The cold wind began to howl against Naruto's bedroom window as a shadow figure appeared next to him. He stirred slightly and turned his head towards the figure hidden in shadows. His eyes popped wide open as he jumped out of bed.
"Naruto!" The voice yelled.
Naruto screamed and fell backwards onto the floor. Kakashi silently poked his head out into the moonlight.
"Relax it's just me." He said.
"Oh, Kakashi-sensei, I didn't realize it was you." Naruto said rubbing his eye sleepily. "What are you doing here this late at night?" 'Don't you ever sleep?' He thought.
"Your life is in danger, Naruto." "Kakashi warned.
"Huh, what are you talking about?" Naruto asked.
"The village is under the assumption that akatsuki is coming for you tonight!" Kakashi said.
"I don't get it. If they're coming tonight then why didn't anyone tell me?" Naruto asked.
"The word about akatsuki didn't get out until a few minutes ago. That is when I received the urgent letter from Jiraiya." Kakashi said.
"Where is Jiraiya now?" Naruto asked.
"There's no time to explain. Get dressed and meet me outside." Kakashi said.
Naruto was dressed in less than a minute and ran out to meet Kakashi who began running ahead.
"Where are we going, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"To the outskirts of town where Jiraiya is waiting for us. It's not safe in the village right now, Naruto." Kakashi replied.
"Jiraiya is waiting for me? But where will we go from there?" Naruto asked.
"I'll escort you there and then he'll fill you in on everything when we get there but I won't be able to go with you. You must go with him alone; he's the only one who can protect you the best. I will stay here in the village and create a diversion for the members of akatsuki while Jiraiya leads you away. You'll be allowed back into the village once it's safe again." Kakashi said.
Naruto continued to follow Kakashi half asleep towards the end of the hidden leaf village.
"Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked an hour later.
"Kakashi turned his gaze towards Naruto. "Yes?"
"Are we almost there?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, you trust me, right?" Kakashi asked.
"Well, yeah." Naruto replied.
Kakashi jumped towards the ground as Naruto followed. "Good then wait here." He said walking off into the bush.
"Wait, where are you going, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto called.
Suddenly Jiraiya appeared behind Naruto. He grabbed him tightly before Naruto could turn around.
"Ugh, hey this hurts pervy sage, what are you doing?" Naruto yelled as he tried to scramble out of the sages constricting grasp.
"You truly are the number one knuckled-headed hyper-active ninja, Naruto." Jiraiya said.
"Yes, he's so predictable. I didn't think I'd be able to capture him this easily. Not after his extensive training with Jiraiya." Kakashi said stepping out of the bush.
"What's going on?" Naruto asked.
"It's no use trying to escape, Naruto. You're mine now." Kakashi said.
"Wait a second, this chakra…it feels familiar...wait…you're not Kakashi-sensei, you're…" Naruto began.
"Now he notices, finally. Once again you're too slow, Naruto." Kakashi said forming a hand sign. "Release!"
Kakashi and Jiraiya's images faded out in a puff of smoke and Naruto suddenly found himself tied up in a rope facing Kisame and Itachi.
"Itachi Uchiha!" Naruto spat. "You'll never get away with this!"
"You see, Kisame? I told you it was best to wait until he was asleep." Itachi said.
"Yeah it's hard to be alert when you're half asleep." Kisame said.
"The real Kakashi-sensei will be here to stop you!" Naruto said.
"But you won't be." Itachi began. "By now Kakashi has discovered you're missing from your apartment and has headed off in our direction as we speak. However, he won't make it in time. If only he had realized this sooner he may have stood a chance of making it here on time to stop us." Itachi said.
"Kakashi, help!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs.
"It's no use, he can't hear you. You're just too far away." Itachi voice echoed as Naruto heard him utter the words "Mangekyou sharingan."
Suddenly hundreds of Itachi's sharingan eyes appeared before him and whirled around in front of him.
"Now sleep." Was the last thing he heard Itachi say before nodding off into a peaceful slumber.
"Well that was fast." Kisame said.
"We can't afford to waste any time tonight." Itachi said. "Zetsu." He called.
Zetsu slowly appeared from the ground. "Is the boy ready?"
"Yes. He's sedated for now. Hurry, the nine tails could awaken at any moment." Itachi said.
Kisame handed Naruto over to Zetsu.
"Now remember, we need him so don't eat him. If you do, I'll kill you myself." Itachi warned.
"Don't worry, I ate before I came." Zetsu said.
"Hurry up, Zetsu, we don't have much time. They're coming." Itachi said.
"I'll be back in a few minutes once I've dropped him off, I promise." Zetsu said disappearing into the ground with Naruto in hand.
"You really should be more polite to him, Kisame. He's doing us a big favour." Itachi said.
"Yeah well I don't care. I don't trust that guy. I have just wish I could have carried Naruto back myself but I suppose we can stills ay we caught the nine tailed fox." Kisame said.
"All that matters is that we've fulfilled out mission." Itachi said.
"Yeah well let's get started, shall we?" Kisame said.