Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Kale's POV

"Clear!" Fu yelled closing the door.

"The next one!" I said moving down the hall.

Come on he has to be here somewhere.

Eventually Fu and I heard some commotion coming from the other halls so we moved to regroup with the others, Sai had gone off in search of Sasuke so we were back down to five.

Can't that idiot ever work with us?

"Hmm?" I almost tripped over something "A book?"

"What is it?" Sakura asked.

I skimmed it "It's a Bingo Book, a list of bounties. A lot of them have already been eliminated."

"Why would Sai have that?" she asked.

"Cause he works for ROOT." I shrugged turning the page "Oh no…"

"What's wrong?" Captain Yamato asked.

"This page." I held the book up "Is Sasuke and it's not crossed out."

"Why would Sasuke be in that book? Naruto asked.

"Cause Sasuke is clearly a target, Sai may really be here to take out Sasuke." I said "A secret mission to cover another secret mission."

"That can't be possible!" Naruto yelled "He said he was going to help us. I saw him smile, a real smile form his heart, he wouldn't go back on that."

"But if it was a trick…" Fu frowned.

"If Sai was assigned the mission of eliminating those who oppose the village…Sasuke would be a logical target." Captain Yamato explained "Danzo plans to remove what is going to be Orochimaru's next body, he was moving Sai into position, not betraying the village."

Yeah I'm still not too sure about that one.

"We have to find Sai now!" Naruto yelled.

We took off down the halls trying to find either Sai or Sasuke. Not too many doors later the whole base shook.

"What was that?" Fu looked around.

"Sai's chakra." Captain observed "It's reacting."

We turned a corner and half of the tunnel was gone, blow away by something.

"SAI!" Sakura took off.

"Wait!" I chased after her.

Every time she runs in like this she nearly gets killed.

"What are you after?!" She yelled grabbing Sai "How many times are you gonna stab us in the back huh?!"

"Oh it's you two…" A voice said.

No…it can't be.

I turned my head up towards the hole in the ceiling and saw him, Sasuke. He looked mostly the same, just taller…but his face seemed even darker on an emotional level.

Just looking at him I feel like I don't know him at all anymore.

"Sasuke…" Sakura and I both whispered.

Naruto must have heard us because he came sprinting down the hall and slid to a stop, Fu and Captain Yamato slowly followed behind.

The tension in the air was palpable, I felt like everything would change in a moment.

"Naruto, you came to?" Sasuke observed "Is Kakashi here as well?"

"He couldn't make it." Captain Yamato said walking up "I'm here in his place, and we, Team Kakashi, will be taking you back to Konoha now."

"Team Kakashi." Sasuke looked at all of us.

Sai reached back and drew his sword.

"SAI?!"

I heard a clicking noise and saw Fu was readying herself as well.

"You to Fu?!"

"Are they supposed to be my replacement?" Sasuke asked "Is she going to go on about bonds like that guy, a couple of saps fit for a group like that."

"My mission is to assassinate Sasuke." Sai said "But that is not important right anymore, I wish to act on my own feelings, Naruto helped me remember something very important to me…I may not know you but there is a reason the others chase you with such fervor, they don't want their bond with you to break."

"These three go on and on about you." Fu said "Quite honestly Fu doesn't really get it, but she does know that you are supposed to understand how your teammates feel…Sasuke is supposed to understand Sakura, Naruto and Kale. Fu is confused do you not understand the bond the four of you had?"

"Of course I understand." Sasuke said "That's why I cut those bonds. I have far more important ones to carry. A bond forged by hate, having other bonds would make me lose focus."

"If that's true…then why…why didn't you just kill me!" Naruto yelled.

"Naruto…"

"It's simple." Sasuke shrugged "It's not that I wasn't able to do it, I just wasn't going to give him the pleasure of having it his way."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"That's not important." Sasuke said "I only spared you on a whim."

Before I could even blink Sasuke was next to Naruto, draping his arm on his shoulder.

That speed…my eyes couldn't keep up.

"Your dream is to be Hokage right?" Sasuke said "If you hadn't wasted you time looking for me you could have been training to achieve that dream."

"Sasuke…" Sakura shivered.

"Sasuke." I growled.

"This time…" Sasuke drew his sword "I think I will kill you."

"Someone who couldn't save a friend doesn't deserve to be Hokage, don't you think?" Naruto responded.

Sasuke drew his sword higher and closer to Naruto's neck.

"SASUKE?!"

Sai stepped behind Naruto and blocked Sasuke's sword while also moving his own hand into an attack position.

"You're choice of block was correct." Sasuke commented.

Naruto jumped up and Captain Yamato and I took the chance to try and capture Sasuke. I summoned an ethereal chain and he sent out his wood.

"Spider Silk Jutsu!" Fu raised her hands and shot out white goo that stuck Sasuke to the floor.

"Chidori Discharge!"

Sasuke let off an electric field that zapped Naruto and Sai while breaking my chain and burning Fu's silk.

A full body discharge?

I saw Sakura pulled her fist back and charge forward. As Sakura moved I saw Sasuke's eye's change to Sharingan. Yamato stepped up to block her but his Kunai was cut and he was stabbed in the chest.

"You chose wrong." Sasuke commented.

"Captain Yamato!"

"This sword is special, it' can't be blocked." Sasuke told him.

The blade had a strange glow to it, an electric charge was traveling down it and into the Captain. Sasuke looked away and stared at Naruto. While he was distracted I took the chance to move my hands into signs.

"Cancel!"

I pointed at Sasuke's sword and stopped the current so Yamato could push the sword out of his body with his Wood powers.

"Thanks." He nodded standing up and creating a dome to trap Sasuke.

"No problem."

"Cocoon wall!" Fu shot silk to cover the front of the dome.

Sasuke used his sword to cut a hole in the roof of the dome and jump out.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled "Don't you understand Orochimaru is going to steal your body!"

"If that happens…then so be it" Sasuke said with no emotion.

He…he doesn't care at all.

"You're still a child Naruto." Sasuke commented "I don't care about the rest of the world or myself, just my revenge. As long as I accomplish my goals I don't care what happens."

"Enough talk." Yamato said "With your friends here I had hope to not have to resort to methods like this, but it's time to get serious."

"I'm done with you Konoha people." Sasuke made a hand sign "I'm ending this."

"Now, now." Orochimaru appeared and grabbed his wrist "There's no need for that Jutsu."

"Remove you hand." Sasuke demanded "I have no reason to stop."

"We need them to deal with Akatsuki." Kabuto told him "remember if Akatsuki get in the way they may stop your plan for revenge. Even if it increases your chances by 1% you'd take it correct?"

"Let's go." Orochimaru instructed.

Sasuke stared down at all of us, acting like some sort of God, then he disappeared just like that.

Another total failure…Sasuke I don't even know who you are anymore.

"Dammit…" Naruto sobbed.

"Don't cry." Sakura said "That does nothing, we're still here, so we'll get stronger together."

"You still have six months." Sai said "And more is always better…I'm pretty strong."

"Yeah…thanks." Naruto said whipping his tears away.

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