Naruto and the Kyuubi - Ch. 3

~*~* Tsunade - Emergency Room *~*~

'How did Naruto get the curse seal? The only one who could give this to him is Orochimaru. And he's dead... What if! No. It couldn't be. It's not possible, right? If it was, then all the villages would be...' Tsunade thought to herself. She was shaken by the possibility of the scenario in her mind might take place. Tsunade's worries were abruptly interrupted by another medical nin, calling to Tsunade.

"Tsunade-sama! Are you still there? You stopped operating on Naruto." the medical nin asked, with an expression that seemed to be worry behind her medical mask.

"I'm fine, than you. Please, continue working on Naruto. Will you be able to follow the instructions I will give you while I'm out on a sudden trip?" Tsunade asked the Medical Nin.

"Of course! It would be shameful if I couldn't, Tsunade-sama!" she replied.

"I leave it to you then!" Tsunade said.

She had used a jutsu then, to change her location from there, to another location, and she was replaced with a note, with the instrutions.

~*~* Shikamaru - The Path to the Rain Village *~*~

As Shikamaru was jumping from tree to tree, he had felt this was the most boring thing he had done in his life. Shikamaru was not like the majority of the people his age group. He always feels like he is always in some troublesome situation, and likes spending his time relaxing, or playing a strategic game like Go or Shogi. He had his life planned out. Shikamaru was traveling to his destination, and he was troubled to hear a group of footsteps. Shikamaru was also very good at analyzing his situation and finding the best way out of it.

Shikamaru could hear the group get closer, and decided to be safe about if and stay quiet and avoid them. What Shizune had told him at the Hokage Main Office annoyed him. 'That this was an A mission.' She had said at the time. Shikamaru knew that it was not wise to look at the group, as it could make sound and show indication to the alien group that he was there. If they were specialized assasination ninjas, he would be dead as soon as he was found. Shikamaru layed low and heard the footsteps pass him, and heard the footstep sounds gradually get softer, until they were no more.

Shikamaru sighed as he got up, then, out of nowhere, a kunai grazed against his arm, and he felt a sting. He diverted his attention to the kunai, and sweared to himself. The kunai had an explosive tag attached to it. Shikamaru decided his best option was to escape as fast as he could before it exploded. Shikamaru jumped up into the trees and ran as fast as he could, and the kunai exploded, missing Shikamaru entirely. Shikamaru was relieved, but lost that feeling when the alien group appeared and Shikamaru thought this had imminent death written all over it. Shikamaru then noticed the uniform of the group before him. It was a group of Medical Nins from Konoha!

"Shikamaru?" a voice came from within the group, and it was a voice recognized by Shikamaru.

"Sakura?"

~*~* Tsunade - Emergency Room *~*~

"The direction... It's unlike anything I've ever read!" a medical nin said as he passed the note on to another medical ninja.

"Hmm. All it says on here is to release the seal that Naruto has, located on his stomach. I don't see a seal" the next medical ninja said, putting the note down.

"Well, I don't know how to do this. I was never good at stuff like this. We're just two people, I hope you know how to do this. "

"I can do it. Move over." the medical nin said, moving to a better position.  Doing several seals and placing his hand over Naruto's stomach, revealed a seal.

"I wonder how the great Godaime knew about this."

"I don't want to know." the shinobi said, now doing another set of seals. He then, as if stabbing with his whole hand, slammed his hand onto Naruto's stomach.

"Woah, so, we're done now?"

"Yes. But Naruto probably won't survive." the shinobi said as he sneered. He teleported away from the area before the other shinobi could question his statement.

~*~*Konohagakure*~*~

Shizune sat at a small bench outside of the main office of the Hokage's, and sighed. She was done with her job for the day, but knew she may be called in at any time. She still had her job following her like the plague every minute of free time, and thought about the current position of Konohagakure as of now. 'We currently have a shortage on ninjas and have Morubu, Shiwagi, Neji, Rock Lee, Chouji, Lootsu, Konohamaru, Ino, Moegi, Udon, Maki, and Kakashi. Some of them are not as helpful as we need. The rest have been sent to different missions or have thier own problems as of now. Konohagakure is financially stable. Although Tsunade is not. Um... Th-' she was thinking, as she was cut off by a yell. She  turned her head, and saw Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon running away from an angry Ebisu. 'Ah, yes. I forgot Ebisu.' she said with a little smile.
'We are having a very big shortage of shinobis. What should we do? More and more children are not skilled enough or do not have the gift of chakra. Even if there is one way to get more shinobis, it would be unethical of me to reveal my idea. It shall not, ever, be revealed.'