"Kakashi-sensei," Sasuke called out as they traversed the tree tops while heading towards Nami no Kuni at top speed.

"Yes Sasuke?" came the questioning response from the experienced Jōnin as he didn't even turn his head to look at the boy.

"Why does Naruto get to ride a dragon?"

"Because it is HIS dragon," came the quick response from the Jōnin as he wondered to himself exactly WHERE the blond had managed to find himself a pet dragon… he thought they didn't even exist, but then again he thought that the bijū were the only demons that existed… until he met Naruto and felt the obviously demonic aura he possessed.

"But why does he get to sit on his ass while we run ours off?" the dark haired Uchiha asked, causing the cycloptic Jōnin to look at him blankly.

"If you want to try ordering him to run with us then feel free, but I value my life," was the simple reply, causing the young boy to accept the reason, he had forgotten just how psychotic his 'teammate' was… even if he wasn't as psychotic as that 'Pram' that they came across on their way to collect him for the mission.

Despite the sharp pace they were travelling at, Sasuke couldn't help but look up to the sky and watch the nearly twenty foot long dragon flying through the sky without a care in the world(1).

It actually made him jealous that the blond could command beings of such strength, it just went to further display the difference in their power… which already seemed too large to measure. The worst part for him however was thinking what would happen if the demon met his brother… who would win if they fought each other… then again, would they even fight each other? It was one of those things Sasuke couldn't help but grow nervous about, would the blond find Itachi more worth his time than Konoha?

Quickly snapping himself out of his musing, the young Uchiha decided to just continue running like he had since they left Konoha.

"Uh, Kakashi-sensei?" came a rather meek call from behind the other two as Hinata decided to ask a question she had been thinking about ever since the group left the village.

"(sigh) what is it Hinata?" the Cyclops responded in exasperation as he began to wonder what god had decided to put him with a spoilt brat, a spineless clan heir and a psychotic demon prince.

"W-well, team 8 has Sakura-chan in it doesn't it?" the lavender eyed girl asked for confirmation.

"I don't know, I didn't even pay attention to who was in MY team when we were assigned them," the Jōnin stated bluntly, earning blank stares off his two human students.

"W-well, if S-Sakura-chan is in team 8 then we can't let Naruto-san see her," came the young girls statement causing the older man to look at her with a raised eyebrow.

"And why is that?" came Kakashi's simply question as the group began to near the sea that separated Nami from the mainland.

"The last time he saw her he blew up a training field… something about him being scared of pink hair," Sasuke told the white haired man causing a sweatdrop to make itself known on the older man's forehead.

"Do you honestly expect me to believe a story like that?"

"Not really, I find it hard to believe myself but you know what being around 'him' is like," the raven haired genin said while motioning towards the dragon with his head.

"Yeah… that's a good point however I'm sure Hokage-sama would've thought about something like that before sending us," the one eyed ninja said calmly as the humans came to halt at the beach, their eyes darting around to find any trace of a boat that could be used to get into the country.

"Are you forgetting that he choose us out of desperation because there were no other available teams?" the dark eyed boy asked the Jōnin blankly, earning a sweatdrop from the older nin.

"Sasuke… I am trying to enter denial, please stop trying to stop me," the statement earned several sweatdrops from the rest of the team, even the dragon that had literally landed just a few feet away now that the others couldn't go any further.

"Pfft, so what do you plan on doing Kakashi?" came a rather arrogant voice from the same direction as the dragon, revealing the blond demon standing in his typical attire with his hands behind his head in a lazy fashion.

"I'm planning on procuring a boat so we can all cross to Nami," Kakashi stated calmly earning an understanding nod from the blond while his face was held in an expression that Kakashi had grown used to seeing. This particular expression meant 'there is something I've not told you' and considering the timing of it he could easily conclude what the boy wasn't telling him, "you have a boat don't you?"

"Yes, why?" the standard response that told the man the boy had no intention of letting them use what was his.

"Naruto, please can we use your boat for this one trip? We really are in a hurry here and using your boat could save us a lot of time and effort," Kakashi asked the boy earning a blank stare off the demonic child before he rolled his eyes and pulled out a strange blue object that he lazily dropped to the floor before a flash of light blinded the humans that looked at it.

"You called master?" came another voice everyone was familiar with as they opened their eyes to see the redheaded form that most of Konoha now knew belonged to the legendary Kyūbi no Kitsune.

"They want to use one of my boats," the statement was said calmly as the boy pointed at the human members of the group.

"I see… well there are four of you excluding Sal, so…" Kyūbi started only to be interrupted by the blond.

"Just bring out the damn war galleon!" almost immediately the vixen proceeded to pull out what the humans had come to recognise as a dimensional storage unit before releasing a massive boat, easily capable of carrying a hundred men and have room to spare.

They would've questioned the blonds decision if they weren't familiar with demonic objects, knowing how they tended to work they were expecting it to run on its own… they were disappointed.

"PRINNIES!"

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Team 8 couldn't believe their luck as they waited in a large house situated above the sea via stilts. They had requested a C-rank to test their progress but then things took a turn for the worse.

Not far from the village they had been assaulted by a duo of Chūnin rank nuke-nin from Kiri, they had been pushovers and the group of genin had been more than capable of destroying them without the aid of their sensei.

After that they had discovered the problems that Nami no Kuni was a facing and despite their sensei's original decision to turn back Kiba and Shino had managed to convince her to change her mind and help the country in need.

It was only after reaching the shore of Nami that they had encountered their first true obstacle, another Kiri nuke-nin by the name of Momochi Zabuza. Unlike the Chūnin they had faced before this one proved to actually be a genuine danger to the group, his abilities making him almost an even match for their sensei even after she started placing genjutsu on his ears and nose in an attempt to take him out.

In the end she had managed to put him in a situation where she had been capable of finishing him off until a hunter-nin had arrived and put him in a false death state under the pretences of taking him back to Kiri for questioning.

However she knew that even with Zabuza out of the equation her team would struggle with whoever was hired next, after all, the enemy may prefer to spend less on his aid but that didn't mean he couldn't afford the best around if he wanted to.

It was for this reason that Yūhi Kurenai, the Jōnin sensei of team 8 had decided to send out a request for back up, she just hoped whoever the Hokage sent would be strong enough to help her deal with whatever threats lay ahead.

"Alright team, hopefully our backup should arrive soon, until then we'll have to put all our focus on guarding Tazuna and the bridge workers, if everything works right our support will arrive before anymore confrontations can happen, do you all understand?" she explained to her team consisting of a young boy with dark hair and a puppy on his head called Inuzuka Kiba, another boy wearing a large beige coat and sunglasses called Aburame Shino and last but certainly not least, one of the few people with the feature Naruto fears unconditionally, Haruno Sakura.

The group was broken out of its meeting by several knocks on the door made in a pattern made standard for all Anbu operatives so they could tell when it was one of their own trying to enter a room.

"Sakura, please go get the door, our support has arrived," the immediate sigh of relief the older woman gave was easily noticeable by everyone in the room, then again she had expected her support to arrive later mainly due to issues with passing the ocean separating the island from the mainland.

"Alright Kurenai-sensei," came the almost nervous acknowledgement from the pink haired genin before she moved towards the front of the house to open the door.

"Hello, team 7 reporting for duty," came the calm call from a certain one eyed Jōnin before the young girls face took on an expression known to all as undiluted fear.

Quickly performing a Kawarimi with a random log located in the forest surrounding the house she let out a sigh of relief upon realising that she had been quick enough… to avoid the explosion.

Everyone else except Naruto looked on in horror upon seeing half the house obliterated by the spiky haired blond, as Kyūbi let out an annoyed sigh at her masters reaction. Had she known that that girl had been there she would've distracted him some way to give the girl a chance to cover her hair.

"I'm sorry about the damage, don't worry I'll get it fixed," came her almost standard statement towards the residents as team 8 stared at the group in shock, sure they knew that Naruto did that whenever he saw Sakura but they thought the Hokage would've had enough sense to NOT send him on a mission like this.

"So you weren't joking when you said he blew up a training field the last time he saw her," the Cyclops said blankly as his eyes followed the blue penguin like creatures that had become a common sight within Konoha recently.

Tazuna and his family looked on in confusion as they saw an army of blue peg legged penguins appear out of nowhere and start repairing the damage done by the sudden explosion, his mind idly going over the thought of how much quicker work on the bridge would be if he managed to get them to work for him.

"Excuse me, what are you and can I hire you?" the old drunk suddenly asked one of the prinnies that was currently wearing a yellow hardhat.

"Huh? we're prinnies dood, and do you have any HL dood?" the one that was obviously taking the role of foreman responded in the typical prinny fashion, greatly confusing the old man in the process.

"What's HL? What's a prinny and what do you mean by dood?" came his questions, obviously unfamiliar with the blue stuffed penguins.

"Prinnies are the souls of the dead sewn into stuffed penguins and forced to work off the sins they committed in life, HL is the standard currency of the universe though this world doesn't seem to use it and dood is just a verbal tic all prinnies have," Kyūbi informed the man as she walked past team 7 with a young black haired girl wearing a red dress.

Everyone except Naruto stared at the dark haired girl before Kyūbi decided to explain, "this is Sakura, I dyed her hair so master won't keep trying to kill her."

The looks of understanding that came over the genin's faces confused the adults before a simple demand rocked their ears.

"PRINNIES! I'M HUNGRY!"

in the last chapter it was standing on its hind legs, so it's tail (which is nearly as long as it's body) wasn't included in its height.

Now as I said before this story will not be updated, it may be rewritten at some point however that is dependent largely on a poll I set up on my proper profile.