Ah! I feel like such a terrible person for not updating this in so long! *begs for forgiveness* I have a stats test on Thursday so I'll be a bit busy until then, but after that I will work on the next chapter which will have some action in it (finally) since I went to asia and have been inspired since we got to see some martial arts in action. It was awesome! I know this is short, but that's all I could put together right now, since I really should be studying.

~Kaito

Red hair raced past him with a happy laugh. "Itachi, you're going to have to try harder if you want to catch me," a childish, female voice giggled. Looking towards the voice, he could only see gleaming red eyes in the darkness. He felt as though this was familiar, but didn't remember a red haired Uchiha. He assumed she was a relative based upon the scarlet orbs. Wind blinded him momentarily as the scene changed. He was now reliving the massacre. "Why Itachi?" the orbs begged for answers as tears ran down the blurred face. He knew there was something he had said at this scene, but couldn't recall what. "You didn't have to do this! You could have told me! I would have helped!" she screamed at him. He never once tried to harm her. Slowly she stood, "I'm sorry," she whispered hoarsely before he felt pain rack his body. He saw Madara approaching as he fell backwards. Then everything went black.

The figure bolted upright, panting heavily. "It was her again," a strong tone stated. The figure nodded, as the lights were turned on. Madara Uchiha, true mastermind behind the Akatsuki, stood right inside the doorway. "Tell me about it," he ordered. Long, black hair shielded the face of the dreamer. "Itachi," the leader warned, earning a sigh out of the younger man.

Leaving the room, the old Uchiha turned towards his relative's partner, "It is time. Find her."

The blue skinned male nodded, before they were interrupted by another, "I already found her and the Kyuubi is with her."

A violent grin racked his face, "We attack Kohona at dawn."

"Hime!" a voice yelled urgently across the field, causing the girl to throw the blond into a nearby tree. "They attack at dawn."

The girl's eyes widened, "Assemble team 3 and tell them battle ready, in my office, fifteen minutes." The messenger nodded before vanishing. "Naruto, go get breakfast, find Kyuubi and stay with him until I return. Am I clear?" She was on edge, something big was going down and he could only gulp and nod in reply.

Sakura sat on one of the rooftops. She had grown more comfortable here in the last year and the fox were much more receptive to her now. The pinkette didn't need constant protection in the village now. The bell in the village center rang three tolls and immediately, the village began to stir. That bell had never rung, something big was going on. The hime raced towards the bell tower and Sakura followed.

The crowd had amassed in just a few minutes and all were silent as the red head began to speak, "My uncle has finally made his move. This means that the seal is weak and should it break our village will be compromised. For this reason, I order all civilians, elders, children and those unable to fight to temporarily move to Taishu with the council. Kaiten will be the base of operations until this threat is resolved. They plan to attack Kohana at dawn. We will not let them reach it. My team and I will plan to end it this threat swiftly, but should error occur, be ready. This is the village they know how to find if the seal is broken. Make your plans and be certain to remove all traces of our other villages. Dismissed!" The crowd vanished a quickly as it came, Naruto and Sakura stood frozen in the center of the court yard. "Ari, tend to them," Silver told her cousin, before disappearing.

"What's going on Ari-sensei?" the leaf ninja questioned.

The fox shook her head, "We must get you both somewhere safe, then I'll tell you what's going on." Sakura grabbed the blond's arm before following her sensei. It wasn't long before they were sealed behind a large stone wall and joined by the Kyuubi. "It is time you learned the truth. Silver's human side places her as the daughter of Tanrei. Are you familiar with this name?" The humans shook their heads, "I thought not, Tanrei was from both the Hyuuga and Uchiha clans. To form stronger bonds between the two clans, they tried to produce offspring with both their bloodlines. Tanrei was the only child who survived the mix. Madara was her half brother, because after the girl was born, both clans gave up on producing further mixed bloods. Tanrei was the owner of a white sharingan. She married the Kayou clan leader, he of course, was a fox. Neither thought offspring were possible, but when Silver was born, his heritage came out. As such, Madara is her uncle. He is the leader of the Akatsuki. He is the one who forced the Kyuubi to attack your village and now he's after her. She lived in Kohona for a time. She was raised by Sasuke's parents and was about Itachi's age at the time. He knew her secret and he's the only human still alive who knows how to get here. She found him that night and sealed his memories of her, but she was still new to seals at the time and it has been weakening for years. If he sees her, our village is compromised. Madara is acting now because the seal is in prime condition to be broken. He attacks your village, to draw her out. He will not harm your village if she intercepts him, and she will."

"Can't he control your kind with the sharingan?" Sakura asked.

Ari nodded, "Yes, but the team she took fights blind. If he can't make eye contact, he can't control them."

"Do you know their plan?" Kyuubi questioned, displaying his worry.

"Silver will take on her uncle and the rest have been assigned their opponents. Once the seal breaks, Itachi will be out cold for 60 seconds. If I can reach him, during that time, I can remove the information from his mind," the other fox understood, but the blond didn't completely. "I am a clone, Naruto. Seals are my specialty. That is why Silver assigned Sakura to me for training. That is why Minato came here to study seals when they learned that Kushina was pregnant with you. The jutsu your father used the night he died was one he learned from the Kayous. He was told not to use the jutsu, but he did anyway to save the village."

Expect the next chapter within the next two weeks. I will have it done and we will finally be able to see Silver and her team in action.