Aang stared at Naruto lying on the hospital bed, quite scared. "What happened with you and the blonde woman?" He asked. Naruto sighed really deeply and gazed out the window. "You could say I got on her bad side..."

~~FLASHBACK~~

Tsunade sat back in her chair, her feet prepped up on her newly placed table. "Feels good to rest for a while, right Shizune?" She asked. Shizune glared at the hokage. She had just cleared a whole room full of paper and wasn't in a good mood.

Lady Tsunade placed both her hands behind her head and lay back, admiring the silence. It had been a long time since she experienced silence like this. But soon the peaceful atmosphere was broken as Naruto came barging into the office once again.

"Grandma! I need your permission to leave the village!" He shouted as soon as he opened the door. Surprised from the sudden noise, Tsunade nearly fell off her chair, but somehow maintained her balance. "Why would you need to leave the village?" She asked, clearly annoyed. "To find Sasuke so.." He was cut off.

"We have discussed this many times Naruto! I'm not allowing you to go on the search for Sasuke anymore. That's final!" She gave him a stern look before walking to the door. Naruto was determined not to give up and followed her out of the office and around the village. "Please grandma! He's the only ninja I can think of that would suit Zuko! You have to at least let me try." He begged.

Still wandering through the village trying to ignore him, Tsunade tried many ways to get rid of him. From running away, to distractions and substitution jutsu, she just couldn't lose him. "Look kid! My answer will always be no. It's too risky letting you go alone and there is no other ninja available. Plus your still a genin. Chenin or Jounin would be required for this type of mission." She tried to talk him out of it. Naruto wasn't getting the hint to shut up though. "But I'm not alone! I have Aang. And I could get Sakura or Shikamaru to help."

Tsunade stopped and shook her head in disagreement. "No. That is my final answer and you can't change it!" She sighed and began walking away again. Naruto wasn't about to give up easily. "Fine! I guess I'll have to force a yes out of you. Shadow clone jutsu!" Another Naruto appeared right next to the original and they began to create a spinning ball of chakra. "Rasengan!"

Both Naruto's ran towards Tsunade, a determined look on their faces. Tsunade gritted her teeth, "ENOUGH ALREADY! I SAID NO!" She jumped towards him, dodging his rasengan and implanting a punch into both of them. A mixture of pain, surprise and disappointment filled their faces as both went flying into a rock, shattering it into tiny pieces.

~~PRESENT TIME~~

Aang never thought a woman could be that strong. They sat in silence in the room, Naruto staring out the window and Aang staring at a wall. Naruto shook his head as if trying to snap out of it. "Who cares what the old lady thinks. Let's just create our own team and sneak out. We'll be back before she knows it!" He declared, untying himself from the heap of bandages around his body.

They both sneaked out the hospital, not being seen by anyone. As they reached the hospital exit, they both jumped into a nearby bush and dashed as far away from the area as they could. "I'm sure Sakura would help us. Let's go find her." Naruto said. They both searched around the entire village, looking for the only pink head that lived there. They ended up near team 7's training grounds and that's exactly where she was, just hanging out with Katara.

"Oh hey Naruto and Aang." Sakura greeted them. "What happened to you?" Katara asked, pointing to the bandage which Naruto left tied around his head. "Oh that. It doesn't matter now. What matters is you guys. We need you to join us in our mission!" He explained to them what his aim was and everything he had planned.

Sakura seemed delighted to finally get a chance to see her crush again. "I'll come! What about you?" She asked Katara. Katara nodded in agreement, "Sure! You helped me, so it's time I repay you." Naruto bottled up his happiness and tried to prevent himself from bursting out in excitement. "Great! Now I just need to ask you two something..." He pointed at Aang and Katara. "What?" They asked at the same time.

Naruto folded his arms together and stared straight at them. "If you're to help us, you have to perform some powerful jutsu. We can't have a bunch of weaklings. You would end up dead. Knowing Sasuke, he's probably grown stronger that Orochimaru...." He smiled, remembering all those times he fought standing with his best friend. Never had Sasuke shown any weakness to the enemy. Who knows how powerful he's gotten since last time they saw eachother.

He nearly got lost in thought, but snapped back to reality. "You!" He shouted, pointing at Katara. "Fight me!" Naruto grabbed his Kunai and held it firmly in his hand. Katara stepped forward, smirking. "Whenever your ready..." She said. Naruto ran towards her, aiming his Kunai for her arm. She lifted her arms and quickly brought them down, just as Naruto was about to stab her. He couldn't move, no matter how much he struggled. He turned to see that he was in asked in ice which seemed to appear out of no where. "What?" He asked confused.

Katara pointed at a whiling tree behind her. "I bended all the water out of that tree and used it to freeze you." She explained. She waved her hands and the ice holding Naruto in place, melted into water. "Cool! Explain all this bending stuff to me!" He grinned.

"Well there are four elements. Water, earth, fire and air. Benders are able to bend one of these elements like I did just now." Katara showed him again, waving her arms round causing the water to flow around them. "Wait! How did you bend that ice?" Sakura asked, suddenly interested in their power.

"Not many people are able to do it, but some benders have extended abilities which allow them to bend other things. For example water benders can learn to bend ice and snow. Fire benders can learn to bend lightening or become combustion benders. Earth benders can bend metal or even lava. I don't know about air benders though..." Katara sighed sadly, glancing over at Aang who was interested in a butterfly.

Naruto seemed satisfied at what he heard. "So what kind of bender are you?" He asked Aang. "An airbender!" He replied, leaving the butterfly to fly away. "Your world sounds awesome!" Naruto admitted. "Now that we've found out your not weaklings, we need some sort of person that could help us track down Sasuke." Naruto declared. "What about a dog?" Aang asked. Sakura shook her head, "The only dogs we know are from the Inuzuka clan and having Akamaru tag along would mean having Kiba tag along. And we all know how loud and reckless he is." She sighed, thinking Naruto is the same.

They all sat around thinking really hard. "How about Neji?" Naruto suggested. Sakura shook her head once again. "He would most likely tell Lady Tsunade." So they carried on thinking.
"We could get Toph? She can feel Sasuke through her earth ending!" Aang suggested.
"Even though that's an epic idea, what if he isn't on land?" Naruto shrugged.
"I know!" Sakura shouted. "Why don't we get Hinata? She has roughly the same abilities as Neji and I think she would be more likely to help." She suggested. Everyone agreed and they set off towards the Hyuga district.

Sadly for them, they couldn't find Hinata outside her house. So they had to ask her scary father. Everyone refused to knock on the gate. "Ok let's have a vote! I vote Naruto goes to ask." Sakura said, pushing Naruto towards her front door. "What? Why me?" He asked, struggling to get out of her grip.
"Because your a guy!"
"Well so is Aang!"
"She doesn't know Aang does she?"
"Why can't you go? Your her friend right?"
"I know I am! But your not. This is your opportunity to create a stronger bond!"
"But?"
"Naruto just do it or I will punch you into tomorrow!" Sakura growled, her eyes glowing red.

Katara giggled. They remind her of her fights with Sokka. Naruto finally gave in and tiptoed to the front gate as the others jumped into a bush and hid. Naruto gulped and slowly stuck out his arm..... and he knocked. After a few moments of waiting he gave up. "No ones home! Let's go!" But Aang airbender him around so he was facing the gate once again. Naruto sweat dropped and knocked again.

After moments of waiting, the gate opened revealing a man. He had a stern look on his face and he looked quite strong. This was definitely a man you wouldn't want to mess with. Hinata's father raised his eyebrow at Naruto who was now sweating bullets. "Uh... Good afternoon Mr Hyuga sir. Sorry to um disturb your day but I'm looking for Hinata." He raised his eyebrow and looked down at him. "She's training at the back. You may go in, I don't have time myself." He stepped to the side and made way for Naruto. He sighed, "you may take your friends too..."

Sakura, Aang and Katara awkwardly stepped out from inside the bushes and followed Naruto in. They walked around the grand house towards the back where Hinata was practicing her gentle fist with Neji. As soon as she spotted then, she hesitated for a second giving Neji an opening. "Don't loose your focus!" He lunged forward and poked her. Hinata stepped back in surprise, "I'm sorry Neji-sama..."

Neji sighed and gestured her to take a break and then turned to the visitors. "Why are you here?" Naruto boiled up "that's no way to speak to visitors!" He grumbled. Neji gave him one of his famous death glares. "Fine. We're here to take Hinata!" He admitted.

Hinata stared in disbelief. She could feel her face heating up and was sure she was blushing. "We need her for... Um training practise? Would it be ok if we take her for a few days?" He asked innocently. Hinata's heart began beating slightly faster. "Training with Naruto-kun?" She thought, smiling in the inside. Neji shrugged and headed back inside the building. "You should be asking her father, not me." And he left them.

Everyone turned to a now red faced Hinata. "So could you ask your father? He kinda gives me the creeps..." He shivered imagining the cold glare again. Hinata nodded quickly before disappearing after Neji. Sakura led the others back to the front gate as they awaited their answer.

Minutes later Hinata reappeared again. "He said I can!" Everyone mentally celebrated. They lead Hinata to team 7's training grounds again. While Sakura explained everything, Aang went off to get Appa. They assumed flying would at least get them somewhere. Katara dragged Zuko along with them and Momo? He just followed them, clueless of what was happening.

"Ok guys! We have to sneak out without being detected. So we'll slip up and meet up again later, deep in the forest." Everyone nodded understandingly. "Great! Everyone out!" Sakura whipsered and everyone ran off into different directions.

~~Meanwhile~~

A splash of water was heard behind him. He spun around to see 6 ripples in the Konoha detection sphere. "That's strange... Why didn't they just take the main gate?" He wondered. Moments later Izumo and Kotetsu appeared by his side. "What the... How did we end up here?" Izumo looked surprised. Kotetsu spun Izumo and they both faced him.

"What happened....... Kakoi?"

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Here it is! Another chapter :3
The reason I haven't updated is because I kept forgetting. Sorry...
I know nothing happened in this chapter, but I got kinda carried away with my description again. Next time I promise more action! O-O
Keep reading my minions!

~Cream x