"You're going to die, especially if Suichi dies as well." Ronin spoke with a small smirk printed upon his lips. He'd done his homework on the tailed beasts host after their first encounter; and friendship was going to be the brat's downfall. The Kyuubi's little beast had come to a stop; within this stop was time to calm himself down, that's exactly what was happening, Naruto's mind was slowly gaining control back over himself. The tails of the Kyuubi was shrinking. From four to three, from three to two, and from two to one, yet he still held the form of the Kyuubi, due to the power that he could wield with the single tail being there.

Suichi was dangling; his skin was burning from the chakra which surrounded Naruto's body, it was a dead stalemate, and neither side was exactly going to give up on the prisoner that they were both holding.

Senichi was left standing there watching with slight confusion with how it had actually happened between the two teams "Wow…" Was all that he had managed to let pass his lips; he'd been training for so long, yet he'd never seen something like this come into sight.

Ryozo now came darting out from the safety of the cover which Kakashi and Sakura had produced for him, as they too were watching Naruto and the others on top of the café. "HAY! FREAKS!" Ryozo shouted, as everyone seemed to turn to face him. They knew who he was, yet the ones on the top of the roofs choose to ignore him.

Senichi, Kakashi, and Sakura were now racing towards Ryozo; who was also racing along the dirt path away from where the other four were still standing. Senichi had an advantage over the other two; he knew exactly what times there would be a mist; as well having been trained in the area he would find it easier to fight within. Ryozo however, wasn't going to give them the chance to fight, as he was running to the dead center of Iwagakure. The one place it would be impossible for anyone to fight without hitting someone else.

Naruto let out a howl, which tore both the buildings they were standing upon to crumble, they all feel through the roofs first, before the buildings and walls erupted around them, leaving them to stand in the dead centre of the rubble. He had grown bored, and the way Ryozo had deserted him, made his blood boil even thicker, as the tails were now forming again. Suichi's arm was turning black now from were the beast was holding him.

"Damn it." Ronin exclaimed, if it were him, he'd easily be able to pick his way out of the hold; one way or another. Then the idea actually hit him straight upon the head. Naruto had thrown Suichi straight towards Ronin. Sasuke was now free; and they both had ground to catch up to Kakashi and Sakura. Suichi was holding his arm tightly, as it was more than a burn mark, the chakra from the Kyuubi had entered the skin were he had been held.

Ronin was quick too pull a small medic kit out from within his bag, not bothering with Ryozo at that moment; as Senichi was Ronin's best trained student, and would make sure he came back with him. As he began to work on Suichi's arm, which proved to take more time than he would ever have guessed it would have done. The chakra wasn't exactly normal though; and treating it as though it was, would 'cause problems for the regular chakra which flowed through

Naruto had calmed at the moment, both Sakura and Kakashi were on the tail of Ryozo; and Sasuke was free from any pain. Slowly he turned back into his normal self, as a smirk passed through Sasuke's lips. "You're an idiot, do you know that?" Both of them laughed, for a moment, forgetting everything that had happened, so easily done when Naruto has the attention span of a five year old. "Well, time to get going."

Sasuke didn't leave Naruto any time to figure it out, setting or he left a good gap between him and Naruto before Naruto finally got a hence of meaning from what had been said. "Wait up!" He screamed, as he broke of into a sprint at the start. His body aching and protesting from the movement, yet he tried to ignore it. His mission came before any pain which flowed through his body.

Ryozo had just made it to the centre of Iwagakure, and none of the others were behind him when he turned around to check for himself. Yet, the second he turned his head around to finally start the walk home, a grinning boy was standing in front of him. "You think I'm not going to settle this score!?"

"Well, it would have been nice." Ryozo sighed ever so slightly, a foot step back was the wrong move to make, he hadn't noticed it, yet with the only sentence he had spoken, he was now surrounded by a group of people that was at the camp site. The person who was behind him; let out a small grunt as he had trodden upon their foot, there was no way to actually escape them this time.

"To bad." One of the voice's spoke out, not really bothered, as Ryozo probably would grow to know all of their names if he had actually stayed at the camp for another day. They were now closing in upon him, grabbing him by his arms, and legs. A female stepped forward to tie Ryozo up so that he wouldn't be able to run away.

"Seems we've got to give him 'that'" One of the voices spoke.

Ryozo was now struggling the moment he saw what the girl had actually got within her hand. "Don't worry, it lasts for a whole day, and by then you'll have no reason to return here." She spoke so politely for someone that was now going to drug him.

The needle dug straight into Ryozo's neck, as the liquid found its way into his blood flow; it wasn't meant for his heart, it was meant for his brain, as it slowly slurred him into nothing; he was seeing colours which passed his eyes, as well as twisting the shapes of the buildings that surrounded him. The people's voices echoed themselves into laughter.

"Take him now." The girl spoke ever so softly, as the rest of the group had disappeared within the house; only to wait for one of the others, Senichi, Suichi or Ronin to come passed.

However, Kakashi and Sakura were the first ones to dart passed; they had Pukkan, one of Kakashi's trained ninja dogs, with them, which was leading the way. Yet the moment they passed the house which everyone apart from the girl had gone within, the scent was lost, coated maybe, due to the amount of people that were walking through the streets now. "Sorry Kakashi, I've lost him."

Now the team had come to a stop in the centre of the village, they could either wait for Naruto and Sasuke, or wait for the boy they over took to catch them up… If he ever would that was. There was a signal written upon the side of the house; unless you were really looking for it, you would have paid it no respect. It was a small sign that dangled out the window. "The Ninja's blood will flow." was written upon it. Knowing full well the way Kakashi had gone; he went around the back to the house.

"Pukkan, how about we track that boy's scent instead?" Kakashi spoke softly, as they were now walking back out of the city, Naruto and Sasuke finally coming across the two of them.

A small nod was all Pukkan gave for an answer, as he looked up to acknowledge Naruto and Sasuke. "Boy's." He spoke, before his nose went to the ground, sniffing to find traces of the scent. "Its weak, but I've got it."

"Great!" Naruto exclaimed, knowing nothing of what was going on at that moment. "What have you got?" He now questioned after making himself look exactly like the complete idiot which he was.

"We're trying to find that boy's scent as we lost Ryozo's." Sakura answered, a small smirk pressed upon her lips; she liked to be able to act the smart one, and knowing more than the other two was one way that she could actually say she was more knowledgeable than the two of them.

Kakashi raised his hand ever so slightly. "Lead the way." Pukkan now broke of into a run, as the others followed him close behind.