At the Dango stand
The Invincible Hurricanes minus Sakura, Izuna and Ino, plus Mirai, Okahito, Michito, Obito, Genki, Haku and Itachi were all sat around a table since the pace has expanded with all the dangos that had been bought thanks to Konan and Deidara's love for them.
"Hey guys!" Ino greeted as he entered the stand and took a seat in between Shikamaru and Naruto "you would have never guessed what" she squealed
"What is it Ino?" Obito asked curiously
"This" she showed them all a picture that she had taken while passing by a street, the picture showed Izuna pinning Madara to the wall and making out with him while Madara had his hands pressed against his brother's chest, the group felt their jaws drop when they saw it.
"No way!" Naruto shouted, the first one to snap out of his shock…5 minutes later
"When did you take this?" TenTen asked in shock
"Earlier today," Ino grinned, seemingly proud of herself "I saw them when I was heading this way"
"Who knew Madara would be the uke" Itachi muttered
"They look so cute together" Konan squealed
"I think they only did that to get their fangirls off their back" Hinata pointed out "but Izuna still looked like they enjoyed it" she smirked
"Lets ask Izuna about it after we finish eating then" Ino said, a glint in her eyes, when she said ask, she really meant interrogate.
The next day
Izuna was tired, he had been interrogated by his friends yesterday until late at night, and it didn't help that Mikoto overheard and also started interrogating him, Fugaku stayed out of the way while she did, not wanting to get in the way after what happened last time this happened, but Izuna was also worried, Madara hadn't come home last night at all, and only came home at dawn, all tired out like he had been running for hours or something. He was about to go and ask him about it when he and his team mates were summoned for a C-ranked mission, they had to deliver a scroll to the Mist countries Kage, which would take up to a week or so, so he wouldn't be able to talk to him about it until he got back.
"Hey Izuna" Naruto greeted as he saw said teen walk up to them, a back pack on his back, Sasuke was also leaning against the tree, with Sakura sat next to him.
"Morning Naruto, Sasuke" he smiled "now all we have to do is wait for Kakashi"
"That might take a while then" they all groaned
With Madara
Madara was lying on his back, on his bed staring blankly at the ceiling; he was tired after being attacked yesterday in the training field.
Flashback
Madara was sitting under the Sakura tree, head still buried in his knees, he was still fretting over what happened earlier that he nearly missed the foreign chakra, nearly being the key word here. He quickly jumped up from the ground, kunai ready, all thoughts forgotten, "Show yourself" he growled, he only had to wait for a few seconds before several Iwa and Sound Nins jumped out from behind the tress and bushes "what are you doing in Konoha territory" he demanded as he glared at them, his fist tightened around his kunai.
"We're here to eliminate you" one of the Iwa Nins, who appeared to be the leader, said harshly
Madara quickly summoned a tiger cub, with brown eyes "Ikuto, I want you to alert the Hokage" the cub nodded his head before disappearing, as he charged into battle, let the bloodshed commence.
At the Hokage tower
Minato was sat at his desk doing paperwork, Sarutobi was also there helping him file them away with several clones helping, but they stopped working when they heard a poof, they looked up onto the sofa to see Ikuto appear, they instantly recognized it as one of Madara's summons.
"Ikuto, how can I help you?" Minato asked
"There are several Iwa and Sound Nins at your old training grounds, Madara is holding them off as best as he can, but even a 3rd rank Hunter Nin can't hold off against 3 dozen enemy ninjas on his own" Ikuto reported
"Ok, thank you Ikuto" he threw a box of Pocky at the tiger, which caught it in his mouth and disappeared, Minato then summoned several Anbus "there are several enemy ninjas at the old training grounds, a Chunnin is holding them off as best as he can, now go" the Anbus bowed before disappearing again.
"Orochimaru is getting bolder" Sarutobi sighed
"And that's what worries me" the blond said as he rubbed his temple in annoyance "we have to eliminate him and fast before he gets too powerful"
Flashback end
The battle had lasted till late at night, and they had also captured several of them alive to give to Ibiki to interrogate for information, he had only can back at dawn because he had to help in the clean up and reporting as well as making plans to strengthen the security around the village. So long story short, the war was going to happen in less then 2 years.
With team 7, 2 days later
The team are just now passing the border to the mist country and so far everything went fine, they haven't been attacked or ambushed, but they were still on high alert, right now they had set up camp, Kakashi had went to find food while Sakura had gone to get water.
"So how are you and Haku doing?" Naruto asked slyly
Sasuke had a tint of pink across his nose "w-what are you talking about?"
"You know what we're talking about," Izuna had the same sly look as his blond friend "you and Haku have been getting along quite cosy together"
"S-shut up, so what if we gotten along better together" the blush became darker "besides, I should be asking you that"
"What are you talking about?" he asked a bit nervously
"You know what I mean, I meant you and Madara"
"Don't change the subject" Naruto interrupted "we're talking about you now, not Izuna"
"Yeah" Izuna readily agreed "we're talking about you now"
"You like him don't you?"
"No I don't" Sasuke denied a little too fast making him sound suspicious
"Yes you do" Izuna said
"We're nothing more then friends" he said stubbornly
"Well ok then, then we'll just ask him instead" Naruto said lazily
"Go ahead, he'll agree with me" he said confidently
"Fine, we will"
Back at the village
The other members of The Invincible Hurricanes were all training hard after Minato announced that there maybe a war in less then 2 years, and he needs everyone to be ready when the time comes. Itachi and Mirai were also there to help them along with Obito, Gai, Kurenai and Asuma, though Kurenai can't move around too much as she is 4 months pregnant, so all she can do is tell them what to do.
"So where's Madara?" Neji asked
"He's resting at home," Itachi answered "apparently he had been attacked by several Iwa and Sound Nins yesterday"
"Orochimaru's getting bolder by the minute if he's willing to attack inside the village" Hinata commented
"That's why Minato has tightened the security around the village" Obito said
"Then lets work hard to protect the village as well" Zetsu said
"Right" the teenagers agreed and with that being said they went back to training
In the Hokage tower
Minato had summoned a council meeting and right now they were all sat down discussing the war that they knew was going to happen.
"If it is true that Orochimaru is after Izuna and Sasuke, then was it wise to send them on a mission outside the village?" Chozo asked
"I think it is, they will get suspicious if they are kept in the village for so long since they are Chunnins now" Minato said "and there are several Anbus tailing them"
"Then what are we going to do?" One of Sarutobi's team mate's asked, it was Koharu "we know that he wants one of the two Uchihas to gain immortality, but how is he sure that's it's either one of them? It could be any Uchiha"
"That my friend I so not know," Sarutobi said, sighing "he must have found something that tells him about this, which is why we plan on sending Ookami and team to find it while we plan for the war" the room murmured in agreement "now about this war, Shikaku" they all turned to said man
"Troublesome" he sighed "ok we know that they plan to attack in less then 2 years time, so that would mean that we have to evacuate all civilians to safety at the first sight of trouble, we also need to tell all ninjas to return from missions at this time to prepare and we also need to set up traps around the area to slow them down"
"What are we to tell Izuna and Sasuke then?" Tsume asked
"We don't know yet, that is why we need Ookami to get that prophecy to figure what we should do" Minato said
"Lets continue planning" Inoichi said
4 days later
Team 7 were in the Hokage office, reporting to Minato about the mission, which went off without a hitch.
"By the way, do you know where the others are?" Naruto asked
"Yeah, they're all at training ground 7" Minato said "I think they're having a picnic or something" he shrugged his shoulders
"They're having it without us?" he yelled in disbelief "those traitors" he yelled as he ran out the room, the other occupants sighed at his antics.
"Same old Naruto" he laughed slightly "ok, you're all dismissed except for Kakashi" the Chunnins walked out the door, once out of earshot, the blonde's expression turned serious "we have a problem"
"Is it about the war?" Kakashi asked
"Yes, that and something that I haven't told anyone except the council and Hunter Nins" he sighed "but since this involves two of your team members you have a right to know"
"What is it?"
"It seems that Orochimaru are after Sasuke and Izuna"
"What, but why?" his eyes widened
"He believes that one of them is the key for immortality" he propped his elbows on the table, fingers laces together and resting his chin on it.
"But how is he so sure that it's them? How does he know that it isn't one of the other Uchihas?"
"That we are not sure of, that is why I sent a Hunter Nin team to find out"
"So what do you want me to do?"
"I want you to keep a close eye out on them whenever you and your team are together, Orochimaru might attack at anytime, and I have also sent so Anbus to tail them as well"
"Hai Hokage-sama"
"You're dismissed" Kakashi bowed and disappeared