A/N: Chapter 31 is a subplot! Pein learns about Naruto! What chaos comes from this? Read to find out!
And no, Chapter 3 has not been rewritten. I've been slowly progressing through the rewrites, but, chapter 3 is stubborn and won't change much. Enjoy Chapter 31!
Uchiha Obito had taken his time on his way back to Rain. He spent most of the two months it took him (to walk all the way there) just thinking about all that was going wrong with his plans. They hadn't started collecting Jinchuriki yet, but it might be a good idea to start. Maybe. Unless they've all somehow heard of Uzumaki Naruto and were all at the Chunin Exams. But that was stupid. What Jinchuriki would risk their health and lives just to see another Jinchuriki compete in a life or death situation?
Spread out across the Elemental Countries, five people sneezed on their way to the Konoha Chunin Exams' Third Exam.
Obito shook his head. That was a stupid question, if he says so himself. Of course the Jinchuriki would go see Naruto compete. He had heard that people like them liked to watch out for each other. He nodded at his thoughts, and walked up the metal wall before him, heading for a weird balcony-thing Pein had created.
"Tobi, what is it?" He heard a feminine voice state, as a blue-haired woman stepped from the shadows.
"Nothing, Konan. I just have some very interesting news about the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki." An orange-haired man walked up to them.
"Is that so?" He asked, eyebrow raised to get Obito to continue.
"Oh, indeed. Have you read the latest Bingo Book?"
"No, I have no need to. We haven't recruited in a while."
"Well, there is a rather interesting page labeled under Uzumaki in it. I suggest you take a look." Obito dug through his cloak, and brought his rather tattered Bingo Book out. He had bent page corners and even ripped out pages just for fun.
"I shall see for myself." Pein grabbed the book and flipped through it, stopping near the end of the book. "...impossible." He said, snapping the book closed.
"Ah, but it is true!" Obito said, a dramatic lilt to his voice. "Uzumaki Naruto, Jinchuriki extraordinaire, is master and summoner of three powerful and deadly shinobi!"
"How do I know you had not fabricated this page?" Obito rolled his eyes.
"Do you seriously think I would stoop so low?" He said, only to get both Pein and Konan immediately responding,
"Yes." He frowned. Now that he thinks about it, he actually would stoop pretty low. He already has fabricated plenty (and by plenty, he means around five hundred or so) of Bingo Book pages, fifty of which were just for fun.
"I can assure you, I did not fabricate that page." Besides, no one really knew who the Kyuubi Jinchuriki was until about a year ago. And even then, they only knew that his first name was Naruto (which was, unfortunately, a very common name in the villages near the ocean). When Naruto summoned the first two Hokage and his old mentor, then everyone knew who the Kyuubi container was and what he was capable of. And this only happened a few months ago. Definitely not enough time for Obito to come up with an appropriately fabricated Bingo Book page.
"Hmm. I do believe we need to call a meeting." Pein said, walking to his desk in the corner. "I shall call for my minions to appear. The meeting will occur in a few minutes."