"Is it nearly done?" Sasuke asked quietly and stepped into the kitchen to see Katsuna setting her pen down. She picked up the scroll and began to blow on it. "Almost, just needs to dry. Are you sure this plan will work?"
"Positive, I just need to you understand that I may not come back." Sasuke said and leaned her head on her.
"You'll come back, you always will." Katsuna said taking him in her arms. "Anyway, Konoha's not really that big of a deal, we can live anywhere, why do we have to save it?"
"Who said I was saving it?" Sasuke muttered and pulled her tightly to him. "This might be my last time holding you."
"Stop thinking like that."
'Naruto, learn to hate that which you are…They've hated you for what you are, you can to, and take it out on them.' "The people are evil Naruto, all those people, all those who stared at you, laughed, mocked you. Take you vengeance, kill them! I can help you! I want to help you!" Kyuubi whispered in Naruto's sleeping ear. There was a clicking in the shadows and Sakura stepped foreword. "Aw… it's that stupid little girl you have a crush on she wants to hurt you Naruto."
"Naruto! Wake up!" Naruto jolted and sat foreword, "I think you should hear what that demon's been whispering in your ear at night."
"What are you talking about," he turned and saw Kyuubi disappear into the seal. "Why was Kyuubi out of me?"
"He's been getting to you why you sleep, I've been suspecting it for about a year now, he's making you more aggressive, more like him." Sakura rewound the tape and played it as Kyuubi's voice came over saying things Naruto couldn't believe. "He's tainting you. We need to get him removed."
"Kyuubi… Kyuubi's the reason I keep snapping at everybody?" Naruto said getting out of his bed, "we need to do something about this, I need to go talk to Itachi about the contract."
Sakura reached behind her and pulled out the scroll with his thumb print and Kyuubi's burnt chakra. "Kaiyomi will be here in the morning, there's nothing in the contract about removal, so all terms are followed. I picked out a nice rock for him."
"You bitch!" Kyuubi yelled creating a wolf size version of himself and swatting her across the floor. "I'll kill you myself!"
"I have control of all your chakra, Kyuubi, stop or the seal will activate and you'll be dragged inside the death god's stomach." Naruto said and looked at the fox. "You're going in that rock, and whatever damage you did to me I'm getting reversed."
Naruto bent down and picked up Sakura's unconscious body and lay her on the bed. "Naruto, have I been nothing but kind to you? Plus, do you really think the death god can swallow me?"
"He did it before, I bet he'd love a second helping." Naruto sat up on the bed next to Sakura and brushed the hair out of her face. "Kyuubi, get inside me now." The fox disappeared and Naruto lay down next her putting his head close to her neck. "Kyuubi, you're not allowed to come out."
"Where are you going?" Sasuke asked as he looked over at Itachi as he was walking out of his house. Sasuke was sitting on his front porch staring at the sky. "It's only four AM."
"I'm meeting Kaiyomi. Kyuubi's been possessing Naruto, we're removing him in a few minutes. You want to come, I got a call from Sakura, he's worrying, needs support." Itachi said softly. "Listen about yesterday…"
"Forget it. I've decided to leave, Konoha's not my home. It hasn't been for a while. It's hard living with the government that killed my family." Sasuke said and stood up. "I better get back to bed."
"That government's gone, it died with the elders two years ago. It's a new Konoha, I wish you'd just stop hating the city that helped raise you." Itachi said and began towards the main gates where he saw the thinly blond approaching. "If you hate something about the city, take it up with Naruto, he is the government now. And you called the government your best friend a few days ago."
Sasuke stopped and looked at him. "I'm coming too, I guess." He turned and ran up after his brother. "This isn't changing my mind about leaving though."
"Does this hurt?" Naruto asked looking over at her.
"Calm down Naruto, it's not even affecting you, it focuses on Kyuubi alone." Sakura said quietly. "Anyway, you should thank Kaiyomi for turning around and coming back after she just got home."
"It's no trouble, it's more practice." Kaiyomi said and placed her hand on Naruto's bare stomach. "It may tickle though."
Naruto turned his head and looked at Sasuke and Itachi on the wall, "Sasuke, come here." Sasuke walked over and looked at him. "I need you to think up a plan we can catch this person. I figured you being the smart one; you'd be able to do it no matter what."
"I already have it. No one knows your taking out Kyuubi, and it's not a widely known fact that when a Jinchuriki dies that beast dies too. We're going to stage your death and see if they come to collect your body, then we take them." Sasuke said. "I've already talked to Katsuna, she'll be cloaking your chakra. I have all the people we'll need there ready by tonight. We can perform it tomorrow."
"You should ask before putting things into motion, or at least let me know what you're up to." Naruto said and lunged gasping for breath.
"As I thought, put the breathing machine on him quickly, Sakura." Kaiyomi said watching the huge stream of red go into a large rock with a 9 carved in it. Sakura shoved Sasuke out of the way and put the mask around Naruto's head and turned it on, forcing him to breath. "I expect Kyuubi's chakra might be a bit too much. It'll probably be a half an hour operation if you guys want to go."
Sakura defiantly grabbed a chair and sat down next to Naruto, clutching his hand. Sasuke simply fell to the floor and began picking at his finger nails. Itachi stood up, "I have to get back to Mokuza, he's still sick. Everyone." Itachi bowed quickly and left.
Naruto turned over to Sakura and looked at her, his eyes heavy. She smiled back and squeezed his hand. "It'll be alright." She got up and moved the chair closer and laid her head next to his. "When everything opens up, we should all go and get breakfast together."
"I'll take you all, my treat." Sasuke said happily and pulled out a kunai to get the dirt out from under his nails. "But someone should have told me you two were going out. That's really cute of you guys." Sasuke laughed.
Sakura kicked him with her foot and sent him flying back a couple feet. Kaiyomi looked at her, "that was meant to be a compliment."
"Oh, sorry Sasuke!"
