After receiving the recent shocking news about their rouge teammate from Kiba, Naruto and Sakura were left in shock and Kakashi was calm wanting to know more before acting, when he finally process the news agitated Naruto asked.
"What the hell do you mean!?"
"I don't know myself!"
"They not willing to wait for Tsunade to recover...it's not surprising, and Sasuke is a missing-nin. The usual punishment for that is death, it's only because Tsunade was so lenient that he hasn't been killed yet"Kakashi speculated
"I'm ...going to see Danzo"Sakura tried storm off.
"Wait sakura, storming in there and yelling at him won't solve anything"Kakashi tried to stop her
"But Tsunade hasn't even woken up...it's not fair and then there's Sasuke ... I can't stand by and let this happen" she protested
"I'm going too."Naruto backed up his teammate
"Calm down both of you, you have to stay coolheaded or it'll just make things worse"Kakashi tried to prevent them from doing anything drastic
"But how can I be calm, I won't let him lay a finger on Sasuke"Naruto persisted
"I said wait " Kakashi grabbed Naruto by his forearm to stop him from going and continued " Danzo knows you'd react this way, what are you going to do when you see him"
"I won't attack him I'm just going to ask him to change his mind about Sasuke" Naruto tried to explain
"I know you can't just leave it at that when it comes to Sasuke" Kakashi said
"The jonins may not have voted yet, but Danzo is still Hokage for the time being, one wrong move and you could get thrown in jail."
"I don't care I'm going"Naruto decided
"Me too" Sakura agreed
"H-hey guys" Kiba tried to protest
"Naruto you have the nine-tailed beast within you ... That's why Danzo wants to keep you in the village, you'll be playing right into his hands. Then you won't be able to look for Sasuke...stay calm"
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Kneeling in front of a seating Danzo with Yami standing on the side of the tent having been completely healed, Sai was called in for an update on his mission and was waiting to be addressed.
"Continue keeping an eye on Naruto ... If he does anything out of the ordinary inform me at once"Ordered Danzo
"...yes sir" he answered hesitating and continued ...um ...may I ask a question?" questioned Sai
"What?"
"What...do you plan to do with Naruto?"
"Don't worry... he's a hero now, the village believes in Naruto ...more so than me they believe in me. If I do anything to Naruto, it will reflect on me as Hokage. With the vote coming up this is a very critical time, but Naruto is a host as Hokage I have to keep an eye on him, I won't be as weak as Tsunade."
"...understood..." having been told of his mission he left the tent and went on his way, turning to Danzo Yami said " You want me to trail him and report anything suspicious." noticing Sais hesitation and was acting on to put his plans in motion, knowing how paranoid Danzo was about root members suddenly questioning their mission objectives.
"...if something of more importance comes along I'll call you back, but I know Sai trust you more than anyone in the foundation so find out if he's willing to betray us."Said Danzo
Nodding Yami stepped out of the tent and jumped away into the trees
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Walking along on a path with a cliff side next to a river with big tress following the path Sai was deep in thought, thinking if he should relax as he thought over Danzo's words "..SAI!" hearing his name he lifted his head and saw Naruto and Sakura approaching him
"...we were just looking for you I wanted to ask you something"said Sakura
"What?" Sai asked
"Tell us more about Danzo" Demanded Naruto
"I can't" said Sai
"Why not?" asked Naruto
"Are you taking his side"said Sakura
"No that's not it, I literally can't talk about him, because of this ..." sticking out his tongue a paralyzed seal was placed on his tongue
"What...is that?" asked Naruto
"Is that a seal?" asked Sakura
"Yeah Danzo put it on me ...if I try to talk about him, my whole body will be paralyzed and I'll be unable to talk or move... All the foundation members have it" Sai responded
"He's really cautious..."Naruto said in thinking it over.
"Danzo and the foundation are too secret. We've done a lot of dirty deeds to protect the village... So he has to make sure no info can get out. even if we're captured, no one can make us talk" said Sai
"But... I don't get how he could do that to his own men" Sakura said in disbelief
"That's how he's protected the leaf, you may not approve of his methods ... But he cares about the village." Sai responded
"Then why did he go back on Tsunade's promise about Sasuke, he's planning to kill Sasuke!" Sakura exclaimed
"R-really I haven't heard anything about that"
Suddenly a sword was pointed at them with a female at the end of it along si her male teammate.
"Tell us everything you know about Sasuke since he seems to be a friend of yours!" a female cloud nin said.
Crouching down was the signal Sai sent to Naruto to grab his sword, quickly catching on he grabbed it and hit the sword away, just as he was about to elbow the cloud kunoichi he was blocked by her teammate by unsheathing his sword a little against naruto's elbow with the butt end of it stopping him in the progress, seeing he was stopped he quickly called out and made a hand sign in that position' SHADOW CLONE JUTSU ' the cloud kunoichi rolled over her teammate and flipped her blade so the sharp side was facing her. Swinging her sword at Naruto a clone popped up beside him and caught the blade "whoa!" She said impressed by the skill, Sakura and Sai rushed to help, Sai coming in to kick the shinobi away and Sakura with her fist raised for the kunoichi but the duo proved much more skilled when the shinobi used his teammate as a handstand and kicked Sakura away while simultaneously dodging Sai's kick. Seeing his teammate flying away from the kick Naruto ran to her rescue and caught her breaking her fall. Hitting the clone in the side of the neck the 2 cloud shinobi jumped away and stood on the river waiting for their next move.
"What're you doing!" Naruto demaned
"Tell us about him!" Shouted Karui
"You were talking about Sasuke" Omoi added
"What're you doing here ...Cloud ninjas ...?.what does it have to do with you ?" Sakura still sitting on her behind
"Everything, Sasuke Uchiha attacked our village!" Karui gripped her sword tighter
They looked at her with disbelief on their faces.
"That missing nin Uchiha took our master, we don't even know if our master is dead or alive" Karui said
"N-no way ...why would Sasuke...do that...?"
"Huh!? Are you kidding!? Sasuke is a member of Akatsuki!!!"
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Sitting on the edge of the cliff in a squat position Yami had a smirk on his face overhearing the news of Sasuke being in the Akatsuki ' so lil Uchiha finally killed his brother huh and now he's working with the same organization that his brother was in, but that would mean...ooooh ehehe it's like killing 2 missing nins with one kunai ' he thought grinning even wider
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The shock was written over both Sakura and Naruto's faces
"Raikage sent us here because you let that missing nin run free, we have permission from the Hokage to kill him now." Karui continued
'...Sasuke attacked their master...? ' Naruto thought with disbelief written over his face
"We will have our revenge, we'll destroy Uchiha! Tell us everything you know about Sasuke, including his style and techniques, we need everything you've learned about Akatsuki and Sasuke alles." Exclaimed Karui
"You've gotta be kidding! How could Sasuke be a member of Akatsuki!?"Sakura protested
"God, you're so annoying! What's Sasuke to you anyway" Karui irritated at Sakura's attitude
"I...I..."in shock Sakura tried to answer
"Are you sure" Naruto asked
"Yeah we saw the Uchiha crest the description matches up too" Omoi answered.
"Ooh ...ooh..."Having heard that they confirmed their sightings Sakura started to sob
"What're you crying for I'm the one who wants to cry, your crying won't bring killer bee or Yugito back, if you've got time to cry then tell me what you know about Sasuke!" Karui exclaimed
"Wait a min!... Now that the orders have been sent out to kill Sasuke, I'm sure the village will provide you with all the information you need, you don't need to pressure these guys for it ..."Naruto tried
"Yeah they will, our team leader is being briefed right now, we just thought we'd see if we could find out any more info. "
"We can't just sit around!! No, when we don't know what happened to our master, you guys can't understand how that feels!"
Hear her last line Naruto thought about his "recently passed master Jiraiya" looking up he asked " is your master a host"
"How did you know ..."
"I'm a host too... Akatsuki is going after all of us ...this is my fight, too... Akatsuki wants the hosts alive, so your master may still be alive yet..."
"What!" really!" the cloud nine exclaimed simultaneously
"You should try to rescue him before going after Sasuke"
"Are you sure are really, really sure!?"
"I told you he wouldn't go down that easily"
"I'll help you guys find him, I'll tell you everything I know about Akatsuki"
"You're smarter than you look, blondie! Tell us about Sasuke too!" She said annoyed not wanting to be tricked
"Naruto?"
"Leave this to me Sakura."
"What's your name?"
"Naruto"
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"Hmmm looks like they going somewhere, this gives me just enough time " Yami made a hand sign and summoned a shadow clone next to him and sent it after them while Yami jumped away in another direction.
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Arriving at the sizeable tent he looked around him and went inside it ' seriously no guards, I should just kill her now and get it over with he thought with a frown on his face seeing Shizune busy using the mystical palm on Tsunade not noticing the danger behind her ' here's a little lesson in assassination ' hitting a pressure point behind on her neck with 2 extended fingers, she tipped to the side and fell unconscious ' never turn your back on an easy entry. Bending down to inspect Tsunades condition, he extended his hand and rested it on her forehead and sent a pulse of chakra through her body feeling it ' That chakra I gave you helped speed up the progress of healing you, but with your seal having been emptied and taking more of your base chakra, it's preventing you from waking up... let's just fill that up quick ' having thought that he began sending more than half of his chakra into her forehead as a green aura outline her body, stabilizing her chakra reserves with the diamond reappearing on her forehead.
Seeing a dark blurry figure above her made her groan and flutter her eyes, gaining a little more awarenesses of her surroundings she saw Yami sitting next to her panting as sweat dripped from his forehead. He reach into his pouch and took out a chakra pill to refill his lost reserves " Yami?" She softly questioned.
"You Senjus are no joke in the chakra department " he weakly grinned, she slowing started to sit up and held her head in an effort to qwell her headache she groaned asking what happened.
"Well Naruto defeated pain after I took out the last human dead puppet, and everyone was brought back to life... somehow... I don't know all the details, you'll have to ask Naruto about that but first there's more important things to discuss ,Danzo was elected as Sixth Hokage"
"What!?" She looked at him flabbergasted, noticing at the end of her bed she saw shizune passed out "...and why is shizune unconscious!?"
"Not the time,but as of recently Sasuke Uchiha has joined the Akatsuki after killing his brother"
"Danmit!... you heard this from a reliable source"
"Yeah the Akatsuki captured the bijuu host of the cloud village and now they want information on the Uchiha , with the five kage summit being held I have a hunch he's going to show up to take his revenge...but that's just a hunch I have from him joining the Akatsuki, cause why would he join the same organization his brother was in"
"No he's definitely going to want revenge on Danzo for ordering the massacre on his clan, the only question is... what are you going to do if he does show up ?"
Standing up from the ground he put his hands in pockets and thought for a second. Looking at her he answered" After you explained to me why he was seeking power and revenge, I understand him a little better, if there was an easy and fast way to gaining revenge I would take it in a heart beat...so I won't kill him like I wanted to before, but I will break some limbs and taking my eye back"
He stood defiant above her knowing she won't be able to change his mind she nodded and gripped her sheets a little tighter wanting to ask the tough question ever since he returned from the mission she sent him " Is Jiraiya okay?..."sighing and closing his eyes he replied " yeah I got there just in time to prevent him from being killed, he lost an arm and his throat was crushed but I fixed him the best I could " relief set in when she heard jiraiya was alive, gripping the sheets even tighter as a tear rolled down her cheek "Thank you ..." "Yeah, well see this as me repaying you for letting me continue Natsume's legacy, anyway we better not let anyone know you awake yet so just continue to rest when I return from the summit then we'll plan on what happens next, but seeing how your assistant as been diligently looking after you I guess you could let her know you awake"scratching his cheek he turned around and stepped to the entrance of the tent stopping before it and turning back to Tsunade seeing her smiling softly at him "This pain guy, you know him right?"
"Yeah,he's one of the brats Jiraiya decided to take care of after our battle with Hanzo"
"...You want me to get rid of those eyes before it falls in the wrong hands "
After thinking it over she said " If something does happen at the summit I want you to either destroy those eyes or take it and place it under konohas protection" nodding he left the tent and shunshin'd away, looking at shizune she thought smiling 'Oh Yami under all that cold exterior I know you just a big softie, well maybe...eh they can't be all winners'
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Getting the information from his recently dispelled clone he jumped to where Naruto was currently being beaten up.