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Bijuu talk/think or Jutsu

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Summons talk

====3 Days Before the Finals of the Chunin Exams with Naruto at the Forest Behind of the Hokage Mountain====

Naruto was sitting on a tree branch calmly, "Where are you?" a few moments later a murder of crows gathered in front of Naruto taking the shape of the person whom he was waiting for, "Itachi... you came..."

"You called me Yondaime-sama..." said Itachi.

"Don't call me Yondaime-sama... I'm not the man who was the Hokage... either Minato or Naruto..." said Naruto.

"Minato-san... it will cause a fuss of someone catch us here... I can sense someone here... who is it?" asked Itachi.

"Before I say who is it tell what you know about Izanagi?" asked Naruto.

Itachi kept his calm when he heard the forbidden jutsu name of the sharingan, "If you know the name then you must know what it is... so why bring that Jutsu's name?"

"Because someone whom you killed in the massacre used Izanagi to come back to life..." said Naruto, Itachi wasn't visibly shocked but internally he stiffened knowing if one of them are alive and met Sasuke and tell the truth then his plans would be jeopardized, Naruto continued, "You're thinking if the person approaches Sasuke then your plans will be jeopardize..."

"That's a possibility but since you know about Izanagi and a person survived then that person must be an ally of yours..." said Itachi.

Naruto chuckled, "Seriously if you became my successor then everyone could rest easily... anyways yes that person is an ally, but that Uchiha Madara isn't... I have come to a conclusion who is behind that mask... did you know the mangekyo ability Kamui?"

"Yes... that's Madara's teleportation jutsu..." said Itachi.

"Did you know that Kakashi's mangekyo has the same ability?" asked Naruto.

Itachi took some moments collecting his thoughts, "He is Uchiha Obito..."

"Yes... I'm sorry because of my carelessness one of my previous subordinates caused you so many problems..." said Naruto.

"Hn..." grunted Itachi, "So do you want me to do something?"

"No... everything is going like Obito planned so here I don't want to take action... but you must live Itachi... Obito is scared of you that's why he never touched Sasuke but if you die then I'm sure Obito will use Sasuke hatred to destroy Konoha... you wanted Sasuke to be a hero but if everything continues like this Sasuke will be the main villain in the end..." explained Naruto.

"That's why I programmed Shisui's eye for Sasuke..." said Itachi.

"Yes, but I don't want to give him a false personality... anyways we will talk about it later but today I'm called you so within the sacrifices you made you should get some happiness..." said Naruto.

Itachi was confused about what Naruto said but his confusions cleared when he heard footsteps coming towards him. He looked at Naruto who wasn't fazed meaning he knew who is coming but he was prepared for anything. Itachi thought he was preparing for anything but when the person came in his view he froze, he wasn't prepared to confront that person.

"Don't be shy Itachi... she is your Kaa-san, and she will love you no matter what so go and embrace her..." with that Naruto disappeared with a smile knowing his work was done.

====The Same Day with Sasuke====

I have trained you enough Sasuke and from now you will train here on your own while I'll look after you..." said Kakashi.

"You did that over the month Kakashi... just showed me something and I did the rest..." said Sasuke.

"That's what is training Sasuke... my job is to show you and your job is to break those things and learn in your way... I hope you can win against Haku... and if you beat him then you will possibly win the whole contest... though I'm not sure when you will face Juugo because of his Kekkei Genkai..." said Kakashi.

"Hmmp... some senjutsu can't defeat an elite... you said that no Uchiha in history learned senjutsu means it is weak compared to the sharingan..." said Sasuke.

"The Shodai Hokage defeated Uchiha Madara with senjutsu..." said Kakashi.

Sasuke glared at the silver haired jonin who just gave him a bored look, "Then why don't you train me with senjutsu?"

Kakashi frowned after Sasuke demanded to teach him the thing which he marked as weak just a minute ago, "I'm not a senjutsu master... only two sages are alive now... first is Jiraiya-sama then Naruto... to think Naruto mastered senjutsu without guidance is most impressive..."

"Hn...anyways Madara was an ancient fool but I'm not... he discarded his clan so he was defeated... but her I am an elite Uchiha who will not be defeated... and you still didn't tell how the Yondaime made the Kyuubi dobe..." said Sasuke.

"Clearly I didn't know... there were 3 people present there 12 years... Yondaime-sama, Kuhsina-sama, and newborn Naruto... one died, and one just born some hours ago so only she knows... go and ask her..." said Kakashi.

"You know it's good... an Uchiha can control the Kyuubi with his sharingan so I know what I have to do... but then again the dobe is crippled so a crippled thing won't do good... I should have killed the dobe to put him out of his misery..." said Sasuke.

"You're welcome to try... just don't ask me anything..." said Kakashi.

====With Naruto====

Naruto was sitting on his bed with a frown because his Kaa-san forbid him from training but accepted his request to compete in the finals. He was bored and thought for a moment how Itachi was taking the news of his mother but then he couldn't go out from his house to make everyone believe he was still in the hospital. Naruto learned some things when he was out, and he started to hate Sakura for her behavior towards Naruto. Naruto asked his Kaa-san about his teammates training and what they were doing, and she said that she was training Nier and Haku had finished training with Mikoto, so she didn't know where he was, he was very mad at his Nii-san, "Things are so boring and you're not talking to me at all Tou-san."

"Well, what do you want me to talk to you about Sochi?" asked Minato.

Naruto thought about it for a minute before speaking, "Your chunin exams."

"Alright, well the first and second phase were a written exam and the forest of death, for the third, I fought against Hiashi," said Minato.

"You fought against Hinata's Tou-san?" asked Naruto.

Minato nodded, "Hmhm."

====Meanwhile With Nier====

Nier was sitting on the border if Konoha from where see could see almost the whole village. Kushina ended her training yesterday and she didn't know what to do for relaxing before the finals. She sighed thing when she had asked her redhead sensei about naruto, she only said that he woke up, but he didn't want to meet anyone for some days. Nier got an idea that maybe Naruto's injuries couldn't be healed so he went into some sort of depression but none of her words were listened by the Hokage and said to leave him alone at least until the finals, "Ahh Naruto why did you do that? Why don't you want me to visit you? What's wrong with you? I thought he was prefect..."

"No one is perfect girl... everyone misses something, and someone can find them..." said a voice.

Nier was startled from the deep voice but then she found on of the sannin behind her, "Jiraiya-sama."

"Well, I shouldn't be here right now, but I remember you, so I came..." said Jiraiya, "Come on tell me why you are so upset?"

"You know the reason... there's no way that a sannin accidentally found me..." said Nier.

"Oh, come on, don't be so cold... well I can give advice on anything except on love since I'm a failure on that part..." said Jiraiya.

"Is it Tsunade-sama? Of course it's her..." said Nier.

"Haha, you guess it... I loved her and she loved someone else and never looked at me in that way... but you and Naruto are different... you look at Naruto and he looks at you with the same amount of love... he could have taken advantage of Taiyō that day, but he did, and that's because he loves..." said Jiraiya.

"I know... Naruto clearly said that he didn't have any feelings for Taiyō and only for me... but I can't say no to him because we are already committed to me, and we have moments... but I don't understand why Hokage-sama won't let me see him..." said Nier.

"Well, you're free to share those moments with me... it would be a great addition to my book..." said Jiraiya with a prevented grin. Nier sighed at Jiraiya's perverted comment not interested in them.

Jiraiya stopped laughing when he didn't get any reply and also frowned, "Kushina has always be protective of Naruto, but now she is the Hokage, so she is probably doing this for the good of the village. And Naruto doesn't have anything for Taiyō then why are you hesitating? If you are hesitating because of your past, then don't bother with your new feelings..."

"Hmm..." hummed Nier.

"Well, that's all that I wanted to say... now think on what I said..." said Jiraiya.

Nier noticed Jiraiya disappeared into smoke and thought over Jiraiya's words on why she was upset, "If Naruto retires out then I'll have the biggest advantage to win... and if he comes then I have to show him all my strength not weaknesses..."

====At Konoha Main Street====

Sakura was having a bad time since the chunin exams prelims ended and she was discarded by everyone. The girls she used to pass her time with when Sasuke wasn't around left her after laughing for her forehead calligraphy thanks to Nier. Though she used bandages and cloths to hide those words everyone learned what was written on her forehead and she was angry on that. Sakura was fuming in anger that everyone dubbed her as weak trash but once she protested that she was a princess so she needs to be soft for her prince Sasuke-kun who would save her when she was in danger.

When Sasuke's name came between them everyone made a disgusted face and said that Sasuke was a loser, and he will be defeated in his first match in the finals. She couldn't hear it and left them behind cursing them and even Naruto also even if his name wasn't mentioned. Though Sakura stopped in the middle of the road by a group of people.

"Hi there Sakura-chan... I hope you didn't forget me..." said a feminine voice.

Sakura frowned and looked towards the older woman in front of her and recognized her as the daimyo's daughter, "Yeah I remember you... you're the fire daimyo's daughter but I'm sorry I forgot your name..." of course she remembered her name because she was close to that baka.

"Ah it's okay... my name is Rin... Tohsaka Rin... I have heard what happened with Kakashi-san's team some weeks ago and also the injuries whiskers-kun got from his match..." said Rin.

"Oh, I get it... you came here to see that baka... I hope he dies and if he wants then I can put him out of his misery..." said Sakura.

Rin's eyebrows threatened to twitch but she remained calm, "I hope you didn't mean what you said... anyways I have to go meet Hokage-dono then Whiskers-kun..."

"Don't bother... that baka got a whore for himself and used to fuck in some alleyways... yeah sounds good for a whore... well better not catch the whore of a Hokage in her office getting fucked by someone to get support... well if you want to be one of their sluts then you're free to go..." said Sakura.

The moment Sakura finished her last sentence she found herself between many weapons from the royal guards, then one of them spoke, "You sure have a death wish to address princess by your lowly language girl..."

"Wh-what are you doing? I didn't say anything wrong..." said Sakura.

"I won't stand against this insult... guards capture her and take her to Hokage-dono... I hope she will punish this girl to I have to do it myself..." said Rin.

"Hey... hey you can't do this... I'm a shinobi and you are just a daimyo's daughter..." said Sakura.

"Shut up punk... she is the daughter of ruler of this land and if she wanted to then this shinobi village will be destroyed within days..." said one of the guards, "Seize the delinquent..."

====Meanwhile In the Hokage Office====

Kushina was signing some papers with another Kushina arranging some of them. Meanwhile there was a third Kushina who was sitting in a corner, enjoying her drink while her clones were doing her work. Though her relaxation didn't last long when she heard a knock.

"Come in... at Kushina's word the door opened revealing the daughter of the fire daimyo, "Welcome to Konoha Utsukushī Hime-sama (beautiful princess)... I hope you had no problems on your way," Kushina greeted with a warm smile.

Rin also returned the smile to the Hokage, "I didn't have any problems on my way but inside of Konoha... I was insulted by one of your shinobi and I won't stand it, so I want you to take action and cancel the delinquent's shinobi license or I'll have to talk with my father..."

"Let me guess... it's bubblegum princess since the emo Uchiha isn't here currently..." said Kushina with a sigh.

"Guards..." Rin made space and someone was thrown in the room.

"WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL THAT YOU HAVE TO THROW ME LIKE A RAG?" screeched Sakura.

"HARUNO SAKURA... I HAVE HEARD ENOUGH OUT OF YOU..." with a hand seal wood sprang out from Kushina's hand creating a prison around her.

"HEY BITCH! STOP THIS... NOOOOO..." screeched Sakura.

Kushina went to the prison and slapped a seal over it and took out Sakura's Konoha hitai-ate, and her hidden forehead also came out by her careless hand, "I have tolerated you for a long time and you have hit the last nail of my patience... ANBU take Haruno to the prison; I will decide the extreme punishment later..."

Rin was surprised at Kushina's fast decision on Sakura and remembered who she was, a woman that was a menace to everyone, "You didn't hear my other accusations... I guess you had some personal vendetta against that girl..."

I will put some accusations by myself on your behalf... don't worry about that... I was having complaints about that girl almost every day from at least one person... she is the worst influence in Konoha behind the emo Uchiha... and that was for celebrating at my son's injuries..." said Kushina.

"Oh, I remember now... how is Whiskers-kun? I have heard about his injuries, so I came here to see him before the finals..." said Rin.

"Whiskers-kun?" Kushina laughed, "You gave my Sochi a nickname and none other than whiskers-kun..."

"Oh, come on you don't know when you caress his whiskers then he purrs cutely..." said Rin.

"Well, I didn't try that... so tell me how are you? Last time I remember you were a brat running you were a brat running all over the Hokage office destroying everything in your path..." said Kushina.

Rin blushed in embarrassment, "Please don't remind me of our embarrassing encounters when I was a child... anyways I'm fine and doing well... how about you Hokage-dono? Last time I remember everyone was having your funeral..."

"Haha... it's great to come back from death... many things have changed but I managed in everything and became the Hokage..." said Kushina.

"Yes of course... Oto-san was both happy and scared when he heard you returned from your grave..." said Rin.

"He better be or I'll paint his room and him with bright pink which is the color he hates most..." said Kushina.

Rin laughed nervously, "I hope you didn't mean it..." she stopped when Kushina smiled at her means she might do that, so she tried to change the subject, "Anyways, can I see Naruto-kun?"

"Hmm... Naruto is doing good, and he woke up from his coma state 2 days ago but sorry to disappoint you, Naruto doesn't want to meet anyone... he wished to stay alone until the chunin exams are over..." said Kushina.

"Is he depressed because he found out that his injuries were incurable? If it's the case, we should stay beside him to encourage him..." questioned Rin.

"I know but he refused to meet anyone because he doesn't want someone's sympathy... and he doesn't want to come out because he will be more discouraged when he sees the other competitors are training but he can't..." said Kushina.

"I see... I understand the situation... you are his Kaa-san so if you think it's the best then it would be the best... but after the finals I want to meet him..." said Rin.

"Oh, he will be happy to learn when the princess of fire country came here to see him from her busy schedule... but you must wait until I arrange your place since you came unnoticed, I couldn't arrange you a place..." apologized Kushina.

"It's okay... I can wait..." said Rin.

End of Chapter 26

Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter! See you in Chapter 27! Please review! Bye!