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Chapter five – Be ready! Tomorrow is the big day.

Naruto, Kakashi and Yamato were following Temari down the halls of the building for about 20 minutes and Naruto had to admit that all of the detours were giving him a headache. He was completely lost. Even if it was a three levels floor, Temari have made so much turns to avoid the kages and the people of the Iron village, that our poor Naruto was totally wasted. Later, when there was less people in the halls, Temari had explained to them that it was better to use different passages, because if they would have gone straight to the point at the beginning, they would probably have been caught by the companions of the kages or even the guards. She also explained that it would have been even more difficult to enter if Gaara haven't left the group to distract the kages and if Kankouro haven't treathen the samouraïs that if they were to talk about Naruto and the others to any of the kages, he was going to let his puppet have a feast with them. Once they finally reached the third floor, the blond haired girl told them that they would be fine there, because no one was using it, so basically they would be the only one on that floor. Ten doors after the staircase, Temari lead them to the last door on their left.

"There you go guys, here is your room, I let you get install and I'll bring you some things to eat. See you later. Oh! And be careful if anyone came by… Don't let them know who you are." said the girl before leaving.

"Yes, don't worry Temari, we'll be careful." replied Yamato.

As the blond haired girl leaves the men, Kakashi turned the door handle and open the door of their room. He turned the light on and walked casually inside followed by the other sensei and Naruto who closed the door behind him.

"Well, that's not too bad. At least, we will have a good night sleep!" said the grey haired man while sitting on the edge of his soon to be bed.

The room wasn't so bad. In fact, there were two queen size beds, a huge window and a bathroom.

"You are right! It looks great. Hey hummm Kakashi?" asked Yamato while murmuring the last part. "I think we should let Naruto have the other bed, he seems to need it, don't you think?"

"Yeah." answered somewhat reluctantly the jonin. "Hey Naruto!"

"… Hummm… what?" replied the jinchuriki, his mind elsewhere.

"Why don't you take the bed near the window, ne? I'm sure you wouldn't mind a good night sleep; you had had a lot on your shoulders lately. I think you should take the time we have left until the meeting to relax a little. Don't you think?" concluded Kakashi.

"I suppose so. Thank you Kakashi sensei." answered Naruto with a fake smile.

The grey haired man knew that Naruto was trying to hide his emotions, but he was no fool, he had practically seen the young boy grow. He was like his own son and he could tell when something was bothering him, and let's face it Naruto is a very expressive person; it was easy to tell that he was lost in his thoughts. He was about to say something to soothe him, when a knock was heard at the door. For a moment, the group was frozen, their hands were trying to find their kunais, but a soft voice made them change their mind.

"It's me guys… Temari and I'm with Kankouro… let us in." spoke the girl.

"Yeah stop acting like cowards." replied the said man.

"Sigh! Coming!" yelled Yamato.

Two minutes later, the five were sitting on the beds and eating happily. Most of them were chatting about everything and anything… All except Naruto, who wasn't really eating and chatting, but was listening.

30 minutes later

"Well, it's time for us to leave. Gaara will tell you what to do tomorrow, but for now you should all go to sleep. Especially you Naruto you don't look so fine." said Temari with worry.

"Oh! Everything is okay Temari, there's no need to worry! Eh eh eh!" replied the blond haired boy.

"If you say so Naruto… if you say so…" spoke Kankouro. "See you all tomorrow."

With that said, the sand siblings walk out of the room and Kakashi closed the door. Minutes later, they were all on their beds, preparing their things for the next day. Yamato was making himself comfortable when he realizes that Kakashi was sitting on his bed looking at Naruto. Intrigued, the man also turns his attention towards the young man sitting across him. Usually, the hyperactive blond would be jumping everywhere trying to make his bed look like a mess with ramen everywhere, happy to have a room instead of sleeping in the mud. But he was still, sitting on his bed, perfectly calm with a sad look on his face. Something was definitely wrong and from the look of it, it must be serious. That's when Kakashi soft voice was heard.

"Naruto, you made the right choice." upon hearing this Naruto shot his head up fast.

"I don't think so now Kakashi. In Konoha it was easier to say that I didn't want to explain things but now she's probably hurt to no end. She must feel useless and weak." replied the young man.

"Naruto, you might not want to hurt her, but Sakura isn't fit for this mission… this time. She is too emotionally implied to be efficient. It is better for her to remain in Konoha." spoke Yamato

"How could you say that, Sakura is not weak! She is a strong kunoichi, a skilled medic and she is my best friend. I can't believe you …" started Naruto

"I don't doubt her abilities Naruto, but she is not fit for this mission! I love her as much as you do, but she would only get in the way right now. She will be safe at home and stop thinking that she will hate you, Sakura is an intelligent young woman… she will understand the reasons why we left her behind." concluded Kakashi.

Naruto didn't say anything at that. He just remained silent pondering whether or not he was doing the right thing about Sakura, Sasuke and the whole story. He knew what Pein/Nagato had told him but was he really the one who could make a difference? He was tired, tomorrow would be an hard day.

'I don't know what to do anymore' thought sadly Naruto.

"Naruto… stop thinking about it for tonight. You need to rest."

"But I don't know what to do anymore Kakashi… I don't know if I am making the right choices… And…"

"If there is one thing that this world as ever told me… Naruto… It's to wait till tomorrow to give an answer, sleep on it first. Now stop thinking, go to bed and tomorrow you'll know what to do." interrupted the grey haired man.

The blond haired boy stared at his sensei for almost one minute before he gets into his bed and drift to sleep almost immediately. Yamato who didn't quite understand how Kakashi could have put Naruto into a sleep mode so easily, start to looked at Kakashi like he was a mad man.

"How did you…" started Yamato.

"Sleep on it Yamato… sleep on it!" cut the grey haired man before dropping on his bed.

On Sasuke's side

Entering the building was easy, Jugo was right it was the less guarded place. Sasuke have easily made its way near the room where the meeting was going to occur. He even has spotted the best place to hide. Near the room, there was a little guest room with two beds and no window. The best thing was that the wall on their left was the same as the meeting room, which mean that they had a good hiding place to assist at the meeting.

"Suigetsu?" he asked.

"Yeah?"

"I want you to use your water jutsu and sneak in the meeting room. I want you to find a place where we could hide during the meeting. I want to be in there when it will start…" explained Sasuke

"Right Chief, but after that I'm going to sleep. I'm tired as hell." replied the said man.

"Hn."

Suigetsu perform his seals and change into water. Then, the water pass threw the wall and disappeared.

"Sasuke… You're sure that this is a good idea. I mean we could get caught." asked Juggo

"It's the least of our problems Juggo. By the time they discover our hide out they will be dead." replied the cold avenger.

"And what are we suppose to do with Madara?" questioned the red haired girl

"Hn. I'm not quite sure yet."

Suddenly, water pierced right through the wall and start to re-form into a male body.

"Ahhh. This is unpleasant." said a naked Suigetsu

"So?" inquired Karin

"So what bitch?"

"Grrrrr!" replied the girl while throwing clothes at him.

"Suigetsu?" asked Sasuke

"I have found a place near the window. There are some curtains that can provide us some discretion but we will have to be silent and I doubt that four eyes over there will be able to keep it down." replied the man

"THAT'S IT!" yelled the girl

And once again there was water splashing everywhere, her attack pointless like usual.

"Go to sleep." ordered the dark haired man.

"Yes Sasuke." spoke Juggo

And with that said everyone went to sleep. Karin jumped on one of the two beds while Suigetsu decided to sleep on the floor near the door.

"You can take the second bed Juggo." said Sasuke.

"You're sure?" asked the said man.

"Yes I'll sleep on the floor near the window." answered the dark haired man.

"Okay."

Jugo went to sleep on the bed and Sasuke sit under the window.

"If you want Sasuke… You can share the bed with me. You know I can keep you warm." purred Karin, trying to look sexy.

Of course, this didn't affect Sasuke at all. In fact, it made him wonder why he had chosen her in his team.

"Ah ah ah! Yeah right that should convince him! You look like an ugly slut in need of some money!" replied Suigetsu

"Shut up asshole!" yelled the girl.

And there it goes again. They were fighting like usual, so Sasuke decided to tune them off and continued on thinking about his teammate. She was annoying has hell, he mean she was even worst then Sakura. Which in his book means that she was terrible. In fact, everything about her was annoying. She was too loud, too outrageous and she was way too weird. Even her ex-teammate was less freaky then that in her vain attempts to seduce him.

'Where is my favourite sexy medic?'

'Huh!? Sakura!? Well humm… I kind of… left her home…'

That's when he had start to think about that girl again. Sakura. What was happening to her now? Was she doing fine? Was she the dobe's girlfriend? And what about the dobe … Naruto, his best friend. How would he react this time when they'll see each other? 'Who cares now?' thought the avenger. 'It's not like I would like to see them again. They are only a distraction and anyway I have better things to do. Sigh! I can't believe you Naruto. Won't you understand? I don't need you, I don't need anybody. Not you, not Sakura, not anybody. All I want is to avenge my clan and tomorrow will be the big day. Nothing will stop me and if I have to kill you for that… I won't hesitate.' With that thought in mind, Sasuke slowly drift to sleep.

On Sakura's side

"Are we there yet?" asked Shizune

"We will stop here for the night. There's only a few hours left of travel until we get to the Iron village." answered Tsunade "So Sakura… how does it go? Have you finished studying?"

"Yeah… I think so, but now I really have to go to sleep… I'm tired." admitted the pink haired girl

"That's fine girl. Settle down we will go tomorrow morning." said the Gondaime, while installing her blanket on the forest floor.

The night was beautiful with the full moon shining through the trees. A slow wind was blowing on the pink haired girl's skin; it was starting to get cold.

As Shizune and Tsunade were settling down for the night, Sakura lie down on her blanket and put her book in her pack. She was looking at the sky, just like she had done so many times before with Naruto. Even if there were some clouds in the sky, she could still see the faint lights of the stars. And without her noticing, her mind reminded her of a long time lost memory. It was one of their first missions as a team. She was lying on the forest floor, Naruto and Sasuke were asleep on each side of her and she was happy. She was with her Sasuke and that was all that matter. Minutes later, it was an image of Naruto and Sasuke in their genin days that flashed before her eyes. Oh! What would she do to see them like that again. Sakura was slowly falling asleep and she knew it. She was so exhausted, that it was harder and harder to resist the urge to sleep. But, her last thoughts before she looses consciousness were for her best friend.

'Naruto… I hope you have reached the Iron village without too much problems. Tomorrow we will meet again and I swear… I'll do my best to help you.'