"Naruto and Sasuke were rushing towards Kumo along with Jiraiya, who was a little behind.

"You know, there is one of Orochimaru's bases here," said Sasuke.

"So..." started Naruto.

"Let's raid it? The information we get would be valuable. It may even tell us about how those meteorites were made and what was inside them, and how to stop it," asked Jiraiya.

After a few minutes of searching, they found an underground entrance to one of Orochimaru's bases. They entered it using Jiraiya's transparency jutsu he had originally developed to spy in hot springs.

After dodging countless guards, they finally reached a room, full of people experimenting on various animals.

"There weren't supposed to be human hostages here, but let's check just in case," said Sasuke.

They checked multiple rooms, only to find no one. But in the final room, they saw a girl, no more than 11 years old, gagged and tied.

"SHIT!" he cursed. Sasuke and Jiraiya knew who she was. She was Yugito Nii, the two tails jinchuriki.

"Hey, are you okay?" asked Naruto.

"W-who are you?" she asked a little scared.

"I am Naruto, and I am a friend," he said as he helped her up after untying her.

"Are you from Kumo?" she asked.

"No, we are Konoha... uh... civilians, kind of?" said Naruto, unsure.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Let's talk later," said Naruto.

"Ero sennin, grab whatever you can, we are gonna blow up the base," said Naruto.

"How exactly?" asked Jiraiya.

"I should be able to do an Almighty Push big enough to take this down," said Sasuke.

"And a tailed beast bomb," said Naruto. Sasuke and Naruto were now grinning like madmen, and Jiraiya just watched them with a sweat-drop. Yugito meanwhile was a little scared.

They then turned to Jiraiya with an irritated look.

"What are you waiting for?" they both asked at the same time.

"Come on, you too are a seal master, help me," said Jiraiya.

"Well, ero sennin, I am nowhere above 7, while you are full 10, so start," said Naruto as he pushed him.

Jiraiya hung his head as a purple cloud of depression formed over his head.

"Go go go, you are a fucking sannin," said Naruto.

A few minutes later, they were in a room in the center of the base.

"Why does this place look like a cell?" asked Naruto.

"Because it is. They keep the people they experiment upon here," said Yugito.

"Right. Ero sennin, go outside, and when at a safe distance, channel your chakra into the kunai," said Naruto, giving him a three-pronged Kunai.

Jiraiya nodded and then ran outside.

"H-how are we gonna go outside?" asked Yugito.

"You'll see," both of them said.

After a few seconds, Naruto felt chakra being poured in his Hiraishin kunai and looked towards Sasuke who nodded.

All of a sudden, Naruto burst into orange flames, startling Yugito.

"YUGITO! THAT'S KURAMA'S CHAKRA!" yelled Matatabi from inside.

"Who?" asked Yugito.

"NINE TAILS!"

Naruto formed a Rasengan, and shoved it into the ground, making a large hole.

"On your mark," said Naruto as a tailed beast ball formed in his mouth. Sasuke put his hand at 180 degrees, and started to count.

"3"

Naruto put his hand on both Sasuke and Yugito.

"2"

The beast bomb started to glow and get extremely big.

"1"

Sasuke yelled "ALMIGHTY PUSH" while Naruto yelled "TAILED BEAST BOMB."

The next moment, all three of them were outside, when they heard a deafening explosion go off. The ground caved in, and dirt was thrown all around.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" yelled both Yugito and Jiraiya.

"THIS IS ART!" yelled Naruto and Sasuke together.

In a very far-off place in Iwa, Deidara got up and sneezed.

"Someone must be talking about art," he muttered and fell back to sleep.

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The Raikage was extremely tense. His Jinchuriki, Yugito, was missing. And even though he won't accept it, he was rather attached to her. She was like his daughter. So when she went missing, he was scared.

"Raikage sama, we do not have any news about her whereabouts. But we have been able to determine that this was the work of Orochimaru.

"I WANT THAT SNAKE'S HEAD!" he yelled angrily.

Bee, who was generally seen rapping and dancing around, was unusually quiet. Well, this was natural, as the only other person who understood his pain was now gone.

All of a sudden, a knock was heard on the door.

"Raikage sama, three people from Konoha have come wi-"

"SEND THEM IN!" he yelled without letting her complete.

The next moment, Naruto and Sasuke burst in, with Yugito a little behind them and Jiraiya at the end.

"YUGITO!" he yelled with happiness.

"Old man," greeted Yugito.

"I AM NOT OLD. I AM ONLY 37!" yelled Raikage.

"Okay okay. Anyways, I was kidnapped by Orochimaru and these three saved me," said Yugito.

"Jiraiya of sannin. And who are you squirts?" asked Raikage.

"I am Uchiha Sasuke," said Sasuke as he undid the genjutsu hiding his Rinnegan.

"And I am Na- Uzumaki Naruto," said Naruto, who was still in his frog sage mode.

He then turned to Jiraiya.

"Can't I turn this off? I mean, I look like I am wearing makeup," whined Naruto.

"Well, after entering the sage mode, you must completely use the Nature energy you gathered," was Jiraiya's reply.

Naruto just pouted.

"Anyways, Raikage sama, we are here to deliver the scroll," said Sasuke.

"Why did Hiruzen send two academy students? I mean this does qualify as an A-rank mission."

"You see Raikage sama, these kids are easily S-rank shinobi. Sasuke here has a Mangekyou Sharingan and a Rinnegan, and Naruto has befriended Kyubi, also known as Kurama. However, Naruto cannot truly show his skills as he is a jinchuriki and you know what happens when a Jinchuriki is a prodigy, and Sasuke doesn't want to leave his friend alone," replied Jiraiya.

"This doesn't exactly answer my question," Ay pointed out.

"Well, as we wanted to take missions, we left a blood clone in our place and then asked old ma- sorry, Hokage sama for an A-rank mission," said Naruto.

Bee then walked up to Naruto wide-eyed.

"You befriended Kurama!" gasped Gyuki, the eight-tailed beast.

"Yes Gyuki sama," said Naruto.

"Sama?" asked Yugito, Bee, and Raikage at the same time.

"When you are talking to one of the strongest beings in existence who you forcefully sealed inside someone, the least you can do is to give him some respect," said Naruto.

bee opened and closed his mouth multiple times before speaking.

"H-how is Kurama?" asked Gyuki, completely avoiding the topic.

"Oh the furball's fine," said Naruto.

"Furball? I thought you said that the strongest beings should be treated with respect," said Yugito.

"True, however, when you are best of friends, then honorifics are forbidden. That's the rule," said Sasuke.

"Best of friends? With a tailed beast?" asked the Raikage.

"Yes. I mean, they have feelings too, and inside, they are always alone," said Naruto.

"And no one likes to be alone. It's just... suffering," said Sasuke.

Raikage looked at them with curiosity. For kids, they were too mature. Heck, they could pass as philosophers. They talked like they were war veterans. These kids were an enigma.

"Anyways, you will be rewarded for saving her. So do you have anything in mind?" asked the Raikage.

"Anything?" asked Sasuke as he turned to Naruto.

"Hmm... how about an alliance between Kumo and Konoha?" asked Naruto.

Raikage was a little taken aback. A kid, no more than nine years old, should be more like I want this toy or I want this sword or... whatever kids had these days. But to ask for alliance? That's not the first thing that comes to the mind of a kid.

"Alright...." trailed Raikage.

"Thank you Hokage sama, we will now take our leave," said Naruto.

"Why? Stay here for a little while."

"We would, but we have a mask to maintain. I don't know how our clones are doing," said Sasuke.

"And also, you wouldn't want Ero sennin to do his... 'research' here," said Naruto as he emphasized on research.

Raikage just laughed.

"Gyuki sama-"

"No need for sama," said Gyuki.

"Gyuki, I would advise you to be vigilant. The attack on Konoha wasn't Kurama. It was someone claiming to be Madara, who put him under a Genjutsu. It's safe to assume that he is after the tailed beasts like you. We are friends with the 1 tails jinchuriki, and I hope that you and Yugito are careful," said Naruto.

"Oi dobe, that," said Sasuke as he pointed to his waist.

"Oh right," he said as he pulled out two Kunai.

"If you are in mortal danger, or think that there is no way out, please push this Kunai into the ground and channel some Chakra. I may not be able to arrive immediately, but I will try to come as soon as possible," said Naruto.