I had to put up another chapter. Reading these reviews has me pumped! I don't care if there's one visitor reading this I'm gonna finish this story! No one is stopping me or bringing me down. That's how your 'boy' was raised! Never back down to a challenge.

"We should be heading back now Sakura..." Shikamaru said to the weeping girl who sniffled pathetically. They stood there for an hour since the time Naruto left with Garaa.

"Sakura why should you care about Naruto so much now? Are you like that to everyone that throws cool jutsu around?" Right when the words escaped his mouth an imprint of a hand was printed on his cheek.

"Shut up! Don't act like your not nervous when Naruto is around you! Besides he's my friend just like you and Choji are friends." She stood up from her knees fixing her kunai bag.

Shikamaru watched her as she slowly began ranting about stupid blondes and Nara's. "Lets go Shikamaru I need to visit Sasuke-kun and you need to meet back with your team!"

"At least I didn't deny it." Shikamaru muttered following Sakura.

Standing on top of the first Hokage's head in the Valley of end Kabuto stood in front of twenty enraged sound ninja all of them cursing and spitting at the four-eyed ninja. "Now now you guys calm down." He said putting his hands in front of him sheepishly.

"We need to get back to Otogakure and we still have our families to take care of. It is starting to get dark out here." he added looking up into the sky. Hearing what he said the shouts grew louder, how could they possibly protect their family with twenty people? Orochimaru promised victory! Not this! Their curses turned into death threats. One of them shot out charging Kabuto. Kabuto's hands buzzed into a slight haze of blue as the man tried to stab into him. He shifted his body under the blow tapping the man's spine.

"Argh" The nin was gasping as he crumpled to the ground. This silenced the little army.

" Don't worry I paralyzed him a bit. Now I know that you guy's are upset that Orochimaru isn't here right now but he will be back soon stronger than ever." they all grunted in which Kabuto thought they wanted him to continue.

"Until then I will be leading you. I don't care what we have to do to build our numbers up. If we need to attack small villages to gain power than so be it!" Kabuto yelled to the crowd looking for anyone to challenge him. Which someone did of course say something that made since?

"We can't take down a small village! Even if Orochimaru was here it still be a hard thing to do."

Kabuto chuckled, it slowly grown into a full-blown laughter making everyone around him sweat out of nervousness.

"That's were the Akatsuki come in my friends."

Naruto sat at his favorite Raman stand looking at the menu. Teuchi and Ayame stared at him in silence wondering why he wore that silly mask with a moon on it and the ten huge tails sticking out of it didn't look to good with the orange jumpsuit he was wearing.

"Naruto?" Ayame said walking around the corner to meet up with Naruto.

"Why do you have that silly mask on people will take you as a joke if they saw that mask." Naruto continued to look at his menu chuckling mentally at the girl.

"Ah Ayame-chan no need to worry about me if they don't take me seriously that will be my greatest weapon...aha! I should wear a clown suit huh?" this made Ayame's face pale it slowly growing red she raised the pan to strike Naruto.

"Ayame!" her father called looking at with out the gentleness he always had.

"Do-not-run-away-the-customers! He pointed to poster that was filled with rules. Rule number one saying not to harm customers no matter what.

Naruto chuckled at the flustered teen. She wanted to see inside his mask so bad! The thought easily began to turn to a panic. "How the hell am I gonna take the mask off to eat!"

Ayame chuckled evilly.