A/N: Sorry about no updates. I get sidetracked real easily. Anyways, enjoy!

Naruto skidded to a stop on the ground. Pakkun had suddenly stopped running, nose raised. Pakkun sniffed the air before a low growl rumbled out of him.

"Pakkun? What's wrong boy?" Naruto asked, creeping closer to the dog. Naruto opened his mouth, about to ask again after a few minutes of silence. Just as he started to form the words, a black blur slammed into him, sending him and whoever landed on him to the ground. "OW!"

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted. Naruto heard a groan come from above him. Sasuke lifted his head and tsked.

"Damn, he's strong..." He muttered, before he noticed Naruto below him. "Oh." He quickly got off of the blond and dusted off his shirt. "Hey idiot, why are you and Sakura here?" Naruto grumbled obscenities under his breath, and stood.

"Kakashi-sensei told us to come and get you! The village is under attack!" Naruto shouted. Sasuke blinked and looked back towards the village.

"That explains all that smoke." He said, before returning his attention to the blond. "I can't go back right now Naruto. You and Sakura should go back to the village." Naruto frowned.

"Why?"

"Because-" Sasuke was cut off by a hand made out of sand slapping him across the field. A grotesque-looking boy jumped into the clearing, a deranged grin on his face. "Fu-uck...that hurt..." Sasuke hissed in pain and stood shakily.

"HEY! You can't do that to Sasuke!" Naruto shouted, as he made his signature hand seal. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Hundreds of Naruto appeared and leaped towards what he assumed was that Gaara kid. "Take this Gaara!" Just as his clones were about to land their punches, Gaara raised a hand and sent some of his sand at them, destroying most of them. "Ah!" Naruto was sent flying, and he landed next to Pakkun, who barked appreciatively.

"Damn kid, he's strong. Ah, I'm just going to go now. I', not a fighting dog after all." And with one last wave, the dog disappeared.

Hashirama smiled widely as his wife gave him a brief hug. A hug that he returned with gusto.

"H-Hashirama, you're cho-oking me!" Mito shouted, causing Hashirama to blush and drop her.

"I'm sorry love, it's just, I've missed you so much!" Mito sighed and rolled her eyes.

"You've only been out here for a few months."

"And it seems like years without your beautiful face!" Hashirama swept her into a hug once again.

"Hashirama stop!" Hashirama pouted as he dropped his wife. She glared at him. "Good. Now listen. When Orochimaru dismisses Izuna, I will not disappear-"

"You'll stay with me forever! It'll be just like old times-" She cut him off with another glare.

"As I was saying! I will not disappear right away. The seal I used to reacquire my free will only lasts another week at best." Hashirama gasped, and started to say something. She once again cut him off, this time by raising a hand. "Before you start your who 'I love you so much though! You need to stay forever!' spiel," She stated with a rather mocking tone. "just be glad that you get one more week with me." She glanced at Madara and Izuna. "It's more than Madara is going to get." Hashirama looked at the two Uchiha as well, for a few seconds, before he winced.
Mito noticed and raised a brow. "What?"

"He's going to kill me when he discovers that you'll be staying longer than Izuna." Mito laughed and shrugged her shoulders in an unapologetic manner.

"That's not my problem Hashi-chan. That's yours."