God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our Pein.
Location: Kumogakure Main Province, the Woods outside the Capitol City
Time 4 Months after the Meeting with Madara to examine the seal.
Naruto Dived to his left to dodge a Huge Fireball from Itachi. Itachi had been forced to go all out and had two Kage bunshins firing Sequential Smaller fireballs in a Minefield pattern trying to catch Naruto and slow him down. Naruto appeared twenty feet to his left, pushed up and leapt and at the maximum height of his leap fired off three kunai, Blazing one handed seals, at a rate of twenty five a second. A pulse of chakra turned the three to thirty, promptly earning a colorful metaphor from Itachi. Kisame brought up a water wall to shield him. But the wall was immediately destroyed by a wind wall of blades, Both Kisame and Itachi had barely dodged the wind blades and as they rolled to their knees and looked up, One shadow clone each was diving on them Rasengan blaring violently. Once more they were forced to dive. As Kisame was diving he swung Sameheda in circular swath to destroy his clone which immediately exploded his Rasengan, blowing Kisame spinning into a tree. With a sickening crunch, he hit, slowly sitting up holding his right shoulder. Itachi had dived, into a handspring upwards; chakra leapt off a tree trunk and fired off another set of fireballs, too bad for him Naruto had already disappeared yet again. In Mid leap, after releasing the fireballs blindly, He landed, right hand on the ground, right knee next to it, breathing heavily. In a tree 30 meters to Itachi's left, an alarm clock went off. The signal that today's training session was over.
Naruto burst out of the ground, a slim smile of confidence on his face. As he looked around, he saw Kisame, walked over and a bright burst of healing chakra exploded around Kisame.
"Damn kid that really hurt.'
"Very Well Done Naruto, You have exceeded my Sensei's skills. I can't say how impressed I am. Four hours of non-stop up close combat two on one and you still aren't winded. You have learned all there is left both Kisame and I have to teach, "
"Handicapped as I was, I thought I was going to lose. No Lightening, no Hidden Mist, No Seal traps, those were some heavy restrictions. "
"Be that as it may, the restrictions were to limit you to Sensei's level; you are truly a mix of both your parents' abilities. If Konoha hadn't been so stupid, you would be ANBU captain by now."
"You don't know how much that means to me. Thank You, Itachi-Sensei,"
"Well Kid, It's time Itachi and I got back to our job, Good Luck to you."
"Thanks Kisame, I won't forget the lessons of the blade either,
"Naruto, it is time we left, but May I have a moment alone with you."
Walking away from Kisame, Itachi started speaking softly, "From this point forward, if you come face to face with Kisame and me, you must fight to kill. Madara and Pein won't stop gathering the remained beasts. He wanted you trained to offer you a place with us. I know you can't turn your back on Yugito or Temari's brother. So as the only person I respect, if you have a chance in the future, you mustn't hesitate. "
"I understand, for the sake of your quest to kill Madara, I will protect them as well as I can. The longer it takes to get them, the better your odds of finding a way to kill him. It will sadden me to kill you Itachi to maintain your façade. Don't get in my way."
"One last thing Naruto, I have one last request, Visit Wave once, the only place your mother's blade can now be is with the Sannin."
"No promises there, Itachi. I'd as soon kill them as talk to them, Their Abandoning me as a child, Sending Zabuzza to Suna, The assorted Hunter-nin, no; I think they made their bed. "
"As you wish, goodbye ….Brother"
With that, the Men separated, Naruto to reenter the capitol to clean up and spend the rest of his time in cloud waiting for Yugito to get her Service release. Itachi and Kisame to rendezvous with Kakuza and Konan, Sasori and Deidera were en route to the Suna colony of Konoha to capture Gaara. Naruto arrived at Yugito's apartment, showered and headed to the tower to meet the Raikage, Yugito and Bee. Yugito would be signing her papers today. In two weeks, after her debrief and release interviews, the pair would head to the Suna colonies. An introduction was needed, letters and pictures were ok, but Naruto knew the girls would need to talk, both dating the same man took a bond between the two of them as well that had not be created yet,
Konan and Kakuza watched as Naruto entered the village, turning to look for Kisame and Itachi, they saw them coming through a newly created hole in the barrier wall of the capitol. As the pairs met up, a quick nod and the pairs took off to their preplanned positions. Itachi and Kisame would be the cleanup and take the Eight Tailed container. Zetsu would be the bait, appearing in the Raikage's office as they gathered. Konan and Kakuza would engage in hit and run tactics to separate the group. Pein's Deva Path would be arriving momentarily to assist in the separation.
As the group sat waiting for the Raikage to enter the office, Yugito was twirling her hair nervously, Being three years older than Naruto, She had faced the wrath of the ignorant in the other smaller villages of her country, only in the capitol was she safe. When she met Naruto, she was stuck in a mess of shinobi stationed in a small village near the border, there, she wasn't a Shinobi, and she was the Demon, a whore, a set of holes to be used, abused and killed. It had taken Naruto a full healing chakra storage seal to put her back together. While the twenty clones he summoned killed every shinobi in the village. The Raikage wanted him dead for killing fifty of his shinobi, that is until Yugito came behind Naruto, put her arms around him and thanked him for saving her life. After that, a heated, albeit safer conversation took place, the Raikage accepting Naruto's explanation. Yugito had found someone strong who liked her for her, whom understood her life, and didn't give a shit about shinobi. It took a week of begging after three months of dating for the Raikage to agree to move her to the reserves.
Location: The Former Konoha, Now Suna's Colony
The raid on the Last of the Hyuuga was very costly, although the clan had sworn loyalty to Suna after the war. They had also been skimming profits off the colony; this was the excuse the colonial commander had used to justify the all out assault against the compound. Of the thirty Hyuuga left after the war, 2 were left in his possession, Some had died in battle, several committed suicide rather than be placed in the breeding program that no one acknowledged, but the Hyuuga had helped stock and co-ordinate. One young girl had disappeared, the only trace of what had happened was a dead Oto Nin in her bedroom, her sheets bloody and damaged. The two left, were the heads of the main and branch families. Hinata and Neji, Now blinded, eyes removed and sold by the commander to Orochimaru for a bundle of ryuu and a former shinobi of Oto's now crippled and only useful as a bed warmer.
Kankarou loved his weekly visits to the "playground". He had routinely trained several of the prisoners to be test subjects for his restraining poisons, and once disabled, but fully alert, had his way with them. Disobedience was not an option, getting gang raped by half the garrison was a very unpleasant experience, several had died, some stared blankly never moving, allowing the prison staff to place them in any position they wanted. Two were brutally maimed and disfigured. Kankarou was a leader of the group doing the disfiguring, after all looks didn't prevent pregnancy.
Temari, knew what her brother was doing, she had grown to despise Suna, If but by the grace of Kami, that could have been her down there, But Gaara had crushed the shinobi who brought the orders, and went on a rampage killing all in his path until the commander rescinded the order and had them come to his office to show them the orders of the Kazekage. He explained the intention to have Naruto come rescue her, capture the man, and force him to join their forces to insure her welfare. The weekly letters containing Naruto's clones were the worst kept secret of Suna and the commander followed his orders based on the rumors of the clones constantly appearing in their home, the now captured Senju compound.
Gaara had mellowed considerably over the time since his seal adjustment. He had been seeing the Hyuuga clan head, she had shown him kindness and compassion for his burden, she remembered the little blond haired boy of her childhood, and the cruelty shown him for his burden. She had sworn to show Gaara a better side of life. Now lying in the prison, blind, in considerable pain and bare able to cover herself, she would have cried if she could. Gaara had just returned from his patrol with the ANBU of the colony, he was headed over to the Hyuuga compound for dinner; he stopped at the front saw the remains of the burnt and destroyed buildings and saw red. Sand swirling violently from his back, he slowly went to find his sister.
Location; Raikage's Office
Yugito had just gotten her signed papers and was hugging first Bee then the Raikage as Zetsu burst through the floor.
"Ah, 3 Demons sitting in a room, we shall have a great time today, as Bee flung out two swords and struck at Zetsu, missing as he fell back through the floor. Explosions raged across the city.
Bee recovered, looked at his brother questioningly, "What's their deal, Are they for real; I'll have to give eight-O an Akatsuki meal."
The Raikage however, raged, "ANBU, find and kill these bastards."
The Anbu hidden under genjutsu in the office raced to alert and organize strike groups, unaware that a superior Akatsuki force was waiting.
"Yugito, you stay with Naruto, He's killed Akatsuki before. I would prefer if both of you laid low and struck from the shadows, let Bee and I deal with them, The ANBU should be able to at least find them and guide us there. If it gets too hot, we can't afford to let you get captured. You are ordered to escape with Naruto.
A silent tear fell from her eye as she nodded and watched the Raikage and Bee leap from the Window. She wanted to get out there and fight, but for Akatsuki to openly attack like this was a bad sign.
Naruto was shocked as they were, but he knew if the chips were down, he could take two Akatsuki, he just prayed Itachi had enough sense to not get himself killed so quickly. Grabbing Yugito's hand he pulled her out of the office, blasting a hole in the ceiling and made his way to the roof. He needed to know who was attacking, where they were and the terrain of the fights before he and Yugito moved out, Yugito stood next to him as he unsealed his travel scroll, changed clothing for combat, and armed himself and Yugito.
Sensing a presence coming from behind them, he started to turn and attack when he head "Shinra Tensei" and he felt himself and Yugito flying off the roof, He grabbed Yugito and fired a 3-prong kunai at the roof of a building several buildings over. Appearing in a flash with Yugito landing in him, He eased her up, turned to see who it was, and cursed.
Author's Note: Next Chapter. The fighting gets intense. Akatsuki once again attacks a city where Naruto is. The fact that every village Naruto goes to has issues does not escape the eyes of the Five Kage of the elemental countries