STORY DISCLAIMER:I do not own Naruto or any of the characters, places, or items within it. The only thing that I own is my own ideas and nothing else.

A/N: Hello all of my readers! this my first Authors Note and FanFiction! Celebrations are for later however. Anyways I was just sitting around one day and I had the Idea this Idea;"what if Naruto ran into a power obssesed Sasuke on a mision after the pain incident and ended up doing the final battle then and there?"so thats where this came from. Lights! Camera! ACTION!

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A Naruto Fan Fiction: In The Eye Of The Beholder

It was just another day in Konoha, everyone in the Village were hard at work repairing the destroyed village from Pain's attack. The young Genin and Academy students were helping in the repairs while High Genin and up were rapidly accepting jobs to build up enough money and get the village kick-started once more.

Among these shinobi was Naruto Uzumaki, Child of Prophecy, Hero of the village Hidden In Blonde was currently sitting atop the Hokage Monument with his newly acquired girlfriend, Hinata Hyuuga. After she confessed during Pain's attack he had realized his feelings for her and asked her out.

"Your beautiful, you know?" commented Naruto. Hinata blushed shifting in his lap.

"Naruto-Kun...you've told me that about a thousand times by now..."Hinata stuttered slightly.

"But that's because it's sooo true..."The blonde haired male pouted.

A comforting silence followed.

The silence was broken by a set of soft foot falls behind them."Well look at Konoha's newest couple!" The pair instantly recognized the voice.

Naruto was the first to respond."Hey Granny Tsunadae!"The young shinobi turned to greet her,"Here to give us another mission?"

"You got it, we are sending you on a mission to the wave. Be ready in an hour, Sakura is coming with you."she spoke with a subtle authority in her voice.

~~~~~~~~Scene change: Hokage's Office; One hour later~~~~~~~

Naruto, Hinata, and Sakura were gathered in front of Tsunadae who was wearing her white Hokage hat with the kanji for "Fire" scribbled in Orange-ish red on the frontal tip.

"So...whats this mission about?" Said Naruto awkwardly.

"You are to carry this package to the land of water and deliver it to the mizukage there." She motioned for an member of her anbu guard to hand the package over to Sakura.

Naruto couldn't help it."So whats in this package Granny-Tsunadae?" He asked curiously.

"Just know that its something very important, Naruto, now get going!" She ordered irritated.

They quickly obliged not wanting to deal with an angry hokage.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~Taka's Hideout(Orochimaru's lab(1))~~~~~~~~~~~

Sasuke's team was lounging on the little furniture that they could find in the small former lab. Jūgo was sitting at the small coffee table, playing a game of cards with Suigetsu, while Karin was currently swooning over Sasuke himself. Sasuke was sitting stiffly on the conch under Karin's piercing gaze.

The Raven haired boy sighed in relief when he heard Tobi enter the room."Sasuke I have a solo mission for you alone."He spoke calmly with a gruff voice, there is a certain package being delivered to the land of water. You are to intercept it and bring it back for the Akatsuki to use. Understood?" He ordered solemnly.

In the next second the Kusanagi could be found held tightly by his neck.

"Listen,'Tobi' I don't trust you, nor do I take orders from and the Akatsuki are just another tool for me as long as it is convenient for me." He spoke, each word heavily laced with killer intent. The young man could once again be found in his seat Kusanagi sheathed and in its proper place."I take that by your silence you understand. Now what is in this package you want me to retrieve?"

"According to our sources it appears to be an Mangekyo Sharingan that Orochimaru was experimenting on. It appears to be extremely advanced, far beyond even Itachi's eyes."

With that sentence looks of shock were passed around the hideout.

"I'm definitely going after it!" Shouted out Sasuke.

"Then be ready we head out in five minutes to intercept the delivery ...there is someone you may want to see on this mission...Naruto Uzumaki..." Tobi stated ominously.

'Naruto... this time I'll sever all of my bonds...' Sasuke thought darkly.