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Chapter 5: Unexpected

A day earlier in the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Sakura sat and waited in the waiting room of the Konoha Hospital waiting for the results on her friends' injuries after the attack of the Akatsuki. Sakura was uneasy. Even she had a hard time trying to heal their wounds, but she knew her master, Lady Tsunade would make things right. But still Sakura sat in her chair and twiddled her fingers and sighed, bored of waiting. She put her hands to her mouth and thought of the good old days, when Naruto, Sasuke and her would have fun together when they were kids. Now things have all gone to hell. Orochimaru passionately wants Sasuke and these so called Akatsuki would unleash no mercy to get their hands on Naruto. Where did it all go wrong? Is it always going to be this way? Will it ever be safe? For themselves? For everyone? For their children? Sakura smiled and laughed at the thought of Naruto ever having kids. They would probably be as dimwitted as he is. That thought brightened up her day. She could always count on Naruto to put a smile on her face, even if he wasn't there. Sakura frowned. "I just hope he's ok...so many people love and respect him...this village couldn't prosper without his smiling face...annoying you every second and always cracking jokes, basically being the idiot he really is. But still...he would do anything for his friends and there has never been a battle where he ever ran away. Oh Sasuke...bring Naruto back. So it can all be back to the way it should be. The three of us together, Kakashi Hatake's famous Team 7." Sakura broke out of her train of thought and noticed Tsunade sitting beside her.

Tsunade put on a smile to reassure Sakura. "Don't worry Sakura. They are all in stable condition, so they will live." Sakura managed a tiny grin. Tsunade noticed something was still wrong. "What's wrong?"

"Its...Its Naruto...these Akatsuki really wanted him and they were willing to kill to get him. I just don't understand why? Why would they want him that badly?"

Tsunade sighed. "I don't know all the details but apparently these guys are on their last leg. Usually they don't resort to bloodshed unless it was really necessary. While Naruto was on his six year training regiment with that perverted sage Jirayia, there was a band of rogue ninja named the Akatsuki who wanted Naruto..."

Sakura interrupted. "Why? Why Naruto?"

Tsunade gulped. She knew Sakura was treading on thin ice. Tsunade knew how much Naruto would hate it if anyone of his friends found out about the Fox. Tsunade turned her head away. "Its not my place to say..." Tsunade felt bad not telling Sakura the truth.

Sakura turned her head away as well and sighed. "I think I know why...Its about that fox isn't it?"

Tsunade's eyes widen as she gasped. "How do you know about Kyuubi?"

"Itachi kept talking about it and rambling about it, then the other guy said Naruto was the Nine-tailed fox himself. I didn't want to believe that such a monster could live and breathe inside a good guy like Naruto." Sakura bowed her head.

Tsunade put her hand on Sakura's shoulder. "Listen...Naruto may seem tough at times but deep down inside, beats the soul of a little boy. Who never had a family. Never had friends. Never been loved. Poor kid. Been alone his entire life."

That depressed Sakura even more. Sakura didn't know Naruto was in such pain. He never showed it.

"But now he has friends, who love and cherish him. But that seal on his stomach forever bans him from getting that close to another person. Naruto is deeply afraid that all his friends will hate him and adbandon him once they find out his secret, just the villagers did once before. Just imagine the pain of your world crashing down in a blink of an eye. It's enough to scare even the toughest of shinobi."

Sakura raised her head. "But we would never hate Naruto! He's the heart and soul of this village! So many times he inspired not only me but every one in the village to be better people and follow their dreams! So many times he screams out hes going to be Hokage and so many times he proves it. He always helps us out whenever we are in trouble and saves us in the nick of time...and this time...this time..." Sakura clenched her fist as tears ran down her face. "We're going to save him!" Sakura stood up and put on her black leather gloves and tightened her fist so they got comfortable. "I'm off to save my friend! I'm tired of waiting and sitting on the sidelines! It's time I did something!" Sakura said with fire in her eyes as she headed for the door.

Tsunade stood up. "Wait!" Sakura stopped and looked back waiting for a response. "Yes Lady Tsunade?"

Tsunade grinned. "I have an interesting little prospect that might help you on your mission. He may be a Genin but he has loads of potential. Take him with you. He should be at the training field right now. Explain everything to him and leave immediately."

Sakura saluted Tsunade. "Yes Ma'am!" Sakura turned for the door again.

"Oh and Sakura?"

Sakura stopped at the door. "Yeah?"

"Be careful...and tell that dimwit he better not die on us!" Tsunade smiled.

Sakura smiled as she left for the training field.

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Present time.

"Gahh!" Kiba flew back and landed on his butt hard on the ground, with a large cut on his cheek bleeding down his face. Kiba clutched his bleeding left arm, it wasn't broke but there was a stinging pain coming from it. Kiba looked around for Zetsu but he was gone again. Zetsu was using hit and run tactics on Kiba to maintain a superiority over him. He would appear, attack and disappear again then repeat. Kiba couldn't take it any longer. He was losing chakra by the second, he needed a plan and fast. Kiba and Akamaru couldn't get a scent on Zetsu cause the strong wind scatters it. They would need a stronger scent to place on Zetsu. Kiba looked around but couldn't find Zetsu anywhere. Kiba knew he wouldn't last another brutal attack.

"This guy is just like that Sakon guy, me and Akamaru faced years ago. Molding and shapeshifting his body to fuse with stuff. Sakon could fuse with bodies, this guy can't. He instead fuses with solid objects like the earth, but we need a powerful scent to put on him so that even when he does fuse again we can still track him down, therefore completely trap him so he has no place to run." Kiba bit his hand to calm down and focus. "But what scent is powerful enough to smell through the ground and how will we get it on him?" Kiba bit harder as he drew blood and tiny streams trickled down his hand and then it hit him. "That's it! Akamaru are you thinking what i'm thinking?"

Akamaru looked at Kiba and read his expression. "Arf!"

"That's right boy! We are doing that jutsu! But wait for my signal!" Kiba turned his back to Akamaru. "It's been six long years since we did that jutsu. I just hope we remember how to do it." Kiba stood up straight and waited for Zetsu to attack again. Kiba closed his eyes and focused deeply. His acute hearing listened to the ambient sound of the wind blowing. It calmed Kiba as the wind blew his spiky brown hair. It seemed like he was in a different world.

Zetsu grinned. It was the perfect opportunity to kill Kiba. "Poor kid. He's on his last leg. He's probably reflecting on his life while he still can. I could end his life, but what if its a trap? Nah! This kid is too dumb and ignorant to think up something like that. But just to be sure, I'll make his death quick and painless." Zetsu slowly unmorphed from the ground unto Kiba's blind spot, careful not to make any sudden movements and raised a kunai high above from behind Kiba. Kiba's ears twitched. listening in on the faint movement of Zetsu's body. Kiba's nose wiggled a bit, locking onto Zetsu's scent. Kiba took a deep breath from his nose and whistles very faintly. Zetsu couldn't hear the whistle but Akamaru sure did. Akamaru's ears were on alert. That was the signal. Zetsu struck quickly. The sound of the kunai ripping through the air alerted Kiba to move quickly. The kunai went through Kiba's right hand but Kiba held Zetsu in place. "Now Akamaru! Dynamic Marking!" Zetsu was caught by surprise as Akamaru backflipped and spun in the air slinging urine everywhere. Kiba backed away from Zetsu careful not to get any on him. Once at a safe distance Kiba pulled the kunai out of his hand. Urine splashed all over Zetsu and he was not happy to say the least. "Son of a bitch! My cloak! That's your big attack kid! You will pay for making a fool outta me! You and that damn mutt!" Zetsu quickly morphed with the ground until he was gone.

Kiba grunted at the pain in his right hand but luckily he took off his jacket and shirt and ripped a piece of the shirt off and wrapped it around the wound. Kiba's abs reveal bumps and bruises on them from Zetsu. Blood soaked into the cloth, but Kiba still had control of his right. He jumps up with Akamaru and makes a hand sign. "Inuzuka Style: Man Beast Transformation Combo!" Kiba and Akamaru suddenly poofed into a giant fanged two-headed white wolf. "Double-Headed Wolf!" The wolf roared as it's giant paws crushed the ground under its amazing power. "Do you smell him boy?" The right head said. The other shook its head. "Alright then let's finish this!" The giant wolf jumped up high into the sky and aimed for the source of the smell. "Wolf Fang over Fang!" The spinning attack crashed violently into the ground causing a large earthquake.

Zetsu couldn't understand what was happening. "What's going on! An earthquake? No. It's heading straight for me!" Zetsu panicked as he tried to escape but couldn't find anywhere to run. He was trapped as the wolf's attack dug deep into the ground and hit Zetsu ripping him to shreds till there was no trace of him except his headband. Kiba and Akamaru laid by each other side by side in the large crater. Akamaru got up and slowly walked to Kiba and nudged his lifeless body. Akamaru whimpered and licked Kiba's face. Kiba slowly awoke completely exhausted. "Hey boy we did it...but i'm wasted...I can't move...I guess we kinda went overboard that time." Kiba chuckled but grunted in pain as blood leaked from his mouth. Akamaru heard a sound and turned around and saw a shadowy figure. Akamaru growled at it.

The figure held out his hand and helped Kiba up. "I'm not your enemy. I'm an ally."

Kiba looked confused at the figure but not the less trusted him. "Ok but who sent you?"

The figure tossed a pill to Kiba. "Take it. It will replenish your wounds a little so you may live." Then he left.

Kiba caught the pill and looked at the figure leaving. "Wait! I don't know your name!" Kiba had a confused look on his face. "That guy was weird. Come on Akamaru! Let's go regroup with the others." Kiba took the pill and watched his wounds heal to a point to when they didn't sting. Kiba stood and rode on Akamaru's back and jumped out of the crater.

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Kisame violently swung his Sharkskin at the gang crashing into the ground. "Stand still little piggies!"

Everyone dodged the attacks. Choji in the back of the group threw kunais tied by strings around his body and made his trademark hand sign. "Expansion Jutsu!" Choji's body expanded with the strings tightening around his enlarged body. "Va-room!" Choji sucked in his arms as smoke blew out like an engine revving up. "Va-room!" Choji sucked in his legs. "Va-room! Human Needle Boudler!" Choji sucked in his head and started to spin at a incredibly high speed as the sharp kunais tore through the ground. Choji rolled himself at Kisame planning to flatten and rip him apart.

Kisame sensed the danger lurking towards him and launched himself over Choji. Neji ran and jumped up to meet Kisame face to face in mid-air and aimed for the chakra point in Kisame's left arm, which will leave him paralyzed and unable to swing that sword around. Kisame spit in Neji's face, a dirty trick. Neji was blinded and distracted leaving him open to any attack. Kisame took the opportunity to swing his sword through Neji's stomach thus slicing him half. It seemed grim for Neji until the two halves of his bodies poofed into cut logs.

Kisame growled. "A Substiution!" Kisame turned around and found Lee swinging around a pair of wooden nunchucks connected by a metal chain. Lee knew that these nunchucks couldn't get the job against a blade like the Sharkskin, but he had a plan. Lee held out the nunchucks and pressed a tiny button on the end of them. The metal chain grew longer and the pair of nunchucks became a long whip. Lee swung it around in a circle above his head then threw it at Kisame. Kisame blocked the attack with his sword, but Lee geared it up and threw it again but this time with a curve as it wrapped around the sword. Kisame was taken by surprise and pulled the sword toward him with all his might. Lee was pulled towards Kisame and Kisame kicked him in the face. As Lee flew away the whip unwrapped itself around the sword. "Ha! Thought you were stronger than me huh!" Kisame noticed a looming darkness over him and looked behind him to find a giant tidal wave of bugs. "Man! These guys just don't give up do they!" Kisame ran and ran until he was finally cornered at the cliff edge. "Crap!" Kisame looked around frantically for an escape and then he saw that it was a ravine. "I could jump to the other side and be rid of those brats, but can I make it?" Kisame looked at the giant tidal wave again rising higher and looming closer. "Guess I got no choice!" Kisame got a 5-second running start and jumped at the edge. Kisame fell short of the other side and clinged to the edge. He used the sword as a leverage to gain his balance. Kisame stood up and laughed, but his laughter was cut short when he was frozen solid. Kisame looked down and saw a shadow connected to his. He was caught in the Shadow-Possesion Jutsu. Kisame looked at his sword and tried to reach for it, but Lee used his metal whip to grab it and take it away from him. "It was a set up right from the beginning! And I fell for it hook, line and sinker. These Leaf punks are better than I thought."

Shikamaru put down his hand sign and walked closer to Kisame. "Now that I got you, Shark-man, your going to tell what we need to know. What are you and Itachi planning to do with Naruto?"

Kisame smirked. "I'll never tell the likes of you! I would rather die!"

Shikamaru sighed. He really didn't want to have to put up with Kisame's ignorance. "Man what a drag! But I guess it can't be helped." Shikamaru said talking to himself. Shikamaru put up a different hand sign. "Shadow Bind Jutsu!" Two shadowy hands crawled from Kisame's feet and up his body to his hands. The hands clenched on Kisame's neck preparing to snap it in half. "Now tell me your plans or is this going to get ugly? As if you couldn't be any uglier." Shikamaru smirks at his joke.

"I'll tell you everything..." Said a mysterious voice. Itachi and the mysterious man jumped from out of the canyon and landed beside Kisame. "If you let Kisame go." The man had a bloodied Sasuke in his hands and threw him to the ground in front of him. Itachi stepped on Sasuke's back and grinded his foot in him.

"Ahhh!" went Sasuke's cries of pain.

Shikamaru put down his hand sign, he had no choice. He released the Shadow-Possesion. Kisame grabbed his neck and tried to catch his breath. "Thank you Lord Madara." Kisame kneeled.

Fear went through the gang's heart. Shikamaru stared with wide eyes as sweat went down his face. "Ma...Mad...Madara...Uchiha..." Shikamaru stared at the black haired individual. His hair was long and spiky and he had long locks down the sides of his head, and his hair went down to his back. He had on red samurai armor and an menacing grin on his face. "The one and only. What's the matter? Surprised that someone like me is alive after all these years? It's not that hard when you mastered the power of immortality."

Neji stared at Madara. "Immortality? How is that possible!"

Madara looked at Neji and stared in anger. "An member of the Hyuga Clan huh? It seems your clan has been lying to you from the start. How could they? I mean I am the founder of the Uchiha Clan after all." Neji's eyes widen with fear. "Yes...I created the Uchiha Clan and I'm the first with the Sharingan, but your Byakugan is no match for my superiority. You Hyuga trash never acknowledged our elite status."

Neji's face wrinkled with anger. "How dare you insult the Hyuga Clan!" Neji charged Madara head-on with the Byakugan activated. Madara activated the Sharingan, as Neji aimed for his lower abdomen. Madara swiftly dodged the attack and spun around then kicked Neji in the face with all his might. Neji went bouncing and sliding a few feet on the rock surface, out cold.

Lee grew with concern of his friend. "Neji! Why you!" Lee unwrapped his bandages and unlocked the first gate. Lee rushed Madara at an incredible then disappeared. Madara looked around for Lee then noticed a foot coming towards his face. Madara swiftly dodged it and got ahold of Lee's leg and jumped up high in the sky. Madara threw Lee into the ground with great force.

Madara patted his hands clean. "Any more victims? I almost forgot how fun this is!" Madara's eyes shifted to the right and saw two streams of bugs coming towards him. Madara took a kunai and slashed away the bugs then threw the kunai at Shino's feet. It barely missed him but there was a tag on the kunai. A fire bomb, it exploded before Shino could do anything. Shino went flying with smoke coming off of his body.

Choji made a hand sign. "Partial Expansion Jutsu!" Choji raised his right hand as it grew larger and attacked Madara. Madara held the giant hand with ease. Choji was scared out of his mind now. Madara snapped Choji's arm in half. Choji's jutsu broke as he laid by Shikamaru crying in pain and clutching his right arm.

Shikamaru leaned toward Choji with concern for his best friend. "Awww man! What are we going to do now! This guy is too strong, even for Sasuke! I can't beat him! I'm not one to ask for miracles, but theres a first for everything i guess." Shikamaru thought.

Sasuke opens his eyes when Choji's cries of pain woke him up from his unconsciousness. Sasuke looked around and found all his friends laid out except Shikamaru. Sasuke's body was in pain but he could still fight. Sasuke tried to get up, but Itachi pushed Sasuke's face back down to the ground. Sasuke raised his head and looked off in the distance. "Naruto!"

Suddenly three kunais appeared in front of Madara. Madara looked up to find five people standing on a large rock a few feet to the left. Madara couldn't see who they were but he could count five people and a large four-legged animal. The one in front spoke up. "Did someone say my name?" The five leaped in front of Shikamaru. Shikamaru looked up at a blonde haired young man with a dirty half black half orange jumpsuit. His zipper was broken so he zipped it down revealing a dirty white shirt. Naruto grinned. "Heroes always show up at the last second, you know?"

Sakura tightened her gloves. "Get off of Sasuke or you will have to answer to me!" Itachi grinned as he kept grinding Sasuke's face into the ground. Sakura punched the ground as it began to crumble before Itachi, Kisame and Madara. They jumped up and Kiba grabbed Sasuke and brought him to safety.

Shikamaru looked at the black haired boy with the bobby hairstyle and the black long sleeved shirt that barely went down his sternum. "Who are you?" The young man turned around revealing his black leaf headband. "I'm here to help. I have no real name, but if names matter to you, I was given the code-name Sai." Sai turned around. Shikamaru raised his eyebrow. "Is this guy for real? Where did he come from?" Shikamaru had a sneaking suspicion of this new ally. Something about Sai didn't fit right with him, but since he's here to help he might as well.

Naruto pointed at Madara with a kunai. "Hey jerk! How dare you hurt my friends! You'll pay for that!" Hinata was at Naruto's side, with a hole in her jacket from where she got stabbed but the wound was completely healed.

Itachi looked at Naruto with a surprised look on his face. "How did you break out of my genjutsu! Only people will the Sharingan have a chance of breaking out of it!"

Naruto smirked. "Well I guess you underestimate the power of friendship pal!"

Madara scoffed. "Please! Friends! Who needs them!"

"It's guys like you who make me sick to my stomach! You use people and then when you are done with them, you toss them away like trash! Man! That makes me so mad! Like that Daraku guy! He had a dream and you promised him help, but you only used him as a guinea pig for your sick and twisted games!" Naruto flashbacked back to his fight with Daraku.

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Flashback:

After being thrown through the roof, the place began to crumble and a large piece was about to fall on Hinata's unconscious body until Sai jumped in and saved her. Sai leaped through the hole and found Sakura. Sai laid her next to Sakura and Sakura healed her. Sakura pointed to where Kiba was, and Sai left. Sakura looked at the combating demons. The Nine-Tailed fox was as clear as day in Naruto's face. Neither opponents would back down from the other as blows connected and red chakra exploded at each impact. Naruto made a hand sign and poofed up five clones each threw shurikens at Daraku but Daraku didn't have full control of the fox power like Naruto did so the chakra aura didn't respond to his command. Daraku feared the end, until his father took the blows for him. Daraku couldn't believe his eyes as his father laid in his arms dead. Daraku's tears fell on his father's face. Daraku growled and charged Naruto full-speed and tackled Naruto into the ground. "You son of a bitch! You killed my father!" Daraku held Naruto down. "He only wanted to help me! He had dreams too! And you took it away from him!" Naruto growled. "At what expense! Killing your entire family! Being enlisted by the world's most notorious gang! There are better ways to help a loved one!" Daraku grew angrier. "What would you know! You don't know anything! You don't know what pain I had to go through! I couldn't make friends with anyone cause they were afraid of my disease. They adbandoned me and all I had left was my father. He was my everything! And now he's dead! Like you will b..." A force overcame Daraku's heart. It exploded. Blood leaked out of his mouth, as his eyes went into the back of his head. Naruto reverted back to normal and pushed Daraku off of him. "What happened?" Sakura and Hinata ran to his side. Hinata hugged Naruto. "Oh Naruto-kun you're alright!" Naruto smiled. "Actually I'm glad you're alright Hinata." Naruto looked up at Sakura. "Sakura? Where did you come from?" Sakura leaned to Daraku's dead body, which had reverted back to normal. "Never mind about me. This guy suffered a massive heart attack. How could that have happened?" Naruto thought of Daraku's disease and the side effects of the Fox chakra. "Probably with the chakra he stole from me, didn't help his disease but in fact made it worse." Hinata looked at Naruto. "What do you mean?" Naruto turned his head away. He knew he had to explain the fox to her. Sakura looked at Naruto with concern. She remembered what Tsunade said. Sakura stood up. "It's ok Naruto, we won't hate you. Just tell us the whole story about the fox." Sakura helped Naruto up. Naruto's face wrinkled with surprisal, Sakura wasn't afraid, she was concerned like a real friend. So Naruto explained everything. The Fourth Hokage, Kyuubi and the secret pact to keep it a secret. It was at that time, Sai returned with Kiba and Akamaru right behind him. Naruto finished explaining everything and sensed fighting not too far from them and ran to it.

Flashback over.

Naruto stared at Madara with the Fox eyes. Madara was surprised and chuckled. "Finally the Nine-Tailed Fox has come back to me!" Madara activated the Sharingan and a weird white flash appeared.

Naruto opened his eyes to find himself in the lair of the Nine-tailed fox in his subconscious. "Why am I here?" Naruto looked at the humongous cage and found Madara reaching for the seal on the door. "Get away from there! Don't touch that!" Madara ignored Naruto's cries and got a grip on the seal.

Suddenly a kunai flew and cut Madara on the arm from out of the darkness. Madara growled and grabbed his hand as he looked at a figure with the Sharingan activated. "Like you said Naruto. Heroes show up at the last second."

Naruto smirked. "Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke. You sure know how to make an entrance."

Madara snarled. "How dare you! You pathetic excuse for an Uchiha clan member!"

Sasuke's eye pupil wheels spun. "You take that back...I'm Sasuke Uchiha...I'm an avenger...and I don't care if you created the Uchiha clan traitor!!!!!!!!" Sasuke charged Madara with hatred in his eyes and punched him with such force thus knocking him back out of Naruto's subconscious.

Madara fell back clutching his head in pain back in the real world. Naruto looked at Sasuke standing up with his head bowed. Sasuke began to chuckle maniacally. Madara looked at Sasuke, something was different. Sasuke wouldn't stop chuckling. Naruto was concerned. "What's wrong with you Sasuke?"

Sasuke chuckled some more. "Nothing Naruto. I'm just happy cause I finally achieved the Mangekyo Sharingan!" Sasuke raised his head revealing that his pupils had transformed into a different design, more like triangles that were connected together. Madara and Itachi couldn't believe what they were seeing. Neither could Naruto. Naruto patted his body to check to see if he was dead, but he was perfectly fine. "If I remember correctly, didn't you say six years ago you had to kill your best friend in order to obtain that power. I'm still alive." Sasuke chuckled. "I don't need to kill my friend, cause he was the one who helped me obtain this power!"

Madara smirked at Sasuke's statement. "I don't know what that Sharingan is but...its not the Mangekyo Sharingan...not by a long shot." Itachi looked at Madara. "Then how did he achieve this? Could it be that this is the next evolution of the Sharingan?"

Sasuke smirked. "Oh so if it isn't the Mangekyo, then that means I can name it to my choosing. I think I'll call it the Hokosaki (means aim of attack in japanese) Sharingan!"

Kisame smirked. "Whatever kid! You can't possibly..." Kisame didn't finish his sentence. He recieved a chidori to the chest in a blink of an eye. No one saw it coming. Sasuke pulled his arm from Kisame's dead body and chuckled at his new-found power. Itachi grew in fear of Sasuke.

"Could it be...that Sasuke is the chosen one of legend!" Itachi said.

Madara smirked. "This has gotten alot more of a nuisance than expected. This was unexpected to say the least."

Sasuke looked at the two with pure hatred in his eyes. "Now you two traitors will die!" But Sasuke stopped and clenched his head in pain. "What's wrong with me...my head feels like it's on fire! Gahh! I have to deactivate it quick!" Sasuke deactivated the Sharingan completely and tried to catch his breath.

Madara saw an opening and charged Naruto and Sasuke clutching them by the necks and squeezing hard. "Well well it seems you can't control your powers can you? Too bad. Now you will both perish!" Naruto tried to summon more fox chakra but it wasn't responding. Most of it was gone from the machine and him using so much. They were in deep trouble now.

This was the end.