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Madara felt stupid walking into the back of the high school, but he was alone so it was his only option. Arriving while class was ongoing he found the halls empty so he made it to the office unabridged. Entering he walked over to the secretary and began lying. "I need to pull out my nephew, Sasuke Uchiha, we're having a family emergency."

"You can have a seat right there, it'll be a second." She said and began flipping through files to pull out Sasuke's class list and write up a pass to come to the office. She quickly handed it off to an office aid who left the area. Madara stared around at the office and looked to see the vice principle's office right behind the secretary's desk. 'Thank god I get a full sized office.'

After a minute the office aide returned and went back to her duties. A second later Sasuke walked in the room smelling of smoke and looking tired. He looked at the secretary and looked at the chair next to him to see Madara. He groaned as he turned back to the secretary, "Please tell me I'm in trouble."

"We're having a bit of a family emergency; I'm signing you out of school." Madara said standing. He quickly signed the paper writing Sasuke out at said point in time and led him out of the office. "Why do you smell of smoke?"

"Because I smoke." Sasuke said blatantly as he was shown the door out. He turned his head to see Sakura watching him. Sasuke mouthed something and was pushed out the door. Sakura quickly ran and hid around a corner until she heard the door slam.

"So," Madara said looking at him putting a stern hand on his shoulder. "You smoke, you have a boyfriend and you're working against me. Anything else I should know?"

"I think your house is ugly, looks like baby throw up. You have far too many cats. You could use some Botox, you're face looks like a bad rubber mask. For being so rich, you're really frugal, which makes you look like Scrooge, who you do in fact resemble." Sasuke said and tried to think of something else. "That's all I got for now, but if something comes to mind I'll just blurt it out."

"You really are like me; you just don't know it yet." Madara said and shoved him in the passenger seat of his car. He closed the door and locked it remotely afterwards. Sasuke playfully unlock it, and Madara quickly locked it again. Madara unlocked his side and got in locking the car up again. "You can calm down you know."

Sasuke pulled his knife but stopped when he saw a gun pointed at him. Madara sighed and took the knife away tossing it in the back seat and re-holstering his gun. "Sasuke, I don't want to hurt you."

"What do you want from me than? An apology?" Sasuke said loudly.

"To talk. You know, I feel like there's been this huge misunderstanding between the two of us. That of course is notwithstanding what you have been told and what you haven't been told." Madara said and began to drive off.

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Sakura lied to the secretary. Her teachers always sent her to get more hall passes, so this was easy for her. She simply walked in smiling, told her a random teacher sent her for a new pack of hall passes and took one. She left and walked into girl's room pulling out a pen. She hoped she was doing the right thing.

She could have sworn Sasuke mouthed 'help.' Sakura scribble the secretary's signature and a few other things on the pass and tossed the rest of them in her back pocket. She walked down the hall, into a classroom handing off to the teacher the slip and quickly leaving without looking around the room or being noticed at all. She waited outside the classroom until he walked out starring at the pass confused.

"Madara took Sasuke." Naruto jerked his head towards her. She pulled out the slips and handed them to him. "This doesn't mean I changed my mind about anything, it's just that Uchihas are dangerous. He was taken about three minutes ago. I thought he mouthed the word 'help'."

"Sakura?" Naruto asked as she walked away silently down the hall. "Sakura!"

"Don't talk to me anymore!" She replied back and ran away as fast as she could. Naruto looked down at his hand, the pad of crisp new hall passes. He sighed and began filling them out.

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"Wait, what?" Sasuke asked, having completely calmed down over the entire situation. He actually listened to what Madara had to say, and what he had to say, was somewhat shocking. "Say that again."

"I don't care that you're gay or that you smoke, I'm pissed about my office, and I couldn't give a damn if you like my house or my cats." Madara said sternly as they stopped in the Science building's parking lot. "You are so like me when I was younger, it's completely repetitive. However, you're brother is something else. Not to mention pulling guns on me."

"Itachi didn't pull his gun on you; that was Sasori and Kisame. I got the entire story after they got home." Sasuke exacted as they got out of the car simultaneously, the gun being held in holster by Madara. "So, you're kidnapping me so you can get Itachi to talk one on one? I doubt that's going to work."

"Yes. I just need to talk to him. You see, Itachi is special. He was genetically altered, and I need his help." Madara said calmly like he was telling a daily happening. "All I need is some bone marrow from him."

"Taking the marrow actually involves surgery; I don't think he'll be happy with that." Sasuke said partially growling. "In fact, I don't think I'm quite happy with that. I know you won't even attempt to cure him; otherwise you would have already tried. You plan on using it to try and keep more of your 'experiments' alive. Correct?"

"You've been told too much." Madara groaned and opened the door to let Sasuke into the building. Upon entering, several of Sasori's students cheered 'teach' and waved to him. Sasuke waved back and continued with Madara down to the labs. "You're quite popular around here."

"It's because I've got a pretty face. You should think of getting one. It may help your image. Oh I remembered something else," Sasuke said and held the door closed. "I don't like you, in fact you can burn at the stake you manipulative asshole. You can't buy being liked, and you can't bully or scare someone into it. Remember that when Itachi comes to kick your ass. I sent out an SOS before we left school, he'll be here soon, and I can't wait to see the look on your face when he smashes your face into the ground."

"You little bastard." Madara laughed. He grabbed him by the upper arm and opened the door tossing him in. Nagato looked at the young Uchiha who struggled for his balance. "Nagato, he needs his vaccinations updated. Do it and write it off as an experiment would you?"

"Oh, sure." Nagato said and grabbed Sasuke's arm to keep him from going after Madara. The door shut and they heard a loud bolting resonance echoing through the room. Sasuke looked at Nagato like he was going to punch him in the face again. "Madara may be old, but he's a wiley old man. Anyway, if you got hurt while I was around, Itachi will kill me."

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Naruto calmly walked into Suigetsu's geometry class and handed the teacher the hall pass which seemed to be made out by the principle. Naruto left and heard Suigetsu swear loudly when he heard he had to go to the office. The entire class laughed with the teacher yelling at him about saying the 'f' word in public. Suigetsu grabbed his bag and walked out of the classroom muttering to himself. Once outside he saw the blond standing there. "Did you get me out of class?"

"Madara took Sasuke. Where's Karin at?" Naruto said quickly. Suigetsu stood for a second before running down the hall and threw open the door to a near by class room. He was in for a second than reappeared with Karin attempting to run at his speed. "Okay, we need to get a hold of Itachi. So, we need to get to Black Bird."

"What the Hell is going on?" Karin hissed as she fixed her glasses.

"Madara took Sasuke." Suigetsu said quietly and Karin's jaw dropped. Her mouth starting moving like to ask 'how, why and what' but no sound came out. Suigetsu grabbed her hand and held it until she stopped mumbling. He turned his gaze toward Naruto to smile with a Piranha's grin. "We better get running."

"Right." Naruto began out the side doors with the two in hot pursuit. On the way out they passed several teacher's, all of which yelled, but they didn't hear. They were too busy focusing on getting to Black Bird. After a few minutes of hard running, and being out of breath, they arrived on the stoop of the entry house.

Naruto motion for them to stay there and ran inside to the basement crashing through the door to see the basement empty. He caught his breath and bellowed. "MADARA TOOK SASUKEEEEEE!"

Upstairs Itachi stopped dead. He didn't believe the yell until he heard it a second later as Naruto came rushing into his room covered in sweat. "Madara took Sasuke, we have to go get him."

Itachi's lip shook for a second before he grabbed the holster and slung it on over his shirt. Naruto was kind of hoping he would say something calming, but he didn't as he was greeted outside his room by the three former followers of Madara. "We go, we shoot to kill. If anyone gets in our way…"

"We'll hit the fire alarm a few minutes before. It'll evacuate the students." Sasori said and they all strapped their guns checking them while Suigetsu and Karin finally made their way up the stairs. "What do we do about them?"

"We're going." Naruto said firmly. He headed into Sasuke room and saw the gun lying in the middle of the floor. He checked it for bullets and shoved it in the back of his pants. He walked back out as Suigetsu was coming out of his room shoving away a horde of knives. "Well?"

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"What's that?" Sasuke asked as Nagato pulled out a syringe and needle. Nagato handed him a file and pointed to three of them. Sasuke looked at the sheet not getting any of what was there. "And this means what to me?"

"You're behind on your vaccinations. Madara said to update you so I am." Nagato said simply as he placed the needle on the syringe and pulled out another syringe. "So, I take it you weren't kidnapped for destroying his office? By the way, that was hilarious."

"No, and thanks." Sasuke said and watched him carefully. "Why does Madara need Itachi's bone marrow?"

"Itachi was genetically altered. Haven't you noticed how he hasn't gotten sick, seems to rarely get injured, horribly quick reflexes." Nagato said and finished the prepping the third vaccine. "Can you take off your sweater? Don't want to inject it in the wrong place."

"Sure. So, are you on our side?" Sasuke asked looking at him while stripping off the sweater. Nagato gave him a rejected look. "Scared, or what?"

"I'm not sure how to answer that completely. I play for myself and for Konan. I work for whomever seems to be going the farthest. My goals are completely separate from Madara, Itachi and the traitor. I'm looking for someone, someone who regenerated limbs in weeks, who complete irradiated pain for the dying. Well, I'm looking for his research now." Nagato said administering the first shot. He put a blue band-aid over it and wrote Hep A.

"You make it sound like some noble cause." Sasuke snorted. He turned to him, "What do you mean 'his research now?'"

"Rumor has it he went crazy after his wife died. One rumor is he filled is office with laughing gas and overdosed on it with the song 'You Are My Sunshine' on repeat. Another is that he decided nothing was worth it anymore and burned down his house with him inside. Of course those are just rumors. Every now and than, someone will say they saw him in some remote location of the world." Nagato said and injected the second shot. He stuck a yellow band-aid on and wrote Hep B. "The last sighting by someone who knew him was a year ago in Mexico City, a few people say they still see him there every now and than."

"So, you're chasing a ghost?" Sasuke turned away. "Can't you just locate his files and get them?"

"He was working for the government. Also, another rumor has it he destroyed everything with a computer virus. He was a very clever man. He was the Dean of Sciences here when he was twenty-five. Youngest Dean ever." Nagato said and gave the last shot putting a tan band-aid on it with mumps written on it. "You know, there's a rumor, he actually went chasing ghost, one that could bring his wife back to life."

"So, you're a chasing a ghost who's chasing a ghost. Why not chase his ghost and see if you can't bump into him." Sasuke suggested putting his sweater back on. "Two people hunting the same goal are more likely to run into each other being on the same page."

"I wouldn't myself, that's the traitor and Madara's goal, finding Nine is dangerous." He said quietly.

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"We need a plan. We can't just go storming in there with Hidan armed. He'll harm himself even to scratch someone else." Sasori said and they all sighed. "So we throw fire alarm, where's Sasuke at and who's guarding him?"

"I doubt he'd put him with Hidan or Kakuzu, that's a fight waiting to happen." Kisame thought. "Konan and Nagato are the only ones who would baby sit him."

"If he's with one of them, we should be able to have some time to think this out. I have a temporary agreement with them." Itachi said. He turned to Naruto, and saw his worried eyes. He turned back to the group. "I'd say we have fifteen minutes, let's get planning."

They moved quickly to the basement where Itachi quickly drew the floor plans for the science building on a wall in Sharpie. Every door, every window and every table and chair was laid out. "Alright, we have to infiltrate this place and do it quickly.

"Since ten to one Nagato or Konan have him, if we show up they'll just give him to us. If Hidan of Kakuzu had him, Sasuke would have probably picked a fight and killed them and be on the way, however, he would have called."

"Sasuke left his phone here this morning. Madara kept calling." Naruto said and Itachi nodded.

"If I give assignments, can you all follow them to the tee?" the group nodded their heads. "Alright, this is how we get mon frère back."

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"Nine? What kind of stupid name is that?" Sasuke asked, he than watched as Nagato paled.

"Nine seconds, he could kill anyone in nine seconds or less. They say he's a walking demon. A government scientist, a self-experiment gone sour." Nagato climbed up to sit on the counter next to Sasuke. "Nine is well over seventy now, but I doubt he looks it. He was a project in eternal youth, such as Madara's working on. Madara's looking for Nine, I'm looking for his chase-ee. As you so eloquently put, Madara is hunting him, I'm just skimming off his work."

"Sorry I smashed your face into the ground when we first met, you looked… well angry." Sasuke apologized. "I probably could have just yelled for Madara and avoided it. I like fighting though…"

"Oh, I can tell." Nagato said rolling his eyes as he turned away. "So, now that we've come to terms, you are forbidden to join this movement."

"Itachi tells me…"

"No." Nagato interrupted and got a dark gaze. "The only way I get my research for him is by being Madara's second. The minute you would join, I'd be demoted. I'd lose my research, I'd lose my way of tracking him, and I'd have a cold trail to follow. This is my life's work, and threat of life or not, you won't get in my way. You're not the only one who can fight, I used to be a state champion boxer, so I can take you out in one hit if I need to."

"Now that's a threat!" Sasuke said somewhat excited by it. "However, I don't intend on joining, I intend on seeing Madara dead. No, I'm going to pick the lock and get us out of here if you're done with my shots." Sasuke said jumping off the table He walked over to the door and saw the reflection of two round lenses. "Who…?"

The window crashed behind them and smoke filled the room. Nagato rushed to cover Sasuke's mouth from the gas, but it was useless and both fell dizzy to the floor. The door unlocked and opened to have two figures walk through. There was a laugh, deep and sinister. "Look, he's like a heavily pierced version of me; long hair, skinny. Piercings and red hair, that's not much of a difference, eh Kabuto?"

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Madara felt stupid walking into the back of the high school, but he was alone so it was his only option. Arriving while class was ongoing he found the halls empty so he made it to the office unabridged. Entering he walked over to the secretary and began lying. "I need to pull out my nephew, Sasuke Uchiha, we're having a family emergency."

"You can have a seat right there, it'll be a second." She said and began flipping through files to pull out Sasuke's class list and write up a pass to come to the office. She quickly handed it off to an office aid who left the area. Madara stared around at the office and looked to see the vice principle's office right behind the secretary's desk. 'Thank god I get a full sized office.'

After a minute the office aide returned and went back to her duties. A second later Sasuke walked in the room smelling of smoke and looking tired. He looked at the secretary and looked at the chair next to him to see Madara. He groaned as he turned back to the secretary, "Please tell me I'm in trouble."

"We're having a bit of a family emergency; I'm signing you out of school." Madara said standing. He quickly signed the paper writing Sasuke out at said point in time and led him out of the office. "Why do you smell of smoke?"

"Because I smoke." Sasuke said blatantly as he was shown the door out. He turned his head to see Sakura watching him. Sasuke mouthed something and was pushed out the door. Sakura quickly ran and hid around a corner until she heard the door slam.

"So," Madara said looking at him putting a stern hand on his shoulder. "You smoke, you have a boyfriend and you're working against me. Anything else I should know?"

"I think your house is ugly, looks like baby throw up. You have far too many cats. You could use some Botox, you're face looks like a bad rubber mask. For being so rich, you're really frugal, which makes you look like Scrooge, who you do in fact resemble." Sasuke said and tried to think of something else. "That's all I got for now, but if something comes to mind I'll just blurt it out."

"You really are like me; you just don't know it yet." Madara said and shoved him in the passenger seat of his car. He closed the door and locked it remotely afterwards. Sasuke playfully unlock it, and Madara quickly locked it again. Madara unlocked his side and got in locking the car up again. "You can calm down you know."

Sasuke pulled his knife but stopped when he saw a gun pointed at him. Madara sighed and took the knife away tossing it in the back seat and re-holstering his gun. "Sasuke, I don't want to hurt you."

"What do you want from me than? An apology?" Sasuke said loudly.

"To talk. You know, I feel like there's been this huge misunderstanding between the two of us. That of course is notwithstanding what you have been told and what you haven't been told." Madara said and began to drive off.

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Sakura lied to the secretary. Her teachers always sent her to get more hall passes, so this was easy for her. She simply walked in smiling, told her a random teacher sent her for a new pack of hall passes and took one. She left and walked into girl's room pulling out a pen. She hoped she was doing the right thing.

She could have sworn Sasuke mouthed 'help.' Sakura scribble the secretary's signature and a few other things on the pass and tossed the rest of them in her back pocket. She walked down the hall, into a classroom handing off to the teacher the slip and quickly leaving without looking around the room or being noticed at all. She waited outside the classroom until he walked out starring at the pass confused.

"Madara took Sasuke." Naruto jerked his head towards her. She pulled out the slips and handed them to him. "This doesn't mean I changed my mind about anything, it's just that Uchihas are dangerous. He was taken about three minutes ago. I thought he mouthed the word 'help'."

"Sakura?" Naruto asked as she walked away silently down the hall. "Sakura!"

"Don't talk to me anymore!" She replied back and ran away as fast as she could. Naruto looked down at his hand, the pad of crisp new hall passes. He sighed and began filling them out.

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"Wait, what?" Sasuke asked, having completely calmed down over the entire situation. He actually listened to what Madara had to say, and what he had to say, was somewhat shocking. "Say that again."

"I don't care that you're gay or that you smoke, I'm pissed about my office, and I couldn't give a damn if you like my house or my cats." Madara said sternly as they stopped in the Science building's parking lot. "You are so like me when I was younger, it's completely repetitive. However, you're brother is something else. Not to mention pulling guns on me."

"Itachi didn't pull his gun on you; that was Sasori and Kisame. I got the entire story after they got home." Sasuke exacted as they got out of the car simultaneously, the gun being held in holster by Madara. "So, you're kidnapping me so you can get Itachi to talk one on one? I doubt that's going to work."

"Yes. I just need to talk to him. You see, Itachi is special. He was genetically altered, and I need his help." Madara said calmly like he was telling a daily happening. "All I need is some bone marrow from him."

"Taking the marrow actually involves surgery; I don't think he'll be happy with that." Sasuke said partially growling. "In fact, I don't think I'm quite happy with that. I know you won't even attempt to cure him; otherwise you would have already tried. You plan on using it to try and keep more of your 'experiments' alive. Correct?"

"You've been told too much." Madara groaned and opened the door to let Sasuke into the building. Upon entering, several of Sasori's students cheered 'teach' and waved to him. Sasuke waved back and continued with Madara down to the labs. "You're quite popular around here."

"It's because I've got a pretty face. You should think of getting one. It may help your image. Oh I remembered something else," Sasuke said and held the door closed. "I don't like you, in fact you can burn at the stake you manipulative asshole. You can't buy being liked, and you can't bully or scare someone into it. Remember that when Itachi comes to kick your ass. I sent out an SOS before we left school, he'll be here soon, and I can't wait to see the look on your face when he smashes your face into the ground."

"You little bastard." Madara laughed. He grabbed him by the upper arm and opened the door tossing him in. Nagato looked at the young Uchiha who struggled for his balance. "Nagato, he needs his vaccinations updated. Do it and write it off as an experiment would you?"

"Oh, sure." Nagato said and grabbed Sasuke's arm to keep him from going after Madara. The door shut and they heard a loud bolting resonance echoing through the room. Sasuke looked at Nagato like he was going to punch him in the face again. "Madara may be old, but he's a wiley old man. Anyway, if you got hurt while I was around, Itachi will kill me."

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Naruto calmly walked into Suigetsu's geometry class and handed the teacher the hall pass which seemed to be made out by the principle. Naruto left and heard Suigetsu swear loudly when he heard he had to go to the office. The entire class laughed with the teacher yelling at him about saying the 'f' word in public. Suigetsu grabbed his bag and walked out of the classroom muttering to himself. Once outside he saw the blond standing there. "Did you get me out of class?"

"Madara took Sasuke. Where's Karin at?" Naruto said quickly. Suigetsu stood for a second before running down the hall and threw open the door to a near by class room. He was in for a second than reappeared with Karin attempting to run at his speed. "Okay, we need to get a hold of Itachi. So, we need to get to Black Bird."

"What the Hell is going on?" Karin hissed as she fixed her glasses.

"Madara took Sasuke." Suigetsu said quietly and Karin's jaw dropped. Her mouth starting moving like to ask 'how, why and what' but no sound came out. Suigetsu grabbed her hand and held it until she stopped mumbling. He turned his gaze toward Naruto to smile with a Piranha's grin. "We better get running."

"Right." Naruto began out the side doors with the two in hot pursuit. On the way out they passed several teacher's, all of which yelled, but they didn't hear. They were too busy focusing on getting to Black Bird. After a few minutes of hard running, and being out of breath, they arrived on the stoop of the entry house.

Naruto motion for them to stay there and ran inside to the basement crashing through the door to see the basement empty. He caught his breath and bellowed. "MADARA TOOK SASUKEEEEEE!"

Upstairs Itachi stopped dead. He didn't believe the yell until he heard it a second later as Naruto came rushing into his room covered in sweat. "Madara took Sasuke, we have to go get him."

Itachi's lip shook for a second before he grabbed the holster and slung it on over his shirt. Naruto was kind of hoping he would say something calming, but he didn't as he was greeted outside his room by the three former followers of Madara. "We go, we shoot to kill. If anyone gets in our way…"

"We'll hit the fire alarm a few minutes before. It'll evacuate the students." Sasori said and they all strapped their guns checking them while Suigetsu and Karin finally made their way up the stairs. "What do we do about them?"

"We're going." Naruto said firmly. He headed into Sasuke room and saw the gun lying in the middle of the floor. He checked it for bullets and shoved it in the back of his pants. He walked back out as Suigetsu was coming out of his room shoving away a horde of knives. "Well?"

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"What's that?" Sasuke asked as Nagato pulled out a syringe and needle. Nagato handed him a file and pointed to three of them. Sasuke looked at the sheet not getting any of what was there. "And this means what to me?"

"You're behind on your vaccinations. Madara said to update you so I am." Nagato said simply as he placed the needle on the syringe and pulled out another syringe. "So, I take it you weren't kidnapped for destroying his office? By the way, that was hilarious."

"No, and thanks." Sasuke said and watched him carefully. "Why does Madara need Itachi's bone marrow?"

"Itachi was genetically altered. Haven't you noticed how he hasn't gotten sick, seems to rarely get injured, horribly quick reflexes." Nagato said and finished the prepping the third vaccine. "Can you take off your sweater? Don't want to inject it in the wrong place."

"Sure. So, are you on our side?" Sasuke asked looking at him while stripping off the sweater. Nagato gave him a rejected look. "Scared, or what?"

"I'm not sure how to answer that completely. I play for myself and for Konan. I work for whomever seems to be going the farthest. My goals are completely separate from Madara, Itachi and the traitor. I'm looking for someone, someone who regenerated limbs in weeks, who complete irradiated pain for the dying. Well, I'm looking for his research now." Nagato said administering the first shot. He put a blue band-aid over it and wrote Hep A.

"You make it sound like some noble cause." Sasuke snorted. He turned to him, "What do you mean 'his research now?'"

"Rumor has it he went crazy after his wife died. One rumor is he filled is office with laughing gas and overdosed on it with the song 'You Are My Sunshine' on repeat. Another is that he decided nothing was worth it anymore and burned down his house with him inside. Of course those are just rumors. Every now and than, someone will say they saw him in some remote location of the world." Nagato said and injected the second shot. He stuck a yellow band-aid on and wrote Hep B. "The last sighting by someone who knew him was a year ago in Mexico City, a few people say they still see him there every now and than."

"So, you're chasing a ghost?" Sasuke turned away. "Can't you just locate his files and get them?"

"He was working for the government. Also, another rumor has it he destroyed everything with a computer virus. He was a very clever man. He was the Dean of Sciences here when he was twenty-five. Youngest Dean ever." Nagato said and gave the last shot putting a tan band-aid on it with mumps written on it. "You know, there's a rumor, he actually went chasing ghost, one that could bring his wife back to life."

"So, you're a chasing a ghost who's chasing a ghost. Why not chase his ghost and see if you can't bump into him." Sasuke suggested putting his sweater back on. "Two people hunting the same goal are more likely to run into each other being on the same page."

"I wouldn't myself, that's the traitor and Madara's goal, finding Nine is dangerous." He said quietly.

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"We need a plan. We can't just go storming in there with Hidan armed. He'll harm himself even to scratch someone else." Sasori said and they all sighed. "So we throw fire alarm, where's Sasuke at and who's guarding him?"

"I doubt he'd put him with Hidan or Kakuzu, that's a fight waiting to happen." Kisame thought. "Konan and Nagato are the only ones who would baby sit him."

"If he's with one of them, we should be able to have some time to think this out. I have a temporary agreement with them." Itachi said. He turned to Naruto, and saw his worried eyes. He turned back to the group. "I'd say we have fifteen minutes, let's get planning."

They moved quickly to the basement where Itachi quickly drew the floor plans for the science building on a wall in Sharpie. Every door, every window and every table and chair was laid out. "Alright, we have to infiltrate this place and do it quickly.

"Since ten to one Nagato or Konan have him, if we show up they'll just give him to us. If Hidan of Kakuzu had him, Sasuke would have probably picked a fight and killed them and be on the way, however, he would have called."

"Sasuke left his phone here this morning. Madara kept calling." Naruto said and Itachi nodded.

"If I give assignments, can you all follow them to the tee?" the group nodded their heads. "Alright, this is how we get mon frère back."

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"Nine? What kind of stupid name is that?" Sasuke asked, he than watched as Nagato paled.

"Nine seconds, he could kill anyone in nine seconds or less. They say he's a walking demon. A government scientist, a self-experiment gone sour." Nagato climbed up to sit on the counter next to Sasuke. "Nine is well over seventy now, but I doubt he looks it. He was a project in eternal youth, such as Madara's working on. Madara's looking for Nine, I'm looking for his chase-ee. As you so eloquently put, Madara is hunting him, I'm just skimming off his work."

"Sorry I smashed your face into the ground when we first met, you looked… well angry." Sasuke apologized. "I probably could have just yelled for Madara and avoided it. I like fighting though…"

"Oh, I can tell." Nagato said rolling his eyes as he turned away. "So, now that we've come to terms, you are forbidden to join this movement."

"Itachi tells me…"

"No." Nagato interrupted and got a dark gaze. "The only way I get my research for him is by being Madara's second. The minute you would join, I'd be demoted. I'd lose my research, I'd lose my way of tracking him, and I'd have a cold trail to follow. This is my life's work, and threat of life or not, you won't get in my way. You're not the only one who can fight, I used to be a state champion boxer, so I can take you out in one hit if I need to."

"Now that's a threat!" Sasuke said somewhat excited by it. "However, I don't intend on joining, I intend on seeing Madara dead. No, I'm going to pick the lock and get us out of here if you're done with my shots." Sasuke said jumping off the table He walked over to the door and saw the reflection of two round lenses. "Who…?"

The window crashed behind them and smoke filled the room. Nagato rushed to cover Sasuke's mouth from the gas, but it was useless and both fell dizzy to the floor. The door unlocked and opened to have two figures walk through. There was a laugh, deep and sinister. "Look, he's like a heavily pierced version of me; long hair, skinny. Piercings and red hair, that's not much of a difference, eh Kabuto?"