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Sota Sage : Chapter 6 : Saving Gaara (Part 2)

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"Sota, wake up." I groaned and rolled over to see Kakashi. "We're leaving." I nodded and sat up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. I stood and let Minato curl around my neck before walking out to meet the others. Naruto looked at me as I sleepily blinked at my team. I stretched out my arms and quickly stretched my legs as Naruto was tightening his headband. 

"Uzumaki Naruto...Sage Sota." We all looked over to see Kankuro sitting up. "Please save my brother." I sent him a soft smile. "Leave it to us." Naruto smiled and I nodded. "Because I will be Hokage one day and I'll secure an advance favor from the Kazekage." Naruto said before we all walked out. "Are you awake enough to fight, Sota-Chan?" Naruto asked and I nodded. "If it is for another Jinchuuriki, I am fine." I said and Kakashi glanced at me. 

"If you wait a little bit, we can have a skilled Ninja here too." Baki said and Temari came over. "I'm going too." She said and I heard a faint grunt. "Temari, stay here and work on defense of the counry boarder." The old lady said and I crossed my arms as everyone looked up. "I am more than enough from the shinobi of the Sand." She said. "B-but...Chiyo-Baasama..." Temari said and Baki stepped forward. "That would be too much for you." He yelled and Chiyo-Sama humphed. "Don't treat me like an old lady!" She yelled as she jumped. "Sh-She jumped!" They yelled as she fell through the air. I failed to notice a shadow over mine as they all stared at me.

"Ack!" I yelped as I was landed on and used to break her fall as I heard the others shout. "I've wanted to give my cute grandson some love for a while now...." She trailed off as I groaned. "HEY! GET OFF PERVY SAGE, YOU OLD HAG!" Naruto yelled and the old hag shifted from on my back. "Hm?" She hummed before I looked back at her. "Oh. My bad." She said and got off me as I groaned in pain. 

"Sota!" Naruto came over to my side with Sakura. They both helped me to my feet and Naruto took me over to him. "I've got her, Sakura-Chan." He said and wrapped my arm around his shoulders as his other was around my waist. "You okay, Sota?" He asked and I nodded as we walked away from the group. "That must've hurt." Temari whispered and I shrugged. "I've had worse." I said and looked at Naruto's hand. "Naru-kun....can you let me go?" He looked at me with wide eyes before his hands disappeared. "Sorry!" He yelled and was the color of scarlet. I stretched my back, making it crack a few times, making everyone wince. "We should get going." Kakashi said and we all nodded. "Hai." With that, we took off. 

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"Naruto, can I ask you something?" Sakura asked as we ran through the forest. "When did the Akatsuki start targetting you and Sota?" She asked and two members flashed through my mind. Itachi Uchiha and Kisame from when Naruto and I were with Papa. When Akaine was with me and we did Fang over Fang. I had to leave him behind because Kiba wanted to do some training with him and Akamaru. "I don't know." Naruto said with a sigh.

"A while ago...two of the Akatsuki's agents infiltrated Konoha in order to make contact with Naruto. It's been 3 years since then and they've started moving. Though, I can't quite see the motive behind this." Kakashi-Sensei said, gaining a curious glance from me. "Why did they wait 3 years?" I sweatdropped at her. 'Didn't Kakashi-Sensei just tell you this?' I mumbled mentally to myself. 

"Maybe it was that they couldn't take any action rather than choosing not too. Naruto and Sota had Jiraiya at their sides." Kakashisaid as we landed on the ground only to push off the dirt and back into the trees. "Well...from what I gathered, I heard there was other reasons." I looked at the old hag. "It requires considerable preperation to separate a 'tailed beast' that is seal within a man." I glared her way. She grunted at me and looked away. "I assume that's what hampered their efforts." She continued. "A 'Tailed Beast'?" Sakura asked and rolled my eyes,