He walked towards his room with a smile on his face, he couldn't stop smiling, and he was too excited for the event he could be a part of. He opened the door to his room, to get his stuff, he wouldn't dare be late. He searched through the pile of Shonen Jumps books, to find a longsword, a blue guitar, a deck of cards, and of course an unopened bottle of Pepsi.

"I really got to clean up my room." He said to himself as he observed the mess that was his room. "Ah, I'll just do it later." He thought as he sheathed his sword on the back of the guitar. He strapped the guitar to his back, picked up a random Shonen Jump, and Pepsi, and then left.

The Shadow walked down the road leading up to Konoha. It had taken him 3 hours to get there.

"Can't believe that I got lost 4 times." He yelled to himself "I should probably bring a map with me next time… Or not read Jump while walking, either way I need to focus more." He muttered to himself as he walked towards the gate.

He looked at up at Konoha. They were still in the rebuilding process, but it did look more like it used to. He strode to the gate where there were two guards. He smiled as they turned their attention on him.

"Who are you, and wha-," One of the guards was saying

"What just happened," The other one said.

Suddenly both fell on the ground out cold. The Shadow was already on the other side walking at his original speed. He continued on until he reached the village. He stared upwards for a brief moment before walking to an inn. He checked himself a room, put his stuff in it, and left to see the city.

He was perched on a roof surveying the landscape.

"This place is perfect to get away with an interrogation of someone important," He muttered to himself. He knew it wasn't why Pain had sent him here, but he really didn't care what Akatsuki wanted. "I fight for myself and only for myself," He thought to himself.

He got down and began walking towards the Hokage's office. On the way he bumped into a kid.

"Oy, oy watch where you're going." Naruto told him, but his advice fell on deaf ears, as the Shadow kept walking towards the office. "Hey, did you hear me? I told you to watch where you're going," He said as he grabbed the Shadow's shoulder.

Immediately the Shadow turned around and glared at Naruto. Naruto backed off a little. There was something in his eyes that just made Naruto a little scared.

"I really don't care what weaklings like you have to say to me." The Shadow said angrily, "Besides I have places to be." He said as continued walking towards to the Hokage

Naruto was really angry no, it was one thing to be ignored, but to be called a weakling by some random guy was another issue. He ran up in front of the Shadow to block his path, but the Shadow was gone.

"What the? He was right in front of me." Naruto muttered to himself. He saw him on the steps of the Hokage's building. "Oy, you can't go there," Naruto yelled after the Shadow as he ran towards him. The Shadow entered and began walking towards the Hokage's office. He heard Naruto's footsteps behind him and turned around. Naruto ran to him angrily, but before he could do anything the Shadow punched him hard in the gut to knock Naruto out.

"I thought I said I don't care for weaklings," He told Naruto, as he made sure no one was around to see him.

He walked towards the office and put his hand on the door.

"Tracker on!" He said softly. A small bit of chakra went from his hands and under the door. It came back with a green signal, to show that his target was there. He smiled as he absorbed it back into him. He took a small breath and kicked the doors open. Tsunade looked up at him with surprise, but was quick to conceal it.

"Hello there Hokage-sama, you and I have a little talking to do!" The Shadow said with glee. He closed the doors and sat down to a confused Tsunade.

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