It's been nearly five days since the attack on the Leaf Village, and they were still recovering. A shadow had fallen over the village, as the secret that had been hidden for so long had been revealed to all. The boy who most of the village had seen as the nine tail fox since birth has been treated as trash and abused was now revealed to be the son of the one who sealed the demon inside the boy. The very same child whose state of mind reflected the effect of the seal. Many years of abuse caused by the very village that his father had died to protect, had caused the seal to give the demon fox more power then it had before.

Since then the news of the seal had spread throughout the countries as the Lords of the different countries started heading back to their lands. Many of them and would be looking elsewhere for missions from now on. Seeing how the Leaf Village created a time bomb with the most powerful of the tail beasts getting stronger and just waiting to be let lose from its seal. Many of the friends Naruto had made outside of Konoha while on missions were also outraged when they heard about what the village did to their friend, especially the two princesses that had befriend him.

Spring Country after the Princess and Actress Yuki changed its name from Snow Country after the seasons became into normal regulation, who was saved by Naruto. She had been outraged by how Kohona had treated Naruto and any further missions she wanted to have done on her behalf were given to other hidden villages. She even tore up her contract involving herself in the Icha Icha Paradise Movie saying Kohona could find some cheap whore to take her place. Jiraiya had fainted disbelieving when he read the letter she had sent him. The hapless Super Pervert was sent to the Hospital for three days suffering a brief heart attack at missing out in having a lovely actress and Princess of all things to star in his movie. (1)

Then there was the princess of the Land of Vegetables, Haruna. She had lost her childhood too as she had been kept as a hostage from much of her childhood, isolated and under constant surveillance. Her father had done in order to secure the welfare of the Land of Vegetables. He later came to regret sacrificing Haruna for this purpose. As a result of her isolation and sense of betrayal, Haruna came to see sacrifice as inevitable, and believed that even if many of her subjects were sacrificed, her safety was all that mattered for her country.

In time, three ninjas staged a coup in the Land of Vegetables, forcing Haruna to flee the country, and she hoped to gain international sympathy in an attempt to reclaim her throne. She traveled with her two bodyguards, Kikujou and Yurinojou, posing as part of the caravan to avoid being targeted, and took the role of her bodyguards' sickly male cousin Shun in order to avoid people questioning her identity. Naruto, Hinata and Sakura were hired under the pretense of helping the peddlers move their wares in a D-ranked mission since Niamh was giving them a break from her training for awhile. However, they learned the true purpose of the mission after Kikujou's death in battle.

Despite their anger over being misinformed, and them and the peddlers being put at risk for the princess' sake, Naruto's group agreed to protect the princess, sending the peddlers away to safety and defeating the first of the ninja. Haruna refused to rely on them, even going so far as to knock Hinata unconscious to escape alone, despite Hinata's attempts to convince her that Naruto also suffered from loneliness.

Naruto eventually caught up with Haruna after Hinata's battle with Jiga, the second conspirator. Although Haruna was unwilling to accept Naruto's arguments, she was shocked to learn that Hinata was badly injured while fighting the second conspirator. When Renga, the third conspirator, attacked after capturing the princess's other protectors, Haruna learned that her father had regretted giving up Haruna as a hostage, and begged the conspirators to treat the people well. Haruna's ideals changed, and she even used herself as a shield to try to protect Naruto from Renga's attacks. After Naruto's victory, she succeeded her father as ruler of the Land of Vegetables, apologizing at Kikujou's grave. She asked Naruto to stay and help her, but Naruto politely declined, due to his want to learn much from Niamh.

Haruna had heard about the female soldier from across the sea and knew that Naruto wouldn't stay with her till he finished his training under her. After hearing what had happened to Naruto and how like her he was never given a choice in his life; Haruna flew into a rage. She had all trade shipping to the Leaf Village cut off. Both she and Yuki would welcome him into their countries once he left the village for good.

Inside Ino's family flower shop Sakura was buying some flowers. "You know Sakura, the pink rose suits you way better then that blue one," said Ino with a smirk.

Sakura looked up, "No… they're not for me… these are for Naruto." She tried to smiled but couldn't.

Ino's smirk disappeared. "How is he?" she asked.

"I don't know… Niamh didn't really tell me anything…" Sakura said. "After she had Tsunade look over him she's been watching over him not letting anyone enter his room without her."

"Well he did get thrown into the side of that building and learned about his past… maybe he just needs time to get over the shock. I mean he isn't really physically hurt is he?" Ino ask.

"No…" said Sakura as she looked at the blue rose she was holding. "But I don't he was ever really hurt on the outside…"

Ino just watched her then looked down. "The village did mistreat him…" she said sadly. "Even me… I always thought he was just an idiot… I never really thought about getting to know him."

"If it wasn't for Niamh I would have never started to see him in a new light," Sakura said. "I just wish that I would have done that when I had the chance."

"How's Hinata?" Ino ask.

"She's angry at her father for engaging her to Naruto just to try to make him happy. Now Naruto thinks she's only engaged to him as a trick," Sakura said.

"What does Niamh think?" Ino ask.

"She knows that Hinata wouldn't have gone with the idea if she knew the real reason but Naruto… How can he ever trust anyone in this village after being deceived for so long," Sakura said.

In the Hokage Tower –

Niamh stepped into the room; her hand placed on her gun as she enters glaring at everyone. She left Hunter with Naruto to watch over him with both of their radios turned on just incase. She spotted the Fire Lord in the room as he was staying in the village to make sure he knew everything that the village has been keeping secret.

"I'm glad to see you Ms. Niamh," the Fire Lord said.

"I wouldn't have come if you weren't the one who asked, Fire Lord," Niamh said before turning back to the Leaf elders. "So out with it; what do you guys want?"

"Yes I want to hear as well," the Fire Lord said. "After all, the first Hokage signed the agreement with my grandfather that all important matters dealing with the village would be known to the Fire Lords, which this village has clearly failed to do."

"What do you have to ask me?" Niamh ask the third Hokage.

"When Naruto wakes up we need you to keep him calm," the Hokage said.

"Since you have betrayed his trust and on all levels," Niamh said. "Just to let you know I'm not going to talk him out of getting his revenge. The only reason he's like this is because of this village."

"At least keep your weapons away from him," one of the members said.

"No," Niamh said. "I'm not going to turn my back on him. Naruto is Naruto. If you don't like how he is then you people shouldn't have treated him this way."

"How is he?" Ino's father asks.

"I'm not telling you anything," Niamh said. "Besides I had Tsunade patch him up so you can ask her."

"Yeah at gun point," Tsunade said from her corner in the room. Niamh had her gun pointed at her skull when she was healing Naruto and had a bomb strapped to her back. She wasn't about to try and disarm a bomb that she had no idea of how it works.

"I'm making sure nothing happens to Naruto," Niamh said.

"Ms. Niamh I would like to talk to you later just the two of us," the Fire Lord said.

"Alright," Niamh said turning to leave.

"Wait we're not done yet," one of the members said.

"I am," Niamh said disappearing.

"So it comes to this," the Fire Lord said standing up leaving the room. "Thanks to this village I have lost a lot of respect from the other nobles and lords. A lot of them are starting putting trading bans on the Land of Fire. I'm going to be cutting your budget to make up the loss."

"Just what we need," one of the members said.

"This is going run us into the red counting how much it's going to cost us to rebuild the village," another said.

"Tsunade what about Minato?" the Hokage ask.

"From what I can tell he's completely human now," Tsunade said. "Whatever Butcher did with the jutsu brought him back to life. Unfortunately, he won't be much good at calming down Naruto once he wakes up. Naruto blames him as much as he does Kushina for what happened."

"There's little that we can do then," the Hokage said. "There's no one in this village that Naruto will trust anymore with everything he learned."

"You got that right old man," Minato said appearing in the room. "Thanks to you Naruto can't trust anyone from the Leaf. He won't let anyone get close to him anymore, and with Butcher unlocking the fox' chakra; Naruto now can use its power."

"Is the Butcher dead?" one of the members asked.

"No he isn't, he doesn't die that easily," Minato said. "He's the one who told me how I'm alive now."

"What?" one of the members shouted out.

"The Leaf nin who was used to summon my soul back to the living world is now dead in exchange to bring me back to life. Butcher showed up in my room sometime ago to tell me this. He wants me alive to see what I have done to my son. And don't any of you think about having me fight Naruto, I won't make the same mistake twice in trusting this village. Besides, before he released me from his control, Butcher told me that I can't harm Naruto and I must follow his last order," Minato said. "That means this village will have to deal with the problem they caused on their own."

In Niamh's fort –

The fort showed signs of battle as many Sound and Sand nins tried to take the fort but were beaten back by Maki, Ran and Meow who had stayed to protect their home. They set in the living room of the main building joined by Zabuza, the Demon brothers, Zan and Zaki and Haku who had somehow befriend Niamh. They had been given guns from Niamh during the invasion and had help in fighting off the Sand and Sound nins as they searched for Naruto. But they ended up caught up in fighting the invading nins to help in finding Naruto but help the others to find him as they kept the enemy nins busy. The two Sound nins, Zaku and Kin were both staying in the fort after they woken up in the hospital three days ago as they were both drained of chakra when they were used to summon the two former Hokages. The Leaf nins wanted to question them but Niamh told them she's taking them back to her fort.

"Zabuza why are you and your crew staying around?" Maki ask.

"We have a contact with Niamh and we're staying till it's over," Zabuza answered.

"What kind of contact?" Meow asks.

"They were going to help me with a plan with Naruto but with the attack and the truth coming out I'm going to have to make some adjustments," Niamh said appearing as she steps through the front door.

"What kind of plan?" Ran asks.

"I was planning on breaking the bond Naruto has with this village but with what both of us have learned I'm going to have to make sure that he doesn't destroy himself in his quest for revenge," Niamh said.

"What's the new plan then?" Haku asks, both of the Demon brothers were busy stuffing themselves with fried chicken loving the dish, they sat next to the two Sound nins, Zaku and Kin.

"I already told Hunter so listen up I'm not about to repeat it again," Niamh said.

"Ms. Niamh what about us?" Kin ask as both she and Zaku have been wondering what her plans with them would be.

"We're grateful that you saved us but you still hadn't told us why," Zaku said.

"Because I know I can trust you two," Niamh said as she sees the auras around them a sky blue color the same that she sees around her friends. "I'm giving you two a chance to decide if you two want to stay with me or go back to the Sound Village."

"We're staying with you," Kin said.

"We're not going back there after what happen to us," Zaku said.

"Good to hear," Niamh said to the two kids.

In the Hospital –

Hunter sat in Naruto's room with his assault rifle in his lap, with the safety off ready to blow anyone away. (2) Niamh had him keep watch over Naruto while she got everything ready for what needs to be done. It wouldn't be what Naruto wants but it will be what he needs to be able to handle everything in his life. Wants and needs were tricky to deal with, wants helps people on the short terms but don't last in the long run but needs on the other hand help in the long run but most people can or won't see that it helps them. Like how many people back in his world all wants a car when the oil reserves are getting lower and lower with no thought to what will happen once all the oil was used up. The electric cars had all been put under by the oil companies and the organic fuels that are being used in South American weren't going to be making any headway to the states thanks to the pressure the oil companies are putting on the government. (3)

"Hunter," Naruto said turning his head towards one of the people he still trust.

"Naruto you're awake," Hunter said smiling at the boy who his ex-wife saw as the little brother she never had.

"How long have I have been out?" Naruto ask getting up from the bed pulling the tubes out of his body.

"For about five days," Hunter said walking over to a bag he had brought with him. "Tsunade said that all the stress and the sudden power surge when Butcher unlocked the energy seal took its toll on your body."

"What happen?" Naruto ask.

"After you were knocked out me and Niamh took care of things and sent the Sound and Sand nins running," Hunter said.

"Good," Naruto said sitting on the edge of the bed. "That means I'll get to destroy the village."

"Here's your gear," Hunter said handing Naruto the bag and turned on his radio. "I'll call up Niamh that you're awake."

"I would like to see her," Naruto said as he dresses in his clothes and check his gun.

"What are you planning to do?" Hunter asks seeing Naruto putting his gear into their places once he was dress.

"I think, I'll start in the nursery and work my way from there," Naruto said as he loads his gun.

"I'm not going to say that you shouldn't do it and show them that you're better than they are, because in the end the only time people change is when they're shown what their actions have caused right in front of them. No one can understand the pain of the one who have suffered from it and those who only see or hear it but never had it done to them can say words like that," Hunter said. (4)

"It's good to hear," Naruto said standing up and headed for the door.

"But I will say this," Hunter said. "You are filled with rage built up for years inside of you, once you start killing you won't be able to tell from friend from foe. Your hate gives you power but you will lash out like a wild beast not caring who you kill as long as you let you blind hatred get the better of you."

"Then what do you want me to do then! Let everything that this village has done to me go and forgive them!" Naruto growls.

"No," Hunter said. "Niamh has something to give you that you need to have. She wants you to meet her."

"Where does she want me to meet her?" Naruto ask.

"Outside the village walls north of the fort on a hill top over looking a river," Hunter said.

"I'll be there," Naruto said leaving the room.

Once he was gone Hunter let out a deep breath. 'I hope you know what you're doing Niamh,' he thought to himself.

Outside the room Naruto was stop as four Anbu members stood in his way. "You better let me pass, but of course we can always do it the hard way," Naruto said. "I'm going bring down my judgment on you and the rest of this village."

"Naruto I know hate this village and the people in it but you mustn't judge everyone the same," the leader of the Anbu said knowing that the Hokage ordered him to not take action towards Naruto knowing it would just make him angrier.

"You ask me how, I can even dare to judge you and the others? I will answer you. It's my pain gives me the right. The pain that you all have inflicted on me time and time again is what gives me the right to judge all of you in this village. Did you and the others in this village feel good to make my life hell? Did you and the others relish in the hardships of my life? Of all of my suffering I went through? Did you and the rest slept well at night even as, I was battered, brutalized, at the hands of you and the others in this village? The pain of countless humiliations, and beatings, that, I had to endure day after day gives me the right. Through that pain you and this village owe me. I own this village now since I can do anything now and you can't do anything that could harm me in anyway or the demon will get stronger. So you have better get used to it because as I see it you are no better than the scum that, Niamh had to deal with countless times. I don't care at all about yours or the others suffering. Out of all the beings in this world you and the others in this village are the only ones that I can't see as innocents that I have to defend," Naruto said to the leader of the group. "And now it's time to pay the pied pipper."

"Pipper?" one of the Anbu asks.

"A story that Niamh told me, a village wouldn't pay the pipper who got rid of the rats in town and so the pipper took all of the village children as his payment. The same as I'm going to do to this village," Naruto said drawing his gun at the Anbu members and open fire on them.

Elsewhere in the village –

Hinata sat in her room cleaning the tri barrel gun she was given back after the battle was over. She had been spending her time between sitting in her room and visiting Naruto in the hospital for the past five days since the attack. Niamh let her keep all the equipment she had given her for the exams telling her that what ever happens she wouldn't let her be killed by Naruto. She hated her father for doing this to her, engaging her to Naruto in the hopes to make him happy. Now he thinks that the only reason why she agreed to be engage to him is because of the effects of the seal.

A knock came from her door and one of the branch members of the clan poke her head into the room. "Hinata there's someone here to see you," she said as a redhead woman entered the room.

"What are you doing here," Hinata said glaring at the woman who gave birth to Naruto.

"I came here to talk to you about Naruto," Kushina said closing the door behind her. "All I know about him is from what I have heard by second hand from others. You shared the same classroom while both of you were going to school, can you tell me what he was like."

"Why the sudden interest," Hinata said to the older woman glaring at her.

"You hate me don't you," Kushina said.

"Not as much as Naruto," Hinata said. "Don't try to become his mother when you gave up your chance a long time ago."

"At least tell me what he is like," Kushina ask wanting to know about her child she abandoned at birth.

"I don't know," Hinata said. "The Naruto that I knew was nothing more then a mask. Niamh would be the only one who has seen his real face, something that you should have done when you had the chance to."

"I tried talking to her but she doesn't talk to me," Kushina said.

"She knows that you're only trying to be a mother now because Naruto's emotions reflect the strength of the seal," Hinata said glaring at her.

"Don't you think I'm suffering as well? Knowing that due to my inaction, I turned my son into what he is," Kushina said. "I carried him inside of me for nine months, growing inside of me."

"And once the demon was sealed inside of him you didn't gave a second thought of abandoning him!" Hinata shouted at the older woman who avoided eye contact. "What he does from now on will be on your head, remember that."

Her door burst open as Neji burst in shouting. "Hinata, It's Naruto. He's awake, he's shooting up the hospital."

In the Hokage Tower –

"What's the damage?" the third ask the Anbu standing in front of him.

"The four Anbu members that were station in front of Naruto's room have all been shot in either the leg or arm. After that Naruto began making his way out of the hospital attacking anyone who got in his way. The staff members he attacked have all sustained deep cut wounds; Naruto curved symbols into heir bodies. They couldn't fight back as he kept saying that if they tried to stop him he'll get mad and make the fox stronger," the Anbu member said.

"And what did Hunter do?" the Hokage ask.

"He stayed in the room and watch TV," the Anbu said. "When asked why he didn't try to stop Naruto; he just said if he did Naruto wouldn't trust him anymore."

"Looks like the shit is hitting the fan now," Minato said.

"Where is he now?" asked Tsunade.

"He was last seen making his way northward," the nin said.

"What do we do with Naruto?" Jiraiya ask.

"We can't fight him as it will only anger him," the Hokage said. "We have no choice but to let him go."

A nin burst into the room. "Turn on the TV you got to see it!" she shouted.

The Hokage said nothing as he turns on the TV he kept in the office. His eyes became glued to the screen.

North of the village –

Niamh sat in a circle she drew into the hard dirt of the hill she had chosen to meet Naruto. She curved runes into the outer part of the circle for the ritual she was about to perform. She knew this would hurt and break Naruto but he had to learn to control his anger. True, if he died he would still have his revenge in the form of the fox but she wouldn't let that happen to Naruto. Hunter would have things covered from his end and the others were preparing things at the fort. She had a cameraman from the local news station to film the coming events. Because after this it would be time to leave this place. She sat on a barrel of black powder, surrounded by other barrels of the same type.

"Niamh," Naruto said appearing on the hill in front of her.

"Naruto I'll get to the point of why I asked you to come here," Niamh said. "You are filled with rage and hate. You will destroy the Leaf Village, but afterwards you'll be an empty shell, and the fire that fueled you will vanish. I have seen it happen many times before to others like yourself, once their reason to live was gone the ones who took their revenge were empty but for the few who looked beyond their revenge."

"What do you have in mind?" Naruto ask.

"You need to control your rage, on your way here you attack anyone who caught your eye. You won't be able to tell friend from foe if you keep this up," Niamh said.

"How can I trust anyone now," Naruto said. "People will only treat me nicely now only because they know that the demon inside of me feeds off of my anger and hate."

"I know and that's why I'm going to give you what you need," Niamh said as in the foreground with the sun setting smoke rose into the air where Niamh's fort stood.

At the fort –

The burning fort was surrounded Leaf nins, and they didn't dare to enter as every now and then; an explosion would rock the building. They came as soon as they saw smoke rising. The cries of chickens rumbled with the noise of the explosions as they ran from the burning fort.

Beneath the fort, Hunter sat in the driver's seat of the truck that came with Niamh when she was teleported into this world, and sitting next to him was Maki. Inside the truck were the crates of equipments that came with the truck and riding in the back were Zabuza, his crew and the two Sound nins. Behind the truck was Meow riding on the mono-bike that she had learned to drive, Ran sat in the custom made cart that held some of the belongings that they're taking with them from the fort burning above them.

Niamh had taken care of making sure no one but the ones she told would know about the underground tunnel she dug out beneath the fort. The tunnel was big enough for the truck to be driven in or out, the tunnel slope upwards from where Hunter and the others were currently at leading all the way out of the village's wall. The tunnel also served as her weapons and ammo locker as she had known people would look around her fort to steal them. The entrance of the tunnel from the fort was underneath the hen house through a trap door inside. Even with the padlock on the chicken cage; no one expected that there was a tunnel underneath it since everyone just thought she had put the lock on the cage so the chickens wouldn't escape again after the Hokage's grandson and friends had let them out.

Hunter started the truck and drove through the underground tunnel with Meow right behind. He had set up a time bomb surrounded by dozens of barrels of black powder to cave in the tunnel behind them. The headlights of the truck was the only light as they went upwards and finally came to the fake wall that Niamh had build on the side of a hill. Hunter stopped the truck and Maki got out and shove the wall made out of branches down and the outside light poured into the tunnel. Maki got back into the truck and Hunter drove through the forest pathway with Meow behind, the tunnel spat out smoke as the bomb he had left behind went off sealing the tunnel.

Back with Niamh –

"The fort is now gone," Niamh said. "Once the place you called home is gone there's no looking back."

"Why?" Naruto ask starring at her.

"Because Naruto I want to help you," Niamh said. "To do so I'm going to have to do something that will break you but I'm doing this out of love. For Naruto you are the brother whom I love."

"Love," Naruto said stepping closer to Niamh. "I have never known what it is to be loved. I don't have any memory of knowing what love is like. Sasuke and Neji both say that they have sad lives but their lives are nothing like mine, both had people who love them, I didn't. I'm always alone."

"I know that brother," Niamh said embracing him holding him close. "If you're going to live for more then revenge, you're going to have to trust others."

Naruto felt so powerless between her embrace, but, strangely, it was a comforting experience, pleasant even. He could feel her body heat soothing his own. He could feel her warm body against his as her face touched the top of his head. It was like a lover's embrace, but more personal, sensual even. He was powerless, defenseless but strangely he had to struggle to find the last time he had ever felt as safe as she was between his sister's arms. He couldn't think of one as he was never held like this before. Then he found his voice to speck to her. "Sister… how can I trust after all of this?"

"I'll give you my power to see to see with my eyes," Niamh said. During one of her missions she came upon a scroll that allowed abilities to be given to others. The drawback was that the person who gave the power to another must give it up willingly, and there had a strong bond with the person. The reason why it wasn't used was because the one who used the jutsu…would die.

"Your eyes?" asked Naruto as Niamh broke their embrace.

"Yes my eyes," Nimah said as she pulled out her knife and plunges it into her stomach.

"NIAMH!" Naruto shouted as he rushes over to her as she struggled to remain standing, she grabbed him causing the circle they're standing on to light up.

"Naruto I'm sorry for doing this," Niamh said as she could feel her energy flowing into his body.

"Niamh why!" Naruto said his eyes filled with tears as he looks up.

"This ritual lets me give you my power to see the auras around others," she said smiling even as blood flowed out of her wound. "What do you see?"

"Blue, I can see blue all around you," Naruto said as his eyes widen as a new power was given to him.

"Yes that's right," Niamh said in a calm voice. "From now on you'll be able to see those whom you can trust as I have done. Remember brother trust the colors that you see around people for they'll never lie. Remember my brother these words to live by. If you meet your father, kill your father. Meet god, kill god. Free from everything, live the life that has been given to you."

"Sister?" Naruto ask as he felt himself being lifted up.

"This is for your sake brother," Niamh said as she flung him off of the hill and down to the river below, she had made sure the area where she planned to throw him was free of rocks. "So that you don't have bear the pain of seeing me like this. I don't want you to watch me die."

"NIAMH!" Naruto scream as time seem to slow down to a crawl as he saw Niamh holding one of her C4 packs the same kind that destroyed the two former Hokages, as she leans on the barrel of black powder. The guy holding the camera was running for cover as he realized what she was planning, she was making sure there was nothing left of her body after she dies. As Leaf nins would be all over her body to discover how her bloodline works.

Naruto lost sight of Niamh as he fell from the steep hill still screaming out his sister's name. A flash of light and a deafening roar rocked the very air and lit up the sky that could be seen back in the Leaf Village. In a flash, the only family he had ever knew was gone giving up her life to help him, showing him a love he had never known before. He knew she had loved him as a real sister would have, as he felt warmth and emptiness at the same time, finding and losing her. He felt her aura disappear as the hill above lit up in a fiery blast, he didn't need to be up there to see; he just knew she was gone as he couldn't feel her presence anymore.

'Goodbye Niamh, my sister I will always love you as you have loved me.' He didn't even know he was still screaming till water came rushing into his mouth as he sank into the river below.

Author's Notes –

1 – I really like how a writter got Jiraiya where it hurts him the most. Not having a princess starring in his hentai movie.

2 – Remember in real life keep the safety of guns on at all times. And when you display guns in your home make sure that they're not loaded and ammo is kept under lock.

3 – Cars in South American are run on organic eco friendly fuels made from sugar. Many see South American as a Third World but they have eco friendly cars there and American doesn't.

4 – Most people who say how they would do things have never once been in anything like what they said they would do. I still don't get why people listen to those kinds of people who talk about things but have never once been force to do, live or have done to them.

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