Authors note: Two updates in one day. That's a record for me. This chapter has different perspectives, so I hope you don't mind. Please enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 3

Finally, after minutes of more arguing from the two rivals in the early morning, Sasuke and Naruto arrive at their destination. It was a small, farming village that didn't have much a population. The homes and stores were worn down and the poverty level was high. The blonde didn't think such a place existed in the village; hell, he didn't even know the said village was real until a few days ago. However, stepping in and seeing all the information be true made it all the more real. "How does a place like this exist in the fire country?" Was all Naruto could say in his question. Why wasn't anyone helping these people?!

Sasuke's eyes explore the place, looking intensely at the people and the structure. Something about this whole thing was fishy. This village wasn't even known to him or Naruto until recently! And he highly doubted the hidden leaf would neglect these people. Than again, this was the leaf.

"This is strange." Sasuke notes, looking over to a store. "Let's go into that store over there."

Naruto nods, following after the Uchiha into the store near by. He couldn't get over this! "I thought everyone was doing okay." A naive thing to think.

Not everyone had a perfect life. The two rivals certainly didn't. Their parents were killed, they were shunned as children, and lived off cheap food and drinks. There were quite a few times where Naruto had drank spoiled milk without realizing it! That wasn't a trip to the bathroom he enjoyed.

"If this village really is being controlled by a gang of rogue Ninja's, I doubt they would be living a life of luxury." Sasuke was correct. They saw how the bridge maker's place looked years ago while it was under that gang leader's control. As long as a man with a huge sword didn't come at them, they were okay.

"What do you mean by 'really is'?" Naruto questions, opening the door to the store.

The knuckle head walks in, only to see the store half empty. "Something tells me this village isn't what it seems to be." Naruto raises an eyebrow.

What did he mean by that? The Uchiha has always been the type of guy to question everything, but that didn't make sense. There was a whole village in front of them that they could touch! And people who needed clean water and healthy food stat.

"Sasuke, what are you talking about? These people are struggling to survive and you're saying-" Naruto cuts himself off when he saw a worker at the front watching him. The work's eyes are were hidden under his bangs and his whole aura gave Naruto the idea of running. "That guy's watching us."

Sasuke already knew that. He was currently watching the man from the corner of his eye, waiting to see if anything suspicious would happen. Much like Naruto, the man gave off an bad vibe, but instead of running, it was attacking.

The Uchiha wasn't known for running away from a fight unless he absolutely had too and even than, he'd question if he should. Running away to him meant you gave up and he wasn't someone who did such a thing. Uchiha's never give up or run away from a fight.

The work's glare keeps a good lock on Sasuke and Naruto as they stroll around the store. "What are we doing?" Naruto questions. He had thought they were going to get food like anyone else would do in a store. But as the food looked weeks old, that wasn't an option.

Thankfully, there was a restroom and quickly, Sasuke pulls the blonde in with him. This wouldn't be so... intimate if the bathroom wasn't only a toilet and sink. If the Uchiha needed to use the restroom, why would he pull Naruto in with him? And that made Naruto's cheeks a tiny bit of pink.

"I don't think the village is a real one." Naruto was about to protest when Sasuke rudely shushes him to be quiet. "Hear me out. I was trying to explore this place to see if it was true. I'm going to use my Sharingan." The eye of the Uchihas that could see through Jutsu's. A powerful weapon to have. Without saying anything else, Naruto simply nods and watches as Sasuke's eyes turn into a crimson shade with three black dots. After years of seeing his rival use it so much, it no longer phased him or like some people, scared him. It was pretty normal.

"Genjutsu. A small one. Whoever is doing this wants us to notice that this place isn't real." Sasuke states, his eyes going back to their normal dark color.

"Well, can you break out of it? Because this place is making me depressed." Naruto whines.

Itachi watches as Sasuke tries his best to break out of the small Genjutsu he had made. Thankfully, it didn't take a lot of Chakra, so he still had enough to use when the time came for the bigger one. Now, it was simply another game of waiting and patience.

"I want to kill these fuckers already!" Hidan shouts, clearly annoyed with the non stop of waiting games. This was boring and he wanted to do something that would actually satisfy him. Sitting down on a rock and watching birds fly by wasn't.

"We can't kill them until later." Kakuzu says, his eyes not daring to leave from the card deck he was shuffling. "Or more so, Itachi will have to in the Genjutsu." As if he would. The older Uchiha had other plans and none of them consisted of killing the Jinchurki or his brother. If anything, it was to warn them.

Of course, from the shadows. He Highly doubted Sasuke would give him enough time to explain about all that happened if they met; his brother would most likely attack him right away. And the last thing Itachi wanted was a lighting bolt to the chest. He already had a terrible illness going on!

Meanwhile, Konan and Pain were having a conversation away from the group. The two had began doubting Itachi's loyalty to the Akatsuki and it's members. "He's been acting strange. I expect he might be up to something." Pain says calmly, sighing.

Itachi was a prized member with great strength and intelligence. There was no saying what the Uchiha could be up too. And he was unreadable which made it even harder. "Yes, he seemed off when I spoke to him a while ago." Konan agrees.

The two friends stand in silence, thinking of what to say next. What were they going to do if Itachi really was going to betray them? "If he tries to get in the way, we must kill him." Pain's voice is cold and serious. "No one can stop us from achieving peace." He was god, after all! And only a god can stop a god.

It's not like Itachi's powers would go to waste. If it came down to it, the leaders could always steal his Sharingan.

"Pain." Zetsu appears, growing slowly and slowly until he transformed. "I saw some hidden leaf ninja's. They were the same ones Deidara and Sasori came into contact with." Shit. The hokage must have found out! This wasn't good!

Konan narrows her eyes and turns to face the plant akatsuki member. "We'll send people to distract him." She looks to Pain to see if her orders were allowed and he nods. "Tell Kakuzu and Hidan to keep the leaf Ninja's at bay until Itachi sends the boys into the greater Jutsu. Zetsu, watch and keep us updated." And with that, the plant Shinobi disappears once more to do what he was told. Konan truly was a strong willed lady!

Pain shakes his head. "We should've had Obito do this."

Konan shakes her head. "For now, I think Itachi will be useful. We just need to keep a good eye on him." She than smiles evilly. "When he does something wrong, we'll take him out than." For a lady who looked so sweet, she was far from it. She wasn't someone to take lightly as well.

From the restroom, Naruto eyes the store worker from the now cracked door. This was taking forever! The blonde really wanted to go punch the worker until the guy started talking. Obviously, Sasuke was having a hard time doing this.

"How long does this take?" Naruto whispers harshly, closing the door. Sasuke, Sharingan activated, glares over to Naruto with annoyance.

Him yelling wasn't going to make Sasuke go any faster! If anything, it was going to get the blonde a red mark on the face from a punch.

Without answering, Sasuke looks around the illusion village, looking for the place that it stopped at. A minute passed until he found it. Only a mile or so towards the north was the place where the genjutsu cut off. Perfect!

"I found where we need to go. Run and don't stop, got it, loser?" Naruto grins. Show time!

The two raced out of the store, hopping onto the homes and rushing towards the cut off area. They needed to leave before the enemy noticed! And it wasn't helping that the fake people around them already did and was not taking a liking to the idea of them leaving.

Spears among other things were being thrown at them. It may be an illusion, but anyone would be scared if a spear was inches away from your face!

"Hurry up, idiot! We can't take our sweet time!" Sasuke shouts, watching Naruto as the blonde was trying his best to not get stabbed in the arse. He was running around like a chicken with its head cut off!

"I know, bastard!" Naruto shouts back, catching up.

Gratefully, it didn't take long for the boys to get out of the Genjutsu. Though, they did have a few scratches, but that didn't matter right now. This was all a trap! Someone set them up and if they didn't get out of the area soon enough, the enemy could attack once more.

"We need to get out of here." That was obvious. Although, that plan was soon destroyed as Naruto's eyes laid on two very familiar faces. Kisame and Deidara!

As Hidan and Kakuzu go to deal with the others, Kisame and Deidara jump down onto a tree. As they thought, it didn't take long for Sasuke and Naruto to get out. They weren't Jonin's for nothing! But even so, the two akatsuki members were S-Class level and they weren't going to be taken down that easily.

"Looks like Itachi's precious baby brother and the Jinchurki got out." Deidara teases. Until it was time for the plan to be activated, he was going to have some fun. Who said he couldn't blow off an arm or two? They would still be alive!

Instantly, Sasuke and Naruto's eyes lock on the enemies before them. Damn it! The Akatsuki. They should've known. They were the only ones who dared to send a fake mission in the hopes of trapping their victim!

Upon hearing his brother's name, Sasuke narrows his eyes. The Akatsuki were behind this and someone had tried to use a genjutsu. That meant Itachi was near by somewhere! But where?

Kisame laughs lightly at the younger Uchiha's reaction. "Your brother is around here." Sasuke glares. "But you won't see him until later. Right now, you have to deal with us!" In a blink of an eye, Kisame jumps off the tree and throws his sword at Sasuke.

By the looks of it, he was going to be Sasuke's opponent and Deidara was going to be Naruto's.

Blocking the attack with his Katana, Sasuke's eyes glare at the other's. "What is it you want?" The Uchiha jumps back, giving him and his enemy distance. He knew about the sword that Kisame carried. Samehada. Instead of slicing, it shaved flesh and was able to absorb Chakra.

Sasuke was going to have to be careful during this battle!

Kisame smirks. "That's none of your business. Quit your talking and let's fight!" The two swordsmen clash. The sounds of metal erupting around the forest.

"Shit!" Sasuke yelps, barely blocking an attack from his enemy. He didn't move in time and now, he had a nasty scratch on his arm that was bleeding. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to cover the wound, as Kisame launched at him again. As if Sasuke would get taken down that easily!

In the effort to slow down Kisame, Sasuke does the hand signs necessary for an Earth style technique. Tiger. Hare. Boar. Dog. "Earth-Style wall!" With that, he smirks. Having Kakashi as a master wasn't half bad, after all.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Kisame destroys the earth wall into pieces. "Fight with all you got!"

Meanwhile, Naruto was dodging many explosive bombs from the sky. Of all the people he had to fight, it had to be the art obsessed guy again! At least he could get a few punches for Gaara. That was the bright side, even if it wasn't much.

"Art is an explosion!" Deidara yells as another bomb comes rushing down, Naruto barely dodging. "Aren't you quick!"

While running, Naruto creates two shadow clones to help him in this fight. He couldn't get close enough to Deidara alone. He needed some clones as a distraction! "Over here!" one clone shouts, getting the Akatsuki's members attention. Great, it was working!

Naruto runs around a few trees, the other clone behind him, and proceeds to climb. He was going to finish this with one blow!

"I know I'm not suppose to kill you." Deidara smirks. "But that doesn't mean I can't take your arm off!" Suddenly, the art lover senses Chakra behind him and turns around, only to jump back from a Rasengan. The Jinchurki was smart!

Hitting the ground, he watches as Naruto proceeds towards him, another Rasengan in his other arm. "You shouldn't be so careless!" And right as Naruto's body is in close range, he throws a bomb and rolls away. He got him now!

However, Naruto wasn't an idiot. With a poof, Naruto's body turns into smoke; showing that it was a clone all along. And as Deidara's eyes go wide, he rushes in to punch Deidara's face, sending the akatsuki member flying.

"Don't underestimate me, ya know!" Naruto yells.

Naruto's victory is short lived as almost a second later, a white light comes into view. What was going on? In confusion, he turns to look at Sasuke, who was seeing the light well. Last time they checked, there weren't any Akatsuki members that used any light manipulation!

Soon enough, the knuckle head and Uchiha found themselves in a field of cold, light green grass. No trees were around them and the only thing they could see for miles was the same field they sat in. They were somewhere else! And their enemies were no longer with them. That meant somehow, they were teleported. But Naruto wasn't good in that aspect and Sasuke had yet to use or learn that one.

"Sasuke, do you know where we are?" Naruto questions. He stands up and looks around, trying to figure just where they were.

"I'd say we're still somewhere in the fire country." Sasuke stands up as well, looking up to the sky. "However, I don't know where." If Sasuke didn't know where they were, that meant trouble! And this place didn't look like a Genjutsu like the village. This day was turning out to be crazy. Though, what kind of Jonin lived a normal life or went on normal missions? Certainly not ones from the hidden leaf!

If they wanted answers, the two were going to have to walk until they came into contact with someone or spotted another village. "Can you see if this is a Genjutsu?" It certainly didn't look like one, but Naruto knew it was better than nothing. And Sasuke thought so too, as he closes his eye and opens them again.

Only there was no Sharingan present. Only the dark abyss of the Uchiha eye.

"Nice try, Sasuke. Use your Sharingan!" Sasuke tries to do so again and to no avail. Oh no.

"I can't use my Sharingan." The Uchiha than does signs to use a jutsu and like his Sharingan, didn't appear. "What the hell is happening?!" Now, Sasuke is pissed and that was never a good sign. He was always calm and collected! And if he was angry, things had to gone wrong!

Naruto looks in shock as he than tries to create a shadow clone. Nothing at all! "I can't create shadow clones!" Naruto panics. "It's like we no longer have any Chakra. That can't be possible, right?! We'd be dead!" Naruto freaking out wasn't helping.

Though, the Knucklehead had every right to freak. None of their Jutsu's were working, Sasuke's visual Prowess was gone, and they were in a strange place!

"Naruto, calm down!" Sasuke shouts, trying to calm himself down. "You know just as much as I do!"

"Hold on, I need to check something!" Naruto sits down onto the grass once more and closes his eyes. He needed to see if Kurama was still inside him! If so, maybe he could get some answers. Though, the stubborn fox never listens so he wasn't sure how much that'd work.

And with much Luck, Kurama was still inside his sealed gate. Just like Naruto, he had a puzzled look on his face. Although, he seemed to be taking the news that Naruto no longer had any chakra really well.

"Nine tails!" God, he didn't like talking to this fox. "Do you have any Chakra left?!" This was an important question.

If Kurama didn't have any, that was definitely bad news!

"I can no longer sense Chakra, not even my own." Naruto falls over in shock. Where the hell did their Chakra go?! "I know for sure that we're no longer in our world." And thus, Naruto falls over once more.

"So, Itachi, how long do you think it'll take before they both die?" Itachi was pretty sure the only thing his partner could talk about was fighting or death.

Sighing, he proceeds to jump from branch to branch. The Orb where Naruto and Sasuke were trapped in was in his pocket, safe from everyone else's grasps.

Currently, the Akatsuki were falling back into one of their many hide outs. The leaf was aware of what was going on and they needed to get going!

"I don't know Kisame, I have to wait until the right time comes." The older Uchiha was an expert at lying and that came in handy at the moment.

No one needed to know that he was actually on his foolish brother's side. Not yet!

Meanwhile, Konan and Pain had another place to be. They were going to see the Masked Man.

Kakuzu and Hidan watch as the hidden leaf Ninja's sleep. They had thought about killing them right there and have it be over with, but that wasn't fun at all, now was it? And Hidan wasn't one to have a quick kill.

No, Hidan liked to hear his prey scream and watch as all hope drains from their eyes. Kakuzu on the other hand didn't care; as long as he got some money out of it.

"Let's go wake them up. It's time for this party to get started!" Hidan was about to launch himself at the sleeping Ninja's, but was soon stopped when Kakuzu grabbed the back of his coat. This man never let Hidan have any fun! Lazy, old man.

"Look." Kakuzu points to the papers surrounding Kakashi and the others. "They have explosives. Do you really want to get blown into pieces?"

"Shut up! I saw those were there!" He didn't. He just hated looking like an idiot.

"Do you both always argue?" Zetsu looks at them with annoyed faces. It was like every Akatsuki member argued with their partner! Thankfully, he worked alone and didn't need to deal with someone yelling into his ear all the time.

"Why don't you go hide and watch us like you were assigned to do?!" Hidan snaps. He's finally able to fight and he still couldn't do that!