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The three members of Yūgure were standing in front of Nagato, the leader of Amegakure, who was also known as Pein. Nagato had a very important mission for the three, possibly the most important yet. They could not fail. This was a great opportunity to form an alliance with Konohagakure and yet, the Rinnegan user was worried about how Naruto would react to having to go on such a mission.
Over the past three years Nagato had grown to consider the blind blond like a little brother. When it had been revealed that the two were both apart of the destroyed Uzumaki Clan Nagato hadn't known how to feel about it but, as time moved on the Rinnegan user had grown to consider Naruto as a younger brother.
"Good morning Nagato-Jiji!" Tobi... Why did that man insist on calling him an old man? Their age differences weren't that far apart and yet the raven haired member of Yūgure had found it appropriate to call him Jiji...
Nagato had confronted Tobi about the suffix but the raven haired man's reply was something along the lines of 'You are older then Tobi and so, using Tobi's completely logically illogical logic you must be an old man, while Tobi is still as logically young as ever!' At the time Nagato had a hunch that Tobi was overly obsessed with the word logic, it had almost driven everyone in Ame mad!
"Team Yūgure" Nagato said in a serious tone, gathering the threes attention "I have an extremely important mission for you three, it is time that we allied ourselves with one of the five hidden villages, it shall be Konoha. I have already sent a letter out to the current Hokage stating that we have information on Orochimaru of the Sannin." The Ame leader looked at the threes reactions. Given Tobi's body language it was obvious that he was confused. Fū was looking at Naruto with a concerned look on her face, most likely because she had worked out that they would be going to the village that the blind blond had run away from and Naruto had a nervous look on his face.
Tobi spoke in his usual cheerful voice
"But Nagato-Jiji! We don't have any information on Orochimaru!" It was more of a question then a statement.
"We may not have any information on him directly but, Sasori has a spy close to Orochimaru that he is supposed to be meeting soon. I want you three to give the the Hokage a scroll that contains the information I have about the spy, and where the meeting place is. After that you should request for Konohas help in capturing the spy, they will say yes as it is of great importance for Konoha to gather any and all information on Orochimaru."
After a moment of silence Naruto voiced out a question that had been nagging at his mind.
"But wouldn't they suspect something? It's not everyday that someone gets information about an S-Rank missing nin's spy."
"I have come up with a solution to that and I wrote it down in the scroll." After Nagato said that Konan came into the room and handed Naruto two scrolls. Naruto seemed confused.
"I don't get it, why are there two scrolls?" Whoops, Nagato had forgotten to include something in his explanation of their mission.
"The second one has a puppet that Sasori has made specially for this mission contained in it. It looks exactly like Hiruko, the one he uses to meet with his spy's. The inside of it doesn't have the same equipment that Hiruko has in it though." The three nodded. "Alright, you need to be in Konoha in two days so you should prepare to leave immediately." The three left the room and Nagato let out a sigh he didn't know he had been holding in. He was worried about how Naruto would feel about having to go to Konoha...
Naruto was worried as he walked down the hallway with Fū and Tobi by his sides, he was going on a mission to Konoha... How would everyone react to him joining Amegakure? Would they hate him? Would they call him a traitor? Would they even... recognise him?
'Gaki, you shouldn't worry to much.' A voice in the blind blonds mind spoke.
'What do you mean Kurama? Of course I should be worrying! I'm going back to the village where pretty much everyone hates my guts! And the ones who don't hate me probably will when I get there! I'm an Ame ninja now, and joining another village with no good connections is pretty much the same as becoming a missing nin!'
Naruto kept on walking while talking to a giant nine tailed fox that lived in his mind.
'But gaki, your forgetting that the whole purpose of this mission is to make an alliance between Ame and Konoha!' Oh yeah... 'Just calm down, I'm sure that everything will go alright.' Did Kurama, the 'almighty' kyuubi no kitsune just attempt to comfort the blind blond?
'Alright... Why couldn't Nagato have wanted to form an alliance with Iwa instead?'
'Gaki... Your pretty much a long blond and red haired version of your father! I wonder how Iwa would react to that?' Oh, that would make sense but still, Naruto couldn't help but feel like there was another motive for forming an alliance with Konoha...
Tobi knew that Fū was worried about Naruto, he was to... How would the blind blond cope with going back to Konoha? He didn't know but he had decided to lighten the mood, or at least attempt to.
"Naru-Sempai, does Konoha have any good places that make ramen?"
Tobi saw Fū give him a surprised look but ignored it and waited for Naruto's reply.
"Well... Yeah, there is a place called Ichiraku Ramen... The food there is really nice and so are the people who own the place..." The raven haired man grinned under his mask and he said with as much enthusiasm and excitement he could
"Alright! When we get to Konoha we are going to Ichiraku's!" Well, at least he had managed to cheer Naru-Sempai up somewhat!
"Tobi, thank you. You really are a good boy." As Naruto said this the blind blond gave a genuinely happy smile.
Finished!
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