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471 The twilight hour

Sakura, Lee, Kiba, and Sai are all sitting down to setup camp for the night. Akumaru is nervously sniffing the air while Kiba notices Akumaru's fear.
Kiba: "Im not sure if its a good idea to be staying here for the night. Akumaru has a bad feeling about this place."
Sakura: "Its safe and besides there are four of us and as long as we have at least one of us awake watching around we should be ok."
Lee: "I will take the first watch and will strike hard at anyone foolish enough to attack us!"
Sakura: "No Lee. You get some sleep. Besides we will need all our energy for tomorrow while we search for sasuke."
Sai: "Im not so sure its a good idea to not tell naruto what we are doing. What if we are in need of some help?"
Sakura: "Just get some sleep sai. Everything will be alright in the morning."
Kiba looks around nervously and for a second he sees one red eye staring at them in the night. But then he looks again and it vanishes. Kiba looks around nervously and then lays down next to akumaru who has fallen assleep.Sakura sits down and begins watching around. Sakura dozes off. Sakura hears a scratching noise and her eyes open to see tobi looking down at her. Her eyes close and reopen to see tobi is now looking at her face to face. Sakura jumps back in shock but tobi puts his finger to his mask near his lips would be on the mask.
Tobi: "Shhhh. Unless you want a bloodbath you will come quietly."
Sakura looks around at them nervously and then follows tobi away from the camp site.
Sakura thinking: "Damn it! Sorry naruto. This is all my fault."

Garaa, Kankuro, Temari, Mizukage, and Choujiro are heading towards a small village close to their location. The village is bustling with people selling their wares and carrying out their daily business. Temari looks at all of them and how normal they act as they walk through the village.
Temari: "Its almost scary. None of them have a clue what is going on."
Garaa: "Try not to think about it too much Temari. It is best they knew as little as possible."
Kankuro goes over and questions one of the villagers out of ear shot of the others. He comes back with a smile on his face.
Kankuro: "Just as I would have guessed. Naruto, Kakashi, and Yamoto are over having ramen."
Mizukage thinking: "I could really use something to eat right now but what effect would this food have on my diet."
Choujiro: "I say we just ambush them when they come out of there. They are less likely to give us as much of a struggle if they are over stuffed and tired."
Mizukage: "We will have none of that here understood. Besides we had best get something to eat ourselves anyways."
Garaa: "Keep a sharp eye out of akatsuki or anyone suspicious."
They all head inside to find the place is nearly empty except for a lone booth with naruto, kakashi, and yamoto sitting down having something to eat. Kakashi turns his head and is surprised to see Garaa. Naruto notes kakashi's
surprise and peeks around to see them. Garaa smiles at them and the rest of the group follows them over and sits down at a table next to them.
Naruto: "Garaa, Kankuro, Temari. Its nice to see you all again. What brings you to this place? Who is that with you?"
Kakashi and the Yamoto take notice of Mizukage as she sits down opposite Garaa on the other side of the table.
Garaa: "This is the Mizukage and her escort, choujiro."
Naruto looks at Choujiro and the two share a hard glance but then Choujiro turns away when he notices that Mizukage is staring at him as well.
Kakashi: "So how did the kage conference go?"
Garaa: "It was not good but could have gone worse. Sasuke attacked and eventually we were introduced to the leader of akatsuki, Madara Uchiha."
Naruto, Kakashi, and Yamoto look surprised at what they have just heard. Then naruto frowns and looks downward.
Naruto: "Then did you capture sasuke? What did madara have to say to you?"
Garaa: "Sasuke escaped thanks to Madara but Madara has officially declared another Great Ninja War in responce to our refusal to hand over the remaining jinchuriki."
Naruto: "That doesn't surprise me since he himself told me that he never expected for me to be so difficult to capture."
Garaa, Temari, Kankuro, Mizukage, and Choujiro stare at Naruto in surprise while kakashi looks at Naruto with concern.
Kakashi: "Yes. We too got a visit from Madara. It seems Madara has many plans of his own for naruto."
Garaa: "What is important right now is that we get you out of his reach. The kages have all agreed to use any means necessary to keep the jinchuriki out of madara's hands."
Naruto looks up at them with a stern look on his face and his fists clenched.
Naruto: "So that is one of his games now."
Mizukage has a puzzled look on her face and she whispers something in choujiro's ear. He suddenly blushes but then he turns to look at Naruto.
Choujiro: "What did you mean when said Madara never expected you to be so difficult to capture."
Naruto: "Thats a long story."
Kankuro: "We aren't going anywhere and besides we want to get something to eat too so tell us about akatsuki."
Kakashi looks at naruto and nods his head in approval which causes naruto to smile a little.
Naruto: "It all began..."
Outside the inn, the villages continued to move on by unknowing of what was going on as night fell.

Killer Bee is dodging several sword spikes shooting out of Samehada through the trees. One almost hits him in the head but then embeds itself before retracting away.
Kisame: "You can't hide from samehada. One way or another it will have your chakra as its next meal."
Killer Bee: "I don't think so!"
Killer Bee charges from behind a tree catching Kisame be surprise thus forcing him to hold samehada up to parry a sword slash. The swords start to weaken as samehada absorbs Killer Bee's chakra. Killer Bee jumps back and starts
to breath as if he is exhausted.
Kisame: "There is no use fighting against samehada. One way or another it will eat up all your chakra."
Sabu thinking: "It won't be long now. I must do something. I can't let my strongest student die."
Kisame charges at Killer Bee and swings samehada at Killer Bee. He narrowly dodges it and at the last second parrys the end of the blade pushing it backward to off balance kisame.
Sabu: "There has got to be a way. Wait a second. I still have that one but I can't use it for long."
Kisame has forced Killer Bee off balance and is about to charge when he notices a sudden glow out of the corner of his eye. Sabu gets up and suddenly sparks start to violently ricochet around him. Sabu grabs a hold of his axe and lifts it above his head. The axe glows white as Sabu's chakra is absorbed by the blade.
Sabu: "Alright you rotten stinky fishman! Its time to show you what a true master of can do."
Kisame smiles and turns to face Sabu while Killer Bee has a shocked look on his face.

Sakura is following Tobi until they stop at a small clearing. Tobi turns around to face Sakura. Sakura looks at him in a defensive position. Tobi sits down on a tree stump.
Tobi: "I have many questions for you and I am sure you have a few for me as well."
Sakura: "I had thought you had come here to abduct me. What do you want from me?"
Tobi: "Some times you can truely measure the strengths and weaknesses of a person by whom they work with and how they act towards others."
Sakura: "..."
Tobi: "I wish for you to tell me what you know about Sasuke and Naruto. Leave no details out and I may just allow you and your friends to leave."
Sakura: "And if I don't?"
Tobi: "Then I shall have you kidnapped and you shall be used as bait to capture Naruto while your friends will be executed. Do you understand?"
Sakura: "Yes."
Tobi: "Then let us begin with...."
In the distance on a branch, Zetsu watches and smiles.

472 Interview with a Monster,



472 Interview with a Monster

Sakura and Madara are discussing out of earshot while zetsu watches from above. Sakura gets angry but then blushes. Madara bursts out laughing and then Sakura gets really mad but then Madara says something that make Sakura get really scared. Then Madara looks up at Zetsu as does Sakura. Zetsu jumps down to Madara and Sakura. Sakura is really nervous now and is looking at Zetsu as if expecting an attack any second.
Zetsu: "So are you don Madara? Did she have anything useful for us?"
Madara: "Plenty of information. With this info it should be much easier to figure out a means to lure naruto in for the capture."
Zetsu: "And what about her?"
Zetsu looks at Sakura, notices her fearful glances, and then smiles as she averts her eyes downward.
Madara: "She is of some value to us. Alive she could make a potentially useful bait for capturing naruto but naruto's real ambition is for sasuke so she is of little concern."
Zetsu: "She would make a valueable hostage."
Madara: "I made a promise and I intend to keep it."
Sakura looks relieved and looks at Madara. She is suddenly shocked when she finds herself trapped in a genjutsu as she collapses to the ground with tears in her eyes.
Zetsu: "You said you would let her go."
Madara: "In her mind, yes she will be free but physically she belongs to us now. Please leave this note for her friends to find. They will be worried without her."
Zetsu smiles as Madara picks her up over his shoulder and teleports out with Sakura. Zetsu teleports away leaving a single tear drop laying on the ground to mark where the meeting took place.

Kiba awakens the next morning to find everyone still assleep and Sakura missing. He notices everything is normal until he sees a knife imbedded in the tree. Kiba gets up and reads the note. His facial expressions go from normal to absolutely shocked when he finishes reading it. Lee starts to stumble from his sleep and yawns. He looks at Kiba with surprise while akumaru starts to howl in sadness.
Lee: "Whats wrong?"
Kiba: "Wake up Sai and get ready to leave. We have some bad news to deliver."
Kiba looks angry and he pounds his fist into the tree as a tear drips down his eye.
Kiba: "Damn it!"

Naruto is sitting on the top of the building in Sage Mode. A bird flies over and sits down on his shoulder. Garaa comes walking out of the building and looks around for Naruto. He then looks up and sees Naruto on the roof. Garaa is about to say something but Kakashi steps in front.
Garaa: "What is he doing up there?"
Kakashi: "Training in Sage Mode."
Garaa: "what is he trying to do exactly."
Kakashi: "I don't know much about sages but from what I guess Naruto is trying to maintain concentration which allows him to remain in sage mode."
Naruto turns his head and looks towards the other end of the village. Kiba, Lee, and Sai are approaching. Naruto exits sage mode and jumps down from the building. Kiba and the others start looking around when suddenly Naruto is right in front of them. Kiba looks down and then looks a Naruto.
Naruto: "I thought you were heading back to the village?"
Kiba: "Sakura insisted we search for Sasuke instead.
Naruto: "She what?!"
Kiba looks up at Naruto and then reaches into his pocket and hands naruto the note.
Naruto: "What is this.....Damn it! Damn him!"
Kiba: "Im sorry Naruto. Its all our fault."
Naruto looks extremely enraged and looks like he is ready to take a swing at Kiba. Naruto then crumbles up the note and turns around.
Naruto: "Come with me. At least one of the others might have a use for you after this failure."
The others follow after them while kiba looks downward while following Naruto.

Kisame is smiling away at Sabu who is heaving as if exhausted while Killer Bee looks equally tired out. Kisame smiles at them and lifts up samehada.
Kisame: "I guess you two have had enough time to recover. Samehada could use some breakfast and maybe after that you will finally give up."
Sabu thinking: "How does he keep going like that. Its as if he didn't fight at all."
Sabu gets angry and picks up his axe. Killer Bee puts his hand on Sabu's shoulder.
Killer Bee: "Take a rest. I think I can handle him for a while. You seem more tired than me."
Kisame laughs at them and then places his sword back into the ground. He then places his hands together.
Kisame: "I think since I have some free time here I might as well have some fun."
Kisame turns to the nearby river and walks towards it.
Kisame: "Tell you what guys. I will use only this water here to attack you while you can use whatever you want."
Killer Bee charges forward and grabs samehada. Samehada violently bucks in Killer Bee's hands before freeing itself and landing on the ground. Kisame laughs at Killer Bee who is nursing his wounded hand.
Kisame: "Now what did I tell you! Samehada will only work for me. You can't master that blade."
Killer Bee: "No but I can get rid of it!"
Kisame: "I don't think so."
Killer Bee picks up Samehada and attempts to toss it like a javelin. Killer Bee suddenly feels an intense blast hit him from behind sending him crashing against a tree. Samehada falls to the ground as Kisame walks over and picks it up.
Kisame: "Nice try. I think I will have samehada feed on your chakra. No use having you put that chakra of yours to waste."
Kisame raises samehada to attack killer Bee from behind when suddenly he turns around an narrowly manages to parry an attack from Sabu with his giant axe.
Sabu: "This isn't over for any of us including me. Prepare to die stinky fish man."
Kisame smiles and then prepares to strike at Sabu.

Sakura is sitting in a jail cell in shackles as a guard looks at her in the distance from behind the bars.
Guard1: "So the boss just put her in here?"
Guard2: "Yes and ever since she just seems to stare blankly. Its as if she isn't even there any more."
Guard1: "I wonder what they have planned for her."
Guard2: "Maybe we can have a little fun with this one."
The guards hear a noise and turn around to see a cloaked figure heading towards them from down the hallway.
Guard1: "Who goes there? What business do you have here?"
cloaked figure: "I am here to see a prisoner."
Guard2: "Name?"
Cloaked Figure: "Sasuke Uchiha."