Destiny's Calling

Chapter 2

Previously

A warning sign went off inside her body and she jumped up in a flip before landing with her feet planted on the side of a tree. Looking up she saw two men, armed and coming right at her.

Now

A distinct thud hit the tree, right where she had been standing before. Sayuri smirked; they would have to try better if they wanted her.

Her lips twitched after a second though. Her bravado might have worked for the men but inside Sayuri was scared. Everything was about to change. She could feel it in her heart and she was terrified because she didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing.

Ripping the kunai out of the tree, Sayuri griped the knife with one hand. Using her wind chakra, she used her chakra flow to sharpen the knife before throwing it. The knife zoomed through the air. Knowing that they would dodge the blade with ease, Sayuri used her wind chakra to move the blade in a new direction.

Unable to dodge the attack, the blue man, Kisame, was hit. Sayuri smiled in success, but as she watched her smile turned into a confused frown. Kisame gave her a chilling look before pulling the sharp blade out of his bleeding arm. He didn't cry out or wince from the pain; it was like he didn't even feel it.

"Well, it looks like the little girl wants to play." Kisame hissed out as he took a step towards her. Sayuri jumped down from the tree, getting into a fighting position. Kisame moved his arm up, reaching for white sword thing on his back but before he could get it the other man put his arm up, distracting Kisame.

"No, we are to deliver the message and then if need be attack and bring her in by force." He spoke to Kisame but Sayuri saw the threat underneath, aimed at her.

"Itachi." Kisame growled, fuming.

Itachi stepped forward, calm and collected, unlike his partner. Sayuri didn't take her eyes off them, they were up to something, and she just couldn't figure it out.

"Sorry about my partner, he can get a little angry." He said while looking back with a sinister smile.

Sayuri pulled out a kunai, knowing that this would turn into a fight.

"Now now, we have a message to give you before any of that."Itachi said.

A mocking edge came to Sayuri's voice. "Well I already know what you're going to say and the answer is no."

"Then we will take you by force." Itachi said, as he came towards her. Sayuri ran at him, not wanting to be forced back. Using Taijutsu she blocked his attacks. Each move was predicted correctly as her blood limit activated. Her kicks and punches did nothing to him it seemed, he just kept on fighting without a flinch or a wince. Sayuri couldn't believe it. Even Kakashi got injured when they fought.

The seriousness of the situation was coming to her. These people weren't just hired thugs. They were ninja's, powerful ninja's. With that in mind Sayuri took the fight to a new level. She had to distract them and waste as much time as she could. This meant using Taijutsu with small amounts of chakra.

With that in mind, Sayuri dodged as many hits as she could and went onto the defense.

After a while Itachi became annoyed at her maneuvering. Just as she realized what he was doing it was too late. He had caught her in his genjutsu.

Sayuri looked around. They were still in the forest but it was darker somehow, almost like a shadow of the true forest.

"Now, are you willing to come with us or shall we continue with the fight."He said as his eyes turned to a dark shade of red.

With the hand that was behind her back she summoned a kunai and threw the weapon. The kunai hit its mark but nothing happened. Itachi controlled this place so he had stopped it but her intent wasn't to hurt him.

Sayuri glared at him. "That's your answer!"

"Well in that case why don't you go to sleep?" His voice was different, almost like he was trying to calm her. As she looked into his eyes she felt her body start to tire. Maybe she should sleep. She was really tired. Blinking felt like the hardest job in the world, all she wanted was a comfortable bed with a fluffy pillow but the ground would have to do.

Just as Sayuri was about to fall asleep she saw Itachi and realized what was happening. Her eyes narrowed into angry slits as she shook the sleepiness away. Her eyes glowed a bright abnormal blue as her power increased, fighting against his Sharingan.

Mmmm, that had never happened before. Not questioning her luck, Sayuri destroyed the illusion. At once she was back in the real forest.

Before she could recover from the mind attack something hit her from the side. Sayuri cried out in surprise and pain as she landed on the hard ground. Knowing that the men were going to use this to their advantage she silently created an air clone and hid in the trees. All of this went unnoticed as she had used a silencing jutsu to mask the noise and an invisibility jutsu to hide.

As she watched Kisame attacked the clone. Sayuri winced at the sight; it wasn't great when you watched yourself being hurt. With that injury the clone puffed away with a bit of air. In the same moment Sayuri jumped down with a kunai in hand. Her aim was Itachi but before her blow landed he turned. With quick reflexes that surprised her he lunged out with an attack of his own. Her eyes widened and she knew she couldn't stop the oncoming attack. Never the less she used her hands to shield her body as the fireball jutsu exploded around her. The fire didn't hurt much as he wasn't trying to kill her but the force blew her back against a tree where she crumbed onto the ground.

As she trembled to her feet her injures started to throb. One side of her arm was raw and bleeding from hitting the tree and her back felt like it was one big bruise. Needless to say her chakra level was diminishing as well. Escaping Itachi's jutsu had taken more chakra than she thought.

Sayuri glared at Itachi and Kisame. She needed a plan, something that would give her more time. Just as Itachi was about to make his move a shiver went through her before she was taken into a vision.

Vision- Lady Tsunade's point of view

Tsunade sat on the cushioned seat, relaxing in the afternoon light. Today had been a nightmare. When she had signed up for this she never would have imagined the amount of paperwork that had to be done. She might as well have been a paper pusher. But now that was all over for today, she could do whatever she wanted. She took a slip of her jasmine tea but when the door suddenly opened to reveal a distressed Shizune her surprise made her spite out the hot liquid.

"What Shizune." Tsunade said in a hard voice. Shizune stumbled around, making upset noises.

"Tell me Shizune!" She commanded. At her high voice Shizune ran up to her with a scroll.

"It's an urgent message from one of the hidden leaf villages." Shizune cried before backing up.

Tsunade quickly read the letter and with each passing word dread filled her. Her daughter, Sayuri, was in danger.

"Get me team Kakashi and Gai now!" She screamed, to upset to care about Shizune. As Shizune scrambled out of the room Tsunade paced. The Akatsuki were after Sayuri, but if what her mother said was true they could still save her. There was hope, Sayuri had seen it herself.

As footsteps ran down the hall, Tsunade opened the door, to impatience to wait.

Looking the team over, she saw that Kakashi wore a disinterested expression, Naruto an excited and determined face while Sakura was worried but also interested in what they were called for. On the other hand Gai looked ready for a photo shoot with his pearl white teeth. Rock lee was looking up in admiration while Tenten was eager and Neji looked both bored and ready for anything.

"Listen up, right now a girl is being chased through the forest forwards Konoha right now. She is being targeted by the Akatsuki. Your mission is to find the girl and bring her back here." She looked at Kakashi, knowing he knew who she was talking about.

"Kakashi, I need to talk to you."Tsunade walked over to him. Kakashi nodded.

"Ok we'll just be out here. Ready when you are Kakashi."Gai said while smiling. Gai ushered the teenagers outside. Their footsteps and voiced decreased within seconds.

Kakashi face turned from disinterested to worry.

"Read this." She said as she gave him the paper. Tsunade watched as his eye went back and forward, never stopping or going back to a line.

"I will bring her back Tsunade." With lightning speed he was out the door.

When their footsteps were gone from the building she whispered, "Please bring her home."

End of Vision

As Sayuri came out from the vision she knew she was in trouble. Whenever she went into a vision her body stopped moving and her eyes changed color, letting everyone know what was happening. She knew she had been in that vision for at least a minute and in that time Itachi and Kisame took advantage of this.

When her eyes cleared Sayuri saw both Kisame and Itachi, both standing next to her. Itachi was holding a kunai as her throat and with each breathe the blade cut into her soft skin. Knowing that she had to do something her hands joined together in a seal

"Winter Dragon Jutsu!" With those words the familiar ice coloured dragon appeared. The creature swirled around her, roaring as it attacked Kisame and Itachi with bone chilling ice that was colder than ice. Suppressing her happiness on mastering the jutsu she watched as the men attacked off her jutsu.

It didn't take them long to destroy her jutsu but it was enough for her.

"We've wasted enough time as it is. It's time to finish this." Itachi said as his face darkened. "Great Fireball jutsu!"

Sayuri hadn't expected that. She couldn't dodge the huge fire ball that was coming towards her. It was too fast. Her eyes filled with tears at her defeat as the raging inferno hit her.

Everything hurt. It felt like she was still on fire as she slumped up against a tree. She couldn't move. The last of her chakra had been used to protect her from most of the fire. As Sayuri looked up, she knew that that had been the plan and she had fallen for it. With the last of her energy she looked up at the faces of men with hatred but inside she was rejoicing. She had given Kakashi enough time.

Kakashi's point of view

Kakashi jumped from tree to tree, hoping that he would make it. Sayuri was his only family. He couldn't loss her.

While the others were slightly behind him, Kakashi scouted the area, knowing which path she would follow. When he visited she would always meet him half was there, both took the same path as Kakashi had showed her the way when she was a child. Thoughts like that gave his eye a shine, almost like Rock Lee's when he had a goal.

With renewed determination he ran faster, pushing more chakra into his feet. He would save her.

The group ran all night long, only stopping for a short break in the morning to regain some of their energy. Rock Lee protested this.

"Come to guys. This was a little run. Let's go, go, GO!" He shouted the last part before running off. Everyone followed but Kakashi ran up to take the lead.

Sakura came up to him after a while.

"Kakashi, who is this girl and who is after her." She said with a confused expression. Kakashi signed. They did need to know but it would have been better if Tsunade had told them, but there hadn't been any time.

"Well, you see, the girl Sayuri is kind of Tsunade's daughter." Kakashi grimaced at the horrified looks.

"But that means that Sayuri's not a girl, she has to be at least 30!" Naruto shouted. He had a weird issue with age.

"Actually she's 16, same as you Naruto."

So I've made Naruto and Sakura 16 and Gai's team all 17. Gaara will be 17 as well. But he won't be in the story for a while. Not until the Akatsuki take him.

Naruto looked a little happier at the news. Kakashi smiled in spite of the bad timing. Naruto would always be the same.

"Now everyone, before we come across Sayuri there is a chance that her attackers could have already gotten to her. We need to be prepared as the Akatsuki are behind the attack. We don't know their numbers or which members but there is at least one member after her." Kakashi spoke in a grave voice, catching everyone's attention.

"But why are they after her. In fact why is this the first we've heard of her. Shouldn't she be living with Lady Tsunade?" Sakura demanded.

"I was getting to that. Sayuri is special. Her kekkei genkai allows her to foresee the future and because of this it was in her best interest to be kept secret."

"Then why did you get to know about her, Kakashi!" Naruto exclaimed as if he should have known.

"What's with all the questions?" Everyone looked at him. "Fine but this is the last question. Sayuri and I are cousins."

With that he looked ahead, letting them know that the conversation was finished.

In another half hour they stopped in a clearing where signs of a fight could be seen.

"What happened?" Sakura whispered, surprised from the destruction. Tenten nodded, wanting to know as well.

Kakashi and Gai could tell from the marks that a fire jutsu had been used but there were also strange burns on some of the trees. It looked like an ice burn. Kakashi knew that Sayuri had been here. Her chakra was wind and water which enabled her to use ice jutsu's.

After examining the marks Kakashi realized that Sayuri had been taken. Two Akatsuki members had attacked her and she had been knocked unconscious from the markings in the ground.

"Come on. We had to hurry if we want to catch them." Kakashi said after telling them want had happened.