Chapter 11

Kakashi lay on the ground, staring up at the cloudy night sky. He hated it when it was cloudy, he wasn't able to see the moon and that bothered him greatly. It's been four days since they left the old base, since he last saw Naruto. He wonder what Konoha was doing. He was sure that the bugs that escaped had made it back by now. How much information they could get from the bugs he wasn't fully sure, but he still had to be cautious. He nearly had the transformation mastered. He could at least now change into a wolf and back with his clothes on, the only thing was that it took a lot out of him. Orochimaru had said over time it would get easier and soon be natural. Kakashi smirked. Orochimaru was trusting him so easily, which was a surprise. Kakashi would wait, though.

There was no need to rush.

Kabuto sat in a tree and listened to the wind. He was recalling the what Orochimaru had said to him.

"Don't trust him." Orochimaru had said, catching kabuto off guard.

"What do you–?"

"No matter how much I seem to trust him, you need to always think he's our enemy. No matter what." Then Orochimaru walked away and that was it.

Kabuto bit his finger. He was supposed to believe Kakashi was his enemy, yet Orochimaru trusted him as their ally. This whole scenario made Kabuto uneasy and he didn't like it.

Not one bit.

Soon, three more days passed and there was still no sign of Konoha. Orochimaru was both pleased and perplexed by this. Pleased that he was able to train Kakashi with no disturbances and perplexed that Konoha hadn't made a move yet. Or maybe they did. A rustle to the right made him turn his head to a bush. Kakashi had emerged, in wolf form, with a rabbit in his mouth.

"Is it lunch time already?" Orochimaru asked. Kakashi placed the rabbit beside Orochimaru and walked to the tree opposite him. He laid down, not bothering to change back.

"Where's Kabuto?" he asked.

"Making sure there are no obstacles in our way. Less then a days walk and we'll be there."

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Naruto sat in Tsunade's office with his legs against his chest. He hasn't really talken to anyone since he was brought back to the village. Tsunade had to say she was quite surprised he wasn't begging her to go after Kakashi himself. The was a soft knock on the door.

"Enter,"Tsunade said.

The door opened with a slight creak and Yamato walked in.

"Find anything?"

"In fact we have," Yamato said. "According to Jiraiya, it appears Orochimaru is headed to the Rain country. He most likely has a base there."

"Jiraiya? What's his lead?"

"Not sure. I didn't meet up with him, he sent me a scroll." Yamato said as he handed said scroll to Tsunade. "It appears he was on the right trail."

Tsunade scanned over the scroll.

"Very well," she said and placed the scroll down. "Get a team assemble and come back here."

Tsunade watched as Yamato left. She looked over towards Naruto, who had his head on his knees, she sighed.

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Jiraiya watched Orochimaru from a distance, he had finally caught up. The fact that he only saw Orochimaru and Kabuto made him a little uneasy, that is until he heard a voice behind him.

"Coming alone was a bad idea," said an all to familiar voice. Jiraiya wiped around and was face to face with Kakashi.

"Kakashi," Jiraiya stood up, "what's going on." He studied Kakashi, taking in his stance, his new clothes, and most importantly, the look in his eyes.

"What's going on isn't any of your or Konoha's business." Kakashi said as he crossed his arms. "Now Orochimaru knows you're here and if you don't following us, I'm gonna have to kill you." Kakashi said.

Jiraiya was taken back by what Kakashi had just said.

"You're...working with Orochimaru?"

Kakashi chuckled and turned his back towards Jiraiya. "It's something like that. Now why don't you just head home and drop this." Kakashi said as he started to walk away, but he was stopped when a hand grabbed his upper arm.

"What the hell is going on Kakashi!" Jiraiya was getting angry now. Something was wrong. He knows Kakashi, and he knows that Kakashi would never just up and betray the village. Not with a reason. The moment Kakashi felt Jiraiya touch him, he felt his heart beginning to race.

"Let go." He said.

"Not until you give me what's up."

Orochimaru and Kabuto stopped when they heard and explosion go off. Orochimaru smiled.

"Kakashi set off the tags. What should we–"

"I told him I'd leave it to him." Orochimaru said as he turned around and began to walk. Kabuto watched as Orochimaru walked away then back where smoke was rising. He turned and caught up with Orochimaru. If Kakashi died now, it would be a weight off his shoulders.

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Sorry this took long and it's so short. I've been busy and my plot bunnies had escaped so it took time to capture and find them all. But their back and there's a treat next chapter.

Jiraiya vs Kakashi

Yup, they gonna fight. But I warn you. Im not really good at fight scenes but im gonna try and make it long and descriptive.

If you have any ideas leave a review and maybe they'll make it into the story and you'll get to see your name in the next chapter. I'm always open to ideas and thoughts.