Recap:

'Battle over! Katana 1 collected! I believe it is the Red Flame. Which means the Blue Lake, Green Grass, White Breeze, Black Night, Purple Mist and Clear Blade katanas are left!'

'On the Contrary.Ino and I managed to collect the Purple Mist off a weak soldier. We even checked. It's the real one. It is made with amethyst stone with silver coating. It's made with such good craftsmanship that it is so sharp from being folded and pummeled, not sharpened. Check yours and report back!'

'Yup Shikamaru'

'It's real. It's got the signature red streak down the side, from a previous battle that scraped off some of the silver coating from the katana.'

'Uhuh…which means we have 5 left…'

'AEEEEEH!'

'HINATA-SAMA!'

'NARUTO!What happened?!'

'Can't TALK! Middle of a battle! Hinata just got stabbed! But it's ok… she did a kawarimi. TTYL! We believe this guy's name is Kisame'

'K…just be careful…report when completed…call for help if needed…'

Suddenly a scream was heard a few miles to the east of Neji and TentenTenten was woken up by it.

'What was that?!'

'It sounded like Sakura!'

'SAKURA! WHAT HAPPENED!'

Silence…

Chapter 10:

With Sasuke and Sakura:

'SAKURA!!!' Sasuke screamed with agony as he rushed to the fallen Sakura who had a poisonous wound and was trying, and succeeding a little, to heal herself, but she was losing a lot of blood.

Sasuke whipped around, his blood red sharingan eyes burning with fury and hatred.

'My my, little brother, seems like you have grown up and got yourself a girlfriend…' the ninja mocked.

'What do you mean… LITTLE BROTHER?!' He growled and said the last two words with as much venom he could muster.

The ninja took off his mask, revealing two sharingan eyes, but them being mangekyou sharingan.

'I-Itachi?!'

'In the flesh… MANGEKYOU SHARINGAN!'

Sasuke was thrust into a world of dying Sakuras trying to heal her poisonous wound, blood pouring out from the flesh wound, her face deathly pale. She was choking and coughing up blood. She fell onto the ground, her soft pink hair fanned out behind her head.

Sasuke ran to her. She died. 'NOOOOOOOO!'

This happened repeatedly and for Sasuke it seemed like eternity. For him, 24 hours had passed. In real life, only one second had passed.

He fell to the ground, after Itachi let go of the Mangekyou. Filled with rage, Sasuke charged Itachi, only to have him stop him using one finger!

The battle raged on, until finally, a bruised Sasuke, blood pouring out from his cuts, opened his eyes, and ran at Itachi, full speed.

'CHIDORI!'

Sasuke used his signature 'chidori,' except this time he had filled it with red chakra, enriched with fire. A tired Itachi's eyes widened and his train of thought was cut short as Sasuke plunged his whole arm through Itachi's chest.

Sasuke grinned. He had accomplished his goal.

Itachi laughed.

'Foolish little brother… now you have to pay the price of inheriting the Mangekyou Sharingan… don't you realize? I was your best friend before I got these eyes. MUAHAHAHAHAHA!'

Itachi died. Suddenly, Sasuke felt his eyes change.

'NOOOOOOOOOOO! WHY?! I DON'T WANT THESE WRETCHED EYES! CURSE YOU, OH BROTHER!'

Sasuke started crying. Soft tears of anger fell from his eyes, as he realized what he had done. He had killed his brother, his best friend. Now he realized revenge was not sweet. He mutely picked up the katana and checked that it was indeed real. It was. It was the Black Night katana. He checked the blade. It was made from onyx coated with silver. Onyx to match is saddened, cold, hard, yet softened by a certain pink-haired kunoichi, eyes.

He sat down next to Sakura who had successfully healed herself but had passed out from chakra loss. He laid her against his chest and he sobbed into her pink hair. (I noe… OOC)

'Mission accomplished… Sakura's alright… I retrieved the Black Night katana.'

'Good, Sasuke. Meet up with NejiTentenIno and I once you're ready. Currently we are on our way to help Hinata and Naruto's battle.'

'Ok. Sure thing.'

Sasuke sighed and picked up Sakura and flew across the tree tops toward Hinata and Naruto's battle.

Meanwhile…

'Tajuu, Kage Bunshin no jutsu!'

Naruto made a few replications of himself and surrounded the opponent, protecting a tired Hinata.

His Kyuubi powers raged within him as he ran towards a smirking fish face Kisame.

'Don't…you…DARE…hurt…MY…Hinata…CHAN!' Naruto growled.

He leapt into the air with one of his Kage bunshins, and surrounded himself with red chakra. The Kage Bunshin came up to him and started rotating his hands around the real Naruto's outstretched hand. A small orb of rotating chakra began to form.

'RASENGAN!' Naruto yelled as he dove down, driving his outstretched palm into Kisame's chest. He crushed Kisame's lungs and Kisame was sent flying a few hundred metres.

'Arigatou, Naruto-kun!'

She then rushed up and finished Kisame off with a two palm divination trigrams technique. A simple spin Jyuuken. She spun and repeatedly hit Kisame in the chest with the gentle fist technique of Jyuuken, making sure he was completely dead. Neji watched from the trees.

'Wow! I guess Hinata-sama has improved… I'll have to speak to Hiashi about this…Naruto also seems like a really good guy for Hinata…I guess he cares about her…so he's ok…'

Hinata stopped spinning and collapsed from fatigue, but Naruto was already there, ready to catch her, with the White Breeze katana on his back. He picked Hinata up, bridal style and jumped up onto the tree branch. Sakura, Sasuke, Tenten, Ino and Shikamaru had arrived. Naruto looked at the sleeping Hinata fondly.

'She's beautiful…'

He placed her on his back, piggy back style, and held her under her legs, wrapping her arms around his neck so she wouldn't fall. He handed the katana over to Neji to examine.

'Yup it's the right one. It's real moonstone.'

Suddenly, everyone heard a telepathic message from Kiba and Shino.

'We've got the Blue Lake katana! Shino just grabbed the sword with his bugs, and me and Akamaru finished off the weakling with a Gatsuga and a Garouga! I didn't think it would be that simple! From what I've heard telepathically, we have 5 katanas. We have the Red Flame, curteousy of Neji and Tenten. We have the Purple Mist, thanks to Ino and ShikamaruWe have the Black Night because of Sasuke and Sakura. We have the White Breeze, thanks to Naruto and Hinata. We also have the Blue Lake thanks to us. Am I right?'

'Yup.Right on. We just need to wait for a message from Lee and Chouji. I have a feeling that they are in a battle, seeing that Lee had shutup about YOUTHFULLNESS ages ag-'

'HELLO MY YOUTHFUL PEOPLE! CHOUJI AND I HAVE YOUTHFULLY COLLECTED THE GREEN GRASS KATANA! IT EVEN MATCHES MY OUTFIT!'

'Speak of the devil…' Neji growled…

'And here he comes…' offered Tenten, as a green whoosh of stuff flew over to them, accompanied by a round ball, presumably being Chouji.

'Ok. All that's left is Gaara and Shadow.'

'What's the situation, Gaara'

'Simple. Deidara…art…clay…flying bird…Shadow contortion technique…she's keeping him busy by giving him a piece of her own artwork… She's using her genjutsu technique by shaping Deidara's bones with her mind. He's trying to use clay to get him out of it… but he's failing miserably… and I gtg… Shadow needs help… I'll just finish him off with my desert funeral…'

'Wooow… that's the most I've ever heard Gaara talk…'

With Gaara and Shadow:

'Shadow! Twist both of his arms! That way he won't be able to get to make his clay 'artworks!''

'Right…on…Gaara…kun!' She struggled with gritted teeth.

Gaara, a bit taken aback by the determination in her voice, and the 'kun' suffix, hesitated a bit, but then strongly proceeded with the killing.

'Desert coffin…' he muttered.

His sand coated Deidara, and Gaara shaped it like a coffin. He then muttered, 'Desert FUNERAL!' and closed his fist, crushing Deidara, quickly but painfully inside the coffin.

Shadow suddenly lurched forward, her genjutsu now not being paralled, and she fell forward after fainting from exhaustion. But! Gaara was there way ahead of her and caught her full on. He picked her up.

After realizing that he had never really looked at her before, he chose that moment to properly study her. She had an oval face, sharp, but not too sharp, pretty nose, long eyelashes, blood red lips, porcelain, creamy skin, reddish black hair… 'how perfect…'

She slowly opened her eyes, and Gaara had to refrain himself from gasping. Never before had he taken into account her beautiful greenish blue eyes.

'Gaara-kun?'

'Shh.'

He picked up the Katana, the Clear Blade Katana, and examined it. It was made from diamond, coated with silver. He used his sand to test it. It was the real sword. He carried Shadow carefully, and leapt onto the tree branch. He found his way to where the others were, and laid Shadow down gently.

'Mission Accomplished!' Shikamaru grinned.

The fourteen headed back to Konoha high, and saw a frowning Tsunade walk over to them hurriedly.

'What's wrong?! We just got back the Katanas!'

'I'm sorry to say, but that was just a distraction by Orochimaru. He has kidnapped Sai!'

'WHAT? NANDATTEBAYO?!'

'Now your real mission begins. It is S-ranked!'

'Wagarimasu… Tsunade-sama…just when I thought I could get a break…Kuso…' Shikamaru muttered and Ino bonked him on the head.

'LAZY ASS! DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT ANYTHING APART FROM SLEEP?!'

'Yup… about you, troublesome woman…'

Ino ran over to him and squashed him in a bear hug, while he sweat-dropped.

'She fell for that? Thank gawd'

'Ahem…'

Everyone turned to Tsunade.

'Look, you will leave tonight. I know you just came back from a mission, but this is of utmost importance. Sai is your friend, no?'

'WE WILL BRING SAI BACK! I SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE, TSUNADE-SAMA, DATTEBAYO!'

Everyone could visibly see her twitch in annoyance and everyone became cowering chibi versions of themselves once they saw the pulsing vain in her forehead.

'Naruto….?!' She growled in a low voice, and punched him with her right hook…

Everyone ran away screaming.

'Neji! What are we going to do about our spy bases?!'

'We'll just have to wait… Sai is our friend…'