"No you gay guy!" Mayumi shouted at him. "I don't trust any of you here! Why would I prance over to you like some stupid fucked up fangirl who is obsessed with you… Do you have me confused for Sakura? I mean it has been awhile and all-"
"These are copies of the profiles for the Anbu that work directly for the Hokage…" Kabuto said looking into the folder.
The female glared at him, "It's not nice to interrupt!"
"You don't shut up do you?" He questioned her, then, not waiting for a response he motioned for them to follow.
Sai didn't wait around and quickly did as was ordered. Mayumi took a look at Orochimaru and Sasuke, shivered, than ran after them. She was going to have nightmares for a really long time; she didn't even know what to think about what Sasuke might have meant by 'training'. Sure it was nice to see her teammate after so long but that was a bad way to find out that he was gay…
"Here we are, come inside," Kabuto said pulling open a door.
"…Are there purple unicorns in there ready to eat us?"
He looked at her, "…No?"
"Why was that a question? Oh my god there is isn't there?"
Sai rolled his eyes and walked into the room. Kabuto shook his head and pulled Mayumi into the room.
"This is your room," the creep said, lighting a candle and setting the folder on the bed. "When we don't have anything for you to do we expect you to quietly behave yourself in here. If something comes up we will call for you."
The leaf ninja both watched as Kabuto walked through the door, "Sorry to do this, but I'm going to have to keep this door locked from the outside. After all, you're… Well, you understand."
A clicking sound was heard as Kabuto shut and looked the door.
"Did he really just lock us in here?" Mayumi asked.
Mayumi walked over to the door and tried to turn the knob in vain. Her lavender eyes widened as she tried to yank it open. Okay, at least there was one good thing; there weren't any purple unicorns in the room. But then again, being trapped in a room with Sai was almost like being trapped in a room with Sasuke trying to take his shirt off. Now that she thought about it, why did Sai where a belly shirt? And why the heck did he have one long sleeve and one short one? Either he stole his clothes from a hobo or he was gay… Hmmm… That was a tough one to decide right there.
She looked over at him, maybe both? Wait…where did he get that book from?
"What you reading?" Mayumi asked as she walked towards to him and made a face. "Don't tell me you read the same perverted books as Kakashi-sensei…"
Suddenly Sai turned his head and looked at the door.
"And look who we have here."
"That's funny," the Arakaki said turning towards the door. "Hey… Kabuto looks a lot like-"
"The Hokage-controlled Anbu, impressive as always. To think that fake corpse wouldn't fool you…" Sai said, smiling at them.
Mayumi's lavender eyes widened as she glomped Naruto, "Naruto-kun! I missed you! That stupid Kabuto locked us in here!"
"Why don't you tell us about what's going on here," Yamoto said as his finger that had magically been a key, reverted back to a finger.
"That's gross…" The blue haired girl muttered as she hid her face against Naruto.
"You!" Naruto shouted, grabbing the front of Sai's she-man shirt, dragging Mayumi between them because she wouldn't let go.
She looked up at Sai, "Hey you like Sasuke up close… Just less gay."
"Why did you betray us!" The Uzumaki continued to shout.
"You shouldn't make too much noise here. It'll mean trouble," Sai warned him, smiling.
"Why you!-"
"Naruto!" Sakura interrupted.
"Tch…" Naruto grunted as he pulled his hand away from the other male.
"Here," Sakura said, stepping forward and holding a book out. "We found this, it's yours, right?"
"Thank you," Sai said, taking it from her.
"You're here under Danzou's orders, right?" She questioned. "Danzou is planning something through working with Orochimaru… And you were chosen as a go-between. What is it he's up to?"
"He's plotting the destruction of Konoha with Orochimaru… Part two of it… right?" Yamoto questioned him.
"No actually-"
"We already all know your smiles are fake and the same goes for the lies you force though it!" Naruto shouted.
Mayumi looked up at him…she could feel him shaking.
Sai continued to smile, "My mission ended in failure the moment you found me and I can't very well take care of the four of you by myself so… If you already know so much then there isn't any reason to hide things anymore. Just as you say we are going to destroy Konoha as it exists today."
Naruto pulled himself from Mayumi and glared, "What?"
"To approach Orochimaru and inform him of our plans, that was my true mission," Sai told them, smiling.
Yamoto held a kunai up to him, a threat, "Keep going, tell me everything."
"Do you realize what you're talking about?" Naruto snapped at him.
"Oh there's more…" Sai told them. "I'm to be a spy and pass information on Orochimaru back to Danzou-sama."
"You're joining up with Orochimaru… Just to turn right back around and betray him? That's incredibly dangerous," Sakura said, staring at him slightly confused.
"Well, the second we destroy the leaf, Orochimaru will betray us anyways. We're just preparing for when that happens."
"Danzou wants to take over the Leaf Village… And you're the only one whom he sent?"
"My ability made me the best candidate," Sai told her. "The ink I write with becomes a small, living animal. Then I can stay safe while they take the information back to Danzou-sama."
"If they attack the Leaf, huge numbers of people will die again! Do you realize the consequences of what you're trying to do?" Sakura snapped at him.
"Those were my orders, I'm just following them."
"So…" Mayumi mumbled, looking at him. "If he ordered you to suck, well whatever it is he's calling a dick, you'd do it Sai?"
"Oh yes-"
Mayumi's eyes widened in disgust, "WHAT THE HELL-"
"You didn't let me finish, as I was saying, Sai was just my name for this mission, I'm…no one. I'm simply Danzou-sama's tool. I do not exist. So you can say whatever you want to me. You'll just be wasting your breath."
"Then…" Sakura started again. "Why do you care about that book so much?"
Sai looked up at her for a moment then looked at the book in his hand.
"The two boys inside… They're you and your brother right? Is it because that's the one thing that proves you do exist? You say that you've rid yourself of all emotion… But even a shinobi can't become completely unfeeling."
"You think this book," Sai moved said book still looking at her, "is proof that I exist?"
"I think you want to keep it because you can't stop being his brother. Do you understand? That book is the one link you have to your brother," Sakura told him.
Sai stared at her wide eyed.
"You don't want to break that link…do you?"
"…Link…" Sai said staring at her.
"We've already looked at it," Yamato explained. "The two center pages are unfinished. If you follow the pattern it seems that the younger and older brother will have their final battle against each other. Sai… I know you're a member of the Anbu's "Root" division. And I know you've had special training from Danzou to kill your emotions. And to do that… You underwent the same ritual they once had in the hidden village of "Blood" Mist… And killed-"
"No!" Sai interjected. "This was a present for him; I decided to take a little extra time to finish it…" He smiled again, "And my brother died from an illness. We weren't related by blood, but he always praised my work as being very good. "Root" takes in a lot of children with no family. He became someone whom I thought of as a brother… The final pages were the ones I wanted to show him the most, but since he died… I can't remember what I wanted to draw…"
*Later on outside*
Sai was placed on the ground against the rock base, wrapped up in Yamato's wood while the other four shinobi stood around him. Mayumi stared down at him with a disgusted face, sure at first he didn't bother her, but right now he was ten times gayer than Sasuke, he even looked the part!
"Tough break Sai, "Yamato said staring down at him, "You're going to have to stay here with one of my clones."
Mayumi looked over at her two teammates, "Why haven't you guys yelled at me?"
Sakura smiled at her lightly, "Oh, Yamato already explained that to us."
"Man… I was looking forward to a good argument…" The blue haired girl complained.
"We've gotta go settle an old score…" Naruto said looking at her, then Sakura, "and save Sasuke!"
Sai looked up at him, "I wouldn't count on that. We met Sasuke-kun earlier. He's always with Orochimaru, if you pursue him, you'll be ripped apart and used for their experiments. Plus…"
Naruto stared at him.
"Sasuke-kun no longer cares about you. Sakura-san has told me you think of him as a brother. And sill… To bring him back, you're willing to oppose Orochimaru? Why? No one has ordered you to do so."
"…It's funny," Naruto said smiling. "Back in the day I really hated him. But the time we all spent together was the most fun I ever had. He…acknowledged me more than anyone else, besides Mayumi. He's my friend… Someone who I was finally able to form a bond with…"
"A bond…" Said muttered. "But still against Orochimaru…"
"If he rips my arms off I'll kick him to death, if he rips my legs off I'll bite him to death! If he rips my head off, I'll stare him to death! And if he gouges out my eyes I'll curse him from beyond the grave!" Naruto grinned, and then his face became serious. "Even if I get ripped apart, I'm taking Sasuke back from Orochimaru!"
*After they caught Kabuto and blah blah blah*
"Here Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke! Here Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke!" Mayumi chanted as she opened doors looking for the Uchiha.
"Shh!" Sakura scolded her. "Not so loud."
The female Arakaki rolled her eyes and proceeded to open up more doors, still chanting, only slightly softer. Naruto and Sai had been sent off in a different direction to search while Yamato, Mayumi, and Sakura looked around their own hallway.
"I haven't seen anything…" She reported to her team.
"Nothing here either…" Sakura added.
Suddenly Yamato's eyes went wide, "I can sense Naruto's chakra… Seems like something has happened, let's go!"
"Right!" Both girls agreed.
With that said the three of them ran off to find their teammates. It didn't take them long before they managed to find and stop behind Naruto.
"Orochimaru again?" Yamato asked him.
"Well duh," Mayumi rolled her eyes. "…Then again… It could be a guy…"
Sakura looked at her, "Mayumi… Orochimaru is a guy."
"You're kidding me!"
"Hmm… Naruto-kun…" Orochimaru said, looking at them. "I'm letting you live a bit longer. I'll ask you to dispose of at least another Akatsuki for me, yes? Regardless, it's Sai that I need to see to right now… So you'll have to pardon my manners for making such an abrupt exit," and then he left.
"THAT'S RUDE!" Mayumi shouted after him, and then turned Sakura. "You're right, defiantly male. Asshole…"
"Where is Sai?" Yamoto asked Naruto, a worried expression on his face.
"Sai went off looking for Sasuke!" The blonde explained. "We have to find him before Orochimaru does! I've used up a lot of chakra, but I think I have enough to pull off a Tajuu Kagebunshin and use that to search for him. Captain Yamato, Sakura-chan, and Mayumi-chan you guys take that side."
Sakura started to look at Naruto but her green eyes went wide at the book she noticed. Being Sakura she walked over and picked it up, looking through the pages. In the middle of the book were two smiling boys, their hands locked straight in the center.
"This is…"
Naruto smiled shyly, "He…managed to remember… That's what he wanted to show his brother. It's the drawing of their shared dream."
"Both of them are smiling…" Sakura smiled.
Mayumi frowned, "Like I thought, gay and stole his freaking cloths from a hobo."
The Uzumaki male ignored her, "He… When he was drawing the picture, he gave a true smile for the first time…one that came from the heart."
"This is…"
Mayumi turned and looked at Yamato who had spoken, "Wow we say that…A LOT."
The man stood to his feet, clearly studying something in his hand.
"What's wrong?" The Haruno girl asked.
"I found this in Sai's bad," Yamato explained, walking over to the team. "This is a list of targets Anbu ninja themselves keep notes on an assassination list. It's a bingo book."
"Assassination list?" Naruto questioned, looking at the book which had pictures with X's over them. "What are these big X marks for?"
"Perhaps the marks are here to keep track of targets that have already been eliminated… Why would Sai have something like this…?" The man wondered aloud as he flipped through the book, then suddenly his eyes went wide. "Look..."
"I-It's…" Sakura stuttered.
"Hey look you guys it's Sasuke!... Well we found him, can we go home now?" Mayumi asked turning to Naruto.
"Why…why would Sai's assassination list have… Sasuke's picture-?"
"There hasn't been an X marked on it yet…" Yamato wondered aloud. "I see…so that's what it was about…"
"What are you talking about?"
"Sai… His mission was to be the go between for Orochimaru and Danzou, but that wasn't the only assignment he received… Sai's true, top secret mission was the assassination of Sasuke."
Mayumi sighed, "Guess that means we can't go home yet…"
"No way… There's no way that that's true," Naruto defended him. "Because, just now, he said he would go to rescue Sasuke and he had been smiling from his heart… Even now I still believe that…"
"That's he wanted you to think Naruto," Sakura told him.
"Ugh! I failed my mission!" Mayumi complained, grabbing her hair and pulling in frustration.
"The owner of this bingo book couldn't have been anyone else, look here," Yamato said, showing them the book. "Right next to Sasuke here, this listed man, a Jonin from Kirigakure who is noted to have an unbending attitude towards Konoha… Sai is being sent out to dispose of people dangerous to Konoha village, and Sasuke too, is one of those people."
"He managed to make his smile attain its purpose…" The pinkette muttered. "Come to think of it, that time when I hit him…"
"Danzou's objective was to eliminate Orochimaru's potential new container. We have to locate Sai as quickly as possible."
"This is so stupid! We should just go home, and bring that fucking book! It's close enough to Sasuke-san if you ask me," Mayumi whined.
The ninja stopped and stared at each other briefly, only to snap their heads towards a loud noise followed by the room shaking.
"Earthquake!" The Arakaki screamed as she jumped on Naruto's back. "Go man go!"
"What was that!" Naruto questioned, trying to keep his balance with the girl clinging to him.
"Over there, it's Sai's chakra!" Sakura told them.
Suddenly the three ninja who were on their feet started to run. Naruto, somehow even with Mayumi on his back, ran in front of everyone else. Once Naruto walked around the he came to an abrupt stop. He and the blue haired girl looked out at what looked like a room that had been blown to bits.
Both he and Mayumi stared wide eyed, "Sai…"
The Haruno girl and Yamato stopped beside them. To everyone's surprise Sakura sprang forward, running quickly to Sai and grabbing him by the collar angrily.
"You! What the hell are you after? How many times do you plan to stab us in the back before you're happy?" She snapped at him.
"Ah, it's Sakura," said a deep emotionless voice.
Sakura turned her head slowly. That voice sounded so familiar to her… Then her green eyes went wide as she stared up.
Her hand dropped to her side, "Sasuke-kun…"
Mayumi felt Naruto stiffen before he charged forward. His breathing was labored which made her feel bad for weighing him down, literally.
"Ugh!" Naruto grunted as he tripped.
His blue eyes wondered forward to Sakura and Sai and then he was running towards them again. Mayumi's lavender eyes widened, how the hell did he get back up with her still on his back! Oh, right, ninja skills.
Once out in the open both of them turned their gaze to match their teammates. As expected, there stood Sasuke, and he didn't look very happy either.
"Sasuke…" Naruto said, as if making sure it was actually him.
Mayumi stared up at him, sure she'd been in a room with him already but that one was dark. Why the hell did he wear an open shirt? A blush crept across her cheeks as she realized she was staring. Quickly she looked at his cloths and made a face.
"Gay guy…" She muttered.
HE ALWAYS WORE CLOTHS THAT SAID GAY ON THEM. Her blush faded as she looked between him and Sai comparing which one was gayer.
"So even you're here, huh Naruto?" Sasuke said, staring down at the group. "Is Kakashi here too?"
"Sorry it's not Kakashi-san, but I'm the substitute," Yamato said, running out and looking up at him. "As Kakashi's group we'll be taking you back to Konoha."
"Kakashi's group huh…"
Sai pulled out his sword and glared up at Sasuke.
"Sai! So you really were-," Sakura snapped raising her arm up.
"Dear god can we have a break! You're such a god damn gay hobo!" Mayumi shouted at him from Naruto's back.
The Uchiha looked at her briefly then back at Sai, "It was him that filled in my absence? Saying something like he'll protect my and Naruto's bonds… Once again another tepid guy has come into this."
The Haruno looked over at the dark haired male next to her, "What?"
"Yeah, it's true that my classified mission was Sasuke-kun's assassination… But I'll leave his life alone now; I want to make my own decisions. Naruto-kun helped me to remember my past feelings… Something that I felt was very important to me," Sai told them. "I don't really know you that much…" He said looking up to Sasuke. "But with Naruto-kun, Sakura-san, and Mayumi-san this far chasing you so desperately-"
"I didn't even wanna come on this fucking mission!" Mayumi snapped at him.
Sai ignored her, "I have some reason to be here. If you cut your bonds with him… You'll become desperate to connect yourself once more. I still don't know how to say this clearly. But you know Sasuke-kun, you should know that yourself."
"Yeah, I know," Sasuke said. "That's why I broke them off, I carry another bond. And it's one of hatred with my brother. Having many bonds lead my strongest ambition astray, it weakens your important feelings."
"Then…" Naruto said. "Then why at that time… Then why didn't you kill me? Didn't you plan on cutting those bonds?"
Mayumi's eyes widened as she got off of Naruto's back, maybe it wasn't a good idea to be near him right now…
"It's a simple reason. I didn't cut myself off from you, it was to follow a way I heard from him. It was only a measure to get power."
"What the hell do you mean?" Naruto asked, staring up at him.
"I don't need to explain to you," Sasuke told him. "But still… What I can say to you is at that time, I saved you on only a whim."
And then suddenly Sasuke was almost giving Naruto a one armed hug, his hand rested on his hip.
Mayumi stared at them, "…Wait can you do that again it was a bit too fast…"
Sakura looked over in surprise, wondering when he had gotten next to them.
"Oh right… Didn't you have a dream of becoming Hokage?" Sasuke questioned him. "Is it really so good for you if you lost even that by chasing after me? Is it, Naruto?"
"Sa…Sasuke-kun…" Sakura stared at them sadly.
"That's why this time… At my whim you'll lose your life," the Uchiha said pulling out his sword.
Naruto stared hard ahead of himself, "A person who doesn't save one of his friends can hardly become Hokage. Isn't that right, Sasuke?"
"Hn," Sasuke grunted as he swung his sword.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted.
"Naruto-kun!" Mayumi screamed.
Then, thankfully, Sai grabbed Sasuke's hand and placed himself behind Naruto.
"That guard…passed," the Uchiha told him.
Sai's calmed expression changed to a look of shock as Sasuke flipped Naruto over with the quick movement of his arm. Yamato took the opening that he saw and shot wood from his hand at the Uchiha. However he didn't notice that when the dark haired male opened his eyes his sharingan was clearly activated.
"Chidori nagashi!"
Sai and Naruto cried out as the electric attack struck them. Both males dropped to the ground with a hard thud.
"Naruto-kun!" Mayumi shouted as she ran to his side pulling him to her in a hug.
Sakura stiffened as she stared in shock at her old teammate. Her shocked expression changed to one of determination as she charged forward towards him.
'I'm going to stop Sasuke-kun with my power!' Sakura thought as she brought her fist back.
Suddenly, the electricity that Sasuke had around his body was focused into his hand, giving the sword that he held an electrical charge. He looked towards the pink haired female, his sharingan focused on her. Quickly he brought his blade back, not expecting Yamato to jump in between them with a kunai in his hand. The Anbu member brought it up to meet the Uchiha's blade only for half of the kunai to get cut off. Sasuke pushed his blade forward, knocking Yamato into a rock and the sword piercing into his shoulder.
"That guard…" Sasuke said glaring at him. "Failed."
"Yamato-taichou!" Sakura shouted in worry.
The man reached up weakly towards the blade.
"My kusangai sword is a bit special. It can't be blocked," the Uchiha told him.
Mayumi clung Naruto to her, staring at Sasuke in shock. Since when had he gotten so strong? Her lavender eyes widened when she felt Naruto push himself away from her, his finger nails clawing her arm. She stiffened when she noticed Sasuke watching them. There was no way in hell she was gonna let him get anywhere near Naruto. Heck, she didn't even like the Uchiha looking at him. And while she was on that, who did he think he was stabbing Yamato? So what if he was a bad replacement Kakashi; he was still nice! She stood up from Naruto and took a few steps towards Sasuke before she stopped, placing her almost next to him, and looked back at the coughing Uzumaki.
Sasuke stared hard at the two of them, no longer paying any attention to Yamato. Quickly the man pushed his hands together and used his wood style technique to push the sword out of his body. Sasuke moved back in shock. Quickly he grabbed Mayumi and jumped through the doom that Yamato had made and landed back where he had started. The blue haired female struggled and screamed. Problem number one was that he did actually smell kinda good, and she now wanted to kill him for that. Problem number two was that his smell was making it hard for her to think completely straight.
"Sasuke…" Naruto said, staring up at them.
Mayumi looked down at them wide eyed, "Why heck do you guys look like ants?"
"Why don't you understand! Your body will soon be taken by Orochimaru!" Naruto shouted at him.
"If it happens… So it happened. When I was a kid Naruto," Sasuke stared.
Mayumi looked up at him in horror, "You where a kid?"
He ignored her, "For me, revenge is everything what happens to me or to this world is nothing to me. I'll make it clear even now, I can't beat Itachi, and neither can Orochimaru. But if by giving my body to Orochimaru, I can get the power to do that. I'd give my life again and again."
Everyone stared up at him in shock.
Yamato pushed himself up, "Let's end the talk. Naruto, Sakura, Mayumi, I didn't want you to use violence on him, but… I'm sorry, we'll get serious."
"Yamato-taichou!" Sakura shouted.
"With Konoha or with you, I'm done…" Sasuke said glaring. "It's over…"
He pressed his hands together forming seals then raised his hand which he wasn't using to hold Mayumi and his sword to the air. However, before he could get his hand up completely Orochimaru grabbed his arm.
"Don't use that technique…" The older man said, looking briefly at the blue haired girl.
"Let. Go," Sasuke ordered.
"Hey hey… You're again speaking like this Orochimaru," Kabuto told him, walking over slowly.
"I've got no reason to be stopped," the Uchiha told him.
"You also know what 'Akatsuki' is doing now. We want these people from Konoha to manage 'Akatsuki'. Every little thing helps… If they hinder the other 'Akatsuki' your revenge will also get easier."
"It's a pitiful reason," Sasuke said, holding Mayumi tighter.
"Umm… I hate to be rude but… Let me go!" She shouted in his ear earning herself a stern glare. "…I'll just be quiet now…"
"It's to improve the success rate of your revenge by one percent (A/N: He reminds me of L now… O.O Not really) isn't it?" Kabuto questioned.
"…"
Orochimaru released Sasuke's hand, "Let's go."
Mayumi blinked, "Hey wait a minute, don't you think you should let me go?"
Being completely ignored her attention was drawn to the fire that was consuming the four of them. Her lavender eyes widened as she cried out to her teammates who stared up at them helplessly. The next time she blinked she was in a dark room that was hardly lit.
Okay that sucked, but don't get to mad at me please! I had computer problems for a long time so I wasn't even able to type at all so the smart part of head didn't work at all for this chapter. But anyways I hope it was good enough, and sorry for not updating for so long! *cough*Kim-chan*cough* Any who… I'm no longer going to tell who is in the lead on the poll because I'll be taking it down soon. But please vote on that. I love hearing from you all so please please please review and vote if you haven't, and please read the next chapter if you like it.