Sai meets Sasuke

I woke up to see I was resting on my back with my head on my pouch.

"Orochimaru," I shouted shooting up.

"It's okay Naruto, Orochimaru already left," Sakura said.

I look around and saw the damage.

"It happened again didn't it, I let my demon instincts take over again," I said.

"Yes and no," Yamato said.

I turned to Yamato confused.

"You were out of control with demon instincts, and it led you here," Yamato said, "You almost attack Sakura."

Sakura look down not wanting to admit it.

I grew depressed hearing it and remember when I regain conscious after attacking Jiriaya.

"I guess then I'm nothing but a demon like my father," I said and Sakura hit me on the head, "Ow Sakura."

"You're not like your father, and you're not like any other demons," Sakura said.

"But I attacked you," Naruto said.

"You stopped your attack before hitting me and transform back to normal as if fighting your instincts," Sakura explained.

"She's right Naruto, the tailed beast demons were not known to hesitate less than stop their attacks completely," Yamato said, "It seems your will to protect your comrades kicked in before hitting Sakura, which makes me believe you can control your instincts. However until you can, I suggest you try and control your rage around those who makes you angry and depend on the amount of strength you can control."

"Right," I responded happy to hear it.

Meanwhile Sai encountered Orochimaru.

"Why are you here?" Orochimaru asked recognizing him.

"I was send by Danzo to help you out," Sai said, "I was only member of that team to decrease any suspicion."

"So you're a root ninja," Orochimaru said.

Orochimaru summoned a blade that stab Sai causing him to turn into ink revealing to be an Ink clone.

Sai got out from underground.

"When you talk with your superior talk to them in person," Orochimaru said.

I stretch after a bit.

"Naruto, are you sure you want to continue, considering what just happened, if you're not in shape to continue you should go back to the leaf," Yamato said.

"I know, but I'm good," I responded, "I just need to loosen up a bit."

"Naruto isn't the type that backs down from a mission like this," Sakura explained.

"True but there's a difference in being determine and being recklace," Yamato said.

"I already was lecture about my instincts, and I will just have to try harder," I responded.

"That's not what I'm talking about," Yamato said, "Right now, if something happen to me, you'll be in charge, and if you ended up not able to fight then you will just be putting yourself and Sakura in danger."

I stopped hearing it and remember Sai.

"What about Sai?" I asked.

"Right now I'm in question of why Sai join this team," Yamato said, "His actions is suspicious."

Then I remember something.

"Wait when I was fighting Orochimaru, I caught onto his scent," I said.

"Are you sure?" Sakura asked.

"It had a mixture of his ink, I'm sure," I responded.

Sai reach for his bag and pulled out an envelope and gave it to Orochimaru.

Kabuto arrived as Orochimaru allowed Sai to come with them.

The wood clone reported back and decided to fallow.

"Maybe I should summon Shippo to help tail Sai, it is his specialty," I said.

"Don't worry, if anything happen to my wood clone I will know," Yamato said.

We started heading off and made it to the crater.

"I cause this?" I asked.

"Yes, well Orochimaru must of really pushed it against you, for this to happened," Yamato said.

I look at the blast site and I sense the power from my chakra bomb.

"If I used my chakra bomb at full strength, then my power must have been really out of control," Naruto thought, "And I stopped myself from continuing with my own will."

Sakura noticed I was really quiet.

Then my expression change when I noticed Sai's scroll.

I headed to the scroll and picked it up and noticed the picture book.

"Hey it's Sai's picture book," I said.

Sakura headed to the book and saw it.

"It is," Sakura said.

"Something must of happened if Sai dropped this," I said.

Yamato explained to us what Sai was doing with Orochimaru.

"Sakura Naruto, I know Lord Hokage told you about the root, is there any reason from what he told you that will give you any idea why Sai would join Orochimaru?" Yamato asked.

"I don't have a clue," I said.

Sakura remembered her conversation with Minato.

"I do," Sakura said, "I had a conversation with Lord Hokage when he wanted to know how we behave around Sai. Then Danzo came in and they had a conversation that involves something Lord Hokage made me promise not to tell. But what I can say, and what just happened with Sai and Orochimaru, is that Danzo wants the title of Hokage to spread his teachings to all ninjas, but needs Orochimaru to attack the leaf to do so."

I thought of something right away.

"Wait if that's the case, and Danzo wanted Sai to join Orochimaru that means…" I responded.

"Danzo might participating as inside help in the attack," Yamato said, "Killing more people than last time, and probably wipe out the whole ninjas army to insure him becoming Hokage."

"How can him helping wipe out the whole ninja army that oppose him help him become Hokage?" I asked.

"Naruto have you forgotten what we told you when you came home?" Sakura asked.

The memory came to me.

"Lady Tsunade was selected to become the 5th Hokage if something happens to Lord Hokage," I remembered.

"Exactly and since the council was the ones who voted on it, meaning no matter what Danzo says, unless Tsunade is killed, even if Minato is killed, she will take his place," Yamato said.

"And the whole ninja army of the leaf been taught in the ways of the third Hokage who was taught by the first Hokage," Sakura said, "And since Lady Tsunade is the granddaughter of the 1st Hokage and favorite student of the 3rd Hokage, she'll carry on that teachings."

I thought of something else that might be the reason.

"And if he just kill Lord Hokage and Tsunade to become Hokage, even if he spreads his teachings, it could cause a civil war if a rebellion is formed," I said.

"That's the possibilities," Yamato said.

Meanwhile Kabuto left a fake body to try and lure off the clone.

"Got it," Yamato said, "They tried to miss guide my clone with a fake body."

We headed off to the scene.

Sakura felt pain from where she hit her head and lost balance.

I grab Sakura and save her.

"Are you okay?" I asked once Sakura asked.

"Yeah, I just hit my head real hard during the battle," Sakura said.

I knew there was more to it.

"Captain Yamato, we should take a break," I requested.

"I agree, besides I want to make some new strategies with you since Sai is gone," Yamato said.

"Right," I responded.

Yamato and I went far from Sakura's hearing.

"I know already, I cause that head injury," I said leaning on the tree.

"Yes, but that wasn't intended to hit her like the one you almost hit her with," Yamato said.

"Captain Yamato are you sure I can really control it?" I asked.

"Yes I do, but it'll take time, but I didn't bring you here to lecture you about your instincts," Yamato said, "I want to tell you, that you don't need it."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Most of the power you displayed was your own power," Yamato said, "You may have lost control but the moves you performed was your own, as proven when you used your chakra bomb. It's just the matter of using them without giving in to your instincts. That's what I believe is the key to you controlling your demon instincts."

Sakura decided to look through Sai's book.

"I know I'm going to regret this later," Sakura said.

Yamato and I were making plans.

"Hey guys come over here!" Sakura shouted.

We headed over to Sakura to see she was looking at Sai's picture book.

Sakura showed us series of pictures of Sai fighting different enemies gaining armor or weapons from each person he fought.

Meanwhile Sai was washing up and look through his stuff to see his picture book was missing.

We look at the other side and saw it was the same but with someone else.

At the middle pages it was clearly in complete as one character was there but the other page was blank.

"I wander, if the white hair boy is Sai's brother," I said.

"It could be," Sakura said.

We headed out once Yamato found out his clone found the location.

At the base Sai Orochimaru and Kabuto were at one room.

There Sasuke who had grown taller than me wearing a white shirt with the Uchiha Crest, black pants and a light purple rope around his waist.

"You're late," Sasuke said, "Or did you forget you promise to teach me a new jutsu today."

"Impatient as always," Kabuto said.

"Calm down Sasuke, I have a present for you," Orochimaru said, "A shinobi from the leaf village."

Sasuke look at Sai and recognize the headband.

Sai look into Sasuke's eyes and witness for the first time in his life fear.

"Hi my name is Sai," Sai said ignoring the feeling, "You must be Sasuke Uchiha."

"Get lost!" Sasuke responded.

"Yes well, my fake smile just cause hatred," Sai said, "Although Naruto seems to try and restrain himself from striking me."

Orochimaru gave the envelope to Kabuto to use for a new bingo book.

"Just so you know, Naruto been looking for you for so long," Sai said, "He still thinks of you as his comrade."

"I remember someone like that," Sasuke said.

Kabuto look through the envelope and found it was records of Anbu not in the root.

Outside we arrived at the scene.

Captain Yamato's clone met us and Yamato cancel the jutsu.

"Sakura Naruto eat this," Yamato said giving us two seeds.

"What are these?" Sakura asked.

"Special seeds for my wood style jutsus, I can use them to track someone down if it's in their clothes or body," Yamato said.

"This is how you been trailing Sai?" I asked.

"Exactly I implanted it at the hotel," Yamato said, "This way if we get separated I can find both of you. It'll also help me help you Naruto control your instincts until you can control them yourself."

"Right," I responded as Sakura and I ate them.

"Okay now how we go in, I'll go first, then Sakura then Naruto," Yamato said, "We're going to use an earth style jutsu. One that won't give us away."

"Right," I responded.

Inside Kabuto showed Sai to his room and lock the door from outside leaving Sai in there.

In a cave Yamato created we found the entrance.

Yamato used a wood style jutsu to break through it.

We made it through and got to the area.

"Naruto, while I track Sai, you keep your senses open for anyone else," Yamato said.

"Yes sir," I responded.

Sai opened a scroll and unsealed his bingo book.

He look through it and found a page he was looking for.

Kabuto realize that he left the envelope at Sai's room.

At Sai's room he heard something and placed his bingo book in his bag.

The door opened and we came in.

"Well I'm impress, you weren't fooled by the corpse," Sai said.

"We're not here for small talk we have some questions," I said, "But first we have something of yours that doesn't pose as a threat to give back."

Sakura handed Sai his picture book.

"Thanks," Sai said grabbing it.

"You're working with Danzo to help Orochimaru with destroying the leaf, aren't you?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, you could say that," Sai said.

I sense lying in his voice.

"You're lying, what is Danzo really up to?" I asked.

"Sorry but I can't give info on Danzo," Sai said.

That was when I noticed a seal on Sai's tongue.

"That seal on your tongue, it's keeping you from betraying the root by giving info out on Danzo," I said, "Purvey Sage told me about that it."

"Well your intuition is good," Sai said, "However I can tell you I'm actually here as a double agent."

"Keep talking," Yamato said.

"You see while I'm here I'm suppose to send info to Danzo about Orochimaru, so that when his plan succeed he knows how to kill Orochimaru," Sai said, "Danzo doesn't trust Orochimaru as you don't."

"Naruto," Yamato said.

"He's telling the truth," I said, "I'm also guessing that he doesn't have to draw animals for his jutsu to create ink creatures."

"Yes, you see I can turn messages into ink creatures and when they hit another piece of paper they turn back into the message," Sai said, "So you know the name Sai is a fake name, I'm really a nobody."

"No you're not," I responded.

Sai look at me surprised.

"If you really were a nobody, you wouldn't keep that book around," I said.

"Naruto is right, that book is a memory of a brother you had, that you're someone's little brother," Sakura responded.

"We look in the page and figure you would of fight your brother, that means you must of killed him," Yamato said.

"You're wrong, I was suppose to but before that I was wanting to give the book to him, but he died," Sai said.

Next Time: After finding Sai we went on to search with Sasuke. Sai came with me so I could keep an eye on him, but he learn why I'm into finding Sasuke. This cause him to draw the final page and smile for real. But I find out what Sai is up to. Will we be able to bring Sasuke back? Read to Find Out...