Oddly music helps me write. But, it depends on what I am listening to. Last chapter was written with me listening to early 2000s rock. Lol

I hope everyone enjoyed the last few chapters. I am just picking random stories and working on them.

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Chapter 9

Snake layer

Orochimaru looked over at the battle field below him. Bodies littered the floor as a single female stood in the center of the bodies.

'What a waste. Kabuto will be hard to replace. But, maybe his sister could take his place.' Thought Orochimaru.

The lone female had grayish white hair and gray eyes. Silver framed glasses hung off her right ear as a light sickly green chakra fad from her left hand. "I will kill those that took your life dear brother." She whispered to herself.

"You have grown stronger Akira. Your brother would have been proud." Said Orochimaru to the now named Akira.

"Thank you Lord Orochimaru. I will pick up where my dear brother has left off." Said Akira as she walked over to the wall and slowly walked up it to her master.

Konoha

Naruto sat in the middle of Jirayia's private training field as she looked over her parents scrolls and sealing books. She let out a long and loud sigh. "This is going to be a nightmare." She said as she fell back onto the soft grass.

"How are things going?" Asked a figure standing over Naruto.

Slowly she open her eyes to see Kankuro and Gaara standing over her. "Hey guys. Annoying and tiring. How are you guys doing and where is your sister?" She asked them as she sat up looking around.

"She is meeting with all male suitors from 5 major clans." Said Kankuro as he sat down on the ground next to Naruto.

"How are meeting of your future bride?" Teased Naruto.

Kankuro slightly blushed. "No so good. We have had several foolish Civilian Council members tried parading their daughters, nieces, granddaughter and even themselves to us."

"It was horrifying. Mother wanted the nightmare to end." Said a monotone Gaara.

Naruto looked past the two teen boys and saw their ANBU guards just watching them. "So, besides that nightmare. How's house arrest going?" She asked them.

"It has been fine. They understand we didn't want anything to do with what happen and didn't know to much of Orochimaru's plan for your village. We were expendable for the damn snakes master plan." Said Kankuro as he clenched his fist. "They fully planned on killing my little brother." He said looking away from Gaara.

"That is the purpose of a weapon. We are expendable for the great good of our villages." Said Gaara as something odd flashed in his eyes.

"WHAT THE HELL GAARA!? WE ARE NOT PONDS! WE ARE NOT EXPENDABLE! WE ARE ALIVE AND WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT AS ANYBODY ELSE TO LIVE A LOVE AND HAPPY LIFE!" Yelled Naruto at Gaara as his teal eyes open wider in shock. Even Kankuro and the three ANBU members looked at the girl in shock.

A voice from behind them made the all look over by the waterfall.

"Naruto is right. We are not tools but living and breathing people that need love and happiness." Said Haku as he appeared out of an ice mirror.

"Hey Haku. Where is Zabuza-sensei?" She asked the young man.

"He is running late and will be here soon." Said Haku as he smirked. 'Yeah, she going to flip.' He thought to himself.

"Oh okay." Said Naruto with a shrug. She looked back at her books and sighed. "This stuff is so freaking annoying."

Gaara picked up one of the books and studied it. "This is different from what they showed us about making simple storage and water seals."

"Yeah, that book is a level 9 seal masters book. I'm still at level 6. But, I just wanted to look at it." Said Naruto.

Everyone looked at the blonde. Their eyes wife from shock.

Hokage Tower

"Revy I want to take Naruto to go find Tsunade." Said Jirayia as he looked at the young woman before him.

"Hell no! I'm not allowing her to go on a journey with a pervert like you." Growled Revy as Zabuza sat on the couch watching everything going on.

"Revy-chan. I'm sure she will be the only one going along." Said Sarutobi as he grinned at Jirayia.

'What is sensei talking about?' He thought as it finally clicked.

"Revy why not come along?" Asked Jirayia as he gave her his best smile.

Revy gave him a deadpan look. 'He only wants me to come along to get his way.' She thought to herself. "Why should I come along?" She asked him.

"I want to bound with you again. Is that too much to ask for?" Asked Jirayia as he smile.

"Sure and I'm the Easter Bunny." Said Revy.

This made Zabuza laugh. "She has a point old man. Why do you really want her to come?" He asked.

With a sigh Jirayia leveled his gaze with Revy. "I need to make Naruto stronger and fast. There are a group of people hunting the tail beast and their host." He told her.

Zabuza shot off the couch. "No one and I mean no one is going to hurt Naruto." During his short time knowing the girl Zabuza saw her as a daughter to a bratty little sister.

"What do you know about them Jirayia." Said Revy as a purple aura engulfed her.

"At the moment not much. But, they are made up of S rank missing ninjas and a couple A Rank ninjas. Last I heard Itachi Uchiha was part of the group." Jirayia told them.

Revy stood there for a few moments. Never batting an eye or saying a word to the others in the room. 'God Dammit Minato!' She growled to herself.

"Fine. But, Zabuza and myself are going along. I don't trust you and her training can't be stopped just to hunt for sensei." Said Revy as she looked at Zabuza.

He grinned from under his mask and nodded his head. "The brat has come to far in her training to stop." He told Jirayia.

With a heavy sigh Jirayia looked over at his old sensei. "That fine with you old man?" He asked.

"Fine. I don't care just get me Tsunade back here. I need her to take over." Said Sarutobi as he sign some papers and throw the scroll at Jirayia. "Be ready to leave in an hour." He told them as he went back to his paperwork.

Jirayia lead the other two people out of the Hokage's office.

"It's really that bad isn't it?" Asked Revy.

Jirayia looked over his right shoulder at her. "Yeah, the other bad thing is. They have spies all over the place. So, right now we don't know who all we can trust with this." He told the other two.

Zabuza nodded his head. 'I will destroy who ever comes for that girl. If it wasn't for her…' He was pulled from his thoughts.

"Will Haku be coming along?" Asked Jirayia as he looked at the tall man.

"No, he has been told he will be looking after Gaara." Said Zabuza as he looked down at Jirayia.

Jirayia took on a thinking pose. 'He is the one that Naruto might marry. So, maybe we should take him with. It would make it harder to find him.' He thought to himself as he stopped and turned to Zabuza. "It might be for the best to bring Gaara along?" He asked.

Revy raised an eyebrow to this. "No, for it would put more pressure on us. As well no one knows where the Gaara is. Many believe he died during the invasion of the village." She told the two men.

"She does have a point. I heard that in the bar last night. That he was believe to be dead and his siblings are now prisoners of Konoha." Said Zabuza as he smirked under his bandage mask.

They had already made it to the training field to see the four teenage sitting around talking and Naruto pulling her hair.

"What is going on here?" Asked Revy as she stood behind Gaara.

"Naru-chan is freaking out of a seal she found in this book." Said Haku as he raised the book to show a double helix soul reaper seal.

Everyone whistled at the sight of it.

"This is so annoying. That book is level 20. I don't know if I will ever make it." Cried Naruto as she looked up at Jirayia with teary puppy eyes.

"Brat your only level 6. So just relax and we'll help you get to level 20 in no time." Said Jirayia looking away from the girl. 'Curse those eyes. No man can tell them no.'

Gaara tilted his head looking at Naruto. This was the first time he had ever seen anyone use those eyes and the second she head what she wanted those tears disappeared and she was all sunshine once again.

"What Jutsu was that?" Asked Gaara with a confused tone.

"Bro, that is a very deadly jutsu that is used against men. Woman use it to get what they want." Said Kankuro as he placed his left hand on Gaara's right shoulder.

"Hmmm… interesting." Said Gaara as he studied Naruto some more.

'It appears that strange boy likes her.' Thought Zabuza as he watched Gaara.

Revy and Jirayia also caught on to this and Jirayia looked over at Revy as she just sighed. There was nothing she could do to stop this. No matter how much she wanted to. Naruto is a daughter of a kage and it isn't unheard of for them to have arranged marriages. As well as she is royalty due to her mother. This girl was screwed. But, just maybe she could find love with Gaara and not some asshole wanting power.

"So, what are you guys up to?" Asked Naruto now looking at the three adults.

"We got a mission brat. Revy and Zabuza are tagging along as well." Said Jirayia with a huge grin.

"Really?" Asked Naruto as she looked at the old toad with suspicious eye. "What kind of mission?" She asked him.

"We're going to go find my old sensei and drag her drunken ass back to the village. So, it might get messy." Said Revy as a sadistic grin slowly crossed her lips.

Naruto arched her eyebrow at this titbit of information. 'Greet, their going to get drunk and I'm going to have to babysit.'

'Pretty much.' Said Kurama as his slowly open his left eye. 'You could challenge him to drinking contest. I will make sure you win and not be sick in the morning.' He told her.

'Yeah, that might happen. For what I know of Tsunade. She super strong. But, sucks at gambling and is a super drunk. Some people swear she has sake for blood.' She told Kurama. 'But, do you really think I can beat you? Last time I drank anything we found out I was a drunken fist fighter.'

All she heard was Kurama roar of laughter before he cut their mental link. She glared at no one but everyone took a step away from her. "Asshole." She grumbled to herself.

"Well anyways. Go get packed we leave in 2 hours." Said Jirayia as he waved to them as he walked off.

They nodded their heads as Naruto looked at the 3 male teens. "I guess I'll see you guys when I get back." She told them as she resealed everything and got up to leave.

They nodded their heads to her and watched her leave.

Haku looked at Gaara and grinned. "You like her don't you?" He asked Gaara.

A slight blush crept across Gaara's cheeks. Oh yeah. He liked her.

Kankuro smirked. "Yeah, but you like that Sasuke chick." He teased. This made Haku blush as well.

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Next time we find the world's biggest sucker.

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