Further Hunt

…Normal POV…

Itachi and Kisame exit from the hide out into the rain.

"It hasn't let up one bit," Kisame said, "It's odd for it to be raining so much here, especially at this time of year."

Itachi step out in the rain looking up.

"You'll catch a cold if you stay out too long," Kisame said, "Look I'm not sure what you're thinking and given how ruthless you are, it's strange to say this, but from here it looks like you're crying. It's certainly a shame about your little brother. You're now the sole member of the Uchiha Clan."

"No, he's not dead yet, and besides…" Itachi explained.

"What?" Kisame asked.

"The storm has pass," Itachi responded as the clouds broke up and it started shinning.

…

Sasuke was in a motel bandage up.

"Did anyone get any leads on Itachi?" Sasuke asked.

"Are you kidding me? You're half dead, and you're still trying to be a tough guy?" Karin responded.

"I heard plenty about the Akatsuki as a whole, but nothing on Itachi," Suigetsu said, "They're after specific people with special kind of chakra."

"Special kinds," Sasuke responded thinking, "If Itachi was after Naruto, then I wander if they're also after the Jinchurikis for the tailed beast's chakra."

"From what the animals tell me, 'Akatsuki' has several bases they operate out of," Juugo explained, "They say that they feel unpleasant chakra radiating from those places."

"Never would of guess a bunch of stupid animals could sense chakra," Seigetsu said, "Then again stupid animals describes Karin pretty well, so I guess it makes sense."

Karin kicked Suigetsu into the wall sending water everywhere.

Juugo's curse mark started moving.

"Kill…I wanna kill someone," Juugo said.

"Settile down Juugo!" Sasuke ordered.

Juugo calm down and his markings retreated.

…Naruto's POV…

Yamato, Hinata, our tracker dog, and I arrived at the blast site after seeing it.

The rest of the group were already there.

"So we saw the same thing," Yamato said.

"Yeah," Kakashi said.

"Sasuke was here, but his scent fades," I said.

"And there are others," Kiba said.

"There had to of been a battle here," Shino responded.

"There's a mixture scent with Sasuke's that I recognize," one of the dogs said.

"Could Sasuke have assemble a squad?" Hinata asked.

"It's possible, but other 2 are probably Akatsuki," Kakashi said.

"You think it's Itachi?" Sakura asked.

"No, I recognize one of the scents and it's not Itachi," Naruto said, "It's that guy that forms clay figures for explosives. But his scent is faded in one place, as if he died here."

"Now we need to find Sasuke," Sakura said.

"Easy said than done, his trail ends here," Kakashi said.

"I don't sense the fading of Sasuke's scent like Deidara's so he must of teleported," I responded.

"In that case the best might be for Naruto to extend his scent to his fullest," Sai said.

"I can help too, I learn to increase the strength of my sense of smell over the years to surpass a ninja hound," Kiba explained, "It's not as strong as Naruto's, but I probably can help."

"Good for me," I responded.

Kiba and I focus tracking down Sasuke's scent until I found it.

"Found it," I responded.

"Me too," Kiba responded.

"Okay you two, lead the way," Kakashi responded.

"Yes sir!" both of us responded.

We headed off fallowing Sasuke's scent.

…Normal POV…

Karin was walking around the rain village planning to get Sasuke's attention.

She stopped when she sense ninjas coming their way.

"They're definitely getting closer…no doubt about it…there seem to be several of them, one being a dog maybe," Karin thought, "Could it be the Akatsuki or Leaf ninjas."

Karin didn't hesitated as she headed back to the room.

…

Karin broke the door down as soon as she got there.

"We are being fallowed," Karin said, "What do we do?"

Sasuke turned to her and saw she wasn't lying.

"We run for it, get everything ready," Sasuke said, "Juugo, grab the map and mark the location of every Akatsuki hideout you learn about."

They packed up and left in a hurry.

Sasuke was able to move around as he was healing faster after absorbing Orochimaru's power.

They headed out to search for Itachi.

Karin use bit of Sasuke's clothes to drive the leaf ninjas away.

…Naruto's POV…

Kiba and I were tracking Sasuke's scent.

Kiba and I noticed a movement in Sasuke's scent.

"Naruto," Kiba said.

"Yeah, I know," I responded.

"What is it?" Kakashi asked.

"Sasuke's scent is on a move, and it has split up to all directions," I responded.

"They must of found out we're tracking them and must of scattered his scent to try and fool us," Kakashi explained, "They must of have an extremely talented chakra sensing type on their side."

"What should we do, if we split up out of our radio frequency we can't contact each other," Kiba said.

"I got an idea," I responded.

"No offense Naruto but your summoning won't help for this mission," Kiba said.

"That's not what I have in mind," I said and made the hand sign, "Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

My shadow clone's scattered across the area.

…Normal POV…

Sasuke's group was trying to find Itachi and took a break when they hear someone coming.

"You three stay here and wait for my orders, I'll check it myself," Sasuke told Juugo Suigetsu and Karin.

…

One of the clones sense something and stopped.

It look and saw the Sharingan and thought it was Sasuke.

However it was Itachi that stepped out.

"Show yourself Naruto Uzumaki," Itachi said.

"Are you here to capture me?" the clone asked coming out.

"No, I want to talk to you," Itachi said, "Besides I know it's pointless as you're just a shadow clone."

Two shadow clones came at Itachi from behind.

Itachi threw Kunais at the shadow clones without turning around.

The kunais hit the shadow clones causing them to disappeared.

"You really think the real me will fall for that?" the clone asked, "Besides I'm here to capture you in order to find Sasuke."

"Why are you obsessed with my little brother?" Itachi asked, "He's a missing ninja right?"

"Because he's like a teammate and a best friend to me, he was the first few in the leaf to not see me as a demon, or as some cute fox," the clone said, "I care about what happen to him from the path he choose."

Itachi summoned black birds at me.

The clone look as saw the birds have Sharingan and saw it was Genjtusu.

The clone made the hand sign and released the Genjutsu.

Itachi was gone when the Genjutsu was released.

…

Sasuke was at a cave where Itachi was waiting.

"You came," Itachi said.

"Who is it?" Sasuke asked.

Itachi made his appearance to Sasuke.

Sasuke instantly activated his Sharingan.

Sasuke came from behind and stabbed Itachi with the Chidori.

However Itachi broke apart in birds.

"Come to the Uchiha Hide out, we'll fight there." Itachi's voice echoed.

Next Time: While our group searches for Sasuke, Sasuke is going to Itachi, and Akatsuki plot their next plan, a fourth party comes to the leaf involving Jiriaya and Tsunade on a lead on the leader of the Akatsuki. But who they're looking for is someone they least expected. Who do they encounter, and what kind of history does Jiriaya have with him? Read to Find Out...