So ... I know that it took a long time to get this new Kappi ... and I apologize very much! But still I hope that you will read my ff again ... ya your characters are there too ^^
Have fun reading it!





[...]until the next morning came[...]




Sakura = a 'little' genius!

The sun spread its rays over the whole forest. But only a few of the rays reached the muddy and damp ground of the forest, as they were blocked by dense treetops.
But as I said, some rays fell to the ground in the forest ... and a ray fell directly on the sleeping boy. The warmth tickled his cheek, which had fox-like lines. He stirred a little to escape the beam, but it was no use. Several rays fell on his peaceful face as if he were a special magnet for sun rays. Slowly he opened his eyes. His eyes were far too fuzzy to see anything else. He carefully closed his eyes again and made the second attempt to open his eyes.His eyes had already become a bit sharper and he could see that someone ... or something was standing in front of him, but who? ... he couldn't see that at all.
"Naruto.", He heard a voice ... a low voice that kept in his head over and over again.
He closed his eyes again and tried to open them again. Again he recognized something more.
"Naruto!" He heard the same voice. The voice played like an echo in his thoughts.
He now the Kyubi wearer raised his hands and carefully rubbed his eyes.
"Naruto !!" called the lovely sweet voice again.
He took his hands away from his eyes and only now could see everything very clearly.
"Naruto! Are you finally waking up?", Said the impatient voice of Sakura.
It took Naruto a little longer for everything to make sense. He jumped up quickly and blushed like a tomato. In front of him stood Sakura, ready and waiting, and Sai, this time with his eyes on Naruto.
"Uh ... what is it?" Asked Naruto, ashamed to stand in front of Sakura asleep."Are you coming? We are all already awake and want to go on.", Haruno explained. NAruto hesitated again and was red as fire again.
"Of course I am!" He shouted, scratching the back of his head. Only then did he notice everyone else standing behind Sakura and Sai and how they were waiting impatiently. Naruto turned redder than a tomato could ever be.
Especially when he saw Hinata giggle, he wanted to sink into the ground.
"Let's go then. The sun hasn't risen completely and maybe we can make it to Oto as long as the sun hasn't risen," said Sakura.
Naruto looked into her emerald green eyes. He could see exactly how much she worried and how quickly she wanted to move on. So he didn't hesitate for a minute.
"Good idea! Come on! We can't waste a second!" He replied and walked ahead.
Sakura and Sai watched him go.
"Oh man. Always full of power, the boy." Sai whispered and Sakura smiled. That was justherNaruto!From tree to tree, from branch to branch, step by step, the freedom fighters of Konoha and Suna-Gakure jumped over the treetops towards the sun.
Naruto, of course, led the gang. Behind the blonde followed Sakura, Sai ... then Neji, Lee, Hinata and all the rest. Nobody was talking. Everyone concentrated on the area. Neji had already warned to watch out here, as they were already close to Oto-Gakure and probably traps were set up here. But so far nothing had happened ... and it stayed that way the whole time.

Only when the sun was high in the sky did the ninjas arrive at their destination.
There they all stood and stared at the small, peaceful-looking placeOto-Gakure.
"Well then. Our plan worked. We are here on time!" Said Lee and broke the silence in the group.
"Good, but how do we get to Orochimaru? Or this Sasuke?", Ayana also spoke once.
Nobody spoke ...
"We don't know yet ...", Naruto said and pulled a Konoha headband out of his pocket.The Konoha was crossed out. It was Sasuke's headband. Naruto stared at it, spellbound.
"What is that?" Sai asked curiously. Naruto raised his head and looked into Sai's black eyes.
He hesitated a few moments before answering the Chuu-nin.
"This is Sasuke's headband.", He replied monotonously and looked back at the invalid headband.
"Sasuke's?", Kanedo asked curiously.
"Emm ... why?" Naruto asked tensely.
Kanedo smiled at him and put his hand in his right pocket. Then carefully he lifted something out.
At first Naruto couldn't quite see it, but it wasn't until Kanedo opened his hand completely that he recognized it. A cat!
Sakura looked over Naruto's shoulder.
"Oh cute!" She enthused. The cat was a little small, but really cute.
She seemed sleepy. She itched her nose and then looked around full of ninjas. She hesitated slightly and only then made her first sound:Miau!"Really cute!" Jia began to rave about.
Kanedo looked up at Naruto and took the invalid headband from his hand. Then he held it up in front of the cat. At first the cat just looked at the headband in astonishment.
"Come on Kinamara!" Ordered Kanedo.
"Is her name Kinamara?" Asked Hinata. Kanedo seemed concentrated and didn't want to answer at first, but since it was Hinata ...
"Yes," he said and smiled at Hinata. Hinata had a smile on her face too, but she still blushed slightly.
But suddenly Kinamara moved and sniffed the headband in front of her.
"What are you going to do?" Asked Naruto, watching carefully what was happening.
"I thought maybe Kinamara could bring us to him through the smell of Sasuke ...", Kanedo answered shortly.
"But with a cat?" Asked Gaara.
"And it's been years since I had the headband ... can't it be that its smell has already changed?", Naruto also asked.
Kanedo glared up at them.
"It was just an idea!", He defended himself and handed Naruto the headband again.Then he stuffed the little puss in his pants pocket again.
"Then to planB!" Lee shouted, trying to motivate the group again, but it didn't quite seem to work.
They stood for a while and did not move. Everyone was deep in thought. Especially Naruto and Sakura. Now they were already in Oto-Gakure, but did not come to Orochimaru ...
"Got it!", Sakura shouted and beamed. Everyone looked at her curiously.
"What is it, Saku?", Naruto asked eagerly.
"Isn't it the case that Orochimaru is interested in the Kyubi and wants to catch it so that he can hand it over to the Akatsuki?", Sakura asked Naruto and hoped that Naruto understood her plan.
-ticktackticktack-
"Emm ... so what?", Naruto asked blankly and rocked back and forth. Sakura looked at him expectantly, but Naruto remained silent.
"And isn't it that we want to go to Orochimaru?", The pink-haired woman asked and hopednowto bring Naruto to his senses.
-ticktackticktack-
"Yes ... and?" The blonde asked again.Sakura scowled at him.
"And don't you happen to be the kyubi bearer?", Sakura asked a little angry, about the fact that Naruto really didn't understand anything.
-ticktackticktack-
"Yes, that's me, but Saku, we don't have time for such puzzles. You know that we want to go to Orochimaru because there might be Sasuke.", He instructed Sakura.
Sakura looked at him confused.
-ticktackticktack-
"Achsoooooo !!! You mean that I should catch myself from Orochimaru's people so that I can get to Orochimaru, and theoretically from Sasuke !!!", a light went on on the blonde.
Sakura grinned at him. The others had understood the plan too.
"Almost right!" Interjected Haruno.
Naruto looked at her confused.
-10 minutes later-

So the blonde Konoha-Chuunin was walking through the strange streets of Oto-Gakure. He took slow steps. It all seemed too strange to him. The houses appeared to be empty, but most of them had probably been burned down or just abandoned.Some doors squeaked from the wind moving them slowly. The squeak sounded like crying. As if the doors reflected what happened once in the house and played everything back again.
Although the sun was in the sky, it was quite dark between most of the alleys. The ninja's blond head stuck out clearly.
° it's so quiet here. Just unfamiliar, considering that everything is always full in Konoha ... °, thoughtNaruto.
Because in reality that person was there Sakura.

Sakura's plan was for the kyubi bearer to stroll through the streets of Oto and for someone to find him soon and drag him to Orochimaru. The catch was that it was by no means therealKyubi bearer.
The risk of sending the right kyubi carrier off was far too high, so Sakura had transformed into Naruto and taken on the task. Of course there were firstargumentsbetween the ninjas.
Lee, Sai and Naruto definitely didn't wantSakurato pretend to be Naruto.There was no way they wanted anything to happen to Sakura. But Sakura had got the upper hand in the argument by threatening not to speak to any of the boys again.
Sai, Lee and Naruto would certainly not have endured this. It wasSai, LeeandNaruto. (XD)

Sakura asNarutoso continued walking through the streets. She could hear her own breath. It was just too quiet. She was starting to get scared. Would her plan work out? And then? If she's with Orochimaru ... then what? Well, she couldn't do anything against the lousy snake on her own ... But that's exactly why she could trust her friends. Because all the others were hiding in one of these houses and were just waiting for someone to get Sakura (ieNaruto).

Sakura arrived at a fork in the road. She stopped. Where along? To the right? ... to the left?
But suddenly she felt a strong chakra creeping up on her.
"If the time is not lucky! The Kyubi bearerhappened toin Oto-Gakure.How about if we accompany him? ", asked a dark voice that gave Sakura goose bumps.
"Very good idea. And maybe we'll go to our good friendOrochimaruand visit him with the kyubi bearer!", Said a slightly different, but equally dark and cold voice.
° Bingo! My plan seems to be working! °, thought Sakura, but