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Recap:

Kitsune reached the doors and before anyone even asked how to get the doors open, Kitsune let out a growl and pulled back with all her strength. Her arms flew from her sides and the twenty foot high, ten feet in length doors flew aside as if they were confetti in the wind.

"People... I give you... Uchiha Manor."

Good Night My Knight!

Chapter Twelve: Techno Dance

This place was big, to say the least. It had probably, seven... eight stories? God knows how many servants, chefs, maids, and other random people to make it look even more expansive. It was just, an all around huge place. And the plan? Well... they kinda... still didn't have a plan. They, in the end, decided to hell with the plan. They were gonna wing it.

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Itachi's chair had been thrown back in a matter of seconds. Sasuke was nervous. He'd never seen Itachi burst so suddenly.

"Where! When did you see her? Answer me!" Itachi must have seen the surprised in Sasuke's eyes because he backed down as quickly as he'd been fired up.

Itachi made his way to the window and looked over the small village. His breath now calm, Sasuke decided to speak.

"She was Naruto's friend... he wanted to see her and so I accompanied him to greet her." Sasuke said almost inaudibly.

"It's unsafe outside of castle walls..."

"I've been out plenty of times... I can protect myself."

There was a slight pause of silence, but nothing too uncomfortable. Itachi seemed lost in thought. Sasuke realized this may have either been a simple matter, or something incredibly important. Perhaps he'd never know if Itachi refused to speak...

"I too... met the Kyuubi..." Sasuke's eyes quickly flickered up to look at Itachi, "We talked last night-"

"Then you know that Orochimaru is up to something?"

"Silence. She told me foolish worries. I will not rely on the Kyuubi to tell me who to keep at this palace and who to get rid of. Though... did she give you evidence?"

Sasuke silently shook his head.

"Then there is none. I don't plan on wasting my time on foolish creatures such as the Kyuubi."

"Itachi! Orochimaru is up to something and you know it! You can't stand to be around that devil's spawn as much as I can't!"

"Silence! Leave now! I don't ever want to hear of such idiotic dilemmas!"

Sasuke's eyes hardened and he quickly spun around and exited the room. As soon as the door was closed a string of curses fell from his mouth.

"Well!" Came a bright voice from beside him, "That's no way for a young man to talk!"

Sasuke's eyes widened, "Kitsune!"

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Naruto, now bathed and dressed, began walking down the mountain of stairs towards the kitchen. He took his time walking down the stairs for fear of falling. Do you know how much that would hurt? Ok never mind... anyways...

He had almost reached the last step when he saw Iruka and Kakashi talking. Iruka held a piece of paper in his hand (probably a menu, Naruto thought) and seemed to be fussing at Kakashi over it. Kakashi simple stared off ahead of them almost not paying attention to the raving brunette. Naruto skipped down the rest of the stairs and greeted the two with a bright smile.

"Good morning!" He almost cheered.

"Morning... You seem cheery today." Kakashi said letting his eye slid to glance at the boy.

"Good morning, Naruto-kun! Have you had breakfast yet?" Iruka asked with a smile.

"No... not yet! But I'm heading there right now!"

"That's good. I believe Orochimaru was just beginning his breakfast before we left... he may still be there. I wonder why he didn't go to eat in his room like always? He's usually a very kept-to-himself type of person, usually eating in his room you know?" Iruka rested his hand on his chin and looked up at the ceiling trying to find an answer to his own question.

"Orochimaru?" Naruto pondered.

"Hai, he's the castle doctor. If you haven't met him yet you'll probably have to go to him eventually for an annual check up." Kakashi said.

"Oh..." Naruto started to imagine what Orochimaru may have looked like.

In Naruto's mind, doctors were kind people. But how wrong he was...

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"Kitsune!"

"Hey-ya Sasu-kun! We've come to rescue you and Naruto!"

"...what?"

"Oh never mind... where's Naruto?"

"He was upstairs last time I saw him," Sasuke started, "But he's probably eating by now. It's almost nine..."

Kitsune nodded and then turned to Tsunade with a grin, "Told you marking the kitchen was useful."

The other four sweatdropped as Kitsune turned with map in hand towards the kitchen.

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Naruto entered the dining room cautiously. After all, someone he didn't know was in here. Not that he didn't trust Orochimaru (A/N: yet xD), but only that he didn't want to startle him. He opened the door slowly and stuck his head inside first. He looked around the room and was surprised when he saw no one.

'Maybe he's already left...?' Naruto thought to himself.

Naruto stuck his foot inside the room and started over to the buffet. It was then that he saw Orochimaru...

Orochimaru stood by the buffet next to where the bucket (1) was. Naruto was suddenly frozen as he looked at the elder mans back. His long black hair reached down his shoulders and back, giving off a gleaming darkness even in the light. His skin was paler than any Naruto had seen before. His clothes were a grayish color robe with purple stitching reaching down to the floor covering everything except his hands and face. As Naruto stared at this eerie presence, Orochimaru turned around and their eyes met. Blue to an evil yellow.

It caught Naruto off guard when Orochimaru's lips turned upward in a snake-like grin, "Ah... you must be Naruto-kun..."

Naruto suddenly snapped out of his frozen state, "H-Hai! I'm Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto..."

"I'm Orochimaru, the castle doctor." Orochimaru greeted.

"A-Ah... I heard from I-Iruka and Kakashi..." Naruto said trying not to look frightened as he gave a small smile.

"Oh? Well then... you must know you'll need a check-up soon then? Nothing personal, I'm sure you're healthy... you certainly look it..."

Naruto shivered when he felt Orochimaru's eyes on him. He fell into a deep state of discomfort as he watched the snake-man watching him. Naruto finally summoned up the courage to move, he reached the buffet and grabbed a piece of toast, his previous appetite was lost. As Naruto began to nibble on his toast Orochimaru had moved towards an exit door, one Naruto hadn't traveled through yet. Just as Orochimaru reached the door, however, he turned and gave Naruto another unsettling smile.

"Naruto-kun? If you wouldn't mind, how about you come down now? The check up won't take long."

Even though everything within Naruto was screaming at him to say 'no', Naruto couldn't find the will to bring himself to it. He simply nodded, chewing at his toast, and followed Orochimaru like a lost sheep to the shepherd.

Only this sheep was going to the slaughter house.

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"Here we are!" Kitsune said happily stopping in front of two huge oak doors.

"Dobe... you didn't need that stupid map." Shukaku scoffed.

"What did you call me?"

"I called you a dobe, dobe. This is Sasuke's house, why the hell would he need you to direct him to his dining room." Shukaku said giving Kitsune a cold glare.

"Whaa? Shut up." Kitsune said pouting, "Really Shukaku... you're always so cold."

Shukaku rolled his eyes as Kitsune stuck out her tongue. Jiraiya and Tsunade watched in amusement as the two demons bickered. Sasuke on the other hand was dead set on finding Naruto. Something didn't feel right...

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EH... that's all for now. Sorry for the shortness! There will be more later, my ducklings.

(1): For lack of a better word, I used bucket as kinda like a trash can type of thing where people put their plates when they're done eating.

Thank you to Umino Ayame for sending me some ideas! Though I didn't use them, they still helped me think of other options and also gave me another door to choose from later on :D! So thank you so much for helping me out!

Naruto has met Orochimaru! What's going to happen now? And will Sasuke get to Naruto on time! ... Hell if I know.

Anukis