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11:

Kisame's Point of View:

Well this was taking longer than Leader thought. All around us was silence, and the quietest of all was Tetane, staring plainly at the body of the Jinchuuriki in our process to obtain the Ichibi. I get that he was her friend, but that was the past, and now she belonged to the organization. She was loyal now, freshly involved, but the desperation of an old friend… I don't get it.

When the silence reached to a point, Zetsu came from the background, and re-evaporated onto the only finger without a member standing on it. "There are intruders coming in from the north…"

Tetane smirked silently as I did. "And who, might I ask?" Leader interrupted, opening his eyes for the first time in two days.

"We're in luck… the kyuubi Jinchuuriki host and his little friends… and Kakashi Hatake, with Might Guy and his students. I assume they're here to pick up the Ichibi and Tetane Namikaze as well."

She flinched, still holding the dragon sign, eyes closed. "There's no way."

"Apparently so," I replied, my grin plastered onto my face. "I'm not letting any distractions pop up from this extraction. Not when we have another target to look forward to capturing."

Leader nodded. "Then we need time if they plan to break in. I will form two clones from my Rinnegan, and whoever shall face these intruders will have to distract them, and give us more time."

I raised my eyebrows. I knew that name all too well, and he owes me the favor of punching him back. I'll make sure that man never moves. "Might Guy, hm? Tetane, tell me what you know about him."

She clenched her fists, trying to not let anyone see. "He's my Sensei, an experienced fighter in tai-jutsu."

That clears a few things up. No wonder she's so tense, she doesn't want her Sensei hurt. I'll change that in a matter of seconds with the affects that the loyalty to the organization has on her. He needs to see and hear about this. "Well, then, isn't that a surprise… I'll go ward off that Might Guy."

"And I shall fight against Kakashi Hatake, the kyuubi, and his friends," Itachi murmured. No shock there.

Tetane's eyes trembled, and I know her well enough to know what happens. When her pupils move up and down, she wants to join in, or she has an aggression against something. Or in this case, a little bit of both. "I know for a fact that I cannot join, and that I should be in danger if I dare see my old friends and Sensei's again. Please, both of you, hint of what happened to me, and then show them what the real power of the Akatsuki is."

She twists her words every time. She means something, and we think it's another thing. "We will, trust me," I growled, to her and to my upcoming opponents, "Something's getting past Samehada. And you're mine." My teeth clenched in thirst. I was always into fighting.

Itachi looked at her with those Sharingan eyes, and she nodded, not being told what to do. Leader blinked then. "Then Itachi, Kisame… get ready, because only thirty percent is needed from each of you for this, just to distract them for a specific amount of time. And also, Itachi, if possible… capture the kyuubi and Sharingan Kakashi. They'll be useful, especially that Naruto Uzumaki."

I grinned with confidence. "Okay, then Itachi-san, let's go. Tetane… this will be painless, well, not really."

My jutsu was released, and both of us had disappeared from the statue and extraction, leaving my keeping with herself. Hopefully this will be easy as we planned this to be.

Rock Lee's Point of View:

"Here! Here! I have some of the trail!" Pakkun growled, running as fast as me, nose buried on the ground. "Tetane's track is close!" Then the dog paused, and we stopped at the same pace. "Oh dear my dog soul."

"What is it?" Sensei questioned, eyes wide, no usually this cautious. I copied him, and Neji looked everywhere with his Byakugan.

"Tetane was not the only one here… it this isn't her ANBU squad, either. It's an Akatsuki, definitely. Someone…" he paused to sniff the air again, and then dug his nose to the ground, making out the scent only Pakkun could whiff. "…someone of the mist. His salty chakra is so distinct, and by the makings of it, he's absolutely one of the biggest chakra wielders to ever walk these lands."

I stiffened while Neji stood; eyes wide across the valley. Who could be as powerful as to possess the chakra amount of a bijuu? Whoever is was… he was responsible for Tetane's capture… and we'll never forgive him, even when he begs for defeat.

"He's coming! That man!"

I turned to Neji, who stood looking behind us, and as the dirt cleared, an object came at us in hunger and fight. It struck from the ground, and raced at exhilaration to take the first attack. That member knew we would be here. We all jumped in unison, and the object missed the mark by only a few seconds. Then came the dust from the deserted valley and Neji, with his Byakugan still activated, gulped, eyes wide. I don't think I've ever seen him this way.

"What is it, Neji?" I asked, heart beating.

I knew Neji extremely well, and so did Guy Sensei. The way he's looking at him was in pure hatred, and that look on Neji's face indicated that. He was very close friends with Tetane, and thought of her as a true competitor, that one day if he had passed her, then his dreams would be met. They were a good pairing, and I was always the one who trailed behind them in account of failure… that was, until Guy Sensei trains me to advance like they had. The truth was… I missed her too, Neji. She covered for me while I lay defeated and injured at the Chunin exams, crying tears… I never want to see tears like that again. You stood in annoyance that I had been cut down. She took care of me at heart, placing a flower on my windowsill with Sakura, though I didn't love her… its called friendship, Neji, a person like you will soon try to understand.

I could feel how Neji felt, and with that in mind, my heart rate went twice as fast, no chakra boiling through my veins, but youth, and protection, as Guy Sensei had always taught me… protect what you love the most.

Neji, with knees bent, and gritted teeth, had prepared himself. "You're the one… oh yes, you're the one we've been looking for."

Guy even stood off balance, and he's usually so true to himself… who was this opponent?

The dust cleared, and I saw someone, someone who stood off to me with true power. The first thing I noticed was the coat he was wearing proudly… the Akatsuki coat, with red clouds as the insignia. His stance was relaxed, and he held the object that we had dodged, that apparently was a really big sword. His skin; and I couldn't believe it… was blue. Pakkun was right, he was from Kiri. He was glaring at us, particularly my Sensei with beady eyes, and smiled when everything had cleared.

"You…" Guy started, trying to make him out, "Nope, nope… never mind…"

Neji's eyes looked from the Akatsuki member to all of us. "This guy has a monstrous amount of chakra… it's probably the most I've seen since Naruto."

The figure leaned in, grinning widely with sharp teeth. "So… you don't remember me I see, I guess the great green beast has an animal's brain as well."

How dare this man talk to my Sensei! He thought he would dominate this team, but he had only defeated one of us. If all of us were here, we would certainly win, but by the way he looked, and this tremendous chakra that he carried, we will be forced to keep cautious.

"Where's Tetane?" Neji yelled, his fists enclosed, ready in battle stance. I followed his gesture, same feeling burning.

The shark man laughed harshly to this, and gripped that sword of his tighter, lifting to measure out on one of his brutal shoulders. "If you realized what she's become, I think you'd rather pass on wanting find out. She's mine."

"You… then you have her! She's still alive. We have our chances." The corner of Neji's mouth lifted as he never took his eyes off of the Akatsuki member. He laughed again, but lightly, leaning in. "Forget finding her. She's never coming back, and by the way she's decided, Tetane Namikaze is taken into our organization for immense purposes."

"She'll never betray her comrades!" I argued, unwrapping my bandages. Neji, who stood in front of me, shook his head for me to keep silent. My eyes blazed with dissatisfaction. "I don't care if Tetane's captured or being tortured right now as we speak… she's never going to give up on her comrades!"

He smirked again. "That's not the way I see it. It took a little time to crack at her, but she manages. Don't worry; you might have a chance of getting all of your pathetic lives spared by her, if she even has a morsel of respect for any of you when we take over."

"Son of a-" I aimed to run to give him back his words, but Sensei's touch on my shoulder provoked me from doing anything irrational yet. "Lee, let him go. We'll show him."

More laughter presumed. "And this comes from the human with less intelligence than an animal. I would like to see you try, Might Guy."

. . .

Naruto's Point of View:

It's official. I hate gen-jutsu.

These shuriken hurt all over the place, and I have to break out of this illusion! Itachi, floating high with that gen-jutsu can do whatever he wants to me… just don't give up… keep yourself together…

He faced me again with that Sharingan, that stupid boring expression on his face, and I'm trembling due to this! This can be broken, somehow! I believe I did it right the first time, but what about now?

His eyes locked onto mine, and then… my skin… it was peeling off, bits of my skin floating through the breeze, and another face was on my other half… no, it couldn't be… Sasuke?

"Naruto, it's been a while… " Oh my god this is insane! My hands were breaking apart, and right when I had it. Then one hand came of the attack on my neck, and I was strangling myself, or Sasuke was strangling me. I tried to fight it off by using my free hand to pull my other hand off my throat.

"Sasuke, Sasuke! Why are you doing this to me?"

"I should have finished you long ago, Naruto. But I couldn't. Why? Why?"

Then as soon as he stopped talking, a bulge came out of my stomach, revealing the face of Sakura glaring at me, frustrated. "Why didn't you save Sasuke-kun? I trusted you to stop him!"

Then someone else had grown, twisting on my left shoulder. Kakashi…

"If you had only treated your friends better, then you wouldn't be such scum."

Someone spoke from the palm of my hand, begging. "Why are you always the one? Can't I have better?" The eye revealed itself, having the same turquoise iris that Gaara has. "I'm always alone."

Then from the sun casted, my shadow had stretched into the body of Tetane, eyes only seen but not her full body, which had been covered in darkness. She showed agony and judgment in those golden eyes. "I was too ignorant, but you could have stopped me. Why? I should have died than spent my eternity with my enemy. I blame you, Naruto-kun."

My head buzzed, and with that last illusion, tears started to form and followed in a stream afterwards. None of this is true; get out of here, get out of here!

"I will kill you, someday."

"You failed to me, and to Sasuke-kun's safety."

"I thought you were better than what you're showing me."

"Why do you end up being the better person; I am a monster after all."

"My life is over… and you never paused to cease it. You made me fall."

Damn it, damn it! "Someone… anyone… force chakra into me…" I remember Tetane's words well in my head from that time we were training together, that one day; she showed me a simple way to break out of a gen-jutsu. She had told me that someone had to disrupt the jutsu by grabbing hold of your reality, or if that's not possible, then disrupt the attacker to dispel the gen-jutsu. If she was only here right now… I wish she could see me. "Tetane… Tetane…"

Then all of reality came back, leaving me at my feet, cold and stiff, staring into open with Sakura and Granny Chiyo grabbing onto my arms. "Thank god, Naruto!"

"Don't worry, boy, it was only the gen-jutsu," Granny sighed, looking at Itachi across from us.

My life ceased. I just couldn't believe that worked… Tetane… thank you. I'll fight him for you!

"It was Tetane, wasn't it, Naruto?" Sakura paused, smiling with a smirk. I faced Itachi with a grin. "Sure as hell was. A long time ago. She'll never betray me, no matter how much she's tortured or controlled by you… she'll never give up on her friends!"

His eyes never widened. "She was dealt with, and I control her. She gave up on you."

"NEVER IN MY LIFE!" I screamed, ready to attack with no mercy, "YOU DON'T UNERSTAND HER! SHE'S GUNNA BREAK OUT!"

"Sure, the Akatsuki have Tetane," Sakura almost spoke, mostly towards herself, "But she's my best friend, and no one else is there for her more than us!"

"All foolish talk," Itachi sighed, eyes closed, "You don't understand our motives. When she belongs to the organization, we know that she is bonded. She will never come back, no matter how much you speak about the pitiful meanings for friendship. You learn nothing from that."

This guy was pissing me off. He doesn't know anything, no matter how much he says that she's gone. I looked to Sakura-chan, and her eyes narrowed, not afraid to face that Sharingan. Then I saw Kakashi come out of the blue, calmly and serious.

"He probably used the Sharingan on her to join after Kisame got to her… but that's not Tetane. She's better than that. The Raikugan always beats the Sharingan in every battle… Naruto, cover my back."

I nodded with a smirk. "You've got it, believe it."

"And Sakura and Granny Chiyo keep away from his eyes. You don't know what he'll do." The two kunoichi nodded in response.

I hope we kick this guy's ass. We need Tetane back fast, and save Gaara before it's too late… but I have the feeling that we'll succeed in the end. I smiled with a grin as I got into battle stance.

. . .

Tetane's Point of View:

It's been too long for such stalling. Where were they? Surely they must eat their words right now… but usually they would have come back at this time. I stand with cold feet upon this state, keeping these two jutsu's intact, and watching one of my friends dying before me, the life getting scraped out of his inners. Maybe the fact that they aren't here… is because they got captured? No, no, both of them are better than that, especially Kisame. Stalling at this amount of time should be enough; the Ichibi is almost extracted from Gaara.

"Look who's back," one of us murmured.

My eyes were directed to the opened eyes of my captors. I smirked silently as I focused on my hand-signs, while Itachi and Kisame were attentive towards Leader, like nothing had gone abnormal in their missions. "Well?"

"We had stalled them enough, Leader," Itachi responded, "If they ever think of coming to invade, it will be too late."

"Though all of them had a drive to them," Kisame muttered, "And they couldn't let go of the fact that Tetane Namikaze is still on their side." He snickered, attentive towards me now. I stared at him as well, responding to this. "Better than you thought… right?"

"Heh. They're certainly not cowards, I'll give you that, but there's no chance." He turned away, declaring his opinion as the truth. "They truly don't know what our organization is capable of."

"And none shall the chance," I robotically called, closing my eyes in capability of silence.

"We we rule as a dominant force…" Sasori recalled in the shadows.

"… and never die." The one called Kakuzu promised. Promise might not be the stronger word, though.

"As the Akatsuki, we will continue to remain under the grasp of a petty society, and recall to the world when the time is right. Then we will rise as one, and spread our power to the villages and lands, and everyone shall know our name, and tremble," Leader announced, "And terror will rule the land, and pain will come and take over. And each one of you will earn their share of power."

The chorus mumbled together evenly. "Yes, Leader-sama."

I trembled in my words while everyone seemed smooth while speaking. Gaara was almost done, and there was nothing to be remade when he is finally extracted from the Ichibi. This organization picked demons out of hell itself, hearts darker than the night, and people merciless in the lives of others.

The eye in which was filling had formed solid, and the chakra that had engulfed the Kazekage had subsided, returning to the stone mouth, gaping open, eating the Ichibi whole, sucking the demon into our source of power inside the statue. Mission completed… despairingly.

The Kazekage, my friend, Naruto's counterpart, and Suna's greatest chance fell without anyone to catch him. His corpse collapsed on the dirty ground in the middle of all of us, and it was finally declared… Sabaku no Gaara was dead.

And in that silence I wanted to mourn, to feel so guilty that I was one of the causes of his death. I bet his last waking moments were thought of me and my awful betrayal. And in the end, if I do not succeed… my brother would have the same fate…

No. That will never happen, and I shall succeed. There is not even a hesitation in protecting the people and village I care for with everything I have. I smirked, my cheekbones rising for the vision to my future.

Kisame immediately saw this for he desired to see my reaction to this three-day procedure. "Well, I'm glad you're adjusting, Tetane."

I stumbled mentally. He thought that I was smiling for the purposes of the loyalty for the Akatsuki. Might as well take this for benefit, rather than to waste a chance to bond. "Yes, and now we have the monstrous chakra of the Ichibi. Besides… that irrelevant kid caused me a scar on my right leg from a Jinchuuriki attack a few years ago. This is revenge and a gain for the rights of the Akatsuki." I made it sound persuasive, and he nodded. I was getting there.

"Leader… trespassers at the front…"

I turned my head towards the spy, and some snickered. How could they make it…?

"No matter. All of you are dismissed… Deidara, Sasori… stay here for the confrontation. Capture the kyuubi, at least. I don't want an unnecessary mess," Leader replied, absolutely clam about this particular position.

Deidara smiled. "Can't wait, hm."

Sasori nodded. "They will tremble when they see my art."

"More like my art, hm. Everything that's supposed to be kept forever will not serve its purpose to amaze."

"Eternal art shall reign, and nothing comes out of something temporary."

What idiots, sometimes. But the fact that they were facing my loved ones… chills my bones with concern. And with Deidara… I feel like this is the time he will die.

"Deidara…" I started, and the blonde terrorist turned to me, more brightness to his azure blue eyes.

"Hm, Tetane?"

I was silent at first, and then stared at him intensely, emotion burning in my visible golden eyes. "Don't choke, okay?"

He snorted with ignorance. "Sometimes you make me laugh, Tetane. Just watch." He recalled my words that I had spoken before I had hopped off his created clay bird at the restaurant, and he smiled, breaking my heart in the process. I love him… and I care for my village and my brother. I'm torn between two sides, but for now…

"I trust you."

His smile widened, full of an energy and passion. "Let's do it then, hm!"

Leader scanned us, and our bright spheres dulled until the embers faded, and with that, my body disappeared, and my eyes opened on the other side, along with both of my partners. I breathed in and out, placing my weary hands onto the rock, resting my body.

"You realize that your old friends are doomed, right?" Kisame noted with a hint of arrogance, smirking in the process. I tried to copy him. "I trust in him, as I said earlier."

"Those two are talented, indeed," Itachi added casually, "Especially Sasori."

"I understand that very well, Itachi. I have no struggle in facing the reality and my loyalty."

I love lying about complete and utter bullshit like that. I believed in Naruto, Sakura, and my team too much to leave them without unsaid faith from my side. I was still here, believing in them. I will complete my mission. And I will destroy this hell-picked organization.

"Come. Let's go back," Itachi commanded in his deep voice, and with that, he stood, and we followed in pursuit, the sunset fading behind the magenta mountains.

I will fight for the revenge of Gaara. I will pray for my release. And most certainly… I will always pray for my brother and everyone else I hold dear to be safe… and win.