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"I never bought that damn deal from Orochimaru!" Hidan murmured under his breathe staring into the village of sand. Itachi could only stare at his brother's body and those same eyes as his.

"When I called him a coward, I never realized he'd take it seriously…" he said coldly to himself. Hidan turned his head to his new partner and scoffed.

"Don't feel sorry for him! He's burning in hell now and soon we'll join him!"

Itachi felt his rage boil from within. He had it with that idiot twit Hidan and preferred Tobi as his partner than him.

"It's time we head down into the village and finish the sand. Orochimaru will bring us Gaara."

"How can we trust a snake?"

"When the snake knows that any false move and he's nothing but a dead carcass!"

Hidan laughed at the remark.

"Don't mention death around me. It makes me laugh!"

Itachi leaped from the building and into the city. Hidan only stared.

"He doesn't even have a clue…" he laughed watching Itachi slaughter the soldiers surrounding him.

For Gaara, he didn't have time for last words. His village was now his family and sacrificing himself was his only option. Orochimaru had pierced his heart and now he lay dead only staring at the night sky.

'He shouldn't have trusted the snake!' Itachi thought while feeling Gaara's death upon him. He felt the guilt of it scratching his heart up. But he was Atasuki; he wasn't supposed to have a heart. Now, he finally regretted killing his clan.

He felt a cold metal under his chin and slowly lifted his head.

"You've gotten slow, Itachi!" the voice taunted with no humor. The blade was removed and Itachi gained his posture. "You're not one to be caught off guard or made nervous!"

"Naruto, this is the time to neither taunt nor prove your superiority over me! Why are you here?!" he yelled. Naruto scoffed and appeared from the darkness.

"Call back the reinforcements and kill Orochimaru! Remember to pick up Gaara's body when you're done."

Naruto left in a puff of smoke and Itachi punched the wall next to him.

"Everything is just a game now!"

He gritted his teeth fiercely and looked up to the moon watching Hidan hopping roof to roof towards Orochimaru.

"I'll let him deal with it," he sighed calmly.

It only took a while for Itachi to realize what was wrong with the scene and why he felt so bad about it. It was all about his little brother, Sasuke. Though angry at himself for the slaughter he caused and the torment of it, he felt truly guilty for his actions. He couldn't describe it but maybe he was regaining feelings into himself. He walked passively through the bloody streets of the sand. There wasn't any survivor and he already knew there weren't going to be. Naruto, himself, had slaughtered them all.

Itachi shook his head and regained his fallen posture again.

"I'm only an emotionless being of war. I'm a tool for killing, nothing more, nothing less," he said to himself bringing his confidence to a still. Killing was the only thing he really knew.

Naruto had already entered the castle of the Atasuki village that they were now creating. He only stopped for a second to think about how close they were to reaching their goal but there was only one thing he was interested in now, his female boss. He slowly walked up the stairs spotting the other Atasuki members lying around doing nothing. Sasori was too busy fixing his broken puppet while Deidara made little clay explosions. He shook his head and continued to go up. He looked down the corridor and felt a little excitement pull him forward. A strong sensual sensation went up his spine as he neared a large red door and opened it.

The bedroom was like a treasure vault. Golden objects shining throughout the room along with different colored jewels and gems but his eyes were not on those objects but something even more beautiful. The young woman sat on the edge of her bed. Her gorgeous blonde hair fell over her face as she brushed it.

"So, you finally returned from the mission!" she stated with her soft voice. Naruto felt the urge in him but he held himself back.

"Yeah…" he replied. The boss looked at him with her green eyes and smiled.

"Close the door. There's something I want to show you!"

Naruto was too shocked by her beauty to realize that she was in red lingerie. He felt a flush on his cheeks and went to close the door. The boss stood up from the bed and walked to the embarrassed ninja. She came so near that she could feel the heat from his body.

"My, my, you look a lot like your father," she stated, "I even bet you even have the same size…"

Naruto backed off.

"My father? You knew him?"

"Now is not the time to discuss your family tree. Just let yourself go…"

She kissed his lips making Naruto relax a bit more. The kiss started soft but became more aggressive as both began touching the other.

"That's it, Naruto. Let yourself go…"

Itachi could already sense what was occurring upstairs but didn't waste time thinking on it as it disgusted him a bit. He did ponder on how he was to begin his training session tomorrow but the action upstairs kept distracting him.

"Does it bother you THAT much that they're having a good time?" Sasori taunted while looking at him.

"No, it only bothers me that we're taking things a bit too slow and easy-going! Just because we have a little village of mercenaries doesn't mean it can't go crashing down tomorrow!" he spit back. Sasori shrugged and continued to fix his puppet.

"Damn that Naruto for trashing one of my favorites!"

Deidara grunted as his little clay soldier blew up to bits.

"Too short of a fuse! What the hell is wrong with these damn toys?!"

"Maybe the fact that they're NOT toys!" Sasori taunted yet again. Deidara scoffed and stood up.

"Look who's talking! You're the one not convinced enough to use glue to put your damn puppet together!"

"What did you say?!"

"Shut it, you two!" Zetsu shouted walking in with the other member of Atasuki. He had entered in a bad mood and quickly went up the stairs. "I got a report for the Boss!"

The other just shrugged and walked up to Itachi. Deidara just snickered as he stared at Zetsu who walked to the scare of a lifetime.

"Itachi, something tells me that there's something or someone is bothering you!" the red haired member stated.

"Nothing, I'm fine!" he answered while the other one could only walk away.

"You know, that's not a good idea…"

Itachi just stood puzzled by those words. What idea?

"I think we should tell Zetsu that…"

Deidara shushed him and gave him an evil look. Sasori stared at the other member and slammed his broken puppet down.

"What's the report?!"

The member opened his mouth to speak when a yell was heard then a thump onto the floor. He sighed and tried again.

"We have a slight misconception. Konoha isn't done yet! They have one last fight up their sleeve and they're waiting for us at their ruined town!"

"I knew that was too easy!" Sasori sneered.

"They say that their best warriors are ready to take back what is theirs!"

"And that is?"

"Naruto…"

Author's note: So what do you think of this comeback chapter?