Omg I'm writing chapters faster...Must be because I found some inspiration...Though what that inspiration is I have no clue.

But the sixth chapter? I've never gotten this far before...yayz for ideas!

And, I added another switch thingy.

XxXF – Flashback, XxXEF – End Flashback, XxXFW – Foreword, XxXP – Present Time, XxXS – pov Switch, XxXTL – Time Lapse, XxXL – Location/Sitaution change, XxXM - Meanwhile

Dis: Claim her! Dis, do it now! Hurry, before the fon master finds out what you are doing! And then Jade would have your ass....lol. I don't own Naruto nor Tales of the Abyss.

...since when did I start doing disclaimers?!?!?!?!

XxXP

Konan picked up the loosely wired phone and pushed the buttons rapidly. Eight...three...there, she was done. The phone rang a few times, and then a rough voice answered.

"Hello?"

"Hello," Konan shifted her legs "this is Konan." The voice that answered back was faintly surprised, and hurried.

"Oh, yes, the master was waiting for your phone call."

"Then put me through." Konan waited patiently as the sounds of feet scurrying greeted her through the line. A few minutes later, she heard the rough voice talking to another person, hen the person she really wanted to talk to came through.

"Konan."

"Nagato."

"I trust you've given Sasuke that letter?"

"Yes, he is most likely on his way to you as we speak."

"Grand. But, not everything is good news."

Konan lifted a cigarette to her lips and had it lit. She took a long puff before answering. "What is it?"

"Itachi moved up his plans."

"Well, that can't be too bad. But normally, Itachi is a very patient preson...Unless something happened, he would normally just wait for things to run their course."

Nagato seemed to sigh before replying. "He moved up his plan to take place a little over a day from now."

"And he did that...Ah, I see. Who knew that he could be so kind." She took another drag of the cigarette.

"Yes, I agree, it is strange. Why would he choose now to throw Sasuke a birthday party?"

Konan smirked, tapping her cigarette, watching the ashes fall quietly into their tray. "Oh, I have a very good idea why."

XxXM

"Deidara," Itachi said, folding up his newspaper, "what are we going to do about Naruto?"

Deidara thought it over before replying. "He's obviously gonna try to kill Sasuke as soon as he sees him. And you have other plans...Speaking of which, you're a truly sick bastard."

Itachi chuckled, and then motioned for Deidara to sit on his lap, which he did. "Oh, Deidara." he began, biting harshly onto his ear. "But you love sick bastards, don't you?" Deidara just gasped, and before he knew it, he was standing again and Itachi was stock still looking out of the window. "Deidara, what floor are we on?"

"The twenty-seventh."

Itachi opened the window and took an apple into his hand. He dangled the apple out of the window. "And what would happen it I accidentally dropped this apple."

"It would smash."

"Yes, accidentally of course. Would you say that would go for anything being accidentally dropped out of this window?"

Deidara took a minute, then his face brightened. "That's right, un."

Itachi's eyes flashed red, and the apple crumbled into microscopic pieces. "Of course, it will all have been an accident..."

XxXL

Sasuke looked up at the high golden gates looming above him. They seemed to crush him with the enormity. Perfect.

"Sai." Sai was lagging a bit, carrying their lone bag, and rarely touching his ribs.

"Yes, Sasuke? What is it?" he said, his fake smile back in place. Well, at least that was back.

"I have to go alone from here. This gate won't open for you." Sai looked mildly surprised. "How do you know?" Sasuke looked at him and grimaced. "Because it won't open for me. I have to jump it."

Sai looked up at the gates, judging the distance to the top of them. From where he was standing, they appeared to be twenty feet tall. No one could jump that. But before he could even blink, Sasuke was at the top, glaring down at him. "Stay here."

XxXS

It should be easy. I gaged the distance, it looked to be about twenty feet, and jumped. I was soaring through the air. I actually had to concentrate to land on the top instead of flying over it. I looked down, and saw Sai squinting up at me. Hah. He couldn't do that if he tried. If he does...I glared down at him. "Stay here." It was a simple enough command, it would probably even get through that emotionally damaged skull of his. I still don't get what made him so...detached.

Oh well, it wasn't my business anyway. What I have to do now was find Pein. That's all that matters. I pulled the letter out of my pocket and read it again:

"Travel south of the city. Enter through the golden gates and make your way all the way through the many obstacles that await. Sasuke, you must do this. And yes, I know why you want to find him too. Just remember, you can't trust anything you claim to know.

-Zetsu"

Two faces flashed through my mind when I read it. The first face...Was painful. The second, Kisame. Those were, in essence, the words that Kisame had told me. Just what does it all mean? And then there's the fact of the weird things I've been able to do...What does it mean? No, I can't dwell on it. I have to find Pein before it's too late. Before...my birthday.

I jumped down from the gate and started running, taking out my desert eagle and holding it in my left hand. I don't know what's coming, but I have to be prepared.

The landscape changes drastically. I had only taken a few steps before the gate became invisible. Tall oak and fir trees closed in around me, cutting off the sky and strangling the sun. It was a bit disorienting, not having the sun to tell the time or which direction I was headed. The trees themselves were obstacle then. Joy.

Suddenly, I heard a faint noise, and the knives were flying through the air towards me. I ducked, and they flew over my head, burying themselves in a tree behind me. I fired three rounds towards where the knives came from, and heard a soft thump. Well, I'd better finish the job. I stepped through the thick foliage to find...a log with three bullet holes in it. What had just happened? I shot three shots directly into someone, I know what that sounds like.

Someone chuckled behind me, and I shot two more rounds off. Then, I saw pale blue from in between the foliage. What?...I walked forward, clutching my gun. Once through, I had to blink in surprise. It was him.

"Hello there, Sasuke." Kisame said, grinning from ear to ear.

"What the fuck are you doing here?"

Impossible, his grin widened. "You can't trust anything you know." he said, as if scolding a child.

"Why the fuck do you people keep saying that?" I said, putting my gun away and pulling my sword out of its sheath. This made Kisame laugh.

"Because it's true, Sasuke. And Itachi knows that better than anyone."

"What does he have to do with it?" I poised, ready to lunge at his heart.

"Sasuke, Sasuke, so oblivious to the world around you. So...blinded by your hatred. Have you not noticed?" I was ready to pierce him.

"Noticed what?"

Kisame lifted his sword before I could react and slammed the hilt into my forehead. "You aren't in the woods."

I closed my eyes and lashed out with my sword, hearing Kisame laugh. "Sasuke, open your eyes." Not because he told me, but because I had to to see, I opened my eyes....and he was right, I wasn't in the woods. I was on the front steps of a gigantic mansion. White marble ran underneath me, and veins of azure ran through that. The white and azure marble continued up the steps to ten-foot-tall columns, and then past them to gigantic stone doors. "What the fuck did you do?" I said, picking myself up. Kisame laughed again. "I opened your eyes."

I didn't have time to question, I had to find Pein.

"He's in there, you know."

I glared at him. "No really, Pein. Right in there. He's why you're here, right?" I just nodded. "Then go up the steps and through the door. You'll be surprised, I think."

"Whatever." I muttered at him, before walking up the stairs.

"Oh, and Sasuke?" Kisame called, staying still at the bottom of the stairs.

"Yes, what is it?"

Kisame pointed to his face. "Keep your eyes open." he laughed before he turned around and disappeared again.

Kisame...he was annoying...but helpful in his own way. I strode up the steps, and knocked on the door once. It swung in, and I stepped through. The inside of the mansion was..different. Paintings crawled the walls, and different colored rugs littered the floor. The strange thing though, was the lack of space. Even with the ten-foot hallway stretching in front of me, it still felt like I was being choked. I shook it off and walked down the hallway. I took about four steps before I was walking into the mouth of a monster. It had three huge eyes, all of them fixed on me. I took my gun and shot at all of them. Blood rained down on me and I heard a crashing sound. But the monster wasn't done. It was going to swallow me whole.

Right, remember what Kisame said, I have to keep my eyes open. I closed my eyes, concentrating on reality. When I opened them again, a broken vase was cluttered around me, the water from the vase covered my front. The blood and the crashing sound was this, I realized. I looked up and noticed at the end of the hallway a painting with three bullet holes in it. There were the eyes. I have to concentrate better.

I reached the end of the hallway, and carefully rounded the corner. I continued like this, randomly taking turns until I arrived at a large door with an eye on it. The pupil in the eye had rings around it, and immediately I knew I was at the right place. I opened the door slowly though, and carefully proceeded.

Once inside, I was greeted with the sight of a man with medium length orange hair reclining in an antique armchair. This was it. He was here.

"Pein." I said, making sure he knew I was here.

"Sasuke, come sit down, I've been waiting for you." I obliged and sat in a red chair before addressing him again.

"Can you—" He cut me off with his hand.

"I know why you're here. But first, how are you? It's been a while since I saw you." I relaxed a bit. He was right. It had been a while since I'd seen my former friend.

"I'm good." I lied. "Everything has been normal."

"Good? That's a laugh. You're never good. And normal? Becoming an assassin and running on your hatred for your brother is normal? Well, for you, yes, that is normal...Anyway, for the matter you are really here for—"

"Can you do it?" I cut in. Once again, he waved me off with his hand.

"The question is not whether I can or can't do it, the question is whether or not you really want me to. If I do, you will have to look in their faces each and every day and feel the guilt you felt that night...I remember when you came to me...Can you live with that, Sasuke?"

I took a few deep breaths, and then replied. "Yes, I want you to bring Naruto's parents back."

XxXEND

BOOM! Damn, I love these cliffies. They're just so exciting. And I have to thank being sick for giving me a bunch of writing time. Three days! Can you believe it?! Three days and I'm updating again. It's awesome!!!

And as of now, the chapters will all kinda be this long for the sake of updating faster ^^

And please review!! Let me know what you think!