I look at myself in the mirror. I had a couple of hours of training before I was ready to go back home. I was running late cause my last minute training ran off by like 2 hours! For the past weeks, training with the Forbiddens was actually very fun. Regardless of all the playing around I did with Jun and Ryuu. I pulled my jacket out to finish out the outfit. I was currently wearing Aurora's old ninja outfit. It actually fit me perfectly.

The outfit was a pair of black and gold shorts, a black tanktop, and a black vest jacket with a golden dragon on the back. I slip on my boots and smirk at myself. Aurora had some taste when she was alive. I put on my ninja gear and walked out of my house.

I meet Jun outside and gave me a wolfish smile, "Well now Aurora you're looking a cute as ever. Lookin like a really ninja"

I roll my eyes, "Thanks Jun. Now let's get going to the temple."

Jun nods and we start on our way to the the temple. Once inside I am greeted by Sheron and Ryuu. Ryuu looks at me up and down and smirks. Shenron does the same look but gives me a soft smile. Then his face turns serious.

"Kitsune, it seems as though your training is now complete. You have done very well for yourself the past few weeks" Shenron stated.

I nodded and bowed, "Thank you Shenron I really enjoyed your training. I learned so much more than the people in my village could possible know"

Shenron climbs down from his ledge and stands in front of me. Shenron touches me with the tip of his claw on my arm. I wince slightly when I feel something form onto my arm. I pull back my jacket to see a cool dragon tattoo.

"This symbol shows everyone that you have been trained by one of the best. Now Kitsune go out there and show them how much your training paid off."

I smiles and hugged Shenron. I look at everyone before forming a handsign and teleporting myself back home. I look and realise that I have landed on top of a random building. I take a deep breath and search for Ojichan's chakra. Once I found it, I teleport next to him. Ojichan jumped slightly from me appearing randomly out of the blue.

"Sorry I'm late Ojichan. My training had gone longer than I expected it to" I smile.

"Well I'm glad to see that your training went well Kitsune. I might add is that a little more muscle on your body" Ojichan chuckles. I smile and hug him tightly. I look next to Ojichan to see another Hokage.

"Hello lord hokage sir! I'm Kitsune Hatake it's a pleasure to meet you" I bowed.

The other hokage chuckles and looks at me, "No need to be so formal dear. I have heard a lot about you from your fellow Hokage here. I hear you are a very strong young ninja"

"Kitsune this is the Kazekage of Sunagakure" Ojichan explains.

I nod once more in understand. Once I get a better look at this Kazekage my face falls slightly. I keep a fake smile on my face but something about this guy is off and I mean why off. I don't like the way his chakra feels, and I know I have felt this type of chakra before. I just don't remember where. I shrug it off and look down at who is battling. I squeal when I see it's Naruto up against that Hyuuga Neji.

"Ojichan, I'm going to go down and cheer Naruto on. It was nice meeting you Lord Kazekage" I smile.

The both look in my direction and nod. I make eye contact with the Kazekage and maybe I was loosing my marbles but I swear I thought his eye changed colors. Like his eye was like...Nevermind. I jump off the railing and down into the waiting area below.

I gasp when Naruto starts to get ready to battle. His chakra started to rise and I cheer loudly, "LET'S GO NARUTO! SHOW THIS HYUGA WHAT THE UZUMAKI TRAIN HAS IN STORE FOR HIM!!!"

Naruto looks up to see me waving down to him. He gives me his uzumaki smirk before looking at his opponent. Neji glance up at me when Naruto looks. I smirk and wink. Neji doesn't seemed fazed but his a look on his face was studying me closely. I narrow my own eyes at him. Neji glances at me a little more before Naruto goes and yells at him.

"HEY HYUGA! STOP STARING AT MY BEST FRIEND! ONLY I HAVE THE POWER TO STARE AT HER!" Naruto exclaims.

Neji clicks his tongue, "Whatever she's not even worth my eyesight"

My eyebrow twitches, what did his punk just say I go to jump over the railing but Shikamaru holds me back.

"Calm down Kit!" Shika commands.

"Neji when your match is over I'm coming to kick your little a-" Shikamaru covers my mouth before I am able to finish.

I glare at him then back at Neji. Neji stares back at me even longer and I growl at him. Shikamaru adjust his hold on me so I don't get away. I feel another set of eyes looking at me. I look over at Gaara to see him staring at me. He smirks when his eyes meet my own. My face heats up and I turn away.

"Hey Kit you okay. Your face is red" Shika asked

"Yeah I'm fine. No need to worry Shika-kun" I smile. Although I was not fine. The guy that I like just smirked at me. I am squealing on the inside.

I turn back to the match to his Neji landing multiple hits on Naruto. I gasp as he hits most of his chakra points. I whimper for Naruto as Neji lands more hits on Naruto's body. Naruto hits the ground. I gasp along with a bunch of other people.

"Neji! I swear if you killed him I'm coming after you!" I growl, he smirks at me again.

Shikamaru holds me back before I could jump over the railing at him. I hear Neji talking to Naruto. Naruto slowly tries to get himself off the ground. Naruto finally stands on his feet and Neji stares him down. Neji then goes into back story. I actually feel sorry for the kid. Neji wasn't bad it was just the certain ninja in his clan. My eyes drift towards the two member of his family sitting in the stands. I then look back down at the match.

"Oh yeah. I know what that's like. Well, big deal... who cares" Naruto began

"You worthless little-" Neji's byakugan powers up once again

"Man, you think you've got troubles? I've got news for you Neji, you're not the only special one around here. Did you ever think that Hinata might be suffering as much as you are? It's not her fault that her father was born ahead of yours, but you resent her for it. You disrespect her even when she's trying so hard to improve herself. All she wanted was your respect. That's what she was fighting for even though it almost killed her" Naruto stated.

Naruto continues to talk until I could hear him coughing. Not just one but many. I whimper and tighten my grip on the railing. Neji has a smirk on his face the whole time.

"I have blocked all 64 of your chakra points. You don't have any chakra left, how do you plan on fighting against me." Neji smirks.

Naruto narrows his eyes at him and Neji smirks. Neji gets ready to take Naruto once again. I look down at Naruto and close my eyes. I sense his chakra flow until I feel a sudden burst of chakra. I grin at him. Alright Naruto use that hidden chakra! Now things are starting to heat up! Neji is in for a big one!

Naruto started to focus his chakra and a huge gust of chakra left from his body. I grin at the the amount of chakra he releases. Everyone gasp and Naruto starts to make a comeback. I cheer loudly for Naruto.

"COME ON NARUTO!!" I cheer.

Suddenly there was a moment when it looked like Neji had beaten my Naruto. Well this brat thought wrong. Naruto does a sneak attack and punches Neji in the the throat knocking him to the ground. Neji doesn't have enough chakra to move and Naruto is standing over him. I grin and jump over the railing. Naruto doesn't sense me coming and I tackle him to the ground.

"You did it! You blonde headed knuckle head you did it!!!!!" I cheer.

"The winner is Naruto Uzumaki!" says the Shinobi.

The whole crowd cheers for him. I wrap my arms around his neck once again and laughed. "You did it Naruto. The whole crowd is cheering for you! One step closer to becoming hokage!"

Naruto stands up and picks me up with him. I look up at Gaara to see him glaring at Naruto. I roll my eyes and teleport next to him. Gaara doesn't seemed fazed by my sudden presence. I poke him giving him my puppy dog face.

"He doesn't have a right to be hugging you like that. You shouldn't even be hugging him like that" Gaara mutters loud enough for me to hear.

"Aww is my Gaara-kun jelly of Naruto." I mock in a baby tone. Gaara looks at me and narrows his eyes.

"Hn..."

I giggle and wrap my arms around Gaara. I kiss his cheek and smile. "Don't worry Gaara-kun he won't try anything. Besides Naruto is like my brother he wouldn't try anything. I promise"

Gaara smirked at me before looking now at Naruto. Naruto runs around cheering and yelling with joy. I laugh and Gaara pulls me closer to him. Out the corner of my eye I could see his siblings eyeing us. I laugh and Gaara chuckles.

"Hey you laugh!" I smile.

"Hn..."

"Stop that, you sound like duck-butt. Wait speaking of which where is he?" I say.

"He hasn't showed up yet" Gaara states. I nod and continue to watch the knuckle head down below to cheer.

"Naruto is pretty strong don't you think Gaara?" I ask.

"Yeah he is" Gaara answers.

I smile even more. At least Gaara now talks! I have done a good deed today I look down at the announcer Shinobi. He looks down at Neji and I see his lips moving. Neji continues to stare at him. I feel slightly bad for Neji. He's not a bad guy he just has a sad life. I look around, and I still don't see Sasuke or my father anywhere.

My father better not make him late for his match

*****

So a little time later they skipped over Sasuke and Gaara match. Now the two people fighting are Shikamaru and Temari. Shika wasn't in the mood to fight but made a grain entrance. Naruto gave him a gentle slap on the back and he landed into the arena. He sighed and complained some more.

The match between Shikamaru and Temari was very intense. The battle was mostly based on strategy and concentration. The winner of the battle was Temari due to Shikamaru stepping down. He knew it was the right choice cause he practically used all of his chakra during his match. Shikamaru was such a lazy guy but he was really smart.

I tried to go talk to Naruto but Gaara wouldn't let me leave his side. I sighed and stayed with him for a while longer. Now Ojichan wanted to wait a little while longer for Sasuke to come before disqualifying him from the finals. 10 minutes is all he is giving him. Temari suddenly appears on the railing after just standing in the arena.

"All right, the time limit has expired. So I'm officially calling this match..." announced Genma but he pauses.

Suddenly two familiar figures wanted to make a total entrance. I laugh a bit that's just like my dad always late. I look at Sasuke and notice a few changes. His bangs got longer and he now wearing a black outfit with his uchiha clan symbol on his back. Other then that, Sasuke hasn't changed.

"Well look you makes an entrance" I snicker.

"I was right. I knew he'd come" Gaara states. I look at him as he had a determined face. I lay my head on Gaara's shoulder. I could feel his chakra rise a bit.

"Sorry, we're late. You wouldn't believe the traffic" Dad finally speaks.

"And you are?" Genma asks looking at Sasuke.

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha"

The crowd cheers loudly. Naruto and Sasuke both start talking and smiling at each other. Dad then decided to speak.

"Sorry if we kept you waiting but, um, how late are we?I mean it's not like Sasuke is disqualified or anything right?" Dad sheepishly rubs the back of his neck.

"Like master, like pupil, even down to your lousy sense of time." Genma states.

"Well, what about it?" Dad asks.

"You know, you were so late that we extended the deadline twice for you in fact. Also he is not disqualified." Genma answers.

"Oh what a relief. You had me worried there for a minute. So we're okay hm"

I look at Gaara to see him and Sasuke having a staring contest. As normal they weren't even fazed by one another's presence. Sasuke's gaze shifts over to me and he held the same expression. Gaara clicks his tongue not liking Sasuke looking at me. He does something unexplainable. He grabs my hand and intertwines our fingers. Then he kisses my cheek. I see his glare darken at the sight of Sasuke. Sasuke's eye widen but then his expression hardens. Gaara suddenly lets out a dark chuckle.

"Alright Gaara come on down here!" Genma commands. Gaara hold on my hand tightens slightly on me and I wince.

"Hey Gaara don't forget about-" Kankuro began to speak but Temari cuts him off. The look on Gaara's face could kill millions and give people nightmares.

He lets go of my hand and turns to whisper something to me, "Wait here for me Kitsune and pay attention. I am going to show him how much more of a man I am than him"

With that Gaara walks away from me and down the stairs with that evil look in his eye. I whimper slightly at his statement. This wasn't my Gaara talking. I watch Gaara vanish from my sight. I then do something dumb, I go after him.

I lower my chakra and follow Gaara down the stairs. I follow and stay very quiet. He just keeps walking, I guess he was more focused on the match then me. Suddenly their are two guys standing in the middle of the hall. One with glasses and the other with like lipstick on his lips.

"You puny kids think this tournament is about you, but it's really about the people who bet on you, or against you in your case. You see, our master's got a lot of money on the other guy to win" says lipstick guy

"Got it? That mean you gotta lose" glasses guy interjects.

Gaara doesn't seemed fazed as his cork from his gourd starts to make a popping sound. I get worry for the other guys safety. Gaara isn't one you wanna tease.

"So, what's it going to be kid." states lipstick

"Maybe he's too scared to talk" states glasses.

Now they've done it. Gaara's gourd pops out a whole bunch of sand as they both pull out kunais. The hallway lights all break, Gaara then attacks. He starts to kill them. He shoots out sand and it surrounds Lipstick and he crushes him. The second guy makes a run for it but he doesn't get far. He gets dragged back by Gaara and then killed.

Then his sand slides back into the gourd and the cork goes back on. I slowly walk over to Gaara as he starts to walk again . I grab his hand and he quickly turns around with a murderous look on his face. I whimper slight and Gaara starts to calm down.

"Why did you follow me... I told you to wait where I told you to" Gaara says, his voice meaning every word he spoke.

I gulp, "I-i know that but I... wanted to make sure you didn't hurt anyone. That's all" I whisper loud enough for him to hear.

Gaara lets out a sigh before pulling me closer to him. I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss his cheek. Gaara slowly hugs me back and I look at him with a serious expression. I then move towards his ear.

"Please don't kill him, he is still my comrade" I whisper

Gaara gives me a look before walking away from me and down the hallway. I sigh and look ahead to see two figures. Naruto and Shikamaru were walking in my direction. Naruto's face brightens and he tackles me into a hug. I squeal and fall to the floor.

"KITSUNE DID YOU SEE HOW AWESOME I WAS!" Naruto exclaims.

"Yes Naruto-kun! You did awesome and so did you Shika. Sucks that you didn't beat her" I grin.

Shikamaru places his hands behind his head, "Yeah, but it would have been a total drag. I would have to have done more work and I used up all my chakra."

I shake my head at Shika. I hug him and then hop onto Naruto's back. Naruto chuckles and starts carrying me up at the stairs. Once we all got back we went towards the stands. I jump off Naruto's back and head towards the railing. My eyes see Gaara and Sasuke standing facing each other.

Genma then starts talking about the rules. I hear the crowd start to cheer for the match is about to start. They both start walking to the middle and are staring at each other. By the looks of it Gaara wants to kill him or even worse! I have to be ready to calm Gaara down

"Begin!"

The match then begins to start.... Then something strange happens.

Gaara starts talking to himself, "Please I beg of you... please don't be mad at me... Mother"

He was holding one eye. Then he gets creepier. He starts talking about blood and how he made his "mother" taste it. Wait Gaara can't be talking about his mother. He told me she died.. Suddenly his sand fell and he relaxed.

My eyes watched the match, every single thing that happened. Sasuke managed to land a hit on my Gaara. His skin then cracked. Sasuke then was able to land another hit and he teased him. Sasuke was moving just like Lee but faster. Gaara looked so serious and then formed a handsign.

(Kinda Lazy but now i'm skipping to the good part of the match!)

My ear flicks slightly as I notice something off. Shenron trained me to be able to sense a change in the nature around me. I look around and then feel a small burst of chakra starting to grow. I look around, maybe I am the only one who notices it. I then look at the random Anbu spread out. I counted eight. I look up near the Hokages. My eyes narrow at the Kazekage, something about him I don't like.

I hear chirping, and I look to see Sasuke on the wall. He is holding the same technique as my dad. Once he had it at full power Sasuke started running down towards Gaara's sand shield.

Sasuke's chidori lands a hit on Gaara's' shield and it broke it. I then hear Gaara scream loudly. Like he was getting hurt. My ears flatten against my head. My poor Gaara....

"BLOOD! IT'S MY BLOOD" Gaara screams echo. I whimper as Sasuke let's more of his chidori out.

My Gaara then screams again, he is in pain. Sasuke's arm gets loose from the shield but something else comes out. It almost looked like an arm. Gaara's a jinchuuriki, like me...Shukaku of the Sand.

Then I could hear growling escaping and then a beastly like roar. Sasuke was frozen in shock. Suddenly Gaara's defense started to crack. I get ready to jump over the railing when the defense finally cracks. Gaara looked the same and i let out a sigh in relief, but he had a deadly expression. Different from the one before.

Suddenly there was an explosion. I look to see it was near Ojichan and the Kazekage. My chakra raises and I gasp. The village was under attack...

I started to feel faint, and my vision started to blur. I form a handsign and release the jutsu. I run up near my father and guy. Everyone was asleep and I mean everyone was asleep. I then remember Gaara.

I run over to the railing and jump off. I appear next to Sasuke and he just looks at me. I get a closer look at the barrier surrounding Ojichan.

"Kitsune What's going on up there?" questions Sasuke

"The village is under attack" I answer. I look over at Gaara who was holding his arm in pain.

"Gaara you have to stop!" Yelled his sister, Temari

Gaara just looks, "I must kill him"

Gaara starts walking towards us but his brother steps in front of him. Gaara pushes him aside and then their sensei came.

"What are you three doing?" He questions, "Can't you see the operation's already underway"