Sleepless D: Here's another chapter of Forest Teen, enjoy. Peace out.


Team 7 stop outside a small port village, looking at the busy streets and knew they were ahead of schedule. The streets are busy and Team 7 soon begin walking, aiming to reach the docking area in the hopes to find the Leaf team. Several minutes pass and they soon stop when they see the water and a few ships. They look round and soon spot some familiar faces. "Kiba, Akamaru." Naruto calls, making the Inuzuka look and laugh.

"Naruto, fucking hell, I haven't seen you for years!" Kiba yells, hurrying over to him and grabs his shoulder.

"...Same here Kiba." Naruto says with a small smirk.

"When did you get back to the Leaf?" Kiba asks, letting go of Naruto's shoulder.

"Umm...about a few days ago at most." Naruto informs him, soon raising an eyebrow and looks behind Kiba, seeing Akamaru flapping its leg as Ili scratches his ear. Kiba chuckles slightly and raises an eyebrow.

"Who's the girl?" Kiba asks, looking at her closely and seeing the symbol on her head, soon remembering a girl by Tsunade's side as she gave them mission details.

"This is Ili, I found her a few years ago in the forest." Naruto tells him, walking over and patting Ili on the head which makes her stop and grin.

"Oh yeah, I remember her being by Tsunade's side for a time." Kiba says before looking around. "So that's the supporting team here and ready. Now all we have to do is to wait for the Lightning ninja to come." Kiba tells them, yawning slightly.

"...I believe your teammate is coming Kiba." Kakashi states, looking closely and seeing a pink haired girl that worked under Tsunade for a few years.

"What the hell are you doing!? Standing around talking, while we are all waiting for you to bring the second team here!" Sakura yells, now showing bandages and a black eye from when Naruto backhanded her into a shop window.

"...You look like beat up candyfloss." Ili says with a smirk, gaining a laugh from Kiba and Akamaru, but they're soon silenced by Sakura's hateful glare.

"What are you talking about? You told me to wait and direct the two teams to where we will be. I'm still waiting for the Lightning Shinobi to arrive." Kiba tells her, confused by her statement.

"They're already here dumbass...now let's hurry up and get going." Sakura tells him as a matter of fact.

Kiba and Akamaru become confused, sniffing the air and raises an eyebrow. "I thought that was Naruto's team...the aura seemed like his last time I remembered..." Kiba states, looking from Naruto to the direction that Sakura came from.

Sakura sighs and smacks the back of Kiba's head. "Dumbass, you need to get that nose of yours checked then. Now hurry up or we'll miss the boat." Sakura tells him, walking off, still angry about being backhanded by Naruto.

Naruto looks at Kiba. "A person with the same aura?" Naruto asks him in confusion.

"Yeah...some of it different, but it's pretty much the same chakra scent." Kiba tells him, soon following Sakura as they move towards the boat they need to be on.

Xxx

On a boat a few minutes away, Shino looks towards the docks before turning to his Sensei, Kurenai Yuhi who is talking with the Lightning Shinobi's leader. The leader is a man called Darui, a rather mellow man with brown skin and white hair. His companions are a woman with blond hair, rather tall and slender and went by the name Yugito, seemingly serious and confident. She got into a lot of arguments with another blond, but this time, male and rather active, he seemed to say 'Hot' a lot, calling her a hot head and that it's rather hot around here. The other is a rather serious and dutiful man named Amai, he seems more relaxed about the Leaf then the others are.

They wait for several minutes before the other team arrived with Sakura and Kiba, they quickly enter the ship since it was about to take off. "It's about time you arrived. Why you ask? Because we are going to be leaving in a few minutes." Shino informs them, gaining a glare from Sakura who clenches her fists.

"You shut up! If I hadn't had gone, then we'd have to of waited for the next boat." Sakura tells him before walking to Kurenai.

Shino looks and sees Team Kakashi, nodding at Kakashi, greeting Hinata and looks at Naruto. "Naruto Uzumaki, I didn't know you arrived at the Leaf village." Shino says and nods at Naruto's appearance.

"Yeah, got back a little while ago." Naruto says with a toothy smirk, glad on seeing another old friend.

Shino looks, seeing Ili standing there with her head tilted at the Aburame. "You smell of bugs..." Ili states before pocking him.

Shino just stepped away, not liking someone entering his personal space. "Those are my parasitic insects that you smell...if I recall, you're Ili, Tsunade's grandniece." Shino says, remembering Tsunade mentioning that years ago. Shino has eidetic memory and recalls everything, namely why he remembers and holds grudges all the time.

Ili raises an eyebrow at this, nodding in slight worry since he knows more about her then she knows about him. "Yeah, let's hurry up and get this trip over with...Ili gets sea sick easily." Naruto says, walking onto the boat while holding Ili's shoulder.

Ili looks a little confused, soon remembering the last boat trip and makes an ill face, not liking when it bobs back and forth. Hinata follows Naruto and Ili while Kakashi goes to Kurenai so they can get moving and introduces himself to the Lightning squad leader.

A few minutes pass before the ship leaves the port, the three teams talking, both of themselves and the mission. "So, these are Kakashi Hatake's students, the infamous Copycat Ninja of the Leaf...they don't look hot to me." The blond man known as Atsui says, chuckling slightly.

"Don't be rude Atsui, I'm sure they're capable." Amai says, rubbing his hands together.

Naruto chuckles slightly. "Well...I...I mean me and Ili trained and travelled with the Sanin Jiraiya." Naruto tells them, knowing that Jiraiya's name is well known, despite his childish and perverted behaviour.

Everyone looks in surprise and shock by this information. "You were trained by a legendary Sanin?" Atsui asks, finding it to be a little bit unbelievable.

"Yes they have, Sakura trained under Lady Tsunade for a few years herself, and so did Hinata for a time." Kurenai tells them.

Yugito nods in response, mildly impressed since people say that a Sanin can take on a Jinchuuriki. "Well, I have been training with Killer Bee for several years who is our leader, the Raikage's brother." Yugito informs them.

"Yeah! And Darui is the Raikage's right hand man!" Atsui says with a smirk.

"...Well that's enough of 'Who's more impressive or not', I'm sorry for all this." Darui tells the leaders of the groups.

"It's quite alright." Kakashi says with a small chuckle.

"...How longer...till we...there..." Ili says, already feeling ill.

"About...seven hours from now." Kakashi tells her, looking at the sky.

Ili heaves a little, trying to keep her breakfast down. "Don't worry Ili, you'll be fine...just stick you head into a bag that's empty." Naruto tells her, patting her head as she gags a little.

"This is going to be a long journey..." Kakashi whispers to himself.

Xxx

Within the Earth Nation, Kurotsuchi stands at the foot of a stairway, looking at a compound that seemed to of had better days. "So this is the Tetsu Compound...needs work." She says to herself as she walks in.

She soon comes to a desk after opening the front door and is a little confused by that as a woman sits at the desk with a small smile. "Welcome to the Tetsu Compound, are you here for business, bank withdrawal, opening an account or just visiting someone?" The woman asks with her small smile still in place.

Kurotsuchi nods, remembering that the Tetsu clan once ran a bank, but she figured that was out of business still, even if the clan gained some of its lost power. "I'm...I'm here to question Hitoshi about something." Kurotsuchi tells her.

The woman nods and looks at her book. "I might be able to squeeze you in...but Lord Hitoshi is rather cautious nowadays with the rebellion working in the shadows and everything." The woman tells her.

"...I see...well tell him it's Kurotsuchi, I'm sure he'll let me in." She tells her, gaining a nod before she walks away.

Kurotsuchi yawns as she looks around, seeing two elderly people cleaning the floor nearby, smiling innocently enough. The elderly woman smiles and waves to her before walking across the room and stands near the desk assistant who is talking to a middle-aged woman. The other people within the room are a couple of guards, a man wearing fine clothes and only noticing a child moving boxes around which confused her.

After a few seconds, the middle-aged woman walks up to Kurotsuchi, having a serious, yet nice appearance, wearing a blue kimono. "Hello there, I hear that you wish to talk to my husband." She states.

"Yes, I'm part of an investigation about a murder...and it seems that the murderer was part of the rebellion and that Hitoshi has some involvement in it." Kurotsuchi informs the woman.

"I see...so what is this murder all about?" The woman asks, slightly shocked that they suspect Hitoshi being involved in murder or the rebellion.

"A man by the name Wazuro murdered a woman called Saki." Kurotsuchi informs the woman.

The woman looks in confusion. "You mean Saki Muru?" The woman asks, remembering a woman named that.

"Yes...why?" Kurotsuchi asks in curiosity.

"That woman came round about a week ago. I remember because she angered Hitoshi by asking about the ownership of the Tetsu Prison." The woman tells Kurotsuchi.

"The ownership of the Tetsu Prison?" Kurotsuchi asks in confusion.

"Yes, but it doesn't really have a deed which the Saki was asking for, it's more of a privilege." The woman tells her. "I think Hitoshi will give you more detail about it. Come with me and I'll let you enter his study." She tells him, walking away and Kurotsuchi follows.

They reach the rear of the room in which a very large, seven foot, rather round man in black, traditional armour. He smiles goofily at the sight of the woman. "Hello Sissy Maki." He says, sounding rather slow and simple.

"Hello Dai, this lady wants to meet with Hitoshi." The woman known as Maki informs the giant.

"Okay." The man known as Dai says, stepping away and pushes the door gently and shows that a door was behind the giant.

"...What's wrong with this guy?" Kurotsuchi asks, knowing that the guy seems a little too slow and innocent to be a proper guard.

"He's actually the closest true heir to the Tetsu clan, but he's what you'd call too inbred to lead the clan." Maki tells her and pats Dai on the arm, making him smile.

Kurotsuchi nods and walks through the open door and soon comes into an office of some kind. She looks around, seeing several books and scrolls, tables and a few chairs, she then sees a large table with a man looking over several scrolls. The man's appearance consists of black armour and red clothes underneath the armour; his facial appearance shows a tired, middle-aged man with an untrimmed beard and messy hair. "What do you want now?" The man asks and looks up, raising an eyebrow. "Sorry, thought you were someone else." He tells her and straightens up. "What do you want anyway?" He asks her, narrowing his eyes and scans her.

", I'm part of an investigation about a murder...and it seems that the murderer was part of the rebellion and that you has some involvement in it." Kurotsuchi informs the man. "A man by the name Wazuro murdered a woman called Saki." She tells him.

Hitoshi starts laughing at this. "So Saki finally got done over then?" Hitoshi asks, making Kurotsuchi confused, before she could ask what he meant, Hitoshi spoke up. "I knew she was a Shinobi and the niece of the Feudal Lord, I protected her a few times when she was only a child." Hitoshi tells her. "I remembered her, but she didn't remember me apparently." He tells her.

"...Okay...well that's interesting information, because Saki was compromised, meaning her identity was known, despite her being one of our best spies and nearly no one knew who she was..." Kurotsuchi tells the man.

"Well, I can tell you that I informed all my staff members who she is so they don't let her back in. So one of them could be the spy, could be none of them as well. So get out, because I'm busy with trying to find out information about the Rebellion as well." Hitoshi tells her, surprising her slightly.

"What? What information have you found then?" Kurotsuchi asks, walking towards him and wondering if the scrolls have them.

Hitoshi raises an eyebrow and covers some of the scrolls. "I'm not giving you anything, you'd get credit. Plus I've got my own system." Hitoshi tells her with a slight serious voice.

Kurotsuchi stops and looks at the man, crossing her arms and getting more confused. "The old man put me and a few others in charge of this investigation and it just got involved with the supposed Rebellion. Now tell me what you know." Kurotsuchi demands, making Hitoshi chuckle a little.

"You think you'll be able to convince me otherwise? I don't care if you're the granddaughter of the Tsuchikage, I wouldn't even care if you're the Tsuchikage. I am much more powerful than you, now get out, I have nothing else to say other than Saki will probably be missed and Wazuro was a nice enough guy." Hitoshi tells her, looking back at his scrolls.

"You knew Wazuro?" Kurotsuchi asks in confusion.

Hitoshi sighs and was about to reply, but a scream in heard, making the two look back and see Dai stumble backwards and enters the office. "What's going on?" Hitoshi asks in confusion.

"Nana Aoi hurt Sissy Maki." Dai tells him before a woman appears next to the giant and stabs a broken broom handle into his side, but it breaks before it even pierces his skin. Kurotsuchi looks slightly shocked when she sees that it's the elderly cleaner from before. The cleaner quickly moves to the left and grabs a chair before launching it at Kurotsuchi. Kurotsuchi yells in shock, having managed to block it with her arm, but the force caused her to stagger away in pain. She was about to act to stop the woman, but Kurotsuchi is taken by surprise when the woman appears before her and smashes her fist into Kurotsuchi's chest, sending her crashing over the table.

Kurotsuchi coughs hard, surprised by the elderly woman's strength and speed, especially at her age, the elderly woman reappears, holding a knife and plunges it at Kurotsuchi. She stops however when a hand grabs her wrist, having Hitoshi keeping her blade from killing or harming Kurotsuchi. "Damn Nana Aoi, you still got the moves, despite being twice my age." He chuckles; soon smashing the woman in her chest and sending her flying pass Dai and back into the room before.

Dai looks back and forth, a little surprised and goes back through the door. "What...what the hell was that about?" Kurotsuchi asks, coughing in pain.

"That was my Nana years ago, she's a tough bitch and she seems to have betrayed me..." Hitoshi says while walking to the doorway that Dai went through. Kurotsuchi slowly got back to her feet and went to see what he was doing.

Kurotsuchi looks around, seeing that a small fight occurred, tables damaged, blood on the floor, the receptionist leaning against a desk while holding a large cut on her arm. Three people lay on the ground, one the elderly woman, no longer breathing and bleeding from her chest. The other two is an elderly man that looks to be the caretaker and the last is Maki, a kunai sticking out from her chest. Hitoshi is crouched down to her, his hand on her arm and he sighs. "...They got to me..." Hitoshi says, soon chuckling as he looks at his wife's lifeless body.

"What? Why are you laughing at a time like this?" Kurotsuchi asks in slight shock.

"The Rebellion convinced the old couple...my own Nana to try and assassinate me, or at least do a blow to me." Hitoshi tells her, kicking the side of the dead elderly lady and causes more blood to ooze out. "Tell me, which cause do you think is better?"

"What do you mean?" Kurotsuchi asks in confusion, seeing the guards keeping the other people away.

"The Tsuchikage is preparing for war and causing grief to the people or Rebellion that can influence people and have elderly people doing assassinations." Hitoshi says, making Kurotsuchi look in slight shock.

"Well...neither of them seem that great." Kurotsuchi admits, but she has an obligation to her grandfather and will work for him.

"Exactly...you need a third party that can control it all. My goal now is to become the next Tsuchikage." Hitoshi tells her, making her confused and chuckle a little.

"What are you on about?" Kurotsuchi asks, getting a little confused.

Hitoshi simply chuckles. "Doesn't matter...I'm going to ruin the Rebellion, I was trying to milk them for a few things, but they just written their death warrant." Hitoshi states and starts walking back into him room. "Dai! Muzo! Everyone! We're acting!" Hitoshi yells before walking out with a curved hammer and looks at the desk assistant. "Rika...take care of my wife's body..." Hitoshi tells her, having some sadness in his voice before he and the men walk out, some bloody.

"I...O-Okay..." Rika, the desk assistant says, holding onto her bloody arm.

"...What is wrong with him?" Kurotsuchi says with slight shock.

"He...he's under a-a lot of pressure...he doesn't know h-how to act w-with emotions...h-he wants what's best for his clan." Rika tells her. "L-Last time a member of his clan...was killed w-without his permission...h-he wiped out the killer, h-his accomplices and some family members..." Rika says, remembering the story and got away with it.

"...Well...I hope you'll be alright here..." Kurotsuchi tells her while taking out a bandage and looks after the wound on her arm. The woman thanks her before the two look at the dead Maki, sad that someone died because of the Rebellion, if they were the cause.

"I hope so too...the Tetsu clan...have already suffered a lot." She says and looks at the remains of the elderly cleaners, still shocked that they were the traitors.

"Okay...Well I best get going. I'll tell the Tsuchikage about this and send someone to help." Kurotsuchi tells her, gaining a nod from her before Kurotsuchi leaves.

Xxxxx

Kurotsuchi had informed nearly Shinobi about the attack and they'd go and assist in what way they can. She soon stops and sees Gari standing by the doors, coughing slightly as he waits and looks at Kurotsuchi. "What's going on?" He asks, seeing her face and knew something was up.

"The Tetsu clan was attacked, believed to be attacked by the Rebellion...even though they were just elderly people." Kurotsuchi informs him, rubbing her neck. "Hitoshi isn't pleased, they killed a woman close to him."

Gari nods. "I see...well this should be interesting...I also stopped getting word from the man I sent to Rei Suru, I think foul play." Gari tells her, looking around for any sign of being listened to.

"Should we tell the old man?" Kurotsuchi asks, looking round as well.

"I think we should go see what's going on for ourselves." Gari tells her and starts moving. "I think it's nearly over anyway, we have to move fast, otherwise...well...who knows." Gari tells her, gaining a nod from Kurotsuchi and follows him.

Xxxxx

The two soon arrive at the edge of a large, stone home, nearly looking like a fort. "This is Rei Suru's home?" Kurotsuchi asks in slight surprise.

"Yes...she got this a few years ago, saying she needs more space for the grandkids and shit." Gari states and walks to the door, knocking on the door hard.

"Who is it?" Someone asks, looking through a small hole on the door.

"I'm here to speak with Rei Suru." Gari tells the person, looking carefully and saw that they were a servant.

"Sorry, but I can't let you-" The servant began.

"Let them in dear..." And elderly voice comes, making the servant sigh.

"Come in then." The servant says, opening the door and the two soon enter, seeing old furniture around and a few pictures.

"Through here dears, I'm in the living quarters." The elderly voice comes, making them walk into the living room and look around, seeing a few servants around while cleaning the room, despite it being late.

"You're being taken in for evidence of being involved with the Rebellion." Gari tells her, crossing his arms and looking at her carefully.

The old woman chuckles at this. "I see that you've finally found me out then." Rei states, coughing slightly and looks at the two.

"So you're the old bitch that's been causing all these deaths!?" Kurotsuchi asks, angry about Saki's death and causing so much grief for many people and many people dying.

The woman chuckles still. "Well...in a sense." Rei tells her, chuckling slightly. "I have influence with certain Shinobi...Wazuro worked for one of my businesses, everyone you've met worked for me as part of the rebellion." Rei tells them, coughing slightly as she stands up. "But I'm only a branch...the Tsuchikage is corrupt...my branch was to keep the Tetsu clan in check and make them think we are under his control." She tells them, walking over to a painting of a family, one looking similar to her. "He told everyone in his company who the spy was and knew we'd deal with the girl." She tells them.

"...You do realise that it's just making you look bad, we're taking you in." Gari tells her.

"Yeah, you'd be executed for sure." Kurotsuchi tells her.

"I know I'm going to die soon. I had most of our important item and people moved from here." She tells them and looks back, having a sad smile. "The only thing I wish I could've had was one last, good hard shag before I die."

Kurotsuchi tries not to gag while Gari looks around, seeing the servants stand nearby now, holding blades in their hand. "Mind if I ask you one more thing?" Gari asks. "Actually...two."

"Go ahead dear." Rei says, coughing slightly as she remembers some things.

"What happened to the man I sent here before?" He asks her, hearing the others chuckle.

"He was disposed of by my servants, I know that he'd bring more." Rei tells them before turning back to the painting.

"Okay then...and do you really think you can take me on? I am the leader for the Explosion Corps for a reason." Gari tells them, chuckling now.

"I know...but you've always been short slighted." Rei tells him, nodding at the painting and everyone hears a tearing sound, soon having Gari yell in pain and stumble backwards, a bolt sticking out of his gut and holds onto the bloody bolt now.

"Fuck! Gari!" Kurotsuchi yells, seeing him fall to his knees and grits his teeth, trying not to pass out.

"I told you, you're short sighted." She tells him, looking at the painting which now has a hole in it. "And you're all going to-" She began, but she's cut by a large explosion occurring in several places around the house, mostly occurring outside.

The house starts collapsing, surprising Rei and the servants and Kurotsuchi yells in shock, trying to avoid being crushed before being tackled by Gari as the rocks of the house crash down on them.

Xxxxx

Several thousand miles away, a boat slowly makes its way to an island that Naruto needed to be. At the edge of the island lies a small port village with a large amount of driftwood, cargo and bits of ships along the coast. It slowly makes its way and docks and the Shinobi that were near the edge of the ship look. They are confused when they see that several armoured people held bows, crossbows and they could even see a few of the recent weapon known as cannons aimed at the ship.

"Something tells me that something not too hot happened..." Atsui says, looking carefully and the others agree.

"And I thought it'd be dull here..." Darui also states.

Naruto holds Ili over the side of the deck, ignoring her vomiting and looks around, sniffing and growling. "Snakes...I fucking hate snakes..." He states.

"What was that Naruto?" Hinata asks, keeping a few feet away since the smell of vomit was making her feel sick as well.

"Nothing...just smelling something bad..." Naruto tells her and looks down, seeing vomit down the side of the ship and a long trail heading out to sea.

"Who the fuck goes there!?" A voice is heard, making everyone look and see a large man in samurai like armour standing at the front. His appearance shows that he is very intimidating, having long brown hair tied back in a knot, several scars across his face and a large sword on his side.

"We're the Leaf and Lightning ninja your leader asked to come. What's going on round here?" Kakashi asks, seeing the port village had taken some damage and looks carefully, seeing a temple of some kind built in the woods nearby, nearly covered by the wild.

"We were attacked by a rouge ship; I don't know who they are or who's their leader, because I'm going to butcher them all." The man tells him, hate filling his voice. "They sunk most of our ships before we knew they were here and they were fast and attacked us. Luckily we pushed them back, but I think they landed on the other side of the island." The man tells them, trying to calm down. "I'm the highest ranking member here at this moment, I am Commander Takeshi and my brother is the General Mamoru and he's outside on an expedition to secure the mining village." Takeshi tells them, biting his lip and causing blood to run from him.

"I see...we best get this place secured before we help your brother." Kakashi says and walks off with the other members, Naruto and Ili being last.

"...Why do I smell snakes?" Naruto whispers to himself, soon having Ili vomit on his face and making him stop. "...Why did she have rainbow sherbet before she left the boat..." Naruto wonders aloud as well, holding Ili at arm's length now.

"...S-Sorry Naruto..." Ili says in a sad voice.

"Don't speak..." Naruto tells her, gaining a laugh from Kiba and Sakura as they walk down the docks while the Commander informs the three Squad Captains.


Sleepless D: Hope you liked it, sorry for the delay, I've been busy and I'll be slow with updates, don't forget to review. Peace out.