Ah, it's good to be writing this again. I forgot the rush and the fun of it. Well, here's the new chapter! Also, here are the ages for everyone: Matao: 16; Rin: 16; Koori: 16; Kaijii: 24 (bullshit, she's 32). Also, for this chapter, I MIGHT need to up the rating to M. Just for this one due to some slight sexual content. All in good fun though, just for shits and giggles. Also, there will be some incredibly subtle foreshadowing, so see if you can find it. Let me know what you think it was in a review and I'll let you know next chapter if anyone was right or not. Though I won't specify who was right. That's for me to know and for you to stay hooked to eventually find out.

Disclaimer: don't own Naruto. Wish I did, I would be able to eat more than instant ramen and yogurt.

Chapter 3: Old Memories, Old Pain

Matao was waiting at the gates early that morning, waiting for his team. His wardrobe had changed since their first meeting. He now wore a pair of black cargo pants, with his sword at his left hip. He wore a sleeveless black t-shirt with a sleeveless red jacket that ended at his knees. On his right arm was a tattoo of seven swords inside a circle. He was currently sitting against the guard stand by the gate, sipping a cup of coffee and talking to the eternal chunin Izumo and Kotetsu.

Matao took a sip of his coffee, going wide eyed at what Kotetsu had just told him. "So, you're telling me that on a mission to Oni no Kuni, Izumo frenched a tranny?" He asked with a laugh.

"In my defense, she looked like a 100% hot ass chick." He said as he began to rub the bridge of his nose. "I thought that she just had a kunai with her. It most definitely wasn't a kunai, so I ran like a bat outta hell." He said as Matao and Kotetsu continued to laugh.

Matao continued to laugh as Kaijii and Rin showed up. "What're you three stooges laughing about?" Kaijii asked as she walked up, popping the kinks out of her back.

Matao answered in-between giggles. "Just talking about when Izumo frenched a tranny." He said before he burst into laughter again.

Rin giggled slightly before she rolled her eyes. "Wouldn't it have been obvious that she was packing pecker?" Rin said as she cracked her neck.

Everyone stopped laughing and turned to look at her. You could have heard a senbon drop.

Matao was the first one to break the silence. "The hell did you just say?" He asked, trying to hold back giggles.

"What is your problem? Why are you all looking at me?" She asked as she backed away slightly.

Kaijii walked up to Rin and placed her hand on her shoulder. "You're supposed to be the good girl, the one who can do no wrong, while still slaughtering your enemies." She then shook her head at the girl. "Promise me that you won't say anything like that again?" She asked all starry eyed, Matao, Izumo and Kotetsu all nodding in the background.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?" Rin yelled, right as Koori showed up, shaking his head at the moronic display of his squad mates.

"Well, now that our morning retardness has dissipated, let's move out!" Kaijii said as she punched the air.

/

As per Kaijii-sensei's orders, they were taking their time to get to the meeting spot where they would switch with the current border patrol. The reason they were taking their time is because Kaijii told them that it was one of the most boring things in existence, third only to watching the gate (2nd), and D-ranks (1st). As they continued down the road, they noticed a village coming up.

Kaijii slowed to a stop before turning around. "Alright, who wants to rest?" She said as she placed her hands on her hips, leaning forward slightly.

Rin sighed in anticipation. "Finally! This is the most I've had to walk since the academy." She said as she began imagining hot springs and other luxuries.

Both Matao and Koori were standing in silence, both for different reasons. Koori just listened to the conversation, uninterested, while Matao stared at the village, his face grim. He took and involuntary step backwards, shivering slightly. 'My old village. Maybe I can get some information about my brother here.' He thought before he felt someone poke him in the shoulder.

"Everything alright Matao?" Rin asked as she saw him staring at the village. "You're not looking too good." She added as she saw his face turn the color of his hair.

He turned away from her and walked toward the village ahead of the group, silently pushing past Rin, Koori, and Kaijii-sensei. "Loser! What the hell is your problem? Never been in a town before?" Koori sneered, not noticing Matao stop directly in front of him.

Matao wordlessly spun around and grabbed Koori by the collar of his shirt and lifted him into the air, his voice no more than a growl. "This is the village I fucking grew up in. My family was MURDERED in front of me, before I had the shit beat out of me! If you want to get on my case about me being uncomfortable here, then I'll punt you all the way back to your apartment in Konoha!" He then let go of Koori and dropped him on his ass. "Anyone else want to comment?" He said as he continued to walk to the village.

/

Team 3 continued to walk towards the village gates, the sun going down behind them. Kaijii sighed as she saw Matao looking ahead of her, his face impassive, but she could see that his mind was in turmoil. She slowed down till she was walking next to him, before she placed a hand on his shoulder, feeling him tense at the contact. "Easy, Matao. Everything'll be fine. Trust me on this." She said as she gave him a small smile, the tattoo on her left cheek scrunching slightly.

"It won't be fine." He muttered as he shook her hand off his shoulder. "It won't be fine until I kill that son of a bitch I call a brother." He growled out as he continued to walk ahead of her, not noticing the flash of sadness cross her face momentarily.

Kaijii sighed before jumping ahead of them, landing in front of Koori as he was about to tell the guard his whole spiel about why he should let him go inside the village due to his nobility, blah, blah, blah. Kaijii had never really paid attention to his rant that much, she had her mind on much more important things, like sake, or which Jonin had the nicest ass. She currently had it tied three-ways between Kurenai, Anko, and Kakashi. The first two for the fact that they had the greatest glutes workout in Konoha, perhaps in all the great nations. It made Gai's workout look like a leisurely stroll, and Kakashi because it was Kakashi. She wanted to see under that damned mask, and if that meant getting in his pants, so be it! She had to push down the little bit of sanity that she had left that asked, 'What the bloody fuck are you smoking? How the hell does that make sense?' before noticing that her students were on the other side of the gate, as she stood in the doorway in lala land, a small drop of blood coming out of her nose, and a slight tingling in her crotch. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THREE LOOKING AT? MOVE IT! MOVE IT! OR ELSE I'LL MAKE YOU CAMP OUTSIDE WHILE I GET THE HOTEL ROOM TO MYSELF!" She yelled as she quickly wiped the blood from her nose, her Genin jumping as they turned around and began marching in front of her.

God she loved being a sensei to such malleable teenage minds. So easy to inspire terror in.

She'd make Ibiki proud.

Along with Jiraiya, rest his soul.

/

The four of them walked into the hotel they'd be staying in. The second they got to the room, they, and by they I mean the genin, noticed there was only one bed. "Sensei?" Rin asked, stepping forward. "Who gets the bed?" She said immediately regretting it as she saw Kaijii-sensei drop her own bag next to the bed and lay out on it.

"Me kiddo." She said sighing as she felt the comfortableness of the bed, absently noting that it was comfier than her own and wondering if she could possibly steal it and bring it back with her to Konoha and not get caught. "It's my duty to toughen you all up, so you all get to sleep on the floor. Unless you're brave enough to try and share the bed with me and not expect to wind up as a kunai pincushion." She grinned as she saw the genin pale and lay out their sleeping bags in the den area of the hotel room.

"Sensei, I saw that this hotel had a public bath. Are we going to have a schedule for the baths, or are we going to use the shower in the room?" Koori asked as he adjusted his headband which was covering his eyes.

"Jackass has a point." Matao said as Koori looked in his way in what he assumed was a glare. "I sure as hell ain't waiting for all of you to finish showering before I get to take mine."

Kaijii sighed as she sat up in the bed and looked at her genin. "We're going to use the hotel's bathhouse. It's easier and a hell of a lot more fun." She said as her genin went to their bags and began to grab their toiletries. "Where the hell are you three going?"

"To take a bath." They said at the same time before blinking and looking at each other.

Kaijii began to crack up at that. "Damn, in stereo! Wait and let me get my shit and I'll go down there with the rest of you." She said as she pulled a pouch of toiletries out of her bag, along with a towel.

With that, Team 3 went out of the room and down to the bathhouse part of the hotel.

/

Rin and Kaijii went to the women's side as Matao and Koori went to the men's side. Kaijii and Rin went to the changing room and got clothing baskets next to each other. As they were undressing, Rin noticed two tattoos matching the one on her sensei's left cheek on her left breast and left hip.

"Sensei, why do you have three matching tattoos?" She asked as she saw Kaijii's eyes widen slightly behind her glasses.

Kaijii sighed as she left her towel in the basket next to her clothes. She then turned to face her student, full nude, and said, "They're not tattoos, they're seals. And why are you looking there? Got a little something for me?" She said as she got behind Rin, wrapping one arm around her stomach, the other unhooking the front of her bra.

Rin blushed heavily as she felt her sensei wrap her arms around her, and felt to large mounds pressing on her back. "S-Sen-sensei? What are you doing?" She stuttered as she felt her sensei give her revealed breasts a squeeze. She then gave a small squeak as she felt Kaijii slide her panties down with one of her feet, one hand coming off her breast, trailing down her stomach, and coming to rest on the small patch of hair above her womanhood.

"I'm going to go on a limb here and guess that no one has ever touched you like this." She said as she moved her fingers around the patch of hair, tickling Rin slightly, before licking her ear. "Do you want to continue?" She asked huskily, her breath tickling Rin's collarbone.

Rin opened and closed her mouth repeatedly, but no sound came out. Kaijii the sported an evil grin before stepping back and laughing a little bit. "Sorry about that, I haven't pranked anyone in a hell of a long time and I just couldn't resist." She then stopped laughing as she saw Rin had zoned out, a fine trail of fluid going down her leg.

Kaijii blinked once.

Then twice.

Then once again for good measure.

"Good God, I got her off just from that?" She muttered as she waved her hand in front of Rin for about thirty seconds. "Hey! Bath time! Come on!" She said, snapping her fingers in front on the poor girls face, finally making her come too.

Rin stepped forward and placed a hand on Kaijii's mouth, and another hand a good bit further south. "Never speak of this to anyone, or so help me God, I will make you get off so hard, you won't be able to move for a week." She growled out, discreetly using her fingers to get her point across, causing Kaijii to moan against her hand.

Kaijii nodded, her face red. As Rin moved her hand away from both areas, Kaijii grinned before clapping the younger girl on the back, and giving Rin's fingers a lick. "It'll be our little secret." She purred as she walked away laughing at the star struck look on the girls face.

Yep, she still got it. Though, that Rin could become a world class flirt if Kaijii gave her a bit of poking, and prodding, before shoving her in the right direction. She then absently wondered what Neji was up to, and if he would want to go a few rounds when she got back to Konoha. A month is a looong time for no hanky-panky. And she couldn't get any hand time when she had to share a tent.

She frowned at that thought.

It was gonna be a loooooong damn month.

/Men's side/

Matao sighed as he slid into the tub, sliding down until the water covered him completely. He let his head rise above the water, pushing his bangs out of his eyes and once again sighing as he felt the hot water take out the knots, tight spots and sore spots in his back. The peaceful feeling was almost enough to take his mind away from finding out information about his brother. Almost.

He felt the water shift as someone else entered the pool-sized tub. He glanced over and saw Koori sit down near him, though not sinking into the tub as much as he had. "What do you want Koori?" He asked, noticing that the young lad had a bandanna covering his eyes instead of his headband.

"I'm wondering what the hell your problem is today." He said as he popped the kinks out of his back.

"I already told you, this town brings up a lot of bad memories for me." Matao said with a growl. "Now fuck off. You're turning the water cold." Matao growled out as Koori got up and out of the tub. 'Finally, now I can get back to thinking of how to gather some info before we leave tomorrow.' His thoughts were suddenly cut off as a foot connected with the top of his head, sending him sliding underneath the water. He erupted out of the water, standing up and sputtering, when he saw Koori standing there with a grin on his face.

"That lighten you up loser? Or do I have to knock some more sense into you?" He said as he gave Matao the 'come on' gesture, as he adopted a fighting stance.

"I'm gonna kick your ass." Matao growled as he darted towards Koori, only to get thrown into the air.

And over to the women's side.

"Oops." Koori said before he slid into the tub and waited for the chaos to ensue.

And ensue it did.

/Women's side/

Kaijii and Rin were sitting in one of the many tubs on the women's side, the former having a large smile on her face due to the bottle of sake next to her, and the latter blushing, trying to rid herself of the memory of what had transpired in the locker room.

"Sensei, does sake really taste that good?" Rin asked as she saw her sensei take a large gulp of the alcoholic beverage.

"You can bet your sweet ass it does." She said as she sighed in elation. "There is no drink that is better that sake." She said sagely as she handed Rin the bottle. "Take a sip." She said with a grin, going strangely sith lord on her. "Yes, drink the sake, you know you want too. Join us, join the ones who drink." She added as she slowly waved her hand in front of the girls face.

Rin snorted and rolled her eyes as she brought the bottle to her lips, when a huge splash knocked it out of her hands and spilled it into the tub.

Matao rose from the water, sputtering. "That asshole! I'm gonna kill him for that cheap ass move!" He growled, unaware that his towel slid off and was floating next to his knees. Or that he was standing in front of his sensei and teammate. Or that he was going to be enduring severe bodily harm if he didn't notice his towel.

He didn't.

He also didn't notice Kaijii wink at Rin and mouth, 'watch this'.

Kaijii the stood up and got Matao's attention by wrapping him in a hug. "Hey now, what are you doing on this side? Aren't you supposed to be on that side, not here giving me and Rin a show?" She said before licking his ear.

"Sensei?" Matao said surprised. "He threw me to the women's side, didn't he?" He said as he slumped his shoulders, knowing that his doom was quite possibly imminent.

"Why do you sound so depressed? Don't you want to see us?" She said as she trailed a hand down Matao's stomach, Rin gasping as she knew what her sensei was about to attempt.

"I refuse to answer because there is no right answer." He said, as Kaijii stopped what she was doing and saw that he looked bored.

"Good answer." She said with a grin. "But what does this guy say about it?" She said looking down, expecting to see his solider standing at attention.

Except it wasn't.

His driver was stopped. His solider was asleep. The trouser snake was hibernating. He wasn't locked and loaded. He wasn't ready for action. His sword was sheathed. He didn't have a round in the chamber. Is anyone understanding these innuendos?

"I wasn't expecting that." Kaijii muttered as she stood back. "What's wrong, aren't we good looking enough?" She said with a coy smile and she appeared behind Rin and began to massage her breasts, making the girl moan.

Still nothing.

Kaijii stopped her ministrations and walked over to Matao and grabbed him by his junk, making him squeak in pain. "Why ain't you getting hard?" She asked as she pulled him by his mini-me.

Matao answered as best he could, his voice noticeably higher. "I have a girlfriend. I ain't a cheater." He squeaked, before she let go and threw his towel in his face.

Kaijii nodded in approval at his words. "That's the best answer I could have heard. It's refreshing to hear that someone your age is that devoted to his partner. Usually most men your age are running around trying to tap anything human and female." She said as she continued to nod sagely, her arms crossed under her breasts, pushing them up.

"Great." Matao said as he rolled his eyes. "Can I go back to my side? I think Rin is plotting my demise, and from the look on her face, it's not going to be quick or painless." He said as the look on his female teammate's face grew more murderous by the second.

She then lifted him up by the wrist and chucked him over the divider, laughing manically.

He'd be fine right? After all, it's way too early to kill off the main character.

Oops, broke fourth wall.

FIRST RULE OF FOUTH WALL! NEVER TALK ABOUT FOURTH WALL!

SECOND RULD OF FOURTH WALL! NEVER TALK ABOUT FOURTH WALL, SIR!

/

Team 3 were all lounging in the den area of the hotel room. Koori was oozing smugness, the bandanna still covering his eyes. Rin sitting at the table flipping through channels on the TV, while giving off an aura of bloodlust every time she glanced at her teammate. Matao was sitting on the couch, wearing a grey muscle shirt and a pair of black sleep pants, reading a book about different sword techniques. Kaijii was sitting on the couch next to him in a black muscle shirt, and a pair of blood red sleep pants.

Kaijii stretched a little, giving a satisfied sigh as she heard her back crack a pew times. She then absently looked at the clock and saw that it was after 11pm. "Alright, time for bed. We've got to check out by noon tomorrow. So get some shut eye." She said as she waved at them and the finished whatever they were doing to relieve their boredom. Kaijii saw each one of them climb into their respective sleeping bags before she walked over to the bed and climbed into it, sighing at the comfort and softness it had.

Matao lay down in his sleeping bag, not at all trying to go to sleep. He had a plan. He was going to go and get any information he could once everyone was asleep.

/

It was around one in the morning when he was positive that everyone was asleep. Rin and Koori were snoring lightly, and Kaijii was sound asleep making a light breathing noise as she slept.

He silently crept out of his sleeping bag and pulled on a pair of black cargo pants and a black t-shirt. He picked up his combat boots and slowly crept to the door, making sure he had the card key in his pocket before he silently went through the door, thankful that the hallway light was dim enough that it barely let any light into the room. He then closed the door and tied his boots before he hurried down to the lobby, not noticing Kaijii leave the room and follow after him, a curious expression on her face.

As soon as he was out of the hotel, he jumped up and began to run across the rooftops, toward what would be the equivalence of the clan district in Konoha, oblivious to Kaijii running behind him, lower in the streets. He slowed until he jumped off one of the roofs and landed in front of a house that was looked like it hadn't had any residents in years. Kaijii watched him from the shadows as he stood there for about a minute before he entered the house through one of the broken windows on the ground floor, taking a small flashlight out of one of his pockets. Kaijii waited a few minutes before she entered the house through the same broken window.

She gasped slightly, before she quickly put a hand over her mouth. What had made her gasp were the bloodstains on the walls that she could see through the moonlight. She silently crept through the halls, before she noticed Matao stop in front of a door with a faded nameplate on it at the top of the stairs. He opened the door and crept inside, closing the door behind him. She blinked and silently dashed up the stairs and peered at the nameplate. She could barely make out the name Dijin Sakano through the grime and worn down condition the name plate was in. She quickly backed away into another room as she heard the handle begin to turn; absently noting that she had backed herself into a closet. She closed the door enough that she could see out the tiny crack between the door and the door frame.

She saw Matao grimace as he walked out of the room, looking furious, as he clenched a piece of paper in his hands. He began to walk down the hall, when he suddenly stopped, a look of panic on his face as he put his nose up in the air slightly and began to sniff. He then looked around for a few seconds, still sniffing the air. He suddenly looked at the closet she was currently hiding in and began to walk toward it. She backed up against the wall as best she could, when Matao stopped at the door and whispered loud enough for her to hear. "I'll be back before morning sensei. I'll explain everything later." He said as he then walked past the closet.

She then opened the closet door and grabbed him by the shoulder, slapping her hand over his mouth. "The hell you are. I told you all to go to sleep since we have an early morning. You better give me a damned good answer for sneaking out." She growled out, slowly moving her hand away from his mouth.

He stayed silent for a few seconds before whispering out his answer. "I'm looking for answers for where my brother went after slaughtering my family." He muttered as tears welled up behind his eyes, which he slammed shut, forcing himself not to cry, something he hadn't done since he was a small child.

Kaijii sighed as she pushed him to his knees and joined him there, wrapping her arms around him, burying his face in her shoulder. "You don't have to carry all your burdens on your shoulders. Ask your friends for help sometimes. When you're hurting, it's never good to keep it bottled up, since someday, that bottle will burst and nothing will ever be the same." She whispered soothingly as she stroked his hair, her mind drifting to days long past. He continued to fight the tears that just wouldn't disappear, until he finally succumbed to them and sobbed into her shoulder, shaking as he let out twelve years of denied tears, cursing himself for being weak enough to let his sensei see him cry.

"There, there. Let it all out. I'm here for you, and so are your teammates." She said as she felt the teen shudder as sobs racked his body. "Everything will be fine. Trust me on this." She whispered into his ear softly.

The two of them stayed there for a while, neither knew for how long. Matao continued to cry, cursing the tears that wouldn't stop. Once they finally did, he let out a sniff and pulled away from his sensei, seeing her give him a small smile. "What the hell? You must think I'm nothing but a shit shinobi, huh?" He said with a chuckle as he wiped the tears from his cheeks. "You must think I'm a loser, breaking down like that." He added, giving a dry laugh.

She scooted forward, and pulled him into a gentle hug. "No, I don't." She said as she felt tears of her own appear, before she blinked them away. "I did nothing but cry after my family abandoned me in Konoha after they completed the sealing ritual." She said as she once again began to stroke his hair.

Matao looked confused. "Sealing ritual?" He asked as he let his arms hang at his sides, unsure what to do.

She gave him a sad smile. "At the first team meeting, Koori told everyone my real name. Kijin Karada." She said sighing. "The Karada clan is hated and feared for our bloodline. When a Karada is born they have a demon sealed into their body by the use of three seals, one of which is visible on my face. The point of the sealing is to help control the Karada bloodline, the Mugan. The empty eye. Until the age of six each child must have their eyes covered so they can have enough time to adapt their eyes to the sealed demon's senses. The sealing ritual is only considered complete if two things are done. If the child is still alive, and if they can use the eye without killing themselves. My mother and father left me here after it was apparent that I was a success. My brothers Kai and Kon visit me from time to time, but my parents want nothing to do with me." She finished, a fine trail of tears going down her face, as she sobbed lightly at the end.

Matao slowly wrapped his arms around her waist, and patted her back, whispering as he did it. "There, there?" He said uncertainly.

Kaijii laughed slightly. "You're not very good at the whole comforting thing, are you?" She asked laughing with a slight sniffle.

Matao laughed too. "No, I'm completely hopeless at it." He said as she gave him a quick hug, before she whispered in his ear.

"You're such a Y chromosome." She muttered before she broke the hug and stood up, wiping the tears from her face. "This is enough sappy shit. Let's get back to the hotel before those two wake up." She said as she extended her hand, which he took with a slight grin.

"Yeah." He said as they dashed out of the ruined house and back to the hotel.

WHOOO! Over ten friggin pages! Well, that's this chapter done so review please, and I'll have the next chapter out after I get a few reviews. So, yeah. Thanksgiving is coming up, so I'm probably going to start on the next chapter after it's over and done with. God I hate holidays. Well, reviews make me happy, so make sure you click the button. You know you want to.

Bring me a taco…

SHUT UP GEORGE W. BUSH! Bring me the taco instead. Meheheh. Tacos rule.

Anyone who can tell me what gave me the idea for that get's a cookie. A really big one.