Chapter 27

Night*

Naruto and Shikamaru were summoned by the Godaime Hokage for an urgent mission. Right now, they are both standing in front of Tsunade awaiting orders.

"I summoned you today on an urgent mission. Sasuke Uchiha just left town." Tsunade said with a serious expression.

"What? Why is that? Where did it go?" Shikamaru asked.

"Probably Orochimaru invited him. So he went to Otogakure. Also, there is a possibility that he is not alone, but with Orochimaru's men. I want you to gather the talented genins and go after Sasuke and bring him back to the village." Tsunade replied.

"Orochimaru? Ninjas of at least chunin level should come to a dangerous mission at this level. Why do we collect from genins?" Shikamaru asked.

"Because right now I can't let jonins go on a mission outside the village. Anyway, you don't have much time, gather a team now and go after it. You are the leader of the team, Naruto." Tsunade gave the order.

"What if he doesn't want to come back?" Naruto asked.

"If he does not want to return He will be declared a traitor. If that happens, I want you to bring him back, dead or alive. You can leave." Tsunade frowned.

Naruto and Shikamaru nodded in approval and left the room.

"Who are you planning to recruit?" Shikamaru asked as they exited the Hokage Residence.

"Shino, Choiji, Kiba, Neji and Hinata. That many should be enough. You find Kiba, Shino, and Choiji, and I'll find Neji and Hinata." Naruto said.

Shikamaru nodded, then they both left and went to find the people.

After a while, 7 ninjas gathered at the Konoha gate.

Naruto was telling his own team about the mission by drawing something on the paper in his hand.

"Everyone is going to line up like this. In case of a possible departure, the new leader will be Shikamaru." Naruto told his team solemnly.

At that moment, Sakura came from afar shouting, "Naruto! Please bring Sasuke back." Sakura said while crying.

Naruto said after sighing, "Sigh* Sakura I can't promise you. Our first aim is to persuade him to return to the village. Anyway, we're leaving."

They then began to follow the trail for their Sasuke Rescue Team missions.

After the team followed the trail for a while, they eventually found the ninja they were following, even though they encountered a lot of traps on the way. They then quickly hid in the surrounding bushes.

The team thought they went undetected, but the enemy ninjas had already spotted them. One of the enemy ninjas threw the kunai combined with several Explosive Tags into the hiding place of Shikamaru and Kiba.

Then there was a big explosion, but ours had already fled.

Later, the Konoha ninjas united and attacked from the middle at the same time. However, one of the tall and burly enemy ninjas used the earth technique by tapping his hand on the ground and imprisoned the Ninjas of Konoha, who were coming towards them, in an earthen dome.

"You go ahead, I'll catch up with you when I've finished my meal." The tall man said with his hand on the earthen dome.

The other three enemy ninjas shook their heads, then took the box containing Sasuke and walked away.

Inside the earthen dome, Kiba was trying to break down the walls using the ninken technique. But the damage he inflicted was soon restored.

Naruto looked around for a moment, then he said, "Stay behind me, I'll try to get it done in one go."

Naruto summoned 5 shadow clones to his side after everyone got behind him. Then the clones went to the weak side of the earthen dome and they all exploded at once.

"Okay, let's go." Naruto said.

Konoha's ninjas emerged from the collapsed dome, Naruto said as he looked at the enemy standing in front of them, "Shino and Choji are staying here, the others continue to pursue."

Later, Choji and Shino stayed here to deal with their opponents, while the rest of the team continued their pursuit.

They soon caught up with them again, but this time the six-armed ninja tried to hold them back.

But Hinata came forward and managed to hold him back. This allowed the rest of his team to follow suit.

Kiba, Neji, Shikamaru, and Naruto had finally caught up with them once again. This time, Shikamaru kept his opponents in place using his shadow control technique. Taking advantage of this, Neji and Kiba were able to steal the box.

But just as he was walking away with the box, the newly appeared white-haired enemy shinobi stole the box quickly. He then quickly started to walk away with the box.

[AN: I noticed that I didn't use the word shinobi. From now on, I can use the occasional shinobi instead of the ninja.]

Naruto continued to chase after the fleeing person after making several shadow clones to aid his friends in the fight.

After a short while, he managed to catch up with the white-haired person in front of him in an open field.

"Let go of Sasuke!" Naruto said while jumping in front of the person.

"Looks like I can't go on without killing you." The shinobi said while putting the box he was carrying on the floor

He then started running towards Naruto as the bones in his arms were frighteningly sticking out.

After fighting for a while, Naruto and the enemy shinobi became aware of the aura emanating from the box, and they moved away from each other.

At that moment, the seals on the box disappeared, and Sasuke, whose skin had turned a dark color, came out of the box.

"Sasuke! You have been ordered by the Hokage to return to the village. This is the last warning, if you don't come back you will be branded a traitor." Naruto said.

"Hahaha! Power! I can take my revenge with this power! If I continue to stay in Konoha, I will not get stronger! Revenge! I have to take my revenge! He said can help me!" Sasuke then quickly started to walk away from there.

"Sigh* Looks like I'll have to forcefully get him back." Naruto thought with a sigh.

Naruto looked at the white-haired enemy shinobi as he transformed into Shinju form, and he said, "I'll have to finish this job quickly. You better prepare yourself."