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At the first possible chance they had they pulled out a strip of cloth and blindfolded Itachi. Not because they didn't want him to know where they were taking him, but so that he couldn't place them in a genjutsu or use his Sharingan on them if he woke up without their realization.

Making it back to the campsite they put Itachi in a large tent with a guard of ANBU Black Ops to keep him unconscious and contained. An ANBU nin specializing in delving into minds also came and was attempting to do so in Itachi Uchiha's.

Kakashi and Sakura had taken Naruto to the medical area where the medical team and Sakura continued to work on reaching an antidote while the X-Men, excluding Logan and Rogue, waited in a perimeter around Naruto out of the Medical team's way.

Logan was next to a tent while he comforted Rogue. She was having difficulty trying to comprehend all of the horrific memories she now contained within her from that single touch.

"Rogue," Tsunade had come over to see how the girl was doing. "How are you feeling?"

Rogue shook her head. Logan growled and pulled her closer careful not to touch skin to skin. Tsunade nodded.

"I understand from your teammates that you can absorb powers and see memories from those you touch. I wanted to find out if you had a memory from Itachi containing the antidote we need. So far we've found out that what they gave Naruto isn't fatal. It only keeps him in a coma. We still haven't found the antidote. Can you help us?" she asked gently.

Rogue looked up at Tsunade, then back at the ground. She took a deep breath with her eyes closed preparing to go through each memory.

Logan watched as she did this with concern written all over his face. Rogue opened her eyes and looked up at the Hokage. She shook her head.

"Ah'm sorry. Ah have a memory about what yah said about the poison not being fatal but only comatose…But Ah don't have anythin' else."

Tsunade returned her with a smile. "Thank you. I'm sorry to have made you go through those memories, but I had to be sure."

Rogue shook her head with her eyes closed in exhaustion, "Ah understand. It's what anyone else would have done on our team had they thought Ah might contain the answer."

She looked back up at the Hokage only to see surprise written all over her face.

"I never thought it possible!" She exclaimed.

"What?" Rogue asked.

Tsunade pulled out a pocket mirror, normally used for coded light messages. She handed it to the mutant. Rogue studied her face and didn't find anything, then she looked dead center at her eyes. Startled by the redness of her eyes she dropped the mirror.

"What is this?" she asked.

Tsunade picked up the mirror and replaced it back in her pocket. "It's what we call the Sharingan. It allows the bearer to copy any Ninjutsu or Taijutsu and see through Genjutsu. I'll send Kakashi over. He's the only one who is not apart of the Uchiha clan to have the Sharingan."

Logan gently turned her to face him and his eyes widened when he saw the Sharingan. Tsunade left the two and went to find Kakashi.

The medical team was trying once more to remove the toxin from Naruto's body and was having the same little effect as before. Sakura groaned in frustration. She looked around at what she had with her and mentally went over what they had tried.

"Let me see his charts again," she said holding out a hand.

The clipboard was placed in her open hand and she scanned through the data. Her eyes shifted to each important detail until she came upon the heart diagnosis. Her eyes lit up. She thrust the clipboard at the nearest medic. She went to a clear table along the side of the tent and began pulling more healing herbs and plants to where she could see them.

Tsunade found Neji, Ten Ten, Kiba, and Akamaru sitting and eating around a small fire.

"Have any of you seen Kakashi?" she inquired.

The three shook their heads. Akamaru sniffed the air and barked at Kiba.

Kiba smiled. "Akamaru says Kakashi is down a couple tents with Jiraiya."

"Thanks, Akamaru."

Tsunade ran down along the tents and found the two nin talking about small complications that had been resolved the day before.

"Jiraiya. Kakashi," Tsunade greeted. "If you have a moment could you go to the X-Men? Rogue seems to have absorbed the Sharingan ability from Itachi as well as memories."

Kakashi raised an brow in astonishment. "Well, that is an interesting predicament. I'll go help the girl now."

Jiraiya and Tsunade were left alone as he left to help Rogue.

"How's Naruto?" the Toad Sage asked with concern written all over his face.

Tsunade grinned, "He'll live in a comatose state until we discover and give him the antidote."

"We were lucky," Jiraiya mentioned.

"Yes, we were. The Kyuubi could have just as easily been wrong. He could have been pulled out into the Bijuu and created a whole new problem."

Jiraiya nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry about Naruto," Gaara's gravelly voice told them as he walked over.

"Gaara, with all that has been going on. I haven't had the chance to thank you," Tsunade said.

Gaara shook his head, "We retrieved Naruto and he didn't have to suffer like I did. I am grateful for that."

"Lady Tsunade!" a medic was running full speed at them. "Sakura has done it! She's pulling the remainder of the drug from Naruto's system!"

Jiraiya beamed, "You've trained one hell of medic there Tsunade."

The corner of Tsunade's mouth twitched up into a pleased smile. "I knew she would be able to find the antidote."

Gaara had stalked off during their last bit of conversation and the two Sanin followed.

Naruto…

…

Naruto…

Kyuubi?

Oh finally. Pinky figured out the antidote.

Really?

Yes. But I want you to rest for a time. I'll go tell them it was successful.

Okay…

Sakura sat triumphantly in a chair next to the bed Naruto was occupying after she had finished when Gaara, her mentor, and Jiraiya all walked in.

"How is he," Tsunade asked.

Sakura smiled, " he's just resting now."

"Yes, he is," Naruto's voice quietly filled the tent.

"Kyuubi?" Jiraiya asked.

Naruto's eyes blinked open. "Yeah. Naruto is resting and I came out to give the all clear. Good work Pinky."

Naruto's eyes closed and he fell silent as Sakura silently raged at the Kyuubi's nickname for her.

Gaara raised an eye brow. "That was the nine-tail within Naruto?"

The others laughed forgetting that they never told the Kamikaze about what happened to Naruto.

"Yes, Gaara," Sakura said, "that was the Kyuubi. You probably didn't notice Naruto's new look from when those two finally worked together."

She pointed to the ears and lifted the blanket to uncover the blondes nine tails sticking out from underneath him. Gaara was surprised.

"Didn't expect to see that, did you," Jiraiya commented with chuckle.

"No, but it's good that they are working together. I'm happy for him."

Gaara turned and left the tent. Outside he noticed the X-Men who had helped the leaf ninjas as well as himself rescue the blonde nin inside the tent. He gave those who were looking in his direction a curt nod before leaving.

Sakura left the tent at her Mentor/ Hokage's insistence that she take a break. Outside she found Logan still holding a distressed Rogue.

"It was Itachi's memories," she stated looking for confirmation. Logan nodded. "Rogue, if you would like to talk about it, then I'm here. I knew Itachi's younger brother. He was a part of Naruto's and my team until he left with Orochimaru and became a missing nin."

Rogue looked up with tears clouding her sharingan filled eyes. "Did you know what the bastard did to that brother?"

Sakura shook her head. "He would never talk about it. The only thing I know is that Itachi massacred his entire clan leaving only his brother alive and even that left a mental scar in Sasuke's heart. If I knew exactly why Itachi did what he did maybe I can help Sasuke."

"He's left for good most likely if he left at all," Logan murmured. "You can't go back on such an important decision."

Sakura grimaced, "That may be true, but Naruto, Kakashi, and I have worked so hard to one day bring him back that I can't imagine what would happen if we were to fail."

Rogue gave Sakura a soft look before it hardened in rage. "The bastard killed his clan because they were plotting against Konohagakure. He massacred everyone and was supposed to kill even his brother, but he couldn't do it. What he did was worse…he…he was in the same room where he had killed their parents and when Sasuke came in he told him that he had killed everyone. He even killed his own friend for power. Then he told him to hate him and to fuel that hate every day he lived until they met again and fought each other. Ah can't believe he would do that!"

Sakura nodded, "Sasuke has done what he asked. He has searched for power and in his quest to gain that power he has gone to Orochimaru who will most likely make him into his next body for his own immortality. I thought Sasuke understood that when I last saw him, but I don't think he does anymore."

Rogue nodded, "Ah can see why. He's so filled with rage he isn't thinking clearly."

"Do you feel better now?" Sakura asked.

Rogue nodded. "Yes…Thank you Sakura. Yah really are a great medic nin. Tell Kakashi next time you see him thanks for the tips."

Sakura blushed, "I've had a good teacher and I'll tell Kakashi-sensei for ya."

The girls smiled at each other and slipped into each other's arms for a hug careful not to brush skin against skin. Sakura didn't want to add to the mutant's pain with all of her terrible mistakes in life.

Logan left the two alone while they comforted each other's pains and went inside the tent where Naruto was.

"Did I hear him talking in here a little while ago?" he asked those inside.

Naruto's eyes were open with a somewhat glazed look over the pupils.

"Yeah, I'm awake," he said, "But Kyuubi's still finishing the final healing within now that the poison is gone."

Logan nodded, "It's good to see you awake again Brighty."

"Shut up," Naruto replied.

The others laughed at the nickname that Logan had called their friend.

"It's better than what he calls me," a voice said as the strong smell of sulfur spread through the room.

"And what's that," Naruto asked.

"Elf, get back outside. We don't need you stinkin' up the place," Logan scolded.

Kurt smirked, "See."

The smell of sulfur filled the air again as he disappeared.

"Can you help me up," Naruto asked.

Tsunade and Jiraiya both grimaced in annoyance at the anxiousness of the younger nin, but knew better than to argue.

The slid their arms behind his back and helped him sit up first, then Tsunade took him and helped him stand on his feet.

"Are you feeling dizzy or anything at all?" she questioned.

Naruto shook his head. "No, I'm fine."

Tsunade slowly took her hands from his back and arm to allow him to stand on his own. Naruto smiled and with a less glazed over eyes he began to walk out of the tent slowly, but steadily.

Once outside the X-Men turned and saw him. They all scolded him for getting up too soon and called out greetings. Naruto smiled in answer to the team.

"Naruto!" Laura ran to him and hugged him.

The jaws dropped on all the X-Men's mouths at the display of affection that Laura had just shown them all.

The only one not surprised was Logan and he watched from behind them with a humorous smirk on his face.

"About time," he muttered.

Tsunade looked to him. "I take it you've known about this for a while then."

He smirked again, "You could say that I saw the signs in her that she didn't understand it. I took the duty as part of her heritage to push her in the right direction."

"She's your daughter?" Tsunade asked.

Logan shook his head. "No, unfortunately the same group of people who had been experimenting on me managed to keep some blood samples and produce my DNA inside of her. There were 22 before her, but from what I've heard they are all dead. She was the one that they produced with the hopes of creating a human weapon. Of course they didn't realize just how stubborn I am and how that affected her as well."

"Tsunade!" the Hokage whirled to where her name was called.

"We've got a strange person on the outskirts," Kiba called from where he was riding Akamaru.

"I'm coming," she called back. "Want to come?" she asked Logan and Jiraiya.

They both nodded and the three set off through the forest following Kiba and Akamaru.

Author's Note: Anyone care to guess who it could be? Please review! They always encourage me to write more especially in my enormously busy schedule at the moment.