Thread: NaruHina Shippuden- JamJessica & MysteriousD

Diego smiled as he saw his crane return before dismissing back into their sacred land. The cranes were a reclusive summons, with them being picky with their summoners. Diego was the first in a century to be chosen. He discovered it when he heard from Jiraiya how doing the summoning without a contract would allow one to find the best summons for him. One jutsu later and he ended up in the Sacred Immortal Marsh, the land of the Cranes. After a strong test, Diego became a crane summoner. He has one in particular that takes him to fly. Diego was an oddball. His name was identified by a bracelet and was found as a toddler. He forged a bond with Naruto Uzumaki and was like the older brother he did not have. Of course, things got more complicated when Diego became a Genin. His unique bloodline got the attention of the higher-ups, and wanting to see what they could do, assigned him to Itachi Uchiha he heard Danzo wanted him, but he refused, feeling an unease at the man. Diego's relationship with Itachi was complicated. They were close, but also not that close. They would talk philosophy and Diego would pull an occasional prank on the Uchiha with Naruto, but things were all right. Then Itachi performed a massacre. Diego knew he did not do it power as he told Sasuke. He tried to stop the massacre and it was perhaps their most intense fight ever. Even with Itachi training him, Diego was always good at surprises and he did what he could to get answers out of him. Something happened. Diego got hit in the back with a dangerous attack and would fall in a coma for a few years. By the time he awoke, Naruto had completed his Genin exam and Diego was trying to catch up. He was still a Genin because of the incident and being comatose. Because of circumstances and upon request, he was on Team 7. However, being older than the others, he commanded respect from them. He would help and advise them on techniques and on teamwork and advice. He helped Sasuke begin overcoming his issues, had Sakura move on from her crush when he asked her soe questions that forced her to re-evaluate herself and more, such as telling Tenten to re-change her approach to combat which led to Tenten focusing more on kenjutsu rather than mastering many weapons and working on her long range. He would become a Chunin thanks to his successful fight against Temari where he managed to beat her despite the disadvantage. He was the only other one besides Shikamaru to get promoted. Of course, by that point, Tsunade had arrived and was able to better heal him and later Rock Lee. As such, he spent the next few years training alongside Naruto and Jiraiya to get back up to his full power and then some. In fact, he actually got to do the Jounin exams during a break. He also convinced Jiraiya to let Naruto to go to Suna for the Chunin exams. They met alot of strong ninja and they managed to save Fu, the Jinchurki of Seven Tails, from Akatuski by coincidence which let Naruto meet up with his old friend of Waterfall Village. Naruto, like the others, got promoted to Chunnin. And now they were finally coming home... Diego had chosen to notify one person to greet Naruto... Hinata Hyuga. He was well aware of her fondness for Naruto, but while it wasn't romantic, DIego saw that it could indeed become it. He decided it would be good to help the two get together. It would balance them out. I think there's someone there waiting for us, Diego commented while Jiraiya squinted to see.