Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "so you know about that eh?"
Gaara actually smirked, "I doubt there is a single person within the elemental nations who has not heard of the rebirth of the Kiroii Senkou. Word traveled to Suna after Tsunade made a public announcement of your heritage to the people of Konoha."
"I bet that went over well," Naruto said with a grimace, "I wonder how they reacted?"
"I'm afraid I couldn't tell you since I was not there," Gaara said as he sat down at his desk. The young Kazekage looked over at Naruto again, it was obvious the blond had not been here just for a visit. The timing between the attack and Naruto's rescue were far too convenient for the blond to have just arrived for a visit. But Gaara saw that it was equally obvious his first and possibly best friend did not want to talk about how he knew Akatsuki would attack, and while a part of Gaara wanted to ask about his knowledge on Akatsuki, another part decided to trust in his friend. "I hear you have been training with Jiraiya of the Sennin," Gaara said as he gestured to a seat in front of his desk.
Naruto grinned as he sat down, "yeah I am, it's pretty awesome actually…"
It was a beautiful and peaceful day in Konoha as the sun began to rise, however one Tsunade Senju was not awake to see it. Said blond Hokage was currently sleeping with her head on her desk, sake bottles littered both her table and the floor. Her head was lying on the paperwork that she did not do last night, it had a decent amount of drool on it ruining the ink and ensuring Tsunade would have to rewrite it. However Tsunade noticed none of this as she was blissfully unaware, until the door to her office slammed open.
"TSUNADE-SAMA!"
"WHA! I WASN'T DRINKING I SWEAR!" Tsunade's head shot off of the desk as she shouted.
Shizune who had barged in was silent as she looked at the Hokage, then looked at all the sake bottles littering the floor. "Honestly Tsunade-Sama can you please not drink yourself into a stupor for once? Especially since you're on the job," Shizune said as she stared at the busty blond Hokage.
Tsunade flushed with embarrassment but recovered quickly as she coughed into her hand, "so was there a reason you came barging in here."
Shizune blinked before her eyes widened, "yes we just received word from Suna that they were attacked by Akatsuki!"
"WHAT!" Tsunade yelled in a voice so loud that everyone who was within two miles of the Hokage tower could hear it.
Shizune nodded as she handed Tsunade a scroll, "thankfully the attack failed and Kazekage-Dono is safe."
Tsunade read the scroll and frowned, "a friend of Suna…" she looked up at Shizune, "do you know who this friend of Suna that the Kazekage is speaking of is?"
Shizune shook her head, "no Tsunade-Sama I only know that he helped Kazekage-Dono sometime during the battle."
Tsunade looked back at the scroll in thought, "well at least the Kazekage and Ichibi are safe from Akatsuki for now. Though I want you to inform Jiraiya of this friend of Suna and see if he can find any information on who this friend that the Kazekage mentioned is."
Shizune bowed, "hai Tsunade-Sama!"
Naruto frowned as he looked down at the small clearing, it was near the mining town where his mark was but that was not what was causing him to frown. All around the small clearing were markers that no doubt marked graves, there were several people who were currently digging a hole for a new grave. That in itself was not weird, what was however that was there were more people who were putting someone into a coffin with that person still being alive and crying out in terror. Right next to those people was another man who like the others putting the petrified man into the coffin was wearing a set of robes, said man had a hanker chief to his face as he wiped what were obviously false tears from his eyes.
"Rekuske why are you crying?" the man asked through his false tears, "do you not like the beautiful funeral I'm giving you?" the man now known as Rekuske continued to scream in terror and plead with the other man, "don't worry despite your obvious lack of respect I will always remember you fondly." the other people were finally able to put the man in the coffin and shut the lid before bolting it down with nails. As they brought the coffin over to the now finished grave the man which Naruto finally recognized as Raiga Kurosuki began to make a speech about the person they were giving the funeral to. Naruto listened in disgust as the 'funeral' came to an end, when he was sure the group was gone Naruto walked over to the grave.
Creating several Kage Bushin Naruto had them dig the man out, they pulled up the coffin and smashed through the top. Pulling out the man who was half delirious, Naruto ordered his clones to take him to the Curi of Life shop that he had seen on his way here. He looked over at where Raiga and the others left, now all he had to do was take care of them
Naruto looked out over the small mining town as he crouched down from atop of a cliff. The town was fairly small, with only a few buildings that Naruto recognized as Taverns and shops. The blond did not see any houses which led him to assume that the people had houses just outside the town itself. As he studied the lay out Naruto also looked at its people, they were doing severe manual labor as groups of people moved in and out of the mines. The people were surrounded by members of Raiga's gang, which was obvious by the cloaks they were wearing; the blond counted eight in all.
One of the people, an old man seemed to be wobbling under the strain of his load and fell down panting. Two of the cloaked men came up to the old man and began taunting and kicking him, telling him to get back up and work unless he wanted to have Raiga give him a funeral.
Deciding enough was enough Naruto disappeared in a burst of speed, shooting down the cliff and heading for the mining town. Naruto soon came up on the two people beating the old man, without giving them time to react in any way, shape or form Naruto smashed his fists into the men's heads. As they went flying Naruto disappeared in another burst of speed, knocking out every cloaked figure that was here. When it was all done Naruto looked around at the stunned figures of the people in the town.
"I suggest all of you head home for now," Naruto spoke up in a clear voice that rang across the town. "This place is no doubt going o become a battle field and I do not wish for any of you to be caught in the crossfire, please make your way to your homes."
The people looked at him like he had grown a second head, before they looked at each other. Not knowing what else to do they fallowed Naruto's advice and starting leaving, as they were another group of thugs appeared running down a hill of to Naruto's left hand side.
With a small grunt Naruto kicked himself off the ground and flew towards the thugs, smashing into them with all the fury of a hurricane. Naruto began to twist and turn as he dodged the pathetic weapons of his enemies, lashing out with his own kicks and punches. The people he was fighting were extremely week by shinobi standards and Naruto made quick work of them, looking around Naruto frowned when he did not spot Raiga anywhere. He had been hoping that he could lure the man out by taking care of the members of his gang, yet he could not find Raiga anywhere.
Little did he know that Raiga was standing on the same cliff he had been before beginning his assault. "Well I did not expect to find such an adversary in this small town," Raiga said in his insane voice. He turned his head to look at the bag on his back, "are you ready?"
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