The whole first part of Jason mistaking Casana for his mother was inspired by the second movie, Friday The 13th Part II. I just couldn't resist. C:

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A pregnant silence was following the group as they all stared at the grand titan of horror standing before them, with Casana dangerously close to him. He stared down at her, and she looked back up at him, standing her ground and showing she wasn't afraid. Deep down, she kind of was. If he was capable of killing a shinobi, what made her think she stood a chance.

"Stand your ground." Teah whispered to Naruto and Sakura. "Don't run, don't show you're afraid. We'll look like his potential victims."

Naruto nodded. "Right."

"Okay." Sakura agreed.

Jason looked up from Casana and stared at the other three, hearing Teah talking. He tilted his head, wondering what she was talking about, and why they weren't doing anything.

"Jason." Casana said in her most firm tone.

Hearing his name, Jason snapped his gaze back to her, staring at her. He tilted his head, taking in her looks from the light of the moonlight above, he lowered his machete, his arms sprawled at his sides. Her dark hair, those eyes, and that green sweater she had on...she reminded him of his mother. Could she have been his mother?

Why isn't he attacking me? He usually attacks a victim on sight, providing they do have immorals. Is it because of that? ...No, wait....he has a tendency to mistake people who resemble his mother for her, especially with the green sweater. Casana thought. Wait a second, that's it! If we can get him on our side...

"Jason...it's okay. You've done well, and mother is pleased with you." She said softly.

"What?! Mother?!" Naruto yelled in surprise. "What the hell is that supposed to mean!?"

Jason snapped his head toward Naruto, his eyes narrowing and he raised his machete again. He gently pushed Casana aside and stomped over to the three of them.

"Jason! Stop! Mother is speaking to you!" Casana scolded as though he were a child. And given his mental capacity, she wasn't too far off.

Stopping in his tracks, Jason turned back around as she said that. In his vision, he could see and hear his mother saying that to him.

"Jason! Stop! Mother is speaking to you!"

Lowering his machete, Jason tilted his head and stood his ground, listening to her respectfully.

"Good boy...good Jason. These people are here to help you, Jason...here to get you back home..." Casana said softly, approaching him. "Kneel down, Jason...go on."

Taking a few steps toward her, Jason slowly did as he was told and knelt down on one knee, his droopy brown eyes looking up at her with love and trust.

"That's my boy...that's a good boy, Jason." She said, smiling. "My special, special boy... Mother is pleased, Jason...you've done quite well. But now it's time to take a new course of action..."

Jason tilted his head, not quite understanding what the last part she was saying was about. But he smiled under his mask, happy that he had pleased his mother, which to him was as if it were his birthday. Despite his dead-looking eyes, it showed how happy he was.

Blinking a little, Casana felt her heart flutter deep in her chest. She knew from his background that his mother was the only person in his life, the only one he loved more than anything, and the one thing he thrived for was to make her proud.

She knew that feeling....

It was almost nostalgic.

Reaching into one of his ragged pockets of his tattered jacket, Jason pulled out his most precious possession next to his mother's machete, which was his mother's locket, containing a photo of him and her on either side. He held it to her, to give it back to her and let her know he kept it, that it meant something to him.

Curious, Casana gently took the locket, handling it with care. It seemed pretty old, but was still intact. She ran her finger along the delicate design, and then carefully opened it, gazing at the photos inside. On the right side was his mother, when she was fairly younger. On the other side was of him when he was a child. It must have been his mother's, which is why he'd given it to her.

She didn't feel right taking it, since she wasn't his mother. But she decided to hold onto it, to help in keeping up the facade and keeping him on their side, and making a note to give it back later on, since it meant a lot to him.

She smiled at him fondly. "Thank you, Jason, you took good care of it, I'm quite pleased." Taking a chance, she knelt down before him, watching as his gaze followed her. "My special boy..."

Beaming in his own, strange way, Jason felt so much love and happiness toward his mother, just as he always did. He couldn't help but reach out and touch her, his gloved hand touching her cheek.

Naruto nearly moved forward, but Teah put her hand on his arm and shook her head. He nodded and looked back at the touching scene.

With a light blush, Casana smiled fondly and decided to humour him, touching his hand with her own. She had to admit, despite everything, it was a warm feeling to be needed like this, to be looked at as a mother. It made her realize how much she missed her own mother.

Tears pooled in her eyes and ran down her cheeks, and Jason saw this, and it made him worry. Why was his mother crying? Was she hurt? Had he hurt her by accident? Worried, he touched the forehead of his mask to hers, looking at her. She blushed a little more and smiled.

"It's okay Jason....mother loves you very much."

"Aww...well isn't this touching!"

Jason's head snapped up and turned around, standing right up. Naruto and the others turned around, and came to see Fujisaki standing near them. He smirked at them maliciously, his eyes seeming to glow.

"I never thought it would come to this, you know...but alas, I had to make some changes in my grand plans. But now, everything is going as planned."

"Who are you?! And what do you want with us?!" Naruto demanded angrily.

"Heh, just as I expected, Nine-Tails...very obnoxious, loud...ah, how amusing." Fujisaki mused. "You can call me Fujisaki, but I won't be offended if you don't remember it. Because soon, you're all going to perish. ...And you, Jason..." Fujisaki turned to the angry and confused big man. "You did well, but man, you disappointed me. Pity, isn't it?"

Jason started to stomp toward him, raising his machete, but Fujisaki held his hand out and a wave of energy flew out toward Jason, knocking him down onto the ground.

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall..."

"Wait a second..." Casana said, standing up. "You were the ones who brought Jason here, weren't you?!"

Fujisaki laughed. "Well, you're quite the clever one, Miss Kusabana...just as I expected. Why yes, we did bring him back here."

"Oh let me guess, you're trying to take over the world?" Sakura snorted, placing her hands on her hips. "Come on, that's so old now. Haven't you typical villains learned your lesson yet?"

"Take over the world? My dear Rosette, that's not quite the case here." Fujisaki mocked. "I merely want to make the Great Five Shinobi Countries bend to my will! I am making them fear me, and I will take over them all."

"And you used Jason to spread the fear because you're too much of a coward to do it yourself, is that right?" Naruto hissed.

"Tut tut now, Nine-Tails, it would be best if you stilled your tongue." Fujisaki glared, and then smirked. "But yes...I had decided to enlist a little help, but alas, he just wouldn't stop." He looked down at Jason, who was getting up. He kicked him in the leg, which made him stumble a little. "He's just like a big, stupid dog..."

"Leave him alone." Casana said angrily. "You despicable piece of dirt, I cannot believe you actually used his love for his mother against him!"

"Shush now. You're not the one I want." Fujisaki pointed to Teah. "We want the Princess."

"Well you're gonna have to go through me first!" Naruto said, stepping in front of Teah protectively. "I won't let you touch her!"

"And me too." Sakura said, stepping beside Naruto. "Whatever sick game you have in mind, we'll crush them like twigs!"

"Strong words, missy." Fujisaki chuckled maliciously. "But I'm afraid there's nothing you can do."

Teah stepped forward. "I would never allow myself to be captured by the likes of you, Fujisaki. I'm not some kind of helpless damsel in distress Princess you insinuate me to be."

"Afraid not, Princess."

Before anyone could do anything, a wave of energy flew from Fujisaki and coursed through their bodies with great force and it knocked them to the ground. Casana decided to intervene, running toward Fujisaki, reaching for something behind her. He stopped and watched in amusement.

"Ohhh, I'm so scared now, the little Kusabana girl is going to do something? Well, why don't you show me your moves then?" He laughed.

Seeing her, Jason sat up and tried to tell his mother not to worry, he would take care of it. But Fujisaki sent an orb of chakra toward the masked slasher, which then sent him flying over their heads and into the expanding lake behind them, with a loud splash.

"...You bastard!!" Casana yelled, and pulled her hand out from behind her, revealing that she too had a machete. "You'll pay for that!" She yelled, storming toward him.

"Oh really?" Fujisaki laughed, and made a hand seal, and then a waterfall cloud of dark purple chakra rained down before him like a dark curtain.

Seeing this, Casana immediately froze in her tracks, looking at the curtain of dark purple chakra with surprise and great fear. Slowly, she backed away a few steps to avoid contact with it.

"Ah...so it is true then...you Kusabanas are weak against the great shadow magic...how fun...for me. Well then, I'll be off." Fujisaki disappeared in a flash and came behind Teah, grabbing her and knocking his chakra-laced fist against her head, knocking her out cold. "If you want to save the Princess, you'd best come to my fortress in the southwest! Ta-ta!"

Naruto, recovering from the blow, stood and ran off toward Fujisaki, but the mad man disappeared right on the spot. "No! NO!! Damn it!!! No! He has Teah-nee-chan!!! We have to go after him!"

"But wait...Jason hasn't resurfaced yet!" Sakura said, also getting up. "What happened??"

"Oh no... He can't swim!" Casana realized, and dropped her weapon, taking off her cloak. "I'll get him!"

"W-Wait, Casana-" Naruto began, but the brunette was already running along the dock, and dove into the water.

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Deep under the water....in the black depths of the lake...

Jason continued to try to kick for the surface, but he was sinking, rapidly. And the lake here was deep, probably deeper than the lake back in his home. It did no good, he didn't know how to swim, and his phobic fear of the water wasn't helping. He was scared, scared to death.

Looking up toward the surface as his vision blurred, he could swore he saw someone swimming toward him in the patch of moonlight shining upon the water before his eyes closed and he lost consciousness, sinking more.

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Finally spotting him, Casana kicked toward him grabbing onto his waist. She tried to kick toward the surface, but his massive height and size made it harder and she felt as if she were holding onto a large cinder block. Making a hurried hand seal with one hand, she gathered her chakra through her body to enhance her strength and hurriedly swam to the surface.

Finally surfacing, she gasped for air and swam to the shore, keeping hold of the masked slasher with one arm.

"There they are! Come on!" Naruto yelled, and ran into the water a couple of feet, helping Casana out.

"Is he all right?" Sakura asked, running over to them.

They lay the unconscious slasher onto the ground, he was motionless and his eyes were closed.

"I think he swallowed too much water, and his fear was getting the better of him." Casana said. "Because he drowned, he's scared of water. He needs mouth-to-mouth."

Sakura looked repulsed, inching away fast. "No way! I am not doing that! I don't even want to know what is under his mask! You said so yourself, he's practically a walking corpse!"

Feeling a little sick, Casana gulped slightly and sighed. "...All right, fine. I'll do it. He trusts me the most since he assumes I'm his mother, so I think it would result a little better. Naruto, you pump down on his chest."

"Right!" Naruto nodded, placing his hands on Jason's chest, pumping it a couple of times.

Hesitating, Casana carefully grasped the bottom of his mask, slowly sliding it upward to reveal his mouth. Her eyes widened with repulsion and she covered up her own mouth, holding back the urge to vomit. Because of his deformity, his upper lip was pulled upward and revealed his gums and teeth, which were rotted away and looked just terrible, not to mention strange. Luckily for her, he had his mouth open, with some water spilling out.

Pulling his mask up further to reveal his nose, which was kind of rotted but not as bad as his mouth, she clamped her fingers down on it and bent her head toward his mouth. She took a breath and then lowered her mouth onto his, with some difficulty, and breathed air into his dead lungs.

Wow, she's brave. Naruto thought, and pumped his chest again.

"I'll go again..." Casana uttered, choking a little before she went in and breathed air into his mouth again.

Jason then sat right up with such speed that it nearly knocked Casana and Naruto down, his mask falling back into place. Not quite realizing what had happened, he grabbed Casana by her neck, squeezing hard and holding his machete to her face. The brunette choked, grabbing at his arm, but it was futile, his strength was no match for her.

Raising his machete, he brought it down to finish her-

CLANG!!!!

The clash of metal was heard, and Jason looked to see that Naruto was blocking the blade from Casana's face with a kunai.

"What the hell is your problem?!" Naruto yelled angrily. "She just saved your life and this is how you thank her?! Strangling her and killing her?! Casana might be our enemy, but at least she's willing to help you and even the rest of us with this whole thing! You on the other hand are a stupid idiot who probably doesn't even know the difference between right and wrong!"

Angered, and not to mention confused, Jason shoved Casana aside onto the ground and pulled his machete back from Naruto's kunai, knocking it out of his hands.

"JASON! STOP!" Casana yelled.

Hearing her voice, Jason whirled around, facing the one he thought to be his mother. He tilted his head, wondering what she was upset about, and lowered his machete.

"Jason...you are not to harm them." Casana said firmly, taking a few steps toward him. "You have to be careful, Jason...mother will tell you what you can do, but if you disobey me, I will have to punish you. And I would never do that, my special...special boy. Please Jason, listen to mother." Her tone softened.

Realizing what he'd done, Jason lowered his head in shame and then got down onto one knee in a way to apologize. He hated disobeying his mother and making her upset, it was as if he had been stabbed in the chest and drowned. He had even hurt her, which was something he could never forgive himself for.

"Good boy, Jason...good boy. That's my boy." She cooed in a motherly way. "Now Jason, come with me, we're going on a trip together. We're going somewhere."

Looking up at her, Jason felt relieved and happy that his mother was no longer mad at him, and then tilted his head as he heard "trip" and "somewhere". Where were they going to go? Home?

"Come Jason, we're leaving now." Casana said, walking away.

Getting up, Jason returned his machete to its sheathe and followed after her. He was confused as to where his mother was taking him, but since she wanted him to follow, he did with no question. Seeing it was safe, Naruto and Sakura followed after them too.

"By the way, Naruto..." Casana said softly. "...Thanks for sticking up for me. ...I really didn't expect that. Especially from you."

Grinning, Naruto waved it off. "It was nothing! Sure you're our enemy and all, but for now, you're on our side! And hey, if it weren't for you, we never would've gotten this far. So we kinda owe you."

Sakura nodded in agreement. "It's all part of our deal, all teams look out for one another, and while you're here with us, we're looking out for you too."

Smiling, Casana nodded to them and faced straight ahead. She couldn't believe that they were actually treating her like this, despite that Naruto was the Akatsuki's main target for capture. Although she could have gone and captured him, she just couldn't. Not right now, anyway.

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"So...his name is Jason..." Sasuke mused to himself as he hid in the shadows, his chakra shielded from detection as he watched Naruto and the others walking off. "He was the one who killed Karin..."

"Man, that guy is huge!" Suigetsu remarked. "Bigger than Juugo, I bet!"

"It seems this Fujisaki fellow is using Jason like a puppet." Sasuke said, ignoring Suigetsu's remark. His eyes narrowed. "...And all to kidnap Teah...well."

"Uh, yeah, Sasuke, this ain't got much to do with us, so what say we just get out of here, eh?" Suigetsu suggested, pointing in the opposite direction.

"You two can go." Sasuke said calmly. "I have some matters to attend to. I'll meet you back at our camp."

"Say what?! You're gonna go slave that whore cousin of yours?" Suigetsu said in disbelief. "Well gee, haven't you gone soft, Sasuke. Like I said before, I could just kill her for God's sake!"

Sasuke's eyes flashed scarlet with the Sharingan. "And I think you recall what I said before about that. Don't question my plans. Both of you, go back there, and I will return soon."

Juugo just nodded. "Right. Let's go, Suigetsu."

"Oh come ON!" Suigetsu whined, storming away behind Juugo.

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Back in his secret fortress, Fujisaki threw Teah into a large, metal bird cage that was to be suspended several feet above the floor in the room. Her clothes had been ripped off and replaced with a tattered, white dress.

"Get comfortable, Princess. This will be your home for a while." Fujisaki mocked, closing the cage door and locking it. He handed the key to Himetsu, who then raised the cage up above toward the ceiling.

"You won't get away with this!" Teah yelled, grabbing the bars of the cage. "I can break out of this thing!" She tried to, but chakra sparked from the bars and sent her flying against the backside, painfully.

"You can try all you like, Princess. But nothing can penetrate this cage. It's sealed with chakra to prevent the captured from escaping. Pretty clever, isn't it?"

"Curse you...Fujisaki..." Teah growled.

"Indeed. Let us go, Himetsu. I'm sure the Nine-Tails and his little friends will take the bait." Fujisaki cackled as he and his right hand man exited the room.

"Damn it..." Teah cursed, bringing her arms around her raised knees. "...I hope Naruto and the others are all right..."