A/N: Bwahahahaha I'm back! Firstly, I shall apologize for my time which I have not update. Here are a bunch of excuses...but listen/read them anyway if you're angry with me -wimpers-

Well, I've been reaaaaaalllly busy, with school and stuff. Also, I have a Piano exam comming up! Oh, and I've found myself a beta You all saw it comming, (it's probably very easy to guess) Devotedtodreams! -claps- Well anyway, I should shut up.

"Man, so many people are interrupting my training today-ttebayo," Naruto sighed, fingering a shuriken. He was finally going to start his training. "Now all I need to do is beat Sasuke and get him back." He drew his shuriken back, in an awkward attempt to throw it.

Suddenly, someone landed in front of him. Someone looking very familiar with a black cloak with red clouds. Too bad Naruto couldn't pin-point it. But he couldn't stop now. In slow motion, his hand moved a fraction.

A fraction more.

Another fraction.

And another.

The shuriken left his hand and travelled at such a slow pace, nobody could figure out how it was still hovering in the air. It flew, inch by inch, towards the horrified Akatsuki member. And then, with a dull thump, it landed right in him.

It took a few seconds for Naruto to react, and that was the fastest time he had ever reacted.

"So sorry-ttebayo!" he screamed, running over and taking the shuriken out.

The Akatsuki member just swore and wacked Naruto away. "Dammit, be more careful next time."

Naruto looked confuzzled for a moment. "Um...you're not dead?"

"I worship Jashin, I can't die."

"What's Jashib?"

"JASHIN! You-"

"Hidan, aren't we supposed to capture him?"

"Shut up, Kakuzu. I'm having a sugar argument her- Wait...capture this bastard? Seriously?"

"Didn't you listen to the mission briefing? Apparently, Itachi, Kisame, Sasori and Deidara had both failed in retrieving the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, so now it's our turn."

"Wait, so this son of a pineapple is the Kyubla Jinblablaa?"

"Kyuubi Jinchuuriki."

"Kyuuki Jinchuuribi?"

"You're hopeless."

Naruto flipped through his book. Black cloaks with red clouds? Even though he had met two pairs of Akatsuki members already, he didn't realize.

"You guys are...Aka...tee...suuu...kay?"

Kakuzu twitched. "Pronounce it properly! Akatsuki!"

"Aka...tee...suka?"

"You're even worse than I am. I suggest you worship Jashin now," Hidan commanded.

"What's Jashee again?"

"You are hopeless," Hidan growled.

"I'll wait for you outside," Kakuzu muttered, stepping from outside into a building. Hidan gaped at his partner for a moment, before turning back to Naruto.

"Now let me make this quick. You worship Jashin and come with us quietly-"

"What do I get?" Naruto interrupted brightly.

"Immortality," Hidan said immediately.

"Um...uh...nah...I want candy."

"WHAT? YOU STRAWBERRY! Okay, how's this. You do that, and you get immortality and candy?"

"Yes yes yes!"

"Come with us, then." Hidan led the way towards the forest. Wow...this is the first Jinchuuriki that really agreed to my terms...I like this guy...

"Hidan! Are you done yet?"

"Sherbet! I was done ages ago, Kakuzu!"

"That was quick," Kakuzu muttered, stepping out of the building. "He's not unconscious or dead? What did you do to him? Brainwash?"

"No. I bribed him with candy."

"We're not giving him candy, you bastard!"

"You're not giving me candy?" Naruto asked, looking between one and the other with a confused expression on his face. "But...but..." He looked at Kakuzu with puppy eyes. The Akatsuki member twitched.

"You. Come. With. Us. Or. Else."

"Come on, Kakuzu. This guy's pretty good. I reckon he can throw one shuriken in ten minutes," Hidan muttered.

"And you can throw one shuriken every seven minutes," Kakuzu growled. "But then again, your attacks are the slowest in Akatsuki. I can throw one shuriken in three minutes."

"Wow!" Naruto looked at him in awe. "Really? I heard Sasuke-teme can throw one in five minutes. You're fast-ttebayo!"

"Of course I am," Kakuzu said smugly. "I fought the First Hokage, after all."

"You did?" Naruto looked even more elated. "How did it go?"

"Well..." Kakuzu began.

"You guys are apple ignoring me here!" Hidan almost screamed.

"Ignore him," Kakuzu muttered.

"KAKUZU! I thought we were supposed to capture him, not talk with him!"

"Oh yeah...come on Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, come with us."

"Candy?"

"NO!" both Hidan and Kakuzu yelled at the same time. Naruto flipped through his text book.

When faced with money-lovers, bribe them with money...

"Hey! Money-loving dude!" Naruto yelled.

"Hn?" Kakuzu turned, a surprised expression on his face.

"I'll pay you 7364873283829740000000000000000000000 dollars if you don't kidnap me!"

Kakuzu scanned the sheet of paper Naruto was holding out. "That's a lot of zero's," he stated, eyes turning into money signs already.

Naruto resisted saying, 'I just put random zero's on,' and just smiled brightly.

"Okay, I accept!" Kakuzu declared dramatically, dragging his partner into the woods.

"What the-? Kaku- Mmmmmmmhhhmmmm!" Hidan shrieked, getting his mouth covered by a thick glove.

"Looks like everyone's interested in my training," Naruto muttered to himself, getting another shuriken ready.

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