Hope you enjoyed the previous chapters, sorry for updating late.

Tomorrow is Anko's birthday so she'll do the disclaimer.

Anko: If Jaypool owned Naruto, I wouldn't like dango.

Orochimaru: Which is very unlikely.

Anko: Piss off, snake pedo!

Okay, enough. Let the shitstorm commence.

Chapter 8:

Kaito POV:

Well, that certainly went better than I thought it would turn out. A bit of shouting, but that's all. Looks like the expelling of the curse of hatred was worth all the pain, time and chakra. I glanced over at Sasuke. His pupils were still small in shock, his eyes widened. He had never done this for a long time. I saw him sweat and tremble. I guess I'd better get him some mint tea to calm his nerves. I reached into my bag, and I smelled the packet. 'Mint.' I thought. I pulled it out and made tea. Raigo cooked up some of our favourite foods and we started to eat. I handed out the tea and started to eat my fish.

By this time, Sasuke seemed less in shock. Sakura sat down next to Sasuke. I heard him almost choke on his food. I smirked. Sasuke must like her.

As Raigo gulped down his food, I opened a can of soda. I haven't had one for at least a month now.

"Can I have one?" Asked Sasuke.

"Sure." I tossed him a can.

He opened the can and we started to drink.

"Raigo-san, Kaito-san, you two are to report to the Hokage immediately." Said the voice through the door. Must be an ANBU or something. I threw the can in the bin with accuracy and grumbled.

"Whatever." I leaped out the window, Raigo following.

"What is it?" I asked rather bluntly when we arrived at the white haired Kage's office.

"A-rank mission. You have to defend the Kazekage."

"Surely he can defend himself? Besides, there are plenty of shinobi in Suna." I said irritably.

"He specifically asked for you two." Kakashi shrugged.

"C'mon, bro, it'll be fun!" Raigo smirked.

"Hell no, it will not be. Mark my words." I said, a sense of foreboding shadowing my excitement because of the mission's rank. "But fine. We'll go."

"Thank you for your co-operation. You leave in two hours."

"What are you, a train station?" I snorted as Raigo leaped out the windows. Must be an Isaji thing to do. I followed him out, and we packed.

"Nee-chan, where are you going?" asked Korura.

"A-rank mission. We'll be back soon. For the time being, hang out with Naruto and his pals. We don't want you getting kidnapped or something."

Korura sighed. "I can defend myself, but okay."

"See ya." Raigo winked and we both literally started running to Suna like it depended on our lives. We were going so fast, I almost smashed into a tree.

Soon, after a day's worth of travelling, we saw the edges of the desert. It was nighttime. Not that it made a difference to me, but Raigo certainly needed rest.

"Well, we made two days worth of travelling in a day, so we can afford to be more lax now." Raigo reasoned. I agreed.

The next morning, we sped across the desert and we arrived in Suna by nightfall. At first, the guards were wary.

"State your purpose." The guard said.

"The Kazekage asked for us." I deadpanned.

The guards were glaring at us with mistrust, but the Kazekage himself appeared and gave his consent for us to enter.

"Jeez… Your guards have sticks up their ass further than Sasuke." Muttered Raigo.

"Hmph." The Kazekage smirked.

"Kid, there's some guys over somewhere to the west." Kiroshi said.

"Who are they?"

"Some blond and Akasuna no Sasori."

"Eh… Blond… The only blond I knew of would be Deidara. That fucking terrorist… What're they doing here?"

Kiroshi scoffed. "I don't know. Probably to capture the Kazekage. Be on your guard."

"Aye."

I followed the Kazekage into his office.

"Gaara, two imbeciles are at the gates." I said bluntly.

"Who?" Gaara looked at me.

"The redhead in the ugly muppet and the blond. I'm guessing it's Akasuna no Sasori and Deidara coming to knock at the gates to come find you and extract Shukaku." Raigo said.

"How wonderful. At a time like this as well…" I replied sarcastically.

"Well, looks like I'll have to pay you extra since this mission of yours' just upgraded to S-rank." Gaara joked. I didn't notice that he was capable of making jokes. "S-rank missions, fit for fighting S-rank criminals."

"Shit, they're coming." Hissed Raigo.

Gaara, my brother and I leaped outside and stayed afloat in the air as we battled the blond. Hell knows what happened since I was so pissed, but in the end, Gaara fell unconscious, probably from chakra exhaustion.

"Usuratonkachi." I hissed as I followed at Deidara's heels in pursuit of the blond.

"Come here! I'll kill you and rip your eyes out!" Raigo roared.

As the both of us chased the two rascals, I had a good feeling.

What the hell? The Kazekage was captured, it was our fault, and suddenly I have a good feeling? The world is about to end.

I raced through the air and leaped on Deidara's bird.

"Katon: Gokyakyuu no Jutsu!" a fireball blew in his face, but that was just the distraction. I tried to retrieve the Kazekage from that monster of a bird but the stupid mouth did not budge. I felt that Raigo was having trouble, so I decided to deal with the redhead hiding inside his puppet first. I leaped and landed lightly on the sand, facing the redhead. I enhanced the chakra on my nose, ears and fingertips to make sure my awareness was a hundred percent, then I prepared myself to kick his ass.

"That big ass wood thing isn't his true face." I warned Raigo.

"So. You saw through that already." Sasori chuckled. Sinisterly.

"Bastard. I'll kill you!" Raigo was like that when something was injustified. He popped a food pill into Kimba's mouth and as Kimba shone brighter, he roared at the puppet and raced to the ugly thing.

"Does it get hot in there?" Kuromaru asked with mock friendliness.

Sasori did not reply.

Since no one important was there, I shouted at the Suna shinobi to chase the blond. I waited until they were gone and far out of sight before asking Kiroshi to lend me some chakra.

I grinned sadistically as the familiar demonic bright yellow chakra engulfed my body.

"… Jinchuriki?!" Even the normally stoic/sadistic redhead was surprised.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Die." I cackled as I felt Kiroshi wanting to go on a rampage. Well, no one was there anyway, so why not?

Before anyone knew what was going on, I felt myself transform into the full form. As Kiroshi grew into the giant ass lion he was, wings sprouted from Kiroshi's back.

"Holy fish nuggets." Raigo growled.

I lost control as I stampeded through the desert. I tried to step on Sasori but he ran away, realizing his chances of winning were zero. Raigo told the Suna shinobi to hang back and retreat.

I ran towards the blond on the bird, and ripped him off the bird with my claws. I yanked Gaara out of the bird and threw him to Raigo. His responsibility; I just wanted to kill the crazy guy. Not that I'm not crazy, but anyway…

I ripped the bird to shreds as Deidara looked at me. His expression was priceless, I swear. He made a run for it. I finally succumbed to exhaustion and collapsed.

And that concluded the mission, with Gaara paying extra for our services.

Services, my ass.

A few days later, I was resting in on my couch with the others when suddenly Naruto burst through the door.

"Jeez, Naruto. Won't you ever learn to knock on the door?" I asked irritably. I was almost finished recovering from injuries.

"No time for that. You won't believe what I have to tell you!" He exclaimed hyperactively.

"What?" This time Sasuke was irritated.

"Team 7 and 11 are sent on an S-Rank mission! I'm so excited!"

Sasuke flicked his fingers indifferently.

"Let's go to Kakashi-sensei's office, guys." With those words, we raced off towards the Hokage building.

Sasuke POV:

I knocked on the door. "Come in!" The familiar voice of the Hokage sounded from inside. I walked into the door as Naruto pushed past me.

"Mind it, Naruto!" I snapped at him. He didn't seem to care. I sighed and turned to my former sensei. "What is it?"

"You guys are sent on an S-Rank mission. The mission will be to try and get into Akatsuki's base and try to talk them into peace. The base has been found for you, but you'll have to find the way in on your own. Try not to get into combat but if you do, try and negotiate first. We don't want you all dead."

"But why do we want to go there? Surely it's an extremely dangerous place." Said Sakura. "The six of us can't possibly defeat or convince ten S-Rank criminals all on our own."

"Yes, that's why the rest of the Konoha 11 will back you up." Said the Hokage. "You've got six hours to pack up and do whatever you want before the journey. You will move at night."

"Surely that's dangerous? We won't be able to detect enemies in the middle of the night." I said.

"Yes but I can smell them coming, even if they're silent." Kaito murmured.

"Shikaku and Yamato will go on the mission with you as the leaders."

"Okay." I agreed. "Then, see you all later at the gate, guys."

~6 hours later~

I ran from my house and leaped from building to building and arrived at the gate just in time. Naruto was already there, trembling with anticipation. Raigo and Kaito arrived soon after with Korura, and Sakura arrived a few minutes later with Shikaku and Yamato with the Akatsuki hideout map.

"Right. Let's go." I said as I leapt onto a tree and began travelling with Yamato in front, Shikaku bringing the rear. I travelled next to Yamato silently and swiftly. I read the map while I was at it. Kaito, without reading the map, pointed us in the right direction on his black lion.

"How did you know?" I asked surprised.

"Smell, man. Kuromaru told me it was surrounded by river. The only possibilities are the faint smell of water over there," he pointed to the opposite direction, "And the nearer one over there. As the river flows, the strongest smell of water must be the source of the moat close to the Akatsuki hideout."

"True." Naruto said.

Korura bounced around in the trees, Hayashi on her six. Suddenly, we all stopped. Yamato seemed alarmed, and Kaito looked strange.

"Why that long face, bro?" Asked Raigo.

"Intruders." Hissed Kaito. "We're close to the hideout though, so we might get away with this."

A red haired boy stepped into sight, drinking some water while reading a book. "What the hell do you want?" He snapped. I looked at him. He was wearing an Akatsuki ring and robe. That was definitely a red ring.

'Did he replace my brother?' I thought, frowning.

"Target confirmed. Let's eliminate this one before he causes trouble." Naruto hissed to us.

"Wait. This guy is new." I said. "Kakashi said negotiate before attack." I leaped down from the tree and the rest of the team followed me as Yamato walked cautiously to the boy. The boy seemed a little bit younger than us. He didn't seem to want to fight, but he sure sounded aggressive.

"Who are you?" I asked in a cold tone.

The boy glared at me. I crossed my arms.

"Why are you wearing my brother's former ring?" I asked again.

"I was recruited to the Akatsuki. It's not like I want to, but then again, I have no one. No one except for my last remaining relative… And even he is a shell of his former self now. Akatsuki is my only affiliation now."

"Who are you anyway? I've asked you already, don't make me hurt you for the answer."

"Are you that desperate?" he sneered. "I'm Hoshoku, if you want to know it so badly. I'm originally from Sunagakure."

"Hoshoku, are you there?" A red haired ninja entered from the trees.

"It's Sasori." Sakura hissed.

"What do you want with him?" The puppet master narrowed his eyes, especially at Kaito. Kaito hissed at him in return.

'What's that I see in his eyes? Some kind of emotion?' I inspected him carefully. 'Suspicion… No. Defensiveness. It's like when Naruto gone all the way to protect his friends… But how does that ever appear in an Akatsuki member's expressions?'

"Why are you so concerned about him?" I jeered. "I thought the Akatsuki were tough and heartless. Apparently they have a soft side as well, for little teenage boys."

Sasori had a little anger on his face, but a few seconds later he calmed himself down. "What do you want?" he snapped. "In case you didn't notice, Itachi is dead and he is the new member."

"I killed Itachi, so of course I noticed." I scoffed. "We're just here to make peace with you."

Sasori's eyes were full of suspicion. He hesitated for a moment before scanning the rest of my group.

"Brat, you don't know who you're talking to." He snarled.

"If you think our numbers are intimidating, you can choose who to talk to." I offered.

"I want you, Uzumaki Naruto, Isaji Raigo and Isaji Kaito to come with us. The rest of you will stay here while Hoshoku guards you." Sasori ordered.

"Sure." Hoshoku continued reading his book. Naruto, Kaito and Raigo stepped forward.

"I'm a bit concerned, Sasuke." Shikaku whispered. "Other than you, all those three are jinchuriki."

"I know that. But I'll protect them with my life." I growled.

"Hey, we're not helpless babies you know." Snapped Kaito. "Anyway, let's head on. We haven't got all day."

We entered the Akatsuki hideout. Sasori released the seals and pushed open the giant stone door.

"Who have you brought, Sasori? You know leader-sama isn't going to be happy with those four brats either." Deidara mused.

"They have important issues to talk to us about." Sasori growled.

Pain walked into the room. "Why did you bring those…" He seemed to realize who we were.

"Sit down." He ordered.

I snickered and sat down. Kaito just glared at the strange man with orange hair and piercings.

"What's your problem?" The leader growled.

"Those piercings stink." Kaito muttered as he sat down and crossed his arms.

The leader didn't seem bothered. "What do you want?"

"To make peace with you. We also want to know why you want the jinchuriki." I said.

"We want world domination, so something like war won't happen again. We need the jinchuriki's tailed beasts to accomplish that."

"You know that won't work, right?" Kaito snapped. "If you destroy all the villages you'll only get nothing, because they'll be all dead because you'll fail to control the power of the beasts. Few jinchuriki have tamed the beasts inside of them; let alone some idiot who wants to use them. The tailed beasts aren't exactly killing machines; they don't think of themselves any inferior. They won't listen to you."

Pain hissed. I just glared at him. Pain tried to attack Kaito, but suddenly, a lion took form from Kaito's body. It was bright yellow, and its eyes were white. It had sharp scary fangs, and it growled,

"Try, you little shit. You won't be able to. Unless you want me to suck your soul out." The yellow spirit lion growled menacingly. "They don't call me the soul eater lion for no reason."

Pain's eyes reflected some fear. Kaito suddenly jerked and hissed under his breath. "Sensei… Control yourself. We don't want to fight. I don't want to kill him either." I was shocked. By pure will, Kaito controlled the massive lion and sealed him back within his body.

"He's right, you know." Naruto murmured. "It also took me an ass long time to get Kyuubi in control. I couldn't even control him all by myself."

Pain was less angry now. He saw the point in it. "So what do you want?"

"If you promise not to attack any village, you will be in favour of peace." I started. Pain listened carefully. "You should make a meeting for all Kages to attend, and make a contract. The contract will be to not attack any other nation- Not for anything. For example, trying to assassinate someone with a Kekkei Genkai to find out its secrets is prohibited, so war shouldn't happen again."

"Who knows, they might break the contract. It is all but a piece of paper. How do you guarantee that it won't happen?" Pain narrowed his purple eyes at me.

"By force." I narrowed my eyes as well. "If anyone breaks the contract… Well, the rest of the villages who agreed to the contract will bond together to eliminate them. No one wants all the other nations to team up on them, so we'll eliminate any village who starts war."

"I think that's actually a good idea, no matter how stupid it is." Raigo said. "It might actually work, even though the consequences of it might be more violence."

"Violence can't be totally avoided." I murmured. "But we can do our best to prevent it."

Pain thought carefully. His scary Rinnegan eyes told me so. I glanced at Naruto. He just nodded.

"I guess we can do that." Pain said.

"Besides that, I want you to give up on extracting the tailed beasts. It's way too dangerous." I said. "If something goes wrong, they might go on a rampage, and possibly destroy you."

"Why do you care?" Sasori growled.

"I couldn't possibly care less about you," I scoffed. "What I'm worried about is the safety of all the hidden villages. If they get out… Who knows, it might be the end for all of us."

"We'll stop… For now." Pain said.

"Right." I replied. "We need to get going now."

Pain gave a curt nod. We went back to the others. Hoshoku was now sat down, still reading his book. Kaito seemed quite disturbed. He kept talking to himself. Raigo seemed a little disturbed as well, also talking to himself. I frowned, and asked them what was the matter. Both the twins jumped in surprise.

"Uh… Something that doesn't concern you-"

Kaito jerked. "Of course it concerns him! I think he may just be able to withstand it!" A barely audible growl came from absolutely nowhere. I was a little creeped out.

"Is that the lion?" I asked. Kaito nodded.

"We'll talk later. Sensei has some… Important issues to talk to you."

We raced back to report to Kakashi. He congratulated us in convincing the Akatsuki to be temporarily passive.

"That's a big accomplishment right there." He said.

"Yeah. I almost went insane, but it was worth it." Kaito muttered.

"Oh well. At least they're less of a threat now." I said.

"You can have the day off tomorrow. You're all exhausted, I suppose?"

"Yeah."

Raigo slipped to my right side. "Meet us at the training place at midnight."

I nod once. I was a bit suspicious of the situation.

'What were they trying to do?' I thought.

"Well, see you later, Kakashi-sensei." Said Naruto as we exited.

"See you!" The Hokage resumed his work. We ate with Naruto at Ichiraku ramen and played cards at his house till eleven o' clock. Then, remembering what Raigo told me, I glanced quickly at the twins. They nodded and the three of us left his house.

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