Ch. 15

The Disscusion

Tsunadae sat down at her desk. Temari, Shikamaru, Naruto, Gaara, Kankuro, Hinata, Neji, Tenten (who was flustered since she had been trying on wedding gowns when Tsunade had summoned her and Neji), Shino, Kiba (who was on the side of Shino away from Hinata), Ino, Choji, Sakura, and Sasukae were standing or sitting in front of her. "You are absolutely sure that the kidnapper is Kabuto Lord Kazekage?" She as well as many others in the room were hoping that Gaara had been mistaken. An Orochimaru-powered Kabuto would not be something that would be easy to take down.

"I would be lying if I said no," Gaara stated.

"Kankuro do you have anything you might want to add?"

"As soon as we get a report from the Suna ANBU you'll know."

"Sasukae what do you know about this seal put on Kabuto by Orochimaru?"

"1. It makes Kabuto extremely jealous of people who worked with Orochimaru and it made him extremely loyal. 2. The seal was made so that if one of them died the other would gain the other's power."

"Meaning he could be immortal?" asked Shino. Sasukae nodded.

"That means he could add curse seals as well," concluded Neji.

"Yes. 3. He seems to have inherited the desire for power, but whether that is caused by Orochimaru's power or by Kabuto himself is uncertain," ended Sasukae. It was silent in the room for a few minutes. Temari rubbed her head. She and Shikamaru hadn't slept for days. Shikamaru kept a yawn in. The others looked too busy thinking to say anything about the sudden call that Tsunade had given them. Even Tenten was silent.

Then the door opened. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ERO-SENNIEN?!?!" screeched (guess who?) Naruto.

"I TOLD YOU NEVER TO CALL ME THAT IN PUBLIC!!!!" Jariya yelled back.

"BOTH OF YOU BE QUIET!!" yelled Tsunade. "Now getting back to what I was saying, Jariya have you found any thing on this seal that Orochimaru put on Kabuto?"

"Took me a while but yea I found it." He opened up a yellow scroll onto Tsunade's desk. Everyone but Shino and Kiba (Shino was holding him back) crowded around it. "This is a very ancient Jutso used on students of some teachers if they believed the student was destined for greatness. It was outlawed after one student found out how to work it and would put the seal on people in battle then kill them."

"Was this student Orochimaru?" asked Sakura.

"No. The student came after. In fact I still have the seal like that that the 3rd put on me, though it is a dead seal now."

"He put the seal on you?" asked Tsunade.

"Yes, however the jealous part is new. I bet Orochimaru added stuff to it to cause the jealousy and loyalty."

"So this is still Kabuto we'll be dealing with? He won't know what to do with all of Orochimaru's power if it is still him," Kiba said, despite being more quiet then normal.

"Maybe, maybe not. Depends if Orochimaru trained him a little bit. Was he at all trained by Orochimaru Sasukae?" asked Jariya.

"I don't really know, except that sometimes, just when working on my taijutso he was the person who I always had to spar with. It is a big possibility."

"So it's basically Kabuto and Orochimaru in one body?" asked Gaara.

"That's seems to be what we are dealing with," answered Tsunade.

"Jariya who was this student who used the seal for his own power gain if not Orochimaru?" asked Hinata.

"Itachi Uchiha."

No! the Chapter's over……. Wait no It's not!!!!!

"My brother?" asked Sasukae.

"That's what it says."

"You know it's a great piece of information but I think we should really be concentrating on the fact that TEMARI'S AND SHIKAMARU'S KIDS WERE KIDDNAPPED BY SOME HOMOCIDAL FREAK WHO LOVED A 60 YEAR OLD IMMORTAL HOMOCIDAL BASTARD!" Naruto yelled as he came to that last part, causing everyone to jump.

"You know he's right, and if we're just going to sit around and talk then I'm just going to leave and find them myself," Everyone was staring at Shikamaru who had just spoken and stood up.

"Then I think it's settled," said Tsunade, "Lord Kazekage will be the leader of team one of course, who will be on that team Gaara?"

"Kankuro, Shikamaru and Naruto with me."

"Neji I want you as leader of team two. Gaara will explain the plan to you later. Your team will consist of, Tenten, Hinata, and Sakura. Sasukae you're leader of team three. You're in charge of guiding team one and then coming as extra back up if anything goes wrong if team two can't help. That will be you, Choji, Ino and Shino."

At the Nara household…

"So I don't get to help in the search."

"You're Gaara probably doesn't want you to get hurt and no offence Temari but right now you'd probably be more of a liability than an asset," responded Shikamaru.

"Oh and why is that!?!"

"Look at yourself Temari, you are to distressed to go on a mission right now. Besides you are so concerned about them that you let yourself go. You didn't even put your hair up."

"Do you even care about them Shikamaru?"

"Would I be going on this mission if I didn't? I can't not love them. They're our kids. Remember the time in the hospital, when I cried over a failed mission?" Temari nodded. "I was so distressed that for a while Tsunade didn't put me on any missions till I was back on my feet and knew that I truly wanted to be a ninja."

"You'll bring them back won't you?" she knew the answer already.

"If I don't I'll die trying."

Now It is!!! I love you you loyal people who keep reading this!!! It's almost over!! Though I have a question Should Lee get his memory back?