Coming Home

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Glad For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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Sakura felt genuinely nice today, or at least until Ino had shown up to eavesdrop, that was. She'd get Ino later, for sure; she'd find some way for revenge. Perhaps if she could sneak into the blonde's house and steal her diary... And then publish it to everyone she knew! Yes, that would be the perfect revenge! Absolutely thrilling!

"Not for the moment, no. Kakashi should be making his way back from his mission now, and I've relayed him a message that you are back. He should be answering sometime soon. Last I heard, he should be back by this evening."Sakura nodded, shot a quick rivalrous glare at Ino, and grabbed Naruto by the arm and started to drag him out. She didn't feel like being around Ino, because she needed to plot. Maybe Naruto could help her? He seemed grown up enough to handle such a thing.

As they walked outside, none other than Konohamaru approached them again, a huge grin plastered across his face.

"Naruto-san, look at this! Look!"Within a few seconds, Konohamaru had formed some seals, and turned into none other than a gorgeously beautiful woman... Sakura's grip on Naruto left as she seemed to start to lean away and take a step back... Oh God, she knew it was coming. She was just waiting for Naruto to come back with his own form of the Sexy Jutsu... And when he did, he had better be ready to get punted halfway across Konoha, that was for sure.

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[naruto]

I'm so tired of being here, suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave
Your presence still lingers here and it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

Naruto smiled his goofy 'I know im going to get hit for this' grin. His hands moved to infront of him. As he moved from Sakura's grasp his mind was already forming the seals in his mind and lucky for him his hands were lagging behind.

Naruto wasn't going to say anything not yet anyway. He smirked and his hands started the seals. He had been perfecting his Sexy no jutsu while he had been away. He had to keep Pervy Sage's attention some how.

As Naruto reached the second Sign he had a bad feeling something was going to happen to him if he finished the seals but he wanted to really show off his jutsu to someone who appreciated it. He also saw someone coming up to them out of the corner of his eye.

[rajani]

Rajani walked with a purpose. she was tired of waiting to hear from Sakura's Master the happened to be the Hokage. She had Midnight at her side. As she walked she saw Sakura and Naruto. She didn't know what was going to happen but as she arrived Naruto finished a Jutsu. She was shocked by what she saw and midnight growled. Rajani looked at Sakura and then looked back at Konohamaru and Naruto. She didn't understand what was going on.

She was about to slip into using her Kekei Genkai. She didn't know that this was normal for Naruto. She slipped into a defensive position and her eyes flipped on their own. She watched Naruto. As she stood there her hands reached for the weapons she was not allowed to carry as of right now. She cursed her luck to have no trust here. "What is going on here?" She said her voice holding uncertainty and distrust in it.

Midnight stood beside Rajani and crouched down. When her mistress was in defensive stance she would protect herr to the end. She watched around her and only saw those that live within the village she didn't understand but she knew her mistress was not sure who was friend and who was not at this point. She might take Naruto's jutsu as an attack and lord help him if she did.

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Glad For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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Oh no. It couldn't be. Not only now was she going to have to cover Naruto's ass, but she'd have to cover her own. She growled a little, and within second her fist reached up casually to bonk Naruto fairly hard on the head. She then laughed nervously, looking at Raja.

"You'll have to, uh, excuse him, Rajani. He doesn't mean any harm. He just has some maturity issues," Sakura added flatly as she turned back to Naruto. Within a few seconds her face had turned back to pure, unadultered, Inner-Sakura rage, and she had Naruto by the collar of his jacket.

"And I had thought you had matured a little!" Sakura screamed, lifting Naruto up so she could see him clearly. "But nooo, you come back and you do this, not to mention you've caused even more trouble now!" Violently she began to shake him by the collar of his shirt, not enough to hurt, but just in the usual way she always had.

"What happened to my sparkling admiration of you?!" She snapped, then released Naruto back into a standing position. "Naruto.... You... BAKA!" Here it came, and it was like a finale, which was Sakura's super-pumped fist. Directly it clocked Naruto in the cheek, and with that sort of Haruno force, the boy was bound to be sent flying at leaset seven or eight feet. Satisfied with what she'd done, she brushed off her non-gloved hands and turned back to Rajani.

"Congrats, you've just met Konoha's number one village idiot, Uzumaki Naruto," she said dryly. "My teammate and also a friend of mine. Though he, uh, tends to have maturity issues, as you can see," Sakura said with a laugh. "I guess I might as well be straight with you... He was going to use his Sexy no Jutsu. It's harmless uh, physically... Of course, there are a number of men that I know who've been seduced by it." Sakura didn't like the sexy jutsu at all, but perhaps now Rajani and Midnight would calm down. Sakura was emanating quite the air of friendliness and harmlessness, which would hopefully help the both of them calm down.

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[rajani]

Rajani stood up when Sakura hit Naruto. She came off edge and wondered what to really think of Naruto. "Idiot in deed, If he had moved a muscle there would have been a little fight," She said as she stood up normal. She rubbed her temples and made her Kekei genkai recide. She reached for Midnight.

"Shadows and distrust of them, I am not the kind to take kindly to random jutsus' being done especially when im not use to them being done around me," She said as she then said to Sakura. "I have to meet with the hokage now, I don't want to sit around doing nothing anymore. I just need to train some I need to have a purpose." She said as naruto arrived back and whined "Awww do we have to return to Granny's office?"

[Kogitsune]

Maybe it is this way? the Hoshigakure shinobi thought to himself, glancing down at the map of Konohagakure he that he held in his hands. Of course he had been to the large village before, but those days were a mere blur locked away in the back of his mind, and he hoped that they wouldn't surface any time soon - after all, it would not have been the most pleasant scene if he broke down once again in the streets of a strange village and cried out for someone that could never possibly come back into his world at the mere sound of his voice... especially when he had come to the Hokage's mansion to discuss his possible citizenship.

As much as he didn't want to have to rely on Konohagakure no Sato for himself, he couldn't help but feel that the star's radiation would take its toll on him sooner than later, and the clean air of the hidden village was much better for his health than the tiny one nestled deep into the Land of Bears. He could already feel his heart become lighter with each breath of--

Suddenly, he fell into one of his coughing fits, groping at his stomach for support while doing so and turning quickly to lean against the walls of the tower as an alternative to crumpling to the ground in a heap of spazzing muscles. Finally, when it had passed, his eyes gazed at his blood-speckled hand. He gave a light sigh, then took a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his hand clear of the mess before standing back up, dusting off his clothes, and heading into the building and up the stairs.

Kogitsune could hear the voices of the young girls and the moaning of a boy down the hall, and according to his map, they were close to the Hokage's office. So, instead of finding a way around, he instead sauntered toward them until the four were in plain sight. He was not at all surprised at how young they all were, but was much more astonished that the shinobi were in so much better health than he himself was. They could easily joke around, and he could tell from a glance that the pink-haired lady had strength that far surpassed his own.

After finding an opening in their conversation - or so he hoped - that he could interject into, Kogitsune lightly cleared his throat and spoke up... not that his voice was much louder than a mumble anyways. "Hello," he began, giving the four a slight grin. "This is the building where the office of Lady Hokage belongs, am I correct?"

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Glad For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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"Well, I'm sure you can excuse Naruto... They don't call him Konoha's idiot for nothing," Sakura said dryly. "I'll come with you, as I'm sure it would help in talking to Tsunade-sama. I am her student, after all," Sakura said as she began to walk with Rajani. Without listening to his complaints, Sakura grabbed Naruto by his shoulder and dragged him along by the cloth of his jacket, completely oblivious to his presence, to an extent. She was stopped, however, as a warm, male voice spoke up behind them. Sakura turned around to see a man - and a good looking one at that, one that could rival the famed Uchiha Sasuke any day - with chocolate-brown, almost black locks, and mysterious-seeming brown eyes, speaking to them.

"Ah, yes, you're correct, this is Tsunade-sama's office. I'm Sakura, er, Haruno Sakura, and this is Uzumaki Naruto," she added with a slight kick to Naruto's side, somewhat gently, as she quite rudely dropped the hold she'd had on his sweater. "Pleased to meet you," she said as she very casually extended a hand towards the man. "And you might be? I don't think I've seen you around anywhere." It looked as if something was strange about him, as if he were sick or something... She frowned slightly. It looked a little odd to her, and it didn't seem normal either. It was as if he was sick with something, though Sakura couldn't exactly pinpoint it. What possibly could it be?

"If you're wanting to speak to Tsunade-sama, you might as well accompany us. We were just heading there right now, actually."

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[naruto]

I'm so tired of being here, suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave
Your presence still lingers here and it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

Naruto was being dragged by Sakura. He couldn't really blame her for doing this he did after all act like a child and use his old jutsu. He sighed and listened to everything that was going on he watched Rajani walking with them She was pretty quiet after Sakura saved him from totally getting clobbered by the unknown strength of Rajani and her blood wolf,

As he was being dragged he noticed that she seemed a little distant. He wondered what she was thinking of and why she had vanished as Sakura said, Being the baka he was he opened his mouth to insert his foolish foot again. "Rajani-san, What caused you to leave the village and then come back the way you did?"

He didn't know any of the story except that she had left the village and was back now but nothing more. He was curious and like many say curiosity will get you killed. Soon as the words left his mouth he saw Rajani tense up. She then said "It was not a choice i got to make of my own free will, I was taken from my home and forced to leave behind my family and friends. It was not by choice that I was taken from everything I Knew and forgotten by just about everyone. I Just hope that I still have a place and a home here,"

When she finished talking they had bumped into someone and Sakura started to talk to them, Naruto looked over his shoulder to see who it was.

[Kogitsune]

His smile widened slightly at the mention of both her name and the confirmation of his locaction, and he gave a deep bow. "Thank you, Haruno-san. My name is Kogitsune, and I am a Hoshigakure shinobi that has come to speak with your Hokage. I hope that I am not intruding." At the invitation to enter with the group, he was taken aback. The shinobi of Konohagakure seemed very laid-back and welcoming, unlike the hostility that the people of his village commonly displayed. "I will gladly accompany you. Thank you for your kindness."

As Kogitsune scanned over the group and began taking in details, the grin slowly dropped from his lips, and confusion began to take over. The blond... there was no mistaking it. Uzumaki Naruto. The young man that destroyed the village's precious star was still in the village, and he seemed to have matured quite a bit from the rumors that had been spread around. He wasn't sure if getting beaten up by what seemed to his one of his friends was normal, but physically, he had grown.

The baggy orange-and-blue jacket he had come to familiarize himself with had been replaced by a slimmer-fitting orange-and-black one. Though his outfit had remained basically the same, the other's facial features had smoothed out into an appearance suitable for one his age and fighting style. His large blue eyes seemed innocent enough, and his hair was spiked just as he had heard it to be... but what gave away his identity were the three thin stripes across his cheeks that gave him the appearance of some type of wild animal. He fit the description perfectly of the one that shattered Hoshigakure's star...

The smile crept back onto his features, and just as he drew in a breath to speak to the young man, he felt his back tense before he coughing fit began again, and thanks to its sudden attack, he fell to the floor instead of being able to grab onto the wall for support. Just as he began to settle down, he glanced down at his hand to see, thankfully, only a few drops of crimson blood, then nonchalantly reached into his bag for the handkerchief to wipe off his hand.

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Glad For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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Sakura was a little offset at being referred to as "Haruno-san", but she dismissed it. Perhaps the boy was more used to using such polite terms for people he didn't know, and Sakura wasn't about to go through all the trouble of that right now, not when she had more pressing matters to attend to.

"Oh, no, that's perfectly fine," Sakura said with a smile. "And no, you're not intruding on anything. We'll be glad to accompany you, certainly." Sakura nodded as if to emphasize that fact, and continued walking towards Tsunade's office. As she walked by Naruto, she unceremoniously tugged the shoulder of his jacket, telling him to come along. "Yes, Naruto, we're going back to Tsunade-sama's office. Just don't say anything stupid and chances are she won't obliterate you," Sakura said with a laugh. "Now come on, let's go!" Sakura was about to star leaving further when she heard coughing behind her, and saw Kogitsune kneeling on the ground, coughing up blood into his hand.

"Oh my; are you all right?!" Sakura said, dashing back to the young man. "That's not normal. Is everything okay? I'm a med-nin, so please tell me." Sakura's concern was genuine, and she was obviously oblivious to what was wrong with the Hoshigakure shinobi. What could possibly be causing him to cough up blood like this? Sakura would be bound and determined to find out.

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[rajani]

Rajani tensed when she smelled the blood scent the air. "Midnight go," She said as she watched the boy. She was worried something would happen with Midnight staying so close to him. She knew midnight would leave once she said that. She watched the boy her eyes slipping so that she could tell more of what was going on. She needed to understand. Was it an attack she didn't think so with how this seemed.

Rajani saw Sakura move to the boy's side. She heard naruto fall from the sudden release. She walked closer. She noticed that he seemed to be suffering. She didn't like this. She also saw him reaching for something and knew what he was possibly doing but her body tensed up anyway. She would be ready to get Sakura and Naruto away if need be. She saw what he grabbed and relaxed slightly she wondered if Sakura would be able to do anything or even the Hokage for this boy. She didn't like the chance that Midnight would possibly go on a blood thirst which would be hard to pull her back from. She was still young which allowed her to be more vunerable to falling into that path.

[Kogitsune]

Kogitsune was genuinely surprised when Haruno Sakura dashed over to him, and the emotion showed as his eyes widened while his lips fell slightly. It was normal for him to be coughing... but, of course, these Konohagakure shinobi would have not known that. They had never seen him before, much less visited Hoshigakure no Sato. Well, besides Uzumaki Naruto, of course.

"It is alright," he reassured her with a small smile. "This is 'normal' for me." He hesitated for a moment as he thought whether or not to entrust the strangers to the secrets of his jutsu... But, after a few seconds, he decided that they wouldn't know what effect the meteorite had on his chakra, so he decided to continue his thought. "I meditated in close proximity of a fallen star for years in our village..." at this statement, his eyes slipped to scan over Uzumaki Naruto once again and possibly catch the other's gaze, "but the star was destroyed by a certain shinobi."

Kogitsune glanced upwards and placed a hand on the wall beside him to steady himself as he stood, succeeding with much difficulty. "Now," he muttered, beaming at the group once again. "It is a pleasure to meet you both, Uzumaki Naruto-san and..." His voice trailed off in an attempt to recall her name, but he didn't believe that the two were introduced. He silently noted that her wolf had disappeared. It had left while he was having his attack more than likely. "I apologize," he said sincerely, "but I do not believe that I have learned your name, Miss...?"

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
✿❀✿ ♡нαяυησ×ѕαкυяα♡ ✿❀✿
She's Glad For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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[[My apologies if it's a little odd, but I finally figured out what Sakura actually calls Tsunade. I'll probably stop referring to her as 'Tsunade-sama' from now on xD (thanks Raja!)]]

"N..Normal?! I don't understand... Coughing up blood is far from normal from what I've been taught!" Sakura's voice was a little high, mostly for concern for the boy and the fact that coughing up blood was absolutely far from normal. Of course, the mention of meditating near a fallen star could have probably caused it. Was it a condition he had? Perhaps Tsunade or even Sakura could help the boy, at least to an extent. If that was normal for him, chances were he was going to die in the near future.

"Hmm... Perhaps Shishou-sama can do something about it." Sakura was certainly not liking this condition of the boy's, simply because it was just, well, abnormal in a sense. How could he consider coughing up blood so 'normal'? Then again, I guess if it happens often to him, he would consider it normal to himself, while to others it would still be considerably abnormal. Whatever the case, Shishou-sama needs to know immediately. Sakura stood up, still a little confused, as Kogitsune addressed Rajani.


"Oh, this is Rajani," Sakura said, gesturing towards the raven-haired woman. Looking around, she noticed that Midnight was nowhere to be found. "Hm? Where'd Midnight..." Sakura paused for a second. "Oh. Never mind. I get it. Right." Sakura's palm met with her forehead; how could she have forgotten that? Midnight was a blood wolf, and chances were at the smell of blood she might've gone into a frenzy... And if that had happened, Sakura as well as anyone else would have had to defend whomever was the target. Sakura knew for a fact that if Rajani had to be separated from Midnight, especially in that sort of way, it would have hurt the young kunoichi.

"All right, let's get going, okay? And yes, Naruto, we're going back to Shishou-sama's office," Sakura said dryly towards the blonde. As if she were unofficially in charge, Sakura strutted off towards Tsunade's office, not entirely giving much of a care if anyone followed... Then again, because she was seemingly in charge, she was sure everyone would follow her out, too.

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[rajani]

Rajani offered Kogitsune a hand to help him up. She didn't want him to get left behind especially if Sakura was in a pissy mood due to Naruto. She took a deep breath and stood there waiting for Kogitsune to choose what he wanted to do. She also needed to watch him with her eyes maybe she could gather some information that would help if anything happened.

She could feel her body getting tense as she stood there. She felt pretty vunerable without Midnight. She was itching to just yank him up and if he didn't want to move just pick him up if he was stuborn. She didn't like feeling vunerable.

Naruto saw Rajani standing there and was curious what she was doing. He walked up behind her and touched her back. "Hey Rajani-chan, What are you...." He didnt get to finish his question because in seconds of him touching her she threw him into the wall beside Ko. "Don't touch me without warning Uzumaki-kun" she said as ashe winced slightly for showing the strength she had. She looked at Kogitsune hoping she didn't scare him.

[Kogitsune]

Kogitsune gave a weak smile to Haruno Sakura and chuckled lightly. "It may be 'far from normal' here... but, yes... I am used to coughing as such." He was positive that the large village had no source of power such as the meteorite that he had become so familiar with, but he was also certain that the village itself was tenfold stronger than his tiny Hoshigakure no Sato.

When she mentioned that the famed Tsunade-hime would possibly have a cure for his condition, he turned his gaze to the floor. This young lady had no idea the "condition" that he was in, nor the cause of it, and she was still willing to help him... or hope that her master, the Hokage, would? This village was truly hospitable, much more so than he could have ever hoped for from a foreign country such as Hi no Kuni.

At the other woman's name, Kogitsune returned his attention to the raven-haired mistress and smiled kindly as he took her hand gently in his own to assist in his attempt to stand, although he still placed the greater of his weight on the wall. "Rajani-san," he spoke as loudly as he could, which was still no louder than a mumble. "It is a pleasure to meet you."