Summary: "Every village has secrets, every village has something in it's past that's better left buried. A bloody slash in its history that speaks of demons and monsters gnashing fangs and ready to devour all in their way. That is what is means to be Chirura." With the Akatsuki making their moves, Tsunade calls in a favor she never though she'd have to use. Enter Noroi Aisa, rumored demon-spawn from Konoha's dark past. But there's always more then meets the eye and Aisa has her own secrets. Kakashi/OC

Kyandi: Hello everyone! For those of you who don't know me, I am Kyandi-sama! And this is my wonderful OC, Noroi Aisa.

Aisa: Yo.

Kyandi: I've been meaning to work on a Naruto story forever and only recently got to it. Developing OCs takes some time for me.

Aisa: Because you like to concern yourself with the little details that will probably never even get mentioned.

Kyandi: Its the RP-er in me. I can't help myself.

Aisa: If you say so.

Kyandi: I do! The whole point of that comment was to point out that I finally got to making this story and I hope everyone enjoys it! So please, review and enjoy. And while I do like constructive criticism, please don't out right flame me.

Aisa: Kyandi-sama does not own Naruto.

Chapter 1 Calling In A Favor

The mission to Tenchi Bridge had not gone as planned. Then again it had pretty much been decided, before hand, that it was a trap. Not that Naruto and Sakura listened. They had one thing on their minds and that was Sasuke.

Naruto knew what he had been expecting to find and he hadn't found it. He had wanted to drag Sasuke home then and there, but Sasuke wasn't having it. He had always been just as stubborn as Naruto. Then there had been the whole Sai-being-ordered-to-kill-Sasuke thing. Not that Naruto and Sakura hadn't forgiven Sai after the boy changed his mind and his opinion. The whole point was that the mission was all but a failure.

They hadn't achieved what they had sent out to do; bring Sasuke home.

"I see. Well?"

Tsunade looked at the four standing before, all four with straight, if not solemn, faces. But there was something else there too. Something that Tsunade was glad to still see in their faces, despite the failed mission.

Determination.

"We're not giving up!" Naruto declared.

Though they were silent, the looks in Sakura's and Sai's eyes said that they agreed with him. Yamato simply smiled at seeing the determination in the three young shinobis' eyes. Tsunade laughed lowly to herself when she saw the look. She had been certain that they wouldn't give up. Naruto least of all. "Well then I guess I should tell you about your next mission." she told them.

No matter what happened, Naruto would get stronger and would, someday, bring Sasuke home. Even if he had to do it with Sasuke kicking and screaming. Not that the young Uchiha would do such a thing. He had more pride then that. Of course this brought Naruto back to thoughts of Sasuke and what the other boy had told them when they had appeared at Orochimaru's hide out to try to get him back. For the next day or two that was all Naruto could think about. It only strengthened his resolve to get Sasuke back all the more. Naruto let the thoughts run through his head as he wait for Sakura to meet him.

Today they were going to go visit Kakashi in the hospital, see how the white haired shinobi was doing.

"Naruto!"

Naruto looked up as his name was called. He was surprised to see, not only Sakura, but Sai just behind her.

"What's up, Sai's coming too?" Naruto asked.

"I ran into him in the book room." Sakura replied.

Naruto wasn't too happy about that, complaining and whining as was usual.

"What the...my plan for the two of us to walk together as a date is ruined!" he proclaimed.

"Even if we had that kind of spare time, we'd be studying ninjutsu!" Sakura retorted.

"Not studying. You two can sure go on painful things." Naruto whined.

"It's not just for your body. You should train your mind a little too." Sakura told him.

Sai stood off to the side, watching the two friends. He was more focused on the fact that Sakura never addressed Naruto formally as his books said one should do. He wanted to try it.

"Na...Naruto. Sakura. I wonder if I can also join your discussion." he said, almost sheepishly as he scratched a cheek.

Naruto and Sakura just stared at him, neither voicing their thoughts as they stared at him.

"Ah, never mind! I read in a book...How To Open One's Heart To Someone Else and it said how to use just their last names and to call people by their nicknames, and even pet names. By doing that, an affinity is made and soon people become friends." Sai told them.

For a moment the two just stared at him, making Sai concerned that he might have said something wrong. A wide grin from Naruto showed that he, at least, didn't mind it.

"Sai, don't worry about that stuff." Naruto told him.

"Did you read that in the book room?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah." Sai replied.

"And, I was thinking about nicknames for you two. I thought it through and for the time being by not using -san or -kun..." Sai trailed off.

Sakura smiled as she watched the dark haired boy. It was clear that he had put a lot of thought into it. He was clearly trying to be friends with them.

"Even if you don't think about it, it'll come naturally to you!" Naruto assured Sai with his usual, wide grin.

"It's okay to call to people by their nicknames or pet names based on their characteristics. For example, take Naruto for instance. Idiot Naruto, for example." Sakura said, basically making a joke at Naruto's expense.

"Sakura, you went too far." Naruto complained.

Sai thought this through, intently at that. Sakura was glad to see that he was becoming closer to them and it made her happy to see him warming up to them. Then Sai spoke again.

"Thank you, I understood everything...Hag."

Apparently he hadn't. Sakura instantly went for the boy, only Naruto standing between them, keeping the dark haired boy from getting hurt. In the end both Sai and Naruto ended up with bruises on their cheeks from Sakura. Both rubbing at them as they finally reached Kakashi's hospital room and stood before the white haired shinobi.

"So you're the new member of the team. Sai, was it? Nice to meet you." Kakashi said, book held in his hands as he looked at Sai.

"Sir." Sai greeted.

"Hey Sakura, come here." Kakashi said, gesturing his only female student to his side. Sakura, curious, answered his beckoning, leaning down for Kakashi to speak in a whisper.

"Those two are wounded...you guys even fight? It's early for a fight. I can imagine Naruto doing it but..."

Sakura waved off Kakashi's concern.

"N-no, nothing happened really. Everyone gets along fine!" Sakura assured him. "Ah...is that so...that's good then." Kakashi remarked.

Sakura gave her sensei a smile before turning to Naruto.

"Naruto." she said.

Naruto gave her a nod before turning to Kakashi himself.

"Kakashi-sensei, for our mission this time..." Naruto started, but just like Sakura had cut off Kakashi, Kakashi cut off Naruto.

"I already heard it all from Yamato. Even about Sasuke." Kakashi remarked, still looking down at his book.

"We don't have time anymore. At this rate...he has little time. Plus my strength now wasn't enough to get Sasuke back. Sasuke's getting too strong." Naruto said, basically gritting his teeth as he did.

"Well if that's the case, you can get stronger than that." Kakashi said, idly almost.

Naruto looked up at his sensei in surprise.

"I saw with my eyes the speed at which he had gotten stronger. It wasn't normal. I heard from Lady Tsunade during my training, there's a possibility he used a forbidden jutsu or had taken special drugs. That Kabuto is with them too so..How that guy'd do experiments on people...I can't find in this book." Sakura said, her grip on the book in her hand, tightening.

"So all we can do on this side is get stronger." Kakashi replied.

"But how?" Sakura demanded.

"Do you think all I've done is sleep and not thought of anything? I've been thinking and it hit me. But, this method involves Naruto. To better put it...this can only be done by Naruto. During that training Naruto, this could mean you...might surpass me." Kakashi replied, looking up at Naruto as he spoke.

"Surpass you, sensei?" Naruto said, in almost disbelief.

"Right." Kakashi confirmed.

"During this training, I'll be with you the whole time. Also it's going to be quiet different from any training you've had so far." Kakashi told him.

"Wh-what'll we be doing?" Naruto asked.

"You'll develop an ultimate ninjutsu to call your own." Kakashi replied, much to Naruto's surprise.

"In other words, we're going to have you acquire a new ninjutsu greater than even Rasengan. However, in order to acquire such power, one must spend an equally massive amount of time and effort to do so. It's not like you're going to get stronger overnight, like the main character of some novel. And this is completely different from learning something like Rasengan, a jutsu previously thought of and one that is acquired through close instruction." Kakashi explained.

"A massive amount of time...we just told you, we don't have any more time left! Sasuke's going to..."

Kakashi cut off Naruto once more.

"Yeah but I thought of a way to do it all in a short period of time."

Once again Naruto was surprised. Though after knowing Kakashi for the couple of years he had, he really shouldn't have been so surprised.

"H...How's that?" Naruto asked.

"Well, you see..."

Kakashi was cut off as the door to his hospital room was suddenly opened showing Asuma, Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru.

"Asuma-sensei, you're supposed to knock first, you know!?" Ino scolded, Choji adding a, "Hello" from behind her.

"How's the body doing, Kakashi?" Asuma asked, ignoring the scolding of his only female student.

With new arrivals the topic soon was changed, though Naruto would find out what Kakashi had planned. Sooner or later.

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"Good job on the report."

Tsunade leaned back in her chair as she peered across her desk at the Anbu operative knelled on the other side. He had just given her his report, providing her with information on the movements of the Akatsuki. Information that troubled her.

"I'll be going then." the man said before vanishing from the room, leaving Tsunade alone with Shizune.

"Akatsuki on the move for real this time...it's only a matter of time before they pay a visit to the area around Konoha." Shizune remarked.

"Granted, this is becoming quite the problem, but it's also a chance for us to take care of them. It's about time we stop messing around." Tsunade replied.

She fell silent for a moment, thinking, weighing her options carefully in her head before she pulled a blank scroll from her desk drawer and wrote a quick letter, sealing it with a special jutsu that only one other person knew how to undo when she was done. The whole time she had a serious look on her face. Once done, she handed it to Shizune.

"See to it that this is sent at once." Tsunade told her.

Shizune told the scroll, looking down at the name on it. Shizune balked when she read the name and looked back up at Tsunade. Her face was slowly losing all of it's coloring.

"Are you sure, my Lady? Do you really want to call this shinobi in? I understand that it would be beneficial to have a shinobi with this one's particular...strength, around, but to call this favor in now?" Shizune asked.

"I was hoping never to have to call on this favor, to never have to bring that shinobi to our village, but at this point in time...that may be exactly what we need. Make sure it's sent now, Shizune, and bring it to me instantly if there is any reply." Tsunade ordered.

Shizune nodded and left, leaving the Hokage alone. Tsunade wasn't sure this was the right thing to do, considering the person she was calling, but she needed more help and this was just the person to offer that help. The question now was...would this shinobi agree and come? And would they be accepted into the very same village that had once shunned their clan, decades ago?

Several questions and only time would answer them.

END

Kyandi: It's a short chapter, I'm sorry, but I have another on the way.

Aisa: Kyandi-sama always likes to put up at least two chapters when she first starts a story.

Kyandi: I do. And for those of you who read my other stories, no fear. I am working on them, but I must go where my muse takes me, or else it dies on me. I will work on my other stories, I promise!

Aisa: If you don't read her other works, she would suggest you check them out.

Kyandi: I wouldn't out right suggest that!

Aisa: But I am but an alter ego of yourself and if I would suggest a thing, then in a round about way...so would you.

Kyandi:...I...That's...Okay, so you got me with that one.

Aisa: And that, dear people, is how you beat Kyandi-sama with Kyandi Sense.

Kyandi: Don't give them any ideas! Please, everyone enjoy and review!

Aisa: We will be back shortly.

Kyandi: Bye!