"I see..." - said Shikaku seriously as he listened to the ginger's words - "Are you sure about all this?"
"The information came from Itachi himself," answered Kurama calmly. "I'm sure he wouldn't joke about Sasuke's safety"
"What do you have planned?" - asked Jonin Commander.
"I'm sure Orochimaru will send his elite forces to 'capture' Sasuke, at which point we will use sheer force to annihilate them," the redheaded man replied, "I'm sure that will be a hard blow even for that bastard"
"Right" - nodded the leader Jonin but his expression changed when he saw a shinobi entering the office - "Shikaku-sama! We have a problem! Uchiha Sasuke was seen leaving the village with a group of Unknown Shinobis!"
"I want you to call all available rookies, I need them here as soon as possible" - said Shikaku as he looked at the redhead - "Kurama..."
"I know, I'll go prepare some things, tell them we'll meet at the entrance in 15 minutes" - answered the redhead as he disappeared from the place.
"I hope this works," murmured Shikaku as he frowned.
* * * * *
Kurama had appeared at the Uchiha Estate as he headed for Sasuke's room.
Mikoto was at Uzumaki Mansion now that he was not supposed to be in hiding, so she was not in this place but had sent her a Clone so that she could learn about the current situation.
Kurama slowly entered Sasuke's room and noticed how everything seemed to have been moved recently - "If I remember correctly, he said that he would leave some information in this place"
The redhead was looking for a few seconds and noticed a little note - "Let's see... woman, pink-haired, foul-mouthed, needs a good dose of P... not the information I needed... and I'm sure Miko-chan will be very happy to hear about my 'Attract Bitches no Jutsu'..."
In the distance, Sasuke felt a great chill run down his back.
"Although I have to admit he's right... if I can get her to join our cause, I could keep my promise to Kimimaro and get someone who understands a lot more about Orochimaru than Kin" - murmured Kurama as he frowned - "I guess it's time for me to join the others"
* * * * *
"I still can't believe that idiot did something like that," said Kiba with a scowl. At this moment he was meeting with the other boys from the 12 rookies.
"I'm sure things aren't as simple as we thought," Shikamaru answered seriously. "You, as well as everyone else here, know that Sasuke has no reason to go to Orochimaru"
"I agree with the Nara," replied Neji, who after all the incidents had started to meet more with the boys.
"He's not like that," said Shino neutrally.
"The Flames of Youth of Sasuke-kun's are not false!" - Lee exclaimed excitedly.
"I do not understand Alien language but I agree," Choji nodded.
"I know..." - said Kiba as he shook his head. "If I can't trust a teammate... how can I trust my pack? Sasuke has helped me more than you think during the missions, that's why I wanted to see your opinions"
The kids smiled when they heard this.
"It's good to hear you say that," said Kurama seriously as he appeared in front of the group. "I'm sure Shikaku-san informed you of the mission"
"Yes, he said you'd be in charge," said Shikamaru seriously. "He also said you'd explain the mission when we left Konoha"
"I understand, so let's go, we have a 'traitor' to bring back home," nodded the ginger as the others stared at him seriously.
"Hai!" - exclaimed the boys seriously as they began their mission.
* * * * *
"Maybe we should move faster," Sasuke said seriously.
"Are you afraid we'll be discovered?" - Kidomaru asked disdainfully, "Don't worry, we know what we're doing"
"This way!" - Kiba exclaimed in the distance.
"You had to open your mouth..." - said Tayuya in annoyance - "Why don't you just use it to give Orochimaru a blow job?"
". . ." - Kidomaru was about to explode but calmed down when he noticed the look would be Jirobo's.
"It doesn't matter, we just have to kill them and the job is done" - said the group leader - "But let's leave that for another time, they're here"
Just as he finished speaking, the group of shinobis from Konoha appeared in front of the shinobis from Oto.
"Sasuke!" - roared Kiba as he looked at his friend - "It's time for you to go back to Konoha!"
"I'm sorry... I don't plan to" - snorted Sasuke coolly as his gaze focused on Kurama - "Kurama..."
"Sasuke..."- Kurama said seriously - "You'd better come back or I'll have to break every bone in your body"
"I'm not going to do it, Dobe" - answered Sasuke as he released his killer instinct - "Not when you did that!"
"What did you do now, you troublesome redhead?" - Shikamaru asked with a scowl.
"I'll answer you myself... that bastard slept with my mother" - said Sasuke coldly as everyone looked at the redhead - "And not only that, she's pregnant..."
". . ." - The Konoha Genins were silent as they stared in surprise and discomfort at their partner.
"You're a pain in the a.s.s, Kurama" - said Shikamaru with annoyance.
"You said you'd tell me when you told him the truth!" - Kiba exclaimed angrily as he looked at the Uzumaki boy.
"Let me guess... he slept with your mother, too?" - sighed the Uchiha as he looked at the Inuzuka - "I don't even know why I'm asking if your mother is single, beautiful and has a good body"
". . ." - Kiba was silent because he couldn't argue with the words of the boy with the duck-ass haircut.
"Ok, I feel we're getting too far off-topic" - said Choji as he looked at the enemies in front of him - "Sasuke, we've come to bring you back"
"I told you, I'm not going back... I still have something to do, and Konoha won't let me do it," Sasuke said seriously as he looked at his 'protectors'. "How will you solve this?"
"Hmph, I'll take care of this, you keep running," said Jirobo coldly as he looked at his companions.
"Ok" - the other shinobis of Oto nodded as they escaped.
"Don't think it will be that easy!" - exclaimed Kiba as he ran after his enemies.
Jirobo was about to say something but his expression changed when he noticed two presences approaching at great speed.
"Well, we arrived just in time," Temari said seriously as Kankuro looked around, "Just one?"
"I am more than enough, Geisha boy," the Otonin replied.
"Ok, this is personal" - said Kankuro coldly as he invoked his puppets.
"I'm sorry... I don't have time for this" - said Jirobo as he made hand stamps and created a dome around the group - "Doton Kekkai: Dorou Doumo! That will do..."
He was about to put his hands on the dome so he could continue with his technique, only to notice how this dome started to break little by little - "Impossible..."
"How can I put it, I expected more..." - whispered Lee as he wiped the rocks from his knuckles.
". . ." - Jirobo didn't know what to say, he couldn't believe that his technique was so easily destroyed by a Genin.
"Well, now let's get on with our work," said Shikamaru as he looked at Choji and Shino. "'Fight with everything from the start. Lee... you go with them."
"We will!" - Choji exclaimed as Shino nodded.
"Ok!" - the boy in green exclaimed as a smile appeared on his face.
"No... you won't..." - said Jirobo seriously, only to back away a few steps as he felt Lee's fist hit his c.h.e.s.t - ". . ."
"I'm sorry, but your enemies are us" - said the Taijutsu expert as his eyes glowed like a flame.
"You're going to regret making me angry..." - murmured the Otonin as the Seal of Curse on his neck began to spread across his body - "I will enjoy destroying every bone in your body."
"It won't be as easy as you think" - said Choji seriously while eating three pills - "After this, I may not move that's why I'm going to ask for your help... Chou Moudo (Butterfly Mode)!"
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" - exclaimed the Akimichi boy as his chakra grew with each passing second. His body slowly began to become thinner and thinner as a blue aura surrounded his entire body, forming butterfly-shaped chakra wings.
"Let your flames burn Choji-kun!" - roared Lee as a red aura began to erupt from his body - "Seimon! Kai!"
". . ." - Shino only summoned a swarm of insects. He knew that he would be responsible for bringing them back because their techniques had great recoil damage, though inside he lamented that he was the only one in the group who did not have a second stage.
"Okay, I'll take it seriously" - said Jirobo as his skin tanned slightly and a mane appeared in what used to be just a small tuft of hair - "Second Phase..."