Plan for Capture
The next day, Team 7 had been called into Tsunade's office. They ran into Shikamaru as he was about to head in.
"Hey Shikamaru, what're you doing here?" Naruto asked.
"The Hokage asked for me to come to her office right away. Said it was something important."
They opened the door to see a girl standing in front of Tsunade's desk, her back was to them. She was wearing a white dress with a white poncho on. Her hair went to the middle of her back. She turned around to reveal ocean blue eyes, and a soft yet searching gaze. She looked familiar to them.
"There you all are, come in, hurry up now." Tsunade ordered.
They all entered and looked at their guest.
"This is Princess Karyou, she has come from her kingdom on her father's orders to look for someone. You all will help her find him."
"Why am I here then?" Shikamaru asked.
"Because they will be needing more men to get this particular guy, you may begin when you're ready Princess."
"Right, I'm looking for someone named Tenshi, I think you might have seen him already."
"What gives you that assumption?" Kakashi asked.
"Because your Hokage confirmed that...he was the one who destroyed that village."
"What?!" Everyone said in unison.
"Then why did the King send you to capture someone like him?" Naruto asked.
"Because...he's my brother."
Everyone went silent.
"So what happened to make him leave?" Shikamaru asked.
"I heard him and my father arguing about something the night he left. It was hard for me to hear because it was through a door. Something crashed and Tenshi jumped out of one of the palace windows. Our castle has a lot of curves on the walls, so he made it down safely; he always was acrobatic. I thought he'd come back once he cooled off, but he didn't. After about a week my father sent me and some men out to go look for him. We both had always been close, so he figured I'd be able to talk him into coming back home."
"What happened to your men?" Shikamaru asked.
"On our way here we were ambushed by a group of ninja. My guards had me run back in the opposite direction, but they had already surrounded us, so I ran into the forest while my guards took care of them. I hid behind some bushes at first and watched the fight. my guards had just about lost when I got up and decided it was time for me to go somewhere much safer. I ran farther into the forest and ended up getting lost. I didn't want you yell for help because I thought they might still be there, so I just kept running straight. I heard someone following me and tripped on something. I fell out the forest, and was staring at your gate. That's about it." she said rubbing the back of her neck. Naruto noticed a small scratch on the back of her neck, but didn't question it.
"To help with his capture, I brought these." she said pulling out three cubes, each half the size of her hand.
"What do those do?" Naruto asked.
"When put in a triangular shape, they emit a forcefield that quickly knocks the captured out. Their limit is one mile, and their effectiveness decreases with the distance."
"Then I guess our best move would be to hold him still so that we can set the trap." Shikamaru said.
"Yeah, that's the hard part." Karyou said.
"Not a problem." Shikamaru told her.
She looked at him strangely,"You guys have something that'll really keep him still? Long enough to set up the trap?"
"Yep"
"Astounding...you guys are really something." she said with a smile,"When should we get started?"
"Whenever you're ready." Tsunade said.
"Wait, how would we find him?" Shikamaru asked.
"With this." Karyou said taking out a digital map,"I've loaded it with his DNA, so we'll know where he is in a twenty mile radius."
There was a knock on the door.
"What is it!" Tsunade yelled.
Shizune entered,"Excuse me, Lady Tsunade, but a message just came from the Sand Village."
"Well what is?"
"They said that there was a recent attack by an unknown assailant, and that he's headed towards this region."
"Do they have a description?" Karyou asked.
"Um, black hair, red eyes-"
"Tenshi! That's Tenshi!"
"And it looks like he's about to be right on our doorstep." Shikamaru said.
"C'mon! We should go now!" Karyou said excitedly.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Elsewhere, Sasuke walked into a room with Madara already present.
"What is it?"
"We have a guest." Madara said turning his head towards a heavily muscled man with a variety of rifles on his back.
"I need some...extra hands in acquiring a certain person." He said gruffly.
"Who is it?"
"He's around your age, black hair, red eyes-"
"I've met him."
"Oh have you? Then you should lead the way."
"What for?"
"Well, like I was telling your masked friend here, my boss performs certain...experiments with some truly beneficial results. He's willing to give you some obedient yet deadly servants in exchange for your services."
"Well Sasuke?" Madara asked.
"Alright, we'll help. Do you have a way to track him?"
"I found out, through some spies I set up around the land, that he was last seen around the Sand Village heading towards the Land of Fire about two days ago. I figure he's probably in the Land of Fire, but we should hurry before he changes course."
Sasuke turned around and walked out of the room, stopping to say,"Well come on, I want to get this done quickly."