I don't know what to call this chapter. Is it a filler, or not, becuase no major action takes place, but a couple of events do.

RS: What about Link and Tenten's spar?

LR: Oh right. This is for all of you out there who have been wondering who would win, Link or Tenten. They will have a spar.

Naruto: Oooooh. You might want to be careful, Link.

Link: I think I can handle it.

Naruto: Your funeral.

LR: Anyways, my story is doing very well. After nine chapters, I'm up to 283 reviews, 16,434 hits, 11 communities, 94 favorites, and 138 alerts. So thanks to everyone whose been reading, and made this possible.

RS: Yeah, thanks!

LR: Right! Let's get the ball rolling.

RS: (Pulls out a bowling ball) Whatever you say! (Rolls it at LR)

LR: NO! AHHHHHHHHHH! MY FOOT! YOU LITTLE *bleep*!

Disclaimer: I OW don't own OW Naruto. Now OW meet my OW katana you OW little witch!

Chapter 10

Team Outcast

Link leaned against one of the trees in training ground five. He was here to meet with Tenten, the Weapon Mistress of Konoha, for a spar. Idly, he pulled out his ocarina, and started playing it. It was a hobby he had started doing after his adventures dealing with Ganondorf, and the Twilight Realm. He couldn't understand why, as he had never touched an ocarina before then. He decided it had to do with his previous incarnation, who had wielded the fabled Ocarina of Time.

As he was playing, Tenten approached. She stopped and listened for a few minutes, making her presence known. Link smiled as her, before putting the instrument away, and standing straight.

"Good morning, Tenten. Everything all right."

Tenten nodded. "Yeah. Sorry I'm a little late, but an ANBU came and told me that Tsunade-sama is reforming the teams, so I need to meet at her office at one. Anyways, Naruto tells me you're a weapon's expert, like me."

Link shrugged. "Well, I have a lot of weapons, but I wouldn't say I'm an expert. I have no real way to judge myself here."

Tenten smiled, as she opened her scroll on her back, and pulled out a sword. "Let's find out."

Link nodded, and unsheathed the Master Sword, and his Hylian shield.

The two clashed with swords for several minutes. Tenten was amazed at Link's almost straight forward style of fighting, as it was there were almost no feints or deceptions in it. And yet, Link's speed and skill were keeping him level with her.

Link was equally amazed at Tenten's skill with the sword in her hands. The way she moved it, and herself, was almost like liquid metal. Link only had three people who had ever been a challenge in sword to sword combat. The Hero Wraith, who taught him several skills, Ganondorf, and Naruto. Now, Tenten was added to the list.

Eventually, they parted, and stood facing each other, panting. Link nodded in amazement. "You're incredibly skilled."

"So are you. I wasn't expecting someone carrying a shield to move so fast."

Link smiled, as he sheathed his weapons. "Would you like to see some of my other weapons?"

Tenten nodded, while putting her sword back into the scroll. She then pulled out a ball and chain, attached to a thin bladed ax. Link nodded, before pulling out his ball and chain. Tenten gasped in amazement.

"That thing is huge! How can you even use it?"

Link smiled. "I guess I'm that strong."

Tenten pulled out her bow, with five arrows lined up on it. Link pulled out his bow, and showed her the combination of hawkeye, and bomb arrows. The two continued to compare weapons, until it was nearing lunch time. Tenten smiled, as she gathered up a spear and stored it away. "This was actually fun. I've never had anyone so interested in weapons, who I could talk to."

Link smiled as well. "It was my pleasure. Perhaps you could join me, Naruto, and Arren for more spars, when you have the chance?"

Tenten nodded. "Sure! I'd love to see what Naruto and his cousin can really do! Well, I need to go get some lunch. See you around!" With that, Tenten ran off, to eat, shower, and present herself to the Hokage with her teammates.

Link smiled, as he gathered up his weapons, along with a few Tenten had given him. Here in this new realm, he'd have no problem restocking on arrows. But bombs were another matter. Here, they used strange pieces of paper with seals on them, that exploded when activated. Link had practiced with them, when Tenten had shown him, and found that by concentrating on the one he had set down, he could blow it up. So now, he had a plentiful supply of explosives, that still worked with his arrows.

He was leaving the training ground, and was heading back to the apartment, when he head something that chilled his blood. He had faced hundred foot tall or long monsters capable of crushing him. He had fought creatures from another realm. He had fought hundreds of beings and monsters, all bent on destroying him. And, he had faced one of the most powerful magicians of all time. But none of that scared him like what he had just heard.

"LINK-KUN!" Ino was running up the street, heading straight for him.

What have I gotten myself into?! Link screamed in his head, as he ran as quickly as possible. Behind him, a huge dust trail marked the approach of the rabid fan girl- I mean Ino.

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Naruto, Arren, and Eflower all entered the Hokage's office. Tsunade looked up at them, and smiled.

"Arren, Eflower, it's good to see you both here. Now, I've been going over some of the information that Naruto provided me. Am I right to assume you are both jinchuuriki's?"

Arren nodded. "Yeah, but not as much as naruto is. He has one of the nine tailed beast's in him, while we have lesser demons in us. Still, we have our advantages."

Tsunade nodded, and continued to look over the information. "Well, from all intents and purposes, I'd say that Arren is at least low Jounin, while Eflower is a highly skilled medic, and a competent fighter. So, if you two want, I can make you both Shinobi of the Leaf. And, in time, you can re-establish the uzumaki clan, if you wish."

Arren and Eflower blushed, but nodded. Tsunade smiled. "Then Arren, you are now a jounin of Konoha, and Eflower, you are a chuunin. Here are your headbands."

Arren tied his around his around his arm, while Eflower tied hers around her neck. Tsunade glanced curiously at Naruto. "So, why are you still wearing your mom's headband? You're a shinobi of Konoha now."

Naruto shook his head. "I maybe a part of Konoha, but I'm not forgetting my roots. I'll gladly serve you, and this village. But I'm keeping my mother's headband."

Tsunade sighed, and shrugged. "It's your choice. So, have you've given thought to your team yet?"

Naruto nodded. "Yeah. I want Arren and Eflower, since I'm familiar with their styles. Arren's speed backs up my power, and Eflower is a good medic. What we need to complete the team is a tracker."

Tsunade nodded. "So you want Shino or Kiba?"

Naruto shook his head. "No. I want Hinata-chan."

Tsunade arched an eyebrow. "Really? Why is that?"

Naruto sighed, and sat down in one of the chairs in front of the desk. "Well, I think both Team 7 and 8 were screwed up when created. Gai's team had the perfect combination of power, skill, speed, and tracking. Team 10 worked, because their abilities just meshed together. But Team's 7 and 8 were too heavy handed in their abilities. 7 was made up of a power house, a kunoichi skilled in detecting genjutsu, and a guy who had plenty of close range support, aka, me. Team 8 had highly skilled trackers, but none of them had major stopping power, except maybe Kiba. Basically, the two teams would work well together, but suffered alone because they lacked what the other had. So, I want a team that balances out. And out of the three of them, Hinata-chan is the one who would best mesh with our personalities. Kiba would get into fights with me and Arren, and Shino would just sit there, not joining in any useless fun."

Tsunade sighed, as she nodded. "Can't deny your logic. You're right. When the others come, we'll set the teams up."

Naruto nodded. "So, where's ero-sennin? I need to get something from him."

"Stop calling me that!" Shouted the Toad Sage, as he hopped in through a window. "Now, what do you need?"

Naruto smiled. "Two things. I want the rest of Kyu nee-chan's chakra, and I want you to help me modify the seal."

Jiraiya's eyebrows went up. "How so?"

Naruto leaned forward. "I want Kyuubi to be able to leave my body when she wants, but her power remain sealed in me."

"Are you insane!" Tsunade yelled. "Let Kyuubi out!"

"Ni-san, while I appreciate the offer, I don't deserve it." Kyuubi said in his mind.

Naruto shook his head. "I'm not insane, and Kyuubi, I think you do deserve it. Kyuubi won't harm anyone, unless they deserve it. I want her to be able to experience life, not through me, but through her own self."

Tsunade sat on her chair, pulled out a sake bottle, drank from it, and rubbed her head. "You do know how much flak I could get for this?"

Naruto crossed his arms. "I'm going to do it, whether you help or not."

Jiraiya raised his hands in surrender. "You're just as stubborn as your old man was. All right. We'll do it after everything has been said and done today. Deal?"

Naruto nodded. "Deal."

In his head, Kyuubi was sniffling a little. Naruto entered his mind scape, and found himself in the living room of her apartment. Kyuubi was sitting in a chair, trying not to cry.

"What's the matter?" Naruto asked. Kyuubi looked up at him.

"Why are you being so nice? I know we act like brother and sister, but I'm still the one who took away your chance at family."

Naruto sighed, as he sat down. "And if you were still the same demon from before, I wouldn't bother being this nice. But did that Kyuubi care about me, not as a means for survival, but as another person? Did that Kyuubi promise to help me with any problem I had? Did that Kyuubi treat me as family?"

Kyuubi shook her head. Naruto stood up. "You're not that Kyuubi anymore. You may have the same body, but you are someone completely different. And I think you deserve a second chance."

Kyuubi smiled, and hugged Naruto. "I promise I'll prove worthy of you kindness." She whispered.

Naruto just hugged her back. "Don't worry about it."

Naruto returned to reality, with Tsunade and Jiraiya were watching him. He smiled at both of them. "Just chatting with Kyu. So, when are the others coming?"

Tsunade looked at a clock mounted on the wall. "Right about.... now."

At that moment, the door opened, and the members of Team 8 entered with Kurenai. Hinata smiled at the sight of Naruto, and ran up to him, hugging him, and receiving a hug in return.

"Hey there beautiful."

"Hey handsome. I missed you."

Naruto kissed her. "Missed you too."

Kiba just huffed, while Shino stood there stoically. After a few minutes, Sasuke turned up. He just glanced around the room, then proceeded to a corner, and leaned against it.

Sakura and Ino came in next, followed by Shikamaru and Chouji, with Asuma bringing up the rear. He smiled at Kurenai, who smiled back.

(A/N: One of my readers pointed out that shouldn't Kurenai and Asuma be together at this point. Well, now I'm establishing their relationship. Sorry for the screw up)

Sakura and Ino both ignored Sasuke, and kept talking about Link, who Ino was obsessed about.

"Link-kun is so awesome looking. And he's fast too. He's so cool!"

Sakura sighed. "Ino, I thought you were done being a fangirl. Besides, you heard Arren. He's taken."

Ino muttered under her breath, while Team Gai entered. Lee immediately spotted Naruto and Hinata, who still had there arms around each other.

"YOSH! Naruto-san, it would do me great honor if you would accept my challenge to spar me!"

Naruto sweat dropped for a moment, then shrugged. "Okay Lee. Tomorrow at nine sound good!"

"Very good! I eagerly look forward to test your 'Flames of Youth' with my own!"

After several minutes, Kakashi finally poofed into the room, his face buried in his book. Jiraiya saw it, took it away, autographed it, then handed it back. Kakashi was about to explode, until he realized who had taken his book, and written on it. Suddenly he was on his hands and knees, bowing up and down, saying, "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy."

Naruto reached down, and pulled Kakashi off the floor. "Why is it that my sensei's from Konoha are all weird perverts? Except for Iruka."

Jiraiya was about to retort, except Tsunade's fist driving him into a wall kept him quiet. Tsunade turned to those gathered before her.

"Well, glad almost all of you could make it on time. As I'm sure you're all aware, I'm rebuilding the teams that all of you were once on. There are a few differences though. Team's Gai, and the new Team Asuma will remain the same, as your team's chemistry works well. The changes will be focused on Team's Kakashi, Kurenai, and the new Team...."

"Outcast." Naruto said. "We're Team Outcast, as all of us were outcast's at one point or another."

Tsunade nodded. "The new Team Outcast, led by Naruto. These are the new Teams.

"Team Outcast will consist of Arren Pikku Uzumaki, Eflower Angelius, and Hinata Hyuuga, led by Naruto Namikaze."

Hinata heard those words, but it took her mind a few minutes to comprehend them. When it did, her eyes widened, her face became red as a tomato, and she slowly glanced up at Naruto. He smiled at her, before kissing her on the forehead. "Welcome to the team."

Hinata promptly fainted. Naruto chuckled, while Tsunade continued. "Team Kakashi will consist of Sasuke Uchiha, and these two." Two Anbu suddenly appeared. Both were rather young, not much older than any of those present, sensei's, Hokage's, and knocked out perverts excluded. One was a girl wearing a hummingbird mask, and with a med pac on her belt. She pulled it the mask off, revealing a beautiful young woman, with long purple hair.

"My name is Tori."

The other man, wearing a jackal mask, pulled it off, to reveal a man with short blue hair, and a scar running from his right eye to his chin. "I'm Zurui."

Kakashi nodded. "I've heard of both of you. You all ready have quite the reputation."

They both bowed. "Thank you, Kakashi-san. It will be an honor to serve under you."

Tsunade nodded. "As for Team Kurenai, you'll have Kiba and Shino still, but Sakura rounds it out as medic, and power house."

Sakura nodded. "Of course, sensei." She was a little disappointed not to be on Naruto's team, as she wanted to be with her friend from her previous team. But at least she wasn't with Sasuke. She, and Ino as well, had finally seen Sasuke for what he was. He looked cool, and was kinda handsome. But in the personality department, he was nothing special. Sakura glanced over at Lee, who she now beginning to notice. He was actually kinda cute, in a little puppy kinda way. And she knew he would be loyal, and love her. She smiled slightly, and thought about what it would be like to go on a date with him. Maybe she could get him out of the green spandex, and lower his voice a bit.

Tsunade nodded. "Well, now that has been taken care of, you're dismissed. I have nothing further to add."

They all nodded, bowed, and left, except for the new Team Outcast. Naruto turned to Jiraiya, who was getting off the floor.

"So, are we going to do this, or what?"

Jiraiya nodded slowly, getting his bearings back. "Yeah, we will. But first, we need to talk about Akatsuki. My internal spies are telling me that they are waiting outside Konoha, with two other members of Akatsuki, to ambush Yugito."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Internal spies? Who?"

Jiraiya glanced at Tsunade who shrugged. "If he's going to escort Yugito home, he should know."

Jiraiya sighed, before spilling the beans. "Itachi Uchiha, and Kisame Hoshigaki."

Naruto stepped back in surprise. "What? Those two are your spies? How can you trust them?"

Jiraiya sighed. "Look, let's just say that Itachi's slaughter of the Uchiha's wasn't all it was made out to be. It's an S-ranked secret, so I can't tell you, but believe me, he's not a bad guy."

Naruto shook his head. "Try explaining that to Sasuke, and all the other Uchiha's. I hate teme's guts, but I agree when he say's Itachi should be killed for what he did."

Hinata, now awake, was speechless, as she couldn't believe what she was hearing. Finally, she spoke up. "Wasn't Itachi and Kisame the ones sent to capture Naruto-kun?"

"Exactly!" Jiraiya yelled. "That's why! They've been stalling, and giving Naruto all the room he needed to grow strong. They wouldn't capture him, even though they made it look like they were trying."

Naruto thought for a moment, then nodded. "Actually, that makes sense. I thought I was having too easy of a time out there, since Akatsuki made almost no moves against me. But still, how can you trust a guy who slaughtered his whole clan."

"Please, gaki, just trust me."

Naruto sighed. "Fine. But I'm not taking Yugito out there until I know I'm strong enough to wipe out any of Akatsuki, even Itachi if I have to. So, let's get this going."

Arren took Eflower's hand. "We're going to scram for a bit. See some sights, that sorta of thing. See ya!"

As they left, Hinata glanced up at Naruto's face. "Naruto-kun, what are you doing?"

Tsunade indicated Jiraiya, who was busy summoning a toad who looked like his top and bottom had grown on the opposite sides of a scroll. "Jiraiya holds the second half of Kyuubi's chakra, which was sealed away into something else. Jiraiya is going to help Naruto incorporate that power into him."

"After I purify it." Naruto said, pulling Fuzen Ate from it's storage seal on his arm. Jiraiya found what he was looking for on the storage frog, and pulled out a heavily sealed scroll, with the kanji for "Yin" on it.

"Here we. Do your thing, Naruto."

Naruto held his sword near the scroll. A dark red energy almost seemed to envelop it, while yellow energy covered the blade of the sword. The two energies clashed, until the yellow energy won, and drove the red energy back into the scroll. Naruto slowly sealed the sword away, then took the scroll.

"Done." He said. In him, Kyuubi smiled happily, at the prospect of being able to give Naruto her full power, and finally give him the chakra control he should all ready have.

Jiraiya smiled. "Good. Then let's step into a more private room. Hinata, if you wouldn't mind waiting here, I'll be back with your boyfriend in an hour or so."

Both Naruto and Hinata blushed, but only lightly. Naruto followed Jiraiya out of the office, and down some stairs, until they came to an empty room. Jiraiya closed the door, before grinning at his young apprentice.

"Excellent job beating Sasuke yesterday. I was hoping to see the Hiraishin, or the Rasengan though."

Naruto shrugged. "Didn't need them. Besides, with the limited control I have, the Hiraishin would have been more of a defensive move anyways."

Jiraiya sighed, then perked up. "You and Hinata seem to be getting along fine. Here, I want you to have this."

He handed Naruto a book, which he took a look at the cover. "Icha Icha Paradise? How to Please your Woman?"

"It has great advice." Jiraiya said, smiling. Naruto shook his head.

"Ero-sennin, we're not doing that for a while. Probably not unless we get married or something."

Jiraiya sighed, and took the book back. "Fine. Let's get this over with. I have 'research' to do."

Naruto pulled off his coat, sword, and shirt. He stood there, while Jiraiya examined the scroll with the yin chakra in it.

"Let's see. We need to place another seal over the current one, to strength it to contain the full power. Otherwise, you'll blow up, and Kyuubi will be free."

"Is there any way to modify it? So Kyuubi can come out?"

Jiraiya's eyes widened. "Strangely enough, there is. Your dad went all out when designing this. Well, lets get to it."

Jiraiya pulled out an ink bottle, and brush, and began to draw a new deal over Naruto's current one. Fifteen minute's later, he finished the last stroke.

"Right. Everything looks good. Now, you may feel some pain, but it's perfectly normal."

Naruto just nodded, as Jiraiya ran through some hand signs, then placed his hands on the new seal.

"SEAL!" With that, the chakra in the scroll suddenly resonated with the seal on Naruto's stomach. It rushed out of the scroll, and into it's new home. Naruto yelled out in pain, while Kyuubi howled out. After several minutes, the last chakra left the scroll, and entered Naruto. He fell back, unconscious. Jiraiya looked over the glowing seal.

"Looks like it worked. Now, I just hope we can trust Kyuubi. And I hope she's really cute looking." He giggled perversely, only to be smacked by unconscious Naruto's hand.

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The "Tscuhikage" made his way in front of the assembly of ninjas of Iwa. He looked over all of them, before speaking.

"My fellow shinobi! We have long struggled against our enemies, the shinobi of Konoha. But now, we have a chance to destroy them!"

As the ninja's murmured with each other, the Tscuhikage continued. "There is an ancient power, that resides somewhere in these lands! A power more ancient, and powerful than the biju's!"

As the ninja's gasped, the Tscuhikage continued. "With it, we will crush Konoha, and anyone else who would dare oppose us! Now go! Head through out the lands, and find me the power known as the Nexus!"

The ninja's looked at each other, then left. Two chuunin's thought something was weird.

"Did he seem a little off to you?"

"Yeah he did. But still, if this power is real, it could really come in handy. Especially dealing with that Namikaze kid."

The Tscuhikage smirked, as Ganondorf chuckled in the soulless bodies's mind. Having a whole village to help me search is much easier. Soon, I'll have the power that I should rightfully wield.

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Naruto slowly sat up, groaning. Jiraiya came over to him.

"You okay kid?"

"Fine, except for a killer headache. Did it work?"

"I guess. Only you can really answer that."

Naruto slowly turned to his mind. Nee-chan? Can you hear me?

There was a sudden poof of smoke, causing both Jiraiya, and a now alert Naruto to jump back. When it cleared, Kyuubi stood there, in her now sixteen year old body. She was wearing a blood red shirt, with a fox head on it, and black pants that led down to a pair of sandals. Her eyes were still the crimson red, with black slits. Her long red hair was in a braid, that reached down to her mid back.

She looked around, before smiling at Naruto. "Ni-san? I think we did it!"

Naruto smiled, and hugged Kyuubi. Jiraiya just stood there, amazed at Naruto hugging the infamous Kyuubi no Kitsune. He was also amazed that a biju could have such a smoking body. He tried to silently reach for a pad, and pen, only to have Naruto glare at him.

"What did I say about writing about my nee-chan?"

Jiraiya sighed. "Fine, fine."

Naruto smiled back at his "sister". So, what do you think?"

Kyuubi slowly stretched, before moving over to examine the room. She stopped, and grinned at Naruto.

"It feels good to be free, if only in a limited way."

Naruto nodded. "Welcome to the living world again, Kyu."

At that moment, there was knocking at the door, followed by it opening. "Naruto-kun? Is everything all rig-"

Hinata stopped at the sight of a bare chested Naruto. She looked at his slightly muscular chest, and turned red, had a nosebleed, and then fainted. Naruto managed to catch her, and slowly lowered her to the ground.

"Ummm, Kyuubi? Can you hand me my shirt and jacket?"

Kyuubi snickered, as she handed them to Naruto. He placed the coat under her head, before pulling the grey mesh muscle shirt on. He gently wiped away the blood on Hinata's nose, and then kissed her. She giggled, and moaned somewhat sensuously.

"Mmmm...... Naruto-kun."

Naruto just smiled at her, before turning to see Jiraiya trying to hide the notebook he was frantically writing in. Kyuubi grabbed it, and tossed it to Naruto, who burned it in a second. Jiraiya sighed.

"Fine, I'll stop using Kyuubi and Hinata. What about Eflower?"

Naruto shook his head. "Unless you want two pissed off jinchuuriki's coming after you, I wouldn't."

Jiraiya sighed. "Such is the life of a Super Pervert Author. I'll go tell Tsunade it was a success." With that, Jiraiya left, while kyuubi came, and leaned over Naruto and Hinata.

"She is cute. I think you really did strike gold with her."

Naruto nodded, as he gently picked her up. "Let's find somewhere more comfortable to wait."

Kyuubi picked up the coat, while Naruto carried Hinata, bridal style.

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Itachi sighed, as he looked out at his old home. It had been three days since arriving, and he desperately wanted to just return home. Despite what most people believed about him, he had emotions. He just kept up a cold and emotionless exterior ro frighten others. When he was with those who knew the real him, he led his mask down, and was just normal.

Right now, his love for his home was aching through his heart. Yet, it was loyalty for his home that got him into this position in the first place. In order to protect his village from civil war, he had been forced to slaughter the Uchiha clan, and become an S-ranked missing ninja. But his loyalty was, and always would, be to his home.

Nearby, Kisame rubbed his forehead in irritation, as Hidan And Kakuzu constantly bickered. His patience was nearing the breaking point, and he seriously wanted to take his sword, and shut the two of them up. But he had to wait. Wait until it was time, and they could join Konoha.

He leaned over to Itachi. "Are you sure this will work?"

Itachi just sat there. "Even if it doesn't, at least Akatsuki will be down four members, and make it that much easier to destroy."

Kisame sighed. "I've trusted you this far. Might as well see it to the end."

Itachi smiled. "Such loyalty. Just like with Zabuza."

Kisame smiled, as he leaned back, his eyes glazing over. "Now those were good days. The two of us would go out, have a few drinks, slaughter a few dozen enemies. I miss those days. But Zabuza met a good end, just the way he wanted it. To go down fighting, and not lying in a bed somewhere."

Itachi nodded. "And you?"

Kisame smiled. "Doesn't matter to me. Dying in bed, in battle, or on a executioners block. We all die sometime. Might as well live life to the fullest while we can."

Itachi sighed, and leaned back against the tree he was sitting under. Kisame glanced at him. "What about Sasuke? He'll probably kill you first chance he gets."

Itachi nodded. "He probably will. He may never forgive me for what I did. I can't really forgive my self. But.... who knows? Maybe I'm wrong, for once in my life."

"Now that's a scary thought."

"Indeed."

"Hey you two! Are you going to sit there all day, or help me get some food ready!" Kakuzu yelled over to them, while Hidan happily slaughtered some fish in a Jashin ritual. Kisame sighed.

"Time to deal with dumb and dumber."

Itachi merely stood up, his "mask" back in place. He sat down next to the fire, and began doing what he could to help make the meal.

"So, when do we hit the Nibi and Kyuubi?"

"I've heard a few sources say that the Kyuubi will be leading a team to escort the Nibi back to Kumo. When they are a distance away from Konoha, but still in the border, we strike."

Hidan nodded. "Good. Some more sacrifices for Jashin. That will make him very happy."

Kisame twitched, his hand going for the sword nearby, but Itachi stopped him with a glance.

"Yes. But Nibi and Kyuubi are not to be harmed more than necessary. Understood?"

"Yeah, I f*%ing get it. Jeez."

Itachi shook his head. I wonder if she still remembers me?

All right. I need a favor. Since it's obvious that Itachi is a good guy, I need your help in deciding which if these lovely ladies is the one he is interested in.

Anko?

Ayame?

Or Shizune?

Please review with which one you think he should be with.

Also, my dear sister wont be joining me here, as she recently had an.... "accident".

Link: You mean you pushed her down the stairs.

LR: I did not! I was trying to help her, and she slipped!

Naruto: Dude, you pushed her down the stairs.

LR: I did not!

Arren and Eflower: Yes you did!

LR: Not!

Arashen: I'm not getting involved. (Turns off computer, while LR is fighting with the others)