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Yaruno smiled, not bothering to conceal her fangs; they both knew. "I appreciate your kind words, Naruto. I'm glad you can see beyond the frightening aspects of my being." She paused, turning to Minato. "I have no intentions of transforming the boy; I don't want to take the risk of interfering with the spirit of the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed inside his body. Besides, I can tell he has quite a bit of potential as he is. As for my intentions with him, you can think of me as his guardian. You see, I've sensed a strong spiritual power within him, and wish to accompany him on his travels. I am intrigued by his fighting style, his will to perservere. I wouldn't do anything to harm him; on the contrary, I wish to protect him." She turned to Naruto. "I do not look old because I was changed when I was fourteen years old. I have walked the earth for 250 years." Yaruno sighed. "More to the point, you have undoubtedly heard what I've just said to Minato. Please know that I am sincere about what I have told the both of you. I hope you understand that. Will you please allow me to follow through with my intentions, Naruto? I greatly hope that you will, for I know that your potential is quite large, and wish to help you fulfill it as much as I can. I hope to accompany you on your journey, so that we may learn from each other, and in doing so, become better friends." Yaruno looked at Naruto with sincerity in her eyes, hoping he would accept her intentions, and allow her to follow through with them.

The four Ryo's arrived with Sasuke and Heikaze, too meet Kakorata who'd beat him there as expected. "Sorry sensai, precious luggage like this has to be taken care of" he said referring to Sasuke and Heikaze. He took them into the hospital where there were medical nin already around a healing circle. They were prepared to remove an enchantment if needed, Kakorata had them prepared for the worse, and it would work out for the best.

The clones placed Sasuke in one circle, and Ryo and the remaining clone placed Heikaze down in the other. They were immediately tended to, they were in the emergancy room.

Ryo stood to the side toward a corner, watching them get to work. There were medical jutsu behind his comprehension being preformed, he felt like Sasuke and Heikaze would be alright. He on the other hand, was exhausted. His clones poofed, and as someone approached him to most likely appoint him to the waiting room, he left by himself, heading outside to clear his mind, and let his body recover on its own. He took a seat in the waiting room outside the emergency room. He wasn't going to leave until he knew for sure that they were both okay.

Sasuke closed his eyes as he was tended to. His shoulder had taken quite a lot of damage. However...it was nothing compared to what Heikaze's state was in.

The question was, why did he react that way? Yes, he was defending himself, but to wound the kid that badly? Itachi had said he needed to foster his hate, but he felt so bad about the whole ordeal...Was he ever going to defeat his brother?

His dark eyes closed as he felt the effects of the two battles. Exhaustion set in, and he allowed himself to sink into unconsiousness.

Ryo looked up at Kakorata as he spoke. He took it all in, and looked at the door behind him where Sasuke and Heikaze were. He looked at the door Kakorata had left from, and said "An ace in the hole eh? I could use one of those. Perhaps this is one Orichimaru won't expect..." he said feeling the nostgalia of his past. He quickly snapped out of it, and stood to his feet heading for the Hokage's building.
He arrived, and saw Kakorata, he approached. "This will have to be an exclusive lesson for now sensai, lets get started"

((I believe Kakorata took it to the hospital.))

Love is like a butterfly:

Sho approached the small group of shinobi in which he regocnized Crys, one of his teammates. "I neither missing nor dead. And I am most definately not a jounin, not yet at least." he said after hearing the boy's, apparently Crys's twin brother's, words. "I have only just arrived in the great city of Konohagakure. It is a longer trip than you can imagine, walking from Chougakure to Konohagakure is not something one does in a day or five. And then there was the meeting with your Hokage." He spoke approaching, his voice held a playful tone.

Stopping near Crys he ran his right hand through his silver locks, "None-the-less, I apologize for my... late, arrival." he said with a bow. His right hand remained in his hair as he held it in plave while bowing. Once he stood back up he allowed it to slide back down to his side.

It goes wherever it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes.

"Oh, hello, so who are you, and since you said I'm your teammate, I guess that means that my other teammate and sensei are missing, *sigh*, oh well what can you do. So what's your name," "and how did you know who my sister is? Oh, and my name is Erald, if I'm not around, watch over her for me."
"Erald! I'm not a little kid anymore, I can handle myself."
"I know, but since our parents are missing your the only family I have left, and I don't want to lose you."

<('tis easy. You just type what you want it to say. Align the first part normally and the second part to the right. Then you type inbetween the two parts, centering it. Then you change the color and font size normally.)>

Love is like a butterfly:

"Ah, I apologize again. I am Sho Riariti." He said bowing again. He then continued. "I come from Chougakure in the Land of Roses. I know your sister because I was briefed on my teammates by the Hokage when I arrived."

It goes wherever it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes.

By this time Heikaze was on the outskirts of Konoha. The cold corpse of Machi slung over his left shoulder. His right hand darted out of his torn and tattered cloak. He jumped from the tree branch, a nearly invisible blade of wind formed his right hand. As the ground approached he swung the blade downward. With a small explosion, Heikaze stood over a five foot long, three foot deep crevice in the ground. He jumped back up into the tree and then came back down, another explosion added three more feet to the depth of the crevice. This time he sprung back using his momentum, coming back down to add more depth to the crevice. He continued the process until his chakra was finally fully drained, the crevice a good twenty feet deep. It remained five feet in length and was three feet in width.

He stood in the bottom of the crevice. Completely worn out, Machi in his arms, and his ribs hurting like hell. He wiped at his mouth with his right hand to find it colored crimson red. He stumbled backwards, hitting his back against one of the steep walls, he then slid down to take a seat. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath and looked back at things for the first time in a long while. He held Machi tightly against his chest as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep...