Uchiha Heiress Remix

by JGResidentEvil

They say that you can't expect everything, so what would happen when a crazy secret is revealed? You just have to wait and see! Pairings: Naruto x Hinata x FemSasuke, Neji x Tenten, Lee x Kin, more pairings coming along. Sakura and Civilian Council Bashing. Don't like, don't read.

45. Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Winding Down then Winding Back Up

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Now that the sparring matches were over, the young chunins were laying on the grass as they were all exhausted from their individual fights.

"Damn, we really went at it dattebayo." Naruto admitted with a wide grin on his face.

Satsuki meanwhile giggled as she then looked at the Nara heir. "Well, some more then others dattebakon." She then got out in a joking matter.

In an instant, the rest of the younger generation turned to the one that really didn't really take the match seriously.

Shikamaru was laying on the grass with his hands behind his back and his eyes close. "Sue me. . ." Was his lazy retort.

Ino gained a tick mark of anger to that as she glared at him. "Dammit Shikamaru, stop being so lazy!" She soon remarked, but her lazy teammate didn't said a word, making her even madder.

"It's a Nara thing, my dad told me that most males of his clan are like that." Tenten remarked with a teasing smirk on her face.

Ino's eye immediately twitched to that. "He could at least put in some effort!" She retorted.

But before a retort could be made. . .

Clap Clap Clap!

"Impressive work from all of you." A lazy yet mature voice remarked.

All of the younger generation turned and saw that it was their senseis as well as Anko, Kurama in his human transformation and Haku heading towards them.

Naruto's eyes widen along with the other younger generation as they looked at the group that appeared. "Kakashi-sensei? When did you all got here?" He soon asked with stunned tone.

"Oh we got here just as you brats began to beating the shit out of one another." Kurama meanwhile remarked in an amused tone.

Satsuki narrowed her eyes as she looked at the human form Bijū with a deadpan expression. "So from the very start then?" She stated more than asked.

"Got that right Imouto-chan." Anko answered while rubbing the Uchiha Heiress's head. "Not bad fighting the former blonde fangirl." She then jokingly praised.

"Oh come on! When are you going to let that go!?" Said former fangirl shouted before she winced a bit from her bruises and minor injuries. "Seriously! It all ended after learning about Satsuki-chan!" Ino then reminded.

"Just give it up. . .they're never going to let it go if it means tormenting us. . ." Naruto declared with a deadpan tone.

Ino then just glared at the purple haired jonin before huffing with her arms crossed over her chest. "I still can't figure out how my dad works with her. . ." She then muttered.

Anko however heard that as she smirked sadistically to what was said. "Well that's because he already knows when not to mess with someone that can literally castrate a guy with a dull and rusty kunai if he gets on my bad side." She got out.

To that statement all the guys, young and old lean forwards and protected their little ninjas as they had a terror filled expression while the females could only look at her with admiration, except for Kurenai as she only shook her head in exhaustion.

"Damn I love this woman!" Kurama then once more vocally admitted with his own sadistic grin.

"Anyways. . .As my eternal rival was saying was saying, you all had shown youthful growth and your flames of youth are burning even brighter than ever!" Gai declared while giving his signature flashing smile.

Haku nodded in complete agreement. "That's correct. All of you were really impressive during your fights." He admitted.

"Well I was expecting that end between Shikamaru and Chōji." Asuma admitted with a bit of embarrassment as he then smiled at the two. "Though you both still showed growth as well." He then added.

"It's troublesome. . ." Shikamaru merely stated while Chōji only smiled happily.

"It does appear that the training during the hostile take over from Danzō really paid off." Kurenai commented with a pleased tone.

"Well. . .Haku-sensei was very brutal. . ." Ino then reminded as she and those that train alongside her groaned with phantom pains and aches.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? IT WAS VERY YOUTHFUL TRAINING FOR US!" Lee however declared with passion.

"This is coming from the training nut. . ." Kiba muttered as he rubbed his back as if could still feel the phantom aches from the hellish training they had done, while Akamaru gave a sad growl in agreement.

Hinata meanwhile tilted her head as she looked at her friends. "Ah, Haku-sensei's training regimen can be difficult, however it does show great results. . ." She then reassured. "If you survive dattebahi." She added with a no nonsense tone.

"Ugh. . ." Kiba once more groaned out as he and the rest of the young shinobi knew exactly what she meant.

Haku meanwhile chuckled feeling pleased with all of the complaints and compliments as he then looked towards the weaponsmith's daughter. "I was also wondering if I could make a request of making a Phantom Blade for myself." He then requested.

"Huh?" Tenten got out with a slight startled tone as she wasn't expecting that at all.

"I believe that a weapon such as the Phantom Blade would be helpful for long range assassination missions and it would fit my fighting style very well." Haku then explained in a wise tone.

"Hey! Get in line! I want one of those Hidden Blade!" Anko then declared with giddy.

"I agree, those Hidden Blades could be very useful for the Anbu, maybe I should recommend them to get one too." Kakashi muttered to himself as he was actually really considering doing that as a former Anbu commander if was his duty.

Tenten could only blinked at this, she just couldn't believe that someone was requesting her weapons instead of her dad's.

Yami meanwhile glared at the Ice User. "Ecchi." She bluntly insulted.

Haku then jerked his head to the silver/blue haired girl. "Wha-? What did I even say that time. . ." He asked with an offended tone.

"Your presence. . ." Yami bluntly answered.

To hearing that, Haku's jaw literally dropped as the girl had marked him as a pervert by merely existing now.

Kiba meanwhile blinked at the sight. "Damn, she's brutal." He admitted while Akamaru barked in agreement.

"And that's why you don't have the slightest of chance." Ino added without remorse and got a shout of annoyance from the Inuzuka.

Tenten meanwhile blinked again as she looked at the Jonins. "Y-You want. . .my weapons?" Tenten finally manage to get out.

Gai easily saw what his student was probably was thinking and feeling, so he smiled proudly and placed a hand on her shoulders. "Why of course Tenten! Your hard work, dedication and renovation with this weapons will change Konoha's military might in the future! That I can promise you!" He declared with his voice filled with nothing but pride.

The still stunned Tenten could only looked at her sensei with a vague expression.

Lee meanwhile had a fire in his eyes as he looked at his teammate. "GAI-SENSEI IS RIGHT! YOUR WEAPONS ARE REVOLUTIONARY!" He declared.

"I won't make such a loud comment like them. . ." Neji declared as he looked straight at his teammate with his normal serious tone.

"Lee-kun's just energetic." Kin soon reminded with a giggle escaping her lips..

Neji only sigh as he didn't want to say that energetic didn't fit his teammate to his level of eccentric behavior. "However, I too think that this weapons are indeed renovating and revolutionary to say the least. Well done." He then praised with a small smirk.

It was at this simple praised that the young weaponsmith regain her senses and smiled happily yet a bit embarrassedly. "Thanks you guys. . ." Tenten simply replied with gratitude as she then looked at Haku. "And sure! I promise once I complete their final design, you'll be the first I'll sell them too! But don't expect it to be cheap! Their be my best work!" She declared with a large smile on her face that was full of nothing but happiness.

Haku then smiled kindly to that.. "Thank you and don't worry I'll pay it in full" He responded with gratitude and a small bow.

"Ecchi. . ." Yami once more declared bluntly.

The ice user could only sigh once more to hearing that insult. "When is she going to let that go. . ." He mumbled more than asked.

However thanks to Yami's sharp ears, she easily heard that and continued glaring at him. "Never. . ." She soon answered, much to the boy's dismay.

Kakashi meanwhile chuckled awkwardly to that. "Give it time. . ." He thought to himself with eye smiles as he couldn't wait for the next phase of their relationship to come. Then he turn to his students. "Anyway, aren't you guys forgetting something that involve us older generation?" He asked.

"Huh?" Naruto and Satsuki got out at the same time as they didn't understood the question.

Hinata eyes slightly widen as she realized what her sensei was implying. "Oh! You mean register their chakra to the gate?" She then asked.

The one eyed jonin eye smiled to that. "Yup!" He cheerfully replied.

Satsuki then stood up and began to stretched her arms. "Alright then." She replied as she lead Kakashi, Haku and the other jonins to the gate.

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Far from the Land of Fire. . .

"Was it wise to send them?" An elderly voice questioned in a serious tone.

The torches from the cave flickered and revealed that it was Danzō. "Konoha will be bolstering it defenses after everything that occurred." He then stated.

"Hmm. . ." Another more sinister tone hummed with as he was pretending to think.

Once more the fires shined through the darkness and showed that it was Orochimaru leaning on the walk while not looking serious at all. "Maybe." He joked with humor in his tone.

"Be serious about this Orochimaru." Danzō then ordered in annoyance.

The Snake Sannin just chuckled as he stood straight. "It really doesn't manner if they are discovered or not." Orochimaru began with a carefree tone. "Regardless of what may happen, this will be their final mission. . .so long as they complete their mission then their use as my pawns will also be done." He declared as he began chuckling before he coughed a little, using the wall for support.

Once the sanin regained some of his strength, he stood straight and looked at the elderly man."And besides. . .They have already given a piece of themselves for the U.O.S.W Project as well as their replacements. . ." He then stated in satisfaction.

At this declaration, Danzō found that his worries were indeed baseless of their capture were now useless, however, he was a man that didn't let things to chance. "Indeed. . .However they still must accomplish this task at all cause, so I will want some. . .assurance that they will. . ." He then ordered. "That girl has yet to be fully molded to become the perfect shinobi." He then stated.

"Hmm. . .when you put it like that, I guess we should have an assurance." Orochimaru replied as he was now putting some serious thought to it. Then an idea came to his sick yet brightly mind. This idea was so sick and twisted that it made him smirk with vile glee. "I think I have just the thing. . ." He hinted while smiling evilly. "I always did want to try that out. . ." He vocally added.

The torch then darkened once more as the shadows consumed the two rogues and three sinister lights flicker in the darkness.

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Within Konoha. . .

After a couple of minutes, the trio had finished making the older generation register onto the gate seal and can now freely enter the new home. Once they were finished, all of the young chunins and their sensei's left to go one with their day.

"Now that this is out of the way." Kakashi suddenly started, gaining his team's attention. "Team Seven has been given a few days off due to the long Land of Snow mission, so all of you are able to spend it, however like before, we resume our missions." He then informed.

This in turn gained happy nods from his students. "Cool, we could really used it." Naruto commented with a big grin.

"Got that right dattebakon." Satsuki happily agreed.

Hinata nodded in agreement to this. "Yes, the Land of Snow mission was a challenging one to say the least." She admitted.

Anko then looked at her silver/blue haired team member. "What Cyclops said, however you should use this time to accustom yourself more to Konoha." She then advised.

Yami simply nodded in confirmation. "Hai. . ." She coolly replied.

Then Anko let out a groan a she remembered two very annoying things. "I still got to make that stupid report and I still don't know how to have my sexy time without Hokage-sama killing me. . ." She grumbled with an annoyed tone.

Kurama too let out a groan, he would kill for the chance, but he would also run like a little bitch if Tsunade finds out that they did it and the kids heard them.

Kakashi lazily looked up from his book after he heard that. "Why don't you just use seals?" He suggested with an even lazier tone as he gaze return to his book.

As if getting a whiplash, both Anko and Kurama turned towards the one eyed Jonin as their mouths were wide open. "What?" they both got out in unison.

"I said, why not just use a Silence Seal on you rooms it will let you have almost all the privacy you could want. . ." Kakashi then stated not even bothering looking at the two.

The purple haired jonin and disguised Bijū then looked at one another before looking at Kakashi while grinning perversely.

The members of Team Seven and Yami however knew where this was going and face palmed. "DAMMIT KAKASHI!" They all roared in unison, even the samurai kunoichi got out in the same tone.

Haku meanwhile groaned as he then rubbed his forehead. "Father. . ." He grumbled out at the mistake that was made.

Anko then turned to the one eyed jonin with a smirk on her face. "Hey Kakashi, you think you can file the report to Tsunade about what I just ordered Yami-chan to do? I'm gonna be pretty busy at the moment." She stated as she got closer to the disguised Bijū.

Said disguised Bijū only chuckled with a perverted tone. "Hell fucking yeah." He remarked.

The Team Seven members however already knew what the two were really talking about. "DAMMIT ERO-KITSUNE!" Naruto and Satsuki exclaimed in their minds in unison while blushing scarlet.

"And we should I?" Kakashi questioned with a deadpan tone.

Anko at that point took out a rusty and dull kunai and smiled sadistically. "What was the question again?" She asked in a sickly sweet tone.

The trio instantly shuddered in fear at the sight of the kunai while Yami only blink with in confusion wondering where and why she had a kunai in that condition.

However Kakashi didn't looked impressed nor intimidated as he then took out his Icha Icha and began to read it. "You do realized that only works on my cute students right?" He stated more than asked.

To hearing that, Anko only smirked evilly in response. "Wait isn't that the newest Icha Icha book?" She declared as she looked to the side.

"WHERE!?" Both Kakashi and Kurama shouted in unison as they were looking frantically for their perverted desires.

At that moment, Anko pulled the daring move as she literally grabbed Kakashi between the legs as she held the certain area tightly as the man let out a girlish yelp. "Can't scare you and sure as hell can't force you by normal means. . .but how about now?" She asked in a threatening tone.

"Eek!" Kakashi let out girlish whine, twitching in pain from what was happening.

Everyone else present meanwhile winced in pain as they watched the jonin being physically threatened.

"Oh crap. . ." Naruto muttered out as he held his own lower area to protect it.

"That was a bit much. . ." Hinata and Satsuki admitted in unison.

"Not to self, listen to Anko from now on. . .or just stay away from her in general." Haku thought to himself as he didn't have the courage to help out his stepfather.

"What have I gotten myself into with this new teacher of mine. . ." Yami got out in a slightly fear filled tone.

"Love this woman!" Kurama openly declared with a wide grin in his face.

"Well Kakashi-kun~?" Anko then sadistically asked as she began to squeeze a little harder.

"Hai. . ." Kakashi soon got out in a high pitch tone.

With the answer, Anko simply released the agonising man as he dropped to the ground while holding his little ninjas. "Good, see ya later gakis." She happily stated as she took Kurama by the jacket and rushed through the gates as it closed behind them.

The Team Seven member then looked at the gate before looking at the agonizing Kakashi. "Take care of him at your place Haku." The three members requested in unison.

Said boy could only look at the agonizing man and simply sweatdropped. "Hai. . ." Haku replied with a deadpan tone as then got him on his back.

Satsuki then turned her head to the kunoichi samurai. "So! Yami-chan!" She got out, wanting to forget the previous events. "You wanna explore the village?" She then offered.

The girl in question began to think about it for a moment before then nodded. "Hai, that would be a fine suggestion." Yami replied as she herself didn't want to go if the trio wasn't with her.

Then Naruto turned towards the ice user as he was holding the half unconscious stepfather by the shoulders. "Hey Haku! Want to go with us!?" He asked him.

Yami's eye merely twitched when she heard the question. "N-Naruto-sensei. . ." She mumbled out in annoyance.

However the blond didn't even listen to her, to excited to pay any attention. "Come on! It's been awhile since we all hang out together like this dattebayo!" Naruto declared as he grinded widely.

Satsuki then went over to the silver/blue haired girl as she placed a hand on her shoulder. "Come on Yami-chan, we'll have a good time." She stated with the same tone as the blond.

Yami could only sigh to this. "Why do I get the feeling that they're not even paying attention to me anymore. . ." She thought with dismay.

Probably knowing what the girls was feeling, Hinata let out a soft giggle. "They are like that when we are off duty like this." She answered the girls unspoken question.

The swords girl soon gained a small blush at being so easily read. "H-Hai. . ." She replied with an embarrassed tone.

"Hmm. . ." Haku got out as he began to think. "Sure, I'll come, after I placed my father back to our apartment and I'll meet you guys later." He finally answered as readjusted his father on his back.

This made the blond grin to wider even more. "Cool! See ya soon then!" Naruto excitedly replied.

The four then watched as the Ice User cared the well known shinobi known as Kakashi Hatake on his back.

"Ecchi. . ." Yami mumbled once more.

Haku could only sigh once more as he left through the gate and then shushin back to their apartment.

"You should know that Kakashi-sensei was the one that got Haku-sensei into the Icha Icha Chronicles." Hinata then revealed.

Yami then gave a slight pout to that. "He still groped me. . ." She got out with red cheeks.

Naruto face jerked at that while Satsuki began to loudly giggle and Hinata could only giggle awkwardly.

With that done, the four young shinobi headed out to explore the village.

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At the Hokage Tower. . .

"Uuuugh. . ." An exhausted Tsunade groaned out after finally returning to her office while holding her stomach still feeling the after effects of the laxatives. "Damn. . .that. . .girl. . ." She panted out as she got to her chair and sat down. "I can't believe she got me like that. . ." She then muttered in annoyance.

At that moment, a knock was heard from the other side of the door. "Tsunade-sama, is everything alright?" A familiar female voice asked in concern.

Said woman let out another groan, but this one being out of annoyance. "Yes. . .I'm fine Shizune. . ." Tsunade replied. "Though my stomach feels like it's on fire. . ." She however thought to herself. "But forget about me and get in here with the recent report." She then ordered.

No sooner the female Hokage ordered it, her every loyal assistant came in. "Hai," Shizune replied as she carried a clipboard in hand.

Shizune then cleared her throat and began to look at her clipboard. "Tsunade-sama, here are the reports of the current status of the village." She began as she look at the graphs and reports.

"We have finally have most of the key areas of the village finally repaired of the structure damage because of the acid were finally restore, such as hospitals, the academy and such. However we still need to restore other areas, such as the residential area is still in need of restoration. Though on the bright side, the commercial area is as functional as always, so we still have that as an income aside from the current missions." She began to report.

"I see," Tsunade replied with a nod. "What is the report on our numbers of shinobis and civilians?" She then questioned.

Shizune nodded as she then handed the next file to the Hokage, though she had a sad expression on her face. ". . .Well. . .we have finally cleaned the melted bodies of the deceased that didn't survive during the Acid Rain Jutsu. . ." She grimmly revealed.

Tsunade signed to that while narrowing her eyes. "It is to be expected after what that conniving and lying bastard did. . ." She responded in a disgusted tone.

"Though on the bright side, even with all of the deaths, there are still a decent amount of shinobis and civilians alive. . ." Shizune tried to make things a little more positive, if only a little.

Though Tsunade did like that as she was glad that many were still alive, she wasn't naive that their wasn't a downside to that. "Yeah but there are also a decent amount missing that wasn't found dead, huh?" She then asked.

Shizune nodded sadly to that. "Yes, many of the civilians had reported that a family member or friend had gone missing." She then revealed

Tsunade then balled her hands into fists at hearing that. "No doubt that Danzō is the source for this." She stated.

"It is possible that Danzō order them to do something when they were under his forced loyalty. . .however what that is is unknown at the moment." Shizune admitted.

Tsunade then narrowed her eyes to that as she leaned her cheek onto her palm. "That's. . .what really worries me. . .I mean Danzō simply gave up without a fight, it's as if he really didn't lost much and wasn't affected at all by the retaking of the village by the way he was acting. . ." She then revealed, recalling her's and Jiraiya's encounter with him before his disappearance.

Tsunade then bit her thumbnail in annoyance and concern. "That slimeball. . .is the type to always plan for any type of scenario in case it had happened. . .I get the feeling that he got what he needed before me and Jiraiya even got there." She then added.

This made the younger woman to feel a sense of dread. "So we should further work on recovering our own forces?" Shizune then questioned.

The female Hokage then closed her eyes as she began to think on the question. After a few more moments Tsunade shook her head negatively. "No, what we need to focus right now on the village, it's for the best that we're in the best condition when those two finally make their move." She decided,

Whether that was the right choice or not, Tsunade could only hope it was the right one, as she then looked out to the village while using some medical chakra on her stomach.

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Elsewhere in the shopping district. . .

The trio and Yami were looking around to get the silver/blue haired girl used to the areas where she could do shopping for her basic necessities. After she bought most of them, Naruto made some clones to send them back to their home.

Now that the Yami had her basic needs, they decided to just go and see the sights. The four of them could feel at ease as the air around them felt very calm, making all of the stress they had been feeling wash way.

"The atmosphere is much different here then the Land of Snow." Yami admitted as she finally felt the difference between her homeland and her new home. The girl then began to feel the sunlight touched her, warming her body. "It's really nice." She then added with a smile.

Satsuki stretched her arms out as she bathed in the sun. "Yeah, it is pretty nice dattebakon." She admitted.

Yami couldn't help but nod as a small smile was on her face, then looked around to see that some of the villagers were reconstructing many damaged buildings. "So the civilians are working on repairs for what happened?" She then asked as she also some building that had some melted spots on them.

Hinata then looked at the sights and nodded in agreement. "Yes, while most of the most damage areas had been handled their are still some left." She then explained.

"Well thankfully the area with stores wasn't as damage or you'll had to go outside of the village to get your new stuff we just got." Naruto declared/joked with a chuckle.

"That. . .would be very inconvenient. . ." Yami simply commented.

Satsuki merely pouted to that. "More like annoying because we or Anko-neechan would have to go with you. . ." She retorted.

The group then blushed as they remembered what exactly what the purple haired jonin was going to be doing.

"More like getting pissed of for not having her time with the furball dattebayo. . ." Naruto stated with a deadpan tone as he then returned to his cheerful self. "Anyway! Lets forget that and let's go have some fun!" He then cheerfully declared.

Satsuki instantly cheer up as well. "Yeah!" She agreed with equal enthusiasm as the other two girls nodded in agreement.

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Inside the Team Seven and Viper Squad apartment. . .

Both Kurama and Anko were taking their time while looking at the inside of the house just like the trio and Yami did. And like they did, they too liked both the design and homely feel to it.

"Hmm. . .not bad." Kurama admitted as he lay on the couch in the living room. "Definitely a step up from the kit's dinky apartment or the Uchiha's old place." He then added.

The snake mistress was sitting right on the human shape Bijū lap as she had her arms around him."It is pretty sweet." Anko agreed with a smirk. "The Hyuga Clan really know how to build a house." She then added.

"And you said there were enough rooms right?" Kurama then questioned with a smirk. "How about we go break one in?" He then asked with a seductive growl.

"I was waiting for that!" Anko shouted with a lust filled grin as the the purple haired kunoichi literally grabbed Kurama's shirt and dragged him to one of the open rooms, thus claiming it to be her's, though forgot to make the silencing seals.

"OH YEAH!" Kurama declared with a howl.

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Back with Team Seven and Yami. . .

The trio suddenly shivered as they felt something was happening."What the hell dattebayo?" Naruto got out in confusion.

"No clue. . .But I feel like I really don't want to know. . ." Satsuki replied with a deadpan tone.

"I feel the same. . ." Hinata simply agreed with the same tone as her fellow fiancé.

Yami meanwhile looked at the three with concern. "Are you alright?" She asked.

Naruto merely grinned to that. "Yeah we're alright." He answered.

"Are you sure?" Yami then asked. "All of you were shivering all of a sudden." She then added.

Hinata merely giggled to that. "It's alright Yami-chan, we just felt something that was a bit annoying is all." She reassured.

"It happens all the time dattebakon." Satsuki then admitted befores her faced turned into an annoyed one as her eye began to twitch. "All. . .the. . .time. . .dattebakon. . ." She declared with a very irritated tone.

Yami merely sweatdropped to the Uchiha's action. "I. . .I see. . ." She then got out.

After that little discussion, the group began to walked around the commercial district as they goofing around, seeing all the district could offer. It started slow as more things were the same old things they had seen before.

However once they reached a newly restored area, the trio found out that their was a lot new things they haven't seen since their trip to Snow. This got Naruto and Satsuki excited and began to look around, most of the time Yami was being dragged by either Naruto or Satsuki while Hinata had to quickly catch up with them.

"W-Wait sensei, y-you don't have to drag me." Yami reassured with a blush on her face.

"Come on! You're so slow!" Naruto simply retorted without even hearing a word from her.

Satsuki nodded in agreement to that."Yeah! Come on! We still got a whole lot to see!" She agreed with a wide smile.

Hinata could only giggled awkwardly as she watched the poor girl being dragged. "Naruto-kun, Satsuki-chan, isn't this a bit much?" She asked the two via mental link.

"Oh! Look at that!" Satsuki and Naruto got out in unison when their eyes caught on something amusing and once more dragged the restrained girl by her arms.

"I can walk by myself!" Yami exclaimed, but yet again was ignored. She then sighed as she looked at Hinata. "Help me. . ." She mouthed out in silence.

Said Hyuga girl however could only smiled awkwardly as she raised one hand and did the universal sign for sorry.

This in turn made the young swordswoman mouth widen in a sense of betrayal as she was continued being dragged like a ragdoll.

"Yo Naruto, showing the new girl around?" A rough voice got out followed by a bark.

Both Naruto and Satsuki stopped in midstep and turn to look at the person that called the blond. "Oh! Hey Kiba!" He greeted back with smile.

Satsuki then noticed that the Inuzuka was not alone. "What up Shino, Fū?" She greeted with a wave of her hand.

Team Eight and Fū walked towards the group as the green haired girl waved at them..

Hinata then sensed the lack of presence from a certain Tailed Beast. "Where's Chōmei?" She asked with concern.

Fū merely scratched her cheek to that. "Doing his regular thing. . .showing of his new dance moves while putting a show for the people." She answered.

Satsuki let out a snort. "Figures. . .are all Bijū's this carefree and useless?" She retorted.

"My thoughts exactly for some times. . ." Fū agreed with eyes half closed.

"Ah don't be mean to Chōmei, at least he isn't sex crazed like Kurama." Naruto then remained.

Yami eyes narrow as they held an ice shade. "While I respect Anko's choice of life. . .I completely disapprove of perverted acts. . ." She declared with an ice tone.

Both Satsuki and Fū thought about that and then gained a deadpan expressions. "Right. . ." They got out with an annoying tone.

Hinata meanwhile giggled to the interactions as she then looked at the Aburame heir. "So, what's going on with your team Shino-san?" She asked with curiosity.

Shino then adjusted his glasses as he looked at the Hyuga Heiress."We're in the preparation phase. Why? Because we need to prepare for our mission." He revealed.

"I see," Hinata replied as she then looked at the Nanabi's Jinchūriki. "Are you helping Team Eight out again?" She then asked.

To hearing the question, the mint green mint haired girl grinned widely to that. "Nope! I've moved up from just helping Team Eight now!" Fū declared proudly.

"Huh? What'd you mean?" Naruto asked with a confused tone as the rest of the group had the same confused expression.

"Did something happen?" Satsuki then asked in concern.

Both Kiba and Fū grinned to the question as Akamaru barked happily while Shino smiled slightly. "What she referred to is that Fū has officially became part of Team Eight." Shino revealed.

The Team Seven members merely blinked to that as the registered what was said. "Eh?" The three got out in unison.

"That's right!" Kiba started. "Fū here has now become an official member of Team Eight!" He declared in a proud tone.

The mint green haired girl nodded in agreement to that. "I'll do my best to help out my new team." Fū then reassured,

"Wow! Really!?" Satsuki exclaimed in amazement.

"That's awesome Fū" Naruto declared feeling happy for his fellow jinchūriki.

"Congratulation." Hinata simply stated with a smile.

Yami meanwhile just watched the interactions between her friends though nodded to the news given. "Though I don't completely understand the situation, I will congratulate you as well." She stated as she gave a simply nod of approval.

"Thanks! It's really cool that after such a long time, I'm finally on a team of my own." Fū declared with a cheerful tone.

Shino then once more adjusted his glasses. "I apologize for ruining your congratulations to Fū, but have to get going to prepare for the mission." He then stated.

Naruto just waved his concerns away. "It's cool, see ya you guys later." He then replied.

"Good luck on your mission." Hinata encouraged.

"Thank! And welcome again to Konoha Yami!" Fū stated as she and her new team began to leave.

"And good luck with Haku-sensei!" Kiba then remarked with a grin with Akamaru barking in agreement.

This only made Yami narrow her eyes once more and looked at the boy with ice like dagger in her eyes, making him nearly wet himself. "Ecchi. . ." She muttered in annoyance.

Once again, Kiba fell to the ground as he felt a blade pierce his heart and lost all the will to move, while Akamaru let out an embarrassing whine at the display of his partner and master.

Satsuki and Fū merely whistled at that. "Yami's one word pervert killer. . ." The both muttered with an impressed tone.

Once the newly formed Team Eight had left with Fū carrying Kiba, both Naruto and Satsuki quickly looked back towards Yami as said girl blinked before she began to feel a sense of dread with she saw the two grinning. "Oh no. . ." She got out as she tried to run.

However it was for not as the two grabbed her by the arms again and yet again began to dragged her along while Hinata could only awkwardly giggle once again as she followed the three.

---

Elsewhere in the village. . .

"There we go. . ." Haku got out in a struggle as he opened the door to his and Kakashi's apartment.

The Ice User then heard his stepfather groaning in pain as he finally woke up. "What happen. . ." Kakashi asked with a hint of agony in his tone.

"Anko-san." Haku deadpanned his answer.

". . .Right." Was all Kakashi had to say as that was all he needed to know.

Then his stepson then helped him enter the building as he placed him on his bed. "You'll need to rest for a bit after. . .what she did. . ." Haku then advised with an embarrassed blush on his face.

"Please. . .don't remind me. . ." Kakashi requested as he simply laid face down on his bed.

Haku only chuckled awkwardly as he really didn't want to disgrace him more than he already was. "Of course father. . ." He responded with a nod. "Now rest up, I'll be heading out for a while." He then stated.

"Hai hai. . ." Kakashi got out as he laid his head back and closed his eyes again. Then as Haku was about to leave the room. "And good luck with Yami. . ." He then jokingly added with a chuckle.

This caused the boy to nearly face faulted to hearing that. "Why is everyone always saying that. . .?" He thought to himself with much annoyance as he left the apartment, closing and locking the door behind him.

As the Ice User the walked away from his apartment, he had a serine expression as he was very relax and calm. Haku looked around to see the interacting civilians as the sun beat down upon them. "Jeez it's hot. . ." He admitted as he fan himself a bit.

Though the boy has been in the village for a long time now, he still had difficulty getting used to its hot weather. Now he did prefer the nice warm weather, but not when it was really hot.

"Ara ara, is that you Haku-kun?" An elderly voice asked in a kind tone.

Haku turned around and saw it was the elderly neighbor that lived near his apartment. She was the typical elderly kind woman and had a basket on her arm. "Oh, hello to you too Mitsumi-san." He greeted with politeness.

The elderly lady only gave an amused chuckle. "Come now, no need to be so formal Haku-kun." Mitsumi stated. "Are you having a day off from your shinobi work?" She then ask with curiosity.

Haku then nodded to that. "Yes, my team was given the day off after our mission to the Land of Snow." He then revealed.

"That's wonderful, it's always a good thing to relax every once and awhile." Mitsumi stated with a wise tone. The elderly woman then went to her basket and was looking for something. "Ah here it is, here I'd like you to have this, it's freshly made." She stated.

Haku's eyes twitch a little as he saw what she was offering him. "A plate of gyoza. . ." He got out trying to sound as kind as possible.

Now normally a plate of gyoza dumplings were very delicious and the boy did like them. However. . .the reason for this particular reaction is from the Ice User was that his neighbor had a unique quirk about them. And that she loved extremely spicy food and made all of her food spicy that would make anyone wish they had the boy's ice powers.

"I-I really appreciate the offer, but I wouldn't want to impose. . ." Haku quickly tired to make an excuse not accept the deadly dumplings.

Mitsumi however giggled to that. "I insist Haku-kun." She then reassured with an innocent elderly smile.

Then before the Ice User could react, the elderly woman plunged on into his mouth. "!" Haku's eyes widen to dinner plates as his face was slowly turning red from the intensity of the spices as his tongue could feel it was on fire.

"Well? How is it?" Mitsumi then innocently asked.

Haku meanwhile still had a red head as the heat was building up within him. "It's was. . .very delicious. . ." He squeaked out in agony.

Mitsumi then eye smiled innocently to that. "I'm so glad you like it." She stated with a hint of pride in her tone.

"Y-Yeah. . ." Haku then squeaked out. "I-I better get going now. . ." He then added.

Mitsumi then nodded to that. "Ok, be sure to share those gyoza with your friends." She suggested as she then headed off.

"H-Hai. . ." The Ice User got out before then ran as quickly as if he was in his mirrors to look for water. It didn't took long before he found a small fountain of water and dive into it and quench his agonizing mouth.

SPLASH!

The sound of body hitting water echoed a few feet away.

"Such a sweet young lad." Mitsumi meanwhile said as she walked through the village, happy that she can still make her favorite hell hot dumplings.

---

Back with Team Seven and Yami. . .

Naruto and Satsuki were having a blast as they looked at the new merchandise in the commercial district while still dragging the silver-blue haired samurai kunoichi as Hinata followed behind the three.

"Can you let go of me now. . .please?" Yami practically begging at this point.

Naruto then looked at the girl that questioned him and the Uchiha Heiress. "Are you gonna try and run of again Yami-chan?" He asked.

Yami could only sigh at that. "No sensei. . ." She replied with defeat, after the third time she tried to escape, the two they would somehow always appeared out of nowhere and corner her, thus being dragged yet again.

"Ok!" Both Naruto and Satsuki declared in unison as they released Yami, however because of being dragged for so long that it made her lose her balance and fell on her behind.

"Ow. . ." Yami mekly got out as she took a sigh of relief to that as she got herself up and dusted off her clothes from the dirt. "You two at times are eccentric." She calmly stated.

However both said eccentrics only chuckled and giggled playfully to that. "Sorry about this Yami-chan, it's just that we really haven't been in the village for a while, so we got a little excited over the changes dattebakon." Satsuki admitted as she giggled once more while looked at the silver-blue haired girl.

"Was it that much of a change before you came to the Land of Snow?" Yami soon asked.

"Hell yeah dattebayo!" Naruto answered with an over exaggerating manner. "I don't like being cooped up here for long, but I don't like being in extreme weather either!" He added.

"Well, that and there was also the whole acid rain incident melting most of the building, the village did need to be fixed up." Satsuki then reminded.

"Hai, many of the building and places had changed because of it, so in a way, this is all new to us as well." Hinata soon added her piece.

"Still though. . .what kind of monster would actually use a jutsu that made it rain acid?" Yami soon asked. "I mean that's just as bad as what Dotō wanted to do." She then added.

The trio's cheerful expression slightly wavered to that, but they refused to let it get to them. "Just another power hungry asshole is all. . ." Naruto simply commented.

"One that massacred my clan out of paranoia. . ." Satsuki then added in a slightly depressed tone.

"Anyway! It's our time off! Let just have fun now dattebayo!" Naruto then decided, wanting to change the subject.

"Good afternoon." A calm and polite voice called out.

The group turn and saw that it was Haku heading their way while many girls had hearts in their eyes as he passed them. The slightly older boy was in a different outfit than usual. It consist of a simple dark blue t-shirt that showed his muscles, over it was a simply leather open jacket that didn't had any bottoms and a pair of blue pants, all in all, it was a very attractive young male outfit.

"Hey Haku! Did you took your time because you had to change or something?" Naruto soon asked after he greeted the Ice User.

Said boy flinched at that as his eye twitched. "No. . .lets just say that unfortunate circumstance happen that made me have to change. . ." Haku vaguely reply with a very annoyed tone.

"Huh?" Was the trio's general response.

". . .Is that an attempt to attract others?" Yami meanwhile deadpanned her question.

Haku merely sighed to that. "No. . .it was just something my father used to have and since I was short on time father suggested me to wear them." He replied as he felt a bit embarrassed using such an outfit. "Why do I get the feeling he had something else in mind when he did. . ." He thought with annoyance.

"I don't believe you." Yami then remarked in a deadpan tone.

"Of course you don't believe me. . ." Haku then remarked.

Both Naruto and Satsuki meanwhile were trying not to laugh at the older boy's misfortune.

"A-Anyways. . .It's great that your joining us sensei, how about we all head out now?" Hinata awkwardly intergeted before it could get even more awkward.

"Yes. . .that would be for the best." Haku wholesomely agreed with his student as he began to walk with them.

". . .Fine. . ." Yami also agreed as she got some distance away from the Ice User as possible.

Once again Naruto and Satsuki had to hold back their laughter as they follow the two, while Hinata couldn't help but let out a soft giggle.

"So how long do you think?" Satsuki then jokingly asked via mental link.

Naruto just shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows. . ." He simply replied with a chuckle.

Hinata meanwhile in agreement to that. "Hai." She also agreed with the blond.

With that out of the way, the group when on to enjoy their day off.

---

Deep underground far away from society. . .

Kabuto adjusted his glasses as he looked at the glowing green container. "It seems everything is going well so far. . ." He stated in a calm manner.

Then he began analyzing the charts information, it had vast amount of information that only he and Orochimaru could ever hope to understand. Each time he found something that descriptive that it was going smoothly he couldn't help but smile gleefully.

"Though it is not fully complete, it is still proceeding well." Kabuto then stated with an anticipated smirk.

"Kuku. . .we can't be impatient my dear Kabuto. . ." A dark and ominous voice replied before he began to cough.

Kabuto was completely unaffected by the sudden voice as he turned and saw who it was. "Orochimaru-sama." He welcomed with a bow.

The Snake Sannin then stood next to the young man and gleefully stare at the container "This is the combination of four different types samples of DNA at the moment, we can't rushed it or risked losing everything." He then reminded.

"Why of course, next to your Curse Marks, this will be your greatest masterpiece." Kabuto completely agreed with his master. "And. . .my greatest lead to reach my dream. . ." He added in his mind.

Orochimaru then began to chuckle in a evil and vile manner. "It still needs one more sample so that it can be stabilised. . ." He then added. "Then. . .her weaponization when she is ready." He then stated.

As one, both master and servant turned and looked at a different table that had a very unique and frightening scythe that only the blade part was visible as the rest was covered by a blanket, but even then the form could cause the lesser men to cower in fear.

"We'll leave Haruno to her's as well as the others training when she arrives." Orochimaru then decided as he licked his face before coughing some more. "I will eventually need to transfer soon. . ." He then got out in anger and disdain at the reminder of losing the chance for a Uchiha vessel.

Deciding that it would be in his best interest to change the subject, Kabuto turn his gaze back to the container. "Soon. . .The Ultimate Shinobi will be born Orochimaru-sama" He commented with a hint of excitement in his tone.

This got the response Kabuto wanted as the Snake Sannin smirked with vile joy. "Yes. . ." He remarked in agreement.

With an ominous bubbling sound, the two looked at the inside of the container with high hopes in the future.

---

Back in Konoha. . .

After the rocky start when Haku arrived, the group was having a very tranquil moment, enjoying the calm moment and each others company.

However. . .the sounds of stomachs growling soon interrupted the moment.

Naruto then perked up as he looked at the others. "Ok! Who's hungry?" He asked the obvious.

Hinata merely blushed to that. "Well. . .we haven't eaten anything since breakfast. . ." She tried to explain her unlady like moment.

"Yeah! I'm starving! Ichiraku's then?" Satsuki happily suggested.

Yami then cutely tilted her head to the idea. "Ichiraku's" She asked in innocent confusion.

Haku slightly flinch at that as he found that reaction kind of cute before he then quickly recovered and turn to the side, trying to hid his reaction. "Yeah. . .it's their favorite food stand. . .it's over there." He replied as he pointed to the right direction.

"I wasn't asking you. . ." Yami instantly reply in a deadpan tone.

This however, made Haku returned to his normal self. "Right. . ." He replied with his eyes half closed. "Anyways. . .sure I could go for some ramen." He added as he caught the young swordswoman flinch. "Are you alright?" He then asked with a bit of concern.

This question made Yami flinch again and turn her face away from the rest. "Yes. . .I am you ecchi pervert. . ." She simply reply as she began to head towards the ramen stand.

Haku merely blinked to that. "Ok. . .that was unusual. . ." He stated.

"You and us both." Naruto and Satsuki agreed with a nod as they found the girl's actions weird.

"I wonder what's wrong?" Hinata then asked in concern.

Then the four of them began to follow the slightly speedy Yami. After a while, the group reached their favorite stand.

"Hey old man!" Naruto and Satsuki happily greeted in unison and a wave.

At the sight of his favorite customer, Tenchi smiled widely and happily. "Well well! Naruto! Welcome back!" He greeted him.

"Yeah! Finally back after finishing another awesome long mission for unbeatable team!" Naruto then declared.

"Got that right Naru-kun! This last one was insane dattebakon!" Satsuki agreed.

Tenchi let out a hearty laughter to that. "Then how about we celebrate with a heart fill Ramen then!?" He asked with glee.

"YEAH!" Both Naruto and Satsuki exclaimed with equal glee while Haku and Hinata just chuckle and giggled at their reply.

Yami meanwhile looked on at the interrelation between the Team Seven members and the ramen stand owners. "Um. . ." She started.

At that moment, the ramen stand owner noticed the new girl at his stand. "Oh? And who's this young lady?" He then asked with a smile.

At the question, Satsuki grabbed the silver-blue haired girl by the shoulder and pulled her in a close side hug. "This is Yami-chan! Our new friend and fellow shinobi comrade!" She quickly introduced.

Said girl merely blushed to that. "S-Satsuki-chan. . ." She meekly got out in embarrassment.

Tenchi let out a joyful chuckle out to that. "Then let's celebrate both your return and your newest friend and ally then!" He declared. "So what would you all like? The usual?" He then asked.

"Yeah!/Yes." The trio replied in semi unison.

"Chicken ramen please." Haku ordered his ramen.

"And what can I get you young lady?" Tenchi then asked the young swordswoman.

". . ." Yami remained quiet for a moment as she looked to that side. "Just. . .a simply one. . ." She finally replied.

Not finding that strange, Tenchi simply wrote all of the orders and when back into the kitchen. After a while, he returned back with everyone's orders. "Here you go! Eat up!" He declared as he gave each their order.

Everyone then began to eat their food at their usual speeds, Naruto and Satsuki eating fast, Hinata at a steady phase, but slowly getting faster over time and Haku at a calm one.

Yami meanwhile wasn't eating her ramen yet, but was constantly blowing on her bowl of soup at a steady pace before she carefully began eating or continued blowing.

This action wasn't missed by the group as they raised an eyebrow with confusion.

Naruto swallowed the ramen he still had in his mouth. "Umm. . .Yami-chan? You ok?" He asked his fellow sword user.

"Yami-chan? What's wrong?" Satsuki then asked in concern.

Yami however just kept blowing at the same pace as before.

"Hmm. . ." Haku got out with curiosity. "Well. . .this is unusual. . .He thought to himself.

Hinata however blinked to that as she looked at the silver/blue haired girl. "Could it be. . .you have a cat like tongue?" She guessed in a slightly amused tone.

Yami instantly flinched at the comment as she froze like a statue.

"Eh?" Satsuki got out. "No way, Yami-chan's a nekojita!?" She then asked, slightly surprised to learning this.

The frozen Yami's face then began to slowly turned red in embarrassment.

Haku soon blinked to that as he saw that the Hyuga Heiress was correct on her assumption."Well that was unexpected." He commented with an honest tone.

The flustered Yami then lowered her head, not even bothering to accuse the Ice User of being a pervert as usual. "Mmm. . ." She moaned out in embarrassment. "I. . .I always had a sensitive tongue. . .my tongue always burned easily. . .so I can't stand certain hot foods or drinks. . ." She finally explained.

"Ouch, that has to suck dattebayo." Naruto then admitted. "Not being able to eat delicious ramen, that's almost scary!" He soon added.

"Yeah! That's a nightmare come true!" Satsuki exclaimed with a horror filled face.

Yami sadly nodded to that. "Yeah. . ." She got out.

"You know that not the end of the world kind of thing right?" Haku stated with a deadpan tone.

However the older boy was only ignored as the two continue to have horror filled expressions, much to his annoyance.

Hinata then began to ponder to this dilemma. "Hmm. . ." She began to think of what she could think of what they could do. After another moment of thinking, a light bulb appeared on top of her head. "Oh! I think I know what she should do." She commented with a smile.

"Eh?" Everyone else got out in unison.

Hinata's smile didn't go away as she brought a single finger up. "How about after we finish our ramen, we can get something colder since it's a hot day." She then suggested.

The rest of the group only raised an eyebrow in confusion, not understanding what the girl was referring to.

---

In the Team Seven and Viper Squad household. . .

"Hell. . .fuckin'. . .yeah. . ." Kurama panted out in his human transformation.

Anko meanwhile purred in delight. "Oooooh yeah. . ." She got out in pleasure.

The two continued to lay in the bed, completely naked after another arousing time with one another with only a very thin blanket barely covering them and clothing scattered around the room. After Kakashi had told them about the Silence seals, the two didn't waste any time on using them.

"No how many times. . ." Anko soon got out. "You always give me what I want. . ." She then added in satisfaction.

Kurama merely chuckled to that. "Well I aim to please." He commented with a half joking tone. "Anything for my mate." He then added as he began to rub the women's bare skin as he smirked pervertedly. "Especially now that we're gonna be living under the same roof from now on." He then reminded.

Anko merely giggled to that as she snuggled up to her man. "You can thank the birth of my Viper Squad for that." She then boasted as she then remembered something. "Though I do hope that when I find the rest of my future team, they'll be badass as Snowflake." She added in a hopeful tone.

"I'm sure whoever you find will be badass in the end." Kurama then praised. "Though I would think that they will also have a quirk, like Snowflake's katana obsession." Kurama then added.

"Eh, I wouldn't care so long as they know who's boss and they listen to me." Anko declared with a smirk. "Though I gotta thank the gakis for bringing Snowflake to Konoha." She then admitted.

The Bijū only chuckled in response to that. "Well the idiot kit of mine is just that lucky. . .almost insanely lucky. . ." Kurama commented with a slight annoying tone. "I swear some higher force is always on his side. . ." He then added.

"It is their quirk." Anko then remarked. "Would you rather them be completely different and the opposites of themselves?" She then asked.

"Nah. . .just annoyed is all." Kurama soon remarked.

Anko then justed kissed her man on the lips once more. "Ah, Nai-chan also said she need to talk to Hinata about something in private, but don't let it bug you, for now it's just us~" She then requested in a flirty tone.

Kurama chuckled to that as he returned the kiss and continued to rub her body in a tender manner. "Of course my love. . ." He growled out in a husky tone. "Hmm. . .a message. . .I could just send it now. . .nah maybe later. . ." He offhandedly thought as he also decided to continue enjoying his time with Anko.

Then the two lovers cuddled next to each other as they enjoyed the others company.

---

Sometime later with the group. . .

The group was now standing in front of a certain store that had colder foods that Hinata mentioned.

Yami's eyes were practically stars as she read the store's main product that they sold. "ICE CREAM!" She suddenly squealed with delight.

This reaction however also caused the other to jump at what was exclaimed as they took a few steps away from the excited Yami.

Haku then blinked a bit to this. "Ok. . .I'll go on a limb and say that she likes ice cream." He declared with a baffled tone.

The trio could only nod in complete agreement as the stood their in a stupefied expression on their faces.

However Yami was too happy to even realize what the Ice User said or how her new friends were looking at her. "Yup! The sweet and creamy flavors of ice cream, the cold and tingly taste, mmm, sooo good!" She explained with a sigh of happiness.

"Ok. . .This is new. . ." Haku once more declared with a baffled tone as this was the first time the girl didn't insult him.

"Come on! Let's go get something good!" Yami soon excitedly requested while hopping in place like a little kid as she grabbed the ice user's hand and pulled him.

"W-Whoa!" Haku exclaimed in startlement while being pulled. "It's like she pulled a one eighty!" He then added to his thoughts.

It was at that moment the trio regained their thought processes back and began to chuckle and giggle at the two while the three followed them as they liked this development.

"At least they're getting along." Satsuki mentally pointed out. "And let's not forget that she didn't call Haku a pervert again." She then added to her thoughts with a giggle.

Naruto merely chuckled to that. "We noticed." He stated the obvious.

"Yes, it seems that Yami-chan's like for ice cream gets rid of her usual personality." Hinata deducted. She then watched the smiling girl as she held the slightly flustered Ice User. "And it looks like she'll be able to break away from her past full of pain." She then admitted.

Both Naruto and Satsuki smiled happily at that as they both really wanted that for their newest friend. "Well let's get our own ice cream too!" Satsuki then declared with excitement.

With that declaration, the trio entered the shop and each of them ordered their own ice cream. After a few moments, the waiter gave them and the each began to enjoy their cold treats with much joy, more so Yami as she was licking it with much happiness.

Naruto stopped eating his orange flavored ice cream as he sweatdropped as the girl. "You know. . ." He got out

Satsuki meanwhile was having a cherry ice cream as she looked at the samurai kunoichi. "She kind of. . ." She added in a slightly hesitant tone.

Hinata then gave one last lick of her blueberry ice cream as she blinked. "Similar to. . ." She continued.

"Are you sure your not secretly a catgirl?" Haku concluded the trios statement while a sweatdrop fall from face while eating his vanilla ice cream.

Yami however was too busy enjoying her triple ice cream as she completely blocked off her surrounding while she was having another scoop of a different flavor. . .with another set of triple flavors. . .this one being strawberry, mango and coconut.

The group sweatdropped in unison at this as they were left baffled at the sight. "Wow. . .she really must like ice cream. . ." They thought in unison.

They soon enough they decided to just forget about it as they continue eating their ice cream until. . .

"Hey guys!" A peppy female voice called out.

The four instantly turned to locate the source of the call and found that it was none other than a slightly bandaged Ino.

"Ino-chan?" Satsuki got out in confusion.

"Really? I thought it was a mummy." Naruto joked before he began to laugh loudly.

"N-Naruto-kun. . .b-be nice." Hinata tried to scold, but she was too busy trying to hold be a giggle attack of her own.

By this point, Yami had calmed down enough to notice the newest arrival as she placed her mouth into her ice cream to stop herself from laughing loudly as she looked to the side in an attempt to not insult the Yamanaka Heiress in any way while she continued to eat.

"It is it pretty humorous. . ." Haku admitted with a small chuckle.

"Ha Ha Ha. . .you try walking around with bruises all over your body. . ." The slightly angered Ino simply got out while rolling her eyes.

"Hmm. . .Couldn't say, I would normally be all healed up by now." Naruto simply answered while shrugging his shoulders.

"Same here dattebakon." Satsuki agreed.

"As do I dattebahi." Hinata then added her piece.

"I-I wouldn't' know either as I usually never get hit so much or at all, that's mainly because I would normally use my speed or a genjutsu to prevent myself from ever getting injured really." Yami then revealed while still holding her laughter back by eating.

"Well I normally am fast enough to dodge anything with ease." Haku declared as if stating the weather.

Ino's eye twitched uncontrollably to hearing every reason given before she then stared at the Uchiha Heiress as a grin appeared on her face. "Is that so. . .I guess you really do owe me for this Satsuki-chan~" She then declared.

Satsuki immediately winced at that, remembering the promise she made. "Crap. . ." She muttered as she looked at her two teammates in a pleading manner. "Help!" She mentally got out.

However before anyone could even utter a word, Ino grabbed the Uchiha Heiress's free arm with a vicious grip and pulled her. "Nope, your not getting away Satsuki-chan~" She then declared as she pulled her out of the store.

Then a hand popped out and grabbed the door frame as Satsuki's head became visible. "SAVE! ME!" The female Uchiha pleaded, however it was for not as she was pulled out of her grip and dragged back towards the platinum haired girl.

The four remaining then watched door that Satsuki was forced out of as it then shut closed. "We should do something. . ." Naruto admitted awkwardly.

Hinata could only nod awkwardly. "Maybe we should. . ." She replied.

"Or we could just enjoy are ice cream." Haku then suggested.

To hearing that, both Naruto and Hinata turned their face and gave the older boy a surprised expression.

Yami meanwhile was completely oblivious as she continued to eat with eye smiles.

Haku sweatdropped at that. "And well. . .This was a promise between them, so just let them be." He added.

"Well. . .when you put it like that. . ." Naruto then admitted, seeing reason in that.

"Mmm. . ." Hinata hummed out as she had to agree as well.

"TRAITORS!" Satsuki roared via mental link when she heard the traitorous thoughts.

"I'll let you sleep with Naruko tonight." Naruto then mentally offered.

"MAKE IT ALSO WITH NATA-CHAN AND IT'S A DEAL!" Satsuki declared as she cut off the link.

"Wait what!?" Hinata mentally exclaimed with embarrassment to that with a crimson blush on her face.

Naruto then chuckled awkwardly to that as he looked at the Hyuga Heiress. "We do gotta make it up to her for not helping her." He admitted. "I mean she's with Ino now a shopping trip." He then reminded.

Hinata could only grumble with much embarrassment, before she nodded in agreement. "H-Hai. . ." She then mumbled out.

The four soon just decided for the moment to continue eating their ice cream.

---

Far away underground. . .

Within a candle lit hallways, Kabuto was once against walking through them as he adjusted his glasses. "The process is still going well, but it will eventually stop itself without the last piece of DNA. . ." He then muttered to himself.

"Problems Yakushi?" An elderly voice questioned in a slightly rude tone.

To hearing that, Kabuto was completely unphased by the sudden question as he knew who it was. "Not much. . .just calculating the current state of the project." He replied with his normal snappy tone.

Like Kabuto, Danzō didn't let his tone bothered him as he was more worried about the project. "Progress at the moment?" He then demanded.

"Well it's going smoothly as it the DNA samples are, though slowly, combining nicely." Kabuto reported the correct state. "However. . ." He then added with a slight unsatisfied tone.

"However?" Danzō then questioned with narrow eyes.

Kabuto let out a sigh at that. "Though it's going nicely, the current samples will only go so far, unless we add another larger DNA sample to stabilize it completely as we only need it to let the others be the core samples be the main source of its power." He answered.

The elder then narrowed his eyes to that. "Haruno will obtain it, by my calculations, her current mental state will be at the point where she will do anything to please her masters." Danzō stated. "She was already informed of the project and she knows the details behind it." He then added.

Kabuto smirked at that as he adjusted his glasses. "Well that's a relief then. I do hope that she gets something decent, we don't want it to be just some random sample. . ." He remarked with sarcasm.

"The girl know that it must be powerful as well." Danzō then reminded with narrow eyes.

"I hope so. . .it would make the other samples go to waste if it isn't strong enough, let alone the strength of the entire project." Kabuto rebuttled with much rudeness in his tone, before he turned back to the direction he came from. "I need to report this to Orochimaru-sama." He then stated as he walked pass the elder.

Danzō didn't even bother to look at the young man as he passed him. "See that you do." He simply ordered as he walked into the shadows.

No more words were said as the two went on their ways into their own darkness. As only an ominous feeling of dread and despair lingered in their place while the candle's light went out. . .

---

Back in Konoha. . .

The two young kunoichi's were walking through the more flashy part of the commercial area where fashion was the main selling point. . .well more like one dragging the other.

"I-Ino-chan, isn't this a bit much?" The Uchiha Heiress questioned as she was being dragged by her arm.

"Nope!" Was all the platinum haired Yamanaka Heiress replied with as she dragged her friend even harder.

Satsuki let out a sigh as she finally got her footing back. "But I'm not much of the fashion type." She then admitted. "I mean I'm more of the battle ready type of girl dattebakon." She then added.

Ino then smirked to that. "Well then, it's about time for you to get a crash course on fashion Satsuki-chan! And I'm the girl for the job!" She then happily declared with passion as her eyes flashed with excitement.

However the raven haired girl did not looked convince at all. "I still remember the Snow Mission preparation! You went overboard with useless outfits!" Satsuki then counter declared with narrow eyes.

Ino however just rolled her eyes to that. "Oh that was just us having girl fun with outfits as a preparation for a mission, this is different since you need more casual clothes for around town when we're on breaks." She soon stated. "You can't just wear your mission gear and the same old outfits all the time." She then added. "And they weren't useless! They looked good on you! Where's your sense of female fashion!?" She then praised.

"Ugh. . ." Satsuki then groaned out. "Fine. . .just nothing too ridiculous. . ." She then got out in defeat since she knew that the Yamanaka Heiress wasn't going to listen.

"Good!" Ino happily replied as she stopped moving. "Because we're already at our first stop!" She declared.

Satsuki turned her head to the store as her eye began to twitch as she looked at what type of store it was. "An underwear store. . ." She deadpanned.

The platinum haired only grinned widely to that. "Yup! This is to help you with your appeal! You have to start from the inside out!" She stated.

At this comment, Satsuki could only sweatdropped at the statement. "But Naru-kun and Nata-chan already loves me for who I am." She then reminded.

"Ok. . .first of all, don't rub it in. . ." Ino began as she was a little jealous that she didn't have a lover yet. "And second of all, all girls know that you want to have a little spice every once in awhile." She added.

"Spice? But I already put enough of that in my curry." Satsuki then stated with the tilt of her head, confused at what the platinum blonde meant

Ino's eye immediately twitched to that. "I MEANT SEXY UNDERWEAR!" She soon shouted with annoyance.

However because of the sudden shout, every single person that was closed turn and looked at the two girls with confusion and curiosity.

Ino instantly blushed in embarassment to that as she looked at the dense female Uchiha. "I think you've been hanging around Naruto a bit too much." She remarked.

Satsuki meanwhile just rolled her eyes to that. "Well at least I didn't become like my old Sasuke disguise." She then reminded with a pout and puffed cheeks. "You really wanted me to become a emo like him?" She then questioned.

Ino just sighed once more with annoyance to that as she took the Uchiha's hand. "Just. . .Just come on, I'll show you what I mean." She then stated as she lightly pulled the girl into the direction of the store.

"O-Oi!" Satsuki got out in shock as the two went through the racks of lace bras and panties.

"Hmm. . ." Ino hummed out as she looked at the different brands and colors of all the bra and panties. "What are your favorite colors Satsuki-chan?" She then questioned while not looking at the Uchiha.

"Eh?" Satsuki got out as she was still being dragged around.

"Colors! What are your favorite colors!?" Ino then repeated in a annoyed and hasty tone.

The Uchiha Heiress let out a sigh as she was finding this whole situation very annoying. "My favorite colors are black, blue, lavender and orange. . ." Satsuki simply answered.

". . ." Ino gave a deadpan expression to the answer. "I not even surprised by that. . ." She simply retorted as she went to look for underwear with those colors.

Satsuki could only giggle in amusement. "Thank Naru-kun and Nata-chan for that." She then happily admitted.

Ino once more sighed to that. "Of course it's cause of your teammates." She then remarked.

Then Satsuki's eyes widen when she saw a certain color of underwear. "Oh, I also don't like pink." She then added with narrow eyes. "So no pink dattebakon!" She soon demanded.

". . ." Ino didn't say or retorted as she knew exactly why that was, but also because she didn't want to talk about that subject. "No pink, got it." She replied with her usual tone to hide her inner feelings.

Satsuki meanwhile saw the brief moment of silent, but she didn't catch wind of what her friend was feeling, so she shrugged it off and began to look around as she got a feel of the fabrics of the bras and panties. "Hmm. . .at least they're soft. . ." She then admitted in a mutter while touching one of the lace bras.

The fashionista rapidly began to looked through the many bras and panties as she discarded her definition of sexy and stylish. But was very disappointed as she didn't found what she would like on her friend to wear.

"Jeez, Satsuki-chan just had to make things difficult with those colors. . ." She thought in slight annoyance as he eye began to twitch. "Mainly orange of all thing. . ." She then added as she really didn't like the color, not because of Naruto, just the color in general. "Seriously! Who likes that eyesore, tacky color!?" She then ranted in a whispering manner.

"I heard that Ino-chan!" Satsuki remarked in annoyance. "Orange is awesome dattebakon!" She then added.

At that point, Ino had reached her limit of tolerance. "It's a nightmare for all fashion!" She retorted with a fashionista's fury. "There are reasons why there aren't that many things in that color!" She then added.

"That's because they suck at making awesome clothing!" Satsuki roared with passion. "I've found orange colored clothes before and Naru-kun loves them on me dattebakon!" She then declared.

Ino was ready to pulled her hair out from annoyance and frustration against all things fashion. "Grrrrr. . ." She growled out as her sense of fashion won't accept that orange is a good for any clothing.

After another long and heated debate, Ino had enough and resumed searching through the racks as she found some black, blue and lavender lace bras and panties. "Well at least it's a start. . ." She then muttered to herself as they fit her definition of fashion.

"Ooh~! Look at what I found~!" Satsuki declared in a satisfied and teasing tone.

Suddenly, Ino's shoulders shivered from the sense a dread when she hear her friend comment. "Oh sweet kami. . .please let it not be what I'm thinking. . ." She begged every single kami that would be willing to listen as her eye twitched.

Then very slowly and hesitantly Ino began to turned around, only for all she prayed were for not when she saw the abomination that the Uchiha Heiress was holding in her hands.

"Hehe! I found something awesome dattebakon!" Satsuki declared in a victorious tone.

What was on Satsuki's hands were extremely erotic and provocative orange colored lingerie with black frills that actually enhanced their sexiness.

Ino's jaw dropped slightly at what she saw. "Y-You gotta be kidding me. . ." She got out in shock and denial at the sight of the lingerie. "That. . .That. . ." She stuttered out. "How. . .?" She then questioned.

Satsuki then grinned cheekily at the sight. "I'm taking this one!" She declared with pure delight in her tone.

To hearing that, something inside of Ino's head snapped at that declaration. "OVER MY DEAD BODY!" She roared with pure fury as she ran toward her with the full intention of ripping the underwear to shreds. "HAND IT OVER!" She then demanded with her sense of fashion justice.

"HEY! THIS IS STORE PROPERTY!" Satsuki then reminded as she began to run. "AND I'M STILL GETTING IT DATTEBAKON!" She roared with defiance.

"I WON'T ACCEPT THIS!" Ino then declared. "I DON'T CARE IF IT IS SEXY! THEY MUST BE DESTROYED!" She then added in fury.

"NEVER!" Satsuki declared in a defying tone.

With that declaration, the two young kunoichis began to fight each other, all for the sake of saving or destroying the sexy orange underwear.

"CUSTOMERS! PLEASE BE SILENT WHILE YOU ARE SHOPPING!" An employee soon shouted, having enough of the girls antics.

However the employee was completely ignored as the two kunoichis continued going at one another.

---

Back with the rest of Team Seven, Haku and Yami. . .

The group had soon decided to leave the ice cream shop once they had enough of the icy desert, much to the dismay and disappointment of Yami as she held yet another cone with three different flavors while they were walking back to the Team Seven/Viper Squad residence.

Haku couldn't believe that despite the fact that the girl had twice the amount that him and the other two. "Man, you really love ice cream." Haku remarked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yup!" Yami happily replied.

This only made Haku sweatdropped. "Your just like Naruto with ramen. . ." He simply stated with a deadpan tone.

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!?" Was said blond's retort.

"I like cold food." Yami once more replied in a happy tone.

"Because your a nekojita?" Naruto then questioned with a chuckle and a witty grin.

Hinata could only giggle at the comment. "I think you mean because she can't handle hot and spicy foods." She corrected.

Yami however was too entranced in her ice cream to care about the nekojita comment.

Haku meanwhile just sighed to this. "A nekojita with a love for ice cream. . ." He muttered as he found that very unique yet very fitting somehow.

Soon enough, the four made it back to the house as the gate opened for them. Once inside, Naruto placed his hands behind his back. "So. . .do you think Ero-kitsune and Anko are. . ." Naruto started, but then trailed off with a blush on his face. "You know. . ." He concluded.

This instantly made everyone blushed red, more so the girls.

This even stopped Yami from eating her ice cream as her head was as beet red as one of the flavors on her desert. "Mmm. . ." She barely got out as she awkwardly continued her ice cream.

Hinata began to twiddle her fingers to remembering what was possibly going on. "W-We'll just have to wait and see. . ." She then got out.

"Though I hope we don't see anything. . ." Haku admitted with hope filled tone.

BANG! CRASH!

"BOOYA MOTHERFUCKER!" A familiar feral voice roared out of pure excitement.

However it was a false hope when they hear the sound of banging and crashing, while making every single person in the group blushed crimson red as they knew what it all meant.

Naruto immediately palmed his face to that. "Dammit, really dattebayo?" He grumbled out with a twitching eye.

"Mmm. . ." Hinata awkwardly and timidly got out while twiddling her fingers some more with a scarlet blush on her face.

Yami's blush was still on her face as she almost finished her ice cream while she kept silent.

"Well. . .there goes my hope for the moment." Haku then muttered in disappointment.

The group then groaned as they just decided to go into the house.

Naruto let out a sigh of annoyance. "Well. . .let's just get this over with dattebayo." He He then got out.

"Hai. . ." Hinata agreed with a nod.

Steeling their resolve, the group entered the house and their eye immediately widen to dinner plates as their faces turn nuclear red and their brains had shut down for the sake of preserving their sanity.

Why you ask? Well Kurama was in his human transformation with only pants on while sitting on the couch. However that wasn't what caused it. . .it was the fact that in front of the human shape Bijū was a naked Anko that had her hair down and only had a apron on as she was kneeling forward, giving the young shinobi's and kunoichi's a full view of her ass and her female privates.

Naruto and Haku soon twitched, once. . .then twice. . .then once more. . .and soon enough, both of them flew backwards via nosebleed which cause them to lose consciousness.

Hinata meanwhile blushed as she watched her love go down. "I. . .I don't blame him. . ." She meekly admitted.

Yami had soon finished her ice cream as she looked at the duo on the couch, blushing as well. "Seriously. . .did I make a huge mistake being with her as a team leader?" She thought to herself with regret.

"Hey Gakis, Snowflake, what's up?" Anko simply asked without a care in the world as she was too pleased after a long sexy time with Kurama to even make fun of the two boys or to tease them from getting a full view of her ass and privates.

"Huh, you guys are back." Kurama deadpanned as he noticed the group eyeing them a little annoyed that it was the end of his fun time with Anko. "Wait. .. where's the Uchiha?" He then questioned as he saw that one of them was missing.

Hinata's blush didn't go fade as she looked at the two. "I-Ino. . ." She meekly answered.

To hearing the name, Anko merely sweatdrop. "Oh yeah, imouto-chan did get roped up into shopping with her." She remembered.

At the sight of Hinata, Anko raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Hinata? I know that Gaki and Snowflake being here, but what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Nai-chan?" asked with a confused tone

"Eh?" Hinata got out as she tilted her head in confusion. "Kurenai-sensei?" She then added.

". . .Oh yeah. . .I forgot to send the message. . .my bad, too busy enjoying our time." Kurama commented with a not so apologizing tone.

"Eh. . .it's alright, out sexy time was more than enough to make it up to me." Anko said with a forgiving tone.

Hinata on the other hand was not so forgiving as she wasn't told about the meeting with her former sensei. Before the girl could display her displeasure. . .

"And besides, she said that she wanted to talk to her later tonight at your favorite pastry shop, so it's all good." Anko added and halted Hinata's anger.

Said Hyuga sighed in relief. "Very well. . .but next time I suggest that you tell me sooner. . .or else. . ." Hinata surprisingly threatened.

"Wait what?" Kurama got out while blinking a bit as he did not like it when his host girls talk like that, or even at all.

"Or else what?" Anko retorted with a defiant tone.

"Gai Legion. . ." Hinata simply commented.

To hearing that, instantly both Anko and Kurama's face turn to pure horror as they desperately tried not to think of that traumatic moment when they feel from such a destructive jutsu's power, then they began fell onto the sofa and began to twitch uncontrollably.

At seeing such an action, Yami could only raised an eye with confusion. "Could you explain what you just used in case I need to use it as well?" She then questioned with completely serious tone.

The Hyuga then went to the samurai kunoichi's ear. "Basically Naruto-kun created a jutsu combining thousands of Shadow Clones and Transformation jutsu to create a traumatizing jutsu to anyone, more specifically to perverts." She whispered the explanation.

Yami clicked her tongue at that, disappointed that she can't use that many shadow clones to use such a powerful anti-pervert jutsu as she looked at the knocked out Ice User. "Ecchi. . ." She then mumbled.

After a few moments, the knocked out male chunins finally began to wake up. "What. . .happened. . .?" Both Naruto and Haku asked as they didn't have a single memory of what just happen, most likely from selected memory lost that their brains blocked out.

---

Back in the clothing district. . .

The Uchiha and Yamanaka Heiresses had just left the lingerie and underwear store, well. . .more like them being thrown out by all the racket they made, though the Uchiha had a satisfied expression as she held something on her arms while the Yamanaka having a disapproval expression.

"Your lucky it looked good on you when you tried it on or I swear to every kami I would've destroyed it to shreds." Ino declared with narrow eyes at the Uchiha Heiress.

Satsuki however playfully stuck her tongue out while giving a V sign with her free hand to the Yamanaka heiress. "Hehe. . ." She giggled out. "Your just jealous that I actually made orange look good dattebakon." She happily replied.

Ino just looked at her with an expressionless and emotionless face. "I really don't care that anyone looks good in orange and much less that it looked good on you." She replied in the same tone.

Satsuki's grin didn't falter as she looked at the girl. "Ah come on Ino-chan, lighten up." She then said.

"Oh I'll lighten up alright. . .when I see that thing light up. . .on fire. . ." Ino replied it a dead serious tone.

"Nope~" Satsuki replied without a care as she tightly held her bag. "Not to mention that I got myself free clothes." She then added.

Ino's eye meanwhile twitched to that. "That's only because they did it just to get rid of us. . ." She clarified.

"Then maybe it's your fault for overreacting, I mean it's just clothes." Satsuki then stated in a more serious tone.

Ino instantly turned and glared at the Uchiha. "Anyone with a sense of fashion would act like that!" She roared with indignation.

The Uchiha Heiress merely shrugged her shoulder to that, unfazed by the declaration. "I really don't get it since I really don't care for fashion, I mean who cares what other people think about my appearance?" Satsuki once more stated with the addition of a question. "The only people I care and worry for are the people that care for me, Naru-kun, Nata-chan, my friends, my home." She listed off as she looked at the sky. "That's what I mainly care about." She then declared in a calm and determined tone.

Ino meanwhile looked at the determined expression on the other girl she was with as she then sighed. "Jeez. . .you have to be so cool and mature. . ." She mumbled out. "Sometimes. . ." She then added.

The Uchiha Heiress then looked at the Yamanaka Heiress once more. "It's just who I am. . ." Satsuki began to say as she shook her head. "No, it's who I became thanks to my precious ones Ino-chan." She finished with a kind smile.

This ironically calmed down Ino as she looked at the black haired girl while nodding. "I see. . ." She replied as her mind was once again to a certain former friend of hers. "I'm sorry. . ." She then mumbled out.

Satsuki had manage to heard her and just shook her head in dismissal. "It's no problem." She replied. "We all grow up at our own pace. . .I just had a really early start. . ." She then admitted.

Ino simply smiled with a hint of sadness to that, remembering what the black haired girl went through. "Yeah, I guess so. . .you just need a good start and always keep it like that from then on. . ." She vaguely replied.

"Right? Just like ours." Satsuki simply said with a smile.

To hearing that, the platinum blonde haired girl's head jerked up in startlement by the question. "Huh?" Ino got out in confusion.

Satsuki then held a free hand out to the blonde. "I mean, we are friends right?" She then asked with a grin.

The still startled Ino could only look at the hand for a moment before a small yet happy smile graced her face. "Yeah, we are friends Satsuki-chan." She whispered out as she held the Uchiha's hand.

Satsuki giggled as she noticed that the Yamanaka was feeling better. "That's a relief." She soon replied as she began to pull a little. "Come on." She then began.

"Eh?" Ino responded in confusion as she was being pulled.

Satsuki's smile did weaver for a second as she looked at the other girl. "I promised to go shopping with you, so I'm gonna keep it." She revealed.

Ino then gain a wide happy grin. "Yup! Got that right! Now let's shop until we drop!" She replied in a cheerful manner.

With their new found friendship, both girls continued on with their shopping as they both enjoy their time together, not even realizing that this would be another precious memory for the future.

---

Back at the Team Seven and Viper Squad Residence. . .

After the incident involving Kurama and Anko earlier that afternoon, which said duo left to take a shower together, Hinata decided to get herself ready to go to the meeting with Kurenai and Haku decided to head back to his and Kakashi's apartment.

WOOSH!

The sounds of whirring could be heard at the training ground.

"Nope! Try again!" Naruto shouted with the Executioner's Blade on her shoulder.

"HAI!" Yami grunted out as she readjusted her beloved katana.

The two had been training for a while as Yami had requested Naruto to teach her how you use Blade Beam.

Naruto nodded as he too placed his blade to the side. "Remember, to do the Blade Beam you need to focus a lot in you blade." He began to explain as he began to channel chakra in his blade giving it a bright and intense blue tone.

Yami watch with critical eyes at every thing Naruto did, not for a moment distracting herself as the same blue chakra went through her katana.

Naruto then took in a deep breath. "Then you send your chakra to the edge of your blade and then release at the right time when you swing your blade so that the damage can hit long range opponents!" He continued as he then swing his mighty blade. "Blade Beam!" He roared.

WOOSH!

The channel chakra was sent flying at a decent speed before it disappeared a few feet away, though it wasn't as big nor as strong as when he used it against the Snow Shinobi.

"Well. . .This is as far as I can do it, mainly because I mostly use brute force instead of fine control, it was much more powerful back in Snow because I used Kurama's chakra." Naruto clarified as he placed his blade in his shoulder. "You'll have to find your own way of using this kenjutsu technique because you can't just use brute force your way like me." He then added.

Yami meanwhile nodded as she knew that Naruto was right, in order to use it she would have to rely on her chakra control to be able to somehow find a way to make Naruto's move into her own. Then she took in a deep breath and took her stance as she concentrated. "Focus. . ." She mumbled out as she concentrated her chakra into her blade once more.

The young swordswoman slowly began to evenly distribute her chakra to all of her katana as she began to concentrate her chakra into a thinner and stable layer.

Yami continued to do this for a few seconds before her blade glowed slightly brighter. "Almost. . ." She then thought, getting more of a feel of the flow of chakra through her blade. "Now!" She declared as she found what she thought to be the right amount. "Blade Beam!" She declared as she swung her blade with precision and fluidity.

WOOSH!

The concentrated chakra slash had only manage to travel just a feet away from her before it dissipated.

Yami was breathing heavily as she then fell on her butt. "Mmm. . .that was difficult. . ." She admitted in between each pant.

Naruto meanwhile smiled to this. "Not bad Yami-chan!" He praised with an excited tone. "I think you got the hang of it!" He added.

Yami had to sat down from over using a lot of chakra as she shook her head negatively to that. "No. . .I still have a long way to go if I want it to be in the same level as you Naruto-sensei." She declared as she looked her blade with determination.

Naruto simply sweat dropped as he nodded to that. "Long way? You did what it took me a week to get what you just did. . .And I even used clones to help me!" He declared in his mind as the blond had the feeling that his fellow sword user was viewing him higher then she should. Then he held a free hand out. "Well, you'll get there. . ." He commented with a forced smile.

"Hai!" Yami happily declared, being happy being praised by her sensei as she took his hand and stood back up, ready to continue her training.

"OOOOOOH YEAH!" A feral voice echoed out from inside the house.

Hearing that and knowing who is was, the two swordsmen blushed awkwardly.

"Damn pervert dattebayo. . ." Naruto grumbled out.

Yami meanwhile narrowed her eyes to hearing what was happening. "Ecchi. . ." She declared with a cold and emotionless tone.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" A cry of pain was then heard.

"WHAT HAPPENED!?" A female voice exclaimed in confusion.

Naruto looked at this with wide and stupefied expression as he realized that Yami's instant perv killer actually reached the pervert from way other there. "Damn. . ." He thought, impressed by this. "So Yami-chan. . ." He started as he finally recovered from his shock. "Who would you say is the worse pervert? Kurama or Haku?" He then asked with a grin.

Yami then looked at her sensei with a deadpanned expression. ". . ." She said nothing as she looked away and continued practicing.

To the lack of response, both sword user when back to training as Naruto was smirking and chuckling for a while.

---

Inside the house at the same time. . .

Hinata sighed as she sat on the couch after hearing the previous sounds from Kurama and Anko. "Mmm. . ." She moaned out in awkwardness.

Then the young Hyuga heard the screams of pain from the Bijū and the startlement from the Snake Mistress.

"Mmm. . .Kurama must had did something to hurt himself or Yami-chan called him out." Hinata deducted in a joking manner, not even knowing she had guessed right with the latter.

Then Hinata looked out to the door to the backyard as she noticed her fiancé and friend training with one another, causing her to smile. "We will keep growing in our own ways. . ." She offhandedly thought.

Then she look at the two outside once more as she then began to leave for her meeting with Kurenai. "I'm heading out!" The Hyuga then called out to be responsed with a wave from the two swordsmen.

As she walked, she couldn't help but look at the way they training as she thought to her teammates. Being the brains of the team, she would sometime think about a lot of things, such as her teammates, their combat styles and other things, all for the sake of better prepare them for what to come.

"Naruto-kun's our heavy hitter/jutsus user with the Executioner's Blade and his powerful jutsus. . ." Hinata began to think of her loved ones strengths. "While Satsuki-chan is skilled with attack and once she regained her shield, defense with her sword and shield combination as well as her fire and lightning style jutsus. . ." She then continued as she realized something common the two had.

Hinata then looked forward as images of past battles came to her mind. "However, both of them have at various long range techniques, which really is useful for close range fighters. . ." She then stated. "But I am the only one with close to mid range thanks to my Gentle Fist and Liquid Bullets. . .I feel like I should use my Byakugan to attack enemies from a distance. . ." She admitted. "But how should I do that. . .?" She pondered as she had a hand on her chin.

"Hmm. . ." The Hyuga then hummed out. "Maybe I can ask Kurenai-sensei about it. . ." She then thought.

After finalising her thoughts, Hinata exited her new home and headed to meet her former caretaker and sensei.

---

Back at the Shopping District. . .

Both Satsuki and Ino were walking out of the clothing store as the two each had some bags in their arms that were holding a decent amount of clothing.

"That was fun, well I got to head back home now Ino-chan." Satsuki happily called out with a wave at her friend. "We gotta do this again sometime dattebakon!" She then added with a Naruto like grin.

Ino replied to the gesture with her own as she smiled as well. "Sure! See ya later Satsuki-chan!" She replied as she turn and headed back to her home with a happy smile on her face.

Satsuki was soon walking back as she looked at the bags with the clothing in them. "I got to say, I had more fun with this shopping trip than I originally thought." She admitted, feeling happy by the turn of events. "And these clothes are pretty cute too, way different then what Anko-neechan tried to force me and Nata-chan to wear." She then added for having new clothing to wear.

Sure the raven black haired girl would admit that she like using them for more. . .intimate moments, she hardly could wear them in public. "Yeah. . .those are for only when me, Naru-kun and Nata-chan are alone. . ." The Uchiha then mumbled out with a slight annoyed tone.

The Uchiha Heiress then remembered the smiling face of her friend. "Thanks Ino-chan. . .I honestly needed this. . ." She then thought as she then let out a giggle. "Its really fun hanging out with her, I mean no one can ever replace Nata-chan, but it's nice hanging with other girls as well." She added.

Soon enough, the Uchiha made it back to the house as the gates automatically opened for her. Then as she entered with the gate closed behind her, she quickly made it to the door. "Wait. . .I feel like I'm forgetting something. . ." She offhandedly thought as she reared for the doorknob before snapping her fingers when she remembered. "Shit! I forgot to asked Ino-chan about the way she acted before our match!" She thought with annoyance at her forgetfulness.

Then the Uchiha Heiress let out a long sigh as she open the door. "Well I'll just have to ask her the next time I see her. . ." Satsuki simply said before she entered the door.

As she entered the house, Satsuki suddenly felt a sense of dread, but it quickly disappeared much to her confusion. "What was that. . ." She thought in a serious tone as she looked around for a moment with worry.

---

Elsewhere in the village. . .

Ino had returned to her home as she sighed with relief while entering it. "Man. . .what a day. . ." She got out as she saw that her parents weren't home. "They must be out at the moment. . ." She then said before shrugging her shoulders.

As she headed for her room, the Yamanaka Heiress firmly held her bags of clothes as a happy smile appeared on her face. "I really had a lot of fun today, it's been a long time since I had that much fun." She said to herself

Then the girl frown when she recalled the moment what happened after their little. . .outburst. "Well. . .that was until we got thrown out. . ." She thought with much annoyance. "Still, it was a lucky break that we found another underwear store." She then added when she brought the Uchiha to another store.

---

Flashback no jutsu!

"Ino-chan, do we really need to go to another underwear store?" The Uchiha Heiress questioned as she was being drag her by the hand.

Said Yamanaka Heiress then gave a small glare to the black haired girl. "Yes, you need more appealing underwear then that orange pair your clinging to." She answered as continued dragging her. "You should be lucky I'm allowing you to keep it." She then added.

Satsuki however just puffed her cheeks to that. "Mmm. . ." She got out in a childish manner as she was brought into the store.

Ino sighed as she saw that the Uchiha was pouting. "Jeez, you can be serious at one moment and be like Naruto every other time." She muttered.

Satsuki then giggled to that. "That's just how I always been since I fell for Naru-kun dattebakon." She proudly declared without any regrets. Though she didn't mention that it was also thanks to the pseudo seal helped with this as well.

To hearing that, Ino sighed once more as the two arrived at the dressing rooms. "Just get in here and strip, I'm gonna get you some underwear to try on." She ordered as she pointed to the empty dressing room.

The Uchiha Heiress then blinked to that. "Wait, your picking out the underwear for me to wear?" She questioned as she didn't like the sound of that.

Ino however didn't replied for the moment as she continued to look at underwear for the girl that questioned her with a smirk on her face. "Yeah, I can already guess the size of those mammies." She soon replied in a joking manner.

Then her attitude quickly turned around when she looked down and mentally compared it to her own. "Dammit. . ." She cursed in her mind with both envy and jealousy.

Satsuki then tilted her head as she looked at the platinum blonde. "Something wrong Ino-chan?" She then questioned as she started to undress herself.

The Yamanaka just turned away as a cloud of gloom appeared over her head. "Just get in the dressing room. . ." Ino ordered in a more depressing tone.

Satsuki just merely shrugged her shoulder to that as she did as such and closed the door behind her while taking off the rest of her clothes, though heard more grumbling coming from the Yamanaka.

After a few moments later, Ino came in and started giving the Uchiha many different types of clothing, both underwear and normal outfits at a rapid and nonstop pace. She continue to do so and Satsuki soon began to think that she was being used as a modeling doll.

Soon enough however. . .

"ENOUGH ALREADY!" Satsuki roared in her black bra and panties along with her Uzumaki swirl pendant as she had enough of the clothing piles she was given. "No offense Ino-chan, but your giving me way too much dattebakon!" She admitted as she threw another set of clothing to the ever growing pile of clothing. "Not to mention that some of these look like what Anko-neechan would wear!' She then added with exaggeration in her voice.

Satsuki would only admit it to herself that some of them she would only like to wear in front of Naruto and Hinata only, not even in front of another girl like Ino.

To that declaration, Ino then scratched her cheek to that. "Sorry sorry," She apologized as she then handed one more article of clothing. "Here. This was the latest piece I found and it's in one of your favorite colors." She then stated as she placed it on the door to the dressing room.

"Hmm. . " Satsuki hummed out as she looked at it. "Well. . .it's black." She got out in a mutter as she took it into her hands and held it in front of her. She soon saw that it was a pretty sexy yet not so revealing black dress that had no cover for her shoulders, left much of her upper chest area expose and had a really short skirt.

"Well?" Ino soon asked. "Put it on! I wanna see it!' She then added in slight excitement.

Admittingly, the dress did piqued the Uchiha's curiosity while she looked at it. "Well. . ." She started to think, but her body was unintentionally moving on it's own as she started to slide the dress onto her body. "Hmm. . .good material. . .and it's very soft too dattebakon. . ." She admitted as she got a feel for the dress.

Soon enough, the Uchiha fitted the dress onto her body as she looked at herself in the back mirror and saw herself with the dress hugging her body. "Whoa. . ." She breathed out in amazement as she twirled her body a little, causing the skirt to move to the action.

"Well?" Ino called out in a slightly impatient tone while waiting outside and tapping her foot. "Come on out! I gotta see this!" She then added.

Satsuki had to admit that the dress really looked good on her, but she didn't want to show anyone else in the dress. "It looks great Ino, but I don't think I'll use it outside of my home though." She replied. "It would feel. . .awkward. . .not my style for outfits to show others." She then added with a small blush as she would only allow very few people to see her in any other type of outfits.

Ino's eye however twitched to hearing that. "What do you mean by that?" She questioned in annoyance. "Get out here and let me see it for myself." She then stated in a demanding tone.

"No." Satsuki simply replied.

Ino's eye twitched once more to that as her patience had reached her limit. "Let me see or I will use Mind Transfer on you and make you show it off the all of the rebuilt Red District." She threatened with a dead serious tone

To hearing that, Satsuki paled a little as she realized it was a closed space and couldn't escape if she wanted to. "Y-You wouldn't Ino-chan. . ." She got out in a slightly fear filled tone.

Ino then readied her family hand sign to fulfill said threat. "Try me. . ." She warned.

The Uchiha Heiress admittingly gulped as a small blush of embarrassment appeared on her face, seeing that there was no way out of this predicament. "F-Fine. . ." She got out in a defeated tone as she unlocked the door.

The Yamanaka Heiress soon grinned at the sound, then the grin widen even more as she saw her friend in the new outfit, making her sense of fashion being restored for this round as she admired the girl in the black dress.

Kai!

---

Sure Ino finally got Satsuki some more fashionable clothing to wear, but she was still adamant that she will only wear them at home to only Naruto, Hinata and maybe the Vipers to see her in them, which she begrudgingly had to let that go.

The Yamanaka Heiress however soon dropped her head in depression as she made it to her room. "Dammit though, why did she have to have such an epic body. . ." Ino mumbled out in jealousy when she remembered the girl modeling the dress she wore.

Ino soon calmed down as she let out sigh before she then placed her bag on the side of the bed while she lay down on it while having a pensive expression on her face as she looked at the ceiling. "Satsuki. . .your really strong and free spirited. . ." She admitted an honest yet jealous tone. "You even got a form of beauty that can make any girl green with envy. . ." She then added with humor.

The Yamanaka then giggled a little as she placed an arm over her head. "And even with everything she went through. . .she still wanted to be my friend. . .even when I acted like a fangirl when she disguised herself as a boy. . ." She then remembered as she thought back to their Shinobi Academy days.

"I. . ." Ino began to say as she had a somewhat downcast expression. "I still gotta make up for all that time. . ." She then admitted in a slightly sadden tone as she began to feel a little sleepy with a yawn escaping her mouth.

As Ino was soon gotta let sleep overcome her, a shiver of dread went through her spine as she shot straight up with a gasp. "What. . .was that. . .?" She got out in fear.

However when she couldn't figure it out, Ino simply decided to go back to bed, but couldn't stop thinking about that sense of dread that she had felt.

---

A few minutes later in the Team Seven/Viper Squad Residence. . .

After Naruto and Yami had finished their training, the new home was now very tranquil, as if their couldn't be anything that could disturbed calmness, relaxing and above all quiet atmosphere that would calm the soul. . .

"NEE-CHAN! WHAT THE HELL DATTEBAKON!?" Satsuki roared so loudly that it scared all of the birds near their house.

Never mind. . .

We see the Uchiha Heiress in a furious mood after she found out about the little. . .incident from Yami with her hair in nine tail like bundles and red fox like eyes, all the while being held by a very confused Naruto as he still didn't remembered what had happen.

Anko merely chuckled as she was now fully dressed while looking at the enraged black haired girl, completely unfazed by what she was doing. "Ah come on imouto-chan, you do it all the time with blondie, Kyū-chan told me most of the details between you two." She countered with a grin.

To what was stated, Satsuki's eye twitched to hearing that. "That may be, but I don't do it with a naked apron. . .And much less in a place where everyone can see my privates!" She roared with fury as her hair move in a vicious manner to show her anger.

Naruto firmly held the Uchiha back as she was getting ready to pounce. "Calm down Satsuki-chan!" He told her while having great difficulty trying to calming her down.

"Satsuki-chan, please calm yourself." Yami meanwhile requested as she watched on.

Kurama meanwhile rolled his eyes to that as he layed on the couch. "Jeez, your already acting like a clingy and jealous wife, you really are the best and the worst of the kit's mom. . ." He remarked in a joking manner. "You and the Hyuga both because she's slowly following closely." He then added.

"No compliments will sedate my anger dattebakon!" Satsuki then roared.

"That wasn't a compliment. . ." Kurama retorted with a deadpan tone.

"Grrr!" Satsuki growled out from rising anger.

Yami on the other hand was looking on with a slight baffled expression as she then looked towards the blond and placed a hand on her cheek in a thinking pose manner. "Sensei's mother was like this?" She thought with curiosity.

Kurama could easily saw what the girl was thinking as he let out an exaggerated sigh. "Oh yeah. . ." Was all the Bijū could say, answering the unspoken question.

"Jeez," Anko then started as she rolled her eyes. "It's not that big of a deal imouto-chan, we're in a gated house and we're the only ones that can come in." She then reminded.

"And that's why you should know Naru-kun would see it!" Satsuki countered as Anko's comments only fuel the fire even more.

"Technically, it was the kit, Ice boy and Snowflake that saw it." Kurama soon corrected.

"That's Yami-chan's problem!" The Uchiha Heiress then exclaimed in a frantic manner.

The girl being mentioned could only look at the girl with an emotionless expression on her face. "And why is that my problem. . ." Yami soon asked with an annoyed tone.

"Well not yet anyways." Where the combine thoughts of all present.

"Besides. . .if it happens again, I can handle it. . ." Yami then stated as she then looked at Kurama with a cold eyes. "If it's only Anko-san. . ." She added with an ice cold tone that made everyone knew exactly what she meant.

"Relax. . .I'm not into exhibitionism that would let little people hear or see my fun time with my woman." Kurama remarked with a smirk.

The three in mentions eyes twitch to the remark. "Little!?" They all exclaimed in unison.

Anko meanwhile smirked to hearing that. "Well you three are in your early teen years." She then remarked. "So yeah. . .little." She stated.

This made the three of them gain tick marks. "Oi!" They once more exclaimed in unison.

Anko and Kurama simply turned towards each other and gave a shit eating grin to that. "This is too easy. . ." They both thought in unison as they knew that they would have fun messing with the young shinobi's in the near future.

With that, the day went on as the three decided to leave the two alone and enjoy the sunlight outside.

---

Meanwhile, at the Higurashi Blacksmith and Weapon Shop. . .

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The sound of mental being hit and flames roaring in intensity could be heard for the last hour.

"Oi Tenten! Don't you think it's about time for a break!? You been at it since you got back from your friends new house!" Said girl's father shouted, trying to get his daughter's attention.

Tenten meanwhile was still banging at the metal with a hammer as she had a determined expression on her face. "No way! I just got something amazing and I won't stop until I finish this part!" She roared. "I wouldn't be the daughter of Arashi Higurashi if I wasn't!" She then added.

The young weaponsmith then stopped the forging and headed back to the new shield plans codename C.S. and then looked at the Chakra Core and the Chakra Armors remains, as well as all of the sketches she and her dad had made from trying reverse engineer the functions of the advance armor and core.

Tenten soon had a huge smile and her where eyes widen as they were dilating a bit. "With this two puppies the prototype I have plan for Satsuki's shield won't last months, but just a few days!" She shouted while laughing with excitement, yet it also had hint of insanity in it.

Arashi simply wince as he knew that tone anywhere. "Well I lost her. . .She won't stop until she finish like those new weapons she made. . ." He said to himself as he decided to simply left her daughter work alone. "I just hope she doesn't pull all nighters. . .or not forget to eat and bath. . .again. . ." He added.

Tenten then wiped the sweat off her forehead as she looked at the heated metal. "I am gonna make the greatest shield in existence!" She declared as her tone sounded more like an insane scientist. "Sleep and bathing be damned! I am on the verge of creating something even greater than my current weapons! This will be my legacy!" She then added.

Her father only looked on as he then sighed. "Yeah. . .good luck with that honey. . ." Arashi simply replied, while he didn't doubted on her daughter's gift at weapons wielding and smithing, he was more worried that she could died by over exerting herself. "I better prepare some meals for her. . .and hopeful I don't have to force her food down her throat. . .again. . ." He then muttered.

At that moment, a massive fire burst upwards, lighting up the area as the sounds of maniacal laughter echoed all over the shop.

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Underneath Konoha. . .

BOOM! BLAM! CRASH!

Glowing yellow eyes moved through the darkness at a rapid pace without any sign of stopping for a moment.

"Kill. . ." A female voice hissed out in a possessive and warped tone.

CRASH! BAM! SHINK!

As the figure stopped near a lit small candle, the shadows revealed the female to be Sakura, however her face looked slightly crazed with insanity in her eyes.

Meanwhile, the area around her looked completely ruined by the destroy boulders and debris of what was left of the safe house.

Sakura was panting heavily as she looked like she was unable to control herself from the new found power she had gain. Suddenly, her Curse Mark began to glow yellowish-green, making her calm down and her face went expressionless. "Destroy. . ." She then got out with an emotionless tone.

However, the glow only lasted for a moment before it stopped, making Sakura fall onto the floor, but she also regained her crazed expression. "Must. . .destroy. . .all. . .that. . .infuriate. . .me. . ." She declared with a sickly smile and insane manner. "Must. . .kill. . .them. . .all. . ." She then added.

The girl's eyes then became snake like as her body shivered in fury. "Kill. . .Uzumaki. . .kill. . .Hyuga. . .kill. . .Uchiha. . ." She got out.

At the mention of the three she hated with a passion, Sakura's Curse Mark markings began to races across her entire body, all the while glowing the same sickish yellow-green color. However, the markings were moving in a frantic and unstable manner as snake like fangs started to grow in the girl's mouth.

Sakura didn't bother with this irregularities as she simply basked in the power she was feeling as she continued to train, wait and continuing to imagine for the moment to her satisfy her desire to unleash her power to those that wronged her.

---

Later that night. . .

Hinata was a few feet near her favorite cinnamon bun shop where she would meet with Kurenai.

The bluenette Hyuga meanwhile had a pensive expression on her face as she continue to walk. "Hmm. . .I wonder what Kurenai-sensei wants to talk about?" Hinata thought to herself. "To suddenly wanting to speak with me like this. . .shouldn't she be heading out a mission soon with Kiba-san, Shino-san, Fū-san and Chōmei?" She then questioned in her head out of concern.

The girl's inner thoughts however were put on hold for the moment as she finally reached the shop.

"Over here." A mature female voice called over to the Hyuga Heiress.

Said girl turn her gaze and saw it was the woman she was thinking about. "Good afternoon Kurenai-sensei." Hinata politely yet happily greeted her former caretaker with a bow as she then sat down in the same table as her.

The two females then ordered something from the shop and it was accompanied by tea.

The Genjutsu Mistress then looked at the Hyuga as a smile graced her own face. "I see you have been doing well for yourself." She started, wanting to begin a conversation.

Hinata in response nodded to that. "Hai, living under the same roof with Naruto-kun, Satsuki-chan, Anko-sensei and Yami-chan is an interesting experience at the moment. . ." She admitted, however there was a slight twitch of her eye happen when she remembered earlier incident. "Though Anko-sensei and Kurama could learn a little restraint dattebahi. . ." She muttered under her breath.

Kurenai nodded in response to that. "Well, it's good to see that your well, even with the circumstance. . ." She replied as she knew all too well how Anko was. Then she had difficulty to asked the next thing as it may be a bit personal and private. "How. . .has being on a team with Naruto and Satsuki been?" She then hesitantly asked.

However the older kunoichi's doubts were for naught as Hinata happily smiled in response to the question. "It's been the most happiest and greatest time of my life. . ." She softly admitted with a love filled tone and a pink blush on her face as she tap the tips of her fingers together.

At this reply, the Genjutsu using Jonin couldn't help but smile at seeing the female Hyuga happy filled expression on her face, after everything she went through in the past involving her clan she knew that this happiness was long overdue in her opinion. "That's good to hear." Kurenai simply reply.

Hinata nodded once more to that in a happy manner. "Yes Kurenai-sensei, it really has been the best thing that had ever happened to me." She stated once more in complete honesty as she then realized that she has being only concern about herself. "But what about you? How have you being doing?" She then asked with interest.

Kurenai slightly flinch to that, but kept it but managed to stay calm about it. "Well, my team as well as Fū has been doing a good number of C rank missions thanks to her, she really compliments well to us." She explained a calm tone. "And for that reason that I decided to have her be a permanent teammate of Team Eight." She then revealed to her.

Hinata soon nodded to that. "Yes, I heard recently from Kiba-san and Shino-san that Fū-san joined Team Eight recently as well as Chōmei." She responded. "Congratulations." She soon added in a kind tone.

The older kunoichi only smile vaguely at that as she tried to hide her inner emotions. "Thank you Hinata." She simply replied with grateful tone.

Hinata however had her Emotions Byakugan activated as she saw her old caretaker with a color aura that slightly worried her. "Cobalt blue. . ." She began in her mind. "Sadness. . .Despair. . .Loneliness. . ." She then listed off. "But why?" She then wondered in more concern.

Kurenai meanwhile noticed the concern expression on the female Hyuga face. "Hmm? Is something wrong Hinata?" asked when she saw the way she was looking at her.

"As Naruto-kun would say, that's my line. . ." Hinata got out with a half joking and half serious tone, confusing her older friend. "Is there something that you want to talk about?" She then added with a concern filled tone.

This made Kurenai slightly widen her eyes in shock at the way Hinata saw through her before sighing. "I must say. . ." She started as her tone and expression grumbled from a controlled into a distraught one. "You have gotten very good at seeing and reading a person's inner feelings, that takes years for someone to develop." She praised with both honesty and resilience at being found out.

Hinata could only slight close her eyes in worrisome. "More like your radiating the emotion after I studied up on this enhanced vision of mine. . ." She thought to herself. "Is there something wrong?" She then asked in her own form of concern.

"Truth being told. . .I really just wanted to talk to a female student of mine, even if it was a former one. . ." Kurenai began to explain with pure sadness in her tone.

"It's not that I'm not willing to listen, I do, but then why wouldn't you talk to Fū?" Hinata asked with a confusing tone, but she was starting to get a feeling of dread.

Kurenai at that point decided to just get the subject out in the open. ". . .It's. . .it's about Sakura. . ." She began as her hair covered her eyes.

To hearing that, Hinata was slightly surprised by this. "Sakura? What's wrong with her? I mean the members of the new Team Eight did mention something about her, but they didn't mention where she was." She asked trying to be polite as possible.

Hinata may not like girl, but that didn't mean she wouldn't put those feelings on hold if only for the sake of her former sensei and caretaker. "Come to think of it, I really haven't seen her since the Chunin Exam Finals. . .and only Satsuki and Kurama had mention founding her unconscious. . ." She then added in a her mind as the sense of dread was only increasing.

Kurenai saw the perplexed then thinking expressions on the female Hyuga face as she decided to continue. ". . .She's been missing. . ." She finally revealed.

To hearing that, the female Hyuga was baffled at the statement. "Huh? Missing? Since when?" Hinata asked with confusion. "And how did Satsuki-chan and Kurama lose track of her?" She then added in her head.

"Ever since the Danzō takeover incident. . ." Kurenai began to say as her face turn into pure sadness and despair. "And. . .now she's recently been marked as a rouge shinobi. . ." She finally revealed the true source of her current state.

Suffice to say for Hinata, she wasn't expecting to hear that. "Eh?" She got out in more baffled and confused than when she was before. "K-Kurenai-sensei. . .a-are you serious?" She questioned.

Kurenai in response just nodded. "Hokage-sama. . .herself have order it. . ." She simply told her as she didn't have any will to hide it from her once precious student. "When she had tried to looked through her file. . .it was all blacked out as a form of hiding what she's done. . ." She then revealed. "Or even. . ." She started, but then trailed off.

Hinata saw what she was heading with this. "Or it was erase on purpose. . ." She ended her sentence with sadness for her long time friend.

The older kunoichi smiled sadly at the correct assumption as she then looked upwards. "I really am a failure of a sensei, huh?" She said it more so to herself than to Hinata. "First I failed you all those year. . .then I failed to help Yakumo achieve her dream. . .And now I failed Sakura to going down the right path. . ." She commented as she list off all the failures she did for all her students.

"Yakumo?" Hinata thought in confusion, but decided to leave that subject for another time. "Sensei. . ." She muttered out as she looked at her former caretaker in her depressed state.

Kurenai then gave off a humorless chuckle in response. "Now I know what it was like for Hokage-sama when he had to deal with Orochimaru. . ." She then added.

"Kurenai-sensei. . .while I can't and won't speak of the others two, I really don't think you failed me. . ." Hinata began with a calm tone.

Kurenai in response however shook her head negatively. "Thank you for trying to cheer me up, but I really am. . ." she tried to say but was halted when she saw the female Hyuga raising her hand.

"I wasn't finish. . ." Hinata lightly scolded in a serious tone. "I what meant was that you think you failed me during those years because I really didn't grow and it was only when I was with Naruto-kun that I did right?" She then asked with the same tone.

This made the older kunoichi slightly winced to hearing that, but nodded all the same.

Hinata then gave her long time friend a kind smile. "Kurenai-sensei. . .did you think I could had last back then if I didn't have you or Naruto-kun's spirit there with me?" She asked with kind tone.

To hearing that question, the Genjutsu Mistress looked up at her favorite student. "Huh?" Was all Kurenai could say in response.

Hinata then placed her hands to her chest as she closed her eyes. "While it's true that Naruto-kun's presence did made me never want to give up, it was you that always were the only person I could tell my worries and concerns to at those time that also made want to keep myself from falling into despair. . ." She declared with absolute honesty.

To hearing this confidence, Kurenai could only watch on with a baffle yet touched expression. "Hinata. . ." She got out as she then smiled kindly. "When did you grew to be such a mature young woman?" She then asked with a slight happiness and pride in her voice.

Hinata could only giggle in response to that. "It's thanks to you and all of the important people in my life dattebahi." She simply answered with a Naruto like grin.

With those kind words, both girls decided to eat their orders in a comfortable feel that they had, as Kurenai's sadness was slightly lifted if only enough for her to stop herself from blaming herself.

---

As the days went by in Konoha, many events had happened involving for the lives of the Konoha young shinobi as time goes by like flowing water. . .

---

At the Higurashi Blacksmith and Weapon Shop. . .

"YOU FINISHED IT!? AWESOME DATTEBAKON!" Satsuki happily and excitedly cheered with stars in her eyes.

Tenten was grinning like a mad person as she told the Uchiha she just finished the prototype shield in the backroom of their store. However she looked as if she hadn't slept in days if her blood shot eyes and soot marks over her body were any hint of it.

"Got that right Sats!" Tenten began to say in a satisfied tone as she took out a medium size box. "It took me days of sleepless night, but I did!" She proudly declared.

Satsuki was now practically giddy at the thought of all the hard work that was placed into the making of her new shield. "That's awesome! I can't wait to see what took you so long! After seeing those awesome weapons you made, I really was anxious to see what you made!" She practically exclaimed with excitement.

The young weaponsmith/weapon mistress could only giggle at herself. "Let's just say that I have in this box surpasses all my other weapons. . ." Tenten vaguely commented as she prolonged the revelation of her newest and probably her best creation she and her father had even made together.

"Just show me already!" Satsuki roared with anticipation as she was ready to just take the box out of her friend's hands.

Deciding it was best to stop prolonging, Tenten just placed the box into the Uchiha's arms. "Here you go, open it." She told her as she wanted to see her expression.

The Uchiha Heiress face was nearly split from smiling to much that she didn't even waste time and open it. What she saw was sufficient to say. . .left her speechless. . .

What was inside the box was a grey flame looking shield with red fire and light blue lightning like marks that was attached to a bracer that would be able to open and closed. Below it was a brown color light weighted leather arm gauntlet, mostly likely where the bracer would be attached and for it to be as comfortable for when Satsuki need to use her shield as possible. However that wasn't was left her speechless.

"It's. . ." Satsuki began in an unimpressed tone. "It's tiny. . ." She answered with a twitch of her eye. "I mean I think the design looks awesome, but it looks really thin and only protects the entire forearm section. . ." She added as she tried not to hurt her friends feeling and was grateful that she repaired her precious shield but she was being honest.

Tenten meanwhile giggled at the expected reaction with a grin. "I know you would say that." She began in a teasing tone. "But there is more to this shield then meets the eye." She then vaguely stated. "Put it on." She ordered as she secretly went and grabbed a weapon.

To hearing that order, Satsuki raised her eyebrow in confusion but still did as she was told. She first put on the leather gauntlet on her left forearm, she then open the bracer and place it on top of gauntlet as a let out a click of closing. After that she began to move it around to get a feel to it. "It's light. . ." She admitted as she had to admit that it looked both beautiful and felt very comfortable.

"Of course, I wanted to make sure it fit you and didn't hold you back because its weight." Tenten stated and when she saw the dismay in her friend's face she chuckle. "I know what your thinking, that if it's light, it really won't be that effective against enemy blows right?" She asked the girl's hidden concerns of her new shield.

Satsuki could only nod in confirmation. "Yeah. . .I mean that asshole Dotō gave it a heavy blow and completely shatter it, so I'm scared it will happen again. . ." She then revealed with a hint of fear for her shield.

"Oh come on! Did you thought the creator of the Hidden Blade, Steel Chain Whip and the Phantom Blade would make such a simple shield like this that will be shattered on impact?" Tenten retorted, feeling a slightly insulted, though she was just playing around.

"I guess your right." Satsuki admitted as she continued to look at her shield, examining it to see if it had anything like the other weapons.

"And remember, we're shinobis, we are suppose to deceive our enemies." Tenten reminded with a wise tone. "You should take advantage of the fact it looks so easily breakable." She then added with a wink of her eye.

Satsuki could only frown at that. "Ok. . .but how do I do that?" She asked when she didn't find anything hidden about the shield.

"Easy," Tenten started with a smirk. "When I give you the signal give the shield a small but steady chakra." She then ordered as her smirk only grew.

This however made Satsuki gulped as she didn't like where this is going. "Which. . .signal exactly?" She asked with hesitation in her tone.

Tenten then gained a gleam in her eyes. "THIS ONE!" She suddenly roared as she pulled out a heavy looking hammer and sent it straight to the Uchiha's face.

"OH SHIT!" Satsuki shouted in startlement as she instinctively used her shield to block the incoming hit while doing as she was told and sent chakra to the shield, however instead of a slow, steady amount she sent a lot more than necessary.

PSSSHHEW!

BANG!

"GAH!" Tenten got out.

CRASH!

The sound of a low humming sound was heard, then the sound of an impact and soon followed by a the screams of a startled girl as she hit a pile of unforge metal.

"What the hell!?" Arashi shouted as he came in and saw what had happen.

What the veteran weaponsmith saw was a Satsuki crossing her hands in front of her while using her shield in a protective manner most likely from using the shield's secret ability, while her daughter was in a pile of metal with swirls in her eyes.

"Ugh. . .it's too early for this shit. . ." Was all Tenten's father could say as he left the girls.

"OI Arashi! I'm here to pick up my order!" Someone called out in a rude tone.

Said man just groaned in response. "Coming. . ." Arashi got out, he really hated to deal with the rude clients, however. . . "It's better than dealing with my daughters shenanigans. . ." He added in his mind as he left.

Satsuki meanwhile began to slowly open her eyes and when she did her face turn into shocked at what she was seeing. "Eh?" She got out.

What the Uchiha was seeing was that her shield was still there, but what it now had was a circular blue energy like shield that was a little bigger than the size of the original buckle shield.

"What. . .what the hell is this dattebakon?" Satsuki asked with bafflement and wonder at what she was seeing.

"Ugh. . ." Tenten meanwhile groaned out as she forced herself off the metal she landed in. "That's your shield's secret ability." She simply reveled as she was still sore from the landing.

The Uchiha's eyes widen as she looked at the shield now in amazement. "Whoa. . .how. . .how did you make this?" She asked with a baffled tone.

Tenten smiled widely as she took out some notes from her board. "By using the Chakra Armor and Core as a base, me and my dad used its defencive properties to give the shield the ability to create a chakra energy shield whenever you give it enough chakra." She explained as she handed the notes to the Uchiha.

Said raven haired girl only looked at the notes, but really didn't make heads or tails of it, but she was impressed by all the effort that the girl clearly shown for the recreation of her shield. "Uh. . .so basically I got a barrier now?" She guessed in a simplified manner.

Tenten sweatdropped at the simply question given. "Well in simple terms. . .yes." She replied. "And well I mean sure I would've liked it to be like the way you describe how those Snow Shinobi have their armor. But it turn out great if I do said so myself." She bragged.

Satsuki however was still in amazed shock to what her shield could do now. "Awesome. . ." She got out as she looked at her shield.

"It is pretty awesome." Tenten agreed, but she then frown as she sighed. "Also I need to tell you that downside of this shield is that it uses a lot of chakra, not just to activated, but to also maintain it active can cost a lot more. . .trust me, I'm not exaggerating that when I say that I felt like I was nearly dying when I first used it." She added.

Satsuki nodded to that. "That makes sense with something like this. . ." She replied in a honest tone. "But that really won't be a problem, mainly since I have a decent amount of chakra, though nowhere near as much as Naru-kun, but definitely more than the average jonin." She declared with a smile.

Tenten didn't know if to feel relief or jealous at hearing that. "Anyways. . .another thing you need to know is that since me and my dad don't have neither the tools nor the knowledge to recreate those chakra armor or core so this will probably be the only shield we can hope to make in a long time." She stated as her eye then gave of a slight twitch to the Uchiha. "Just don't break it. . .please, I'd like to make some improvements every once in awhile." She then requested.

Satsuki's eyebrow began to twitch to that. "Oi! Its sounds like I would go around just to break it!" She shouted in annoyance.

The young weaponsmith only look at the Uchiha with a deadpan expression. "Well you are becoming more and more like Naruto by the day." Tenten then reminded.

Satsuki merely pouted to that. "Better than being a power obsessed emo. . ." She mumbled out.

"True true," Tenten agreed once more. "Just be sure to bring the shield for maintenance and hopefully for some improvements every few days." She then requested.

Satsuki was about to reply before she began sniffing the air and gave off a disgusted expression. "Ugh! Tenten-chan! You reek dattebakon!" She exclaimed.

Tenten's eye twitched once to that exclamation. "You try being up for days to make this incredible shield!" She roared in anger and embarrassment.

Satsuki then brought her hands up as a form of protection. "Sorry sorry." She apologized with a sweatdrop. "I think we both could use a bath after everything we've been through. You with your smithing and me with my training." She then added.

This calmed the older girl enough. "I guess I could use a nice bath. . ." Tenten soon admitted.

"Great! Then let's go to the hotsprings and wash up!" Satsuki excitedly suggested with a wide Naruto like grin.

To hearing that suggestion, Tenten smiled to the idea. "Now I can get behind that." She replied.

"Especially since you do need one." Satsuki then reminded yet again as she cover her nose.

"I agree!" Arashi called out in annoyance from the other room.

"I GET IT ALREADY!" Tenten shouted in anger and with a tick mark on her head at being reminded.

Satsuki once more giggled to that as she and Tenten left the shop.

---

Later on in Konoha. . .

"WOOHOO! Time for a bath dattebakon!" Satsuki happily cheered as she and the blacksmith's daughter were holding their individual bath towel while they were heading towards the hotspring.

Tenten meanwhile giggled awkwardly as she looked at the overly excited girl. "Yup, definitely like Naruto." She remarked in a joking tone.

"And I'm proud of it dattebakon!" Satsuki retorted with a Naruto like grin on her face as the other girl just shook her head with an amused faced. "Just like during mine, Naruko-oneechan's and Nata-chan's fun time!" She meanwhile thought. "Especially when Nata-chan was double teamed. . ." She then added with a mischievous tone and a purr.

"Oi!" A familiar voice called out.

"Hey Tenten." Another familiar voice greeted.

Both girls soon turned around and saw that it was two very familiar kunoichis calling them. "Ino-chan! Kin-chan! Hey!" Satsuki replied back while waving at them.

Tenten then notice that they were holding their own bath towels"So you girls also going to the Hotsprings, huh?" She soon guessed.

"Yup, Ino called me out saying that should wanting to a nice bath and asked me if I wanted to go, so I said yes." Kin answered.

"Well I wanted to asked all the girls but most weren't even at their homes, already told Hinata and Yami, so I bet they're already inside by now." Ino then added.

Satsuki smiled happily at that bit of information. "Well we better not keep Nata-chan and Yami-chan waiting then!" She happily replied as she headed straight to the hotsprings.

The remaining girls could only giggle at the girl's attitude as they soon followed behind the Uchiha. Soon enough, the four girls went into the bath house and as they headed towards the changing room.

Suddenly, Satsuki saw two very familiar girls heading to the same room as well, making her grin widely with mischievous intent as she eyed one of them and began to stalked towards her.

"I have to admit, Ino-san's idea for a hot spring hangout sounds like a wonderful idea." Yami stated with a small smile on her face as she was clearly pleased by this.

Hinata meanwhile nodded in agreement to this. "Hai, I think everyone could. . ." Was all she could got out before freezing up.

Yami eyes slightly widen when she saw a shadow that had predator like eyes right behind her friends

"Naaaataaaa-chaaaaan!" Satsuki teasingly got out as she then brought her arms in front of the Hyuga and began to grope her breasts. "Breast massage time!" She happily declared.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!" Hinata shrieked with startlement, but she quickly calmed down when she saw who it was. "S-Satsuki-chan!" She exclaimed with an annoyed tone, but her face clearly showed that she wasn't really mad, just surprised at what happened.

Yami however blushed at the sight of what was happening. "Uh. . ." She got out in confusion.

"I-It's good to see that you arrived." Hinata then got out, holding back the pleasure from being groped. "I-Is that your new shield?" She soon asked via mind link.

"You grew a little, it must've been from all the fun we had last night Nata-chan." Satsuki whispered in a seductive tone. "And Yup! I'll show you and Naru-kun later at the house what it can do in better detail!" She then replied via mental link.

This meanwhile made Yami blush at the display, feeling conflicted on using her one word kill move on the Uchiha instead of the usual male perverts.

"Man. . .she really loves doing that, huh?" Ino commented with a sweatdropped as the rest of the girls join in.

"I think so. . ." Kin answered, though was slightly unsure herself

"Just be glad it's only Satsuki-chan that does it. . .Hate to think another girl always doing that. . ." Tenten then admitted.

"If I didn't know better, I would had thought that she's doing it on purpose to make Hinata's breast bigger." Ino joked.

Both girls didn't know that those words will come back to haunt them in the future.

Satsuki soon enough had her fill of fun as she let go of the Hyuga and then turned towards the other. "Ok then, now that that fun time is out of the way, let's get into the hot springs!" She shouted with glee before realizing something. "Wait. . .Yami-chan's a nekojita. . .so how can she handle a hot bath?" She wondered.

Hinata let out a muffled giggle as she couldn't help herself at the comment, while said girl only looked at the Uchiha with an expressionless face, but they knew she was very annoyed by the comment.

"Your a nekojita?" Ino soon asked in confusion.

Yami meanwhile was both embarrassment and annoyed to that as the looked at the other girls that didn't know. "I simply don't like hot food. . .however I do like hot springs. . ." She replied with her usual emotionless tone.

"Oh! Is that ice cream their selling?" Satsuki quickly questioned as she pretended to look behind Yami as she resisted the urge to giggle.

Yami then suddenly turned around so quickly that one would've thought she got a whiplash. "WHERE!?" She exclaimed with stars in her eyes, shattering the emotionless personality in an instant as she began to look around in a frantic manner, seeking for the icy sweet goodness.

It was at that moment that both Satsuki and Hinata let out a roaring giggle attack at the display, while the other girls just looked on with a baffled expression seeing this side of the normally cool girl. "Ok. . .Did not see that coming. . ." Was their general thoughts.

Soon enough, Yami realized what happened as a red blush rose up onto her face as she embarrassingly glared at the giggling Hyuga and Uchiha. "Let's. . . Let's just get into the hot spring. . ." She then demanded as she entered the dressing room.

Satsuki's and Hinata's giggling soon ceased as they nodded in agreement. "Yeah!" The Uchiha replied while the Hyuga nodded as they followed the embarrassed silver-blue haired girl.

Kin simply followed them while Ino just sighed at the interactions that occurred. "Never a dull moment with Satsuki-chan. . ." She muttered.

Tenten simply shocked her head. "Well she is like Naruto." She reminded.

". . .Touché. . ." Was all Ino got to say as the two entered the room as well.

In the hot springs. . .

"Ah~" Was the general response of all the the girls as they soaked in the hot yet soothing waters

"Maaan this is nice. . ." Ino sighed out in relief.

Hinata nodded in agreement to that as she enjoyed the water. "It is." She replied.

"Espeically with all the bull shit all of us have been through." Satsuki admitted as she looked at the blacksmith's daughter. "Right Tenten-chan?" She then asked with a grin.

Said girl also sighed in relief as she stretched her arms out. "Yup. . .nothing like a hot bath after a tough time with forging." She replied.

The Uchiha soon looked at the blacksmither as she noticed something different about her for the first. "Man Tenten-chan, you look good with you hair down dattebakon." She admitted.

Yami nodded to hearing that. "It does have a nice appearance." She politely praised.

Ino meanwhile nodded in excited agreement to that. "I know right! That's what I said! She should definitely let her hair down more often." She declared in a proud tone.

Tenten however blushed to the praise given as she stroke her hair. "C-Come on. . .it's not that nice." She responded in a awkward matter.

Hinata merely her head negatively to the response that was given. "They're right Tenten-san, you shouldn't be so modest and accepted the compliment when its true." She simply stated with honesty in her tone.

"Hinata's right," Kin agreed. "Just accept that you got nice hair." She then added.

This made Tenten smiled happily. "Thanks. . .I'll. . .I'll think about it more seriously for the future." She responded as she slightly sank into the water.

Ino smiled to that as she then looked over to the samurai kunoichi and finally got a good look at her. "Wow Yami-chan, your skin looks so soft." She commented with awe in her tone as she got closer to her. "Can I touch? Can I touch?" She then repeated with girl like excitement in her tone.

At the comment, Satsuki and Tenten smirked as they and Ino got closed towards the sword wielding girl.

"Huh? U-Um. . ." Yami got out in a timid manner as the girls surrounded her.

"Wow, it really is smooth." Satsuki commented with an amazed and impressed tone.

"You're so lucky. You have such a fair skin and silky hair. . ." Tenten stated with a hint of jealousy in her tone.

"No unneeded body fat, either, what I expected of a female samurai." Ino added.

"Ee! H-Hey, where are you touching!?" Yami squeaked in startlement.

"Aw come on Yami-chan, we're just curious dattebakon." Satsuki teasingly replied. "Right Ino-chan?" She then asked in the same tone.

Ino soon giggled in response to that. "Oh yeah." She replied in her own teasing tone.

"Y-You know, I think Satsuki and Hinata have much better skin." Yami quickly tried to deflected the girls attention.

Unfortunately for the two said girl, it worked. . . As the rest of the girl turned around to looked at them and their eyes flashed like once of a predator watching their prey.

The two said prey gulped in unison as they saw Yami giving them a universal sign of sorry.

"Man Satsuki-chan, your breasts are really big. . ." Tenten got out in a slightly dazed tone as she began to rub her own chest.

"And Hinata's skin is very silky smooth. . ." Kin soon stated as she began to rub her own butt.

"Why did you two have to have such great bodies?" Ino then questioned with a jealous tone and a pout on her face.

"Umm. . ." Was all the two girls in question could get out.

Then in an instant the three dazed and jealous girls pounced like animals and attack the two. And by attack, I mean grope and touch them. . .

"KYAAAAAAA!" The two female Team Seven members cried out.

Yami meanwhile watched on with guilt at the sight. "I really hope that they won't be mad at me. . ." She said in her mind as she feared for some retribution from the girls.

Even if humorous antics had happened. . .there were moments of great seriousness as discoveries would made that would change the course of history. . .

---

Two days later. . .

"Why do you want to see that of all things dattebakon?" Satsuki questioned in a serious tone and narrow eyes.

As our favorite trio was at the ruins of what used to be the Uchiha District at the request of Kurama as he was accompanied by his little brother Chōmei.

"You heard me, I want you to let us see that Stone Table your older brother told you to see." Kurama repeated himself, but unlike his usual carefree, perverted and goofball attitude, this time his voice was dead serious.

". . ." Satsuki however just stare at the human disguised Bijū, not knowing what to think.

"We know this may be a lot to asked, but it's. . .it's very important to us Nee-chan." Chōmei then added in his own serious tone.

To hearing this, the Uchiha Heiress looked back at the charcoaled remains of her clan's old district and sighed. "You're. . .You're really sure about this dattebakon?" She then questioned once more.

To hearing that question, the human transformed Kyūbi just sighed in exasperation. "Truth being told. . .not really, but I really need to confirmed something that may or may not involve us and by relation, our hosts. . ." He stated with an even more serious tone.

"Yeah. . .it's something I also gotta know before going on my mission with Fū-chan and our team." The human transformed Nanabi stated.

Both Naruto and Hinata turned towards Satsuki. "Well it's your family tablet, so it's your called Satsuki-chan." The blond stated as the bluenette nodded in agreement.

Satsuki looked down as she began to seriously think about this, after all this was her family's most treasured, aside from the Mangekyō, clan secret. "Could this really could harm Naru-kun and Fū-chan?" She asked once more.

"Like I said, it may but it also may not. But I personally don't want to risk it if what Itachi told us is true." Kurama replied.

"Is this about that thing the Rinne-something?" Naruto asked as he already forgot the name.

Chōmei's eyes widen as he looked at the eldest brother. "They know about the Rinnegan?" He asked telepathically to a frequency only Bijū's could heard.

". . ." Kurama said nothing to both of them as his eyes were closed, not letting anyone see what he was thinking.

Satsuki took a deep breath as she looked at the disguised fox. "Alright, if the slightest chance that it could help protect Naru-kun, than I'm ok with showing you." She stated with resignation as she began to leading them to the exact location where the sealing table is located.

Kurama and Chōmei said nothing as they walk and still had a serious expression on their faces.

As they were walking, the trio notice this and began to look at each other with concern in their faces. "This must be something big if Kurama is being completely serious for once. . ." Naruto then telepathically stated to the two girls.

"Hai. . .I haven't seen him acting like this since we talked to Itachi-san. . ." Hinata replied with concern in her tone.

Satsuki meanwhile looked around at the destroyed district as she sighed. "Yeah. . .though I just want to get out of here soon and go to our home. . ." She admitted as she looked at the charcoaled and burnt building she destroyed so long ago.

After a few more feet, the group finally reached the location where the Uchiha hid the entrance of the Table. They easily found the entrance as the tablet was visible since the last times Satsuki had entered it was to learn the secrets of the Mangekyō and to blow it up.

"Jeez, I really wish Nii-san wasn't right. . ." Satsuki grumbled as she saw that the tablet was indeed still in one piece. Then she did the necessary hand signs and the huge stone barrier open itself and clear the way towards the table as candles lit themselves to light the path.

Naruto looked down at the path as he looked at the Uchiha. "So. . .what's down there was the reason for your short time power obsessing. . ." He stated.

Satsuki sighed to that as she held her teammates hands. "Yeah. . .but I have you two to thank for saving me." She replied in a calm and honest tone.

Hinata gave off a slight smile as she tightly held her fellow fiance's hand. "It is not a problem Satsuki-chan." She responded in a kind tone.

"Enough with the mushiness and let's get on with this." Kurama stated as he began to head down the stairs his his brother following him.

Naruto then glared down the stairs. "Way to ruin the moment furball. . ." He stated with an annoyed tone.

"Its Kurama. . .what do you expect Naru-kun?" Satsuki stated with a deadpan tone.

Hinata let out an awkward giggle. "Lets. . .just follow them." She suggested as the three began to head down.

Soon enough, the group had reached the lowest part of the hidden chamber and they finally reached the Tablet, decoratively lit by two candles.

"So this is the object that allowed you to learn the Mangekyō Sharingan's jutsus?" Hinata asked as she stared at the tablet in a curious manner.

"Unfortunately. . ." Satsuki replied in a slight shame filled tone.

For both Bijūs however, their eyes widen in shocked as they saw the Tablet. "Kurama-niisan! This is-!" Chōmei stated via Bijū only telepathy.

"Yeah. . .This is his. . ." Kurama replied with small shock in his tone.

"Oi Kurama, what's up with you?" Naruto then asked.

"Kurama?" Hinata questioned in concern.

"What's up?" Satsuki soon got out.

Kurama however didn't said anything as he stepped forward and try to get a better looked at the tablet while touching the stone writing. "Hmm. . .yeah. . .this is handwriting. . ." He thought to himself.

The Bijū's eyes then turned back to his normal eyes as chakra began to focus in them, once this happened, he began to see passed even more that what the Uchiha could ever thought possible something. As only two ways could be possible to see the true message, one being Kurama as he was the most powerful of the Bijū and the other was long thought to be lost.

"What. . .the. . .hell. . .?" Kurama's eyes widen in complete shocked at what he just saw. Then after he finally managed to process it, his face turned to a enraged and furious one as his fangs were visible. "Motherfucker. . .those damned idiots. . ." He growled with pure rage as he slammed his fist onto the tablet, but it didn't even cracked it.

This shocked the trio as they had never saw the Bijū this mad before that it actually frighten them beyond what they ever thought to be.

"Kurama-niisan?" Chōmei then questioned in concern. "What happened?" He then asked by the Bijū mental link.

Kurama then looked towards his brother. "Someone changed it. . ." He replied with fury in his voice. "It's instructions for that to happen." He then added.

This in turn caused the Nanabi's eyes to widen as he instantly knew what that meant. "Impossible. . ." Was all he could say out loud.

At that simply word, the trio finally got out of their shocked. "Impossible?" Hinata meanwhile asked.

"What's going on?" Satsuki then questioned in confusion.

"Oi! Kurama what the hell was that about!?" Naruto concluded what they were all thinking.

However said Bijū didn't reply nor did his gaze turned from the table. "Chōmei. . ." He called out for his little brother with a calm yet angered filled tone.

The Nanabi merely looked towards the Kyūbi. "Yeah?" He response.

Kurama then narrowed his eyes as he looked back at the tablet. "Help me out with this. . ." He stated.

To hearing that, Chōmei instantly knew what he was planning to do. "Y-You sure? This is. . ." he tried to reason with his older brother.

"It's because of that. . .we got to do it. . ." Kurama declared without hesitation in his voice.

Chōmei looked down at this, as what they were about to do would be something no one of the Bijū would ever dare to do. "Ok. . .I trust you. . ." He replied with resignation in his tone.

"What!?" Naruto and Satsuki asked as they were tired of being left out.

"Kurama?" Hinata asked with concern as she didn't like where this was heading

Kurama finally turned away from the table "We're doing you a favor Uchiha." then answered as he extended his hand towards his brother as he did the same. "We'll be achieving what you failed at during the Chunin Exam Finals." He soon stated.

Satsuki's eyes widen to hearing that, but was still confused by this. "What!? But. . .why are you-!?" She got out.

"Just don't ask. . ." Kurama responded with a no nonsense filled tone.

Then the two Bijūs began to channel their chakra and focusing it in a single point as red, blue, black and white chakra sphere began to combine with each other making it into a dark purplish colored.

"I think you guys should leave now." Chōmei then suggested with an equally no nonsense tone.

To that, the trio could only had one thing on their minds. "RUN!" The shouted in unison as they did just that.

The chakra finally took a large sphere like shape, it was a bit bigger than the Rasengan, but its power was easily hundred times its power.

"Sorry for making you do this. . ." Kurama told his brother. "I know you hate having to destroy anything of his. . .especially something like this. . ." He then added as he and his brother began to slowly move the sphere upward.

"It's alright. . ." Chōmei responded. "Though we're gonna have to figure out what's going on now. . ." He added as the had now adjusted straight at the table.

"You can bet on the name of the old man that we will. . ." Kurama declared with both fury and conviction as they filled the sphere with all of the chakra they could mustered at this time.

All Chōmei could do was nod as a small tear fell from his eye.

"Bijūdama. . ." They both whispered as they unleashed the Bijū's most powerful move.

---

Just above the surface. . .

The trio ran as fast as they could up the stairs and just as they finally reached the entrance of the stairs. . .

BOOOOOOOOOM!

The trio was blown forward as a large smoke came from the entrance that they had entered, the cloud was incredibly large as it reached a three story buildings. It was thanks to the way that the underground was made that it didn't suffer a cave in. However it was thanks to that only the explosion went upwards, thus kept the destruction from a minimum to none at all.

All three members of Team Seven's eyes widen as they were then forced back from the backlash of the explosion. "WAH!" Naruto and Satsuki exclaimed as they and Hinata were sent flying to the ground by being close enough to the blast, but not enough to be hurt by it.

"Itai. . ." Hinata got out in slight pain from the impact as she began to rub the sore sport. "What. . .was that?" She asked in confusion.

"And what the hell did they do!?" Satsuki then asked.

This made Naruto turned around and looked on at the smoking entrance in confusion. "I don't know, but whatever it was. . .its has insane power." He commented with awe.

It didn't take a moment before the both Bijū walked out of the entrance, other than a few dusty and wrinkled clothing, both didn't looked injured in the slightest.

"Tch. . .can't believe I couldn't break that damn thing without your help. . ." Kurama commented with a bit of irritation in his tone.

"Well it was made to last for millions of years. . .so it's a given it would be tough Nii-san." Chōmei admitted.

The trio meanwhile looked at the duo that came out from the cavern.

Satsuki blinked at what the Bijū's were talking about. "Kurama. . did you. . .did you actually destroy the tablet?" She asked in a baffled tone, but that quickly ended when she shook her heat and looked at the two with an annoyed expression. "And what the hell was that explosion!?" She then exclaimed.

Said Bijū just turned towards the girl and only let out a sigh as he crossed his arms. "Just something to make sure I destroy it. . ." Kurama simply replied without really saying anything.

"And are you gonna explain why you did?" Hinata then asked as she looked at the smoking entrance.

". . ." Kurama said nothing as he turned towards the entrance and narrow his eyes. "No. . .like I said before, you three aren't ready." He finally said as he turn his gaze back to them. "And you won't get anything from me until I feel your ready. . .period." He concluded with a dead serious tone as he narrow his eyes.

This made the trio flinch slightly at the tone the normally perverted Bijū said. "Kurama?" Naruto then questioned in his own sense of confusion.

Hinata then turn to the younger Bijū. "And you feel the same way?" She asked him with a polite tone.

Chōmei placed his hands behind his head. "Sorry guys, I have to agree with Nii-san on this." He stated with an apologetic tone.

"Does this has anything to do with what Itachi-san said?" Hinata asked once more trying to get even a small hint.

". . ." Kurama replied with complete silence, making it very clear he won't say a word on the subject.

"Tch! Fine. . .Though I really don't care about the Tablet as it was just another thing that remind me of the Clan, but I just want to know why the hell you did that." Satsuki declared with an annoyed tone. "And besides I already know all the secrets of the Mangekyō Sharingan." She added.

Kurama then narrowed his eyes to hearing that. "There was more to it than that. . .but that isn't for you or the anyone else to know. . .yet." He stated.

Chōmei then began to walk away. "But don't worry you guys, you'll all know when the time comes." He reassured. "I gotta go meet up with Fū-chan now, later." He then added.

With reluctantly, the trio simply nodded in agreement, but they still wondered what was so bad that would make the Bijū's act like that. But they knew that it would had something to do with what Itachi had talked to them about his leader of the Akatsuki and that would suffice, for now.

After all. . .When secrets are held, they want to be known by others. However, there are times where they are meant to stay hidden until the time was right.

---

The days went on as the people of Konoha continued on with their lives, the civilians doing their own errands and the shinobis doing their duties, not knowing the future held in store for them.

---

On a new day. . .

We find our the chunin members of Team Seven in front of the mission hall.

Naruto let out a shout of joy. "Finally! A mission after so long dattebayo!" He declared with excitement.

"I know! We can finally get some action dattebakon!" Satsuki agreed with the same amount of excitement

"By the way, Kakashi-sensei and Haku-sensei isn't here." Hinata commented as she didn't saw both either of them in the room.

"Probably late again. . ." Naruto commented with an annoyed tone.

"It is his thing." Satsuki then reminded.

"No, Kakashi won't be coming." Tsunade suddenly declared as she entered the room.

This gain the trio's attention as the saw her and Shizune walking in. "Oh! It Baa-chan/Obaa-chan!" Both Naruto and Satsuki declared.

"Will you two numbskulls stop calling me that?" Tsunade commented as she sat in her chair.

"No can do Obaa-chan." Satsuki happily replied with a giggle.

To hearing the nickname once more, the Hokage groaned in annoyance.

"Excuse me. . .Hokage-sama. . .What did you mean by Kakashi-sensei and Haku-sensei won't be coming with us?" Hinata asked out of curiosity.

"As you should probably know already, most of the jonin, this including Kakashi, are on different missions for the sake of getting more fund for the restoration of the areas still damage from Danzō's attempted take over." Tsunade reminded that trio with a professional tone.

The trio narrowed their eyes to hearing that, but nodded all the same.

"Since you three already are chunin, you three will have to do this mission by yourselves." Tsunade continued as she pull out a scroll. "This will be a B-rank mission, escorting an important figure!" She declared.

This made said chunins become slightly startled at the slightly higher than normal level mission.

"Of course, depending on the situation, the mission has the possibility of turning into an A-rank." Tsunade stated as she began to read the contents of the scroll.

At this bit of info made the trio gain a serious expression since they remember the last time they got a slightly easy C-ran escort mission that turn A-rank.

"So? Who are we supposed to be protecting?" Satsuki asked with a serious tone.

"I don't know." Tsunade simply replied with a carefree tone.

This made Hinata nearly face faulted while both Naruto and Satsuki actually did. "What do you mean don't know!?" They both demanded with an annoyed tone.

Tsunade once more look at the contents. "In the neighboring nation of the Land of Tea, they have a dedication Ceremony at the Todoroki Great Shrine once every four year." She began to explained. "We've received a request to escort the runner who will be participating in the race that will be held there." She continued.

"The Land of Tea?" Naruto and

"Ceremony? Satsuki questioned in confused unison.

"So will the important person is the runner then." Hinata simply commented.

Tsunade merely nodded in response to the question. "Yes, and just to be sure it goes well. . ." She began.

"REPORTING FOR DUTY TSUNADE-SAMA!" Lee loudly and suddenly declared while saluting.

At that moment, the members of Team Seven nearly jumped out of their skins from the sudden shout.

"EEP!" Hinata shouted in fright.

"GAH! LEE-SAN!" Satsuki exclaimed in shock.

"WHAT THE HELL MAN!? NEARLY GAVE US A HEART ATTACK DATTEBAYO!" Naruto declared.

The male Hyuga meanwhile sighed at the expected reaction from the three. "Lee. . .I told you that you should shout like that, and much less in front of the Hokage. . ." He remained with a tired tone, clearly from repeating the same thing more than once.

The blacksmith's daughter meanwhile rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment. "Sorry about that." Tenten apologized to everyone present.

Kin on the other hand simply giggled at the antics from the green spandex wearing boy.

"Ah, good your here." Tsunade simply said while she found the trio's reactions amusing. "Now then. . .this mission is a two team mission because of two aspects of it." She stated.

"HAI! WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION OR I'LL RUN AROUND KONOHA FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT!" Lee roared with excitement as a fire appeared behind him.

Team Seven however sweatdropped at that declaration while Lee's teammates minus Kin placed a hand on their faces in exasperation.

"The first," Tsunade started, ignoring the over excited boy. "Is protection for the fact that the men who originally contacted us were attacks while delivering the mission to us." She revealed.

"But still," Hinata got out, gaining everyone's attention. "Is a seven man squad really necessary for this mission?" She then added.

"Yeah! What's up with that Obaa-chan?" Satsuki then asked with her hands behind her head.

"Um. . .Satsuki-chan, you shouldn't talk to the Tsunade-sama in that manner." Tenten stated with a slight more strict tone, as to the girl the older woman is her role model she has looked up to since she was little.

"But she is and Obaa-chan." The Uchiha Heiress reminded with a pout. "I'm just making sure she remembers that fact." She then added.

Tsunade's eye twitched as she looked at the Uchiha Heiress. "Anyways. . ." She began to say to try to get back to the subject as she turn to the female Hyuga. "To answer your question, the reason for the seven man squad for two reasons, you three of Team Seven will be responsible for protecting the client, while Team Nine and Kin will be focus on another task entirely." She stated in a serious tone.

"How come we're both having different missions to the same place?" Satsuki as a confused tone.

"Because when the messengers, a group of samurai, from the runner were heading this way, a single assailant from the opponent side attacked them before they could arrive here." Tsunade vaguely answered.

"Just one?" Naruto asked in confusion.

Neji then narrowed his eyes to that, realizing the hidden meaning. "I see, a rogue shinobi." He revealed.

Tsunade nodded to that. "Yes, that is correct, however the next part will be for Team Nine only, the rest of you may leave now to get ready and meet at the gate." She ordered them.

To hearing that order, both Naruto and Satsuki groaned to that as they really wanted to know , but they decided to listen while Hinata gave a respectable bow and the three left to prepare themselves.

Once Tsunade saw that they had left, she turned towards the remaining chunin. "Alright, Team Nine." She announced and getting said team's attention. "Your mission will also be a B-rank possibly turning A-rank." She declared.

This gain Team Nine's absolute attention as they straighten themselves. "Yes Hokage-sama." The four said in unison.

"Now then the reason for this mission is that the man that had attacked the samurai, fit the description of a certain rouge shinobi that used to be a Konoha shinobi." Tsunade began to explained.

"That is unforgivable! A shinobi abandoning his village is a disgrace to all shinobis!" Lee declared with a fire in his eyes.

Tsunade didn't even pay attention to the boy's declaration as she took out another scroll and began to look at its contents. "This man is possibly the same man that was responsible for stealing a specific and invaluable artifact from Konoha, so it will be up to you to find him, investigate if it is the artifact and returned it to the village." She then ordered.

"An artifact?" Kin meanwhile questioned with her head tilted. "What is it?" She then asked.

Tsunade then narrowed her eyes. "We believe that the artifact in his possession may be the Second Hokage's, my uncle Tobirama's sword, the Raijin or Sword of the Thunder God." She revealed.

At the mention of the famous blade, Tenten's eyes widen to dinner plates. "Wait. . .WHAT!?" She exclaimed in shock "THE RAIJIN!? THE SWORD THAT MADE THE SECOND HOKAGE FEARED AS A LIGHTNING USER AS WELL AS A WATER AND GENJUTSU USER!? THE SWORD THAT COULD RIVAL ANY OF THE SEVEN SWORDSMAN OF THE MIST, WITH THE ABILITY TO CUT THROUGH CHAKRA AND TO PARALYZE AN OPPONENT'S NERVES JUST BY A SIMPLE CLASH OF BLADES!?" She asked in rapid succession in an explosion of fangasm like manner and stars in her eyes.

". . ." Everyone around the girl meanwhile was left speechless the girls very detailed explanation of the sword, while said girl was blushing madly in embarrassment at acting like that in front of her role model.

Tsunade simply stared at the blacksmith's daughter. "Well then. . .I guess I don't have to explain what the blade is now, do I?" She commented with a baffled tone, much to the girl's embarrassment.

"I never thought I would hear Tenten-chan react that way. . ." Kin admitted with a sweatdrop.

"Anyways. . .she's right about that, so your mission is to find the rogue, make sure it is the one in the Bingo Book, capture him if possibly and retrieve the blade at all cost." Tsunade ordered. "In turn, you mission is also to protect Team Seven and the runner they are protecting from this shinobi." She then stated.

"Hmm. . .a sword with abilities like that will be difficult to deal with. . ." Neji admitted with his hand on his chin. "Though if he's someone who mainly relies on the sword itself, then we'll just have to disarm him." He then added.

"Though those three are easily gonna get themselves involved with this guy if he makes an appearance." Tenten meanwhile admitted.

"We will find him first!" Lee declared as she suddenly made this into a competition with a fire in his eyes as well as one behind him.

"Um. . .we don't even know if it is the same rouge or that he even has the sword now. . ." Kin reminded as she found it funny that they haven't even contemplate on that possibility.

To this comment, the official members of Team Nine only sweatdropped as the former Sound kunoichi had a point.

"In any case," Tsunade started, getting the four's attention. "Like Team Seven, get yourself prepared and meet them at the gate." She ordered.

---

With Team Seven. . .

The trio had exited the main gate of their home after gathering their supplies as it open at their presence.

"Ok, that never gets old dattebayo." Naruto commented with a grin as he and the girls passed the now closing gate.

Satsuki meanwhile tapped her foot as she had her tanto to her side and her shield on her left arm. "We should get ready, this is our first official B-rank mission dattebakon." She then reminded.

To hearing that, Hinata nodded in agreement. "Yes, and we must hurry so that we don't keep Team Nine waiting." She added her piece.

"Yeah good luck with that kits." Kurama remarked in his human transformation as he leaned against a wall. "With your luck, it will go A-Rank in the end." He then remarked.

"Hey Kurama." Naruto greeted the Bijū, before he realized something. "And what do you mean good luck, your coming with us." He added.

"Nope," Kurama stated in a calm manner. "I'm going to be tough on you three now and make it so you have limited access for my chakra. You brats can't rely on it all the time dammit." He then added.

Satsuki's eyes widen along with the other Team Seven members to that declaration. "What!? Whatever, you still have to come with us anyways." She then stated.

"Nope, again." Kurama retorted with the same tone. "I had enough fun with your lame missions and I'm going to one with Anko-chan and Snowflake." he added.

"You just wanna have sex with Nee-chan alone dattebakon!" Satsuki then roared.

Kurama merely rolled his eyes too that. "Doesn't matter what you say. . ." He replied as he glared at the trio. "You still own me, remember? That collar that Hyuga had?" He then asked with a very annoyed tone.

"Huh?" The trio got out before their eyes widened for a moment. "Ooooooh. . ." They soon got out as they realized what the Bijū meant and began to chuckle and giggle at the memory.

Kurama's eye then twitched as the trio realized what it was about. "Hahah. . .laugh it up what don't you, ingrates. . .you asses will be mine someday. . ." He calmly declared as he exited the gate and headed to the mission hall.

Satsuki was the first to stopped her giggling as she dried her small tears she sheaded. "Like that day will ever come dattebakon." She retorted.

"Well we better hurry then or will be late." Hinata then added in slight urgency.

Naruto gave one last chuckle to that. "Yeah, don't want to be like Kakashi-sensei." He joked in agreement.

This however wasn't missed by the fox Bijū as he was still near enough to heard his host. "Ha! The day that happens is when you three read Jiraiya's books!" Kurama loudly remarked as he finally exited the gate.

"ERO-FOX/KITSUNE!" The Uzumaki and Uchiha roared in unison as the Hyuga only let out a sigh, though she would make sure that the pervert would regret it if he actually did so.

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Back at the mission hall. . .

Tsunade watched as now newly formed Team Viper Squad where in front of her as both Anko and Yami were waiting their mission briefing.

"Well then you two, since will be first mission together, we better start off with something simply enough to get Yami used to working with you. But since she's already skilled enough, I believe a C to possible B Rank mission will do." She suggested as she held a scroll. "This one is slightly long since you would be heading for the boarder of the Land of Earth." She revealed as she held out the scroll.

Anko let out a whistle at that. "Wow all the way their, huh? Are you sure it's safe to go there? We aren't exactly in the best of terms. . .rather they aren't in the best of terms with us." She stated with a hint of worry, more so for Yami than for herself as she knew she could handle anything.

Yami merely nodded to that as she went to take the scroll.

Tsunade simply waved her concerns. "I understand your concerns, but you don't need to worry, this area of border is mostly for merchants and that old goat Ōnoki knows that it's neutral area between Konoha and Iwa, not to mention it was the merchants themselves that requested us themselves. So as long as you don't do anything without provocation he can't do anything." She explained.

"That's good to know. Don't want to kill some punks that tried to hurt my woman." A familiar deep voice declared.

The girls in the room turn and saw it was Kurama who said it.

"Hey! What took you!?" Anko was the first to comment with a large grin on her face.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with the gaki?" Tsunade asked.

"Meh, I was bored of the usual missions they get, so I decided to ditch them." Kurama then answered.

This nearly made Tsunade do a double take at the answer. "Ditch them!?" She roared out as she didn't want to think what would happen if the most powerful of the Bijū's had now escaped his Jinchūriki.

Kurama merely chuckled to the reaction, completely unfazed by it. "Relax. . .you know that the me now is more or less a clone, the real me is still inside the kit sleeping away and giving him my chakra." He stated with a carefree tone.

The answer had calmed the Hokage enough to only have a mild case of a migraine. "Fine. . .whatever. . ." Was all she got out.

"Excuse me Hokage-sama." Yami interrupted with absolute politeness and respect, something that said leader loved wholeheartedly. "You still haven't told us what exactly this mission that we been entrusted." She then asked.

Tsunade sighed in relief to the silver-blue haired girl's calmness. "She will be the only thing that will keep me sane with this two around. . ." She thought with much joy in her tone. "Ah yes, well the merchants had been having trouble lately with something attacking them and stealing a lot of the food that they been transporting." She explained as she read the information that the merchants had given to her. "Thankfully there haven't been neight any deaths or injured in this attacks." She added.

"Wait. . .so this thief's only going for the food and not anything worth of value?" Anko asked with confusion and a raised eyebrow.

Yami then placed a hand on her chin to this. "Strange, what kind of thief is that?" She wondered with curiosity.

"Um. . .a hungry thief?" Kurama suggested the obvious.

"But not that I'm not accepting the mission, but why ask Konoha shinobi's and not Iwa's?" Anko asked with a confused tone.

"The reason for this is that these attacks only happen in the only forest area of the border of Iwa has. As such, the merchants thought it would be best to ask Konoha shinobi who are more use to the forest that those of Iwa who haven't." Tsunade explained the reasons.

Anko simply shrugged her shoulders to that. "Makes sense." She simply replied.

"Any information on this thief Hokage-sama?" Yami politely asked for any hints they could used to track this mysterious thief.

Tsunade then narrowed her eyes. "That's the thing. . .somehow the thief always manage to escape with the food after it attacked the cargo without being seen, but those that actually managed to see something reported that it's some sort of beast on two legs along with several small animals appearing alongside it." She then revealed.

"Hmm?" Kurama got out with a raised eyebrow to hearing the vague description. "A beast on two legs?" He questioned.

"And has small animal companions?" Anko added.

"Could it be some sort of shinobi like the Inuzuka's or summoning jutsu?" Yami suggested.

Tsunade merely sighed in disappointment to that. "Sorry, that's all the information that the merchants could provide." Tsunade answered. "However, their is the possibility of being that Yami, that's why this could be C turning B-rank, so be careful when investigating." She added with a serious tone.

"Hai." Anko and Yami replied in unison.

"Whatever," Kurama responded. "I just want to see for myself what this beast creature is." He then stated.

---

In the forest of the Land of Earth. . .

A large set of black eyes were watching from some bushes as it began to sniff around the forest. The creature then began to jumped through the forest with agile grace as three small shadows followed it. The creature stop at the top of a tree that was near a dirt road, then it began to look and wait like a predator.

Finally after a few moments, the creature saw that the road had some merchants that were travelling and delivering food. "Ooooooooh food food!" The eyes cutely got out, revealing to be a young female voice. "Look! Look little friends-chi! Food Food!" She declared with excitement.

"Woof! Meow! Chirp!" The sounds of three different small animals soon cried in joy at the news.

Just as the sound of a four different sounds of stomach growling was heard.

The top of the girl's head moved in a cat like manner as she and her animal companions in their own way. Then all of them lowered themselves in a crouching position and they each slumped with drooling mouths. "Food. . .food. . ." She got out in a salivating way.

Then. . .They pounce!

"AWOOO!"

"MEOOOW!"

"CHIIIIRP!"

"FOOOOOD!"

They roared as their eyes sparkled with hunger!

The innocent merchants turned with startlement and fear. "NOT AGAIN! PROTECT THE FOOD WITH YOUR LIVES!" The ones that had fell victims before by the creatures.

However it was for not! As these creatures will devour their prey!

And by prey, I meant the food that their transporting. . .

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The poor merchants screamed in horror as their precious food was yet again devour by the hungry creatures!

The echoes of child like laughter rang through the forest as the sobs of the poor merchants soon followed.

---

At Konoha's Main Gate. . .

The members of Team Seven had just arrived at the Gate as they saw that Team Nine was already waiting for them.

Naruto began to waved at their friends. "Hey guys! Sorry if we made you wait!" The blond stated with a smile.

"Not at all! It would've been unyouthful if we left without our comrades!" Lee declared with conviction.

"That and we just got here too." Neji clarified with his usual composed tone.

"So basically we weren't waiting long for you guys." Tenten then stated.

"Let's get along well for this mission." Kin then requested with a bow.

"Alright then! Then let's go!" Naruto shouted with excitement while pumping a fist into the air.

However before they could leave. . .

"Hey Gakis! Imouto-chan!" A very familiar voice called out to them.

Satsuki instantly recognized the voice. "Nee-san?" She got out as she and the rest turn and saw that it was indeed Anko, alongside her was Yami and Kurama.

"What's up brats?" Kurama remarked with a cocky grin.

"Oh don't you start Ero-fox." Naruto retorted in annoyance. "So your heading out now?" He than asked.

"Yup, so don't go and blow anything up like you always do." Kurama stated with a chuckle. "But with your guys luck, something probably will." He then added.

"Screw you!" Naruto and Satsuki roared in annoyance.

Hinata meanwhile looked at the samurai kunoichi. "Please make sure Kurama and Anko-sensei don't do anything. . .rash. . ." She requested.

"Hai." Yami simply replied.

"Oi! I'm the team leader here!" Anko shouted.

". . .Yup. . .we leave it up to you Yami-chan. . .." Naruto and Satsuki declared in unision.

"Hai." Yami replied again.

"Ungrateful brats. . ." Both Anko and Kurama got out with annoyance.

With that, the teams when to their respective mission, Team Seven and Nine remained together for a little while. Team Nine would then go to the last spot the rogue shinobi was last scene to find a lead as Team Seven continue to the area that they would meet their client while Anko's Viper Squad would head towards the borders of Iwa to find their mysterious beast thief.

---

A distances away from Konoha. . .

Looking from large tree, three figures stood within the shadows as the light soon shined on one of them, revealing that the three were from Otogakure.

"Alright. . .You guys know what to do right?" One of them asked.

"Yeah, yeah. . .find the bitch and get her here. . ." Another owner rudely said in a feminine tone.

"Languare. . ." The third reminded.

"SHUT UP FATSO!" The female roared back.

"Also to test her abilities and then wait a few days before leaving" The first one then stated as he then pulled out a glowing object from his pocket before he quickly put it back. "Also remember to use this only if we absolutely need it." He concluded.

The rest simply nodded in confirmation, though one of them looked at their own glowing object with a doubtful expression before putting it away.

"Let's go." The first then ordered as the three vanished from the tree they were on.

A storm is approaching Konoha. . .and this one will have disastrous result. . .for many young lives that will forever change them. . .

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JG (JGResidentEvil)'s A/N: Hey everyone JGResidentEvil here with another, and incredibly long chapter of Uchiha Heiress Remix on the Fourth of July!

F2P (fight2protect)'s A/N: *Covered in bandages* Hey everyone, hope you all having a great summer so far. . .

JG: You alright bro?

F2P: You try be alright after being mauled by overprotected animals. . .

JG: Oh yeah. ^^" (Chuckles awkwardly) Moving on, me and F2P went a bit overboard with this chapter and well. . .we made it very long this time.

F2P: Yeah, only because the downside is that for this time there won't be any new remaster chapters, so we apologize for that for those that love to read them.

JG: Yeah we really wanted to get to the next arc for the story, The Land of Tea Race plus the first mission for Anko's Viper Squad. :3

F2P: Now before anyone starts complaining, hear us out, after reading this chapter you all have now read that true reason for adding the Snow Arc. It wasn't just to adding Yami, it was also for getting Satsuki her new shield.

JG: Which is badass as hell for a prototype!

F2P: Hell yeah! And as such you can expect that this next chapter WILL have parts that will affect the story as a whole, maybe a little, maybe a lot. BUT that's for US to know and for you readers to find out. :D

JG: Ok then, time for the review responses! Here's my response to NarutoKushina's review:

Good chapter, some really nice spars between the friends. Those watching had nice comments as well. We now have another weapon/sword fanatic in Yami probably even more than Tenten. Loved the sword/whip Tenten had, reminds me of a certain skimpy costume women from Soul Caliber. Tenten's reaction to Yami and that sword was funny, since she is not much better around unique weapons herself, she really does not have that much room to talk.

Sakura is pretty much no more. What ever was left of her is gone, she is not pretty much a monster in her former body. I doubt her soul really exists now, or her former soul I guess. Anyway she may be alive for now, but she really is no more. Hopefully she can be put down soon, like a mercy killing.

Poor Satsuki having to go on a shopping trip alone with Ino.

Yeah, we wanted to show the progress of all the rookies along with Fu and Kin as well as Yami showing off her skills. For Tenten, let's just say that at the time, I was in the middle of watching an Assassin's Creed game walkthough and got the idea for it. ^^" Yami can indeed be a unique person, which is exactly how I planned her to be when I created her.

F2P: Also that unlike Tenten, that goes into a weapons fangasm for any single cool weapon, Yami has a more. . .intellectual fangasm, as in she is the type that always analyses the swords that caught her eyes.

JG: Sakura. . .oh boy where do I begin with her. . .like Tenten's weapons, the idea came from watching a video game walkthrough, though the game was frowned upon by the fans for that series, DMC Devil May Cry: Vergil's Downfall. And trust me when I say that it was crazy writing that moment.

F2P: Ok, for that part, it was all the choice of Sakura of what kind of person she would had turnout to be, what I mean is that in that part, Sakura COULD have turn good and noble IF she had chose different answers for every time the voice asked.

JG: However she didn't in the end and now. . .we'll leave that to our version of the Valley of the End fight and trust us when we say that it will be original for many reasons.

F2P: And trust us. . .it will be EPIC! Now for my review from Nightshadegirl:

my goodness, the rookie nine has really gotten better even sakura even if she has totally lost it. i look forward to seeing who f2p created.

Yup! The rookies are now much stronger, not over the top OP strong, but enough to utilized their powers and abilities that in canon they never even try! And yeah. . .like we said, Sakura has lost all sense of both reason and sanity left. . . And finally, that person has finally make their first real appearance in this chapter!

JG: And we really enjoyed writing her part! XD

F2P: And next chapter will be their full introduction to the fic!

JG: And we really can't wait to do her!

?: *pops up right behind us* Yeah! Finally we get to come out and play! *sound of excited small animals*

JG: ! GAH! Not yet! Get back into hiding already!

F2P: *stands around doing nothing* . . .

JG: *Looks at F2P* Oi, aren't you gonna do something about her?

F2P: I am NOT going to get mauled again. . .you deal with it. . .

?: *Jumps onto F2P and graves his neck* Aw~ Come on! Let's play F2P-chi!

F2P: WAH! Oi! Get off me! *Trying to pull them of him*

?: Hahaha! *Not letting go*

F2P: GET OFF YOU LITTLE- *sound of growling* Oh you gotta be kidding me. . . *Sound of biting* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

?: *Child like laughter*

JG: *sweatdrops* Jeez. . .we we better get going then as I got to deal with F2P's little firecracker and the little ones. Until next time! *Runs off*

F2P: *sound of biting and laughter* OOOOW! PEACE OUT!