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Chapter 3

Team Kakashi returned to turn in their report. After the official report Ino prepared to tell all the information she received from Sasori's mind.

"The other members of the Akatsuki are Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, Hidan and Kakuzu who are known as the immortal duo because they can't be killed by normal means. Kakuzu has five hearts in the form of four masks in his back. Hidan just can't be killed though regular means. The best way would be to either remove his head and limbs from his body and keep them restrained and separated or just try to destroy his body entirely. There also is a member who is weird and calls himself Tobi. He acts like a child and if anyone knows some of his skill it might be the leader. Sasori doesn't know the leader's name or what he looks like, but can tell he has a doujutsu that isn't the sharingan or the byakugan (Brief description of the what the eye looks like and Sasori's assumptions). He has a blue haired female partner and her skills are also unknown. Orochimaru also use to member before he quit. Sasori also has a spy inside of Orochimaru's organization. It's Kabuto Yakushi who is supposed to meet Sasori in three weeks from today." Ino said

"That gives us time to plan." Tsunade said

"Do you think me and Naruto can take the Jounin exams now." Ino said

"Of course. We have time before you are going to head out and meet with Kabuto. I also need to find you guys another teammate for the mission though." Tsunade said

The next two weeks went well for Naruto and Ino. In the first week they trained hard together to get a better semblance of teamwork and also started a relationship. Naruto revealed that he knew about Sakura's open hostility towards him, but he wasn't going to hate her or be mean to her. If he did he would be just as wrong as her and the rest of the villagers that treat him unfairly. Naruto also revealed his former status as a Jinchuriki. Ino took the news rather well though. During the second week they took the Jounin exams and got promoted. They were rather easy for Naruto and Ino managed.

It was now finally time for their mission. Tsunade had even found them a teammate. She said that Danzo had offered one of his root shinobi. Tsunade's choices weren't too high when she also had to factor in the possibility of Orochimaru himself being involved. It was unfortunate that Jiraiya wasn't around and she couldn't go she agreed with Danzo's suggestion of sending a root ninja.

Team Kakashi was waiting at the gate and they were shocked to see their teammate. Sakura was their teammate and she looked like she had truly grown in skill. She wore the standard ninja attire with an anbu chest guard instead of the flak jacket. She looked serious.

"Hey Sakura." Naruto greeted his former teammate

"Hello Naruto." Sakura replied. She had gone through Danzo's training and appeared stoic and calm. This unnerved the other members of team Kakashi.

They headed out and got to Tenshi Bridge in good time. They practiced their roles in the situation. Kakashi was going to be transformed into Sasori. He was going to try to get some answers from Kabuto first and then use his sharingan to knock him out. If they had any trouble Naruto, Ino, and Sakura would jump in.

Everything was going perfectly until Kabuto started asking for something that he wanted from Sasori. Kakashi couldn't give it to him so he attempted to reach for his sharingan eye and unveil it. His movements caused Kabuto to get weary and he jumped to Sasori's side to dodge a strike from Orochimaru.

"Thank you lord Sasori. If you hadn't have made those subtle movements I would have been dead." Kabuto said. Kakashi was sweating now. Orochimaru was here and it appeared he would have to fight him with Kabuto, without giving away his identity.

Before anymore could happen, Kabuto activated his chakra scalpels and tried to attack Sasori, who jumped back to dodge the attack.

"What's the meaning of this Kabuto?" Kakashi played along. He was lost, why would Kabuto attack his master Sasori.

"Lord Orochimaru released me. I work of my own free will now." Kabuto said

"Then I guess I can drop this disguise then." Kakashi said as he dropped his transformation. Kabuto and Orochimaru were shocked to see Kakashi, but didn't show it.

"Sasori must be dead if you're here." Kabuto concluded

"Why don't you let the brats come out and play." Orochimaru said. It was more of a statement than a question. Kakashi signaled for his team and they appeared.

"Ah the Kyuubi brat. I thought you were killed by my Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru stated

Sakura showed no outward reaction, but to Orochimaru, Naruto, and Kakashi she was furious at Orochimaru's words of Sasuke being his. Naruto was calm and collected. He knew Orochimaru was trying to make him angry. It seemed that he knew nothing of Naruto's new abilities though.

Orochimaru taunted some more and got no rise out of the calm Uzumaki, but it appeared that he did rile up Sakura who jumped at Orochimaru. She was easily swatted away, but that was just a shadow clone. The real Sakura was waiting for her true mission to begin.

Naruto stepped up to fight Orochimaru. He was so calm and yet he was fighting on Orochimaru's level easily. It irritated the legendary ninja to no end. Naruto was using taijutsu and non-elemental ninjutsu. Orochimaru couldn't see or detect Naruto's lightning armor in use.

Orochimaru got so frustrated that he and Kabuto just retreated. They later ran across Sakura. Kabuto was shocked that she was a root member when he last checked she was a member of team 7 before Sasuke's defection. She proved herself to them and they took her along. Neither of them knew that her mission from Danzo was to infiltrate them and then kill Sasuke Uchiha.

After their retreat, Naruto entered sage mode to track them down. He was shocked that Sakura was with them and that they weren't fighting. Team Kakashi tracked them silently and arrived at their hideout. They entered the hideout and searched for Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura to learn why she was betraying them, and Sasuke because Naruto wanted to see him again after all the years. He had no plans on claiming the bounty on his head, but he would if he had to. They searched the hideout for a long time until they heard an explosion. At the end of the hall where the explosion took place, they saw Sakura staring up. Team Kakashi ran towards her and saw that she was looking up at Sasuke who was shocked to see Naruto.

"Naruto?" Sasuke asked in shock as he activated his sharingan. He could tell that Naruto was different, but it was still Naruto.

"How did you survive? I thought you were dead. Do you know I've been tormented by that day for the past three fucking years!" Sasuke exclaimed the last part. This was a shock to all present seeing the normally stoic boy who appeared to be that way up until the point he saw Naruto.

"I don't really know myself. I died on that day and then I came back. Why have you been tormented?" Naruto asked

"You're by best friend. I wasn't ready to face the consequences of my actions. I turned my grief into determination. Your death drove me to want to kill Itachi more, but not for myself or my clan, but for you." Sasuke said emotionally.

"I'm sorry Sasuke that you had to go through that. I didn't plan this at all. It just happened." Naruto said. Sakura was shocked at what she was seeing. Naruto and Sasuke were acting like friends. The tension on the room had dropped. Sasuke was no longer cold like he was to her. He was even emotional about Naruto's supposed death. She couldn't believe this. Although her mission from Danzo was to kill Sasuke, her personal mission was to come to him and join him. That changed when he blew the room up upon the sight of her. He even muttered her name beforehand.

Before any could blink Naruto was standing in front of Sasuke. This even shocked Sasuke, who couldn't even see the movement with his fully matured Sharingan, let alone move that fast.

"It's ok Sasuke. I'm sorry for what this has put you through. Just know that I support your decision to kill Itachi and when you're finished, I'll still be your friend. Now try to hit me so Orochimaru doesn't get suspicious." Naruto whispered into Sasuke's ear.

"No Naruto. I don't want to be a missing nin anymore. I want to go home. If me and Itachi cross paths, I'll deal with him then." Sasuke said

"What about your revenge?" Naruto asked

"There's nothing to be avenged anymore. I think it's time that I lived my life for me and nobody else, even if that means turning my life over to Konoha. I committed a crime and I'm willing to pay for it now." Sasuke said with his emotions visible for his friend to see.

"It looks like Sasuke-kun has abandoned his goal to avenge his loved ones that were killed by his dear brother Itachi." Orochimaru said

"Laugh while you can because when I find you, you'll wish you never planned the invasion on Konoha." Naruto said loudly to the shock of the others

"I guess you saw through my clone Naruto-kun. We'll meet again." Orochimaru said. On the inside he had his usual attitude, but inside he was angry. The shadow clone poofed away and the former team 7 and Ino were left alone

"Mission accomplished, I would say. Let's head home." Kakashi said in a carefree tone. It wasn't that he was relaxed it was that even though he didn't know the extent of Sasuke's abilities, he did know that he, Naruto and Ino were very strong and could hold their own against Sasuke in a one on one fight. Sakura on the other hand, he knew nothing of her skill as well, but she was a root member meaning she had to be strong.