This chapter will be a flaskback of sorts. In other words it will be the chapter that shows what happened on the night of the Kyuubi attack on Konoha. Should've been the prologue I know, I just really didn't think about it and now here we are.

Sub chapter number one…GO!

Minato Namikaze couldn't be happier. He was the hokage just like he always wanted to be, had a beautiful wife and two lovely children that had just been brought into the world. But now that was all going to hell since his wife, Kushina Uzumaki had kinda grabbed his arm and cracked a few bones in it even while he was trying to maintain the seal on her abdomen that kept the beast within at bay, he could've sworn he saw some red chakra leak out, however was reassured when the seal began to tighten again. He never noticed the slight burn marks on his hands from the red chakra. Although that was a problem it wasn't the worst problem, it only made the worst problem even worse.

There in front of him and his panting wife who looked up in a strained and tired fashion to try and see what all the commotion was about was a masked man in a black cloak who held both of his children having effortlessly slipped through the guard out front and incapacitating all the nurses in the room. Quite the feat if you think about it, especially so considering all the guard was in the anbu. But even so, the man had still slipped through the defences of the village and anbu guards undetected, and was now holding two of the things he held most precious to him and would protect with his life.

"Step away from the Jinchuriki." The masked man commanded while motioning to the fact that he had Minato's children in his hands…both hands were occupied… "Ah shit." Was the thought that came from the masked mans mind as he saw Minato dash forwards having obviously recognized the fault in the way he was handling the children. Thinking quickly the man tossed both children into the air in opposite directions, rapidly throwing explosive note tags onto the cloth that bound the two within never noticing the small brown eyes that watched as everything in the room happened.

Minato ran for the blond haired child first having already managed to throw a marking kunai in the direction of the other child. Minato grabbed the blonde haired boy hastily and proceeded to teleport to the other orange haired boy through the kunai he had thrown and instantly left the room through another teleportation to some abandoned training grounds barely avoiding the shuriken that had been thrown in his direction at the last possible second.

Minato was relieved he had managed to catch both children before they hit the ground not having managed to fail as their parent yet. He was cut short from his small victory however when a hissing sound came from underneath the blankets. Minato's eyes widened as he grasped the ends of the cloth on both boys ripping them off in one swift movement and grabbed the boys once again before teleporting back home to where he was sure his children would be safe until the matter had been sorted out.

"You just wait here, Ichigo," Minato said looking to the orange haired boy on his left placing him in the bed that was laid out noting that the boys eyes were open in curiosity while he feebily grabbed at the collar around Minato's neck, "and you too Naruto." Minato looked over to the blonde who seemed to be sleeping peacefully making Minato chuckle a little to himself noting that he might be the lazier of the two and how carefree children were. "I'll be back soon."

Minato perked up a bit and turned around to see the eye of the orange haired child watching him, unmoving and attentive. That was…strange. Minato just smiled back at the boy before vanishing leaving two small children on a bed, one of which just stared at the ceiling and didn't make a sound as though thinking silently.

"What are you doing?" Kushina yelled at the masked man while she remained tied by her wrists by chakra seals that held her in place to prevent her from moving or escaping.

"I," the man said pausing a little "have waited many years for this day…a day where I would be able to extract the Kyuubi from you and use it's power to destroy Konoha…and that day is today because you," he said pointing at Kushina "had children brought forth into this world, the seal restraining the Kyuubi is weaker than ever now, and I will not miss my chance." the man finished before he looked at Kushina in the eyes with his sharingan. Red chakra spewed forth from her body as the Kyuubi struggled even harder than before to release itself of the chains that held it in confinement because the man willed it to do so.

Finally the beast burst forth from Kushina's body and she collapsed to the ground coughing and wheezing as the Kyuubi let out a mighty roar into the distance. The Kyuubi stood in all it's power and brilliance, the claws on it's feet scarring the earth it stood on and looked around for the man and now it's temporary master that had freed it from it's cage.

"I'm amazed that you're still alive," the masked man said looking over the downed woman, "the host usually dies when the beast is extracted, the Uzumaki really are something else, to survive an extraction and just after childbirth and two at that, it's definitely impressive." The man remarked showing some signs of being impressed. "However that will not help you here, not now. Kyuubi," he said casually waving his arm in Kushina's general direction, "finish her off."

Obeying the commands of it's master the Kyuubi turned around and struck out with a ferocious roar attempting to flatten the woman where she lay on the ground. When the beasts claw collided with the rock Kushina was on it instantly shattered and was ground to dust under the enormous strength of the kyuubi.

The masked man sighed and tilted his head a little while turning it to look at the man that had just stepped in in time to save the red headed woman from her demise. The forth stood in his casual ninja attire on a patch of grass on the same bit of land as the masked man with Kushina in his arms held bridal style. "Is this going to become a common occurance? 'Cause I sure hope not." The masked man sighed.

"Who knows? Maybe it will." Minato replied with venom in his voice clearly at the fact that not only had this man before him almost killed his children mere minutes ago, he had also released the kyuubi and almost killed his beloved in the process.

Kushina was barely awake at the time yet she could still see the blurry outline of the yellow hair that was on the head of the man that had rescued her. Recognizing the figure and the warmth that came from them she grabbed onto him with her left hand, the other hand already pressed against the body that held her.

Minato cast a worried glance at Kushina who appeared to be barely conscious before looking back to the masked man with a critical eye and vanishing once again.

"Better get to work then." The only remaining personnel voiced to himself and turned away from the site that he had used to extract the beast and left through a black void that appeared on the mans will. "Things are getting busy, especially for that orange headed child, that was no child."

Minato flashed into his home and placed Kushina next to the two children that lay on the bed. Ichigo was still awake and looked up at Minato who strangely enough had managed to shift himself to the end of the bed and almost fall off, at least to the eyes of Minato. Ichigo himself was cursing inside his head that he'd been caught trying to explore his new environment as Minato picked him up softly and placed him on Kushina's other side where he was instantly pulled into a hug while Minato pulled up the covers to keep them warm.

Minato moved away from the bedside and went to pick up a white haori with the word 'forth' emblazoned on the back before moving back over to check one last time on the three. "I'll be back soon."

"You better." Kushina managed to mutter weakly looking up towards Minato who just smiled lightly and left the three not noticing the worry that came to Kushina's face as she thought about how this would all play out for her family and the village included. Things were not going to end without a fight.

The masked man was now just outside the walls of Konoha preparing to perform a summoning jutsu to bring the Kyuubi into the village and destroy it.

"Summoning Jutsu" the man said performing the necessary hand signs and slamming his hand into the ground. The area was instantly covered in a cloud of smoke as the Kyuubi came into existence underneath the man who summoned it.

"Ahh now…let's begin, Kyuubi destroy the village" the man commanded and so the Kyuubi began it's attack on the village. As soon as it did though the man hopped off the beast and left to take care of some unfinished business.

Where was he? That man with the mask, where was he?

Minato had been searching for the man for quite some time now and had yet to find the man. He hadn't had the time to notify anyone of the danger, however he was sure that someone would eventually notice…hopefully. One last place of where the man could be came to mind and however unlikely he tried and vanished once again to the training grounds that he had taken both Naruto and Ichigo to, to remove the cloths that had the paper tags stuck to them.

The masked man felt oddly reminiscent of when he himself had been a part of Konoha. He had loved the village, but now it was just an eyesore reminding him of painful memories that were best left buried. He sighed and silently triumphed that he would be finally rid of the village and had the key to the next stage in his plan…well, one of the keys, there were still eight others after all.

Feeling a slight disturbance in the wind pressure of the surrounding environment the man's eye turned from its regular sharingan state into that of a mangekyo sharingan allowing himself to become intangible for the briefest of moments as a hand that was grasping a kunai passed straight through him having attempted to sever his spinal column in two.

The man made a tutting noise and raised his hand wagging his index finger as he turned around to face the forth hokage. "Now, now, there's no need to get violent." Only to receive a raised eyebrow in return as the forth stood his ground some five to ten metres back. "Well maybe there is, I mean I do still have to take care of an entire village, and that isn't something that will take care of itself."

"Give up the Kyuubi." Minato ordered sternly.

"No." the man replied, "I don't think I will. You see, I have been waiting for this moment for quite some time and I won't allow it to go to waste right here and now. So fight me if you wish to regain what once was yours." He said motioning for Minato to attack first.

"Fine, we'll have it your way then." Minato muttered as he dashed forward again trying to hit the man once again only to end with the same result as he went straight through and out the other side of the currently untouchable man.

"No need to be so feisty." The man said dropping a length of chain out behind himself that appeared to be attached to his wrists by black cuffs effectively joining the two of them together. The man looked a little idiotic at the moment and one would question his mental state as he began leaning from side to side, his hands raised in front of him. If it weren't for the situation at hand Minato would have done so.

Dashing forwards once again Minato expected a slightly different result seeing as the chain was supposed to do something and the man might not phase out again. He was proven wrong as they ran at each other and phased right through each other, at least until their heels separated and the chain became solid tugging on Minato slightly but not capturing him completely. Minato quickly jumped backwards kicking off of the ground avoiding the chain.

Leaping away from each other once again Minato pulled out one of his special marked kunai and just as the other man began running forwards he threw it before bolting after it himself while charging a swirling ball of chakra in his hand, an unknown technique to the man before him as he simply ignored it and kept going. As the two approached at much faster speeds than before Minato kept his eyes on the positioning of the kunai as it began phasing through the mask of the man and then his head. Pretty soon the tip of the kunai was beginning to protrude from the back of his head and the masked mans hands were reaching up towards Minato.

"I…"

As the two got closer and closer the only visible eye behind the mans mask narrowed looking at the forth in hate for reasons unknown.

"…win." The masked man finished saying having his thumbs touching the haori of the hokage while his forehead was only milimetres away from the others. His eyes instantly widened when the final part of the kunai phased through the back of his head and the forth disappeared. Almost as soon as he disappeared a great impact was felt in the middle of his back instantly flooring him causing a fairly decent sized crater to appear as well as spider web like cracks that emanated out from the masked man as he tried to make sense of what just happened. He was sure he got him, but he didn't…right, the kunai. He'd forgotten about that and become careless.

Looking at his arm he noticed that he was almost no longer in no shape to fight as his arm began to dissolve into a puddle of goo, which begged the question of who this man really was. He couldn't possibly be Madara Uchiha, he was supposed to be dead after all, so much for that train of thought.

"Now where is the Kyuubi?" Minato said standing a couple of metres away from the downed man.

"That's a different command than before and one that I will happily oblige." The man said standing and dusting himself off casually, not caring for the large missing piece of clothing on his back. "It's back at the village of course, making this world a better place."

Minato seemingly teleported and appeared right before the masked man making him gasp and eyes widen in recognition as seal markings spread over the front of his body from where Minato had firmly planted his hand on the mans chest.

"A contract sealing jutsu!" the masked man exclaimed his only visible eye widening slightly stepping back slightly. Suddenly the man's eye narrowed and he stepped back again before speaking with conviction that worried Minato. "No matter, there is more than one way to take over the world after all. And I will have the Kyuubi."

With that said the man vanished into another swirling void disappearing to who knows where.

Minato now stood atop the hokage monuments and saw the destruction that the beast called the kyuubi had caused. It wasn't much considering what the beast could do and how much it had actually destroyed of the village. The thing looked more happy playing with it's food because it just lazily swiped it's claws about seeing it the ninjas attacking were good enough to play a game of dodge the claw.

Minato cursed silently. "So you've taken notice of me have you." Minato said when the kyuubi looked up unhappily distracted from it's little game and saw Minato. The kyuubi began to growl and lowered it's stance alerting all those who were fighting it to turn their heads and see the forth atop one of the hokage faces.

The Kyuubi opened its mouth and air began to swirl around as red and blue chakra balls began to form and spiral together creating a hulking purple mass of chakra. Instantly Minato began performing hand seals and placed his hands in front of him to stop the giant ball of chakra.

"Oh no you don't." A voice sounded from behind Minato, the exact same voice of the masked man. As soon as that was said Minato was grabbed from behind and held in place. "You won't be helping that village of yours anytime soon."

It felt strange, a slight pulling at first but then Minato realised he was being sucked into a void of some kind as he saw out of the corner of his vision a black swirling mass next to the mans eye that seemed to be the source of the problem. Thinking quickly Minato was just able to pull himself out in time with the use of his speed and get away from the man. Reappearing some distance away Minato looked back to see the man retreating, unable to currently take Minato head on.

"Hm, may as well go, I'm no longer needed at the moment. I just hope I've given enough time for the Kyuubi to kill him." The masked man said to himself hoping that the kyuubi would be enough to take down the forth hokage after it has it's little show down.

Having seen the forth hokage vanish and reappear a little closer the kyuubi repositioned it's head and fired the mass of chakra at incredible speeds causing Minato's eyes to widen as he had to start performing the hand signs again because of the interference of the masked man. Rapidly churning out the seals even faster than before Minato was only able to just finish the last hand sign in time for the chakra ball to fall through the giant seal placed in the air, only mere metres away from his face as he could feel the intense heat and energy radiating from it.

Minato struggled to keep standing as strong winds pressed against him, only to die down once the chakra ball had been completely enveloped by the seal. Minato turned his head noticing a bright luminous light reveal itself in the distance. "For something so large, it has to be as far away as possible. I'm not to sure I have any other place of an equivalent distance for another one to be sent to."

Hearing the mighty Kyuubi roar in defiance that it's prey was not destroyed Minato jumped and threw another marked kunai just above the Kyuubi to where he teleported before biting his thumb and performing more hand signs. "Summoning Jutsu."

Immediately in a cloud of smoke a giant toad with a sword at it's hip appeared below Minato and slammed onto the top of the Kyuubi Making it's legs give way at the unexpected weight and crash into the ground. If one were close enough they would be able to hear the toad groan in complaint as it struggle to hold down the Kyuubi.

"I need you to hold him Gamabunta, just for a bit." Minato said as he yet again started going through hand seals. "This is going to take a lot out of me since the amount of chakra needed is the amount in accordance with the object being transported."

"Easier said than done." Gamabunta replied. "I can only hold him for a short while, you have to hurry it up whatever you're doing."

All around Ninjas began running in towards the downed kyuubi to try and defeat it, but all were surprised when it just vanished. Strangely enough though the toad Gamabunta was still there so all the ninja present looked towards his back to see if the forth hokage was still present but were shocked when he wasn't.

"Third hokage," an anbu said appearing next to the man, "do you have any idea where the forth might have taken the kyuubi?"

"N…" Hiruzen began but then noticed a large cloud of dust that suddenly picked up and obscured some of the moonlight. "Over there, hurry!" Hiruzen shouted and leaped into the forest towards the disaster in the making.

"You'll pay for that fourth." The Kyuubi began as it began to stand once again albeit very slowly. "Even though I was under that mans control for a short while I enjoyed destroying that village of yours…huh?" the kyuubi paused and noticed that the forth hokage had disappeared. Hoping for the best the Kyuubi quickened it's pace only to grow miserable once again when the hokage reappeared nearby. Taking a glance the Kyuubi growled noticing the two children in his arms as well as the red headed woman that was his previous container.

"W-wh-what are y-you doing Minato?" Kushina questioned the blond haired man that held her closely with the two children by his side.

Placing Kushina on the ground Minato began breathing heavily and almost gave out from chakra exhaustion. "I have to erect a barrier to hold back the Kyuubi for a bit to complete the ritual." Minato only noticed the red head in front of him speaking when she was on her hands and knees and tugged on Minato's sleeve. "Kushina, I have to seal it away."

As soon as the words left Minato's mouth Kushinas eyes opened wide in horror at what Minato was saying. He couldn't possibly do that to his own child could he? No! It just wasn't possible, he couldn't. "Why?" Kushina said voice broken.

"It can't be sealed back within you and the only option that we have at the moment is either our own children or one of the villages and I sincerely doubt that anyone would be willing to give their child up to the life of a jinchuriki." Minato replied. "Besides, with us here and each other they'll be strong and won't have to worry about being lonely."

Kushina was silent for a moment before she nodded her head and agreed with Minato. "Wait, what do you mean both of them? Can't you seal it entirely into just one of them?"

"No, it's not possible at the moment. They will have to share the burden." Minato said and rose with both of the children in the arms noticing the Kyuubi having fully regained it's bearings and was now looking down upon them growling.

"I'll hold him still." Kushina said noticing the growing look of apprehension, "I have enough chakra to hold him still for a while. Now hurry."

Minato nodded in reply and summoned two cradles where he lay his two children as Kushina let chakra chains burst forth from her back that plowed into the ground and burst forth right underneath the Kyuubi chaining each individual tail to the ground as well as his torso, arms, and legs.

Just outside the area where the main scene was unfolding two people stood, one on one side of the erected barrier and one on the other, out of sight and invisible to the other person. Hiruzen stood in his spot watching the scene and gasped silently in realisation of what Minato was going to attempt.

"He's going to try and seal the Kyuubi into his children to save Konoha." Hiruzen muttered briefly before the appearance of the anbu at his sides who only heard the last part. Looking ahead the anbu realised that Hiruzen said that the forth hokage was attempting to save Konoha.

Hiruzen tried to get closer to help Minato but was stopped when he walked right into a barrier that stopped him in his tracks. Looking around he could see several golden chains that were planted into the ground around the surrounding area. Those chains were probably the reason that there was a barrier in around the area of the Kyuubi and were most likely being used to contain it.

The Kyuubi roared and struggled under the chains that rattled with the movement of the beast but did not budge. "I won't be sealed again!" The kyuubi said straining its neck to snap the chains that bound it to the ground. If he could just turn his head he might be able to escape. The Kyuubi froze when it felt something terribly wrong happening and strangely enough the chains around it became looser. Once he lifted his head he saw it. He had grown smaller; the only evidence being that there were his tiny claws inside the footprints of those much larger than his own.

"Eight signed seal complete." Were the words that came from Minato's mouth causing the Kyuubi's chakra to flare violently and cause a powerful wind sweep throughout the area.

The Kyuubi was now looking at the child that had half of himself sealed inside it. Seeing the baby's blonde hair only enraged it further as it realised that not only was it being sealed again but it was to the child of the one who had previously contained him. "No! Release me now scum and let me tear you to shreds!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, your too dangerous to be left alone." Minato replied breathing deeply, he was almost out of chakra. "Now for the last seal." Minato looked at the orange haired baby who strangely enough was still awake and was not crying even though it had a look of fear on it's face. "That's right Menma, be strong." Minato said comfortingly to the baby. "Eight signed seal." Minato said placing a hand on the childs abdomen beginning the sealing process only to be shocked to the core when the seal was rejected as soon as the Kyuubi's chakra touched it.

"Haha, forth, it seems you will not be sealing me within that child." The Kyuubi said in triumph beginning to shake the chains again forming a pleased grin on his face when the chains began to stretch and snap.

"No…"Minato muttered softly, "Why? Why isn't it working?" he said trying the seal again only to be met with the same results after a repeated attempt. There was only one way now and Minato knew that he wouldn't come out of this alive if he did. Strengthening his resolve he performed more hand signs and said "Death reaper seal." Forming behind him in a ghostly appearance was a creature with a tanto in it's mouth, red beads on it's left hand and horns sprouting from it's head, while the skin was an unnatural purple.

The Kyuubi's eyes widened when he heard this and doubled his efforts to break loose of his confinement in the chains that held him still.

"Minato," was the soft voice heared from Kushina as she turned her head tears threatening to spill from her eyes already knowing that he had completed the hand signs and was awaiting the final moments when the shinigami would take his and the Kyuubi's soul, "why?"

"There is no other way to seal the Kyuubi at the moment Kushina and if we let it run rampant any longer the village will cease to exist. I'm sorry." Minato explained.

Watching them the Kyuubi had released one of its arms and was now capable of moving it freely. Seeing the blond boy it came to the conclusion that if he could at least kill the blonde he would be able to escape and kill the forth before he could complete his jutsu. Raising his claw the Kyuubi swept outwards with a mighty roar hoping to impale the baby and kill it instantly. What it did not expect however was for Kushina to leap into the way and allow it to impale herself and slow the claw down. The Kyuubi was not stopped though and continued forwards, closing in on the child.

Minato watched in horror at what his wife had just done and would have done so himself had he not needed to be facing the Kyuubi to seal it in himself. Minato looked behind himself and felt strangely relieved when saw the shinigami reach forwards and plunge it's hand through Minato and grab the Kyuubi's shoulder in its cold grasp.

The Kyuubi paled, if it could really do that, when it felt the sudden sinking feeling as it was forcefully dragged to Minato to be sealed within the shinigami for all eternity. Well at least its other half could terrorize the village and the world when things came to it, which was a relief. But still, for this half to be sealed away within the shinigami was unacceptable, he'd find a way out, he'd make sure of it.

Kushina collapsed to the ground face first as blood painted the ground because the claw was no longer stopping the blood flow instantly releasing the barrier in which all the current people were held captive. Minato just stumbled over to Kushina on his last breaths and died with his hand outstretched to Kushina never quite making it over, his hand only being a mere few centimetres away.

The man on the opposite side of the clearing to the third hokage wore his cloak and mask as an unseen scowl made itself present. This would cause a problem later on. He would surely be pursued to the ends of the earth if he took one of the children, especially that which held the Kyuubi. For now he'd just make a bargain with the snake man and feed his curiosity to buy him over to his little group that was forming. Vanishing in a black swirl the man made his way over to the little broken family.

The third hokage took a moment to realise the barrier was down but when he did he realised it was too late as a man dressed in black appeared out of thin air and hauled up the body of Kushina Uzumaki and placed her over his shoulder before vanishing yet again. Who were they and why did they do that?

It didn't matter now, only that the forth hokage's body was present and so were the two live children. If the man had taken either the small blonde or the forth hokage they would have had a problem seeing that the baby had half the Kyuubi sealed inside him and the forth had a possible key to retrieving the other half. But still they would have to send a small search party so that she could have a proper burial.

In dark murky swamps the masked man stepped through a camouflaged doorway and made his down torch lit steps, rocky walls and ground making up the pathway in which he took to approach the unseemly man that stood at the other end of a hallway.

"What do you want now?" the man hissed, "I hope you haven't come begging to recruit me again, because like last time I will still say no…unless you have some compensation to make up for it, and for that to work it has to be something valuable."

"Yes Orochimaru," the masked man nodded excitedly putting up a façade, "Tobi has something for you so you will join the master's group."

Orochimaru raised an eyebrow, "Oh really now," he said slightly interested in what the man before him had to offer, "What might this be? Hm."

"Oh good," the now child like man said clapping his hands together, "you want to see the present Tobi brought you. Although Tobi must warn you, Master said it was one of a kind and that you shouldn't use it too quickly otherwise we have no more presents to give." He said almost sadly.

"Ok, now spit it out. I want to see this gift before I make any decisions." Orochimaru growled growing slightly impatient as he started to wonder why he hadn't killed the man the first time he met him.

"Ta daaaa." Tobi waved his hands about and Kushina appeared behind him. Spinning about he pulled the still bloody Kushina in front of him to present it to Orochimaru. Noting the wide eyed expression Orochimaru was giving him Tobi continued, "Master thought you were looking for an Uzumaki so he thought why not Kushina Uzumaki. She had the ability to use chakra chains and extremely good health. She is a prime experiment for what you have been researching, eternal life and special jutsu! The longevity of an Uzumaki may be the key you have been looking for so master expects to be getting quite a few good years of your service in return for such a pretty thing."

"How long ago did she die?" Orochimaru asked confusing Tobi slightly.

"If Tobi remembers correctly it waaaaas abouuuuut…hmm…five minutes ago!" Tobi said holding up five fingers.

"Then give her here and I'll join your group." Orochimaru snapped before grabbing the dead Kushina, yanking her out of Tobi's hands and dragging her off to one of the chambers hidden within his lair unable to see the large grin forming behind Tobi's mask.

A few minutes later Tobi had been exploring the confines of the lair and had made himself at home on one of the spinning chairs before a computer and sat there saying 'whee' as he spun about on the chair. Seemingly oblivious to his surrounding environment Tobi yelped when the chair stopped spinning and he was met with Orochimaru's vicious glare.

"What are you still doing here?" Orochimaru growled yanking Tobi up by the back of his cloak and holding him up in the air while his legs dangled and flailed about forcing Orochimaru to let go of him.

"Tobi was just wondering why you needed to know how long Kushina had been dead for." Tobi said innocently. "Master wants to know as well," Tobi added, "because master wants to know if it will have any interference with any missions he gives you."

"I'm reviving Kushina Uzumaki, because as you said she only died about five minutes before I placed her in the tank, therefore I should be able to get more than just a few experiments out of her. I'll also be able to see her body working and what makes her tick. This may have a slight interference with missions but very little." Orochimaru explained reluctantly to the childish man. "Satisfied?"

Receiving a nod from Tobi, Orochimaru once again grabbed Tobi by the back of his cloak and dragged him along the ground and up the stairs to the entrance before throwing him out into the marshes. "Good riddance." Were the final words heard from Orochimaru as he turned around and headed back inside his cave to continue his experiments.

Tobi just waited for the man to disappear before getting up and wiping of the dirt and sludge that caked his uniform growling to himself. "I hate it when he treats me like that."