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Kabuto Yakushi was scowling as things were getting more complex than he had originally wanted them to be. Sure one of the people that was getting in their way had managed to take Ryo out of the picture it seemed and would probably distract Naruto if they are lucky to get Kakashi and Yamato as well. This left Sakura, Ino, Iruka, Rin, and Hanabi to deal with. Between the five of them, it was probably Sakura that would pose the most problems at the moment.

He should have expected something like this would have happened when it came to both Naruto and Sakura. Eventually, an attempt to get them both back before they were to fully become missing nin was going to carry out. However, this could be used to work in his favor as they would have Naruto and those that are around him to at the very least have already been in a battle for possibly a while considering the summon that he was going to try to fight against.

The problem on his side though was his ally….temporary ally at least. Someone that he managed to find after fully recovering from back breaking damage that was caused to him during the time Sakura was under the control of Sasori.

His ally was a short, stocky man in a long blue and white robe. They have tiny yellow dots for eyes, and what looked like hair coming out from the robe. That currently busy trashing their hideout in a rage as they wanted to fight against Naruto again and was getting pissed off they were allowed to do so.

"How long are you going to keep me waiting! We should have attacked them already!" they yelled.

"I was busy preparing a plan of attack as we are not fighting the exact same person if we had tried this earlier on in this year. Taking on Naruto with both the power AND seemingly knowledge of the nine tailed fox would be a huge problem" Kabuto stated.

"Waiting for your plan is exactly what causes others to show up trying to get them to come back with them. If this Konoha is as formidable as you claim then when will I get my revenge" they demanded

"You could not beat Naruto when you two fought before. So what makes you so sure that you can compete with him as he is right now" the Sound Ninja asked.

"He only could do so because he got help from the tree of life otherwise he would not have been able to beat me" they raged.

"The Naruto you fought was still human however the Naruto of right now is probably closer to be a demon themselves," he said adjusting his glasses.

This ally of Kabuto was not a person but a demon known as the Black Shadow. He originally lived in a cave demanding a sacrifice from the people of the former Tree Felling Village. Things were nice as they were getting what they wanted and the only thing able to kill them was flowers from the Tree of Life(to their knowledge at least) was out of the picture. That was until Naruto Uzumaki arrive in the village and managed to kill him. This was only a charm most recent sacrifice had turned out to be his weakness. Allowing Naruto to kill him or more like mostly kill him. He managed to survive but just barely as he was clinging to life until found by Kabuto. Who managed to heal him up.

No longer caring about the village which had changed its name to the Tree Revival Village. His thought was only of revenge as that is what causes him to cling to life. Clawing his way back from almost being taken to the land of the dead.

"Think you can deal with them on your own just because I managed to fully restore your power recently then go on ahead" Kabuto informed them.

Rather pissed off that this mortal was thinking they knew better than them, a demon. Having finished using them it was time for them to go out on their own and deal with things there on their way. The Black Shadow would get their revenge and liked the fact that Naruto had gotten stronger as they had as well.

Storming out as things would now be played his way from now on as he had a plan of his own that was separate from whatever Kabuto was playing to do if it was anything at all.

What the Black Shadow did not know was that this was part of Kabuto's plan as he was always planning on using the demon as means to distract Naruto so that a path to Sakura could be opened up. However, the arrival of the group trying to get them back was not the only reason that he was holding back. He was aware of another force that was around seemingly targeting Naruto and Sakura the same way he was. Using the Black Shadow then became not use a means to serve as a distraction but also may be a way to drive out this other force.

He did not want to screw this up as underestimating the strength of this unknown group could be part of his downfall. However given that they might have similar goals, he might even try allying himself with the next. To get even close to getting his revenge against the pink hair puppet girl. As rather than merely taking her out he wanted to make her suffer a little first. Getting treated like a yo-yo, a toy was something he never once thought in his life that could happen or was even remotely possible in happening ever. So to merely taking out Sakura was not enough as he was going to make her experience the pain and if possible even the embarrassment that he felt that day. Of course, doing this to Sakura would in turn also serve to mess with Naruto as well since Kabuto had a grudge and score to settle with him as well. Although his biggest one at the moment was against Sakura because his back would never be the same after what she had done.