A Jinchuuriki's Tale Chapter 4: Desert Battle! Leader of the Bandits revealed!
Naruto, Ino and Jade were all sweating hard as they walked across the seemingly endless desert. Naruto sighed and made shadow clones in order to carry Jade and Ino by carrying them on their backs and running along Naruto in a triangle formation. Naruto was sweating like hell as he was walking for many long hours with the desert sun shining down on him hard, he felt like he was about to collapse and so did Jade but Ino on the other hand seemed to hold a little more resolve as she bared the heat and resisted.
Naruto looked forward and seemed to be caught in a trance as he moved toward what appeared to be a very naked Sakura holding out a bowl of ramen and winking at him. Naruto rushed toward the figure of Sakura with his mouth drooling.
The figure smirked as he thought: Just a little closer and when he drops his guard… He was cut from his thoughts however as Naruto slams his fist into Sakura's chest breaking the Genjutsu. The figure of Sakura stood up and wiped blood from her mouth as she smirked and released the transformation, the bandit was dressed in a traveling cloak and had a headband across his forehead bearing a scratched out Hidden Grass Village symbol.
The figure of Naruto smirked as well and his form disappeared in a cloud of smoke. The Missing ninja looked around constantly as he thought: A Shadow Clone? How did such an insignificant brat learn a technique like that? I thought it was at a Chunin Level Technique at least in that village of his.
His thoughts were cut off as a the form of Naruto popped out of the ground and slammed his fist against his jaw up wards very hard, Naruto made four clones instantly and had them kick him up, Naruto created another clone in midair and formed a rasengan in his hand and thrust his hand down toward his enemy as he yelled: "RASENGAN BARRAGE!"
There was an impact and a flash of light causing the bandit to fall into the ground hard in an explosion of chakra, leaving a crater in the ground, causing the shifting sand to pour in it. The wounded ninja struggled to move out of the crater but kept slipping.
Naruto threw a Kunai right through the man's chest and watched him die just to make sure, after he was sure he had finished his enemy he began to walk away as he calmed himself down from the adrenaline pumping through his blood at the moment along with a hint of blood lust coming from the Nine Tailed Fox's presence.
Ino and Jade came out of hiding along with the clones of Naruto protecting them, they both rushed over to him as they said: "Naruto are you alright?" Naruto smiled and said: "Yeah I'm fine I just hope we get to the village soon."
They both nodded in agreement and Naruto's clones carried Ino and Jade on their backs and they continued on their way to the village. After another hour the protective valleys surrounding the village came into view, Naruto grinned as him and his clones dashed toward the village.
The guards noticed them coming at once and eyes them suspiciously, as soon as they saw the wind princess however they realized they were the Shinobi hired to escort the princess back from the Village Hidden in the Leaves. They immediately escorted them into the village as they led them to the Kazekage's office.
Garra had just finished the days paperwork when an audible knock sounded from the other side of his door. Garra eyed the door for a moment as he called out: "Come in." A Sand Chunin walked in and bowed as he said: "Lord Kazekage the Leaf Village Shinobi escorting the Wind Lord's daughter have arrived." The good news that their lord's daughter had arrived unharmed brought a genuine smile to the young Kazekage's face as he replied: "Very well you may send them in." The Sand Chunin stood up, bowed once more and disappeared in a cloud of smoke as he said: "At once Lord Kazekage."
Ino was watching from afar as Naruto and Jade said their goodbyes, Naruto smiled and said: "Well I promised I'd get you here safely and I did." She smiled and said: "I really appreciate it Naruto. It was great to meet you, you're going to make some girl very happy someday." She winked at him as she said that. Naruto blushed and smiled as he replied: "You think so?" She smiled even wider and kissed him on the cheek as she whispered: "I know so."
And with those words the Wind Princess walked out of sight. Naruto turned and caught Ino's eye as he asked: "You ready to go?" She nodded and they both turned to leave when a voice sounded behind them: "Wait!" Naruto and Ino turned and came face to face with a Sand Chunin who said: "The Kazekage requests your presence." Naruto and Ino both made eye contact, nodded to each other and followed the Sand Chunin in understanding.
Garra sat in his chair patiently, meditating as he watched a flock of birds fly by, he was interrupted from his daze however as an audible knock sounded from the other side of his office door, he smiled and said: "Let them in please." The door opened and the form of Naruto and Ino emerged from the doorway with a slight nervousness shared between them. The closed the door behind them and Naruto broke the silence: "So you wanted to see us Lord Kazekage?"
The chair turned and Garra smiled at Naruto as he said: "No need to be for formal Naruto, we are friends after all."
Naruto's jaw dropped as he stared at Garra, pointing his finger in his direction as he said: "You're the Kazekage?"
Garra nodded and a look of jealousy lit across Naruto's face, Ino saw this and giggled as Naruto said: "Just you wait Garra I'll be Hokage soon enough."
Garra laughed as he said: "Any doubts of you reaching your dream aren't going to come from me." Naruto flashed his trademark fox-like grin as he said: "Hey Garra it was really nice to see you again but me and Ino have to start heading back to the Hidden Leaf Village."
The Kazekage nodded in return as he replied: "Likewise Naruto, if I return to Konoha for a diplomacy mission I'll be sure to stop by and say hi to you." Naruto smiled and said: "That'd be great Garra, I'm glad you found your place among your village." Garra smiled warmly as he said: "And I hope you find yours." Naruto smiled as he said: "I already have." Garra walked Naruto to the door of the Kazekage building, Naruto waved his hand and started walking with Ino as they began their trip back to Konoha.
Tsunade sighed and took another shot of Sake as her workday had come to an end, after many hours her and Shizune had managed to finish the days paperwork and you couldn't really blame anyone her age for wanting a drink after such a stressful day. All of the sudden there was the sound of tapping glass and Tsunade walked over and opened the window, a hawk entered through the window and held out it's leg so Tsunade could untie the letter from it's leg, as soon as the removal of the letter was completed the bird went to the Konoha bird house for some food and water before flying back to the Land of Wind.
The Hokage scanned the letter and a smile came across her face as she set it down, a knock sounded from the Hokage's door and Tsunade called out: "Come in." The office door opened and Kakashi emerged from the doorway as he said: "Yo! Lady Hokage." Tsunade smiled as she replied: "What is it Kakashi?"
Kakashi's facial expression reflected concern and worry as he said: "It's about that mission you sent Naruto on..." Tsunade grinned and cut him off as she said: "The mission was completed a few hours ago, Jade the daughter of the Wind Lord has successfully been escorted to the Hidden Sand Village and Naruto and Ino are on their way back to Konoha right now." Kakashi sighed out of relief as he replied: "That's great to hear..." Tsunade saw the foreboding expression on Kakashi's masked face as she asked: "What is it about Naruto you're so worried about?" Kakashi looked away and a dark look appeared on his face as he said: "It's the Akatsuki... They're on the move."
A/N: Hey readers hope you liked the latest chapter, in the next chapter I plan on having some Akatsuki action, will Naruto be ambushed on the way home? Is he strong enough to protect himself and Ino? If so will he go without a fight? Not while this is my story! I plan on having a lot more action enter the story with the next couple of chapters and possibly give Ino a better understanding of all the suffering Naruto's been through, maybe her mind transfer Jutsu backfires and she learn's of all of Naruto's most hidden secrets? I have a lot of good ideas going on that are going to make this story so wonderful so please be patient with the updates, hope you liked reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it, Don't forget to REVIEW! Peace! - DemonicLove555