A/N: Once again I know I'm updating later and later but I just haven't had much time. I have work now which is hectic and exams soon which means more and more homework. Plus I'm in this month long competition to write a 50,000 novel in a month which is around 1,700 words a day. So I am really stretched for time so I apologize.

I know many are confused about the Zetsu/Tenten thing but be patient. There are only three more chapters to go and everything will be explained by then. Oh and I know the following Akatsuki members are dead but in this story there not. Its Resurrection Sunday lol. I don't know much about these characters so I gave them new personalities. Don't like it well tough luck, this story doesn't exactly follow the manga anyway so no flames about it because I don't want to hear it. It's fiction people.

One last thing I have redone both chapter 29 and 30, only the game part though. Yes the fun ones lol. I have added in a few crucial things and secrets that will be included in the sequel, things you will need to know, plus some extra things you don't need to know but sound funny. So if you have the time then I recommend checking them out again. Anyway for now read, enjoy and review.

Disclaimer: I honestly don't think anyone would believe that I own Naruto, because if I did I wouldn't be writing fan fics on it now would I, so therefore me no own Naruto.

Previously

"Why did you leave?" she asked out loud.

"Because I realized who he was" Zetsu replied. He himself had been thinking a lot over what she had said and he knew she was right. He had made his decision and for once he wasn't sure if it was the right one or not. But usually when he thought it was right it turned out to be wrong so maybe feeling unsure about it meant it was right

"Good" was all Tenten said.

"I guess I owe you an apology then" he admitted. "You were right"

"No I wasn't, I had no idea what he was like" she told him. 'I just didn't want you to go"

"Fine" Zetsu grumbled but secretly he was pleased.

"So where are we going" Tenten asked as Zetsu smirked.

"I think you know" he replied as Tenten smiled.

"For the record I think you have made the right choice."

"Maybe" Zetsu said. "Let's hope so"

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"Oh but I do, so here is your choice. Surrender or die"

"We chose neither" Naruto said loudly. We choose to fight"

"Then you will die" the voice said, this time with no humor at all. "After all no one can defeat the leader of the Akatsuki"

The group all held their breath as they stared at the man in front of them. All except Sasuke who had remained silent, not really paying any attention to the conversation. His eyes were only set for one person and at the moment that's who he was staring at. The figure in the back whose eyes were already a deep blood red, an arrogant smirk plastered on his face.

"So little brother" it said. "Back for more I see"


The Final Battle Begins

"Hn" was all Sasuke said as Itachi continued to smirk at him.

"You know I did hope you would wait a little longer to face the inevitable but since you're here we may as well get it over with" Itachi said as Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"The inevitable is your death Itachi" Sasuke spat out.

"Come now little brother you didn't manage it before so what makes you think you will now."

"I could have before and I will now"

"Foolish talk, saying you will and doing so are two different things little brother" Itachi told him, emphasizing the words 'little brother'.

"Yeah like you know the difference" Sasuke said as Itachi narrowed his eyes.

"Saying you swear allegiance to the clan then killing them all" Sasuke continued as Itachi gave a hoarse laugh.

"This is something new, an Uchiha with a sense of humor" he exclaimed.

"Enough of this" Their leader said sternly as Itachi nodded in acknowledgement.

"Wow the famous Uchiha actually taking orders" Naruto laughed.

"I said enough" The leader yelled.

"We aren't your crew so we don't have to do what you want" Naruto replied, still grinning as Sasuke tried not to show any emotion when really he was rather amused at the leaders reactions and felt a strong feeling of pride and admiration towards Naruto.

"You don't talk like that to Pein" One snarled as another hit him over the head.

"Shut it Deidara"

"You shut Hidan" Deidara said as the one behind them rolled his eyes.

"Will both of you cut it out"

"Oh is little Yura getting upset" Deidara mimicked as the one beside him laughed.

"He got you their"

"Stay out of this Sasori" Yura growled as Hidan sighed.

"All of you shut up" he hissed as Deidara frowned.

"I don't take orders from you"

"Yes but you do from me" Pein shouted. "All of you be quiet now"

"There are seven of them" Shikamaru whispered, taking advantage of their bickering.

"What do we do?" Ino asked.

"We should divide ourselves in pairs and fight, drawing them away from each other." Neji mumbled.

"Sasuke will want to go by himself" Sakura told them both.

"I know, Rikku can go with him and watch from the sidelines like she wannted. The rest all get partnered up with one of us and one of the Akatsuki" Shikamaru explined, waiting for Sasuke nod of approval before continuing.

"Me and Ino will take the two on the left, Yura and Hidan.

"I want Hinata with me" Neji said and all knew it wasn't a request but a demand.

"Good then Sakura I want you with Naruto" Sasuke said quietly, making sure not to move his lips much as Itachi and him were still in their glaring competition.

"Fine, Neji you and Hinata can have the unknown dude and Pein while Sakura and Naruto take care of Deidara and Sasori" Shikamaru told them.

"Try and draw them away, when your done then assist someone else" Neji ordered as everyone nodded.

"When?" Ino hissed.

"On my mark" Sasuke replied.

"Now kiddies are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way" Pein asked as Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"Now" he yelled, blue energy bursting in his hands as he ran towards Itachi.

"What is that" Sakura wondered out loud as Neji answered beside her

"Chidori"

With that he left, jumping to attack Pein as ran behind him and joined in on the attack.

"Kakuzu" Pein shouted as the unknown man shielded Pein from Neji's attack.

Meanwhile Ino used her jutsu to invade the guys mind while Shikamaru held the other in place and using Yura's body he attacked Hidan which threw him backwards just as Shikamaru released his shadow possession jutsu. Ino returned to her own as they ran a short distance to where Hidan was getting up, knowing Yura would follow.


Naruto had grinned as he threw a shuriken at the two left, startling them both as Sakura leaped to attack, catching the guy Sasori off guard.

"So the little kids want to play" Deidara laughed.

"Damm right we do" Naruto yelled, grinning as he raised a shuriken.

"Then play we shall little Kyubi" Deidara teased as he met Naruto's shuriken with his own and the sound of clashing metal was spread through the battlefield.

"Name's Naruto believe it"

"Oh I do, though you won't be called that when we release the demon inside of you"

"That day will never happen"

"Oh it will" Deidara confirmed with a grin.

"Over y dead body" Naruto yelled.

"After the process it will be" Deidara informed him.

"Maybe but you have to beat me first"

"That can be arranged" Deidara laughed.

"I'm not that easy" Naruto warned with a grin.

"We wills see about that"

The two continued at it. Shouting insults while meeting the others shuriken in a battle, both sustaining small cuts now and then.

Sakura was charging at her opponent, trying to use as little chakra as she could in case she was called upon to heal anyone.

"Careful I wouldn't want to harm your pretty little face" Sasori teased, "maybe you should just surrender like a good little girl"

"To bad for you I was never known to do what I was told" Sakura told him with a smile.

She ran to attack him but hesitated as she felt a massive burst of chakra. Ignoring it she continued her attack unaware if the battle beside her.

Naruto had just lost his temper. He had been attacking Deidara when he had started on comments about the Kyuubi and him being a demon.

"Little demon boy thinks he can beat me" Deidara had laughed.

"So" Naruto shouted.

"So you don't deserve to be the carrier of the nine tailed fox"

"I didn't want it in the first place"

"You still don't deserve its power, a creature like that was born for destruction not to be carried about in a mere boy and used to his needs"

"I'm not a mere boy"

"Yes you are, you an outcast. No one could possibly love a demon like you. That's all you are, aren't you, a demon" Deidara continued to laugh as Naruto felt his blood boil.

"Aww am I making the little boy sad. Well it's the truth isn't it? You have the fox sealed inside you, a creature that killed many lives and may do so again. You shouldn't even be alive and you know it. You're a disgrace, you should be locked up. And here you are prancing around with people you love, care for. When one day you could just snap and kill them all. Because that's what will happen, face it. You're nothing but a monster"

"I am not a monster" Naruto cried letting his anger take control. He felt a burst of energy flow through his veins as read chakra started to spread around him. His eyes turned different, his fingernails turning claw like and he could have sworn he sprouted a tail.

Naruto knew what he had done. He had awakened the Kyuubi's chakra.

'But I will stay in control' Naruto swore. 'For the sake of Hinata, Sasuke, Sakura and the rest'

With that he leapt forward and attacked Deidara who hadn't expected it. As much as he tried to hold up he was failing under the boy's new strength, anger and determination.

Then it was all over and Deidara was lying on the ground, covered in blood and dead.

Sakura was unaware of all this as she desperately tried to weaken Sasori's force.

"Damm you" she cursed as she began breathing heavily. The guy laughed as she charged again and he threw her to the ground.

She looked up just in time to see Naruto charge past her and attack Sasori with all his might. Sakura was about to join in when a loud scream echoed around the battlefield.

"Rikku" Sakura yelled as Naruto turned to her.

"Sasuke" he mumbled staring at the young girl.

"Sakura go to him, ill finish off here and join you shortly" Naruto told her and Sakura didn't argue. She knew what Naruto was capable, especially in this form.

"Thank you" she whispered then without even hesitating she was off and in the direction of the scream.

'I'm coming Sasuke, just hold on'


Itachi watched, breathing heavily as his brother did the same opposite him. He didn't know how but in that brief time since they had last met Sasuke's strength had gone up and so had his determination.

'I guess I will just have to break him again if things get out of control' Itachi thought.

"There is still time to give up little brother" Itachi called as Sasuke smirked in response.

"Why would I want to do that" he replied. "When I am so close to finally completing my goal"

"You are no closer than last time" Itachi told him firmly.

"You're wrong Itachi"

"Am I little brother" Itachi said, red crimson eyes flashing before him. Sasuke clenched his teeth as he braced himself for Itachi's world. But he was determined not to let him win.

Itachi immediately began trying to engage Sasuke in his illusion but this time was much harder. Sasuke was strong and wasn't yet weak enough to be able to fall into Itachi's trap.

However he had a different plan as he smirked and straightened up.

"I see you met Rikku, believe me I had no idea that foolish woman was still alive" he laughed. "But don't worry that wont be for long"

"Hn" Sasuke replied, eyes narrowing as Itachi raised a shuriken.

'What's he planning' Sasuke asked himself. 'This is too much of a blunt move for Itachi.'

Still smirking Itachi threw his weapon at a tree where Rikku was hiding in. she jumped down and landed a little away, glaring at Itachi.

"Kind of you to join us" he said as Rikku gave a small smile.

"Always a pleasure" she mimicked. "Though I will enjoy it a lot more when you're dead"

"Is that so" Itachi asked as he began attacking her. Rikku met him weapon for weapon as Sasuke tried desperately to join in and draw Itachi's attention away from Rikku.

Rikku's blade went flying as she jumped away and Sasuke tried to strike.

'Good his defense is down' Itachi thought as he cut Rikku sharply on the leg and she fell screaming slightly at the pain. Then turning around while he wasn't paying attention Itachi caught the unexpected Sasuke and drew him into his own illusion.

"Foolish little brother" Itachi laughed as Sasuke swore.

'Damm he caught me' Sasuke thought as he was thrown into darkness, Itachi's laughter ringing threw his ears.

He knew what was coming and felt his heart rate quicken. He knew he couldn't go through it again, watching everyone die before him. He just couldn't.

"Your still nit strong enough little brother" Itachi told him. "I can smell fear, and fear is a weakness"

"Its not" Sasuke shouted though he doubted there was any truth behind that.

"Come now Sasuke, you fear the death of your companions don't you" He said as Sasuke felt his heart fall.

"That is a weakness" Itachi pointed out. "That is why you must not create bonds"

"Why so I can be a loner like you?"

"Little brother you disappoint me" Itachi said shaking his head.

"Hn, I don't care"

"Really"

"No because I don't want to live up to you expectations. I don't want to be anything like you"

"Be that as it may little brother" Itachi said dangerously. "You are like me, more that you know"

"No" Sasuke cried, trying to attack Itachi who just laughed in response.

Sasuke tried to attack Itachi but it was no use, his brother was protected and soon he was on the floor and his parents were standing over him, laughing and talking about how great Itachi was and how disappointing it was to have him as a son.

"Give up yet little brother" Itachi laughed as Sasuke cringed.

"Then let the fun begin" Itachi exclaimed as the torture began and Sasuke found himself relieving every horrible memory he had again and again.


Sakura jumped as fast as she could then freeze when she found Rikku lying on the ground, blood pouring from her leg. Than in the distance she could see the same image of the last time the brothers had met and she knew what was going to happen.

"Sasuke" she whispered as she jumped next to Rikku in an attempt to begin healing her but Rikku grabbed her arm.

"No leave me, just help him" she told her as Sakura looked up.

"But your hurt"

"And he will die, go help him. He needs you" Rikku pointed out as Sakura nodded.

"Ok"

"Be careful" Rikku told her as Sakura smiled faintly.

"I should be telling you the same thing" she replied as she ran towards Sasuke.

Itachi turned to her as she approached and smirked.

"Let me guess, your Sakura right" he asked as Sakura glared at him.

"Oh yes I know a lot about you, I use to work for Orochimaru to you know" he laughed as he smirked at her.

"In fact I was sent to kidnap you, so we could use you to our own advantage but unfortunately my brother bet me to you. Yet he didn't take you back did he, interesting"

"Not really" Sakura told him dryly as he looked at her, his lips curling in a way that sent shivers down her spine.

"Don't flatter yourself, if I know my brother like I do he only wanted to use your power for his own personal gain"

"Good for me then you don't know him" she said as he laughed.

"Oh I think I do, why else would he keep information from you if not to use it for himself" Itachi asked as Sakura frowned.

"The game is up Itachi, I will not turn against him" she cried as she watched Sasuke cringe his eyes still shut. She knew his mind was still in the illusion Itachi created and wanted desperately to save him.

"Oh no deer cherry blossom, it has only just begun" he laughed as Sakura threw a Kunai at him and then bolted to Sasuke's side. She probably should have taken the time to asses why Itachi didn't stop her but that came clear once she grabbed Sasuke's arm and all of a sudden was plunged into darkness.

She looked around, spotting Sasuke lying near her in his own pool of blood she gasped and ran to him, dropping on her knees beside him.

"Sasuke" she cried as he looked up at her.

"Sakura" he whispered and she nearly burst into tears at his voice, he was in pain and she knew it.

"I'm here" she told him as he frowned.

"What are you doing, get out of here now. Get out before he comes back" he shouted as a laugh interrupted them.

"To late for that little brother" he said as Sasuke attempted to sit up when Itachi suddenly appeared before him, striking him in the heart with Sakura's kunai. He cried out in pain as Sakura stood up.

"No" she yelled, punching Itachi hard in the face who tuned around to face her, pulling out the kunai from Sasuke's chest who feel to the ground unconscious. For an instant Sakura thought he was dead before remembering that they were in an illusion world.

"You think you can stop me" he asked before he towered over her, his eyes flashing red.

"I can make you suffer to" he spat out as Sakura cried and was instantly pulled into a memory.

She opened her eyes to find herself in a familiar room. Looking around she realized it was her bedroom, from when she was young. Frowning she walked out then screamed at the sight before her. There was blood everywhere and their on the floor were her parents.

"I can make you remember things you thought were forgotten" Itachi hissed as Sakura felt tears come to her eyes as she stared into the lifeless eyes of her mother and watched as her young self tried and failed over and over again to save her.

"No…no…no" Sakura mumbled, her heart aching with grief. She heard Itachi laughing, heard the screams of her parents and the sobs of her young self.

She shut her eyes and clenched her fists. That's when she hard another voice at the back of her head. It was saying something, so softly that she couldn't catch what the words were. Then it started getting louder and louder until she could hear it clearly.

"Get out of my head" her inner was shouting. "Get out, get out, get out of my head"

Over and over again she heard it, and soon she had forgotten everything else and she tightened her fists and yelled.

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD"

She opened her eyes as Itachi stumbled back and hesitated at this burst of energy coming from her. Then Sakura was standing in a hall way and in front of her was a young male, looking similar to a younger version of Sasuke yet with longer hair. She frowned when realizing that this was a younger version of Itachi. She had some how tapped into one of his memories.

She saw that he was peering around a corner, obviously spying on something. She followed his line of vision to find two figures standing next to one another. One was a male, looking a lot like Sasuke with a hard look on his face, except with different eyes. The one next to him was a beautiful lady with long black hair and the same eyes as Sasuke.

'They must be his parents' she thought. The she noticed a third figure. It was a young boy of about seven or eight and he was smiling happily as he ran into his mothers embrace.

"Mummy" he cried as his mother laughed.

"Did you enjoy your first day at the academy darling" she asked as he nodded excitedly.

"Daddy I got the best grades in the whole class" the boy yelled as the older man nodded, his face stills set in a straight line.

"Hn"

"Fugaku" the lady said sternly as he turned to her.

"What?"

"Never mind" she said shaking her head. "Go put your things away now; your father said he would show you the famous Uchiha fireball technique this afternoon"

"Really" the boy exclaimed his eyes widening.

"Yes" Fugaku said with a sigh, "now hurry up"

The young boy nodded and ran away. The lady turned to Fugaku with a frown.

"You could show a little support to your son, aren't you proud of him" she asked as he sighed.

"Of course I am Mikoto but I can't let him know that"

"And why is that" Mikoto demanded.

"Because I need him to grow up without thinking he is the best. I don't want him ending up like Itachi."

"I know that but you can at least tell him that you're proud of him once in awhile. I mean the boy does everything he can to try and get your attention."

"I know that and I want to but don't you see. I made a mistake with Itachi. I made out like he was the best, which he was, and I pushed him and now look. Everyone thinks he will be the next head but that can't happen. You know what his turning into. For gods sake his best friend just showed up dead and I know he is lying when he said he had nothing to do with it."

"But Fugaku his not Itachi, his not like that at all"

"I don't want him turning out like that, I want him to keep a level head and I want him to keep respect and be proud of his heritage not abuse it like his brother. Don't you see I need him to turn out like me, I need him to so the clan will respect him enough to make him the head instead of Itachi?"

"His not like Itachi at all Fugaku and you know it. His far more caring than that"

"I know" Fugaku said with a smirk. "His got too much of you in him"

"Yet your determination" she added with a smile. "Just don't be so hard on him, at least tell him you appreciate him, that you're proud of him, proud to call him your son. And at least let him know you love him. I mean his only eight"

"I know" Fugaku said, "But sometimes I forget. His very mature for his age you know."

"I do" Mikoto said with a smile as she looked up in him. "His got the best nature a mother could hope for. He will not turn out like Itachi I promise. His got to much good inside of him"

"He will be the head one day, and he will lead this clan better than any body before him that much I am certain" Fugaku declared as Sakura's vision went blurry.

"Enjoy the show" Itachi growled as he stood up. Sakura fell to her knees feeling exhausted and drained of energy. Sasuke was near her attempting to get up.

"Well now you will be punished" he yelled as he grabbed his kunai and towered over her. Sakura had no strength left to move and was barley able to hear Sasuke's screams as he tried to get to her before Itachi was pushed aside by a figure and the two began wrestling.

"No Rikku your injured" Sakura yelled but the lady ignored her.

"Stupid woman" Itachi shouted as the two fought and Sakura was barely able to register a hand help her two her feet before a cry broke the silence and Itachi stood back laughing s Rikku lay their, her eyes open yet unmoving.

"NO" Sasuke shouted as grief washed over him.

Sakura tuned to see Itachi smirk and take off. She looked up to see Naruto holding her up. Sasuke tuned to them both, his red eyes flashing dangerously. He was past angry, he was furious.

"Naruto" he said as the man tuned to him.

"Yeah teme"

"I need you help" Naruto grinned at Sasuke.

"Of course teme" he replied as Sasuke smirked.

"I'm coming to" Sakura declared as Sasuke shook his head.

"You're needed here"

"I'm coming" Sakura repeated as Sasuke looked at her.

"Sakura be reasonable, tour team needs you. I want you to stay here until the rest of done then heal all who need. Then come after us. Please" Sakura looked into his eyes and nodded.

"Ok Sasuke but be careful, both of you" Sasuke nodded as Naruto grinned. Then she watched as the two headed off after Itachi, and she stayed their, eyes glued as two of the most important people to her disappeared from her sight.


Neji growled as he dodged another of Pein's attacks. This guy was good and it was obvious that he was a lot more skilled then himself. He had lost track of Hinata but he knew he couldn't worry about her or his own focus would be lost. And since he was dealing with a far superior opponent that wouldn't be the best idea.

He was loosing chakra and strength quick and he knew that unless help came soon he would be killed. Pein laughed as he appeared behind him and forced him to fly into a tree. Neji hit against it hard then fell to the ground and gasped at the pain. Pein stepped in front of him laughing.

"And you thought you had a chance my young friend" he teased with a laugh. "No one can defeat me, no one"

Neji looked at him, breathing heavily as Pein lifted up his hand, chakra emitting from it.

"I thank you for the battle, but now you will die" he said as Neji looked at him. His hand lowered and Neji closed his eyes, awaiting the death. He knew it was coming and he had no strength left. He could feel death begin to swallow him up and he held his breath, suddenly feeling very cold.

"Prepare to die" Pein laughed, Neji got ready for the pain. But it never came.

"No"

Neji felt his heart rate quicken. That voice, he knew that voice.

He opened his eyes and saw her, standing in front of him with her back facing him. She was blocking Pein's attacks, she was saving him.

"No one can defeat me" Pein said one more time but she simply replied…

"There you are wrong"

"Really" Pein asked with amusement. "You think you can defeat me"

"No, but I do know some one who can"

"Really" Pein asked lifting his hand ready to attack.

"Don't you dare lay a hand on her" a male voce said as Pein's eyes widened in disbelief before he grinned.

"How kind of you to join us Zetsu"

"Yes I thought I would see if I was needed" Zetsu replied. Neji watched as Pein took a step away as the girl in front of him turned, and their eyes met. He looked at her and in barely a whisper he managed one word…

"Tenten"

A/N: Sorry Sakura's and Naruto's battles were short but I didn't have any idea what to do for them and wanted to concentrate on the other two. We will switch to Ino and Shikamaru a bit later but while you're waiting for the next chapter review.

I will try and get one about before my exams start which is in like a week but if I don't then I can update till after the 23rd sorry. Anyway please review and it may inspire me to stop studying long enough to get the next chapter out.