A/N: Sorry for such the long update, but as you can see, this chapter is long and was a tedious process to go through, though I have to credit Nirvash5 for giving me for some ideas for my outline for this chapter. Anyways, this chapter is long so you might want to go to the bathroom before attempting to read it if you haven't gone already. Just warn you the fights in this chapter do follow canon, but since I don't remember them all that well they're more like more vision of what the battles in canon should have been. So without further to do, here is the next action packed chapter of Troublesome.

Warning: There are sexual actions AKA a lemon in this chapter so if you do not want to read it, avoided anything between these --marks--.

I Do Not Own Naruto.

The mourning light slowly seeped through the curtains and down onto the sleeping pair. Due to the bed higher in elevation, Nibi was the first to have the sun rays slowly cross her face and into her eyes. She growled lightly at the light before turning onto her side to ignore it as she was quite ready to get up yet. Unfortunately the same couldn't be said for Naruto as the light beamed into his eyes. Having nothing to shield him from it, Naruto had no choice but to get up and stumble towards the bathroom.

When he got out without his arm bandaged, he looked over to the bed to see Nibi sleeping soundlessly and shook his head lightly at her. Looking around his apartment further, he noticed nothing out of the ordinary until he noticed a scroll that was not on his desk before. Walking towards it cautiously having people break into his house before and leave behind very wicked surprises, he slowly picked up the note beside it and instantly recognized the hand writing as it belonged to ero-sennin. He mentally groaned at this because knowing his sensei, he stuck around for a bit and checked out his technical charge. Putting that thought aside for now, he began to read the note he left.

Hey Gaki, sorry for barraging in your apartment while you're asleep but this is probably the last time I'll ever see you. I know I haven't trained you to the best of my abilities during our time away and I hope you can forgive me for that. In an act of redemption, I'm giving you this scroll.

This jutsu is far beyond what anything you have learned in sheer difficultness as only one other has ever used it, my only other student from Konoha, the Yondaime Hokage. Yes, this is another jutsu he created just like the Rasengan but this one earned him the first ever SS-rank threat from all shinobi nations and his nickname, Kiroi Senko. Now brat, I'm expecting you to use this only as a last resort and to defend Konoha, but knowing you, you'll probably use it to be able to get from your apartment to Ichiraku's ramen in a second flat. I would have repremand you for that, but he did the same...

Gaki, I just want to let you know I am proud of you no matter what. You really are like your father in more ways then I could imagine, but also just like your mother. Yes, I knew them both very well but I'm not at liberty to tell you who they were, only the Mune-hime can tell you that as she is the active Hokage so pester her about it. Anyways gaki, I must go now and there will be no return for me but at least I will help ease your trouble and take a few of those Akatsuki bastards down with me. So the only thing I can ask of you is to train hard and never change your ways, even if you are a pain in the ass at times. Now get out there and show the world who you are.

Jiraiya, AKA Ero-sennin.

Naruto's eyes widened as he finished. His only other sensei planned on challenging Akatsuki and believed he wasn't going to come back. He had to stop this, but he knew he didn't have a chance in hell of catching the pervert as he knew that even if he was the world's greatest pervert, he happened to be one of its greatest shinobi. So he only had one person he could turn to that could stop him, he just hoped she wasn't drunk and/or asleep. Grabbing his pouch and strapping it to the side of his leg, he walked over to Nibi and shook her lightly in order to wake her up.

The said cat demon growled in annoyance as she had almost fallen asleep and had viciously rounded on Naruto to see his dead serious face. She blinked a few times in confusion seeing him like this and knew something was up. Looking around for a brief moment, she instantly noticed the scroll on his desk and note in hand and smelled the white haired man's scent in the room and on the two objects. Not sure what was going on, she had no choice but to go with the flow as much as she detested the idea, she happened to be the boy's charge. She quickly got out the bed and pulled the cloak she was given over her to keep her ears from being discovered.

Naruto nodded lightly at her, he picked up the scroll Jiraiya left him and lead her out of the apartment and locked his door before he jumped to the roof. Nibi blinked at this for a few moments before realizing that it would be faster to jump roof to roof then running through the crowd down on the street and followed his lead as they headed for the Hokage's tower. Without anything impeding their progress, they had arrived at the tower. Quickly passing the guards, they arrived at the Gondaime's office and entered to oddly see Tsunade working on a small pile of paperwork looking quite tired.

Tsunade looked up to notice both Naruto and Nibi and looked over at her clock not expecting them to be here so early. Shrugging her shoulders, she turned back towards them only to notice Naruto was already at her desk with a deadly serious face as he laid down the note Jiraiya had left him. Not having a single clue as to what was going on, she picked up the letter and quickly scanned through it before her face grew red with anger as she refrained from crumpling the note. "Damn that perverted freak of nature! I told him just to gather information on them, not to fucking take them head on! Damn that fool!"

As Tsunade was ranting at Jiraiya, Nibi looked on in confusion before sighing as listening to her rant was getting anywhere. Looking over at the reflection of Tsunade in the window, she began reading the note quickly before understanding what was going on and why the boy was like he was at the moment. But she had to wonder what this jutsu was. She had heard of the man that was rumored to be the strongest shinobi ever to live and even gain the respect of a few of the bijuu. Before she could think further on it, Tsunade had calmed down.

The Gondaime Hokage sighed lightly as she handed Naruto back the letter before putting her face in her hands and shaking her head. Jiraiya just had to leave like this, it was just his style but know she would lose her last teammate and couldn't do anything to prevent it. Once again in her life, she felt helpless. Why did everyone in her life have to die? Nawaki, Dan, Orochimaru, Sarutobi and now Jiraiya had all left her. She knew there still a chance for the pervert to come back, but even she doubted that he could take on the entire Akatsuki and make it out alive. And if he didn't, all she had left was Naruto, Sakura and Shizune. Looking over towards Naruto, she shook her head as the lack of sleep became apparent. "Naruto... I'm sorry, but there is nothing I can do. Jiraiya has left, now everything is up to him."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at this, not liking that not even his mother/grandmother figure couldn't do anything about what Jiraiya was about to do. "Baa-chan! There has to be something you can do! Send a team after him for back up! Send a hawk to call him back! Something!"

Tsunade looked up at Naruto pityingly, knowing why he was so persistent, beside it being in his nature. Just like her, the possibility for him losing someone else he cared for and being unable to do anything about it was unbearable. The guilt within her grew as it was very likely that he would be losing Sasuke as well, yet she didn't have the heart to tell him that, not until she was sure both he and Sakura could take it and the fact that Sasuke could possibly win. "Naruto, there is nothing I can..."

"Don't give me that! You're the Hokage, you can do anything! I know the old man would do something now even if he had to go himself!" Tsunade flinched at Naruto's words, but couldn't help but feel he was somewhat right. She knew very well if her sensei was alive he would have gone himself, leaving her in charge. Before she could say something to Naruto, she was beaten to the punch.

"Boy, do you not understand what he is doing?" Both Naruto and Tsunade turned towards a slightly irritated Nibi, who was getting pissed at Naruto for badgering the blonde woman who she could tell was already stressed enough. "He left to do everything he can, to help you. That was all that was on his mind last night when he left you that scroll last night. I know since I could smell his emotions, even if I was asleep. Nothing else was more important to him other then your safety. With that in mind, he left you that scroll and headed towards where ever the hell he is going, controlling his own fate. So shut up and leave the damn woman alone as she has enough on her hands right now and doesn't need you breaking her as there is nothing she can physically do!"

Once she finished, Naruto's face dropped while Tsunade looked truly surprised at the nekomata's outburst, yet at the same time relived. Naruto looked down as the words finally absorbed into his brain and he felt ashamed that he was causing Tsunade more problems then helping. Yet at the same time, he felt like he needed to do something to stop his last sensei from heading to his doom. Looking up and turning towards Tsunade he bowed his head slightly and apologized. "Sorry baa-chan... I just wish..."

"I know Naruto, I know. But Jiraiya knew what he was getting himself into when he left and still went. There is nothing we can do but hope that he returns in one piece." Tsunade spoke softly as she stood up from her desk and walked over to Naruto and enveloped him in a tight hug. Naruto nodded in response as he hugged her back.

Nibi looked on feeling a little out of place due to the tender moment between Naruto and his mother figure. She felt a little better when the two let go of each other, but it was just awkward to see the blonde teen being hugged tightly by a rather large woman. Putting that thought aside, she leaned back up against the wall as Naruto looked up at Tsunade as he remembered what Jiraiya said about knowing his parents. "Baa-chan, who exactly are my parents?"

Tsunade's face dropped before she sighed knowing it was coming due to what Jiraiya had wrote. Moving back around her desk, she slumped into her chair wishing she had done what Shizune said and had taken her normal nap while drooling on her paperwork. Looking down, she reached down and pulled out a folder from the desk before she pushed it towards Naruto. "Naruto, that folder is what Sarutobi-sensei had kept for you. You see, he had figured he had at least ten more years left in him before he had to retire, so he was planning on giving you this when he did. The truth is Naruto, he wanted to give it you when you became the Hokage. From the first time you ever declared that you were going to become Hokage, sensei believed that you would."

Naruto picked up the folder as he looked at Tsunade. "I believe he knew it would been stupid to keep the information of who your parents were from you so long was stupid, he just wanted to make sure you could defend yourself before making your heritage public knowledge. While I never met your mother, I knew your father well and I could understand why he wanted you to be able to defend yourself from the enemies that you would gain for being known as his son." Naruto looked even further confused then before as Tsunade sighed lightly before continuing. "Naruto, do you know why Jiraiya made sure you learned the Rasengan and why he left you that scroll?"

Looking down at the scroll in his hand, Naruto shook his head as he never really understood the reason. Then again, he never understood the reasons why Jiraiya did everything he did. Tsunade nodded lightly figuring as much as she leaned back in her chair and glanced over the Hokage Monument before turning back to the blonde shinobi. "It's because you're the Yondaime's son. You are the child of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina. You are and have always been the Yondaime's legacy and not just because what he sealed within you."

It was as if time had stopped for Naruto. What he had always suspected was actually true? He was the son of the Yondaime Hokage. From the day he first looked at he Yondaime's head on the monument, he had always noticed the resemblances between him and himself yet never said anything about it except asking the old man who his parents were. Yet if he looked back on it, he had always noticed the old man reaching in his desk before pulling himself back. 'Ojij really did want me to know, but knew I wasn't ready. Hell, if I had known it back then I would have been screaming it to everyone whose child I was.'

'But now everything really does make sense. I now know why the Yon... no, tou-san used me to seal Kyuubi. It was because he rather use someone he could trust that wouldn't abuse the demon's power but at the same time could restrain it and could survive the day to day life of a jinchuuriki. That is why he chose me, because I was his son. I was the one he placed his faith into, the one all his hopes ridded on. And know it makes sense why Jiraiya was training me in the first place, but then again he did say he had a thing for training orphans that had nothing.'

As Naruto finished up his train of though, both Nibi and Tsunade were looking at him as a full five minutes had passed after the latter had told him the truth of his parentage. They were slightly worried as they were trying to figure out how Naruto was going to react when he suddenly looked over at Tsunade and... smiled. Tsunade was once again surprised by Naruto's reaction, but then again she really stopped taking tabs of being surprised by him when he spoke. "Thank you baa-chan. I always thought I kind of looked like him and now I know why. So what is in this folder anyways?"

Tsunade mentally sighed in relief seeing Naruto wasn't going ballistic as she actually thought he would before she shook her head at his question. "I'm not exactly sure as I haven't looked through all of it, only just enough to learn who your parents were and a little bit about their personalities. All I know is that it tells you about both Minato-kun and Kushina. Sarutobi-sensei, Jiraiya, Kakashi and Uchiha Fuguku and Mikoto created it as they knew the two the best, so Kami knows what is all in there. Don't ask me why Fuguku helped create it as I have no clue. All I know is that both he and Minato were kind of like you and Sasuke."

Naruto bit his lip at the irony of the last part, but quickly put the thought behind him as he still had to retrieve Sasuke. Nodding lightly at Tsunade in understanding and was about to speak when a gentle knock on the door was heard and opened to reveal Sakura. Tsunade nodded and motioned her in before speaking. "Good, I needed to see both of you for this." Both Naruto and Sakura looked at each other and grimaced knowing what it was going to be as they turned back to the Gondaime, who had noticed their grimacing. "Yes, it's about Kakashi's funeral. It will be held tomorrow along after Asuma's and Kiba's. I know this is sudden for both of you, but I have to ask you both to say a eulogy for Kakashi along with Gai since you three knew him the best."

Sakura paled as Naruto's face dropped. Neither liked the idea, but it was in memory of their sensei and as much as he got on their nerves, they would do it for him. Seeing them both nod, Tsunade could only smile lightly at them as they were finally grown up, though she wished the circumstances were different from what they were. "Just to let you know it doesn't have to be long, but just enough to express how you felt about him. And Sakura, you have the next couple of days of so you can grieve, but please neither of you do anything stupid." The last part she said, but was looking more at Naruto knowing that he would be training to help work off his grief.

Both nodded lightly as they promised not to do anything stupid before they turned to leave. As they exited the office, Nibi tapped Naruto on the shoulder making him turn to her only to see her pointing at her clothes while frowning. Understanding what she meant, he could only sigh as he turned to Sakura. "Um, Sakura-chan. Can you help me get some clothes for her since she's going to be here for a while?"

Sakura turned to Nibi before a small smirk crossed her face as she nodded. Shopping would be a great way to relive some of the stress and especially if Naruto was paying. "Alright, but as long as you pay."

Naruto gulped a bit as both looked at him expectantly before he nodded in agreement. He just hoped that his father left him some money somewhere as he was sure this was going to be expensive.

As night fell, Sasuke found himself too restless to sleep. Tomorrow he would have his chance to avenge his clan and kill the man that caused the misery in his life. While he knew it was a selfish goal, he could not think of it any other way. Sure, Itachi had killed others so in essence he would be gain revenge for the friends and family of the ones that fell to Itachi but he could not see it that way. He was going to kill the one that made his life a living hell and the one threatening his best friend's life.

Looking over the camp, he noted that Suigetsu was already asleep, probably conserving himself for the battle against Kisame. Understanding his reasoning, he continued looking over the camp before realizing Karin wasn't in sight. While he was sure she was probably off to take a bath in the nearby river, he hadn't heard her leave and she normally informed them that she was going to take a bath and threaten Suigetsu if he peeped on her that she would castrate him. Not hearing her do this had him worried enough that he stood up and headed toward the direction of the river.

While peeping was against his morals, he doubted that Karin would mind. Hell, he figured she would flaunt her body in front of him anyways as he knew she liked to show off. A small smirk crossed his lips as he thought of that before shaking his head and muttered to himself. "She really is more like her brother then she thinks."

As he reached the river, he looked over into the distance and noticed Karin sleeping soundly against the shore and shook his head. Walking over to her, he grabbed the towel she placed on a branch on pulled her out of the water and quickly wrapped her up in the towel so she wasn't exposed to the world before lifting up bridal style and heading back to camp, after creating a Mizu Bunshin to grab her clothes. Once at the camp, he laid her into her sleeping bag and zipped her up. He refrained from snickering as she curled up slightly and began muttering incoherent things under her breath, though he could make out Sasuke so he was pretty sure she was dreaming about doing something to him.

Shaking his head more, he sat down besides the fire and went over all the files he copied into his head after he killed Orochimaru. He knew the snake had a very effective spy system so he figured he would learn some interesting things, but what he learned copied had surprised even him. He had learned the truth to Naruto's lineage. While at first this wasn't extremely important, he was mildly shocked that the same blonde he considered his best friend was the child of the Yondaime. But after reading up on everything he had on Naruto and his lineage, he was shocked beyond all reason to learn what he did.

Orochimaru had notes just on what ages Naruto would be able to use another tail of Kyuubi's chakra and had predicted by the time he was nineteen Naruto would be able to use all nine tails, though it could quite possibly kill him on the first attempt. While he acted on the outside that he didn't care for Naruto that was further from the truth as Naruto was the only person that he believed that could truly understand him. So after reading his notes on Naruto and seals, he began to go through all of them to find a way to convert/harness Kyuubi's chakra so it would be useable for Naruto without the horrible side effects that he witnessed when Naruto went on a four tail rage against Orochimaru and would have killed the latter if he hadn't ran off.

So far he had found nothing extremely useful, but he believed he was close as much as it displeased him to even think, Orochimaru was very intelligent and could have possibly made an excellent seal to help Naruto harness the demon's power if he had put his mind to it. Then again, it was surprising that Orochimaru didn't try to kidnap Naruto earlier in his life and do exactly that as the man was attracted to power and Kyuubi was the strongest of the bijuu, possibly the strongest living being in the world. Putting that thought aside, he continued going through all his copied information, not noticing that Karin was slowly waking up.

Flicking her eyelids open a few times, Karin nearly jumped up in alarm as the last place she remembered being was in the river. Now that she was in the camp she was very alarmed as it meant someone had looked at her naked form. Seeing that Suigetsu was sleeping, that only left Sasuke. She blushed madly at the thought that he had saw her naked, but it was fair she guessed as on multiple times she had seen his naked form. Looking around for her master, she noticed he was sitting by the fire, once again poking it with a stick. She blinked a few times before it finally began to irk her. He seemed to have more interest in the fire then anything else.

Getting annoyed at the lack of attention he showed them and remorse over Juugo's death, she slowly stood up while making sure the towel was covering her and walked over to him. She became even further irked as he hadn't even noticed her, he was just staring off into the fire for answers. While she knew of his past and knew of the horrors in it, she still didn't like being ignored by someone, even if she thought that someone to be outstandingly hot. Just as she was about to yell at him, Sasuke spoke. "What do you want Karin?"

She stopped herself from yelling out what she was going to say as she looked down at the young Uchiha. Having lost her train of thought, she pondered for a moment before remembering what it was she was going to yell at him about before saying it calmly, but laced with disapproval. "Well for starters, I wanted to know what so damn important about that fire that you ignore everything else around you. Then maybe you could tell me why you don't even show sorrow for Juugo's death. He fucking died to make sure you knew the other Uchiha was part of Akatsuki for Pete sakes! And finally, what in Kami's name was so important about those dual chakra reserves that you had us chase after Konoha shinobi, who by the way want to catch you!" She finished a little louder and more violently then she anticipated, but it was in her nature to do so, so she didn't really care.

Sasuke continued looking into the fire, not even looking at her as she yelled at him which irked her even further. Sighing to himself, Sasuke stopped poking the fire before turning towards Karin with an almost stoic expression with tiredness being the only emotion showing. "Karin, I can understand your anger, but forgive me as this is who I am. Nothing will ever change that no matter how hard people try."

Blinking lightly, Karin realizing that Sasuke was asking her to calm down so after taking a few deep breathes she did so. Sasuke nodded lightly before sighing as he turned back to the fire. "As for your questions, I do feel remorse for Juugo's death I just cannot show it. My life has been full of death ever since that day and ever since then I've not been able to properly emulate my emotions. After a while, I just gave up and left my emotions on the inside while allowing them to occasionally surface around a few people. As for the dual chakra reserves, I was worried that Akatsuki might have caught my best friend, the same one that keeps trying bring me back to Konoha."

Karin's eyes shot up at that. She had known that he had a friend in Konoha, but he distanced himself from him for a reason she couldn't catch. As if seeing her questioning, Sasuke continued. "As I learned from Orochimaru, my friend happened to be a jinchuuriki of Kyuubi no Kitsune. While I detested him at first for it, I couldn't hold it against him for holding back the creature that nearly destroyed Konoha. Even so, I was jealous of him because he held a great power within him, a great power he had begun to tap into. So I began training with my goal being to surpass him, not to kill Itachi. But for me to surpass him, I had to train till I dropped as I knew where ever he was he would be doing the same."

"Two and a half years past and I finally ran into him once more. It seemed that he had improved, but nowhere near what I had. I was disappointed for him and used my clan's ability to enter his mind and find out what Kyuubi was doing as I believed he would flourish without me there to distract Kakashi from teaching him. When I did so, I made a mistake and had forced Kyuubi's chakra out making my friend go berserk and attack everyone there. I was grateful for Orochimaru's arrival as all of his attention was averted to him. During the fight, I witnessed the strength he showed and he even pushed Orochimaru into a corner. The snake fled from the battle just as Naruto reverted back, showing the aftermath of Kyuubi's chakra. He was a bloody mess as his own blood was pouring out of his pores while his skin was burnt from the intensity of the chakra."

Karin felt a little ill as he said this as she had seen some disturbing things, but bleeding from every pore with charred seemed a little over the top. Sasuke noticed this and turned back over to her. "He completely recovered from it, but sooner or later he will have to use it once more and he might be during a battle when the chakra recedes. I want to prevent that from happening as from everything he has shown, I think he might actually be the one that can bring this world the peace it has so longed for. That is why I stare at the fire every night; I am searching for a something that can help him harness Kyuubi's chakra."

As he finished, Karin was staring at him in shock and aw. Shock that he was actually thinking about someone other then himself and aw that he would go to such lengths to help his best friend. It just didn't fit his image, in fact talking that much didn't befit him. Yet the same time, she could see it was the truth as his eyes but there seemed to be something more, something he left out. Having heard him talk that much, she really didn't want to push the issue much further, but she had to question his motive. "You would go to such length just for a friend?"

Sasuke couldn't refrain himself from smirking as he chuckled lightly before quickly covering it up. Karin's eyes widened hearing him laugh, no matter how little it was. Yet his laugh fit him well. It wasn't a dark nor an overly happy laugh, but just right for him. Sasuke frowned lightly at her before looking back at the fire before his smirk returned to his lips. "There isn't a day goes by that I don't think the same thing. Always questioning why I would do this for someone that at times can't even help himself. But underneath the idiotic exterior that he shows day in and day out, is someone that is worthy for me to call a friend. You know why?"

Karin shook her head, not sure where this was going as Sasuke turned towards her while smiling lightly. "Because he would go over and beyond what I would for me, this is the least I can do for him. Hell that idiot was the one that gave everything he had and beyond to keep me from Orochimaru long enough so he was forced to use another body for his jutsu and not mine. While I know that wasn't his goal, but in the end he made a difference and that is what truly matters."

Soon as he finished, Karin had seated herself besides him. Hearing what he had said, she truly wished she had someone like that as a friend. And seeing the light smile on Sasuke's face as he was talking about him just made feel all the more envious of the boy. He had something that all the girls that chased after Sasuke would kill for. He had his friendship and trust. The more she thought about it, the more jealous she was of him. "I see. You know I always kind of thought my brother would be that way. I mean, he looked just like dad did when he was born and mom always went on and on about what he would do for her or a friend." As she finished, her face dropped drastically as she looked at the ground with tears threatening to spill.

Sasuke's face dropped for a quick second, but he quickly hid it with a light smile as he placed his hand on her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. Truthfully from all the files he copied he knew of her parents and who her little brother was, but he didn't wish to tell her now. Not until tomorrow was over with. "Don't worry, where ever your brother is I have a very strong feeling he is exactly that way. And I promise you after tomorrow, I will help you find him one way or another."

Karin's head snapped up and Sasuke swore he heard bone cracking as her tears dried up as she looked at him, trying to see if he was telling her the truth. She wasn't exactly trusting when it came to someone helping her as the only one ever tried to help her find her family was Orochimaru and he just promised he would do it and never did. Looking him in the eyes, she could see that he wasn't lying to her, but once again she could see he wasn't telling the full truth. It was as if he knew more then he let on, but she would let it slide for now. "You would do that for me?"

A grin not unlike Naruto's found its way on his lips, which actually horrified Sasuke mentally, as he looked over to Karin before shrugging as he poked the fire with the stick once more. "Hn. Have nothing better to do then going to Konoha after killing Itachi tomorrow and that former can wait."

Frowning at what Sasuke said, she was about to question his whole reasoning when she noticed the sly grin on his face. A grin not unlike his, which frightened him even more as his was like Naruto's, graced her lips as she slowly shifted herself to a pouncing position. Sasuke's eyes widened seeing this and knew exactly what was going to happen without the help of his Sharingan but couldn't move fast enough to avoid it, just like with Lee. Karin leapt at him in a straight line and tackled him while miraculously keeping her towel on though the distance between the two was less then a foot. Looking down on at Sasuke, who was slightly uncomfortable, but didn't really mind seeing the position the two were in. "Now, now. We can't have you being bored while doing this for me now can we?"

Sasuke smirked at her before gripping her waist and flipping them earning him a loud squeak from Karin. He smirked as he looked down at her this time and for once, didn't see her as one of his fan girls but as a young woman that wanted him for himself not because his clan. But something about that eerie Naruto like smile just put him off before his eyes widened in surprise as she flipped them again. Not wanting to be on the bottom period, he rolled with her making them roll on the ground a few times before he they stopped with him on top of her surprisingly on her sleeping bag.

-- Looking down at the girl below him, Sasuke smiled lightly at her as he brushed his hand through her hair. He wasn't sure on how to continue this as he never really learned anything important from Kakashi in his area and cursed lightly knowing that Naruto had to know how to do this because of his damn perverted sannin sensei. The act wasn't the difficult part, but the getting to it would be troublesome as Shikamaru would accurately put it.

Sensing this Karin rolled her eyes as she grabbed his shirt and tugged it off before deeply kissing him. She couldn't help but moan as Sasuke quickly caught on and began kissing her back. Rubbing her hands on his back wildly, she couldn't help but be amazed that this was actually happening. The boy she was courting actually was making out with her. It never happened for her before as mostly everyone was too creeped out by her and her bio-polar nature. Pushing herself into Sasuke as she deepened the kiss, she couldn't help but blush as she felt his hard-on through his pants.

Sasuke was blushing himself as he was actually doing this. While he didn't have a problem with it, it was just a first time sensation and was already having second thoughts about this as his manhood was rubbing up against her thigh. Looking down at her as he broke the kiss, he was trying to determine if she would let him do this when he suddenly found himself on his back once more and Karin straddling his hips without her towel covering her body. He blushed madly at this as it was the first time he actually had been able to see a naked woman without looking through the books Kakashi and Kabuto had.

Smirking as she knew this all too well, Karin slid her hands into his pants and gripped his harden member and began to slowly stroke it as she winked at Sasuke. Being spurred on by his moaning, she slowly pulled it out of its confinement as she continued stroking the hard thing. Taking a good look at it she was quite impressed as he wasn't extremely big, but was big enough to completely fill up most girls. Stroking it a few more times, she finally stopped as she lifted herself up and placed the head at her entrance and smirked as she looked down at the slightly stunned Uchiha. "And now let's get this thing started!" With that said she impaled herself on him and moaned loudly as he reached almost all the way inside of her.

He couldn't help but moan at the feeling and was quite surprised and pleased that Karin didn't even wait as she began to ride him. While he didn't like the fact that he didn't have control, it was okay for now as she was just starting out for him as he was nervous. Placing his hands on her hips, he moaned softly as he watched her ride him faster and harder and slowly began to understand the statement riding him like a bull. After a full minute of watching her, Sasuke got tired of not having any control and gripped her hips tightly as he stopped her bouncing as he flipped them over.

Karin squeaked in surprise not figuring he would turn so aggressive as virgins were always kind of shy in bed. Not that she was overly experienced, but she had had taken one or two guys before. But she couldn't complain as he was now pounding her faster and way more powerful then she could ever ride him. Having him increase his speed with every thrust wasn't helping much as she was nearing her breaking point and really couldn't do anything to help him near his release from this position.

Sasuke too was close to his release as he slammed himself into Karin harder then before knowing she loved it from her harmonious moaning. Feeling himself reach his edge, he began to wonder if she was close and if she needed anything more to climax when he suddenly felt her tight walls clamp around him as her moaning turned into screaming making him wonder how Suigetsu hadn't woken up yet. Realizing she was climaxing now, he began pumping into her as he could before he finally released into her.

Her eyes doubled in size as she felt some hot being poured into her womb and knew that he had came inside her but didn't care at the moment as a second climax came over her from his seed. After both of their climaxes died down, the two looked each other in the eyes before they both smiled lightly at the other while they panted softly.--

Looking down at the panting red head, Sasuke kissed her gently on the lips as he held her closely to him, feeling like he was finally complete. Taking another good look at her, he whispered gently in her ear. "Good night, Uzu-hime."

Karin smiled lightly as she panted and looked up at him before nodding as she held him closely before closing her eyes and letting the darkness consume her. After a few moments, Sasuke slowly slid out of her grasp and readjusted his pants while picking up his shirt that had been lost a while back before sitting down at the fire and looking at it more determined them ever. 'Naruto, I just hope you don't kill me for what I just did...'

Not to far away at the Uchiha's secret hideout, Uchiha Itachi sat at the throne waiting for his time. Although he knew Sasuke would be there in the mourning, he thought it best to be prepared as Sasuke could come in at any time any moment. Not that he was worried that he could lose to his younger brother, just that he didn't want to be caught napping and giving his young brother the chance for an easy kill. That would be the most embarrassing way to go after having molded his brother into the one that could test his capacity while wishing his brother gained the Mangekyou somehow.

Then again, he didn't know why he was worried. Kisame had told him he would take the night shift and watch out for anyone coming since he didn't have to worry about an S-rank threat tomorrow. As true as that was, Itachi just couldn't find it in him to sleep. He wanted his light back. He wanted to be able to see clearly now. Without his Sharingan on, he could hardly see what was ten feet in front of him without it being like a fog and even that was fading. It wouldn't be too long until he would never be able to see again even with the Sharingan and he couldn't stand the very idea of that. His eyes helped him become who he was, even if he didn't completely rely on them.

Hearing something move nearby him, his Sharingan appeared faster then a blink of an eye as he pulled out a kunai and threw it towards the maker of the sound only to see it go right through what seemed to be an after image. Itachi growled lightly knowing all too well who it was as only one person could use the only space/time continuum jutsu that was near the level of the Yondaime Hokage's Flying Thunder God. "What do you want Madara?"

The orange mask wearing Akatsuki member fazed back into existence right at the same spot where his after image making it seem like he was able to unsolidify himself. Taking off his mask, Madara looked Itachi dead in the eyes before he lightly smirked at the younger Uchiha. "So it seems the time has finally come. Are you ready to kill your brother this time or are you just going to take his eyes and leave him to live for the rest of his life?

Itachi refrained from growling at Madara as he didn't wish to piss of his mentor over the last half dozen years. Nodding his head at the elder Uchiha, he deactivated his Sharingan seeing that he wasn't a threat. "Yes I will kill him this time as I won't be like you and torment my otouto's life even further by letting him live after taking his eyes. That is something no shinobi should have to live through, especially us Uchiha as our eyes are what separate us from the other clans."

Madara nodded in understanding though he was slightly disappointed that Itachi wouldn't continue his brother's suffering, but it wouldn't matter any longer. Itachi's use had run out and it was time for him to find a new apprentice, one that could possibly even surpass him if trained in the correctly. "Itachi, I have to know, did you warn the Kyuubi vessel about the switch of captors that I authorized?"

The younger Uchiha narrowed his eyes dangerously at the elder, trying to understand how he knew about him warning Naruto of this. The only way he could think of him being able to do so was that either Zetsu was watching his clone or that Madara was following it. Either way, there should have been no one following him as he had made sure of it as no one, not even Madara could sneak up on him when he was alert. Getting angrier at the second, Itachi began to calm himself down as he began thinking of a way to lie to Madara without him being able to pick up on it if his long pause wasn't reason enough to believe. So quickly coming up with a plausible lie and a half truth, he answered the creator of Akatsuki. "No. All I told him was I wasn't in charge of catching him any longer. So in truth, he knows I'm not after him, but I left him in the dark about who his new captor is."

Madara narrowed his eyes for a brief moment before nodding. He had suspected Itachi to do this as the young Uchiha was too prideful and vengeful not to do something that would get back at Pein for calling him incompetent. But having watched the young Uchiha from a distance, he knew exactly what he said so there was no way for him to get out of this. "Is that so? I swore I heard you tell him that the leader would be coming after him. Am I mistaken?"

The blood rushed from Itachi's already paled face as he heard this. He mentally cursed as he should have known someone would have been watching of him as he hadn't been his usual self the past couple of weeks. Then again, it was pretty hard to be himself when he was forced to do mundane tasks while the rest of Akatsuki was actually doing something. Putting that thought away as it was unneeded at the moment, Itachi growled lightly at Madara as he was going to have to be direct to pull this off. "Well if someone would give me something important to do I might not have told him anything at all. I might be going blind, but with my Sharingan I can still see perfectly so do not think you need to limit my missions because of that. And honestly, I have been more qualified then almost everyone sent on your missions recently then the ones sent."

Raising his eyebrow at the young Uchiha, Madara tilted his head in confirmation as he did have a point. But it didn't matter any longer, so he looked sternly at his student. "I see. Well, as you know I will have to punish you for your transgression but on the bright side, you'll still be part of Akatsuki." Itachi narrowed his eyes hearing this and was not going to allow this to happen especially seeing that he was about to fight Sasuke in the mourning. But before he could react or even activate his own Sharingan, Madara's morphed into his Mangekyou as he muttered a single word.

"Tsukiyomi."

The rain poured down as Jiraiya quickly made his way through the marshes of Ame no Kuni. While it was a common thing for it to rain here and often, he could tell this rain wasn't normal as there was a minuscule amount of chakra in each drop making him wonder who could possibly be creating so much rain as from his network said it hadn't stopped raining since Hanzo and the former administration were killed. While he figured it to be the Akatsuki leader, this Pein, he also found it quite disturbing as he remembered that one of the orphans he taught here in Ame had the ability to create rain.

Thinking on this more, the more and more he began to realize that one of the three orphans/students he taught from here could possibly still be alive. While he knew it was always possible, he hadn't thought it to be true as the area he last left them was completely destroyed and the three's blood was scattered thorough it. Putting that thought aside for now as he had reached the walls of Amegakure. Using his Peeping Tom Jutsu out of its normal context, he quickly slipped through the bridge to the gate unnoticed. Stopping besides the gate, he placed a few explosive tags covered by genjutsu on the sides of the gate before moving away and heading into the village before activating them.

The explosion collapsed the gate and killed the guards underneath before the rubble fell onto the bridge taking it out with extreme precision. Nodding at his work, Jiraiya took a quick look around before moving towards Amegakure's Kage tower while evading any of the shinobi that were rushing towards the destroyed gate. It wasn't quite difficult as he was sannin and said to be the strongest even though more countries feared Orochimaru. Reaching the tower, he slowly made his way around it and began placing high powered explosion tags on structure beams that would make the tower collapse without damaging the civilian buildings around.

Finishing placing the tags on the outside, he had one last one to place on the main structure beam holding the tower up from the inside. Slipping inside between the two guards with ease, he silently slunk his way towards the beam and placed the last and very large tag on the beam before rushing outside so he wouldn't be caught up in the blast he was about to set off. Getting outside once more, he noticed it wasn't raining any longer, but put it off as he needed to get himself some distance from the tower as his Peeping Tom jutsu dissolved.

His ears twitched lightly as he heard swirling in the air. Acting on instincts, Jiraiya quickly jumped to the side and turned around to see a handful of paper shuriken puncture the ground where he was. Turning towards the direction they came from, a sad smile graced his lips as he instantly recognized the blue haired woman floating in the air being supported by two paper angel wings. "Konan, what a fine woman you have become."

Konan gritted her teeth in anger at the perverted sage, but with one look at his face she could tell it wasn't one of his lecherous grins and knew something was going on. Taking a look around, she wasn't sure exactly what he was doing but knew he was the one that blew up the gate. Looking down at her former sensei, she looked coldly at him which was hardly a feat as she looked cold to everyone. "What are you doing here pervert? You lost your chance to make up for abandoning us long ago."

Even though he had thought them to be dead, a small part of Jiraiya winced at her statement wishing there was something he could do to make up for it. But seeing the cloak she was wearing that time had past and she was know and would be his enemy till he either eradicated Akatsuki or died trying. "I am sorry for that, but I thought you all to be dead as I couldn't find you after I came back. But I am not asking for forgiveness. I am here for one and only one purpose so I am sorry for what I must do to you."

With a minute chakra pulse, the tower exploded into a blaze of fire. Konan's eyes widened as she turned in mid air to see the tower showering burning debris over the area. She attempted to fly above the debris so it wouldn't hit her wings and succeeded as the tower fell into itself without damaging the surrounding buildings. Her eyes narrowed dangerously as she wheeled around in mid air only to see that Jiraiya was gone. Looking around in an attempt to find him, she noticed her back began to suddenly feel warmer before it became blistering hot. Looking behind her, her eyes widened in fear as her wings had caught fire and noticed a small hole where the fire started indicating she was hit by the debris.

Not having a choice as she didn't want to burn to do, she detached herself from her wings and landed on the ground in a crouch. Standing up slowly, she was about to create herself a new pair of wings when she spun on her heals and turned around only to see Jiraiya on her holding a blue ball of spinning chakra in his hand before shoving it in her chest. Her eyes widened in surprise as the ball ripped and tore through her chest with tremendous force. Looking up into the face of her sensei, she could see the pain in his eyes but at the same time determination to complete what he came here to do. "I am sorry Konan."

Jiraiya's eyes doubled in shock as Konan smirked before she fell limply to the ground as nothing but a paper doll. Spinning around, he noticed Konan on the ground with two angel wings sprouted from her back with a frown on her face as she looked Jiraiya in the eyes. "Sensei, I never thought you were the type to kill your own students."

"I never would, but you no longer are my student and you are endangering my current student and my godson. By everything in my power, I will stop your group today. So I'll give you one chance Konan, stay out of my way or you will be in a body bag by the end of the day." Jiraiya answered her without pausing for a second as he was set on his course of action.

Konan narrowed her cold eyes at the white haired sage in front of her as she floated into the air and pulled out what seemed to be another handful of paper shuriken and kunai. "That will not happen, sensei. You are not strong enough to take all of us out and even if you did, nothing will stop our goal! We will unite this world and stop the wars! Now die for your transgressions!"

With a flick of her wrist, she sent the paper shuriken and kunai towards Jiraiya who easily evaded them and shushined besides her. She blocked his strike for her wings before her eyes widened as he grabbed her ankle on his descent down and threw her towards the burning wreckage of the tower. Placing as much chakra as she could in her wings, she managed to stop herself in mid air and turned to the sage only to see him on her once more.

Jiraiya pulled out a kunai and struck for her throat and would have successfully ended her life if Konan had not split herself into two using her mastery of the Origami Shinobi Arts. Taking out the paper clone with the strike, he ducked under the shuriken she threw at him before throwing his own at her before using kawarimi and replaced himself with his kunai and kicked her into the burning wreckage of the tower. She quickly split herself into two once more and had her clone burn in the fire as she landed just outside of it as Jiraiya finished going through over fifty hand seals within two seconds flat.

"Suiton: Suiryudan."

All the puddles of water on the ground quickly formed into one large dragon and screamed towards Konan before she could even move. The dragon slammed her into the ground and created a small crater the shape of her body as it stopped. Slowly picking herself up, she tried to form another set of angel wings, but due to the water from Jiraiya's water dragon she was soaked and could no longer rely on her origami. The blood rushed from her face as she looked over at the toad sage as he walked towards her with kunai drawn, planning on finish her. Backing up as she had nothing left due to all her paper being wet, she could do nothing but attempt to stall him and even that didn't seem to be working as Jiraiya was within feet of her. But a small glimmer of hope reappeared in her eyes as the rain began to fall once more. "Konan, maybe we'll meet again someday."

As he slashed his kunai to her throat another intercepted it and knocked his out of his hand. Quickly wheeling around, he noticed an auburn haired man with long hair in a pony like Ino's with piercings covering his face and the oddest eyes he had seen before. His eyes widened as he instantly recognized them before he narrowed his eyes. "Nagato? It's not possible. I know you're dead as no one could lose that much blood and survive. Who are you?"

Pein looked unfazed by what Jiraiya said as it did not matter to him. He gazed over to Konan and noticed her state before nodding as he figured she wouldn't have last long against the toad sannin and had only sent her in an attempt to wear him down. Seeing it hadn't work, he would have to fight the strongest sannin at full strength though he was confident he would win. "Ah sensei, you're here at last. It has been a while but it's too bad to see you're working against us. As for who I am, I let you figure that out as I kill you."

Before Jiraiya could respond Pein went through a few hand seals before biting his thumb before hitting the ground. In a large poof of smoke, what seemed to be a large crustacean with the same eyes as Pein stood in front of the toad sannin as Konan moved behind Pein to keep Jiraiya from using her as a shield during battle. The crustacean looked down at Jiraiya and from the look on his summoner's face he knew this was the enemy and scuttled toward the toad sannin.

Jiraiya quickly jumped away as the crab/lobster like creature tried to grip him in its claw. He wasn't too worried about the crustacean all that much as even with its impressive speed for what it was it was not a match for him as he could beat Gamabunta if he put his mind to it. Avoiding another claw aimed to decapitate him, Jiraiya gripped its arm and leapt up on it, only to be force off as the other claw nearly sliced his stomach open. Sliding back from the creature, he admitted that he slightly underestimated it as its movements were actually quite fast.

Waiting for the summon to attack, Jiraiya slid into his battle ready stance. The crustacean screeched out before scuttling towards him even faster then before but Jiraiya was ready this time. With a quick jump and flip in mid air, he landed on the back of the crustacean and pulled out a kunai and slashed at the back of its neck. To his surprise, the kunai bounced of its scales without even leaving a scratch. He would have tried again, but he was forced to jump back as the crustacean rolled over before turning around and facing him once more. Getting highly annoyed by Pein's summon, Jiraiya went through a few hand seals before placing his hands on the ground. "Doton: Yomi Numa!"

The ground beneath the crustacean liquefied into what seemed to be a quicksand like mud as the more the summon thrashed around, the further it was pulled in. Jiraiya watched in satisfaction as the crab/lobster like creature was pulled into the mud completely with no way to get back as he turned to Pein but only to narrow his eyes as Pein finished the seals for Kuchiyose once more and now he summoned what seemed to be a cerberus. Biting his lip to keep from screaming in annoyance as he wasn't this bad when he used to use his summon for battle, he prepared himself for another battle.

The cerberus pounced him with speeds that put the crustacean to shame. Jiraiya was already expecting it to be much faster then the other managed to roll out of the way as he pulled out a kunai and threw it towards its paw in an attempt to slow it down. It worked for a brief second before one of the heads pulled it out and rushed him once more not giving Jiraiya the time to evade. To the three headed dog's surprise, Jiraiya had caught its two live heads since Hanzo head killed the other before throwing it onto its back.

Jiraiya jumped onto the cerberus chest with kunai drawn and had brought it down to end the summons life, but before it could completely pierce through; it swatted him off with a lucky swipe of its paw. Jiraiya growled in annoyance as he was slowly getting pissed at each summons' resistance, he quickly put a plan into action as he watched the dog roll back onto its legs. Holding his kunai at the ready, the toad sage steady himself as he waited the cerberus to charge and he wasn't disappointed as it roared and pounced him again. Just as it was on him, Jiraiya threw the kunai at point blank range and took out the main head before he gripped the other and twisted, snapping its neck with ease.

As the cerberus fell limply to the earth, Jiraiya walked by it as he glared at Pein with fire in his eyes before growling in annoyance as the man was using Kuchiyose again and summoned... Nothing? Looking around in confusion, Jiraiya tried to figure out what he had summoned before his eyes widened in surprising seeing that Pein was no longer behind the smoke. For a moment he was thinking he had used some kind of reverse summoning before he felt something moving towards him, yet he couldn't see it. Having no choice as he couldn't see his attacker, he jumped into the air only to have something long and slimy smash into his stomach sending him skidding across the ground.

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes as he stood up and looked around for his attacker, but he couldn't see or sense a thing. Having never fought an invisible opponent before, Jiraiya was about to use Yomi Numa once more when he felt what felt like a tongue wrap around his wrist and throw him into the air to keep him from using his jutsu. As he was falling, Jiraiya quickly went through a new set of seals to try and figure out what was attacking him as whatever it was could keep itself invisible without the rain giving its position away. Taking a deep breath and exhaling as he neared the ground, a breath burst of flame consumed everything on the ground and had forced Konan to jump to the wall to keep from being barbequed.

The fired died down as Jiraiya had landed and a small smirk graced his lips as he caught a glimpse of what was attacking him. It was a summoned chameleon. Now that didn't help him in the slightest, but now at least he knew what he was going up against and that was better then not knowing your attacker. Soon as he saw the chameleon it had disappeared into nothing once more forcing Jiraiya on the defensive once more. Jiraiya seeing that the rain was helping it keep hidden decided to put an end to the rain as he finished going through a dozen hand seals before breathing deeply and exhaling a massive dragon of fire. The dragon evaporated all the water along with the clouds in the area eliminating the rain for now.

His victory was short lived when he felt the summon's tongue wrap around his neck and attempted to violently pick him up in an attempt to snap his neck. Jiraiya was having none of that as he used his needle guardian to repel the chameleons attack as it let go. Seeing it let go, Jiraiya's hair returned to normal as he was beginning to run out of option on how to keep the chameleon from sneaking up on him once more. Everything he had tried did not seem to work and he had only one option left and he hadn't used that since Naruto had gone berserk when he pulled out four tails on him. Being knocked back by the tongue once more, Jiraiya gritted his teeth as he no longer had a choice.

Going through the proper seals, he bit his finger and used Kuchiyose but instead of the smoke enveloping a summon, it enveloped him. As the smoke began to disappeared, Jiraiya still stood where he was, but he no longer looked like the same person from before. His body had remained the same from the change but his face was a completely different story. His nose had nearly tripled in size and rounded in shape with warts covering most of it. His face marking had changed as well as he seemed to have black face paint not unlike Kankuro's. But the most significant change was that he had two elderly frogs upon his shoulders, the one on his right being male and the other being female.

Both frogs looked around in slight shock as they hadn't been summoned for years until not over a few months ago and now once more. So they both believed that Jiraiya was becoming incompetent or that he was facing off against enemies far stronger then he had faced before. Looking over at the said toad sage, they both noted the serious look on his face and knew that they were in for a fight. The male frog elder looked over towards Jiraiya before shaking his head lightly. "It seems that you've gotten yourself in trouble once more pup. So what can we do to help?"

"I'm kind of in a jam here. It seems like my former student before I began training Minato has reappeared and has become quite strong. He also seems to have endless supply of summons as this is his third different one." Jiraiya answered the toad as he kept his eyes on the battle field, not sure were the chameleon was.

The female frog elder nodded in understanding as she looked over at her summoner. "I see... the one from the Great Toad's prophecy."

"No. I am sure it is not him." Both toads looked at him in confusion as they looked at Jiraiya. "I know without doubt that Naruto is the one the prophecy was speaking of. So I am here to give him a clear road so he could do as the prophecy said."

Hearing this, both frogs noticed the conviction in the sage's voice and could tell that the truly believed that his latest pupil was the one. And seeing the determination in his eyes, neither was going to deny the help Jiraiya needed as they had to live out their own prophecies from the Great Toad. The elder male toad nodded in agreement with his senile wife before turning to Jiraiya. "Then we shall help you. And there you are!" In an instant the small toad opened his mouth and a tongue that was way to large for his body shot out and grabbed the chameleon forcing it to appear.

Seeing this, Jiraiya quickly pulled out another kunai and threw it towards the chameleon. The summon's head was split from the contact before it faded into smoke revealing Pein with a slightly pissed look on his face. The toad sage smirked seeing this as he knew the Akatsuki leader thought he had him on the ropes. Of course though, the senile old woman frog had to speak seeing Pein. "God Kami! That thing is hideous with all those things in his face! Kill it now pup!"

Jiraiya bit his lip trying not to laugh even if he knew he shouldn't. The old toad always had a way of saying things that made him laugh. Of course Pein wasn't laughing and was slightly ticked at the toad as he gritted his teeth and went through the seals for Kuchiyose again making Jiraiya mentally groan as the summons just didn't seem to stop. As the smoke faded away from the summoning, Jiraiya was fairly shocked to not see any animal summons, but two humans wearing the Akatsuki cloak. His eyes narrowed at this development. 'Human summonings? I've never heard of human summonings before. This guy is just full of surprises.'

With that thought, he looked up to the sky and noticed it was already mid day and could only smirk as he slid into his stance. "Well Yahiko, shall we continue this?"

Both Naruto and Sakura walked solemnly towards the top of the Hokage's tower with Nibi trailing them, feeling out of place once more. They had just finished Asuma's and Kiba's funeral and now it was time for Kakashi's. While they didn't know Asuma very well they did mourn him but not as much as Kiba. Tsunade had not asked them to come to Kiba's as it was Tsume's request as she wanted a private funeral for their clan but they would have a memorial for him in a few days after everyone had the time to recover.

As they walked on top of the tower, they found the remainder of the rookie nine, Gai's team, the majority of the Niju Shotai, Anko, Kurenai, Gai and a few other jounin they didn't know the names of. Looking at each other lightly, the two of them walked to the front of the waiting and took their places as Tsunade sadly and slowly approached the podium. This was the third time she would have to do this, but it was her duty as each of the shinobi under her command was just as important as any other. Looking over everyone there, Tsunade sighed deeply as she spoke in a soft, yet loud tone. "We are here today to remember a great shinobi that accomplishments range far greater then most dream of. While we will mourn for him, let us not forget all the good he has done for the village and for each of us. Now will have a moment of silence before a few of will speak on his behalf."

After the moment of silence, Gai was the first to walk to the podium as Tsunade nodded to him as she moved out of his way. Stepping up onto the podium, Gai took a deep breath as he looked over everyone and gave them a slightly smile as he spoke. "Ah my eternal rival. You have beaten me once again, but this time I wish I truly wished you didn't. If it wasn't for you, I would have never have found someone to push myself far beyond my limits. Even with your hip attitude and your unyouthful choices of reading, I always saw through your mask and knew how you really felt inside. You were just like me as you found a way to coup with what life gave you. In more ways we were the same then either of us would like to admit my friend. I will miss you but when I crossover we can continue our contests right were we left off."

As he finished, everyone clapped lightly even if was a solemn occasion. Gai for all his eccentricity did not do very well with public speeches unless they happened to be about youth. Sakura slowly stood up shakily, still nervous about doing this. Seeing this, Naruto stood up with her and helped her to the stage along. Gai smiled lightly at the two as he moved over for them and patted them both on the back before heading back to his seat. Naruto smiled lightly at Sakura as he helped her to the podium and was about to walk over to his seat but couldn't due to the grip Sakura held his hand in. Seeing that Sakura was having more difficulty then he was, he stood besides her and held her hand as she began her speech.

"While I didn't know Kakashi-sensei as well as some of you here today, I knew him well as a teacher, friend and as a father. As a teacher he helped me when I gave up in myself and almost quit the team on several occasions. Even though I didn't understand what he said then, I finally do now. By me quitting, I would have ended up hurting both Naruto and Sasuke as they were my teammates and I would be abandoning them which would make me lower then trash. As a friend, he had helped me through last year when my mother died and gave me strength so I could get through the day. And finally as a father... he took care of me when my mother was gone and even before then when... I first joined Team Seven as I never had a father figure growing up. Kakashi-sensei... I will miss you... with all my heart."

At the end she began squeezing Naruto's hand heavily as she was struggling to get through it. Once she finished, she was on the verge of crying so he did the only thing he could do to comfort her and hugged her tightly. After a moment, they separated and Sakura slowly walked to her chair as Naruto finally took the stage. Looking over everyone, Naruto wasn't exactly sure what to say that hadn't been said before. Taking a deep breath to get his brain following, he began his eulogy.

"The first day I met Kakashi-sensei, I thought he was nothing but a clown with his looks. Truthfully, I wasn't too far off as he had a good sense of humor and even helped me with a few of my pranks. Although I always thought he trained both Sakura and Sasuke more, he really didn't. I learned through all his help with my pranks that he was helping me become a better shinobi and I didn't notice it till recently. He also always tried to get me to eat more then ramen by dropping through me windows right after I woke up and giving me fruit baskets. I always found it kind of annoying as I didn't like fruit, but I understood why he did it. Kakashi-sensei, even though you were annoying at times and would never let us see what was underneath your mask, your were our teacher and at times, a father. I along with everyone here will miss you, but we will never forget what you have done."

As he finished, a small tear fell from his eye before he walked off the stage and sat besides Sakura once more as Tsunade took the stage once more. "I thank each and every one of you that has come here today to pay your respects. So before we pay our last respects to our lost shinobi I would like to say as of now Hatake Kakashi will be forever memorialized at the very same place he spent his mourning being tardy to everything possible, the Memorial Stone."

A small, sad smile crossed Naruto's lips along with a few other shinobi knowing that was the absolute best way to memorialized one of the better shinobi Konoha had seen over its history. Slowly everyone stood up with a white rose in hand and walked to his casket and placed it in front of his picture which of course was picked out by Tsunade as it was the one he took with Team Seven. The last ones to leave their roses were Naruto and Sakura. The picture on his casket reminded them of better times, times before Team Seven had lost it sensei and their best friend in Sasuke.

As they were walking down the stairs, Nibi looked over at the two before grabbing the two of them and dragged the two into a secluded room. Both looked at the nekomata in confusion as she stared right at them right after she checked to see no one followed them. "Alright, normally I would never do this for a goddamn human, but since I'm going to have to be around you for a while boy I rather not have you mopping around. Same with you girl as he doesn't know the first thing about women's clothing or anything else." Both looked at her and nodded thought neither had a clue as to what was going on. Seeing them nod, Nibi continued. "Alright, I want both of you to touch me otherwise you won't be able to see him."

Naruto blinked at her not understanding what she meant as it slowly dawned on Sakura as she had a weird feeling around the cat demon and know she knew why. "You can let us see Kakashi-sensei?"

Nibi nodded as Naruto's eyes went wide in shock. Looking over at Sakura, Naruto nodded his head as she seemed to in a state of shock. Gripping her hand lightly, he used the same hand to touch Nibi's shoulder. Soon as he did so everything around them began to morph into what seemed to be a purplish sky with reddish yellow clouds. Naruto turned to Nibi in confusion as he didn't know what was going on as Sakura continued looking around in fright. Nibi shook her head lightly as she sighed. "This is known as Purgatory. Normally this is where lost souls that are not sent to either heaven or hell, but it is also the only way for me to contact the dead is through here. He should be here momentarily and you can let go now. It won't revert back till I say so."

Both looked at her in confusion as they did what she said but didn't know who this he was. Nibi rolled her eyes at the two seeing that they came here to see one person and she obviously wasn't going to spell it out for them. As she thought that, a flash of brilliant white light blinded both Naruto and Sasuke as Nibi had closed her eyes knowing how much it hurt. While the two rubbed their eyes furiously so they could be able to see, they heard an all too familiar chuckle. "Sorry about that. You see I was catching up with my old teammates and sensei when this little black cat told me I had two visitors from the other side that wanted to talk to me."

A large sweat dropped rolled on the back of Naruto and Sakura head as no matter how true the statement was only one person could say it like he was guilty of a crime. In an instant both had tackled the scarecrow and crushed him in a bone crushing hug. Kakashi was quite glad that he didn't have a body otherwise he was damn sure he would have felt his spine break. Smiling lightly at his students, Kakashi peeled them off as he stood up and smiled at the two you. "Well I figured you missed me but damn, didn't think it was that bad."

He never saw Sakura's fist coming and was rubbing his head in pain as it didn't matter that he was a celestial body; that punch hurt. "You idiot! Of course we miss you! You died attempting to stall that cold hearted Uchiha!"

Kakashi waved her off, trying to head her off before she got a full head of steam and he and Naruto got hurt in the process. "Ma, ma. Calm dawn Sakura. I knew what I was getting into when I went ahead so it was my fault that I crossed over, no one else's." Sakura calmed down slightly, it wasn't by much but enough for Kakashi to continue. "Yeah, I am sorry for leaving you like I did. I rather have gone down fighting then the way he did me, but it was just the roll of the dice and I got screwed with Tsunade's luck... I so hope they don't leave me here for that."

Both Naruto and Sakura bit their lips at that as it was funny as Kakashi was looking around all shifty eyed hoping no one heard him. Once he finished looking around as he was assured no one was watching him, he turned back to the two and smiled sadly at both them. "I know you two miss me, but it is the flow of life. At least you still have each other and can retrieve Sasuke. As I always said, those who disregard the rules are trash, but those that abandon their comrades are worse then trash. Now go on and get out of here and tell everyone not to worry about me. And Naruto, your father and the old man said hi and go kick some ass. Well I added that last part in but still it what they basically said."

Both Naruto and Sakura smiled sadly but didn't want to go, but knew they had to. Nodding lightly at their sensei and hugging him one last time, they walked over to Nibi as they were ready to leave when Naruto turned back to Kakashi. "Oh, I have a message for all those old guys. I'm going to be greater then all of them so they better save me a seat up there."

Kakashi smiled at Naruto and nodded at him as he gave him a thumbs up. "I will but I think they already know. So see you Naruto. Good bye Sakura."

Both waved back at Kakashi as they touched Nibi and disappeared from Purgatory.

A small smirk graced Pein's lips as he looked over at Jiraiya. "So you finally figured it out. You're sharper then I remember sensei. But it doesn't matter now as your death is insured as I will not hold back any longer."

As he finished his statement, both clones stood up revealing that one had long hair just like Pein's body while the other was almost as tall as Kisame and had spiky hair at the top. Jiraiya's eyes narrowed dangerously as he saw their faces only to see the same eyes that Pein had and the same amount of piercing on there faces though they were in different places. Before he could think of what happened, the old senile woman frog spoke again. "Holy crap! I remember these guys! These are some of the first guys you used this form against pup."

Jiraiya's eyes widened as he looked over at the two summons of Pein. After examining them for a few moments he indeed recognized them but still couldn't believe it. His eyes narrowed as Pein began laughing as he looked over towards him. "You honestly didn't think I know about your Sage Mode. Orochimaru told me of that when he joined so I had time to prepare against you sensei."

Before the toad sage could think of something to say, the long haired one quickly flipped his hair over so it was at his right side as he held out his left arm and aimed it at Jiraiya. Looking at what he was doing in confusion, Jiraiya wasn't sure what he was going to do before his eyes widened as he remembered the fight against the man all those years ago and jumped to the side of the arm flew off like rocket and would have skewered him if he had stood were he was. His eyes narrowed dangerously as he rolled out of the way as the arm returned back to the originator.

Not wanting to give the body another chance to do that the male toad tongue shot out and tried to wrap around it, the rocket Pein jumped out of the way while the large Pein gripped the tongue and would have pulled the old toad off if Jiraiya hadn't rushed forward and landed a punch to his gut. He followed up with a lighting fast palm strike to chest before sweep kicking as he let go of the said toad. As he finished spinning from his sweep kick, he barely managed to roll out of the way of the first rocket fist before sucking up his stomach to lessen the blow of the second fist as it gazed his stomach.

Wincing in pain from the force of the scrape and the after burn, the toad sage jumped to his feet before back flipping to avoid the fist returning to their owner. Before he could think of a way to counter the two of them, the large Pein was on him and he was forced to evade, block and take a few hits from his flurry of fist with an occasion kick. Hearing the unique sound of the fist shooting off the originator, Jiraiya using turned to the elder male toad to see which way it was coming from and noticed were exactly it was. Seeing them, Jiraiya caught the next punch thrown at him surprising the large Pein before gripping his other arm and throwing him towards the rocket fist.

Much to his surprise, instead of seeing the two arms pierce through him they reflected off and returned back to the rocket Pein. Jiraiya's eyes narrowed even further then before as he saw this as it shouldn't have been possible for that to happen as he had felt what a graze did and did not want to feel what a full punch could. Gritting his teeth, he still had noticed that the original Pein had not attacked him yet and quickly called a conference with his toads before the next wave of attack began. "Hey, are you two thinking what I am?"

"Well if you're thinking about taking out the one that hasn't attack then yes. But why did you ask her that? That old wench was probably on another planet." The elder male toad spoke with a slight grin at the end.

The elder female toad looked offended by this and vocalized her thoughts. "As a matter of fact I was just thinking that attacking him would be the best plan. That large one seems to be resilient to damage which will make it though to take down. The other is a good long range attacker and is more of a support fighter and would be easier to take down. But I think the one that summons them is the core so taking him out should take them all out. Ha! Take that old fart!"

Jiraiya ignored the two as they were about to start arguing again as avoided another two rocket fist sent towards him as he went through a few hand seals and used Doton: Doryudan and knocked back the Kisame like Pein. Seeing the path cleared for him to attack the core Pein, he raced over towards him with impressive speeds. Just as he was on him, he outstretched his palm and formed an overly large Rasengan and thrusted it towards him. In a moment of horror, the large Pein had jumped into the way just in time and took the blast but instead of being damaged the large Pein absorbed the attack before knocking back the stunned Jiraiya.

Jumping back up, Jiraiya wiped the blood of his lips as he growled in annoyance as he looked at the three Peins. He knew now that it he took down the one that summoned them he would take them all out, but it was getting to him that was the problem. And the problem had become worse as the core Pein went through the seals for Kuchiyose once more and now three more humans were summoned. His eyes widened as he took a step back in surprise knowing that just the three were giving him hell, but now there was six of them. He heard of stacking the odds but this was getting out of hand.

Pein smirked as he looked down at Jiraiya. "Finally beginning to understand sensei?" Seeing Jiraiya growl at him, Pein's grin widened. "Now you know why this fight is pointless. You will never be able to take all six of us down. Just like in war, the one that reveals there ace up their sleeve last wins. So now prepare yourself sensei as I will be sending you to the other world shortly. But first, you will face the Six Paths of Pein." As he finished, all six Pein separated and surrounded Jiraiya.

The toad sannin looked around him as he composed himself, trying to find a way to reverse this situation as even he had to admit it seemed pretty hopeless. But he wasn't going to back down so he slid himself into his own unique stance as he waited for them to attack while thinking of how to take them down. 'Alright, I know if I take the core Pein out I can take all of them out, but they will protect him so I'm going to have to take a few out before doing so. The one that absorbed my Odama Rasengan is going to be a bitch and a half to take out, but it is a must. I think it can only absorb chakra attacks as the few punches I landed on him did some damage, so maybe kenjutsu is the way to go. As for the others, I don't know a thing about but I'll take them down accordingly once I see what they can do.'

Having his plan made, he jumped over the bald Pein and landed a kick in the back and used that to catapult himself towards the large Pein as he pulled out two kunai. Blocking the punch throw at him, he landed behind the large Pein and slashed at his back causing a go sized slash as he wasn't fast enough to evade him completely as he rolled out of the way as a few more Peins jumped into the way. A large smirk graced Jiraiya's lips as he saw this as he knew how to take down the one that could absorb his chakra attacks. Pushing chakra into all his limbs, he rushed towards him outrunning the others and was on the large on before he could counter. A slash to his throat and one to the back of his neck and he was decapitated.

Turning around quickly, he managed to jerk his head back enough quickly so he wouldn't take the full force of the rocket fist. Even still he bit his lip as he stumbled backwards, glad that his head wasn't ripped out from the contact. Pushing more chakra into his system, he began flying through hand seals as he was now able to use his jutsu without fear of them being absorbed. Taking a deep breath, he unleashed a stream of fire hot enough to roast most jounins alive forcing the Peins to scatter since none of them wished to be barbequed.

Jiraiya didn't waste any time as he was on the closes Pein as it landed with Rasengan in hand and slammed it into the Pein that somewhat resembled Minato. The Pein crumbled to the ground from the assault as Jiraiya rushed to the rocket Pein and evaded both fist as they flew at him. The rocket Pein was dead soon as Jiraiya was on him as Jiraiya gripped his forehead and had opened the first gate and slammed him through the wall and threw his lifeless body into the ocean. As he turned around, he gasped in surprise as a sharp pain pierced his chest cavity and into his heart.

His eyes widened as he looked at the same Pein that looked like Minato with his sword pushed into his chest cavity. Seeing the one behind him glowing for a brief moment, he instantly realized that one had the power to resurrect the others making them a lethal force. Looking over at the first one he killed, he noted that it was still down. Realizing how to kill them now, he turned to his two toads. "Go to Naruto... tell him... how to..." Pein didn't let him finish as he pushed his sword deeper his heart before knocking the toad sannin just as the rocket Pein jumped back up with the others.

It was mere luck, Jiraiya landed on the rubble as his life slowly began to fade from his body. Using the last of his strength as the two elder toads looked at him in shock he spoke weakly. "Tell him... his weakness... and who... he... is. Promise me... lend your... strength to him... as he is the... last summoner."

Seeing the look in his eye, both toads nodded as the elder female spoke. "We will pup."

"But you still have one more job to do." Finished the elder male toad right before both jumped into the water as both rocket fist crushed where they had been just before and destroying the floating rock Jiraiya was on.

Sinking into the water, Jiraiya looked up as bubbles escaped his mouth yet he could do nothing about it. It was finally his time. He had almost failed Naruto, but he did at least warned him and took out the most troublesome of Pein's bodies. 'Heh. So this is the end. What a way a to go. I kind of feel like a frog in a well finally learning about the ocean... Wait. I didn't name my last Icha Icha Paradise... Hm... I've got... it. The Chronicles... of Uzumaki Naruto.'

A small smile graced Jiraiya's lips as he thought of his student as his eyes slowly closed. As they were closed, he heard the elder toad's voice once more. "You still have one more job to do."

Jiraiya's eyes snapped open as she heard the voice while thinking of his student. The elder was right, his job wasn't done yet. Sure he was already dead, so why not go all the way. He had nothing left to lose. His body no longer mattered so it was expendable. With this thought in mind Jiraiya began focusing on his inner gates and started releasing them.

From above, Pein looked down at the water with satisfaction as Konan moved closer to him. He had done it, but it had been more trouble then it was worth. He had killed his former sensei and now only one was stronger then he was. And when the time came, he would strike him down as well as he was the Akatsuki leader, not him. Putting that thought aside for now, Pein looked down at his former sensei's shadow. "I have to admit, you had me scared there sensei. Another burst like that and I was done in for. Zetsu, what do you want?"

A shape from the broken wall besides him slowly came forth until Zetsu appeared. "That was an incredible fight Taishou-sama. I never had seen anything like it before."

Pein smirked hearing this before remembering something that had come to him. "It quite possibly could be, but there is another fight today that might be able to top it. Head for the Uchiha's secret hideout. I would wish to see the two Uchiha brothers fight to the death."

Zetsu nodded in understanding before quickly merging with the wall and headed off to his new destination, not wanting to miss what could be an ever greater fight then the one he just witnessed. Pein smirked one last time as he looked down at the water before turning around with the rest of his bodies. Before taking one step, his eyes widened at the amount of chakra being released and rapidly turned around only to see a white blur explode from the ocean holding what seemed to be a gigantic blue orb in his hand. And it was coming straight for him. In a futile effort to block the attack, the other four threw themselves in the way but all were blown away by the orb as it exploded.

And standing looking almost zombie like was none other then the toad sage, Jiraiya of the Sannin. And with the amount of chakra he was pouring out, only Kyuubi wouldn't be fazed by it and even the fox would have been damn impressed.

Pein looked up at him in horror as his other bodies slowly got up and charged him. Jiraiya didn't even think of countering and just allowed them to hit him. He felt no pain from their blows. He felt nothing other then his determination to finish what he started. With a chakra loaded back hand, the life giving Pein's head was almost completely decapitated with only a few threads of skin holding it on. Another body stepped up and was going through hand seals as fast as it could, but nothing could be a jutsu without hand seals as he pushed an oversized Rasengan into his head and shredded it like a berry in a blender.

Seeing that there was no way to stop the rampaging Jiraiya, the original Pein turned to run only to see Jiraiya in front of him, channeling his reaming chakra to his fist. "I..." He struggled with his words as the effect of the final gate was finally taking its toll along with the wound in his heart. "Will... Not..." Taking one last breath, Jiraiya screamed out what he said. "I WILL NOT FAIL!"

He struck Pein in the chest and was piercing into him like a hot knife. Seeing a rocket fist flying towards Jiraiya's arm, Pein used a last ditch effort to minimize the damage on himself rolled into the punch just as the fist hit Jiraiya's arm causing it to fault and only pierce into his left lung and not his heart. It was completely silent before the two slammed to the ground in creating a massive dust cloud a hundred meters high as Konan stared on in horror, hoping that Pein had survived.

Just as quickly as his attack started it had ended as Pein pulled the lifeless body of Jiraiya's off him. He had survived, but it hadn't been because of his own skill. It had been sheer luck that he had caught Jiraiya off guard and had taken advantage of it. And even when he had finished him, the toad sage still had a trick up his sleeve that had left him in the critical condition he was. And without the power of his one body, he could not recover the wound as fast as he normally would. Even if he didn't want to admit it, his sensei had did a number on him as he would be out of action for a while as he needed rest.

Hearing Konan yelling out for him as she ran to him, he fell to the ground as he passed out and as did his other two bodies.

In the forest of Konoha, Naruto had found the clearing mentioned in the scroll. He had to make sure no one was following him which was kind of easy as Nibi was with him even though she really didn't want to be there. He knew this of course but Tsunade had order him to take her everywhere he went so he was forced to take her. Shaking that thought off, he pulled out the scroll once more and unsealed it with a drop of his blood. Unraveling it, he read over what both his father and Jiraiya had written once more before undoing the seal inside of the scroll.

After the smoke from undoing the seal dissipated, three tri pronged kunai laid on the scroll innocently along with another scroll. His eyes twitched in annoyance as he had a bad feeling there was going to be something within this scroll to unseal as well. Sighing lightly seeing as he had no clue what these kunai did, he unraveled the scroll and noticed it was much longer then what he thought it would be. Gulping lightly, he decided to read the first few paragraphs and hope that would be enough as he wasn't a very patient person.

Almost thirty minutes later, Naruto was wiping sweat off his forehead as he continued reading the long scroll. Nibi's eyebrows were twitching viciously as she was extremely bored already and had nothing to do. She was contemplating on frying the boy so there would be some entertainment for at least a little while before sighing as she knew it would be a bad idea since her fire was a little too hot to be used for that reason. So leaning against the tree, she took off her cloak revealing her black two piece kimono and looked up at the sky as she began to think of her dreams.

Just as she started to do so, Naruto stood up and stretched out making her attention shift back to him again, hoping they were leaving. To her dismay he had picked up the three kunai and began studying them. Refraining from jumping up and strangling the boy, she slumped further against the tree and waited for him to do something interesting.

Meanwhile Naruto was currently going over the basics of what he read. 'Hm. So these kunais act as markers for the jutsu to work. The seals on the blades are there to toughen it and make it harder to destroy even though it is made of obsidian. The kanji are the base that allows for the jutsu to work and I'm supposed to be able to feel them through the link of my blood. So I'm going to have to cut myself and bleed on each of them. No problem there thanks to Kyuubi. The problem comes when I feel it calling to me as I'll gain tunnel vision even without moving and half to send chakra to it to begin the jutsu seeing what tou-san wrote. But as tou-san also wrote that feeling the kunai will be difficult... yet it is the easiest part of the jutsu... Holy Kami. I have a feeling I'm going to be in the hospital a few times because of this...'

Putting the last thought aside, Naruto followed the instructions of the scroll and cut his finger open before bleeding on each of the kanji which oddly enough absorbed it. Seeing this, he placed each into the ground and rolled up the scroll before walking exactly five meters from the kunai and sat down. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes and spread out his senses to try and feel the kunais calling for him. After a few moments his frustration began to increase as he couldn't feel a thing and slowly as getting anxious. Knowing this was part of the problem, he began to calm himself down as he continued searching for the call of the kunais.

Nibi just looked on in confusion, having no clue what was going on. She honestly had never heard of a jutsu like this and it seemed a little too complex for its own good. But it also was quite funny to watch the young boy get flustered as easy as he was showing that a bit of Kyuubi's personality might have leaked through as the fox was anything but patient. Shaking her head of that thought, she sighed lightly as she leaned against the tree once more as she was bored once more. Not that it was difficult to bore her when you were physically doing nothing. Looking over at Naruto one last time, she closed her eyes knowing she would be here for a while.

'Got it! ... No wait... Damn it! That was her chakra... Never mind... Damn you tou-san for making me have to mediate to learn this jutsu!'

Mourning had arrived quickly and Sasuke for once was wishing it hadn't. For one, he didn't want to listen to Suigetsu's bitching and moaning about having to take on Kisame with only Karin. Two, he wasn't going to allow Karin to go which was going to increase Suigetsu's bitching. And finally he wasn't sure what was going to happen today. For all his work, he still wasn't sure if he was strong enough to match Itachi one on one. And there was one thing that bothered him. What if he failed? Then what would happen to Karin afterwards? Even though he had promised himself he wouldn't restart the clan until Itachi's death, he did so anyways.

So that left the big question, how would he keep Karin from coming along with them? He did not want to risk her or his child that was slowly beginning to develop in her womb. He could always tell her to stay here, but she was disobedient and would end up following him. Besides, he had to keep his promise to her and he had only one fail safe way to do that if he didn't make it past today. Pulling out a scroll, he quickly wrote what he needed her to do before he pulled out another scroll and sealed it within the same scroll. Rolling it back up, he put a life force seal on it to keep anyone out of it unless he opened it or he was no longer among the living.

As he finished with the scroll, he had noticed Suigetsu was up and looking at him oddly. Ignoring the water man for now, he placed the scroll in Karin's hand before going through a few hand seals and touching her forehead. Once he touched her forehead, Karin began snoring as she went into a deeper sleep before slowly shimmering out of existence, surprising the water man. Seeing that he was done, Sasuke stood up and moved over to the fire and put it out. Getting annoyed by Suigetsu stare, he turned to the water man and glared at him. Suigetsu gulped lightly as he shook his head, not wanting to question his commander's actions.

Sasuke nodded at him before pulling out a scroll from his wrist and throwing it at Suigetsu. "That is a scroll filled with water. Only use it if you have to."

Taking a look at the scroll, Suigetsu nodded as he pocketed it and stood up as he grabbed Kubikiri Houchi and strapped it to his back as he looked at the building in the distance. "So this is where the big show down is going to happen. Well, let's not keep them waiting."

Nodding in agreement, Sasuke lead the way leaving behind Karin in her genjutsu induced sleep. The walk wasn't too far and Sasuke was fairly surprised not to her the water man complaining, but he guessed he would rather fight Kisame in a straight up fight then having back up. He could understand that very well as it was the same way he felt about fighting Itachi. As they arrived at the entrance to the secret hideout, Kisame stood waiting at the door with a tooth grin. "About time you got her. I wanted to continue our fight from before Suigetsu only this time without some mad bomber destroying the battle field."

Suigetsu grinned back at the shark man as he pulled out Zabuza's sword. "The same goes here, but this time I will be the one delivering the final blow." Turning his gaze to Sasuke, Suigetsu motion him to go on. "Go on Sasuke-sama. I've got this bitch. Go take your revenge for you clan."

Kisame scowled at being called a bitch but moved out of Sasuke's way, not wanting to impede him on his path. Once the Uchiha had past, Kisame grinned dangerously at Suigetsu as he pulled Samehada in front of him. "You are going to eat those words. No one calls me a bitch."

Hearing the clang of metal outside, Sasuke continued walking through the dark hallway to the lighted room at the end, knowing that his brother was there as he could feel it. As he stepped out of the hallway, he entered the lighted room to see a plain room with almost nothing in it other then the Uchiha fan on the back wall and a throne. And sitting in the throne was Uchiha Itachi with his fingers crossed and Sharingan active, looking straight at Sasuke. The younger Uchiha narrowed his eyes seeing Itachi's state and knew something was wrong. He seemed... tired and worn out. Whether he was tired or not, the elder Uchiha spoke. "You've finally arrive otouto."

Sasuke glared at his brother with narrowed eyes. "You knew nothing would stop me from coming here. Not after what you did."

Even though Itachi didn't visibly show it, he was smirking internally at his brother. Then again, he was just like his brother in the regard that he was fucked over in the emotions department as he was apart of a war when he was only four. Mentally shaking that image off, Itachi stayed seated in his chair as he uncrossed his fingers. "I see. Your hate still drives you. That is excellent otouto, but it will not be enough as you never did obtain the Mangekyou."

The younger Uchiha gave no outward reaction to Itachi's statement, but underneath he was steaming. Even though he thought about it and nearly acted upon it, he had stopped himself. Looking over at his elder brother, Sasuke answered him. "My hate is enough alone. I could and would not sink to your level by killing my best friend. That is what separate us and will grant me victory today. Your Sharingan is tainted while the light still exist in mine. By the end of the day you will see that. Now if you are finished, I would like to start this unless you would be willing to tell me why you did it."

Itachi answered by placing his hands on the throne's arms and pushing himself up. Seeing this, Sasuke activated his own Sharingan as he took that as a no that he wasn't going to answer him now. Reaching into his pouch, he pulled out a few shuriken as Itachi completely stood up from his throne. Neither had noticed that Zetsu had arrived and was watching them intently, wondering why neither was moving an inch.

Sasuke threw the shuriken towards Itachi who easily countered them with his own. Just as before Sasuke had used the shuriken as a feint and charged the elder Uchiha. Itachi raised his eyebrow seeing this as it wasn't in Sasuke's style to be predictable and knew he was up to something. He blocked the punch thrown at him and turned himself to avoid the kick to the gut as he really began to wonder what Sasuke was doing as he had tried the same exact maneuver before only with his chokuto. Deciding not to counter like he did last time, Itachi pulled Sasuke closer and delivered a palm strike to his chest and sent the younger Uchiha skidding.

To his horror, Sasuke dissolved into dozens of snakes. Wheeling around knowing what he was planning, Itachi barely avoided the chokuto strike for his heart as he gripped his brother's wrist only to see Sasuke release his grip on his sword and deliver a spin kick to his waist and nearly his groin. Skidding back, Itachi refrained from growling as that was almost a low blow and was going to make sure Sasuke paid for that. Pulling out a few shuriken, he threw them to counter Sasuke's before ducking under Sasuke's guard and landing an uppercut to his chin sending the young Uchiha skidding back.

Sasuke cursed lightly at this knowing the longer this fight lasted his brother would only get stronger as he hadn't even pulled out his Mangekyou yet. Not that he was afraid of it, just it would be a hell of a lot easier just to avoid the damn thing although a small part of him wanted to see Itachi use it so he could test himself. Catching his thoughts, he threw another volley of shuriken towards Itachi and feinted to his right before going left. Easily counter his shuriken before seeing his feint and was about to counter when Sasuke suddenly shifted back to the right and caught him with a left hook, knocking the Uchiha prodigy back a bit before jumping over Sasuke's next strike and kicking him in the face in a Naruto like way.

Growling lightly as he stopped skidding, Sasuke glared at Itachi as he went through a familiar set of hand seals and held his palm to the ground. Lighting spiked from his hand as it started chirping while a manic grin crossed Sasuke face making the elder Uchiha raise his eyebrow at him. Sasuke took a few steps at Itachi and lunged at him. Itachi seeing no other possible moves for Sasuke to use stepped out of the way and gripped the wrist with lighting spiking in it before his eyes widened as he felt the chokuto pierce his heart. Looking over to Sasuke, he could see the smirk on his face as he drove the sword deeper into him.

Coughing up some blood, Itachi slumped to the ground as Sasuke glared at him before grabbing his collar and looking him Sharingan to Sharingan. He knew what he wanted, but he wasn't sure he wanted to tell him. The younger Uchiha's glare increased as he pushed the blade deeper into him. "Now I'll ask this, who is the other?!"

Much to the younger Uchiha's surprise, Itachi smiled lightly at him before placing his hand on his cheek. "You have grown strong otouto." Just as he finished his sentence, he burst into raven's catching Sasuke off guard.

Slowly standing up as he gritted his teeth, he looked over at the throne to see Itachi sitting just like he was as he arrived. Refraining from screaming in annoyance, he settled for glaring at him with narrowed eyes. Itachi continued looking at him as if expecting something when his eyes widened once more as he felt a blade going through his chest. Looking back, he noticed Sasuke holding his chokuto which had pierced his stone throne and chest. Looking back towards the other Sasuke, he refrained from growling as it began dissolving into snakes just as the first did. Turning back to Sasuke, he couldn't help but be slightly impressed as the younger Uchiha glared at him.

Sasuke's glare had gain more intensity then before along with a serious amount of killing intent. He knew that he would have to fight his brother's complete mastery of genjutsu, but it was pissing him off to no end and he had a feeling it was for from over. "Now for the last time you traitorous FUCK! Who is the other Uchiha?!" To emphasize his point he had turned around and fired a bolt of lighting right beside the real Itachi's head as he sat on his throne.

Itachi didn't even flinch at the lighting as he looked over at his younger brother. If he really wanted to know, he was going to tell him and he was going to enjoy every second of doing so. "I see you figured it out. Not even I could kill an entire clan full of jounin level shinobi on my own." Seeing Sasuke's glare intensify, Itachi mentally smirked as he continued on. "It was Uchiha Madara that helped me. The creator of Akatsuki and the cause of Kyuubi's attack fifteen years ago."

He was having difficulty refraining his psychotic glee seeing Sasuke shock hearing the last part of his statement before he returned to normal. Seeing that he had shocked his younger brother enough yet, he continued. "As you read in the book the Mangekyou has the power to tame and control Kyuubi. He used this to his advantage and had the nine tail fox attack or village in his quest for revenge for what Konoha did to him. Now I would tell you of his story, but I really don't see it's necessary as you will not live beyond today. But I will tell you of some of our clan's history and what you don't know of the Mangekyou."

Mentioning the Mangekyou, Itachi mentally smirk grew as Sasuke's interested peeked slightly before a scowl return to his face, waiting for Itachi to continue as much as he hated it but did wanted to learn more. "Well it began with Madara and his brother in the years before the formation of Konoha. Our clan was leaderless and was on the verge of self destructing, so both trained as hard as they could and did something that was never done before. They both activated the Mangekyou by killing their best friends. In doing so both took control of the clan and began to wipe the others out as none had the power to match ours."

"During those days, Madara was going blind from the effects of the Mangekyou. He had tried everything to slow it down, but nothing worked till one day. That day he took his brother's eyes and gained eternal light. Learning of both how to gain the Mangekyou and how to stop the blindness, every Uchiha killed their own best friend before taking their own brother's eyes! That is why almost every Uchiha family has two siblings! No more, no less! Now do you see why I spared you Sasuke?!"

Sasuke's face began to drop as Itachi finally could no longer restrain his wicked smirk as he began to laugh psychotically. "You were my spare! I let you live so I could harvest your eyes when the time was right so I'd never lose my light! I killed the rest of the clan so you would search me out when your eyes were just right!" As quickly as he lost control over his emotions, Itachi regain his stoic appearance as he looked calmly at his brother. "I hope you understand now."

Nodding in understanding, Sasuke took off his brown cloak before he began unraveling the bandages on his forearms. Once he finished, he let them drop to the floor revealing two storage seals on his wrists. "Yes. I finally understand. You have lost your mind." Sasuke smirked at the last part while Itachi looked stoic but was refraining from nodding in agreement mentally. "But you know I've trained these two and a half years to take you on at full power. It would be a shame if I didn't get to see your Mangekyou as it would mean you never went all out against me."

Itachi raised his eyebrow at his younger brother at this. "You realize what you are asking." Sasuke nodded, his smirk never leaving his face. Itachi couldn't help but smirking faintly himself as he looked at him. "Then from this point out otouto, you will see the true terror of my power."

As he finished his sentence, his Sharingan morphed into a three bladed shuriken. The true battle had finally begun.

The forest was eerily quiet as Tobi waited for someone to show up. While with is mask on, he seemed to be a completely different person as he really didn't care what was going on around him for the most part. And he preferred it that way. Otherwise he would have massive migraine thinking about every little thing that was going wrong with Akatsuki. Then again, his alter ego had taken steps to make sure that the recovery measures would go as planned so there really was nothing to worry about. All he had to do was stall the Konoha's retrieval team for Sasuke and maybe catch the Kyuubi gaki if he was with them.

So whistling to himself without a care in the world, Tobi leaned against his tree and waited. And waited. And stopped waiting as he got bored. "Dammit! This is taking too long! I'll go find them so I can play with someone!" True to what he said, Tobi jumped off his tree and began running around in an attempt to find someone to 'play' with.

After a few minutes of searching, Tobi was grinning madly as he had ran into what he was supposed to stall, a team from Konoha. The only down side was that the Kyuubi jinchuuriki wasn't with them. He was disappointed at this as he wanted to prove himself to be a good boy by catching him. Before he could get down about that, he remembered that the others were there and he would be able to play. Jumping up in excitement, Tobi looked over all of them expectantly. "Are you all here to play?"

Everyone from Konoha just stared at him having no clue why and Akatsuki member would be acting like this. But that didn't matter for Inuzaku Hana. She was out for blood and if this Akatsuki member was offering it, she by all means was going to take it. Before she could act rashly, Uzuki Yugao gripped her shoulder and shook her head as she looked over at the mysterious Tobi, who by all means was acting like an idiot. Even so, she knew he was dangerous as he was apart of the Akatsuki and she had learned that by no means eccentric people were bad shinobi. "Stand aside and let us through. There is no way you can beat all of us."

Tobi looked thoughtful for a moment as he placed his hand on his masked chin and rubbed it as if contemplating his answer. In truth he was far from doing that as nothing was going through his head other then thoughts of him running around in circles. As if magically finding his answer, Tobi smiled even though none of them could see it as he bounced up and down while shaking his head. "Nope! Can't do that nice lady! Itachi-sempai wanted me to keep anyone from interfering and that is what I will do because I'm a good boy! So we will have to play... YAY!"

Both Hana and Yugao along with the other Konoha shinobi which included Shino, Genma and Neji were looking at the Akatsuki member with dead panned faces. There could be no way that someone that eccentric could be on Akatsuki otherwise he would have been killed already. Unknown to them Deidara had on multiple accounts had tried to do exactly that and failed. Neji was the first of all the Konoha shinobi to recover as he had seen worse with Gai and Lee, but not by much. Activating his Byukugan, he slid into the jyuken stance snapping everyone else out of it as they two prepared for battle as Tobi bounced in one spot like a little kid.

Getting annoyed at his childish antics, Hana was the first to snap and used Tsuga. The others eyes widened as they attempted to stop her but were too late as she was past them and on Tobi, but slid through him as if he wasn't there. Everyone's eyes doubled in shock and surprise as Tobi giggled like an infant. "That tickled! Do it again!"

Hana growled loudly but this time her three canines followed her lead and formed a quadruple Gatsuga as they spun towards him madly. Once again they passed through Tobi making him laugh like a child and nearly collided with each other. Once she stopped spinning, Hana whirled around in shock as she looked over at the giggling Akatsuki member before joining the rest of the Konoha shinobi, not sure what to do. Turning to Neji, she was hoping he had something but he shook his head in a stunned way. "I can't explain it. It's like he just disappears but at the same time he still here. I'm not sure if he is just moving so fast that I can't keep up or is using something I can't explain but I do know none of those attacks did anything to him."

Each of there eyes narrowed hearing this as they turned to the energetic Tobi, who was bouncing on his heels looking at them expectantly. This of course irked them further as it seemed he was just toying with them, which was extremely close to the truth except Tobi really didn't know he was doing that. Yugao looked over at the other four as she came up with a plan as she turned to Genma. "Genma, Hana. I want you both to try and attack him up close with me and pull back when I say so. Shino, while we are doing this I want you to surround him with your kikai. Neji, take note of what he is doing and see if he does anything different."

All nodded in understanding as this guy was grating on all of there nerves, none more so then Neji as both Gai and Lee were enough. Hana, Genma and Yugao quickly broke out of the group and rushed towards Tobi, the two latter pulling out katanas while Hana rushed ahead and used another Tsuga. She slid through Tobi once more who giggled even more at the feeling before two katana slashed through his chest, sending him crumpling to the ground. Everyone looked on in surprise that he had gone down that simply. Yugao narrowed her eyes knowing something was and was about to bring down her katana to his head when Tobi jumped up no worse for the wear.

"OW! That hurt you meanies!"

Once more everyone was in shock seeing that both blades had slashed through his heart and yet he was perfectly fine now. None have ever seen such quick regeneration and that was saying something as Yugao use to guard Naruto early on in the blonde's life. Tobi smiled through his mask at all of them as he began bouncing on his heels once more while humming a tune that none of them heard before. Yugao turning back to Shino and nodding at him to continue, she charged the bouncing Tobi and attempted to slash through him, but Tobi was ready this time as it went through him this time doing no damage. Genma seeing this join her but neither was able to even touch him as he kept fading out after each blow.

Seeing this, Hana quickly joined in and started slashing at him with her claws, but it didn't seem like any of them could hit him as Tobi was dancing through their attacks as if he was trying to get them to hit each other. Of course he wasn't thinking about that, he was just having fun playing around with the three. Yugao growled in annoyance at his constant phasing out and began to use the sword style Hayate taught her before he passed on, Mikazuki no Mai. Seeing this, both Hana and Genma gave her a little room knowing how fast and deadly the strikes could be. Creating three Kage Bunshins of herself, she began attacking Tobi with almost dance like movements which had excited Tobi as he danced with all three of her.

Each step she moved faster and faster and her strikes had become blurs to everyone there, but Tobi didn't seem to be affected by this as he was still phasing out when each hit should have got him. Yugao's eyes narrowed at this as she mentally nodded to all her clones to take it to the max. In an instant there was a flurry of strikes that Tobi couldn't phase away from as he begun to be literally taken apart from their attacks. As she finished, she wiped the blood off her katana before putting it back in its sheath. "Alright, there is no way he could have survived that. Let's go."

The others nodded as they looked at the bloody mess before Neji spoke in slight fear. "I wouldn't be too sure of that..."

"OW YOU BITCH! THAT FUCKING HURT! SCREW PLAYING AROUND WITH YOU!"

Yugao's eyes widened as she turned around to see Tobi glaring at her as he stood up, once more completely unharmed from her assault. But this wasn't what made her afraid. It was his eye. It was a fully developed Sharingan. And it was morphing. Before she could attempt to yell out to the others, he had utter one word.

"Amaterasu!"

A flurry of shuriken flew as both Sasuke and Itachi restarted their battle. It seemed to be a dead lock in kenjutsu as neither could get a shuriken past the other making what they were doing quite pointless. Sasuke was the first to realize this as he gripped his chokuto and rushed towards Itachi. As he reached him, Itachi parried his strike with a kunai up his sleeve. Turning on his heel, Sasuke aimed for his hip only to be parried once more before blocking Itachi's strike to his temple.

After having a few more strikes blocked and countering his brothers, Itachi flipped over Sasuke and back handed him before he could counter. The said Uchiha stumbled before going with the flow and rolling himself back onto his feet. Turning around at his brother, he noticed him use an all too familiar seal thanks to Naruto before a second Itachi appeared. Having fought Naruto multiple times with the said jutsu, he knew its weakness and could tell the original apart from the clones. Pushing a small amount of chakra to the seal on his wrist, Sasuke pulled out a windmill shuriken and unfolded it as he pushed his lighting affinity into the blade before throwing it at the real Itachi.

Seeing this, the elder Uchiha pulled out a few more shuriken and threw them to counter the larger one. He was slightly surprised seeing that the windmill shuriken slice through them with ease before realizing that Sasuke had charged it with his affinity. Before he could think any further the shuriken tore threw him only for him to turn to smoke, much to Sasuke's surprise having believed that to be the real one. This momentary surprised gave Itachi the element of surprise as he was on him before Sasuke could counter and landed a solid blow in his chest sending him into the wall.

A rather decent sized crater was made from the impact as Sasuke coughed up blood for the force of the attack. Gritting his teeth, Sasuke attempted to push himself out of the crater only to see that his brother was already on him. His eyes widened as Itachi's hand extended forward and his finger tips gripped the outside of his eye. "I'm sorry Sasuke." Sasuke looked shocked for a second before Itachi jerked his hand back, ripping out his left eye. The pain was almost like something Sasuke never felt before as he couldn't help but scream as he fell out of the crater, gripping where his left eye used to be as blood coated his hand and dripped to the floor.

As Sasuke was gripping where his eye had been in agony, Itachi pulled out a small jar and gently dropped Sasuke's eye within it before sealing the jar up and then away. Looking over to his now one eyed brother, he mentally smirked as Sasuke stopped cringing in pain and was glaring at him with even more hatred then before. Seeing this, Itachi rushed back over to him intending to take his other eye when Sasuke suddenly countered with his chokuto and nearly pierced his throat if he hadn't jumped back at the last second possible. Bringing his hand to his throat, his eyes narrowed as he noticed a little blood and glared at Sasuke for cutting him.

Moving faster then he did before, Itachi was inside Sasuke's guard and had pinned him to the wall once more as his other hand gripped Sasuke's right eye. Just as he was about to pull it out everything around him began to phase out of existence as the white of Sasuke's eye turned black as his cursed seal flared into view as a large hand like wing sprouted from his back. The world began fading out faster and glimpses of a black, white and red world were seen before he found himself standing in front of his throne once more while Sasuke was panting as he fell to one knee in exhaustion. Blinking in surprise seeing what happened, he looked down at Sasuke. "You countered Tsukiyomi? How?"

Panting from the ground, Sasuke smirked as he slowly but steadily picked himself up. But the most important thing was that he still had both his eyes and he was going to keep it that way. "Itachi, you underestimated me. The Sharingan is nothing but a tool. A tool that can be overcome if you know how to. I have to thank you though as if you hadn't used the jutsu on me when I had my Sharingan active, I would have never been able to break it."

Narrowing his eyes at this development, Itachi stored it away for future use as it could be useful to have if Madara decided to 'punish' him again. He shook his head lightly as his head began to hurt and blurred his vision for a moment, but he managed to get rid of the latter. Sasuke's smirk never left him as he saw this as he regained his breath. "But it seems that Tsukiyomi doesn't only effect the target now does it aniki? It effects you as well and I'm betting you've never had to fight seriously after using it."

Itachi said nothing as he looked over at his brother with his normal cold stare. "Believe what you want. This fight is far from over. I still have Amaterasu."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at that but knew it was true. He also knew his chakra was getting low and didn't want to waste what left of his body's chakra as it would release Orochimaru. So in order to counter this, he activated his curse seal as the marks began to slide across his body as his right level two form wings sprouted from his back. While it was difficult for most carriers of the curse seal to do this, Sasuke had mastered the ability to merge his level one and two stages so it would be less strenuous on him in the end as the level two form left him drained and vulnerable.

Not wanting to give his brother the chance to use Amaterasu as he knew there would be no way to survive it if he did, he rushed him with his enhanced speed. Itachi barely managed to counter as he was focused on trying to activating Amaterasu so he was put on the defensive. Blocking and evading his young brothers flurry of punches, kicks and the occasionally wing swipe at him, Itachi growled in annoyance as he sweep kicked Sasuke before back flipping a few times to put some distance between the two even though the room was small. He was about to send chakra to his eye when he noticed Sasuke going through a few hand seals and instantly recognized what they were as he went through them as well.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Two streams of large fire blew towards each other as they came from the two Uchiha's mouths. Both poured more and more chakra into it trying to dominate the other, but it was slowly becoming apparent who was the victor in the battle. Sasuke was overpowering Itachi.

Itachi mentally growled at this knowing that if it wasn't for Madara he would have been too much for his brother, but now he was being forced into a corner and knew he would have to release everything he had to win this fight. The veins around and insides his began to bulge as blood leaked from his right eye as he unleashed his most devastating jutsu. "AMATERASU!"

Black flames erupted from his right eye and covered the flames both were putting out, extinguishing them with the outmost ease. Itachi panted lightly as he wiped a bit of the blood from his eye while looking over to the stunned Sasuke, not believing that Amaterasu could put out fire as it was fire. Itachi noticed this shock and went for the kill as his eye bulged once more and black flames erupted from his eyes.

Sasuke's eyes widened in horror as the flames shot towards him and rolled out of the way in order to not be hit by the flames. But once more as he was surprised as the flames chased after him. Not wanting to give them the chance to hit him, he jumped out of the way and attempted to rush Itachi only to see black flames heading for him. Seeing no way out of this, Sasuke brought his arms in front of him as his wing moved to shield him as the black flames enveloped him. As the wing was more resistant to the heat, it was able to stand it for a moment before it gave out and the flames engulfed his body.

Just after the flames engulfed Sasuke, Itachi stopped them from continuing as he needed Sasuke's eyes. Slowly and tiredly, he walked over towards the lifeless body of Sasuke's. Standing besides him as the rest of the fire dissipated, he was about to roll him over before his eyes widened as Sasuke just seemed to disappear from existence. Instantly realizing what jutsu this was, he jumped back as Sasuke in his level two form without the wings jumped out of a large crack in the ceiling with his hands in a Tora seal before he breathed out a fire dragon he had never seen before but was more powerful then Karyu Endan.

Landing on the ground, he rolled out of the way as the dragon rammed into the ground. He began panting as the dragon had drilled into the ground a good twenty feet before it seemed to stop. Itachi knew if that had hit him there would have been no way for him to survive. Just as he thought that, the ground began to rumble from beneath his feet. His eyes widened in realization what it was as he put the rest of the chakra he had into his jump as he barely evade the dragon erupting from below him and slamming into the roof and obliterating it as it head for the clouds and dispersed on contact.\

As it did, the building began to shake violently before it started to crumble. Both brothers jumped up to the roof to avoid from being crushed by the falling debris. As the building collapse came to an end, the ground Sasuke stood on crumbled and fell to the ground before he could move. Shakily standing up from the crash, Sasuke looked up at Itachi with a smirk as he somehow managed to be able to hold his level two form. "It is finally time. I have one last move to end this. One even deadlier then Amaterasu."

Itachi narrowed his eyes at this as he barely had enough chakra to keep his Sharingan activated before a small smirk graced his lips as he looked down at his brother. "Quit kidding yourself. You're out of chakra just as I am. You have nothing."

Sasuke smirked at this as he reached into his pouch before pulling out what seemed to be a pill. Itachi's face dropped seeing the pill as he knew what it was instantly. It was a soldier pill. The younger brother's smirk grew as he popped it in and chew. A brief moment afterwards a small amount of chakra was flowing into his cords, just enough for him to use this last jutsu. Raising his hand into the air, Sasuke gritted his teeth as all the heat gathered to the clouds. "This is the end for you aniki! I will avenge our clan! KIRIN!"

A blast of lighting dropped from the sky with deadly accuracy due to Sasuke's lighting affinity and remaining chakra he used to control it. Itachi couldn't dodge it as it struck him faster then he could move burning his Akatsuki cloak off before it hit the ground causing a dust cloud to be made. As the cloud settled, Itachi's body laid where he was struck by the bolt of lighting. Staring heavily as he panted deeply, Sasuke couldn't see Itachi moving. He stared for a whole minute before a small smile graced his lips as he spoke to himself in a questioning voice. "I did it? I actually did it." Suddenly he threw up both his hands in the air as he jumped in excitement. "YES! I DID IT!"

"Is this what you saw that day?"

Sasuke's blood drained from his face as he looked back down at Itachi as the said Uchiha began to slowly pick himself off from the ground. There was no way. He shouldn't be standing. He had taken a direct shot from his most deadly jutsu and survived. Sasuke took a step back in horror as he looked over toward Itachi as the elder Uchiha smirked as he stood up. "H-h-HOW?! YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!"

Itachi panted deeply as he looked at his brother. He never thought he would have had to use the jutsu he did. But he had and it worked even if had to sacrifice some of his life chakra to use it. Another psychotic grin as his dull onyx eyes looked over towards Sasuke, not really being able to see him as he whispered one word. "Susanoo."

As he finished, a white ethereal light surrounded him and slowly began growing to the size of a boss summon before taking the shape of a samurai with a jug on his left side and wielding a sword in his other. He wore and odd mask that Sasuke couldn't describe nor did he care. Whatever it was had saved his brother. And now he had to face it, without chakra.

Just as he thought that, he gripped his cursed seal in agony as he began to revert back to normal. Well as normal as you can get when a long scaly object was protruding from your back. Gritting his teeth, he didn't know what was going on before his eyes widened in realization that he had no more chakra meaning he had nothing to hold back his worse fear. Orochimaru. The long scaly object sprouting from Sasuke back elongated to the size of the ethereal warrior before its head form revealing that of a snake. Just like the first, seven more grew from Sasuke back causing the young Uchiha devastating pain. Itachi stood calmly within Susanoo as he looked at the longest head, knowing something was about to happen. The same something that had attempted to possess him nine years ago.

As Itachi predicted, the largest snake's mouth opened an all too familiar crazed laugh filled the air as an extremely pale man appeared into view from within the snakes mouth. Itachi grimaced lightly as shuddering was not something he did even if what Orochimaru just did was disturbing as hell. Before he could complain more about it, the crazed sannin screamed to the world. "I'm back! Ku ku ku!" Looking down at Itachi, he smirked devilishly at him as all eight heads looked down at the Uchiha. "I have you to thank for that Itachi. So take this!"

Once of the eight heads struck out towards the stoic Uchiha. It never reached him as Susanoo sliced its head off with ease. Orochimaru looked slightly surprised by this as his Hydra's scales had never been pierced by anything before. Itachi on the other hand didn't even look fazed as he looked Orochimaru in the eyes. "Do you not understand the meaning of death? You are meant to stay dead."

Before the snake sannin could even utter a single word to counter his statement, Susanoo's blade pierced his chest. For a moment, it looked as if Orochimaru was unfazed by the strike before his eyes doubled in fright and fear as he looked at the Uchiha prodigy. "You've had the Totsuka no Tsurugi this entire time!" Seeing Itachi's dead eyes, Orochimaru took it as a yes but it was too late for him as he slowly began melting into the blade. "Damn you! I will have my revenge! Just you wait Uchiha Itachi..." He had barely managed to finish his sentence when he was completely absorbed into the ethereal blade.

As Orochimaru was sealed away, the eight heads slowly began to dissolve to dust as Sasuke came back into view, panting but still alive. Slowly standing himself up, Sasuke looked over at his brother who had begun to advance on him. His eyes widened in fear as his last hope had been defeated with ease. In a hopeless attempt, he began bombarding the ethereal warrior with every kunai and shuriken he had, but nothing could pierce the light. He continued trying until he ran out just as Susanoo faded away, but Itachi continued advancing upon him as blood leaked out of his mouth. Sasuke backed up in horror as Itachi was on him, but only found a still standing wall keeping him from running.

For only the third time in his life, Sasuke felt fear. Itachi stood right in front of him and outstretched his hand, his finger tips gripping his eye. Sasuke shivered as he knew what was about to happen as he heard his brother's voice once more. "Forgive me for this Sasuke, but my light will not be extinguished."

Sasuke screamed in pain as Itachi jerked his hand back, ripping his left eye, this time for real. Itachi pulled out his jar and dropped Sasuke's eye into it before sealing it back up. Reaching back to Sasuke's face, he gripped his other eye before viciously pulling it out it socket intensifying Sasuke's pain as he placed his other eye in his other jar as he sealed it away. He watched Sasuke slump to the ground as he gripped his forehead in pain as blood leaked out of his eye sockets. Looking down at his brother in pity, he pulled out his kunai before placing it at his throat. "Goodbye Sasuke." With a quick slice, blood squirted from the younger Uchiha's throat as his throat was slit.

In his last moments as he slumped to the ground, Sasuke began thinking his life over wondering if everything up to this point was useless. A small smile graced his dying lips as he remembered the few good times. Even though they were short, they were the best things that ever happened to him. And he hated to admit it, but all but one of them didn't include Naruto. Ironic that the one person that he was trying to help was the one that gave him the most in his life. 'Naruto... Take... him down...'

With that last thought, Sasuke's eyelids slid shut over the empty sockets as the life left his body. Itachi looked down at his brother's form as the darkness slowly began to take him as he began coughing blood as he fell to his knees. Coughing up more, his vision faded as he hit the ground unmoving.

From the shadows, Zetsu raised up from the spot he had watched the battle before sinking back into the ground to get some help.

In the forest of Konoha, Nibi suddenly awoke having forgotten she fallen asleep watching Naruto's boring training. Looking over towards where the said boy was, she refrained from sweat dropping as he was passed out while drooling. Twitching at that as she had to pick him up and take him to his damn place, she walked over towards him when he vision suddenly shifted meaning something had activated her eye's powers. Not understanding what was going on, Nibi looked around before her eyes landed on Naruto and was actually surprised at the handful of life strings that were attached for him.

Knowing that the strings represented how close someone was to either committing suicide or break and go insane. He only had five and two of them were disintegrating. Her eyes widened at this as if her dream was true, he would be needed to save this world. As the two lines had disappeared completely, her eyes reverted back making her narrow her eyes as she didn't like that she was losing control of her own abilities. Shaking her head, she sighed deeply as she picked up the blonde haired jinchuuriki after putting on her cloak. Taking one look at him she shook her head again as she headed towards his apartment.

"Boy, something tells me you're life just got royally fucked over."

Tobi smirked as he watched the black flames where the annoying woman that cut him up once stood. He was pleased that she was dead as she wasn't very fun to play with. Turning to the others, he noticed the look of fear and shock on their faces. Sighing to himself as they were no longer going to play with him, he decided to put them down. Just as he was about to move his attention was averted to Zetsu as he emerged from the ground. "Madara-sama! Uchiha Sasuke is dead and Itachi is in critical condition. If we don't get him healed immediately, he will pass on as well."

The playful masked Akatsuki member narrowed his eyes as he heard this. This wasn't as he planned it. Sasuke was suppose to win, not Itachi. Was Itachi's will to live that strong that he overcame the effects of his Tsukiyomi to kill his own brother? Growling lightly as his plan was shot to hell; he turned to Zetsu with killing intent leaking out of him in waves. The plant man backed up in slight aw and fear of the Akatsuki creator, hoping that he wasn't about to take his rage out on him as there would be no escaping it. Luckily for him, Madara wasn't in the mood for that now. "Zetsu, return to Amegakure and check up on Pein as I know he has taken serious damage. I will take care of Itachi."

Zetsu nodded and quickly sunk into the ground leaving Madara alone with the remaining members of Konoha. Turning towards them, he gritted his teeth as he didn't have the time to deal with them. "I'll see you kids later." With that said, he phased out of existence.

In a camp not too far away, Karin suddenly jolted up. Taking a look around her, she noticed that no one else was left in the camp. Not sure what was going on she was about to get up when she remembered that her clothes were over by her sleeping back. Blushing lightly, she was about to wrap Sasuke's sleeping bag around her and crawl over to get them when she felt something fall to her lap. Looking down to what it was, she noticed it was a scroll with her name written on it... with a life force seal opened on it.

Her eyes widened instantly as she knew that only Orochimaru knew that seal and seeing that Sasuke absorbed him... Her face dropped as tears began to well in her eyes knowing what it met. Gaining her courage, she shakily pulled the scroll closer to it and unraveled it to see Sasuke's hand writing within it.

Karin, if you are reading this it means I have failed and Itachi has finished me. I am sorry for not taking you with us, but I had made sure last night that my legacy would live on through you. As selfish as it is, I wanted as good mother to raise him and I chose you. I'm not asking you to do this for nothing, so I will tell you were your brother lives. He lives in Konoha and goes by the name of Uzumaki Naruto, who happens to be my best friend and the one I was talking of last night. So please, go to Konoha as I know he will take care of you. But please give him the scroll I sealed within this one. It is all I could come up with to help him.

Goodbye Karin and please raise our child with love and do NOT allow him to come after Itachi.

Uchiha Sasuke.

Karin's eyes fluctuated as she read the letter. He had insured that she was pregnant, which she really didn't mind as she kind of been having the urge to settle down as of lately. He had also known who her brother was and happened to be friends with him. A small, sad smile graced her lips as she closed the scroll before wrapping herself in the sleeping bag and crawling over to her clothes.

Her goal now was to head to Konoha and find her brother, one Uzumaki Naruto.

A/N2: Well there is the chapter. I had trouble remembering what each body of Pein's can do and which one did which as I don't really have access to the internet unless I go to the library early in the mourning. Also, don't blame me fore the bad names I gave Pein like Large or Rocket. I seriously was just trying to come up with plausible names for them... Anyways, read and review and please don't complain about what each body of Pein's does what. I only know that Nagato's body Powerful Summoner, Yahiko's body Rain creation/detection, other long hair body Rocket fist (not a hundred percent sure there) and large Kisame like one Attack Absorption (once again, not sure). I will correct them if I'm wrong, so your help is appreciated.