Chapter 29: The Girl he wants to see

Mizuumi village, one of the five protecting village, Konan finally reached one of her destinations of finding her target. The lone Akatsuki scanned her surroundings as the village was peaceful and thriving village. But then again that’s how most village are until they show there true ugly side, she thought. Luckily her disguise was playing its part as she had no problem getting into the village. She was just a traveler to the guards in the village. However, she did notice that some guards where from different villages which meant that she had to be on alert just incase one of them recognize her appearance.

Taking in to much of the sites she didn’t realize a boy was standing beside her. He smiled at her that made Konan stop her pace and curiously look at him. The boy look around the age of twelve, as his dark brown hair was messy and his clothing looked like hand me down from another child twenty years ago. From the way the child looked and seeing children like these all the time when she was young, he was either from a poor family or an orphan.

“You look new around here and my need my guidance to get around. People can get lost and sometimes disappear. But luckily you caught me on my free time to help you out. My service will only be worth three thousand yen. It’s a good offer for this once in a life time deal.” The boy said sounding like a salesman.

Konan ignored the boy’s offer and kept on walking without saying a word. The boy immediately felt irritated by her blowing him off after saying all that. However, he was persistent about getting what he wanted.

He power walked up to Konan although she didn’t look at him. “Okay, how about I tell you a secret, a secret that nobody knows about, that it a legend even in Mizuumi village and it’s about the Teutobury Forest.” He told her in a low voice to give it a more impression of how secretive it was.

“I know a Ueda that can tell you an interesting story.” He whispered to her.

Konan immediately stopped walking hearing the one word that may help her on her mission, Ueda. The boy gave her a sly grin knowing he have her full attention. He acted as if he didn’t notice her body reaction to his last words. He placed his hands behind his head and whistle down the street acting casual.

“I won’t bother you anymore since you don’t need any help.” The boy said walking away from her.

Konan exhaled going to stab herself later for this. “Three thousand yen, right?”

The boy turned around excited. He ran up to her. “Okay?”

The young boy bowed his head in an eloquent manner.

“My name is Teru. May I ask your name Miss.?” Teru asked her.

“Konan.” She stated.

“Konan-san,” He kindly smiled at her. “Where do want to go first?”

“I want to meet the Ueda.” Konan said hoping this boy isn’t wasting her time.

Teru chuckled at her answer. “They always do. Well if that’s what you want to do first it’s a three day walk if you don’t mind.”

“If you give me the directions, then I will give you your money now and we can both go our separate ways.” Konan said not wanting company with her.

Immediately, Teru put his arms in an X. “NO. My father said when your paid to do a job you must complete it fully. Besides men protect women, I wouldn’t be a man if you got hurt on a job I should have fully done. Also that Ueda will only speak to me even if you do make it.”

Konan thought about it for a minute. Though taking the boy would end up being a problem, however she needed information from the Ueda.

She sighed. “Fine.”

“Okay! But first we have to stop by my place and get my things.” Teru said enthusiastically that she fully accepted his offer and it was with a beautiful woman too.

Sliding to the entrance door, Tori stuck her arms out in excitement. “I beat you!!”

Tobi ran up to her panting as both of them were still in there young childish disguise. He paused and wiped the sweat off his forehead wondering how warm it was outside in the Rain Village.

“You have bigger legs than me.” Tobi replied not liking to lose although he was a half an inch shorter then her.

“You lost and that’s that. Besides you’re a boy in which you don’t have a reason to lose against me.” Tori said folding her arms.

Tobi looked annoyed and pouted his lips mumbling something under his breath.

“I heard that.” Tori said walking into the Akatsuki compound.

Tobi flinched that her ears could pick up everything just like Kisame said. Without wasting time, he started to follow his friend inside the headquarters but felt an airy aura surrounding them. He saw Tori as she looked at him.

“Words travel fast in this place.” She said and smirked.

Making her way to the top of the building, Tori saw the leader of the Akatsuki sitting at the end of a tongue from a statue. She knew he wasn’t going to agree of her actions but the village had it coming of what they did to Kaku tribe. All she did was grant his wish and gave him power to take his revenge. But she would doubt her father to understand that.

“What did you do?” Pein asked not even looking at her. He swirled grey eyes were still gazing upon his village.

“My job as an Akatsuki.” She responded.

“Why?”

“Simple, I told Konan-oneechan that I would help her,” said Tori as she started to walk outside standing at the top of the tongue. “Everything will play out just as I plan. However, now I must deal with another Bijuu I sensed awhile ago. My body is ready. I bring back a present for you…father.” She started to walk away thrilled that a bird could so easily fall into her lap without lifting a finger.

Pein glanced at her wondering what she meant by a present. He heard the door close behind him hoping she doesn’t do something foolish again like she did last time. The Bijuu she caught before almost consumed herself of gaining power. He was lucky that Itachi would be on this mission with her. Her going on a rampage again is something he couldn’t afford right now. He needed the Seven Tail Bijuu and then Kyuubi.

Watching the ceiling, lost in his own world, Tobi wanted to know what was Tori planning this time. The look on her face back in the last town they were in, he knew she sensed something but neglected to tell him. He saw her walking towards him as he stood up.

“Let’s go get us a Bijuu.” She smiled at him with happiness wanting to see this person again.

“Okay.” Tobi shared her eagerness as he just got the answer to his question.

“Shut up!”

She shouted walking down a hallway tired of watching prisoners since she joined his village. She wondered if anything exciting was going to happen. Being a babysitter was not on the job description. She thought she was going to gain power and take no prisoners, not watch the prisoners. Orochimaru sure had a funny sick way to make his subordinates become angry with him, even if he have become not active since the attack on Konoha.

“Arrogant fools.”

A hawk landed at the feet of a red hair girl with glasses. The girl tilted her glasses up and saw the small creature by her foot with a message on its back.

“What is it?”

She bent down and took the message inside the carrier holder on its back. She quickly read it as her eyes widen being sent by Orochimaru personally. From reading it she wondered what he was thinking putting her on this mission.

“Karin I guess you’re going to Konoha.” She sighed not wanting to go to that place.

An arm viciously reached out like an animal wanting to eat her. The arm was transformed having red bumpy skin and growing claws from its fingernails. Unafraid by his killing intention of destroying her flesh under the influence of the curse mark, Karin was becoming more irritable now that she has to travel to the Fire Country.

She kicked the jail cell with her foot of the animal hand reaching out for her.

“Annoying!” She shouted out. The red hair kunochi started to walk down the hallway in a more annoyed look then ever. “To find more then one person is going to be a problem.”

Walking on a trail for almost a week, Hinata, her turtle friend Minoru and Yuuta were heading to Mori Village. Minoru was still complaining how slow they were going but Yuuta would jump to Hinata’s defense to give her some credit. Minoru would say he’s too soft on her.

Hinata looked at her hand wondering about something as this caught the attention of Yuuta.

“Is something the matter, Hinata?” He asked.

Hinata blushed and then put her hand back down feeling embarrassed. “N-Nothing at all, Yuuta-san.”

“Are you sure? I can heal your hand if it’s hurting you again.” He asked making sure she wasn’t in any life threatening pain. His job was to protect her.

Hinata quickly put her hands up and shook her head. “N-No I’m okay. I was just thinking your Medic-nin skills are really good compared to mine.”

“Thanks.” He smirked and then dug into his pocket. “I see you’re getting good with those weights on your body.”

“Yeah,” Hinata replied. “Though it’s been almost three weeks wearing them I think I can walk pretty good now. The running part is another story. But with your Medic-nin skills I can get that pack down in no time.”

“It’s no big deal,” He chuckled. “I learn to become a Medic-nin because I hate pain inflicted on my body.”

‘Really.’ Hinata thought Medic jutsu was suppose to be more then that. She realized being accompanied by Yuuta that he was a laid back type of guy, not wanting to cause trouble for anybody and resolve problems as quickly as possible to not hinder his daily activities. She wondered why he really wanted to escort her. If he had no money, being a shinobi and with medic skills background as well, he could get any job with good pay. That was one mystery that she couldn’t understand about him. She hoped her sensei had money and wouldn’t be mad at her. It was too late to send him back home and he was becoming very useful in her training to go faster.

“When are we going to eat?” Minoru asked feeling weary of not having food in awhile.

Finally, pulling out of his packet was a pack of cigarettes. Yuuta pulled out a cigarette and then tried to find his lighter by checking his pockets.

“Money doesn’t drop out of the sky. We really don’t have any to spare at the moment.” Yuuta said.

Minoru oddly looked at him and his horrible habit. “It’s funny you never run out of those.”

Yuuta put the cigarette in his hand then made it disappear and then reappear like a magician. “It’s magic.”

“Well make some money appear magician or steal some.” Minoru said getting frustrated that these people never have any money.

“No.” Hinata quickly replied to the remark about stealing money.

“Look…your sensei left you in the wilderness with no money. In the wilderness its strongest that always prevails over the weak to survive. You would have been eaten by now.” Minoru explained to his summoned user.

“T-That’s not true,” said Hinata feeling depressed by his words that he thinks of her being this weak. Then her eyes looked over towards Yuuta who was looking towards the sky trying to avoid her gaze. “Not you too.”

“Don’t worry, I have a plan,” said Yuuta then scratched the back of his head leisurely. “There’s a town up ahead. I don’t want to soil your hands anyway. It’s not your style. It’s the reason why I’m here. I’ll go get some food.”

“Y-Y-You’re not going to steal it?” Hinata asked nervously wondering what he meant by not soil her hands.

“No.” Yuuta then started to walk off the trail and towards grass fields that pointed into a forest in the distance. He paused then looked at Hinata’s confused expression.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be back.”

He continued to walk away from her.

“At least one of us understands things around here. Hiring this guy was a good idea after all.” Minoru said hoping he would hurry up with money to buy some food.

“Easy for you to say.” Hinata said watching her bodyguard go off into the distance.

Moving swiftly through the forest, having to be trained in the shinobi arts to see and hear there movements, four Akatsuki members were heading towards there destination in a hurry. One leading the pack jumped from tree top to tree top with gracefulness that made it look at if she wasn’t touching the tree branches at all. Itachi watched Tori ahead of him wondering why all the excitement from her. He hasn’t seen her like this since she help Kisame take down the fourth tail Jinchuuriki.

“Tori-sama you’re going to fast!” Tobi shouted, complaining about there heightened speed all day since she finally got her body back.

“Aren’t you an expert in running?” Kisame stated running beside him.

Tobi felt depressed and started to mumble. “Why does everybody say that about me.”

Coming to a clearing ahead of them Kisame, Itachi and Tobi saw Tori standing at the edge of a cliff, as they come to a large canyon. She eyed the surroundings carefully wanting to take every design in from the canyon below, if anything was distorted. Then it caught her attention. She quickly leaped down to the bottom of the canyon and walked over to what caught her interest. It was a campfire as it was nothing but ash piled up. She bent down, placed her hand over the ash and then picked it up feeling it in her hands.

“There not far off.” She said and then let the ash blow into the wind.

Itachi looked around seeing that somebody camped here and wondered who. But judging from Tori’s eagerness to find the Bijuu she knew exactly how many was here by her superior tracking abilities. That was one thing that amazed him how good she was at tracking somebody. He wondered could it be the influence of the Bijuu inside of her as she had this trait when she was his former student.

Minutes later, Tori came to another site as this area intrigue her interest. She could smell it even fresher then the other area as the chakra was everywhere. She walked to a part of canyon walls that towered hundred feet above as it had a blast holes through it varying in size as if large badgers dung it. Then she looked around as these large holes were everywhere, leaving swirls marks on the outside of the large holes.

Tori immediately was suspicious knowing she seen this technique before.

“Wow these are big holes.” Tobi pointed out examining one of them.

“Have you found them?” Kisame asked her.

Tori smelled the air and felt the wind blow past the surface on her face. She tilted her head in one direction and knew exactly where they were going. This made the other Akatsuki members all know what she meant by that gesture from her head.

“Make sure the others don’t interfere,” said Tori then gripped her right hand, so close to tasting his chakra again. “I’ll isolate the boy from them. Scatter.”

They all disappeared as they were on there heals from finding the Konoha shinobis.

“Ah Chew!” Naruto sneezed as he brought his right hand up, which was bandage, to wiggle his nose. He told himself that he must be coming down with a cold but smirked of the idea this time. He grabbed the straps on his backpack around his shoulder in high spirit that he couldn’t stop smiling since they left the canyon yesterday.

“What are you so happy about?” Sakura asked her teammate. He was excited then usual, she thought.

Naruto eyed her but didn’t want to show her until she saw it in battle. Although it also brought him one step closer in finding Tori.

“Nothing really.” He said.

Without looking ahead of him, Naruto bumped into Sasuke back as he fell down to the ground. Naruto clenched his teeth in anger.

“Why did you stop?!” Naruto hurried back to his feet.

“You should be watching where you’re going.” Sasuke replied monotone then looked ahead of him.

Naruto followed his gaze as the team arrived at another small town. He then saw Fushicho turn around being in the head of the pack. She crossed her arms and then looked at all of them.

“We’ll stock up on supplies and meet back here in two hours,” said Fushicho. “This will be our last stop until Mori village, so no more hotels for five days.”

The Chuunins all started to complain that there life of luxury was now over.

“See what happens when you spoil them too much.” Kakashi said to Fushicho smiling at the young group of shinobis.

Fushicho didn’t feel irritated but walked away from the group, not complaining about there baby whining this time. Kakashi started to follow after her as the two Jounins left the group to do whatever they wanted in the two hours they had.

“It’s funny how those two are always going off with each other. Maybe they go on secret dates when we’re not around.” Naruto whispered to Sakrua as he snickered.

Sakura giggled as she thought about the theory the entire trip. “Who’s to say they haven’t already in the past.”

“Ouch!!” Naruto held his right hand in pain that was already injured. A senbon was stuck into it as he bit his lip to not cry. Cautiously he took it out then held the urge to scream by keeping his mouth shut.

‘I guess she heard us.’ Sakura looked at Fushciho as she forgot that woman heard everything around her.

The over jubilantly Lee crouched down to meet the eye level of his friend. “Nezumi, let’s get some fried dumplings.”

“Okay.” Nezumi said agreeing to his idea.

“Wait.” Sasuke said but paused as he felt a sting hurting his left arm. Okami’s curse mark was reacting to something that he wasn’t sure of.

“Wait Lee I’m coming too.” Sakura said then looked at Sasuke as he was about to say something but stopped. “Coming Sasuke-kun?”

Sasuke looked away. “I want to check something first.”

“Of course.” Sakura said in a low voice.

Sakura felt depressed that she really did want to spend more time with Sasuke but he always had an excuse being occupied all the time.

Sasuke saw her expression then remembered Yaiba words about Sakura. Spending time with others was never his cup of tea but the two people Yaiba was talking about he would be able to keep an eye on them both at the same time.

“Fine.”

Sakura became excited inside by his response. Lee and the others began to walk away as Naruto watched Sakura expression. Then he glanced at two people left in the group. The pale Root Anbu smiled at him.

“Well, I’m going to collect some things. Meet up with you guys later.” Yamato said and then walked away.

“Me too.” Sai quickly said and followed the Anbu captain.

Naruto looked around dumbfounded as he was by himself. “I don’t need any of you guys!”

He across his arms feeling left out that nobody asked him to go with them. He walked off in a different direction following the crowd on the street.

Everybody was collecting what they needed for the long journey ahead of them. Sleeping outside wasn’t fun for most of them but some felt that something was going to happen soon when they reach there destination. Trying to find a Bijuu that nobody have been able to pinpoint was going to be a hard task for them even in there numbers.

Sasuke kept his eye on Nezumi as she was with Lee eating dumplings on a stick. For some reason he had to watch over Nezumi thinking that Yaiba words had something to do with her or it could be her. He wished Yaiba would speak more clearly so he wouldn’t be racking his brain over mysteries he had no patience to solve.

“Sasuke-kun, you want some Korokke.” Sakura said as she pointed to the food being at a food vender stand. Not hearing anything she looked at him as his gaze was occupied on Nezumi and Lee. She knew he wasn’t looking at Lee so it had to be Nezumi, again and like always when they are together. She wasn’t jealous in disliking Nezumi or anything, but she was jealous that she wished she had that type of attention from Sasuke.

“I’m leaving.”

Sasuke turned around towards Sakura curious. “Why? Are you sick or something?”

‘Wow he noticed I said anything.’ Sakura looked away from Sasuke as she felt off about her new jealousy.

“N-No, I just want to find Fushicho-sensei,” She forced a smile. “I just want to make sure she doesn’t pull a fast one on us behind our backs.”

“You’re becoming like Naruto.” He assured her.

Sakura didn’t want him to know the truth or he would call her stupid. “Two hours for that woman is two hours of enjoyment hitting on us. You can never expect from out of the ordinary with her. Just watch Nezumi, she has a tendency to wonder off by herself.”

Sakura started to run off. “I’ll be back!”

Sasuke looked at her oddly acknowledging her off behavior as he will never understand girls. Right when she left he looked at Nezumi. He eyes widen as she was nowhere with or near Lee.

“Where did she go in just a few seconds?”

Yawing in boredom, Naruto was sitting on top of a building eating a chocolate Pocky wishing the two hours was over and they could be on there way. He was still mad nobody asked him to be in there company. Now he had to entertain himself. He looked at a couple walking down the streets below him, holding hands as the man had his arm around his girlfriend or wife shoulder. Naruto felt depressed as he was sixteen and didn’t even go on one date yet. He mumbled to himself that he was pathetic.

Looking at his right bruised hand, Naruto smiled sneakily getting perverted thoughts in his head. ‘When I save Tori then we can do those things too. Then I will be her hero from saving her. He He!’

“Naruto.”

Stunned and surprised, a ghost whisper of a voice caught Naruto’s attention immediately. His right hand started to shake all of a sudden dropping his Pocky sticks, landing onto the streets below. He couldn’t explain it or maybe it was his mind playing tricks on him again, but the voice sounded like her.

“Naruto.”

The voice whispered his name again. It was no mistake about it was her. Naruto slowly stood up and looked in front of him. His stomach felt nervous, scared and excited all at once and Kyuubi reaction wasn’t making it any easier. It was the same feeling he felt the first time seeing her in Crater City nearly a year ago. He was in shock as she was right in front of him.

Standing on another building, as her Akatsuki cloak was flapping in the wind, her chestnut eyes zoomed in on her target. It was the Jinchuuriki she’s been longing to meet in a month. She kept calm knowing it wasn’t the time to spring the trap.

“T-T-Tori?”

Without saying a word Tori turned around.

“W-Wait Tori!” Naruto shouted out as she stopped. She gave him a kind smile and then jumped off the building and leap to another one.

“Wait!” He called out for her.

Naruto followed after her unsure where she was going and didn’t care as long as he could see her.

“Like luring a mouse to a trap so easily. The Kid’s appearance was all he needed to see even though it’s a clone.” Kisame chuckled as him and Itachi watched the boy following Tori on top of another building.

“Naruto-kun is all that matters,” said Itachi then looked down into the crowd seeing a familiar face. “We’ll deal with the others.”

“Don’t run this time, Tobi,” said Kisame. Then the shark Akatsuki didn’t hear any word from his mischief teammate. He quickly gets frustrated as Tobi was looking another way. “Are you listing to me?!”

“Why? What will be the fun if plans go accordingly?” Tobi said in aloft manner.

“Tobi don’t ignore her request. Remember last time you didn’t listen to her?” Kisame ginned how funny it was.

“That was you that tried to kill me. Tori wouldn’t hurt me.” Tobi stated.

“I know, what to relive it.”

“Where’s the friendship?” Tobi whined about how the Akatsuki have been treating him.

“Make sure the Jounins don’t make it to the boy before the trap is set.” Itachi instructed.

He looked down at his younger brother running up to Tori’s sister.

“Okay.” Tobi replied childishly giving him a salute.

Sasuke felt a familiar chakra signature in the area and then looked up scanning the top buildings. He shrugged his shoulders not seeing anybody but saw Nezumi full attention focused in the west direction. Sasuke saw her right hand shack as she clenched it tight. The only time he seen this type of behavior from Nezumi was when a powerful dark chakra was around the vicinity.

“Oneechan.”

Sasuke eyes widen from her word. “What?”

A pain shot to his left arm as this time it was more powerful then before. He grabbed his arm and then looked at Nezumi horrified look. He wondered why Yaiba was torturing him. Then an image of Tori flashed in his mind. Shocked and in disbelief he glanced in the west direction as he felt the chakra Nezumi was sensing. It was Tori and she was close by. He wondered how she found them. The timing was off as everybody was scattered in the town gaining supplies. Sasuke had a theory that Tori was finally coming after Naruto. He cursed to himself as he needed to find friend quickly.

“Oneechan!” Nezumi yelled out about to run in the direction her sister was waiting. However, a strong hand grabbed her wrist stopping her from moving. She looked behind her in shock as Sasuke was preventing her to see her sister.

“Let me go! She needs me!”

Sasuke looked at her worried expression and wanting to go to her sister, but reality was reality in this situation they all were in and she needed to hear it if Naruto and the others won’t tell her.

“I said let me go!” Nezumi demanded.

“Nezumi, stop acting like a child.” Sasuke told her calmly. Surprised by his words, she looked at him. “Don’t jump the gun too quickly. You’re a Chuunin now and need to think rational. You must put aside your feelings and take orders like a shinobi.”

Nezumi stopped struggling and glanced at the ground that he was right even though her heart wanted to see her older sister.

“I’m giving you an order to gather the others for me. I will investigate the matter but I need reinforcements. I know you’re good at tracking people Nezumi, in which they need you to find me.” Sasuke explained.

There was pause that made the Uchiha let go of her hand knowing she finally understood her duty as a shinobi.

“Okay.” The little Chuunin gave in.

“I’m counting on you.” Sasuke said and disappeared.

Nezumi clenched her fist in frustration eyeing the west direction and then remembered Sasuke words that he was counting on her. She turned around and ran in the opposite direction to follow his orders.

Arms folded in annoyance of how thirty minutes in two hours just ruin her day, Sakura told herself it couldn’t get any worse. She looked up at the sky in boredom actually wanting Fushicho to come out of nowhere and start a fight with her. It would keep her occupied until time runs out.

Sakura eyes widen seeing a dancing shadow moving from building to building at high speed. “Sasuke-kun? At that speed.”

Determined, she followed him quickly before he was lost from her site.

“Wait Tori!” Naruto yelled out as he wasn’t even close to catching up to her. He jumped from one tree to the next as he already was deep within the forest. The density of the forest as he continued his pursuit made him think was this a good idea. He wondered why she was leading him this way. Why not confront him?

Naruto picked up his pace and focused his chakra to his feet. Tori glanced behind her surprised he was catching up to her speed. Not concerned about it, she picked up her pace still a far reach in front of him. Naruto cursed to himself as he tried to match her new speed.

Below on the ground, chestnut eyes watched the two fly pass her. Tori smirked that her target was playing right into her trap so easily.

“Let the fun begin.”

Tori does complicated twenty hand seals. A character seal sign appeared on her palm saying Gate. She placed her hand on the ground as it started to sizzle. She lifted up her hand as the character sign was imprinted onto the ground. Tori smirked as this jutsu was her finest she ever created in trapping her prey.

Naruto comes to a brief clearing in the forest watching Tori land on the ground. Following her lead, he landed on the ground still a few meters away from her as his sense was on high alert. Surprised, Naruto saw Tori point to the east direction in the forest without saying a word to him, and then she puffed into smoke.

‘A clone?’ Naruto was surprised he was following a clone even though it felt like the real Tori. He clenched his teeth in anger if this was a trick he was going to make sure they pay the price. However, to feel the way he felt in the town, this had to be Tori’s doing. He ran down in the direction she pointed to, desperate to find the real Tori.

“I can’t stop now.” Naruto told himself as he pressed forward.

Moving through the forest, Sakura was going on gut instinct to find Sasuke as she lost sight of him. If he was moving at the speed she knew it was urgent, she thought. Sensing somebody behind her, Sakura stopped her movement and quickly hid herself behind a tree. She quickly took out a kunai ready to attack.

Her eyes widen in shock. Unaware by her attacker’s swift presence, her eyes ventured down to her throat. A sharp kunai was inches away from touching her skin. She couldn’t move or it was lights out.

“You shouldn’t sneak up on people like that, Sakura.”

Dumbfounded hearing his voice, Sakura turned around and saw Sasuke holding the kunai to her throat. “S-Sasuke-kun.”

Sasuke put down his weapon and calmly looked at her. Maybe Nezumi warned her first to follow him, he thought.

“I was worried something happened when I saw you running away from the town.” Sakrua said and put away her kunai.

“So you don’t know where Naruto is either?”

“Your guess is as good as mine.” She answered.

Sasuke gripped his arm again as it was pulsing again. Sakura noticed it as this wasn’t good.

“Tori is here,” said Sasuke eyeing the forest carefully. Sakura was on alert in hearing her name. “But pin pointing her chakra signature is another thing. It’s like its everywhere.”

A whizzing noise caught Sasuke ears. His eyes widen and quickly grabbed Sakura. Using his speed, Sasuke jumped to another tree. A loud bang was heard on the tree they were previously on. A sword covered in bandages was pierced inside the tree from the power of the impact. Sasuke immediately recognized the weapon but thought it was impossible.

A person flashed next to the weapon facing away from the two stunned Chuunins.

The red clouds on the clothing caught Sakura attention. “Akatsuki.”

“I missed by two inches.” Kisame said as he pulled Samehada from the tree. He slowly turned around and placed his sword on his shoulder. The Akatsuki look at the two mice he stumbled upon.

“I guess I can have a little fun with them.” He chuckled.

‘Wait a minute. Isn’t he supposed to be dead? ‘What the hell is going on?’ Sasuke was at a lost of words knowing this guys was the same person with his brother nearly a year ago. The shinobis in Jishin told him he was killed in the blast along with his brother.

Finally making his way through the forest, Naruto came to an opening. He smelled that familiar scent of flowers that she always carried with her. His body stiffened as he looked at his surrounding. It was that same place, the exact same place in his dream. The large rock in the middle of the pond, the large hill he fell from and hit his pig friend, and even the time of day as the sun was shinning down upon them. It was the same.

Naruto stepped back as this started to freak him out. Was he dreaming, sleepwalking or was this a Genjutsu cast upon him. He didn’t know and became too confused to understand it to dispel it.

“I thought this place looked familiar…Naruto.”

Naruto eyes widen in disbelief. His eyes scanned the area from east to west. Then he felt a powerful presence directly next to him that made Kyuubi’s chakra react. Slowly and cautiously, blue eyes moved to the center of the pond. His mouth was open as he couldn’t believe to be looking upon her again.

“T-Tori.”

Calm and composed, sitting on the large rock in the middle of the pond, Tori had her eyes closed. Naruto took a step back as she wasn’t there before but saw the cloak she was wearing that wasn’t in his dream. Her Akatsuki cloak was present this time as this confirmed it with his own eyes, she was on there side.

Having one leg pushed up against her chest, Tori rested her arm on her knee. She could feel his presence again which started to bring great enjoyment to her heart again. Her right hand started to shake from the excitement in her body. She clenched her hand tightly to calm herself and bit her lip.

Finally, she opened her eyes and saw the one Jichuuriki that can give her what she truly desire.

“It must be fate Naruto….I didn’t notice it at first until now, that we’re back in the same place when I first meet you in that world of yours,” said Tori and smirked. “Tell me Naruto…How much will you sacrifice to obtain your goal?”

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