Yo!! Sorry about the long wait for chapters. School has been swamping all my free time, making it hard to type and update the way I want to. I would prefer every Sunday, but it's looking like every other Sunday for a while. Oh well. Read and Review!!

Side Note: I read the most recent chapter of Naruto on Friday, and I realized that the 8-Tailed Beast is a bull. Kind of clashes with Hachibi, the 8-tailed snake that was born from Orochimaru. Oh well. It isn't called Fanfiction for no reason.

Chapter 35: To Save Kasumi. Tyson's Decision.

"We have been going for 30 minutes now…where is she?" Satoshi asked, as Kai was using his Byakugan to try and find them. "I can sense some chakra nearby, but my eyes can only see it vaguely." Kai said, as Koji nodded. "Okay. We can sense him, but we can't see him." Koji said, as Kai nodded.

"There is a building about 1000 meters from here. It's just within my range." Kai said. "We'll check that place first." Koji said, as Satoshi narrowed his eyes. (Tyson should be here to help us. What the hell is his deal?) Satoshi knew that Tyson did things for a reason. He always has some kind of ulterior motive when he does something that the others don't agree on. (He always follows his word. Is he truly done with the village and his friends?)

(Leaf Village)

Tyson walked back to the village, and looked around. "Hm. They are clueless to what Satoshi and the others have done." Tyson said, and he shook his head. "That's good. It's a Sun Village affair." Tyson closed his eyes, and opened them when he felt Ryoji approaching.

"Hm. They let you out?" Tyson asked. "Yeah." Ryoji said, and Tyson smirked. "Good. Help me find a couple of people. The Sun Village is something I am abandoning, and traveling with a 4-man squad is easier than alone." Tyson said, and Ryoji frowned. "But I must warn Kyuubi about the Akatsuki's Revival." Ryoji said. "Satoshi can take care of it. Come on!"

(Kabuto's Lair)

Satoshi and the other Sun Nin made it to the building, and it looked menacing. "Am I the only one who has goosebumps?" Satoshi asked, and Koji smirked. "Feels kind of dark and dreary. Just the place one of Orochimaru's men would hole up in." Koji said.

"If all jokes are done, we need to save Kasumi. And make sure we keep Kabuto alive." Kai said, as both Satoshi and Koji pouted. "Can't I skin him alive?" Satoshi asked, and Kai glared at him. "….Can I take a limb?" Koji asked, and Kai glared at him as well.

"Senpai…" "Okay okay!!" Koji said, putting his hands up in defeat. "We won't kill the bastard who works for the man responsible for the attack on the village." Satoshi said with enough sarcasm to force Kai to groan in irritation. It was so obvious that if Satoshi lost his cool, he would deviate from the plan.

The three man team walked up to the door, and Satoshi noted a doorbell. "Who puts a doorbell?" Kai asked, and Koji shrugged. "Who knows? Sound Nin are odd…" Koji said. Satoshi walked up, and rung it, and a loud bell that sounded like the death theme played with bells sounded.

"Why did you press the doorbell?" Koji asked, as him and Kai glared at Koji. "Momma raised us to be more polite than that." Satoshi said, before Kai sweat dropped. "We are courteous to our allies, but bad-ass to our enemies!" Koji yelled, and Kai began to sweat more.

"Physics!! Physics!!" Kai kept chanting that, and Koji glanced at him. "What? You know Satoshi is too stupid for that kind of knowledge…" Koji said, and Satoshi scowled at him. "We are breaking physics right now!" Kai said, and Satoshi frowned. "What are you talking about?" Satoshi asked. "That law of gravity. We are breaking it." Kai said. "?" Both looked down, and sweat dropped. "!?" All three fell down the hole, and to who knows where.

(Leaf Village)

"Explain Tyson. Me and Link were doing something." Scar said. "Ya'll gay or something?" Tyson asked, and Link said nothing, but Scar scowled at him. "Okay. I was joking. There is a place I need to find before I can bury the Sun Village in my past." Tyson said, and the three others looked confused.

"Since when were you leaving Hi?" Scar asked. "Him and his friends had a falling out." Ryoji said, and Link smiled his smile. "You are running away from your problems. That's unlike you Tyson." Link said, and Tyson shook his head.

"Dream on, Mr. Mace. I run from no problems." Tyson said. "Then what is your rmotive?" Scar asked. "I have no motive. I'm leaving the village after I visit one place to make sure I'm leaving nothing left unsaid." Tyson said.

"What about Kasumi?" Scar asked. "Who?" Ryoji asked. "That's the girl he has been fliriting with since day one." Scar said. "What about her? If she dislikes me so much, then anything I do wouldn't matter to her." Tyson said, as he shook his head. "Come on guys. I need your help so I can make sure I leave without anything holding me back." Tyson said, and Scar smirked.

"Count me in!" Link nodded his consent as well. "You in Ryoji? If Akatsuki attack, then I can guarantee your protection." Tyson said, and Ryoji said nothing. He wasn't an idiot. Tyson was telling them half lies. There was something he wanted, or something he was trying to do.

Why wouldn't he outright say what the problem was? Ryoji was curious as to what Tyson would lie so blatantly secretive about. "Sure. I'm game. As long as I return to the Leaf Village before Tsunade notices that I am gone." Tyson smirked, and turned to the Leaf Gates. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!!"

(Kabuto's Lair, roughly 20 minutes later)

Satoshi, Koji, and Kai sat in a jai cell, which is where the trap door led them. "I see that we found some rats in our home." All three turned towards the voice, and glared as Kabuto appeared, smirking. "This is a quite a nice surprise. Not only do I get the Phoenix, but I also get two of Oto's most wanted nin, and I also get the honor of killing them." Kabuto said, and Satoshi sneered.

"Just like a snake in the grass." Satoshi said. "Learned from the best." Kabuto said, as he walked away. "Man. That bastard really gets on my nerves!" Satoshi said, and Koji shrugged. "That's a Sound Nin for you." Koji said. "I don't think we will be in trouble." Koji said. "I see he found me." Satoshi and Kai looked over as Ryoji walked in, smirking as he held some keys in his hand.

"Ryoji!?" Satoshi said, as Koji smirked. "What brings you out here?" Koji asked. "Funny you should ask, he should be making himself known eventually." Ryoji said, smirking.

At the top of the tower, Kabuto walked to a chamber that held Kasumi in it, holding her in the air as though she was about to be crucifixed. "Are you still awake, Kasumi-chan?" Kabuto asked, as he looked into the chamber. Kasumi's eyes looked dead, and she wasn't even listening to him.

"I brought you some news. Your friends are here and ready to try and save you." Kasumi looked up a little, and Kabuto could discern a look of relief. He would enjoy watching her break. "Sadly for them, they have been captured. The Musashi Brothers are notorious in their crimes against Oto, and the boy has the Hyuuga Eyes, and no Curse Seal. He will make for a great lab rat." Kabuto said, and Kasumi's eyes held grief and distraught.

(Satoshi and Koj are going to die, and Kai's eyes will be taken before he is killed?) Kasumi looked to the ground, feeling even lower than ever. (They came here to save me, only to die….this is all my fault….everything leading to this has been my fault…) Kasumi was consumed with despair.

"I see that your spirit has been broken. Shame. I was enjoying having fun breaking you mentally." Kabuto said, sneering. "Then allow me to break you physically." Kabuto turned, and his eyes widened as Tyson walked up some stairs, smirking his usual cocky smirk.

"Tyson Kusanagi." Kabuto said, as he sneered. "What brings you here? I thought you denounced your alliance to the Sun Villlage." Kabuto said, and Tyson kept his smirk. "I have a small grudge against the Sound Village. It's a childish vendetta." Tyson said, but Kabuto kept his sneer.

"Hm. I wonder if you are being truthful." Kabuto said. "I never lie." Tyson said, as his smirk became a more serious look. "So you are here protecting the Sun Village, though you have denounced from them." Kabuto was confused when Tyson closed his eyes. "This has nothing to do with the Sun Village." Tyson said, and Kabuto sneered. "Really?" Kabuto asked, and Tyson shook his head.

"In my past, there was this girl that I liked. She hung around a lot after she was weak and found by two boys, who were still Genin. After that fateful meeting, she became one of the team, and he couldn't help always wanting her around." Tyson looked away, and Kasumi felt her heart shatter. (He used to? His feelings have changed?) She didn't want to hear the rest of what Tyson wanted to say, but Tyson was being loud, so she had no choice.

"That girl was the one I used to like. Things have changed now." Tyson said, as he looked up, with his head high and proud. "Because now, I have come to love the woman she has become." Kabuto's eyes narrowed, while Kasumi's eyes widened.

(Wh-what?) Her eyes saught Tyson's, and her heart fluttered when she saw that he wasn't trying to fool anyone. He was being upfront, like always. "Like I said, this doesn't involve the Sun Village. This is MY decision!" Tyson said, as he began to get into his stance.

"You would throw your hatred for your own village away for some girl?" Kabuto asked, as Tyson smirked real violently, and tossed his jacket aside, which created a large dent in the ground. (That thing is a weight?) Kabuto thought to himself. "She is some girl worth fighting for, and I never go back on a fight!" Tyson said, smirking.

ShadowRonin: Damn!! Tyson seemed so cool in the way he handled that. He fights to save Kasumi, and who knows what happens after that.

Side Note: I had a hard time writing this in a way that I would like it, and still I wasn't completely satisfied with the way this chapter was written. If it's not one of my best works, I am sorry.

Next Chapter: Tyson chooses to fight for Kasumi, but can he handle one like Kabuto, who even Kakashi would have trouble fighting against? Find out on:

Chapter 36: A Man's Battle!!