"Hurry up, Katana! You're too slow!"

"That's not my fault!" Katana growled. "I don't have Lightning Speed like you do!"

I laughed as I stopped suddenly and Katana ran into me, knocking us both over. We both sat up and laughed even more.

It had been three weeks since I returned to the Leaf Village and Katana and I were training. I was a lot happier to finally be home, and the fact that Orochimaru was dead, thanks to the help of Katana, Sasuke and Naruto.

"We should go back to the Training Field," Katana sighed. "Kakashi and Kurenai-sensei might get worried. It's pretty late."

"You're right," I mumbled and we both got up. "We could get there in less than a minute if you want. I am faster than lightning now...."

"You're really happy," Katana smiled as she started walking, meaning that was a no. I sighed and walked with her. "You've been back for three weeks and you're still happy."

"Yep," I smiled back. "Because everything's okay now. I'm officially the last Haruta of my Clan, Orochimaru and Daitaro are dead, we're Jonin now and the whole Village knows us as the Legendary Four Ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village!"

Katana smiled. "I'm glad you're back, too. I really missed you."

"Same," I sighed.

"We never really found out who was the better ninja," Katana had a smug grin on her face.

"I thought we settled that at the Valley of the End," I blinked. "I beat you...."

"Only because you were really mad, confused and didn't have any self-control," Katana poked her tongue out at me and we reached the Training Field.

"So you're telling me that it was a fluke that I won?"

"Yep."

"Alright, we'll have to fight again one day and see who wins," I smirked and shouldered her before running off to hide behind Kakashi.

"Not fair!" Katana grumbled.

"Too bad!" I poked my tongue out at her.

"Settle down, now," Kakashi laughed and I looked up at my sensei. "We need to wait for the others to return so we can go back to the Village."

Katana came over and we both sat down together. Kurenai jumped down from the trees.

We waited for at least ten minutes until everyone came back; Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, Idate, Kiba, Shino and Hinata.

"Can we go back now?" Katana asked.

"Yes, of course," Kurenai smiled. "Go ahead."

"Kiba, Shino, Hinata? Race?" Katana asked.

"You're on!" her teammates smiled and they all ran off. I sighed and got up, starting to walk back with everyone else.

"How was you training today?" Idate asked me.

I shrugged. "It was alright. I was too fast for Katana to catch me," I smiled.

"Well you are the fastest thing in the world," Sakura smiled.

"I know. I'm faster than lightning itself!"

"Then doesn't that mean it's not called 'Lightning Speed' now?" Naruto asked.

I shrugged again. "I guess so. But it's what my grandfather called it so I'm not calling it something else."

"Nobody's saying you have to," Kakashi said. "The name is famous all around the Shinobi countries, and it's traditional. Daisuke would be proud of you, Kaya."

"Thanks, Kakashi-sensei!" I smiled.

We made our way back to the village and Katana and her team were already there, exhausted.

"You should all go home and get some rest," Kurenai smiled. "You deserve it."

Katana, Kiba, Shino and Hinata nodded and ran off in different directions, heading for home.

Suddenly, someone jumped in front of us and I blinked, staring at Gai.

"Hello you lot," Gai smiled and for the third time this week that I had seen him, I glanced at what he was wearing; a green leotard with orange leg warmers. It was creepy seeing the sight.

"What's the matter?" Kakashi asked Gai.

"Oh, so now I need an excuse to see you, O' Mighty Kakashi!" Gai growled. Those two were long-time rivals, ever since they were kids.

"Obviously, otherwise you wouldn't have come to see me," Kakashi muttered normally.

Gai growled, obviously thinking. "Well, Lord Hokage sent me."

"About what?" Sakura asked.

"He has requested that Idate joins Team Gai," Gai smiled. "You now have five students, and Lord Hokage thinks it may be a little too much for you."
"I have handled the situation very well these past three weeks," Kakashi said simply. "Why does he say that now?"

Gai growled once again. "He wants you to focus on training your four original team members!"

"Why?"

"Because that's what he said!"

"Oh really?"

"Yes, you can speak to him if you don't believe me," Gai smirked.

Idate sighed, he clearly didn't want the Green-Leotard-Dork-Ninja to be his new sensei.

Kakashi nodded. "I shall speak to him now. You guys go home," he said to us.

We all nodded. Idate went one way, Sakura the other, Naruto another way, and Sasuke and I went in the same direction. Even though we were 16 now, Sasuke's parents insisted that I continued staying with them, claiming it was no trouble letting me stay. Sometimes I mistook myself for an Uchiha rather than a Haruta, it always made Sasuke laugh.

We made it home and we saw Itachi and Fugaku preparing to leave, they were in their ANBU Black ops uniforms.

"Leaving for a mission?" I asked as we reached them at the front door.

They looked up at us and nodded. "There has been sightings of strange ninja lurking around the village," Itachi murmured. "They never show themselves and the Hokage thinks they're spies."

"We have to catch them and find out what they're doing hanging around the village," Fugaku added. "It is an important mission."

I smiled. "Can I help?"

Itachi, Fugaku and Sasuke laughed.

"I'm afraid not," Fugaku stood up and put a hand on my head. "This is a special mission for the ANBU Black ops to handle."

"But, I'm one of the Legendary-"

"Four ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village," the three of them chimed in and we all laughed.

"I'm one of them, too," Sasuke added and I hugged him.

"I know."

"Well you can't come on this mission," Itachi smiled. "The Hokage has chosen it to be that way as to not waste your efforts if the ANBU Black ops can find these strange ninja. If your help is required, then the Hokage will send someone to come and find the two of you."

Sasuke and I nodded and we watched Itachi and Fugaku run off. We turned and went inside, finding Mikoto in the kitchen.

"Hi, mum," Sasuke smiled and she turned around from her cooking to see us.

"Oh, hello you two," she smiled cheerfully. "How was your training today?"

"It was alright," Sasuke replied. "Not really training though, there's nothing more that Kakashi can teach us. We know everything."

I nodded. "We're stronger than he is, too, so that makes a huge difference in who's teaching who."

Mikoto laughed and so did we. "You should get some rest," she smiled. "You've had a big day. I'll call you down for dinner later."

"Alright," Sasuke said and we headed upstairs. Sasuke stopped when we reached my room. He turned around and kissed me on the forehead. "See ya later," he said.

I smiled and watched him had for his room. I went into my room and fell onto my bed, tired.

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"Kaya, wake up you lazy ninja!"

I mumbled. I knew who it was. "Go away!" I muttered.

He sighed. "Get up already!"

"Make me," I sighed, but then realized I shouldn't have said it. He grabbed my shoulders and pulled me off my bed, letting me fall to the floor with a "thump". My blanket fell on top of me.

"Get some cold water," the other boy laughed. "It works, trust me."

"Alright," the first boy ran out of the room and I grabbed my blanket, pulling it over me.

In a matter of minutes, the second boy took my blanket and the first boy dumped freezing cold water all over me. I jumped up with a yelp and fell back down on the floor. Sitting up and glaring at Naruto, who was holding a small container. Then I glared at Sasuke as he put my gave back my blanket.

"I hate you guys sometimes," I growled.

"We know," Naruto laughed.

"Why did you wake me up!?" I complained, looking at my clock, it was 5:30. "Kakashi doesn't start our training until 10!"

"The Hokage wants to speak to the four of us," Sasuke said seriously. "It's about those ninja Itachi and my father told us about yesterday. We still have to get Katana."

I was awake and I jumped to my feet. "I'll be down in a minute."

They nodded and left my room, closing my door. I was already in what I always wore, so I just went to my mirror and quickly brushed my hair, putting my headband to my forehead and tying it up behind my hair. I crept downstairs, not wanting to wake up anybody and I saw Sasuke and Naruto waiting at the door. We all put our shoes on and ran out into the village. We went to Katana's house and woke her up, she wasn't thankful.

"The Hokage better have a good reason for this!" she grumbled as we ran through the village. "Otherwise I'll cut him down to size!"

"Katana!" I sighed.

"I'm kidding," Katana smiled. "But still....."

We reached the Hokage's building, it was still dark meaning no one would be awake yet, except for a few ninja and the Hokage, and us.

We walked in and found the Hokage's office and entered, seeing the Hokage at his desk. "Welcome," he smiled. "Sorry that it's so early, but this is important."

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"There have been ninja spying on our village, and none of the ANBU Black ops have been able to catch them and find out what they want," the Hokage murmured as we sat down in front of his desk. "I need the four of you to work together and find these strange ninja."

"Got it," Sasuke smiled.

Katana was fully awake. "This sounds pretty cool!"

"But be careful," the Hokage warned. "You may be legends of this village, but these ninja may prove to be a challenge."

"Don't worry, old man Hokage," Naruto said. "This'll be a piece of cake!"

The Hokage sighed. "Just be careful."

"Don't worry," I said, standing up with one fist clenched in front of my face and a determined expression. "We'll find them, no problem!"

"When you do, bring them here for questioning. You might find them if you leave from the South gate. Go now."

The others stood up and we bowed our heads. "Yes, Lord Hokage," we all said and turned, running out of the office and into the village.

"What do you think these ninja want, anyway?" Naruto wondered out loud.

"No idea," Katana shrugged as we all ran side by side. "But we'll find out soon enough."

"Hey guys!"

We all stopped and looked to the side to see Sayuri, Katana sighed.

"Where are you off to this early in the morning?" Sayuri asked, walking over.

"We're on a special mission," I explained. "There have been spies hanging around our village and we have to find them."

"Can I come?" Sayuri asked. "I mean, I can manipulate any element, which means I could trap them while you catch them!" For at least a week, Sayuri had been jealous that she had not been made a hero of the village alongside the four of us when we killed Orochimaru, and she wanted to join us with every mission we had, trying to prove she was as good as us.

"Sorry, but not this time, Sayuri," Sasuke murmured. "This is our mission."

"But I can catch them quicker than you could!" she sounded desperate. "I could use the earth to trap them! You won't be able to catch them, you need me!"

Katana looked at me as I tensed up. I walked over to her, my face inches from hers. "I could run around the world quicker than you could make hand-signs, so don't think for even a second that we need you getting in our way!" I hissed. "We weren't named the Four Legendary Ninja of the Hidden Leaf village for nothing! We're stronger, faster and smarter than you are!" Sayuri stepped back a quick step, afraid. "Like Sasuke said, this is our mission, not yours! So stay out of our way."

Sayuri growled. "Sometimes I wish you never came back to the village."

Katana stepped forward. "Oh yeah? Well guess what, Sayuri! Kaya was born in this village, this is her original home! You never know, sometimes she might wish you never came across this village and decided to make it your new home!"

"You weren't born here either!" Sayuri tried to defend herself.

"Yeah, but I'm not the one boasting about being needed on a simple mission such as this!" Katana growled.

"We need to get going," Sasuke insisted. "Sayuri, go home and get some more sleep."

Sayuri growled as the four of us turned around and ran towards the South Gates. She made a hand-sign and disappeared.