Hi all. I did this for all of you to say Happy Thanksgiving. Save a drumstick for me because I earned it.

In this chapter I used a scene from Those Who Hunt Elves. I think it worked out very well. Also, in my story Madara didn't summon Kyuubi and there will be other changes as well. Remember this is my fanfic and I can do whatever I want.

Now that that's out of the way, let's rock!

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Momiji had just arrived home from work when she noticed that something was off. Pulling a bone blade from her shoulder she began to search the house very carefully. Room after room, she found nothing out of the ordinary. When she got to the kitchen however she found a small green toad with a scroll attached to its back. She moved over to it and before she could take off the scroll Rin came through the door.

"Mrs. Uzumaki, have you seen Naruto lately?" she asked. "He was supposed to meet me for lunch but never showed." Momiji's eyes widened for a moment before narrowing dangerously as she turned to the toad. The poor little creature just gulped as it looked into those angry eyes.

"He better not have done what I think he did!" Momiji said as she snatched up the scroll and opened it up. She then began to read it aloud. "Dear Momiji. How are you this fine day? I bet you are as lovely as ever. I am writing to let you know that I have been assigned an important mission by the elders to make Tsunade the next Hokage. Now I just have to find her and convince her to take the job. On my way out, I thought that it would be a good idea for me to bring Naruto along. Don't worry, I'll be seeing to all of his training. He'll be stronger than ever by the time he comes back. And who knows, he might meet some new lady friends." Momiji stopped reading. "I'll kill that hentai. He probably grabbed Naruto and ran out of here." She then looked at the rest of the letter. "By the time you begin reading this I will be far away and quite safe from you. Have a nice day!"

"He does know that he has to come back sooner or later," said Rin with a deadpanned expression. "I mean, he has to escort her back and bring Naruto back as well. Or, if he fails to bring back Tsunade, he'll have to become the next Hokage." Rin shuttered. "I don't want to be here when that happens."

"Nor do I," said Momiji as she began to plan for their return. She had to think of the 'right' way to welcome Jiraiya back.

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Elsewhere, the four members of the Akatsuki were watching the duo walk down the road from on top of a hill some distance away.

"I can't believe he has Jiraiya of the Sannin with him," said Kisame as he looked at the older nin. "If we fight him then we'll be two dead member of Akatsuki. Do you have a plan Itachi?"

"Hai," replied the Uchiha. "We need to separate them. Lucky for us his…Hey where are Hisame and Tobi?" Kisame shrugged. He then looked in the direction of Naruto and Jiraiya and saw the two of them some distance from the targets with shovels.

"I see them," he said. "What the hell are they doing?"

"I have no idea," replied Itachi. "Let's go and get them before they cause us trouble."

With that the two of them raced over to where Hisame and Tobi were on the road. So far they had dug a small hole about a foot deep.

"About time you both got here?" said Hisame as she stopped digging. "Give us a hand would you."

"Don't worry about it," said Tobi. "Tobi can do their share of the work. That's what makes Tobi a good boy!"

"What are you two doing?" asked Itachi with a sigh. He had a feeling he wasn't going to like this.

"We're digging a pitfall trap," said Hisame as she went back to her work. "If we can't take them on head on we have to use a trap." She stopped and pulled out some items from behind her back. How she did it, we may never know. The two items were a stack of porn magazines that were tied up and a mega-bowl of ramen. "See, we even have the perfect bait for them." Kisame and Itachi sweat dropped.

"That will never work," said Itachi calmly. "It is too obvious. Jiraiya is one of the Sannin and will see right through this, this trap of yours."

"Shit," hissed Kisame as he looked over his shoulder. "Here they come. Hide." With that, Itachi grabbed Tobi and Kisame grabbed Hisame and the four of them dived into a nearby bush as hide.

"Hey Naruto," said Jiraiya as he squinted. "Do you see something up ahead?" Naruto looked down the road a little further.

"Ya I do Ero-sennin," said Naruto as they kept walking closer. This comment earned him a hit on the head.

"Don't call me that," he said. Then Jiraiya looked more closely and was finally able to identify what they were looking at. Naruto did the same. Then, at once, their eyes became hearts.

"It's porn/ramen!" they said at the same time as they made a mad dash for the items that Hisame and Tobi left out. They along with Itachi and Kisame could only gap as they watched the two fools grab the intended bait.

"I can't believe that someone would just leave a mega-ramen bowl lying around," said Naruto as he lovingly rubbed his cheek against the bowl. "Don't worry ramen; I'll make sure we are never separated until I eat you all up."

"How could someone do this to quality porn?" said Jiraiya with tears streaming out of his eyes. "It's a sin I tell you, a sin! Well, their sin is my reward. Let's go Naruto." With that they picked up their treasures and walked right into the little hole. Sadly for them, they landed face first.

"Hey, who put this here!" demanded Naruto.

"I'm an old man," yelled Jiraiya into the air. "If I ever get the punks who did this I'll make them sorry!" With that, the two continued into town. Once they were out of sight, the four hiding in the bush came out with their mouths hanging. Well, except for Tobi since they couldn't see his face.

"I can't believe it," said Itachi. "They…How…Why me?"

"I guess we'll have to try our luck in the village," said Kisame.

"We'll need better bait," said Hisame.

"Tobi agrees," said Tobi. "Maybe a real girl serving ramen this time . . . We'll put super glue on their seats so they won't be able to get up. Then we'll take Naruto, seat and all. Yay for Tobi!" At that moment, Itachi came back to his senses.

"No, we will not do that," said Itachi. "But, it did give me an idea. Let's go."

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Back in the Leaf village, the jonin were in Kakashi's room as they grieved for him. What ever Itachi had done to him, it seemed to be long lasting. All Kakashi did was stare into space.

"So, what do we do now?" asked Asuma to no one in particular. "Without a Hokage, that puts the elders in charge. Knowing them, they'll hand over the kid to keep this from happening again."

"What do they want with Naruto anyways?" asked Gai.

"I'm guessing that they want the Kyuubi," said Asuma as he put of his cigarette and light a new one. He then stuck that cancer stick in his mouth and took a deep breath. "I mean, I doubt they want Naruto so he can go door to door selling cookies for them, right Kurenai?"

Kurenai however was not paying attention. Instead she was staring at Kakashi's mask. Here it was the chance of a lifetime to see what he looked like underneath it. She slowly reached down, grabbed it, and pulled it down. Underneath it was…another mask?

"What the hell?" she swore. She then grabbed the new mask and pulled it down as well. Kakashi was still masked. Apparently he had on infinite masks because Kurenai just kept on pull mask after mask down.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei," said Sasuke as he just walked in the room without knocking. "I was think about what you said and…" he stopped as he noticed the people in the room and Kurenai trying to unmask him. "What happened here?" Before any one could say a thing, Aoba came right in and started yelling.

"Is it true?" he asked/yelled as the other jonin made signs for him to shut up. "Is it true that Itachi came back and is looking for Naruto because Sasuke doesn't interest him at all? And is it true that Sasuke is gay? I heard about it from that girl Ino and…oh shit!" It was at that moment that he noticed Sasuke. No wonder he's a special jonin. But Sasuke didn't hear that part about him. Rage had over taken him and he burst out the door and began to look for Naruto.

I don't interest him, thought Sasuke as he ran. Well, I'll just have to prove to him that I am worth his attention. Then I will kill him and make Naruto my lov...I mean slave. Yeah, that's right. I can't be gay. I need to rebuild my can and I can't do it with Naruto.

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Naruto and Jiraiya walked through the village as they looked for an Inn. It took a while, but they finally found one that had a lot of wind chimes in the lobby. Naruto walked next to Jiraiya as they rented their room for the night from a girl that looked strangely familiar.

"Will there be anything else?" she asked. She had long back hair that was tied in the back by a bow. She wore a French maid uniform with long arm stocking and a pair of high heeled shoes. The dress hid her tail nicely, but her cat ears were as plain as day. She looked at Naruto and gave him a wink. "We are offering special services for younger customers such as you." Naruto just shook his head.

"Damn," said Jiraiya with a pout. "Why do all the ladies flock to you?"

"I have no idea Ero-sennin," said Naruto. Jiraiya was about to hit him for that but stopped when he saw a woman wear a very tight dress. She smiled and winked at Jiraiya. She then beckoned him to come to her. Blood dripped out of his nose.

"Naruto," he said as he handed his new student the keys to their room. "I want you to practice molding your chakra. Hopefully, I'll be back late." With that he went over to the woman who was under Itachi's genjutsu. They had originally just asked her to do it and even offered her money, but the woman said hell no.

"Fine," said Naruto as he stuck out his tongue at his new sensei behind his back. He then turned to look at Kin. "You look a little familiar. Have we met?" Kin started to sweat bullets and looked away.

"Nope," she said. Crap, I made it look to obvious. Now he'll really begin to suspect me.

"Oh, ok then," said Naruto as he began to walk to his room. Kin face faulted.

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The four members of Akatsuki watched as Naruto walked into the Inn. They were sitting in a coffee house close to it trying hard not to stick out. Kind of hard when two member look like fish, one wears an orange mask, and the last one is a pretty boy. That kind of crowd is easily noticed.

"Lets move," said Itachi as the all got up and headed for the door. However, an arm grabbed Itachi's. He spun around and saw their waitress. "May I help you?" he asked. She held out her hand.

"You owe me 46000 ryo," she said. Itachi looked into her eyes and activated a genjutsu.

"You have already been paid," he said.

"I have already been paid," she repeated.

"And you were tipped very nicely," added Itachi.

"And I was tipped very nicely," she repeated. With that, she went back to work with a big smile on her face.

"I love doing that," said Itachi as he walked out of the coffee house.

The group walked across the street and began to walk to Naruto's room.

"Hey Itachi," said Tobi, "how about you turn off your Sharingan."

"Why?" asked Itachi.

"Well, will you need it to take down a genin?" asked the masked member.

"He does have a point," said Kisame. "Besides, you should conserve your chakra incase Jiraiya comes back early." Hisame nodded in agreement.

"Very well," said Itachi with a sigh. A moment later, his eyes returned to their normal state.

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Naruto was sitting in his room with his clones when he heard a knock on the door. As he got up he dispelled his clones. He was about to ask if it was Jiraiya when he remembered that girl at the counter. Deciding to check it out first before asking he looked through the eye hole. The four people he saw didn't look a thing like Jiraiya, even when he squinted.

So who were they? Naruto backed away from the eye piece and a moment later there was another knock on the door. They all wore the same outfit so that meant they were all together. They either belong to some door-to-door company or they were a nutty religious cult trying to get him to join. He thought about just telling them to go away when an idea popped into his head. He couldn't help but smirk.

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"This is taking forever," whined Hisame. "Can't we just break the door down?" Kisame grinned and grabbed the handle of his sword. However, Itachi stopped him.

"We can't create a racket like we did in the Leaf village," he said calmly. "We'll do this my way."

"Fine." Kisame sulked as he let go of his sword. Itachi then went to knock once again when the door burst open and a woman around Itachi's age looked at them with tears in her eyes. She had blond hair that was tied into pigtails and a very nice chest. She was wearing a simple white dress. However, she looked very tired and a little dirty. Before Itachi could say anything she began to cry.

"Please tell your boss I'll have the money soon," 'she' cried. "I know it's late but he doesn't have to over react and send shinobi after me."

"Ah, I think we have the wrong room," said Hisame. Itachi sighed.

"Listen," he said, "we know…"

"Yes," 'she' said cutting him off. "I know you know I owe a lot of money. I try, I really do. But my good for nothing husband sends it all on alcohol and gambling. He even brought home another woman." "She" stepped aside so the four of them could see a man sitting on the bed drinking booze with a cute redhead next to him. "He wasn't always like this. But after he lost his job, he began to act like a good for nothing drunk. I had to sell our house to pay back the money I owe for his gambling debts, but he spent that too. And when I tried to stop him, he hit me." "She" turned her head to show them a bruise on her left cheek. Kisame and Hisame had rivers of tears running down their faces. Tobi was sporting a geyser. Itachi had a single tear in his eye.

"We're so sorry," cried Kisame. He then pulled out a large sack of money and handed it to the "girl". "It may not be much, but you need it more than we do."

"I agree," said Itachi. "It feels right to give you our money. Your need is greater than ours."

"Thank you all," replied the "girl" as she bowed. She then slowly closed the door and the four of them began to walk away.

"We are such good people," said Tobi.

"Yeah," they all said in agreement.

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Once they were gone, Naruto released his henge on himself and his clones. Then, as he began to laugh his ass, off the clone vanished as well. Anko had been a very good teacher indeed. She had thought her three students that if they ever needed to get out of a situation, make sure that the girl in the group cries and has a really sad story. If fact, Anko used it one time during a small mission in one of the neighboring villages. She had gotten drunk and was arrested for indecent exposure. She just cried and told the cops that she had gotten drunk, threw up on her clothing so she had to get rid of them, and all because her no good boyfriend hadn't shown up on their anniversary. What a mission that was.

Naruto then opened the sack and gaped. They were loaded. There had to be at least enough in there to have the entire house redecorated and have enough left over to buy his favorite ramen stand. Who the hell carries that much money with them? (Remember kids, a fool and his money are soon parted.)

Then…

"Naruto," shouted Sasuke as he came flying through the window. Naruto motioned him to keep his voice down but it fell on blind eyes. "Where is Itachi? I know you know where he is so tell me! And stop it with those hand signals damn it! I have a clan to avenge so…" Sasuke was then cut off when the door was kicked down by a very pissed off Kisame. He had more veins in his eyes than normal.

"You tricked us!" he screamed as he pointed at Naruto. "If it hadn't been for that emo's screaming we would have just walked away. Now give us back our money and get over here so I can cut off your legs! And who the hell is he?"

"That is my little brother," said Itachi with his Sharingan activated once again. "Naruto, the only reason you fooled me was because I didn't have my Sharingan activated. But now I will make you pay."

"Itachi, the only one you will be fighting is me," snarled Sasuke. "Naruto is nothing compared to me."

"To be honest the both of you are nothing compared to us," said Tobi. Sasuke glared at him.

"Shut it," said Sasuke. He then stared at Itachi. "Fight me NOW!"

"Hey Itachi," said Hisame as she stepped forward. "How about you let me take care of Naruto while you have a family reunion. I mean, it doesn't look like he'll be backing down."

"Very well," said Itachi as he closed his eyes. Hisame grinned like a maniac and then ran right to Naruto and grabbed him, taking him out the window and onto the neighboring roof.

"Tobi will go too," said Tobi as he vanished as well.

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Hisame let go of Naruto as she jumped back and pulled out her swords that once belonged to the lightning wielder of the Seven Swordsmen. Naruto tossed off his jacket and pulled out two bone blades from his shoulders. The two of them got into their fight stances. For a moment, neither one moved. They sized the over one up and looked for weaknesses.

"This will be fun," said Hisame as she charged at Naruto with an insane grin. She brought her swords down in an X pattern and Naruto managed to block the attack. Soon they were in a power struggle. "I was right, you do have the Shikotsumyaku. This is so much fun!" She then jumped back and brought her swords together. A ball of electrical energy began to form and she threw it in the direction of Naruto yelling, "Lightning Ball" Naruto stood there like a deer caught in the headlights and was hit. He screamed in pain as a current of electricity surged threw his body and he fell to the ground.

As he fell to the ground, Tobi's Sharingan activated.

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Inside Naruto's mind, Madara walked up to the cage that held Kyuubi. The red eyes of Kyuubi looked back at him.

"It has been a while, hasn't it Kyuubi," said Madara with a light smirk. "I haven't seen your furry face since you were rejected by The Others. Tell me how does that feel after all this time?"

"Tell me, how does it feel to be accepted by The Others and then torn out?" asked Kyuubi knowing he had hit a sore spot. Madara gritted his teeth.

"It doesn't matter," he said. "You will never join them. They only see you as a mistake, a fluke created by the universe as it formed. No matter what you do you will always be bond to the earth like the fowl and lowly creature that you are."

"Like your any better," said Kyuubi. "From what I heard they didn't even give you back your body. They stuck you in a shrine and left you there so you couldn't cause anymore trouble. As for me, I no longer have any intentions of joining The Others. I have found another way to get what I want. And this kit is the key to it all."

"This boy?" questioned Madara as he looked around. "I will admit he has potential and the right lineage, but that won't be enough. My plans, however, are actually attainable. That is why he is coming with us so we can use your power to serve me." Kyuubi laughed. "What is so funny fox?"

"You still don't get it," said Kyuubi as he stopped laughing. "Power comes from much more than whose family you belong to or how much potential they have. Power comes from what drives one. What pushes them to the brink and beyond. This boy is driven by a force that will make him very strong. In fact, if I calculate right, he will be ready for what I have in store for him in ten years. And he should be able to defeat you in two and a half years."

"Really," said an unamused Madara. "You have been stuck in this seal for too long. I would rather take you now, but I would rather see that look of defeat when I prove you wrong." He turned and began to walk away. "I will wait for the boy until then. And when I defeat him, you will be mine!"

"In two years baka," said the Kyuubi as he lay down to take a nap.

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Naruto slowly got up and stared at the shark girl.

"So you can still fight," she said. "Fine then!" With that she moved in to charge at him when a senbon needle, with a bell attached to it, hit the ground in-between them. The bell then rang and Hisame's vision became blurry. Naruto looked over to where it came from and saw Kin dressed in her old outfit minus her forehead protector.

"Don't worry," she said. "I can target certain opponents so it won't affect you. Just go for it." Naruto nodded and got in close. "Dance of the Larch!" he said as bones popped out of his chest and arms. He then did a spin in front of Hisame and cut her up along the chest area. Right before she was about to fall, Tobi caught her.

"I think its time to go," said Tobi. A moment later black flames came out of the wall of the Inn and Kisame and Itachi began to run away. Soon Tobi was following them while carrying Hisame on his shoulder.

One thing was for sure, he would see them again.

Well, I hope you all enjoyed that. Sorry, no Omakes this time.