't know?" Getting her coughing under control, Tsume stares at him.

"Know… Know what? And what do you mean by your comment?" Watching as Kiba snorts, Tsume gulps a little. 'He couldn't actually know… could he?' Kiba just rolls his eyes at her.

"Pah-lease kaa-san. Practically everyone knows how you feel about him. Hell! I saw the contract on your desk for marriage between you two signed by the Hokage… You really shouldn't leave stuff like that out in the open like that you know." Tsume just stares at him with a 'Deer in the Headlights' look. Suddenly, she sighs having deciding not to bother denying it.

"Do you… um… have any problems with that? What with our ages and all?" Kiba just chuckles as he sits down next to Raven and starts to eat.

"Well, not really… I'll admit that part of me is slightly weirded out since he's my classmate, but that's all." Chewing on a piece of bacon thoughtfully, Raven looks at Tsume.

"Um, Tsume-kaa-san… Does Naruto know about your feelings?" Tsume looks down and shakes her head with a sigh. "He doesn't? Why not?" Tsume blushes a little before shrugging.

"I've just never bothered really. There's several problems first of all. First there's the age difference. I am a thirty-four year old woman, he's only thirteen. That's roughly twenty-one years of difference. Do you have any idea of the problems that come from that? Granted, it's not that odd as I've heard of eleven year old daimyos marrying noble women around my age, but still…" Tsume then ticks off another finger. "Then there's the fact that I have a daughter only four years older and a son his age who was in his class which makes the whole thing even more… disturbing." At this point Hana walks in with a snort.

"Kaa-san, I don't know what your personal problem with it is, but those aren't problems. The age thing isn't THAT big of a deal as Wizards have ways of getting around it." Raven's eyes widen as a smirk comes to her face.

"You're talking about the De-aging potion, aren't you?" Hana nods making her laugh as Tsume looks between the two.

"De-aging potion? That's an actual potion?!" The two nod as Tsume blinks in shock. "It… it doesn't actually de-age you… does it? Unless it's like those pills Naruto-kun and Harry have." Hana shakes her head in amusement.

"It does de-age you, but it does so permanently. However, it can only be taken once as you'd die in a horrible way if you take it again." When Tsume asks what the way is, Hana sighs. "You'd de-age all the way past the embryonic stage, eventually you'd just de-age till you disappear." Tsume shivers at this. "As I said, horrible. And before you ask, it's only your body that de-ages, your mind and memories stay intact." Tsume nods as she leans back in thought.

"That's… interesting I guess. I'd probably wait several years before taking it anyways. But you still haven't answered the second point: I have two children, one older then Naruto and one who was his classmate. You honestly don't think that's wrong?" This time Kiba snorts.

"Kaa-san, if it was anyone else, I'd kill them... Well, after I maimed them that is. And as long as he doesn't try to make me call him Tou-san or Otou-san or anything like that, I really have no problem. I do want to face him in a fair fight first though." Seeing the amused looks from Tsume and Hana, he growls. "Shut-up. The preliminaries don't count kuso! I still say that he cheated!" Tsume just shakes her head and chuckles.

"Really pup, I don't see it quite like that. It's an important part of being a chunin that you know not only how to use an opponent's weakness against them, but also how to turn their strength against them. That's even more important for a Jounin then it is for a chunin." She takes a sip of her slowly cooling coffee. "I'm actually impressed with how he fought actually. He took you out with a minimum of injury to both himself and you pup. I still wonder why he held back though…" Kiba snarls at her for that comment.

"In a fair fight I know that I would win!" This time Hana snorts.

"Kiba, he's faced off against A-rank opponents, have you? I didn't think so. You know as well as I do that he held back, but not because he thought that you were weak." Seeing the confusion on Kiba's face, she points at her mother. "He did so probably because he thought that kaa-san would be mad at him if he hurt you too badly." Tsume gives a snort at this in amusement.

"As if I'm that shallow. IF he gave Kiba a beat down, as long as he didn't put him into the hospital with life-threatening or crippling injuries, then it's all good." Seeing the shocked/betrayed look Kiba gives her, she shrugs. "What? It's true you know. Even a trip to the hospital isn't that bad. Hell! Me and Kushina used to send each other to the hospital all the fucking time when we were genin… and chunin… and Jounin." She grins at the shocked looks showing her enlarged canines. "Such things are part of life pup, get used to it. All Inuzuka seek out that one person who they can measure themselves against. In my case it was Kushina, in Hana's it's Anko and in your's… it seems to be Naruto. All Inuzuka have the need to find that one person to prove ourselves against. It has to do with our instincts. Anyways, I'll have a talk with Naruto-kun about it so that the next match you can be sure to see how outmatched you truly are." She laughs as Kiba grumbles and pouts before he leaves for training with Shino along with Raven. Hana just watches as Kuromaru speaks up for the first time in the whole conversation.

"They're both right you know Tsume." Jumping a little, Tsume looks down at Kuromaru and asking what he means making him snort. "About the Uzumaki-Potter. You should tell him how you feel, I think that he'd make a fine mate for you and a good Tou-san to any pups you two would have… or is that kits?" He laughs a little at Tsume's blush when she turns away.

'Fucking mutt…' Shaking her head with a sigh, she looks at both Hana and Kuromaru in defeat. "Fine. You two win, happy?" They nod and grin making her roll her eyes as she finishes her coffee. Glancing up at the time, she sighs. "Anyways, as much fun as it is to be given dating advice by my CHILDREN and my DOG, I got to go get changed since I want to go shopping around." Still rolling her eyes as the two start laughing, she calls back over her shoulder. "Oh? And Kuromaru? You're staying home today with the pups so have fun." Kuromaru just stares at his smirking partner before swearing…

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Chuckling a little at that, Tsume notices Naruto glancing at her with a raised eyebrow causing her to chuckle. "It's nothing Naruto-kun, just thinking about something that happened this morning that's all." He shrugs a little with a chuckle of his own.

"That's okay Tsume-chan, I was just wondering myself." At that moment both their stomachs growl making them blush. Spotting a dango stand, Naruto points at it. "What's say that we get some dango? My treat." She looks at him before smirking and nodding.

"Sounds good. Though you should be thankful that I'm not Anko." Naruto just snorts at that and tells her that he is. "Well? Let's get some and then find someplace to sit…" Looking around, she notices all the benches taken. "… Though that might be a little hard to manage." Naruto just chuckles.

"Don't worry about that Tsume-chan, I'll take care of that." She blinks before shrugging as the two walk up and place their order. Once they get it, they walk a distence before Naruto grabs her hand and the two vanish with a pop. Reappearing on top of the Hokage Monument, Tsume looks around before turning back to Naruto.

"Um… thanks? I know that Hana told me that Apparition felt odd, but still." She looks around before shaking her head. "And where are we going to sit exactly?" Naruto just grins before conjuring a black leather couch. "Ah. I see…" Sitting down, Tsume's surprised when Naruto sits beside her before shrugging it off as she contemplates the view. "Beautiful view up here Naruto-kun, thanks for bringing me." Naruto just shrugs with a smile as he considers their surroundings.

"It is… It's even more beautiful when I have someone to share it with." She blushes and bites into her dango to hide her blush.

'Kuso! What the hell's wrong with me today? I haven't acted like this since my first real crush…' Her blush increases as she realizes WHY she's blushing. Shaking her head, she turns back to her dango and together the two eat all of them. Giving a small burp, Tsume leans back before closing her eyes in contentment as she's finally getting a break from all the council meetings as well as the planning sessions with the Hokage and the rest of the shinobi. She becomes thoughtful as she realizes something. 'You now what? This is ALMOST like a date…' Her thoughts trail off as she hears Naruto trying to get her attention. "Sorry about that Naruto-kun, what was that again?" Naruto rolls his eyes but asks if he can ask her something. "Hmm? Well, you just did but go ahead." His question causes her eyes to fly open and for her to nearly leap from the couch in shock.

"I'm going to be blunt Tsume-chan… Do you like me? As in more then a friend?" She stares at him with her mouth opening and closing as he looks down. "I ask because I heard Kiba talking to Raven earlier about it and I asked Kuromaru and… well, he told me that I would be a good mate for you…" Tsume looks at him before growling.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuckity fuck! FUCK! KUSO!" She looks away from Naruto with a ashamed look on her face before taking a deep breath. "They're right… But you weren't supposed to find out Naruto-kun… you weren't." At that moment, Naruto takes her hand and intertwines their fingers causing her to look at him.

"I don't really see what the problem is Tsume-chan. I really don't." She just looks away again.

"Of course you don't Naruto-kun… You're not the sick one, I am." Seeing that he's about to say something, she interrupts him. "I am sick Naruto-kun, I am. There's twenty-one years difference between us, TWENTY-ONE! I am old enough to be your Okaa-san… and I was friends with both her and your Tou-san as you well know." Naruto nods as she looks at him with misty eyes. "Kami, there's something badly wrong with me when the only guy I want is only a year older then my son…" Naruto looks at her in surprise.

I don't see the actual problem Tsume-chan, in a sense I'm flattered that a beautiful woman such as yourself feels that way. You could get any guy you want… Tsume-chan? What's the matter?" Tsume just chokes back a sob.

"Like hell I could get any guy. Look at me! I'm a thirty-fucking-four year old single Okaa-san! And with my blunt and rough-as-sandpaper personality I'd be lucky to get a guy!" She shakes her head before snorting in derision. "And as if both weren't big enough turn-offs, let's not forget my reputation… heh, everyone thinks that Kiba's and Hana's tou-san ran from me… if only they knew…" Naruto blinks at this as it's something he's never heard about.

"Eh? I heard that he did run away, but I never thought it was because of you Tsume-chan, never." Tsume looks at him with a sad smile before nodding as she glances around.

"Could you… could you put up some privacy charms Naruto-kun? Please?" Her eyes widen a little when Naruto tells her he already did. "Huh! Go figure… Anyways, I want you to promise never to tell anyone what I'm about to tell you now, especially Kiba since it would kill him inside." Naruto nods and promises making Tsume smile before she takes a deep shuddering breath. "Ok, before we start you should know the circumstances of my marriage. Me and my husband were engaged from the time I was a young pup by the clan. We… had a very rough relationship so when he disappeared most just thought that he had finally had enough of me and had ran away… and frankly I want them to think that, to believe that." Naruto looks at her in surprise.

"Really? But why would you want a bad rep like that?" Tsume looks at him before sighing.

"Because the alternative is worse. You see Naruto-kun, he was extremely petty and always jealous of things other people had. He was also very verbally abusive, calling me names and the like. Of course I never took it from anyone and I certainly didn't take it from him." Tsume gives a little smirk at this before she frowned. "He also never had a nin-ken partner, mainly because none would have him… that should have been the first clue that something was wrong because dogs, especially nin-ken, can always sense disloyalty. When Hana was born, he started to disappear for days or weeks at a time. At the time I shrugged it off thinking that he was cheating on me again…" She shakes her head at Naruto's icluderous look. "As I said, disloyal." Naruto looks at her in shock.

"Then… then why didn't you leave him? Surely you could have gotten a divorce from him or something." Tsume sadly shakes her head with a sad chuckle. "What? I'm wrong about that?" She slowly nods.

"It's one of the few laws of our clan I disagreed with: No divorces allowed. Once we were married, it was until one or the other died." Naruto nods at this. "Anyways, when he disappeared, I thought that he was cheating on me. It was only after Kiba was conceived that I found out it was something much worse… he was one of Orochimaru's followers. He was the one helping to 'Hunt' down victims for the Hebi Sannin's in-humane experiments. He targeted people who wouldn't be missed at first. The homeless… prostitiutes…orphans…" Tsume's hand clinches hard enough to draw blood. "A month after Kiba was conceived, Orochimaru was discovered and ran. My husband did as well after kidnapping Hana to use as… breeding stock. I chased after him and we fought. It was in that battle that Kuromaru lost his eye." Naruto's staring on in surprise as Tsume leaks a massive amount of KI.

"Then what happened?" Tsume sighs as she seems to almost fold in half from grief.

"My tou-san caught up and engaged him, and despite his age he almost won. But at the last moment that teme" Naruto actually flinches at the amount of venom in that word. "That teme drank some kind of potion that he had been given by Orochimaru. Afterwards, he transformed into some kind of demonic wolf man." She shivers some as tears fall from her eyes. "He then brutally killed Tou-san and told me that he never cared about the village or me, that I was simply a way to get pups and power. I attacked him then… and was soundly beaten. One of his swipes hit me here in the side and nearly opened me up. I know that you've already seen the scaring." She lifts her shirt slightly showing the heavy scaring there. "He was about to kill me when in a yellow flash the Yondaime appeared. He took one look at me and proceeded to show why he was the strongest ninja in the village by beating him to an inch of his life. As he lay there broken and bleeding I walked up… well, more like stumbled up, and slit his throat before shoving a kunai into his cold, black heart. My last words to him were: You want to act like a rabid beast? Fine. Die like one.'" Naruto nods as she looks down.

"So that's why you've always avoided men as well as allowed that rumour that he ran from you to spread… If the truth was known then both Kiba and Hana would be spat on as spawn of a trator…" Tsume nods as she sighs.

"My reputation was a small, minor price to pay Naruto-kun for my children… Even my own life pales in comparison to theirs." At that moment, Naruto sees past the persona of a strong, invincible woman to the loving,yet hurting and lonely, mother. A mother who would give anything for her children, even if it cost her any possibility of happiness in the end. Feeling Naruto squeeze her hand, she looks to see Naruto watching her with a look she doesn't quite understand, but one which causes her heart to beat a little faster. "Naruto-kun?" He takes a deep breath before smiling at her.

"Tsume-chan… You don't have to worry, I won't betray you." Those words cause a dam to break as Tsume hugs him with a sob. A few minutes pass as Naruto allows her to get it out as he rubs her back until she pulls away and looks at him through reddened eyes.

"Are you sure Naruto-kun? Remember, we Inuzuka marry until one or the other dies. Do you still want this?" Naruto cups her cheek with his palm as he rubs at a tear track with his thumb before nodding, not taking his eyes off hers for a second as their faces come closer until they finally kiss. For Naruto, it's warm and loving while Tsume feels a jolt pass from her lips to the soles of her feet. Pulling away from her new boyfriend's kiss, Tsume's a little breathless. "Shit…" Naruto nods as he looks deep into the Inuzuka Matriarc's animalistic brown eyes.

"Agreed…" Wrapping his arms around her waist, he smiles. "So… does this mean that we're boyfriend and girlfriend?" Blinking a little, she nods as a bright smile comes to her face.

"Yeah… I guess we are!" She grins down at Naruto before kissing him again, this time with her tongue moving along his lips until he opens them so they can duel. Despite knowing that this is as far as they'll go right now, Tsume's satisfied because the loneliness in her heart is being taken away and replaced with the feelings now washing through her body as the two make out. She falls back as Naruto straddles her waist as he kiss her. When they finally pull apart, Tsume gives off a small whine making Naruto chuckle. Tsume soon follows as she realizes that she just sounded like a pup that just had it's favourite toy taken away. Laying back, she opens one eye as Naruto reaches into one of his pockets and pulls out a jewellery case making her go wide-eyed in shock. "Um… I don't think you should propose yet Naruto…" Blinking, Naruto looks at her and then at the case and then back at her before heavily blushing.

"Er… It's not a ring Tsume-chan… Remember that jewellery shop we went into?" She nods remembering. "Well… I found this in there and I thought of you." Still blinking, she gasps as Naruto reveals the locket. Getting up from under him, her hand flies to her mouth as she reaches for it as tears gather in the corners of her eyes. "Um… Do you like it? I didn't know if you would or not, but I put some protective charms on it anyways…" She gives him another, this time searing, kiss in answer before pulling away with a massive grin.

"Like it! I LOVE IT!" Turning around, she lifts up her long, wild hair while looking over her shoulder at Naruto. "Mind putting it on for me Naruto-kun?" He does so and letting down her hair, Tsume examines the locket and opens it to see it has two places for pictures in it. The idea of putting pictures in it making her smile as she knows that she'll be putting in a photo of Kiba and Hana in one of the spaces. She then looks up at Naruto with a smile. "You wouldn't happen to have a camera… do you?" Grinning he nods and the two take a picture of them sitting on the couch with their arms wrapped around each other. Looking at the locket, Tsume cocks her head to the side. "So what protections did you put on it?" Naruto looks over at her as the two get up as the couch vanishes.

"Well… I put a minor shield charm that'll deflect some damage from a jutsu as well as a regen spell to speed up any healing that has to be done… I also added a skin hardening charm to make your skin harder to pierce and a special blood magic spell to help slow bleeding." Tsume nods impressed with the spells.

"Nice." Looking up at the sky, she smiles as she realizes that they still got several hours of day light left to spend with each other…

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Hana's about to walk in when she hears a thump like a body hitting the floor. Inching open the door, she sneaks in before making her way to where the sound came from. Hearing voices, she realizes that it's coming from the potions lab. Reaching the door, she looks in where it's open a crack to see a stunned, groaning Harry laying on the floor with blood leaking from his ears. Above him is a woman in a plain mask marked with the kanji for 'Ne' making Hana narrow her eyes. 'Fucking Root! What the hell is Danzo doing!?' She gets her answer a few seconds later as the Ne agent turns to look at someone unseen.

"As agreed, you help us and Danzo-sama would help both groups. Now leave! You have your Aging potion as you wished and you go tell your master that Danzo-sama won't interfere. Your assitiance is no longer required." A few seconds later the sounds of a window opening is heard followed by the sounds of several people leaving through it. The woman looks down at Harry before pulling a potion vial from behind her and reaching down. Hana tenses ready to rush in if she tries something, only to become confused as she grabs several hairs from Harry's head and placing them into the potion. Still watching as the Root ANBU swirls the potion around in it's vial, Hana frowns.

'What is she planning at? That isn't a Polyjuice, it's clear…' The potion then turns blue making the Ne nod. 'Well it was. Wait! What the hell!' The Root lifts up her mask just enough to reveal her mouth before she looks down at Harry as he moves slightly with another groan.

"Do not worry… Danzo-sama merely needs you and this potion to make a powerful weapon for Konoha. Once it's completed, then you shall no longer be needed." Having heard enough, Hana bursts through the door just as the Root is about to drink the potion. Seeing the charging Kunoichi, the Ne agent reacts automatically and throws the only thing at hand… The still full potion vial which hits Hana in the mouth spilling it's contents down her throat. Sputtering and coughing, Hana's body knocks into her opponent's sending her into a shelf unit containing several other potions whose vials and flasks crack open all over the Root's body. As the room fills with fumes, Hana manages to drag Harry's unconscious body out of the room before closing the door with the screams of the Ne kunoichi echoing behind her. Only then does she fall to the floor as feels like there's a fire in her abdomen. Unfortunately, she soon knocks out from the fumes which makes her memories fuzzy for a while as the potion does it's work. She awakes to the feeling of someone shaking her and calling her name.

"Hana-chan! Wake up! Wake up Hana-chan!" Opening her eyes, she closes them immediately as it feels like she's suffering from the worst hangover of her life. Slowly opening them, she realizes that Harry's standing over her with a concerned look which changes to one of relief as he hugs her. "Thank Merlin Hana-chan! You had me worried there!" She smacks her lips feeling like her mouth is full of cotton balls.

"Ha… Harry-kun…? Wha… what happened…?!" Her eyes shoot open as the fuzziness in her memory comes back and she only remembers bits and pieces. "I… remember you knocked out and a… Ne Kunoichi standing over you as well as her talking to someone… I… I forget what exactly they said." She blinks as she tries to force herself to remember what was said only for the fog in her head to become thicker and her headache to become worse making her wince. "Kuso! I can't remember, but I do remember her having a potion… then I think I attacked her after she said something about a weapon…" She looks up at Harry with a confused face. "She got away?" Harry shakes his head with a wince as he's having trouble with his own memory.

"Not exactly…" He helps Hana get to her feet shakily. Walking over the open door she looks in and pales as she sees what happened to the kunoichi before she looks away and pukes.

"Oh Kami! Oh fucking Kami!" She just keeps repeating that over and over again as Harry nods, a little green him self before casting a cleaning charm on her as he rubs her back.

"Yeah… I don't know what potions spilled on her for them to do THAT, but no one deserved to die in that manner, no matter what they had done." (AN: I have an image in my head, but you can probably imagine what happened yourself.) Harry just shivers as he imagines what would have happened to the two of them if Hana hadn't dragged them from the room or if the window wasn't opened already. 'Kami… I know that mixing potions is a bad fucking idea, but I never thought that something like that could happen…' Shaking his head, he turns to comfort a shaking Hana. "Come on, let's get out of here, there's nothing in there to steal anyways. And the ANBU are already on the way…" At that moment Yugao (as Neko) as well as the Sandaime and a ANBU in a bear mask come through the door. Seeing a pale and shaking Hana and Harry, Yugao rushes over to look at the two.

"Harry-kun, Hana! You two okay?!" Seeing the dazed expressions she holds up a finger. "Ok you two, follow the finger… follow it." As their eyes track the finger the Sandaime looks into the room and pales as does the Bear masked ANBU who swears. Nodding, the Sandaime turns to him with a stony face.

"Get the Investigative squad here now ASAP! Tell them to use Kage Bushin to collect evidence, I do NOT want anyone exposed to the stuff inside if it can be helped." He then turns to Harry and Hana with a look of sadness. "Harry and Hana, I hate to ask you this, but what happened?" Hana tells him all that she can remember before the group turns to Harry.

"I had the window open so that any fumes from a potion that I was working on would drift out…" He shares a look at Yugao making several people raise an eyebrow before he looks back at the Hokage. "The last thing I clearly remember was a high pitched hum which grew until I was clutching my head and then… it felt like something burst and blackness." Yugao does a quick diagnostic jutsu and nods before she turns to Sarutobi.

"His eardrums apparently burst. I also found traces of ANBU sedative. If I had to guess, there was some sound nin here and they used a sound jutsu to bust his eardrums before the Ne used the sedative on him. The sound jutsu would have been extremely effective due to his hearing and with him distracted, they hit him with the sedative." The Sandaime nods as he watches the ANBU Investigative Squad arrive. Sighing, he shakes his head.

'What the hell are you doing now Danzo? Why would you take the risk you did?' He then turns to look at Harry and Hana. "Harry, do you have a place to stay for the night? The Investigative Squad will likely take all night to complete all the work. If not, I can put you up in a hotel…" Hana shakes her head before laying her hand on Harry's shoulder.

"He can stay with me Hokage-sama…" After making their way to Hana's house, the two walk in. Still feeling somewhat under the weather, Hana suggests they leave a note for Tsume explaining what happened before they make a small meal with some leftovers. They then crawl into bed and fall asleep holding each other close. A few hours Tsume comes home along with Naruto. When the two read the note, their eyes widen as they rush upstairs and breath a sigh of relief seeing the two in bed, ok. Closing the door, Tsume shakes her head with a growl making it's way through her throat.

"Fucking Danzo! What the hell is that old war-hawk thinking!?" Naruto just shakes his head before snorting in derision.

"Most likely he isn't… or at least he doesn't think it really poses any risk to him." Naruto shrugs before giving the fuming Tsume an humorous look. "I'm willing to bet that by after the attack tomorrow that all evidence will be gone connecting him to this." Tsume just snarls before she calms down with a sigh.

"You're probably right Naruto-kun, that man is slippier then any eel could possibly be." Walking downstairs, she sighs. "It's just… Hana is my daughter and she nearly got hurt today Naruto-kun… and there's nothing that I can do against that teme!" Naruto guides her to the couch before shrugging.

"I know how you feel Tsume-chan… but we should bide our time and wait, people like Danzo ALWAYS screw up somewhere or another… The trick is to catch them when they do." He motions her to sit o the couch which she does with a sigh.

"I know… I know. I just wish that he would so that we can get it over with." She shakes her head much like a dog would to get something off it before she turns to look at Naruto. "Enough of that however. Anything you would like to eat? I can probably whip up something." Naruto taps his chin before grinning.

"What's say that we eat out… and, no, I'm not talking about ramen." She looks sheepish as Naruto states that last thing at her groan. "Anyways, that sound any good Tsume-chan?" She nods and Naruto holds his arm out and vanishes in a swirl of flame as Row teleports him. As she's waiting, Kuromaru walks in and looks at her with a grin.

"So you finally told the kit how you feel?" Tsume starts and glares at the old dog making him laugh. "It's not that hard to realize that Tsume." He then notices the anger in her expression. "What's wrong Tsume…" A few minutes later Kuromaru is growling with his hackles raised. "I am so fucking going to kill him!" Tsume sighs and shakes her head.

"Sorry Kuromaru, but Naruto-kun's right. If we kill the teme now who knows what'll happen. And besides, I'm pretty sure that Naruto-kun and Harry won't let him pass through this unscathed. Knowing those two they got something to completely fucking screw him over." At that moment Naruto reappears holding several narrow boxes from which a delicious smell is coming from as well as a large bottle of a dark liquid. "Mmm, smells delicious, but what is it?" Naruto just chuckles at the small bit of drool coming from her lips.

"It's something from nii-san's world called 'Pizza' I got both the Works and Meat-lovers as well as a bottle of Pepsi. I figure that we can talk over supper and get to know each other better…" Tsume nods as the two open the boxes and she starts to dig in as they talk. A few hours later, Kiba and Raven come home to a sight that causes Kiba to grin before pulling a camera out and taking a picture. For there is Tsume and Naruto curled up and sleeping on the couch together. Not wanting to disturb the two, Raven smiles before she grabs a blanket from a nearby chair and drapes it across the two. They then turn off the light and leave the two to sleep on the couch in each other's embrace…

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Steve: And there we go! Yet another chapter finished by your's truly!

Yui: So... You added Tsume?

Steve: Yup! I always enjoyed Naruto/Tsume fics, this just gave me the chance to add her to it.

Pen-pen: Waark wark... WAR WAAR ARK WAARRK!!!(That's nice... NOW ONTO THE FINALS!!!)

Steve: Hehehehehe. I can't wait....

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