Sanashii: You guys probably hate me to death for not uploading in months...so...uh...SORRY! I'M REALLY REALLY SORRY!

itachi: Do you really think an apology would suffice them?

Sanashii: Well...What else can I do? Dress in pedobear's costume and chase Sasuke?

Itachi:...How would that amuse them?

Sanashii: ...I don't know its just...funny. WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE?!

Itachi: I'm supposed to say the disclaimer apparently. Though I'd rather be at home sleeping...

Sanashii:...What are you an old man?

Itachi: Naps are healthy for you Sanashii.

Sanashii: If anything they make me lazier.

Itachi: Just because you oversleep does not make you lazy. Try having an alarm clock near you.

Sanashii: I always smash it and go back to sleep. Waste of money buying a new one everyday. So whats the point?

Itachi: Keep it in the bathroom. The noise will echo around the whole house.

Sanashii: If i do that my cat will get a heart attack and will kill me.

Itachi:...Your cat sleeps in the bathroom?

Sanashii: Yes. In the sink. After watching a youtube video.

Itachi:...Shall we continue this conversation later?

Sanashii: ENJOY PEOPLE!

Itachi: Sanashii does not own Naruto. Just the story.

Sanashii: -sweat drop- They know that.

Itachi: So whats the point of me being here?

Sanashii:...

"DAMN YOU PERVY SAGE!"

"Stop cursing me and get on with it."

Naruto glared at the man before looking down at the balloon in his hand. He was NEVER going to learn this technique! He was so annoyed he wanted to fill the balloons with spiky things and throw them at Jiraya.

But then the balloon would break so there was no point. Also if he did, Jiraya wouldn't teach him the new technique.

He glared down at the ball.

"WORK YOU BALLOON! WILL YOU POP ALREADYYYYYYYYYY?!"

THUD!

Yukiko didn't react. She just stared at the wall in front of her where Sasuke just hit.

"Well if you can't tell me as much as that why did you tell me those things!?" Sasuke growled turning to face her. "how can you prove that Itachi was innocent?!"

"He is." She looked down. "Innocent..."

"HOW IS HE INNOCENT?! HE KILLED MY FAMILY! OUR PARENTS! HE'S A MONSTER!"

"You don't know him."

"I KNOW HIM MORE THAN ANYONE! HE'S A SELFISH RUTHLESS PERSON WHO DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING BUT POWER!"

"He is nowhere even close to that."

"THEN TELL ME!"

"I cannot."

"WHY THE HELL NOT?!"

Yukiko looked out of the window. Sasuke noticed that her eyes were filled with some kind of...pain. Regret? What would she be regretting? she turned to him.

"I cannot tell you under orders. But...I can tell you this much..." She closed her eyes briefly and reopened them slowly. "itachi Uchiha is innocent. He did everything to protect you Sasuke.."

"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW!?"

"I know..."

"You met him!?"

"More than that."

"..." he frowned as he stared at her. "You were his friend?"

"I guess. Back in the good old days."

"Good old days." He nearly rolled his eyes. "What, before he murdered our clan?"

"Yes. Before he was forced to do that act."

Sasuke felt his left eye twitching. "I can't take this." He muttered walking out of the room and nearly slamming the door behind him.

"..." Yukiko covered her eyes. "Itachi.." She whispered her voice cracking and then took them away. "Kakashi san...I hope he's alright.."

'Dammit..dammit, dammit, DAMMIT!' Sasuke thought as he walked through the streets of Konoha. He was annoyed beyond means. Maybe even annoyed wasn't the word.

He was beyond majorly pissed that was. How could Itachi be innocent?! He killed his clan, nearly waged a war against Konoha, attacked his friends and yet he's INNOCENT? Unacceptable.

The younger Uchiha however found himself considering the possibilty. What if...Itachi was forced to do the act? His mind wandered back to tthe time when he overheard a conversation between his parents and his brother long back

Flashback

"Itachi you know where your duty lies and that is in your clan. Your main purpose is to act as a link between the village and us, as a spy to help us in what we want..." Fugaku said in a low voice.

"I understand." Itachi said softly. His voice sounded so low and quiet, Sasuke thought he was near tears. He knew his brother well. But he had never heared or seen him cry. Ever.

"Sasuke." He gasped as he heard his brother call to him. "What are you doing here?"

He gulped as he walked through the door as his father scowled. "What are you doing, eavesdropping?!"

"No father I was going to get a glass of water..." Sasuke smiled forcbily and then looked at his brother who was smiling at him. But that smile...seemed to fake...

End of flashback

'...My clan?' He thought as he slowed down. Then he felt his temper rise once more. "No way. Impossible!"

"What's this...you are talking to yourself?"

Sasuke glanced up at the lazy tone of voice. "Ah...Shikamaru." He achknowledged. Said lazy genius stopped in front of him, hands fixed behind his back."What's with your face?"

Sasuke glared at him.

"How troublesome...something about Sakura?"

He watched Sasuke's eyes soften and then he looked down. "Well I'm worried about her..but not quite that."

"You can tell me." Shikamaru smirked. "After all Sakura likes me a lot..I'll be able to do something for her."

"If you don't shut up I'm feeding you to the hawks."

A blond haired, big busted woman walked through the streets, mumbling curses under her breath. A woman followed her, carrying a pink that was oinking, seemingly nervous.

"T-Tsunade Sama," The black haired, younger woman spoke. "Are you alright?"

Tsunade, as her name was, glared at the street in front of her as she remembered her previous luck with gambling.

Tsunade Senju was her name, daughter of the first hokage, one of the famed legendary sannin's and JUST the person a little blond haired idiot and his mentor were looking for.

But she wasn't aware of that. What was on her mind was now, her gambling luck.

The thing was, Tsunade had a reputation for being a very bad gambler. Bad in the sense, any gamble or bet she made would be lost...unless she was walking into danger.

And a while ago, she hit the jackpot and had won around a million Ryo. She felt something bad was going to happen...soon. Soon in the sense...as soon as the next minute.

THERE!

Tsunade stopped in her tracks. "Stop Shizune." She ordered. The black haired woman stopped behind her. There was no one around them. A cold laugh froze her.

"You..." She growled as a man stepped in front of her.

Said person licked his lips with a long tongue. "Nice to meet you ... Tsunade..." He grinned.

"Orochimaru." She glared. "What are you doing here?"

"You are meeting your old teammate in years and no hello? I'm hurt." Orochimaru feigned sadness and then smirked as he looked at the black haired woman next to her. "Training someone I see...well allow me to introduce my apprentice...Kabuto."

The grey haired man stepped forward and grinned. "I finally get to meet the great Tsunade."

Tsunade ignored him. "Get to the point...what do you want?"

Orochimaru smirked. "Tempered as always. Alright I'll tell you. I am very ill Tsunade. I'm down with high fever and-"

"I quit medicine long ago." Tsunade interrupted him. "I can't help you."

"Tsunade you are the only one who can help me. You see...it's no ordinary illness. I have been cursed Tsunade, by the wretched old man Sarutobi."
He smirked.

"What?"

"Good thing...I killed him."

Tsunade's eyes went wide in horror. "You...you killed..." He whispered.

"He sealed my hands Tsunade. You can undo the seal and heal me." He smirked. "What's with that look...it's not the first time someone close to you has died..."

Tsunade gasped.

"Dan and Nawaki...what about them?"

Shizune, her apprentice, glared at the two men who were right now, exploiting her beloved mentors weakness and her dreadful past.

Swiftly taking out a handful of senbon in her hand, she flung it at them. The grey haired man acted swiftly, blocking the needles with his own kunai and then took a protective stance in front of his mentor.

"Leave." She hissed. "Or else you'll pay."

The snake man laughed loudly, sending chills down her spine. But she forced herself to stand her ground and kept a calm face as she stood in front of her own mentor.

"Orochimaru sama," Kabuto turned his head around briefly to regard the sannin.

"We are leaving." He announced as he jumped backwards onto the roof. "But remember Tsunade, what I can do for you," He added as his student followed him. "I will be able to bring back the lives of those you love so dearly..."

Leaving the sentence hanging, he then vanished. Shizune immediately turned to her teacher.

"Tsunade Sama-!"

The blond haired, big busted woman stood there silently because raising her face to meet her student's. Her face suddenly looked pale and drawn her her eyes seemed to have lost its gleam.

"I need sake..." She sighed finally, after a moment's of silence and then walked on. Shizune quietly followed her. If she hadn't known any better she would've assumed that what just happened did not bother her. But Tsunade was silently contemplating whether to oblige to the request..or not.

After all...she did love her brother and her fiancee...

"ERO SENNIN I'M HUNGRYYY! HEAR ME?! I'M HUNGRY! SHOULD I SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU!?"

Jiraya ignored the Kyuubi host as he walked on, briefly glancing at shops now and then. They had been searching for hours now, but with no luck.

He himself was beginning to slowly lose hope in finding his old teamate.

"ERO SENNIN!"

Finally he turned to face his student. "Alright I hear you." He said and then turned to the nearest bar. "Here's a good place." He mumbled, more to himself than his student and walked in.

"What type of a teacher are you?! Leading a little kid into a bar full of..." Naruto's mutters trailed off as his stomach growled and he reluctantly walked into the building, only to bump into his teacher's back.

"Hey what's the deal!?" He whined. "Huh?"

Jiraya had a coy smile on his face. "Well, well, well...look who we have here." His smile widened. "Naruto I htink our luck has changed!"

Naruto followed the hermit's gaze to a big busted blond woman who was sitting in one of the booths. "Dammit your student's hungry and all you can think about is women..." He muttered but followed his teacher nonetheless.

He was too hungry to put up an argument.

"Hello!" Jiraya greeted as he approached the booth.

Naruto watched the blond woman's face lift up lazily to acknowledge the man and then watched her eyes go wide and her jaws dropped. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" She yelled standing up and slamming her hands on the table.

"Aw is that how you treat your old teammate?" Jiraya feigned sadness as he took a seat, much to the woman's chagrin.

"Teammate?" Naruto looked at the woman and squinted his eyes. This woman was his teammate?

"Long time no see Tsunade."

Now it was Naruto's turn to be surprised. "TSUNADE?!"

HELLO MY LOVEABLE READERS! I'm sorry I havent been able to update. Very busy. AH well, enjoy! ^^