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Sabaku no Kitsune: Chapter 57
Ame hospital (3 days after finding Temari): With Tsunade, A, Mei Terumi, and Gaara
Tsunade and Gaara stood at the hospital entrance as A and Mei Terumi walked in; upon seeing them Mei spoke up.
"Is it true; did you really find Temari?" Mei asked hoping for good news; after finding out Temari was missing Mei diverted a small contingent of Kiri anbu to look for her in the eastern part of the land of fire "is she ok; is she alive?"
"Yes, she is alive" Gaara said and Mei let out a sigh of relief "Naruto has been by her side for the past three days; he hasn't even left the room".
"Hot damn, finally some good news for once" A said with genuine happiness in his voice "I could tell by looking at that girl she wouldn't die easily; I knew it".
"Thanks you two; we really appreciate you coming" Tsunade said and both of them nodded "but that is not why we called you here"; both Mei and A raised an eyebrow and Tsunade continued. "Jiraya is talking with her right now and trying to figure out all that she knows" Tsunade said "when he gets all the info we can discuss what he has in mind".
Meanwhile; in a hospital room: With Naruto, Temari and Jiraya
Naruto leaned in with a glass of water with a straw and moved it towards Temari's lips "here you go Temari; have some more water" he said; Temari was still in a hospital bed and hooked up to numerous I.V's and medical equipment.
"Thanks baby" Temari said softly as she opened her lips and placed in on the straw before she began to drink some water; Temari looked slightly better than she did a few days ago, her skin had more color, her hair has been washed with soap and her eyes were no longer blood shot. However she was still heavily malnourished and had to have vitamins and proteins pumped into her to feed her due to not eating proper food for weeks on end.
Jiraya sat at the foot of the bed and had a smile on his face; he remembered Minato doing the same for Kushina when she was sick, he doted on her like a worried mother.
'Like father like son I guess' Jiraya thought before speaking "Anyway Temari, what else could you remember about the base?; Temari and Naruto looked at him as he scribbled in his note book. "Number of guards, specific personnel, secret rooms; anything like that?" Jiraya asked and Temari pulled her lips from the straw and spoke.
"There were five separate levels" Temari said looking at him "the bottom level was full of prisoners like me, the fourth was an administrative and interrogation level; that's where I saw Asuka". Naruto groaned at the name and rubbed his hands through his hair.
'Damn that girl; why can't she just roll over and die' Naruto thought in frustration.
"The third floor was the barracks and I saw hundreds of root members down there" Temari said snapping Naruto back into the conversation "the second floor had the training areas and the armories; and lastly the first level was repurposed into a hospital due to the amount of wounded they suffered from the last offensive, but that was weeks ago".
Jiraya wrote everything down and nodded "and you're sure about the location?" Jiraya asked "South East of Konoha just outside the village walls?"; Temari nodded and spoke.
"Yeah I'm sure; when I was in the back of the wagon with the rest of the bodies we didn't pass through the village gates" Temari said confidently and Jiraya nodded.
"Ok then; I'll take this to Tsunade" Jiraya said as he got up "get some rest ok"; Jiraya walked out of the room and Naruto put down the glass of water and crawled into bed with Temari.
"How are you feeling babe" Naruto asked as he wrapped his arm around Temari.
"Like shit" Temari said with a chuckle "I lost over half a year of my life, my memory is scrambled… I killed Kankuro"; Temari gripped the sheets as like it was her life line. "The look on Karin's face when I asked where he was… and then the memories hit me like a brick to the head" Temari said as she began to tear up; Naruto seeing this wrapped his arms around her and laid her down with her head on his chest.
"It wasn't you Temari, you had no control over anything you did" Naruto said as he began to stroke her back "the seal is gone and now you're free; that's all that matters to us". Temari snuggled into his chest and Naruto spoke up "so I'm thinking once this war is over, we can go on vacation" Naruto said getting Temari's attention "where do you wanna go, anywhere in the world".
Temari smiled and looked at him "I want to go to Kiri again" she said with a smile "remember when we went to the beach; during the humanitarian mission".
Naruto chuckled and nodded "oh yeah, you got all jealous over Mei and me" Naruto said making Temari pout "but hey, it's not my fault". Naruto took a breath and got a smug look on his face "i just have a knack for pulling in hot older girls" Naruto said before putting his hand on her butt and giving it a squeeze "after all I landed you didn't I?"
"Ok buster; get off your high horse" Temari said as she slapped his hand off her butt "no 'fun stuff' until I regain at least thirty pounds and can walk to the bathroom without you helping me".
Naruto play pouted and crossed his arms "aww man, you're so mean Temari" Naruto said in a mock hurt voice "I have no problem banging my girlfriend even though she looks like an anorexic mental patient".
Temari sat up wide eyed and slapped Naruto on the chest making him laugh "take that back you jerk face" Temari said trying to not laugh. Just then the door opened and Gaara, A and Mei walked in.
"Temari; you're awake" Mei chirped as she trotted over and gave her a hug "oh Kami I was so worried about you".
"Thanks Mei; I appreciate it" Temari said giving her a hug back.
"Well I'll be damned" A said as he walked up "look at that kid; you're girl is back in your arms".
Naruto chuckled at this and spoke "yeah, I missed this feeling to much" Naruto said "what are you guys doing here?"
"Lady Tsunade called us over" Mei said "she said that Lord Jiraya has a plan and wanted to discuss it with us". "But enough with that; how are you doing Temari?" Mei asked and Temari looked at her with a small smile.
"Well after going through a lot of tests and physicals" Temari said before shuddering as she remembered getting an eye, ear, nose, mouth, gynecological, rectal and TBI exam along with having her blood drawn and the hospital collecting urine, stool and saliva samples. "Oh god, I hope I never have to to do that again" Temari said shuddering before Naruto wrapped his arm around her.
"Damn… was it really that bad?" A asked and Temari nodded.
"One of the most degrading moments of my life" Temari said "luckily for me it was Tsunade, Sakura and Karin who did it; so at least I don't have to hide my face in shame". Temari cleared her throat and spoke "anyway, two days ago they gave word to Obito and Kurumi and the reunion was very nice" she said.
Flashback (2 days ago): With Naruto, Temari and Karin
"All I'm saying is that you have nothing to be ashamed about" Karin said patting Temari's shoulder "we're your friends; you can trust us".
Temari looked at her and spoke "you and Sakura had to look at my… 'girl area'… and up my ass" Temari said incredulously "so excuse me for feeling a little embarrassed".
"Come on babe; they had to check for parasites and infections" Naruto said holding her hand "I mean I had to do the same thing to become a Suna ninja; that old doctor had to yank on my nuts to make sure I was fit to be a ninja".
"You're a boy; you wouldn't get it" Temari said crossing her arm and pouting and both Naruto and Karin chuckled; suddenly from the corner of the room a black vortex appeared and 2 figures chat out of it.
"Ok my god Temari" Kurumi shouted as she ran over and gave her a hug and began to cry happy tears "oh my god it really is you".
"What are you guys doing here?" Naruto asked and Obito walked over.
"Lord Jiraya sent a toad to us to let us know about Temari" Obito said as he sat next to Naruto "we came as fast as we could".
"Yeah, we just had to see you" Kurumi said as she broke the hug "oh my god we have so much to tell you about".
"Oh come on; I was only gone for a few months, nothing you say can surprise me" Temari said and everyone looked at her.
"I mastered my Sharingan and my Susanoo" Kurumi said with a smile and Temari became happy.
"Me and Kurumi both wiped out the entire Hyuga clan in battle; by ourselves" Obito said with a little bit of pride making Temari go wide eyed.
"My friend Sasuke who I thought I killed all those years ago is actually alive in river country" Naruto said making her snap her head at him "he's now a one armed, one legged fisherman, with a wife who has a really nice ass apparently and he's… kind of a good person now; although he did kidnap Anko and try to kill us".
Upon hearing this Temari's jaw dropped and by the looks of it her brain was overloaded by information; Temari snapped to her senses and spoke.
"I'm sorry… how long was I away exactly?" Temari asked.
Flashback end
"Yeah it was one hell of a shock to find out that the person responsible for getting my boyfriend banished from his village is still alive" Temari said and both A and Mei nodded.
"Well, that's no matter; I'm just glad you're ok" Mei said giving her a smile.
"And I'm glad you got away from Konoha" A said with a hearty laugh "I can't imagine the shit show that you left behind".
At the same time; In Konoha (root base): With Danzo and Shikamaru
"We still haven't found her Lord Danzo" A root anbu said as he and his four man squad kneeled in front of Danzo and Shikamaru "We have been looking all around the country side for Lady Temari; but we haven't been able to find any evidence of-".
Shikamaru made a hand sign and his shadow shot towards the four anbu and began to wrap around them; the shadows went up to their necks and began to strangle.
"I am not interested in you failures captain" Shikamaru said in a cold and emotionless tone; Danzo looked to him and spoke.
"That's enough Shikamaru; let him go" Danzo said and Shikamaru grunted in acknowledgment.
"As you wish Lord Danzo" Shikamaru said as he let the anbu go and they all grabbed their throats and began to cough "leave us… now".The Anbu got up and walked out of the room, leaving Shikamaru and Danzo alone "blundering fools" Shikamaru said.
"You are the only fool here Shikamaru" Danzo said "you let your attachment to that girl cloud your judgement; her escape was your fault and your fault alone". "If it was up to me I'd killed her right away; she would've made for a good bargaining chip yes, but dead she would've demoralized the enemy forces" Danzo said and Shikamaru nodded.
"Yes Lord Danzo, but-" Shikamaru began but Danzo cut him off.
"But nothing" Danzo said as he began to walk away "I will order all root to engage and kill Temari on sight; we have no more time or resources to waste on her". "Suna, Kumo, Spring, Ame and the rebels are closing in on Konoha" Danzo said "we must prepare for our last stand".
Shikamaru clenched his fists and spoke "Yes… Lord Danzo" Shikamaru said begrudgingly before following him out the room.
The Next Day; In Ame: With Naruto, Gaara, Tsunade, Nagato, Konan, Jiraya, Obito, A, Mei and Katsu
Naruto and Obito were all standing in a meeting room with Gaara, Tsunade, Nagato, Konan, Mei, A and Katsu waiting to hear what Jiraya had to say; Jiraya stood in the middle with everyone looking at him and he cleared his throat before speaking.
"As you all know we are now less than one hundred miles from Konoha; the end of the war is writhing our sights" Jiraya said as everyone looked at him "but with that being said, it's far from over". Jiraya walked to a map and pointed at the entire front "as we speak dozens, if not tens of dozens of allied ninja are being killed every day as Konoha makes us pay for every inch of ground" he said "and from what Temari told me from her limited knowledge; it'll only get worse".
"How so Lord Jiraya?" Mei asked from her seat and Jiraya pulled out his notepad.
"From what Temari told me there is probably a total of three to four thousand shinobi ready to defend Konoha" Jiraya said and the other Kage frowned at this "fresh genin, veterans, barely recovered wounded and surviving shinobi from Taki, Kusa and Oto". "We, as in all four of the nations including the renegade Konoha ninja have amassed a total of eight thousand ninja; the vast majority being from Kumo with nearly half of the force since they entered the war late" Jiraya said and A nodded.
"Luckily our forces sustained minimal casualties in the invasion of Oto" A said and Katsu spoke up.
"We get it Lord Jiraya" Katsu said speaking up "there will be a lot of casualties during the battle".
"Six thousand ninja in total killed or wounded" Jiraya said as he raised his note book making everyone go wide eyed "plus another four thousand civilians as well… I did the math".
"Ten thousand dead or wounded" Naruto said wide eyed and Jiraya nodded "damn, that's a fucking bloodbath; we can't do that".
"You don't know how right you are Naruto; which is why I got a plan" Jiraya said making them all go wide eyed "all root ninja take silence seals to ensure they do not give up their main base; however Temari wasn't given a seal as she was expected to die if her seals were removed". Jiraya grabbed a marker and put an 'X' on the map next to him "we have successfully found the main root base thanks to Temari; and it's outside Konoha" he said.
"What's you're plan Lord Jiraya" Gaara asked and Jiraya looked to him and spoke.
"A raid to the root main base of operations" Jiraya said shocking the entire room "a small force consisting of me, Naruto, Gaara, Yugito Nii, Bee, Kakashi, Might Guy, Kurumi and Lee and all the anbu and a select of jonin from our combined nations will go in and take them out". "So basically I'm asking for a force of two hundred individuals to go with me, behind enemy lines to take them out" Jiraya said and Tsunade spoke up.
"That is fucking insane Jiraya" Tsunade shouted "first, how do you expect to get there, second you're taking four jinchuriki with you and third how the hell do you expect this to work?"
Jiraya looked at her and spoke "first, Obito will Kamui there with me and Naruto will stay back; we'll use the toads so we can reverse summon the unit there" he said "if we're lucky we can get everyone there in fifteen minutes". "Second, I'm leaving behind Utakata because in case we fail you'll still have a fail safe" Jiraya said and Naruto agreed as he believed Utakata was more skilled in his Biju abilities than he was. "And third, we take out Danzo, Itachi, Orochimaru, Shikamaru and all remaining command and the other units will shatter" Jiraya said "cut off the head of the snake and the body will die".
"There has to be an alternative" Katsu said "please tell me there is one".
Jiraya shook his head and spoke "either a small raid two hundred vs a thousand and some change" Jiraya said "or a full invasion of the village and we kill thousands". The room went silent and Jiraya spoke "simple math people; less… or more?" Jiraya said.
Everyone stayed silent until Naruto rose his hand "I vote the raid" Naruto said making everyone look at him "I'm a ninja… not a monster; and I know if I unleash my Biju power along with the others, I'll be the one doing the most damage". "Isn't that right Pervy Sage" Naruto said to Jiraya who nodded.
"Sadly yes" Jiraya said not even trying to hide that they were essentially going to use Naruto for his intended purpose.
"I agree too" Gaara said raising his hand "I still remember the Konoha Crush all those years ago; and only a hundred from Konoha died, I cannot imagine thousands".
"I already seen the village destroyed once" Obito said "and I'd rather not see it happen again".
"My grandfather told me about when he invaded Uzushiogakure" A said speaking up "he told me how the Uzumaki placed suicidal seals on themselves to blow up instead of being captured". "Kumo, Kiri and Iwa all suffered horrendous casualties; five times as many from Uzu died" A said "and that was a clan of no more than one hundred members and five hundred other ninja from the village". "Three thousand dead vs six hundred dead; three nations vs one clan" A said leaning in "I will not throw away the lives of my ninja like my grandfather did; I vote raid".
Mei looked around and closed her eyes "Kiri lost so much even before the war started; I cannot drag this on any longer" Mei said "I vote raid.
Nagato and Konan stayed quiet the whole time as they silently thought about it; they both remembered the war in Ame that tore their lives apart. If they invaded Konoha they'd be no better than the Konoha and Iwa ninja who invaded their homeland.
"I go with sensei" Nagato said.
"As do I" Konan said.
Katsu feeling the pressure raised her hand "I vote raid; on the condition I go along too" she said "I won't send my boys in to do something I won't do myself".
Jiraya looked to Tsunade and spoke "you're the last one Tsunade" Jiraya said "what's it gonna be".
Tsunade closed her eyes and took a deep breath; she saw the village on fire and thousands of bodies lying in the streets "I'd rather not see my grandfathers village crumble and burn" she said "raid it is".
"Alright then" Jiraya said with a nod "everyone gather up your anbu and any jonin you think will be of use and have them here in three days".
(Later on that night); In a hospital room: With Gaara
Gaara was meditating inside a hospital room that was repurposed for him to sleep in; Gaara didn't want to be too far away from Temari in case something happened to her. The room was only illuminated from the moonlight from outside the window and Gaara was in a state of tranquility when a knock on the door broke the silence.
"Come in" Gaara said and the door opened and Kurumi walked in and closed the door "Kurumi, how are you?"
"I'm fine, just got done talking with pa" Kurumi said as she walked in "so we really going through with this plan; seems a little risky right?"
Gaara nodded and got to his feet "no risk, no reward; as Naruto would put it" he said and Kurumi nodded.
"Yeah I guess so" Kurumi said before she began to rub the back of her head and blush slightly.
"I am guessing that the plan is not what you wanted to talk about" Gaara said and Kurumi nodded "so what is it you wish to discuss?"
Kurumi blushed harder and groaned slightly "well… uhhh… it's just that, this mission is a little risky, and we have a high chance of not making it back" she said "so… I was wondering uh… do you wanna… uh…". Kurumi was trying to find the word and Gaara raised and eyebrow.
"Kurumi what ever it is just say it" Gaara said and Kurumi groaned.
"Do you… wanna have sex?" Kurumi asked and Gaara went wide eyed and lost his train of thought "I mean, I like you, you're a great guy; and I have been having these feelings for a while". "Like I said, we might die; so I just want to… try it" Kurumi said awkwardly; Gaara was still wide eyed and Kurumi groaned internally 'as shit I screwed up didn't I?'
Gaara shook his head and cleared his throat "I like you as well Kurumi" Gaara said making Kurumi's eyes widen "I wouldn't mind… being intimate with you". Kurumi gulped down hard and her heart began to race as she walked forward and stood face to face with Gaara.
Kurumi reached out and put her hand on his cheek and leaned in for a kiss; both her and Gaara's lips connected and Gaara wrapped his arms around her waist.
(30 minutes later)
Gaara and Kurumi were both laying in the hospital bed sweaty, naked and cuddling under the white sheets.
"Oh wow" Kurumi said gasping and sweaty "that was fun; holy shit, no wonder my parents are addicted to that".
"It was most enjoyable" Gaara said as he pulled Kurumi closed and looked into her onyx eyes; Gaara leaned in and gave her a kiss on the lips "thank you Kurumi". Kurumi smiled at this and Gaara began to blush "Kurumi, I have a proposition" he said and Kurumi perked up "after the war is over… do you wish to start a romantic relationship".
Kurumi went wide eyed and spoke "you want me to be your girlfriend?" Kurumi asked and Garara nodded; Kurumi chuckled at this and spoke "well I think we already skipped several steps…but sure". Kurumi put her chin on his chest and smiled "I wouldn't mind that" she said and Gaara smiled.
"By the way I have to ask" Gaara said and Kurumi raised an eyebrow "where did you get the condoms?"
Kurumi went wide eyed and stuttered "o-oh you know… it's a hospital" she said "they had some lying around".
Meanwhile, in another room: With Sakura and Kakashi
Sakura was lying down in a bed giggling as her boyfriend was digging through his back pack to find something.
"Damn, where the hell are they?" Kakashi said digging through his back pack "I swear there were two or three condoms left in here".
"Oh my god Kakashi, you are such a liar" Sakura said and Kakashi looked at her "I know your little 'I forgot the condoms' play".
"But I did have some in here" Kakashi said trying to convey his innocence and Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Kakashi if you wanted anal all you had to do was ask" Sakura said.
Kakashi was about to speak until he paused and got a hidden smirk under his mask "you got me babe" Kakashi said raising his hands up in surrender 'no such thing as a mistake; just happy accidents'.
In Temari's room: With Naruto and Temari
Naruto and Temari were sitting at a small table with 2 bowls of ramen in front of them; Temari was informed by Tsunade and Sakura that she was able to eat regular food as long as it was wet and soft as to not upset her stomach.
Naruto had a bowl of miso ramen with pork, corn, bamboo shoots, an egg, bean sprouts and sea weed; meanwhile Temari had chicken ramen with no other toppings as per Tsunade's orders.
Both of the blonds slurped their ramen together as they enjoyed their moment; Naruto swallowing his ramen spoke "how is you're bowl babe?" he asked and Temari smiled.
Temari swallowed her mouthful and spoke "it's really good Naruto" Temari said before she began to stir her food "it's a shame I can't go with you on the mission". Naruto looked at her and raised an eyebrow "I don't know, it just feels like unfinished business; you know that I mean?" Temari said and Naruto nodded.
"Yeah I get it" Naruto said "but you've done enough; you were a prisoner for months and escaped all on your own"; Naruto reached out and grabbed her hand. "It's time for you to rest; let me take the lead on this" Naruto said and Temari nodded.
"Thank you Naruto" Temari said grabbing his hand in hers.
"Oh yeah, and guess what" Naruto said and Temari perked up and Naruto looked around; Naruto leaned in closer and spoke "I talked to Gaara earlier and we had a good talk".
Flashback (3 hours ago)
Naruto entered Gaara's room and saw Gaara sitting on the floor meditating "hey Gaara; you called for me?" Naruto asked and Gaara opened his eyes and spoke.
"Yes I did; thank you for coming so soon" Gaara said as he got up and walked over to Naruto "Naruto, do you love Temari?"
Naruto looked at Gaara like he was crazy "of course I do; what the hell kind of question is that?" Naruto said and Gaara nodded.
"And do you love Suna as well?" Gaara asked and Naruto got a confused look on his face.
"Uhh… yeah duhhh" Naruto said "Temari lives there, it's my home, I have a manga shop membership". "What are you getting at Gaara; is this some kind of test?" Naruto asked and Gaara nodded.
"Yes it is" Gaara said as he looked at Naruto "Naruto I have a proposition for you"; Naruto raised an eyebrow wondering what it was going to be. "In case I die on this mission; I wish for you to become the Kazekage" Gaara said dropping the bomb.
Feeling like he got slapped in the face with a brick Naruto went wide eyed and shook his head "I'm sorry what?" Naruto asked and Gaara spoke.
"Temari is out of commission and will takes months of recovery to get back into shape and Kankuro is dead" Gaara said "in the case I am to die I wish for you to become Kazekage; you had a wish to become the Hokage so I know you have the desire to do it".
"Gaara…" Naruto said before taking a breath and nodding "of course I will".
"And following that note" Gaara said "if we both survive this mission I wish for you to become Kazekage in three or four years"; Naruto nearly lost his balance when Gaara said that and Gaara continued. "To be frank… I do not enjoy being Kazekage all that much; I was handed the role because I am my fathers son and I had the Ichibi inside me" Gaara said "I would much rather be a ninja again; do you accept my second proposal".
Naruto hearing this thought for a moment 'I get to be Kazekage… I get to live my dream' he thought 'well… it's not like I have anything to lose'. Naruto looked at Gaara and spoke with a face splitting smile "hell yeah I'll do it" he said and Gaara smiled.
"Very well; it is agreed upon" Gaara said patting his shoulder "although there is one catch"; Naruto paused and spoke.
"What is it?" Naruto asked.
"You'll have to join the clan first" Gaara said "so you have my blessing"; Naruto looked confused for a minute and Gaara sweat dropped. "My word you're an imbecile" Gaara said and Naruto got a tic mark.
Flashback end
"Gaara wants you to be Kazekage?" Temari said with a smile "honey I'm so proud of you"; Naruto smiled and nodded.
"Thanks Temari; and you'll be a great First Lady" Naruto said making Temari pause in her tracks.
"Huh… first-" Temari began until she paused 'wait… Gaara gave him his blessing'; Temari looked to Naruto and went wide eyed. 'He didn't mean-' Temari began until Naruto got out of his seat and got in front of Temari and got down on one knee and took out a ring.
"Sabaku no Temari; will you marry me?" Naruto said as he held the ring up; Naruto got the ring from lady Chiyo, it was her ring when she got married along time ago. Chiyo gave it to Naruto just in case he ever want to propose to Temari; this was nearly a year ago.
Temari was stunned for a moment until coming to her senses and giving Naruto a smile "yes, I will" Naruto slipped the ring onto Temari's finger and then leaned in and gave her a kiss. Some tears began to fall down her cheeks as she looked into Naruto's vibrant blue eyes "Naruto… I don't know what to say" Temari choked out "I love you so much and I-"
"ARE YOU FUCKING FILMING US RIGHT NOW" Naruto shouted behind Temari and Temari spun around; Jiraya was outside the window behind the 2 blondes with a camcorder with a red light beeping.
"Oh come on brat; this is gold" Jiraya said as he continued "now how about some post proposal 'hokey poky'?"
Naruto was fuming mad but not as much as Temari as she reached out, grabbed one of Naruto smaller fans, opened it and spun around "WIND SICKLE JUTSU" Temari roared as she fired a powerful wind jutsu towards the window, hitting Jiraya and knocking him off the side of the building. "I'll kill you, you fucking pervert" Temari shouted out the window.
Suddenly the door burst open and both Gaara and Kurumi ran in half naked; Gaara only had his pants on while Kurumi only had her panties and her black shirt on.
"What the hell is going on?" Kurumi said as she held her sword.
"Why the hell are you two barely clothed?" Temari asked back and both Gaara and Kurumi went wide eyed; it suddenly clicked in Naruto's mind and he snapped and pointed.
"You guys finally did it!" Naruto shouted and both of them blushed "hahaha, I win!"; Naruto turned to Temari and spoke. "I told you they'd hook up eventually; you owe me 'that'" Naruto said and Temari's jaw dropped.
"Get the hell out; both of you" Temari said with barely controlled anger as Gaara and Kurumi exited the room.
3 days later (at night): With Naruto, Gaara, Jiraya, Kurumi, Sakura and Kakashi
Naruto, Gaara, Jiraya, Kakashi, Sakura and Kurumi were all standing together as they looked on in the large courtyard in front of the hospital; there were nearly 200 anbu from Suna, Konoha, Kumo, Kiri and spring country along with various other individuals gathered in one place.
Naruto looked into the crowd and was able to pick out certain individuals; Kisame from Kiri, Bee and Yugito from Kumo, Guy, Lee, Hinata, Anko and Kurenai from Konoha, Katsu from spring country, Baki and Karin from Suna and many others.
"Sure is a lot of people here" Naruto said and everyone nodded "I feel safer already".
As soon as he said that a vortex opened up and Obito popped out of it with Sasuke in tow; Sasuke wearing his new prosthetics wobbled for a bit before regaining his footing.
"Kami, how the hell do you do that without getting motion sickness" Sasuke said and Obito patted his shoulder.
"I put my tongue on the roof of my mouth" Obito said and Sasuke shook his head.
"'Sup bastard" Naruto said walking up to Sasuke with a smirk "you going to fight or just hobble around like an invalid?"
Sasuke looked at Naruto with a smirk and spoke "I've been fighting pirates and rogue ninja for months; I'm not some weakling" Sasuke said as he opened his cloak revealing his outfit.
Sasuke wore a pair of black pants held up by a brown leather belt; on his right side he had a sheath with a large hunting knife and on his left he had a machete. He wore a white shirt under a black alligator leather hunting vest that had several Kunai and shuriken holsters sewn into it; and on his back he had his crossbow and a quiver with several bolts in it.
"I'm here to kill Itachi; nothing more" Sasuke said "once I do that, I can rest easy"; Sasuke looked to Sakura and spoke. "Sakura, I see you're coming along as well" Sasuke said and Sakura gave him a smile.
"Of course; I'd never miss a team seven reunion" Sakura said; Kakashi smiled and reached out and grabbed her hand.
"That's the spirit" Kakashi said before giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Alright, everyone is here" Jiraya said before looking out into the crowd "ok people, listen up; we are about to head out". Everyone looked at him and Jiraya continued "this is it people; if we are able to do this right, we can end the war by tomorrow morning" he said "me and Obito will Kamui there and when we are in place we'll begin reverse summoning people". Jiraya looked to Obito and spoke "you ready?" He asked and Obito nodded.
"Lets do this" Obito said as he put his hand on Jiraya's shoulder and activated his Kamui and both vanished in a black vortex.
Naruto saw this and sighed before he heard a voice "Naruto"; Naruto turned around and saw Temari walking up with the help of Tsunade and a crutches.
"Temari; what are you doing here?" Naruto asked and Temari spoke.
"Just want to see my fiancé before he goes off" Temari said as she walked up; she turned to the side and saw Sasuke "Uchiha".
"Guess you're a little pissed about me being alive?" Sasuke said and Temari nodded.
"My Naruto's life got turned upside down because of you" Temari said and Naruto reached out and grabbed her hand "but for the sake of ending the war, I'll forgive you".
Sasuke scoffed and turned away 'I was the one who last an arm and a leg; don't know what she's complaining about' he thought.
"So what is it babe?" Naruto asked and Temari smiled.
"Two things; first a goodbye kiss" Temari said and Naruto smiled; Naruto leaned in and gave Temari a kiss before pulling away "that was great". "And second I want you to do me a favor" Temari said and Naruto nodded "when you find Shikamaru… knock the shit out of that lazy ass" she said.
"Oh I'm gonna shove my sandal down his fucking throat" Naruto said and Temari smiled; Temari gave Naruto one more kiss and smiled.
"Thank you Naruto; and happy birthday" Temari said and Naruto went wide eyed.
"Wait, it's my birthday?" Naruto said and everyone chuckled.
"As of two minutes ago… yes" Tsunade said showing him her watch "its dark O'two in the morning"; Naruto blushed as he completely forgot. "Happy birthday brat" Tsunade said and the entire crowd looked on.
"Happy birthday Naruto" Lee shouted from the crowd and everyone began to cheer the same thing; as soon as that happened dozens of toads appeared and one spoke.
"Ok humans, grab on and we can go" the toad said and everyone began to walk to the toads; as everyone began to walk Obito wrapped his arm around Naruto and began to sing. (I don't own this song; apparently warner brothers does)
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you"
As soon as he began dozens of other began to join in as people began to touch the toads and vanish in puffs of smoke.
"Happy Birthday dear Naruto, Happy Birthday to you"
Anko Mitarashi out in the crowd began the next chorus and other began to join in and others began to laugh at the twisting of the song.
"How fucked are you now, how fucked are you now?"
Naruto began to chuckled as he reached out to touch a toad
"How fucked are you now? You're pretty fucked now"
"Best birthday song ever" Naruto said as he grabbed a toad "lets do this"; Naruto vanished in a puff of smoke followed by others.
Temari and Tsunade stood there for several more minutes until everyone in the courtyard was gone and all was left was silence; Temari placed her right hand over her left and and began to rub her engagement ring.
'Be safe Naruto' Temari thought as she sounds of the night over took the two blonde women.
"Lets go Temari" Tsunade said as she began to lead Temari back inside.
Ok another chapter done; I hope you all enjoyed it. If you did please like, comment and share with your friends; and until next time bye.
