A/N No Beta this time as we've had a little bit of a tiff at school but we should be back on track by the end of this week, so please don't hate with the ridiculous amount of mistakes that I'm sure there are there I just wanted to upload it.

Chapter three: Road trip – day one

1494 road to Konoha age 16

Naruto smiled as they pulled away from Sand, he'd miss his family while he was away but it'd be worth it to see Sasuke again, he hadn't seen the youngest Uchiha in almost a year. Sighing he remembered the time when he was round the Uchiha's house almost every two months with his father however lately work had stopped him from visiting and Naruto along with him. Kyuubi smirked as he saw his brothers dreamy smile it too had been a long time since he had saw they eldest Uchiha but not as long as Naruto, it had only been a few months for him but almost a year for Naru, he chuckled as he remembered the first time the two had met...It was love at first sight, you could tell the way they looked into each other's eyes it was un-miss able the connection that there was, they'd been together ever since first as friends then as lovers. Although they'd never actually told their mum and dad about it Naruko knew 'cause there's no way you can keep a secret from that girl but they'd never told their parents and for one good reason, Fugaku was dad's best friend and of course it would ruin the friendship between them and probably spoil many investments the two had together. The two Uzumaki's were knocked out of their daydreams by Sasori who smiled at the dream expressions written all over their faces before waking them by removing the bags they were laying on.

"Whoops, sorry" he chuckled as he was thrown a death glare by both boys.

Kyuubi shook his head as Sasori chucked the bags to Deidara who placed them on the floor; he got to his feet and held a hand out to his younger brother who was still on his back. Naruto noticed Kyuubi's hand and grabbed it before allowing himself to be pulled up to his feet, jumping down from the cart they walked towards Deidara and Sasori to help them set up camp for the night. As Kyuubi, Sasori and Deidara began to construct the tent that would house them for the night Tobi approached the young Uzumaki and laid a hand on his shoulder causing the latter to jump.

"Calm yourself it's only me"

"Please don't sneak up on me like that I could of hurt you" stated the young blonde.

"Really? You hurt me phaw don't sprout..."Before he had the chance to react the blonde had Tobi on the floor on arm pinned against his back the other trapped underneath him. The blonde planted a foot in the middle of Tobi's back to stop his struggling and gave a sharp tug on his arm causing the raven to let out a small gasp in discomfort.

Three heads turned as they heard their partner gasp they were poised ready to fight but stopped short when they saw the small blonde pinning Tobi to the ground. Shaking his head Kyuubi walked towards his brother and put his hand on his shoulder which caused Naruto to look up at him.

"Let him go Nar"

"He started it" the blonde accused not letting go of the ravens arm.

"Bet he did come on Nar let go and I'll give ya a spar"

"Really?" the blonde asked his eyes lighting up with the idea.

"Yeah come on" the red head promised before walking off into the middle of the cleaning. "Unless you're too chicken to fight."

"You're on" Naruto shouted before letting go of the ravens arm launching himself in his brothers direction.

Deidara chuckled as he bent down to Tobi's level. "You gotta admit the kids got style" he said pointing in the direction of sparing brothers.

"Yer suppose he needs a bit of practise though" the raven muttered.

"You know he could make a good one" Sasori started "The question is why had Kyuubi been keeping this a secret his brothers good we could use more like him."

Deidara just shrugged before getting to his feet "there has to be a good reason, and Kyuubi will tell us what that is when its time. Come on im hungry."

Sasori chuckled before giving his hand to Tobi to help him to his feet, the latter accepted and shook his head at his teammate's ability to change the subject like that.

Later that night four figures sat around the campfire with a awkward silence settled over them, Kyuubi looked to his teammates and the blank expressions.

"For god's sake what's eating all of you?!" he shouted standing up and walking over to the three figures. "You've been moody ever since Naruto took down Tobi and I want t know what the hell is wrong now or so help me ill string you all!"

The three boys looked at each other before Deidara sighed and looked up to the raving red head "It's about Naruto, you see we noticed that he's...you know the same as you and..."Before Deidara had the chance to finish the sentence the red head above him cut him off with a shout.

"No" not him not Naruto, I let them use me to get what they wanted and ever since I haven't been able to evade them and I want allow Naruto to get dragged into this sick game of theirs."

"You may not have a choice Kyuubi because if you don't tell them I will" Sasori started not giving him a chance to argue back. "You know how tight things have been lately and with the new deaths we need all the help we can get whether it be from old me to young children like Naruto. That boy could give use the edge we need to defeat our enemies, Kyuubi I know you don't like the idea but you've got no choice either you tell them or i do it makes no difference either way."

"You're an evil basted Sasori," the red head whispered quietly. "Please I beg you don't tell them about Naruto I want him to live a normal life like I never could. I missed growing up because I was taken from the family at the age of nine to learn to kill and manipulate my powers. Yea I want him to learn all that I have but I want him to do it in his own time not when someone else wants him to, do you understand?"

Sighing the smaller red head looked at his partners and back up at Kyuubi who was nervously waiting for an answer. Yes they were partners and yes they were best friends but he had his duty to leaf to consider what would happen if he failed to report this to the council? Would they all get the sack for withholding important information? Shaking his head and looking up at the worried red head above he sighed "fine I won't tell them but let us help you train him together we can get him to learn quicker and teach him how to master his powers ok?"

"Yes thank you" Kyuubi muttered relaxing now that he knew his younger brother was out of harm's way.

"excellent we start tomorrow" Sasori said before getting to his feet and placing a reassuring hand on Kyuubi's shoulder "don't worry I promise I won't tell anyone about this, now get some sleep you look dead beat" Kyuubi smiled a shaky smile before nodding and heading over to the large green tent they had put up that would house them for the following night to come.

A/N Reviews are welcome.