Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Kale's POV

"You're just gonna fight him alone?" Tenten yelled "You think we're just gonna sit here and let you do that?"

After everything at the summit we had finally gotten back to the village and meetings for the war were in full swing, luckily I was able to sneak away and meet up with my classmates and friends.

"She's right." Neji said "This isn't just one of your whims we can let slid, this is a village problem."

"No matter what you say we're all prepared to kill Sasuke." Kiba grumbled.

"That's not a statement you should toss around so casually." Deidara walked up.

"What do you want Akatsuki?" he growled back, Akamaru hiss as well.

"Uchiha isn't some pushover, fighting him nearly killed me." Deidara sighed "None of you stand a chance…except for maybe the fox."

"Listen I'm not trying to be selfish." Naruto said "This is something for me to do."

"Naruto…" Shikamaru got serious "This isn't another plan to protect Sasuke is it, cause if it is I won't stand for it."

"Just trust me…" Naruto sighed.

"If Sasuke was so weak from the attack at the Summit why not end him right there?" Fu asked.

"He had Madara and Zetsu with him." I shook my head "In our state we couldn't take all of them."

"He couldn't have just slipped away." Kiba said.

"They could have." Deidara nodded "Tobi…or Madara, his abilities are something you can't even understand, hell I couldn't and I worked with him, put that with Zetsu's clone and Chakra copy abilities and you've got a rough fight for even veterans like Kakashi."

"Naruto is as strong as they come." Kiba said "He's already a legend for stopping Pain Sasuke-."

"You're wrong." Naruto shook his head "I can't beat Sasuke at his current level, I just knew it. That's why I'm the only one who can fight him."

"What happened to you?" Neji asked.

"I'll tell you when the time is right." Naruto sighed "Now I'm hungry so I'm going to get ramen."

"Huh?" I looked up and saw a bird fly by "I've gotta run guys." I trotted off.

Why are they calling me now?

I followed the bird to the makeshift hospital, I saw Uncle waving me over.

"Yo." I nodded "What's up?"

"Tsunade." I shrugged "She wants you report."

"You're awake Old Hag." I walked in "Well you're not old right now but…"

"Shut it." She hissed as she ate "So I heard about the Summit."

"Yeah, Danzo nearly screwed us but thanks to Gaara I was able to act as a liaison with the Kages." I told her "We're working together to stop Madara."

"To think Raikage and Tsuchikage would agree." She hummed.

"Those too can get along in the right circumstances." I said "Also I hope you don't mind but I promised we'd turn Deidara over to the Rock Village after this all wound down."

"That's fine, I was gonna do that anyway." She shrugged "Get a planning session together, once I'm done eating we plan for war."

Later

"You're all early." Raikage said as the Kages took their seats at the table, I had been sked to tag along with Tsunade given my position form the Summit.

"The situation does demand haste." Gaara explained.

"Have you fully recovered Tsunade?" Tsuchikage asked "You can switch with someone younger if you like."

"You're one to talk." She scoffed "you're older than me by decades."

"With the matter of Danzo settled it is reassuring to see Lady Tsunade here." The Mizukage smiled "It's nice to not be the only woman at the table."

"Now that the greeting are out of the way let's begin the meeting." Mifune said "The first matter to address is the Jinchuriki and the information about the enemy base we obtained from the former Akatsuki member Deidara."

"I have people investigating the base." Tsunade said "it may be a trap but we can't afford to waste time."

"I've got a recon team getting intel as well." Raikage said "we should work on comparing our information."

"Perhaps we should unify the intelligence gathering corps." Mizukage suggested.

"That's fine but where will we hide the Jinchuriki?" Onoki asked.

"Hide?" Tsunade asked.

"Didn't you tag along tell you?" Raikage asked.

"Kale!" she growled.

"I thought you knew!" I got defensive "We're gonna hide Fu, Killer Bee and Naruto!"

"They're major assets and you all want to hide them away?" Tsunade asked.

"I thought the same but after we considered the possibilities at the Summit hiding them was the smarter option." Tsuchikage said.

"This is our only shot-." Tsunade started but was cut off.

"This alliance is five pointed." Gaara said "Hokage you cannot make solo decisions, we decided this on majority vote."

"You little." She growled.

"Calm down." I whispered.

"If we are talking about Naruto I know him well." Gaara said "He will do something ridiculous given the chance…there lies the problem."

"Before we consider strength we must settle the matter of indecision among the Kages, it will only lead to more strife." Mifune said.

"I agreed with them the first time and again now Ma'am." I nodded "You know how Naruto gets and Fu's gullible enough to tag along with him if he starts up."

"Haa…fine." She sighed "I see the point. Where are we hiding them."

"The refuge has already been decided." Raikage nodded "It's a place I've kept for just the occasion, it's only appropriate that it be in the Cloud where no Akatsuki members originate. An island where Bee and I used to train."

Fu's POV

"HAAA!" I took a big whiff "Smell that ocean air."

Naruto and I had been assigned to go to some island and catalog a bunch of animals, I was very much looking forward to it.

"I see an octopus." Captain Yamato nodded.

"I'm being sent to a faraway paradise just like the Frog Sage said, so now I need to meet some octopus." Naruto explained.

"This is all well and good…but how the hell did I get dragged along?!" Deidara snapped.

"You've been placed under my watch plus we're in territory controlled by the Hidden Cloud." Yamato explained "Plenty of Lightning Users to neutralize your explosive clay if you try anything."

"Bah." Deidara waved his hand "I'll be a good little boy scout just relax Mhm~. Figured I had proved I was on your side enough by now."

"Defending one attack and giving a little information doesn't wipe away your crimes." I sighed.

"We're about to make landfall." A Cloud Ninja said.

"Hmm…" I looked up "Is that the island?"

The shore was a massive crag of spikes and death.

"Naruto…" I shivered behind him "Fu wants to go home now."

"So much for paradise." He sighed.

"This is our equivalent to Konoha's Forest of Death." The Cloud Ninja explained "it's perfectly safe, the animals are harmless if you leave them be. There is one thing…"

"And that is?" Deidara sighed.

"Look tentacles!" Naruto said "That must be the octopus."

"Fu's not going near them!" I shook my head "She knows this is how dirty books start!"

"That's no Octopus." Captain Yamato gulped.

"Ten tentacles." Deidara nodded "That's a Giant Killer Squid."

"That's what I was gonna warn you about!" the man yelled.

"WAH!" Naruto was yanked up by one of the tentacles.

"Naruto!"

Suddenly the squid was attacked by another tentacles beast.

Fu is definitely trapped in some pervert's fantasy dream…

"Yo Squid get back before I lay down some smack!" the other beast said.

"It…raps?" Deidara sighed.

"It's Killer Bee!" the other ninja cheered.

The giant Octopus threw the Giant squid off and a man appeared, he was round, had dark skin and bleached out hair, he looked…hip.

"Yo you're late fools." He laughed.

AN

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