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The sun was rising over the Hokage Stone Faces monument in Konohagakure; A beautiful sight indeed, infact it too beautiful.Tsunade Senju was sitting at her desk in the west wing of the Hokage Mansion in the village of Konohagakure thinking quietly to herself, 'Why is Shibuki requesting our aid and now of all things, we're in the middle of facing our greatest crisis yet, the protection of Naruto, and also; why would he of all people request that I send Team Kakashi to Takigakure, to protect his cousin, and exactly who or what is his cousin that he would need her protected and another thing; why are the Akatsuki after her?' (sighs) 'I guess I'll have Shizune send for Team Kakashi.'Shizune was walking into the Hokage's office when Tsunade called out, "Shizune, send for Team Kakashi immediately, I have a very important mission for them!"Shizune, who was still waking up nodded gently in agreement and walked out, almost five minutes later; a still half-asleep Shizune along with the members of Team Kakashi were walking into Tsunade's office."Naruto, Sai, Sakura, Yamato and Kakashi, I've just received an urgent message from Shibuki of Takigakure, his cousin, Fuu is being hunted by the Akatsuki..."Naruto broke her off her conversation, "What!?! Why are they after her granny?"Tsunade spoke again; "Naruto, if you would've let me finish I would've answered that question, but now I'm just gonna say it; The Third Takikage; Shibuki's cousin, Fuu; who is only a year older than you Naruto was only 10 years old when her mother Faui was killed by a Takigakure rogue ninja, named; Kakuzu, we now know of him to be a member of the S-rank criminal organization, Akatsuki, it turns out that Faui was the third host of Chomei (Seven-tails), what we don't know is why the Akatsuki wants Fuu, this mission is of Top priority meaning: very Top Secret, no one except the five of you, Takikage; Shibuki, Shizune and myself are to hear about this, this mission has also been classified as an S-ranked mission, because it will involve the Akatsuki, don't by any means necessary use the Wind Style: Rasen-shuriken, Naruto you understand?"Naruto nodded agreeingly to Tsunade's request."Now, I want you all to head home and prepare for the mission, because you leave this afternoon, Sakura, I've scheduled Shizune to train Ino in the use of Medical Ninjutsu for next week or two, that way you don't need to worry about her while on the mission, I am however going to add one other person to this mission, she'll be waiting at the hidden Leaf gate around 1:30 this afternoon. You're all dismissed now, good luck."After she finished briefing Team Kakashi about their new mission, they left and Hinata Hyuga walked in, "Y-you wanted to see me Lady Tsunade?" Tsunade smiled and replied; "Yes, infact I did Hinata. I want you to accompany Team Kakashi to Takigakure, the hidden Waterfall village, I told them that I had chosen someone else to join them on the mission, you'll meet them at the village gate at exactly 1:30 PM this afternoon there Kakashi will fill you in on the details of this mission understood?"Hinata hearing that she'd be working with Team Kakashi on this mission began turning red, and suddenly fainted, Tsunade knew that Hinata liked Naruto & placed her on a mission with him. It must've been too much for the 15 year old Hyuga to take.Meanwhile, in Tsuchi no kuni; Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki are in battle with Roshi, the Jinchuriki host of Son Gokku [Four-tails]. "Lava Style: Magma Wave" Roshi possessed a Lava Style Kekkai Genkai, he was a very tough opponent for the two Akatsuki who were sent to capture him. Kisame quickly retaliated with "Water Style: Exploding Water Shockwave" which cooled the massive wave of magma that was surging towards him. Itachi then trapped Roshi inside the Tsukuyomi, and that there had ended the battle.Back in Konoha, Team Kakashi and Hinata Hyuga are all about to leave for their mission in Takigakure, when suddenly Temari and Kankuro show up at the gate, Temari sees Naruto and says, "Hey Naruto, Gaara would like to see you, when you get the time."Naruto nods and then Kakashi and the team head off toward Takigakure, to begin their dangerous mission.
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The journey was long and rough but Naruto made due with it. Naruto began to doubt that Tsunade actually cared about him, he didn't believe that Tsunade wanted him safe and away from the Akatsuki, infact; he believed that Tsunade sent along Hinata to make sure that he would get distracted by Hinata that way the Akatsuki could capture him. But what Naruto didn't know was the fact that Fuu and Hinata were good friends, Tsunade sent Hinata with Team Kakashi because Hinata had befriended the 18 year old female Jinchuriki of Takigakure, two years before.Kakashi finally spoke to break the silence,"Everyone listen up, when we get to the Hidden Waterfall village, we'll be greeted by Lord Shibuki, his new wife; Inasha, and his cousin, Fuu. There've been rumors that Fuu is even prettier than you Sakura, but don't be jealous of her, i'm sure she may be, I'm not 100% sure, but even if she is as pretty as the rumors say, she's still Lord Shibuki's cousin, so do your best to make sure that she stays in the village, where she's safe. Is that understood?"Sakura shook her head in a "Yes" manner, Sai replied; "Agreed.", Naruto grunted a yes as well, and Yamato who was eating something put up his thumb as a sign of agreement. Then as Kakashi finished talking, a man and two very beautiful looking women came into view of the group, it was the Takigakure welcoming party that Kakashi had mentioned just seconds ago. Shibuki was much older looking since the last time they'd met, the two women that were with him were very beautiful looking, Naruto saw that one of them had crimson red hair, the legendary trademark of the Uzumaki clan and looked to be almost 19 years old. The second had green-ish blue hair and also looked about 19, what was really weird is the fact that Naruto thought the redhead was Fuu, and the green-ish blue haired woman was Inasha, however; the crimson haired beauty came forward and introduced herself; "Hello, my name is Inasha, wife of Lord Shibuki, who may you be?" Naruto thought long and hard about whether he was talking to another Uzumaki or not, but was suddenly dumb-founded with the necklace that Inasha was wearing, the necklace was that of his clan's crest the Uzumaki Swirl, his eyes finally looked up at her face and then he spoke, "That necklace, where did you get it?"Sakura looked at the necklace and then at Naruto in a 'If you even think about taking her necklace, I'll kill you' look.Inasha hearing the blond boy's question, answered; "Why young man, this necklace belonged to my great-grandmother, who was one of the three elders who just happened to have survived the destruction of my families village many years ago, it's my keepsake of her and my family, which was all but annihilated back then. Why did you want to know where I got it?"Naruto smiled and said, "One of my parents was an Uzumaki like your great-grandmother once was, my name is Naruto Uzumaki, last known Uzumaki."Inasha looked at the blond boy like he was crazy enough to claim that he was an Uzumaki like her, she finally asked him, "Are you seriously trying to mock my clan!?! Do you really want to die!?!"Kakashi finally spoke, "Ma'am, I personally knew Naruto's parents, he's telling you the truth.""Naruto?" Sakura asked, "What's wrong with you, we're suppose to be protecting this girl [pointing to the girl with green-ish blue hair] not starting an argument with Shibuki's wife?"Naruto replied, "Sakura, she really could be my family, I just wish that I knew which one of my parents was the Uzumaki, if she is actually an Uzumaki like me, I may not be the last known Uzumaki." Fuu suddenly looked over to Naruto in a friendly kind of way, and introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Fuu, and you are?"Naruto hearing the other girl say her name was Fuu, smiled at her and returned; "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, it's nice to finally meet another person like me, at least now I know two people just like me."Fuu, began to grow angry with Naruto, and she shouted at him rudely, "You, like me? Heh, yeah right. You've never had to live with all the hatred I did, nor with people always calling a demon, or trying to kill you for being a monster. That's what happened with me, most of my life, I was alone, one day my own father told me that I'd never be loved, because I was a monster, a demon. I was hated by everyone even my own cousin until about two years ago, a girl from another village came to mine, in order to help protect my cousin, Shibuki who hadn't yet become Takikage. That girl saw me all alone and told me that she had a friend back in her village that was just like me, and that she wanted to be my friend, so we became friends, but little did we both know was that we were both going to be separated the next day when she had to return to her village. It was sad, I had made a friend, but it seemed like I lost her the next day, for the twelve hours I'd been with her, I felt loved, after she left, I felt abandoned, but to my surprise, she wrote me letters, until recently when she stopped writing to me, I could only tell myself that she must've forgot about me or maybe even died. But, I saw her again today, when you and your teammates came to our village, she was with you, I was so excited to see her again I felt like I just wanted to run up to and hug her."Naruto, hearing Fuu's sad tale about her own life, decided to befriend her as well. Naruto finally spoke up, "Y'know Fuu, I had a life just like your own, I was all alone for most of my childhood as well, whether you believe me or not, I'm just like you and I have proof." Naruto began lifting up his shirt, Fuu was getting a little scared, suddenly; she sees a pattern on Naruto's belly, that looked like a tetragram seal, and her eyes began to tear up, finally she couldn't hold it in anymore, she began crying "Why, do we have to live like outcasts Kurama, I mean all of us, You, me, Isobu, Son Gokku, Kokuo, Saiken, Matatabi, Gyukki and Shukaku? Why Kurama?"Naruto didn't know what was wrong, Suddenly; a voice came out of Naruto's mouth that wasn't his own, "Chomei, it's okay, we'll all be together again, as father promised us many years ago, Mother died so we could all be born. It's gonna happen, sis, it will happen."Naruto began speaking normally again, and Fuu looked him in the eyes, and said, "I apologize for doubting that you were like me, Naruto, by the way, who was the other person like us that you befriended?"Naruto answered, "His name is Gaara, he is of Sunagakure [the Hidden Sand village], he possesses a spirit known as a Tanuki, I've seen it personally, the Tanuki had only one tail, and it was called Shukaku. Gaara and I fought each other, me in my Nine-tails cloak and him in Shukaku's true form, I won by the way, after that battle, Gaara and I became friends. Now he's living my dream, and I want to be what he is."Fuu finally came out of her shell, "And what's that Naruto?"Naruto continued, "My dream is to be the strongest ninja in my village, the Hokage, and to be recognized by everyone as a hero. That is my dream, and Gaara's living my dream as the newly elected Kazekage of Sunagakure."Fuu began crying again, this time she was crying happy tears, "Wow, What a beautiful dream you have Naruto. I hope to one day have a dream like that."Shibuki heard his cousin crying and went to see what was wrong, "Fuu, is everything ok sweetie?"Inasha and Shibuki came around a corner to see a shirtless Naruto sitting next to Fuu, hugging her.Inasha was the only one to say something about what she saw, "You, what are you trying to do to my husband's cousin, you sick bastard!?!"Naruto, and Fuu both spoke up; "Shibuki, it's not what it looks like, Naruto was only showing me something that we both have in common." Shibuki had met Naruto almost three years ago, but never saw the Tetragram seal on his belly until now, "Y-you're one too, Naruto?" Shibuki asked.Naruto spoke, "Yes, Lord Shibuki, I'm a Jinchuuriki host, just like Fuu here and my friend Gaara, the new Kazekage, we've all lived similar lives, I never knew my parents, I was told they died the night I was born, that same night when Kyubi attacked Konoha. A man known only to me as the Yondaime Baka, sealed the Kyubi inside of me and then died, shortly before that, both of my parents died. I've hated that man for sealing that thing inside of me, I told myself if I ever met him whether in this life or the next I'd slug him one for doing that to me."Kakashi, hearing what Naruto said, began thinking to himself, 'Sensei, do you see and hear what Naruto is saying about you? If he only knew the truth about that night, he would understand. But until that day comes, I will continue training him to become the great shinobi that both you and Kushina wanted him to be, I promise.'Fuu began to cry again, when she heard about how Naruto's parents died the night the Kyubi attacked Konoha, which was sad in itself, but hearing that Naruto was born that very same night was even more tragic. She couldn't stand knowing that her newest friend, who was just like her grew up without knowing the love of a parent, she bawled so much that Yamato decided to plant an apple seedling in the now fertile soil, and watch it grow before their very eyes.Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Takigakure two shadows were approaching, these shadows turned out to be Akatsuki members, Itachi and Kisame, The danger was about to start.
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Itachi and Kisame were almost to the gate when an upset Naruto, suddenly comes charging at them, flashed a few hand signs, Rooster, Ox, Tiger, Monkey, Hare, and Rat before shouting; "Wind Style: Rasen-shuriken" Itachi countered with "Genjutsu: Mirror Wall", a genjutsu that could turn an opponent's ninjutsu back on it's user. Kakashi hearing the hums of Naruto's Rasen-shuriken, rushed to Naruto's aid, as he reached the gate of Takigakure, Naruto had just countered Itachi's Mirror Wall with a technique that neither Kakashi nor Itachi knew Naruto could use. Naruto weaved some hand signs, held out his hand and said, "Almighty Push!" Kakashi, Kisame, Itachi and Inasha who was passing by heard the technique's name and than a burst of air shot out of Naruto's hand and sent Kisame flying backwards, Kisame tried to counter the move but couldn't. 'What the -- I thought that only Lord Pain could use that move, not the Nine-tailed brat, when did he become this powerful?' thought Kisame. Suddenly Naruto opened his eyes to reveal purple-like irises and ripple patterns around his eyes, Itachi had seen these same eyes once before. ---Flashback---"Itachi, do me a favor and keep an eye on Naruto, I don't want any harm coming to him, and another thing; any information we receive regarding him see to it that I get it before Madara does, is that understood?" Nagato asked.Itachi reluctantly agreed and then spoke a reply; "Yes, Lord Pain, I'll do just that. But may I ask why it all must come to you, and not Madara?""It is of great importance that I get the info instead of Madara, because Naruto and I have some kind of connection, it's as if I feel like I'm not the last member of the Uzumaki clan when I hear his name, although there's no way that he's a true Uzumaki like me but his last name is indeed Uzumaki, so he's somehow related to me." Nagato said.Suddenly Nagato began feeling an odd sensation, his eyes were seeing the village of Takigakure instead of the papers on his desk in his home somewhere in the village of Amegakure, as if he'd seen through the eyes of another Rinnegan wielder. 'How can this be, I'm the only one in my clan to possess the legendary "Eyes of Prophecy" but why am I seeing Takigakure, and what's going on there?'Nagato finally spoke, "Itachi, I want a full report on all the people living in the village of Takigakure, and if they're of Uzumaki lineage, or have Jinchuuriki host status, can you do that for me?"Itachi grunted in agreement, before he was dismissed from the room, as soon as Itachi was gone, Nagato called a name, "Konan, get in here!""What is it Nagato?" a blue-haired woman who was entering the room replied."Konan, I sent Itachi to keep an eye on the host of Nine-tails, a young boy named Naruto, I believe he and I may be relatives."Konan's face began to turn white; "What do you mean by that Nagato?""Naruto's last name is Uzumaki like mine, and I think he may have inherited the Rinnegan like me, but i'm not 100% sure, plus from what i've read in these files on Takigakure there are least three Uzumaki that reside there, as well as a Jinchuuriki, but i'm not too sure. I sent Itachi and Kisame to Takigakure in order to uncover more info on the village and it's inhabitants. ---Flashback Ends--- Naruto and the members of Team 7 were waiting to be seated in the dining hall of Shibuki's palace, where they would all be eating the meal that Inasha had prepared, Naruto had packed twelve ninja food rations and twelve cups of ramen noodles, just incase he didn't like the food in Takigakure. Shibuki began to explain where everyone would be sitting "Naruto, you will be seated next to Fuu, as she has requested for you to sit by her, Hinata, you'll also be sitting next to Fuu, Yamato and Sai will both be seated between me and Inasha, finally; Kakashi, you and Sakura, will sit next to my Aunt Tea. Are the seating arrangements ok for everyone?" Naruto nodded in agreement, Sakura and Sai both replied, "Yes, Lord Shibuki." Kakashi waved his hand in an 'I don't really care where I sit' gesture, Yamato grunted in agreement, and finally; Hinata blushed then fainted as she heard Naruto would be sitting so close to her. When Naruto heard that Inasha had prepared Sushi and Natto for the Appettizer, Shiitake Mushrooms, Rice and veggies for dinner and Strawberry Shortcake for dessert, he spoke and said, "I'd also like to contribute to the meal if you don't mind Lord Shibuki." Shibuki replied, "Naruto, what it is that you'd like to contribute to our meal?" Naruto got up from the table, walked over to his Satchel bag, opened it, and pulled out three cups of ramen, then he spoke, "When my team and I are always on missions we eat like royalty, so I'd like to contribute these three cups of ramen and five of the twelve ninja food rations that I brought along, if you don't mind?" Shibuki was amazed that Naruto had brought so much food with him, that he agreed, Inasha gladly took the three ramen cups walked into the kitchen to look for a bowl big enough to hold three ramen cups in, when she found a bowl large enough, she placed the three ramen cups in the bowl and added some water which she had boiled earlier for tea, afterwards she brought the bowl of ramen out to the dining hall and placed it on the table, then Fuu spoke to Naruto about giving her the five rations of food that he contributed, Naruto agreed and gave her the rations, Fuu took the rations into the Kitchen and added some hot water to them and grabbed five dishes to put the meal rations in, and brought them out to the dining hall, then she sat back down next to Naruto, and everyone began to dig in.
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Suddenly, a knock came to the palace door, Shibuki got up to check who it was, he looked through a small window and saw that the visitor wore a black robe with red clouds, 'The Akatsuki' he thought to himself, then he opened the door, a voice finally said, "Excuse me sir, I hope we're not interrupting your evening meal, if we are I apologize; my comrade and I are going door-to-door in the village gathering information on the village for our leader. He believes that there are three members of the Uzumaki clan living in this village as well as a Jinchuuriki, we just came to learn if that's true or not." Shibuki, who wasn't sure if he could trust these guys spoke up saying, "Who are you, and why does you leader need this information?" Naruto had gotten a little curious about the visitors, so he went to see who it was, when he got within viewing distance of the door, he saw a man with a scarred Konoha forehead protector and wearing an Akatsuki robe, he knew instantly who it was, "Itachi Uchiha, what are you doing here!?!"Itachi looked over to see Naruto standing in the corridor furthest from him. "Naruto Uzumaki, what brings you to Takigakure?" Naruto replied, "I'm here to protect Lord Shibuki's cousin from you and your organization, and I'll do just that starting right now!" Naruto began molding chakra in his left hand in order to form the Rasengan, while a Shadow clone added Wind nature chakra to the technique, the shadow clone disappeared and Naruto ran towards Itachi, 'Wind Style: Rasen-shuriken!' Naruto yelled, Kakashi hearing Naruto yell, "Wind Style: Rasen-shuriken!" got up from the table and ran out to the hallway where Naruto and Shibuki were, he began yelling, "Naruto, Don't use that jutsu!! Lord Shibuki's out there, don't harm him." As Kakashi rounded the corner he saw that Itachi was inside the palace, Kakashi flashed a few signs and shouted, "Lightning Blade!" and then charged at Itachi."Wait!" Itachi shouted, "I'm not here for Naruto, nor the other Jinchuriki, I'm only here for information on the village and it's residents, I swear." Naruto's Rasen-shuriken disappeared and Naruto calmed down enough to ask, "What do you mean you're only here for information, Itachi?" Kakashi was about to make a killing blow to Itachi when Kisame appeared, and grabbed, Kakashi holding him so that Itachi wouldn't die. Kisame finally spoke, "Well as Itachi just said, we are only here to gather info on the village, once we have the info we need, then we'll leave the village, don't worry Nine-tailed brat, we're not here for her." Kisame pointed towards the far-side of the hallway where Fuu was now watching the fight, Naruto looked over at Fuu and his eyes told her to run for her life."Kisame, we have all the info needed by Lord Pain, we must take it to him immediately." Itachi spoke. Kisame nodded in agreement, then released Kakashi turned to the door and walked out, Itachi followed suite. After they left Shibuki closed the door and ran to Fuu, "Are you okay Fuu?" Fuu replied, "I'm fine, Shibuki, nothing happened to me." Shibuki hearing his cousin was okay smiled and hugged her. "I, believe they were only here to gather info regarding whether or not there were any Uzumaki residing in the village. I don't think those two are coming back. We're safe for now."Fuu looked at Naruto and blushed at him, this was the first time that anyone other than her cousin protected her, she smiled and said, "Thank You, Naruto-kun." Shibuki thought to himself, 'Naruto-kun? What's going on between those two?' Naruto replied, "kun?" Fuu chuckled silently and then corrected herself, "Oops...I mean Naruto-san." Naruto smiled at Fuu before saying, "Y'know Fuu, I could be more than just your protector, but only if you want me to. I can tell that you want me to be more than your bodyguard."Fuu's smile became a grin, and then she spoke, "Really we could, Naruto-kun?" Naruto walked over to Fuu and hugged her, right before saying, "Yeah really. Fuu, would you do the honors of becoming my girlfriend?" Fuu shrieked in excitement, "Really!?! You really want me to become your girlfriend!?!" Naruto grinned then answered, "Yes Fuu, I really do want you to be my girlfriend, that's the reason why I asked you out."Fuu looked at Shibuki and said, "Do you mind if I date Naruto-kun, Lord Shibuki?" Shibuki smiled and then replied, "Fuu, if you're happy with the idea of dating Naruto, than I want you to remain happy, you don't need my approval to date him anyway." Fuu thanked her cousin and kissed him on the cheek, then she walked over and kissed Naruto.'This is part one of the fulfillment of my dream.' Fuu thought to herself, 'Part two is Naruto proposes to me, and is named; "Hokage" that will be when the second part of my dream is reality. Part three is for me to marry Naruto and give birth to mine and Naruto's two daughters. Once that happens, my dream will be complete.'
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Naruto was planning the perfect first date with Fuu, Naruto would take her out to see a movie, then he'd take her to the secret hiding area he had discovered back when he first came to the village, there Naruto would tell her, all about his life. Then he would give her a hug and take her back home."Naruto" Sakura called, "May I please talk with you?"Naruto told Sakura to let him know if anything was bothering her, and he would do his best to help her out."What is it you want to talk with me about, Sakura?" Naruto asked."Sasuke, it's about him." Replied the Cherry-blossom color haired girl."What about him, Sakura?" Naruto answered."Well, for starters Naruto, it's been three years since he left the village, Orochimaru could transfer from his current body to Sasuke's very soon. We may never see him again. That's what worries me."Naruto smiled, "Don't worry Sakura, I'll keep my promise to bring him back no matter what the cost. You have my word, Sakura!!"Suddenly Fuu, came out of nowhere, Naruto suddenly began thinking to himself, 'Did Fuu hear me and Sakura talking about Sasuke? if so, how much did she hear?'Fuu asked, "Naruto, is everything okay with Sakura, or is something wrong?""Sakura's worried about our friend, Sasuke Uchiha; he left the village three years ago in search of vengeance against his older brother Itachi, who is now in the Akatsuki, I feel Sasuke's pain, but he doesn't believe that I do.""Why is Sasuke, seeking vengeance against his older brother?" asked Fuu."Itachi, slaughtered the whole Uchiha clan sparing Sasuke, infact, he did so in one single night. Sasuke's vowed to kill him and restore the Uchiha clan to it's former glory, What Itachi did was wrong, but what Sasuke's doing is much worse. I don't want Sasuke to continue his quest of revenge, and power. So I promised Sakura that I'd bring him back if it was the last thing I ever did, my nindo, my ninja way is to never give up or back down, I have the guts to never give up, therefore; I will continue to look for him, and bring him back home to Konoha, that's my promise to her."Fuu began to cry, as she heard Naruto explain how his bestfriend left the village on a quest of vengeance, power and blood. She couldn't bare to know that one of her friends had a friend who did such a thing.Fuu continued crying through the night, with Naruto's arms wrapped around her.
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Meanwhile; back in Amegakure,"Konan, I have finally acquired the needed information to determine whether or not I was the last Uzumaki, I have come to the conclusion that Ibiri and Irasha of Takigakure are indeed Uzumaki like myself, and I know that they have a 21 year old daughter named; Inasha who has recently married Shibuki the Third Takikage. What is even more interesting is the fact that, Naruto Uzumaki is currently in Takigakure, and that means that there are four Uzumaki and two Jinchuriki in the village of Takigakure, which worries me quite a bit as Kisame can't be trusted like Itachi can. Kisame will eventually go and report to Madara about this discovery. Naruto's life is in danger."Konan replied, "Well, Nagato what can we do to help Naruto?"Nagato's reply was what shocked Konan to her core, "I will go to Takigakure and protect Naruto Uzumaki along with Inasha, Ibiri and Irasha Uzumaki, and I will also protect; Fuu. Madara will not get his hands on any of them, I personally guarantee that!! Konan, you will go to Sunagakure and protect the Kazekage; Gaara as well. He's a Jinchuriki host like Fuu and Naruto, therefore he must be protected.""I understand, Nagato. I'll leave at once!" Konan replied as she left the room.Nagato sent for Itachi and one other akatsuki member who's true loyalties lie with Nagato. "Itachi, you and Firasha will escort me to Takigakure, I will not be going in my cloak. I will be going in my casual clothes. I want to protect Naruto and Fuu from Madara. I also want to ensure that none of the Uzumaki residing in Takigakure are harmed or captured. Do you understand?"Itachi nodded in agreement, as did Firasha before they both left the room and prepared to depart for Takigakure.Nagato got dressed in his casual clothes and then he, Itachi and Firasha left for Takigakure. The journey was long, but they were all prepared for it.