Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the associated characters, locations, jutsu, etc. The only thing I own is the plot of the story. If there is any plagiarism of any form it was completely unintentional.
Being a Jinchuriki is no easy matter. Your mind is constantly plagued with the influence of the tailed beast and you don't know when you might loose control. To add insult to the injury you take the risk of being alone. Very few people are comfortable around Jinchuriki, even less are those who refrain from physically harming them. They are shoved, kicked, punched, and in some cases they have stones thrown at them. Long story short, a Jinchuriki has a hard life, even more when you are accused of murder.
Land of Fire, present day.
A three man squad had been deployed from Konoha to rendezvous with a squad from Sunagakure, apparently the Kazekage had been dealing with some issues regarding the Hidden Leaf's Jinchuriki. The team was the usual arrangement, a sensory type, a medical ninja, and their leader. They were Hinata Hyuuga, Sakura Haruno, and Kakashi Hatake. They had been traveling for several hours in silence until Sakura started to speak.
"I don't get it, why do we let them roam free if we know that they are going to cause trouble?" She looked at her teammates for an answer. Kakashi was the one to respond.
"Sakura, you must not forget. A Jinchuriki itself may not seem so dangerous, but the beast inside them is something to be wary about. If we lock them up they might feel threatened, they could get really angry, go into a rampage and destroy the village."
"Then why don't we seal them? They can't rampage there can they?"
"The Hokage not only wants the Jinchuriki to contain the beast, he wants them to be able to use its power should the need arise. I don't think they would be much help inside a piece of paper."
"But!" This time Hinata intervened.
"C-calm down, S-sakura-san! W-we are on a m-mission. B-besides, the t-tailed beasts themselves haven't caused t-trouble in a long time!"
"All right Hinata, but please don't call me Sakura-san, it makes me feel old."
"Sumimasen, Sakura-san."
"Ahhh, never mind. Lets just go." They picked up the pace and soon found themselves running on sand instead of grass. And with some more running they eventually met up with the other squad. It was made up of the brothers Temari and Kankuro and impressively enough the Kazekage was with them. When they got close enough to have proper introductions. All three of them bowed down in respect.
Kakashi spoke for his team. "Kazekage-sama!" He nodded at them and motioned for them to get up. "We are the squad that has been sent by the Hokage to help deal with the Jinchuriki issue."
"Its about time you guys got here!It is your Jinchuriki that is causing troubles yet you have audacity of-"
"KANKURO!" The Kazekage turned to scold his son, who immediately calmed down. "Forgive him, my son can get out of line sometimes." Temari walked up to Kankuro and started to shuffle his hair.
"The baka is just upset because his favorite doll broke." She made a pouty face like a child would. Kankuro stepped back visibly furious.
"Shut up, Temari! They are not dolls, they are shinobi puppets, and the reason its broken is because of you!"
"Its your fault for trying to scare me with that stupid doll!"
"Stop it! Both of you. You are representatives from Suna, not five year olds!" Both of them murmured something and then retreated back into their tents. "Once again, I apologize for their behavior."
"Don't worry Kazekage-sama, we deal with stuff like that all the time. But with all due respect we really need to get a move on," Kakashi pulled out a map of the land of air and a written permit, "we need you to sign this to grant us the authority of apprehending the Jinchuriki. And also cold you be as kind as to mark the area in which he was last seen?" The Kazekage took both papers and pulled out his own pen. "Of course... However you must understand that there are some things that I can't allow you to do. The most important being that I cannot allow you to harm any person other than the Jinchuriki, understand?" All three nodded. "Very well then, according to the reports he was last seen around this area." He circled a big corner of the map, it was filled with mountains and canyons, perfect for hiding.
"Arigato, Kazekage-sama. Now with your permission we would like to get started." They were about to run away when they were stopped by the Kazekage.
"Hold on! Just to be sure that you stick to out agreements, you shall be accompanied by one of my own." When he looked back Kankuro was trying to make it seem like he was busy with something so Temari stepped forward.
"I'll go with them!" The Kazekage nodded back at her and then motioned for them to leave. The now four man squad sprinted off in the direction in which their target was last seen. They had been walking until Temari motioned for them to stop. She then bent down and shuffled through the sand. Hinata stood by her side and spoke.
"Temari-san, what are you doing? We still have a couple more miles before we reach our destination." Temari lifted a her hand, in it was a bunch of, impressively enough, sand.
"What is that?" Kakashi asked. Temari threw it to the ground and pointed to the ground/
"This, is Gaara's sand. There is a good chance that following this trail will lead us to your the right way. If there were another Jinchuriki in the land of air Gaara would certainly be with them." This time it was Sakura who stepped forward with a question.
"Temari, how can you tell that the sand is Gaara's? It looks exactly like normal sand."
"The sand that has been manipulated by Gaara is always left with small traces of his chakra." Kakashi lifted his headband, activating his sharingan, he looked through the sand until he notices something.
"There is a thin trail of chakra infused sand. It continues towards the east. Any noticeable place in that direction?"
"Only one. A small village that is fairly close to the Land of Rivers. Since most of the villagers there have more connection with them they won't be able to recognize the Jinchuriki. It would be a good place in which to disappear."
"All right then let's go!"
BORDER OF THE LAND OF RIVERS, PRESENT DAY.
There is a young man standing in a cliff overlooking a small town. He is wearing a large hood so his upper face is not visible. He is facing the town without moving or saying a single word, in his hand lays a small music box that is reproducing a sweet and tender lullaby. The young man seemed to be whispering a tune but it was inaudible. Then the calm was broken when another man appears behind him, but his face is completely visible. He has short and spiky auburn hair. His eyes are narrow, greenish-blue and they have dark rings around them. But what was most noticeable was a tattoo on the right part of his forehead, it is the kanji for love. He was about to speak when the other man held his hand up, motioning for him to remain quiet. The music ended with the melody of a soft harp. Then he closed the small box and put it on his pocket, he turned back to the other man and spoke.
"Did you leave the trail, Gaara?" The other man nodded.
"Small enough to seem like its unintentional but large enough to be detected." The other man smiled and stayed quiet while looking at the town.
"What makes you think they will listen to you?"
"THEY won't, SHE will." Gaara had a sly smile on his face.
"What if HE finds out that you gave her such documents?" The other man flinched at those words.
"If he so much lays a finger on her, I'll rip his fucking throat out!" He was clenching his fists and had started to visibly tremble. But then a hand fell on his shoulder. He didn't turn to look at Gaara, he kept on looking at the ground
"Come on, we have to go. They will be here any minute." The other man relaxed and turned to leave. But he suddenly shifted his gaze towards the forest. Gaara seemed puzzled by this.
"What?" The other man simply turned back towards the road and started to walk.
"They're here!"
Hinata opened her eyes in shock and let out a loud gasp. Kakashi turned to look at her.
"Did you find anything?" She slowly nodded yes. "Okay then, come on, we can't let him get away!" They started to sprint towards the town but Hinata stayed a little behind, deep in her thoughts.
We are coming to bring you back home, Naruto-kun.
