DISCLAIMER: if I owned Naruto, not only would the Akatsuki live, but they'd get the girls.
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Behind his mask, the ANBU bear gaped at the small girl in his arms.
"Where the hel-heck did you come from?!"
The child whimpered and twisted again, slippery from the rain and blood coating her small body. Cursing, bear adjusted his grip on her and tried to figure out what to do with the retched thing. the team was supposed to be tracking an S ranked criminal who was causing chaos through the fire land borders, grass was threatening war if Konoha didn't stop there missing nin from destroying entire villages.
"We don't have time to deal with this" bear looked at the smaller male with the hawk mask and frowned. Uchiha Itachi, he didn't trust the kid, to young for ANBU, to cold. Not enough human in him, but that's exactly what the commander said was needed in the elite ranks of the shinobi.
"Continue on to the rally point, wait for me there."
Whatever the young operative thought of his captains' orders, the Uchiha kept his mouth shut. In the blink of an eye, hawk was gone and bear was left alone, holding a frightened and struggling child. Grimacing when she bit his hand, drawing blood through the glove, bear adjusted his grip again and took off into the trees. In a few minutes, shed be Konohas problem, and he'd be back on his mission.
"oomph!" A well aimed kick made him pause to avoid an untimely meeting with the ground.
And hopefully this time, there'd be no vicious wild children lurking in the bushes.
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AN/ yeah, it's short, sorry, but I had to get this part out of the way so I could get to the story. Reviews make me happy.