Hello everyone I'm back once again to bring you all another chapter of my story; I hope you all have been enjoying my story and I hope you decide to read my other work. Also, just to clear somethings up; Naruto CRA has a minimum of 4 wives for each clan so technically he can have more but I won't give him any because it will be a pain in the ass, second Temari not knowing what a cow is actually based off of the time I took my friends from Indonesia to my family's ranch. When I took him to see my ranch for the first time one of them said "wow you have so many water buffalo; but where are your paddies" I had to explain to him what cows are and that they are for meat not plowing fields; so, I added that in there because Temari is from a desert and has never seen or heard of a cow before. Now then with nothing else to say let's begin.

Set in Stone: Chapter 23

Konoha: dawn

Hiruzen and Tsunade were sitting inside the Hokage office doing paperwork; they have been doing this for the past 2 hours and were growing bored.

Just then the door burst open and a panting chunin was gasping for breath "lord Hokage, lady Tsunade; something terrible has happened" he said.

On the outside Hiruzen and Tsunade were confused; but on the inside they were smiling. Another piece has fallen into place.

Secret room in the Hokage tower

"All I'm saying is that you can at least ask" Naruto said pouting; Temari rolled her eyes at this.

"Ok fine" Temari said "but I don't see what the big deal is" she said.

"I only have 20 pairs of boxers" Naruto said "and if you keep borrowing them then I'll only have half as many; half of 20 is 10" Naruto said.

"Ok, ok fine" Temari said "I'll buy my own boxers" she said.

"Hey Naruto think of it this way" Tsubaki said laying down on the couch "if she borrows your boxers; you can wear her panties" she said.

"No, no way" Naruto said waving his hands "I will never wear those; they look really tight and will probably ride up. I like the freedom of boxers" Naruto said.

"That's your problem with wearing your girlfriend's underwear" Ichigo said with a sweat drop as he played cards with Moro, Sarada, Ino and Hinata.

"Royal flush" Hinata said showing her cards making everyone at the table cuss and throw their cards.

"How are you always winning" Sarada complained "you're not even using your Byakugan to cheat either" she said.

"Lady Tsunade taught me, Tsubaki and Hanabi how to play various gambling games" Hinata said "I'm good at card games, Hanabi is good at dice and Tsubaki is good with both" she said.

"Then how the hell did she rack up such a huge debt" Moro said confused "if she's a master gambler how does she lose so often" she said and Hinata shrugged.

Just then the door opened up and Tsunade walked in with a smile on her face "Looks like you were right again Sarada" Tsunade said "it's time for the 'retrieval mission' for Sasuke" she said.

Naruto then became stone faced; he looked around the room at everyone and took in a deep breath "this is what we have been preparing for, for over a year now" Naruto said as he got up "lets end this before it begins" he said as he and everyone else walked out of the room.

In the Hokage's office

Naruto, Sarada, Hinata, Moro, Ichigo, Ino, Temari, Tsume, Karin, Hana and Haku were all standing in front of the Hokage.

"As you all know Sasuke has fled Konoha to go to Orochimaru" Hiruzen said "this is the day we have been preparing for" he said. He then turned to Ichigo "Ichigo; you Tsume, Hana and Haku will go and take out Kakashi. He is on a mission to kill bandits in the Honoda providence; track him down and kill him, try to bring back his sharingan intact if you can" he said.

"Copy that lord Hokage" Ichigo said before turning to his 3 teammates "lets move" he said as he began to walk out.

Tsume stopped next to Naruto and gave him a quick kiss "kick some ass baby" Tsume said with a smile.

"Oh, I intend to" Naruto said with excitement; Tsume then walked out with the rest of the team to start their mission.

Hiruzen then turned to Sarada "Sarada you will be the team leader on this mission" Hiruzen said "you will take Naruto, Hinata, Ino, Temari, Tsubaki, Karin and Moro on the mission to 'retrieve' Sasuke; also, Moro" Hiruzen said gaining her attention.

"Kiba will be joining you all on the mission" Hiruzen said; he then felt malice and hate flow off the girl as she smiled in vengeful joy. "I'll uhh… leave the rest up to your imagination" Hiruzen said "I also assigned Rock Lee to your team as added support; just make sure he doesn't find out about the true mission" he said.

"Copy that Lord Hokage" Sarada said with a bow "we will be going now" Sarada said.

"Children" Hiruzen said stopping them "good luck and may Kami watch over you all" he said. They all said their goodbyes and rushed out the door.

Konoha gates

Naruto, Sarada and the others were getting ready to leave the village to start their mission; Kiba however with his scarred face was glaring at Naruto.

'Blonde fucker' Kiba thought 'this is all your fault; if it wasn't for you, I'd have a clan, Hinata and Akamaru. You took everything from me' he thought. 'But we are going on a dangerous mission' Kiba thought darkly 'deaths and accidents do happen' he thought.

Just as Naruto finished checking his gear he heard foot steps behind him; he then saw a crying Sakura.

"Naruto" Sakura sobbed out "please bring Sasuke back; I'm begging you" she asked.

Naruto smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up "Sure thing Sakura; I promise you" he said.

"Thank you, Naruto," Sakura said before walking off; as she was now a good distance away, she stopped crying 'what a idiot' Sakura thought. 'I knew he wouldn't say no to me' Sakura thought as she walked away.

'Yeah, I'll bring him back all right' Naruto thought 'in bits and pieces' Naruto thought with a smirk.

"Ok everyone" Sarada said gaining all their attentions "lets get going; we have to find them before they cross the border into Oto" she said.

As they all ran out of the gate 2 figures hiding on a roof top disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

With Sakura

Sakura was in her teams training ground thinking; Sakura was wondering why Sasuke would abandon the village.

'Sasuke; why didn't you take me with you' she thought; just then 2 sets of feet landed. Sakura looked up and saw 2 people "oh it's you 2" Sakura said as she looked at Kin and Yakumo.

"That's not a nice way to say hi" Yakumo said.

"Why would I be friendly to you 2" Sakura said "you are just a couple of Naruto's whores; I don't- "Sakura began until a kunai went by her cheek.

Kin had her arm extended "well I was going to feel a little bad" Kin said "but after that whore comment; I think I can live with myself" Kin said.

"What the hell" Sakura shouted "that could've killed me" Sakura shouted.

"That's the point pinkie" Kin said to Sakura's horror "yeah, we kind of need to kill you; it's nothing business just personal. And yes, I said that correctly" Kin said.

"Just stay still and die with dignity please" Yakumo said respectfully "I promise you if you do we will- "Yakumo began until Sakura made a mad dash to the woods.

"You just had to talk to her" Kin said "you couldn't just let me snipe her from a tree; save all this song and dance" Kin said in an annoyed tone.

"That is cowardly and unnecessary" Yakumo said "and not to mention anticlimactic" Yakumo said.

"Whatever let's just hunt her ass down already" Kin said as the 2 began to rush off after Sakura.

Sakura was dashing through the woods as fast as she could 'it's personal' Sakura thought 'I never even spoken to either of them' she thought. As she ran a couple senbon flew past her and stuck in a tree.

"Hold still damnit" Kin shouted as she threw another volley of senbon; Sakura dodged and threw several shuriken at Kin.

Kin dodged and rushed Sakura; both girls engaged in taijutsu with Kin having the upper hand. Kin punched Sakura in the face dazing the girl; she then followed up with kick to the ribs and finishing by going behind Sakura and putting her in a head lock.

"Just give up" Kin said choking Sakura "you got no ahhhh" Kin screamed as Sakura bit down on her arm; Kin broke the hold and kicked Sakura away "did you just bite me; you fucking psychotic bitch" Kin said holding onto her wound to slow down the bleeding.

"You are the real psycho" Sakura said "you 2 are the one's trying to kill me" Sakura shouted as she wiped the blood from her mouth. Just then she felt the world shift and became dizzy 'genjutsu' Sakura thought 'release' Sakura thought as she pushed chakra thought her system.

As soon as she did, she narrowly dodged Yakumo coming at her with a kunai; Sakura grabbed onto her arm and flipped her until she was on the ground landing on her back. Yakumo not missing a beat kicked Sakura in the gut while on the ground and got back up.

Yakumo then ran towards Sakura; Sakura pulled out a kunai and locked blades with Yakumo. Sakura and Yakumo were pretty even in the match; Yakumo was being pushed back by Sakura as she was losing her footing.

"Looks like I'm about to win" Sakura said "after I'm done with you, I'm- "Sakura began until Yakumo pulled a move out of Naruto's book.

Yakumo using her forehead protector head butted Sakura in the nose; Sakura's nose broke in a burst of blood. This was all Yakumo needed.

Yakumo drove her kunai into Sakura's chest; Sakura coughed up blood as she hunched forward. Yakumo Then disarmed Sakura of her Kunai and drove it into the girls temple; Sakura dropped dead to the floor and Yakumo let out a sigh of relief.

"Well, that's done" Yakumo said.

"Good now get over here and help me" Kin said and Yakumo rushed over; Yakumo looked at her bite wound.

"It's not fatal" Yakumo said "but we need to get you to the hospital; the human mouth has a lot of bacteria. You could get an infection" she said and Kin scoffed.

"Great" Kin said "now I have to worry about getting slut rabies from pinkie over there" Kin said and Yakumo giggled. "But hey" Kin said getting Yakumo's attention "here take this" she said handing a letter over to Yakumo.

"A letter" Yakumo asked.

"Trust me on this ok" Kin said "now let's get to the damn hospital" Kin said.

Yakumo and Kin then vanished in a swirl of leaves leaving behind Sakura's body; just then 4 anbu dropped down.

"Ok time for the cleanup" the leader in dragon mask said.

"Uhhh why did they have to kill her again" a monkey masked anbu asked.

"Hey" Dragon said "we don't pay you to ask questions" he said.

"You don't pay us at all" a lizard masked anbu said "we literally drop off the grid for this shit" he complained.

"Just clean up the fucking mess; ok" Dragon said and his 3 subordinates grumbled "ughhh fucking boots these days" he said as he went over to the dead girl's body.

With Naruto and crew

Naruto and the others have been running for over 2 hours now; as they kept on running a slug popped up on Tsubaki shoulder.

"Hey Kikyo" Tsubaki said "what can I do you for" she said to the little slug.

"I'm reverse summoning Ms. Yakumo to you" the little slug said; just then Tsubaki grabbed the little slug in a princess carry.

Just then the slug went up in a puff of smoke and Yakumo was now being carried princess style by Tsubaki "hey you made it; where's Kin" Tsubaki said.

Yakumo then jumped out of Tsubaki's arms and began to run along side everyone else "he touched a poisonous flower in the woods; I burned it and took her to the hospital for treatment" Yakumo said.

Kiba and Lee hearing this thought it was a little strange but ignored it; everyone else understood the code word. Sakura has been killed and Kin has been injured but is receiving treatment.

'Sakura's dead huh' Naruto thought 'she may have been evil and manipulative; but she was still special to me at one point' Naruto thought.

Sarada seeing this went over to Naruto and spoke to him at a volume only he can hear "are you ok" Sarada asked concerned. Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, I'm fine" Naruto said "it's just a shame you know; I cared for Sakura at one point. Now she's gone" Naruto said and Sarada nodded.

"I have no love in my heart for my mother" Sarada said "it's better that she's gone; but I am sorry, it's not easy since she was your first crush" Sarada said.

"Sakura wasn't my first crush" Naruto said making Sarada go wide eyed.

"Really then who" Sarada said.

*Flashback 6 years ago

"What the hell dude" Naruto shouted "I just want to buy some groceries" Naruto shouted. The store owner scowled.

"Listen up here you little shit" he shouted "I- "he began.

"What is going on here" a Brown-haired woman said.

"Yoshino; I'm sorry" the store owner said "I'm just trying to get rid of this… boy I'll be- "he began until Yoshino walked forward.

"You will let him shop here; won't you" Yoshino said in a threatening tone "don't make me get Shikaku down here" she said. The store owner nodded furiously; Yoshino then turned to Naruto with a smile on her face.

"Young man" she said sweetly "will you be a dear and help me shop; in return I'll buy you all the groceries you need" she said warmly. Naruto smiled and nodded.

"Sure, thing miss" Naruto said as he was led into the shop by Yoshino

After about 30 minutes Naruto and Yoshino walked out of the store both carrying bags of groceries.

"Thanks again Ms. Yoshino" Naruto said "I swear when I become Hokage I'll repay you by buying all your groceries" he said with a smile. Yoshino chuckled and put her groceries down on a bench; she then knelt down and gave Naruto a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Naruto blushed and fidgeted making Yoshino giggle at his antics.

"I'm sure you will" Yoshino said with a warm smile "goodbye Naruto and have a blessed day" Yoshino said as she picked up her groceries and walked away. 'Oh, my he's so adorable' Yoshino thought 'I know he's going to make a girl very happy one day; it's a shame I don't have a daughter for you to marry Naruto' she thought. 'Kushina; I can tell he's going to grow up and be a great shinobi and a great man' she thought as she walked back to the Nara compound.

Naruto watched as Yoshino walked away 'what a nice lady' Naruto thought 'and she was super pretty too' he thought as he walked home.

*Flashback ends

"Oh my god you're first crush was Shikamaru's mom" Ino said budding in on the conversation; Naruto then grew red as Sarada began to giggle. "I guess that explains why you're so into Tsume" she said.

"Shut up" Naruto said "can we get back on track to the mission please" he said as he and the rest of the squad ran faster.

With Kakashi

Kakashi killed the last of the bandits as he took a deep breath 'why did lord hokage send me out here on this urgent mission' he thought as he looked around at the dozen or so dead bandits 'these guys were not A-rank level' he thought.

Just then he heard several feet fall and turned around; Ichigo, Haku, Tsume, Hana and their dogs were all standing there.

"You guys here as back up" Kakashi asked "well I already finished them off; they were no problem. I think the mission was mis-ranked; should've been C-Rank at most" Kakashi said. When he heard no response he grew suspicious.

Ichigo drew out his sword, Haku got into a stance with the Executioners blade, Tsume and Hana both took soldier pills and began to look more feral.

"Oh" Kakashi said raising up his headband revealing his sharingan "so that's what's going on" he said as he took out a kunai. "Bring it" Kakashi said as he readied himself for battle.

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