Am I worthy to love you?

by Gravenimage

Naruto is rejected by Sakura for bringing Sasuke back to Konoha and he snaps at her badly he leaves the village 5 years later he becomes the leader of the strongest team of kunoichi assemble team Kitsune Flash rises Naru/Saku/Ino/Hina lemons in the future

18. Return to the valley of the end part 1

Chapter 18 Return to the valley of the end part 1: settling the old score of broken bonds

Disclaimer: I will never own Naruto this is a fact I just write fan fiction about Naruto and I do not get pay by writing this although I wish I did.

''this means thoughts

Bold letter Kyuubi speaking or inner Sakura

Italics are flashbacks or dream sequence

Bold and Italics summons talking

Authors Notes: yeah I'm back with another chapter, people have been asking me to update this story because they couldn't wait anymore and for that I apologize. Besides working on my other stories I have been planning my ideas for this chapter and how the big fight will go out. This chapter will be team Hebi vs. team Kitsune Flash and it will be an all out battle royal. I want to clear out something about Itachi, like in the last chapter I wrote he was sixteen when he killed the Uchiha clan that's my opinion though because I really don't know how old he was when the massacre took place. But anyway in this story he was sixteen so the time skip to the original Naruto story was six years later so Itachi was twenty two and with the five year time skip of the story he's twenty seven. Although I don't know why on Wikipedia says he's twenty one after the shippuden time skip. One more thing it's about the lemons, sadly I must say to everyone who is expecting Naruto banging any of the girls soon it won't be for a while. I think it will be by late ch 20's probably early ch 30 I'm so sorry if it will take that long.

But don't worry I will be putting a couple of teaser scenes during the mid chapters. Among those teaser scenes like some oral sex, masturbation and Naruto giving the girls an extra hand, until the time comes for the lemon scenes sorry but I want to make the story even better than it is and also I want to create that powerful bond with Naruto and the girls. Also I will like to thank everyone who is still reviewing the story and marking the story on your favorite list and alert list. So without any further interference on with the chapter and I hope you will enjoy it, don't forget to review.

Sakura was wearing a red and white summer dress, she was watching the beautiful view from a field. It was truly gorgeous watching the sunset from her spot but she wasn't alone. There was someone else next to her she smiled gazing at Naruto who was smiling enjoy the view too. They stood there for a couple of minutes before Sakura made the first move she got a little closer to him. Naruto then made her looked at him pulling her closer to him, this action caught the pink haired medic by surprise as she blushed at the proximity. They were now gazing into each other's eyes jade and cerulean meeting in an affectionate gaze. Sakura really wanted this how long she wished for this moment she made the first move as she moved her face towards his to meet his and claim his lips. Before Naruto leaned his face he yelled in pain as he felt a terrible aching pain in his body.

Sakura's eyes widened in fear seeing so much blood on his chest" Naruto!!!"

She saw that the blond has been stabbed by chidori behind Naruto stood Sasuke in his curse seal level on form. His hand was stabbed in the blonds' chest because of the chidori he had an evil grin on his face reflecting so much malice and wickedness. He removed his hand from Naruto's chest his hand covered in his blood, letting the blonds' body fell to the ground. Sakura ran to him tears were falling from his eyes checking for a pulse praying that he was still alive.

"Naruto…..no……" more tears were falling from her jade eyes she wasn't sensing a pulse or hear beat he was dead" no…..NO NARUTO!!!"

"You were always weak Naruto it's no surprise why death fell on you….dobe…." Sasuke said in an inhuman voice.

Sakura glared at the Uchiha with so much hatred and anger slowly getting from" Sasuke you bastard….you will pay for this….I will get you for this!!!"

"There's nothing you can do…..weaklings can't do nothing you were always annoying Sakura….you will join the dobe too…." He grinned charging up another chidori.

Sakura couldn't react because Sasuke was too fast and stabbed her with his chidori killing her quickly and everything turned black.

"No…..NO!!" Sakura rose from her bed all covered in sweat while shaking in fear.

She gazed around she was in her room from Naruto's rent house in Kaoki village. She felt so relief to find out that it was all just a bad dream. Although the dream felt so real she would never forgive herself if something happens to Naruto. She still hasn't forgiving herself for everything she has done to him, yet the sight of the blond being killed by their formal teammate Sasuke was a horrible experience. Of course she knew that Naruto has become very strong and there was no way that was happening but she still couldn't shake the horrible feeling. They were still waiting for a response from Jiraiya spy network that were always keeping tabs on Sasuke's movements so it wouldn't be long before they head to find him and confront him. That means that she was going to fight her formal friend and teammate, she has come to terms to the fact that he was a traitor and her enemy so fighting was out of the question. However she was thinking if there was a way for team seven to return for them to be together as a team again.

Even to this very day she still hopes that things can return to normal as team seven but she knew she was wrong. She couldn't help it the days she has spend with her team were precious to her. Her teammates and sensei became like a second family to her, even if she has come to regret every single horrible thing she has done to Naruto. She cares for team seven she loves her team very much, but now her hopes that the team will get together was impossible with the way things are. She knew the team wasn't going to be the same when Sasuke left Konoha team seven fell apart with his departure to join Orochimaru and gain power in his quest for revenge. Basically it was the Uchiha's fault that team seven broke apart, she growled thinking about him to think she used to like him what a fool she truly was. Her eyes softened a little it was her fault too that the team fell apart, after the things she did to Naruto. She erased the horrible thoughts she wasn't in the mood to cry. That was all in the past now Naruto has given her a second chance and she wasn't going to waste it.

She finally rose from her bed while stretching her body she made a yawn before leaving the bed. She was dressed in a red tank top and a pair of white shorts since she likes to sleep comfortably. Before she was about to wash off and start her day she heard a knock on her door. When she opened the door she saw Ino wearing her usual purple outfit but her expression was of shock making her worry for her best friend.

"Morning Ino….is something wrong?"

"You bet something is wrong big time" she replied shocked.

"What happened….." her eyes suddenly widened at the possibility" Ino…..don't tell me did Itachi escape?"

"No he hasn't escape it's not that…it's Naruto."

Sakura was now extremely worry looking she was about to break down hearing that something might have happened to her blond friend and leader" what's wrong with Naruto is he all right?!"

"He's fine Sakura don't get so worry."

"Then why do you look like you're ready to freak out?" asked the pink haired medic.

The Yamanaka grinned evilly" Naruto…..he's in the hot baths."

"Huh…." Sakura blinked.

Ino was blushing while grinning like a pervert" right now as I speak he's in the hot baths wearing nothing but a towel covering his amazing naked body and...." she giggled thinking all the possibilities.

Sakura was frowning at her best friend comment for some reason she didn't know she was feeling jealous but she ignore the feeling" so you're going all perverted because he's in the hot baths, please Ino could you stop acting like a horn dog?"

"Sorry but I'll be damn not to set my sights on Naruto I really want to look at that hot body of his, you remember when we saw him doing pushups on his boxers."

The pink haired medic tried not to blush at the memory it was the best thing she has ever lay eyes on. The sight of the tall blond in his green boxers doing some pushups while the sweat was dripping from his gorgeous godly body made him very appetizing to any women. She admitted that the memory made her wet while thinking indecent thoughts about Naruto, she erased the dirty thoughts while gazing at the platinum blond.

"Is that all Ino we should be worrying about other things not in our leader taking a bath, don't forget that we could be moving out soon since it's been a week that we captured Itachi."

"I know about that but right now this is the perfect moment to take a little peek" Ino gave her friend an assuring wink.

"What?!" shouted the flushed Sakura.

"Yeah were going to peek at Naruto I'm dying to see him in his birthday suit and finally I can see the one thing I've been dying to see if you know what I'm talking about" the Yamanaka grinned at the thought.

Sakura was glaring at the platinum blond" you pervert I can't believe you're my best friend how could you even stood so low to peek that's what men do and it's immoral and indecent its shows how pigs they truly are."

"Whatever Sakura you don't want to join me then suit yourself I'm not missing this good thing."

"Look at you Ino are you really a kunoichi I bet Hinata would never even consider to peek at Naruto she's not like that at all."

"You're wrong Sakura Hinata is already on the back of the hot baths peeking at Naruto."

"What?!" shouted the shock Sakura before face faulting.

"Come on Sakura join us it will be fun I promise Naruto won't find out."

"You have a weird way of defining the word fun" Sakura said while getting up.

"So what do you say?" asked the Yamanaka with a smirk.

The pink haired medic sighed while thinking about it, she had a couple of choices either she will join her kunoichi friends in the peep show risking that they will get discover by Naruto or miss this great opportunity to gaze at his heavenly body.

Inner Sakura reacted giving two big thumbs up" hell yeah I'm not missing this for anything!!!"

(At the hot baths)

Naruto sighed happily relaxing in the hot bath. It was the best time for him to have the hot bath since the rest of his team was still resting at the hour early in the morning. He needed to have the bath all alone before they started getting the idea to peek at him, not that it bothered him to have three beautiful kunoichis peeping at him. He grin looks like he was truly a hot hunk hotter than Sasuke every single woman would blush and have tons of nose bleeds just by gazing at him. He was truly the ladies man and he was proud to be one that was one thing to thank Jiraiya for. The only thing he regretted is becoming a pervert like his teacher. He gave a sigh thinking about the next move his team should take, it's been a week since he captured Itachi and still he hasn't heard a word of Sasuke's movements guessing that he must know of his brothers' defeat because of the rumors spreading. It wouldn't be long before the Uchiha is revealed and he will hunt him down with his team to end the struggle with his formal friend and the broken bonds from which Sasuke broke back at the valley of the end. He made another relief sigh because he was relaxing before thinking of the Uchiha once again.

'Bonds…..I bet he doesn't even know the meaning of the word, those bonds of hatred he has forged towards his brother are nothing but a mistake all thanks to the bastards' elders in the council. Both Itachi and Sasuke are victims of the decision from the elders and the Uchiha clan for planning their rebellion both have suffer a lot….'

The Kyuubi started chuckling" you should know by now that a fight against that Uchiha is inevitable."

'Even if I didn't asked for your opinion fox you're right, I know how hardheaded Sasuke is he won't listen to reason so fighting him is the only way to make him understand but I don't know if that's the right thing to do….'

"Telling him the truth of the massacre he won't take that lightly…"

'Sasuke has let anger and revenge cloud his judgment finding out the truth will make him feel worse. Telling him will be meaningless bringing him back to Konoha he will most likely try to leave the village again, if he chooses revenge again for knowing the truth then there won't be any hope for him even if the council are still arguing that Konoha needs the sharingan….but can I risk it?'

"They are still interested in that accurse bloodline humans are so foolish thinking they can control a power that doesn't belongs to them. Sometimes they are the true monsters asking for more power to control and rule their attitude always amuses me…."

'It all depends of what Sasuke chooses but if it comes down to it I will strike him down permanently, I will only feel sorry for Itachi though.'

"It can't be help the Uchiha's path is revenge it has always been and it will remain nothing can't change that fate, they are destined to chase and pursue vengeance forever."

'It's funny when you say that because Itachi never chose revenge over the elders decision to wipe out the Uchiha clan, he chose to protect Konoha in secrecy by living the role of a traitor he's not following the revenge path the Uchiha have taken in the past.'

"Perhaps but you're friend the Uchiha will probably continued walking down that path."

'That's why I won't say a word to him and second fox he's not my friend.'

The fox was grinning" so you do hold a grudge of hatred towards him I bet you don't want to bring him back to Konoha….alive!"

'That's enough our conversation ends now.'

The Kyuubi will usually yelled at him for ending their conversation but this time he kept quiet, Naruto only heard the demon fox chuckling like he was enjoying himself in amusement. The fox was probably taking a pleasure in feeling his anger towards the Uchiha and he was right. He had the right to hate Sasuke after what he did to him, his way of breaking his bonds with him and team seven. Turning his back on Konoha and his friends all for his selfish reasons, he even tried to kill him going that far to sever the bonds they have forged as best friends as brothers. There was no doubt in his heart he was going to forgive him so easily, he forgave Sakura but that's because she has earned his forgiveness after all the pain she had endured because of him. Revenge is the only thing that matters to Sasuke he knew it after all he gave up everything dear he had in Konoha in order to achieve it.

It won't be long now before he finds out of his brother defeats at his hands and he will come after him seeking revenge for capturing Itachi and fulfilling his original lifelong revenge. He wasn't going to show mercy to him just because he was his formal best friend to him he was just another target to capture nothing else. Whether it was going to be today or tomorrow he was looking forward to fighting the Uchiha again and this time he was going to make sure to settle the old score of their broken bonds.

'Sasuke…..what are you going to do?'

He finally stopped his train of thought and continued to enjoy the hot bath, unaware that he was being watch. Next to the hot baths on a wooden wall there were a couple of eyes trying to watch from the small covering of the wooden pieces. The one who was watching was none other than the innocent Hinata who knew she was doing a big mistake but she didn't care, right now she will kill for this moment. To see her blond crush naked it was truly the moment she was dying to see yet she was getting desperate because she couldn't see a thing. It wasn't long before Ino and Sakura arrived at the scene and the Yamanaka got near the Hyuga heiress as they began their peep show on their blond leader.

Sakura stood on the sidelines feeling shamed watching her teammates and friends desperately trying to peep at Naruto. She couldn't believe they were so needed and desperate to have a small peek at him. Even if deep inside of her, her inner self was dying to take a peek at him. She will do anything just to take a look at that amazing body of his remembering how he looked when he was doing pushups with his boxers. She blushed while feeling a little funny between her legs getting one of her perverted thoughts between herself and the tall blond. She erased that thought that wasn't like her at all she needed some self control to evade thinking like this, it wasn't long before the talking of her friends got her attention.

"Hinata can you see something?" asked the Yamanaka.

"I can't the wood is very thick it's very hard to get a good look."

"And the steam from the hot bath isn't helping either damn it I really want to see Naruto naked."

Sakura sighed" honestly you two need help you shouldn't even be doing this in the first place."

"Look who's talking I bet you're the first who wants to see Naruto naked" Ino said with a smirk.

The pink haired medic blushed while frowning" s…shut up I don't want to see such thing I am not interested in any of that…"

"Yeah right you should learn to lie properly Sakura" replied the Yamanaka.

"I am being honest."

"Hell yeah I want to see that hot blond naked!!!" inner Sakura have a nose bleed while giving two big thumbs up.

"Sure whatever you say Sakura" Ino wasn't paying attention to her best friend but rather through the wood tiles to take a nice peek at the hot blond behind those wood tiles.

Hinata sighed" it's no use Ino-san we can't see anything looks like it will be better if we go, before Naruto-kun catches us."

"I'm not giving up yet I'm sure we can find a way to see….hey wait Hinata try using your byakugan to look behind the wall."

The Hyuga heiress blinked" my byakugan I guess I didn't thought about it."

Sakura sweat dropped' oh boy these two are so desperate but damn I want to see too.'

Hinata activated her bloodline limit allowing her to see behind the wooden wall of the hot baths and she gasped in pure shock. She completely fainted her whole face was red while she had a nose bleed.

"Hinata!" shouted the worry Sakura as she went next to her" what in the world did you saw?"

Ino sweat dropped at her stupid comment" guess"

Sakura carry the unconscious Hinata on her shoulder before gazing back at the Yamanaka" look Ino if you want to continue desperately trying to peek at Naruto like your life depended on it then be my guess I'm leaving and I'm taking Hinata with me."

"But Sakura…"

"No buts I really wish you stop acting like a horny school girl."

Sakura finally left carrying Hinata with her leaving Ino with her thoughts she gazed at the wooden wall before sighing.

'Who am I kidding Sakura's right I am acting like a horny school girl I should really start showing some self control, but damn it I can't help it I really want to see Naruto naked!'

"She's right you know!"

Ino was startle at the voice before she saw Naruto wearing regular clothes jumping next to her while the platinum blond was trying not to freak out. She kept her cool and gave the tall blond a big cheery smile.

"Hey Naruto morning!"

"Save it Ino I know what you've been up to and you should really learn to restraint your hormones, even if your training with Anko altered your hormones forever."

"What no….I wasn't trying to peek at you, naughty Naruto you think I would do that to you" she was grinning trying to convince him that she was innocent in being a pepping tom.

"Cut the lies Ino the real Naruto can hear you from inside the hot baths."

Ino blinked" what….then…you're a shadow clone?"

The Naruto clone grinned" yeah he heard all of you talking from the baths you three need some help."

The Yamanaka pretended like she was offended crossing her arms" how dare you think I will go so far to do these indecent and immoral things I am not like that, I'll be leaving now farewell."

She left while the Naruto clone stood there watching her nice ass jiggling with every step she took the way the backside move it was very hypnotizing, he grinned like a pervert before vanishing. The real Naruto who was still inside the hot bath grinned at the memory his clone gave of Ino's ass before he sighed happily in the bath. He started thinking about his team and he knew that they weren't normal kunoichis but they were really perverted kunoichis. He was even shocked that Hinata was like that too, she wasn't the same timid girl who will faint or hide behind a tree. Even if that was the case his team was strong and very reliable.

He chuckle' and then they say I'm the big pervert go figure, my team is worst than myself.'

(Time skip)

The team was now seated on the table along with Itachi ready to eat breakfast but there was something wrong. Naruto has told them that Itachi volunteer to made breakfast and that was a problem at least for the three kunoichis. They were staring at their plate which it was just a simple breakfast of scramble eggs with a few pieces of bacon. To them it was very suspicious from the elder Uchiha's part to make breakfast. It's not every day that a formal Akatsuki member and S rank missing nin cooks breakfast volunteering. Even if they knew that Itachi was innocent for his crime it was hard for them to fully trust him, so his kindhearted action was very distrusting. For all they know he could be trying to drug them by the food giving him the chance to escape. Naruto had to sweat dropped at his team's expressions which they weren't sure whether to eat the food because it looks good or throw it away. He gazed at the older Uchiha who was waiting for everyone to taste the food expecting to give him their answers of taste.

The tall blond finally gave a cheery smile to his team taking his fork to start eating" well everyone dig in!"

"This sure looks…..very good" Sakura said with a sweat dropped.

"I still can't believe you made this Itachi-san" Hinata replied with a smile hiding her nervousness.

"It's just a simple breakfast I used to take mothers' place sometimes and made breakfast for her so it's nothing" Itachi said.

"Since Itachi took his time to makes us this delicious breakfast let's not disappoint him and eat it all" Naruto said smiling.

Ino frowned at the food deciding to talk for the whole team" is it poisoned?"

At this comment both Naruto and Itachi sweat dropped thinking that it was obvious for the Yamanaka not to trust someone with a criminal record.

"Ino I highly doubt that Itachi went through so much just to poisoned our food" replied the blond.

"I don't blame you for not trusting me but I assure you there's no poison in the food" replied the older Uchiha.

"I'm sorry for saying that Itachi I know you're really good person who has been through a lot I guess it's hard for me to eat this" Ino said.

Sakura sighed" I have to agree with Ino it's not safe to taste this."

"I'm sorry Itachi-san" Hinata said feeling bad for him.

Naruto groaned" oh for crying out loud you three are acting so paranoid I will prove to you that this food is not poisoned I will be the first to eat it."

"Wait Naruto I think it will be best if Itachi taste the food first" Ino said while the two kunoichis nodded in agreement.

"I agree I have no problem in tasting the food to show you that it's not poisoned" Itachi said ready to take a bite from his plate.

"Wait Itachi!" Naruto stopped him in time" you won't do such thing if it is poisoned you will want to taste the food first because you have a death wish."

Itachi had to sweat dropped at the blonds' comment before nodding.

"Good then it's settle I will taste the food" the tall blond took a bite from the scramble eggs.

"Wait Naruto!" Sakura shouted while Ino and Hinata were deadly worry for their leader.

The tall blond ate the piece of scramble egg while the kunoichis were waiting for his response, he chewed the food and swallowed it before smiling at his team" this is very good you see there's no……"

Naruto started coughing a lot before he felt to the table looking dead while the kunoichis eyes widened in terror and Itachi sweat dropped again but he remained quiet.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NARUTO!!!"

Ino growled glaring at Itachi with pure anger" I knew it you poisoned the food damn you!!!"

Suddenly Naruto got up laughing" haha just kidding the food is delicious and it's not poisoned!!"

The three kunoichis stood shocked at what just happened before their instincts took over. From horrified they were now upset and they were glaring at their blond leader for giving them such a scare while feeling like they wanted to smack him for the rude and insensitive joke.

Hinata was the first to frown at the blond" Naruto-kun that was not funny you really scared us half to death.

"I have to agree with you Hinata that was rude and there's nothing funny in pretending that you die from eating poison food" Ino said frowning too.

"Sorry but you guys should have seen the looks on your faces it was priceless" replied Naruto cheery.

Suddenly they heard growling when they looked to the source they gasped seeing that the growling was coming from an angry Sakura who was trying to hold her anger at Naruto's rude joke. She got up from the table and went to the blond feeling angry because he scared her to death thanks to his stunt. She almost broke out crying when she saw him dead on the table feeling her heart ready to shatter from the horrible pain. Naruto gulped thinking that he was in deep shit now he knew he deserves to get hit by the pink haired kunoichi for his terrible joke.

"Na….Naruto…." growled the angry Sakura.

"Yes…." replied the scared Naruto.

Instead of hitting him Sakura patted the blond on the head like someone patting a dog for a job well done after all she did promised she wasn't going to hit him anymore, this action really surprised Naruto expecting a punch from the pink haired teen.

She went closer to him smiling" Naruto…..DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!!!" she shouted.

Naruto grinned" right I won't sorry about that" he smiled seeing Sakura returning to her seat' oh well I preferred that she yells at me for doing something wrong rather than getting smacked by her.'

"Pardon me but can we finally eat?" asked Itachi who seems to be annoyed at the whole poison food thing.

"Sure thing let's dig in everyone!" Naruto said.

They nodded and started eating the three kunoichis were delighted by the great taste of the food.

"Wow this is delicious!" Ino said.

"It is very good" Hinata said.

"I have to admit Itachi this food is truly good" Sakura said.

"Thank you" was Itachi's only reply.

"Yeah and you guys thought that he poisoned the food I think you all owe Itachi an apology" Naruto said.

"I'm sorry Itachi" Sakura said.

"Me too I shouldn't have doubted you" Ino said.

"Were sorry Itachi" replied Hinata.

"It's all right I know it's not easy to trust someone like me I don't blame any of you."

"But we do trust you Itachi at least I trust you and I knew you weren't going to something silly like poisoning food" Naruto said while giving the kunoichis a smirk and they sweat dropped.

While they resumed their eating they were a little startle as they saw someone appearing in the dining room. It was a shadow clone wearing the Kitsune Flash uniform he was holding a large bag.

"A shadow clone?" asked Hinata.

"Hey I'm back with Kisame's bounty!" the Kitsune clone said.

Naruto smiled" about time you got here you really took your time in coming back."

"But anyway just to tell you that the Mizukage send her thanks to you" replied the clone.

"Oh right Chojuuro…"

"She did ask me the same question as always" the Kitsune clone said.

The blond sweat dropped" let me guess if I'm available what did you told her?"

The masked clone grinned" maybe."

Naruto frowned as he punched the Kitsune clone making it vanished, he flinch feeling the pain but it was nothing. When he gazed at the table he saw that the three kunoichis were frowning, looks like they were kind of jealous to hear that even the Mizukage was after him. He cleared his throat while returning to the table resuming eating his breakfast like nothing, of course he was holding the bag with Kisame's bounty it was pay day after all. After a couple of minutes they finished eating breakfast and Itachi volunteer to wash the dishes.

Naruto heard a knock on the front door and went to answer the door with the three kunoichis following close by. Opening the door he was surprised to see a group of Konoha ANBU and they were none other than Shikamaru's squad.

Naruto chuckle" you know Shikamaru as ANBU you guys know what doors are because you guys never use one."

The ANBU captain shrugged his shoulders" whatever I didn't felt like going all the trouble just to entered through the windows."

"Hey Shikamaru!" Ino said cheery seeing her formal teammate.

"Hey Ino I heard all about it from Tsunade-sama that you're a member of Naruto's team congratulations."

"Thanks I'm proud to be part of team Kitsune Flash" replied the Yamanaka.

"We don't have time for chit chat, were here on business" Neji said in his usual serious tone.

"Yes we can talk about other things later but right now we have a job to do" Kakashi said.

"Why are you guys here anyway?" asked Sakura.

"It will be best if we talk inside" the fourth member of the squad said with long purple wearing a cat mask with red lines on the sides.

"Right come on in" Naruto said letting the ANBU members in closing the door behind him.

"So what business do you have with me?" asked the blond.

"We came here under Tsunade-sama's orders to bring back Itachi to Konoha" Shikamaru said.

"I see…." replied Naruto with a sigh knowing that it was a bad time to retrieve back to the leaf village, he gazed at the group" I'm guessing granny told you guys the truth about Itachi."

Kakashi nodded" she has I really can't believe that all this time Itachi has been under orders of the council to remain as a missing nin."

"That is correct Kakashi-kun."

Everyone turned to see Itachi walking towards them" it was part of the elders orders to keep the secret of the Uchiha clan's rebellion with me killing them, of course they weren't expecting that I spared Sasuke so while I was fulfilling my secret mission as a traitor I kept my loyalty secretly to Konoha by providing helpful information to Jiraiya-sama's spy network."

"So Jiraiya-sama knew all along he kept this secret just like the elders" Kakashi said.

The older Uchiha nodded" it was important that all of this have to be kept a secret in order for my service to continue until my fight with Sasuke."

"You were expecting to fight Sasuke all along?" asked Neji.

"Yes I was going to fight him and then he will be the one victorious in the fight killing me as a result of and therefore he will become the hero of Konoha, the one who killed the murderer of the Uchiha clan."

"What a twisted plan to gain false appreciation, yet you didn't care if all of your actions for the betterment of Konoha will be in vain in the end truly pitiful" said the woman ANBU.

"Yugao that's enough" Kakashi calm his partner.

"Everything I have done it's been always to protect the village and I knew I was going to die, at least I thought I would" Itachi said remembering that his disease was cured thanks to Sakura.

"But anyway Itachi you're coming with us were taking you back to the village" Shikamaru said.

"Wait you guys" Naruto said getting their attention I can't let you guys take Itachi to Konoha not yet though."

"What do you mean?" asked Kakashi.

"I have plans with Itachi and until I fulfill those plans I can't hand him over to you" replied the blond.

"What kind of plans?" asked Shikamaru.

"It's an important mission."

"I apologize Naruto but were under Hokage's orders to bring Itachi back to Konoha" Neji said.

"I know I am not against your mission or her orders….I'm just begging you guys to wait for a while" Naruto said.

"Wait…we don't have time to waste" Yugao said.

"I know but please go back and tell granny that I will bring Itachi with a bonus" the blond gave a grin.

"A bonus?" asked Shikamaru.

POOF!!!

Ino saw one of Jiraiya's messengers toads not too far from her direction and quickly took the message scroll strapped on its back before reading the front" hey Naruto there's a message for you!"

Naruto chuckle' finally it's about time' he took the scroll before opening it and gave a big grin after reading it.

"What's wrong?" asked Kakashi wanting to know about the message.

"Like I said you can tell granny that I will bring Itachi with a bonus for the price of one and sooner and that will be right now."

"And the message?" asked Shikamaru.

"It's a message from pervy sage telling about his report about the whereabouts from a certain individual."

"Naruto you don't mean…." Sakura was gazing at him in shock.

The blond nodded" that's right Sasuke is on the move."

"Sasuke?!" Neji said.

"Yeah pervy sage's spy network it's always keeping tabs on people and any kind of important information, especially when it comes to missing nins from Konoha."

"I see so you're going to use Itachi as bait for Sasuke not a bad plan" Kakashi said.

"So that's why you want to keep Itachi" Neji said.

"I guess it makes sense Itachi is the only person Sasuke is after he's the perfect bait to lure him in" Shikamaru replied.

"What are your orders?" asked Yugao looking at her captain.

Shikamaru sighed while looking at the blond" Naruto what are you going to do now?"

"Do you even have to ask me and my team is going after him, once I captured Sasuke I will let you guys take both brothers back to Konoha."

"Troublesome….fine all right everyone we'll return to Konoha and report to Tsunade-sama about Naruto's plan."

"Roger!" Neji said.

Naruto turned to the three kunoichis" you guys go and change we'll be heading out in a hour."

"Right!" Ino said while Sakura and Hinata nodded before leaving.

"We'll were leaving good luck with Sasuke" replied Shikamaru as the ANBU head outside of the house.

"Kakashi wait!" Naruto called to the mask ANBU.

"What's wrong?"

The blond took a deep breath looking at the mask ANBU "look I….I want to apologize to you…"

"What?"

"I want to apologize about the things I said to you back when we were at Konoha."

"It's all right Naruto you were right about all the things you said I don't hate you for it."

"No I must I had no right to say all those things to you not after knowing how painful your past was….Sakura told me about Obito."

Kakashi stood quiet feeling some sorrow at the mention of his diseased friend.

'Obito…Uchiha Obito?' Itachi thought.

Naruto continued" I'm really sorry about what happened to both of your teammates especially Obito, I guess now I know why you decided to pay so much attention to Sasuke more than me and Sakura I'm sorry…"

"You don't have to apologize Naruto it is true I only give Sasuke credit because of the fact that he was the last Uchiha, the reason I was chosen to be team sevens jounin leader it's because I have the sharingan it was more suited for me to teach Sasuke how to control it. Even if Sasuke was nothing like Obito he was more of a team player and he will do anything for his friends kind of more like….you Naruto."

"Me?"

"Yes he was a bit of a troublemaker and he lack in his skills for an Uchiha but he had a strong heart he was true friend, in fact he was the one who told me that those who doesn't follow the rules are trash but those who abandoned their friends are lower than trash."

"So it was him the one who told you that quote" replied Naruto with a smile.

"He taught me a very valuable lesson on that day….and he made me open my eyes to my mistake in following the rules over the safety and protection of my friends. I was very proud to have a friend like him, in the end he was the one who gave me the most important and valuable gift I could ever receive."

He pointed to his sharingan eye" with his sharingan I keep his memory alive and I always feel like he's here fighting by my side…."

"I'm sorry" replied the blond.

"I said it's all right Naruto you have come a long way since you became a genin and now look at you, I am sure sensei would be very proud of you."

"Thanks it means a lot to me coming out from you Kakashi sensei"

Kakashi smiled after being called sensei" thank you Naruto"

"Kakashi hurry up we're leaving!!" Yugao called out to him as they were ready to leave.

Kakashi nodded" farewell Naruto."

"Yeah"

The mask ANBU finally joined the squad before they all vanished.

"Uchiha Obito…" Itachi said as he got next to Naruto.

"I suppose you knew him since he was an Uchiha."

The older Uchiha nodded" indeed Obito was Shisui's cousin."

"Really I wonder if Kakashi knows that."

"I think he does Kakashi-kun has done a lot of study about the Uchiha clan after he got Obito's sharingan."

The blond nodded before gazing at nowhere specifically smiling' I guess I am proud to have him as my teacher after all…'

(Time skip)

Sakura has change to her uniform and she was ready to leave, she only needed to put her mask on. She was ready to finally face her formal teammate in a fight which it was a fight that couldn't be avoided at all. She has come to terms that Sasuke wasn't the same Sasuke from back where they were team seven she knew it that well and although after everything he has experience in the past she still couldn't forgive him for what he did to her and Naruto. He hurt Naruto a lot and herself too rejecting her feelings twice but she wasn't a fool anymore. She wasn't that foolish twelve year old girl anymore, she has come to acknowledge all of her mistakes in the past and the consequences were drastic that almost lead to her death. But now with Naruto's second chance she has become into a new stronger person with the purpose to help her leader fulfill his missions no matter what. She has made her decision for good and today she was going to help him capture the Uchiha and formal team seven member Sasuke.

She picked up her mask on her bed and before she put it on she heard a knock on her door. She went to answer the door only to find Naruto wearing his Kitsune uniform without the mask.

"Naruto are we heading out now?"

"Yeah anytime soon but first I came to you because I need to talk to you about something important."

"All right what is it?"

The blond took a deep breath before continuing" Sakura….you know were about to go after Sasuke and his team and this is a very important mission to me just like capturing Itachi, that's why I need all my team members to be one hundred percent sure in doing this and fully trusted…."

The pink haired nodded understanding his point" of course I am well aware that were going after Sasuke and I am ready to help you in whatever you need me for, you can count on me!"

"Can I really count on you Sakura?"

"What….what are you talking about of course you can count on me why would you ask that?" Sakura was confused by his comment.

"I….I really must know Sakura what are your intentions with the team and…..I must know if you're willing to do this mission a hundred percent we are going after Sasuke and I must know where your loyalty lies?" Naruto hasn't taken his eyes off her.

"What are you talking about I….." her jade eyes widened in realization at what he was trying to say to her" I see….so that's how it is you don't trust me at all don't you Naruto?"

"No I trust you but I must know if you're willing to do this mission without your feelings er….I mean emotions getting the best of you."

"Emotions or feelings" she gazed at him with some hurt in her eyes" I won't let my emotions get the better of me I am a jounin of Konoha and I don't have any feelings for Sasuke anymore if that's what you wanted to know."

Naruto tried to calm her down a bit since she look a little upset for his comment" I'm sorry Sakura I didn't meant to say it like that but I needed to know what you feel for Sasuke, I don't want you to run off with him betraying me I….." his eyes widened realizing his mistake.

Tears were now forming at the corner of her eyes feeling worst than before" how could you….how could you think that I will betray you….betray the team you still see me as that love sick twelve year old girl who was head over heels for Sasuke well you're wrong. This is the new Sakura and to me your friendship and my loyalty to Konoha mean everything to me more than Sasuke or anything in this world!!"

Naruto was smiling hearing that to think that his friendship was more important for her than Sasuke himself, she was really a new Sakura someone who has change for the better and no longer thinking of her foolish childish crush for the Uchiha.

Sakura wipe some of her tears away but more were coming out" I know you hate me Naruto and I don't blame you for it….."

"No don't you dare say that I don't hate you Sakura I will never hate you never!!" Naruto replied quickly.

"You don't have to pretend I know you do hate me I have notice the way you've been looking at me in the past week every time I talked to you, you will force a smile at me but I could see the truth just by looking in your eyes. I could see the anger and the hatred that you feel for me it's all right if you want to hate me I understand…."

The blond shook his head completely he felt like he was ready to cry" Sakura you're wrong I don't hate you…..it's just that something happened to me back when I fought Itachi and I…."

He paused remembering the genjutsu the older Uchiha cast on him in the world of Tsukuyomi when they were fighting. He could still see clearly when Sakura was having sex with Sasuke, her moans of pleasure approving and loving the Uchiha's actions telling him not to stop. She was truly enjoying been pounded by his manhood he then remember her face of pure satisfaction when she reached her orgasm with him. He could still remember both of their faces smiling at him like they were enjoying torturing him.

"I'm sorry Naruto but you should know by now I will always love Sasuke-kun…"

"Loser…"

The blond growled at the terrible memory" I don't hate you but the truth is….Itachi cast a genjutsu on me when I fought him and it really affect me a lot….it was about you…."

"What do you mean?" asked the pink haired kunoichi that by now she was feeling a little better hearing Naruto's honest tone that he didn't hated her.

"The genjutsu was about you and Sasuke and……you guys were doing…." he started blushing in embarrassment at the thought.

"Doing what?!" Sakura was still confused what could make her leader hate her between the Uchiha and herself.

"You guys were….um….well….you guys were doing it."

"Huh?"

"You know you and Sasuke were….having ….sex" he finished with a blush on his cheeks.

Sakura's eyes widened before she started blushing in embarrassment at the mention of the topic" oh…well I don't see how can that be possible after the pain he gave you and me and after rejecting me twice I don't see how is possible that I'll be having sexual relations with him, besides I would preferred to die then having sex with a selfish traitor."

"Mmm I would rather have sex with you Naruto hell yeah!!!" inner Sakura had a nose bleed.

Naruto smiled a little' you have really change Sakura.'

"I'm sorry Sakura it's just that when I saw you and Sasuke doing…that I felt angry, hurt and…"

"Heartbroken" Sakura replied for him in a whisper although she was shocked' I don't believe it….don't tell me that Naruto is….jealous?'

"Look Sakura let's forget about this about everything…you're right I should have never doubted you when I really trust you and for that I am very sorry…"

He never finished saying his sentence because Sakura gave him a hug it was a very heartwarming hug while the tall blond gladly accepted wrapping his arms around her enjoying the embrace.

"You're my friend Naruto I will never betray you or your trust, I rather die than destroy the second chance you have given me."

She broke the hug while smiling at him while Naruto was trying hard to erase the blush on his cheeks.

The blond only smiled at her" finish packing we'll be heading out any minute now."

Sakura nodded while Naruto left the room closing the door behind him, she resumed her packing while putting her mask on.

She put her hood back on before drifting into deep thought about Naruto and his reaction to the whole having sex with Sasuke thing he knew that he was jealous' is it possible….does he still likes me after everything I have done to him?'

(Time skip: outside of Kaoki village)

Kitsune and his team were standing near the entrance of the village ready to depart to their destination and target. Itachi was once again tied up and blindfolded in the chakra rope just to make it real to Sasuke of his brother's capture. Kitsune was finally ready to depart and meet up with the person who was once his best friend and teammate, today he was finally bringing him back to Konoha once again just like did five years ago.

"Sorry Itachi but I need you tied up to convince to Sasuke about your capture" Kitsune said.

"That's all right Naruto-kun I have been through worse" replied the older Uchiha.

"Couldn't you at least got rid of the Akatsukii cloak?" asked Mistress.

"No I need to convince Sasuke that Itachi is still in Akatsuki wearing the cloak it's the most effective way to make him think that he's still part of the organization."

"All right so we're going after Sasuke?" asked Temptress.

"Not quite but first" Kitsune summoned a shadow clone" Itachi you're going to take a nap now."

The older Uchiha was confused at his comment before he felt a sharp pain near his right arm. Kitsune have injected him with one of his sleep serums, it wasn't long before he felt unconscious or more precise he was sleeping.

"Sorry Itachi you carry him" Kitsune ordered the shadow clone.

"Right!" the clone replied carrying him on his shoulder.

Kitsune turned to the three mask kunoichis" all right team as you all know according to pervy sage's message Sasuke has entered the fire country border and he could arrive at our location in a couple of hours. However instead of going after him we'll let them find us instead."

"Why are we taking such a risk?" asked Huntress.

"You all know that Sasuke is not traveling alone he has assemble his own team after he killed Orochimaru."

"If that's the case wouldn't be better if we try to ambush them instead?" asked Temptress.

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea but it will best if we let them find us you guy will know eventually, after all I still haven't told you about Sasuke's team pervy sage's spy network have also gathered information about them. It's important that you guys know about your future opponents since Sasuke will obviously go after me letting his team to take care of you guys."

"We will have the advantage since we know about them" Mistress said.

"Yes and also because they don't know a thing about you guys they only know about me because of the rumors" replied the mask mercenary.

"You have a plan right?" asked Huntress.

"I do but I will tell you about Sasuke's team while we're on our way let's go!!"

They team nodded before vanishing from their spot. Little did they know that they were being watch, Zetsu emerge from the ground gazing at the direction the team took.

"So Itachi has betrayed us" the white half said.

"We better report this to leader-sama immediately."

The plant man went to the ground and vanished from sight.

(Location: forest region somewhere in the border of the fire country)

Sasuke and his team were traveling the tree branches at quick speed. They have finally arrived at fire country looking for one man well the same man responsible for the capture of the one man Sasuke sworn to kill. Sasuke was glaring straight ahead thinking about the mask mercenary who defeated his brother the person he wanted to kill to fulfill his revenge on the Uchiha clan. He knew Kitsune was very strong to be able to defeat a man like Itachi and yet he still couldn't believe that his brother lost. But then again he has heard so many rumors of him back when he was training under Orochimaru. In truth he was jealous of the mask mercenary he has heard so many things about him like he was the strongest ninja alive, even Orochimaru himself talked highly of him. He grinned mentally he was really looking forward to fighting him and this time he has a good reason to beat him since he was the one that beat Itachi. This will be a fight worth remembering then again maybe he won't break sweat defeating Kitsune because he has become very strong in five years.

Suigetsu grinned while taking a look on the long sword that once belonged to Momochi Zabuza the demon of the hidden mist" I can't wait to take on Kitsune Flash he won't know what hit him we do have the advantage in numbers."

"Don't underestimate him Suigetsu Kitsune Flash is someone not to take lightly" Juugo said.

Karin nodded" I heard so many rumors about him while I was on the southern hide out, they say that he's a demon that kills his victims without showing any mercy."

Suigetsu snorted at her comment" Karin don't tell me you believe the devour soul thing that's completely fake."

"Shut up I didn't ask for your opinion!!" retorted the red head with glasses.

"Either way Kitsune Flash has earned a big reputation in the ninja world, he is very fear among the strongest ninjas in the five countries this won't be an easy fight" Juugo replied.

Karin stood quiet while on the inside she was really scared to think she was now trying to find the one and only Kitsune Flash, although she didn't wanted to die she wants to help Sasuke in any way she could she would do anything for him.

"Karin did you pick up anything yet?" asked Sasuke.

The red head with glasses shook her head" no nothing yet we must be too far from his location even for my sensing range."

The Uchiha nodded looks he will have to wait a little longer before he faces the mask mercenary' I can't wait to meet you face to face.'

"So Sasuke do you think Kitsune Flash killed Itachi?" Suigetsu asked his friend only to gulp.

Sasuke glared at him with so much anger growling he speed up his space leaving the rest of the team behind.

Karin growled" damn it Suigetsu look what you did!!"

"You know how Sasuke gets when he's upset" Juugo said.

"Next time keep your mouth shut!!" shouted the red head with glasses.

Suigetsu growled as they followed their leader at the same speed he knew things weren't going to get pretty since Sasuke was angry, then again Kitsune Flash is the one who should be worry.

'Damn me and my big mouth.'

(Time skip: miles away from Kaoki village near the border of the fire country)

Team Kitsune Flash were traveling at a quick pace without taking a break although the team didn't know yet where they were heading. The shadow clone Kitsune carrying the sleeping Itachi knew exactly where they were heading just like the original. They were heading to a very familiar place where two long past rivals collided as well as two formal best friends where their bonds were broken. Kitsune kept his gaze only on the road ahead he remembers when he was being carried by Kakashi on his back when he was defeated by Sasuke. Now he was headed to the same place where they fought once and hopefully he will finally win the fight to bring the Uchiha back to Konoha. It wasn't long before his team was getting inpatient because he hasn't said a word since they left Kaoki village.

"Is there something wrong?"

"You can say that we've been traveling for hours and you still haven't told us about Sasuke's team" said Temptress.

"Oh right about that….sorry I had my mind thinking…"

"About what?" asked Huntress gazing at her leader

"It's nothing really…." Kitsune said in the most tone ever because he was really lying, he's been only thinking about the upcoming fight with the Uchiha.

The three mask kunoichis gazed at each other before looking back at their leader.

"Kitsune-kun are you all right?" asked Mistress.

"It's nothing I mean it…but anyway about Sasuke's team listen up. You all must know about the enemy especially if you're going to take them on, you all know that knowing your opponents skills and strength gives you the advantage in battle."

They nodded while Kitsune resumed his lecture" the three members from Sasuke's team snake were all experiments from Orochimaru they used to be his guinea pigs. The first member is a girl by the name of Karin she's actually the weakest member of the team so defeating her will be a piece of cake. However it's her special ability that makes her the most important member of Sasuke's team."

"She's that important?" asked Huntress.

"Yeah her special abilities make her unique and suitable for the team, she's a walking chakra detector."

"Chakra detector…." Mistress asked.

"She can detect and locate any chakra source from within a ten mile radius" Kitsune said.

The three mask kunoichis gasped in shock.

"You got to be kidding that's impossible!" asked the shocked Temptress.

"I'm afraid she can Temptress they are lots of ninjas dedicated to the training in sensing chakra sources, in the hidden ninja villages some of those ninjas only dedicate their entire training with becoming the best chakra sensor. However I haven't heard a single one that's better than Karin she's an exception in the field because she used to be an experiment for Orochimaru."

"That means she can detect us with no problem" Mistress said.

"Yup she will eventually be the one to locate us that's the reason were running. Once we arrived at our destination we'll wait for them to come and find us, luckily we will have our plan set before their arrival."

Huntress nodded" does she have another ability besides locating chakra sources?"

"Unfortunately yes she does and it's another important ability. Karin is also a walking healing machine."

"She knows medical ninjutsu too?" Huntress asked.

"Not quite her body possesses some fluid that can cure any kind of injury in no time I can say that the ability for her to heal is more advance than medical ninjutsu."

"No wonder she's that valuable to Sasuke with her abilities she must be one heck of a ninja" Temptress said.

"Actually she's not a ninja like I said before she's the weakest member of the team she's not the fighter type, however when it comes to heal wounds she doesn't do the regular healing method that a medic nin does" replied Kitsune.

"What do you mean?" asked Huntress.

"Well to receive the healing well…..you have to bite her body to taste the healing fluid."

"What!" Mistress said shocked.

"Bite her body……that's nasty" Temptress said.

"Truly gross" Huntress said.

"I know it's not decent but the healing it's very effective it really works" replied the mask mercenary.

"So in other words her means of healing makes a mockery of us medic nins" said the offended Huntress.

"I don't know about that Huntress they say some men like getting bite by women and vice versa because they consider it a real turn on" Temptress said with a smirk.

By now everyone was staring at Temptress even the Kitsune clone that was carrying the sleeping Itachi.

"What?" Temptress said gazing at her team.

"Temptress I don't even want to know what you're trying to say" Kitsune said ignoring her.

"It's very inappropriate what you just said" Mistress said.

"Like I said you are one sick puppy" Huntress said.

"Oh come on don't get me wrong I'm not that kind of a woman honest!!" shouted Temptress.

"Whatever" replied the Kitsune clone gazing ahead" we're almost there!"

"Yeah it's just straight ahead" the real Kitsune said.

"What about the other members?" Mistress said.

Kitsune nodded" the second member of team snake is Hozuki Suigetsu he used to live in mist with his older brother both of them were training hard to become members of the seven swordsmen of the mist. However Suigetsu was captured by Orochimaru and he became one of his lab rats. The results of the experiment gave Suigetsu the ability to turn his whole body into water."

"So his whole body is made of water?" asked Huntress.

"Not quite his body is real in general but he can turn himself into water, but that's not all his training in swordsmanship has given him the advantage to be skillful with a sword. He stole Zabuza's sword the executioner blade and he's very good with it, you could say that he can use it as well as Zabuza. Suigetsu also needs to drink water every now and then because it's the only way to keep his whole body from becoming all water."

"So he can't control his transformation after all" Mistress said.

"Yeah that's the only flaw he had in the experiment that's why Orochimaru cast him away as a failure" replied the mask mercenary.

"I see he's as dangerous as Zabuza if he can use his sword with no problem, I remember how big that sword is and how heavy it is that Suigetsu must be very strong" Huntress said remembering Zabuza when she was on the mission to wave country with team seven.

"Yeah but he has a weakness sine he can turn his body into water he's vulnerable to lighting so the best way to fight will be using lighting ninjutsu" replied the mask mercenary.

"Were in a bit of disadvantage there because I can't use lighting ninjutsu and neither does Mistress and Huntress" Temptress said.

"That's all right even without using lighting someone in Suigetsu's level he can still be beaten if you know how to make a good strategy" Kitsune said.

"What about the last one?" Mistress said.

"The last member is perhaps the toughest opponent next to Sasuke, his name is Juugo and the guy it's very dangerous. The guy has split personality one of a kindhearted person with the ability to communicate with animals while the other personality is the one of a coldhearted insane murder."

"Whoa the guy really has some issues" Temptress said.

"Yeah but that's not the worst of it, Juugo has another special ability that makes him very dangerous. He's the original carrier of the curse seal of heaven."

The mask kunoichis gasped at the revelation.

"You mean…." Huntress started.

Kitsune nodded" Juugo is the original person who possess the curse seal mark of heaven, Orochimaru performed tons of experiments on him in order to obtain his ability and eventually he did by studying his blood. Because of his other murdering personality Orochimaru kept him locked in prison to control his urge to kill but obviously it didn't help at all it only made him feel worst."

"That's horrible…" Mistress said.

"So we'll be facing a tough group I can see now why Sasuke chose them to be his team is he threatening them to work with him?" Temptress said.

"All three of them didn't had no place to go after Orochimaru was killed so Sasuke eventually needed a group to locate Itachi knowing that he couldn't find him on his own. It wouldn't surprise me if he's just using them like a bunch of tools" Kitsune said hiding his hostile tone towards the Uchiha.

"We're finally here!" the Kitsune clone said gazing ahead.

They reached a clearing in a rocky path when their eyes widened at the sight. They were staring at a huge valley filled by huge waterfall and river. They were surprised to see two familiar giant stone statues on the waterfall. One of them was the first Hokage Hashirama, while the second statue was of Uchiha Madara the founder of the Uchiha clan. They noticed that the rocks and the landscape were completely torn off and crushed. It was like a fierce battle took place.

'Looks like this place hasn't change since that time….' Kitsune thought.

For Kitsune the feeling of nostalgia hit him. Gazing at the place only brought him the memory when he fought Sasuke five years ago. His victory over the Uchiha's hand wasn't a big blow to his pride or feelings it only reminded him of his reward by Sakura for bringing him back. He remembers how they finished their fight using their strongest attack on one another to end the conflict. He used rasenganpowered up by the Kyuubi's chakra while Sasuke used his black chidori powered up by his cruse seal level two form. He wasn't ashamed for doing what he had to do Sasuke chose to leave the village and he wanted to kill him so fighting him without holding back was a option. Now once again he was going to do the same thing he did five years ago, beat the Uchiha so he can bring him back to Konoha.

"This place is…." Mistress started.

"The valley of the end" Huntress finished for her.

"So this is the valley of the end its bigger than I thought" Temptress said.

"I heard about it from back at the academy Iruka sensei said that this was the checkpoint that leaves the fire country territory."

"It's also the place where the first Hokage and Uchiha Madara fought many years ago" the Kitsune clone said.

"Itachi told us the same thing" Mistress said.

The real Kitsune nodded" it's also the same place where Sasuke and I fought five years ago."

The three mask kunoichis were in deep thought at what he said while gazing at the large valley, their eyes fixed on the two giant statues of Konoha's funders.

"This was the place…." Huntress said in a low tone.

"It's kind of ironic when you think about it, the first and Madara fought here. Kitsune-sam and Sasuke fought here too fighting another Uchiha" Temptress said.

"I guess it is ironic I never thought about it" Kitsune replied.

"Kitsune-kun what are we going to do now?" asked Mistress.

"It's time to prepare our plan it will take them a couple of hours to get here if they are going at a fast pace, we're going to ambush them before they get here so they have no choice but to split out. At the same time I'm going to prepare the bait to lure the big fish here."

"Did you talked to Fukasaku about the fight?" asked Huntress.

"Not to worry about that I already told him before hand he'll be ready, now the clone will lead you to the location to ambush Sasuke's team. If the ambush succeeds in splitting them up each of you will fight the team members on your own."

"Right we understand the plan" Mistress said while the other two kunoichis nodded.

"One more thing, if it comes down to it do not hesitate to kill any of them don't take any unnecessary risks with them because they are tougher than they look" replied the mask mercenary.

"Well except for the chakra sensor girl one of us will be the lucky kunoichi if we get to fight her because she's the weakest" Temptress said with a grin.

"It won't be that easy Temptress remember that Karin is not a fighter, if she does get separated from the team the most obvious thing she will do is hide to a secure location."

"So it will be a game of hide and seek with her?" asked Huntress.

"It will be one tough game of hide and seek because Karin won't just hide her presence but she will completely hide her chakra signature making it very difficult to find her. She has no choice but to hide since she's the most valuable member to the team, Sasuke can't afford to lose her because he'll be losing his chakra sensor and healing member" Kitsune said.

"We understand our main concern is Karin we'll handle her" Mistress said.

"Be careful you three."

"Aw Kitsune-sama you do care for us after all" Temptress said with a sugar coated tone causing the other mask kunoichis to giggle at her comment.

"Of course I do you guys aren't just my team you're my friends and you three are very important to me" Kitsune replied in a honest tone.

"You three are very important to me."

The mask kunoichis kept hearing the same sentence in their heads over and over again they stood stun at his comment. They were so thankful that their leader couldn't see the blush that struck their cheeks because of their masks.

Kitsune gazed at his shadow clone" go with them I will take care of Itachi…"

"Right it seems that the sleeping serum it's wearing off" the clone replied seeing Itachi moving ready to wake up.

"I will handle it go now."

The clone nodded turning to the three mask kunoichis" let's go!"

"Be careful Kitsune-kun" Mistress said.

"I will the same goes for you three."

They nodded following the clone until they were gone. Kitsune knelt next to Itachi who has started opening his eyes.

"Narut…." The older Uchiha never finished as he was hit by another dose of the sleep serum he slowly drift into unconscious, he was asleep once again.

"Sorry Itachi but I need you to take a long rest so that my plan works nothing personal though."

(Time skip: miles away from the valley of the end fire country territory)

Sasuke and his team have stopped their pursuit and they were standing on some tree branches before they paid their attention to Juugo. A small bird came flying heading towards their direction and it landed on Juugo's arm. The bird was chirping while Juugo was listening to everything he was saying and the rest of the team we're eagerly waiting what he has to say to them. Hopefully it will be the information they need to find Kitsune Flash.

Juugo turned to the team" this bird tells me that he saw Kitsune Flash accompany by three other people wearing masks too. There was also another Kitsune Flash carrying someone unconscious wearing a black cloak with red clouds and he looks a lot like you Sasuke."

Sasuke glared' Itachi…it's him no doubt about that but he's unconscious is he dead?'

"Accompany by three people wearing masks what gives doesn't Kitsune Flash always travels alone?" asked Suigetsu.

"He must have formed his own group" Juugo replied.

"The other Kitsune Flash must be a shadow clone so there are only four of them" Karin said.

"There are four of us the numbers are even now" Suigetsu said as he decided to take a sip from his water canteen.

"Juugo what are their coordinates?" Sasuke said.

Juugo turned back to the small bird as it started chirping again he gazed at the Uchiha" he says that they are further south from here."

Sasuke nodded" Karin see if you can pick up their chakra."

The red head with glasses nodded as she made a hand seal while closing her eyes, she stood like that for a minute before opening her eyes again" I found them I sense three strong chakra signatures and another who is a lost stronger than the other three it must be Kitsune Flash's. There's also another chakra signature which is strong too."

"It must be Itachi's" replied Sasuke.

"Itachi is with him if Karin can sense his chakra then that means he's alive good for you Sasuke" Suigetsu said with a grin.

"I guess we'll be going after Itachi and Kitsune Flash" Juugo said.

"Let's be careful he's not alone we may have to fight them if it comes down to it" Sasuke said.

"Just leave it to us I'm being looking for a good fight for a long time now I'm more than ready" Suigetsu said before touching the handles of his sword the executioner blade.

"I'm ready as usual" Juugo replied.

"We have to be careful though I can sense their chakra but I can tell that they have stopped running, they could be preparing to ambush us" Karin said.

Sasuke nodded" lead the way Karin."

"Right!"

They move out jumping from the tree branches. However the more they travel the more Sasuke was starting to feel the feeling of nostalgia. He remembers the area they were passing through how he could have forgotten he knew this place. He has passed this area before a long time ago when he was heading to Orochimaru and began his quest for power and revenge.

'This is….this area leads to the valley of the end….but why there?'

He remembers the fight at the valley of the end against his formal best friend Naruto. He made up his mind on that day after he beat the blond he finally broke the bonds he had with team seven and Konoha. He chose his path of revenge over friendship and loyalty and he hasn't regretted his decision. Revenge was his only purpose and he was going to fulfill it today, while he was at it he was going to kill the famous Kitsune Flash as a bonus. Killing Itachi has always been on his mind and now he was very close, his entire life and hard training has been lead to this very moment. He could taste it the sweet taste of fulfilling his ambition and lifelong revenge. Of course he hasn't forgotten that Naruto defeated him on that day bringing him back to the left village it was a low blow to his pride been beaten by the former dead last of the academy. His onyx eyes glared thinking of the blond if he ever meets up with Naruto again he was going to make sure that he never beats him again, even if he has to end his life.

They continued jumping through the tree branches while Karin was leading the group using her sensor abilities to locate their targets.

"The chakra is getting stronger were getting closer."

They team left jumped down from the branches reaching a clearing in the forest. Sasuke knew that just up ahead was the valley of the end because of his past experience. Something caught the team's sight just a few feet away from them. On the ground stood a blue sphere of spinning chakra it was still spinning around like it was never going to stop.

"What's that?" Suigetsu said his eyes fixed on the small sphere.

Sasuke was stun at the small sphere he has seen it before, it was the powerful technique his formal friend learned as a result of his training with the sanin Jiraiya. It was the same technique that could stand in the same level with the chidori he learned from Kakashi according to him. So many things were running in his head just by gazing at the sphere of spinning chakra and the most obvious thought that the blond ninja could somehow be here.

'No it can't be….this is his technique the rasengan could it be….is he really…..' Sasuke didn't finish his thinking he didn't want to know.

Karin on the other hand was shocked sensing the powerful chakra emerging from the spinning sphere her eyes widened in terror' the chakra in that ball it's too much it feels like its overloading if it continues then…..OH NO!!!'

"SASUKE WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW ITS GOING TO EXPLODE!!!"

Sasuke gasped along with Suigetsu and Juugo before they could reach to their teammate warning.

BOOM!!!

An explosion covered the whole area leaving it to rubble while in the distance a Kitsune clone was watching the whole scene. The plan worked and he couldn't help but grin at the possibilities.

'The fishes have taken the exploding bait the plan will begin now. I really love the rasengan bomb so much it's been a while since I have last used it although the blast wasn't that destructive since I only put ten percent of my chakra in the rasengan bomb.'

Suigetsu rose up somewhere in the forest he was so relief to see that he was still alive. His cloak was destroyed because of the explosion but what matters to him is that his favorite sword was still intact. He gazed around the forest and he knew he was alone. He grinned, knowing Sasuke he must have already left to where Kitsune Flash is. Although he wanted to have a piece of the mask mercenary himself because of him he lost his chance to possessed the sword Samehada, which it was taken back to mist when Kitsune send Kisame to the village. He got rid of the dirt in his clothes due to the explosion while sighing in relief.

'Damn that was close any second I could have been a goner. Good thing Karin warned us in time and Sasuke reacted quickly to order us to separate to avoid the explosion.'

He then reached for his water canteens but gasped seeing that he didn't have them with him' shit I lost them it must have happened when I dodged the explosion. I happened so quickly I didn't realize it they were gone, damn if I don't drink water I won't be able to keep my body from turning into water. I just hope there's a river nearby or something.'

The young swordsman hasn't realized yet that he was being watch. Not too far away from him a snake was watching him from a couple of bushes. The snake returned to its owner which was Temptress and she was grinning at the sight in amusement.

'Lucky me I found sword boy or should I call him water boy instead?'

Suigetsu adjusted his sword while gazing around him" time to start my search for those mask guys, Sasuke better let Kitsune Flash live I want to beat him to because it's his fault that I will never have Samehada."

'Yeah right as if Kitsune-sama its going to lose to Sasuke, he's been planning the fight against that traitor for a while now and there's no chance in hell he's going to lose.'

She continued watching him while carefully planning her strategy to fight him. She remembers what Kitsune told her about Suigetsu's fighting abilities and special abilities.

'I better be careful he can lift that huge sword of his like its nothing and he can swing it perfectly, if I'm not careful he will split me in half.'

Her eyes widened when Suigetsu have swung his large blade at her cutting all of the bushes and one tree, she quickly evaded the attack by mere inches. She landed away from the trees as she was now staring at the young swordsman who was grinning.

'Shit that was too close a second too late I would have been a head shorter' thought Temptress.

"Well well I'm lucky to have found one of you, how about if you tell me where are the rest of your comrades along with Kitsune Flash and I might spare your life?"

Temptress gave a grin" sorry but it's not in my nature to sell out my team or my leader."

Suigetsu sighed" come on I really don't feel like cutting someone to pieces how about cooperating here?"

However his eyes feel on the mask kunoichi finally taking notice on her outfit. He stood quiet staring at Temptress attire which was very provocative and sexy showing all her luscious womanly curves. His eyes fell on her chest seeing the fish net shirt and the small tank top giving him a good view of her D cups breast. Suigetsu was captivated by the sight and he thought that she was hot not to mention that a certain part of his body has reacted to her body. He blushed a little and try to forget about her body and focus on his mission.

Temptress on the other hand was grinning in amusement at the sight of the young swordsman. She knew already that he stun by her dashing body, Anko has taught her to use her looks and physical to get attention to enemies. Sometimes there was no need to use violent force but rather the art of seduction was more effective on men especially if they were perverted. However Temptress could tell that Suigetsu wasn't like that because he still hasn't made the move to come at her and grope her. She was really going to enjoy this of course she knew she had to take care of him and capture him as part of her mission.

'Damn….she's hot I will like to see her face' Suigetsu thought still gazing dreamily at the sexy mask kunoichi.

Temptress made the first move in her little game as she ran hands on her breast very seductively causing Suigetsu to blush" mmm…yeah like what you see sweetie?"

"Are you supposed to be fighting me rather than giving me a small preview of your body?"

"Why not don't you like what you're seeing I bet you're dying to see me naked huh?" Temptress smirked.

Suigetsu almost got a nose bleed at her comment because in truth he really wants to see her naked. He finally composed himself and grabbed his blade tightly ready for the attack. Temptress continued with her game as blew him a kiss making him blush and she grinned as she made a hand seal. Suigetsu has charged at her with his large sword in hand he swung it at fast speed.

"Too slow!!" he shouted as his attack never was stopped.

"I got you" replied Temptress with a grin.

"What the hell?!" Suigetsu was shocked seeing that his sword was trapped by a couple of snakes preventing him from using it.

There was another Temptress next to him who was the one who summoned the snakes.

"A clone!" Suigetsu said shocked.

"You let your guard down thanks to my womanly wiles enough for me to summon a clone, not that I have your big sword strapped I can take you down."

Suigetsu gave a shark grin resembling Kisame's" you think is going to be that easy to beat me?"

Temptress gasped as Suigetsu turned his body into water grabbing sword with full force destroying the snakes and the clone he swung his blade quickly while Temptress took a step back avoiding the large blade. Suigetsu took the advantage this time he laughed his sword faster than before hitting the mask kunoichi. Temptress was cut in half but before Suigetsu grinned in victory her body vanished and it was replace by a wooden log.

'Substitution jutsu…'

Suddenly Suigetsu's body was wrapped by a longer snake. The snake's grip was too strong for him to break free or turn his body to water.

Temptress appeared in front of him with a grin" guess what sword boy I already knew of your ability and I was expecting you were going to do that, you should be surprise how important gathering information on your enemies is."

Suigetsu glared' damn it they've been keeping tabs on us which means they've been keeping tabs on Sasuke, they probably know everything about us.'

Temptress got far away from him" sorry but this is the end for you" she made a hand seal.

Suigetsu gasped the snake wrapping was about to blow up.

BOOM!!!

Temptress took cover from the explosion thinking that she has really defeated him. When the smoke clear there was no sign of Suigetsu anywhere she was cut off guard as a splash of water hit her before it grabbed her by her waist. She saw Suigetsu reforming again grinning at her while taking his blade going for the kill.

"Damn you survive…." Temptress said in a growl.

"I can't be defeated that easily but the exploding snake was a good idea. You weren't expecting me to turn my body into water just in time to survive the explosion, when I turn into water I can control every piece of my body and get back together like nothing happened."

"Looks like I'm going to have some trouble with you after all that's good this won't be boring as I thought" Temptress grinned like she was amuse she was enjoying the fight so far.

"Heh you're pretty feisty the way you can summon snakes you remind a lot of Orochimaru although you're nothing like that mad bastard."

"Oh please don't compare to that big homo but since you mentioned the snakes it's because I was trained by Orochimaru's formal student the person he abandoned before he left Konoha."

"Really no wonder, I feel sorry that I have to kill such a nice lady with a nice body but this is business after all" Suigetsu reached for his sword ready to decapitate her.

'Even if Sasuke told me not to kill anyone but in this case I think he won't mind' he thought before grinning at his opponent.

"You shouldn't underestimate me water boy" Temptress gave an evil grin.

Suddenly she kicked Suigetsu on his stomach followed by a punch which it didn't hurt him because he turned into water. Temptress used a variety of punches and kicks but her attacks failed as Suigetsu was still in his water form. Suigetsu in his water form launched an attack with his sword only for Temptress to jumped away and land on top of his sword. However Suigetsu was well aware of her move and threw her off from his blade followed by punch to her ribs. Temptress groaned from the pain while Suigetsu returning to his human form kicked her chin sending her to the ground. The young swordsman grabbed her while gazing at her.

"Looks like I have the fight won but you did put up a good fight."

Temptress grinned" I told you don't underestimate me."

Suigetsu punched her hard on the ribs sending her flying although he was feeling sorry for her. Temptress was slowly getting up as she coughed some blood glaring at the young swordsman.

"Tell you what since I'm feeling generous today I won't kill you unless you pulled down your hood and show me your face."

The mask kunoichi chuckle at his comment" oh so you're that interested in wanting to see the face behind my mask why is that?"

"Of course I just have to see the face behind that nice body" replied Suigetsu with his shark grin.

"Oh don't worry I assure you that I am nice in looks just like my body."

"Well how about it show me your face or die?"

"I don't have to show your face to you, so shut up and let's finish this already!" Temptress said in a serious tone.

Suigetsu sighed" fine by me then I will have to kill you."

He charged at faster launching his sword at her however the sword never hit Temptress. Suigetsu was shocked he was now seeing that a large snake has wrapped his entire body around the mask kunoichi shielding her from the sword attack. Suigetsu noticed that he couldn't see the head of the snake until it came from underground and bite his left arm causing him to hiss in pain at the bite.

"You bitch!!" he snapped glaring at her.

The snake shield vanished in a cloud of smoke revealing the smirking Temptress" you let your guard down again."

Suigetsu glared at her raising his sword" that's it I'm going to cut your head off this time!!"

"I won this fight if you haven't notice."

"What the hell are you talking about?!" suddenly Suigetsu felt like he couldn't move" what…my body…feels so numb…"

"Looks like it's taking effect already" replied the smirking Temptress.

"What the hell did you do to me?!!" shouted the upset Suigetsu.

"The snake bit you didn't it?"

Suigetsu gasp in realization" poison!"

"You got it that snake had a special poison but don't worry it's not a lethal poison. It's a poison designed to paralyze the muscles of the body, I made the poison based on one of my clan techniques the mind body disturbance technique its over looks like I won't be killing you after all good for you then."

"Damn it…." He muttered before he realized that his body has turned into water' no time is up.'

"What's going how come you turned into water?"

By now Suigetsu was now a puddle of water and he couldn't move because of Temptress poison" looks like I'm beaten you got me lady."

"So why have you turned into water?" Temptress asked the question again.

"It's true that I can control my body cells turning me into water but there's a limit. I need to keep drinking water in order to sustain my body form as long as my body it's refreshed with water I can control my ability, but if my body is dry from dehydration I don't have any control and eventually I will turn into water."

"I see Kitsune-sama told me already about that and it's worst for you since you're under the poison's effect."

"Yeah I'm a sitting duck you know I really wanted to see your face, you have a nice body and a nice voice too" Suigetsu gave a smirk.

Temptress smiled feeling proud for her body and good looks she was truly gorgeous even if she was wearing her mask" aw that's so sweet of you too bad there's another guy I like very much sorry but I'm not available."

"Whatever so anyway are the rest of you as strong as you?"

"Oh yeah there's a member of our team who has insane super strength you're lucky you didn't fought against Huntress she can kill you with just one punch."

"She's that strong huh" he gave his shark grin' apparently you don't know after Sasuke Juugo is the strongest in the team.'

"Anyway I have to capture you I bet Kitsune-sama will take you to Konoha for questioning."

"Heh and how are you going to do that can't you see that I'm just a puddle?"

"You're right hmm…….oh I got it" Temptress took out her water canteen.

"What are you going to do that?" Suigetsu hope she wasn't thinking what he was thinking.

"What do you think I need to refill my canteen."

"You wouldn't?!" he was freaking out now.

Temptress gave Suigetsu the most evil grin that will make Orochimaru running scare like a dog with its tail between his legs.

Suigetsu knew that he was in deep trouble' oh shit…'

(Elsewhere)

Karin was hiding behind a tree she was looking at all directions making sure no one was there. Like Suigetsu her coat was also destroyed because of the explosion and she was so relief that Sasuke acted quickly to help them escape. If it wasn't for her and the Uchiha they would have been killed in the explosion. She knew that the explosion was a set up to get them to split up because it will be easier for Kitsune and his team to take them down. Which means that she was in big trouble because she was the weakest link in team snake so that lead with the only thing she could do which its hiding. She has already hidden her chakra so no one will be able to find her, and she hope that one from Kitsune's team won't find her. She took a deep breath and remained hidden behind the tree she was more concern with Sasuke than the rest of the team. She knew that the Uchiha was already going after Kitsune and his brother they were the two people Sasuke wanted to take down. She took a piece of cloth to clean her glasses before putting them back on.

'I don't know how long I can stay here the others could be in trouble but Sasuke-kun…..I know he can take care of himself so it's all right the same with Juugo and Suigetsu.'

Her eyes widened as she sense a chakra signature' what the….there's a strong chakra nearby damn I can't believe they will come for me sooner than I expected.'

She carefully took a peek from the tree trying to see the person who was nearby she knew it must be one of Kitsune's team member because the chakra she felt was strong, not as strong as Kitsune's. She tried to remain hidden as she spotted the person who was close on her trail. It was truly one of Kitsune's team members wearing a red fox mask with white flames on the sides. She kept her breathing steady hiding every bit of her chakra like she wasn't even there and she hope that the mask kunoichi didn't find her.

Huntress was gazing around the entire forest area searching for anyone from Sasuke's team. She already knew the plan and her leaders orders clearly, she needed to find them along with her other two teammates. Unfortunately it was getting harder for her to find anyone especially when there was someone in the team that could hide her chakra completely making her hard to find. These were the times she had one of Kakashi's ninja hounds like Pakuun who or to have Kiba's ability to sniff even the faintest scent no matter how far away is the target. She gazed a couple of tress and still nothing she needed to look somewhere else.

'Nothing here either I should check another region I wonder if the others are having the same problem too.'

Karin took another peek from her hiding spot she felt relief seeing the mask kunoichi walking away' good he's finally leaving it will be better if I regroup with the others I'm won't be safe here.'

She started walking when she accidentally stepped on a small tree branch causing a soft noise she gasped in shock' shit!"

Huntress stopped her walking as she heard the sound she looked from the corner of her eye from her mask she never left her gaze from a specific tree not too far from her position. She couldn't help but grinned things have definitely gone very interesting.

'Found you……looks like it's the weak chakra sensor lucky me.'

Huntress decided to pretend like she didn't hear nothing and she continued walking away until she was out of sight.

Karin gulped as she took a look from her tree she realize that the mask kunoichi was gone she sighed in relief' that was so close….I could have sworn that he notice me I can't waste time I better leave now.'

Before she left a kunai with a paper bomb attached to it hit the tree causing the red head with glasses to gasped in horror' oh no!!"

She quickly left the tree running for her life until the paper bomb detonated.

BOOM!!!

Karin jumped in hopes to evade the explosion more effectively and luckily she did. She hit the ground while coughing from the smoke caused by the explosion. She slowly got up while gazing where she was hiding the tree was gone and now it stood a large crater caused by the paper bomb. Her eyes widened sensing the same strong chakra very nearby which to be exact she was sensing the chakra right behind her. Fear entering her system she slowly turned around only to be meeting face to face with Huntress who was only grinning at her.

'Damn I've been found…now what do I do?' she was scare she knew she couldn't take the mask kunoihi on because she will be losing big time because of the chakra she sense from her.

Huntress kept her gaze at the red head with glasses" I finally found you I admit that it wasn't easy because your ability to hide your chakra completely. Too bad you weren't careful what you were stepping on I found you thank to the small tree branch you stepped on."

Karin blinked hearing her voice before gazing at her. She saw clothing followed by the fact that she saw the noticeable breasts and feminine curves and she admitted that she was shocked at the sight.

Huntress obviously noticed her shocking expression with a sweat dropped" something wrong four eyes?"

Karin adjusted her glasses" actually yes….you're a woman!"

Huntress sweat dropped again feeling annoyed by her comment" yes your point?"

"I thought you were a guy" she replied.

A vein popped on the back of the mask kunoichi's head feeling anger entering her system" what?!"

Karin nodded" I thought you were a guy because of your appearance and also because of your chakra it's very high, I never thought women will have such a strong chakra signature."

Huntress was getting more upset with Karin she was holding the urge to punch her and send her to another region" so let me guess you think women have to be weak in this world? Let me tell you something women like men also need to be strong in order to survive and you obviously haven't met a kunoichi to be thinking such a stupid logic of not imagining women to be strong."

"Oh I know about kunoichis and their strength I just didn't imagine to meet one with a high level of chakra" Karin replied while on the inside she was looking for a way to get away from the mask kunoichi.

"Is that so then you know you don't stand a chance against me" Huntress said although she was well aware not to underestimate her even if Kitsune told her that she was the weakest of Sasuke's team.

"I'm well aware but I won't summit to you no matter how strong you may be I'm simply doing what Sasuke-kun told me and I will do anything for him!!"

Huntress saw Karin blushing while giggling' great she's a fan girl Kitsune-sama forgot to mention that.'

Karin was still blushing" even if I die I will make sure to help Sasuke-kun in any way I can I will die for him!"

"Yes I'm sure he's very grateful that you feel that way for him" Huntress replied in a sarcastic tone.

"Shut up what would you know about Sasuke-kun?!"

"More than you know actually" Huntress voice was now serious which it was a little cold remembering how Sasuke acted towards her and when he rejected her back at the ANBU prison.

"I don't care what you say what I feel for Sasuke-kun is true love I don't care if it takes me years to conquer his heart I will continue to try gain his affection no matter what!"

Huntress eyes widened as the nostalgia hit her hard. Those were the same words she once said five years ago. She was now glaring at Karin with so much anger just staring at the red head with glasses reminded her of her past. She felt like she was staring at herself when she was twelve the Sakura who was weak, selfish, foolish and immature. She started thinking all the things she did to Naruto every single thing she did to hurt his feelings leading to that day at Konoha hospital when she rewarded him with two slaps on the face and a cold hearted speech for bringing back the Uchiha traitor. Now Huntress wanted to kill the red head with glasses as she tightened her fists.

Karin gulped in fear she could sense Huntress chakra flaring getting stronger no doubt she was angry. She took a couple of steps back trying to avoid any violent confrontation with the mask kunoichi.

"Y….you don't scare me…" Karin said although she was lying big time on the inside she was trembling.

"Oh I so want to beat the living crap out of her stupid fan girl!!" inner Sakura was crackling her knuckles ready to unleash hell on the red head with glasses.

Huntress got into a fighting position" oh shut up already I don't care about your little crush on Sasuke I'm going to beat you up and then if I'm feeling compassionate I might let you live."

"All right if it's a fight you want then that's what you'll get I will beat you come on" Karin got into a fighting stance while she was sweating from the fear.

'Look at her she's so scare she better take me seriously.'

"Tell you what since you look like you want to fight me so much I'll let you take the first shot at me, go ahead and punch me right in my face" Huntress was smirking.

Karin growled hearing her tone was so sarcastic" hey are you mocking me?!"

"Of course I am you're so scare I bet if I say boo you will leave running" Huntress replied.

The red head with glasses charged at her" I'll show you scare!!"

She punched Huntress on her face just like she told her but it didn't have any effect. Huntress didn't even flinch at the punch like it didn't hurt at all.

'You got to be kidding me I didn't feel a thing she's really weak.'

Karin gulped as Huntress glared at her raising her fist" you called that a punch I'll show you a punch!!"

Huntress punched her sending her miles away before she realized that she has overdid it' oops I hope I didn't kill her.'

She left heading towards the direction Karin was send to by her insane punch to check on her and heal her injuries. Of course if she was still alive she was going to capture her. She started thinking about her teammates and the members of Sasuke's team she got worry.

'I wonder if Mistress and Temptress are all right I'm concern of whoever has to fight that guy with the cruse seal he's the most dangerous of the rest.'

(In another location)

Mistress was running through the forest region using her byakugan to locate her target. She has spotted him shortly after the explosion from Kitsune's rasengan bomb. Unfortunately her target was the person she last expected to find or fight for the matter. She has seen Juugo passing through here and it was up to her to take him on and yet she didn't feel any fear in her. She stopped feeling scare or insecure a long time ago since she became a jounin and it wasn't because of her heard training. But it was because Naruto gave her the strength and support she needed to overcome her obstacles and her fear of failure. Her father was already proud of her and he has acknowledged her for being a strong capable ninja so she was well aware how tough and serious her mission was going to get. She knew since she was now a member of Kitsune's team and they will be doing plenty of hard missions and facing tough opponents.

She finally saw him standing on the field gazing at nowhere in particular. She stopped looking at him before noticing that there were a couple of birds on his right hand. She couldn't help but smile the birds looked so happy and lively being with the young man. However she knew he was her opponent and eventually she will have to fight him.

"I have nothing personal against you you're just following orders from Kitsune Flash the same with me I'm just following Sasuke's orders. He doesn't want anyone from Kitsune's team alive since its part of his goal."

Mistress nodded" I understand but in truth there's no reason for us to fight but its part of my mission to fight you Juugo."

The young man was surprised" how do you know my name?"

"I knew we weren't kept in the dark we already knew information about all of you" replied the mask kunoichi.

"So you've been gathering data on all of us then you must know what I can do?"

"I do and I will win prepare yourself Juugo" she got into her gentle fist stance.

Juugo shook his head while he made the birds flew away from him" you don't seem like a bad person and yet you're part of his team."

"Believe it or not Kitsune-kun is really a kind person who fights for his friends I know you have probably heard all those rumors about him."

"I see it's hard to believe it I'm sorry once I start fighting you I will surely lose control. My rage won't stop even if I kill you and without Sasuke here to calm me I will cause endless killing."

Mistress nodded" I know it's the curse seal."

Suddenly Juggo eyes widened as the curse seal of the back of his neck started spreading through his body, pretty soon his entire body was covered by the black curve lines. Mistress was already on fighting stance ready to take him on.

"Kill….I must kill….kill everyone…."

Juugo charged rapidly at Mistress without holding back" haha I'm going to kill you!!"

Mistress blocked the punch while countering with a powerful palm thrust hitting Juugo on his stomach. Juugo felt the powerful blow but it didn't stop him as he started launching a barrage of punches like crazy. Mistress thought fast as she used the great heavenly spin on him hitting him hard. Juugo hit the ground but he quickly got up charging at her with a lot of killing intent. Juugo manage to grab her by her neck making her unable to breath.

'I….his grip is so strong…'

Juugo was laughing like a maniac" hahahaha….DIE!!!"

He crushed her neck but Mistress vanished her body was replace by a wooden log. For a moment Juugo let his guard down as he was now gazing everywhere for his victim. Mistress went back to gentle fist stance and charged at him without giving any chance to spot her.

"Eight trigrams sixty four palms!!!"

Mistress hit him with her powerful barrage before sending him to the ground. She gasped as Juugo got back up quickly but something was wrong. She saw the black markings of his body changing turning his skin black he was now transforming. Juugo was still laughing while glaring at Mistress and she could see clearly his killing intent which it was inhuman.

'It's just like Kitsune-kun said Juugo has another personality which craves for blood I wonder if its cause by the curse seal.'

Juugo's whole body has changed to a looking monster with horns activating his level two of his curse seal. He was still laughing before charging at her again and this time Mistress saw the huge difference between the two levels of the curse seal.

'He's faster than before!'

She didn't have time to reach as Juugo punched her hard on her face a grabbed her neck again. Mistress was quick and focused chakra on her palms hitting his stomach. She finished it up with the eight trigrams empty palm sending him crushing to a tree. She was shocked again as Juugo was back on his fight like he wasn't hurt at all he was still laughing like an insane person.

"Hahaha I'm going to kill you!!"

'He's really dangerous' thought the worry Mistress.

Juugo surprised Mistress as he released a bunch long tentacles at her while charging at her this time he was going to make sure to kill her and give her a painful death. Mistress used the great heavenly spin to block all of the tentacles. When she was done with the spin Juugo grabbed her by the neck again and crush her to the ground. The mask kunoichi coughed some blood by the hard painful blow before seeing Juugo forming more tentacles on his right arms. This time they all took the shape of sharp spikes she knew where this was going.

"Hahahaha DIE!!!"

Mistress blocked the spikes with the empty palm, this time she used more of her chakra than usual on the attack. She took a step back going back to her gentle fist stance and she charged at him without holding back using every single of her strength.

"Eight trigrams one hundred twenty eight palms!!!"

The curse seal level two Juugo was hit by every single chakra powered palm and by now he was bleeding. Finally landed the final blows which they send him back to the ground, she felt relief this time he wasn't getting back up it seems she has really done it now and beat him.

'I did it….it's over…'

Mistress didn't finish her victory thinking as Juugo was back up and he was still laughing with so much bloodlust in his eyes he was truly out of control.

'I don't believe it….its not possible I hit all of his chakra points twice and I also damage a lot of his internal organs and he can still stand. If this continues I won't have a choice but to kill him.'

"Hahahahaha die DIE!!!"

Juugo released a lot of tentacles from both of his arms but Mistress the great heavenly spin to block all of them. Juugo charged at her once she was finished with the spinning technique only this time she didn't let her guard down.

"Eight trigrams sky palm!!!"

The strong force from the chakra wave Mistress released sends Juugo far away sending him crashing to a couple of trees. She charged at him seeing that he was standing back up a little slower than usual.

'I don't have a choice but to use that technique I have created'

"DIE!!!" Juugo shouted in insanity.

Mistress went to her gentle fist stance before her hands were filled with a lot of her chakra.

"Eight trigrams divine celesty barrage!!!"

Juugo was caught but the powerful attack it was similar to the sixty four and one hundred palms but a little different. Mistress used all of her chakra focused on her palms making them hard as steel which it will be a very painful experience for Juugo. Mistress finished laughing the powerful barrage on Juugo sending him back to the ground which lead the young man unconscious. She saw him changing back to his normal self the curse seal returned to the back of his neck, now she knew it was really over. She went to him checking his pulse and smiled somehow he was still alive.

"I really did it…'

She felt on her knees because exhaustion finally hit her not to mention that she used a lot of her chakra in the fight, Juugo really gave her quite the fight.

"Mistress!!"

The mask kunoichi saw Huntress who was carrying the unconscious Karin on her shoulder. The red head with glasses was tied up in chakra rope which Kitsune gave some to all of them.

"Huntress you're here" replied Mistress smiling.

Huntress put Karin on the ground before going to her teammate" you're injure let me heal you."

Mistress nodded as Huntress glove hands started glowing with green chakra healing her injuries. She noticed that the mask kunoichi didn't have a single scratch on her.

"You seem to be in good shape."

Huntress chuckle at her comment" my opponent was the weakling" she took a quick glance at Karin.

Mistress laughed a little" lucky you I had my work cut out with Juugo."

"So you were the one who fought him I was worried for you guys because of him he was the dangerous one of Sasuke's group looks like Temptress must be fighting against the one who can turn into water."

"Luckily she must have already finished fighting him which means Kitsune-kun is the only one left."

Huntress stood quiet finishing healing Mistress" there it's done you still need rest since you used a lot of your chakra."

Mistree nodded getting up looking at her teammate" do you think Kitsune-kun will be all right?"

"Of course he will be all right he won't lose to Sasuke" she quickly replied.

"You're right I'm sorry I doubted our leaders abilities" Mistress said smiling' Naruto-kun won't lose.'

Huntress nodded in agreement she knew her leader wasn't going to lose. She believed in Kitsune a lot and she has come to terms that team seven won't come back after Sasuke left Konoha. She only saw the Uchiha as a formal comrade and traitor this time she wasn't expecting Kitsune to bring Sasuke back to the village all on a selfish request that will lead to another meaningless promise and possible heartbreak. She smiled believing in Kitsune in Naruto along with the rest of the team.

'Naruto I know you can do it.'

(Location: Valley of the end)

Sasuke was standing at the border gazing at the large valley where he once fought his formal friend and comrade. He noticed the damaged areas it was obviously from their fight five years ago. He completely erased any meaningless memories from the past. As he gazed at the valley his onyx eyes widened seeing what he was searching for. He quickly vanished in a blur and reappeared next to the two giant stone statues his eyes glared with hatred. At the bottom of the statue of Uchiha Madara was Itachi blind folded and tied to chakra rope, he was hanging from the statue. His activated his sharingan gazing at the other person who caught his attention. Next to Itachi stood the mask mercenary from Konoha Kitsune Flash who was only smiling at the Uchiha like it didn't bothered him at all.

"Kitsune Flash…" his sharingan was flaring with anger.

Kitsune smiled at the Uchiha finally the fight he was waiting for so long was going to happen" we finally meet Uchiha Sasuke!"

To be continued

Major cliffhanger sorry about that and I'm really sorry about the not updating this story earlier. I have been very busy with work not to mention I bought the game "Muramasa the demon blade" for the Wii best 2D RPG I have ever played. So the little time I have I used it to play the game because I have become very addicted to it like it was a drug or something, anyway I decided to make a two part for this showdown. Obviously if I write Naruto and Sasuke's fight in this chapter I would have easily reached over 30,000 words and that would be too long even for me. I want to make their fight long and epic so that's why I decided to write it in the next chapter. Once again I apologize for the long wait and please review. Farewell and I will see you all next time.

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