You are old, accept it

"What the hell are you?" Gaara hissed under his breath as another burst of sand closed in on Yoruichi, and he proceeded to use sand burial on her. She vanished again, and this time she appeared right on the gourd behind his back.

The movement was so smooth and fast that nobody was able to feel nor see her speed. Gaara was dumbfounded, and his face became uglier as he realized he couldn't take down a cat, even with two moves.

"You bastard... What are you trying to do to Yoruichi-san?" Naruto shouted.

"-san?" Kankuro and Temari noticed the annotation to the name and came to an immediate realization that the cat wasn't normal at all.

"What is this cat?" Gaara hissed but didn't swat away the cat. He just turned and looked at the black cat standing like a queen on the gourd.

"Why? Cat got your tongue?" This time it was Yoruichi who spoke. This stiffened Gaara more, as he didn't expect the cat to even speak because the cat didn't speak before. There were summoning beasts that could speak, so they weren't that surprised.

But Gaara didn't expect a beast to be present. He looked around and then placed his eyes on Naruto.

"You summoned this beast?" Gaara asked.

"What? Are you mad or were you born with your head hitting the floor first?" Naruto was very angry that this person just tried to kill his friend and thus blatantly insulted him. This made Gaara more irritated, and sand started to gather around Naruto.

But before Naruto or Gaara could make a move, two kunai were placed at Gaara's neck. One was from Sasuke himself as he snuck past Gaara since he was too drowned in his own anger, and the other was from Kakashi himself as he appeared out of nowhere.

Gaara, who was ready to make the move, stopped as he felt the kunai. The sand actually came a bit late as it tried to swat both of them away. It didn't swat Yoruichi away because the cat wasn't really in the mood to attack Gaara.

But Sasuke and Kakashi were a bit too fast for the current Gaara. Both of them took steps away.

"You are guests of Konoha. Konoha would appreciate it if you acted as one and not overstepped your boundaries," Kakashi said, this time in a cold tone.

"Hatake Kakashi... Of the Sharingan... I have heard about you," Gaara spoke, and he had calmed down a bit now.

"Gaara... I have heard rumors about you," Kakashi said.

"Hmph... Temari... Kankuro... We are leaving," Gaara said, not wanting to speak anymore, and started to walk away.

"I will kill you three in the Chunin Exams, and you too, Hatake Kakashi," Gaara declared.

"If one wants to kill, he or she doesn't say it out loud. He or she just does it. You declaring your intention only makes you seem more arrogant. Your hatred has an excuse, but not your arrogance. And that thing inside you, it doesn't even belong to you in the first place, not until you control it or become friends with it. If I was the invigilator, I would have already disqualified you by now as you are not fit to sit for the exams, you need more years as a genin." Yoruichi spoke up while standing on Sasuke's shoulder.

This almost made Gaara lose his calm demeanor, again, and it was replaced by irritation. Kankuro and Temari, fearing the worst, convinced him to get away from them.

"Yoruichi-san, why didn't you kick his ass?" Sasuke was beyond angry and asked.

"Violence isn't always the answer," Yoruichi said, to which Kakashi also nodded. He had been on the fence about this black cat, and seeing her current demeanor made him more assured to let her be around his team. She was a positive influence on the team and also provided protection, as he had noticed.

Sasuke wasn't happy with the answer, as this person had tried to kill her and had also threatened them.

"Yoruichi-san, what did you mean by the 'entity' inside him?" Sakura was observant and asked Yoruichi. She turned and looked at Kakashi.

"Do I have to answer?" Kakashi played dumb and pointed at his own face.

"You are an official here. I don't have the right to speak," Yoruichi said. Kakashi hesitated but then explained what bijuu were and how there were 9 beasts spread out. He then said that the one-tailed beast was with the Sunagakure, and Gaara was probably sealed inside it.

Naruto was extremely silent as Kakashi reiterated that, and surprisingly, he didn't mention Naruto at all being the jinchuriki. Naruto didn't know what to feel as Kakashi didn't reveal his secret. After this incident, Kakashi asked them to go to their respective homes as things might turn rowdy any moment.

"Sasuke, come and live with us during this event," Yoruichi said.

"I don't need any kind of protection," Sasuke was annoyed as he felt like he was being treated like a child here.

"That wasn't an invitation," Yoruichi said. This made Sasuke curse inside but he accepted the deal and followed like a good little kid. Sakura just smiled and went back to her place. Whatever they wished to do, they didn't have the appetite anymore.

Both of them were at Aoto's place, and it was already lunchtime. Aoto, seeing the two kids, called them in for lunch, and Naruto's ill mood washed away seeing his favorite foods being made. But along with it, there was another person at the dining table.

The pervy sage.

"You... You are here. You are not running anywhere this time. You will teach me," Naruto shouted.

"Calm down, Naruto. We can talk about this old person later. Tell me what happened with the Sunagakure?" Aoto said.

"Who did you call an old person?" Jiraiya shouted at Aoto instead.

"Then what are you?" Aoto asked.

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