Hello my beloved readers! I'm real glad you enjoyed the last chapter and I hope you enjoy this one too, we finally have Naruto and Obito meet so things are getting real interesting now, I'm changing up the story massively when it comes to certain characters as you'll undoubtedly see.

"What?" Sasuke was pale, his face suddenly had a sheen of sweat from exertion. "What do you-"

"You unlocked the Mangekyou." Itachi's voice was stunned, "Who did you kill."

"I didn't kill anyone." Sasuke gritted out, "I don't-"

"You thought I was dead." Naruto breathed out, "You-after my fight with the Senju brothers and Orochimaru you believed I was dead. What if it's not the act of killing that activates it but-"

"The trauma of seeing it." Sasuke finished sounding stunned, "I didn't unlock it by killing my best friend I activated it with my grief at seeing you looking dead."

"What is this thing?" that was Sakura, looking around with wide eyes, "It's-"

"Pure chakra." Naruto spoke up.

"Looks like your brother takes after you." Kisame was growling and it drew the three kids attention to the scene outside of the giant rib cage surrounding them and protecting them. Itachi was stood, still holding Kisame's arm, and Kisame looked angry.

"What do you think you're doing Itachi?"

"My choices are my own." Itachi's voice was cold, "I won't let someone else kill my brother." and it was strange, she could feel his own self loathing, far more intense than before, and a bone deep regret. What the hell was up with him. "He's mine to kill."

That was a lie, she could feel that that was a lie what the fuck? This was insane. What the hell was going on with that guy.

Then Sasuke was toppling forward, the rib cage almost disintegration as Sakura caught him before he could hit the ground, panting and pale.

"The girl is hardly a threat-"

"What?"

"We leave no-" Itachi was interrupted by a new arrival, a man decked in the same black and red cloaks as the other two, except he was wearing an orange spiral mask with a singular eyehole.

Now he felt filled with hate-it was almost staggering, the feeling of it as his gaze swung to them, "Which one of you is Noha-" he froze as his eyes focused on
Naruto, and she could feel the shock rolling off of him as he stared at her.

"Naruto." it was a statement rather than a question, then there was another wave of rage. "They gave you her name."

"What?" Naruto was tense, "I don't know what you're talking about, my name is my name!"

"They dared give you her name-"

"What exactly is your issue! My mom and dad gave me my name!"

"Oh I know." the voice was angry, "I remember your mother and father screaming for you when I ripped you from her arms." and suddenly Naruto felt as if
the world was dropping out from under her.

Who was this man?

"What I care about is the fact that they gave you the name Nohara-"

"They-No one gave me the name! It's my moms family name!"

"Your mothers name was Uzumaki." the man spat out, "Not Nohara don't think I don't know!" he was suddenly in front of her, his hand grabbing her by the throat and pinning her to the wall. She heard Sasuke and Sakura screaming, caught a glimpse of Itachi grabbing Sasuke and dragging him backwards when her friend tried to rush and help her. She was almost grateful to him.

"I didn't say it was Uzumaki Kushina! My mom, the woman who raised me." it was hard to force the words out when his grip on her throat was so tight.

Then they were suddenly outside, in the woods on the outskirts of the village, the trees looming tall and foreboding around them.

"And who's that, who dared give you her name?"

And Naruto wasn't sure why-but something in her gut didn't like the way he was reacting to her last name. She didn't want this man anywhere near her mother she knew that much. Which was going to cause some trouble because she doubted he'd take her refusal well, maybe distractions would work best?

"They called you Madara didn't they-"

"That isn't important I want to kn-"

"You're the one who force Kurama into attacking the village aren't you? How? What did you do? What did you do to my parents?"

"I used you, forced your father to leave your mothers side and I released the Kyubi. Then your father showed up and interfered." the man was snarling, "He wasn't supposed to do that. And he sealed it into you, and then you disappeared too, months later. And now here going by that name. They had no right to give you that name who gave you that name?"

"I'm not going to tell you. And why do you even care? It's just a name!" Naruto demanded, dragging herself to her feet.

She couldn't beat this man, she could sense it, any attempts would end in her death, she wasn't at full strength and he... he'd fought her father, she was sure of that much. But she couldn't just give up and let him do whatever the hell he was planning.

"I will kill you. I will rip the Kyubi from inside of you and I will enjoy it if you don't tell me!" then the branches around her were moving and wrapping around her arms and legs before she even realized what was happening and Naruto gasped loudly, forcing down the urge to just scream as the sling holding her arm in place ripped and white hot pain shot through it. She forced back a sob looking around frantically.

"Let me go!"

"Tell me who did it! Who dared give you her name, who dared use her name!"

"I don't know who the her you're talking about is!"

"Brat. What's going on?"
Kurama's voice was panicked, clearly he'd only just woken up.

"It's the Uchiha who tried to control you."

"Shit. You're still injured."

"I have to try and fight."

"I know kit. I know. Let's hope this Uchiha isn't as skilled with his Mokuton as the Senju is."

And Naruto seized Kurama's Chakra, and for the first time she formed the four tailed Chakra cloak, and clearly this Uchiha wasn't as skilled as Hashirama because the wood splintered cracked and burned as she broke free-and she felt the worst of her lingering injuries healing, felt the pain from her arm fading at last, and then she was rushing at the Uchiha, specifically avoiding meeting his gaze-she did not want to risk being put into a Genjutsu by him.

She reached him, Rasengan already formed-but she ran straight through him rather than hitting him like she'd expected and the shock made her stumble, and there was the searing pain of fire hitting her back as she dropped and rolled, getting to her feet as fast as she could, opening the seal on her arm and pulling out several Hirashin kunai and tossing them, one directly at the man-which went through him, and the other's landed in spots around him.

The man laughed, it was unhinged. He was definitely right in the middle of a mental breakdown right now.

"You really are your fathers daughter aren't you. Your Hirashin against my Kamui. Which of us is faster."

"How about I just tear you limb from limb and let Kurama eat you?" Naruto suggested, and then she was behind him-and he went intangible as she tried to attack him-and it continued like that, a deadly game of chase where they kept switching rolls, the chaser and the chasee.

But the man was faster than her-not by much but he was, and after what felt like a lifetime of back and forth she got hit, and after he managed to land that first blow it was like the flood gates opened, it was no longer a back and forth but now it was a beating, and despite her best efforts she lost her grip on Kurama's chakra-after all Kurama was still recovering too and the use of his Chakra was almost painful for him, and what was painful for him was painful for her too.

She closed her eyes, letting out a breath as she hit the ground, and her body was gonna be a giant mass of bruises after this she could feel it.

Fuck, fuck what could she do?

Then she was being lifted by the throat again, and she formed another Rasengan as fast as she could, pushing it into his arm, forcing him to drop her.

She rolled away, scrambling to her feet hands moving-but he grabbed them before she could form the right signs and there was suddenly a kunai in her shoulder.

She gritted her teeth, forcing back the urge to scream in pain when he twisted it-and then Itachi and Sasuke were there. Itachi was physically carrying Sasuke, who burst free from Itachi's grip, rushing forward even as Itachi was suddenly behind the man-who turned and grabbed Itachi's hand before the man could ram a kunai into the back of his neck- then the sound of-it sounded almost like birds chirping filled the air and Naruto's gaze swung towards Sasuke, who was rushing at the man who had frozen up, still holding Itachi's wrist, she could feel shock and horror pouring off of him-then Sasuke was thrusting a hand glowing with blue lightning Chakra through his right shoulder.

Then Itachi was pulling his hand free, grabbing Sasuke and throwing him almost on top of Naruto, who'd been staggering to her feet as the man disappeared once more.

Naruto and Sasuke both hit the ground, Sasuke landing on top of Naruto and scrambling off her quickly, his eyes wide as he turned to look towards Itachi, who was moving forward-and Naruto felt Sasuke's strange mix of confusion and fear as Itachi reached them and pushed Sasuke to the side, tugging the kunai from Naruto's shoulder despite Sasuke's panicked noise, his hand glowing green as he held it over the wound which quickly closed over.

"What the fuck Itachi?" Sasuke's voice was tight, "I don't-I don't understand-"

"You don't need to foolish little bro-" Itachi paused and stood, turning his head to look at the tense Sasuke as Naruto scrambled to her feet, Sasuke grabbing her arm and helping her quickly. "No. You're not the foolish one."

"What?" Naruto grabbed onto Sasuke's arm, half making sure he didn't lunge and half using him to help herself balance.

"It is unimportant." Itachi shook his head-and he felt sad, a bone deep grief as his gaze focused on Sasuke before his eyes flicked to Naruto.

"Thank you." and then he was gone in a swirl of leaves, and Naruto felt Sasuke's shoulders slump slightly.

"Sasuke-"

"Don't." Sasuke's voice was tight, "Don't say anything. Please. I... I don't understand what just happened, and right now I really can't deal with it."

"Of course." Naruto's voice was soft, "Ugh-do you know which way to go to get back to the others."

"Yeah, yeah I do." Sasuke slipped his arm around Naruto, "Kurama isn't healing you?"

"He got hurt in the fight on the roof. He's conserving his chakra to help heal," she looked down at her bandaged hand, "Guess I don't need to be healed by
Tsunade-sama now. When I used his Chakra it healed my hand."

"You're still pretty beaten up."

"Yeah but it was the hand that was worrying, Sakura-chan can probably handle the rest of my injuries."

"We still need to bring her back to the village."

"Not that I disagree but why?" Naruto's brows furrowed slightly, "And how did you know-"

"They showed up in Konoha, all three of them. The asshole you were trying to fight off shoved a hand through Kakashi-sensei's shoulder. Rin-san's stabilized him but a lot of damage was done and she said she doesn't want to risk trying to heal the more intricate issues because that could make it worse."

"Oh Kami." Naruto's face paled, "Okay, okay yeah we definitely need to get her and if she tries to refuse I'll knock her out and drag her back myself."

That made Sasuke laugh, a weak smile on his lips "The sad thing is that I actually think you could pull it off."

They slipped into a comfortable silence as they headed through the forest, and after perhaps ten minutes there was the sound of footsteps, running and then Jiraiya burst through the trees in front of them, his eyes focusing on Naruto and Sasuke instantly.

"What happened? Sakura-chan said you were attacked."

"We were." Naruto rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly, "Uh, there were three of them, all wearing black cloaks with red clouds. I dunno the sharkfaces name but one of them was Sasuke-kun's brother and the other was a Uchiha they called Madara but I dunno if I think he was Madara y'know?"

Jiraiya's face was pale, "Akatsuki." he breathed out, "Naruto please tell me I didn't really feel you using Kurama's Chakra."

"Uh, I'm afraid I can't do that." Naruto flushed, "The fake Madara was super strong and I had to fight back somehow."

"Oh Kami no." Jiraiya's shoulders slumped, "They know you're a Jinchuriki now."

"Uh... Ero Sennin what are the Akatsuki."

"I'll explain back at the hotel." the man paused, "How did you two get away?"

"Uh..." Naruto hesitated, glancing at Sasuke, who frowned slightly.

"That... is complicated. My brother... I'm not sure."

Jiraiya's eyes narrowed, "I'm surprised you seem so cool headed after seeing him again, from what I heard you were obsessed with killing him."

"Naruto made some good points when we had that talk before the exams." Sasuke admitted reluctantly. "If I dedicate my life to killing him-if that's all I care about, and if I let it control me then he wins. So I decided to live my life for me not for vengeance. I didn't chase after him to try and kill him. I chased after him to try and stop him from hurting Naruto-"

"You called me your sister." Naruto piped up suddenly, a cheeky little grin on her lips "You're never living this down Sasuke-kun."

"Oh kami." Sasuke groaned to himself, "You know what I change my mind you're not like a sister at all- are you-are you pouting what the hell? Stop that you look ridiculous-I said stop pouting-ugh!" Sasuke groaned "Fine, fine I admit you're the little sister I never had now shut up." and Naruto smirked rather smugly.

"Let's go then. My work here is done-"

"I hate you."

"But it's sibling hate-"

"I will stab you-"

"Awe, that's adorable."

Jiraiya sighed loudly, but there was almost a little fond smile on his lips. "What did I do to deserve getting stuck with you two?"

"You're a gigantic pervert." Naruto piped up at the same time as Sasuke deadpanned;

"You wore that eyesore of an outfit."

And somehow, despite everything that had just happened, Naruto felt a part of her settle in her chest.

Sasuke was back, and whatever else happened he wasn't going to run off chasing power. And that knowledge was a wonderful thing.