Me no own Naruto. There.

Chapter 4: Birds

By: Shadow Itachi x ShadowUnknown

Finally opening her eyes she looked around, she was safe and sound in her room. She reached under her pillow and took out a small blue book binded by a small piece of string. 'I need to write this down.' she thought. She knew if she wrote it down, she would remember it. She wrote all the things in detail.

'It couldn't have been Hashi Leo. Could it?' Natsu thought. She started writing down what she learned from her dog, and Itachi. She started to think of who else was involved. 'Let's see, Kazekage was one of them, also this Deidara. Who else.' she thought. She knew she needed more information from the Uchiha. But right now, she needed to go to the academy. Maybe after, she could tell the Hokage about her dream.

On her way to the Hokage tower, she seen something white in the air. 'What is that?' she thought looking at this...bird? 'Oh no! It's falling!' she thought as she watched in horror as this white bird fall in the bunches of trees not to far from where she stood. She ran towards the forest hoping that the bird was okay.

"D-don't...l-leave...un.." a males voice sounded as she got near where she thought the bird landed. 'What?' she thought confused as she came through a bush and seen someone laying in a white pile of clay.

"Excuse me..." She said taking a step out of where she was hiding. The...male? Has long blonde hair, and when he turned his head she seen that he has sky blue eyes. He wore a very worn, and tattered black cloak with faded red clouds on it. He had an Iwagakure head band on with a slash through the symbol.

"Y-yes, un?" he said, he sounded tired, very tired. He also looks very young also, probably about 19 or 20. Rustling of leaves could be heard in a distance, but she paid no attention to it. It's been like this for three days, she would hear, or see something, and when she went to take a look or try and get a sense of someone else chakura, it was gone. Like it wasn't there to begin with.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? Also how did you get here?" she demanded.

"Much different the the Kohona then I remember, more demanding, even the kids, un." the male grinned. She waited patiently for his answer. About five minutes have passed and he has not said a thing.

"Well answer me." She said starting to grow impatient.

"I'm Deidara, you are, un?" he said as he slowly sat up. She looked at him strangely 'Deidara? Isn't he suppose to be an old man that went missing after trying to look for Leo?' she thought. "Growing old over here, un." he said grinning.

"Natsu." she said after losing her train of thought.

"I'm looking for Leo, why are you here, un?" he asked. Again she looked at him strangely 'This can't be the same person. Can it?' she thought.

"I seen something fall in the forest." she answered.

"I came here on a white clay bird, un." he said answering the last of her questions she had asked.

"What do you know about Leo?" she asked not moving from her spot by the trees.

"Why do you want to know about her, un?" he asked. 'Great! First the Uchiha now this blonde freak!' she thought remembering what the Uchiha said to her last night.

"I'm her descendent." she said.

"How is that possible, un?" he asked looking at her skeptically.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out." she said. "How long have you been looking for, Leo?" she asked.

"Nearly fifty years, un." he said almost sad.

"Can you tell me what you know about her?" Natsu asked looking at this blonde. He looked up at her after looking at his hands.

"Let's see, un." he said taking his time answering her. She started to get used to this, so she waited for his answer.

We were training in the fields, by the waterfalls. She was using it to her advantage, when she mixed with the water with electricity. It almost killed me. Luckily that she knew how to use that electricity as a healing jutsu. It was very odd, I've never seen, or heard of something like that before. What's even more shocking is that I can see it.

Blue.

A shocking blue, also it almost took the shape of a dragon. Of course I might have been a bit delusional. It was almost weird having her looking after me, she says that she looks after everyone on her team. She also says that she treats everyone the same, with or without a bloodline limit.

"People always say that people with bloodline limits always comes first. Right?" Natsu asked interrupting.

"Yes, un.

"How did you get that necklace?" Natsu asked pointing to an object around his neck.

"She gave it to me before she left, un." Deidara stated. She nodded as she sat and listened to him tell his side of the story. 'Renmaru wasn't quite clear on his story. He said something about a necklace, but he said some of his memory is faded.' Natsu thought.

We walked back to the base, me beaten again by her. Of course I would always tell her not to tell anyone. She never did, she didn't say a word about our training. Just that it went fine. It almost confused me. I started watching her afterwards. What came out of that was nothing. I didn't gather anything new. She hardly talked. I was beginning to worry. Was she leaking information about the Akatsuki? It couldn't be. Could it? That night was just like any night. Of course she would sneak out. I followed her silently, being an Iwa ninja, we are stealthy. I followed her towards a place near the ocean, now I didn't know what was out there. Only the ocean. When she would land, she would just stare out there. Like she was expecting something. Only till the early break of dawn would she leave again back towards the base.

"How long did that go on?" Natsu asked.

"A while, before she saw me following her, un." he answered.

"Did she go somewhere else after that?"

"No, she just went to the waterfalls, un."

"What about out on the battle fields?"

"What about them, un?"

"Did she do anything suspicious?"

"Like leave in the middle? No, un."

"Was it just like any other battle?"

"Yes, un. Although she would always tell us to leave, and she will catch up, un."

"Why was that?"

"I don't really know, we all know her temper, un. So we did as she said, un."

"Temper?"

"Yeah, a nasty one, un. Always turn into a tiger that had a pelt made of fire, un." he said deep in his own thoughts. 'I never heard that from Renmaru. I guess there are some things that old dog didn't know.' she thought as she listened to the rest of his story.

We were out on a mission, just her and me. Of course she was pissed about something, I didn't know what. I was starting to get used to the silence, but all this walking was driving me crazy! I was practically insane! So I kept asking her if we could stop for a rest. That was granted, but only for a few minutes. We started walking again, we made it to the forest, but yet again. I was complaining about not using my clay to fly us to our destination. She finally let me on her back, mumbling about something, I was unaware of it since I feel instantly asleep. Her fur was so soft. It was comfortable.

"Her fur?"

"Yes, un." he blushed slightly, averting his eyes from her. 'Your one weird guy.' she thought.

Then I was falling to the ground, because I thought we were flying. Or we were flying. I couldn't remember. It was a rather sort fall, so we must have been on the ground for quiet some time. I heard her growling, then she told me to stay put. She ran into the forest, me still dazed of what just happened. When she didn't come back I started worrying. So I called out. No answer. I called again. Still no answer, until another voice sounded. I thought Leo was in trouble so I went rushing in after her. I came to where she was, she was up against the tree, her cloak was pinned to the tree by a weapon. When another voice called out, I looked over at the person. It was someone from Sunagakure.

"Could that be the Kazekage?" Natsu asked.

"Maybe, I didn't know who it was, un."

A few minutes passed by, but it seemed like hours. That was when Leo started to say something while removing the weapon, her and that Suna ninja started to argue. Then something else happened. They kissed.

"What!" Natsu was shocked to hear that.

"Yeah, that's what happened, un."

I was shocked that happened, but I seen something, Leo slipped something in his hand and left it at that. I didn't know what it was that Leo gave him, but it must have been important to her. I guess that man was too. She flew us back to the base, I didn't say a word to her, then Itachi came. I guess she needed to figure something out, so did the Uchiha. I was sitting in my room thinking of what happened earlier that day. I unconsciously put my hand in my pouch where I kept my clay. I felt something in there. It seemed like a package. I took it out and examined it. It almost broke my heart as I read the words off it. 'Deidara, this is for you. Good bye.' I opened it up and something fell out, I looked at the object it was the black half of a Yin Yang sign. I looked in the envelope once again, it had a small note. 'Keep this close to you, it doesn't matter if I'm not there anymore. As long as you have this half then everything will be fine. Hashi 'Tiger' Leo.' it read. I put the necklace on and walked outside. Uchiha was pissed about something, I didn't know what. I walked outside, after not finding Leo there. It was the Uchiha that said that she left. Some how I knew where she would go, so I made a clay bird and followed that same route I knew so well when I followed her at night. It lead to the ocean. I seen a flicker of fire, lightning, and some splashes of water rising when I drew near. It turned out to be nothing. So I flew on, to the other places where I figured she might be. I've been looking for her ever since.

"Is that all you can give me?" Natsu asked after a few minutes have passed without him talking.

"Yes, un." he answered. 'What was it that Renmaru told me?' she thought thinking back to what the white dog showed her. 'Maybe some answers will be answered.' she thought.

"What do you know about her, un?" He asked after seeing her deep in thought. 'She must know something about her. Also why is wondering what happened to her, un?' he thought watching her for answers.

"Very little actually. I hardly got any information from that Uchiha, also her dog wasn't of any help." she answered.

"Tell me, un." he said, he didn't ask.

"Fine. But there are still holes there." she said, looking a bit annoyed. Something caught her eye, yet again. She ignored it this time, she would check it out later.

When I first seen Renmaru I thought it was just an ordinary dog looking for food. But then again, it had a Kohona head band around it's neck. I took it home after it said that it was Leo's dog, and it did a bit of explaining that it was really her dog. He told me about her past. Well showed me more like it. What he showed me was from his own imagination, that Leo had created in his minds eye.

Leo was standing alone in a park, staring at the equipment. She was about to return home when she heard someone coming. So she did the only thing that was natural to her. Hide. She sat and watched as she seen a blonde child walking alone in the park. He was about her age. Maybe a few years older. She heard a voice a child's voice echoing through her mind. It must have been her voice, she was wondering if that 'Uzamaki' kid was just like her. Then her mind change, she thought that he wasn't like her.

"You mean the container of the Nine tailed beast, un?" Deidara asked.

"Yes, he is now the Hokage." Natsu said.

"Really?" he looked deep in thought.

"Yes, he has been the Hokage for about forty years now. He started since he turned twenty six."

"So, he's now sixty six years old, un?"

"Yup."

"Wow he's old, un."

"I suppose, but I can hardly imagine him so young. I've seen a picture of his old team. Sakura, Sasuke, and their instructor Kakashi was in it. He looked so young, like a trouble maker young. You know, they type to pull pranks or something stupid like that." she said.

She was so patient back then, she just listened to the leaves, watched as the wind play with the swings. He finally left in another direction, she got out of the tree and headed to her home. It was clean, nothing out of the ordinary. Only one thing wrong with that was that no one greeted her when she got back. That night she was restless, like she was having a nightmare of some sort. The next day, she went to the academy, talked to the teacher there. Asked if she could be put in the Chunin exams.

"How old was she when she entered, un?"

"Five."

"Are you serious, un!"

"Yup. On her record it said:

Name: Hashi Leo

Age: 5

Gender: Male

Hair: Pale Black

Eyes: Green." she said.

"That's all it said, un?"

"Yup, the rest was burned during the third ninja war."

Here is where it gets sketchy. She had won all the matches. By the end, something happened. I didn't know what had happened there. But I knew that during her last match that she turned into a creature made of fire, she practically destroyed half the arena. Nearly killed that kid she was fighting with. And ran. That day when she went home she was sitting alone inside her house. Where she had spent hours on end studying, and finishing up her school work. She would train outside in the backyard, and leave to other countries, before she got caught. She visited Suna more often, because she made a promise to her friend, the Kazekage. That was when they were just kids. They would play til it got dark, or until she had to leave. She would always promise to come back tomorrow, or the next day after visiting another country. She learned so many jutsus from so many places. She mainly focused on her Lightning based jutsus, and fire jutsus. Occasionally she would work on some that Gaara had taught her, or on some that Kankuro would teach her. He even gave her something to practice with, a basic puppet.

"You mean she was a puppet master as well, un?"

"Maybe, hardly anyone knows, besides the one that taught her, and the one whom she told."

She was drawn out of her thoughts when someone rapidly knocked on her door. It was the one from the forest test. Uda Yuki. He was trying to convince her that it wasn't her fault, and that she did awesome in the exams. He bust through the door only to be caught in a trap that she had set up. She loved using strings to set up traps. Some were actually more effective then the ones they taught them in school. There was one where one would walk onto a string that would quickly release two kunai's from either side of him and two below, and one above. The one above would shock him to moving to the side, but would only be stopped by the two that came from the ground. The two would wrap themselves around the man while another set would also wrap around the man by the legs. Complicated, but very effective. Yuki was pinned to the wall with four kunai's, she walked out to the backyard and waited him out, it went on for an hour or so when a man just appeared and told her that she made Jonin. They also said that Yuki made Chunin, and that he was in her care.

"She made a Jonin rank at five, un!"

"Yup."

"She graduated at five, entered the Chunin exams at five, and made a Jonin at five, un?"

"Yup. They say she was a genius."

"Why did the file say she was a male, un?"

"She heard her father saying that it would be hilarious to fool the village that she was a he. She adopted a male's voice when she started going out on missions, they say that the voice didn't suit her, like it sounded so mature then her actual age."

"Really, un? I've heard that voice a few times, un. Scary almost."

"That's what everyone says about her fake voice."

"When did she make the ANBU, un?"

"When she turned ten I think."

"Younger then the Uchiha, un."

"She was also put in mock missions."

"How many, what kind, un?"

"About four, and dangerous kinds. The first one nearly broke her hand, if she didn't use a jutsu to help keep it in place. When she used that jutsu, her hand became hard to heal. It hurt her every once in a while."

"How did she cope with it, un?"

"She would just let the pain through. That is until Gaara came along for one of the missions before the Chunin exams."

"What did he do, un?"

"He massaged it. Then the pain would slip away, like it wasn't there in the first place."

"How would she get when that happened, un?"

"Silent, and grouchy."

"What were the other missions?"

"Hard to remember, I think one was near Iwa, or was it mist? Another was near...Snow?" she thought for a moment.

"Dogs faded memory, un?" he asked after noticing her stopping to think.

"Yeah."

"Then, who was on her team, un?"

"Akashi, Nao, Shizuki, Haruka, and Yuki."

"Who were the four, un?"

"Her adopted father's. They were the ones that came to her, she didn't go to them. Like the one by the fence, the one at the door. The one leading her to her first mock mission. Another one was in the stands watching over the Hokage, also watching Leo as she fought hard to keep up with the other people that had entered." (A/N: Ha, you can tell she's not explaining it right since he is asking so many questions. Also, I know these things can ruin the story. But it's also a little break from it.)

"Why was she put on so many mock missions, un?"

"The Hokage wasn't convinced of her loyalties, since she always went off to other countries. He was afraid that she might be giving information to them or something like that." she answered.

"How was he able to keep her to stay in Kohona, un?"

"He put a shock collar on her a week before the exams started."

"How did Gaara cope with her not being there for a week, un?"

"I have no idea. That is where a giant hole is."

"She said that she got eaten by a snake. Anything on that, un?"

"Nope, another giant hole."

"What happened to her father's, un?"

"They died when they were out on a mission. I think it was the one after the exams, or during when Gaara was there. Or it might be the one where she ran off ahead of them to see if it was clear, then she heard something and went back for her team. I forget what one it was."

"Okay then, when did she get Renmaru, un?"

"On her birthday, when they were heading out on the mission when her father's died. Can I tell the story or do you want me to keep explaining everything?" she asked. 'If he keeps saying 'Un' then I might actually start saying it.

"Sorry, un. Please do go on, un." he smiled slightly. 'I'm going to start saying 'Un' just to bug him, and to get that word out of my system.' she thought.

It was a mission they were going to early that day Akashi sensed that something was wrong. He practically begged Leo to let them not go on this mission, to save it for tomorrow or another day. She told them that she would go and ask. When she got back she said that they will still go on the mission, but be very cautious. They set out, and only two returned home. The four men died that day, it was also her birthday. 'I think, damn dog, un.' After that day, a knock at the door told her that someone was there. There stood a white puppy, Renmaru. Since she was working with Kakashi, and some member's from Izuwa clan she was used to being around dogs. It was a gift from her father's. She brought the dog in and started to teach it some words in human language. Then she started to teach it jutsus. Although the dog refused to go out on missions with her, he stayed home and watched the house. That was when she started to talk to the dog, telling it about her past, the missions she went on, and about the people that she has meet. She told the dog everything about her life, and she asked the dog to keep these told secrets to itself. Until he found someone he could trust, with these words. Something had happened, she stopped talking to the dog completely. She hardly even saw the dog. It was probably after the Tiger attack on the three countries. Iwa, Mist, Rain, and it was making it's way towards Kohona. Until a group of ninja's stopped it in it's tracks.

"Then what, un?" he asked after she stopped talking.

"I don't really know, un." she said as she tried to remember some things that she has missed.

"You can't just stop there, un!"

"Well that is all I got, I have nothing else of what happened when the snake hit, or after the tiger attack, or even her time in the Akatsuki. It has so many holes that needs to be filled out by the Uchiha, The Kazekage, Kankuro, and Temari, un."

"Also, why are you saying 'Un' and who else was there, un?"

"You got that word stuck in my head, and I'm not sure, un." she said as she thought back.

"What about that Yuki kid, un?" he asked pestering her to go on.

"He died, I don't know from what, it was probably around the time when she stopped talking to Renmaru, un." she said.

"What about the Uchiha's side, un?" he asked.

"I still need more information from him, he stopped half way though I think, un. All that I got from him was that he was spying on her during the time that she kissed that sand ninja, and that she was acting weird when she told you all to leave and that she will keep up, un." she said.

"Well, un?"

"He says that she was covering up their tracks of you guys being there, un."

"Damn Uchiha, un." Deidara mumbled.

"You can say that again, un." Natsu said folding her arms.

"I should have thought like you, find information of where she went, un. That way I wouldn't have wasted half my life of searching through open water, and air, un." Deidara mused smiling slightly.

"Yeah, I guess." Natsu laughed a bit.

"You should be getting home, it's late, un."

"Yeah, oh I just have to check one thing." Natsu said getting up and going over to where she thought she seen the small flash of light. It was a small burn mark in the grass, or actually four of them. Shaped like a paw print of a dogs. 'What made that?' she thought as she looked at it. She turned back to where she left the blonde man only to find him not there. "Great, another disappearing trick." she muttered as she walked home.

End

Chapter 4: Birds

I was having major Mental Writer's Block (MWB). I was stuck on the sentence: "Let's see, un." he said taking his time answering her. She started to get used to this, so she waited for his answer. I was stuck on that for far to long, also I'll be paying more attention to this fic. Since I want to complete this as soon as possible. And get started to the third book, and the last book. The third is something strange, and the last will be the rewr...Not giving to much away. But yes, I have it all planned out. But those two book will be put on hold while I work on my other stories. Maybe write a little bit of those books in between.

Itachi: You only mentioned my name a few times.

Yeah, so?

Deidara: Ha, un!

Natsu: Well you shouldn't have cut your story short!

Yeah!

Itachi: ...

Sasori: I never got mentioned! Only a hint of puppets were mentioned and it wasn't me!

So?

Natsu: ...You were apart of the Akatsuki?

Sasori: Yes. Growls

Natsu: Oh, were you killed then?

Sasori: Yes.

Natsu: All the more not to mention you!

Sasori: Growls

Alright bye bye!

R&R or whatever

Later.