Time for the next chapter, Yay! I want to apologize about the last chapter. It took me awhile to find the inspiration for it. This one is out much quicker though so enjoy!

Also! Thanks goes out to everyone who's read The Uzumaki Identity because we are officially over 10000 hits! I just wish I had as many reviews, oh well! Here it is Chapter 13!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the Bourne Identity.

Chapter 13: Rogue Mission: Rescue the Idiot

Land of Fire

The gate guards never noticed a blur of pink motion as they lay face down in a puddle of their own drool. Someone had cast a genjutsu on them and they likely wouldn't wake for at least another hour. That was all the time Sakura would need to make her escape. Better yet, it would be a few days before anyone would start wondering where the pink-haired Kunoichi was. Hopefully by then any sign of her passing would be too stale for them to follow her; she doubted it, but one could always hope.

Seconds after exiting the gate, Sakura took to the trees and was quickly making progress towards the Land of Grass. It would be a stretch, but if she was lucky she would pass though the country at its thinnest part and she could pick up the trail of her comrade and his captors in the Land of Earth.

'Okay, a bit ill-conceived, but it's the best I've got.' Sakura thought.

Sakura relaxed a bit as she began putting more and more distance between herself and her home. If she survived the trip and punishment for going AWOL, she was definitely going to talk to Captain Neji about upgrading nighttime security.

A sudden whoosh of air caused Sakura to stop suddenly. A kunai sunk in to the trunk of the tree she was standing on.

"Where do you think you're going?" A young man said with a wild grin.

"Woof!" The dog added in.

"Kiba…" Sakura muttered. She was neck deep in trouble now. Kiba could very well ruin any chance she had of saving Naruto.

'Time to cleverly lie.'

"I'm on a mission for Lady Tsunade." She said as she forced a grin into place.

"Right…" Kiba said skeptically.

"I'm serious!"

"Then why are you wearing your Anbu armor?"

"Anbu work directly for the Hokage, even you should know that Kiba."

"Sakura, it's standard protocol to wear your animal mask on missions to protect your identity."

Sakura grimaced as she automatically reached up to touch her face on reflex.

"Sakura, tell me what's going on. As far as I can tell you're running away. That is a crime that could be punishable by death. I can't let you go or I'll be guilty of aiding a missing-nin."

"W-w-well…" Sakura stuttered.

"Out with it already!"

"Woof!" Akamaru agreed.

"……" Sakura muttered.

"What was that?"

"I'm going after Naruto alright!" Kiba looked stunned. As far as he knew, there was no information on the idiot's whereabouts.

"Look, Naruto is an Anbu captain and has been on an extended mission. He lost his memory sometime in the last few months and is now in the hands of the Akatsuki. My team tracked him down but was defeated."

"Whoa, slow down. Naruto's in Anbu?"

"Yeah. And if you're going to stop me I'm going to have to put you down." Kiba glared at her for a second.

"How do you plan on tracking him?"

"Errr…"

"What do you think Akamaru?"

"Woof!"

"Alright! We're coming with you! Rogue Mission: Rescue the Idiot! Go!" Kiba shouted as he pumped his fist in the air.

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, I still need to show that idiot I can kick his ass! He left before we could ever have a rematch!"

"Kiba, this isn't a game. We're officially going to be missing-nins."

"Yeah, yeah. I'm the one who said that just a minute ago. But friends look out for each other. Besides you need someone who can track and there is no one better than me and Akamaru here!"

"Fine. Let's get going. They are going to notice you missing a lot quicker than they would have missed me."

"Right on!"

"Woof!"

--

Naruto suddenly skid to a stop.

"What's wrong, Naruto? We need to hurry to Amegakure. This is our best chance of finding the Akatsuki leader."Said a white haired man who landed next to him.

"Pervy Sage…It's Sasuke. He just destroyed one of my clones."

"It's Jiraiya for the last time! But I see. Go on Naruto, you're needed there more than I need you for this simple recon mission.'

"But pervy sage…"

"Naruto, I'm a Sannin. If I can survive your four-tailed form then a recon mission like this is going to be cake. And maybe I get a little research done. I've always heard the ladies in Ame are exceptional beauties…"

"Okay! Be careful Pervy Sage!" Naruto said with a grin as he turned to leave.

"The same goes for you brat. Watch your temper, you don't want to hurt your comrades and if you kill Sasuke, Tsunade-junior won't be very happy with you."

"Right." Naruto nodded to Jiraiya and left never to see him again.

19 days till Itachi and Tobi are to meet with Team Twilight at the border of the Land of Rain.

--

Naruto suddenly shot up in a cold sweat. "Pervy Sage!" Kirdei, Wolf and Kuroiaki jumped and looked over at the blond ninja.

"You ok, Naruto?" Kirdei asked. Naruto shook his head.

"Yeah, just another memory-dream. I remembered the last time I saw my old Sensei. Hey, do you guys know anything about an organization called 'Akatsuki'?"

"Yeah, but why would you want to know about them? They're an S-class organization, not something you want to mess with." Wolf quickly told him.

"They're the ones who killed my sensei, Jiraiya." The Twilight trio passed a look to each other, unnoticed by Naruto.

"They've been pretty quiet, as of late. No one has heard about them for the last year or so." Kirdei said.

"I see." Kirdei turned back to Wolf.

"Like I was saying, we need to go into town. We're low on supplies and we won't make it much farther if we don't restock."

"Are you absolutely sure? If we're discovered it could be the end of us."

"If we starve or get attacked that'll be the end of us…" Naruto looked up into the sky, partially blocked by trees.

When Team Twilight had told him they were going through the Land of Earth, he had been expecting barren wastelands. Instead the place was full of trees and grassland, though in the distance a huge mountain range could be seen. They had been traveling for the past couple weeks through various countries and the last few days had been spent traveling close to the border in the Land of Earth. They were traveling quickly and quietly, avoiding towns when possible and even then they had narrowly avoided 5 squads of Konoha Anbu.

"Fine. There's a small town about a day's travel from here. We'll stop there and resupply." Wolf finally consented. Naruto sighed. It was going to be another long day. Tension was growing in the group with each passing minute and Naruto couldn't help but feel like it was his fault.

--

Kakashi had been notified of Sakura's disappearance a few days after he had helped her escape. What really surprised him was Kiba Inuzuka's disappearance. He was supposed to have come back from a solo mission the same night Sakura left. It was likely that the two disappearances were mere coincidence, but one never knew. Friendship could bypass reason without a second thought.

If Kiba had encountered Sakura, he might have been convinced to join up…or he might be dead; killed on a mission or by Sakura in her desperation to ensure Naruto's safety. A drop of sweat slid down Kakashi's face. He'd killed Kiba. He just knew it. Not personally, but nonetheless he had led Kiba to a death by enraged, insane Kunoichi fist. Maybe it was time to take up drinking…

--

Land of Earth: Ryukyu Village

A raven-haired man walked into the trade village of Ryukyu. Several countries' merchants used the town as a checkpoint when traveling to towns throughout the Land of Earth. The man pulled his straw hat low over his eyes, shielding his face from view as he entered a hotel.

"I need a room for the night." The woman at the desk looked at the man's hidden face, then at his sword, then his face again.

"We don't want any trouble, sir…"

"Hn…" He replied and dropped cash down on the desk. The woman's eyes widened as she looked at the bills. There was easily 5000 ryo there.

"S-sir! Welcome to our establishment! You'll be in room 107!" The man's head sharply turned to glare at the wall. The woman back up a step as she caught sight of his eyes.

'The pure anger in those crimson eyes…'

The woman held a key out to the dark-haired man. He took it and left to his room without saying another word.

'He keeps interfering…'

--

Naruto cheered inwardly as he saw the village. He thought about it for a second. Just weeks ago he had yelled and screamed in joy when he saw Kumogakure. Now he wasn't even a little tempted to cheer. It was as if he was growing up all over.

'Weird. Makes sense though. My old instincts are returning.' Naruto turned his head to say something to Kirdei when he felt dizzy and collapsed.

"Naruto? Naruto. Naru…!" Naruto heard before blacking out.

--

Naruto shook his head as he stood up. He was once again in the sewers that made up his mindscape. He quickly made his way down the hallways towards the room that caged the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"What the hell, you stupid fox!"

"Silence, Brat. Can't you sense it? The Uchiha's presence?"

Naruto blinked and remembered the crimson eyes that had not long ago stared him down in his own mindscape.

"You mean that guy is here in Ryukyu Village?"

The Nine-Tailed Fox's face appeared at the cage with a wide grin.

"That's right. And to ensure we survive long enough for me to escape, I'm going to give you a little bit of your memory back. So be grateful."

Naruto snorted. The Nine-Tailed Fox roared and a rush of red chakra rushed forward, and through Naruto. A scream tore free from Naruto's mouth as it did.

The chakra rushed through the hallways, twisting and turning, picking up speed. The chakra passed through the mountain of keys and homed in on the door with the Uchiha symbol on it and the kanji for Sasuke. The key dissolved into the chakra as it slammed into the door. The chakra vanished along with Naruto's screams; then, very slowly, the door holding back Naruto's memories of Sasuke opened.

Author's Notes

Well I'm going to end it there. This chapter is setting up the next chapter which should be pretty exciting.

5,000 Ryo 50,000 Yen 500 US Dollars

Keep an eye out for the next chapter. I already have a lot of it planned out so it'll be coming in the next week or so, barring apocalypse, school work, freak accident, or shikamaruitis which can be pretty devastating to a story, you know?