Disclaimer: No copyright infringement is intended. I'm not getting paid.

A.N.: Wow! A whole 12 people made it to chapter 3!!! Sigh. Well, I didn't expect many to get past the prologue. People are fickle like that. Shrug. See, I've been working on keeping each chapter to a certain point of view, so there are quite a few chapters in this piece of tomfoolery. Hee hee. The real story is actually just getting started. Well, thanks to all who actually read this far.

Oh yeah! I guess I failed to mention that this story is inspired by From the Floppy Called Subversiveby Serialhugger, which is, of course, in my favorites. 'Lusty Badness', 'fear of boy bands', 'smooth peanut butter' and 'plot-hole-devices', are all craftily borrowed from Smurf.

Stalking Naruto

Naruto followed the shadowy figure through the night, over to the creepy side of town, and through the 'DO NOT CROSS' tape that crisscrossed the entrance to the old Uchiha district. None of the villagers liked to go there because, well, everyone that lived there was dead.

They went through the creepy, empty neighborhood, and out into the creepy woods and down a creepy path that lead to the old, creepy shrine by the river, and when they got to the shrine, the shadowy figure led Naruto inside.

Lucky for Hinata she had x-ray vision.

They went over to the far side of the room and moved one of the tatami and went down some stairs that led to some sort of creepy underground chamber. She followed them, quiet as a mouse, as soon as they were out of sight, and stood at a good spot to peek down on them with her Byakugan. She watched intently as Naruto lit some torches on the wall and rummaged around in the corner by the alter.

"Behind the tapestry," the shadowy figure said. "The fifth stone from the floor."

Naruto went to that spot and rubbed the wall and a secret door opened. "Hey, whadaya know! It worked!" He reached inside and pulled out an object. "A scroll?"

"Pull off the cap."

It was only a case for a scroll. When Naruto pulled off the cap, a vile fell out and it almost smashed on the floor, but he reflexively snatched it before it could. Naruto was so cool…

"Oops! Heh heh, sorry about that."

"Just drink it."

Naruto held the small glass vile in his hand and studied it. "Will it really do what you say it will?"

"Yes. It will. Just drink it."

Naruto seemed worried. "I'm not sure this is a good idea…"

"I thought you wanted Sasuke back? This will surely do that for you."

Naruto stared down for another minute, then pulled out the dropper and put it to his tongue.

The shadowy figure rubbed his hands together, "That's it. There you go…"

All of a sudden, a breeze blew by Hinata and ran down the stairs to the chamber. Whoever it was that streaked by took no notice of her standing there, so she continued to watch as the events unfolded below...

(Continued…)

Next time: Sasuke Back Again