Sorry for the long wait (and by long wait I mean reeeeeeeeally long wait), I hope you enjoy this chapter! Hopefully I will be able to get another chapter out soon. I do not own Naruto or any of the characters.


Naruto sat himself down on the couch. He could hear the SWAT team clearing the rest of the small house. Sasuke sat in the arm chair and glanced at Naruto. His left shoulder was covered in blood as well as part of his face. They were both silent as Tsunade assessed her surroundings. A white sheet had beem placed over Kakashi's body.

"What's this?" she jabbed her thumb in the direction of the kitchen that was littered with beer bottles and food.

"It was my doing…" Naruto admitted quietly.

"I helped." Sasuke said as he rubbed his bare arms. He was only wearing a tank top and the house was surprisingly cold.

"His name is Kakashi I used to train with him at the ANBU Agency. He gave me this." Naruto handed the small notepad over to Tsunade. She took it and flipped through it.

"Why would he give this to you?" she handed the notepad to Jiraiya next.

"He said he was working on the inside. Akatsuki…ANBU or whoever sent him here to kill me," Naruto paused as gauze was pressed against his shoulder. "He's been working with my father the whole time, Minato shot him. He knew he wasn't coming out alive." His hands began to shake as the adrenaline began to wear off.

"Your father?"

"Yes, Kakashi said TenTen's next weapon deal is in there along with important people linked to ANBU." His shoulder began to burn and throb.

"We have no proof that Minato shot Kakashi though…" Jiraiya piped up.

"True, we also don't know if anything in that notepad is legit." Naruto paused again as his arm was being put into a makeshift sling, "but also…if ANBU wanted me dead then why am I not dead, he could have easily killed me."

"We'll theorize later. We need to get out of here, there's a car out front for you two." She made brief eye contact with Jiraiya. He knew she had a plan.


Naruto was asleep in the backseat of the SUV after a couple of hours. Every now and then Sasuke would look back at the blonde. He felt guilty for not being awake when Naruto was attacked. He had slept through the whole thing, but then again he had been wasted off his ass. He was still feeling a slight buzz.

Sasuke didn't know much about Naruto's father other than being an undercover agent. They had thought he might have been killed by an ANBU member. He'd been hiding this whole time…if it was him who actually shot Kakashi. Minato had hidden himself well, but now that Naruto was in danger Sasuke knew that they would eventually see him. Sasuke quickly shook his head. He was jumping to conclusions too quickly and assuming that it actually was Minato. He ran a hand through his hair.


Sasuke sat up as the car came to a stop he had dozed off for a while. He blinked a few times. He watched the driver get out and open his door. Sasuke realized where they were.

"Naruto's not going to like this." Sasuke said as he got out of the SUV.

"Just following orders, help me get him out." The driver said.

"I hope you have a good cover up name for him." Sasuke said as they pulled Naruto out of the SUV.

"Don't worry. He's got a private room with security and he's under a different name."

Two hefty men and a woman came out of the building through a door labeled 'emergency exit only' the nurse smiled at them as she came closer.

"Hello, we'll take good care of him from here." She said as the two men lifted Naruto onto the gurney.

"You better." Sasuke said.

"We will, I promise." And with that they rolled Naruto into the building.

"You've got somewhere to be." The driver said. Sasuke nodded.


Naruto woke groggy and confused. His shoulder pulsed with a dull pain. He looked around the room. It was one he had seen before it mimicked Sai's private room. He was in the hospital. He tried to sit up but realized he was cuffed to the bed. Sasuke...Tsunade that bitch. The door clicked opened and a man in a dark suite entered.
"Uzumaki I'm sure you're not happy but I'm only following Tsunade's orders."
"Yeah, yeah whatever, could you just uncuff me? I swear I won't run...I've got a busted shoulder."
"Sorry." He shrugged and left the room.

Naruto hated being in this position, he was way too vulnerable. Tsunade couldn't be this stupid. Akatsuki would come right after him or anyone from the agency. It took a second for Naruto to register what Tsunade was doing. She was using him as bait. She wanted to catch one of them. If they were desperate they'd fall for it. Naruto cursed under his breath.

"Hey big scary guy guarding the door I wanna ask you something!" The door opened and he stepped back into the room. He had an annoyed look on his face. He raised an eyebrow at Naruto. "Yeah I've figured out why I'm cuffed and such. She's using me as bait, just uncuff me before this turns bad. If they are on their way you're screwed. Uncuff me." If Naruto wasn't uncuffed he couldn't defend himself and he couldn't defend others. With one bum arm he was sure he could take down a few.

"I'm sorry Uzumaki."

"At least get me a god damn phone!" Naruto yelled. The guard reluctantly opened his cell phone. "Call her." Naruto glared at him.


Sasuke made it into the building but was ushered upstairs and into the smaller conference room. It was a small white room with no windows. Tsunade stood with Jiraiya at the front of the room. Sasuke sat down in one of the leather chairs and ran a hand through his hair. He was given new clothes to change into, but he still smelt of beer. Suddenly the phone rang, Tsunade exchanged glances with Jiraiya. She reluctantly picked it up. She quickly pulled the phone away from her ear. Sasuke could hear yelling. He couldn't understand it but he could hear the noise.

"Naruto calm down," she glanced at Jiraiya. "Naruto I know your angry but-" the shouting on the other side of the phone became louder. "Naruto everything's in place we have a team waiting if they show up."

Sasuke stood up the leather chair groaned. They used him as bait. Not the most trustworthy thing to do. Sasuke was now welling with anger. He was glaring at the two in front of him.

"Do you know what you just did?" Sasuke questioned as Tsunade was hanging up the phone. They looked at him and waited for him to continue. "He trusted that you guys wouldn't put him in a hospital, but you did. Now you're using him as bait, he was just betrayed by his former agency now he's being bait by his current agency, how does that look?"

"Sasuke..."

"Tsunade this could go terribly wrong.

"We have people on standby."

"That's not what I mean."

"You mean he could turn against us?" She questioned with little anger in her voice.

"I'm saying he could go rouge or whatever like his dad."

"It's too late to call it off now Sasuke."

Naruto kept dozing in and out of sleep. The nurse had given him something for the pain, not that he needed it. He heard the door click open and it shut quietly. Naruto lifted his head to see who it was. He was taken back with shock. The heart rate monitor jumped as his heart rate rose. All in black stood his father. Naruto became angry as his dad stood beside the bed looking down at him with familiar blue eyes. Naruto wanted to grab him, no he wanted to punch him. Naruto pulled against the cuffs.

"Naruto..." his father's voice was low and soft.

"Did you have to kill him?" Naruto looked at him with anger.

"He knew it was going to happen, either I killed him or they would."

"You shouldn't be here, ANBU might be here already." Naruto gave him the warning.

"You're the one cuffed to the bed with no cover name." His father leaned over and pulled something from his sleeve, the cuff soon clicked open. Naruto sat up and looked at his father.

"That bitch, also where the fuck have you been?" Naruto searched for his pants. "Kakashi got me good."

"I can see that. Kakashi didn't die for nothing...you know that right?"

"I'm not going to forgive you or whatever." Naruto said as he wiggled into his pants. His shoulder started to throb a little.

"I'm going to get you out of here." His father said handing him a t-shirt. He helped Naruto get into it.

"Why show up now?" Naruto asked as his father pushed as blue baseball cap down on his head.

"I've been watching you Naruto, you've been holding back. You transferred to Konoha Agency not to further your career. You did it to hold back."

"You don't know why I transferred, you don't get to know. I know that the ANBU used me to get to you, do you know what they did?" Naruto questioned as he awkwardly pulled a black hoodie over his shoulders. His father looked at the floor. "You knew what they did to me?" Naruto' anger was boiling. He threw a punch with his good arm. His father didn't flinch. He was sent reeling into the wall behind him. He touched his chin, Naruto had drawn blood.

"I would say I'm sorry...but I'm not. If I had stepped in valuable information would be in the wrong hands."

"What kind of information?" Naruto pulled his hoodie back into place.

"I'm not going to tell you that yet." Before Naruto could react his father was out the door.

Naruto was in the hallway walking casually. This all happened within a matter of minutes. Nurses we're rushing around, probably trying to figure out what the commotion was. He tried to hide his arm better and pulled the baseball cap down further. He made it out into the front of the hospital and headed for the parking garage. When he entered a car screeched to a stop in front of him. Naruto bent down.

"Get in." His father said his eyes were still on the road. Naruto debated for a minute. He really had no other choice. He got in and slammed the door shut.

"Did you fucking fly down here?"

"No." His father replied flatly as he sped out of the parking garage.


"Tsunade...we have a problem." Jiraiya stood in her doorway.

"What?" She looked up. Jiraiya closed the door behind him.

"Naruto's gone."

"What do you mean he's gone?" She stood up almost knocking her chair over.

"Someone slipped past security and knocked out the guards in front of Naruto' room."

"Akatsuki?"

"We don't think so...we're waiting for the guards to wake up. Hopefully they'll tell us."

"Don't tell Sasuke yet."


Naruto' father pulled the car to a stop a few blocks from the Konoha Agency building.

"Go ahead."

"That's it?"

"I'll find you." His father eyes scanned the streets and the rear view mirrors.

"One question…what does ANBU need all this money for?"

"Just follow all the times in the notebook."

"Fuck you." Naruto got out and slammed the door shut. His father sped away.


Tsunade was waiting for another call. No one had found or spotted Naruto yet. ANBU could have gotten to him. Sasuke stood in the small open kitchen area. He was looking in Tsunade's direction and sipping his coffee. She looked nervous.

"Hey where's Naruto?" Kiba asked as he opened the refrigerator.

"Ask her." Sasuke gestured with his coffee cup towards Tsunade.

"I think I'll pass." Kiba closed the refrigerator and looked up, "speak of the devil." He nodded towards the elevators. Sasuke turned his head. There stood Naruto looking as pissed as ever. Sasuke glanced the other way at Tsunade she looked pissed too. Sasuke set his coffee down on the counter. He started to walk at the same time as Naruto.

Naruto had made it to Tsunade first. He got in her face but she didn't flinch.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Naruto shouted at her. Everyone's attention was on them. Tsunade glanced around quickly.

"Why don't we talk about this is my office." She said through clenched teeth.

"No fuck that we'll talk right here Tsunade." Naruto wasn't giving in.

"Naruto." Sasuke intervened.

"You." Naruto glared at him.

"I had nothing to do with this." Sasuke looked Naruto in the eyes then gestured towards Tsunade's office. Naruto gave in and entered the office. As soon as the door shut Naruto spoke.

"She used me as bait," Naruto took off the baseball cap and threw it onto one of the leather chairs, "want to know what my fucking cover name was?" he looked at Sasuke. "Naruto fucking Uzumaki."

"Naruto, how did you get out of the hospital? Who slipped past the guards?" she redirected the conversation.

"I don't know, I woke up and I wasn't in handcuffs anymore and the door was wide open."

"Oh really?" Tsunade raised an eyebrow at the blonde.

"I think you already know the answer Tsunade." Naruto glared at her.

"What did he say to you?" she was serious but Naruto could tell she was happy about the news.

"Pretty much nothing, he undid the cuffs and got me out. He didn't seem too happy to see me…the feeling was mutual. He confirmed killing Kakashi." Naruto took a seat in one of the leather chairs. Sasuke was trying to process everything. The blonde looked exhausted and beaten up.

"Was that your goal?" Sasuke looked at Tsunade, "to draw out Minato?"

Tsunade looked down at her desk. She'd been caught, she could fool others easily but only a hand full of her own agents could tell what she was really going for. She nodded.

"What the fuck?" Naruto got up and stormed out.

"Follow him." She locked eyes with Sasuke.

"I'll follow him but not because you side to." He looked at her with disappointment.