A friend with an IQ of 200 can't really figure this out…or can he?

(please don't mind the kind'a(s) and dude(s) in here)

I was going to get up and look for shikamaru and Sakura but when I looked up I saw someone and sighed with relief. That someone I saw was in fact shikamaru himself.

"Hey Naruto!" There he was. He looked the same as always to me but today, he seemed happier.

"Shikamaru!" I shouted with a huge smile on my face.

"I'm glad you're ok" He told me.

"And I'm glad you're here, sit…" I patted my hand on the bed to tell him where to sit.

"So, why exactly are you very happy to see me?" He asked.

"Ok this is kind'a top secret so don't tell anyone…"

"Umm…sure?" He said while scratching the back of his head in confusion.

"I think Granny Tsunadae's brain is being controlled by the Akatsuki." I just said what I kept thinking about for the past few hours.

"That kind'a sounds like you're telling me aliens have taken over the world." Shikamaru exclaimed.

"No it's true! Remember that mission I went on to save Gaara?" I'm sure Sakura told him.

"Well I heard a lot about it from Sakura"

"Did she tell you about the man that we thought was Itachi but it turned out to be a man from the sand village?"

"Oh yeah she told me that the attacks were no different from the real Itachi and that he was probably being controlled by the…. Oh that's right so weren't lying… go on" He finally realized. Why don't people ever believe me?!?

"Granny Tsunade held her head in pain. It looked like it was the end of the world for her but a second later she said she was fine and that she needed to go talk to Jiraya-sama. They were right outside the door and so was Shizune. I heard them talking and that they said they were going to kill me and save Konoha by doing so and I think they kidnapped Shizune!"

"Wow that is…umm… a lot of information there… um so you're telling me that Tsunadae-sama and Jiraya-sama are against you and they kidnapped Shizune because she didn't agree to the part about killing you?"

"That's exactly what I mean and I didn't even tell you that Shizune disagreed… dude you're scarily smart!"

"So how do we get them to um… not kill me?" I continued.

"Ok we need All the extra help we can get… the library!" Shikamaru cried out.

"About that…HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET THERE!?"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch" Shikamaru assisted me in walking to the library and I walked with a crutch under my other arm. Every time I move everything hurts!

"We're almost there" Shikamaru said trying to calm me down.

A girl with a huge mountain of books walked out the Library. I think I knew who that was.

"Sakura-chan!" I yelled with glee to the girl.

After what I said she fell and all the books toppled over her!

"Sorry!" She's going to kill me!

"Naruto!!!" She bawled. Her face wasn't as red as it usually was. She just got really annoyed and swore at me… a lot. Oh I guess that's because Shikamaru's there!

She trudged over to us like she forgot what happened.

"Naruto you're not supposed to leave the hospital! What are you doing out here?"

"If I tell you there's a ninety nine percent chance you won't believe me!"

"Oh just tell me!"

"Okay but lets go to the library" I quickly said so Sakura wouldn't notice that I acually said 'library'.

"Hmph this is the first time I've ever heard you say the word 'library' or even go there… Maybe you should stay in the hospital!" Sakura hissed. She didn't know how important this was to me.

"This is very important Sakura-chan… it's about Granny Tsunade!"

"Oh sorry, let's go then. Then this the second time in there for me today. Not that I mind it!" Yeah now she's satisfied. It's clearly of her concern now since it's her teacher we're talking about.

I struggled to walk up the library stairs. We entered the room but to my surprise it was very quiet; no one there said anything or even made the slightest noise. Almost all of them looked like nerds… apart from me and my friends!

We sat down at the table in the corner away from everyone else. I sat next to Shikamaru and Sakura sat opposite to us.

"Who's that?" I saw a young boy about my age with black hair and fair skin at the next table.

"That's Sai. He often comes to the library to read the YOU KNOW WHAT kind'a books. Those stupid books tell you how to treat your friends and especially about nicknames!"

"Oh yeah I remember when… uh he called you uh… yeah never mind…" Shikamaru just kept quiet. He clearly didn't want to hurt Sakura's feelings. She's not ugly.

"I think we should keep this between our selves and not involve anyone else in this."

"Yeah" I agreed to what Sakura whispered.

"Okay so tell me what you guys were saying about Tsunade-sama!"

"I Think the Akatsuki are controlling Tsunadae-sama"

"Umm… okay well… uh"

"I knew it" At least she didn't say she didn't believe me but I still do feel a little… untrustworthy.

"Why don't I explain?" Shikamaru opted.

"Remember that mission on which you and Naruto were sent to rescue Gaara?"

"Yeah"

"Do you remember what happened with the fight between the fake Itachi?"

"Yes I do." Sakura just kept saying yes to almost every question. What if she said no?

"Do you remember… okay yes you do, Itachi was controlling a man from the sand village with a jutsu called 'Shouten no Jutsu'. It's a mind controlling process. Naruto tell Sakura what you saw."

"When I was in bed at the mansion, I saw Granny Tsunade hold her throbbing head. The next moment she was fine and left the room to talk to Jiraya. She sounded like a robot, like she was forced to say it. She and Jiraya were standing outside the room and Shizune left too but I could still hear them talking. They said that they planed to kill me in order to keep Konoha safe. Shizune didn't agree but a few minutes later I heard her scream and I wasn't didn't hear anyone after that. That's when Shikamaru came."

Sakura seamed very serious about this and tried to understand as much of it as she could.

"Head hurting mostly lasts for less than a second as Naruto described earlier. You forget what you were doing and eventually talk like a robot. End of story." Shikamaru explained.

"I understand but what can we or what should we do about it and how can we avoid Naruto's… assassination?" Now this… I could tell was of Sakura's concern. I'm her friend.