A/N: Up until now, I've always thought that writers must feel so depressed when the story that they're putting all their effort into creating, receives only 14 reviews or 23 reviews and so on. The first review for this story has made me realize that even just one review, gives you immense happiness and motivation. Thanks Qawashere. Also, thanks for adding this story to your alerts/favorites to those few who did.

I too believe Sasuke should have let Karin get killed from Amaterasu. Unfortunately, Masashi had other plans huh? Please take note that The Best Team Ever is not the title of this story. I made a slight mistake last chapter. Ms. Crimson believes that the names of stories should have a linked meaning. Oh and one more thing, I'd like to give credit to Ms. Crimson, the authoress (I'm the author) of this story for editing the last chapter. The cloud ninjas are real characters from the manga and are not mine.

Some questions that have come to my attention:

Q: Are Sasuke and Karin going to have a relationship that is more than friends?

A: I don't know what to say. For if I did, you're itty bitty heart would be broken. But worry not, for in the very end, your heart will be rejoicing once again.

Oh, and I watched Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince at midnight. The movie was good but a little disappointing. It had more potential to be better. Still, HP is the shit.

-Mr. Obsidian

Disclaimer: The last time we checked we weren't millionaires so of course Naruto doesn't belong to us.

Warning: Spoilers. It's rated M for a reason.

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'Thoughts/flashbacks`

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Sorry to have kept you waiting, sirs and madams. Without further ado, we bring you, All I want Is.

"I'm going to prove, that in this world…heroes do exist!"

-Naruto chapter 20 page 20


Naruto collapsed against the wall of the warehouse, pain coursing through every part of his broken and beat up body. He was fucking tired as hell. This girl from Kumogakure didn't have an ounce of mercy in her body. Her strikes were incredibly brutal and her icy golden glare revealed unrestrained hatred. His deep blue irises cringed in agony and a hiss escaped his closed lips when Sai touched his battered shoulder.

"Shit Sai! Watch what you're doing. If you didn't already know, my body's already suffering from a harsh beat down!" Naruto groaned in annoyance.

Sai's eyes widened as he muttered a short apology. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun."

Just then, a smooth feminine voice called out from the trees. "Omoi, Karui, have you found out anything?" Out of the rich foliage of the forest came a busty blonde kunoichi. The large breasted woman ran towards the two bickering Kumo shinobi.

She wore a gray short sleeved v-neck shirt that reached her waist with a pale lavender sash wrapped around her middle; a short black skirt stopped at mid-thigh. Inside her plunging v-neck was a black fish net shirt that concealed a fair amount of cleavage. Red wrist bands decorated the lower half of her arms and knee-high combat boots covered her legs. Her pools of dark blue were unreadable and revealed nothing to the inquisitive human. Straight blonde hair stopped just below her rounded chin and fairly resembled a bowl-cut shape just like Rock Lee's. He would admit despite her being the enemy, she was a beautiful woman.

'She must be in charge of these two…` Naruto thought with a start.

Running his swollen eyes over her curvy body a second time, he noticed there was a pouch strapped onto her lower back; a small scroll resting on top. 'I wonder what's inside that scroll. ` Naruto thought, his bright cerulean orbs brimming with curiosity.

"Oh! Captain Samui." The one called Omoi greeted her in a cool tone. The girl, Karui, twisted her head around, surprise written all over her face that their Captain had caught them.

Samui turned to her with a stern look on her face. "You're not causing trouble, are you?" She demanded in a deadly serious tone. Karui turned her head back around and shut her mouth so she wouldn't give anything away. Her face paled and her eyes turned into large saucers, fearing what her busty companion would do to her if she found out about what she did to that blond haired boy.

Luckily, Omoi interrupted them at that moment to explain what their next plan of action should be. Her tense features relaxed as Samui turned all her attention onto him. "More importantly, we found out that Killerbee might still be alive! We've gotta rescue him!" His voice was dripping with impatience.

Samui's eyes narrowed and her eyes darkened as she spoke each and every word critically. "Then what? What can we do against people who were able to capture Killerbee…?" Her voice was quiet as she spoke with great seriousness. "…Besides, what are we supposed to do, search their hideouts one by one…?"

Sea blue irises hardened and her voice became commanding as she gave them their next task to complete. "First we have to find out more information! We don't want a repeat of what happened with Yugito. We'll take our info to Raikage directly!" She barked the orders out, giving no room for retorts and disobedience.

"T…Take me…with…you…" A quiet voice spoke out.

"I want to help your host out…" Sai turned to Naruto with a startled expression.

"Naruto!"

"Besides…I want to talk…to Raikage…"

Karui yelled out her retort, bewildered by the spiky blond's request. "Talk to Raikage? You've gotta be kidding!"

Samui held her arm out in front of Karui to prevent her from saying anything else. "Karui…"

'This kid is NarutoThe Uzumaki Naruto the whole village is talking about…`

"We don't know anything about you…I can't let you meet Raikage now when he won't have a full guard." The blond haired shinobi stared at the ground, actually not arguing back and staying silent for once.

"Come on, Karui, Omoi, let's go! We have permission to access all their info on Sasuke and Akatsuki. It'll take time to copy everything, so I'll need your help." With those final words, the three shinobi from cloud disappeared into the forest surrounding Konoha.

"Sai…"

"What?"

"Take…me…to Kakashi and Yamato."


Shizune watched with earnest eyes as wise amber orbs gradually blinked open. Her heart practically soared when Tsunade sat up and glanced around the large tent, a dazed expression taking over her face. There were dark bags under her eyes and her skin was deathly pale. It was to be expected of course since she depleted a staggering amount of her chakra protecting the villagers and shinobi. Unable to restrain herself any longer, Shizune launched herself at Tsunade and enveloped her into a bone crushing hug. Tears of joy leaked from her eyes and a small relieved smile decorated her lips, loud sobs burst from her mouth.

Tsunade started to choke and gasp for air due to the great force that had suddenly squeezed her body. Looking at the dark haired woman gripping onto her neck so fiercely, she instantly recognized Shizune's pale violet kimono and short black hair. Realizing her lungs were about to burst open from the lack of oxygen, Tsunade began to struggle against Shizune's iron like grip and tried to yell at her to let go.

"…Shiz…Shizune! Argh…let…let go!" Upon hearing the strained voice of her master and feeling her desperate struggle to get free, she promptly released her crushing hold on her and a string of apologies rolled out of her mouth.

"Tsunade-sama! I'm so sorry! I was so happy that you woke up from your coma I guess I kind of forgot that you were awake! I'm so sorry Tsunade-sama! I'm sorry! Please forgive me! I'm sor –"

"Shizune…" Shizune stopped her rambling and sniffled as she stared at her fearsome leader.

"Hai, Tsunade-sama?"

"Shut up, you're giving me a migraine." Tsunade glared at her but it lasted for only a second because her face broke out into a small gentle smile. Shizune returned the smile with a tender one of her own, happiness shining as bright as the sun in her inky irises.

'I'm so glad…but…I feel like I'm forgetting something…Oh yeah! The scroll that Sakura left behind! ` Shizune dug into the pockets of her purple kimono and retrieved the small scroll Sakura wrote only for Tsunade.

"Tsunade-sama, I know you that you just woke up from your coma, but I already have some…news for you." At Shizune's tone and the way she emphasized news, Tsunade furrowed her delicate eyebrows and took this moment to really examine her surroundings.

Outside, she could feel the calm relaxed chakra signatures of shinobi walking around and could hear the hustle and bustle of construction taking place in the distance. Looking through the gap of the entrance to the spacey tent, she was able to identify large trees and other large tents.

'So, it's a camp and we're in a forest huh? ` Her thoughts continued to become jumbled and her mind became frustrated as she tried to figure out where the hell she was! But, the biggest and most important question was, what village these ninja came from, and what the hell had happened while she was in that fucking coma!?

Finally looking up at Shizune through round honeysuckle orbs, she demanded through her tired eyes, to explain every single detail, small and big, of what took place while she was rendered unconscious. In her heart, she knew the words that were going to come out of Shizune's mouth were not going to be pleasant, at all. Her gut instinct told her, something had changed when she was asleep and something very important was about to take place. She could feel it in the atmosphere.

Whatever Shizune was going to say, she was not going to like one bit. She just woke up from her coma and right away, she had to deal with bad fucking news.

'Oh woopdee doo. How fortunate for me. ` She thought sardonically.

'God, I need my sake. Goddamn Pain…fucking invading Konoha and eradicating the whole village. Goddamn Akatsuki…fucking collecting the tailed beasts. I just know, for the next couple of days, I'll be suffering from migraines and pain splitting headaches! `

Tsunade groaned inwardly as Shizune opened her mouth to begin her damned painstaking report. She sighed and braced herself to receive the awful news.

"As you already know, Pain invaded the village and completely crushed Konoha. It's a miracle the walls and Hokage Mountain are even still intact and safe! As of right now, our villagers and shinobi are rebuilding Konohagakure together."

'So that explains all the noise outside. ` Tsunade finally pieced together the big raucous outside with the words that Shizune just explained.

"After you fell unconscious, Naruto defeated five of the six Pains and battled the last Pain outside the city walls. After defeating the last Pain, he realized that the black sticks poking out of Pains' bodies were chakra transmitters. He then tracked the real Pain down using the chakra signals and found him in a giant tree of paper made by Konan."

"As you yourself experienced, not one person is able to resist Naruto's secret weapon; his uncanny ability to make friends. He was able to convince Pain to stop his meaningless tirade and apparently made a promise to him. The specifics of the promise he made is unknown to us but, Pain succumbed to Naruto's pleadings! He then proceeded to use one last technique called, Gedo Rinne Tensei no Jutsu." At this point of the report, Tsunade's eyes were wide open and her mouth hung open from astonishment.

'The things that blond idiot could achieve with that goofy smile of his were to this day simply mind-blowing; phenomenal. `

"The effect of the jutsu he used was miraculous! Gedo Rinne Tensei no Jutsu restored the lives of every single human that had been killed by his hand. That includes Kakashi, Chouza-san, me and many more." Tsunade's elegant eyebrows rose and her mouth dropped open in utter shock. She was speechless and her eyes were wide with disbelief.

'P-Pain killed…Sh-Shizune!?` Tsunade knew at that moment, she owed more than just her life to that blond haired brat. In fact, the entire village owed Naruto their lives. If he hadn't arrived the moment he had, she was sure she herself wouldn't be alive and breathing and Shizune would be resting in peace on the ground. All of Konoha would have been completely and utterly destroyed, decimated; obliterated into small bits and pieces.

"And the price Pain needed to pay to use that justu...was his life. His chakra was almost depleted, so with his remaining amount of chakra, it would be impossible to survive that technique. Konan then left with the body of Nagato, the real Pain, and Yahiko, the Pain we've been fighting in Akatsuki up until this point and one of their dear comrades. She left Naruto stating she would also put her trust in him because Nagato believed in his promise. She believed he could change this Godforsaken world."

"Konan also stated that with the last of her two comrades dead, she would no longer be a part of Akatsuki. With those final words, she vanished. Kakashi found Naruto exhausted and worn and helped him return to Konoha. Waiting for him there, civilians and shinobi alike praised Naruto and acknowledged him for saving the village."

'So after all these years, you were finally able to gain the respect of the village. I'm glad…Naruto. ` Tsunade thought, a tender and affectionate smile adorned her lips as she thought of Konoha's number one most hyperactive ninja. Her heart warmed and felt for him; he was finally accepted into the village as a hero.

'Good job Naruto. You deserve it more than anyone else. `

"A few days later," Shizune began, a grim expression replacing her admiring eyes, "a kunoichi from Kumogakure arrived with an urgent message from the Raikage. She said it was very important. I told her you were in a comatose and that I would take the message in your stead but, she asked for the person who was placed in charge at the moment."

"I mean, the Council of Elders made a decision so fast! They barely gave people time to adjust to what had just happened. You'll never guess who they appointed to be Hokage…" Shizune ground out looking at the ground, trying to reign in her bubbling anger towards that despicable man.

'Well, it could be Kakashi but, Shizune looks furious and I know she's on good terms with him so it can't be him. Maybe Shikamaru was made Hokage? He is tremendously intelligent after all. He'd be able to think of strategies, battle and defensive formations in a heartbeat with just a small amount of information. He didn't really have brawns, but he more than made up for it with his brains. ` Tsunade thought with a start. Her eyebrows were furrowed in deep thought as she tried to guess who the new Hokage could be.

'Hmm…Naruto could have been appointed to be Hokage. After all, that brat did save the entire village from total destruction so the Elders owed him at least that. Hell, even Sakura could have been made Hokage! ` Tsunade smirked at the thought of Sakura being appointed the position of Hokage and her eyes glinted amusedly. Everyone in Konoha knew she had a temper that rivaled her own and possessed monstrous inhuman strength. Her medical abilities were also exceedingly powerful. It would be like having another Tsunade as Hokage.

'It could be Yamato since he possessed the mighty kekkai genkai of the First Hokage; the Senjuu clan which she herself came from. Yes, Yamato would make an excellent Hokage. He was strong and he even possessed brains. He made right decisions and always thought about the safety of the village.` Tsunade's eyebrows furrowed even more in frustration as she realized the last four choices couldn't be Hokage because none of them had done anything to make Shizune bear hostility towards them.

'Who the fuck could have been appointed Ho-! ` Tsunade's amber orbs narrowed dangerously and her lips formed a tight thin line as she thought of one other able shinobi.

"Is it him?" She asked in a quiet voice. You could hear all the restrained hatred and hostility she bore towards that crippled old man.

Shizune looked at her with her inky pools of onyx and Tsunade instantly knew the answer before it was even spoken.


"Maybe Sakura should take a look at you…"

"I don't want to have to explain this. Besides, I heal quickly, so it's okay." Naruto replied with a smirk on his cut up face as Sai bandaged his black and blue body. His expression then turned solemn as he thought of what to say to Sai about the events that took place earlier.

"Sai…I'm sorry…"

'I've probably made you upset with that deal between me and those Kumo ninja. `

~*~*~*~*~*

From a distance behind a large tree, Sai watched as Naruto was beaten mercilessly by the cloud kunoichi called Karui. He never actually left and instead secretly followed Naruto and the two Kumo ninja behind a small warehouse. Punch after punch, kick after kick, Naruto endured everything. All the pain he was willingly taking was for the sake of that idiotic bastard Uchiha. He pondered on the reason why Naruto and Sakura both tried so hard to protect Sasuke and the bond they shared with him, when he only caused them hurt and sorrow. Something in Sai's heart clenched painfully at the thought.

His eyebrows furrowed in deep thought as he tried to decipher what he was feeling. He identified the source of pain he was experiencing as an emotion called jealousy. He read about this particular emotion in a book once. It was a very dangerous emotion to undergo. It was a result of wanting something someone else owned. The emotion induced people to commit many harmful acts to obtain what they wanted. Sai decided it was an emotion that he didn't like feeling because it hurt so much.

"I'm telling you, no amount of hitting you will make me feel better! I'll keep this up until you tell me about Sasuke!" The girl, Karui, yelled out savagely.

Naruto looked down at the ground, waiting for the next punch to arrive but it never came.

"Woah!" The kunoichi gasped in surprise. Naruto lifted his head up to see why her fist never made contact and his eyes painfully widened in shock at who he saw.

Standing protectively right in front of him, stopping the girl's fist with his own gloved hand, was Sai.

'What the fuck does he think he's doing? ` Naruto thought angrily.

"Don't interfere. This is what he wants." Karui let out in a deadly serious tone. Sai only returned her threat with a furious glare in which, she returned full force.

His glare intensified and his eyebrows knit together in frustration when he heard Naruto mutter out coldly, "…Sai…Stay out of this."

"Naruto…There's no need for you to get beat up for Sasuke's sake."

"…Shut up…It's…my decision." Naruto whispered.

'I used to hate Sasuke…But when we were together, it was really fun. Sasuke is my friend. I was finally able to connect with him…` Naruto remembered all the fun they, Team Seven, had back when Sasuke was still around.

"Sasuke…has done nothing but hurt you…If it were me…" Sai bit out coldly, his lips forming a thin line.

"Fine, if you're gonna interfere, I'll just hit you too!" She raised her fist and was about to pummel Sai right in his face when a strong arm reached out and grabbed her wrist. Her eyes widened in shock at Omoi's actions.

~*~*~*~*~*

"…!"

"Thanks."

Sai stared at Naruto, contemplating on his next choice of words. "No problem…" He finally replied. He gave Naruto a small smile and his eyes formed half moons, but the none the less, the expression was genuine.

"They really did a number on you." Kakashi interrupted. His knowing gaze locking onto Naruto's cerulean eyes, searching for something he might have been hiding.

Naruto only gave a small light hearted laugh in return. "Hehe…"

Kakashi stared at Naruto remembering what Sai had told him earlier when he had arrived with the badly injured blond idiot.

~*~*~*~*~*

"I see so that's what happened." Kakashi said, pondering on the events that took place behind the small warehouse.

"Kakashi."

"Hmm?" He drawled lazily.

"Is the bond Naruto and Sakura has with Sasuke really that important? Even when it causes them so much pain?" Sai furrowed his eyebrows. He had been thinking about that question ever since Naruto endured that beating from that cloud kunoichi, Karui, and he desperately sought out the answer.

"Why do they still care…?" He muttered quietly.

"Sai…you're supposed to watch Naruto, right?"

Sai's eyes widened and his shoulders tensed as he hopelessly tried to answer Kakashi's question. "…Uh…I…"

"It's okay…I know…But helping Naruto like that isn't part of your job, is it?" Sai pondered on what the wise jounin just said.

'That's true. Protecting Naruto like that wasn't part of my job. Danzo said nothing about making sure the fox host stayed safe. So why…? `

"I think you know why…Sai."

~*~*~*~*~*

Kakashi and Yamato just watched quietly with knowing eyes as Sai did his best to take care of Naruto's injuries.

"You'd better rest for a while…" Kakashi murmured quietly.

"I have to go see the Raikage!"

Yamato's eyes and Kakashi's lone visible eye widened as Naruto shouted his reply.

"What'll you do when you see him?" Kakashi asked.

"They'll be holding the conference soon!" Yamato chided him in a stern tone.

"Every village has placed restrictions on missions and on leaving the village!"

"I'm gonna convince him to forgive Sasuke!"

"You don't even have your seal anymore! As the host, you shouldn't be allowed to leave the village! Besides, in the last battle, you got all the way up to eight tails! You're lucky the seal worked and held back the fox, but what about next time? And I have to help rebuild the village. I can't be with you all the time!" Yamato reprimanded Naruto with a glare.

"I met the fourth." The blond haired hero stated in a calm voice.

Everyone in the room widened their eyes in amazement at the words that came out of Naruto's mouth.

'He met the fourth Hokage!?` This was both Yamato's and Sai's stunned thought.

'So he finally met his father huh…` Something in Kakashi's heart warmed at the thought. Naruto grew up and lived without the support and care of loving parents, even as a young child. Meeting his father must have been something incredible; the feeling must have been incredibly overwhelming and so indescribable.

'Now if only he could meet his mother` He thought about the beautiful and kindhearted woman that his sensei had married back when they were still alive; Obito…and… -

"He's the one who stopped me from becoming the nine-tailed beast." His thoughts were abruptly interrupted.

"W-What do you mean? The Fourth is…" Yamato stuttered out.

"Not much is known about the Shiki Fujin no Jutsu. He must have put some of his energy in Naruto at the end." Kakashi stated coolly.

"…He told me the guy with the mask from Akatsuki was behind the fox attack 16 years ago! And he was so strong not even the fourth could do anything against him!" At Naruto's revelation, the silver haired jounin immediately thought of the man who wore the swirly orange mask.

"He said that guy's behind everything! He was just using Pain. If Sasuke's joined Akatsuki, then he's probably using Sasuke too." The thought of that man with the mask manipulating Sasuke in such a way made Naruto's anger begin to simmer. He would definitely save Sasuke and bring him back where he truly belonged.

"It's just as Jiraiya feared. That's…who was behind the attack 16 years ago." Kakashi's only visible eye narrowed as he thought of the only person alive strong enough to completely control the Kyuubi.

"…He had the Sharingan. Madara is the only Uchiha missing-ninja who hated Konoha that much and had the power to control the fox." His tone was serious and held no doubt about his statement.

"When it comes to Madara…I could believe just about anything…Even that he was still alive…" The brunette haired wood element user agreed with Kakashi.

'Madara! ` Naruto thought with a jump. The Kyuubi had mentioned him back at Orochimaru's lair on their second attempt to retrieve Sasuke! The lone Uchiha had entered his mind and the nine-tailed fox had instantly recognized his Sharingan.

~*~*~*~*~*

"Those eyes and that vivid chakra…Just like Uchiha Madara…" The terrifying red fox growled out.

~*~*~*~*~*

"Who's Madara?" The name sounded familiar to him when Kyuubi said it. At the time he thought that maybe the name was mentioned in the academy when they were discussing the history of Konoha. Then he remembered someone associating the name with the valley where his fight to stop Sasuke ensued.

"The former leader of the Uchiha clan, who's said to have been defeated by the First Hokage." Kakashi answered.

"We have to tell the Elders. Sai!"

"Yes…?"

"You tell the Hokage." The silver haired man ordered.

"Oh…Okay…" Sai muttered.

"Naruto! What did the fourth tell you?"

"Huh?" Naruto's mouth hung open slightly, confused by Kakashi's question.

"Fathers usually have things to say to their sons." Kakashi's storm gray eye softened and slightly crinkled, signaling he was smiling underneath that mysterious mask of his. He remembered his own father calling out to him to pass down some of his own wise words.

~*~*~*~*~*

"Kakashi." His father called out with a small grin on his face.

~*~*~*~*~*

Naruto's eye widened and then a smile started to appear on his face.

"He said…he has faith in me!!" Naruto answered in a booming voice, a large bright smile adorning his face. He was back to being Konoha's number one most hyperactive ninja.

"Great!" Kakashi's eye was now in the form of a half moon. One could only imagine the smile on his face.

"You go after Raikage! Well, Yamato and I will go with you!" He grabbed Yamato's shoulder to emphasize his point.

"What!?" The wood element user's eyes became as big as flying saucers and brought his hands w up in protest.


'I wonder where this meeting is being held. There is a good chance that the Five Kages will meet in Lightning Country. ` Sasuke was positive Kumogakure was their destination. He was sure because he had attacked one of their jinchuuriki and almost succeeded in its capture had it not been for the eight-tailed beast's quick escape at the last moment.

He had no doubt in his mind that the Raikage issued the urgent message to the Five Great Nations. It made sense since the jinchuuriki was his brother and an important asset to the village. 'Che, it doesn't matter where the meeting is held as long as I'm able to obtain my revenge. ` Sasuke smirked at how well things were working for him. Soon, the blood of all the Kages would be spilled by his hand.

Knowing Konoha, they'd start construction to rebuild that pathetic excuse of a village since that dobe had saved them once again. It didn't matter though. Everything would be in vain at the very end because immediately following the slaughter of the Five Kages, he would head straight for that weak village and completely annihilate the city. No lives would be spared and no bits or pieces would remain; he'd make sure everything got blown away by the wind as dust in the air. His life, weighed more than the village after all according to Itachi. He would avenge his brother and his clan.

~*~*~*~*~*

"You couldn't see through Itachi at all. You couldn't see through his illusion." Madara spoke matter-of-factly.

"But Itachi…" He stood up and started to take slow paced steps towards Sasuke and he couldn't retaliate since he was tied up.

"Had killed his friends, his superiors…had killed his lover and his father and mother…" Madara bent down to look at Sasuke straight in the eye, a kunai in his hand.

"The only one he couldn't kill…was his little brother. The man who cried tears of blood as he smothered his emotions and killed his brethren…" He cut the ropes binding Sasuke's weak and worn body. The boy wouldn't be able to escape since his body was still healing.

"Couldn't bring himself to kill you." The young Uchiha looked at Madara with cold dead eyes.

"Why do you think that is?" Sasuke's body remained limp and his arms fell at his sides. The information he was absorbing was too much for his mind to handle and so his body wasn't able to respond either.

"For him, your life…weighed more than the village." Madara's words were cold and humorless; truth backing every word.

Sasuke could do nothing as his world was torn apart again and a new path of revenge was opened to his eyes.

~*~*~*~*~*

The young Uchiha's deep obsidian eyes darkened with the painful memories; malicious intent radiating off from every pore of his body. The emotion he was feeling was so raw, so real, that every person within a 30 m radius could feel their bodies being pushed down by so much anger and hatred. It was tangible; as if you could reach out and touch it but your hand would be burned off by the intensity that came off in rolling waves.

'Holy shit! What the fuck is Sasuke thinking about to make the air so thick and hard to breath!?` Suigetsu frowned at Sasuke's back. He felt like he was drowning in so much misery and pain. His body felt like it was suffocating in hate polluted air. He'd never encountered someone with such a tormented mind and a suffering soul in his entire 16 years of living! Juugo's occasional rampages didn't even compare to what the lone Uchiha was feeling.

He looked around and knew the other members of the team could feel the density and thickness of the atmosphere too.

'Sasuke-kun…what's wrong with you? What is your heart feeling? It feels like…If feels like I'm being sucked into a pool of sadness and I'll be trapped in there forever; like I'll never be able to get out and be happy again.` Karin had never seen him, or rather felt him, in such a terrible condition in the short three years she'd known him. He'd always controlled his emotions and kept on his emotionless façade, even ones of anger and hatred.

Now, they were literally rolling off of him in huge body crushing waves and frankly, she was worried for his well being. Her ruby red eyes furrowed as she pondered on his health and the consequences that would ensue if his mental and emotional state remained in this condition. If kept this up, he'd never be able to experience happiness ever again. His life would be filled with never ending suffering and misery. He had to stop this revenge parade soon or his life would be in a condition worse than death.

Juugo strained to keep his consciousness intact. His eyes twitched and he clutched his head tightly with both hands as he fought to maintain control of his raging demon side. The other part to him was practically basking in the hate that came out in uncontrollable amounts from Sasuke. He knew the morbid emotions floating in the atmosphere only served to feed his malevolent inner demon. Juugo was worried not only for Sasuke's, but the safety of the whole team. If he lost control, he wasn't so sure the evil side to him would be defeated so easily now that it had a power source to feed off of.

Zetsu felt the air thicken and become heavy but he just chose to ignore it. Whatever was driving the Uchiha to feel such palpable emotions would only better the chances of Akatsuki's goals being reached. His only task right now was to lead this group of pawns to the meeting point of the Five Kages and nothing more. The inner workings of the lone Uchiha was of no concern to him and plus, he didn't care. Sasuke had no value to him and was mostly useless in his eyes. The only reason Madara had kept him around was because he fit into their plans so perfectly.

'Che, ignorant useless brats…allowing their emotions to get the better of them. ` Zetsu thought, annoyed. He couldn't wait to leave this stupid bunch of juveniles and head back to base to start planning out Akatsuki's next attack that would surely reward them with the nine-tailed fox. He smirked in anticipation of the destruction that was surely coming to Konoha.


A pink blur could be seen flying through the great forest of Fire Country as a fiery kunoichi raced to save a certain Uchiha.

'You better not do anything stupid Sasuke. You don't even know how much Naruto misses you, you bastard. I promised Naruto I'd help bring you back and I'm going to keep it. ` Sakura had traveled through the forest for the past few hours thinking about her plan to save Sasuke. She knew Akatsuki found out about the meeting of the Five Kages and would not pass up the chance to kill them all.

As of right now, the only remaining members of that horrible organization were Kisame, Zetsu and that man wearing the orange mask. With the addition of Sasuke and his new team, Sakura eyes turned bitter and her heart clenched painfully at the thought of him having a new team, this brought the numbers of their group back up to seven. She knew there was a high chance that his team would be sent to assassinate the five great leaders so that's where she was headed.

If by some, horrible and twisted chance, Sasuke was not present at the conference, she would then head to Amegakure where she overheard from Jiraiya claiming Akatsuki's main base was located. Then if Kami-sama really hated her and he wasn't there, she would just go into a searching frenzy and try her absolute best to track him down because she didn't have much time. He was not going to be killed by some maniacal evil man; not on her watch. Not while Naruto was counting on her.

Sakura's big viridian orbs widened, startled, as screams of pain suddenly ripped through the afternoon air. Her pace quickened as she tried to pinpoint the location the agonizing yells came from. Stopping on a strong and sturdy branch, her mouth fell open in disbelief and her emerald irises became big at the horrible sight that met her bewildered gaze.

'W-What the hell happened!? And what the fuck was he doing here!?` Sakura thought, her flawless skin pale and her delicate features absolutely livid. No sound came from her mouth as her body was immobilized by the shock of her terrifying discovery. What made this discovery even more terrifying was the blood red crimson iris that replaced the right eye of the wicked, corrupt, vial man in front of her.

If she thought her problems couldn't get any worse, then she might as well have been slapped in the face at that moment because everything did just take a turn for the worse but even more worst; way worst.


A/N: So there you have it guys! Chapter two of All I Want Is. I hope you guys liked it and you'll provide any helpful advice you find will be useful. Remember, if you're unable to understand anything that was written in this chapter such as the foreign words or any scenes, feel free to ask. Any form of constructive criticism (flames included), are greatly appreciated.

-Mr. Obsidian