Gaara roared out his bloodlust for Naruto and Yugito as the three jinchuuriki squared off. Naruto and Yugito narrowed their eyes at the Ichibi jinchuuriki and both came to a complete agreement. This guy was insane. Both didn't know the type of life he lived, but being jinchuuriki themselves they could probably guess.
"Yugi-hime are you ready?" Naruto asked and the Nibi jinchuuriki grinned with a nod. Naruto dashed forward and instantly appeared in front of Gaara. The Ichibi jinchuuriki grinned and slashed at Naruto, but the blonde made a swift movement and dodged the attack with minimal effort. He was then able to hit Gaara in the back, but the Shukaku jinchuuriki only smiled while Naruto widened his eyes. His pinch didn't do as much damage as he wanted. Rather Gaara's sand cushioned the blow giving it almost no damage. Naruto narrowed his eyes, but didn't see the small tail swipe that sent him flying into the trees.
"So he's not as weak as I thought," Naruto thought to himself and before he could counter, the blonde gasped when he saw Gaara's insane grin in front of him with his large hand ready to splatter all of Naruto's blood across the ground. Naruto narrowed his eyes, but grinned as he locked his chakra signature to the markers he placed on Kankuro and Temari. The blonde closed his eyes and vanished in the Hiraishin making Gaara seethe at him. Yugito smiled at Naruto's escape and dashed forward also. It was time that she cut loose also.
Naruto instantly appeared beside a surprised Temari and narrowed his eyes at her.
"What can I do to get him to calm down?" Naruto asked, but Temari backed away from the blonde in fear. She probably had reason to do so, but she wasn't sure nor was she thinking about that at the moment. Naruto gritted his teeth and punch the tree beside him.
"Come on dammit! He's your brother, now stop being scared and tell me," Naruto said and Temari hesitated. She had never been close to Gaara and seeing him like that was more than enough to tell he to stay away. Naruto sighed and shook his head.
"Pathetic," Naruto said then dashed off. Temari widened her eyes and balled her fists. That simple word pushed her over the edge. How the hell would he know? She wasn't the one with a damn bijuu inside her. She was just a human being who, like all others, had fear that she didn't like. However, she felt that Naruto had hit the nail on the head with that word for describing her. Temari had to admit that while she and Gaara weren't close she still cared about him and what he did. Temari turned to her fan and gazed at it.
"I'm NOT pathetic!" She yelled out mentally.
Meanwhile, Naruto and rejoined Yugito in their fight and the two were quickly proving to be more than a match for Gaara, but how could they not? Yugito had been with her bijuu much longer and Naruto had two jinchuuriki experts so this was natural for the two.
Naruto and Yugito backflipped away from Gaara while the Ichibi jinchuuriki looked at the blonde.
"YES! THIS IS WHAT I WANT!" Gaara said as the sand formed into a weird shape. Naruto and Yugito narrowed their eyes.
"Suna Shuriken( Sand Shuriken)," Gaara yelled sending countless shuriken at Naruto and Yugito. Naruto grabbed Yugito and both dodged the wave of shuriken coming at them. Naruto backflipped even more from Gaara and set Yugito down.
"Any ideas Yugi-chan?" Naruto asked and Yugito grinned. Naruto gulped and shook his head. It was that grin, the grin that spelled trouble for everyone.
"Oh I have an idea Naruto-kun. Just be sure you can keep up," Yugito said and Naruto sighed. He could only hope that this didn't end up like the last time.
With Sarutobi and A
The two Kage were currently facing off against Orochimaru and the two resurrected Hokage of Konoha, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
"Well I'll take my leave now. No need for me to stick around with you two. If you live then I look forward to taking your life Sarutobi-sensei," Orochimaru said and just like that, the barrier around the top of the rooftops vanished while Sarutobi and A saw Orochimaru and four others flee from sight leaving the current Hokage and Raikage to deal with the currently revived Hokage. A cracked his knuckles and Sarutobi tightened his shin guards before both turned to the two Kage.
"We are sorry Sarutobi, but we must do this," Hashirama said and Sarutobi nodded. A narrowed his eyes and smirked before he closed his eyes.
"It doesn't matter what you do-" A said and his muscles buffed up and he was quickly covered in lightning making Sarutobi and the other Kage gasp.
"-cause we're gonna send you back to the Shinigami," A said making Sarutobi nod. Both wasted no time in getting into the fight with the two kage. A quickly erased the distance between himself and Hashirama. Despite his words, it was clear that A wanted to fight the Shodaime of Konoha. Almost anyone would want to. This wasn't a fight that happened everyday. A let out a punch, but Hashirama ducked under it and tried to counter with a kick, but A with his speed quickly disappeared and reappeared at a long distance away from Hashirama. The Shodaime was about to start a sequence for his famous Mokuton(Wood Release) Jutsu, but he was interrupted when he was slammed in the next by A who sent him flying. A stretched his arm and grinned.
"I'll be lucky if my Lariat didn't break your neck," A said with a grin and turned to see Sarutobi fighting Tobirama.
The Sandaime Hokage was fighting furiously with the Nidaime Hokage. He had already used his boss summon, Monkey King Enma, in the fight. Both fought Tobirama with great fervor, but it was still proving to be tough. Sarutobi didn't want to admit it, but his old age was catching up with him. He was no longer fit to be the Hokage, but he sure as hell wouldn't kick the bucket just yet. Sarutobi stole a glance at the A and grinned. The Raikage caught that glance and wondered what Sarutobi was about to do, but he couldn't wait to see it.
Sarutobi managed to kick Tobirama in his side making the Nidaime Hokage skid along the rooftops of the Chunin exam stadium. Tobirama stood to his feet and watched as Sarutobi went through a long sequence of handsigns and widened his eyes. The Sandaime took a long breath of air and yelled.
"Katon: Karyu Endan no Jutsu," Sarutobi yelled out sending the fierce fire at the Nidaime Hokage. Tobirama narrowed his eyes at the incoming fire, but didn't fault as he went through his own handsigns.
"Suiton: Suijinheki," Tobirama yelled and the fierce fire collied with a giant wall of water causing a thick mist to cover the entire area. It was then that A found out what Sarutobi was doing and grinned. The old Hokage still had a trick up his sleeve.
Tobirama moved his eyes left to right while looking for Sarutobi inside the mist. He wasn't sure if this was a part of his former student's strategy, but if it was then it was a damn good one; however Sarutobi didn't count on one thing. Tobirama had the most unique suiton ability. He could pull water out of the air and use it. Tobirama was about to go through another set of handsigns, but he didn't expect the Raikage to quickly grab him and grin.
"Sarutobi really knows how to play tricks. The water in here will more than double my raiton power. If the lightning doesn't kill you then the power should," A said Tobirama gasped when the Raikage threw him into the air. Sarutobi watched as he saw the Nidaime shoot from the mist and into the air. He watched also as Raikage grabbed Tobirama's and was sending him headfirst into the ground.
"Raiga Bomu," A yelled and slammed Tobirama's head into the ground causing a large thunder to destroy nearly the entire roof with the added power of the thick mist from earlier and it really was a devastating attack.
A backflipped away from the damage and appeared next to Sarutobi. He could tell the old Hokage was looking winded, but he was still standing tall.
"Sarutobi, this isn't going to end if we don't do something. So far as I know of the Edo Tensei the soul won't die unless we take care of the body," A said and Sarutobi nodded. Both weren't sure how this would work, but they would have to think of something and fast.
It was then that Hashirama Senju returned and saw his younger brother in the ground. Tobirama groaned and got back to his feet making Sarutobi and A narrow their eyes.
'Anymore ideas?" A asked and Sarutobi shook his head. That idea was probably his last idea.
"Sarutobi, you fight well, but do you know what it is to be called Hokage?" Hashirama asked and Sarutobi narrowed his eyes. He turned his eyes to see the anbu on route to his location. He also saw A's guards heading for them and smiled.
"I've tried to find that answer all my life and I came to this. It's to be a beacon of hope, to send the next generation towards the new age. It's time for the old shinobi to be replaced by the new ones and I will ensure that the Will of Fire will burn within Konoha for a long time," Sarutobi said and A grinned. He felt the same way about Kumo. It was then that A had an idea and grinned.
"Sarutobi, you know any doton techniques?" A asked and the Sandaime looked at the Raikage and nodded. A smirked and cracked his knuckles. He told Sarutobi his idea and the Hokage widened his eyes. If that worked that it would be more than enough to break Orochimaru's control over them and free their souls.
A quickly charged at the two kage and distracted them both while Sarutobi went through his handsigns. He really had to give credit to A on this on4.
"Doton: Yōsai( Earth Release: Fortress)," Sarutobi yelled making a giant earth fortress around the three kage. A noticed the justu and jumped back at the last second which encased the two former kage of Konoha inside. A grinned and shot into the air above the two. His lighting armor raged in the sky and he was going to pour all of his chakra into this.
"Sanda Bomu( Thunder Bomu)," A yelled as he did a power dive and exploded down crushing the fortress with his lightning release which destroyed the entire field. Sarutobi closed his eyes when the dust picked up, but when it settled down it showed that A was standing over two sound genin. The Kumo Raikage smirked and sighed.
"I thought so. I just had to use my Raiton to cause enough of a bang to severe Orochimaru's chakra connection to it. This wouldn't have worked if I wasn't that sure of it. Makes me wonder what you would've done. Maybe use that Shiki Fujin jutsu of yours," A said with a laugh and Sarutobi nervous laughed also. He really was considering that if this didn't work.
"Not like I'd let you use it anyway," A said making Sarutobi sweatdrop.
"I guess I really wasn't going to be dying today. Hehe only the Raikage could come up with something like that," Sarutobi said and Enma disappeared and he dropped to the floor. A walked over to Sarutobi and looked at him, but chuckled when he saw the smile on the old Hokage's face. He was just exhausted. A sighed and sat down next to him.
"That takes care of that," A said and sighed again. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
With Karui and Samui
The two Kumo genin were still facing Kankuro who was keeping them at bay with his puppet, The Crow. Karui was huffing but only from the fact that she had already fought before, but even if she didn't show it, Samui was rearing to go. While Karui rested, Samui was taking the fight to Kankuro and dodged his puppet's maneuvers. She quickly closed in on Kankuro and before long she was staring into his eyes while his met her usually cold ones.
"Those who attack our allies will be dealt with," Samui said and managed ti kick Kankuro in his stomach sending the puppet wielder back a few feet. When Kankuro backflipped he was met with Samui sword to his throat. She really did have amazing speed didn't she?
"It's time for you to give up," Samui said and Kankuro turned to see his puppet in the ground. He smirked and was about to react, but he saw Karui over his puppet with her sword to as she cut off every chakra string that controlled it. Kankuro seethed, but gave up making the two Kumo girls grin.
"How do you think Omoi, Yugito, and Otouto are doing?" Karui asked and Samui shrugged her shoulders. She really wasn't sure, but she did worry about Naruto a lot.
"They'll be fine. Any idea where Bee-sensei is?" Samui asked and Karui shook her head. Samui sighed and looked at the sky. She hoped this would all be resolved soon.
With Bee
"Hey yo, you people messed with da wrong village, but Bee is gonna drop you cause you stink like sewage. Yeah!" Bee said and charged at a handful of Kumo shinobi. His right arm full of raiton chakra which made the place explode. Right next to Kakashi Hatake and Maito Gai. Both were dealing with their own problems, but continued to watch Bee fight.
"His fighting style is...unusual," Gai said and Kakashi sweatdropped and he kicked another Oto shinobi across the face.
"Your not one to talk Gai," Kakashi said to himself and before long he saw an Oto shinobi coming at him in the air and the held out his right hand. He quickly gathered his raiton chakra making Bee and Gai narrow their eyes. Bee in turn coated his entire arm in raiton chakra as they both charged at the same guy. It was unlucky that he didn't counter in time as they two jonin yelled.
"Raikiri," Kakashi yelled.
"Rajingu Bomu( Rising Bomb)," Bee yelled and the sky was covered in a bright light by the two before they hit the ground and huffed.
"Not bad there Bee," Kakashi said with an eyesmile. Bee grinned and started to throw his hands out.
"Hey yo Cyclops, that justu is an amazing raiton wonder. I think I just here the sky give a loud thunder ya fool," Bee said and Kakashi sweatdropped.
"What does that even mean?" Kakashi wondered, but didn't dwell on it long. There was more opponents to deal with.
With Naruto and Yugito
The two jinchuuriki were currently staring at a large sand tanuki in the middle of an almost barren and burnt part of the forest. Yugito had miscalculated a bit. She had planned for a collaboration katon jutsu to try and at least knock Gaara out, which succeeded for a minute, but then he came back as a giant tanuki. That was probably his bijuu which made Temari cower while Naruto and Yugito narrowed their eyes.
"YEAH! I'M BACK BABY!" Shukaku yelled and Naruto glared at Yugito who was obviously avoiding his gaze with a nervous smile.
"Anymore ideas you'd like to try Yu-gig-to-chan?" Naruto asked visibly shaking and Yugito gulped. So this wasn't one of her proudest moments, sue her.
"I guess I've got one more. I wanted to save it. It was for when we got back to Kumo, but I'll show it to you know," Yugito said and closed her eyes. Naruto raised an eyebrow and wondered what she was about to do. Soon Yugito allowed the blue chakra to completely cover her body as he second tail came out.
"Nibi, it's time to play," Yugito said in thought and the bijuu was bouncing up and down.
"Alright! I've been waitin' for this!" Nibi yelled and Yugito roared or rather mewled out loud as Naruto watched her change. Immediately she got bigger and Naruto widened his eyes. She was coaxed in blue fire and she was about the same size as Shukaku. Naruto widened his eyes at what happened. He was looking at Yugito's bijuu, Nibi no Nekomatta. Temari, Sasuke, Sakura and Sai widened their eyes at the formation of another bijuu.
Meanwhile Naruto and Kyuubi were shocked themselves. If Kyuubi thought this was a trick, then it was a damn good one. She had never known that this could happen between a jinchuuriki and their bijuu. While Naruto was looking over Nibi he gulped when she turned to him; however, he relaxed when Nibi smiled at him.
"It's nice to finally meet you Naruto-kun. I can see why Yugito likes you. I could just eat you up," Nibi said with a purr making Naruto blush.
"Focus dammit!" Yugito yelled out mentally and Nibi chuckled. She just couldn't have her fun could she?
"Spoilsport," Nibi said then turned back to Shukaku. She narrowed her eyes and growled at the large tanuki bijuu.
"Nibi, how are you? Still the horny bitch as always?" Shukaku asked making Nibi grit her teeth and her 'fellow' bijuu.
"Oh don't worry about me Shukaku. Worry about what I'm gonna do to you when I get my claws on you," Nibi said making Shukaku narrow his eyes. It was then that Naruto looked at between the two bijuu and grinned making Kyuubi gulp.
"Whatever your thinking, please don't do it," Kyuubi said and Naruto chuckled. He focused his chakra to his feet and jumped on top of Nibi making the female bijuu look up. Kyuubi sighed and Nibi giggled. She always did like a man on top when she was around.
"Ero-Neko!" Yugito yelled out making Nibi giggle.
"What? You'll like it too when you go over the line with Foxy-kun," Nibi said in her thoughts making Yugito blush but then a huff replaced it.
Meanwhile Naruto was wondering why Nibi's flames weren't bothering him as he thought he might get burned, but that wasn't the case. In fact they were simply warm and comfortable.
"Well then Nibi-chan, will you let me fight with you?" Naruto asked and Nibi gave a blush thought Naruto didn't notice. The only one to call her 'Nibi-chan' was Yugito so to here Naruto say it was something else.
"Sure Naruto-kun. Maybe after we're done you can reward me for helping out," Nibi said and Naruto stuttered his response which made Nibi laugh again.
"Hey! Don't ignore me!" Shukaku yelled out making Naruto and Nibi turn back to him. Nibi sighed and decided to get it over with. She just couldn't have a pleasant conversation with Naruto without an interruption.
"Well Nibi-chan we'll talk later, but for now we'll deal with this guy," Naruto said as his red chakra coat flared. Nibi nodded in agreement as she raised her tails into the air and opened her mouth. Shukaku narrowed his eyes and took a big blow of air. He slammed his stomach and yelled.
"Fuuton: Renkūdan( Wind Release: Air Bullets)," Shukaku yelled sending a massive air ball at Nibi. Naruto saw Nibi wasn't done with whatever she was doing and decided to help her out. The blonde went through his own handsigns and took a breath of air to use his newest katon jutsu.
"Katon: Karyu Funka( Fire Release: Dragon Flame Eruption)," Naruto yelled and sent the large fire at the wind bullet. He figured that the wind jutsu would power his katon jutsu so he kept that in mind.
The fire and wind jutsus collided causing everyone to close their eyes from the light, but Naruto's fire jutsu kept going and his plan worked. It was an even bigger fire than before and slammed into Shukaku making it erupt all around him. Shukaku gritted his teeth and Naruto huffed. He wondered what rank that was, but chalked it up to being A-ranked maybe less.
"Damn brat! I'll kill you!" Shukaku yelled making Naruto narrow his eyes, but he saw the gleam in Nibi's eyes and she smiled at Shukaku.
"I wouldn't count on it," Nibi said then Naruto watched as she swallowed a ball, then shot it at Shukaku which showed an even more intense fire than what Naruto just did. The explosion made everyone cover their eyes while Nibi smiled.
"Now that was hot," Nibi said and Naruto simply stared off into the distance. Both saw Shukaku's form and cursed. So it would take more than that to actually take the sand bijuu down. It was then that Naruto noticed the small tip of his head where Gaara was and thought over it for a second. The blonde narrowed his eyes and sighed. If this worked then it would be good, but it was a low possibility however that doesn't mean it's zero.
"Nibi-chan mind going with one of my ideas?" Naruto asked and Nibi smirked. She was already wondering what the blonde could come up with. Nibi was getting excited.
"Go for it Naruto-kun. I don't mind you taking the lead," Nibi said making Naruto gulp and blush while Kyuubi and Yugito gritted their teeth at the bijuu for her talking to Naruto like that. Naruto coughed and brought himself back before telling Nibi his idea.
"It sounds good. Alright Naruto-kun, we'll go with it," Nibi said and immediately charged at Shukaku. The tanuki bijuu was taken off guard by the sudden movement and threw multiple sand shuriken at Naruto and Nibi, but the two managed to dodge them as Nibi neared Shukaku. Naruto quickly opened his hand and gather his chakra. The blonde grinned as he made his newest rasengan with Kyuubi's chakra. He could only hope that he wasn't going to kill Gaara if this hit him.
"Here we go Naruto-kun," Nibi said and Naruto nodded. Nibi slammed her body into Shukaku and held him with her claws while Naruto thanked the bijuu and jumped into the air.
"You bitch! You and this brat can't beat me! I"ll just kill you all!" Shukaku yelled while Nibi narrowed her eyes.
"Naruto-kun wake him up before I turn this guy into a fried tanuki," Nibi yelled and Naruto nodded quickly. The blonde landed on the face of Shukaku and snarled as he rat at Gaara while dodging the tendrils that shot up around him in an intense speed. He wondered why he didn't put the Hiraishin seal on Gaara before, but maybe he was too busy trying to dodge things to think about it. Naruto finally reached Gaara and grinned.
"Rise 'n shine. Rasengan," Naruto yelled as he slammed the ball into Gaara. The redhead immediately woke up from the pain and widened his eyes when Naruto blasted him out the top of Shukaku's head and into the ground with a boom.
"NO! I just got here. I don't want to go back!" Shukaku yelled as he faded away and the sand dropped to the ground.
"They did it! They stopped Gaara," Temari said in realization while Sasuke seethed.
"Dammit how does that Namikaze have so much power? Who cares if he's the Yondaime's son. Only an Uchiha should be able to do all of that stuff," Sasuke said and growled out his frustration while Sakura wondered if now was the time to apologize to her village's hero's son. Sai seemed to looking with a small amount of respect for Naruto as he gave the young artist a lot to draw for his jutsus next time.
"Well Sasuke it turns out that Naruto-san didn't need us. To see him take down a bijuu, it must be tough on your low, spoiled, small-dick having, pride," Sai said as he jumped off through the trees to see if another section of the village needed help while Sasuke and Sakura seethed at their rude teammate.
Meanwhile Naruto's red chakra slowly seeped back into the seal and the blonde huffed. It was finally over for him while Nibi grinned.
"I guess that's my end. See you later Na-ru-to-kun," Nibi cooed and immediately disappeared while Yugito came back out blushing up a storm making Naruto chuckle at her.
"It's not funny!" Yugito yelled out while Naruto absently nodded before turning back to Gaara who was already awake. The blonde slowly trudged for Gaara while the redhead stiffened.
"Stay away! I won't disappear. My existence can't end here," Gaara said and Naruto stopped. He sighed and smiled which shocked Gaara a bit.
"I know what it's like. It must suck right? To be the burden of something out of your control, but I know there are people who care about me. They saved me from myself. Hehe I was originally from Konoha, but I got kidnapped and sent to Kumo," Naruto said making Gaara widen his eyes.
"So why? Why didn't you end up like me?" Gaara asked and Naruto smiled. He turned to Yugito and looked at her seal. He remembered all the others too.
"Because I found people I'm willing to die for. I have Yugito-chan, Kyuubi-chan, Nibi-chan, Karui-oneechan, Samui-oneechan, Omoi, Bee-sensei, Hachibi-san, Mabui-oneechan, and Raikage A-Jiji. They all helped me and turned me into the person I am right now. I'm sure even you have precious people," Naruto said and Gaara sighed. It was then that Temari glared at them while Karui and Samui appeared with Kankuro.
"Karui-oneechan, Samui-oneechan can you let him go?" Naruto asked and the two looked at their little brother in confusion. Same thing with Kankuro, but the two genin trusted their little brother and let Kankuro go without a word of resistance. Kankuro walked over to Temari and Gaara while they glared at everyone else.
"Enough you two. I've had enough," Gaara said and the two were shocked at him.
"I can't believe it. He's had enough," Temari thought and the two older siblings grabbed Gaara and ran off.
"Was that okay otouto?" Karui asked and Naruto chuckled. He hugged his older sister while Karui ruffled his hair.
"It's alright Karui-oneechan. I think those three have some catching up to do," Naruto said and the others nodded.
"How's Omoi?" Naruto asked and immediately got his answer.
"I'm fine thank you," Omoi said coming through the trees a little bruised up, but nothing serious.
"Well I think I've done enough for Konoha," Naruto said and slumped to the floor while Samui leaned up against a tree.
"Sigh, I'll never get promoted to chunin now. These exams are over. So not cool," Samui said while Omoi, Yugito, Karui and Naruto sweatdropped. They could only feel for Samui. They also could only hope that the invasion was wrapping up soon also.
"So tell me Otouto, how did it feel to fight a bijuu? Were you scared?" Karui asked and Naruto chuckled.
"No way Karui-oneechan, but Nibi's a bigger perv that I thought. She's really nice though. With her I one. And besides...nobody wins, but I," Naruto said making Samui, Karui, Omoi and Yugito raise their eyebrows at him. No one knew the importance that this phrase would have in the future, not even the two bijuu women who knew Naruto would know.
One Week Later
The invasion by Oto and Suna had been stopped completely. Their forces had retreated with their kunai between their legs while Kumo and Konoha cheered for their victory. This war might have even strengthened the bond between the two villages as they came to rely on each other more. The hospitals were filled to the brim with injured patients. Namely Sarutobi and A were in the hospital which both complained about not needing, but the look from doctors made the two kage reconsider. The entire week was gruesome for everyone as repairs started around the village. They quickly began to repair houses, streets, and some of the other damaged parts of Konoha. The saddest part was holding memorial services for the people who died to which the Hokage and Raikage expressed their concerns and grievances.
It was now the beginning of the next week and everyone was more than ready to go home. Unfortunately they couldn't as Sarutobi had called them to his office. He had called everyone who had been in the in the chunin exams and they were on their way currently.
"Sigh, what does he want know? We've been helping them rebuild for the past week. I wonder what's going on," Omoi said with a sigh and Naruto chuckled.
"Come on Omoi try to lighten up a bit," Naruto said and Omoi just shrugged at him. Karui and Samui chuckled as they headed for the Hokage Mansion. As they walked they saw Shino, Neji, Sai, and Tenten. They head heard about Shino's fight with Kin which caused the girl to retreat also with her village.
"Whatever, it doesn't matter. I won't get promoted," Samui said with his usual cold expression even though depression was in her voice. Naruto consoled his surrogate sister as they all entered the Hokage Mansion. Most of them noticed that the people in the building were looking at Naruto with indifferent expressions. Some were angry while others were sorry. A few had no opinion whatsoever.
"I should kick all their asses right now," Karui said as she gritted her teeth, but Naruto restrained her through it all. They all walked up the stairs and opened the door to see A and Sarutobi in the room along with Yugito, Bee and the other Konoha senseis. They all gathered in a straight line and bowed before the Hokage and Raikage.
"Welcome all genin. You did well in the invasion and I'm glad that you all lived through this crisis," Sarutobi said and everyone grinned while the Hokage turned to A. Said Raikage nodded and Sarutobi nodded also.
"Well we still have to talk about promotions. While the Chunin exams were interrupted we still have some talented genin and Raikage-dono and I agree that they deserve to be chunin. As it seems, Raikage had all intention on doing this and sent word to his village to deliver some chunin vests as I have vests also. Now with that I will had the floor to Raikage-dono," Sarutobi said bringing everyone's attention to A. The Raikage stood to his feet and nodded. He took out a flak jacket and grinned.
"Even though you didn't fight in the Chunin exams, you have one of the most impressive records for a genin with your team and I know I can promote you, Samui," A said making Samui widened her eyes. Naruto cheered and hugged his sister while Samui's expression never changed. She still couldn't get over it. She grabbed the flak jacket and stared at it.
"Thank you Raikage-sama," Samui said and backed away while still seeming mesmerized by the chunin vest. A took out three other flak jackets and smiled.
"You mission result is almost as good as Samui's and your teamwork couldn't be better since, even though you fight like every day of the week, you can take on about anyone. I promote Omoi and Karui to chunin," A said making Karui shout out in a cheer while Omoi widened his eyes. Both took their vests from A and bowed to him with their thanks. A then turned to Naruto and grinned.
"Get over here now brat," A said and Naruto came up to him which made A grab him around the next while he ruffled his hair.
"You really are a pain. Now that I hear your one of the main reasons for stopping Konoha's destruction, what am I going to do with you?" A asked and Naruto shrugged his shoulders. Right next to A were his guards, Darui and C. They were both happy for the blonde also. They hadn't talked much to Naruto, but they knew of him and his wild attitude. It made them more lively, especially C who claimed that Naruto wasn't like most of Konoha. C still had problems with Konoha, but he never held that to Naruto at all. To him, the blonde was more fit as a Kumo shinobi anyway.
"You really shocked me when you said you wanted to wait, but I can't allow that now. Whether you like it or not, your promoted Naruto Namikaze," A said and gave Naruto his vest. The blonde grinned and, while it wasn't very common for anyone, he quickly hugged A which caused the Konoha genin to gasp, everyone in Kumo was fine. This was very normal for everyone. Naruto's relationship to A was probably as strong as A's relationship to Bee. The amount of respect between the two was already being shown.
"Just you wait A-Jiji I'm one step closer to taking that hat from you," Naruto said and A grinned before giving Naruto a knuckle sandwich.
"I'm not that old brat. You've got a long way to go. So what if your the fastest person alive," A said with a pout and Naruto chuckled again. Yugito cheered and so did Bee as they patted Naruto's shoulders.
"Lil nine is movin' up. He's gonna be the tightest bump. Yeah!" Bee rapped while Yugito hugged Naruto making the blonde blush. Only the cough from the Hokage made everyone quiet down enough for him to continue.
"Well that's nice for Kumo, but I must go to Konoha. Sai, you have been a shinobi longer than either Sasuke or Sakura have and I believe that you display the requirements of chunin," Sarutobi said handing a vest to Sai. The artist shinobi nodded with a blank smile and took the vest into his hands. He then turned to Shino and was about to speak, but Shino stopped him.
"Hokage-sama no disrespect, but I'm not ready. I know I still have much to learn and I didn't fight in the Chunin exams that much. So I must decline," Shino said surprising everyone, but most people understood. He nonetheless smiled with a nod and turned to Tenten.
"Tenten, you had the unfortunate fight of having yours interrupted by the invasion with Omoi. I can't promote you yet, but I know that you will go far if you continue to work hard. Keep up the good work," Sarutobi said and Tenten nodded with a bow. She might have been sad, but it wasn't all that bad. She got to learn how to use puppet strings with Omoi. Now she could even use her allies as weapons. It all wasn't that bad at all. Meanwhile, everyone gulped when they saw Tenten's creepy smiling and wondered what she was thinking.
"That's all I have to say. I hope you all continue to serve us well," Sarutobi said and everyone bowed then left the room.
"Let me guess. We have a meeting to go to now?" A asked and Sarutobi nodded with a sigh. A groaned walked out of the room with Darui and C. Meanwhile Sarutobi sat in the room and smiled as he looked out of the window.
"Minato, Kushina, you would be so proud of him. He's gonna be much more famous than we are one day," Sarutobi said and he wasn't sure, but he felt two presences in the room and he knew they were smiling for some reason.
"I need to get out more," Sarutobi said as he shuddered.
With the others, nighttime
"To da fools that got promoted. If we didn't have them, then Kumo would be demoted. Drink up ya fools," Bee said and everyone simply agreed and took their drinks in their lips. Everyone was celebrating becoming chunin, but if everyone looked, then they would see they were minus two blondes not that anyone minded. They knew what was going down.
"Alright I'm gonna sing today," Karui yelled out while Omoi groaned.
"Oh boy, she's gonna bring this entire village to the ground," Omoi said which earned him a smack on the head by Karui.
"Shut the hell up Omoi!" Karui yelled while Bee grabbed a microphone.
"Me and red here will sing. We're gonna raise this party into a huge fling. Oh yeah!" Bee said and for once Samui stayed around. She could at least do that much even if she didn't care too much.
"I'm probably gonna be a wreck when I get back," Samui said with a sigh as she embraced the two singing in unison.
With Naruto and Yugito
"Come on Yugi-hime, when can I take this blindfold off?" Naruto asked as Yugito pulled him in an unknown direction. She had done this as soon as they left and wouldn't tell him where they were going.
"Soon Naruto-kun. You'll get to take it off, but not right now," Yugito said as they walked through the village avoiding the glances from people. Even though they didn't know, Nibi and Kyuubi were cackling in their respective containers. It was so weird to see this first hand.
Soon Yugito brought Naruto to where she wanted to go and took the blindfold off. Naruto slowly opened his eyes and looked to see he was on top of the Hokage faces. They both had a good look at the village and Yugito stood next to him. Naruto grinned and sat down while Yugito followed him.
"It's been a pain Yugito-chan," Naruto said and Yugito smiled with a nod. She could attest to that. The Nibi jinchuuriki then turned her gaze to Naruto and saw him looking into the distance. His hair blowing in a small breeze, his eyes magnified by the moon's presence and the amazing scenery of the village below them. She had known Naruto for four years and she was really close to him. Probably closer to him than anyone else that she knew. Naruto turned to Yugito and gazed at her form. Besides Ayame, Teuchi, Sarutobi and Iruka, Yugito was his good friend. He remembered when she helped him outside the village and essentially made him into the person he was today. He could never forget that, but he also couldn't forget when he started to develop his feelings for her. She had always been with him and she seemed like the perfect person to him. He looked over her form also and blushed when he saw Yugito's hands grabbed him and cup his cheek.
"I've waited for this for a good month since that last time. Now kiss me!" Yugito said and slammed her lips to Naruto making the blonde gasp. Naruto felt the sweetness of her lips while Yugito's tongue came into his mouth. He'd never had a kiss this deep before so he wasn't sure on what to do, but this was right to him. Yugito continued with her dominant kisses, but it didn't stay that way. Naruto quickly pushed back and he wrapped his arms around Yugito making the kiss tighter. Soon the need for air became too much as both panted with their faces flushed.
"You've waited for a month to do that right Yugito-chan?" Naruto asked and Yugito smiled.
"That's right I have," Yugito said and Naruto blushed before rubbing the back of his head.
"So what does that mean now?" Naruto asked while Yugito looked off into the distance. She then turned to Naruto and smiled.
"It means your mine. Naruto-kun your my boyfriend as of today. Got it?" Yugito asked and Naruto immediately nodded in an affirmative. Yugito giggled and smiled.
"Good boy. Now give me another kiss," Yugito said as her lips invaded Naruto's again as they sat over the Hokage Faces relishing in each other's presence.
KG: Sorry for that late update. I had some work to do. I hope you like it. Also I have some news for everyone. It's more of a contest I guess. In the story I used a phrase "...nobody wins, but I,". I want everyone to tell me in what Anime that's found.
KG: The first three winners will have their favorite Naruto x any female pairing made by me after my other stories are done. There is no yaoi or yuri pairings.
KG: I will announce the winners in my other stories also at an update. Here's a hint. It's a sports anime, that's all. Later.