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Chapter 4 (?)
The next morning the six were put into two groups, as promised. Alpha was to work with Neiji and Kakashi; and Omega was to work with Yamato and Sakura.
Kakashi assumed that they had been separated by abilities again. The two hunter-nin were on a team each, which set both at an advantage; their leadership was sure to pull through. Kakashi and Neiji could work together if attacked; and to look for evidence of Akatski – although Kakashi was sure that if it came down to it, Neiji could have happily done so himself. However, Kakashi had had contact with Akatski before, which would help the team.
Sakura and Yamato were also a good team; Sakura was best on offensive, and was the medic among them; whilst Yamato was best on the defensive, and had no medical skills to speak of. Their skills complimented each other. Kakashi assumed that Omega also had a skill that would help both of theirs along.
Team Alpha headed towards the east of the village; whilst the other three headed west.
Alpha stopped suddenly on the way to their destination; a bunch of caves which were about a kilometre from their camp. Kakashi and Neiji quickly took defensive stances, ready for the incoming attack.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do, Omega", the woman was speaking into her radio, "Remember our priorities please."
'False alarm', Kakashi thought to himself, straightening himself quickly.
They set off again, and reached the caves quickly. They scoured the caves together; Alpha wouldn't let them split up, and found nothing suspicious.
The
next place they searched was a nearby swamp; which Tsunade suspected
greatly.
Kakashi knew immediately that this definitely wouldn't
be the place, seeing as Tsunade had made a bet on it.
They searched anyway. Kakashi was quite impressed that Alpha got in on the actions. He suspected that, being a woman, she would try and get out of getting dirty.
Instead, the woman joined them in stripping off their top layers, and jumped right in.
If Kakashi hadn't known any better, he would have assumed that she did this stuff for enjoyment. She certainly seemed to be having fun.
Kakashi
was right; there was nothing suspicious in the swamp. There was,
however, lots of interesting and random items, which he decided to
try and take back.
Alpha had picked up a small child's toy, and
looked at it for a long while. He wondered whether it was suspicious?
She smiled at him when she saw him watching her, once again, she was not wearing her hiet-ai, he watched as her eyes crinkled upwards.
It was then he realised: 'she didn't have a childhood'.
If she had been trained from birth, like she said, it didn't look good on the 'going out and playing with friends' front.
He wondered sadly if she even had any friends.
He wished he could have taken back the thought, when he saw her turn away; she had obviously 'heard'.
'I'll be your friend' He tried to yell at her telepathically, although he wasn't quite sure how exactly it worked. He wasn't sure whether she had heard him or not, as she had gone back to searching in the murky water. He also realised how ridiculous and cliché he sounded.
They took a break after the swamp. She led them to a small lake, where they were able to wash themselves and their clothes quickly, before moving on.
The last place they searched was an abandoned mansion on the side of a hill. They had to search this one more thoroughly, since Alpha believed there had been Akatski activity lately, due to a large amount of chakra energy in the place. She had him check out what types of chakra which were around; which was all elements. They searched the place quickly, before deciding that the man wasn't buried there, and heading back to base.
They got there before the other group; who Alpha contacted; they were still on the last search, but had found nothing to show that Itachi was buried there. They had found evidence of illegal activities there, however.
They made food in the house, whilst they waited for the others to come back. Alpha told Neiji to rest however, since he had had long watches the night before, and had the same coming that night. She was obviously worried about the younger nin's health.
Kakashi and Alpha talked little as they made food. He wasn't really sure how to go about talking to her, as he wasn't sure what she was, and wasn't allowed to talk about. However, he made sure that she would never call him Hatake Kakashi-sama again. He told her that he would chidori her in her sleep if she called him anything other than 'Kakashi' , ever. She told him that she'd 'like to see him try', but seemed to be complying with his wishes anyhow.
It was an hour before the others joined them at the house.