Author's Notes: I forgot to mention this before, but I don't own Naruto or any of the characters. (Except Kaede. I came up with her so she's mine!)

Also, special thanks to anyone who favorited my story. I really appreciate it! Oh, and I want to apologize for any typos or anything like that in the last two chapters. (I'm a little OCD with that so yeah, I'll proof read next time.) On with the story...

Chapter 2- The Condition Revealed

{Naruto's P.O.V.}

(really quick flashback)

We then turn back to Kaede. I start this. "Ok, Kaede, we'll take you with us." Her eyes turned back to that pretty violet color. Kakashi-sensei decided to add on to it.

He said, "But on one condition..."

Her head slightly cocks to the side. "What is it?"

(end really quick flashback)

"First of all," Kakashi continues. "Just to be safe, we have to chain you up."

"That's fine," Kaede says, nearly emotionless. "It was my suggestion in the first place."

Amazingly, she didn't put up a fight while Kakashi and I were pinning her to a tree and tying her up. She really might be serious about not wanting to fight anymore. "I am, Uzumaki-kun," she says. For a quick second, I had forgotten that she could read minds. "Obviously," she said. I sweatdropped. Man, that was really getting annoying. "I'm sorry, Uzumaki-kun," she says, her voice changing in way I can't quite describe. Her eyes change back to that honey color. "I have a bad habit of doing that, especially to innocent guys," she continues with what I could now tell was a seductive tone. She flips her hair, making sure some of her hair gets in front of her right eye. "Do you forgive me?" Kakashi's visible eye widened. Kaede started to smirk a little.

"What's so funny?" I ask her.

"Nothing, besides the fact that you have a nosebleed and don't even realize it."

"WHA-?" I checked my nose. Damn her, she was right. I plugged up my nose with some random tissues while Kaede burst into laughter. Kakashi and Sakura sweatdropped. Kakashi regained his composure and decided to get back to business.

"Alright," he started. "Enough playing around. You do want us to trust you, don't you?"

"Yes, I do," she replied, after she finally stopped laughing. "I'll stop. Sorry about that Uzumaki-kun." Her eyes shift back to violet. She flips her hair back.

"Since we're being serious now," she starts with a now serious tone. "What was that condition you mentioned earlier, Hatake-san?
"Well," he starts. "You did mention that you've been 'wandering around' for quite some time, right?"
"Yes, I did, at least 3 times already. Where are you getting at exactly?"

"Since you've been wandering around, you would have heard some rumors, excluding the ones about yourself, right?"

"Hatake-san, your cryptic speaking is irritating. Could you please just get to the point?"

"Ok, since you're so impatient, here's the condition..." He raises up one finger. "There's a lot of things we need to know about and you're going to tell us what all you know about them, got it?"

"Quite inquisitive, aren't we? Fine...what do you want to know?"
"Tell us what you know about Akatsuki."

"Interesting that you ask. From what you're thinking, I can't tell you much. I only went by the rumors. So as far as I'm concerned, I only know as much as you do, to be honest. Sorry."

We all sigh. Damn. Sakura spoke up this time.

"Can you tell us anything about Uchiha Sasuke?" When she asked about him, I couldn't help but get a little anxious for her answer.

"I'm sorry to tell you this, too, but I only know as much as you do." Both Sakura and I drop our heads a little. This sucks. "I know that must suck to hear and it's just a big disappointment, but I honestly can't help you with that. I'm really sorry to have disappointed you." I can hear the sincerity in her voice and see it in her eyes. We fell into an awkward and intense pause. So much for getting Sasuke off my mind.

"However," Kaede spoke up finally. "I can help you find him. And I can guarentee that my method will be 10 times faster than what ever method you were using."

Sakura's voice immediately sounded perky. "You can do that, for real?"

Kaede nods with an incredibly cocky smile on her face. "Haha, of course I can."

Kakashi-sensei came back into the conversation. "Wait a minute...exactly how can you do that?"
"...well..." she starts. "You see..."

"See what," I ask her. Silence, at least on her part. "Well, what is it? Spit it out already!"

"I'll tell you what," she says. "As far as I'm concerned, I already held up my end of the bargain, even though it wasn't of much help to you. So how about I make another proposal with you. I can show right now how I can do that only if you promise me..." she trailed off.

"Promise you what?" I asked her.

"Nothing other than what you originally promised me."

Kakashi, Sakura and I stop and look at each other. It seems like a pretty fair deal. Whether Kakashi-sensei and Sakura wanted to go through with it is a question.

Author's Notes: Well, that's it. Will Kakashi and Sakura go through with it? I don't know, but both you and I will find out soon enough. Anyways, I'm sorry if this a really short chapter to you guys and I'm sorry that I just kinda left it hanging like that. I was suffering from a really bad writer's block (caused by school). However, I'll try to get Chapter 3 up here ASAP and more things should be happening in that chapter. Also, the whole romance/perverted-ness/lemons should be coming up in the next two or three chapters, just to let you know. Hope you guys enjoyed. Thanks again for your support guys!

TTFN-Ta Ta for Now!