Title: Half Without Another One: Chapter Nineteen
Author: branchandroot
Genre: Drama, Angst
Rating: PG-13 for Sai-angst
Pairing/Characters: Danzou, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Madara, Naruto, Sai, Sakura, Sasuke, Tsunade
Word Count: 5418

Summary: Kakashi takes Sai under his wing and Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura help Sai start to find his emotional feet. Just in time for Madara to make his move on Konoha.

"Shinobi are the weapons of their villages. Their nations. Their employers. True enough. But a shinobi without the will to evaluate orders, and even modify them if field conditions demand it, is a blade without a sheath. And members of ANBU are ground to a sharper edge than any others. That's what you've been waving around your own village, Danzou."