Hey everyone, I'm back and again sorry for the short chapter last time and for the long wait but I had exams and essays to write for my classes and couldn't think of what else to do and it also seemed like a good place to stop to me for a mysterious ending. (Groan) I HATE WRITER'S BLOCK AND EXAMS.

Sorry about that had to get that out of my system. Anyway I hope to make my chapters longer, around fifteen hundred or more words each. Starting with this chapter.

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"Kyuubi," normal speech.

'Kyuubi,' thought speech.

Kyuubi, bijou speech

"Rasengan", jutsu/power/technique.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto only the characters that I have created for this story.

Last time

Sasuke frowned when he remembered what Itachi said to him. "I'm not going to be like him," he said as he removed the kunai from Naruto's neck, "I won't use his method to become stronger. I'll find my own way."

He then got to his feet and started to walk away until he heard a sweet, melodic voice.

"Well it's a good thing you decided not to kill my sister's kid, else I would've had to kill you."

Outside POV

Sasuke wheeled, kunai at the ready, around to the source of the voice to see a voluptuous woman with vibrant red hair that reached her mid-back. She wore her hair in a high ponytail and she was wearing the standard Konoha Jonin uniform but with a red high-collared trench coat which was open in the front. She also wore a tachi across her back, secured by a stash that went across her chest. Although the uniform was standard it did outline her curves very She wore a Konoha hitai-ate on her forehead and another hitai-ate on right arm, but this one had a swirl on it.

She was sitting cross-legged not too far away from the two boys with her left elbow resting on her leg and her chin in her hand. She was smiling as if the scene in front of her greatly amused her.

'I didn't even sense her approach.' He thought.

"Who are you? Wait… did you just say your NARUTO'S AUNT?" Sasuke demanded with a hint of surprise in his tone.

The woman just continued to smile at him calmly. Calmly she stood up and dusted herself off. When she was done she spoke with a melodious yet boisterous voice. "To answer your questions. My name is Hinako Uzumaki and yes I did basically. What's it to a soon-to-be missing-nin like you?"

Sasuke's brow furrowed at her response. Her personality was like a calm female version of Naruto's which irritated him to no end. However, it did bring him into familiar territory since he had to deal with Naruto for month's now and had to get used to it. With that in mind, he answered in his normal condescending tone, "Because the dobe's an orphan so that's impossible."

Hinako's eyes widened when he said that, but then her eyes lost the mischievous glint that's present in Naruto's eyes whenever he smiled, which is pretty much all the time. However, when Hinako lost it Sasuke felt an emotion he's only felt a few times. Fear.

"What did you just say?" Hinako asked, her voice filled with barely contained anger, her hand slowly reaching for the tachi on her back.

Sasuke gulped. 'Are all Uzumaki women like this? Happy one second pissed the next. If so, I'm surprised if any of their husbands stay sane. Although…,' He shook his head of the thought. Then he answered her, taking care to watch his tone so Hinako didn't slice him in half, "That the dobe's an orphan so it's impossible for you to be his aunt."

Hinako's eyes darkened further, but she lowered her hand away from her sword, which made him relax a little. She sighed before saying, "Well I am. And I don't need to prove it to you. I have more pressing matters to attend to than dragging your ass back to Konoha. I only have enough chakra to get my sister's kid back to Konoha safe and sound. So just run along to wherever you were going."

After Hinako finished saying that, she walked to Naruto's unconscious form and picked him up. She carefully placed him on her back. As she was doing this, Sasuke saw the swirl pattern on the back of her trench coat.

Sasuke blinked in surprise. He wasn't expecting this woman to just let him go like that. He expected he'd have to fight her to leave so he was glad. He had exhausted most of his chakra reserves already. He started to walk away, but after a few steps he turned around and said, "Take care of him."

This time it was Hinako's turn to be surprised, then she gained that glint in her eyes again. "You know don't you?" Hinako asked mischievously.

Sasuke just gave a slight nod of his head before he jumped away. Hinako let out a slight giggle before she did the same in the opposite direction.

Kakashi's POV

'I have to get there quickly to stop them both. I can't lose anymore comrades.'

Those were my thoughts as I raced through the trees at max speed following my most trusted tracker. Pakkun. "How close are we to them Pakkun?" I asked.

The small pug, looked back at me and yelled, "Not much further Kakashi. But you should know that there a new scent mix in those other two and it's smells familiar."

I raised my only visible eyebrow at that. 'A familiar scent? Who could it be?'

I didn't have to wait long for an answer because I just felt another chakra signature nearby and it's coming towards them fast. I stopped on a branch and drew a kunai from my pouch and got in a standard Jonin defense stance.

I only had to wait a few seconds before the person appeared a few feet away from me on the same branch. And when 'she' appeared with Naruto on 'her' I just could believe it. She was supposed to be dead for 12 years now. I brandished my kunai and revealed my Sharingan. Then I demanded, "Who are you and what do you planned to do with Naruto?"

The woman just turned towards me calmly and smiled, though there was no kindness present in that smile. My sense of danger at this point was now telling me to run for my life. "Oh… And what will you do if I don't Kashi-kun?"

My eyes widened immensely when this woman said that and it confirmed my thoughts on her possible identity. I should have been happy that she was alive, however the tone she used just now awakened some very old instincts and they were all screaming 'Run for your damn life you stupid bastard.'

And so, that just what I did. However… I didn't get very far as my ankle got caught in some ninja wire and I was yanked back to the woman.

Konohagakure—Tsunade's POV

As I looked out my window I saw all the citizens of Konoha. Everyone was just going about their day, blissfully unaware that their honorable Last Uchiha had just deserted from them. I looked back at my desk and saw the mountain of EVERY Hokage's worst enemy… paperwork. I groaned as I got back to work, but not before I pulled out my hidden saké that Shizune didn't find and took a huge swig of it.

Most of the retrieval team sent after Sasuke had returned by now, but with varying levels of injuries.

Neji had been brought to the hospital with severe injuries. Choji had been brought in due the severe side effects of his family's special food pills. Rock Lee, Shikamaru, and Kiba had returned with minor injuries thanks to the assistance of the Suna-nin when they really needed it. Kiba's ninken was also injured and had been taken to the Inuzuka clinic to be treated.

Waiting for Naruto to return was bringing on a lot of stress and worry for that obnoxious brat, and I was praying to whatever gods there were for a distraction from this hell. Not a few moments later I got my wish though it wasn't what I was expecting. My wish came in the form of a shrill scream coming from the general direction of the retrieval team. The mere sound of it brought back a lot of fond memories but also a few painful ones at the same time.

In fact, the sound was very faint as if it was coming from somewhere far away yet still within the area of Konoha. But I only one person who could cause that effect from anyone, and if she was still alive then Konoha is going to be a living hell for the citizens when she gets back. And speaking of the citizens, they were starting to get a little edgy from hearing that scream.

I decided to head to the East gate where the retrieval team left. I had a feeling I would find the reason for that scream there shortly. But I wanted every trustworthy ninja there as well. "Anbu," I called out, and not long afterward five Anbu appeared in front of me. "I want all Jonin and Chunin level ninja at the East gate by the time I get there. I also want all of the clan heads to be there as well. I have a feeling they are going to need to see whatever is going to happen soon."

The Anbu nodded and then disappeared to do their task. I called Shizune and told her where we were going.

A few minutes later.

'Goddammit I hate it when those feelings are right but I love at the same time.' I thought with a smile on my face as I looked at the woman in front of me. She was exactly the same as I last saw her twelve years ago. Right down to the trench coat, the Uzushiogakure hitai-ate on her right arm, and that classic Uzumaki grin on her face.

I still could not believe that one of the reason I left Konoha originally was actually still alive and kicking. Hinako Uzumaki, the twin sister of Kushina Uzumaki and aunt of Naruto Uzumaki, was standing in front of me with Naruto on her back and Kakashi being dragged behind her wrapped up in ninja wire. He was looking so pale one would think that he was actually dead (think Naruto's bunshin from his genin exam and you have what Kakashi looks like).

Every ninja present was staring at her with complete shock, especially those that knew her personally and thought she was dead. The clan heads were staring at her as well, but their jaws were practically hitting the ground. It was hilarious to see most of the Hyuuga present to lose their stoic expressions, Hiashi though was the only one keep his composure.

I approached Hinako with a big smile on my face. "Hinako glad to see you still breathing," I said.

Hinako's grin grew bigger. "Tsunade-chan? Is that you?" She asked.

"Yeah it's me. And I'm Hokage now, can you believe it? Though I am starting to regret that decision." I groaned out.

Hinako laughed at that. "I can't believe you choose to become Hokage. When I heard that, I thought the world and more specifically Konoha was ending right then. But when I didn't hear anything about the Konoha going broke from their Hokage buying up as much saké as she can get I decided to come back like I planned."

"Speaking of which, why were you gone so long anyway? We thought you were dead?"

Hinako winced at that. "Well that's a long story."

"Give me the short version then." I said in an irritated tone.

"I will, I promise. But first can we get these two to the hospital? My sis's kid is suffering mild chakra exhaustion and I went a little over bored with Kashi-kun here."

"Oh right, sure. Neko, you and another Anbu take Naruto and Kakashi to the hospital. Also have one Anbu watching Naruto at all times, I still haven't weeded out all of those two crones' lackeys there."

The cat-masked Anbu nodded her head in confirmation and choose a weasel-masked Anbu to help her. She walked over and took Naruto off Hinako's back and placed him on her own. The weasel-masked Anbu took Kakashi and slung him over his shoulder. They both vanished in a swirl of leaves.

"Now, are you going to tell us why you were away, right?" I asked with a smile but with a warning clearly in there.

Hinako laughed nervously at hearing that. "Well…."

Konoha Hospital-Naruto's POV

I awoke to the smell of antiseptic, which meant that I'm now in my least favorite place in the world, the hospital. I bolted upright in my bed and thought, 'I hate the hospital. Hospitals mean I have to stay in one place for a long time, and I can't stand that. I got to get out of here before…'

And that's when the door to the room opened up to reveal Tsunade-baachan walking in the room with a clipboard in her hand and there was this other beautiful red-haired woman that I didn't recognize. But the glare Baa-chan was giving me froze me in my place. Then she smiled sweetly at me, but I knew that smile had anything but kindness in it. I gulped and laughed nervously. "Hey Baa-chan, how are you doin…"

Wham!

"Argh," I yelled out as I rubbed the giant bump on my head from where Baa-chan just hit me.

"I told you don't call me that. And you're staying here until I say you are recovered," said Baa-chan.

The other woman just laughed at what she saw, but I ignored her. "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say Baa-chan. So how long will I be here for anyway?"

Baa-chan just sighed, knowing that me calling her anything besides Baa-chan outside of Hokage-sama was hopeless. "You're going to be here for a few weeks Naruto. You suffer from mild borderline severe chakra exhaustion when you were brought here. You were out for three days, you brat…."

That news shocked me, as evidence of my jaw hitting the floor. 'I was out for three DAYS! The longest I've been out for is a few hours. What the heck did the teme do to me to knock me for that long. Oh…wait that's right I got hit by his stupid Chidori. Gods damn that teme,' I thought.

Baa-chan just kept talking about stuff but she didn't notice that I had stop listening after hearing the three days' part. However, the other woman noticed and brought this to Baa-chan's attention. "Tsunade, I think you lost him a bit ago. That pink-haired girl was right on the money about my sister's kid being a moron," she said casually with a melodious voice.

That last statement brought me to back faster than Haku could move with his Demonic Ice Mirrors Jutsu. "What did you just say?" I blurted out, "Did you say that I was YOUR SISTER'S KID? But then that makes you my…."

Baa-chan just sighed in resignation, as if she knew this would come up eventually. Then she said, "Yes Naruto. This is your aunt, Hinako Uzumaki. She saved your life on her way back home when she sensed you using the Kyuubi's chakra."

I looked at the now at my now identified aunt with a suspicious look. "How do I know this isn't a prank on me or another attempt to kill me like all the other villagers have tried to do?"

Baa-chan and my aunt stiffened when they heard me say that. Then Baa-chan asked, "You mean that has happened before?"

Her voice was teeming with barely controlled anger and the other woman was visibly shaking with her hands balled into fist. I simply looked out the window and gave a slight nod, which both women saw clear as day. "How did it Naruto? Tell me and they will suffer a fate worse than death. Hell Orochimaru's experiments will look tame in comparison to what I will do to them."

I just kept looking out the window, but I said, "You don't have to worry about them Baa-chan. It only happened once when I was five and still in the orphanage. The Anbu killed them before any real damage was done since the broke Jiji's law. Now answer my question. How do I know this isn't a trick?"

Both women calmed down for the most part, but they were still visibly angry. Baa-chan took a deep breath and then said, "To answer your question, because I know her personally and she is who she says she is. I also ran a DNA test to confirm just in case. There was a partial match, enough to confirm she is a close relative."

I turned to look at my aunt with a skeptical look. I would accept her as my real aunt until she gave me a damn good reason for not being around for me when I was growing up. "Where were you?"

Hinako just sighed sadly, as if she knew she would have to earn my forgiveness. Then she said, "To put a long story short, I went on a long-term mission for the Yondaime and things got complicated during it which prevented me from returning until now. I'll give you the full story when we get back to our compound."

That raised my interest. "We have a compound?"

Hinako just raised an eyebrow. "You mean you don't know about the Uzumaki clan, your own clan."

I just shook my head to answer her. She then turned to Baa-chan. "How badly was his growth stunted Tsunade?"

Baa-chan just sighed again. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately, I wonder why. Then she answered, "His teachers at the Academy didn't teach anything, the sabotaged his taijustu hoping to have another villages ninja to kill him, and his diet only consist of ramen. I've been trying to correct that last one, but I haven't had much luck on that end."

Hinako became anger at first, but then paled when Baa-chan finish talking. "Why would you try to take away ramen from him, that's the food of the gods."

Both Baa-chan and I just stared at her, me in amazement that someone else thought the same about ramen and Baa-chan in horror. I smiled and didn't feel so angry with Hinako, but she still hadn't earned my complete forgiveness though she was close to getting it with that statement.

Baa-chan just groaned with her hand covering her eyes. "Hinako can we move on from this subject, please?"

"Fine, anyway kid, I need to do something to you before you leave this place. However, I suggest getting some of your most trusted friends. Anyone come to mind?"

I didn't have to think on that for long. "Yeah, everybody who graduated with me and Neji's team. But why do I need them here?"

"I'll tell you when they get here."

Baa-chan called for an Anbu and tell him to go find Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Neji, Shino, Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru, Lee, Tenten, and Sakura and tell them to come see her in his room. The Anbu nodded and left in a swirl of smoke and leaves to go do his task.

After waiting a few minutes, they were all gathered and were wondering what was going on. I took the time to look at everyone from the retrieval mission. Neji was covered in bandages and in a wheelchair being pushed by Tenten. Shikamaru, Kiba, and Lee were also covered in bandages but were standing which was a good sign that they weren't hurt too bad. Choji was in a wheelchair like Neji but had wheeled himself in. All in all, they were better off than I had thought. I gave them all a greeting and then turned to Hinako. "Okay they're here now. So what were you going to tell me?"

"You all know about the Kyuubi sealed inside the kid here right?"

They all gave a slight nod, apparently Baa-chan told them while I was still out of it. I was scared about them rejecting me until Hinata gently put her hand on mine. I turned to look at her. She blushed and then stuttered out in a small voice, "W-we know you're not the K-Kyuubi N-Naruto. Y-You to kind to be it."

I looked to all my friends and saw them all giving me warm smiles, even Neji which was really creepy seeing that on him. That broke a dam of emotions that I was holding back and I just started crying my eyes out. Hinata and Hinako came over a gave me a gentle hug, one meant to comfort me.

I kept crying for what felt like hours but was only a few minutes. Eventually I stopped and sniffled back another sob, trying to give them my best smile I could, one filled with genuine happiness. "Thanks guys, that's a huge load of my shoulders."

Hinako smiled at me. Then she said, "Well, there is something you guys need to know about the Kyuubi."

This got mine and everyone's attention quick. Hinako continued, "The Kyuubi was actually an extremely loyal ally to Konoha, it wouldn't attack unless it was forced to by a strong enough Uchiha, like Madara, or someone else with an equally powerful technique."

This surprised everyone, including Baa-chan. "I know I know, hard to believe but it's true. I've even talked to it the few times my sister, Kushina, let it. But back on topic, the Kyuubi was sealed into the kid here of its own will to protect her child as a favor to my sister, and for one of the reason that only it can only tell. And before you ask me, Kushina, and the Kyuubi talked about it way before the incident happened.

Now the seal that the Yondaime used to seal the Kyuubi was modified slightly to do something else. It was another precaution to keep the kid safe."

"Well what does it do?" I blurted out, getting impatient.

Hinako just chuckled at my outburst, but she continued. "Well kid, the modified part was meant to conceal one thing about yourself. It changed your gender."

Everyone in the room went into shock at that, me more so. I only got out a simply, "What?"

Hinako smiled mischievously right then, "That's right kid, you're actually a girl."

Hope your happy with this over 3500 words. I tried to make up for last time being too short. I just wanted to get this story out there before I lost my nerves because like I said last time this my first fanfiction.

Well I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and I hope the next one won't take as long to write to get to you.

Now for the story I am making it a SasuxFemNaruxHina and this is because of a something special I have in mind to make it possible. But I won't tell you guys what it is until next chapter.

Well got to go, so read and review. See y'all later.