A/N: Hey! So I finally updated. Enough of you started bugging me to do so, so I sat down and wrote this chapter. Yay. I will warn you, however. There is no comedy in this chapter. But hey! The following ones are hilarious so they totally make up for it! Also, sorry for all the "the Ledaer"s but this was written a long time ago.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything to do with it. I also don't own the "Do Not Enter" sign from Pein's room.

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"Don't attack! Be careful!" Itachi yelled, but Sasuke was already gone.

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Sasuke enterred the Akatsuki hideout, hugging the wall to prevent being seen. "Hello? Anyone up?" Sasuke looked around, but everyone seemed to have gone to bed. "Perfect." Creeping forward, Sasuke noticed a large sign hanging above a door.

Leader's Room.

DO NOT ENTER!

"That's not suspicious." Sasuke made his way towards the doorway.

"Itachi, is that you?" Stopping in his tracks, Sasuke put on a convincing Itachi voice.

"Of course, Leader-sama."

"Are you ready for your missions?" Sasuke inwardly cursed the bastard. "How did you get out of the hospital so fast?"

Sasuke's brain moving quickly, he replied, "I'm perfectly fine. I had to pretend to be sick in order for Sasuke to let his guard down. There's a clone there now. He should be attacking soon."

An evil laugh sounded from around the corner. "Nice. You're a good Uchiha."

Working his hair furiously, Sasuke formed a short ponytail and forced his sharingan to activate. Reaching to a hook by his right side, he grabbed a pair of robes and put them on. Wait. Duh. With a poof, Sasuke became a clone of his brother and stepped into the room.

"Leader-sama, I know it's late, but I need to know. When's the next mission?"

The Leader turned around to look at Sasuke. "Tomorrow morning. You, Kisame, and Deidara will be attacking a castle in a nearby village."

"Motive?"

"…Because we're the Akatsuki and that's what we do?"

Sasuke cursed himself for slipping up. "Of course. Forgive me. My foolish little brother is rubbing off on me. He tends to ask stupid questions."

The Leader laughed. "He he. Yes he does."

"And you're still going to let him join?" Sasuke found it amusing being Itachi.

"Yes." The Leader leaned against the wall of his room, looking down at the ground and Sasuke's purple toe nails.

"But it seems to foolish. He lacks hatred."

"But his Chidori would prove rather useful." The Leader turned to look out the window at the moon. "And with both Uchihas, we'll be even stronger." He laughed again.

"Will you let him in even if he attacks you?" Sasuke found himself edging closer to the Leader.

"Yes," The Leader watched the moon. "Because I know how useful he can be and then I would be able to counter it if he were to try again. I had Itachi use his Mangekyou Sharingan on me many times. Now it doesn't work on me. But with Sasuke, then we will be two times as strong. Then it will be 144 hours of torture."

"Hn," Sasuke said, not noticing his copywrited phrase. "You can do math." He grabbed his arm. "But can you block…A CHIDORI?!" Dropping his disguise, Sasuke ran forward and thrust a Chidori at the Leader's chest who had turned around just in time to get hit.

"GAH!" Sasuke smirked at the Leader's noise. "What now Leader? Still think you're so great?" he asked him, his hand still in his chest. "You see, us Uchiha are very talented. You shouldn't mess with us." The Leader coughed up some blood. "And even after seeing the Mangekyou, you still have the stupidity to annoy one of us."

"Gaah!" The Leader was breathing heavily, blood dripping down his face.

With a burst of chakra, Sasuke flared the Chidori still inside his opponent. "WELL? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE UCHIHAS NOW??"

The Leader's eyes fluttered. "You…are…so…strong." Reaching out, he kicked Sasuke hard. "Now get off me, you little brat!" Standing up, he flung Sasuke away, blood issuing from the hole in his chest.

Sasuke skidded across the room, pulling out a kunai. "I told you not to mess with the Uchiha!" The Leader walked forward, and Sasuke shot ahead, plunging the blade into the contact point of the Chidori and kicking his feet out from under him. "Back…off!"

Falling to the ground, the Leader coughed up more blood. "I don't see why they all listen to you," Sasuke hissed. "You're a simple opponent." Moving quickly, he started a handsign.

"NOT SO FAST!"

"Gwah!" Suddenly, Sasuke felt a pain from his back. Looking over his shoulder, he saw the Leader standing behind him with a kunai. "It was a clone, you fool."

Spitting blood, Sasuke's eyes hardened. "You-you didn't get hit at all?"

"Yes, I did. But I will not lose to you." The Leader smiled at him.

Closing his eyes, Sasuke tried to slow his breathing. Suddenly, they opened, the sharingan in place.

"Hehe! What are you going to do with that?" The Leader asked. "I told you, the Mangekyou doesn't work on me!"

"I don't know the Mangekyou," Sasuke breathed. "I'm not that powerful yet….but still…I KNOW HOW TO FIGHT!" Suddenly, Sasuke disappeared.

"A Shadow clone, you fool!" Turning, the Leader sought the voice, only to see Sasuke standing upside down on the ceiling.

"FIRE STYLE! PHOENIX FLOWER JUTSU!"

The Leader tried to dodge but was caught in the jutsu. "AH! IT BURNS!" Slowly, the Leader went stiff and eventually stopped moving.

Landing gracefully, Sasuke made his way over to the Leader's body and nudged it with his foot. That was almost too easy… He waited a moment, but when nothing happened, he shrugged. "All right. Back to the hospital, then." Sasuke turned and left the room.

From the closet, there came a muffled laughter. "Haha! Excellent!" The Leader smirked.

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A/N: So I know that was tedious. I'll try to write another chapter soon to get rid of all the sadness. I like writing action scenes, though. Heh. Anyway….

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