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Chapter 12: The Sandman and the Corpses
"Lord Kazekage, our intelligence in the hidden leaf village have gathered, that
there has been sightings of the S-Class criminal Uchiha Itachi," reported the highest ranking
intelligence officer in the sand, Sarutobi Hayana.
"Does the fifth, know about Uchiha ?" asked the Kazekage. His dark eyes, looked
directly at the officer that was more than two years older.
"No, sir," Hayana was one of the best, after all he was about twenty-seven years of
age. His master was Myanobi Karashi, Myanobi was a traitor who fell into league with
Orochimaru, eight years ago. Myanobi was the one who ordered the death of the previous
Kazekage, Gaara's father. Karashi was never caught and Sarutobi took an oath to caught his
master and kill him.
"Sir, may I also add that Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura has been kidnaped by
Orochimaru." He saw that Gaara was staring at his hands and in his eyes he saw great sorrow.
"And sir, Uzumaki Naruto has reappeared." At those words, the Kazekage raised his eyes and
looked directly at Sarutobi.
"Go to the hidden leaf and report to the fifth and the anbu captain Hyuuga Neji,
captain of intelligence."
"Yes, sir." Sarutobi turned around and left the Kazekage's office.
It has been a decade, Naruto, what happened to you, thought Gaara. Suddenly there was a
knock at his office door.
"Enter." In came his sister, Temari, she was now a jounin and leader of a 3-man
cell and she was the mistress of Nara Shikamaru.
"Lord Kazekage, I wish to leave for the leaf with Hayana," she said while
kneeling before him.
"So, you can go see your lover the strategist." Temari looked up with extreme
hatred in her eyes.
"How dare you !!!" She was fuming, her hands approached her belt, filled with
kunai.
"Are you going to kill me, sister ? Maybe you should go with Sarutobi, besides
you can be my representative at the chuunin exams. Now go !!" Temari turned and left, still
angry about what Gaara said.
Gaara returned to thinking about what Sarutobi said, that Uzumaki Naruto has returned.
He remembered when he learned that Naurto first disappeared from Myanobi Karashi.
"Lord Gaara, sir, Uzumaki Naruto has vanished. Sir, Kakashi has died too from
his wounds," said Karashi. Karashi lost an eye in one of the great wars and he had his sand
emblem covering his right eye.
They were the office that Gaara was in now, all that was going in his head was the young
ninja that wanted to Hokage. Naruto saved him from the darkness. Gaara turned to Karashi.
"Myanobi, send the fifth our condolences and also tell her that I am leaving for
the leaf village at dawn for the funerals." He saw that Myanobi was at odds with himself.
"Sir, are you sure that is wise, what if Orochimaru kidnaps you too."
"Tell the fifth that I am coming." His anger was at a boiling point. Myanobi

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noticed this and vanished to send the message to the fifth that the Kazekage was on his way.
If Naruto has reappeared then what does that mean about Orochimaru, thought Gaara.
However, he knew that the one of the most powerful ninjas of all time has also reappeared and if
that was the case then there would surely be war. The only thing that Gaara could not piece
together was Uchiha Itachi and why he was in the village. Gaara remembered from the mission
files of ten years ago that Orochimaru was after the body of Uchiha Sasuke but he never could
remember what Akatsuki wanted.
Sarutobi Hayana was walking slowly through the halls of the Kazekage's great home and
then he heard her running, trying to catch up. He knew who it was only because Temari had an
annoying walk, but then again he classified people by their walking. He swiftly turned around
and timed it perfectly, he grabbed her round prefect breasts and she stared at him in fury. Within
moments she punched him in the face and he fell to the ground. He fell to the ground laughing at
her.
He got up laughing , " Why are you coming with me Temari-dono, I can handle
myself."
"I am afraid of you handling other people like the fifth, have you met the fifth,
yet." Temari was still angry but she more calmed down now.
"No, not yet, but since you are coming, I suppose that there are some things you
ought to know and why I am going."
"I suppose you are correct about that."
Temari and Hayana sat down at a small-time restaurant in the village. Temari ordered a
water and he lit a cigarette. He inhaled and began speaking. "Don't ask any questions till I am
done."
"Five days ago, we received reports indicating that Uzumaki Naruto returned."
Temari dropped the glass of water and it shattered. "Three days ago, we learned that Uchiha
Sasuke and Haruno Sakura were kidnaped by an agent of Orochimaru and on that same night,
one of my agents reported that he saw Uchiha Itachi and another agent of Akatsuki. And I am
leaving for the leaf village to see the fifth and reveal this information to her."
Temari just sat there in shock and finally said, "That was one doozy of an intelligence
report."
"You know Temari since I just told you that classified info maybe me and you
could have some fun, if you know what I mean." He took exhaled.
"You know I could get you removed from your post for telling me that classified
information, Hayana." She just sat there smiling, she just won and he knew it. "When are we
leaving ?"
"Tomorrow or tonight, whichever you prefer." He threw the cigarette to the
ground and stepped on it, extinguishing it.
"It's a three day journey, I prefer going tonight. Waiter, can you bring me another
water." A big bellied waiter appeared and handed her a cold glass of water. She took a huge
gulp and it was all gone. "Let's go Hayana." The waiter took his tip from Hayana and watched
as they left. He ran quickly into the bathroom and saw pointed black boots in the stall. It was the
man who paid him. He tapped on the door.
"Yes," a cold chilling voice answered the tap.
"The spy and the sister of the Kazekage are leaving for the hidden leaf village."

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The waiter began telling the man in the stall everything else he knew. "Now where is my
money." The big waiter stood sweating by the stall door. There was no answer. "Where is my
money." He waited, but there was no answer. He began to grow angry with the man with black
boots. He bent down and lowered his head to look beneath the door. "My money !!" He got his
answer, the man with black boots, threw a kunai at the waiter that hit him square in the forehead.
The waiter fell dead to the floor dead.
"Stupid fool, I was taking a crap." The man in boots finished, he opened the stall
door and took the dead waiter in his arms and threw him into the stall. The man with black boots
removed the kunai in the dead man's forehead. The man with boots was wearing a dark cloak
and he drew it to cover his face. At his hip, hidden beneath the cloak was a long samurai sword.
It is time to report to Akatsuki, thought the man in black. He looked bitterly at the kunai
and threw it down at the ground. Ninja weapons are meant for ninjas, not samurai, thought the
man in black
The man in black walked slowly down to the a back alley, he did not know who is contact
was but he knew that the contact was of low ranking in the organization. He reached the deserted
alley way and waited, the contact would wait to make sure that the man in black was alone. Five
minutes later a small man that looked like he was not particularly important arrived.
"Black...," the small man said.
"Blue....", said the man in black.
"Very good, what do you have for me ?" The small man was impatient, he was
twirling his long mustache with his fingers, this man would not want to be found in this
alleyway, it would be too dangerous for him.
"The sister of the Kazekage and the highest ranking intelligence official are
leaving for the hidden leaf village. It seems that Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura have been
kidnaped and that Uzumaki Naruto has returned. That is all that I have, if you give me a few
more days I can find out more."
"There is no need, your services are no longer needed." He reached slowly to the
side of his hip for a kunai. The man in black saw this and vanished. He reappeared behind the
small man and had dagger up to the man's throat.
"You and your friends have made a horrible mistake." He threw the man to the
ground.
"Wrong, you have, too bad you'll be dead in a week" The man spat at the boots of
the man and turned and ran when he saw the eyes of the man in black. The eyes that he saw of
the man in black were those of a remorseless killer, the eyes of a demon.
It was pass nine when the master spy and Temari slipped out of the hidden sand village
and began their three day trek to the hidden leaf village. They weren't even an hour into their
journey when they knew that they were being followed.
Hayana whispered to Temari as they ran in the trees. "Don't let him know that we
know, when we get to the leaf village then we will deal with." Temari nodded in agreement.
They didn't want to have a night fight with this person, it could be too dangerous and if it came
to a fight, it probably would be better to wait till morning.
The fifth sat in her office, falling asleep it was past midnight, she was awakened by one
of her aides. "Madam Hokage, we have received word from the Kazekage that he has sent his

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sister to officiate for the chuunin exams and he also sent Sarutobi Hayana to speak with you."
"Very well," said the fifth. If the highest ranking intelligence official was coming
to the hidden leaf then it couldn't be good, thought the fifth. "I am ready for bed, wait for me
outside the door, Yunapo." It has been just three days since Sakura and Sasuke disappeared,
thought the Fifth, and now it seems that things have gotten worse much worse. What was Naruto
trying to do, thought the Fifth.
In the other part of the house sat Naruto wide awake, it has been nearly two days since he
had any sleep. On the night of the kidnaping the fox began to speak to him. It told him how he
was breaking through the seal, those dreams scared him, but he also knew that the fox would talk
to him even if he did not sleep.
Naruto got up from the chair, he was now not in control, the fox was in control of
Naruto's body. Naruto was too tired to fight back.
"Where are we going," asked Naruto in his mind.
"To the graveyard, where you must cope with the past," the fox had a chilling
voice. The fox-controlled Naruto began to walk silently out of the room in order to avoid waing
Yahiko up.
"What are you talking about ?"
"Jiraiya and Kakashi, they still plague you even though they are dead. You must
make amends with the past."
"I thought you were going to break out and destroy the village."
"Not now, right now Akatsuki and Orochimaru must be eliminated then I can take
over." Naruto quietly exited the house and began his walk toward the graveyard. When we
arrive at the graveyard you will be once more in control of your body." In minutes after there
was nothing but silent, they arrived at the graveyard where Kakashi and Jiraiya layed in eternal
slumber. The fox-controlled Naruto knelt in front of the tombstones of the two.
"Enjoy." The fox quickly gave Naruto control of his body once more. Naruto
then realized that it was not the same as before. The leaves were twirling in the air and mist
began to rise off the ground, engulfing all of the graveyard. And then Naruto saw it, a hand came
out of the ground, the ground of where Jiraiya slept. It was mutilated and gray with death. The
hand broke through and the zombie of Jiraiya broke through the ground and appeared before
Naruto.
"What have you done ?" asked Naruto in bewilderment.
"I have used some of my magic to show them to you once more, Naruto."
Kakashi broke through and appeared alongside Jiraiya. Both of them were equllay dead.
Kakashi did not have his hair and he still wore the clothes that he died in. Jiraiya was covered in
ceremonial clothes to show his importance and he too was missing his hair. They both were just
bones and they had barely any skin on their bones.
Naurto knelt before them in tears. "My masters."
"Narutooooooooo........,"said the corpse of Jiraiya, it inched its way towards
Naruto. "I see that you are still the cry-baby that I knew except older." Naruto was in tears.
"Rise Naruto, you must complete the final part of your training, by defeating us
both. Even though we are dead we can still beat the crap outta you," said the corpse of Naruto.
Naruto rose from the ground and quickly ran towards Kakashi, Jiraiya blocked the kick by

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holding his foot. "I never said "Go"." He threw Naruto to the ground. "Naruto, now." Naruto
ran at Jiraiya and disappeared, he ended up behind Jiraiya, however the legendary ninja
anticipated this and disappeared. Naruto not only needed to worry about Jiraiya but Kakashi was
there too that was a complication.
Kakashi stood there and then said, " Naruto, fight me first then when and if you defeat
me, fight Jiraiya." Naruto broke off from Jiraiya and rushed towards Kakashi. Kakashi threw a
dozen kunai at Naruto, but he caught them and flung them back at Naruto. Kakashi vanished and
so did Naruto. The fight was mainly of blurs and explosions. And then after one final explosion,
Kakashi became visible and fell to the ground unconscious. The unconscious Kakashi dissipated
back into the Earth.
"Very good Naruto." said Jiraiya. He stood there clapping his bony hands
together. "You were always a good pupil, but I see no point in fighting you."
"Fight me," yelled Naruto.
"No, I was never the one to fight you. This is your final lesson to be taught by me.
You were always a good fighter, but you never learned to stop fighting. I know this lesson will
help you, I want you to truly understand this, Naruto, and now it is nearly dawn and I must now
leave you."
Jiraiya disappeared back into the Earth. Naruto ran at the dissipating figure screaming,
"No !!!!" Naruto ran into the tombstone and began crying while hitting at the stone. "I never got
to say goodbye to either of them."
"Goodbye, Naruto," it was the voices of Kakashi and Jiraiya. A streamful of tears
erupted from his face. Thank you Kyubi, thought Naruto. There was no reply from the fox deep
inside his mind.

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