"So Kyubbi ripped itself into pieces and left it's demonic power within Naru so that she would survive having it extracted and created a flesh and blood form so that once outside of Naru it would die..." Gaara couldn't have sounded more aghast to Tsunade even if he had wanted.
"That's what I was told, yes. Can you think of any reasons why it would do that though?"
"Well yes. Millions. Hardly any of them good-" Gaara said as he sat back in his seat, his expression still horrified. God in heaven for Naru to have gone through such a thing- "One question before we continue Tsunade. Why was I not contacted and asked to come to Naru's aid when she was captured?" Gaara managed to push aside his inital shock and horror upon finding out what had happened to Naru and was now looking quite furious.
Tsunade opened her mouth to say something then snapped it shut for a moment. No matter what she said Gaara was going to be hurt and pissed. But that didn't mean that she was eager to jump into this head first. Not when she knew how volitile the red headed Kage's temper could be.
"Forgive me Gaara but even I didn't know what had happened until she had come back."
Gaara was silent for a moment before he relaxed a bit. Ah, so that's how it was. Jiriaya had lost Naru, nearly gotten her killed, and had simply been too afraid to face down his Kage and Naru's friends. Idiot. I'll gut him one of these days, I swear it. Gaara thought darkly as he finally blinked.
Apparently he'd not blinked in the past few minutes and was making Tsunade nervous.
"Uh...c-can we get back to work here?" She asked in a nervous tone that didn't even phase him as he nodded his head. "Okay then, as mentioned before Kyubbi died to save Naru. You said that you could think up a million reasons why. Care to share them?"
Gaara sighed. "The defining factor in this is if Kyubbi cared about Naru or not. If it cared about her then it probably gave up on trying to escape, control, or cause harm to her and everyone else in the village... Now if Kyubbi saw it's extraction as one last try to get revenge- well then saving Naru's live could be used as a weapon of sorts since she has it's demonic chakra. Demon's are well known for their dark characters. Devouring people and their souls. It could have changed Naru for the sole purpose of destroying the leaf village."
"Naru doesn't exactly act like she used too, but she hasn't done anything harmful or alarming-" But then again Tsunade might not have noticed anything because she had been busy with other things of late.
"Do you really think that she would if Kyubbi decided to use her for this purpose? Listen to me Tsunade. Determine if Naru is really Naru- Have her mind looked into do whatever you can to seal some of her abilities away. Because these things could possibly save you in the long run."
Tsunade looked uneasy for a moment. Gaara had a point of course, but that didn't mean that she had to like what he was saying. "Do you really think that she-"
"I don't want too Tsunade. In fact I loath the very thought. But there has never been a person to undergo a demonic transformation and come out of it whole and completely untouched. Even if Naru is herself now, there is the chance that that will change somewhere down the line. I'm merely saying that you much be prepared."
"Hai." Tsunade said in agreement as she pulled out Naru's recently updated medical files. Which included a short list of the abilities that Naru had already displayed. According to Gaara it was a very, very, very short list and while not completely harmless the information was useful.
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The den that Kakashi found and fixed for Naru to rest in wasn't anything special, aside from the underground hot spring and the crystal covered taverns. But it was easy to defend and that's what mattered most to him.
He spent over an hour preparing a bed or moss and leaves for her in one of the underground taverns and laid her on it then settled himself on the ground next to her and after a while the cracking of his bones and the cramping in his stomach caused him to go through her stuff in an effort to find a pain reliever or something.
He didn't find much aside from a few bars of candy and her money. Where were her weapons? Shouldn't they be in the pouch attached to her right leg? In the holster around her- He patted her hips down out of idle curiosity and grunted and blinked. Holy fucking- He thought in outrage when he found no kunai holsters, no shiriken holders, no paper bomb containers.
His mate had been running around everwhere completely defensless! Why? Why would Naru be running around without a- He found a length of wire hidden on her and though he wanted to check out it's length and such but it was wound around her naked upper thigh. He could feel it through her clothes.
But it was hardly an adequate weapon to fight with.
He sighed and sat back on his heels and ran his fingers through his long shaggy hair and grabbed up one of the candy bars and peeled the paper back and took a bite and studied Naru from under hooded eye lids. He'd have to have a talk with Naru about her total lack of an protective arsenal once she woke up.