-Third/Final day of extraction-

Sakura walks past a canyon. It has two huge statues of the 1st and 2nd hokages; it is the Valley of the End. "First Sasuke and now Naruto?!" Sakura shouted into the sky and falls on her knees. "Don't worry Sakura-chan," Yamato said as he and Sai walked up to her, "Yeah! I once read in a book that you should never lose faith" Sai added. Sakura wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Uh-huh, yeah…." Though she was clearly losing hope she tried her best to show a smile. "Well we reached the boards of the Fire country, Hokage-sama said to not pass this. Let's go back and retrace our steps" Yamato says. They all agreed but before leaving Sakura felt a tugging feeling; she didn't know what it was but it was telling her not to leave. "Naruto….?" She whispered. The feeling was very supernatural and unexplainable, but she felt something, it was real! "Guys wait!" she called out, "This way, come on!" "No wait Sakura!" Yamato called out, but she already started running off.

-Naruto's mind-

"Naruto……" the beast winded, "They are killing us! Help me! Help you! Use my power!!" but Naruto just laid on the ground asleep, tossing and turning by the nightmares he suffers through thanks to Itachi's Tsukuyomi. "Wake up you brat! I saved your life countless times and this is how you thank me!? By killing me!? Arrrrrrg!!!" the beast screeched. "Even if he wakes up it would be close to impossible to save us now," the monster thought, "this jutsu is too…..Too strong to escape from".

-Akatsuki HQ-

"Leader-san". "What is it Zetsu-san?" "We have company". "Hmm!" "There are a few Shinobi in our area". "Forget them, they'll never find our entrance". "Leader-san, they have the same kind of symbol on their headbands as the Jinchurki we are extracting. Looks like he has some friends". "Ah! Damn. Hmph very well, Deidara, Tobi…..Take care of our guests". "Yippy! You hear that Deidara-sama? We can greet the guests!" "Sigh, hmm".

-Outside the Akastuki HQ-

"This way guys" Sakura said, "Come on". "Where are we going?" Yamato asked. "I honestly don't know, but……I feel something". Sakura kept running through the trees. Even though she was exhausted she kept going, never stopping. Sai and Yamato had a bit of a hard time keeping up with her. She kept going and going and going until…….She reached a dead-end, the forest just stops and a cliff starts. She would have fallen down if it wasn't for Sai who caught her at the last minuet.

There was nothing there but a long trip down and this cliff. Yamato was out of breath and panting, "What's gotten into you Sakura?" She looked down in disappointment and sadness, "I don't know, I though Naruto would be here…….and so". "Come, let's go," he said. As they turned around and got ready to turn back Sai stayed and looked onto the endless nothingness of a cliff. "What is it this time?" Yamato complained. "There's something here," he said as he jumped off the cliff. Sakura and Yamato wear scared half to death by Sai's daring act. But he landed fine, and on a solid invisible surface, like walking on air. "It's genjutsu" he declared.

-Kazekage office, Village Hidden in the Sand-

"Naruto-kun has been kidnapped!? Gaara shouted in surprise. "Yes, and by Akatsuki too. We came here fo-" but Garra, the Kazekage held his hand up for Shikamaru to stop, "Say no more, I'll be on the case myself. I owe Naruto-kun so much". Gaara took off his kage robes and reviled himself in fighting uniform already. He picked up his gourd by his desk and strapped it on. "Baki!" he called out and he appeared in a cloud of smoke, "Get me Temari and Kankuro! Have them meet me outside my office in full battle gear. RIGHT NOW!" "Yes Gaara-sama".

-Outside Akatsuki HQ-

"RELEASE!" Sakura shouted. The genjutsu that made the great Akatsuki's hideout secret and invisible was turned off reviling a huge stone temple. "This must be Akatsuki's….." but Yamato didn't need to finish, they all knew what they just found. Sai then drew a few birds on his notepad and they literally flew off the page, "They'll inform the others of where we are" he said referring to the birds.

They soon began to move deeper in the temple. After running around for a while Sakura finally said, "Where's the freaking entrance!?" "Your grave, yeah" they heard someone say. They all looked from where the voice came from and saw a blond hair guy and another guy wearing a mask, both wearing black cloaks with red clouds. "I'll take care of them Deidara-sama" Tobi said proudly as he stepped forward.

-Fire country-

The ink birds Sai made went to all the shinobi teams and Kakashi as well. Each team sees the bird and gets the message and quickly takes action and follows the bird to their distention.

-Outside Akatuski HQ-

Sakura and Sai both fall to the ground, defeated. "What kind of jutsus are those?" Sai mutters. "Unbelievable" Sakura says. "He-he" Tobi laughs, "How was that Deidara-sama? Good right? I'm a good boy". Deidara just smirks and says, "Hurry up and finish this, yeah. I want to take my break after the extraction is over, yeah". Tobi nods and prepares for the finish. But then a giant dog appears with three people on its back, team eight has just arrived! "Shino! Hinata! Kiba!" Sakura says in surprise and relief. Akamaru barks a happy bark to Sakura and Sai but then turns and growls to the Akatsuki. "Yeah, hi to you too Akamaru" Sakura says. Then in an explosion of dust and smoke three more people appear, "Lee! Neji! Tenten!" "Great, hmm. More and more hassles, yeah" Deidara says.

-Akatsuki HQ-

"Leader-san, more Leaf shinobi have come". "Grr," the Leader grumbles, "Itachi, can you fight now, with those eyes like that?" "No…." "Then Kisame, go out there and help Tobi and Deidara".

-Outside the Akatsuki HQ-

"What are these guys' techniques and abilities?" Neji asks. "I once read in a book that you must be honest at all times" Sai says, "so to be honest, that guy with the mask has very weird and unique jutsus, Sakura and I didn't have a chance. I can't explain it but they are like nothing I've seen or read before". "Then let's find out ourselves!" Kiba said as he and Akamaru charges at Tobi. But then a wall of water protects Tobi and pushes Kiba back. "The Leader sent me to assist you two" Kisame says as he appears. "Hi Kisame-san! And thank you for the water wall protection" Tobi shouts. "There are nine shinobi, yeah. That's three each, yeah" Deidara says to Kisame. "Hey Deidara-sama," Tobi says as he points to Akamaru and laughs, "If your count the dog it's 10 shinobis". "Let's just get this over with" Kisame says as he unwraps his giant sword.

-Somewhere off the boards of the Rice country-

"Akatsuki has started to move again……And it feels like they finally caught him. That idiot, I knew he'll get caught sooner or later. But…….I mustn't let that man complete his goals either. I best hurry if I want to make it on time".

-In between countries-

The four Leaf shinobi and the three Sand ninjas run at full speed through the grounds following the ink bird. "You sure this is the right way?" Choji asks. "Yeah, don't worry," Kankuro assures, "this is a short-cut". "Kakashi-sensei," Ino says, "Do you think we'll get there in time?" but Gaara answers for him, "Naruto-kun taught me a lot of things. Valuing others, a reason for living, and also: never giving up hope and always thinking positive. Don't think 'Are we going to get there' or 'What if we are too late' or anything like that. Never think badly and always stay on the bright side……Believe it". Kakashi smiles and saids, "I'm glad Naruto was such a good influence". "He was more then an influence," Gaara adds, "he was an inspiration, pure muse".

-Akatsuki HQ-

"Damn it" this is taking too long. We are missing too many members, curse those Leaf shinobi!"

-Naruto's mind-

"WAKE UP NARUTO!" the fox demon begged,"PLEASE, AWAKEN! WE ARE DYING, IN A MATTER OF HOURS IT WILL ALL BE OVER! AWAKEN AND USE MY POWER!" But the monster's shouting was all in vain. Naruto still lies there unconscious on the floor. "AHHHHHH!" the beast screeches as it tried to break down the cage. "I'M SO DESPATE! AH! AH! AHHHHHH!!!" it yells as he doors. "IT CAN'T END LIKE THIS!!"

-Outside Akatsuki HQ"

The brave Leaf ninjas fall hopelessly to the ground. "These guys are just too……." Yamato grunts as he tries to get back up. "This is impossible" Hinata pants. "It's over, yeah" Deidara says as he sends a huge clay owl at them. "Katon!" Deidara shouts signaling for his art to explode, but just as it explodes a wall of sand covers the Leaf shinobis thus protecting them.