I do not own Naruto

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As Naruto had explained it was indeed snowing, which was the result of me changing my outfit. It seemed that non of the boys had needed to change their clothes, since they always seem to wear clothes that suited them for either warm or cold climate. My cloak was thrown over my body in a sloppy manner, but was quickly fixed by Naruto.

Ace stuck close to my side, almost knocking me over a couple of times. While normally Kim would be my tracker, Ace had stepped in. It was understandable since they are still flustered by her dying for a moment, Scar has been especially overprotective of the younger wolf.

Kakashi and Yamato had been pretty much silent the entire walk here, occasionally whispering to each other quietly.  My kunai's were now more safely hidden, as I was wearing a coat it was easier to hide it. Kakashi and Yamato had been skeptical to let me keep the weapons, but after a while finally agreed.

My breath hovered in the air now, white snow falling around us. Even with the clothes I was wearing, the snow still seemed to send a chill through me. This was probably about the third time I have seen snow, the other times were when I was on missions with team 7, since snow didn't appear very often in Konoha. If we were here for any other reason I would have been grinning and playing in the snow like a little child.

Looking up I noticed six figured walking. Three of which I had already seen earlier in Konoha. In the middle of two other nins was a tall man, which I assumed to be the Raikage. I blinked in slight shock when I realized he was practically shirtless, didn't he realize that it was snowing?

"There they are." Ace said, looking up at me before looking back at the ninja's.

"You were able to track team Samui, I'm impressed." A man beside the Raikage said.

"You tailed us, what's the big idea?!" Karui growled, narrowing her eyes on us.

"Boss, the one of the right is Kakashi Hatake, the Copy Cat ninja." A ninja informed the Raikage.

"I know that!" The Raikage shouted in a stern voice. "Did the Hokage send you, Kakashi Hatake?"

"No, I came to personally ask you about a request by Naruto Uzumaki, and Yuki Okami of the Hidden Leaf."

"Naruto Uzumaki?" The Raikage looked at Naruto before looking at me. "And Yuki Okami?"

"If you could just hear them out for just a while." Kakashi said.

"Isn't this a bit rude?" A blonde pale male beside the Raikage asked, looking at Kakashi. "Stopping us on rout to the Kage summit without any prior notice."

"I am fully aware of that." Kakashi answered.

"No matter. You two, boy, girl! Speak!" Raikage ordered.

"We want you to cancel the disposal of Sasuke Uchiha!" Naruto shouted.

We ignored the shouts from team Samui as we stared at the Raikage. I met his eyes, not backing down from my stare. "You got guts." The Raikage muttered.

I stepped closer before Naruto could say anything else. "I know what we are asking sounds ridiculous, but this is the only way we can think of how to say it! Sasuke Uchiha is our friend, and we can't just sit by and let an order of his disposal by without complaint. I know it's rude to ask, but please..." I trailed off, my shaking hands clenched into fist.

"And we don't want Sasuke to be the cause of the leaf village and the cloud village killing each other off!" Naruto added. "I don't want my friends or the cloud to fight for revenge!"

The Raikage looked at us for a moment before moving to walk past us. My eyes widened as he walked past me. Twisting on the balls of my feet I turned around and went to run in front of the Raikage, Naruto following my example. Twice he walked around us, making us even more desperate.

I could hear Ace growl faintly as I dropped to my knees, Naruto doing the same in front of the Raikage. "I'm begging you!" Naruto and I cried.

"I don't want us killing each other out of vengeance anymore!" Naruto cried out, his voice filled with agony.

When the Raikage once again moved around us I shouted. "All Sasuke ever thought about was revenge! He became so obsessed with it that it changed him! He's become a completely different person. I... I just don't want- We don't want anyone else becoming like that."

Beside me Naruto started quivering, tears falling from his face. "I just don't want the Cloud and Leaf to destroy each other... That's why..." He trailed off, hid arms collapsing under him.

"We will dispose of Sasuke Uchiha. After that, you two can stop the cycle." Raikage ordered.

My teeth clenched together as tears now swelled in my own eyes. My eyes widened as I tried to keep in the tears that threatened to spill as I fixed my sight on the white snow in front of me. My hands were freezing under me as they clenched onto the snow.

"We are in a hurry. We've let you have your say." One of the cloud ninja's dismissed.

"Raikage-sama." Yamato cut in. "The incident in which you tried to obtain the Okami Tensai is still unresolved on our side." Yamato paused as Ace growled softly beside me, shuffling closer to me. "The hidden leaf swallowed tears of blood and avoided fighting the cloud, who fueled the fires of war. It's thanks to those noble sacrifices that your people still exist. Please try not to forget that."

My head stayed tilted towards the ground, as I didn't want the everyone to see the tears threatening to spill. Kakashi crunched through the snow closer to Naruto and I. "Right here and now, these two young ninjas, no matter how awkwardly, are bowing their heads in their affection for the Cloud and Leaf, village and nation.Raikage-sama, as one of the five Kage, what do you think of this?"

I could hear the man turn around, I could feel his gaze on me as he shouted. "A ninja does not bow his head so easily! A ninja values strength and action! Concessions are forbidden in agreements made between ninja. The history of man is the history of war. Since the three great ninja wars every nation, and every land has tried to obtain powerful ninjutsu. Those without power are crushed! That is the truth to the ninja world. The Akatsuki will be branded as wanted fugitives. Than, not only I, but the whole world will hunt down Sasuke. Yet you bow your head for this criminal and plead for mercy for your friend. In the ninja world, that is not friendship! Boy, Okami, from the hidden leaf think of what you must do. The ninja world does not indulge on fools."

My grip on the snow tightened as the Raikage walked away. The other cloud ninjas walking after him. While passing by I didn't miss the mutter from Karui, the red headed Cloud nin. "Who would have known that the high and mighty Okami would bow for a criminal." She huffed.

Ace growled, narrowing his eyes as he Cloud ninjas walked away, his eyes trained on the red head. "I almost forgot why I hated Cloud ninjas. But seeing him again, it almost reminds me of that fight..." I felt ace sit down next to me, I had yet to sit up as I stared blankly at the snow. Softly a paw was placed on top of my head. "Yuki, come on kid, raise your head."

I bit down on my tongue hard when Naruto's soft crying greeted my ears. Then, like he had done for me all the other times, I sat up quickly and pulled Naruto closer to me. I took a deep breath and blinked my eyes as I pushed back the tears. I pulled Naruto up and hugged him, placing my head on his chest as his head rested on my shoulder.

His body shook as he cried, his arms wrapping around me as he pulled me closer. I ignored Kakashi and Yamato as I let Naruto cry on my shoulder, just hoping this was enough to help sooth him some how.

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End of Chapter 69! I know, it is incredibly short, and probably boring... But to try to make up for that, I will try to make another chapter today. The next chapter will include the fight with Sasuke, and I was wondering how you all think Yuki will react when she has to see him again, of course with her own resolve. I'm getting started right away with the chapter, so be on the look out today and tomorrow :)

 The picture on the side is basically Yuki.

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