Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Kale's POV

In our race to catch up to Sai and Orochimaru we passed by a fake dead body and discovered a strange message in Sai's book…the pictures were unclear but Sakura was able to discover that it was the story of two boys fighting many opponents till they met at the center. Sakura suggested that the story was about Sai and his brother, but the final two pages in the center were incomplete.

Soon though we met up with the Captain's clone in an barren field.

"The entrance is that rock formation there." The Captain pointed.

"Under those rocks…" Naruto said "Sasuke is waiting."

"Yeah." Sakura and I nodded.

"Let's go." Naruto took a step.

"Hold on." Yamato said holding out seeds "Eat these, if we get separated I'll be able to locate you guys with these. I already put one in Sai's food the other night."

I gulped down the seed and the five of us got ready to move out, we were going in order, Captain, Sakura, Fu, Me, Naruto. We were going to approach from underneath…hard and quick. We started digging a tunnel and making our way into the base.

"The hideout is surrounded by rock." Captain pointed out.

"Okay I'll just blow it up with my Rasengan." Naruto said.

"Use something like that and they'll know were here." Sakura scolded.

"Step aside and let the great Kunoichi Fu take the stage." She girl giggled crawling passed "Digestive Acid!"

Fu reared back and shot green goo on the rock, it quickly dissolved the wall and opened the way.

"The magic of some bugs digestive juices is incredible." Fu giggled wiping her lips "Tastes like bark though."

"Well the information part was a success." Sakura said as we slipped in.

"Let's find Sai." Captain Yamato said taking the lead.

We slowly snuck down the halls, taking a few turns here and there. After a few halls we stopped at a door.

"Here." Captain said opening a door "Found you."

"The Anbu are as impressive as always." Sai fake smiled as we entered the room.

"Why don't you tell us the truth." I glared.

"Why'd you betray us!" Naruto yelled.

"You should be quiet." Sai said "People will hear."

"We found this." Sakura said giving him his book.

"Oh…thank you." Sai said taking it back.

"You're here on Danzo's orders right?" I said "What is he planning with Orochimaru? Is it the destruction of the village?"

"No…" Sai smiled.

"Quit it with the fake smiles!" Naruto yelled.

"My mission was a failure the moment you all found me." Sai explained "and I can't take care of the five of you alone, there is no more reason to hide it…the mission is as you say, to destroy the way Konoha is today. In order to do this I was supposed to gain favor with Orochimaru, thus allying us with him…that was my true mission."

"Keep talking." I instructed.

"I was to transmit data on Orochimaru to Danzo, this was also for espionage."

"Trying to outwit Orochimaru, that's dangerous." I told him.

"I was singled out due to my ability to manipulate ink into creatures that could transmit the information." Sai told me.

"This is some serious treason." I said "Do you understand what you're doing."

"Yes, I followed the orders I was given…that is all." Sai shrugged "Sai is just a codename, in reality I am nobody, a tool made to serve Danzo…no matter what you say it means nothing to me."

"Then why do you have this book?" Sakura asked "It's about you and your brother right, you carry it because it proves you are real, it proves you have some idea of emotions."

"Why would I carry a book to justify my existence." Sai asked.

"Because you don't want to forget your brother, because your bond is that important." Sakura told him.

"Bonds?"

"Only the left half of the book is unfinished." I told him "the center…you were going to fight your brother there weren't you? I know you're a part of ROOT Sai, they tried to recruit me once to so I know a lot about them, no emotions, no names, no pasts, and no futures…it's cruel. I know what killed your brother it was-."

"That's quite enough." Sai cut me off "You are wrong! My brother…this book was to be a present but…he got sick…and died. He was not my blood brother, but he always complimented my drawings, I called him my brother. After he died…I forgot what I wanted to draw."

"We shouldn't talk here anymore." Captain Yamato said "Let's get outside."

Later

"I'll be leaving my clone here to watch you Sai." Yamato said having tied up Sai.

"Now for why we came here, let's get Sasuke!" Naruto cheered.

"Fu will do her best to help!" the girl cheered.

"You should give up." Sai spoke up "I saw Sasuke, Orochimaru is always with him, if you go with him you'll be torn to pieces. Besides, Sasuke said he does not care about you, even knowing that you'd still go and fight Orochimaru to convince him? You haven't been ordered to, so why?"

"Because…he's the person who accepts my existence the most." Naruto smiled "Sasuke is my friend so I want to preserve out bond. If my arms get ripped off I'll kick, my legs I bite, my head I'll curse him…I won't give up till I get Sasuke back."

If Sasuke says no…what will Naruto do?

"WAH!" we all jumped back as a set of daggers landed around Sai.

"Seems like you were captured Sai." Kabuto said landing next to him "It doesn't seem like you betrayed us so I'll free you."

Kabuto cut the wood holding Sai and prepared to fight us.

"If you get in my way I won't hold back." Naruto told them.

One of Naruto's clones tried to ambush them from behind but was kicked away.

"Pointless." Kabuto him.

"We're just getting started." Naruto said.

"Sasuke has changed." Kabuto said "He won't go with you."

"Hmm…" Sai walked up and put Kabuto in a submission maneuver.

"What are you doing?!"

"People change." Sai blinked "so do I. I want to see what bonds are truly made of."

"Hold him still." Captain said using the clone to tie up Kabuto.

"Why'd you do that?" Naruto asked Sai.

"I told you, I want to observe your bonds." Sai smiled.

"You idiots know nothing." Kabuto sighed "Sasuke isn't what you think."

"We'll be the judge of that." I smiled "So…where is he?"
"Training in the inner chambers, but those are maze like, you'll never find him. Without getting caught."

We headed down to look for Sasuke in our teams of two.

"Let's get moving Fu." I said.

"Right behind you!"

AN

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