AN: Ok, I got my inspiration for this chapter, cause the really hot guy I like, like totally likes me, I found out and are the happiest little girl in the vicinity of the flippen world! WoOt wOoT GO ME god he's hot... (Srry all the guys that are reading this...) Well on to the story! Oh, also, thanx to the loyal review giving readers. I really appreciate it; you have an idea how much prolly! Well, I'm sad to say, but chap 4 might be a while in the making, school started... it sux…
Chapter Three
"Damn it." Sakura panted as she ran through the village for the fifth time. "Damn it where is he?" She ran back to the Hokage's building to report back to Tsunade. She walked down the long twisting corridors and waited for the door to open. Through the door she could tell there were more than two people in there. She knocked and waited for the 'all clear' before going into the room.
"When does the Chuunin start?" A girl with black and blue hair asked, shifting from foot to foot.
"When we have time to begin the first exam." Tsunade replied with a sigh, looking at the three genin in front of her. "Oh, hello Sakura."
"He's not in the village, or the surrounding forest." Sakura stated with a huge sigh. 'Of all days to disappear.' she thought, rolling her eyes at his stupidity.
"Well, I guess this mission will have to be passed on to someone else." Tsunade stated, a smile playing her features.
"Who's she?" the bluish-black haired girl asked, her question pointed at Sakura.
"Haruno Sakura." Sakura replied, moving to get a closer look at the three man squad. The first was a girl with light green hair, the second was a guy with aqua blue hair, and the third was the girl with bluish black hair, the one standing in front of her.
"Nice, I'm Kino Takana, this is Kayko Kazaki, and this is Takashi Hinta. We're the ninja from the Village Hidden in the Trees." Kino said introducing her squad, as well as herself.
"Nifty." Sakura replied, getting ready to ask Tsunade a question.
"Well, sorry we're not oh high and mighty Chuunin like you." Kino and Kayko said sarcastically, at the same time.
"No, I'm busy at the moment; I'm looking for a friend... His name's Naruto, if you've seen him, he's not that hard to miss, bright orange clothes, and bright blonde hair, with whisker like markings on his cheeks." Sakura finished, giving a detailed description to a group of ninja that could've cared less.
"Ok, whatever, if we see him we'll let you know..." Takashi stated with a huge yawn.
It seemed as though he would never wake up, he couldn't move. He tried to open his eyes, but couldn't. Several voices surrounded him, but he couldn't figure out why. Naruto fought with himself, trying to open his eyes, maybe just a little.
"What happened to Kisame?"
"The kyubi had a trump card, the Fourth's technique." Itachi's voice rang through the caverns. Naruto's eyes snapped open; he glared at Itachi, waiting for them to notice him.
"Yeah? Well the little kyubi has finally gained consciousness..." A tall blonde haired guy stated, making Itachi glance over his shoulder. "So, how long did it take for him to pass out?" the kid asked laughing. Naruto just glared, his hands tied behind his back in a complicated knot. After the two of them turned and began their conversation again, Naruto looked for the first time, at the room he was in. It was huge he noted, looking at the circle he was sitting in. A large statue was behind him, standing on a platform, it was blindfolded, and looked like it was in shackles, and he has a feeling he didn't want to know why it was there. His mind was racing and he couldn't think straight. 'Damn it, think Naruto think!' he mentally berated himself, trying to find the solution to his dilemma
''Longer than you'd ever last." Itachi replied with a half hearted chuckle, calling the rest of the Akatsuki members together. Naruto stopped, looking around; a complete sense of total defeat overcame him. He sat back, his face emotionless in the candle and torch lit cavern. They surrounded him, blocking his chances of escape if he felt the inclination to take them. The circle completed they looked at the blindfolded statue, waiting for the signal to begin. It started instantaneously. With the nod of a head, they all started to form the seals they would need.
"Illusionary Dragon Nine Consuming Seals." They said in unison as the process to extract the Kyubi began. They stood, chakra pouring into the statue, trying to pull the kyubi from Naruto. After a few minutes it became apparent that this wasn't working the way they had planned. The others hadn't lasted this long, they had collapsed after the first few seconds, but Naruto was still awake and staring in what looked like a trance, his eyes had a glazed look, and his body was shaking slightly. The group poured more and more chakra into the circle, and the statue. With the added chakra Naruto's whiskers became more pronounced, their width widening, the longer they exposed him to the chakra his normally blue eyes had started to turn red with slit-like pupils. After a few more moments, Naruto fell forward, landing on the ground with a profound thud in the darkness, and gloom. Akatsuki stood, pouring more chakra into the circle, it seemed as though they had to make sure the Biju was sealed. Itachi looked up at the statue. NOne of the eyes had not opened, nor had the bit in the Human like statues mouth had not fallen out. He stopped thinking for a second, looking from the unconscious Naruto to the unaffected statue in front of them He signalled for them to stop the process. He put his arms down and went to examine first the unaffected statue, and then the still form lying on the ground in front of it. The statue had no noticeable changes, except for the fact that a long crack had appeared along the centre of the entire statue. Itachi gave it a small push; it came crashing to the ground in two pieces. The other members stood, surprise etched on their normally stoic faces. Deidara stood, moving closer to the body at the foot of the statue. He rolled him over and saw the noticeable changes in his features. The normally small whiskers had grown in length and width; he opened his eyes and was surprised to find dark red irises with black slit pupils. They both chuckled.
"The only person to ever actually manage to hold onto the Biju inside of him, even though we were trying to force it from his body." Deidara said, looking at the rest of the people surrounding him. "Maybe he should be the tenth member." he stated, his eyes darting to the hologram like figure of Akatsuki's leader.
"So what you're basically saying is we spent all this chakra on a worthless case?" Tobi yelped, the orange swirls on his mask moving slightly.
"Don't know why you're so worried, you don't do much anyways..." Deidara mumbled, glaring at Tobi through the mask he always wore.
"Hey! Why do you have to diss me?" Tobi yelled, glaring at the opposing form of his team mate. 'Just because I'm paired with you, doesn't mean I have to like you.' he thought evilly, thinking of the best way to annoy him later.
"Stop bickering, we have to decide on a new plan of action. Obviously trying to extract the kyubi from him is impossible, it looks like it has merged with him completely, making almost the Kyubi himself." The leader said, holding a hologram hand in front of his face. "If we could some how get him to join us of his own free will, which would mean the Kyubi is on our side." he paused again, looking at the participants in the circle, and lastly looking at the form lying on the ground by the crumbled statue. He sighed. "If you need to, try again, I'm sure you'd love to waste even more chakra on a hopeless cause." He finished the hologram disappearing before any of the other members could say anything.