(in Suna's dessert)

Kurama was watching Gaara the Kazekage as he fought with Deidara the mad bomber Gaara was doing very well since Shukaku had let his vessel sleep the man was much stronger because he was no longer sleep deprived and it really showed as he hovered in place at the height Deidara was flying but even though he hovered he was anything but idle as he used the sand with him and the dessert to his advantage as he blocked all the clay statuette bombs and speared the clay bird his opponent flew upon with a tendril of sand forcing Deidara to jump and make another platform to stand upon. Deidara was now visibly getting furious as he was running low on clay and would need to retreat soon with or without the one tailed Tanuki. Looking down to see how much clay he had left turned out to be the worst thing he could do as in that moment Kurama who had been watching released a bijudama when he wasn't paying attention for a fraction of a second before he could do a kiawarami to evade sand encompass his hands and crushed them and the clay bomb that was still in them the pain from that action was enough to stop his concentration for the attack from Kurama to hit but jut before he died he said loudly and clearly for both to hear. "Art is a bang. Un." With that his unformed bomb blew up and the Bijudama erased all traces of the mad Bomber.


(just outside Suna's walls)

Sasori was having his own problems as he fought with an old woman he knew all too well and this woman was Chiyo his grandmother and the woman who taught him everything she knew about puppets but he hadn't got the moniker Akasuna no Sasori (Red sand Scorpion)for his red hair. The battle lasted only a few minutes but in those precious few minutes many of Sasori's puppets were destroyed with impunity but he kept pulling bigger and more powerful puppets out of seals placed all over his puppet body eventually he got through his grandmother's defence shattering her puppets and closing in for the kill but just before he could deliver the killing blow he had to jump back as his instincts warned him of danger if he had been half a second slower he would have received a very heavy hit from one Might Guy coming down with an axe kick seemingly from nowhere and leaving a twenty feet diameter and thirty foot deep large crater in between the two shinobi. Before anymore could be done a hand suddenly burst through where Sasori really was, bringing with it a small cylinder roughly four inches in diameter around and twice as long. Kankuro stood there triumphantly with the Heart of Sasori in his hand.


(at the gates of Suna)

Shadow clone Naruto was talking with Gaara the kazekage, when the group had arrived and Gaara was already in battle he had felt helpless, just being a kage bushin meant he couldn't fight or risk getting dispelled now he was just catching up with his friend and what has all happened in Suna in the past three years. As the two chatted away Kurama couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong but shook the feeling off as paranoia. Leaving swiftly the Uzu group leaft as the sun was setting to escape the heat of the desert as it was much cooler to travel at night.


(time skip 3 hours back to Uzu)

Arriving at the gates of Uzu, Kurama catches a scent on the wind very faint but distinctive enough for him to know that the Akutsuki had been here it confused him at first since there was no jinchuriki here but there was two free roaming nine tailed demons and it pissed him off. Kurama thought "They had come for Naruto while I was away." Kurama figured they thought Naruto was still young and not as well trained with his new power. A smirk formed on his face mixed with a frown, he knew they would eventually try for Naruto but he didn't think it would be so soon.


(hidden location)

Itachi was lying on a makeshift bed in a small cave he had made for himself to recuperate his chakra and heal as much as he could making a kage bushin with what little chakra he could spare he gave it two orders. "Bandage me up then head to base report our findings and then kill Zetsu." The clone left quickly after seeing to bandaging it's creator heading straight for their bass.


(Amegakure 2 days later)

The clone of Itachi stood before the remaining Akatsuki there was only seven left but would be six after the report he was giving.

"Uzumaki was in whirlpool country so Kisame and I went there via shark summons thanks to Kisame, we found the target wondering the village so we kept our distance thinking we were undetected once the boy arrived in a secluded enough area we made our move. Uzumaki then spoke to us without turning around as he had sensed us he then began charging his chakra and releasing it in a very sporadic way, moments after two people showed up who I believe were demons as Samehada was ineffective as they battled with Kisame, I engaged young Naruto who was much stronger than Zetsu led us to believe while fighting he showed a skill with his scythe that was on par with a master kenjutsu user as well as showing no fear of the Sharingan as he looked me in the eyes the entire battle, which I would have lost my life had I not had the mangenkyou unlocked. While I barley escaped with my life Kisame was not so fortunate as the two he was facing combined or fused together into one becoming vastly stronger and faster forcing Kisame to change the battle ground to his advantage but it was not to be as the new fighter just released a massive surge of lightning chakra, killing Kisame." Once all was said and done the Itachi clone turned to a nervous Zetsu and said one word that would end the plant like mans life. "Amaterasu" and with that the clone dispelled with the anguished cries of the burning man ringing in his ears.


I don't know how long this computer is going to last as it kinda crashed a couple days ago so this might be the last chapter I get out before it dies completely I hope you all liked my story so far if so please leave a review even if it is no more than saying nice story if you didn't like it and have something really mean to say then please keep it to yourself as I don't have much tolerance for such as someone had said something mean once and everyone who reads this story should know what my response for that was. Please no flames