Still don't own Naruto

Chapter 50: The Sixth Sealed

Naruto and the others spent the rest of the morning sleeping in the tavern they were given rooms in. that afternoon when they finally all awoke Naruto made his downstairs to find Jiraiya and Sakura already packed.

"Are we leaving already" Naruto asked as he walked over to Jiraiya.

"Yeah there has been new's from my spy network on the akatsuki it seems that two members of the group have been spotted at the border of the land of water" Jiraiya said.

"Do you think they have captured another jinchuuriki" Naruto asked angrily.

"Cant be certain but if they have the only one it could be is the jinchuuriki for the Rokubi as the Nanabi is safe in Taki. The only way to get in there is to know where the secret entrance is, so they must either be looking for or have found the other one" Jiraiya said unusually serious.

"So basically we are not going back to Konoha and instead are going to check on your information source to see if he knows anything else" Naruto surmised.

"Your right, but this information is a couple of days old now that it has finally reached me. If the Akatsuki have indeed captured another jinchuuriki I am not sure if we will be able to save him" Jiraiya said somberly.

"I will go tell the others to get ready then, we cant let those bastards get any stronger" Naruto said before racing back up stairs entering his room to start packing and tell Yugito what's going on.

"So basically we are going to go hunt the Akatsuki near the border of the Land of Water" Yugito said after Naruto finished his retelling of events.

"Yeah that's basically it, but we have to act fast, because we don't know if there still hunting or they have already captured who they are looking for" Naruto said quickly while sealing the remaining of he belonging's into a scroll.

"Well let's go tell Sakura then" Yugito said. She still was quite embarrassed about what happened when Nibi's influence and down right perverseness made her try and jump Naruto in front of the pink haired medic.

After passing the message on that they were not heading back to Konoha yet, and were going to head towards the border of the land of water Sakura seemed confused.

"Why would we be doing that. Have we been given extra order's from Tsunade-sama" Sakura asked as she slowly began packing.

"Not exactly, Jiraiya sensei has received information regarding the Akatsuki and we need to go check it out" Naruto said.

"Don't we need authorization from the Hokage to do something like that though" the pink haired kunoichi asked.

"I think your forgetting who Naru-kun and Jiraiya-sama are Sakura. If I recall they disappeared without a trace for three years without clearance" Yugito said.

"I guess your right but what about us. I need to get back to the hospital and do you really think it is wise for both of you to be hunting the very same people who are after you" Sakura questioned.

"Don't worry Shizune Nee-chan can cover you at the hospital. And with the four of us two Akatsuki members wont stand a chance" Naruto said confidently.

"Well I am not as confident as you, they are still S ranked criminals and they're after you. This is not a good idea" Sakura said obviously concerned for the pair.

"Oh you worry too much, you never know Jiraiya's informant might even have news on Orochimaru and Sasuke" Naruto said. He included the Uchiha's name for the sole purpose of getting Sakura interested and it had worked like a charm.

"Do you think they might, this could be our chance to find Sasuke-kun" Sakura said oblivious to how obsessed she had become.

'Kami it's like she has a one track mind, one second she is scolding me about being reckless the next she is packing ridiculously fast. I wonder if she even realizes just how much of a fan girl she is' thought Yugito as she watched Sakura shoving her spare clothes into her bag.

"There is always a possibility, Jiraiya sensei usually asks for updates on what Orochi-teme is up too. He should be approaching the end of his regeneration cycle and will be looking to change body's soon" Naruto said.

This was the wrong thing to say and Sakura seemed to deflate. "Then we are almost out of time. Orochimaru will take Sasuke-kun's body and we will be too late to save him" Sakura said depression setting in.

"We couldn't save him even if we wanted to. He has to return to Konoha himself and repent for his desertion. Otherwise he will be trialed as a criminal. And I'm sorry to say becoming a missing ninja to join Konoha's most hated missing ninja is not a crime that comes with a slap on the wrist. But it's not all bad news Orochimaru will be incredibly weakened and Sasuke will be able to see any holes in Orochimaru's body transfer jutsu with his sharingan. So there is still a chance for him" Naruto said giving Sakura the cold hard truth as well as hope.

"Sasuke-kun will win. He will kill Orochimaru and then return to the village, you will see" Sakura said confidently.

'Maybe after he kills Itachi, I still have my doubt's though' Naruto thought to himself as he gave Sakura a friendly smile and nod "I guess we will meet you downstairs with sensei. don't take too long the Rokubi jinchuuriki could already be captured" Naruto said keeping his tone friendly but at the same time trying to get across the urgency of the situation.

"So are you ready to go" Jiraiya asked when Sakura made her way downstairs several minutes later.

"Yes Jiraiya-sama" she said as she walked over towards the door.

"Good we have no Idea how long this could take, if we can help it we don't want to have to go into the Land of Water. It could be be week's getting back out, they are still recovering from the civil war after all" Jiraiya said.

"Um where on the border are we heading Jiraiya-sama. The ocean's of the land of waves encompass the entire east coast of the Land of Fire and south coast of the Land of Lightening" Sakura said unsure of where they needed to go.

"We are heading south east. There is a stretch of land outside of fire country. It was once controlled by Uzu but now it's a Land of Fire protected state whilst not being part of Fire country" Jiraiya said.

Mention of Uzu grabbed Naruto's attention. "Is Uzu close to where we are going" Naruto asked.

"Not really, it is a ways to the north. But Uzu controlled that stretch of land because it was given as a gift to symbolize the friendship of the Senju and Uzumaki clan's" Jiraiya said.

"Uzumaki Clan? I didn't know that there was an Uzumaki clan. If there was how come Naruto grew up alone" Sakura said.

"There was an Uzumaki clan, but not anymore. They were an old clan that was considered one of the strongest in the world. But at the start of the third shinobi world war Uzu was attacked by Iwa and Kiri out of fear of the Uzumaki clan. They were all wiped out apart from Naruto's mother who came to Konoha as a young girl" Jiraiya said.

"Why didn't Konoha send help" Sakura asked as they began to walk towards the exit of the village.

"We did, but it was far too late. Iwa who had hired Kiri ninja for there boat's had burned the village to the ground and killed everyone who lived there sinking any boats that tried to navigate through the whirlpools surrounding the island" Jiraiya said sadly.

"But why target a small village like Uzu when they could have attacked our other allies I thought Konoha was always allied with Taki and that is far closer to Iwa" Sakura said.

"Yes that is true. However, the Uzumaki clan was feared all over the world not for a flashy bloodline but for the skill's in sealing. And you have seen just how effective Naruto's seals can be imagine having hundreds of seal masters supplying Konoha throughout the war. Iwa would have lost horribly. The problem was they were never expecting an attack and were caught off guard" Jiraiya said.

"Ok I guess that make's sense. But if Naruto is the last Uzumaki and the son of a Kage wouldn't that put Naruto under the clan restoration act set up by the Nidaime Hokage" Sakura said.

"Not at all, the Uzumaki clan was never a clan from Konoha as they respectfully declined the offer to join the village when it founded and Minato was never a member of a clan. Also the CRA was set up for clans with a bloodline and Naruto does not have one" Jiraiya said much to the relief of the two blond's in the group.

"Thank Kami for that" Naruto said out loud voicing just how pleased he was with this tidbit of information.

"Yeah also if the counsel try's to force it on you there is a side law in place that exempts clans based outside of Konoha from the law. This was put into place to stop people like danzo ordering any refugee with a bloodline to become a tool simply used for breeding" Jiraiya said.

"I think I should have a clone read through the law's of Konoha, it will be safer in the long run if I know these things before hand" Naruto said.

"Probably a good idea, politics can be a bitch. That's why I spend so long outside of the village. Cant stand attending the counsel meetings" Jiraiya said with a small shiver at the end.

The group left the village and began making there way south but it would take close to three day's to reach there destination.

(Konoha Tsunade's Office)

The Hokage was busying her self with paperwork as an Anbu arrived.

"Hokage-sama the prisoner's we collected from Jiraiya-sama's group have been processed. Most have been sent to the capital to be placed in one of the civilian prisons in the land of fire. However we have brought the twelve ring leaders here and sent them to Ibiki" The Anbu said. He wore there standard Anbu outfit with a cheetah mask.

"Thank you Cheetah. That will be all" Tsunade said and she went back to her paperwork.

She had been left undisturbed for reasonable amount of time and decided to reward herself with a bottle of sake. She had just removed the cork with her teeth however when the door swung open and in walked the the village elder's and Danzo. 'Oh great just what I need' she thought but put on a friendly smile and greeted the intruders respectfully.

"Tsunade-Hime we want to talk to you about young Naruto's future" Koharu said.

"Really? and why would you want to talk about that" Tsunade said warily.

"We do not believe he should be allowed out of the village. He is our jinchuuriki and him leaving so often put's the village at great risk. Also with the Akatsuki after the Bijuu we think he should have Anbu watch him at all times" Homura said slowly not wanting to aggravate Tsunade.

"We have had this discussion before there is nothing I can do to keep him here as long as he is Jiraiya's apprentice" Tsunade said suppressing a victorious smirk.

"But he is now a jonnin and as such can be given a genin squad. If he had a permanent responsibility like that he would not be allowed out as he pleased nor could Jiraiya take the boy with him every time he wants too" danzo said.

"Naruto is inexperienced at leading missions it would be irresponsible to give him a genin team" Tsunade said.

"But, he need's to be kept safe, surely you see that Tsunade-Hime. I also think you should start looking for a suitable bride for the boy" Koharu said.

"He is with Jiraiya or Kakashi at all time's when out of the village I would say there are not many safer places than with one of those two. And I will not accept any offers for marriage. He can do that himself and I think you will find he already has a girlfriend" Tsunade said defiantly.

"Yes the kunoichi from Kumo... It will never work out surely you can see that. We should find him a bride from the Land of Fire or a political marriage to strengthen the village" Homura said.

"I disagree. The Kumo kunoichi is a fine choice in bride, she would add great strength to Konoha" Koharu and Homura were shocked to hear that. Especially seeing as the statement came from none other than Danzo.

Tsunade was not as surprised, she knew why Danzo would approve of Yugito. After all another jinchuuriki would be a massive military gain. "It doesn't matter. You cant force him into anything the same laws apply to him as apply to Jiraiya, myself and Shizune. You cannot force him into a marriage and he has the right to refuse a genin team. This has been a complete waist of my time" Tsunade said.

"This isn't over Tsunade-Hime. We will find a way to keep him in this village and keep both him and Konoha safe" Danzo said before the three left.

'Damn that kid. Even when he isn't here he causes me headaches' Tsunade thought before picking up the bottle of her favorite beverage and taking a swig not even bothering with a saucer or glass.

(Two Days Later With Sasuke)

Sasuke walked into a dark room, the only sources of light were coming from some computer panel's and a large tube of what looked like water.

Walking towards the glass tube small lights flickered illuminating the room. It was clearly one of Orochimaru's lab's surgical equipment lay scattered on the bench top's and files of results and failed experiments were piled up in a corner.

"It's your lucky day Suigetsu. Orochimaru is gone and I need you to help me" Sasuke said as he walked over to the glass tube. Before smashing it.

Water poured out onto the floor and it slowly began to take the form of the blue haired teen swordsman. "What do you mean Orochimaru is gone. don't tell me you actually killed him" Suigetsu said in disbelief.

"He was weakened and thought he could take my body. He should have known he couldn't compete with the sharingan" Sasuke said with a smirk.

"What ever. Why should I help you anyway. What's in it for me" the former Kiri ninja said.

"You can either join me or not and I will put you back in your test tube" Sasuke said flatly.

"Ah what ever not like there is anything better to do. But if I come I want your help to find the blade of Zabuza Momoichi, Kubikiribocho" Suigetsu said.

"Hn fine. I know where it is, I was there when he died after all" Sasuke said deciding to neglect the fact that he was unconscious at the time.

"Good then we should have no problems then" Suigetsu said and as he had nothing that he needed to take with him other than his clothes which didn't really ever need to be washed on account of them being made of water much like himself the two left.

"So who else is joining this team of yours" Suigetsu asked awhile after leaving the base.

"Karin as a sensor and medic and Jugo for some muscle in attack" Sasuke said.

"Ah man cant you pick any other two. I hate Karin, and Jugo is insane he would sooner kill you than join you" Suigetsu complained.

"It wont be a problem and you already agreed to come" Sasuke said.

"Yeah I know I'm still in but you could of picked some easier people to get along with" Suigetsu said as they jumped from tree to tree making there way towards the land of wave's.

(Sealing Cave)

Utakata was suspended in mid air while the energy of the Rokubi was slowly being drained from him.

"Kami, he was a pain in the ass to capture. His fucking bubbles kept getting in the way of my art, yeah" Deidara said loudly.

"Yeah he was strong but Tobi and Deidara sempai were stronger in the end" Tobi said from his position on the hand of the sealing statue.

"We are close now. Zetsu have you found the hidden entrance to Taki yet" Pein asked.

"Yes Pein-sama. The entrance is hidden underwater behind a waterfall. It will not prove to be a difficult capture. From our scouting in the village the girl who hold's Nanabi is hated by everyone, and forced to live outside of the village alone. Quite different from the report's they sent to Konoha. I would say with Kisame there to absorb the demonic chakra it will not be difficult to capture this one" Zetsu said.

"Good then once that is done we will begin to make plan's to deal with the Hachibi and the two that are in Konoha" Pein said authoritatively.

"It will probably take some planning to capture any of those three. This is not like Suna where they only have one high level ninja and he is young. Or like Iwa and Kiri where the jinchuuriki are left to run wild because they are not cared for. Naruto-kun is the son of the Yondaime Hokage and Kirabi is the brother of the current Raikage. They will be highly defended also the Hachibi host has complete control of his Bijuu which will prove troublesome" Itachi said hoping to stall Pein as much as possible.

"This is true, we will need to wait until they have been separated from the other high level ninja who protect them" Pein said.

"That will not be easy Pein-sama. The Kyuubi and Nibi jinchuuriki are always accompanied by either Kakashi Hatake or Jiraiya. In fact Naruto and Jiraiya are almost inseparable. The only time they have been apart since he returned from where he was hiding, was when he spent a few week's in Kumo and the week in Suna at least as far as we are aware anyway" Zetsu said.

"We will think of something, an opportunity will appear in time and we will have to take full advantage of it" Pein said.

(One Day Later With Naruto)

Naruto's group arrived at a small sea side village that looked like it had seen better days.

"This place could do with a coat of paint" said Yugito as they walked through the streets.

"It's what you would expect. There are not many villages in this part of the world as they have no country to support them anymore" Jiraiya said as they walked.

"Why do you keep spy's in a place like this then jiraiya-sama" Sakura asked.

"Well for the exact same reason, because there is no country to support this area anymore it has become a haven for missing ninja. The area it's self is under the protection of the Land of Fire but it's laws are not upheld and it is mostly just in principle to stop Water country from setting up a base on the mainland. As long as we don't stake a claim on it for ourselves the Land of Water seems to be happy" Jiraiya explained.

"I see does that mean Orochimaru will have been active in the area" Sakura asked.

"Most definitely, all of Orochimaru's dealing's in the Land of water come from a base he has somewhere in this area. An advantage of being able to hire boat's that will have no log books or records, I do the same thing when I need to sneak into Kiri undetected" Jiraiya said.

"But everything looks so run down these people must be so poor" Yugito said looking at an old playground that had rusted swings and a broken slide.

"Don't let appearance's fool you Yugito-chan. The people here are among the most wealthy in the world. But with no taxes they just let the place get run down. Trust me you do not want to pay for anything in this place it will be at least twice as expensive as Konoha" the elder toad sage said.

"So where is this Informant of yours sensei" Naruto asked as they walked past a tavern that Naruto had expected to be there destination.

"In this area, all information has a price but conventional meeting places are dangerous. We have to go to a private location. Were going to his home" Jiraiya said and pointed to what looked like a grand manor house almost as big as the Hokage tower but instead of being multiple stories tall only have two level's and extended out wide.

"Wow he must milk you for all your worth" Naruto said his eye's bulging at the sheer size of the house.

"Yes but good information doesn't come cheap, especially not around here" Jiraiya said as they walked up to the door and pressed a buzzer.

They waited a moment before the door opened to reveal a short chubby man around the same height as Sakura wearing a black suit and bowler hat with a mustache and horn rimmed glasses.

"My my Jiraiya what a pleasant surprise. Please come in" the man said ushering the four ninja inside before shutting the door. "Would you like some tea or perhaps some sake"

"No time. We need to know more about the members of the Akatsuki you saw" Jiraiya said seriously.

"Ah I see. Business as always, very well let's see. There were two of them a tall blonde with his hair pulled back into a tall ponytail a lot like the young beauty here except it started higher up his head" the man said eying Yugito appreciatively.

Naruto coughed in mild annoyance to return the man to his thoughts. "Oh yes the other was a man with black hair and I could not see his face because it was hidden by a orange mask looked a bit like a the old Uzumaki swirl" the man said.

"Was anyone else with them or were they carrying anything large enough to be a person" Jiraiya asked.

"I couldn't tell they were up on a big white bird. Its not often you see something like that so I made sure to take picture's here" the man said handing over several photo's or Deidara and Tobi sitting on one of Deidara's clay birds.

"Look at this one, there is something in the bird's mouth" Sakura said pointing to a small black piece of fabric coming from the mouth of the bird.

"That would be the jinchuuriki then" Naruto said remembering how Deidara used the bird to pick up Gaara.

"Which way were they heading. Its a high level bijuu we may still have time" Jiraiya said urgently.

"South from here, if they continued in the same direction they cant have gone far" he said.

"Thanks for the help, I will make sure you get a bonus next pay check" Jiraiya said and he turned around opened the door and exited followed by the others.

And they began heading south a tremendous speeds.

(Sealing Cave)

"Something just set off the perimeter seal. If they are moving fast they and towards us I would say we have about thirty minutes" Zetsu said.

"Don't worry about it, the sealing will be done in about five" Pein said.

"Once it's finished what do we do. See who found us or just leave, yeah" Deidara asked.

"I would like to know who it is but don't get careless if you are outnumbered or outmatched I want you too retreat" Pein said before returning his focus to completing the sealing.

The minutes passed and eventually the body of Utakata collapsed on the ground in a heap. "It's done, Itachi, Kisame, begin the hunt for the Nanabi. Deidara I want you and Tobi to see who our guests are and find out what they are doing here. Zetsu I want you to go check on our old friend Orochimaru. He has been far too quiet as of late" Pein said before he and the Gado Mezo faded away along with the other holograms.

"Great so how about we go meet up with our intruder's yeah" Said Deidara creating his large clay Bird.

"Sure thing Deidara sempai" Tobi replied eagerly jumping on the back of the bird before it took off.

They did not have to fly far before they were almost brought down by several fireballs. "Look down there Deidara sempai it's the Kyuubi and Nibi jinchuuriki. Should we try and capture them" Tobi said.

"That's strange they seem to be alone, I would have thought that the copy ninja at least would be with them yeah" Deidara said unsure if he would be able to come out of a fight with the blond alive.

"Oh no sempai Look Out!" Tobi said but before he could respond Jiraiya came rocketing out of a tree shot up by a summoned toad and used a rasengan to slam right through the head of the bird sending it crashing to earth.

Deidara picked himself up slowly to find Tobi was already up and was face to face with not only Jiraiya but Naruto, Yugito and Sakura as well. "Look's like we're in trouble yeah, but your too late again kid, the jinchuuriki is dead and we sealed the bijuu" Deidara taunted trying to relieve a small amount of the fear he felt.

"Tobi doesn't like our odds Deidara sempi, I think we should run" Tobi said with a scared voice.

Naruto was looking at Tobi confused. 'He doesn't feel right, there is something about him that is off, even Hidan didn't feel this wrong' Naruto thought to himself as he stared at Tobi.

"Leader-sama said the Kyuubi jinchuuriki was the most dangerous but he doesn't look like much. Hello Kyuubi jinchuuriki would you mind coming back with us" Tobi asked seemingly carefree again.

Naruto's previous look of confusion was replaced with sheer shock at this statement. "You think I would just let you take me and rip the Kyuubi out killing me in the process" Naruto asked incredulous.

"No, but Tobi can hope" Tobi said in a lighthearted manner.

"Your a weird one I'll give you that. But who are you" Jiraiya said.

"Oh your Jiraiya the Toad sannin. Hi my name is Tobi and I am a good boy" he said.

Naruto's group didn't know what to make of this this man seemed like he belonged in a home for the mentally challenged not with a group of missing ninja who were collecting the Bijuu for what ever reason, but they knew it could not be good.

"So you wont come with Tobi" the man in the mask asked again.

"Of course not, I don't know what loony bin the Akatsuki pulled you from but you need your head examined" Naruto said.

"That's mean, but hopefully we will get to play later, we have to go now" Tobi said.

"Your not going anywhere" Jiraiya said but just as he was about to move the air around Tobi and Deidara began to ripple and they both faded from view.

"That was.." Naruto just stared at where they had disappeared not believing his eyes.

"No way. There is not even a trace of chakra indicating where they went so it has to be. That was a time space jutsu. He may be a retard with the IQ of a common garden hose but that is one serious jutsu" Jiraiya said shocking the two kunoichi.

After coming down from there shock they found the lifeless form of Utakata covered by what was left of a large clay bird.

"What do we do" Sakura asked sadly.

"He was a missing ninja from Kiri, so I say we return him home so he can be given a proper burial or at least have his body disposed of in his home country" said Naruto taking out a sealing scroll and sealing up the body.

Naruto received sad nod's of agreement from the others as they began to stand. "Well this may have been a bit of a failure we at least found out about a new member of the Akatsuki, but his time space manipulation it worrying" Jiraiya said.

The group slowly began making there way back towards Konoha not bothering to return to the village that they had met Jiraiya's informant in.

(With Sasuke)

Sasuke and Suigetsu were standing in front of a large arch that had four word's carved into it 'The Great Naruto Bridge'.

Casting his eyes over the archway Sasuke seethed in anger. 'They are disrespecting me, disrespecting the Uchiha. That damn dobe always laughing at me him and Itachi. But I will have my revenge soon enough, and this time the dobe wont get in my way' he raged inside his head as Suigetsu left in search of Zabuza's cleaver.

End Chapter!

Ok so not much important happened here just a lot of small paths to nowhere lol. But I need to make sure that most of the Bijuu have been captured before Sasuke confronts Itachi and having Naruto meet Tobi was a plus.