Noriko POV:

I jump down into the stadium and stand next to Lee and Gai. I cry river tears at Gaara, "WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING TO LEE. LUCKILY, HIS POWER OF YOUTH WON'T FALTER, BUT GROW STRONGER IN THE SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH!" I declare.

Gai gives me a thumbs up, "YOSH! LEE'S YOUTH SHALL PREVAIL THROUGH ALL OBSTACLES IN HIS WAY!!!"

Gaara shakes in anger, "Why? Why did you save him?"

I giggle and skip up to Gaara until I'm a foot away from him, "Because he's part of the village the Old man in the really weird hat loves. As long as he's alive, I'll protect every shinobi and civilian in this village."

"And what if he dies?" Gaara snarls.

I smirk, "I'll join a certain someone in a certain group who do certain things for a certain amout of time. Then I'll travel around the shinobi lands befriending every jinjuriki I can."

Garaa goes to attack me, but his sensei, Baki I believe, stops him. "Don't be impatient, you'll be able to kill as many shinobi as you want in a month." He whispers.

I narrow my eyes at them slightly, but keep my friendly face on. "Yeah Gaara, don't be so impatient." I echo cheerfully.

Baki and Gaara snap their eyes at me before going back to their place on the 2nd floor. The medics carry Lee to the infirmary, and I bow apologetically to everyone in the stands.

"I apologize for the delay of the next match, we will continue immediately after I leave the stadium." I stand up straight and shunshin next to Hokage-jiji.

He nods to Hayate to continue. "The next match will be Dosu Kinuta vs. Choji Akimichi."

I sit down cross legged and enter Itasumi.

~Itasume~

I open my eyes and summon Mom. She appears infront of me stuffing her face in every sweet known to man kind.

I sweat drop, "Why did Dad ever marry you?"

She glances up at me, "It's obviously because of my beautiful personality."

I snort, "Your like a hyper Megumi combined with Obito."

Mom smiles foundly, "He was such a good kid. But I can't seem to find him in the afterlife no matter how hard I look." She pouts.

I furrow my eyebrows, "He's probably still alive then. I'll ask Pein and Tobi the next time I see them, they always seem to know everything."

Mom nods in agreement before dropping like 50 booms in my arms, "I got these books from the God of Diseases, it took my begging him for 5 hours. He was a tough shell to crack. Anyway, these have all the information on what you need to know about medical ninjutsu and how to cure Itachi."

I mummer a thanks as I stuff myself into the first book in my reach. Mom smiles softly at me and pats my head before disappearing, muttering "Good luck."