Disclaimer: So then I said, "I wish I could own Naruto," but the genie told me wishes didn't work like that. So all I ended up with was money, love and power. –Sigh- But no Naruto.
Author's Note: Sorry this took so long. This chapter was kind of hard to do. I wrote these a few months ago, and I was an awful writer. I've been trying to improve them, but I usually end up having to add a lot of scenes. This was the longest chapter I've edited (in the others I usually add a lot of stuff), and it was hard to do, but I like the finished product. There's no Sasuke in this chapter, but I like the way it ends up. Tell me what you think.
Chapter Ten:
I couldn't sleep the rest of the night. I decided to pack up camp early, so I could have a good head start. After an hour in the town to stock up on supplies, I left Kunohagara Town, and made my way towards the Land of Wind. It was about 8 in the morning when I decided to take a small rest for breakfast.
It was quiet, not having a squad. It was kinda lonely, but I would put up with it for Sasuke. When did I start to feel that way about him? Did I like him as a friend…or maybe more? Gah! It was so confusing. I decided to take a small walk before heading off again. I stopped next to a tree when I started hearing voices.
It wasn't that I was listening in, but I knew that the conversation was top secret by the hushed voices. I heard four distinct voices talking, but I couldn't make it out. I decided to listen in. Looking back on it, eavesdropping is an awful habit. It's how I learned Sasuke's feelings for me, and how I learned he was leaving the Leaf Village. And now, I was listening in on total srangers. I decided I needed to see who was talking, so I peeked around the tree and saw that there were four Grass ninja talking. I got as close as I could without being detectable.
"The Hidden Leaf Village is still weak from the Sand/Sound invasion," one of them - a chunin - said. "That is why we are here collecting reconnaissance. For our invasion."
That's when I remembered - we had gone to the Village Hidden in the Grass for a reason - to spy on them about possible plans for an invasion. I guess the pervy sage was right about it.
"The daimyo of the Land of Grass wants to prove its superior military power by conquering the Land of Fire. And it would be easy for us to infiltrate and destroy the Hidden Leaf Village."
I couldn't believe this. They were really going to invade.
"It's a good thing that we were able to get away from the village before that jounin found us. Could you imagine if we had to face him?" one asked.
"Please," another said. "He's hardly intimidating. Did you see the ridiculous green jumpsuit he wore? And the haircut? It was laughable!"
"You can't underestimate them, Kojo," one said. "The next time we get into the village, we have to be smarter."
So they were almost caught in the village. That must mean that they're on their way back to the Grass village with information on the Leaf. I could either keep following Sasuke, or stop these ninja. I knew what I had to do. I slowly pulled out a kunai.
The kunai hit it's mark - just to the left of the head of a ninja. He turned around, realizing there was a ninja among them. They assumed that the attempt was to kill, but I missed on purpose. Or should I say my clone missed on purpose?
While my clone came out and distracted them with battle, I prepared a kunai with a light bomb on it. They discovered my ploy just in time. I threw the knife at their feet, and it exploded. I got one down.
Now there were three more who escaped who I had to stop. This would be tougher. I tried to come up with a strategy, but before I knew it, I was surrounded.
"A leaf ninja," one said.
"He knows of the invasion," another said.
"We have to kill him," the last one offered.
"Fat chance," I said. I pulled out a kunai, prepared for combat.
"Earth style: Root prison!" one shouted. From within the ground, two roots shot up and captured my legs. I struggled, but I couldn't move.
A shuriken whizzed past my ear as I ducked. I decided to use the substitution jutsu, and I replaced my body with a piece of wood. It worked, but I didn't quite get the element of surprise I was looking for. The ninja I had appeared behind noticed me immediately, and jumped away from my attack.
"My turn," I said with a smile. "Wind Style: Shuriken Tornado!" I did the jutsu with perfection, hitting two more, but one still managed to escape. He must have decided that the information he had was important enough that he had to escape to get it to his village. He tried to flee, so I followed him.
Or should I tried to follow, because one of the fallen ninja took the time to throw a kunai with a flash bomb at the ground in front of me. It exploded, throwing me back through the air into a tree. I got back up to look for the ninja, but I noticed that there were a few smoke bombs that had gone off, leaving me without any way of tracking him. The information would get back to the grass village, and I couldn't stop it.
And the Hidden Leaf Village had no idea.
I grabbed the collar of one of the fallen ninja. "When is the attack?" I demanded.
"I will never tell you," he said.
"Well, then," I said. "I guess I'll have to force you." I guess it was time for my new jutsu. "Wind Style: Restriction Justu!" A gust of wind threw the ninja to the tree behind him, and kept him pinned against it.
I summoned power from the Nine-Tailed Fox. Not too much, mind you, just enough so that he could see my chakra visible and would wet his pants in fear. I was told that I tended to do that when I let the fox's chakra flow through me. I looked at him and saw the fear in his eyes.
"Tell me when the invasion is or I will tear you limb by limb before finally putting you out of your misery," I growled.
That did the trick. He crumbled before me.
"In one week from tomorrow," he said. "Please spare me."
I had enough info. I knocked him out so that he couldn't follow me, and returned to my camp. I packed up, but all the while, I had a dilemma.
I had to get Sasuke back. That wasn't an option. If I took the time to return, not only would I be too late, but Jiraya would never let me out of the village. But I couldn't ignore the fact that the village was going to be invaded. They were right – the village was still weakened by the invasion seven months ago. If they didn't know about the attack beforehand, there was a good chance they'd lose.
Sasuke or the village? I had to think of a solution.
Then, it just came to me. The solution was staring me right in the eyes.
"Summoning jutsu!" I yelled.
"What's the deal with you summoning me, squirt?" asked the giant toad named Gamabunta who just appeared. "I was in the middle of something."
"I need you to find pervy sage and tell him something!" I said.
"I am not a messenger, squirt."
"I know," I said. "But this is important. Trust me. You need to tell the pervy sage about an invasion of the Hidden Leaf Village in a week and a day from the Hidden Grass Village."
"An invasion?" he asked. "Are you sure, squirt?"
This made me mad. "OF COURSE I'M SURE. I WOULDN'T HAVE SUMMONED YOU WITHOUT KNOWING FOR SURE IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!"
"Jeez, squirt," he said. "Calm down. Why can't you tell him yourself?"
"I need to do something else. Whatever you do, you can't tell the pervy sage where I am! Got it?"
"He is Lord Hokage!" the toad bellowed. "He should know where all of his ninja are. Where's your team?"
"Kakashi and Ino were killed in our last mission," I said, my eyes adverting from his gaze. "And Sasuke is...he's not here."
"Sounds like you're going off on your own, squirt. I'll have to tell Jiraya."
"You can't!" I yelled. I had to tell Jiraya, or he would tell the pervy sage where I was. There was no choice. "It's Sasuke! He left to find his brother Itachi to avenge his clan! I need to find him before something bad happens." Gamabunta waited a minute to respond.
"I won't tell him on one condition, squirt," Gamabunta told me. "You have to bring Gamakichi and Gamatatsu with you. If anything...untoward...happens to you, they will get me or Gama and we will help you. Got it?"
"Fine," I said. I preformed two more summoning jutsu, and informed the toads of what was going on. With all that summoning and the battle with the grass ninja, I was beat. And it wasn't even noon. Oh well, at least I could have some lunch and rest up.
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I woke up to two toads jumping on me to wake me up.
"You know, kid," Gamakichi said, "we should be getting a move on sometime soon."
"I need to sleep," I moaned, my eyes still shut.
"But Naruto," Gamatatsu whined. "It's dinnertime and I'm hungry."
"You glutton!" Gamakichi yelled. "You already had his two bags of potato chips!"
"You what!" I yelled. Oh well, at least Choji wasn't here. Then we'd never hear the end of this. I sighed.
"Let's go another few hundred kilometers before we eat," I said.
"But I'm hungryyyyyyy," Gamatatsu whined.
"So am I, Gamatatsu," I said, "in fact, right now, I'd be eating a nice bag of potato chips." I sent him a glare, and he shifted uncomfortably. "Oh well, I guess we'll both have to wait." Gamakichi snorted at my sarcasm. We packed up and prepared to leave, but before I could, I saw something out of the corner of my eye.
I turned around and saw a brown tarp that was poorly meant to camouflage the two obvious bulges underneath the tarp with the dirt. That poor camouflage disguise could only be from one person.
"Konohamaru, what are you doing here?" I asked the tarp.
"I told you he was too sharp for this," the brunette boy said from underneath the tarp.
"If you weren't so awful at camouflage, then he wouldn't have noticed," came the voice of a kunoichi that I recognized all too well.
"Sakura!" I yelled. "What are you two doing here?" I demanded. They finally came out of their poor disguise, both avoiding my gaze.
"I ran into her, boss," Konohamaru said, "and she was upset about you leaving. I convinced her to track you with me."
"Where's Sasuke?" she asked. "I thought he'd be here with you."
"Naruto," Gamakichi interrupted. "Aren't you going to introduce us? I know your girlfriend from your battle with that sand ninja -" the look on Sakura's face was priceless - "but who's the other guy?"
"Konohomaru, Sakura, this is Gamakichi and Gamatatsu. And Gamakichi - she isn't my girlfriend!"
"Anymore," Sakura muttered.
"Well, she wasn't when I was fighting Gaara," I cleared up.
Instead of sending them back (they admitted they'd just follow me again) I decided to let them tag along, as long as they kept Gamakichi and Gamatatsu on their heads. It was annoying carrying them on mine. They reluctantly agreed, and we left to find Sasuke.
I guess I was leading a squad now. And what a squad it was – me, the holder of the Nine Tailed Demon Fox, a kunoichi chunin, an academy student who's jutsu wasn't very developed, a toad who had an appetite that rivaled Choji's, and his smart ass of a brother. Not exactly elite, but it was more than I had when I left the village. And at least I wouldn't feel lonely anymore.
We finally made it to the border before we set up camp. We all missed dinner (Gamatatsu reminded us frequently), but we had a midnight snack before drifting into sleep. I used my brain for once (Sasuke would be so proud) and set traps around us, as we were on the border with another country, so any intruders would be hard pressed to sneak up on us in our sleep.
That night, I didn't sleep any better than before. Another dream of Sasuke plagued me. This time, it was Ino, Kakashi and Sasuke against Itachi. Itachi was being overpowered until Ino and Kakashi were stabbed in the back by someone I didn't recognize.
"It's a good thing that Naruto wasn't paying close enough attention, or they might have survived," Itachi said to himself. He turned to Sasuke and put him in a headlock before snapping his neck.
"It's all Naruto's fault," I heard Itachi's voice say. The statement was echoed by Sasuke's voice, then Orochimaru's, then Kabuto's, then Ishichi's, then Kakashi's, then Ino's, and finally Sakura's.
"Naruto," I heard Sakura's voice say over and over, before I woke up, seeing everyone gathered around me.
It was already morning, and Sakura's face was right in front of mine. This wouldn't be a problem for me a month ago – we'd kissed enough times – but I felt so wrong being that close to her now. I wonder what changed?
"You were screaming and writhing, Naruto," she said. "What were you dreaming about?"
"What was I screaming?" I asked.
"Sasuke's name," she said. She looked away as I sat up, and then refocused her gaze on me "What's the mission we're on, and where is Sasuke?" she asked.
"He left the village," I said. Seeing her shocked face, I continued. "That's why I left. To find him. He was at Kakashi's grave, and he said that learning to love and trust people distracted him from his goal - to kill Itachi and restore his clan. He left the village to kill Itachi."
"So you know where Sasuke is?" she asked.
"No," I said. "But if I find Itachi, I'll find Sasuke."
"You mean 'we', right boss?" Konohamaru asked. I looked around at my teammates - human and not human - and sighed.
"Yes, I mean 'we'."
We got a head start that day, and we made it to our first foreign village. I knew that after the invasion, there was mistrust between the Sand and the Leaf, so I knew that any sand shinobi I ran into wouldn't cause a scene. Still, we removed our headbands.
With a picture of Itachi and a picture o f Sasuke, we began looking around, asking people if they'd seen them. No luck in the entire village. Nor in the next one.
What was I thinking? I realized. I can't find Itachi! If it were that easy, he'd have been caught a long time ago. I needed Itachi to come to me. That when I realized something.
"Itachi is searching for the hosts of the Tailed beasts, right?" I asked Sakura over lunch.
"Yeah," she said, "why?"
"Because that's how we're going to find him." I smiled.
"What are you planning, Naruto?" she asked.
"You'll find out," I said.
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That day, we went out into the forest of the Land of Wind.
"Naruto," Konohamaru said, "I don't think you're plan will work."
"Yeah," Gamakichi said. "And it'll freak out a lot of people."
"Do you have any better ideas?" I asked.
"It's a bad idea, Naruto," Sakura said.
"I don't care," I said. "I have to find Sasuke!" I bit my thumb and put it to the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!" I yelled. And for the second time that week, I had summoned Gamabunta.
"What is this, squirt?" he asked. "Do you need me? Are Gamakichi and Gamatatsu alright?"
"We're fine," I said.
"Speak for yourself," Gamatatsu said, "I'm huuuuuuungry."
"WILL YOU STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT HUNGER EVERY FIVE SECONDS!" I yelled.
"Hey, squirt!" Gamabunta said, "Don't talk to my son like that."
"Sorry," I muttered.
"What do you need? Jiraya's in a right state. He told me that as soon as they deal with the Hidden Grass Village, he's sending an elite squad to hunt you down," the toad told me.
"Remember when we were fighting Shukaku," I began, "and you needed claws. So I turned you and I into the Nine Tailed Fox?"
"I remember," he said, narrowing his eyes at me. "What does this have to do with now, squirt?"
"I need to do it again," I told him. I spent the next fifteen minutes explaining my idea. If we transformed into the Nine-Tailed Fox, it would attract a lot of attention – enough to catch Itachi Uchiha's interest. Sasuke would also see it, and he'd be drawn to it to find Itachi. If they could get Sasuke before Itachi got us, we could go back to the village.
The next day, we put our plans into motion. We roamed around for a little bit, and it attracted a lot of attention. After a few hours, Hidden Sand Shinobi came to fight us, and we decided it was time to end it, instead of fighting. He disappeared, leaving me all alone. The sand shinobi couldn't find me because I hid (Konohamaru offered to lend me some camouflage…I said no). It didn't matter – it would be newsworthy, and Itachi would search us – or should I say me? – out.
Needless to say, it didn't work. After two days of waiting, Sakura and Konohamaru decided to get me to give up. They suggested that if we kept waiting, someone was bound to find us, and it wouldn't be Itachi. And the longer we waited, the further Sasuke would be from us.
"Naruto," Sakura said. "Maybe you're going about this all wrong."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You're looking for who Sasuke is tracking, hoping you two will find him at the same time. Maybe you should take a different approach."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I think what she's saying, boss," Konohamaru interjected, "is that you should look for someone who's also looking for Sasuke."
I looked in Sakura's eyes.
"Oh, no," I said. "No way!"
"What? Who is it?" Gamatatsu asked.
"Orochimaru," Sakura said. Gamakichi and Konohamaru gasped.
"We can't just go looking for that madman!" I yelled.
"You were more than fine trying to lure Itachi to us. If you ask me, Itachi is more dangerous," she said.
"Yeah," I said, "but to get to Orochimaru," I began, "we'd have to go to the Land of Sound."
"What's wrong with that?" she asked. "We can stay in the Land of Fire near the border."
"That sounds like a better idea," Konohamaru said. "Plus, by the time we get back, it'll be time for the invasion, and we can help out!"
"No," I said. "They'd wonder where Sasuke is, and they wouldn't let me go back to find him."
"Naruto," Sakura said.
"I can't do it, Sakura," I said. "I love the village more than anything," I began, "but-"
"-but not more than Sasuke?" she asked. Did she just suggest I loved Sasuke? Thanks a lot Sakura, that really helped me figure out my feelings. "They can't honestly keep you in the village if you don't want to be. Plus, Jiraya would totally let you go find Sasuke!"
"He'd find out that Sasuke is a missing nin," I said.
"They've already classified him - and all of us - as missing nin by now," Konohamaru said. "Let's go back, and you can make this an official mission."
"If you want to help then just go back," I said. "Seriously, I don't need you here, and I didn't want you here."
"We're sticking with you, boss," Konohamaru said.
"Good, because we're going to the Land of Sound," I said triumphantly. Wait! Did they just trick me? I know I didn't want to do that, but somehow, they got me to suggest it! They pulled a bugs bunny on me! Damn them!
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After a week, we ended up in the Land of Sound. We knew that Orochimaru and other Sound ninja knew what we looked like, so we decided to use transformation jutsus to change out looks.
Sakura was now a guy named Saku who wore a grey fur jacket similar to Kiba's. She wore black pants, and had her hair dyed black. She wore the Hidden Sound forehead protector on her forearm.
Konohamaru was now as tall as us. He was a girl named Maru, who had sky blue hair that went down his back. It was tied back in a pigtail. He, or should I say she, wore his (or should I say her) Sound forehead protector as a belt, like Lee does.
I also transformed into a girl. It was actually my sexy jutsu with clothes on. I changed my hair color to a duller blonde, and I used genjutsu to hide my whiskers. My name for the mission was Narau. I let my shoulder length hair fall down. I wore my forehead protector from the Sound village just like Sakura wore her Leaf forehead protector, as a ribbon in my hair.
We tried to think of a way to pass off Gamatatsu and Gamakichi, to no avail. We decided that while we were in the Land of Sound, they'd go back to their home until we were done.
We infiltrated the Village Hidden in the Sound quite easily. I had rented an apartment in the only apartment building in the village, which we all managed to share. Konohamaru - erm, I mean Maru and Saku slept in the double bed, and I slept on the couch.
The next day, we woke up late, so we had an early lunch at a pork place.
"Did you hear about the invasion of the Hidden Leaf Village?" I overheard someone ask at the next table. Sakura dropped her fork. I guess I wasn't the only one who heard it.
"I thought the Grass Village had destroyed them," the other one said. Konohamaru clenched his fists.
"No," the first guy said. "Apparently, they figured out about the invasion beforehand. The Leaf Village had only one casualty defending the village."
I looked at Sakura and Konohamaru with a smile. I just hoped we wouldn't return to the village to find another friend dead. But considering how many leaf shinobi there are, I doubted I even knew whoever died.
We left the restaurant after eating, and were walking back to the apartment. When Sakura stopped us.
"Is that-?" Sakura asked, pointing to a nerdy looking guy heading toward the center of the village.
"Kabuto," I confirmed. He was walking in a hurry, and I smiled. "I think we found our way to Orochimaru."
"I'll use some of my camouflage to follow him," Konohamaru said with a smile.
"I don't think so," I said.
We casually followed Kabuto until we reached a place that was so menacing, it had to be Orochimaru's hideout. I signaled Sakura and Konohamaru to distract Kabuto. While he was distracted by the lover's quarrel that they fabricated, I was able to attack him from behind with my clones. He put up a small fight, but we eventually knocked him out with the element of surprise.
It was time to say goodbye to Narau as I transformed into Kabuto. It made me sick just thinking that I had to pretend to be him.
I walked into the building, and eventually found where Orochimaru was. But he looked...different. He must have had a new body!
"Ah, Kabuto," he said with a hiss. "I see you have returned."
Damn. I forgot in the "brilliance" of my plan, I needed to be able to impersonate Kabuto.
"Yes I have, my lord," I said. I swear, I was getting sick to my stomach.
"How have the preparations been going?" he hissed.
"P-preparations?" I asked. I saw his eyebrows arch for merely a second.
"You remember," he said. "The ones to fetch the Uchiha."
"Oh, right," I tried to cover. "We can leave as soon as you want, my lord."
"My lord?" he asked. "What did you do wrong that you are trying to butter me up for?" he said with a sly grin.
"Erm, nothing," I said. Well, how was I supposed to know what Kabuto called him!
"I see," he said. He paused and looked at me curiously before smiling. "Tell me, Naruto Uzumaki, what happened to Kabuto?" He smiled.
I backed away and pulled out a kunai, releasing my transformation jutsu. "How did you know?" I growled.
"From the second you hesitated when I asked for how my preparations were going," he said with a sly smile. "And I also know why you're here in my lair."
Why wasn't he attacking me, or at least calling for back up? "W-what do you think I'm doing here?"
"You're looking for Sasuke, and thought I might have information," he said.
"H-how do you-" I began.
"You think that I, with a goal to take down the Hidden Leaf Village and claim Sasuke's body as my own, wouldn't know when two of the most high profile chunin suddenly became missing nin?" he asked. "I'm hurt."
"Why aren't you trying to fight me?" I asked.
"My jutsu to claim this body has not completely finished. I have a few more days before I have total control over this body. I'd call for help, but something tells me you're too powerful for them. But you won't kill me, nonetheless."
"Why's that?" I asked. I stepped forward, pointing my kunai at him. Okay, I'll admit it. Knowing he was powerless against me gave me a sudden burst of courage.
"Because you need me to help you find Sasuke," he said. I gasped in surprise. "We have a common goal, Naruto," the snake like man said. "I know you don't particularly like me-"
"You killed the Third Hokage," I spat at him.
"-but," he continued, "you need me. Alive."
He was right. As much as I would love to kill him now when I had the chance, I couldn't lose Sasuke. Maybe Orochimaru and Kabuto could help us find Sasuke. And then, with Sasuke, Sakura, Konohamaru and I, we could easily defeat the two of them. But Orochimaru must know this.
"How do you know I won't turn on you," I asked.
"I don't," he admitted. "But by the time we'd find Sasuke, you'd be facing a rejuvenated sannin, so I shouldn't have to worry."
He was right. How can I even think that Sasuke and I could take on a sannin and Kabuto at the same time?
"I'll give you until tomorrow to give me your answer, Naruto Uzumaki. Until then, you and your friends are free to stay at our finest hotel free of charge for the night. And you don't have to continue with those ridiculous disguises. Although I admit your blue haired friend looks delicious." He smiled as he licked his lips, sending shivers down my spine. "I'll see you tomorrow, Naruto." He smiled one last time as I left the building.
I saw the shocked faces of Sakura and Konohamaru as I left the building with my Leaf forehead protector, my orange jumpsuit, and my spiky blonde hair.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled, running up to me. Konohamaru wasn't far behind.
"You can stop your disguises," I said. "It's easier to talk to Sakura and Konohamaru than Saku and Maru."
They undid their jutsu, and we went to the hotel Orochimaru was talking about. I don't know how they knew we were coming, but as soon as we got there, we were led up to the room he had promised. It was grand, with three bedrooms (each with their own bathroom!) and a common room.
"Naruto," Sakura asked, sitting down on the sofa. "What's going on?"
I didn't answer immediately. Instead, I summoned Gamakichi and Gamatatsu.
"Hey, kid," Gamakichi said.
"Do you have snacks this time?" Gamatatsu asked.
"NO!" I yelled. "AND I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS ON MY MIND THAN SETTLING YOUR INSATIABLE APPETITE!"
"I thought Daddy told you not to yell at me?" Gamatatsu said.
"Shut up," Gamakichi growled.
"NARUTO!" Sakura yelled. "YOU HAVE UNTIL I COUNT TO THREE TO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON! ONE...TWO..."
"Alright," I said. "Orochimaru knew we were here and he knew we were looking for Sasuke."
"That doesn't explain why you were allowed to leave without a scratch on you," she said.
"Yeah, boss," Konohamaru interjected. "And why we were set up in such a nice hotel."
"Orochimaru wants us to team up to find him," I said. "Without him, we won't find Sasuke."
"What!" Sakura yelled.
"You can't do it, Naruto! He killed my grandfather!" Konohamaru said.
"Orochimaru," Gamatatsu began. "Isn't he the one you were fighting the first time I was summoned?"
"Yeah," Gamakichi said.
"Hey! You still owe me a snack from that!" Gamatatsu yelled.
There was yelling all around the room. Sakura telling me we can't do it, and Konohamaru talking about it being a betrayal of the Third Hokage. Then there was Gamakichi and Gamatatsu arguing. I couldn't think.
"EVERYONE SHUT UP!" I yelled. "I don't know what to do," I admitted. "We can't find Sasuke alone, but we can't trust Orochimaru. He has a new body that will be fully functional by the time we find Sasuke, so we won't be able to fight our way out of it." A few seconds of silence, and I knew what I had to do. "But I know what I'm going to do."
"What are you going to do?" I heard four voices say at once.
"I'm going to kill Orochimaru."
Author's Note: Okay, so there was no Sasuke here, and, I hate to break it to you, no Sasuke next chapter either. I'm being nice today, so I'll give you a scoop. I might not be able to post the next chapter until next weekend, so I'll tell you a little bit. Basically, it details Orochimaru's plan, and Naruto's plan, and how it all ends up. We'll see a little bit of everyone in the next few chapters, but no Sasuke. Naruto has to realize he…wait, I don't want to give it all away! So just review like good little readers, maybe add this to your favorites, and tell all your Yaoi loving friends. And don't worry, Sasuke will turn up…eventually. Muah ha ha.
But seriously…please review. :-)