All is good but fukasaku the elder toad sage knows about pain and akatsuki's leaders identity and as soon as Raikage asks for the kage summit Tsunade will deliver the info to the five kage and they will join forces and will brought ruins to the rain village in which case pain will have no choice but to fight them and the whole akatsuki going underground plan of madara will go astray.

I look forward to the next chapter.

this good and interesting

Give Karin character development and have her end up with Sasuke. They would make a story couple. Have a nice day

Interesting :) please update ;)

Please update this ASAP.

Oh...Now this is an ironic twist! I can't to see what happens next! You sure do have a gift at finding exciting new possibilities for old stories just by tweaking such minor details. Please update again soon!

Actually I can see Sasuke getting Naruto's attention and luring him out of the Village to tell him everything and possibly get some inside help on killing the elders.

Will Sasuke develop a Sage Mode? Can you make it so that Pain revives all the Jinchuuriki he killed because they never really had a decent chance? Is Naruto's chakra mode going to be made the result of his Uzumaki Blood and will develop new jutsus like the Mangekyou? Is Naruto going to have better skills than he did in canon and be a bit more mature? So far it's a great story, but I REALLY need these questions answered in the next chapter Q&A.

Great chapter!

It's nice to see a Sasuke fic like this one of where he doesn't go bat shit crazy and join up with the guy who literally said had a helping hand in massacring the Uchiha clan. (A fact that you pointed out in here by the way.)

I'm curious to see how this will play out in the overall story and with Pain postponing his invasion of Konoha will allow Naruto to fully master the art of Sage Mode, but he'll have a much more difficult time in mastering the Kyuubi's power without Killer Bee's guidance.

And I'm also excited to see how a Fourth Great Ninja War between the Five Great Nations will play out and what Sasuke will do during this time. Either way, I can't wait for the next chapter.

Keep up the good work!

I've seen more than enough stories where Sasuke goes batshit insane with vengeance like in canon. He's bee led by the nose all this time and the fact that he still repeats the same mistake really irritates. This Sasuke is far more level headed and I can already see the beginning of divergence. I'd love to see how Naruto and co. will deal with far more reasonable Sasuke. He won't immediately pursue blind vengeance nor will he join Konoha since he still seeks to kill the Elders. Sasuke is one of main driving force that set off 4th War and now that he's more neutral factor, things will turn interesting as butterfly effect continues. Hope to see your next update.

I've never read a story that branched out in this direction before.
I'm interested to see how it turns out in the end!
Great prologue

Sasuke x Sakura is the worst pairing in fiction. Anyone that legitimately believe that sasuke even had a little bit of feeling for sakura before the last chapter they're retarded. Sasuke and Sakura being together makes no sense what so ever

I say let Sasuke have a fling with Hinata, to be perfectly honest I'm a little tired of all of the NaruHina fanfics and I want to see something a little different. Hinata having a fling with Sasuke would be a great choice since it would break away from all of the NaruHina content, plus it would be interesting to see Hinata have sex with her crushes rival and best friend. Besides Naruto won't know about Hinata's feelings for him since she won't be confessing to him due to the Pein attack not happening, so it won't damage Naruto's friendship with Sasuke and Hinata, also you said it yourself that you aren't a NaruHina fan so it won't be any consequence to you.

Holy shit, this I like