This is probably not the best chapter... Oh well. We gotta have semi-good ones right? Next chapter should be interesting. Sorry for the EXTREMELY slow update. haven't been able to think of what happens next, but here it is, up and running. (not technicaly running but...) :D enjoy
Sakura and Shikamaru wandered through the forest, not far from Konoha, following the directions given to them by Tsunade-sama. They'd already walked for two hours, looking carefully for any clue to where the Sage cat stayed.
"In a tree within the forest..." Shikamaru recited. "How specific."
"Well it is the Sage cat. It'll have to be well-hidden for the enemy not to find it." Sakura said. Secretly agreeing with Shikamaru. There are billions of trees here... Which one does-
Just when a tree stood out among it's fellows and struck Sakura as different. "There!" She said, pointing to a dark coloured pine.
Shikamaru tried to make out what was different about it compared to other trees for Sakura to point to it, squinting to make out what it was...
"I don't see what's so special abou-"
And that's when the strangest thing happened. The tree literally twisted down into the ground, its leaves shrinking into the hole being created.
"Woah..." Sakura muttered with shock.
Shikamaru was stunned, unable speak.
"So this is what they call "in a tree"..." Sakura muttered.
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Naruto woke up on a hospital bed, feeling like he'd just been run over by an elephant. Every part of his body hurt, and he could hardly remember anything.
He tried to recall what caused him to be in his current state. Retracing his steps, I woke up this morning, had some Ramen...
Kakashi sensei came to get me for... He couldn't quite remember until he saw the faces outside, carved on the giant cliff. That's it! For A Meeting at the Old lady's office...
Then everything came flooding back into him. Immediately, he shut himself away from those thoughts. The last vision he had was of a very angry Tsunade running at high speed at him then BAM. He wakes up at the hospital. Ugh. He thought. Woman hits hard...
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Jiraiya is leaning on the wall, massaging the spot where he'd gotten hit by Tsunade. If it wasn't for his quick reaction, he'd probably be having a major concussion right now in the hospital.
"Tsunade, you should have a rest. You've been working for over two hours." Jiraiya said for the twentieth time.
Tsunade sighed and put the book down; finally given in. "This is serious, if the Akatsuki gets their hands on the cats, who knows what they can use them for." Tsunade said, rolling her neck. "An attack on Konoha would be so much easier if they had access to excess amounts of chakra, we'd be at such a disadvantage. Then the Akatsuki would carry on with their plans to destroy the world or whatever and..."
"To be put simple, if they find them, we're screwed." Jiraiya finished.
"Exactly."
"So stop worrying. What's the worst thing that could happen? Konoha gets destroyed, everyone gets killed." Jiraya said, holding his hands in the air, weighing them like a scale. "And that's not too bad."
"You can be such an ass sometimes you know?" Tsunade chuckled.
Jiraiya headed out. Waving his hand in the air as he left. Tsunade could've sworn she heard something like "I've always wanted to be an ass..."
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Sakura and Shikamaru now stood above the hole the tree has made in the ground, pondering whether to take a risk and jump in, or, to wait and take precautions.
"We don't know if this is the actual place, it might be a trap..."Shikamaru said carefully.
"Oh c'mon Shikamaru. Sometimes your senses really carry you too far."
Just as she finished, a voice ran through the hole, which made both of them jump backwards.
It was a loud booming voice, and the person, or rather thing, sounded angry.
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Sasuke dragged the four eyes behind him by the collar as he approached the snake sannin.
"Explain this." He said in his usual cold voice, releasing Kabuto from his grasp.
"Now, now Sasuke-kun. Don't get heated. We haven't begun talking yet." The Sannin calmed.
"I don't give a shit. I want an explanation on why the fuck he woke me up."
Kabuto was clearly unhappy about the way Sasuke addressed his master.
"Spoiled little Sasuke, getting whatever he wants all the time." Kabuto said, not making the already pissed Sasuke any better.
"Shut up you little Son of a Bitch. I can own your ass anytime." Sasuke threatened.
"Sasuke-kun, don't throw your anger at him, I told him to get you."
"Hn,even better... I get to lash my anger out on you." Sasuke muttered to himself.
"What was that?" Orochimaru asked, playing with Sasuke's temper.
"Go die in a hole." Sasuke shot and turned to leave.
"I have a new mission for you." That seemed to get the Uchiha's attention.
He turned around and smiled greedily. "Great, I've been dying to get out of this shithole."
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