Proving The Rumors Right

[Haruka]

Haruka looked towards Sakura when she asked him the question of what he wanted to talk about, and he sighed slightly. "Ah, I'd almost forgotten..." He murmured before setting down his chopsticks, looking towards them. He stared them down for a few moments before he decided to start with, "What the hell happened on that mission?" Naruto blinked slightly and looked away. "We fought Orochimaru...followed him to his Lair, and found Sasuke...He's gotten a lot stronger..." He murmured softly. Haruka sighed. "So...no sign of Kako?" He murmured. Naruto shook his head sadly. "no..."

[Kako]

Sakura sighed and shook her head also at Haruka`s question about Kako. "We looked in practically every room but she wasn`t there. Of coarse she might just be training or....something" she stated and looked at the sky as she began to think about something.

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(Ok I`m tired of making such short posts so I`m just gonna go ahead and bring in Kako ^.^; )

Kako let out a bored sigh as she walked along a road that led to the village hidden in the leaves. She knew that when she got back to the lair later she was probley gonna be in a load of trouble from her father and Sasuke would probley just shrug and say 'I told you not to go' but she couldn`t help it. Sasuke, Orochimaru, even Kabuto all got to see Naruto and Sakura as they had grown over the years. They even got to meet that.....interesting boy Sai who seemed to betray everyone he came in contact with and she didn`t find that very fair that she be the only one left out. She figured Haruka would also be in Konoha at this time as well so she hoped to see how he`s grown as well.

She smirked as she saw the entrance to the village before her. She blinked her eyes causing her normal red eyes to become green with three snake looking markings around the pupils. Suddenly her vision became that of a snakes and she could see the heat signatures from the bodies of two Jounins near the gate. But of coarse of all things created by Orochimaru these eyes did much more than just that simple technique. She blinked again and now was able to see the two Jounin`s chakra. This technique resembled much of the Byakugan`s technique of seeing chakra as well as the chakra points. Seeing that the two Jounins weren`t really a threat she canceled the ocular jutsu causing her eyes to go back to ruby red. She sighed and rubbed her head slightly. Damn eyes still give me a headache..... she thought and shook off the slight headache.

Finally she calmly strolled through the gates of the village and as she thought, very soon gained the attention of the two Jounins. It might have been wise not to wear the classic uniform Orochimaru made herself, Sasuke, and his other followers wear but she didn`t find the leaf village Shinobi that troublesome so she didn`t bother to change into normal attire. "K...Kako-chan?!" one of the Jounins said shocked as she moved to stand up next to his equally shocked partner. The snake lord`s daughter looked over at the two and smiled innocently. "Oh so you guys do remember me? How sweet. I`d love to stay and talk but I`m only here for a quick visit" she stated and continued walking. Soon the other Jounin was in front of her to stop her. "Gomen Kako-chan but a traitor to the leaf village can`t just stroll in so calmly" he stated and next began to talk into a small device on his collar. "Kako Kokanami is in the leaf village. I have her at the gate. Please send some back up" he stated and Kako just sighed. "It`s a sad day when a girl can`t just visit her home village" she stated simply and within seconds a bunch of Jounin surrounded her. "Now Kako-chan are you gonna come quietly?" one of the Jounin asked. Kako just stayed quiet and took her time to count each one. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8..9..10...11...12...13. 13 huh? Oh well.... she thought and the Jounin who spoke to her a second ago seemed to be getting annoyed. "Kako-chan are you gonna say something or not?!" he asked sternly. Kako just smirked and looked up at him. "Kamikizu" she ordered. The Jounin looked at her confused when suddenly a snake slid on each of their shoulders and before they could act the snakes bit their necks and each Jounin fell on the ground unconscious.

Kako just looked over her work and giggled. "Bakas....Now to find who I`m looking for" she stated and began to look around.

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Sakura`s thoughts were interrupted when suddenly saw some Jounins run in front of her and her friends. She examined the direction they were going and it didn`t take her long to realize where they were heading. "They`re running toward the village entrance" she said and stood up before looking at the others. "I think we should go see whats going on" she said and soon ran off in the direction the Jounin was heading.

[Haruka]

Haruka simply sighed and looked back down towards his ramen, staring into the pool of juices that had accumulated there for a few moments. He then shrugged his thoughts off and picked his chopsticks up and dipped them into the pool, soon picking up the flavored noodles and putting them into his mouth, then swallowing it. "Ah..."

Haruka stopped, however, when he noticed that Jonin were starting to run towards the Leaf Village Gates. What could be so important to have the Jonin go towards the village gates in the first place..? Wait a minute...I'm a jonin now, right... He thought to himself. He then sensed a vaguely familiar chakra, though it was filled with malice. He stood up from his seat and looked over towards Sai and Naruto. "Come." He muttered towards them, vanishing from his seat.

Naruto blinked his eyes and looked over towards Sai, who made eye contact with him as well. They both nodded towards each other and stood up from their seats. Naruto was the first to run out of the Ramen Stand, followed by the talented painting user. They were determined to figure out what had happened at the Leaf Gates.

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Haruka appeared behind the chakra source that he had felt at the Ramen shop, trying to figure out what it was. He looked down towards the persons neck and noticed a curse mark, then noticed Orochimaru's clothing. He growled slightly and stepped back for a few moments and closed his eyes, soon being enveloped in electricity, as well as his eyes covered in black electricity. "Long time no see...Kokonami..." He murmured.

Naruto finally reached the area as well, noticing a female's face, as well as the clothing style of Orochimaru. "K...Kako-chan?!" He exclaimed. He then put his hands into a familiar seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He called out, having clones of himself appear next to him. Sai looked Kako over as well, then pulled out a scroll and painted something quickly on the scroll, lions coming out of the painting and standing in front of him.

Haruka sighed slightly. "I would be more friendly, but Naruto-kun hasn't had the best experiences with traitors, and I will not have the same thing happen twice..." He murmured. In a vague blur he muttered, "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" He called out, large fire embers going out towards Kako.

[Kako]

Sakura was the first to arrive at the Gate in front of Kako. She was practically shocked at the sight before her. It was definitely Kako. Her hair was longer, she was taller, she had matured, in those clothes that didn`t seem to suit her it would have tricked her at first but it was still easy to tell it was her. She looked upon the unconscious Jounin and immediately thought the worse. "Kako-chan....did you" she started but was cut off by the black haired girl. "Don`t worry they`re only unconscious. I have no intentions to kill today" she informed the pinked haired kunoichi with an innocent smile that Sakura seemed to sense was fake.

Once everyone she was going to look for arrive Kako smirked. It would have been troublesome looking over the whole village for five shinobi. And as luck would have they all made their appearance. She figured Naruto would make the first move but when Haruka and Sai attacked she let out an irritated sigh. When the fire from Haruka`s attack hit her she busted into a pile of small snakes to show it was a type of clone jutsu. Kako would never send herself out in the open like that. To simple.

Sakura blinked when the Kako she saw turned out to just be a clone. The snakes from the clone soon slithered off outside the gate and behind a wall beside it. She looked toward the wall and instantly what could just be another clone or the real Kako jumped down from a tree to sit on the wall. She still seemed to have that same smirk on her face.

Kako sat upon the stone wall and looked at each one of them. Her sights landed on Naruto and his clones and she closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them she revealed her new ocular jutsu. "Hm....Naruto-kun did you know that clones have a different heat signature than regular people? It`s almost impossible to notice but I guess once you`ve done as much training with these eyes as I have it becomes easy to notice" she explained with a voice that sounded almost as if she was teasing the Kyuubi. She reached in a small bag at her side and took out just enough kunai for each clone. She then commenced to throw a kunai at each clone, leaving only the real Naruto unharmed. When she was done her smirked went back to the fake smile she gave Sakura earlier.

Sakura was shocked at the girl`s strange eyes and couldn`t help but wonder how she got them. "Kako-chan...what....are those eyes?" she asked as Kako pushed herself off the wall to land on her feet. Kako looked at Sakura almost confused at first but then returned to smiling. "Oh just something Orochimaru-sama helped me acquire. I haven`t quite thought of a name for them yet though. I`m thinking of calling it Hebioshu. After all if it wasn`t for Hebi-kun Orochimaru-sama wouldn`t have had a snake subject to test on and help him come up with this" she explained and blinked her eyes to cancel the jutsu. "Hebi-kun....you mean your snake?" Sakura asked, half shocked that Kako would allow her summoning animal to be part of Orochimaru`s experiments. "Yep! I`m gonna miss him but I definitely thank him for helping Orochimaru-sama discover these" Kako replied as she strolled over to Sai`s lion painting and looked over it with curiosity on her face. Much like a child who just discovered something new.

"Hm....very interesting....though I have to say I wasn`t expecting anything less." she said, though it was had to tell if she was saying it to herself or Sai. Finally she finished looking at the lion and looked at Sai and smiled. "You can cancel The Jutsu now Sai-kun I have no intention to fight" she stated sweetly before turning to walk past Haruka and out of the village. "If you five don`t mind I`d rather continue this reunion in the forest. I`d hate to have to waste venom and have to knock out more meddlesome Shinobi" she stated with an innocent tone of voice before running off at a fast pace but at a pace she knew the others could keep up with.

[Haruka]

Haruka sighed slightly when he noticed that what he had hit was just a pile of snakes. He chuckled slightly. She was a lot quicker than he imagined, but a clone jutsu was just the thing he was expecting, which is why he would cast out such a weak jutsu. Over the years he had learned much more, more powerful jutsu, but he would save those for some other time. He didn't want to severely injure the female, after all. Bringing her back to Konohagakure was his main objective, and he was sure that was Naruto's as well. Hopefully, he could keep Naruto's anger in tact, which was something that was much more easier said, than done.

Naruto blinked slightly as he looked up towards Kako, who had been sitting on top of the wall. When she started to talk, it distracted his clones, and himself, and he jumped back a little ways when she destroyed his clone. He growled slightly and kept his eyes fixated on the snake-using female. He then looked away and looked around, looking at some of the jounin that had been knocked out by Kako. He looked at their faces. None of them were the Jounin that he knew, so that must mean that they were on a mission somewhere...well, other than Kakashi, who was currently recuperating from the mission against Deidara and Sasori.

Sai blinked slightly when she told him to cancel his jutsu, and he did just that, the paintings collapsing in a puddle of ink. He could tell that woman was quite skilled, most likely since she had trained with Orochimaru, who he could tell was very powerful, considering he stood up to four tails of Naruto. He then looked towards Naruto. Had he recovered enough to move around freely?

Haruka watched as Kako ran off and started to go after her, before stopping and looking at Naruto. "Sakura, contact Tsunade and have a Medical squad tend to the jounin, then meet me in the forest." He commented, then looked towards Sai. "Sai, paint a bird and follow Kako by air." Sai nodded, then Haruka looked over towards Naruto. "Naruto...I want you...to stay here."

"What?!" Naruto called out. "There's no way I'm staying here! I'm going too!" "No. I heard about your Kyuubi rampage, and how it severely injured your body. I do not want to chance you getting injured some more, or losing your temper and going on another rampage. I am asking of this as your friend, and as a Jounin of the Hidden Leaf Village!" He stated. Naruto looked down towards the ground, and clenched his fists slightly. "I already...lost Sasuke..." He started, then looked over towards Haruka. "I will not lose Kako too."

Haruka sighed slightly and shook his head, flashing a small smile towards the Kyuubi vessel. "Fine. But, you are not running there." "Eh?" Haruka chuckled and bit his thumb. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" He muttered, slamming his hand onto the ground, summoning a large bird. "You will follow after Sai on his bird. Understood?" "Hai!" Naruto called out.

"Now, go!" Haruka called out, flashing from his spot and running on the speed his bloodline limit gave him. Sai nodded and painted a bird, jumping on it and soon following after Haruka. Naruto looked down towards the bird, who started to follow after Sai.

[Kako]

"Hai!" Sakura said in reply to Haruka`s order. She quickly turned to run toward the Hokage tower. She had to hurry though. She wasn`t going to miss helping her friends if she needed them. Plus she needed to talk to Kako as well. She had to bring her back to the village. She couldn`t lose both Sasuke and Kako.

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Finally after a few minutes Kako determined she had ran far enough and turned to run to the center of a forest. She activated her 'snake eyes' and looked around. Not sensing any heat signatures from anything except animals, she canceled it and leaned back against a tree as she watched the others arrive one by one.

So far she hadn`t seen anything she hadn`t suspected. Though she sensed that Haruka was holding back on attacking her clone earlier by using something as simple as the Katon: Housenka no Jutsu. Well...simple for Haruka anyway. She knew he had learned much more than that. A smirk made it`s way back on her lips when a thought came to her. They aren`t planning to bring me back to the village like they tried Sasuke-kun are they? she thought and had to hold in a slight laughter at the thought. After failing at bringing back Sasuke did they really think they could bring her back?

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Sakura crashed into the Hokage`s office where Tsunade was currently working on fixing the wall she had broken earlier. "Tsunade-sama!" she shouted excitedly. Tsunade looked over at the pink haired kunoichi, slightly confused about her excitement. "What is is Sakura-chan?" she asked. "Kako-chan returned to the village but she just left. She knocked out some Jounin at the entrance gate. Please call the medical squad to tend to them" Sakura said quickly, turning to leave but was stopped by Tsunade`s hand on her shoulder. "Sakura-chan why are you so rushed?" the sensei asked. "I have to catch up with Kako-chan! We can`t loose her like we lost Sasuke-kun!" she said before pushing Tsunade`s hand off and running out. Tsunade just sighed as she watched the girl chase after her lost friend and moved to call the medical squad.

[Haruka]

Haruka stopped quite a few kilometers away from Kako, far enough to where his heat signature couldn't be detected by her. He focused in on the electricity being emitted from his eyes, sensing the static all around, as well as the nervous system in everything. Finding where her exact location was, he vanished from his spot and appeared on a branch just above her, using chakra to hang upside down. "You should just tell me where that bastard is...I don't want to have to use the full extent of my bloodline on you."

Sai and Naruto circled around above Kako for a few moments, watching as Haruka appeared just above her. Naruto looked towards Sai and he nodded as he started to head towards the ground, Naruto following soon thereafter. Naruto then jumped off the elemental bird and landed a few feet in front of Kako. Sai flew down on his bird as well and jumped off, landing beside Naruto. They both looked towards Kako, Naruto trying to keep his temper in control, and not lose it like he almost did with Sasuke.

[Kako]

Kako stayed silent and calm despite Haruka`s threat as she leaned against the tree. The only movement she made was to look at each one of them and when she was done she just sighed and closed her eyes as she leaned against against the tree quietly, as if meditating or thinking about something.

Finally after a few more minutes Sakura arrived, panting and out of breath from having to catch up. When Kako sense Sakura she opened her eyes and smiled as she stepped away from the trees. She looked over at Naruto, Sakura, and Sai then at Haruka and held up three fingers.

Sakura blinked, confused at the jesture. "Three?" she asked. Kako nodded and looked over at her. "Three things I want to say first before you all start your questions, pleads, anger induced statements, or anything else. One, I`m not going back to Konoha. Two, I`m not fighting any of you. Three..." she trailed off and turned her attention to Haruka. "I don`t know where Sasuke-kun or Orochimaru-sama is. Orochimaru-sama changes the location of his lair whenever he feels like it and since he had made it specifically clear that I am not to go to Konoha unless under his orders he`s probley moving the lair while I`m gone anyway just to screw with me." she stated clearly before looking at the ground and rubbing her temples as if annoyed but really her head was just hurting again. Damn.....can`t use the eyes again for awhile she thought with a sigh before looking back over at the others.

"Do any of you have any questions as well?" she asked curiously. Sakura blinked and sighed as she looked away. Kako`s comment about not coming back to Konoha shook her a bit. Now she wasn`t sure what to do. "If Orochimaru didn`t send you....and you`re not coming back to Konoha then why are you doing this?" she asked.

Kako smirked and took her hand away from her head. "Because unlike stubborn Sasuke-kun I actually think about my old friends. After finding out all that happened on your last mission I was very interested in a few things." she stated and strolled toward them. "Sakura-chan you`ve gotten amazingly strong. No doubt mainly from training with Tsunade-sama. I guess after being useless for so long you couldn`t stand it anymore ,ne?" she stated with an innocent smile which didn`t match the cold statement that made Sakura clench her fists in anger.

Next the snake princess looked over at Sai. "Sai-kun you REALLY impressed me. Your jutsu, your skill, your personality, but most of all how well you are at decieving people. No offense but I wouldn`t find it wise to trust you. Let`s see....first you betrayed your teammates by seemingly joining Orochimaru-sama. Then, you betray Orochimaru-sama to fufill your real mission of killing Sasuke-kun. Then, You betray your Sensei`s orders so you can be a good friend. Though you chose the right path in the end I can`t get over the fact that you played practically everyone for a fool in the process. It was very entertaining" she stated cheerfully before looking over the painter. "Hm.....You are cute. Though in my opinion you look nothing like Sasuke-kun. I dunno what Orochimaru-sama was thinking. The only thing you have in common is your hair color" she said randomly and giggled.

Next she walked in front of Naruto. "But Naruto-kun you impressed me the most! Four tails and that kind of destruction?! It`s a shame you have no control over it though. You should work on that. I would love to one day see the full nine tails. With that much power you could probley destroy the whole land of fire right?" she asked with some excitement in her voice but she seemed to dismiss the question once she turned her back on the Kyuubi and began walking toward Haruka. She looked up in the sky as if thinking. "Though....if you can`t control yourself with just four tails I doubt you could handle nine." she let out a small sigh of dissapointment and shrugged. "Oh well..."

She then looked at Haruka. "I feel bad though. Haruka-kun is that one I most wanted to see how he improved but I didn`t get to see that." she said sadly but just as quickly that classic smirk returned to her face. "But Haruka-kun....you`re a Jinchuuriki to. Have you gained any new power from your Bijuu like Naruto-kun did?"

[Haruka]

Haruka waited for a few moments to get a response from the snake-using female, and he seemed to have gotten it when she decided not to respond. She seemed to be thinking about something, and he decided to get down from the tree and jumped back over, landing next to Sai. He looked towards him and Naruto, then he looked over towards Kako once more.

Haruka had started to think for a few moments about something, then was disrupted from his thoughts as he noticed that Sakura had gotten there and was currently panting for breath. He chuckled softly, then looked back towards Kako as she held up 3 fingers. He sweatdropped slightly.

The first thing Kako said really hit it hard for Naruto. He had failed to bring Sasuke back, and now he wasn't going to be able to bring Kako back as well? No one really focused in on the second thing that Kako said, but both Naruto and Haruka paid attention to the third thing about Orochimaru's whereabouts. Though what she said wasn't new to Haruka. He knew Orochimaru always switched his lairs, but he hoped to get the lair he was currently in, in time to get to him. He let out a sigh and looked over towards Naruto, who was clenching his fists slightly. He must be sad and angry at what Kako had said, and just bringing up Orochimaru got him angry. It got Haruka angry as well. Haruka noticed that Kako was rubbing her temples for something, and he blinked his eyes slightly. Ah, so those new eyes of hers...They have a drawback, much like when Kakashi overuses that Sharingan Eye of his...I'll take that to mind. Haruka thought to himself, then noticed that Kako was getting ready to talk once again, and wanted to hear what she had to say.

What she did say, however, didn't much phase Haruka. He wasn't really one to ask a whole lot of questions, for he was more of a...hands on, type of person. Naruto wanted to voice a question, but everything had to do with Orochimaru and Sasuke, and they were going to move again, so it was pretty much a useless question. Sai...just didn't really have anything that he was wanting to say, considering that everything going on had absolutely nothing to do with him.

Everyone looked towards Kako as she started to give an answer towards Sakura's question, eager to hear what she had to say. Haruka simply rolled his eyes towards Kako caring about her old 'friends', when she was already a traitor. At hearing the latter part of what Kako was telling about Sakura, about her being useless, Naruto about voiced up his opinion before Haruka put his hand over Naruto's mouth, telling him to hush. Naruto nodded his head quickly before Haruka pulled his hand away and placed it back at his side.

Sai blinked slightly when Kako addressed him, considering he didn't have all that much idea on who she was. Most likely, she had been informed by Orochimaru of him, so he decided to pay attention to her, to see what she had to say. Sai rubbed the back of his head when Kako started to bring up all the betrayals he had made to both Team Kakashi and Orochimaru, and wondered why he was getting so many compliments from someone he just met, considering she had only seen his technique once. He listened in even more until she finally finished what she had to say, and listened later when she compared him to Sasuke. He gave her one of his 'fake' smiles, and replied, "Arigatou, Miss...um..." He thought for a moment. "Cold-hearted vixen." He finished. His last statement brought a sweatdrop from Haruka, and an anime fall from Naruto. His nicknames...have a little work. Haruka thought with a sigh.

Naruto was the next one addressed, and he looked towards Kako to hear what she had to say. Unfortunately, she was talking about a matter that the Jinchuuriki did NOT want to hear about, so he looked away from her. It wasn't even his power...it was the Kyuubi's, and he had hurt Sakura because of it...and mentioning the whole 9-tails sent a chill up Naruto's spine. He'd been told by Jiraiya that if all nine tails got out, he would die. He felt her end what she had to say, however, and looked back up to hear her say something about him being unable to control the four-tailed version of himself, and looked back down, clenching his fists once again. She was right, though...he needed to learn better control of his- no....the Kyuubi's power.

Haruka looked towards Kako as she started to talk, and when she was finally finished speaking, he rose up two fingers. "First of all...If the Jinchuuriki release all nine tails of the demon inside them, they die. Secondly, you really want to see a monster like me? That's all Naruto and I are to anyone, ne?" Haruka asked, electricity covering his body, though the bolts were now black. In a blur he readied many hand seals, then looked towards Naruto, Sakura, and Sai. "Elemental Barrier." He murmured, surrounding them in a veil of elements. Naruto blinked. "What's up with this?!"

Haruka sighed. "She wants to see my monster. I'll show it to her." He commented, then looked back towards Kako. His body was enveloped in what started out as a red chakra, but soon changed into all elemental chakra, gaining ears and two tails to start. His nails turned into claws, and his teeth into fangs. Just in about five minutes, he was up to five tails before gritting his teeth in pain. Suddenly, wings grew from the backside of his chakra as well. "My Bijuu is a 7-tailed demon. I can go up to 5 tails and maintain control, but it's pushing it."

He vanished from his spot and appeared behind Kako, with speed comparable to when Naruto first struck Orochimaru. Though, when he did appear, it wasn't Kako there. Orochimaru was there, chuckling. "Long time no see...Haruka-kun..."

[Kako]

At hearing an apparent 'nick name' Kako just smiled and couldn’t hold back a small laugh. She had to admit the nick name probley did suit her. "Heh...Gomen. Being around Orochimaru-sama for so long has made my manners rust I guess and made my interests kind of...morbid" she tried to pass off as an excuse but knew the others wouldn’t buy it.

Sakura had let out a sigh at Sai`s nick name for Kako but figured he was slightly right considering the way she was acting. She had to fight to keep herself from hitting Kako when she talked to Haruka and Naruto about their demons. She knew that was a sensitive subject for both boys and Kako knew that to. She couldn’t believe she would talk like the demons were just simple entertainment for her.

Kako noticed Naruto`s fists clenching and she figured she must have angered the boy. That wasn’t her intention. Kako just seemed to have a knack for saying things with out thinking but truthfully she figured she might anger the blonde dobe anyways. She soon found out that she had angered Haruka as well when he started talking about how Naruto would die if he became nine tails and then acting like Kako had called him a monster. She figured she must have stepped over the line since his electricity was around him. She sighed and shook her head. "I don`t want anyone to die. I’m just interested in the Jinchuuriki. Gomen if I said something I shouldn’t have. I`ve just grown to have a sharp tongue" she tried to apologize but apparently Haruka hadn’t heard her because he was already turning to his five tailed demon form.

Sakura blinked when Haruka suddenly put a barrier around them but wanted to stop him when he said he was going to show Kako his demon. She sighed and kept herself from moving, knowing that Haruka wouldn’t do this if he didn`t have control over part of his demon. She gulped when he looked to be in pain when he had gone to five tails. This reminded her to much of what had happened to Naruto and she wanted it to stop now.

Kako crossed her arms and watched Haruka transform. She was very impressed at first about how well he could control his bijuu but when she saw him in pain her interest seemed to suddenly change. She clenched her fists and finally looked away, to stubborn to admit that she was starting to get worried about him. "That’s very good Haruka-kun but....stop....now! This is getting out of hand.................O...Onegai" she said muttering the last part of her statement. This made Sakura look at Kako curiously. She had been acting so cold and cocky till now but now she seemed seriously worried. Maybe she wasn’t kidding when she said she still thought about her 'old friends'.

Kako watched Haruka suddenly move behind her. She gasped when she saw Orochimaru. She sighed and rubbed her temples again, her head ache seeming to get a little worse. "Orochimaru-sama......Gomen. I know I wasn’t supposed to come near Konoha but....j...just go, Onegai. I promise to leave right away. I didn`t want to bring any trouble ok?" she said. She knew pleading with Orochimaru wouldn’t help at all but with how things where turning out she just wanted to leave right now and pretend she had never come to visit this place or her 'friends'.

Sakura soon saw Orochimaru and let out an irritated sigh. This wasn’t good. It never was when Orochimaru was involved. But Kako`s behavior was confusing her. It was like she was trying to get rid of Orochimaru. Maybe Kako hadn’t changed as much as she thought she had. She was still the stubborn, cocky kunoichi who hated when she didn`t get her way and.....didn`t want to hurt her friends?

[Haruka]

Orochimaru chuckled slightly. "You're lucky I appeared when I did, Kako-chan...you could have been killed by Haruka-kun..." He stated, then looked towards Haruka, using his snake eyes to gaze into the demon eyes of Haruka, whom was starting to succumb to the anger stored up in his body. He couldn't take it and roared loudly. "Keh!" He roared, sending an immense blast to hit Orochimaru, sending him quite a distance away, and causing a large boom, sending a dust cloud into the sky.

Naruto's eyes widened when he saw Orochimaru appear in front of Haruka, and he clenched his fists tighter, claws now digging into his palms, and a growl to emit from his throat, the Kyuubi's chakra starting to leak out of his body. Sai noticed this and pulled Sakura back. "Naruto-kun is losing control. We need to contact Yamato-Taichou right away."

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Raido barged into the Godaime's office. "Tsunade-sama! There was a report of Kako Kokanami being outside the village, and now we have reports that Orochimaru is here too. Haruka and Team Kakashi have been sighted there as well, but Haruka's demon is being tempted. With Orochimaru there, Naruto's might be as well, so we need to get Yamato-san there right away!" He called out.

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Orochimaru chuckled slightly as he slowly started to walk towards Kako and the others once again, his face half torn from the chakra blast that had hit him. He put a hand to his face, and his skin mended itself once again. "Now, now, Haruka-kun...that wasn't very nice, now was it? Oh...still hard feelings for me killing your beloved friends?" He said with a smirk. Haruka growled darkly towards him. Orochimaru then looked towards Naruto, who was trapped in the barrier made by Haruka. "Ah, Naruto-kun...Going to show of the Kyuubi's power, this close to Konoha? You could hurt it, you know...Ah, you still want Sasuke-kun back?" He chuckled. "He came to me of his own free will...he isn't coming back."

Naruto growled more, the ears forming on him, and another tail starting to accompany the first tail that had formed. "Sakura-san, we need to get out of here, or we will be in trouble..." Sai commented.

[Kako]

Kako jumped back when Haruka suddenly sent Orochimaru flying with an attack. She sighed and did some hand signs for the clone jutsu. "Hebi Bunshin no Jutsu" she mumbled and some snakes slithered around Kako and transformed into clones. She noticed Orochimaru taunting Naruto after he returned and she clenched her fists and sighed. "Orochimaru-sama don`t taunt him. I know you aren`t going to kill them so what’s the point in causing all this trouble" she stated with an annoyed tone in her voice.

Sakura`s eyes widened when Naruto started to loose control of the Kyuubi just like last time. She heard Sai talk about getting Yamamoto and she nodded her head. "Hai...I`ll get Yamamoto-Taichou. Stay here Sai. If Naruto-kun goes demon make sure he doesn`t go near Konoha" she explained before turning to run off. She had to get Yamamoto quickly. Not only for Naruto but for Konoha.

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Tsunade looked up from her paperwork when suddenly Raido intruded into her office. At hearing the news about Haruka`s demon letting out and Naruto`s being tempted to she let out an irritated sigh and stood up quickly. "Well then Go Get Yamamoto-san immediately and tell him to go. I`ll alert the medical squad to stand by. If either of those two are going demon someone is going to end up getting hurt" she ordered and picked up her phone to call the medical squad. This was really bad. She figured she may have to get involved in this as well. Especially with Orochimaru so close to the village.

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Kako figured she didn`t really know much of what to do to help either Jinchuuriki but she had to figure out something. At hearing Orochimaru just continue with taunting Naruto and seeing Naruto starting to loose control she turned to look at him. "Naruto-kun don`t listen to him. Remember what I said about controlling the Kyuubi? Well do it! When you were younger you wouldn`t let anyone tell you what you could or couldn`t do. What happened to the stubborn, hard headed dobe I knew?!" she said sternly. Right now she didn`t care who`s side she was on. She wouldn`t fight Orochimaru but if keeping Naruto under control meant telling him not to listen to the snake lord then she would do so.

Now her attention was on Haruka. Haruka was already loosing control so talking to him probley wouldn`t work. She figured maybe if she could hit some of his chakra points she could weaken him. Even if it was only alittle maybe that would be enough for Haruka to get in control. She let out a sigh before activating her 'snake eyes', knowing it was going to cost her later. She switched her sight to look at his chakra and focused on three chakra points. Herself and her clones then took out a kunai and ran toward the Bijuu to strike the chakra points, running with a speed to match Sasuke`s.

[Haruka]

Orochimaru looked over towards Kako with a sinister smirk plastered across his facial features, then back over towards Kako. "Awww, Kako-chan...I'm just out here to have a little...fun with the Jinchuuriki...It's not that often that I get to have a little fun...." He said with a chuckle coming from the end of his sentence, then focused directly on Naruto. "Ah, Naruto-kun...why are you getting so mad...? Oh, that's right, you want Sasuke-kun back..." He started with a chuckle, causing Naruto to growl darkly towards him, along with Haruka. "Sasuke-kun came to me of his own will, you can't have him back...besides, you aren't strong enough..." Orochimaru stated towards him. Naruto growled slightly as another tail started to form, and he crouched down onto the ground, like the Kyuubi. Haruka stood in Orochimaru's view of Naruto and growled towards him. "Leave...him...alone!" He yelled out, causing a severe gust to blow through the land. Orochimaru chuckled. "Oh, don't think I have forgotten about you, Haruka-kun..."

Sai looked towards Sakura and nodded as she started to run off from the area. "Hai, Sakura-san, I will do my best." He commented, then looked towards Naruto as he continued to go demon. He got out his paintbrush and scroll, ready to stop Naruto from infiltrating the village.

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Raido started to listen to the Godaime's instructions, making sure to leave absolutely no room for error, for the situation was very serious. When Tsunade was done talking, he nodded towards her, clicked his heals together, and gave a small bow, saying, "Hai, Tsunade-sama. Right away!" He then proceeded to run out of the office and think for a moment. Yamato-Taichou...I think he went to visit Kakashi-san today, to talk about something...I'll check the hospital right away. Raido thought to himself and ran out the Hokage Tower, now heading directly for the Konohagakure Hospital.

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Orochimaru looked back towards Kako as she continued to talk to Naruto, trying to calm him down, and chuckled softly. "Ah, just like Sasuke-kun...with me all this time, killed all these people, and you are still too soft..." He commented, then looked back towards Naruto, and Haruka. "He's the Nine-Tailed Fox, what do you expect...?" He commented with a laugh, causing another growl to come from Haruka. "We aren't just...some monsters, you damned cold-hearted snake...We are people. Thought your sensei would have told you that, but there was a reason you were dunned a false-genius...Tsunade and Jiraiya...they had it right, dumbass." Orochimaru frowned at Haruka. "I guess I made you mad...Haruka-kun...but do you really want to fight so close to Konohagakure..?" He said with a grin.

Haruka growled towards him, then noticed that Kako started to run towards him with kunai aimed for him, and he shook his head and roared, sending a dense wave of chakra to go towards her, then moved out the way. "Come." He muttered, then vanished. Orochimaru chuckled and vanished as well. Naruto watched everything, while fighting his demon. Naruto-kun...let me show them what the true power of a Jinchuuriki is... It's your power, not mine...I don't want it! What happened to all the times of you asking for power..? Do it now...we can beat Orochimaru. "I don't want it!!" Naruto growled out as some of the skin on his body peeled off. It got half his arms, all his face, and some of his feet, before the Kyuubi Cloak left his body. Naruto breathed heavily. "Kuso..." He muttered, making a Shadow Clone beside him. He then looked towards Kako. "You are coming back...to Konoha...."

[Kako]

Orochimaru`s comment about Kako being soft did hit her hard but she ignored it for the moment and continued toward Haruka. She had to do something to stop the demon in him. But just as soon as that thought was made it was quickly destroyed by a dense amount of chakra coming at Kako. She slammed into a tree as a result and by the time her senses caught up with her and she opened her eyes Haruka was gone. So was Orochimaru. The snake princess just gripped her fists and looked at the ground stubbornly as she muttered. "Haruka-kun...."

She hated to admit it but Orochimaru was right. She was still soft. Even after all the training, all the bloodshed, all the victims whose blood was on her hands; she still couldn`t get over who she really was and how much she still cared about her friends. And now she caused them all this trouble. She was so upset she felt she could probley cry if she didn`t think it would just make her seem more foolish and pathetic than she already was.

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Sakura ran through the village as quickly as possible. She had to go to Tsunade first. Not only to ask where Yamamoto was but to also inform her about what was going on. She hurried up the stairs in the hokage tower as fast as her legs could carry her and finally bashed through the door into the hokage`s office. "Tsunade-sama! Where`s Yamamoto-Taicho?!" the pink haired kunoichi yelled.

Tsunade`s deep thought on how to solve all this trouble was suddenly broken by the familiar yell of her pupil. She looked over at Sakura and soon figured out that the girl must be there to tell her what was going on and to ask her where Yamamoto was. "Calm down Sakura-chan I already sent someone to get Yamamoto-Taicho. He`s probley on his way right now" she explained to the panting kunoichi who seemed to still be tired out from her run across the village. "N....Naruto-kun and H...Haruka-kun.....demons....Orochimaru" Sakura attempted to explain but was interrupted by Tsunade. "I already know about that to. Sakura-chan it`s best you go back with Naruto-kun and wait for Yamamoto-Taicho. Ok?" "B...But" "Ok?!" "H...Hai Tsunade-sama" the girl finally agreed and turned to return to her friends.

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Kako was suddenly distracted by Naruto fighting his Kyuubi. She was afraid at first that he was losing but she put on a small faint smile when she saw that he did hold off the Kyuubi. I knew it... she thought and moved to stand up. The blonde`s next comment toward her made her smile disappear though into a sad glance as her eye sight was directed toward the ground.

Go back to Konoha?! I...I can`t but.... she paused her thoughts and glanced up at Naruto. He looked really hurt from the Kyuubi and she didn`t want to do anything that caused more trouble. I....I don`t want anyone else hurt right now. She let out a sigh and reached out to grab the jinchuuriki`s hand. All while not once looking Naruto in the eyes. She couldn`t bare herself to do so after all the trouble she just caused. "Hai Gomen.....I`ll go back. Just....don`t hurt yourself anymore Naruto-kun. Onegai...." she mumbled. She felt really bad about the lie she just told. She felt utterly horrible about it but she knew if she had said no Naruto would probley try to bring her back by force and end up tempting the Kyuubi again. Right now she didn`t want that. She`ll have to wait and tell him the truth later. Right now she just wanted to go home.

[Haruka]

Haruka and Orochimaru appeared quite a ways away from Konoha, and they spent a few moments staring each other down. Orochimaru chuckled slightly. "Oh, trying to repay me for the dead comrades, Haruka-kun...?" Haruka growled towards him and grinned slightly, sending his demon back into it's sewer cage. Orochimaru looked at him oddly, and Haruka chuckled. "I don't need some demon to help me fight you..."

Orochimaru frowned slightly and chuckled. "Bring it on, Haruka-kun..." He commented, and Haruka closed his eyes, re-opening them to cause them to completely engulf in lightly, lightning engulfing in black lightning. Wings appeared on his back once again, but this time they were pure electricity. "Too bad Sasuke's not here...I would love to see how strong he's gotten..." Haruka commented before vanishing in a flash of lightning, appearing behind Orochimaru and slamming a fist towards him. Orochimaru grabbed it and jumped back, looking down. "Ah...it is pure lightning, not just chakra..?" Orochimaru commented with a chuckle.

"Puts the body at risk, but it's less risky than letting the demon take control...and it increases my chakra supply ten fold..." Haruka commented and did a series of hand signs. "Suiton: Bakusui Shouha!" He called out, jumping into the air and spraying a very vast amount of water onto the ground. Orochimaru's eyes widened a little bit as he jumped onto the water. "Kisame used that technique..interesting..." "Suiton Suiryuudan no jutsu!" Ten pillars of water appeared all around Haruka before combining into a dragon, aiming straight towards Orochimaru. Orochimaru countered by doing a wind jutsu, blowing against the wave. Haruka grinned. "Want to see an elemental fusion, do you...? Hijutsu: Sensatsu Suishou!" He called out, most of the water turning to ice and flying at Orochimaru like needles. Orochimaru growled and did hand signs. "Katon: Gouakyu no Jutsu!" He blew it at the ice, turning it back to water and sending it towards him.

Haruka chuckled slightly. "Lightning Style: Electromagnetic Murder!" He called out, touching the water and pulsing it with electricity. Orochimaru growled and got his, hissing in pain as he hit a tree. Haruka chuckled. "Ah, your little immortality jutsu is running out, eh..? Having your side-effects now...?" Orochimaru growled slightly, knowing that he wasn't near ready to fight high level when he had just fought a 4-tailed Naruto. "I'll see you again...Haruka-kun..." He murmured, vanishing. Haruka sighed slightly and vanished from his spot, heading back towards Naruto and the others.

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Raido walked into the hospital and straight to Kakashi's room he ran. He barged into the doors, gaining eyes from Kakashi and Yamato. "Yamato-Taichou. Orochimaru has come back to Konoha, and it's causing Naruto to-" "On it!" Yamato called out as he jumped out the window of the hospital, happening to land by Sakura. He nodded towards her and started to head back towards Naruto and Kako.

Naruto blinked slightly at hearing Kako say that she would come back to Konoha. He then looked at his clone, then himself. He was prepared to use the Rasengan against her....He suddenly winced and coughed up blood, his hand losing from her own, and falling over, deeply unconscious.