Captured

Chapter 1

Gaara strode into the dining room. Laid out on the dark walnut table was a full meal. Only two places were set. His daughter Kaya was standing behind her chair, her hands on the back rest, smiling. He knew that this dinner was going to come with a price.

"I hope you're hungry." Kaya greeted him as he took his place at the head of the table. He stared at her, thinking about what she could possibly want so much to go through all this trouble.

"How was your day?" She asked, trying to actually sound interested about it. Gaara could tell this was just a formality.

"Fine." He kept his answer simple. More interested in what she wanted, he decided to not drag out the details of his day. Kaya took in a breath and sat down at her seat. Gaara started to dish food onto his plate.

"My team has been making a lot of progress," She started, as she started to fill her plate. Gaara looked up at her, not entirely sure where this was going yet.

"And, we were wondering if it would be possible at all… to get a B ranked mission." Kaya set her fork down, holding her breath. Gaara sat up and took a sip from his tea. This was his baby girl. He never wanted her to become a ninja, but he wanted to give her everything she wanted. He knew this was going to happen eventually. Setting his cup back down, he sighed.

"Alright." Gaara looked at his daughter to see her face light up. Kaya jumped out of her chair and wrapped her arms around her dad.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." She squealed like a child. He hugged her back. At times it was hard to believe that this young woman was one of his top jonin, and not his little girl anymore.

"I love you so much." She kissed his cheek.

"I love you too honey." He hoped he wasn't making a mistake giving her team a B mission. Yes they were good, yes they had a great teacher, yes they still were immature at times. Kaya sat back down in her chair, she wasn't really hungry any more, all she wanted to do was go tell her team the news. Gaara started going through his mental list of possible missions to send her on. One came to mind, it was an incomplete mission. It was an exciting one, one that many of his people would fight over. This particular mission was dangerous, if done properly, there would be no need for contact with anyone. Though there was a high risk of running into the wrong person.

Gaara was sitting in his office watching the sun rise though his windows. The folder containing the information for his draughts mission was laid out on his wooden desk. It wasn't too late to change his mind, but he knew she would never get over it if he went back on his word.

Kaya walked into her father's office. He was drinking his morning tea.

"Good morning." She smiled, sitting on the chair that was placed in front of his desk, looking at the papers that were spread out.

"Are you sure your team is ready for this?" He asked one last time.

"I am positive." Kaya said confidently.

"Alright," He pushed a map towards her. " I am giving your team an incomplete mission to finish." Kaya looked slightly disappointed.

"The last team to be given this mission was unable to complete it, and I am hoping that your team is able to finish the job." Gaara continued. "Your team will locate and map the exact location of the Akatsuki compound."

Kaya stared at the map, studying the trails laid out that had been taken and nothing found.

"I feel that the Akatsuki poses a threat, and I feel it would be a benefit to our village to know their exact location." He continued to explain. "It will take a few extra days for travel, but I am confident that your team will be able to finish."

"Thank you." She looked up at her father.

"I love you." He said calmly, it was a scary thought sending his only daughter on a mission like this.

"I love you too." Kaya stood up and hugged her father. "I should find my team and head out."

"Be safe." He hugged her tightly.

"I always am." She tucked the map in the pocket before leaving his office.

Kaya headed to the field behind the academy where she normally met up with her team. The three were there alright, and full of energy. Etsuo and Ryoma were wrestling on the ground and Yori was standing over them criticizing them as if she was their mother. If her father would see her team like this, he would never ever give them anything more than a D mission.

"Hey!" Kaya barked at the three. Yori's head snapped up. Etsuo and Ryoma stopped rolling around and looked over at their sensei.

"We have a mission, and I am not sure if you guys can handle it, maybe I should just decline it." Kaya leaned on a tree.

"Ohhh come on, we can do it." Etsuo whined, standing up.

"What is the mission?" Ryoma stood up, dusting the dirt off his pants.

"Well, with a little begging I was able to get a B mission." Kaya had a huge smile on her face, she was so excited for this.

"Tell us what it is!" Yori squealed.

"We need to find and map the exact location of the Akatsuki base." Kaya pulled out the incomplete map her father had given to her.

"Awesome!" Ryoma smiled.

"This mission will take a few days, so go home, pack what you will need and meet me back here in one hour." Kaya checked her watch.

"Got it." Etsuo said before running off with the rest of his team.

Kaya jumped up into the tree and reviewed the map, she hoped that her team could complete this mission. Her father never stated why the other team was unable to finish the mission. What if they were killed during the mission. But then how would they have their unfinished map. So therefore they must have just gave up. Kaya felt nervous, maybe she shouldn't of asked for this mission.

Author's Note

This story has been bouncing around in my head for a month or two now. I kept changing my mind on so many of the details and kept coming up with different ideas. This is the start, and I have only the second chapter mentally planned out, after that I'm clueless.

Please leave your thoughts : )