AN: WAHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I just can't……..NOOOO!!!! (weeping)

Neji:….I don't even have the heart…

Kankuro: Me neither…..You guys know the disclaimer….

Me: (weeping holding Jiraiya plushie) Hiccup….let's all pause and remember….sniff…..sorry for the loooong gap. It's…..no he is NOT DEAD HE CAN"T WHY!!!!?

Chapter Nineteen

Pein's power?

Rain poured down on an already drenched team of ninja. The younger ninja of the group were a little on the annoyed/grossed side for the only way for the leaf ninja was to sneak in with the assistance of a toad. Yeah. It was wrong on so many levels. ((at least I think it is…I love toads but ewww…) )

"Man that was disgusting." Grumbled Kiba. Akamaru whimpered.

"Gotta admit though, never knew a toad's stomach could hold so much." Said Naruto trying to make everyone fell better but instead they all told him to can it. They snuck through several villages without stopping knowing time was not on their side. Finally though the shinobi discovered the large and as Choji called "Really creepy" castle. The information that they got only told them that no one who went near the place never came back. ("Well, duh nobody would come back, wouldn't be scary if people came back" muttered Naruto.) They hind in a nearby hill to decide what to do next.

"Well, I'm guessing charging it is most likely out of the question." Said Naruto half-hardly.

"Look there is something I have to tell you lot." Said Jiraiya looking at them with an extremely serious face that Naruto knew meant trouble; He had seen it enough to know that what was coming next wasn't good. Everyone looked over at the Sanin with a curious stare. He sighed then said,

"Rumors came to me just a little while ago about the new leader of the Rain country and he is no push over."

"So what does this have to do with these guys?" asked Kiba. Shikamaru eyes narrowed.

"I thought the leader of the Rain country was"

"Not anymore, its; now…a man named ."

"Never heard of him." Said Sasuke.

"Of course not. Listen I can't tell you too much but I can tell you that he is well beyond all of you. Yes that means you two too." Said Jiraiya to a certain raven haired and blonde haired ninja.

"What makes him so dangerous?" asked Choji with a slight gulp.

"He is the last of a clan that can use a ancient gekki genki called Rinnegan."

Shikamaru and Sasuke both looked at the Sanin with shocked looked while the others' where totally blank.

"Rinnegan eh?" said Kakashi in his lazy voice.

"Yes, I don't know the total workings of it just the basics but it is…"

"The most powerful gekki genki ever know to the shinobi." Muttered Sasuke.

"Alright I'm lost. Mind telling us?" asked Naruto annoyed.

"I've only heard legends of it; I didn't think it really existed." Said Shikamaru.

"Trust me it does. I saw it once." Said Jiraiya with a dark face.

"You know this guy?"

"Yes but he wasn't the one who welded the Rinnegan. This technique is said to give the one who has it control over all the elements. Fire, wind, earth, water…including the sub-elements like lighting and ice. How it does all this I have no idea but I do know it does something else and it's quite "troublesome"." Said Jiraiya looking at Naruto.

"What would that be I dare ask?" said Kakashi folding his arms. Jiraiya looked at him and said,

"The person, who has Rinnegan, can move his sprit from body to body."

"Kind like Ino's technique?" said Choji frowning.

"Yes but it does more that. The power of Rinnegan goes with the user and the bodies are empty of souls. Now if they are dead bodies or what I don't know just that Pein…can do this."

"Okay, so who is the other person who can do this?" asked Sasuke. Jiriaya sighed and shook his head,

"A young boy I knew once and he was traveling with Pein. The catch being that Pein couldn't do it." The boys just stared in shock. The only thing you could hear was the sound of the rain pounding down on them.

"Do you mean he kill his friend to…?" asked Shikamaru trying to get his brain to wrap around this. Jiraiya shrugged.

"Don't know that. Lucky to know what I do. This means only one thing. That we will have to spilt up. Seeing how that there is so many of us it only makes sense anyway. I will go by myself." Jiraiya could see Naruto frowning at this but he didn't say anything.

"So Naruto, Sasuke, Choji Yamato should go in one group, Shino, Kiba, Shikamaru, and Kakashi in the other. Go quickly but carefully. These guys aren't pushovers."

"Yeah if you guys run into Itachi, don't look into his eyes and get away. I'm going to be the one to fight him." said Sasuke looking forward at the fortress.

"Sasuke…" said Naruto but Kakashi shook his head and he didn't say anything more.

"Let's go. We need to just find the girls and get the hell out of there. We don't want to mess with this guys." Said Shikamaru.

"Eh, it's us they shouldn't mess with us." Chuckled Kiba with a growl.

"Yeah. Hey Kiba, I'm guessing with all the rain you can't tell what door they went in can you?" asked Kakashi. Kiba shook his head.

"Won't know till we get in there." Jiriaya nodded.

"Well I guess it's all up to luck now."

"Yeah, and fortutally I got plenty." Smirked Naruto his eyes flashing red. Jiriaya smiled at Naruto and thought to himself.

"Just like your mother…" He shook his head and the group jumped off, splitting up and going different ways, hoping that they weren't too late.

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Okay I know I finally come back with a crummy chapter and it is a cliffy and a short lame chappy to boot. Sorry school has been heck and I have hardly had time to do anything expect read flicks. Right now I should be studying as it is but of course I am not I am writing this…yeah. Anyway hopefully more will come soon not to mention my best friend and I are going to go a really sweet fan fic we are going to start. (More information will be coming soon.) Lol. Thanks for sticking as long as you have those who will review (I hope) (whimpers, puppy eyes).

Me:……………………

Neji: Yeah, I don't think there is going to be a joke this time folks.

Kankuro: Yeah, due to fact the Writer is in shock due to recent events in the Naruto manga. Don't worry, she be fine next chapter.

Me: hiccup…jiriayaaaaaa………

Neji: (sweatdrop) We hope.

LoL, (not that there's lots of laughs here), Kiki