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Chapter Ten

Sorry for the long wait-

Next chapter will be about Naruko's life in Konoha up until she left heeheehee :D

Enjoy children :))))

(Chapter was updated twice cause I checked my rough timeline for the story and realised I made a mistake with their age)

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The Jinchūriki suddenly swivelled around, revealing light brown eyes that were trained on the two ten year-olds hidden behind the rocks. When he suddenly charged at them, the two of them screeched at the seven-foot-four-tall man that was charging at the two four-foot-nine eleven year-olds, panic in one and terror in the other.

"Gaara!" Naruko screeched, lunging towards him and knocking him down, hearing nothing but her heart thundering in her ears. The two landed in a heap on the stone ground and the Gobi Jinchūriki stood above them in all his seven-foot-four-tall glory. His light brown eyes suddenly blinked and he quickly crouched down in front of the sitting eleven year-olds, his forearms resting on his knees as he leaned forwards towards the two. 

"You're kids...!" He whispered to himself, then narrowed his eyes in confusion. "Are you two Jinchūriki, or from some kind of shinobi clan?" He asked the two, watching them get to their feet after rejecting his offer for help, remaining crouched over so that he was eye-level with the two. 

"Jinchūriki." Gaara said slowly, sea-foam green eyes narrowed in suspicion to the sudden personality switch in the ridiculously-tall man.

"Both..." Naruko spoke quietly, hesitantly, ready to flee the scene. This man was strong. She'd be easily overpowered and–

"Oh? Which clans, if I can ask?"

With narrowed eyes and slitted pupils, Naruko hissed: "We don't even know your name, you expect us to trust you just because you're a fellow Jinchūriki?" Her hands shook at her sides and she clenched them into fists to try to hide it.

"Ah, sorry. My name is Han. I'm the Gobi Jinchūriki." He held out his gloved hand.

"...Naruko - Kyūbi Jinchūriki." 

"Gaara - Ichibi Jinchūriki." 

The two eleven year-olds shook hands with the middle-aged Jinchūriki then stepped back and watched the still-crouched seven-foot-tall man. 

"Now that we've introduced each other, I will ask what we came to ask." Naruko spoke when he gave no indication that he still wanted to know the answer to his previous question, crossing her arms over her chest with an unreadable expression. 

"..And that is..?" Han asked unsurely, watching the eleven year-old girl.

"Will you join an alliance between the Jinchūriki? If you are ever in trouble, we would come to your aid. It's the same for the others." Naruko explained to the ridiculously-tall male. 

"Ah!" A short pause. "Sure." The man's eyes crinkled up in an indication of a smile as he agreed.

"Okay, then let me paint a seal on you." She briefly explained what it would do and how to use it, and then painted it. Once finished, Naruko nervously looked up at the now-standing man, moving to stand beside Gaara.