"WHA?! Kakashi-sensei, you're all beat up!!"

Yamato, Sai, Sakura and Naruto. I teleported them here when I felt a flicker inside me meaning that he made it. He upgraded his technique. The shit! I'll definitely ask Naruto if I can use his technique later! That technique is a killer. It'll destroy your skin up to you cell. It's definitely powerful.

"Hey, pipe down Naruto. I'm feeling dizzy hearing your loud voice." I told him weakly. They're just 5 KM or more than away from me! It all eat up my chakra! I had to open my reserves to back restore my chakra.

Kakashi and Shikamaru told everything to Yamato and Naruto. Sakura and Sai aid us when they saw that he did a number on us.

Naruto asked permission if they can send him to battle Kakuzu so Yamato and Kakashi think for a moment. I know that they're thinking that Naruto's now grown strong. He's the lone person who can upgrade the of the Lord Fourth. It's no wonder why the two captain let him on his way.

At first, he checked Kakuzu using his favorite shadow clone. Kakuzu's still on his Mid-range and is now thinking why the hell we're sending this kid to battle him. Naruto took a deep breath before forming a ball of chakra in his palm until we heard a screeching sound coming from his palm. He added a wind nature on his chakra and that made him form a shuriken. It's so fast that even Sharingan couldn't pinpoint the core.

This time, everyone will know Naruto's hidden strength.

"w-what i-is that?"

"T-that sound"

Everyone gasp. Naruto's always surprising everyone including me. He is truly the man of the show. Kakuzu alerted himself when he saw the technique. It's so formidable that even him chickened out. I told everyone to get away to Naruto because of his technique. It's still incomplete by now and its dangerous.

His first and second shot of was failed but for his final shot Kakuzu switched on his long-range. This is to counter Naruto's technique but Naruto's the best pranker of all time. He mixed his real self to the clones he sent and that made Kakuzu think to go for his fake original self that is now forming a Rasenshuriken. Little did he know, Naruto's now behind him with his technique on his palm. He thrust his technique on his back and because it's a spinning shuriken, Kakuzu flew.

I catch Naruto before his body could touch the ground. "Hey, you did good there." I told him proudly. Ino and Choji immediately aid Naruto so I let go of him and went to where Yamato and Kakashi is.

"It's finally done now." I told them smiling. Yamato just patted my head and Kakashi smiled on me. I went to where Kakuzu is to check if he's still alive. Naruto's attack made a huge and deep crater and there where I found him.

"I can't believe you guys defeated me." Kakuzu said weakly. He's finally dying now. But I'm sure, he'll be reanimated in the future.

"Yeah, for someone who fought the Lord First. We, youngster defeated you." I told him. I even used Tobirama's youngster to him. I almost laugh. I missed those two. T^T.

"But always remember that it is natural for each generation to surpass the one before." Kakashi stated. He just poofed beside me and he's now weaving a sign for his .

Kakuzu's now dead.

"Aren't you supposed to stay inside?" Neji's voice echoed inside my room. The team admitted me in the hospital due to the chakra exhaustion. I used my chakra to teleport everyone back that's why I passed out. But since I'm okay now, I want to check Naruto and Kakashi's condition now. Well, in Kakashi's case, he's definitely fine by now.

As of now, Tsunade and the others probably started checking on Kakuzu's body and Tsunade will forbid Naruto to use that technique anymore.

"But I'm fine now." I said weakly before I sat down on my bed. I adjusted myself so I could get comfortable. "Anyway, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in your team?" It's not that I don't like the idea of him being in here. I got curious.

"What? Was it wrong to visit my girlfriend no, my reckless girlfriend who loves to worry me." And then he rolled his eyes on me before placing apples above the side table. "I heard that you're the one who initiated that revenge mission."

W-WHAT?! SHIKAMARU T^T YOU TRAITOR! I... I felt betrayed.

I didn't do anything but to look down. I'm sure he's mad or maybe pissed because I made another reckless move again.

What if he get tired of me? What if he say he didn't love me anymore because I'm so reckless? What if he found someone who's more feminine? What if he-

I was cut off by a sudden hug from him. It's warm and lovely - the lone reason why my eyes started to burn. I cried. I cried because those possibilities may turn into reality. I can't afford having heartbreak, again.

"Whatever you're thinking, stop that." He told me as if he knew that I'm overthinking.

"But... but what if you suddenly get tired of me? There's a lot of better woman around..." This is what I hated the most. Insecurities. There's so much shits running inside my head. I trust Neji so much and I cannot afford him breaking my trust. But... but everything can happen in a blink of an eye. Everything may change. Even feelings.

The very best reason why I'm still fighting in this world because of Neji.

But what am I going to do if he decided to leave me? How am I going to continue? How am I supposed to live without him?

I can't hold my sobs anymore. I breakdown in front of him.

"I love you." Is all he can say. And that helped me a lot but at the same time, I cried harder. He just reassured me that he loves me. But, was that enough? Was that enough to erase my doubts? If so then I'll stop worrying. I'm still naïve when it comes to love but I hope Neji is my endgame.

And God knows how much I prayed every night, how much I want to save him from death. Because... only God knows how much I care and love him.

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The next day I went to Yamato and Kakashi. I decided to stick with them now because any moment or days from now, the news about Orochimaru will reach us. I must move according to our plan.

"What the fuck... that is hella history... bro. I think I need time to absorb everything." Shikamaru said after hearing everything from me. From the Uchiha coup up to Itachi's situation now and the future plans of ROOT ANBU for the village.

"Yeah, when I also found out everything, It took me for a while to move. There I finally made a move to contact Itachi for Sasuke but well, both of them are reckless." I sighed to him. And there silence echoed between us but then I decided to break the silence. "But I want to know if you're up killing Danzo before he could do anything. Of course, I'm also planning to reveal his dark and disgusting shits to everyone." I uttered.

Shikamaru spare me some glances before falling into slumber. "Is your Forbidden Mind Technique: Reveling Memory a success?" He asked. He's referring to the technique that I've been doing since then. It's similar to Marx's of Black clover Magic Memory which can project the targets memories. And I'm planning to use that technique to uncover the truth and to tell everyone about Danzo's shits and future plans.

I'm going to make sure that Sasuke's there to watch everything, to watch me killing the man who once made Itachi suffered.

"Yes, as of now it's on 80%. It's kind of consuming every chakra I have and I have to check if I should factor my targets will. I had to avoid any harsh consequences of using that technique that's why I branded it forbidden." I answered in all honesty.

Maybe the difficult part for me is no one has developed this kind of technique, the reason for me to struggle. Instead of just uttering the name of technique, I had to develop it on my own.

Too troublesome.

"This plan is so troublesome especially it's only us, preparing these. But yeah, I'm going to help. I'm heading to talk with the clan head's offspring after visiting Asuma. I'm going to notify Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Ino and Choji about these but I won't tell them about 'that' so rest assured. If we're going to bring down a member of our council, we need the powerful clan's back up." Oho, that's a nice technique you got there, Shikamaru.

Truly magnificent.

"Thank you bro, I'm indebted again." I told him sincere only to earn a chuckle from him as if I uttered something ridiculous.

"Don't be, you know that I can't let you undergo such difficult plans alone. Beside, do you have guts to tell Neji about this?" He asked sincerely. Well, he's aware of our relationship and it's only obvious that he's concerned. "I bet he didn't, based on your reaction." He added so I nodded.

"I don't need to drag him here. He wasn't aware of what Danzo did, I don't want to stress him too much." His job as Jonin is hard and I want his mind to be stable and at peace. I don't want to stress him out although hiding this facts may lead to fight or something.

"What the, you love him that much, aren't you?" There I throw my pillow on him but he catch it.

"Shut the fuck up and let me sleep now, I'm going to summon you after I get discharged."

Let's see how bad things could get after messing with the plot.

"Yo, Kakashi-niisan. How's everyone?" I told him. Since Asuma-sensei's up now, he's also discharged from getting admit to the hospital due to his fast recovery. He's now able to watch Kurenai-sensei's pregnancy and I'm so happy that I'm able to save him for Mirai, Kurenai and Shikamaru.

"Tsunade-sama's asking for your presence." Kakashi uttered in a serious manner so I got curious. What happened after Asuma's death in the series?

Ah, I remember. Tsunade and Jiraiya's bid of goodbyes and pursuit mission to Orochimaru's hideout because the news of his death will reach us. The other's will be fine with themselves because they've got rookie 9 and Guy-sensei's team for this mission. They're going to meet Isobu - the third tails while being watched by Obito/Tobi and Deidara from afar.

I'm hundred percent confident that they'll make out of it so I'm going to support Jiraiya-sama in his future battle with Pain and Konan. I'll postpone meeting Obito for now since Jiraiya's life is more important for now.

On the other hand, I know that this future 'Sasuke Search Mission' is going to fail because of Deidara's sudden revenge attack to Sasuke. And later after that... he and Itachi will undergo a battle.

I'm thinking if I could meet Obito when Itachi died or maybe before he could plant Itachi's eyes on Sasuke. Ah this is frustrating.

"I see, you should go first. I had to check something." I told Kakashi and didn't wait for his response and just disappear in front of him. I plop down the ground when I reached the Hokage's mountain. I pulled out my cigarette and took a stick inside before lighting it to inhale. I'm a bit stressed, you know?

I'm torn between Jiraiya's death and Itachi's death although Itachi made it clear for me that he's now ready to die on Sasuke's. This kind of atonement, I hate it. I hope Sasuke will rethink his decision after hearing the truth from Obito.

"I promise you this, Sasuke. I'll definitely reveal everything about Danzo so he could get the right punishment from you or from our village." And I hope you could go back with us after that. The sealing that I made few years ago will activate once you've resisted coming back.

after consuming everything, I went to where Kakashi's mark and appeared beside him. We're currently inside Hokage's office along with the rookie 9 and Neji's team. I didn't bother to look on him since I'm sure he had noticed that I'm down and stressed.

But I could careless about myself for now, I need to trail Jiraiya's without him noticing me until we entered Pain's territory.

"Heard that you're asking for my presence, Lord Fifth." I asked politely. Their gaze shifted on mine so I got tensed. What the fuck?

Tsunade cleared his throat befor handing me a scroll which contains a permission in a mission. My left brows went high upon readings its content. So, she's assigning me to help this recue mission.

"I'm afraid I had to decline, Lord Fifth." I said seriously and that made Tsunade's brows furrowed. Everyone inside the room didn't expect me to decline the mission. I wasn't needed for now, I had to save Jiraiya. I actually had no time lurking and bitching around but she asked for my presence.

"Give me your important reason why so I could drop my command now." She voiced out with a strong look on her face. I guess my decline made her a bit furious since this is my first time declining to her.

Kakashi and the other Jonin's inside were also wondering why the hell am I declining over a mission. I suppose that they're still in dark about this mission, Tsunade probably decided to tell them later after she got my response.

I didn't speak but I put out my prepared scroll for my secret support mission to Jiraiya. "This contains everything, feel free to read." I told her after handling her the scroll.

"What was that about, Kashina-chan?" Naruto asked after I came back in the line but I just shrug on him so he pestered me more only to earn a bonk on his head.

"Shut up or I'll make Sakura shut you up." I'm not on the mood to have a debate with him.

And there I heard Tsunade's gasp before burning the scroll into ashes. She immediately opened one of her drawers to pick up a Hokage scroll with her seal inside and write something. "I'm permitting you to do this, Kashina." She said seriously that no one inside the room dared to talk back or asked about the contents of my scroll.

I can feel Kakashi and Neji's curiosity aura lingering around but I could careless, I'll deal with them after saving Jiraiya's ass.

I was about to cut my thumb to make it bleed when a sudden flash of memories came inside my mind. It's Naruto's training with the toads after Jiraiya's death. What the fuck happened? Why does my mind showing these? I NEED TO SAVE JIRAIYA!!!!! Are you telling me that I had to let him die?! For Naruto's character development?! Bullshit!!! That'll never happen.

I'm pretty sure that my mind has been messing around with me.

I pulled myself together, not wanting everyone caught a glimpse of my anger. I bit my thumb to bleed and pinned it on the scroll to sign. "Thank you, Tsunade-sama. I'm going now."

After receiving her nod, I disappeared into thin air. I didn't let anybody to stop me, not Kakashi, Not my team... not Neji. Only Shikamaru and I were the only ones who knew about this Jiraiya Rescue Mission.

I'll definitely bring him back... alive.