I have found the best AMV on this entire earth. If you go to and hopefully already have an account then go find "It's Good To Be In Love" by SailorRed. It's an amazing Naruto AMV that's basically Sakusasunarusaku and even though I'm not in-love with SakuSasu (I don't think it could ever happen) or NaruSaku (I guess this couple can be cute but… I still think Naruto is destine for Sasuke ;p) it's mainly Sasunaru and it makes me extremely happy. It's just… ugh… I can't even think of a word good enough to describe it. Just go watch it sometime, mmkay?

I really don't mean to sound so err, annoying and I don't mean to brag but, almost two hundred people read the last chapter (and holy shitake is that a lot of people ;-;) but only nine reviewed . … meh. It makes me feel like my work isn't good enough to review so if you think it needs work (in order to make it worthy of at least a one-word review,) could you please tell me (I'll never ask you to review again ;-;…). –feels pathetic- Goodness, I sound like I have no self-confidence . ……

One last note, Itachi is slightly out of character. I love him to death (he is my favorite character) but I can't write him for crap xD. Anywho, thank you for reading, let's just start the stuff shall we :)?

Review Corner:

Ky0Kichi: Nyah, I'm back now :3. Thank you for waiting and for all of your wonderful reviews!

TheSunshineGirls: Glad you liked it! I think it was one of the 'more-effort' chapters xD. Thank you for all of your reviews! They mean a lot to me :).

OokamiHanyouGurl: Lol, I don't blame you for your lack of sleep. Your review made me laugh so it's really ok :D (I like laughing). I'm sorry about your gogurt xD good thing that wasn't the last one or else you'd be frozen-gogurt-less ;-;.Thank you for reviewing!

Itachi-rin: Hehe, that's what fan fiction is for ;3. Thanks for your awesome reviews.

Alana-StarSugarCat: I've been in a SasuNaru mood and have been throwing it in any chance I get so I'm glad you think it was cute ;p :3. Thank you for your reviews.

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Riekoish: Yeah, Jumanji scared me at first too but then the more I watched it (my mom loves that movie . ) the more I realized how silly it was and just started to think it was there, I think, hehe. The game still scares me though xD. Thanks for your review.

Umino Ayame: Indeed they are… I have one in my basement :) seriously (it's a book shelf). My friends always say it reminds them of something from Scooby Doo xD I always tell people that I hide bodies back there and so they shouldn't piss me off… in reality, it's just my laundry room ;3. Thank you for reviewing.

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You guys make this fic what it is you know? Hehe, thank you all very, very much.

Recap:

"Argh! What the hell." Tsunade exclaimed as they began to assemble once again.

"Forget it! Let's just keep moving." Jiraiya reached out and grabbed Tsunade's wrist before she could begin to stomp on the moving bones and took off in the direction they'd been headed.

This was just getting weirder and weirder.

Good Night My Knight!

Chapter 22: Dark Path, Dark Destination

Itachi walked down the hall slowly, making each of his steps soft and soundless. He was on high alert and his alertness only increased the deeper he went into the dark hideout. Orochimaru could have anything down here. Walking in the dimly-lit hallway was a journey like none other. The soft silence was a sick lullaby… nothing could stop even Itachi from becoming nervous the more he walked down the hallway. Though he could silence his foot steps, he could not silence his heart.

The silence grew deeper, almost like a pulling sensation on the soul that pulled Itachi down the tunnel. He tried to find something else to focus his mind on besides the rising hair on the back of his neck or the slight nervous twitching of his finger tips. Instead he looked at the darkness in front of him, doing his best to focus his mind to nothing but the task in front of him. It wasn't like him to be nervous. He hated being nervous. A light flickered down the hall and the air suddenly grew so much heavier.

Itachi grabbed a kunai from his side and brought it up only slightly to defend himself if anything came down the hallway. Straining his eyes he tried to see any sort of shadow that may have been lingering down the hall way. The smell of death surrounded the area within seconds. Itachi could have sworn he heard someone speaking… in a whisper.

The same candle light flickered down the hall and this time Itachi was sure he saw something move within the darkness. He brought his right hand, the hand with the kunai, up further in front of himself. His heart sped up only slightly; the air of death that loomed down the hallway from him was reaching out and squeezing his soul, searching his weaknesses. The light farthest down from Itachi went out.

The grip on his kunai was desperate now. His knuckles white and a single trail of sweat made its way down his forehead. He now could begin to see the shadow more clearly than before. It was making itself known. Itachi had never felt so much evil behind someone before, yet it was there behind this being coming down the hallway and Itachi knew, without doubt, who it was. It was him… Orochimaru. As the silhouette grew closer Itachi felt almost as if his power was leaving him and fleeing from the presence. He was about to drop into a fighting stance when the next light went out but something was not right… his body would not respond. A wave of slight panic came over him. Next another light went out.

"You look awfully pale, Itachi-kun." Drifted the cold familiar voice from not so far away.

"Orochimaru…"

"I see that you have found yourself locked in my Binding Jutsu… don't worry. I don't plan on killing you just yet…" Orochimaru said with an evil grin.

…xoxoxoxoxoxox…

Sakura had been walking for what seemed like hours. She would have thought that she was walking in circles but she hadn't past that one rock she'd tripped over earlier yet so… circles were out of the question. Sighing she began to feel tired from the lack of rest she'd gotten. Usually this would be nothing but after her fight she wasn't feeling so enthusiastic. Her eyes had only slightly adjusted to the lightless hall… how she could see anything was confusing to her. It seemed like there was no light at all down here yet there had to be some if she was able to make out shadows now. Listening closely she traveled further down the hall continuing to listen for any voices or sounds that might lead her out of the darkness she was trapped in.

"This is just great…" She muttered as she felt along the walls trying not to loose her way, "Stuck in the dark of a creepy-man's castle."

As she moved along she didn't notice the soft 'whoosh' sound that was coming from not to far up ahead. Too busy consumed in her thoughts she failed to noticed that the road was also well, ending. As she got closer to the sound, still oblivious, the ground suddenly slipped into water and with the ground went Sakura.

"ACK!" She cried as she found herself waist deep in water.

Looking around she saw that this tunnel had candles down further down it.

"Man… it sucks getting wet but maybe I'll finally be able to get some light at least." She thought happily out loud.

As she began to drag herself through the murky water and down the hall towards where she could see the flickering candles she could have sworn she heard a familiar voice just slightly over the rush of the water. She began to quicken her pace and headed towards where she heard the distant mumbling. She was almost about to think that maybe she was hearing things when she caught sight of a mop of golden hair down just a bit more from where she was. There, just ahead, was Naruto and Sasuke walking down the tunnel as well (A/N: aww… Sasuke stopped carrying Naruto ;-;)

"Naruto! Sasuke!" She called out waving her arms as the two boys turned around to face the direction she'd called from.

"Sakura-chan? Oi!" Naruto called back happily, "You're ok then! You beat that guy!"

"Hehe, sure did." She said sticking out her tongue playfully.

"Yosha! Good job!" Naruto congratulated.

"Nice. Now, we need to keep moving." Sasuke chimed in.

"Do you know where this leads, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked.

He looked away and shook his head, facing back down towards the direction he and Naruto had been facing before, "No… but it just seemed like the right way to go at the moment."

"Yeah, thanks to this guy we're down here up to our butts in this icky water." Naruto complained.

Sasuke made a grunting noise and rolled his eyes. Sakura giggled slightly.

"Well I guess we'd better just move then." She said nodding.

…xoxoxoxoxoxox…

"Kitsune if you don't wake up soon I swear I'm going to drop you and leave you." Shukaku muttered as he shifted Kitsune's weight on his shoulders.

He'd been carrying her for a short time now but he wasn't in the mood for babysitting. Trying to listen out for enemies over Kitsune's light snoring was really starting to bug him. Giving out another sigh he decided to stop for another second to try and wake the sleeping fox once again. Setting her down on a patch of stone that wasn't covered with dirt, Shukaku kneeled down next to her and gently shook her shoulder.

"Kitsune? Wake up, baka."

He thought he heard her ever-so-lightly mutter something but he wasn't sure. Leaning in, he turned his ear towards her face to try and hear what she was saying.

"Come on. You've been sleeping for way too long. Speak up and wake up." He said giving up trying to hear her and turning his face back towards hers.

"Shu… kaku…?"

"Yeah?"

"Mmm tired… Mm dun wanna get up…" Kitsune muttered.

"Kitsune I'm not carrying you anymore. Especially now that I know you're awake."

"…bastard."

Kitsune opened her eyes. When she saw how close Shukaku was her face flared up in a blush and she let out a small 'eep!' before pushing him away.

"O-Oi! What was that for?" Shukaku asked, oblivious to the reason for Kitsune's fluster.

"N-Never mind! L-let's just get going, shall we?" She said quickly standing and beginning to walk down the hall.

"Kitsune?" Shukaku called before she got too far

"What?" She snapped.

"We were heading that way." He said pointing in the direction opposite of the direction Kitsune had trudged off in.

"I knew that!"

End Chapter 22

I feel so sick right now –whacks head on desk-. (note: this is two days after I finished this chapter I just didn't have time to put up the ending note, like I'm doing now, and post it). I spent the entire day yesterday at Cedar Point and I'm about 7/8ths dead right now… (so this also means I didn't read over this chapter)… Ok… yeah. I feel like this chapter was a little shorter but then again I didn't double space it on my computer so it's kinda weird o.o… ah… whatever. Review please…

Anukis