Time to take a deep breath and relax…yes its Tuesday sorry about that…today I laughed when I thought about Teflon, so yeah productive day…. The Battle is over and now Team Kitsune has to continue on but not before having a chat with certain others. While the Konoha teams figure out what they should report back. Either way they have to go their separate ways for now.

Disclaimer: In the words of censored Hidan; "**** I don't own *** *** Naruto ********"

Chapter 25: Parting Ways

Kaguya Kimimaro was jumping across a gorge held together by roots, this unique crevice in the ground was almost central to the forest it was surrounded by. As for the albino he was showing clear signs of fatigue from his battle with Sasori. The wound to his side was becoming more apparent as it wasn't healing, which was an after effect of the poison. Even though it had been detoxified his chakra system had been hit by it and the fact he was exhausted meant his usual healing rate was that of any normal person. What remained of his cut up robe was becoming slightly bloody. It wasn't long until he reunited with his comrades, they all stopped and it was obvious that he had done the most intense of fighting.

Naruto "Sorry about that you look terrible."

Kimimaro "It's not as bad as it looks… at least one of them is dead now."

Sai "Tch our one blew himself up"

Naruto "What a nutcase he was"

Hinata "What happened?"

Kimimaro "I'll explain later…as I have questions myself"

Sai "The Konoha teams are probably going to regroup and we're in the middle of them"

Kimimaro "We take a completely alternate route to Suna so we don't bump into them, our job is done…"

As he took one step forward his eyes widened, nearly collapsing but was caught by Naruto and Sai. That fight had taken a lot out of him and the after effects of facing such a foe had fully caught up with him. The albino stated he'd pushed it too hard then feel unconscious, Naruto grunted something about him weighting a ton before they all darted into the forest. Kakashi and Gai's team could then be seen swiftly jumping by where the Kitsune group had just been standing, talk about close calls.

Somewhere on the Sunagakure boarder

Due to lack of interference from Akatsuki clones or members it was only just hitting nightfall when they got to an area where tall grass stretched across until it hit the sandy desert. There where very few trees in the lush side and even fewer on the desert side only two or three dried up trees. Team Kitsune were recovering, Kimimaro was still out cold and had been set against one of the few alive trees. Sai was keeping watch in case the Konoha squads headed towards them or Akatsuki reared its ugly head. Naruto was standing above the resting Kimimaro on top of the tree, he was in deep thought. He was worried about what happened back there, he'd only ever came close to losing control like that once before and is was only due to Jiraiya being there that it didn't go further. As for Hinata she was also worried but was keeping herself busy rounding up in the treating of the young Kaguya's injuries. Once she felt that the wound was sorted for now, Kimimaro actually began t stir promoting Naruto to jump down next to him and Sai to slowly walk over.

Sai "You snore"

Kimimaro rolled his eyes before sitting up more "Then don't listen, anyway let us compare notes on our fracas"

Naruto "Our fra wha?"

Sai thought for a second "I think it means confrontation…"

After summarising their encounters with the two different Akatsuki members, with Kimimaro and the mass puppet brawl, while the rest described Deidara and his end by the hands of Kakashi. In comparison Kimimaro had obviously fought the harder battle by a wide margin, the albino also mentioned what Sasori's dying words were.

Sai "This is troubling, we may have two less members to worry about but in the future this could prove difficult in the potential battles to come."

Naruto "We can handle it, our team works second to none. It over and we did it yeah! And I know where we're going next.

Kimimaro tilted his head with a humours smile. "Your impetuous at times. And who made you leader?"

Naruto sarcastically answered "We can always have a vote"

Sai scratched his cheek with one finger "I vote for…can I vote for myself?"

Kimimaro used the tree to help bring him to his feet and then replied "No and there's no need. By the way I managed to have a brief chat with your friend Sakura"

Naruto head jerked "How is she?"

Kimimaro replied "Fine, she's similar to you when it comes to the will of overcoming things and so on. This Sakura girl is quite the Kunoichi now too."

Naruto tried to smile but it sank as he replied "I'm glad, wish I could've been there though."

Hinata put her hand on his shoulder in an attempt to comfort him "We… we'll see them again"

Kimimaro started to walk forward "Come we're more than likely ahead of them so lets get inside the Suna village. We all need rest"

Morning: Sunagakure

The sun had risen, the two Konoha squads had returned along with a notable amount of Suna shinobi. Gaara was unconscious being carried by his older siblings. As the Suna shinobi fanned out more towards the hospital the Konoha shinobi remained behind. Kakashi was being held up by Gai it was obvious the copy ninja hadn't recovered from his use of the mangekyo sharingan. The younger members apart from Neji were all looking around to see if a certain someone was nearby but nothing.

Sakura lowered her head "Where's Naruto, I wanted to see him…"

Kakashi "They were only here because of Gaara. The rouge status he has means he won't just come out and say hi."

Gai "Despite that their youthful presence helped us, so they are still our friends."

Lee "Yeah! We'll see them again that's a promise!"

Shino "I agree"

Neji crossed his arms then nodded "Let go and get debriefed before we leave"

The atmosphere became heavy as Neji walked off followed by everyone else, Gai looked at his rival. Kakashi shook his head as a reply to not tell them they all had been watched, you only need one guess to know whom they were.

Kakashi pondered to himself 'Must be killing you two, you've really grown Naruto if only there was some way to relive you of this predicament. One day I hope you can return until then I'll do my best to assist.'

Kimimaro had been hiding down an alley listening in on the conversation, there was realisation that they had allies in Konoha. It would seem that they were mostly safe in the respect of certain squads there, he recalled which ones they were after Naruto and Hinata told him. The Kaguya smiled as he walked off vanishing into the darkness of the alley.

Off in the distance two figure were sitting on a high flat roof with their legs hanging over the edge. They were both sitting close to each, on closer inspection you could tell it was Naruto and Hinata.

Naruto had a "I hate this, I really want to go down there and say its all ok"

Hinata laid her head on his shoulder "Me too but…"

Naruto put his arm round her "Yeah I know, one day we will"

About a few blocks away Sai was walking in the street cautiously when he bumped into Kimimaro, he looked a bit lost so decide to ask his friend.

Sai "Where's Naruto and Hinata?

Kimimaro pointed north "Over there somewhere, I think it best we give them some alone time"

Sai remained silent for a moment then realised the love concept was involved "Fair enough, it's not like we immediately have to go anywhere. Besides there's this strange place I want to check out."

Sunagakure: The Next Day

The Konoha teams that had been sent to rescue Gaara had left heading back to their village. It went off without a hitch…aside from Gai giving Kakashi a high speed piggyback. At the hospital Naruto and Kimimaro were leaning on the buildings wall outside right next to the entrance. It was now midday and they were both waiting for Sai he was had lagged behind and gotten distracted by the library. As for Hinata she had gone inside, before anymore time passed the black haired youth approached prompting Naruto to shrug his shoulders and go inside. Leaving the Kaguya to greet him…

Kimimaro was rather curious and had to ask this "What was that place you went to last night anyway? you returned rather quickly."

Sai replied in a passive manner "They say where all the cool cats go. But I couldn't get in, they said I was to young and something about needing to swing some way."

Kimimaro slapped his head "Let me get this straight… you went to one of those place?!… You've got a lot to learn."

Sai pulled a confused face "Maybe you could go?"

Kimimaro opened the door before entering "I'd rather eat the dessert for desert…everyone of you is so naïve."

In the medical wing where the Kazekage was Naruto, Hinata, Sai and Kimimaro walked single file towards the room where Gaara was but found themselves blocked by several Suna Desert Black ops. They only moved when a certain blond kunoichi approached; Temari. She took one look at Kimimaro and looked away with a blush on her face. They all entered and could see that Gaara had awakened, Kankuro was also in the room with a smile on his face.

Naruto "Finally awake eh?"

Gaara weakly asked "…Naruto? What are you doing here?"

Kankuro "Opps forgot … they helped bring ya back"

Gaara "Then you have my thanks. Your welcome to stay, I could pull some strings with the position I've got."

Naruto "As much as I want to I can't, there's quite a lot of stuff we need to do."

Sai "At least we don't have to sleep on a roof tonight…"

Temari "We'll if you can't stay why don't re-supply first"

Kimimaro "I think we'll take you up on that offer, I need new clothes"

Sai "We've just fought some of the most dangerous S-rank ninja and your worried about clothes?"

Kimimaro "Unlike those strange books of yours I prefer to think practically…"

Naruto and Hinata were giggling at the spectacle they were making, he was just about to say something but was stopped by a glare from both of them as they what he was about to say. The Suna siblings were all confused by their antics but just accepted it. Then Naruto said it; their like a married couple, to which Kimimaro countered that he and Hinata were more like the married couple. Causing them both to go red, Kankuro scratched his head and Gaara thought to himself about his fellow Jinchuriki still being strange.

Akatsuki's other headquarters

In a cave eclipsed by darkness, suddenly found itself light up as five figures gathered; the mysterious and unknown leader of Akatsuki, Uchiha Itachi and his partner Hoshigaki Kisame, Kakuzu and his new partner. They had all gathered here to briefly discuss recent events…

Their Leader reported "Thanks to the Kyuubi container's interference we couldn't fully extract Shukaku'

Kakuzu "The fox's group is simply an annoyance"

Itachi narrowed his eyes and deadpanned "His little group almost compromised all of us and managed to kill Sasori and Deidara, it is more than an annoyance"

One of the fingers began emitting a weird multi coloured flash and then a person with no arms appeared on it. He spoke.

Deidara "Merely aggrieved, the world has yet to fully experience my art un"

Kisame let out a small laugh "Still alive, so what now?"

An unknown person next to Kakuzu spoke up "Why don't we just kill em all!"

Kakuzu "Cool it Hidan, unless you want to die."

This time their Leader interrupted by asking Kakuzu "Do you two have it?"

Hidan "What a load of bull, she's barely worthy."

Kakuzu "It'll take a day to deliver the nii Jinchuriki unless Zetsu shows up"

Their Leader rounded off their meeting "Forget about the Shukaku host for now… we extracted the main spirit, so focus on the others. If you run into the fox's group bring the Kyuubi back and kill the rest. Now go"

Konoha: Three days later

Those that had participated in the rescue mission had returned, Hatake Kakashi was bedridden still feeling the effects of the mangekyo. After the debriefing of the chunins and Gai, the fifth Hokage needed to discuss in more depth what happened. Hearing Naruto's name had roused her. In the hospital so far Kakashi had moved onto the part of the said blond and his team, all while keeping his mouth covered by the bed sheet.

Kakashi looked at the ceiling "We also came in contact with Naruto's rogue squad their going by the name of Kitsune, not only that but Hyuga Hinata is with them"

Tsunade's eyes became more serious "Team Kitsune how original, hmmm do you know how the Hyuga became a part of that team"

Kakashi turned his head right "From what I gather Oto had a hand in it but Naruto rescued her, their team is quite something though. I even go as far as saying they could hold their own against me."

Tsunade folded her arms "I hope that's not cockiness on your part, unfortunately their rogue status so we can't influence their next move"

Kakashi sighed "They could interfere in the upcoming mission then….well I can't go along for obvious reasons this time so who are you sending"

A male Anbu black of shinobi entered the room with a wolf like mask. Tsunade reminded him that he shouldn't wear the mask for this mission. So he took it off revealing a familiar face.

Kakashi nodded in recognition "Oh its you Tenzo, for some reason I had a feeling you'd be picked"

Tenzo smiled and corrected him "Its Yamato as of now, this rouge squad 'Kitsune' what should I do if they show up?"

Tsunade "Remember the objective of this mission. Don't engage Kitsune and most certainly don't kill them"

Yamato "From what I gather their more likely to side with us if anything goes wrong, however we don't need them compromising us"

Tsunade thought out loud "If only we could contact them beforehand…hmmm"

Kakashi "I have an idea…"

About two hours later in front of the Hokage monument the Toad Sannin Jiraiya was being scolded by an elder female toad. He the got whacked on the head by a thick stick before she disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Jiraiya rubbed his head "You guys sure like to make my life easy huh?"

Tsunade approached him "Sounds like you just got it in the neck"

Jiraiya continued to rub his head "That Ma can b harsh sometimes, Naruto summoned her and I'm the one that gets in trouble. Yeash."

Tsunade motioned him to follow "Come on we've got to plan our next move."

Jiraiya posed in a 'manly' way"Oh right I heard, well time to predict the future"

And that's it for now, I wonder if you can guess what's happening next? I'm not going to say so I can draw out the suspense. Fracas means battle, fight or quarrel. I used that word because its unique and suites the character. I apologise if I offended any of my gay following in that certain scene. On an extra side note this is not a filler chapter, while reading other authors stories I wish they actually wouldn't say 'Filler chapter!' it makes me cringe when people do that. O.k. now I'm going to go dance like Sai… it's robotic! Sayonara!