Author's Note: Like most of my chapters in this story arc, I had a great time writing this one. Another thing I have to say is that it was blast writing this.

Chapter 29:

Brotherly Reunion

The rogue ninja witnesses the return of his older brother, Itachi Uchiha. Memories of their fight click back to him, like a flash of lightning. He could've sworn that his brother was dead at his feet; then the question is how did he escape death?

"What the hell?" a shocked Sasuke said "This doesn't make any sense. I saw you die that night at the Uchiha Hideout"

His older brother chuckles at him "Things aren't always what they appear to be"

"No. You're probably just some genjutsu created by the elders" Sasuke said with a hesitant tone.

"You're even more foolish than I would've imagined" Itachi said.

Sasuke changes his sharingan to a eternal mangekyo sharingan "These eyes are yours, brother. I implanted them to destroy Konoha, but tell me. How did you escape death?"

"I was resurrected by a reanimation jutsu" The genius Uchiha explained "Nothing made sense, except that a woman was hiding in the shadows"

His answer comes as a surprise to everyone "What?"

"This is getting ridiculous" The young Uzumaki said "We keep getting more questions than answers"

Hinata puts her hand on his shoulder "Don't worry, I sure things will become clear once we run into the elders"

"Silence" The rogue ninja glares at her before facing him "Itachi I don't understand why you're back from the dead, but I could use your support"

"What I find funny, is that you're working with us" His older brother said "And yet you wanna destroy Konoha"

"Just shut up" Sasuke yells, and walks forward "We can't afford to waste anymore time"

The Sixth Hokage puts his hand on Sasuke's shoulder "I told you to tame your hatred until we find them, Sasuke"

The young Uchiha sighs "I guess you've gotta point"

"Wait a minute" The pink haired kunoichi realizes something "Where is Guy Sensei?"

Itachi answers "He's on his way towards the entrance"

"The entrance" a shocked Karin said "Wow, ever since we've run into them. Things have been smooth"

Sasuke Uchiha smirks at her response "Well, are we just gonna sit here. Or are we gonna get things done?"

"Right 'They all said "Let's go"

From there, the six shinobi head straight for the entrance based on what Sasuke's older brother tells them. Along the way Naruto begins to notice something that he didn't notice before when they entered the tunnel.

"What's wrong, Naruto?" The pink haired kunoichi asked.

Naruto answers "this place isn't just a tunnel"

"Not just a tunnel?" A confused Karin said.

Itachi Uchiha answers "So you've figured it out too, Naruto"

"Just tell us already" an irritated Sasuke yelled.

The dark blue haired kunoichi answers "He means that, this place is a maze"

"I see" Sakura Haruno said "That explains why certain areas have an open space"

Karin senses the presence of another chakra "Stay sharp, I'm sensing more chakra"

"I take it's them" The rogue ninja said.

The red head Uzumaki nods "No, somebody else"

Sasuke doesn't ask who else it might be because it was becoming uninteresting to him. His former best friends had a good interpretation of the shinobi that's currently in their position. Hinata awakens her byakugan to guide them to this mysterious ninja's position.

"Oh my" Hinata said "It's not just one chakra level, I'm picking up four other chakra levels in the same direction"

"Let's keep moving" The blonde jinchuriki said.

The pink haired kunoichi runs toward him "Right"

"This is it" The redhead Uzumaki said.

Sasuke displays a determined look on his face "It all comes down to this"

"Alright" Itachi changes his sharingan to the mangekyo sharingan "Time to put an end to the terror these two have created, for the sake of Konoha"

With the help of Hinata and Karin, They six of them come to a stop when they come across the five of them. Rin Nohara, Gaara The Kazekage, Matsuri, Konan, and The Taijutsu user; Might Guy. Explanations arises amongst them when they Sasuke Uchiha in their presence, but Naruto and Sakura explain the situation to them. Once that was said in done, everything began to make sense.

"So it's them" a determined Rin said.

The Kazekage looks serious "I'd never thought it'd be them"

"Whatever the case maybe, they don't wanna mess with me" a fired up Matsuri said.

The Taijutsu User displays a ridiculous pose "That's right, onward to youth"

"All that stands in our way now" Konan points to a large stone "is that".

The large stone that the eleven shinobi focus their attention on, is none other than the entrance door to The Elder's Liar. They stare at one another with confidence before facing the two stone doors.

"Let's finish this"


Seriously!? you can't just leave us hanging like that, haha. Sorry that I'm leaving guys hanging everytime, but this should mean something to you guys. There is only more step before The climax of the story arrives, and I thought it'd be cool to reference the end of this chapter to Naruto chapter 627. The next chapter will be up by tuesday, and as always thanks for reading.