Hello, this is my first posted fan fiction, please R&R! It helps me write! If you have any ideas, please tell me, I may incorporate it into my story. If you want me to mention your username, tell me in the review! Sorry, I just realized that I kinda mixed stuff up, it's during the 2 year period that Naruto is Training with Jerria, but Sasori is already dead, and Tobi is there. I guess I just had to do this for the sake of my story! Sorry if you don't understand! Gomen nasai... oh, and I use Japanese terms, and if your confused, just mention it in your review and i'll tell you in my responce.


"Deidara-sempai! Come on!" Tobi was waiting by the door for his new partner.

"I'm coming! You're so impatient Tobi." Deidara called from the other room. "Though not as impatient as Sasori was" he added to himself as an after thought.

After finally leaving the hideout after 45 minutes of trying to find his explosive clay, Tobi and Deidara were on there way to Konoha, to attempt to accomplish the mission Itachi and Kisame failed a year and a half ago.

"How could they have failed such a simple mission?" Deidara asked Tobi. "This brat sounds like a complete idiot." They walked along, following the path they knew by heart because of all the practice and careful planning that went into this mission; they weren't going to fail this time.

"Maybe he's not as stupid as he seems. After all, Itachi and Kisame failed, they are some of the most powerful in the Akatsuki." Tobi protested truthfully. "He may be a lot stronger than he seems, he is a junjuriki…."

They trudged along in silence for another half hour, until Tobi came to a sudden stop. "Sempai, haven't we been here before?" Tobi asked, looking around.

"Ummmmmm, I don't think so Tobi are you sure?" Deidara asked, giving Tobi a quizzical look out of the corner of his eye.

"Yeah sempai, Tobi's sure of it!" Tobi quickly glanced around; observing his surroundings again, put his hands together, quickly releasing a small, quick burst of chakra, and saying "kai release!" Their surroundings wavered, and then vanished, to be replaced by the forest, the Konohagakure gates just ahead of them. When they reached the gates, they silently attacked and defeated the guards; an easy victory for the S-rank criminals. "Um…..Sempai?" Tobi quietly asked Deidara. "How are we supposed to find him? We have no idea where he would be….he may even be on a mission."

"If that's the case Tobi, then we shall wait until he returns, unless he will be gone more then 2 weeks. That is our limit." Tobi followed Deidara to the Ichiraku ramen shop, the first, and most obvious place to look. When they arrived at the small shop, they immediately knew that he wasn't there. The next place they looked, was the Hokage tower, outside the Academe, and various other places throughout Konoha. As they were looking in the last place they could think of in the village, the training grounds, they found a young Kunoichi, with elbow-length black hair; fighting the jonin Neji Hyuuga; and winning. They watched as the battle got intense; fast paced, you could barely see their hands, flying in a flurry of strikes, one after another, the Hyuuga using his chakra-based gentle fist techniques, and the girl with her ferocious fist style, still fighting quite gracefully for the style of fighting. The 2 Akatsuki members watched with growing excitement as the Hyuuga genius was sent flying by the young girl, with a final kick, ending with a senbon, in their direction; which was not seen by the 2 Akatsuki members until the last second for them to jump out of the senbon's way; concluding that the girl was quite skilled.

"Sora, what did you throw the senbon at?" asked Neji, getting up off of the ground with a quizzical look on his face.

"Oh, it was a rabbit and I didn't want it to get caught up in the fight" Sora explained, with a simple tone. "I just thought it would be pointless if it were struck and killed."

"All right Sora; that was a wonderful display of your talents." Said Lee, stepping out of the shadows on the opposite side of the training grounds.

"An interesting display of talents…" Added Neji brushing some dirt off "…Oh, I have to leave now; I am required in the Hyuuga compound at this time. Good day."

"I have to leave as well now Sora. Tell the rest of our squad to meet me here tomorrow at 7:00 AM sharp."

"Hai, sensei!" Sora replied, as Lee started off the training grounds.

"Oh, and Sora,"

"Yes sensei?"

"Tell Haru-kun that he should not be late tomorrow, as it would greatly affect our schedule."

"Yes, sensei." Sora waited until Lee was no longer in sight, and then said:

"I see you two hiding, don't worry, I wont tell anyone. Come out." Deidara and Tobi thought for a moment, then jumped out of their hiding place, prepared to fight if need be.

"I know you're from the Akatsuki," she said simply "if you're here in search of the junjuriki Naruto, you'll have to wait a while. At least another year." She informed them.

"And how do you come to know so much?" Deidara questioned her.

"Simply because Lee; my sensei, happens one of Naruto's great friends, and told him that he would be gone a while. My sensei told our squad later."

"That would explain a lot" said Tobi, with understanding dawning on his face.

"Like what" asked Sora"

"Like your Taijutsu expertise." Said Tobi.


Well, there you have it. My first fanfic!!!!! how do you like it? constructive critisizm welcome!!!!! it's very helpfull...