"But what of Temari and Kankuro," Tsunade inquired, "Surely they'll report all that happened earlier to their Jounin-sensei."
"Perhaps," Naruto replied, "But I highly doubt they'll try anything, especially since Gaara himself told them not to participate in the invasion. He told them that should I successfully repair his seal, he'll become my ally and aid in stopping this invasion."
Sandaime merely nodded his head as he took a puff of his pipe. He then turned to Tsunade, "Tomorrow, after Naruto completes the repair of Gaara's seal, we'll summon and hold an emergency meeting with council. We'll later summon the entire ANBU, and all of the Jounins and Chuunins to explain to them everything that we've learned. We must begin preparations against the SunaOto invasion and decrease the risk of casualties."
Tsunade nodded in understanding before turning to Naruto.
"Naruto," Tsunade asked, "About that kinjutsu ougi? Have you made any progress with it?"
"Progress isn't the word I'd choose to describe it," Naruto said, "After many grueling hours studying those seals; I've finally managed to develop a revised version of the Shiki Fūjin and incorporate it with the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style and the Four Symbols Seal. In short, I created an entirely new kinjutsu ougi."
Sandaime nearly dropped his pipe from his mouth on hearing that while Tsunade looked at Naruto in disbelief. Developing and mastering seals on that level required the expertise of a true and experienced seal master. Naruto picked up the smaller scroll that had the new fūin kinjutsu ougi writing down in it. Sandaime saw that Naruto was speaking truth before the boy picked up the larger scroll and handed it back to him.
"Thanks jiisan," Naruto said, "I've completed my use for the forbidden scroll and it can now to be locked back in its proper place."
Sandaime nodded as he held the scroll and watched Naruto place the other scroll in the cabinet and locked it away. The older man was about to say something when…
"The seal will work," Naruto said with a convinced tone, "I give you my word, and as you know, I never go back on my word."
Sandaime nodded and decided to leave it at that.
"Yes Naruto," Sandaime agreed, "I'm confident in your abilities."
With that Sandaime left the room to return the forbidden scroll back in its place. Tsunade walked over to her son and place her hand over his shoulder as her sign of approval.
"Well done my son," Tsunade smiled, "You're on your path on becoming a great Hokage, perhaps better than any of us I'll say."
"Thanks I guess," Naruto said while scratching the back on his head.
"Now let's get you cleaned up," Tsunade suggested, "It's clear that you didn't have enough chakra left to heal yourself."
"That's the other thing I forgot to mention," Naruto said, "Though most of my own chakra was depleted however, Kyuubi used his to heal most of my injuries. The fox doesn't like the idea of a weak vessel much to my surprise. Then again, Kyuubi was always an arrogant prick."
"Oh Shut Up," Kyuubi retorted.
"While in that case," Tsunade said, "Let's make sure you didn't suffer any ill-effects from Kyuubi before getting you clean clothes."
Naruto sighed to himself as Tsunade led him out of the room before closing and locking the office door.
How can I become a great Hokage if kaa-chan keeps babying me, Naruto thought to himself; simultaneously though, Naruto could have sworn he heard Kyuubi snickering at his plight.
(Later Elsewhere)
Back at the hotel, Temari and Kankuro had just finished explain everything to Baki in detail. The Suna Jounin remained quient as he listened to every word the two siblings were telling him. What shocked him though was the fact that Naruto allowed the three of them to go free in spite of knowing about the invasion.
"So what now," Kankuro asked, "Naruto clearly knows about the invasion that's to happen in two months and by now I'm sure he's informed the two Hokages about it."
Baki remained silent as he measured all of the possible outcomes of whichever decision they choose. After several minutes, Baki said, "We'll go with what Naruto is offering your brother. Judging from everything that you both have told me, there's more to this Naruto character than meets the eyes, especially since he was able to not only survive and defeat Gaara, but was able to befriend him and gain his trust as well."
"You don't suppose that Naruto could be planning an ambush for us," Kankuro inquired, "As we speak the Konoha ANBU could the heading this way."
"Naruto could have clearly killed all three of you on the spot from what you all told me," Baki retorted, "But he chose not to in interest of helping Gaara. It would be a waste if Naruto went through all that trouble to help and befriend Gaara just so he could simply ambush the four us in the end."
Kankaro found truth in his Jounin-sensei's words.
"Naruto sincerely seeks to help Gaara," Temari said calmly before a smile formed on her face, "He's the first person in a long time who wants to help our little brother redeem himself without fear of approaching him. I must admit that Naruto is really quite a guy."
"But what will we do about the invasion," Kankuro asked.
"We'll worry about that later," Baki said, "Tomorrow you all will report to the Hokage Tower and see Naruto and the Hokages. There's no point in hiding from them anymore."
(The Following Day; Hokage Tower That Afternoon)
Gaara, Kankuro and Temari entered and made their way towards to the Hokage office. Despite the village's peaceful atmosphere, everyone in the building was doing their jobs with effectiveness proving that Konoha was indeed quite a powerful village and industrious.
The ANBU outside the Hokage office nodded to the three Suna nins and opened the door for them to enter. When the three of them entered they were greeted with the sight of a young looking blonde woman sitting at a desk with many documents stacked on the desk, with an old man dressed in the traditional white and red Hokage robes wearing the custom red and white Kage hat standing next to her with his pipe in his mouth. Standing at the side of the desk was Shizune, and Naruto, the Sannin-level Elite Genin, was standing in front of the desk.
"Greetings to you three," said Tsunade as she looked directly at the four Suna nins as the door to the office closed behind them.
"Greetings to you Godaime-sama," said Gaara as he, Kankuro and Temari bowed in respects.
"You must the Gaara," Tsunade said, "The boy that my son spoke of to us."
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