Naruto frowned and closed his eyes in thought; ever since Jiraiya had given Kumo information on Akatsuki, the missions that the two Jinchurikki had taken were kept a secret from everyone except those with high levels of clearance. Very few people could have known not only that Yugito was on a mission but also where the mission took her, the only ones Naruto knew who had any clue about the missions undertaken were the Raikage and members of the shinobi council. This meant that there was a spy for Akatsuki in the council, since the Raikage was extremely loyal to his shinobi and would never sell one of them out, especially Yugito and his brother. This treachery did not surprise Naruto as much as it might have at one point in time, after all Suna had had a spy in the council through the use of a slave seal. It could be something like that or one or more of the councilors could have been bribed, there were a number of possibilities about why someone may be willing to sell out their Jinchurikki.
"Would you mind if I look through the information you have found?" Naruto asked as he finally turned to the person he was talking to.
A looked distinctly uncomfortable to acquiesce to Naruto's request, in truth the Raikage actually would not mind if the blond shinobi looked through the reports he had gotten; he both respected and trusted the young man, especially when it came to Yugito. However handing out classified information to a shinobi who belonged to a foreign village was extremely frowned upon, not just because of the political fallout he could get, but also because of how that information could be used against Kumo if the information got out to another village.
Naruto sensed A's hesitation, "look we both know that you have a traitor somewhere in your council. The only other people who knew where Yugito had gone were you and Bee, you would never betray one of your ninja and Bee is almost like a brother to Yugito so that leaves just one option…"
"Yes I do know that but we both know it's not that simple," A said in a gruff voice. In the end it came down to whether or not he felt that the safety of Yugito was more important than the political fallout he would receive if anyone found out about this. In the end the choice was no contest, "very well I will give you the information you need," A sighed as he came to a decision, his shinobi's lives were more important than what some scheming politician could do.
"Thank you," Naruto said as he turned back to Yugito.
A looked at the young man for a little while longer, before leaving to get go get the files for him.
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Jiraiya set down his empty dish of sake as he sat at a bar in a village just inside Ki No Kuni, grabbing the bottle next to him he filled another glass and drank. The Sennin had decided to stop here while he waited for his apprentice to finish spending time with one of the three beautiful women that came into his life, Jiraiya let out a small perverted giggle as he thought of all the women his prized pupil had. The kid was an absolute gold mine when it came to material for his books; he was almost finished with his next one thanks to Naruto. He was even thinking of making another one called Icha Icha Cat Tales, after the success of his other book that the white haired Sennin made based off of Naruto. He had a plan to write a book for each of the woman Naruto was with, the toad Sennin giggled perversely at the thought of his new books as well as the money they would make.
Jiraiya set his saucer down and was about to grab more sake when a toad hopped onto the bar top with a scroll in its hand, "it's from Naruto." the toad held out a scroll.
Jiraiya took the scroll from the toad that waited patiently for the Sennin to read it; unrolling it the Sennin began reading the contents. Jiraiya kept a mostly neutral expression when he read but if one looked closely enough they could see a small trace of worry in the Sennin's countenance. When he finished reading the scroll Jiraiya sighed, it seemed his apprentice always got into some kind of trouble no matter where he went. Jiraiya took out a blank scroll and started writing a letter to Tsunade, with the information Naruto gave it was clear that his prized pupil was going to be in Kumo for a few days. Finishing it he handed his scroll to the messenger toad, "give this to Tsunade and let her know Naruto and I will be a few days late."
The toad nodded and disappeared in a puff of smoke, when it left Jiraiya sighed as he ordered another bottle. Once it came he got up and left, determined to find some good female company while he waited for his student. A perverse giggle came to his lips, pretty ladies here I come.
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Yugito groaned as she felt her eyes flutter open, she frowned in thought as she found herself staring at a white ceiling; wondering where she was and how she got here. Her mind began to take in the information her senses were giving her, the smell of disinfectant that penetrated the area and the feel of the slightly lumpy bed she was under. As Yugito tried to figure out where she was through the thick haze of her mind, a voice spoke up.
'I'm glad to see your awake kitten.'
'Nibi? What's going on? All I remember was-' her eyes widened as she remembered her battle with Akatsuki. She tried to sit up only to fall back with a hiss as she felt a dull pain in her stomach.
'Easy Kitten,' Nibi said, 'you took a pretty rough beating, even I had a tough time healing you.'
'What happened? Where are we? And where is Naruto?' asked Yugito in a worried voice.
'Your handsome mate is fine. We were lucky kitten, it was because of him that you're still alive and I'm still with you. We're currently in the hospital where I've been trying to heal you for three days, we ended up using a lot of my chakra during that battle so it took a lot longer than expected to heal you. That handsome young man of yours managed to carry you here after he finished those two Akatsuki members off, it was a good thing he gave you that beautiful ring of yours ne? I have to admit I'm pretty jealous you have found quite the devoted man, he hasn't left your side since you two got here.'
'What do you mean?' as Yugito asked that she felt something squeeze the fingers of her left hand. Looking down she saw Naruto was sitting in a chair, his head was on the bed and his eyes were closed with his mouth slightly ajar showing he was fast asleep. Yugito could not hold in the smile that came to her face as she looked at the young man, lifting her unused hand Yugito ran it through Naruto's hair. The young blond man stirred a little but otherwise gave no other indication that he was waking up, eventually finding that she was still exhausted Yugito closed her eyes and went to sleep as well.
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