"You're leaving?" Asked Tsunami.

Sasuke pitied her, she was bruised all over. He sighed and weaved at least fourteen signs. Next to him a flame formed, creating a clone of himself. The explosion clone is the hidden clone jutsu of the Uchiha Clan, and took hundreds of lives in all three Great Ninja Wars. Using the fire chakra of the user, and indestructible clone can be created by the user that can only detonate upon the will of the creator.

"I'm going to leave this clone with you. It cannot be destroyed without my own will. This clone is basically me, but not the real physical me. It contain's all of my thought's, feelings, and personality traits so you're still next to me, just not this me." Said Sasuke.

She nodded in understanding.

"I'll be back." Said Sasuke.

-X-

Sasuke looked around in the city with his hand in his pocket, looking for Kakuzu until he felt a pat on the shoulder.

"We're being tailed." Said Kakuzu.

'A hello would have sufficed? Maybe a what's up?' Thought Sasuke.

"By who exactly?" Asked Sasuke.

"Konoha, presumably your sensei and another A-Ranked shinobi, top-Jonin I'm assuming. In fact, the other shinobi is the man we're after." Said Kakuzu.

"What does he look like?" Asked Sasuke.

"Black hair, black eyes, brown-ish skin. He uses odd chakra-blades and wears an odd white cloth on his clothes." Said Kakuzu.

Sasuke recognized the appearance. Asuma Sarutobi.

"You brought me along to kill Asuma Sarutobi? I'm not exactly that skilled.." Muttered Sasuke.

"That's hardly my concern. If you value your survival and the training you're getting, you'll kill him." Said Kakuzu.

Sasuke just grunted. He couldn't handle Kakashi, and he doubted that he could handle Asuma either. Obito gave him jutsu's but he hadn't enough time to train in all of them. He started to become a little uneasy. His Sharingan was better than Kakashi's, that was a given, the real deal is always stronger than a mere copy-cat. However, Kakashi had massive amounts of techniques under his arsenal...

That's it!

'In so many missions, I've seen hundreds of techniques used by Kakashi and other shinobi. This should work just fine.' Thought Sasuke. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and his eyes began to spin as he dug through his memories, decoding them and unlocking new techniques.

Hundreds and hundreds of abilities unlocked in mere seconds. Sasuke thanked the God's for being born an Uchiha.

-X-

"Naruto, don't forget your book!" Reminded Kushina.

Naruto grumbled under his breath. He didn't really like his family and only ever considered Jiraiya and Mikoto people of family material. He felt bad for Mikoto, having lost her son to Orochimaru and to revenge. But that's what this whole trip is about; getting strong enough to protect his comrades and keep his village safe.

Hopefully, once this is all said and done, he can come back home and start a family..ideally with Mikoto.

Reaching for Jiraiya's novel, he shoved it in his bag before walking to the front door where his younger brother Menma was standing. He couldn't stand the red-headed son-of-a-whore.

"What do you want?" Asked Naruto.

"Good luck, you'll need it. You and the loser Uchiha looked hilarious on that crystal-ball in that fight, it was pathetic, a pathetic excuse for a fight between two shinobi." Said Menma.

"Do you have room to talk? You've been getting breast-fed all of your skills since day one. Have you even won without Kyuubi's chakra?" Asked Naruto.

Menma spat on Naruto's shoes and when Naruto looked down he was slapped. Naruto grabbed his brother's hand and squeezed it with all his might, blue eyes met violet as Menma was trying to writhe his hand away. Naruto had to thank Sasuke and his brother for the Uchiha stare, it was beautiful, the most terrifying yet empty stare you could give someone to scare them.

"Get the fuck out of my way." Said Naruto, opening the door and leaving the house.

While walking, Naruto heard Kushina yelling about foul language to which Naruto just mocked her.

-X-

Sasuke and Kakuzu waited in a clearing far from the city until a kunai strapped with a paper-bomb landed between them. Both missing-nin separated, allowing the bomb to go off without harming them. Sasuke readied his kunai while Kakuzu readied his detachable arm.

"Sasuke Uchiha, and Kakuzu, you should both surrender that you may be taken back to the Hidden Leaf to face the punishments necessary for your crimes." Said Kakashi, appearing from a shunshin alongside Asuma.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, giving his sensei the look of "are you serious?".

"Eh, it's protocol." Said Kakashi, removing his hand from his pocket.

"I'm not going back." Muttered Sasuke.

"I figured that when you abandoned your only family member back at the Leaf." Replied Kakashi.

Kakashi's comment struck a nerve with Sasuke, causing the Uchiha to weave signs for a jutsu Asuma was familiar with.

'Shadow Possession Jutsu'

"So, you've stolen one of your comrades' techniques." Said Asuma.

Sasuke had no response and Kakuzu disappeared, reappearing behind Asuma and wrapping his wires around his throat with his detachable arm. Kakashi escaped the shadow possession technique due to Sasuke's slightly lower chakra pool. Asuma took out one of his blades and cut the wire that was strangling him and escaped the possession technique as well.

Sasuke realized Kakashi was gone and activated his Sharingan, an arm from below popped out and Sasuke panicked, activating the lightning chakra in his body. To his surprise, lightning chakra was released from his body, shocking Kakashi's arm. Sasuke began weaving signs.

'Earth Style : Plateau Rising'

From the earth rose a plateau, with Kakashi on the surface.

"So you've learned new techniques huh?" Mused Kakashi, pulling his headband up to reveal his Sharingan.

"What do you expect to do with that besides copy my techniques Kakashi? I'm the real thing, a fake is just that...an imitation." Replied Sasuke.

Kakashi didn't respond and charged at Sasuke, the height advantage was a real difficulty for Sasuke to overcome, but Kakashi's moves were easy to read. Kakashi sent a kick toward Sasuke's head who then ducked and swept Kakashi's leg. Sasuke retreated in order to gain proper distance.

"You've improved your taijutsu, and your Sharingan is complete." Said Kakashi with an eye-smile.

Sasuke would be lying if he said he didn't miss Kakashi's eye-smile. Sasuke smirked in return and fired off his own technique.

'Fire Style : Mythical Fire Flame Technique'

Kakashi did exactly what Sasuke was hoping for and jumped over the Fire Jutsu. Kakashi mentally cursed, remembering that this technique was a diversionary technique used by the Uchiha clan and was never meant as a head-on attack. Sasuke in full speed appeared before Kakashi in mid-air with a purple chidori in-hand and stabbed Kakashi through the chest with it. Kakashi then became a log.

'Substitution, damn.' Thought Sasuke.

Sasuke felt himself being put into a full-nelson as he landed and he himself substituted. That was one thing that came in handy, a substitution jutsu requiring no hand-seals.

Sasuke looked around, and couldn't find Kakashi. After a few moments a phantom appeared soon taking on a physical form; Itachi. Sasuke's first instinct wast to grab Itachi by the throat and finally end his twisted quest for revenge but his Sharingan alerted him, showing that this was a mere illusion. Sasuke calmed himself and tried to sense Kakashi's chakra.

Again, a hand reached from the ground and Sasuke swiped at it with a kunai, cutting the half of his sensei's middle-finger off. Sasuke felt half-bad about it, but this was a fight. Kakashi emerged from the ground and tried to stop the bleeding with the mystical palm. Sasuke took this chance and threw multiple shuriken at his sensei who dodged them easily.

Sasuke rushed his sensei with a kunai and Kakashi went to grab his own before realizing that his lack of a proper middle-finger destroyed his ability to properly grasp the kunai. Sasuke with the right timing, leaped and kneed his sensei in the chest and tried swiping at his throat before Kakashi stopped Sasuke's attack with his left hand. Sasuke jumped over Kakashi's arm and with one hand began weaving signs.

'Fire Style : Flame Thrower Technique'

Sasuke let out a roar of flames, but in time Kakashi managed to move from point blank range. Some of the fire caught his the area around his Sharingan eye, dulling the vision.

Kakashi was getting annoyed at this point. Sasuke was different and wasn't pulling any punches, if he's going to bring Sasuke back, he has to pull out the stops necessary.

Kakashi with one hand began weaving signs.

'Earth Style : Earth Bullets'

From the ground emerged large stones that flew at Sasuke. Sasuke responded with his own technique.

'Earth Style : Earth Wall'

A large wall of earth formed in front of Sasuke, protecting him from Kakashi's attack. In fact, the mud wall was a technique he copied from Kakashi. Sasuke decided to use the head-hunter jutsu this time. Sasuke went underground and once under Kakashi's position, stuck out half of his body and let out a water prison jutsu from his mouth and quickly made an explosion clone to hold the copy ninja.

He truly had to thank Zabuza for that one.

Kakashi was truly dumbfounded. He'd been outsmarted by his own student and was somewhat proud as well.

-X-

Sasuke arrived to where Kakuzu and Asuma supposedly went off to, only to find his teammate slowly cracking the neck of the Konoha shinobi with his hand. The playing around ended when Kakuzu completely snapped the mans neck, and his eyes rolled to the back of his head while wide open. Kakuzu turned to Sasuke.

"Activate your Sharingan." Said Kakuzu.

Sasuke did as asked despite not knowing why it was necessary.

"Now I know you're not a transformation technique. Did you truly defeat Kakashi, or did he escape?" Asked Kakuzu, throwing Asuma's body over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. You could hear the mans neck crack even after death.

"He's in my water-prison jutsu, it took me a few minutes to find you so he could be dead or suffocating." Replied Sasuke.

Kakuzu gave him the look of "take us there" so Sasuke shunshined them to where Kakashi is. Upon arrival, the Sasuke clone was no longer present and neither was Kakashi. Sasuke made mental contact with the clone, realizing that Kakashi had somehow escaped. Sasuke detonated the clone, hoping it would stop Kakashi.

"What did you just do?" Asked Kakuzu.

"I detonated my clone, wherever Kakashi is he won't be moving long distances for a while. We don't need to follow him, we came here for Asuma." Replied Sasuke.

Kakuzu just grunted and the two shinobi left the area.

-X-

Sasuke knocked on the door again, getting impatient. The door slowly creaked open, revealing Tsunami in a bathrobe. Sasuke pushed the door open and walked in.

"Are you alright?" Asked Sasuke, cupping her face on instinct.

The woman nodded, relieved that Sasuke was back. She was so confused on what to do, tell him how she felt or wad it all up. Sasuke on the other hand just by looking at her, without the Sharingan, could tell that something was bothering her despite her attempt to hide it. She was good, but not good enough, maybe if she was a complete Uchiha, hiding her emotions would be easier.

"Something's eating at you, what is it? Are you afraid that someone else will come back and harm you?" Asked Sasuke.

Sasuke closed the door and locked it, and turned back to Tsunami. She nodded immediately. Sasuke sighed. He didn't have many relatives left, but Tsunami was a different case. She was beautiful, had the body of a perfect woman, and she was an Uchiha, albeit one of thinned blood. For some reason, she made him feel comfortable so he decided to push further.

"I can't stay here in Wave, but I can take you with me." Said Sasuke.

Tsunami shook her head.

"I have to stay. My father and son will be back soon and I can't just up and leave without them knowing or following me to the new location." Replied Tsunami.

Sasuke bit his finger and weaved signs for the summoning technique. Sasuke placed the hawk under hypnosis with his Sharingan.

"Relay my genjutsu message to Inari." Muttered Sasuke.

In a poof of smoke the bird disappeared.

"You really want me to come with you?" Asked Tsunami.

"You aren't safe here at all, with or without your son and father. Where I am is probably much safer, safer than you'd imagine." Said Sasuke.

Tsunami wanted to be safe, but socialization was important. She couldn't just live somewhere "safe" without any friends.

"I'd love to be safe Sasuke, with you. But..I can't go somewhere where there aren't any people. You're a missing-nin, there's no way you could be somewhere like a village, it'd be too dangerous for you." Replied Sasuke.

Tsunami's first comment struck Sasuke a little but he had to convince her.

"I promise, where we're going is just like wave, or any other city. You'll be just fine there and there will be plenty of people to meet. I promise on the blood we share." Said Sasuke.

-X-

It was raining out, a little bit of a coincidence considering where they're going. Sasuke had Tsunami clutched tight to him due to how cold it was and his own naturally high body temperature, courtesy of his inherent fire nature. Kakuzu told him that he didn't care how long it took, just get back to the Hidden Rain. So Sasuke decided to take advantage of that opportunity and take Tsunami with him.

Once they were deep enough into Fire Country Sasuke decided to stop and set up camp. He created an earth dome with small holes on the ceiling of it so when they started a fire they wouldn't kill themselves.

"I suppose I'll just get a deer or something.." Muttered Sasuke to himself. He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around.

"Is there any way that I can help?" Asked Tsunami.

Sasuke thought about it but to be honest she couldn't help at all. She was a civilian, regardless of whether she had a Sharingan.

"I'm sorry, but not right now. Leave everything to me, you fed me and gave me a place to stay. I'll help you survive out here." Replied Sasuke.

Sasuke went out hunting and was instantly reminded of memories with him and his father, hunting. His father was the first to teach him how to use a bow and arrow and how to track animals. He may not have had a bow and arrow now, but the Sharingan was a great tool for tracking the trail of an animal just fine.

After an hour of tracking, Sasuke found a stag. He used his kunai, shuriken, and wires to trap the animal and then gave it a quick death through slitting it's throat. Hefting the deer over his shoulder, he dashed back to the camp. He found Tsunami in the earth dome sleeping but shivering. Sasuke created a clone to skin and cook the deer while he kept Tsunami warm. After an hour the food was ready so Sasuke woke Tsunami up.

"Sasuke..?" Asked the woman.

He brushed the hair from her eyes, making her blush and he told her the food was ready.

The two raven-haired individuals sat and ate in quiet silence. Tsunami wasn't very used to eating foods without spices and seasonings but Sasuke was obviously used to it due to being a ninja. Tsunami decided that there were some things she wanted to know about Sasuke.

"Sasuke, where did you get the power to leave the leaf?" Asked Tsunami.

Sasuke finished chewing and swallowing before looking at Tsunami. For a few seconds he simply stared at her and then sighed.

"It's a long story. In the village, I had a friend from another clan that used their eyes in combat. We both trained and practiced with one another in secret in order to increase our power, and to achieve our goals. He isn't allowed to learn techniques outside of the Hidenjutsu from his clan, but he and I worked together to develop different ninjutsu's." Said Naruto.

Tsunami pulled up her knees and folded her arms over them.

"There's more to it right?" Asked Tsunami.

"A man named Orochimaru placed a seal on my neck. It's called the Cursed Seal, but he gave me the strongest one, the Cursed Seal Of Heaven. With that power, the Sharingan, and the jutsu's that I learned, defeating Naruto was easier than I thought it would be." Replied Sasuke.

"Hm. Do you miss your team at all? It's not like people to just leave their home like that. Even to avenge someone close to them." Replied Tsunami.

Sasuke thought about it but if he was being honest, he didn't miss anyone. He slightly missed his mother but they hardly interacted so there wasn't much to necessarily miss. Leaving the village was an act of freeing oneself.

"No." Replied Sasuke.

"Not your mother?" Asked Tsunami who then covered her mouth, thinking it was a sensitive topic.

Sasuke looked up to the stars.

"Her and I weren't really close. When things between my father and brother got shaky and distant, my mother soon drifted off too. It was like being in a house full of strangers. Soon the clan was wiped from existence and my mother became even more shelled up. The closest bond I ever had was with my brother, but I want to end his life. In short, there's no one I miss." Replied Sasuke.

"Sounds like you need a bit of love." Said Tsunami, taking a bit of her deer meat.

"How would love help me kill Itachi?" Asked Sasuke, with a really serious face.

"Sasuke, when you kill your brother, you'll be a missing-nin who can't return to his own home. You've sacrificed a lot to chase what you perceive to be your destiny but what will be left when it's all over? That's why it's important to have someone waiting for you, someone who will do anything for you and love you as much as you love them." Explained Tsunami, looking away from Sasuke but smiling.

Sasuke had never thought if it that way, but she was somewhat right. He thought of love as a hindrance, but it didn't have to be one. It could always come after ending Itachi's life and avenging the innocent lives of his people. He supposed it was what he always wanted, his fathers love and appreciation.

"You think so?" Muttered Sasuke.

"I know so. Sasuke, I know among you ninja's you have to toughen up and push through, but losing your family is a lot...and feeling that sort of animosity toward a sibling is really outlandish thing to your average person. After the hell you've been through, I'm surprised you're sane." Replied Tsunami.

'You don't know the half of it.' Thought Sasuke.

Tsunami placed her cold hand on his warm, almost melting cheek.

"You deserve it Sasuke."

-X-

Sasuke and Tsunami arrived at the Hidden Rain Village.

"So this is the Hidden Rain?" Asked Tsunami.

Sasuke looked up at the bright city lights and metal buildings and nodded.

"Its beautiful, and captivating." Said Tsunami.

"I suppose so.." Muttered Sasuke.

Before them a vortex appeared, Obito.

"So you made it, and you brought a friend as well?" Asked Obito.

Tsunami saw a man from the vortex appear, he was hooded and had an orange mask with flames on it. What was his relation to Sasuke?

"Obito, this is Tsunami, an outsider but she possesses the Sharingan. She's also a friend from my first C-Ranked mission, the one to Wave Country." Replied Sasuke.

"An outsider with the Sharingan?" Asked Obito, using his "other" voice as usual.

"Yes.." Said Sasuke, trailing off and looking to Tsunami.

She activated her Sharingan which was only in one eye and had one tomoe.

"Quite...the rarity." Replied Obito.

"Well, I know we won't be sitting in the rain forever but I know the mission is complete and I have my report. Your money will await you in your room as promised and I'll have Tsunami an apartment prepared for her. Your training resumes tomorrow." Said Obito.

After recovering for a day or two, Sasuke walked around the halls of the hideout, searching for Obito. He sensed Obito's chakra in one room, and opened the door. What he saw surprised the living shit out of him. There was a massive wall, containing a multitude of Sharingan eyes. They were clearly recovered from the dead bodies of the clan after the massacre but how in the hell..

"Obito." Called Sasuke.

The man turned around.

"Yes?"

"How did you get these?" Asked Sasuke, looking up at them in surprise.

"When the massacre happened, I only had a short amount of time to recover the eyes. With my teleportation technique I took as many as I could away from the scene, but not all. Anyone could be in possession of the remaining eyes. It's not good for anyone who has medical competency that isn't an Uchiha, to be in possession of multiple Sharingan." Replied Obito.

"Regardless, for you to have the technology to maintain an eye, and the medical knowledge to take an eye out properly for a transplant.." Replied Sasuke.

"There are some secrets you'd rather me not know right?" Asked Obito.

"Yeah." Replied Sasuke.

"Well vice-versa as well." Replied Obito.

Sasuke stared at him for a few seconds and then nodded.

"I came here to ask about my kenjutsu training." Said Sasuke.

"Well, I just happen to have the scrolls for your next training sequence on me right now." Replied Obito, throwing three scrolls at Sasuke one at a time.

"One of the scrolls contain hidden Kenjutsu techniques passed down by the Uchiha Clan. I thought about giving you the Uzumaki clan's kenjutsu techniques but since our Dojutsu allows us to have superior hand-to-hand combat and blade combat, I decided to give you the one that would bring about the most results and would be easier for you to master."

Sasuke nodded and thanked Obito, leaving to continue his training.

-X-

Sasuke fell to the ground, sweating. His hair was stuck to his body like glue due to how soaked he was. Cuts were all over his body and some of his bones were sprained.

Using blood-clones for training had to be the most intense form of training ever. Training with two other Sharingan users, albeit clones, was one of the most intense things ever. Deactivating the jutsu, he instantly felt all of the clones' memories coming back to him. Not only was he improving, but the skill of the clones was also becoming his own.

This basically meant that he could have a clone do anything and he could literally sit around doing nothing. Of course, that was not an option. Sasuke refused to laze around and just play it safe. Training was one thing but battle was another, and he doubted his brother ever stopped training, that he ever took shortcuts when they were available. There was no way to beat his brother without pulling out all the stops.

Sasuke made two more clones and readied his sword, this time going in without his Sharingan.

The training was intense and painful but after about 30 minutes of nonstop action, Sasuke passed out from exhaustion.

Sasuke woke up, finding himself in a tub of water and soap. The fragrance smelled amazing, feminine to be honest. Sasuke looked around and then saw a note on the counter. He was a ninja and couldn't be comfortable in an environment he wasn't familiar with. He got up from the tub and opened the note, reading that it was from Tsunami and that his "sensei" dropped him off for some rest.

He supposed that was enough evidence to lower his guard.

He finished washing up and found his clean clothes in a small hamper and changed. Once dressed he walked out into the living-room to see Tsunami watching television and eating ice-cream.

"Sasuke.." Said Tsunami in a seductive manner.

Sasuke turned to the dining table and saw a wine bottle. He walked over to the couch and sat next to the raven haired woman. She decided to lie down on his lap and she tarted to giggle at him as her faced turned rosy. She reached up and started to stroke his cheek. Her clumsiness caused her thumb to slide into his mouth and she started to cackle when she pulled it out and wiped it off on her clothes.

"You've been training oh so hard Sasuke...lighten up, take a break." Said Tsunami.

"Tsunami, you're drunk, stay home." Replied Sasuke.

"But I don't wanna. This city is so beautiful, the lights are so bright, colorful, and pretty. I never knew a place like this existed." Hummed Tsunami.

"Have you made any new acquaintances?" Asked Sasuke.

Tsunami shook her head but then a grin formed.

"All I really want is you though Sasuke." Replied the woman, getting up and straddling the Uchiha.

Before Sasuke could resist, she started to kiss him.

-X-

Sasuke could only stare at the ceiling.

He just fucked the only woman left that possessed the Sharingan and Uchiha DNA besides his mother, and he impregnated her as well. In his defense, she was beautiful and insanely inviting, and he also risked his life for her so the feelings were real. On top of that, the faces she made were adorable and seductive. She was on top of him under the covers, sleeping like a baby and muttering incoherent things here and there.

The only thing he was worried about was explaining to Inari and his grandfather that Tsunami and him had sex and a child was on the way. On top of that, Tsunami was somewhat drunk, so he was unsure of how she would react to this situation. And if those two reasons weren't enough, he was only thirteen years old and this was a rather awkward relationship.

However, this was an emotional thing for Sasuke. He was going to have a family..a child. He hoped he could get the power to kill Itachi so that his child would be safe and that the future of his clan was protected

One Week Later

Tsunami and Sasuke's relationship became real but they didn't reveal it to anyone else. Sasuke assumed that Obito knew because it wasn't uncommon for Obito to know something the average person wasn't supposed to know. Sasuke had only seen her two days ago due to his intense training regiment and how busy he was taking missions and what not.

While in the training-grounds, he was working on a means of controlling lightning without too much chakra. Thanks to the fact that the Hidden Rain Village never stopped raining, there was always thunder and lightning to be used. He jumped to the highest building he could find and waited, he charged a chidori in his hand to conduct the lightning properly. It came down and Sasuke was instantly locked in a struggle, first he converted it into his own chakra and then changed it's shape into a large lightning dragon that was purple in color with red eyes.

Sasuke rose his hand and then once in complete control of the technique he threw his hand down toward the ground and the technique completely blasted the area.

Hours later Sasuke found himself in Obito's lab.

"You're awake, good. Your technique that you used, what was it? It destroyed the whole courtyard and I found you in the rubble." Asked Obito,

"I haven't a name for it yet, but the technique is used by taming real lightning or just by using my own chakra. It creates a a fairly large dragon of lightning that destroys everything beneath it." Replied Sasuke.

Obito placed a hand to his chin and then turned back to Sasuke.

"Stick with controlling real lightning. It moves at blinding speeds and cannot be evaded. It's perfect against an unbeatable opponent." Replied Obito.

Sasuke thought about it and then agreed. It would be perfect for defeating Itachi.

"Now Sasuke, I have a mission for you that you can't ignore. This mission is a little special indeed. I need you to go to the Land Of Whirlpools and retrieve something for me." Explained Obito.

"Land Of Whirlpools?" Asked Sasuke.

"It's the old home of the Uzumaki clan, they were wiped out by Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure. Their survivors are spread all over the nations but they wouldn't dare reveal their heritage for fear of being hunted down." Replied Obito.

Sasuke already knew the story but the specifics of where the Uzumaki lived must of missed his memory, if Kushina ever did tell him that part when he tried leaving the village.

"So, what is it I'm retrieving?" Asked Sasuke.

"They possessed basic sealing formulas that need to be mastered in order to gain normal seal competency. Basically, if anyone hopes to become a seal master, they need this scrolls, without them, they'll be in the dark for quite some time. By retrieving these scrolls, it'll increase your likelihood of your power being near that of Itachi's given that you master the different shinobi arts necessary." Replied Obito.

"Are there any traps or seals I should be worried about when heading over there?" Asked Sasuke.

"It would be pointless to worry about those, Kirigakure still patrols the area. No Uzumaki would dare return to try and retake their land, however, Kirigakure tightly guards the area so strangers can't get a hold of the Uzumaki clan's secrets." Replied Obito.

"And what's the odds of them already having made off with your special scrolls?" Asked Sasuke.

"I don't know Sasuke. I never said the land itself had traps and seals." Replied Obito.

Sasuke sighed and nodded in understanding.

"I'll send Zetsu along with you so I can get progress reports and know if you're in imminent danger. Go to the armory and get geared up for the mission, I have a partner for you as well.

-X-

"You're Sasuke Uchiha eh? Oh yea, you sure do look like that Itachi feller. From that ol' Uchiha clan right? Must mean you're a little inbred...I'm not used to handlin' retarded kids, so you best not mess around me boy..." Muttered the tall white haired man.

Sasuke could only hope this partner was more interesting but not dumber than Kakuzu.