Summery: Love or friends, when you have to make a choice like that…the popular choice is normally the answer, but sometimes the popular choice faults within itself, sometimes showing faults is better than hiding them sometimes being popular has its faults.

"Thanks again Naruto, you're a real life saver!" A man, the blonde teen's boss

"Anytime I don't mind working if it means I'm of help" He replied briskly as he picked up another box

"Yeah but right before school you have thirty minutes to make it to the opening ceremony!" His boss said checking his watch

"Ah, it's just a formality I don't have to be there" Naruto said nonchalantly

"No buts you have a girl waiting for you there don't you, isn't that why you've been working so hard so you can-"

"Hey, let's not let this get out in the open, I'll get going I'll come back once schools out!" Naruto ran out of the store and out into the brisk warm air he raced to his car and started the engine even if he took his care the possibility of him being late…was probable.

"You have a girl waiting for you don't you?" The words rang through his head as he raced through the streets of Konoha

"What do you think Jin she looking good?" A man in a white jacket asked

"Yeah, how'd you do this?" He asked

"Medical science that's all I'm obliged to say" The man smirked

"Takashi you really are a sick bastard you know that?" Jin smirked

"My job calls for it, like it called for you to be buddy, buddy with those kids, although it seems my jobs a lot more enjoyable you seem to get attached to easy, isn't that why were recreating your fallen betrothed?" Takashi said with a sneer

"Just shut up, its bad enough the kids suffering don't make it any harder then it has to be!" Jin shouted

"If I recall its because of you he's in this situation soothing words from you wouldn't mean a thing to him, that much you already know" The purple haired man said before walking away laughing.

Takashi; sadistic dominatrix and liked pain…in short was a complete bastard and liked torturing open wounds mental and physical but it is true he is good at his job, but the methods and how far he'll go…aren't the most acceptable in any sense of the word, but no one questions his this since he actually gets the job done.

"I wonder…did I mess up this time?"

"What…will I be doing today…master" The last word was so bitter and defiant it made the man in front of him want to laugh his head off

"You'll be meeting your new cell – your new team" The man known as Madara said

"Why…am I working with a team master?"

"Because, your working directly under me, and the ones I have hand picked are the worst out of the bunch, also the best in individual scores and survival but the likely possibility of them getting along is up to you, with your guidance I want you to turn them into the best squad we've got, I trust you'll do a good job unless you want to go back to the way I had you at the ceremony, right now you have complete control but I will change that if I see a problem " Madara boasted

"Of course" He felt his life, whatever was left of it…die; when Madara changed his style if you will to white he lost complete control of his body as for now he had control as his style was again black and eyes the color they should be but…it didn't change the fear of losing control again go away.

He walked into the room, which from what he could tell was the females' out of the group simply because it had a calm air about it…and smelled nice

"These are your subordinates…from the left Suigetsu Hozuki, Karin and Jugo, Suigetsu is skilled with his two handed sword and will kill anything given the chance, Karin is fairly skilled with scouting and her blood was infused with healing properties, Jugo was infused with a gene that causes him to lose control of himself and go on a killing spree, be cautious of this, he does mean well but don't let your guard down"

Kuro looked at them and studied their appearance they seemed normal…at least the girl did Suigetsu had a sword on his back and…for an odd reason had water bottles strapped to his waist Jugo for the most part seemed calm but from what he was told was to be weary so he took it to heart, even if he didn't choose to.

"Hey, hey why do we have to listen to this guy anyway he looks weak!"

"On the contrary he's stronger than the three of you combined, he has a special gene, and hopefully, you'll never be on the other end of it" Madara said trying to hold back his laughter

"Dammit, stuck with another bastard, its bad enough with this dumb bitch!" Suigetsu shouted in a nonchalant manner

"Who are you calling a bitch you piece of shit!"

"You're the only girl in here you dumb ass!"

"Suigetsu, stop" Kuro demanded

"Why should I you piece of-"He was cut off by a hang gesture

"This eye of mine, the one that's hidden, holds the gene of which Madara spoke, if you wish to live any longer, quit harassing your teammate and follow orders!" The black haired teen shouted

"You didn't answer my question!" Suigetsu pursued

He was about to take another step towards their leader when a fist rammed into his nose so hard a sick pop was herd he fell on the floor with blood spilling onto the floor the teen in front of him bent down to eye level.

"Next time you disobey me I won't hold back, we can ether get along or I can beat you till you fear me so much you piss yourself every time I say your name, you decide which one you want." He whispered softly

"As for the two of you, I trust nether of you have a problem with me being the leader, I hope"

"I don't mind if you can keep sharky here from being a chauvinist pig then I'm happy, not to mention having a pretty face around to lighten the mood makes it that much easier to accept" Karin said with a blush on her face

"Hey, you ok, your face is getting red" Kuro said curious

"Ah, I'm fine don't worry, that is unless you want to take my temperature?" She said as seductively as she could

Said teen placed his forehead against hers to see if she indeed was sick, and quickly felt confused when all it did was raise her temperature more each second.

"Leader, if I may she might just be blushing, have you checked anywhere else to see if she's hot?"

"Good point, I hope you don't mind if I check, do you?" He asked innocently

Inside Karin's mind went vivid perverted images of what that would entail and the heat in her face skyrocketed.

Before she could even make a suggestion Takashi strolled in with an order when he walked in the room seemed to chill almost instantly.

"I have a mission from the leader himself, your to take these two out DOA and bring back ether the body if dead a sample of blood will suffice, you leave immediately" Takashi said with a sadistic smile

"And if you mess up just know I'll be waiting to deliver punishment"

"And…what is this punishment?"

"I'll torture you, in every way possible at least for the girl it'll be enjoyable, I tend to break them in a more pleasurable manner" The three standing cringed instantly even after he left the cold didn't.

"Don't worry….I won't let him get a hold of any of you, will succeed"

Naruto finally got to the parking lot going over everything mentally in his mind, the past few months had been hectic in every sense, the loss of a close friend didn't help but, the one thing that kept him away from the edge he was so close to willfully jumping off of was Hinata, she was by his side through everything and he finally wanted to prove to her that he wasn't going to let her keep guessing or keep wondering if he'd be ready to be there for her the job he has now was all thanks to her, in a certain aspect, they went out to eat there 'Inspirations' it was called, for some reason or another but, it felt like they've been going there all their lives amazing as it was they need a new bus boy to help out around the kitchen and the tables at first, Naruto was a bit reluctant but with Hinata's encouragement he finally decided to go for it, getting the job was easy, keeping it was different, he did his best for her and because of that the manager kept him that and his bright cheery attitude was something the place needed it inspired people and that's exactly what the restaurant needed.

As for Sasuke, he became sick with vengeance against Hinata's father so much so he openly admitted to hating her just for being the offspring of that man, to which, Neji was not happy about and took him down quickly and told him as his one and only warning that if he herd him say another thing about the ex-heiress that he'd personally make sure he got to see his brother again, Naruto for the most part understood why he was acting like this but to hate someone who had nothing to do with the mad man other than being his child was taking it too far, but for the most part he remained the same.

As for Sakura she actually grew although, just a bit but she's extremely proud of the bust she attained if…it isn't much at all really and took it as a reason to try her luck with Sasuke, even if it didn't work and actually said she missed him because he'd always say something kind to cheer her up, even if at one point they weren't the best of friends.

The person she's referring to, is on vacation or well apparently since he was seen on TV next to Madara Uchiha although Naruto still refused to believe it even if Sasuke yelled at him for hours he would never accept that he was betrayed especially since he didn't know why it had come to that in the first place.

Naruto walked to the main hall where the ceremony was being held, he walked in before it even began luckily and ran towards an open seat next to Hinata the seat on the other side wasn't Neji, that was the shocking part, the weirdest part of it was, that it was none of that Sasuke.

"Your late, Idiot"

A/N I realize I haven't gotten to this as soon as I'd hoped but better late than never right? the next chapter will have action and a bit of explanation as to why Madara wants Naruto and the group hopefully it'll live up to the standards that have been set by all of you and the rest of the gang will be in the next chapter I just wanted a bit of a cliffy because well I'm me, I missed you guys and I missed writing something that (hopefully) touched you in some way, i'll continue with the second half of the story and hopefully you'll enjoy it (PS Sorry about the characters that aren't the main cast hogging up the chapter It was necessary)