A/N: Hello my pretties! Nice to see you again so soon, yes, yes. Very good. I got so excited that I went ahead and already made a second chapter! Woooo, I plan on making the chapters longer as I get better at writing. Buuuut for now this will have to do. 1K longer than the first chap. Yaaay! Anywhozies, here we go!

Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't belong to me. Yatta yatta yatta. All characters belong to Masashi Kishimotto.

/O\/O\/O\

"So? What do you think?" The pinkette asked the black haired boy beside her. The three genin stood at a split in the road, having only walked for a few minutes after getting off a boat owned by a citizen of Wave who had kindly risked his life to get the 'helpless' children to safer land. Sakura looked at her other companion who hadn't said a word since they hit land.

"What about you Naruto?" The boy remained unresponsive and continued to stare at the ground unfocused. "Naruto?" The boy finally looked up in surprise, an intelligent "huh?" coming from his mouth

"What did you say Sakura?" The girl shook her head at the boys action

"I said, Which path do you think we should take?" The whiskered boy looked at the cross roads in front of them. Squinting his eyes in concentration for a few moments before nodding to himself and turning back to the two genin.

"No idea!" He got a punch to the face for that, courtesy of one Haruno Sakura.

"This is no time for games dumb ass!"

"Sowwy sawkuwa" A bruised Naruto managed to get out. Meanwhile Sasuke was checking the paths, he stood up and turned to the other two genin

"The left path is more worn, meaning it's probably travelled by civilians more often, while the right path seems almost new. Meaning shinobi most likely tree hop while using it as a guide line" Naruto, whose bruises were already healed. Jumped up and shouted in glee

"Alright! So lets follow the right path!" He went to take a step forward but was stopped by Sasuke who shook his head.

"No, that's the path Zabuza will expect us to take"

"So what? We get to Konoha and he won't be able to touch us!"

"That may be true, but we'll never make it. Were low on supplies. The left path is well travelled. That suggests there is a town further a head. We'll rest up, resupply and find a way back to Konoha from there" Naruto growled at the other boy

"I'm sick and tired of your attitude! Ever since sensei died you've been acting all high and mighty like you're the best or something and it's pissing me off!" Sasuke's eyes narrowed at the blonde in front of him

"Maybe because aside from Sakura, I'm the only one who knows what to do and how to do it idiot!"

"Why don't you take that stick up your ass out and replace it with a tree you bastard!"

"Why don't you grow a brain dead last!"

"Bastard!"

"Idiot!"

"BASTARD!"

"IDIOT!"

"STOP IT!" A third voice interrupted the duo. They turned to the source to find a crying Sakura, tears streaming down her face.

"Sakura-" Naruto started but was unable to finish as the girl started speaking again

"NO! JUST. Just stop! Sensei is dead, were all alone out here and a killer missing-nin is after us and all you two can do is fight with each other over stupid things! You're both being selfish! I hate it! Just... Just leave me alone!" The girl quickly turned heel and ran into the forest. Leaving behind two very stunned teenage boys.

They stood there for a few seconds just thinking when Naruto spoke. "I'm sorry..." Sasuke was startled out of his thoughts and looked at the boy questioningly "She's right you know, Sensei's dead, we have no other ninja to help us and Zabuza is after our asses and were just standing here arguing about which road to take" The last Uchiha chuckled at that and nodded.

"I'm sorry too then" The blonde nodded at him and spoke again

"Let's go get Sakura and then we'll take the left path alright?"

"Alright idiot" Sasuke smirked, while Naruto responded in kind with a thrown Kunai intentionally thrown off course. "You know if that tree was me then I'd actually think you were good at throwing weapons" Naruto simply grinned at that.

"Shut up bastard" Before they could carry on their argument they heard screaming in the forest. They both shot up to their feet at the same time "SAKURA!/Sakura." Glancing at each other, Naruto moved quickly to the treeline, twisting his head to look back at Sasuke "Come on bastard! We gotta save her!"

"Hold on, I'll catch up in a second!" Naruto nodded and quickly jumped off. Trusting Sasuke had some sort of plan, meanwhile said boy was turning his Sharingan on and off. Having remembered he activated it during the battle with Haku he was testing it to make sure he knew how it worked. Least he accidentally run himself into chakra exhaustion.

Speaking of the Sharingan, he could have sworn at the start of his and Naruto's argument the boys eyes had flashed red... but that would mean Naruto was a Uchiha and had the Sharingan... and that was impossible... right? He shook his head of those thoughts. Right now he had to focus on saving Sakura, he leaped forward and followed the trail of marks on the trees made by kunai. Smart move Naruto... Smart move...

/O\/O\/O\

-A few minutes before the scream-

Sakura pushed her way through branches, ignoring the tiny cuts in her skin as she sobbed. Having had enough she found her way to a tree trunk and sat against it. Pulling her knees up to her chest and continuing to cry. It was only after a few seconds of this did she hear a voice she never thought she'd hear again.

"Sakura?" She looked up, startled. Into the concerned face of her sensei Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei?" The figure nodded and smiled

"That's right, tell me what's wrong Sakura" The man was surprised when the girl jumped forward and wrapped her arms around him. Sobbing and talking at the same time

"Naruto and Sasuke keep fighting, and I thought you were dead and Zabuza is after us and everything is just too much" Her sensei patted her back, nodding as she finished

"Everything is going to be okay now Sakura" The girl looked up at her sensei who smiled down at her.

"You're here, so you can get the boys to behave! Then we can go back to Konoha, right?" For some reason she found herself really tired.

"That's right, everything is going to be okay now Sakura" The pink haired girl closed her eyes and smiled

"Thank goodness you're here sensei" However, when she opened her eyes she found herself in the embrace of a Suna ninja. A slash through his headband told her it was a missing-nin. She opened her mouth and screamed but was quickly silenced by a chop to the back of the neck. The missing-nin smiled to himself and giggled.

"That's right, everything is going to be okay" His giggles turned to full blown laughter as he picked up the girl and started walking further into the forest. "The boys back at camp sure are gonna have fun with this one"

/O\/O\/O\

Damn it, damn it, damn it! Naruto was jumping through the trees as fast as he could. Reaching out every few seconds with a kunai to leave a mark on a nearby tree. He should never had let her run off on her own like that! What was he thinking?! He stopped when he heard the sound of laughter up ahead. A camp? Maybe they heard the scream and know where Sakura is!

He rushed forward to ask the men, but stopped at the edge of the tree line. Bandits. Around twenty of them. Gritting his teeth, he was about to turn around and head in another direction when he saw pink in the middle of the camp. He focused in on the location and was shocked to see Sakura tied up. Her dress having been removed to show her dark blue shorts and purple tank top to all of the world.

There was a flash of blue. A voice called out to him. "Naruto wait!" then he woke up.

/O\/O\/O\

"Naruto wait!"

"SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!"

Not smart move Naruto, Not smart move. Sasuke landed on the tree branch that the blonde had occupied moments ago. Rubbing his temples in frustration he sighed as he watched the Narutos knock out a few of the bandits. What really got his attention however was when the few remaining clones started attacking the air.

"What the hell?" He heard a noise next to him and turned with a kunai ready to strike only to find Sakura next to him. Minus a dress.

"I was just about to cut the ropes and use my last flash bomb to escape when that idiot jumped in" They both looked at the scene of clones relentlessly attacking the air. "At least the mess he made gave me enough time to escape unnoticed" They turned their attention to the clones once more. Their numbers going down as the few bandits left standing easily cut them down.

"Why is the idiot just attacking the air?"

"Genjutsu." Sasuke turned to the pink headed girl who nodded at him. "A missing-nin from Suna, he used genjutsu to get the drop on me. I imagine that's what's making Naruto attack the air" Sasuke scoffed

"Of course the idiot doesn't notice he's in a genjutsu" He looked at Sakura "Are you okay for combat?" The girl nodded hesitantly

"I was kinda scared at first, but then I realized these bandits are nothing compared to standing up to Zabuza"

"Alright good. I need you to take care of the bandits while I free the idiot from the genjutsu. That should lure out the missing-nin, lets go" He was about to jump out of the tree line when Sakura spoke up.

"Wait! How do you plan to counter his genjutsu?" Sasuke simply stayed in his position. His back turned to the girl "Sasuke?" At this, the boy slowly turned around and made eye contact with the pinkette. Crimson eyes spinning while he allowed himself a small grin.

"With these." With that he was off onto the battle field. Taking down a two bandits on his way to Naruto. Sakura sat there for a second before squealing

"He's soooo cool!" She sighed in content before shaking her head and focusing. She had some bandits to knock down.

/O\/O\/O\

Sasuke had just made it to Naruto when he noticed some of the other bandits being taken out. Kunais in their legs being the most often reason why. Glad Sakura was pulling her weight he reached out and grabbed Naruto, who quickly turned to attack him but stopped once their eyes made contact. "Sasuke? When the hell did you get here? Never mind that, I've been fighting these bandits for god knows how long, where have you been?" Said Uchiha's eye twitched as glanced around the area.

"I've been here the whole time. Sakura's been rescued. You were under a genjutsu dumb ass" an awkward wind passed between them as everything was silent for a few seconds

"...A gen who?"

"For gods sake! Don't you know anything you moron?!"

"I know enough to kick like a hundred bandits asses!"

"I just told you it was a genjutsu! They weren't real!"

"Real or not, I still kicked their asses!" The blonde crossed his arms defiantly at this statement. Sasuke meanwhile just sighed in frustration. There was no winning with this idiot.

"My, my. You two are quite interesting" Both genin turned at the sound of a voice they didn't recognize to see the missing-nin from suna approaching. A cocky smirk on his face "How about this. I think you're both smart people. You both leave. I keep the girl. You both live. It's a win win for everyone" At this he turned slightly to show an unconscious Sakura behind him.

"You bastard!" an angered Naruto yelled, while in the back ground Sasuke muttered a curse.

"So what's it gonna be boys? You both live and she gets to have some fun with me? Or all of you die?" Naruto simply growled while Sasuke was attacking his brain for a solution. Suddenly a kunai found its self in the dirt a bit behind the suna nin. Who looked at the one who threw it with a questioning look.

Naruto stood there. Breathing heavily, his arm still out stretched from the throw. He spoke. "We accept your terms"

"Excellent!" The suna nin clapped his hands together in glee, while Sasuke looked at the blonde like he grew a second head.

"What the hell Naruto?"

"Trust me!" The whiskered boy whispered sharply as the suna nin spoke once more

"Will there be anything else?" At this a smile grew on Naruto's face

"Actually... fuck you." At this the kunai Naruto had thrown earlier exploded as it un henged back into a clone. Which then threw itself forward at the suna nin. Fist met face in a brilliant show of physics as his body was thrown back a couple meters. "Sasuke, I got Sakura! You finish him off!" The clone sweep the girl up into his arms and jumped back to regroup with the original.

Sasuke had a small smile on his face at the trick that Naruto had just pulled, he glanced over at the blonde who was looking after Sakura and nodded at him before turning to the enemy ninja in front of him who had just gotten back up. His nose was clearly broken and he looked pissed.

"You stupid little shit! Ill fucking kill all of you for that! Behold! My most prized technique!" With those words the man turned invisible. "Now you have no idea where I am! You can't possibly kill me!" and just like that the nin was killed as he found a kunai sticking into his stomach and a smirking black haired boy in front of him.

"But... but how?" The avenger looked up into the mans eyes with his own crimson ones and grinned

"Cause I'm the last Uchiha." At this he ripped the kunai out of the mans stomach. Assuring his death. All he manged to get out before falling over and passing out due to blood loss was one last word.

"Sharingan..."

/O\/O\/O\

Ellen was a good girl. She graduated high school the top of her class. Always followed the rules, and did what her mother and father asked of her to. She never disobeyed and had successfully taken over the family business and even made it better.

Her mother and father lived comfortably off of the money she made, which was enough that she too lived comfy. So it's no surprise that she yearned for more in her life. It was so boring! Where were all these magical warriors her father used to tell her stories about? Oh... if only her life was more exciting...

Well, be careful what you wish for. The door to the little hotel was slammed open as two boys carrying a girl walked in. One covered in scratches. The other in what appeared to be blood. The dark haired one handed the pink haired girl off to the blonde hair boy before walking up to the counter where she stood.

She was trembling. It was time. She was going to have her adventure! It was going to be so exciting, she wondered what they would do. What kind of fun things these magical warriors did. This one walking up was pretty cute too. If some what young for her. The boy stopped at her counter and she held her breath for the big question...

"We'll take a two bed room for the night."

Whatever she had been expecting, it wasn't that.

/O\/O\/O\

A tall figure walking along came to a split in the road. He stopped and looked at both directions. Easily picking up the signs that indicated what he wanted to know. He started to make his way right when he spotted something shining a little off on the left road. He approached to find a kunai lodged in a tree "Well now, what do we have here?"

"Alright idiot" Sasuke smirked, while Naruto responded in kind with a thrown Kunai intentionally thrown off course. "You know if that tree was me then I'd actually think you were good at throwing weapons" Naruto simply grinned at that.

He laughed to himself and started down the left path.

The Demon of the Mist was on the hunt.

/O\/O\/O\

A/N: So I don't think there's much to address here. Sasuke is starting to notice something might be different about Naruto. Which could make or break the team. Also he got his first kill. Obviously doesn't effect him. The damn kid went through a massacre already. Our friendly neighbour hood Naruto has yet to talk about how killing Haku has effected him however. Look forward to how that affects him soon.

Sakura is making slow progress. Aside from not being afraid now. Which is logical when you face down an A-class missing-nin who kills your sensei and you LIVE. Anyways, I'm going to pick her progress up soon. I can't be having her relying on the boys to help her every time for what I got planned in the future. So look forward to that.

Also before you say anything about how easy the battles seem let me just say that they've only fought two missing nin who underestimated them BADLY. They paid the price for it. One of them gets a second chance and he will not be holding back. Expect actual. Real. Better fight scenes in the future.

Anywhozies. I'm working off of coffee here. I'm real excited for where this story is taking me. To think that I only started it almost 12 hours ago. Hope that put in perspective how long it takes to write only a few words. Writing is tough man.

Aight. See ya later kids! Insanity OUT!