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The basement was quite for a few minutes. Jugo had taken his own couch, as had Karin and Suigetsu leaving Sasuke and Naruto the large red one. It wouldn't have been that bad but every time Sasuke looked over at Naruto he could only remember him telling him the couch pulled out into a bed.

After about five minutes Karin walked up in front of them. She quickly put her hands on her hips and looked at everyone, "while we have time I'd like to reiterate that only Sasuke's allowed in my room, got it lobster?"

Suigetsu stuck out his tongue but behaved. Karin continued, "also, little Karin is not food, when she's out we don't play soccer with her ball, things like that. Also, no smoking, of any kind, around little Karin. We do not give the gerbil alcohol or rat poison"

"I get it; I'm not allowed to fuck with the gerbil." Suigetsu said tired of her talking. Karin stopped and walked back over to the couch looking somewhat pleased with herself. Suigetsu sighed, "You could have just said, 'hey don't fuck with my gerbil,' but no, you have to be fucking showy."

Suigetsu was hit upside the head by a large hand. They looked up to see Kisame had come down with Itachi behind him. "No swearing. It makes you look like your stupid and don't know any other words."

"Rag on him later, Kisame." Itachi barked quickly and shut the large metal door behind him. Itachi took the floor space, "we have a huge problem. Madara…. The…. He got a hold of nitroglycerin. He's been taking very small amounts for weeks and storing it away. He's got enough saved up to blow up a skyscraper."

"What's he going to do with it, they'll link it back to him faster then anyone would ever imagine. He's the Dean of Sciences! He's the only one who could get access." Sasuke asked sitting forward and looking at him. He took a second of the silence, "he's going to kill someone, isn't he?"

"He's getting impatient, he's also been planting false records in the Medical building in the fire proof areas. He's going to blow up the Medical building in a bit. Kisame and I have to avoid suspicion since they will link it to Madara and Quantity, we have to clear out the cadaver lab of the new medications, can we bring them here?" Itachi asked looking at him.

"Yea…" Sasuke said and relaxed back. Kisame and Itachi quickly left just as they came. Sasuke took a deep breath and saw as Naruto turned to look at him, "we have to go get them out of the building. They'll be blown to bits."

"No, they'll be burned to death. There's probably no time." Sasuke said and looked over at Suigetsu, Karin and Jugo, they just stared at him.

"We've got to try at least; I'd rather try then do nothing knowing I let them die!" Naruto yelled standing up and stuck out his hand. "Give me your keys." Sasuke shook his head. "I'll take them from you."

Sasuke moved quickly and grabbed his wrist. Naruto copied him and Sasuke grabbed the other wrist and stood up. "Going in their spastically won't help anyone, it'll get you killed. Secondly, your not driving my Corvette, you'll scratch it. I'll drive."

"I'm coming." Karin and Suigetsu said simultaneously. They both stood up and walked over. "Karin and I are sticks; we can share half a seat."

Sasuke turned his attention to Jugo. Jugo shrugged, "I'm… just gonna stay here. Your car's too small. I'll lie for you if someone asks."

Sasuke proceeded to lead them up to the street where the car was and they filed in. Naruto had to share a seat with Suigetsu who had Karin sitting on his lap biting her nails. Sasuke gunned the car down the street and drifted it around the corner.

"Holy shit, this is not the Fast and the Furious." Suigetsu complained as they all fell over each other. Regaining a normal direction they sped up quickly. "Man, you need to like… take a fucking driving lesson."

"We have limited time. Stop complaining." Sasuke said and barreled into the college. He stopped the car in the street illegally. He didn't care, it was after classes and the street was practically closed. The first thing Sasuke noticed was that the Science build was dark and all the cars were gone from its parking lot.

"How are we going to handle this?" Sasuke asked looking to Naruto. Naruto wasn't expecting this. "Come on, this is your thing, how do we get them out without letting them know anything?"

"Ah…" Naruto shook his head for a bit. "I say we just grab whosever in there and drag them out if they won't come on their own accord."

"Works for me." Suigetsu said and opened the door letting Karin and then himself out. Naruto and Sasuke got out closing the doors and looked over to the medical building. Naruto didn't waste any time and rushed over to the building running as fast as he could over the grass towards the parking lot. The rest of the Black Birds present followed him closely and they charged the building.

Naruto opened the doors to the empty building and looked around. There was no one around, Sasuke came up behind him and touched his shoulder gently. "Where are they usually at."

"That's the problem, there usually in her office up there but the lights out. They're cars are here though." Naruto scratched his head quickly. He got an idea. "Karin, Suigetsu, you two check the second floor, we'll check the third, come on."

The four raced up the stairs then split up with Sasuke and Naruto taking the third floor. Reaching the top of the stairs they looked down the hall and didn't see any lights on anywhere. It was then there was a loud whistle from downstairs.

They went back down stairs and saw Suigetsu and Karin waiting outside a small door reading 'PRIVATE LAB –NO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL.' Naruto ignored the sign and turned the door knob rushing in on a small group sitting around talking. Naruto stopped practically a hair short of Tsunade, "you've got to get out, they're going to blow up the building."

"Blow up the building?" Tsuande said and looked around at the people around her. She smiled, "don't be silly. No one's going to blow up the building."

"Madara's been skimming a large quantity of Nirto." Sasuke said walking in with Karin and Suigetsu behind him. "If you don't get out you will burn to death in a matter of seconds after the explosion."

"You're one of his nephews, aren't you." Tsunade asked shrewdly. She was about to start calling him into question but Naruto interrupted. "THERE'S NOT TIME FOR THIS! GET OUT OF THE BUILDING NOW!"

Without warning the fire alarm sounded and the sprinklers came on. The group finally took heed to the warning and began to evacuate the building leaving the Black Birds in back as they ran out the building. They raced out the front doors and heard a loud snap and an exasperated gasp.

The boys turned around to see Karin falling. She smacked the marble floor hard and looked up through her glasses as a small amount of blood dribbled down the side of her head. Naruto and Sasuke were about to go get her but were stopped when they saw a large flame erupt from the second floor.

"I'll get her, you two get out of here." Suigetsu called and rushed back in for their fallen comrade. Sasuke grabbed Naruto and pulled him out of the building quickly not letting him watch to see if they were alright or not. It was then the explosion went off and Sasuke dragged them both to the ground pulling as much of Naruto under him as he could.

The noise was thunderous; it quaked over them with the glass breaking and sounds of the building changing. The heat could be felt as it went out in bursts then died down. Sasuke lifted up his head breathing hard and looked behind him to see Suigetsu and Karin.

The two were on the ground barely off the steps. Suigetsu slowly lifted himself off Karin, let out a painful whine and fell off her whimpering. Karin sat up and looked at him, his shirt was on fire. She tired patting it out but just ripped his shirt off to see the burned skin beneath. She started breathing hard and began crying herself. "Help!"

Sasuke bolted over to them and checked on Suigetsu. Sasuke touched his back and he grunted and shrugged away. "Good news is your nerves are still intact… we have to get him to Kisame."

"Okay…" Karin muttered. She didn't do anything; Sasuke grabbed one side as Naruto got over and helped him get Suigetsu up. Sasuke put Suigetsu's arm around him and began leading him to the car. "Naruto, get Karin."

Naruto knelt down to Karin and offered her a hand. She took it and let him pull her up off the ground and lead her to the car. Sasuke waited with a half conscious Suigetsu. Karin understood to get in first. "You're going to have to hold Suigetsu."

"I'm fine…" Suigetsu said softly, Sasuke finally got a good look at his face, he was crying. Suigetsu noticed and turned away. "It hurts a bit."

"You can't stand by yourself right now, just let us help you until we can get pain medication in you." Sasuke asked him. Suigetsu nodded and Sasuke looked in, "this is going to awkward. Um…."

Suigetsu placed a hand on the Corvette and moved in by himself. He sat on Karin facing her and wrapped his arms around her setting his head on her shoulder. Karin was still crying and Suigetsu couldn't help but comment, "must have been some pretty expensive shoes… Now you're going to be walking like a gimp."

Sasuke and Naruto kept back as Suigetsu kept making comment after comment until Karin was laughing. Even though he was in severe pain his focus was to make her feel better. Naruto smiled, "are they…"

He ended his sentence there. Sasuke shook his head and quietly commented, "he likes her though, a lot. Too stubborn to admit it."

"Naruto Uzumaki!" Came a yell from across the field, Tsunade was slowly making her way over to him. Naruto quickly dug in his pockets and handed Sasuke Sasori's card. "He told me to have you call him."

"Okay, it look like you're getting dragged away, I'll see you tomorrow then?" Sasuke asked as Tsunade was about fifty feet away. Naruto nodded and he quickly hugged Sasuke and let go running towards Tsunade. Sasuke shut the passenger's side door and went around getting in. They would have to beat the police out. "Karin, you have to keep him in place, do you understand?"

"Yeah." She said still somewhat meekly and wrapped an arm around his head. Hesitantly she slid a hand in on of his back pockets to keep him still too.

"That's unwanted physical touching…" Suigetsu jested at the placement. "Sexual harassment! She's grabbing my ass."

"No I'm not, you don't have an ass, you're too skinny." Karin retorted in her normal manner. "You're entire back's burned if you haven't noticed, placements are limited."

"You just wanted to grab my ass, admit it." Suigetsu said and Sasuke turned around a corner somewhat gently and passed several speeding police cars. "Go back and get them, I'm going to have her arrested."

Karin didn't really think her action threw. She pulled her hand out and smacked him. "You need to shut up."

Suigetsu did shut up for a second before he leaned into her ear and said something foul. Karin repeated he earlier action a lot hard to the point it was so loud Sasuke actually looked at them. Suigetsu broke out laughing and Sasuke knew what he was going to say. "Don't you dare Suigetsu, I swear to God there's a chance she'll kill you."

Suigetsu ignored the Uchiha. Suigetsu smiled and propped himself up to look her in the face smiling. "Spanking, kinky. Though you really should wait until were alone."

Karin looked at him, you could tell from his eyes and the tears that he was still in pain. He was so pathetic she couldn't do anything. Instead the she broke down crying. Suigetsu stopped; he wasn't sure what was wrong with her. "Hey, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry."

"You're all burned up because of me and my stupid heels…" Karin cried and Suigetsu rewrapped his arms around her. They were home a few seconds later and Sasuke stopped the car right behind Kisame's Hummer. "I'll go get Kisame to help."

"I'll be here." Suigetsu said just held on to Karin. "I'll be fine, I just wish you'd stop crying." Karin looked down at him, "I'm the one in pain, not you. It's bad enough I'm crying."

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Naruto walked over to Tsuande and looked at her as she stopped and promptly smacked him across the face. Naruto grabbed his cheek and looked at her. "What part of those people are dangerous does not go through to your head!"

"They saved your ass, you should be more grateful. Suigetsu's entire back is all burned." Naruto snapped right back at her. Tsunade somewhat twitched. Naruto was afraid she might snap but was luckily saved when Shizune rushed over.

Tsunade saw the look on her aid's face and calmed down. "When the police arrive, you will tell them what happened, everything you know including about your friends, and then you'll be going to Jiraiya's house. Is this understood?"

"Nope. I'm not telling the police anything. I'm not telling anyone anything." Naruto said quickly. "You know what will happen, there will be no proof, Sasuke and the rest of us will be taken in by the state again, oh, and guess what; Quantity would win claiming you're running a slanderous campaign. Tattling on them isn't going to get us anywhere."

"So, you're not going to tell the police anything, then what do I say, a little bird came in and warned me?" Tsunade said throwing her hands on her hips. She looked at him upset for a minute. "Alright, I'll say we smelled something weird."

"Are you alright Naruto?" Shizune asked as Tsunade walked away towards the sirens signaling them. Naruto nodded and Shizune offered her jacket to him. Naruto refused. "We owe you and your friends a lot. Thank them for us, would you?"

"I will if they live past the severe beating they're going to get." Naruto said and saw an old beat up car come up the street. He looked over and saw Jiraiya get out running towards them. "You missed it, there was an explosion."

"I heard it." Jiraiya said walking over and looking at him. Without any regard for injury, Jiraiya quickly grabbed him and hugged him. "Tsunade called me. You're a hero!"

"You got here pretty fast." Naruto commented and Jiraiya let him go explaining a stupid situation where he left his new script on his desk. Jiraiya then went on to explain why he came here instead of his office. "I really want to go stay with my friends, one's injured. He fried his back pulling out another one of my friends. I need to make sure they're still okay."

"The ambulance let them go home?" Jiraiya shrugged and clamped a hand on his head. "You can go back tomorrow, but tonight, after this, Tsunade just really wants to know where you are if anything happens. She thinks of you like a grandkid, just like I do. We worry about you."

"Alright, I guess." Naruto said and shook hands with Shizune who quickly left before Jiraiya asked for a hug again. Several police came and interrogated Naruto, flashing lights on him. Naruto of course didn't give out information and just said he went out with everyone else. Jiraiya wasn't there at all and just showed up, that's what he told them too.

They were good to leave and filed in Jiraiya's car to go home. Naruto sat in the passenger's seat uncomfortably. "Can I borrow your phone to call them at least?"

"I guess. Just don't get spit on it, some idiot… " Jiraiya growled and got lost in thought. "Luckily he flipped off his bike." The writer dug in his jacket for a second and handed in the thin black phone which Naruto went into messages.

"You kept my message right?" Jiraiya nodded. Naruto went and played his message listening to the number. He ended the message early and dialed the number.

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Sasuke, Itachi and Jugo stood around and could only watch as Karin held Suigetsu. Kisame had injected him with the same medication that he had given Naruto and went to work scraping off the dead tissue. They were all very queit for it until Sasuke's phone went off. He walked away from them and pulled it out looking at the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"

"Hey, It's Naruto."

"Oh, hey. Wait.. where'd you get my number from?" Sasuke asked somewhat confused, he didn't remember giving it to Naruto at all though he should have.

"From the diner, I left a message on Jiraiya's phone. I just redailed. How is he?"

"Suigetsu's getting his back peeled by Kisame," Sasuke said quietly turning to look at the scene. "That new pain medication is a miracle. So, are you going to Jiraiya's tonight?"

"Yeah."

"I'll bring your stuff to school tomorrow. Suigetsu will be up and running by then, you'll be able to talk to him yourself. I want to go back to him," Sasuke said and stepped out of the basement to the other side and climbed the stairs of the entry house. Sasuke smiled, "Naruto, I love you."

"Love you too." There was a noise on the phone. "Hey, Jiraiya! No, I'm not telling you."

"I'll let you get back to your arguing." Sasuke laughed into the phone. Naruto began to apologize, "don't, I think it's hilarious. Mainly because he's going to give you shit about it for a while. Talk to you tomorrow."

"Yep, bye." Naruto hung up the phone in the middle of going back to arguing with Jiraiya. Sasuke shook his head and laughed as he turned around on the stairs and saw his brother behind him. "Itachi? Let me guess, how can you be so stupid? Never do that again, and wait…" Sasuke slapped himself upside the head.

Itachi took the step just before Sasuke's and wrapped his arms around his little brother and became upset. "You could have been hurt or killed! You need to learn how to stay out of dangerous situations! Do you want to end up like mom and dad?"

"Je… Je suis désole…" Itachi held on for another minute before letting go and pulling Sasuke to the bottom. Sasuke looked up at him and saw something coming at him. He was suddenly on the floor. "What the…"

"Hitting's not working obviously." Itachi muttered and began rubbing his fist "From now on when you do something wildly stupid I'm going to punch you in the face so others can help remind you too."

Sasuke wiped a little blood from his nose laughing a bit, "goddamn… you have a nasty right hook."

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The basement was quite for a few minutes. Jugo had taken his own couch, as had Karin and Suigetsu leaving Sasuke and Naruto the large red one. It wouldn't have been that bad but every time Sasuke looked over at Naruto he could only remember him telling him the couch pulled out into a bed.

After about five minutes Karin walked up in front of them. She quickly put her hands on her hips and looked at everyone, "while we have time I'd like to reiterate that only Sasuke's allowed in my room, got it lobster?"

Suigetsu stuck out his tongue but behaved. Karin continued, "also, little Karin is not food, when she's out we don't play soccer with her ball, things like that. Also, no smoking, of any kind, around little Karin. We do not give the gerbil alcohol or rat poison"

"I get it; I'm not allowed to fuck with the gerbil." Suigetsu said tired of her talking. Karin stopped and walked back over to the couch looking somewhat pleased with herself. Suigetsu sighed, "You could have just said, 'hey don't fuck with my gerbil,' but no, you have to be fucking showy."

Suigetsu was hit upside the head by a large hand. They looked up to see Kisame had come down with Itachi behind him. "No swearing. It makes you look like your stupid and don't know any other words."

"Rag on him later, Kisame." Itachi barked quickly and shut the large metal door behind him. Itachi took the floor space, "we have a huge problem. Madara…. The…. He got a hold of nitroglycerin. He's been taking very small amounts for weeks and storing it away. He's got enough saved up to blow up a skyscraper."

"What's he going to do with it, they'll link it back to him faster then anyone would ever imagine. He's the Dean of Sciences! He's the only one who could get access." Sasuke asked sitting forward and looking at him. He took a second of the silence, "he's going to kill someone, isn't he?"

"He's getting impatient, he's also been planting false records in the Medical building in the fire proof areas. He's going to blow up the Medical building in a bit. Kisame and I have to avoid suspicion since they will link it to Madara and Quantity, we have to clear out the cadaver lab of the new medications, can we bring them here?" Itachi asked looking at him.

"Yea…" Sasuke said and relaxed back. Kisame and Itachi quickly left just as they came. Sasuke took a deep breath and saw as Naruto turned to look at him, "we have to go get them out of the building. They'll be blown to bits."

"No, they'll be burned to death. There's probably no time." Sasuke said and looked over at Suigetsu, Karin and Jugo, they just stared at him.

"We've got to try at least; I'd rather try then do nothing knowing I let them die!" Naruto yelled standing up and stuck out his hand. "Give me your keys." Sasuke shook his head. "I'll take them from you."

Sasuke moved quickly and grabbed his wrist. Naruto copied him and Sasuke grabbed the other wrist and stood up. "Going in their spastically won't help anyone, it'll get you killed. Secondly, your not driving my Corvette, you'll scratch it. I'll drive."

"I'm coming." Karin and Suigetsu said simultaneously. They both stood up and walked over. "Karin and I are sticks; we can share half a seat."

Sasuke turned his attention to Jugo. Jugo shrugged, "I'm… just gonna stay here. Your car's too small. I'll lie for you if someone asks."

Sasuke proceeded to lead them up to the street where the car was and they filed in. Naruto had to share a seat with Suigetsu who had Karin sitting on his lap biting her nails. Sasuke gunned the car down the street and drifted it around the corner.

"Holy shit, this is not the Fast and the Furious." Suigetsu complained as they all fell over each other. Regaining a normal direction they sped up quickly. "Man, you need to like… take a fucking driving lesson."

"We have limited time. Stop complaining." Sasuke said and barreled into the college. He stopped the car in the street illegally. He didn't care, it was after classes and the street was practically closed. The first thing Sasuke noticed was that the Science build was dark and all the cars were gone from its parking lot.

"How are we going to handle this?" Sasuke asked looking to Naruto. Naruto wasn't expecting this. "Come on, this is your thing, how do we get them out without letting them know anything?"

"Ah…" Naruto shook his head for a bit. "I say we just grab whosever in there and drag them out if they won't come on their own accord."

"Works for me." Suigetsu said and opened the door letting Karin and then himself out. Naruto and Sasuke got out closing the doors and looked over to the medical building. Naruto didn't waste any time and rushed over to the building running as fast as he could over the grass towards the parking lot. The rest of the Black Birds present followed him closely and they charged the building.

Naruto opened the doors to the empty building and looked around. There was no one around, Sasuke came up behind him and touched his shoulder gently. "Where are they usually at."

"That's the problem, there usually in her office up there but the lights out. They're cars are here though." Naruto scratched his head quickly. He got an idea. "Karin, Suigetsu, you two check the second floor, we'll check the third, come on."

The four raced up the stairs then split up with Sasuke and Naruto taking the third floor. Reaching the top of the stairs they looked down the hall and didn't see any lights on anywhere. It was then there was a loud whistle from downstairs.

They went back down stairs and saw Suigetsu and Karin waiting outside a small door reading 'PRIVATE LAB –NO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL.' Naruto ignored the sign and turned the door knob rushing in on a small group sitting around talking. Naruto stopped practically a hair short of Tsunade, "you've got to get out, they're going to blow up the building."

"Blow up the building?" Tsuande said and looked around at the people around her. She smiled, "don't be silly. No one's going to blow up the building."

"Madara's been skimming a large quantity of Nirto." Sasuke said walking in with Karin and Suigetsu behind him. "If you don't get out you will burn to death in a matter of seconds after the explosion."

"You're one of his nephews, aren't you." Tsunade asked shrewdly. She was about to start calling him into question but Naruto interrupted. "THERE'S NOT TIME FOR THIS! GET OUT OF THE BUILDING NOW!"

Without warning the fire alarm sounded and the sprinklers came on. The group finally took heed to the warning and began to evacuate the building leaving the Black Birds in back as they ran out the building. They raced out the front doors and heard a loud snap and an exasperated gasp.

The boys turned around to see Karin falling. She smacked the marble floor hard and looked up through her glasses as a small amount of blood dribbled down the side of her head. Naruto and Sasuke were about to go get her but were stopped when they saw a large flame erupt from the second floor.

"I'll get her, you two get out of here." Suigetsu called and rushed back in for their fallen comrade. Sasuke grabbed Naruto and pulled him out of the building quickly not letting him watch to see if they were alright or not. It was then the explosion went off and Sasuke dragged them both to the ground pulling as much of Naruto under him as he could.

The noise was thunderous; it quaked over them with the glass breaking and sounds of the building changing. The heat could be felt as it went out in bursts then died down. Sasuke lifted up his head breathing hard and looked behind him to see Suigetsu and Karin.

The two were on the ground barely off the steps. Suigetsu slowly lifted himself off Karin, let out a painful whine and fell off her whimpering. Karin sat up and looked at him, his shirt was on fire. She tired patting it out but just ripped his shirt off to see the burned skin beneath. She started breathing hard and began crying herself. "Help!"

Sasuke bolted over to them and checked on Suigetsu. Sasuke touched his back and he grunted and shrugged away. "Good news is your nerves are still intact… we have to get him to Kisame."

"Okay…" Karin muttered. She didn't do anything; Sasuke grabbed one side as Naruto got over and helped him get Suigetsu up. Sasuke put Suigetsu's arm around him and began leading him to the car. "Naruto, get Karin."

Naruto knelt down to Karin and offered her a hand. She took it and let him pull her up off the ground and lead her to the car. Sasuke waited with a half conscious Suigetsu. Karin understood to get in first. "You're going to have to hold Suigetsu."

"I'm fine…" Suigetsu said softly, Sasuke finally got a good look at his face, he was crying. Suigetsu noticed and turned away. "It hurts a bit."

"You can't stand by yourself right now, just let us help you until we can get pain medication in you." Sasuke asked him. Suigetsu nodded and Sasuke looked in, "this is going to awkward. Um…."

Suigetsu placed a hand on the Corvette and moved in by himself. He sat on Karin facing her and wrapped his arms around her setting his head on her shoulder. Karin was still crying and Suigetsu couldn't help but comment, "must have been some pretty expensive shoes… Now you're going to be walking like a gimp."

Sasuke and Naruto kept back as Suigetsu kept making comment after comment until Karin was laughing. Even though he was in severe pain his focus was to make her feel better. Naruto smiled, "are they…"

He ended his sentence there. Sasuke shook his head and quietly commented, "he likes her though, a lot. Too stubborn to admit it."

"Naruto Uzumaki!" Came a yell from across the field, Tsunade was slowly making her way over to him. Naruto quickly dug in his pockets and handed Sasuke Sasori's card. "He told me to have you call him."

"Okay, it look like you're getting dragged away, I'll see you tomorrow then?" Sasuke asked as Tsunade was about fifty feet away. Naruto nodded and he quickly hugged Sasuke and let go running towards Tsunade. Sasuke shut the passenger's side door and went around getting in. They would have to beat the police out. "Karin, you have to keep him in place, do you understand?"

"Yeah." She said still somewhat meekly and wrapped an arm around his head. Hesitantly she slid a hand in on of his back pockets to keep him still too.

"That's unwanted physical touching…" Suigetsu jested at the placement. "Sexual harassment! She's grabbing my ass."

"No I'm not, you don't have an ass, you're too skinny." Karin retorted in her normal manner. "You're entire back's burned if you haven't noticed, placements are limited."

"You just wanted to grab my ass, admit it." Suigetsu said and Sasuke turned around a corner somewhat gently and passed several speeding police cars. "Go back and get them, I'm going to have her arrested."

Karin didn't really think her action threw. She pulled her hand out and smacked him. "You need to shut up."

Suigetsu did shut up for a second before he leaned into her ear and said something foul. Karin repeated he earlier action a lot hard to the point it was so loud Sasuke actually looked at them. Suigetsu broke out laughing and Sasuke knew what he was going to say. "Don't you dare Suigetsu, I swear to God there's a chance she'll kill you."

Suigetsu ignored the Uchiha. Suigetsu smiled and propped himself up to look her in the face smiling. "Spanking, kinky. Though you really should wait until were alone."

Karin looked at him, you could tell from his eyes and the tears that he was still in pain. He was so pathetic she couldn't do anything. Instead the she broke down crying. Suigetsu stopped; he wasn't sure what was wrong with her. "Hey, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry."

"You're all burned up because of me and my stupid heels…" Karin cried and Suigetsu rewrapped his arms around her. They were home a few seconds later and Sasuke stopped the car right behind Kisame's Hummer. "I'll go get Kisame to help."

"I'll be here." Suigetsu said just held on to Karin. "I'll be fine, I just wish you'd stop crying." Karin looked down at him, "I'm the one in pain, not you. It's bad enough I'm crying."

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Naruto walked over to Tsuande and looked at her as she stopped and promptly smacked him across the face. Naruto grabbed his cheek and looked at her. "What part of those people are dangerous does not go through to your head!"

"They saved your ass, you should be more grateful. Suigetsu's entire back is all burned." Naruto snapped right back at her. Tsunade somewhat twitched. Naruto was afraid she might snap but was luckily saved when Shizune rushed over.

Tsunade saw the look on her aid's face and calmed down. "When the police arrive, you will tell them what happened, everything you know including about your friends, and then you'll be going to Jiraiya's house. Is this understood?"

"Nope. I'm not telling the police anything. I'm not telling anyone anything." Naruto said quickly. "You know what will happen, there will be no proof, Sasuke and the rest of us will be taken in by the state again, oh, and guess what; Quantity would win claiming you're running a slanderous campaign. Tattling on them isn't going to get us anywhere."

"So, you're not going to tell the police anything, then what do I say, a little bird came in and warned me?" Tsunade said throwing her hands on her hips. She looked at him upset for a minute. "Alright, I'll say we smelled something weird."

"Are you alright Naruto?" Shizune asked as Tsunade walked away towards the sirens signaling them. Naruto nodded and Shizune offered her jacket to him. Naruto refused. "We owe you and your friends a lot. Thank them for us, would you?"

"I will if they live past the severe beating they're going to get." Naruto said and saw an old beat up car come up the street. He looked over and saw Jiraiya get out running towards them. "You missed it, there was an explosion."

"I heard it." Jiraiya said walking over and looking at him. Without any regard for injury, Jiraiya quickly grabbed him and hugged him. "Tsunade called me. You're a hero!"

"You got here pretty fast." Naruto commented and Jiraiya let him go explaining a stupid situation where he left his new script on his desk. Jiraiya then went on to explain why he came here instead of his office. "I really want to go stay with my friends, one's injured. He fried his back pulling out another one of my friends. I need to make sure they're still okay."

"The ambulance let them go home?" Jiraiya shrugged and clamped a hand on his head. "You can go back tomorrow, but tonight, after this, Tsunade just really wants to know where you are if anything happens. She thinks of you like a grandkid, just like I do. We worry about you."

"Alright, I guess." Naruto said and shook hands with Shizune who quickly left before Jiraiya asked for a hug again. Several police came and interrogated Naruto, flashing lights on him. Naruto of course didn't give out information and just said he went out with everyone else. Jiraiya wasn't there at all and just showed up, that's what he told them too.

They were good to leave and filed in Jiraiya's car to go home. Naruto sat in the passenger's seat uncomfortably. "Can I borrow your phone to call them at least?"

"I guess. Just don't get spit on it, some idiot… " Jiraiya growled and got lost in thought. "Luckily he flipped off his bike." The writer dug in his jacket for a second and handed in the thin black phone which Naruto went into messages.

"You kept my message right?" Jiraiya nodded. Naruto went and played his message listening to the number. He ended the message early and dialed the number.

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Sasuke, Itachi and Jugo stood around and could only watch as Karin held Suigetsu. Kisame had injected him with the same medication that he had given Naruto and went to work scraping off the dead tissue. They were all very queit for it until Sasuke's phone went off. He walked away from them and pulled it out looking at the unfamiliar number. "Hello?"

"Hey, It's Naruto."

"Oh, hey. Wait.. where'd you get my number from?" Sasuke asked somewhat confused, he didn't remember giving it to Naruto at all though he should have.

"From the diner, I left a message on Jiraiya's phone. I just redailed. How is he?"

"Suigetsu's getting his back peeled by Kisame," Sasuke said quietly turning to look at the scene. "That new pain medication is a miracle. So, are you going to Jiraiya's tonight?"

"Yeah."

"I'll bring your stuff to school tomorrow. Suigetsu will be up and running by then, you'll be able to talk to him yourself. I want to go back to him," Sasuke said and stepped out of the basement to the other side and climbed the stairs of the entry house. Sasuke smiled, "Naruto, I love you."

"Love you too." There was a noise on the phone. "Hey, Jiraiya! No, I'm not telling you."

"I'll let you get back to your arguing." Sasuke laughed into the phone. Naruto began to apologize, "don't, I think it's hilarious. Mainly because he's going to give you shit about it for a while. Talk to you tomorrow."

"Yep, bye." Naruto hung up the phone in the middle of going back to arguing with Jiraiya. Sasuke shook his head and laughed as he turned around on the stairs and saw his brother behind him. "Itachi? Let me guess, how can you be so stupid? Never do that again, and wait…" Sasuke slapped himself upside the head.

Itachi took the step just before Sasuke's and wrapped his arms around his little brother and became upset. "You could have been hurt or killed! You need to learn how to stay out of dangerous situations! Do you want to end up like mom and dad?"

"Je… Je suis désole…" Itachi held on for another minute before letting go and pulling Sasuke to the bottom. Sasuke looked up at him and saw something coming at him. He was suddenly on the floor. "What the…"

"Hitting's not working obviously." Itachi muttered and began rubbing his fist "From now on when you do something wildly stupid I'm going to punch you in the face so others can help remind you too."

Sasuke wiped a little blood from his nose laughing a bit, "goddamn… you have a nasty right hook."