WAAAHHH!!! Fanfiction hates me! I deleted my previous authors note and now I don't remember what it said! ahh..anyway..chapter 4...I don't own Naruto...yeah

'How can Jiraiya do this to me? Dropping two bombshells on me in the same day!' Tsunade questioned mentally.

"You're sure that this message is correct?" the hokage asked the toad.

"Yes hokage-sama. Jiraiya etched the message himself. He was positive and felt that you needed to know."

Shizune looked at her master. She was obviously shaken and disturbed by whatever message Jiraiya sent for her. What could the hieroglyphs etched on the toad's back say?

"Tsunade-sama, what does the message say?" Shizune questioned.

Tsunade stared at her desk, thinking of what she should do. What was the best course of action to take in this situation?

"Tsunade-sama?"

"Dammit Shizune! Would you give me a moment to think!" the hokage yelled. Jumping up from her chair. Shizune jumped backward from the suddenness of her outburst. As Tsunade settled back down in her chair she rested her head on her hand.

"The situation with Akatsuki has become even more complicated as of now. Jiraiya has left us with some disturbing news and I don't feel that this is the time or the place to discuss this."

"But Tsunade-sama!"

"Don't question me Shizune! Now I want you to send messages to Iruka, Team Gai, and Shikamaru's squad immediately."

"But Tsunade-sama, Team Gai is currently on a mission and…"

"Shizune! This is urgent and I want you to do it now!"

"Yes Tsunade-sama!" The assistant ran out of the office in a hurry leaving the hokage and the toad alone.

"What are you going to do Hokage-sama?" the amphibian asked.

Tsunade sunk down into her seat again slouching in her chair. "I don't know."

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Sasuke opened his eyes to a world of yellow. Naruto had slouched onto him in his sleep and was now sprawled across the raven-haired boy with his dandelion yellow hair in his face.

"What the hell?!" Sasuke yelled loudly while punching at the blonde hair that had invaded his personal space.

Naruto jumped up at the loud exclamation. "What's going on?" the blonde questioned loudly.

"You were sleeping on me you damn dobe!"

"Was not!" the orange-clad ninja yelled back.

The rest of the group woke up immediately due to the yelling and watched the spectacle in front of them. The two ninjas were standing up and glaring and each other menacingly inches from each other's faces. Sasuke regained composure first and simply stood back, placing his hand on his side.

"You wanna start a fight, usuratonkachi?" Sasuke inquired apathetically.

"Anywhere, anytime teme!"

A branch suddenly shot out of the ground separating the two rivals. They both turned and glared at Yamato who had his hand pressed to the ground indicating that he had been the one to summon the structure. "Calm down you two," he said, "we shouldn't be fighting amongst each other."

"Hmph. I'm going to go scout the area!" the blonde yelled and left in a huff.

Sai stood up and walked over to Sasuke. He was going to have some fun with this guy and damn the consequences.

Sasuke watched as the dark-haired boy approached him. What did this freak want? He put on a face of complete indifference, which wasn't very difficult for him after all.

"What is it?" Sasuke deadpanned.

"So you two slept together? Were you disappointed to find out that he didn't have a dick?" Sai asked while smiling.

Sakura and Kiba suddenly burst out laughing while Hinata blushed a bright red and attempted to cover her face. Shino simply coughed out of surprise. Sakura had know Sai for a while and should have been suspecting something like this from him but it still surprised her nonetheless that he would pull something like this so soon. But then again, Sai was a pretty unpredictable person. Kakashi and Yamato looked at each other. It was apparent to both of them that this wasn't going to end well for Sai if something wasn't done.

Sasuke faltered and his expressionless face suddenly became one of utter confusion and then rage. "What the fuck did you just say?!" Sasuke said as he began to draw a kunai from a pouch.

"It's ok Sasuke," Kakashi said calmingly, "This is just his personality. I don't believe that you two have met properly. This is Sai."

"Nice to meet Sasuke-kun." Sai said smiling.

"Whatever. Just don't fuck with me." Sasuke said while turning away.

"I wouldn't dare. That's Naruto's job after all," Sai said matter-of-factly.

Sasuke turned around and glared at the man, hoping to intimidate him with his sharingan but to no avail. What the hell was wrong with this guy? Was he gay or something. 'Never mind. I don't want to know.' Sasuke thought to himself. He turned around sharply and walked off into the sparse forest with a determined gait.

Sakura and the others could still not believe what they had just seen. It was just too funny. Never had any of them seen Sai insult someone so many times in a single session. What had surprised them even more was the fact that Sai had walked away with all of his limbs intact.

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Naruto had been walking through the forest for a while now. 'Why is that teme always so quick to jump on me about things like this' he wondered. Naruto approached a slow moving stream that was lazily winding through the woods.

'This'll be a good place to take a break' Naruto thought as he flopped himself down next to a tree.

Naruto began throwing stones into the river. It was a peaceful day and the sun played happily on the surface of the water. Dragonflies danced among the foliage of the water plants and birds and insects sang from the trees.

Naruto was getting dreary eyed by the placidness of his surroundings. 'It would be nice if everything could stay this quiet,' he thought.

Naruto had been watching the various reflections that played off of the stream surface. All of them were blurry and difficult to make anything out of. He suddenly noticed that one of the reflections was new and did not fit in with the rest. Naruto turned around and his gaze was met by Sasuke's.

"I knew you'd probably be out here doing something pointless," Sasuke stated.

"It's not something pointless, I was just thinking is all."

"Hmph." Sasuke said while smirking

"What's so funny?"

"Just the thought of you thinking is quite amusing."

"That's it! I'm sick of this crap! What makes you think that you can come back to our group asking us for help yet acting like everything that went on these years never happened?! All the work that Sakura and I and even Kakashi, Yamato, and Sai put in to trying to find you, you don't even acknowledge it. I mean it's not like I'm expecting a thank you or anything, just some recognition."

Sasuke sighed. Talking to this idiot was always so difficult. No matter how many years passed Naruto was still a child but that didn't mean that he had to treat him like one. Sasuke walked up to Naruto and touched his friends shoulder and then sat down against the tree.

Naruto followed suit and sat down next to his rival crossing his arms as he leaned back against the tree.

Silence lingered in the air for several minutes before either of the rivals spoke. Naruto's voice was inevitably the first one to ring through the air.

"So why is it that you need our help? Don't you have your own team?"

Sasuke closed his eyes and said, "they're not my team. I'd rather ask you guys for help than rely on those three any day."

Naruto was happy to hear this coming directly from Sasuke. Sasuke really did want to be with them. Was there hope for him coming back to Konoha? Naruto had to keep his promise. He would bring Sasuke back to Konoha with him, no matter what.

"I knew that you wouldn't desert us forever… even though you DID try to kill me several times," Naruto said.

Sasuke looked at the bright-haired boy and merely released another sigh. It was impossible to explain anything deeper than that to a dobe like him.

The two ninjas remained resting against the tree, enjoying each others company while simultaneously managing to not piss each other off too much.

Sasuke's mind was in turmoil. What should he do? For some reason he was feeling guilty for not telling Naruto that he had the mangekyo sharingan. Sure he couldn't use it yet but he still had it and could potentially control Naruto. This shouldn't be bothering him! Months ago he had tried to kill Naruto but now he was feeling guilty cause he was keeping secrets from the idiot. 'What the hell is wrong with me?!'Sasuke thought.

"Naruto I have something…" Sasuke's words were cut short as the blond jumped up.

"We should spar!" Naruto said excitedly.

Sasuke was dumbfounded, "What?"

"Yeah, I mean we haven't sparred in years. It's been serious stuff since you left and you're the only one who can hold his own against me."

Sasuke thought. This could be his chance. He could test the mangekyou sharingan and see if he could activate it to take control of the kyuubi.

"Sure I guess, but I'm not going to take it easy on you just cause we're working together."

"You won't have to take it easy on me, but I might have hold back. I've gotten really strong you know" Naruto boasted.

"Bring it on dobe," Sasuke said as he took a fighting stance.

Naruto clasped his hands in the hitsuji position readying himself to summon a clone.

The wind blew through the trees. Everything had gone silent except for the sound of the wind. The two opponents stared at each other, both waiting for the other to make the first move.

Inevitably Naruto was the one to make the first move. "Bunshin no jutsu!" he yelled as he summoned a single clone. Naruto and the duplicate ran forward toward Sasuke.

Sasuke smirked closing his eyes momentarily. The idiot was improving. He was focusing his attack on accuracy rather than simply overwhelming his opponent. It didn't matter, he was still going to win this. Sasuke opened his eyes, the dark colored replaced by his blood-red sharingan.

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Pein and Tobi were seated in a dark room alone.

"What do you think of the recent events Pein?" Tobi asked.

Pein thought. This certainly was an interesting turn of events. Zetsu had tracked down Sasuke and had confirmed that he had indeed teamed back up with the Konoha ninjas.

"I think we are going to have to make a slight change of plans," Pein said.

He continued, "we still had a few jinchuuriki to gather but it seems that we are going to have to take down Itachi's target first since he has passed on and I doubt Kisame-san could take him on alone."

"I trust I can leave that to you then," Tobi replied.

Pein knew that this was going to be difficult but he was sure that he would be able to handle a handful of inadequate ninjas and a jinchuuriki, even if it was the kyuubi.

"Yes," was Pein's reply.

"Good. I will leave you to it then. Once you capture him, contact me and we'll extract the demon.

Pein simply nodded and walked out of the dark room. He walked outside, the sun beaming down brightly on the landscape. 'I'll have to leave a trail to a location that will favor me in this battle,' he thought to himself.

Konan sat upon a ledge watching her leader. What was it that Madara wanted out of them? It didn't really matter to her as long as Pein was safe. "I'll protect you. I promise I will find a way to save you, no matter what," Konan said softly.

AN: ummmm...yeah. Randomness from Naruto. I could see him doing something like that. Oh and I love Sai! YAYZ! PENIS!