Sai looked at it again, "I can't read this senpai."
Naruto sighed and took it from him, "What are you dyslexic? It says clearly, 'Scroll 1 of Uzushiogakure's listed existing seal array combinations.' Get your head in the game Mr. Chakra Exhaustion."
Sai gave him a confused look, "I didn't see that at all. It looked like a bunch of random squiggles."
Naruto looked back at the scroll, he could read it as clear as day when Sai could not. Naruto smirked, "Wow, that's really, really good fuuinjutsu. You can't even read this unless you're an Uzumaki. Sucks for you and everyone else still in Root Sai-kouhai."
Sai nodded, "Quite, I assume. So I guess your Uzumaki blood is why it was nigh impossible for Danzo-sama to place his personal fuuinjutsu on you and have it stay effective."
Naruto shrugged, "I guess. Let's load this stuff up so we can get out of here already." Naruto and Sai packed all of the scrolls into Naruto's pockets for the time being, seeing as how any chakra use to seal them in a storage scroll would have tipped off the ever vigilant and uber tough guard statue that had apparently been killing things for over twenty years. After reading that, Naruto and Sai really didn't want to see exactly how good they were, not against that thing.
Naruto noticed something behind the shelves as they finished loading his pockets with scrolls, "What in the?" Naruto pulled the wooden shelves down to find another door behind them, a sheathed sword held in a groove on the door. It was a ninjato like Naruto's utterly eradicated sword. The sheath was black with silver and gold spiral designs all over it. The handle looked smooth and well made, but very plain.
Sai tried to pull it out, getting Naruto to push him back, "You'd think that you would have learned with the vault door and scrolls." Naruto latched on to the blade and tugged on it, getting no give whatsoever.
Naruto sweatdropped as he could have sworn, if Sai showed emotion he would have been giving Naruto the equivalent of an I-told-you-so look, "One moment. I've almost got it."
Sai watched Naruto tug away at the sword for the better part of a minute, "Yes, you've got it alright Naruto-senpai. One more tug and I think you might peel some of the sheath's covering off on your hands."
Naruto grunted in effort as he continued pulling, now planting his feet on the sides for leverage as he used his entire body to pull, "Fuck you Sai-kouhai! You sure don't show emotion, but you've got that sarcasm shit down pat don't you? Why don't you be useful and shut the hell up so I can concentrate, this is man's work!"
Sai shook his head and sat down outside the vault as Naruto kept pulling at the sword inside, "Damn it, I'm not leaving without this thing. It looks sweet and I need a replacement!" Naruto kept yanking at the sword with all of his might, "Don't you know who I am? I'm Naruto Uzu-'fucking'-maki! You're a stupid goddamn sword!"
Apparently upon utterance of the word 'Uzumaki', complete with the colorful swear and loud proclamation something in the groove holding the sword clicked and released the blade to Naruto in a burst of cold smoke, sending him flying backwards. Sai looked at the inside of the vault as the smoke cleared and his eyes widened in uncharacteristic surprise.
Naruto stood up with a triumphant grin on his face, "How do you like that you piece of archaic crap? I rule you." Naruto looked up at Sai, "Alright Sai, we've got everything I think, so let's get out of here before our luck turns again."
Sai didn't move, "Naruto-senpai, I think you should come here and see this too."
Naruto walked over inside the vault with Sai and found that the wall he had taken the ninjato from had collapsed. Naruto swung his arms about to clear the strangely cold smoke from view. When it cleared out, Naruto's jaw dropped at what they had found. Encased in what seemed to look like ice was a white haired girl.
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(Uzushiogakure – Above Ground)
"Sasori no Danna why are we still here, un?" Deidara asked as he sat by a fire, looking bored, "The jinchuuriki is gone, and we aren't even looking for him. Shouldn't we have reported back in to Leader -sama right now?"
Sasori kept looking towards the trio, now duo, towers of Uzushigakure, "When Uzushiogakure was first attacked many years ago, it was believed that the defenders were wiped out after a two week battle, however there were many surviving ninja that came out of hiding, fresh, for one last ditch effort at victory. Nothing is as it seems in this place. A few of the last defenders were never accounted for." He turned to Deidara, "As long as I haven't seen any bodies they aren't dead. They will be back topside soon enough and that is when we will finish them."
Deidara looked at Sasori and nodded, "Sasori no Danna why do you know so much about this, un?"
Sasori remained silent, forcing Deidara to sigh and pout about him being such a bastard so much of the time.
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(Kirigakure – With Kakashi)
Kakashi sighed as he once again retired to the room he was sharing with Shikamaru for the night, 'Where the hell are you Naruto? It's been a week since you left. I can't keep Shikamaru and Tayuya off of my back about this forever. You need to make it back before we have to leave or I don't know what I'm going to have to do.'
He looked over at Shikamaru who was sleeping on a bed nearby, 'Should I send Pakkun or another one of my ninken? Would they even be able to find him? He's in a completely different country. I knew this was a bad idea…'
Thudding footsteps sounded off down the hall, stirring Shikamaru from his slumber. Kakashi cursed to himself and stood by the door, "Here we go again."
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Kakashi opened the door with perhaps the most artificial eye-smile he had ever given anyone for any reason ever, "Why hello Tayuya. What can I do for you tonight?"
Tayuya stood in the doorway with an irritated scowl on her face and her hands on her hips, "Where the hell is the blonde asshole?"
Kakashi gave her a look, "What have I been telling you since day one? Where Naruto went was his business. If he wants you to know he'll tell you when he gets back." Tayuya got a tick mark on her head, "Well then in that case could you tell me exactly how long it's going to take him to drag his whiskery, borderline homicidal, scar-faced ass back here? Because he's been gone long enough to file a missing persons report three times over."
Kakashi leaned against the doorframe, "Are you saying that you don't trust him? After all that he's done for you and you don't trust him enough to handle his own affairs elsewhere. Trust me when I say, this is as personal as any undertaking Naruto is going to attempt."
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