Nyamo: Uh... why did it take so long for this come out... I mean it takes a long time for our procrastinator of a creator but no chapter for MONTHS!... There's a lot of reasons probably... writer's block, school work, family issues... un...

Zonbi: Or the fact that she's dead.

Nyamo: ..dead?

Zonbi: Yeah, I killed her ^^

Nyamo: ... I'm not even asking

Disclaimer: the author apologizes over and over and isn't dead yet...Naruto still isn't hers but the Akatsuki 2.0 characters and plot are. Co-creator has changed her penname on this site to "No. XIV-Xezro" and has rights to 2.0 chars.

"Uh, Kabuto-san?"

"Eh?" The sound-nin turned around to face Tobi, the unconscious clone still carried on his back.

"I... I just can't shake off the feeling that I know you from somewhere."

"I can assure you, we haven't met before."

"Oh... are you sure?"

"Yes Tobi."

"Okay then." His eye moved over to the girl slung of Kabuto's shoulder. She looked so peaceful, like she was sleeping. He smiled under the mask. "She's like a little Zetsu-san~"

"I'm sure she is."

There was a bridge in front of them when they stopped. Kabuto set Su down and had a tree support her so she was in a sitting position. "Hope you don't mind, Tobi." He said, casually. "I have something I have to do first."

The bridge was huge in size making Tobi unable to tear his eyes away from it, even to look at Su. He blinked suddenly when he discovered two people crossing the river toward the Sound-nin.

"Kabuto."

"Sasori-sama."

The two stood eye to eye. "Is this what you look like outside of your puppet?"

The puppet man glared at Kabuto. "Do you have a problem with it?"

"No, of course not, Sasori-sama."

"Danna... would you hurry the hell up?" Deidara groaned. Sasori flipped his head around and yelled. "I'm working on it brat! You think I like to keep you waiting!"

"Whatever, un."

Sasori turned back to Kabuto. "Sorry about that."

"It's alright."

"Now about your mis-"

"SENPAI~!"

Kabuto turned around and gasped softly. Sasori's eyes widened. Deidara's face was of pure horror.

"Deidara-senpai~!" Tobi was rushing across the bridge, the sleeping girl carried in his arms. "I found her! I found her!"

Deidara's stat of shock grew as he realized just how right Tobi was. That girl in his arms...

"Tobi... I told you to stay behind." Kabuto said, hesitantly.

"I know, Kabuto-san, but this is really, really important!" Tobi said back before looking back at the blonde. "I completed Deidara-senpai's special mission! See!"

He held the green-haired girl up from under her arms. "See! Mini Zetsu-san! Isn't she cute~"

"No way in hell.." Sasori muttered, remembering this special mission. Deidara had been right about the details. Tobi shouldn't have been able to find someone like that so easily. He was even smart enough to recognize her without green plant parts coming out of her head...

"It's a coincidence." He concluded. "That's just a regular girl..."

"With Zetsu-san's green hair and Zetsu-san's white skin!" Tobi argued, continuing to wave the girl in their faces. Deidara was just staring, like he couldn't think of the right words.

Kabuto groaned under his breath. 'Dammit. Tobi wasn't supposed to show up, especially with the clone.'

He tapped an ear bud while the others were distracted. "Orochimaru-sama" He hissed, "I think I need back up. They've discovered the clone."

"Who are you talking to, Kabuto? Your real master?"

The group turned around to see a duo approaching. Deidara found words, each dripping in sarcasm.

"Great. Just what I need to go with Tobi. The Uchiha... un"

"Quit whining brat."

"Wh-what do you mean, real master?" Kabuto said, putting on the innocent act. "I work for Sasori-sama."

"Then why do you have an ear bud? Who are you talking to?" Itachi asked glaring. Kisame, standing next to him, snickered.

A moment of shocked silence went by. And as it went by slowly the pieces formed together in their minds.

"KABUTO'S A TRIPLE AGENT!"

Okay, one orange masked mind.

"We figured that out, dumbass." Deidara growled. "Why's Itachi here anyway?"

"The Leader got a call from Tobi." Kisame explained, "He sent us in. Defiantly some of Orochimaru's work from Tobi's description."

"Oro...chimaru..." Tobi said slowly, like he just heard the name.

"Yeah, Orochimaru. Sasori-no-Danna's old partner, un." Deidara snapped. "Whatever. What do we do?"

Itachi glared ahead, activating his eye technique. "The Leader's orders were to take care of the sound nin and take him in for questioning. The girl Tobi described comes too."

Kabuto panicked. He would have a tough time talking his way out of this one. As he backed up to run away, Kisame appeared behind him and blocked him. "Leader's orders." He smirked, grabbing the handle of his sword. He swung forward.

The sword stopped. Kisame's eyes widened as he saw what had stopped it: snakes. Long, pale snakes had wrapped themselves around the sword. Samehada reacted, shooting it's spikes out it defense. Bloody marks appeared on the scales. The snakes hissed in pain before dropped off the sword.

Itachi was the first to move after that. In a flash of speed, he disappeared and appeared next to the attacker.

"Hello Orochimaru."

"I-Itachi..."

The snake sanin went flying out of his hiding place, hit by an attack of Itachi's. A fireball followed him, hitting dead on in the center by some miracle not lighting any clothes on fire.

'Shit... Orochimaru-sama left because of this man... Itachi Uchiha.' Kabuto remembered all too clearly the stories of how Orochimaru tried to take Itachi, but ended up getting beaten without putting up much of a fight. The humiliation that forced him to leave Akatsuki.

"Orochimaru-sama!"

Orochimaru was down on his knees, his eyes bloodshot and shaking. Kabuto recognized the symptoms. Itachi's advanced genjutsu.

'This isn't much I can do. I can break the genjutsu with an attack at Itachi, but he'll easily dodge... with four Akatsuki members around, it's not a good idea to pick a fight ether.'

In a panicked rush to make a decision, Kabuto rushed forward. He wrapped his arm over his master's shoulder and performed a handsign. The duo disappeared in a poof of smoke.

The Akatsuki members were quiet, but only for a few seconds. "Danna, can you track him or something, un?"

"No, I don't think I-"

"I- I know him...!"

They all looked at Tobi. "You do?"

Tobi was staring off into space.

"Think he's having some flashback or something, un?"

"Shaddup Brat!"

"I- I remember... him... giving me...dr-drugs..."

"Drugs?" Kisame repeated.

Deidara snapped his fingers like it was the greatest discovery ever. "Tobi's on crack! The entire world make sense now!"

Moons: Yeah... -has firefighter gear back on for protection from flamers- I... I really can't find the words to explain or say sorry for taking so long to update. Thanks so much for the reviews, favs, and alerts you people who still haven't given up on me.

And in the next chapter, the moment you've all been waiting for, Original Akatsuki and Akatsuki 2.0 meet. And... maybe Zonbi.. I still don't know.