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"I have no clue" Naruto said to Killer Bee "but if I'm seeing this correctly; I'm thinking they might've gone out."
"No," Yugito said still pissed "this son of a bitch let his fish-teme attack me; because I'm a Jinchuuriki!"
"I didn't let him attack you," she heard behind her "he acted without permission; besides you kicked his ass didn't you?"
"That doesn't change what happened" as she tried to kick Itachi in the face with a round house kick but was stopped by Naruto who grabbed her foot mid swing.
"Now let's just take a few steps away from each other," as he let go of her foot "and talk to each other like humans that can be civilized; and not some animals that have anger problems."
"You dare insult a Jinchuuriki" as blue chakra started to bubble and two tails formed.
"Yugito calm down," Killer Bee said "we came here to get away from the Akatsuki; not start a war with them."
"I'm not going to let you win," Naruto said "I don't care if you're a Jinchuuriki or not."
"Naruto why don't you take your advice" Killer Bee said "and not do anything stupid."
"If we're to act as a cell," Itachi said "we need to get anything against each other out; so if that means fighting right now, then we fight."
"I like that idea" Yugito said as her demon cloak finished engulfing her.
"If you attack my sensei" Naruto said as he made his demon cloak appear revealing six tails "you'll have to fight me."
"You're a Jinchuuriki too" Yugito asked in shock as Naruto swayed his tails in a synchronized motion.
"Ya," Naruto said "I killed Kisame and forced the Akatsuki to become bounty hunters and protection units. I forced them to stop hunting the Jinchuuriki as long as I was in the group, but now that Itachi-sensei and I are out we don't have time to be killing each other about things that happened in the past."
"How long?" Killer Bee asked.
"Less than five weeks," Itachi said "Naruto always took this month to himself so he could return here and see someone. When we don't return at the end of the month, we'll have one week before they start targeting the Jinchuuriki."
"So what do we do?" Yugito asked.
"We'll spend one week training," he said "then we start killing the Akatsuki members that we find as we destroy the altar that was designed to remove the tailed-beasts from their host."
"Good," Killer Bee said "if that altar thing gets destroyed there won't be a way to remove the beasts."
"Now that we all agree that we're allies," Itachi said looking at Naruto and Yugito "take off the demon cloaks; we're not enemies. We have the same goal here."
"Grandma Tsunade told me that I'm still a Genin," Naruto said as he retracted his demon cloak "which is the only reason she made this cell. But because we're Jinchuuriki, we can work together better because we understand what it's like to be miss treated."
"We weren't miss treated in our village," Yugito said "but we still understand what it's like to have a beast inside us."
"Lucky you," looking at the ground with sadness.
"Naruto," Killer Bee said "don't get soft; we have to train."
"Ya," as he shook his head and looked at Itachi "when do we start?"
"Now," Itachi said as he did hand signs and did a water clone jutsu.
Later; "Why is it that I'm the only one standing?" Naruto asked his cell mates.
"You're used to fighting the Akatsuki," Yugito said as she breathed deeply to catch her breath "we're not."
"Perhaps we're going about this the wrong way," Killer Bee said.
"We are," Naruto said as his ears twitched like he heard something "we need to use each other's attacks to find openings and then strike; not attack one on one."
"I think that's enough for today," Itachi said as he appeared out of nowhere "we'll continue tomorrow."
"Do you two need help getting home?" Naruto asked his cell mates.
"I'm fine," Killer Bee said as he stood up shaking slightly "thanks though."
"No," Yugito said "I don't need help" trying to get up and barely being able to stand.
"From the looks of it you do," Itachi said as he caught her and stopped her from falling down.
"Let go of me," she said as she pushed him away "if I need help I'll ask for it."
"Ugh," Naruto moaned "this is backwards" shaking his head recalling his first day of training with Kakashi and cell seven. 'Kakashi was the only one that could stand,' looking at the sky with a slight smile 'Sasuke could stand but was shaking, I couldn't stand at all, and Sakura wasn't much better.'
"I'm gonna get going," Killer Bee said as he walked off, shaking with every step he took.
"I guess I should see if Sasuke-kun is over of his depression," Itachi said as he walked towards the Uchiha compound.
"What happened?" Naruto asked.
"After I told him why I did what I did," coughing to clear his throat "and why I let him live; he went to his room and got into the feudal position on his bed."
"I have to see this!!!" Naruto said as he ran to catch up with Itachi.
At the Uchiha compound; "Sasuke-kun" Itachi said as he knocked on Sasuke's door "are you still…" taking one look at Sasuke who was still in the feudal position "come on, how do you think I felt having to do that. I only showed you part of what I did so that you'd hate me and kill me" Sasuke didn't move "ok," shaking his head as he closed the door.
"Is it really that bad?" Naruto asked as he opened the door slowly and looked in "I guess so" closing the door as he pulled his head back from the room.
"He's been like this since about ten last night," Itachi said as Naruto looked at him "I've tried talking to him, but it hasn't moved from that position."
"Should I talk to him?" Naruto asked.
"You can," scratching his face "not sure how effective that'll be."
"Sasuke," Naruto said as he opened the door and walked in "get out of the bed now" Sasuke didn't move "you think this is bad" using his biggest point right off the bat "I never knew my parents; I have the Kyuubi sealed inside me and everyone in the village hates me for it; so if you think this is the bottom, think again."
"Just leave," Sasuke said not moving from his position "I don't have to listen to you."
"You were looked at as "the sole survivor of the Uchiha clan massacre"," shaking his head not leaving "and I'm looked at as "the Demon-brat" that attacked the village and killed everyone's family members; so don't think this is hard on you, you don't know what hard is."
"I said just leave," still not moving.
"Whatever," as he left the room.
"How'd it go," Itachi asked as Naruto walked out of Sasuke's room.
"No good," as he closed the door "do you think Kakashi can snap him outa it?"
"Worth a shot."
About an hour later; Kakashi, Iruka, Tsunade, and Jiraiya were in the Uchiha compound, none of them successful. "Wow," Naruto said in shock "looks like I need to get the one person that will surely snap him outa it."
"You don't mean," Kakashi asked in shock.
"Yup," as he walked off.
Ten minutes later; "Sasuke" Sasuke heard at the door.
"God, what plague of hell have you sent upon me now?" Sasuke asked as he looked up into the ceiling.
"It's Sakura."
"Good one," still looking at the ceiling.
"May I come in?" Sakura asked.
"I'd really prefer you didn't," as he heard the door open and Sakura walked in "but what do I care, come on in."
"I'm sure Naruto's already played the "you don't know what hard is" card, Kakashi's already played the "life is never fair so make what you can of it" card" as she sat down in a chair beside his bed "so I'll do something different."
"Leave the first time I tell you to?"
"No," shaking her head "you're brother told you the truth because he felt you had to know; he made you hate him so you would have a good reason to kill him. You're strong now, because you wanted to kill your brother; he's back now and just wants to be able to live with you like a brother. There is a silver lining to every grey cloud."
"What's this one's?"
"The person you hate the most is back in the village," she explained "Naruto knew where he was and didn't tell you, you're one of the last of your clan, you're in a big compound that's quiet and dull."
"Are we at the silver lining yet?"
"You're brother is back to help restore your clan," rubbing his hair "Orochimaru was once a part of the Akatsuki, you have friends that care about you, and you have a chance to help destroy the Akatsuki."
"That sounds like a plan" as he sat up "and if Orochimaru was once a part of the Akatsuki, then we'll be able to find and kill him as well, and I'll finally be rid of this curse mark."
"That's the way to think," as she stood up "now get up and get dressed; we have training to do."
"Did it work?" Kakashi asked as he looked up from his Ichi-Ichi Paradise.
"Yup," as she closed the door.
"Wow," Tsunade said in shock "it took seven of us to get him out of that position."
"To think it was the flat chested girl that he can't stand" Jiraiya said right before he received two hits; a punch in the face from Tsunade, and a kick to the balls from Sakura.
"He hasn't changed," Naruto said shaking his head in shame "and to think I was once trained by him."
"I'm glad I trained you when I did" Itachi said looking at Jiraiya, who was on the ground with a broken jaw and holding his nuts "otherwise you'd be like him."
"Ya," as he felt a shiver run down his spine just thinking about the mental image "that would've been unhealthy for me."
"How so?" Kakashi asked.
"Unhealthy for my lifespan and future Uzumaki clan," with a serious look.
"Good point," Kakashi agreed as he shook his head in agreement.
"I should get going" Naruto said as he left "I promised Hinata-chan we'd have lunch together," as he opened the door "I'm meeting her at the compound then we're going where she wants to eat."
As he walked through the streets of the village; "How much money do I have," Naruto asked himself as he opened his frog wallet "ok that should be enough" seeing he had enough for lunch and have some left over for later.
"You get out of this village you Demon-brat" he heard as he got hit with a frying pan "you betrayed the village and joined the Akatsuki. We're better off without you."
"You asshole," Naruto shouted looking back at the person that threw the frying pan "why is it that everyone thinks I'm the Kyuubi?"
"Because you are," as the person reached for another pan "now get lost."
"I'M NOT THE KYUUBI," as he dodged the frying pan "NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
"Why can't you just leave the village and stay away?"
"Because I'm giving information to Grandma Tsunade about the Akatsuki," starting to get mad.
"You're just setting up the ninjas of the village," now grabbing a butcher knife "so that you can attack the village again after all the stronger ninja are dead."
"If you throw that at me I'm not gonna…" right before the person threw the knife "THAT'S IT!!!!" as he disappeared right before the knife hit him and reappeared behind the person kicking him square in the kidneys causing the person to fall to the ground in pain, he then grabbed his hair and picked him up and punched him in the face.
"HELP!!" the person shouted causing everyone to look and two ANBU to show up.
"HE ATTACKED ME!!" Naruto shouted at the ANBU as they attacked him with their swords "NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
"You lying Demon-brat" one said as he swung at Naruto.
"Why should we believe you?" the other asked.
"Because I'm telling the truth!" dodging the one's swing "I'm not doing anything wrong!"
"Just die" the second said as he took a swing "you damn Demon!"
"What the hell is going on here?" Killer Bee asked as he grabbed the sword mid-swing.
"That damn Demon-brat attacked an innocent man," he answered.
"Then lied about his return to the village," the first said taking another swing at Naruto.
"I didn't attack that person for no reason," Naruto said as Killer Bee blocked the swing with one of his swords "and I didn't lie about why I returned to the village."
"If you call him a Demon-brat one more time," Killer Bee said as he lifted his sword along with the ANBU's sword "I'm not going to be so kind about attacking a fellow Jinchuuriki."
"This brat attacked the village," the second said "killed our families, and then tries to live among us."
"Let me ask you something," Killer Bee said "when you put oil in a glass of water; does the water become oil?"
"No," the first answered.
"So if someone has a tailed-beast sealed inside them, do they become the tailed-beast?"
"No," the second said.
"So that means what?"
"That he's not a Demon, or the Kyuubi," they answered looking at Naruto.
"Good black op bitches," Killer Bee said with a smile as he let go of the sword and put his up "now leave Naruto alone." Nether said a word as they put their swords up and left.
"Thanks" Naruto said to Killer Bee "I didn't want to have to actually fight them."
"But you still attacked me" the person that threw the knife and frying pans at Naruto said.
"Don't get me started," Naruto said looking at the person.
"Let's get you home and take a look at that knot on the back of your head" Killer Bee said as he followed Naruto to the Hyuga compound.
"What happened to you?" Hinata asked in shock seeing the knot on Naruto's head.
"Some guy attacked me with two frying pans and a knife," Naruto said as he sat down in front of Hinata "then two ANBU attacked me."
"That's horrible," she said as she looked at the knot more closely "looks like there was a little blood drawn," as she got a first aid kit.
"Luckily Killer Bee showed up and helped me," as Hinata used a cotton ball to clean up what blood was still coming out "otherwise I would've had to actually fight them."
"Now I understand why you left here" Killer Bee said as he took a seat across from Naruto "they hate you for no reason."
"It's always been like that" Naruto said as he started to look up at him but Hinata pushed his head back down so she could see what she was doing.
"And it's because of those kinda people that caused Naruto-kun to have so much rage built up," Hinata said as she dipped a Q-tip into peroxide and rubbed it against the wound "the only time he seemed to be at peace was when he was training and no one was around him."
"Ouch," Naruto said as he felt the burn of the peroxide in his wound.
"Sorry," she said "don't get the wrong idea about Naruto-kun" as she used another cotton ball to dry the wound "he loves the village, just hates the way he's been treated."
"I wouldn't know," Killer Bee said scratching his head "my village respected Yugito Nii and I. Then again when my brother is the Raikage, but we weren't looked down on."
"I should've stayed in Kumogakure," Naruto said looking at the ground "I might've been happier there."
"But now you're back with your girl friend" Killer Bee laughed "you never stopped talking about her when I was training you to control the demon cloak" looking at Naruto with a smile.
"You talked about me," Hinata asked blushing slightly.
"He always said he wanted to tell you how he felt," looking at Hinata "but didn't want to put you in harm's way by dating you."
"I never stopped thinking about you" Naruto said to Hinata "I returned every year during your birthday and gave you a present" looking back at her "and I would wait for you to wake up and open it so I could see you smile."
"So it was you that left those presents by my bed" Hinata said as she hugged Naruto "I really loved them" as she rubbed her head against Naruto's.
"I'm glad," Naruto said as he met her hug "did you like the roses?"
"Yes," as she leaned back and looked at him "I kept them in a book pressed and dehydrated."
"For sentimental reasons I assume;" as he rested his head against Hinata's forehead "it was kinda hard to sneak back into the village every year."
"I think I'll get going now" Killer Bee said as he stood up "I'll see you tomorrow Naruto" as he walked out of the room.
"See ya," Naruto said not looking away from Hinata.
"Thank you for helping Naruto-kun," Hinata said as Killer Bee walked out.
"Where would you like to have lunch?" Naruto asked Hinata his head still resting against her's.
"After what happened," she said looking into his eyes "I don't think we should go out today."
"Ok," as he kissed her "then what would you like to do?"
"We can go for a walk," she suggested.
"Sure," kissing her again.
Their walk lead them through training ground seven and up the cliff to the top of the Hokage faces; "This is a great view," Naruto said.
"Yes," Hinata said as she rested her head against Naruto's shoulder "I wish you would've stayed here instead of leaving."
"I know," as he put his head on top of her's "but I was tired of being treated like an animal. Besides, now I'm stronger and can fight the Akatsuki without a problem."
"That's good," still looking out at the village.
"Now I'm strong enough to protect you from anyone," as he looked at Hinata.
"But I didn't need to be protected," looking at Naruto "I just wanted to be with you."
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you how I feel about you earlier," with a gentle look in his eyes.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you either," kissing Naruto.
"I need to tell you something," as they finished kissing "about what happened during the Chunin Exams."
"What happened?" with curiosity.
"After your fight with Neji…"
Flashback:
"You think its funny;" I shouted at Neji as I felt my rage fester like a fire outa control "to barely be able to stand, and have to fight?"
"She chose to stand back up," Neji said with a smile and his Byakugan still activated "so I had no choice but to keep fighting her."
"She's your cousin; and heir to the Hyuga clan" feeling my k-nines get longer "do you think I'm just gonna let you get away with this?"
"Naruto" Kakashi said to me "calm down, she's in the infirmary and the medics are doing what they can for her."
"I swear to you Neji," still enraged "if we fight, I'm not gonna hold back at all; I won't have any sympathy. And I swear I'll so you how it feels to barely be able to stand and have to fight back" as I walked to the infirmary.
"You can't be in here" one medic said to me as I made my way to where they were treating you.
"Try to stop me and you'll regret it," as I walked past him.
"The Demon-brat is making his way to Hyuga-san" he said over the intercoms "assistance is needed."
"Stop right there" another medic said as he left the room they were treating you "you aren't allowed back here Demon-brat."
"Move," as I grabbed his arm and threw him outa the way "all of you" looking into the room and seeing the medics.
"Her vitals aren't stabilizing," I heard one medic say.
"Get that Demon-brat outa here" as one grabbed a syringe and came at me. I grabbed the syringe and stabbed it into his arm; it must've been some sorta sleeping medication, cause it knocked him right out.
"I'll give you one more chance," I said to the last medic "leave now."
"Ok" the last medic said in fear as he ran outa the room.
"I'm sorry for having to do this Hinata-chan" I whispered as I called on the Kyuubi's chakra, placed my hand on your forehead and put some into you "but it will heal you faster than these medics can" as I lifted my hand and left.
"Her vitals are stable" the medic said in shock as he reentered the room.
End flashback
"You did that to save me?" Hinata asked as she rested her head on Naruto's chest.
"I had to," running his fingers through Hinata's hair "if I didn't you wouldn't have made it."
"But why the Kyuubi's chakra?"
"The Kyuubi's chakra has healing abilities that surpass medicine," eyes starting to tear up "I wasn't sure what else to do; I just acted on instinct."
"You cared so much for me," looking up at Naruto "that you forced four medics to run so that you could put some of the Kyuubi's chakra in me" wiping Naruto's eyes "and I never knew."
"Ya," rubbing his head against her hand "but I couldn't tell you how I felt; I beat myself up afterwards, because I could do that, but not tell you how I felt."
"I could always tell if you were close by," putting her hand on her heart "I couldn't understand it; but it was just a feeling…" looking up at Naruto "and now I think I do. The chakra you put in me, allowed me to sense when you were close. I know that it was after the Chunin Exams preliminaries, because that was when the feelings started."
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you," closing his eyes "but I wasn't sure how you'd think of me if you knew."
"I would've told you how I felt about you," holding him tightly "because you went to those measures to make sure I would be ok; I would've thought that I didn't deserve you."
"But I love you," as he opened his eyes "I always have. And if you would've said that I would've just kissed you to prove you wrong."
"I love you too," as she kissed him again "but back then I probably would've passed out after you would've kissed me and not've been able to remember that we kissed."
"We'll never know," with a slight smile "but we're together now; and that's all that matters."
"Ya," looking out at the village again "it's starting to get close to dinner time," as she saw people starting to go to restaurants "we should get back to the compound."
"Ok," as he kissed her as they walked back to the compound.
"Naruto-kun" he heard Hanabi call out when they got back to the compound "where were you?"
"We went for a walk Hanabi-chan" as he picked her up "something happened to where we couldn't go out for lunch."
"But you promised we'd play today" with a sad look in her eyes.
"We still can," as he set her down "Hinata-chan how long before dinner?"
"You two can play for an hour while I cook," Hinata said with a smile "just don't leave the compound."
"Yay," Hanabi said with joy.
An hour later at the table; "Hanabi-chan is quite the tracker" Naruto said as he sat down at the table.
"Well" Neji said looking at Naruto "Hyuga do have the Byakugan."
"That's probably helping out big time," scratching his head as he smiled.
"What are your plans for tomorrow Naruto-kun" Hinata asked as she finished setting the table.
"Itachi-sensei wants my cell at the training ground early," as he poured a cup of water "not sure how long we're going to train for though."
"I heard that your cell is going to try to destroy the altar," Neji said "that can remove the tailed-beasts from their hosts."
"Ya," taking a drink "then once that's destroyed the Jinchuuriki can relax a little more."
"When will you be sent out?"
"In a week," setting his cup down "we still have a lot of training to do."
"Please don't talk about things like that at the table," Hinata said as she sat down "we're trying to have a relaxing dinner."
"Sorry Hinata-chan," with a smile.
Early the next morning; "Lady Tsunade," Naruto said as he entered her office "I have paperwork for you" Tsunade was passed out on her desk "Lady Tsunade," not wanting to piss her off "GRANDMA TSUNADE!"
"What" as she shot straight up in shock "what do you want Naruto" looking at Naruto as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes "and why are you in my office at this hour?" looking at the clock which read 5:30 a.m.
"I put together files on each Akatsuki member" he said as he had clones bring in boxes of paperwork "I started working on the files when I got back in the village."
"Did you leave any details out?" sarcastically as she looked at Deidara's file.
"I tried not to," in a serious tone "I need to get to the training field; Itachi-sensei said we'd start early."
"He really didn't leave anything out" with a yawn as Naruto closed the door "I guess he wants to protect this village now."
At the training ground; "Sorry I'm late," Naruto said to his cell mates as he walked onto the training ground "had to drop off some paperwork."
"It's cool" Killer Bee said as he stood up and yawned "Itachi-sensei isn't here yet so; no harm no foul."
"Does she still have something against Itachi-sensei?" Naruto whispered to Killer Bee as he pointed at Yugito.
"I think so," he answered.
"Will you two quit whispering about me;" Yugito said with a hint of anger "I am within ear shot."
"I'm here," Itachi said as he walked on to the field "let's not waste time;" as he activated his Sharingan "today I'm going to fight with Sharingan."
"Crap," Naruto said shaking his head "just don't look him in the face and you should be fine."
About eleven; "He actually wrote all these files?" Sakura asked Tsunade in shock as she looked at the boxes.
"Ya," with a sigh "he said he didn't leave out a signal detail; the one thing that concerns me though" looking at Tobi's file "is this Tobi guy. Naruto doesn't have much information on him, so I want to say he never spared against him to figure out his jutsu and fighting styles."
"This one looks like the biggest file out of all of them," looking at a box labeled Sasori "says he abandoned the sand village, he's a puppet master too."
"And Naruto put every detail about each of his puppets;" shaking her head "I already looked at that file."
"That would be a problem in the future," Sakura said looking at Tobi's file, only three pages; first had a picture of Tobi and his name; second has position in the Akatsuki, just a recruit, and personal information; third has what little jutsu Naruto knows he uses.
"I know," scratching her head "so for know we're going to focus on the rest of them."
A week later; "Now that everyone's here" Itachi said looking at Naruto, Killer Bee, and Yugito Nii "we can head out." Itachi is wearing black pants, black t-shirt, his ANBU gear; sword, chest plate, back plate, and arm guards, no mask.
"We should stop at the sand village" Naruto said "it's close to where the altar is, so we can pick up supplies so we can destroy it."
"That sounds good," Yugito said.
"Let's try to make it a two day trek instead of three" Itachi said as they walked to the sand village.
"Wait up," they heard "we were ordered to go with."
"Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked in confusion "why do we need back up?"
"We aren't back up," Sasuke said "we're help." Sasuke is wearing tan shorts, a black shirt with the Uchiha fan on the back, and his headband on his forehead.
"What's the difference?"
"Naruto" Sakura said "don't complain. Lady Tsunade thinks that there will be several Akatsuki protecting the altar."
"Who's this guy?" Naruto asked ignoring her statement as he pointed at a pale skinned boy wearing a deep grey shirt with a black jacket over it, headband over his forehead, black pants, and onyx eyes.
"My name is Sai," he said "I was put in this cell as your replacement."
"What's so special about you?" looking Sai over and looking at his emotionless face.
"I'm a root ANBU," he said "an ANBU in training."
"I know what a root ANBU is," Itachi said looking at Sai "I was one when I was ten."
"That's when I joined them," looking at Itachi.
"We need to get moving," Naruto said as he started to walk again.
A good ways away; "This is a problem," a long haired blonde that has his hair pulled back, a camera in his left eye, and wearing an Akatsuki cloak "what should we do Sasori."
"Not sure Deidara," Sasori said "but now that Naruto-san has left us, we can go back to what we originally were meant to do. It's a very good thing we were ordered to keep an eye on him." Sasori is wearing his cloak, hunched over with a white cloth covering his face and his hat, with a few braided hairs visible from under the hat, his right hand and forearm are clubbed.
"Well," Tobi said "we can make Naruto so mad that he won't be able to control the Kyuubi's power." Tobi is five foot eight with black hair, an orange mask with black lines that connect in the center of the mask and look like they're swirling as they meet and one eye hole on the right side of the mask, with a black one piece outfit that has three armor pieces on each upper arm.
"Do tell," Deidara said with a smile.
At the Hyuga compound the next day; "Lady Hyuga," a Hyuga said as he entered the room where Hinata was "someone's here to speak with you; says he knows Naruto-san."
"Thank you," Hinata said as she walked to the front of the compound where the person was "I'm Lady Hyuga; what is it you want to talk to me about?"
"I'll start by properly introducing myself" he said "my name is Tobi Madara," as he bowed; he has a slightly aged look to his face, long black hair, wearing his one piece black suit "I'm an informant for Naruto-san, I've given him information on rouge ninja," lifting his head from the bow "but right now it's very urgent that you come with me."
"What happened?" with fear that something happened to Naruto and his cell.
"It'd be easier to show you" with a sad look on his face.