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Sorry, it's really short!

"How'd that go?" Itachi asked Sakura once she came in through the house.

"Lovely, I suppose, considering she came back without her son," an unfamiliar man said.

"Be quiet, Saobi."

Sakura was baffled. She could for the life of her remember who this man was or where she had seen him before. Oh, she had seen him in the hallway a night before. His curly red hair was the only thing she remembered and...

...she could smell the Mizukage and sex all over him. It was wafting off of him in waves, and Sakura almost swooned and blushed; luckily, she had more self control than that.

The man smiled mischievously. "Looks like we have another person who is awkward about sex here." He looked straight at Itachi, and Itachi pointedly ignored him.

Sakura shrugged. "I guess I am. I mean, I've had foreplay, and I've had intercourse but never in one night."

This "Saobi" burst out laughing. "Wow, I have never heard anyone say anything like that. You poor, depraved girl." By now, Itachi's face was flaming red, and he covered his face with his hands.

The door opened and Haruna called out, "Once I farted at the end of sex, and Itachi couldn't be in the same room as me for another two hours." Everyone really started laughing at Itachi. Sakura almost felt bad for him. Almost.

"I see that you have failed, Sasuke," Orochimaru said, smiling. "This is rather surprising." Sasuke, down on one knee and head bowed, kept a stony exterior and hardened eyes. "If I am correct, this is the first mission you have ever failed."

"Yes, it is, Orochimaru-sama," Kabuto replied smugly, knowing that now Sasuke knew what everyone else felt. He deserved it.

"I see you have also brought someone with you," the snake-like man hissed, grinning malevolently.

The black bearded man guffawed and pounded the head of his covered spear into the ground. "I am Rudy Fallenhaust. Nice to meet you, Orochimaru."

"You are a professional assassin?"

"Well, a profession mercenary is what I like to be called more, Orochimaru."

Kabuto's face scrunched up a bit in anger. "You will treat him with respect."

"Why, what's he gonna do to me, eh? Kill me? Nice way to show gratitude after bringin' his prized student back here."

"Why you-"

"Kabuto, be calm," Orochimaru rasped. "We should offer our guest a room for the night. What did you say your name was again?"

"Rudy Fallenhaust."

"Rudy...you stay here and talk with me. Kabuto, Sasuke, you are dismissed."

Sasuke gave a curt bow and left immediately, not wanting to see that disgusting face anymore. He had to put it off, killing that snake. He still needed more power to kill Itachi...

Thinking of the man, he slammed his fist against the wall in pain, an emotion he had not felt in so long in this disgusting palace. All of a sudden, all his emotions were resurfacing, and he had no idea why. When he had first come here, he had been so determined. He had even shoved back the times, the happy times with his family, only allowing himself to feel anger and hate. Why were all these emotions coming back to him?

It hurt. It hurt so much that he felt he would cry, something he had not done in so long. When was the last time...when he was nine years old, perhaps. Crying was a foolish activity of the weak, he reminded himself. Sasuke was not weak.

Or was he?

Naruto had only met the mizukage once. She had reminded him of a certain someone, and due to that, he hated her with a passion. The hatred had resurfaced in powerful waves, and he suddenly had found it hard not to attack her.

She had that same haughty smile as her, the same annoying laugh, the same pattern of speech, the same mighty attitude, and he had wanted to rip her head off. She had teased him coyly, the way that bitch always had. He had still made an alliance, but he did not like the Mizukage at all.

Now, he just found out that she had been ordering various weapons from different countries, but not a single one from Konoha. All in all, she had ordered over a hundred thousand weapons, even some from sound. Also, she had not divulged any information as to where Sakura-chan was, though Naruto was positive that she knew. She was keeping secrets from him about his shinobi, his Sakura-chan, and she was mass ordering weapons. Was this woman crazy? Was she planning to go to war with Konoha?

Because if that was so, Naruto would gladly oblige.

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This story is dragging on so long. And guess what? There are like, thirty more chapter to go. :O You excited? I am...kind of. :P

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