Secrets of the Hidden

Chapter 2

The Deal

"Let me go or he dies!!" screamd Zukawa a beautiful shinobi.. Kakashi and his team had found her wandering one of the training grounds and dragged her to see the Hokage. She had no last name no village (that they knew of) and no patience it seemed. She held a kunai up against the neck of Iruka who was pinned to the floor and sweating to death afraid of what might happen. She glared at the old man with a look that said she was dead serious.

"Now now there is no need to get hasty." he said calmly. "We can work this out. All you have to do is give us some information."

"I acually rather enjoy seeing this one squirm." she said with a smirk "How about you talk and I'll listen while trying to keep myself from killing him?"

The third Hokage sat there for a few moments looking her over and pondering a few thoughts in his head. He was trying to find a way around the whole situation if that was even possible. After a few moments of silence she pressed the kunai a little harder upon Iruka's neck breaking the skin. Everyone became alarmed and the Hokage finally spoke.

"I have a proposition for you." he said his voice never faltering.

"I'm listening." she said.

"You will not go to prison." the Konoha shinobi tensed up after hearing that. How could they let this stranger free? She was dangerous! Zukawa on the other hand felt relieved but didn't let it show. "However." he continued "You will not be permitted to leave the village. You will be watched day and night by elite members of our villages ANBU." Now everyone was confused and shocked. Now what was he up to? Was he crazy? They could just imagine the havoc she could wreak on their peaceful village. Zukawa of course was the most shocked of anyone.

"And what do you expect me to do here?" she never once moved from her position on top of Iruka "Pick flowers? Take up Knitting?"

"Until I see fit you may leave but in the meantime you could be of great help training some of our younger ninja.." The look on her face was priceless. He could just read her mind 'What no way am I serving under these losers!' Yes that must be exactly what she was thinking. "So do we have a deal? It is better than prison."

Zukawa pondered this for a moment weighing her options. She could just give in and go to prison. No that wasn't an option they would use some lunatic to question her and that would not be good. She could just kill the pathetic loser and...go to jail...no. Maybe she could fight her way out of here and escape. Well thats no good because she would be abandoning her mission and that would be even worse than going to prison. It seemed as if staying here and working under the hidden leaf shinobi was the only answer.She removed her kunai from Iruka's neck and got off of him. And crossing her arms she said, "Fine."

"Good. I"m glad you see it my way." he nodded at his assistant who was writing everything down "Two ANBU are waiting outside and will take you to an assigned apartment. so you may-"

"Wait a second hold on." she interupted, "Can you at least tell me what exactly I'm going to be doing here? And for how long?"

"Oh um." the old man hesitated now unsure of what to tell her. He looked around the room praying for inspiration then he saw Kakashi standing in his usual lazy posture looking as if he were utterly uninterested. "You can help Kakashi out."

"What?" she said in an annoyed tone "You want me to work under this bum?"

"You could help him train his squad of Genin." said the hokage "He has quite a handful with those three."

She could not believe it. Not only did she have to train three snot nosed brats she had to train his snot nosed brats.. This day could not get any worse. She looked back at Kakahi and if looks could kill he would have been dead a thousand times over. She was outraged but worked hard to keep from losing it. The Hokage dismissed her and she glared at Kakashi as she waked by towards the door. When she opened it three young ninja's fell into the room from the hallway. All three scrambled to get up and were struggling for an excuse as to their actions.

"Oh um yeah we just uh tripped!" said a blonde headed boy "It was an accident really!"

"Kakashi-sensei I tried to stop him but he wouldn't listen to me!" said a young girl with long pink hair.

The third child just stood there crossing his arms and glaring at the other two. Zukawa figured that he was the type that was too good for anyone. Just the kind of ninja she hated.Oh great. she thought. boy is this going to be fun. She gave them a deadly look and fear was evident on their faces as they quickly got out of her way. She walked down the hallway and noticed two ANBU standing there waiting for her. And after taking all of her weapons they escorted her to the apartemnt.

"Man, is she scary." said Naruto "Its to bad that she's gonna have to train with us." as soon as he said that he realized he shouldn't have 'I-I...umm..."

"Naruto you idiot!" yelled Sakura as she hit her teammate in the head.

"Okay guy's cam down." said Kakashi "You can go home now. training is over."

"Great! Now who wants ramen?" said Naruto eyeing Sakura." Hey Sakura how 'bout a date?"

"No way! But what about you Sasuke? Just the two of us?" there were starts in her eye's

"Hn." was all Sasuke said before he left along with the rest of them.

The third Hokage sighed "They really do need all the help they can get." he said to himself.Everyone but Iruka had left his office.He came up the old man's desk a questioning look on his face. "What is it Iruka?" he asked

"Um...Sir." he started "I was just wondering...Why you are allowing her to stay in the village. Even if she is going to be watched don't you think it will be dangerous?"

"You are worrying about those three again aren't you? Iruka, you have no need to worry I know what I'm doing."

"I'm not just worried about them I'm worried about the village. The fact that we don't know anything about her makes this a delicate situation. She tried to kill me and we don't know what she is capable of. I just want to know why."

"Unfortunatly that is for me to know and you to find out."

Zukawa and the two ANBU (whose names were to remain a secret) made their way to the apartment buillding in silence save for Zukawa's low angry mumbling. The buildingwas old and worn but that was to be expected since it was in the older part of town. One of the ANBU gave the landlord the orders from the Hokage about Zukawa's stay there and he readily agreed. He brought the three of them to a room on the third floor then gave Zukawa the key and walked off. She unlocked the door and walked inside.

The room was small but space was used well so that you weren't totally cramped. There was a bed with white sheets in the far right corner and on the opposite side was a small desk with a char and a lamp. In the right corner was a small kitchen area with a stove,oven,small refrigerator,counter top, and a table with two chairs. Opposite of the kitchen was a dusty old dresser that desperatly needed to be repainted. The door to the bathroom was on the right wall next to the bed and there was a large glass door with two other windows beside it that led to a tiny balcony that looked over the village.

Zukawa turned to her two escorts waiting for them to say something or give her special orders. They simply said that they would be watching and waiting outside and not to try anything sneaky.They also said that she was to be at training ground number three at eight o'clock the next morning. She didn't say anything in return just nodded and took her bag and put it on the bed while they left the room. She didn't bring much just a change of clothes,some food,a small towel,money,and a couple of weapons which were confinscated.

She walked out to the balcony to get a better view of her temporary home. It was a very nice village she had to admit. The people were peaceful and friendly and she had heard that their shinobi were some of the strongest in the world. She could see the Hokage's tower from were she stood and behind that carved on the mountain were four different faces. She had no clue who they could be but she guessed some men whom the people of this village considered hero's. She then decided that she might enjoy staying here just a little.It was better than sleeping on the cold wet ground keeping one eye open just in case someone tried to attack. Though she couldn't get too attached she had a job to do after all. And who know's this new change of plans could help her in her mission.

Okay I hope you enjoyed! I know my chapters are short but I just don't have the mental capacity to write long ones it drives me nuts and takes me forever to write and then because of that its not very good. I'm sorry that it took me forever too I've just been really busy this summer. Please review (but no flames please I already know I'm not that great of a writer.) Later! XP

P.S. O h and I know my paragraphs are kina layed out funny its just that my computer was acting funny so sorry.