Here it is...26!

I have something to say. After the last chapter I realised I was creating a Naruto/Sasuke kind of story between Hataka and Drazen. Altho it might seem like that, Drazen is actually way different from Sasuke. Which you will see in chapters soon to come :P

Oh and if you think Namikaze Hataka and Uzumaki Naruto are a lot alike...use your brains...

"Kabuto" Kabuto looked up to his master. "Why don't you deal with those others?"

Kabuto smiled, and relaxed, letting the chakra around his hand disappear. "Understood, Orochimaru-sama."

"Damn you bastard! Wait!" Hataka tried in vain, for Kabuto had already left. And Drazen was still just standing there.

Then, the Uchiha spoke."You are lucky, Orochimaru."

"How so? Itachi-kun?" Orochimaru smiled.

Itachi turned his back towards Orochimaru. "I have somewhere else to go." And he also disappeared.

The Snake Sannin smiled, and looked towards Drazen. Drazen was looking around, as if searching for something. When his eyes met something on a tree behind Orochimaru, he smiled and relaxed. "Looks like I'm no longer needed here."

"What do you mean, Drazen-kun?" Orochimaru walked towards the scarf wearing boy. "I will fight you, and this time I--"

"This time nothing, Orochi!" A low voice said from behind him. Orochimaru tried to look behind him, but there wasn't enough time to turn around. The blond man standing behind him lunged at Orochimaru, and the resulting hit send him flying towards another tree. Just in time, Orochimaru was able to land on his feet.

"What's going on over there?" Mae asked to her friend, who was still standing next to her.

"Well..." He started. "Kabuto left, Itachi left and then Dionysios hit Orochimaru."

"Who's Dionysios?"

"That guy!" Kyouki said as he pointed at the blond haired man. There was a moment of silence between the two, but after seeing Mae's sad face he decided to say something. "Come on."

"What?" She stared at her friend, who had a smile on his face.

"Let's get closer so we can see what's going on."

Mae nodded, and attempted one more time to pull the sword out of the tree. For some reason, she didn't need any effort at all. "Hai!" She said, and they both jumped to Hataka.

When they landed next to him, he was already trying to get up. He was almost there, but he lost his balance and in his struggle for something to hold onto, he grabbed the thing closest to him: Mae's arm. A sudden weight pulled her arm, and she tried her best to remain standing. But Hataka was just too heavy, and she would have fallen down with him had Kyouki not picked Hataka up.

"Are you alright?" Kyouki asked Mae, but Hataka thought he was talking to him.

"I'm fine, thanks Hyuga." He said with a smile.

Kyouki hit Hataka on the head. "Not you, idiot! Her!"

Both Kyouki and Hataka looked at Mae. She was staring at nothing, and her face was all red.

"What's up with her?" Hataka asked Kyouki as he got back on his feet.

The Hyuga sighed, and turned his face towards the blond. "Nothing, forget it."

"Hehe" Hataka grinned. "I think I know." He added, and winked at Kyouki.

In the meantime, on the other trees, another conversation has started.

"Think you can handle him alone, Dionysios?" Drazen asked Dionysios, almost mockingly.

"Oh please." He responded as he ran a hand through his hair. "I could kick his ass everyday, anyday."

Drazen smiled, and then turned towards Mae and the others. "Ready to leave?"

Mae couldn't believe her ears. Was he actually expecting her to come with him? Just like that? Just abandon Konoha for no apparent reason?

She was pulled out of her thoughts when a less familiar guy's voice spoke from behind her. "Yeah yeah, coming!" Tigranes shouted as he jumped down, landing between Hataka and Mae.

Tigs looked at Mae and smiled. "Good afternoon, my lady." He smiled, winked and jumped off, disappearing into the trees with Drazen.

"Now then..." Kabuto spoke to the ninja in front of him. "Which of you fools wants to die first?" He said, as he eyed the Suna team.

Gray looked up. His thoughts were correct: They were being followed. On another tree was a grey haired ninja wearing an ANBU outfit and glasses.

"Who are you!" Drake shouted, as he stared rolling his chains a feet of his arms.

Kabuto chuckled. "That's not important. But something else is..." He looked at Gray.

"What?" Gray responded agitated.

"You!" Kabuto chuckled, as he pulled out a book and opened it somewhere near the middle.

"You know me?" He asked the boy slightly surprised.

"Yes. ''Subject 48: Vincent Michael''."

Drake and Hana stared at Gray.

"Subject?" Drake asked astonished.

"Michael?" Hana asked in disbelief.

"Wait...WHAT!?" Gray shouted at the four eyes.

"Kukukuku" Kabuto chuckled. "You don't know do you." He sighed, then continued as he shrugged. "Yes, I suppose it might be one of the side effects."

"Hmmm...That would explain why you don't remember anything..." Their sensei said rather calmly.

"Yes," Kabuto started again. "you were once on of Orochimaru's servants."

"Orochimaru?" Drake was done preparing for battle. "That bastard!? You're saying that Gray was working for an evil man like him?"

Kabuto nodded, and Gray was staring at him with widened eyes. But then, he smirked. "Yeah right, as if I'd ever do that."

"Oh? You don't believe me?" Kabuto chuckled. "Then think about this. You were found in Suna a few weeks ago, with no memory whatsoever."

"Shut up." Gray replied, but Kabuto continued.

"All you had were grey clothes, that which all of Orochimaru-sama's servants...or rather subjects wear."

"Shut up!" He tried again, and again in vain.

"And most importantly: You had a cursed seal! One of Orochimaru's trademarks."

It was quiet for a few moments. Everyone was taking in what Kabuto just said. Especially Gray.

"So...are you saying I was evil?" he asked carefully.

"Not Orochimaru-sama evil...More like ehhh...Drazen evil." Kabuto said with a smirk.

"What about family? Did I have any family?" Gray asked hopefully, cutting Drake off just as he was going to protest against the ''Drazen being evil'' part.

"Yes you did have family." Kabuto chuckled. "But I killed them."

"Wow..." Hana suddenly said. "That's an anti-climatic way to put it..."

"Yep..." Her sensei commented.

"Shut up!" Gray shouted, as he quickly formed some hand seals. "Futon: Severing Pressure!"

Out of the sky came a tornado, and it enveloped the tree Kabuto was standing on. The wind was whirling around at great speed, cutting the tree's branches first, but after a few seconds the entire tree was cut to small bits.

"Gray.." Hana started. "...was this strong all along?"

"I. Am. Impressed." Drake said, and he turned around to see Gray. Just as he turned around, Gray fell backwards.

"He used up all of his chakra in one jutsu..." Joma sighed. "The fool."

"And he did it for nothing!"

That's it for 26!

And I'm happy cause I got a review .

Two actually

Anyways, see you at 27.

PS: Yes, I am well aware that if you take Gray and his other real name, you get Gray Michael Vincent. I know he's from the series B-Daman. I hated the series, but I always thought Gray was cool. I had a character named Grey in one of my old stories (not involving naruto or any other manga) and I was lacking a last name for him. So then I decided to do Michael ''Gray'' Vincent for this story :P I hope this doesn't make me look like an idiot...