Blindfolded

Me: SORRY GUYS, I WAS BUSY… waiting… and I'm in Sweden… I've decided, with your help, that I will add a WAVE ARC!

Naruto: Cue, dark Dracula music…

Me: Ahh…

Sasuke: She lost the flash drive, I think it was running away, she has like a million stuff on it.

Naruto: Yeah… I mean who needs homework on their flash drives? Show them some respect, geez.

Me: HOMEWORK IS NORMAL ON A FLASH DRIVE!

Sasuke: But are books you have downloaded from the internet?

Me: Um… ah… S-Shut up…

Sasuke: I thought so.

Kiba: Would you guys leave Author alone? She found her flash drive with her sister, it wasn't Authors fault she has an annoying sister! I should know I have a sister myself.

Me: THANK YOU KIBAAAA! *Add – Droll :33333!* I don't own any characters!

Summary; at a young age Uzumaki Kiyomi was beating into a blood puddle, making the girl blind. Turning 12 and after the Genin exam, Kiyomi is placed on a team with Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura. After finding out about her condition, they become a little too overprotective. –FEMNARU- Maybe SasufemNaru or KibafemNaru.

''Um…'' – Talking.

'Smile' – Thinking.

''Damn'' – Talking for Demon/Summoning/Inner Sakura/Jutsu.

'Careful'' Thinking for Demon/Summoning/Inner Sakura.

Warnings: May or may not contain spoilers…

Chapter 3 – Two Shy Personalities

''I sensed t-the direction o-of the target, northeast, five meters, r-right over the bushes. Blue-Eye is r-ready. Over-ttebane.'' A quiet female voice said.

''Raven-Lock is in position, thanks for the directions Blue-Eye. Over.'' A deep masculine voice replied.

''Green-Vision is in position; directions are correct Blue-Eye. Ready for actions. Over.'' Another female voice said, but a little louder than the first.

''Blue-Eye, Raven-Lock, Green-Vision, have you confirmed the target? Over.'' A male voice, deeper than the first, asked.

''Ribbon on the left ear.'' Raven-Lock whispered.

''T-Target is confirmed, ribbon on t-the l-left ear… We're r-ready to attack, Silver-Glow. O-Over dattebane.'' Blue-Eye retorted.

''Good, on three team Color.'' A breath was taking by all four members of team Color. ''One, two…'' Blue-Eye, Raven-Lock and Green-Vision positioned themselves in attack mode. ''THREE!'' Silver-Glow yelled, as the three underlings jumped out of the bushes and onto the cat.

A girl with red-hair stopped in her track, and took a good 'look' at the cat, whilst the boy with raven hair and the girl with pink hair cached the cat with a net. ''GOT YA' YOU STUPID CAT.'' The pink-haired girl yelled out.

''Mission, find the missing cat – Tora, complete. As said, ribbon on the left ear.'' The raven-haired guy said through the earpiece.

'Probably a cute kitty… I better ask Sasuke-kun.' The read-haired girl thought. ''S-Sasuke-kun,'' she whispered as he looked her way, ''what c-color is t-the cat?'' She asked smilingly.

Sasuke blinked, and sighed. ''It's brown, with some beige stripes from its head and down its back. The ribbon is red.'' He replied quietly.

''Ah, good job team Color. Wasn't this a fun teamwork mission, hmm? Kiyo-imouto, your sensing skills have improved, that's great.

(A/N: WARNING- MAJOR SPOILER FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T READ CHAPTER 579! I READ IT IN CLASS, AND SCREAMED! SO DON'T READ THIS PART IF YOU WANT TO AVOID SPOILERS!)

'Her Uzumaki skills have already taken over her body, Minato-sensei would have been depressed. Sealing, sensing and healing. Everybody knows that the Uzumaki trait is the read-hair… Her sealing ability is already under development, that something Minato-sensei would have been proud over, her sensing skills are getting better and better, and her healing… if I didn't know better I would think it was Kyuubis work… but every Uzumaki is blessed with an abnormal healing system.' Silver-Glow thought.

'I remember something about Orochimaru getting his dirty hands on a red-haired Uzumaki girl… Other rumors said she had returned to Kusagakure… She was a sensory type. I assume she was an Uzumaki as well.'

(A/:N THOSE OF YOU WHO DID READY IT, BUT DIDN'T READ CHAPTER 579 OF THE MANGA, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I WAS TALKING ABOUT… IT'S A GIRL STARTING WITH A K!)

''T-Thank you Kaka-nii…'' Kiyomi didn't smile. Her face was kept the same as when she was 'observing' the cat.

''Stupid cat, are you guys sure that this cat isn't evil?'' Sakura asked. ''If it is, we should really kill it.''

''Ah, it's a-an innocent c-cat S-Sakura-san...'' Kiyomi reasoned.

''You know, Kiyomi… you're cute and all, but… try to smile a little. It would do you good.'' She replied.

Kiyomis lips twitched, as they tried to turn into a smile. It was only a few times she actually did smile, and this wasn't really the time… ''D-Don't w-we have to go t-to Hokage-J-Jiji…?'' She silently asked, giving up on the smile.

''Ah, Kiyo-chan is right, we should get going. Come on imouto… and baggage.'' Kakashi teased, as he took Kiyomis hand to drag her away from the so-called 'baggage'.

''Did he just call us baggage?'' Sakura asked in disbelief.

''We'll just have to burn his book again.'' Sasuke replied, as he and Sakura walked behind the complaining Kiyomi and the teasing-mode Scarecrow.

''WE FORGOT THE TARGET-TTEBANE!'' Kiyomi surprisingly yelled, and they returned to pick up the target.

And after a long walk back, with complaining, scolding and bruises… they finally made it to the academy, where the Hokage currently were giving out missions to the rookies. ''Ah, Hokage-sama, mission find the missing cat Tora, is completed. Report written and… can we go home now?'' Kakashi bluntly asked.

''Eh, K-Kaka-nii-san… you're n-not that l-lazy a-are you?'' Kiyomi asked.

''No, I'm just sick of D-ranks…'' He responded.

''Hmm, Kakashi… I think you should recommend your team for a C-rank mission. My son, Asuma, already did so, and got a C-rank mission to Taki. I could give you one a med-C-rank, since we're out of low-C-rank, and put you with the third rookie team. What do you say, Kakashi?'' Sarutobi suggested.

''Ah, a med-C-rank! We'll take it!'' Kakashi said sparklingly.

''Iruka, call in team eight, consisting of Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino. Jounin sensei Yuhi Kurenai.''

''Hai, Hokage-sama.'' Iruka said as he left the room to find the other team.

''K-Kiba-kun is g-going to come w-with us?'' Kiyomi asked happily.

''Aa, he's going to come with you Kiyo-chan.'' The third replied.

''BOW IN THE DUST FOR YOUR KAMI!'' A loud exclamation came from none other than Inuzuka Kiba... followed behind him was his teammates, Hyuga Hinata and Aburame Shino, and of course their lovely sensei Yuhi Kurenai.

''Kiba, you shouldn't say that… it's very offensive towards our real Kami.'' Shino commented.

Kibas eyes landed on Kiyomi, and he barked up; ''YAHOO, KIYO-CHAN IS HERE!'' He looked at Hinata. ''Oi, Hinata… I think you two could become great friends.'' Hinata blushed and looked away.

''That's highly certainly, why? Because Hinata and Kiyomi has pretty much the same personality, both kind-hearted, shy, anti-judgmental, both like gardening, both have a low self-esteem, both are polite and both have something to prove for people, and I shouldn't forget about their stuttering.'' Shino clarified.

''That's the first time you talk that much Shino, congrats dude. Next target is Sasuke. What's up childhood friend.'' Kiba walked over to Sasuke, who pretty much looked annoyed when Kiba laid a hand around his shoulders, implying to a friendly hold.

''Go away, dog-breath.'' Sasuke hissed, annoyed that it absolutely just had to be team eight.

The Hokage coughed, and they turned their attention towards him. ''Now that you're all here, I expect you to listen. The mission I'm going to give you is a protection mission of a certain individual.'' He turned his gaze in the direction of Irukas position and smiled to him. ''Iruka, would you please lead Tazuna-san in here?''

''Hai, Hokage-sama.'' He replied and walked out to get said man.

After a short period of time, the door opened again with Iruka coming in as the first, and behind him an old man, with a sake bottle in his hand. ''Is this the ones who are going to protect me? A bunch of brats?'' Tazuna asked with a harsh and judgmental voice. ''Especially that red-haired girl, is she even a ninja?''

Kiyomi winced at this, and backed away slightly, only to bump into Kiba. ''Hey you old fart, this girl can kick ass no matter what you say, so you better apologize.'' Kiba defended.

''Apologize? Like hell I'm going to apologize, 'dude'.''

Kiba growled loudly. ''If you don't apologize, I'll kill you!''

''Kiba-kun.'' Kiyomi quietly said.

''Kiyo-chan, are you really going to take this?''

''I d-don't care… dattebane'' another silent reply.

''You do care! Don't deny it, kick his ass or something.'' Kiba practically yelled.

''KIBA, KIYOMI! That's enough, please stand back and be quiet.'' Kurenai demanded. ''Tazuna-san, I'm Yuhi Kurenai, leader of team eight, consisting of Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino and Hyuga Hinata.'' She said as she pointed at each of her students. ''They might be Genins only but Kakashi and I are both Jounins.''

''Hi, I'm Hatake Kakashi; this is my cute little students, Uchiha Sasuke, Hatake Kiyomi and Haruno Sakura. Aren't they just the cutest thing ever?'' Kakashi asked with an overly sweet voice.

''Hmm, I guess I could survive with two Jounins. But make sure the brats doesn't get in the way.'' Tazuna took a sip of his sake and looked observantly at the Genins.

''K-Kiyomi-san…'' Hinata started, ''let's, let's d-do our b-best.'' She smiled softly at her.

''H-Hai Hinata-san.'' Kiyomi replied, also smiling slightly.

''They really do resemble each other.'' Kiba told Shino.

''I never said no, Kiba.'' He responded.

''Okay cute little Genins, let's meet at the gate in half an hour, pack your necessary stuff, such as extra clothes, toothbrush, weapons… lots and lots of weapons.'' Kakashi ordered, and they all replied with a nod. ''Ah, we have the cutest Genins, don't we Kurenai-san? It's painful to watch them grow up, and don't need us anymore.''

''Aren't you supposed to be with Kiyomi right now? You know… your little sister.'' She growled.

''Ah, you're right.'' And he disappeared in a pool of smoke.

Home in the Hatake estate, Kiyomi was currently packing all necessary stuff. Kakashi walked into her room to help her out a little. ''Kiyo-imouto, what underwear do you use?'' Kiyomi blushed at Kakashis blunt statement.

''Um… ah… I-I…'' She stuttered.

''Kidding, you can choose yourself… but if you need any help, I'm here.'' He teased.

''Kaka-nii-san… you're m-mean-ttebane!'' She replied, as she closed her eyes. 'To be blind is really uncomfortable… if people could only imagine the pain of a person, when they move their hands… and they don't know where it is? Not even knowing their closest friends' hair color, eye color… or even looks. The only thing you would have to judge their looks off is their voices. I've already imagined Kiba to look really badass.' She giggled slightly. 'And Sasuke is probably some pale emo boy.' Once again she giggled.

''Ah, Kiyo-imouto, don't forget the necklace.'' He reminded her. 'The necklace contains a seal. A seal only I can use, because I created it. If she ever gets into any kinds of danger I will know and automatically teleported to her. Hokage-sama said that my duty is not the missions, but protecting Kiyo-imouto at any means possible. That's probably also why he paired us up with another team.'

They both packed their bags, and met at the door of their house. ''Are you all done imouto?'' She nodded in reply and they walked out of the door.

The moment they walked out, Kakashi disappeared in a smoke cloud. 'OH NO HE DIDN'T! HE'S GOING TO BE LATE ON PURPOSE, AGAIN!' Kiyomi growled, out of character.

She walked alone to the gate… and she spotted her comrades. She ran over to them to explain what happened to their sensei, but…

''He disappeared… again, right?'' Sasuke asked.

Kiyomi whimpered slightly and looked away. ''I-It's probably somet-thing important…'' She wasn't trying to convince them, but herself. Kakashi had done that a lot of times before, at first she was used to it, but when she grew tired of it she just didn't like when it kept on happening.

''Kurenai-sensei, we're going to wait for a few hours before we can begin the mission.'' Sakura informed.

''Figures. I'll go look for Kakashi; you can all just go ahead. We'll catch up to you.'' Kurenai said as she disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

''You heard the woman. Let's go!'' Kiba exclaimed.

''Shouldn't we appoint a temporary leader?'' Sakura asked.

''I'm the leader. Let's go!'' He continued.

''I'm the leader. And I say that since there are four sensor types, we should put them around Tazuna-san. Kiyo-chan in the front, Hinata in the back, Shino to the right and Kiba to the left of Tazuna-san. Sakura and I will go in the front too. Hinata has the byakugan, so she can keep a watch of the back. Kiyo-chan is long-distance sensory type and has improved a lot, so she can keep a watch on the front. Shino, Kiba, Sakura, you all three know what to do, let's go.'' Sasuke said in one breath.

''H-Hai, Sasuke-kun.'' Kiyomi then walked to the front of Tazuna-san, who seemed comfortable considering the fact that he just dissed them half an hour ago.

The two teams walked out, without their sensei in the said positions Sasuke commanded them to. They were heading out through the forest, where Kiyomi, Kiba, Shino and Hinata suddenly stopped.

''Hinata, take a look at southeast… distance unknown.'' Kiba informed.

''Distance two miles… a-almost I'm n-not sure…'' Kiyomi joined in.

''Wait, I'll send a bug to see anything unusual in that direction.'' Shino said.

Shino did as said; he sent a bug to the location of southeast, circa two miles away. They waited for a while for the bug to return, as it sat on his finger. His eyes narrowed behind those pitch black sunglasses of his, and he looked at his comrades for mission. ''Location; southeast, 1,7 miles away… suspicious… puddle.''

''Water puddle? What is so suspicious about a puddle?'' Tazuna asked.

''Why you ask? Why, because it hasn't rained in days, in that exact area, and it is a good day today. I suggest Hinata to check it out, and later on we will be able to judge the ranks of these people. Hinata, do your thing.'' Shino replied.

''H-Hai, Shino-kun.'' She activated her byakugan and everything around her became black and white. She ran her vision to the exact coordination and checked out the suspicious puddle. ''The puddle is c-chakra infected… t-this is n-ninjas we a-are dealing with… p-probably C-B-ranked…'' She deactivated her byakugan and she looked back at her teammates.

''We s-should wait f-for Kaka-nii-san a-and Kurenai-s-sensei.'' Kiyomi suggested.

''Agreed, we can't afford to go towards that area with the risks of getting attacked by ninjas higher ranks than ourselves.'' Sakura said.

''We should go ahead.'' Every eye was now on Sasuke, who had said the most stupid thing of them all. ''The Jutsu is a water element. They are practically hiding in the water. We are six against… how many were there, Hinata?'' He asked.

''I s-saw two kinds of chakra, they were almost t-the same. M-My guess is that they a-are related o-or something.'' She responded.

''S-Sasuke-kun, think about this. I-If they have so much confidence, t-to actually s-still be attacking, after T-Tazuna-san came o-out of Konohas gates, s-screaming towards t-them that he had h-hired ninjas… they m-must be strong.'' Kiyomi joined in.

''My answer is the same as Sasukes.'' Shino complied. ''Why? Because Two high possibly Chunins against six Genins with five of them coming from five different clans, they would be expecting us to be weak and acting like academy kids. They won't see the whole hidden strength of our clan's thing coming. We would have an upper-hand.''

''Shino and Sasuke is right, Kiyo-chan. We have to move on.'' Kiba said. ''But just to not get into too much trouble, Kiyo-chan, Sakura and Hinata will go with Tazuna-san and avoid by any means necessary he battlefield, by going a whole other way. Sasuke, Shino and I will go towards the troubled battlefield, to ease the suspicion and hinder them into running off towards the real Tazuna-san. Akamaru will transform into me, and I will transform into Tazuna-san, just to test if they actually are after him. Does that sound like a plan or what?'' He gave them a wide grin.

''That was very intelligent, coming from you Kiba.'' Sasuke commented.

''Thanks Sasuke… HEY!'' He growled.

''We'll follow that plan. Sakura, Kiyomi, Hinata, protect Tazuna-san and go east way by four miles, then turn south and walk three miles, where we meet there.'' Shino started.

''You'll start walking after we've been off for fifteen minutes. We can't let them suspect us, because we came in a fast speed, so we'll walk normally. When we've taken care of them we'll walk two extra miles, southeast, and meet you guys there.'' Sasuke commanded.

''H-Hai, you better get going.'' Kiyomi said, as she looked away from them.

''Be careful, Kiyo-chan.''

''Y-You should worry a-about yourself, Sasuke-kun.''

''Come on Akamaru!'' Akamaru jumped up onto Kibas back, as he yelled out; ''MAN BEAST CLONE.'' And Akamaru was transformed. ''Now, don't say a word boy, don't whimper, don't growl and don't bark. TRANSFORM!'' And he transformed into Tazuna.

''Good, we'll separate for now. Let's go. We'll see you in an hour or so, okay?'' Sasuke asked the girls. He got a nod and 'hai', from Sakura and Hinata, but only a frown from Kiyomi. ''We'll be careful. I promise.'' He looked at Kiyomi for a while before turning away and headed in the front, and they split into two groups.

Tazuna looked at the two groups of kids and sighed, as he thought. 'Seems like these kids are better than I thought. But they really should have waited for their sensei…'

Me: I AM SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY! BUT HOPE YOU LIKED IT!

Kiba: I seem intelligent… OH YEAH, KIYO-CHAN IS GOING TO LIKE ME FOR SURE!

Naruto: Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew…

Sasuke: Hn, you're probably going to become a little pansy in the next chapter.

Kiba: HA! YOU WISH! I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU OFF!

Sasuke: I don't know… I look pretty good.

Kiba: HA! LIKE HELL YOU DO! Review and see if I'll win Kiyo-chans heart or not!

Naruto: Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew….