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Chapter 4

Tsunade glared at the ANBU-squad in front of her. Since Kakashi was kidnapped a week ago she had several teams looking for the enemy to arrest and find their material. But all they had found so far were deserted labs. Somehow they managed to flee before the ANBU arrived and destroy or took the material with them in time. "You're dismissed" She said to the ANBU and the four shinobi puffed away.

This whole situation got on her nerves. She wasn't able to find any clue what happened to, or better yet, how that happened to Kakashi. It wasn't like Orochimaru's technique of taking over someone else body. It was Kakashi himself who got younger. And since nobody knew how that was possible they feared that the jounin will still get younger. To their relief Kakashi doesn't show any signs of getting younger. A penny saved is a penny earned.

And even worse, Kakashi became more impatient. It wasn't that he was now thirteen again. It was that he had to stay in Konoha and was poked by the doctors that got on his nerves. Tsunade was reluctant to send him on a mission so soon but felt she had no other choice. Already sending for Team Kakashi she looked for a suitable mission.

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At the same time Team Kakashi was at training ground 3 and helped Kakashi to get used to his shorter body again. At first many of his kicks and punches missed because he thought his limbs were longer. He felt like he lost his eye again. But instead of bumping into everything he missed everything. It was really frustrating. But after nearly a week he could fight properly once again. After a quite energetic spar with Naruto the group settled under a tree for lunch. "Kakashi-sensei? Do you know when the next mission is? I'm getting bored!" Naruto asked between bites. "I have no idea, Naruto" Kakashi replied with a sigh. But he too longed for a mission. He had nothing against a holiday. But to be forced to do so and being bugged by the doctors he wished to leave the village.

After lunch Kakashi started to spar with Sai. It wasn't long after they began when one of Tsunade's assistants showed up. "Team Kakashi! Hokage-sama wants to see you" He said and left again. "Yosh!" Naruto yelled. "A mission!" "Shut up, Naruto! We don't know that! And even it is a mission, it could be a D-rank mission like walk the dog or babysitting" Sakura tried to crush her teammates hope. At this words the boy wasn't looking as forward as before. "I hope not" Naruto mumbled and followed his teammates.

Ten minutes later they arrived at the Hokage-tower and entered the Hokage's office. Coming to a stop in front of her they waited for their orders. "Team Kakashi, you have a new mission. You will go to a small town a day outside of Konoha and assist the occupants of it. They were robbed by bandits recently" She explained and gave Kakashi a small scroll. "The mission rank is B. Be careful" She added, having especially Kakashi in mind. Nodding, the four left and were going to met at the main gates half an hour later. Kakashi was surprised to get a B mission. He had expected his first mission after this incident would be C. Shrugging he grabbed his tools and left to visit the memorial stone biting Obito, Rin and Sensei farewell. Deciding to be on time for once he didn't stay long and arrived a few minutes too early, surprising his team. "I never thought you would come on time for once, Sensei" Sakura said. "It happens sometimes" Kakashi shrugged and was already heading to their destination. "It is the first time we know of" Naruto said clearly disappointed that it took his Sensei over three years and deaging to do so. "Sorry" Was all Kakashi answered.

"By the way, Kakashi-sensei" Sakura said casually. "Yes?" "We never knew that you was such a cute kid" She said and Kakashi sweatdropped. "Yes! And that you were tiny for your age! You look more like eleven than thirteen!" Naruto added and failed miserably to hide a smirk. "I'm still thirty, not thirteen even if I look like a teen" Kakashi answered not sure if he should be amused or upset. "But I had wondered when one of you would bring that up."

They traveled until it get dark and searched for a good camping place. Founding a small clearing they settled for the night, leaving Sai to take the first watch. Better safe than sorry.

Getting up early next morning they continued their journey after breakfast. Arriving at noon they looked for the mayor to introduce themselves. It was a small village so nobody was surprised that the mayor was already aware of their arrival. "You must be the shinobi of Konoha we send for" He greeted and introduced himself as Hiro Kaiteki. Since all four of them were young by the looks he addressed Sakura. Kakashi had expected that and stepped forward. "Nice to meet you, Kaiteki-san. I am the team leader, Kakashi Hatake" He said and bowed slightly. The mayor looked irritated that someone so young was chosen to be the team leader. And the name sounded familiar too. Not wanting to be rude he snapped out of his musings and returned the bow. "I'm glad you're here. Let me explain the situation in a more proper setting" He said and led them to the building in the center of the village. It was the largest and probably the home and working place of the mayor. They settled themselves in front of the mayors desk and waited for the mayor to start.

"The first incident was two weeks ago. In the middle of the night bandits entered our town and robbed one of our storage rooms. We heard nothing and neither did our dogs. It wasn't until noon the next day that we noticed the theft. We strengthened our night watch as response. Three days after the first theft the bandits came again, this time in the early morning. And again, we didn't notice anything. Since then, they came every two to three days and we are now running short on provisions" Kaiteki explained with a helpless expression. "We want you to find those thefts and return our property." "Did those thieves left anything behind? Something that belongs to them?" Kakashi asked after the mayor finished his speech. Kaiteki shook his head in deny. "We found nothing." Sighing, Kakashi stood up. "Then show me the storage that was robbed last. Maybe there is still some foreign scent left" He inquired. Kaiteki stood up as well and led the group to the border of the village. "This is the storage you wanted to see" He said and waited patiently. Stepping inside Kakashi looked at everything, which wasn't much. Making seals he slammed his palm to the ground and performed a summoning jutsu. Out of a puff Pakkun appeared and greeted Kakashi lazily (the two of them had a lot in common). "What can I do for you, boss?" He asked and looked up. "This storage was robbed not long ago. I want you to find the thieves." "Then I need every person of the village that was in here since then. Then I can find the other persons that were in here" Pakkun replied. Nodding in agreement Kakashi left the storage and asked the mayor for the needed persons. Ten minutes later Pakkun searched through the storage and made Kakashi happy just another minute later. "I found the right scent. It is two days old and they left in a hurry to the north" The pub said and settled himself in front of the storage house. "Good. We will follow the scent after I have informed the mayor." But there was no need to do so because Kaiteki heard everything. "I whish you luck in finding them" He said to the ninjas and the four shinobi and the dog left the village.

"How can somebody be so cruel to rob this poor village not only once but four times?" Sakura asked after a while. "I don't know. Maybe they want to proof, that they can stole from everyone anytime" Kakashi replied sadly. He wasn't happy either. This village looked really forlorn and were desperate enough to call them for help, even though they had nothing right now. "Let's find those bandits fast and give them a payback!" Naruto added and rushed after Pakkun.

For two hours they darted through the trees until they came to a stop in front of a run down hut. "The scent leads to that hut" Pakkun said and pointed at it with his nose. "Thanks, Pakkun" Kakashi said and the small dog vanished in a puff. Turning to his team Kakashi started to explain his plan. "I think the true base is underground. The hut is too small to hold all the stolen stuff. First we check the hut and eliminate every bandit we ran into. Next step is to find the goods." His teammates nodded and ran silently to the hut. Looking through the window they saw a single room with only two guard in there. He ordered Naruto and Sai to the back door, instructed them to enter in exact two minutes. The two teams entered simultaneously and defeated the two occupants quickly. Searching for a way into the underground base they soon found a hidden passage in the floor. This time their infiltration was way more carefully. Every foe they met was knocked out as fast as possible and with the least amount of noise. Up till now they encountered none who was worth for mention. Some of them were shinobi, but low chuunin level at best.

After 45 minutes they arrived in a large hall large enough to hold hundreds of people. "I think this is a bigger organization than we thought" Sai whispered. Kakashi had to agree. Since they didn't use this room as storage for the stolen goods, it must be a meeting point for the members. He spotted a group of ten people in the middle of the hall and cursed silently. He remembered them from the bingo book, some were high ranking nuke-nin. But they had no choice than to encounter them. Retreating now would mean the bandits were long gone when they return with reinforcement. He hoped he was fit for this and wished for the first time in his live they had a C-rank mission. Instead they've got a B mission that grew to an A-rank mission. He decided to make use of Naruto's unpredictability and send him first in. Followed by himself, Sai and Sakura. "Naruto. You attack first. Sai and Sakura, you will take the rear and support us" He ordered and earned concerned looks from Sai and Sakura. Naruto on the other hand was excited. And as usual he didn't wait for a command, but stormed into the room and attacked the nuke-nin. They were startled for a moment but settled themselves in a battle stand very quickly. It was obvious that they were very experienced.

Kakashi drew a kunai out of his bag and encountered three of the enemies at once. Next to him Naruto fought three as well, leaving the remaining four to Sai and Sakura. Normally he would prefer a more sneaking way to approach but the surrounding wasn't suited for that. Behind him he heard battle noise and every now and then a "Shanaroo" from Sakura and tried not to worry to much and concentrated at the enemies in front of him. They were old enough to care for themselves and clearly capable to do it. Making use of his speed he approached his opponents very fast and was able to hit them a few times. But as reaction to that they jumped back and attacked him with wide-ranged attacks from four sides. Kakashi tried to doge as much as possible but couldn't find a way out of it. Deciding to use his speed once again he gathered his chakra in his feet and jumped at the shinobi in front of him. But instead of attacking him, a flash of white light came out of him and he crashed into the wall behind his target. Shaking his head, he scrambled to his feet. This was definitely the worst time for something strange to happen.

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