The next day, Team 7 and company quickly made their way through the land of frost (mostly because of Naruto). They reached the Kumogakure gates by mid-afternoon, but that was as far as they got because the two guards would not let them in.
"We need to speak with the Raikage," Sakura stated. The guard eyed the group up and down and then shook his head.
"My apologies, but we will not allow four of the Leaf's most wanted criminals into Kumo if we can help it." The other guard nodded,
"You have guts to show your faces here at all. What's stopping us from turning you into Konoha?" The nin asked.
"You would be willing to risk war with Suna just to appeal to a village that is slowly collapsing on itself?" Gaara said, walking to the front of the group making sure the nin recognized who he was. The Kumo shinobi did, instantly. And with wide eyes, they bowed and said.
"Our apologies Kazekage-sama. We shall inform A-sama of your arrival." The ninja then hastily stepped to the side. Gaara and the two ANBU passed through easily, but the guards blocked Team 7 from passing.
"Nani?" Kakashi asked, shrugging the guard's hand off of his shoulder passive-aggressively.
"New headband or not, you four are still wanted in Konoha. And we have specific orders to avoid crossing them in any way. You will have to stay out here-"
"No," Gaara interrupted, "They're coming with me."
"My apologies Kazekage-sama, but this is non-negotiable." Gaara was about to protest once again but was cut off by Naruto.
"Just go, Gaara, we'll see you soon." The kazekage sighed and nodded. He, followed by the two ANBU, then proceeded to make their way deeper into Kumo. And it wasn't long until they disappeared into the bustling crowd.
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"This is bullshit dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed, running his fingers through his blonde hair as he paced back and forth. They had decided to travel around the wall and were now on the east side of Kumo. Thankfully none of the guards seemed suspicious of this. "Konoha isn't even all that scary! I think those guards just had something against us." Kakashi nodded,
"1000 Ryo says that they were some of Gato's men that we forgot to take care of." Sakura snorted.
"Who do you take us for, Kakashi? Tsunade?" The masked jounin merely chuckled in response,
"Anyway, I think we all agree that this wall," Kakashi gestured to the large mass of stone to their left, "Is a trivial little thing,"
"You betcha. Looks like Team 7 is gonna be doing some more breaking-and-entering 'ttebayo!" Naruto then began to scale the wall, infusing chakra into his hands and feet to make it easier. The rest of Team 7 soon followed suit and soon, they were at the top of the wall. However, Naruto stopped them before they could climb over.
"Henge," Was the only word the blonde spoke before he held up a hand sign, and transformed into a well-endowed female version of himself. This made Sasuke raise an eyebrow while henging himself into a middle-aged man.
"Isn't the whole point of this to make us all less conspicuous?"
"Jealous you can't do the sexy-jutsu like I can, Teme?" The ravenette's eyes widened and a slight blush crept onto his cheeks.
"What? I-I mean, No! No!" Sakura snorted once again, turning to Kakashi with a smirk.
"Translation: Save it for the bedroom." The jounin gave an amused smirk, but said nothing, and then returned his eye to the two now-bickering chunin.
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Ascending (Sequel to Rock Bottom)
FanfictionIt's been two years since the Danzo incident. Two whole years since the members of Team 7 have had any interaction with one another. But when an emergency letter is sent from Suna informing them that Gaara has been kidnapped, they are quick to retur...
