"OW!"
"Well that's what you get from leaning to far over a tree branch from so high up," Kiba laughed.
"Shut up!" Katana grumbled, looking up at him whilst on her stomach with her hands in front of her.
Kiba sighed and put a hand out to help her. Katana took it but didn't thank him. She turned and started to walk over to where Shino and Hinata were training.
"A 'thank you' might have been nicer," Kiba said.
"Meh," Katana waved a hand behind her. "Too much effort."
Kiba shook his head. "You're way too confusing."
"I know," Katana smiled, turning around with a smile on her face. "That's the best part."
Kiba rolled his eyes.
"Hey, I saw that!"
"You were supposed to-"
Kiba was knocked to the ground as Katana tackled him. He was on his back, looking up at her sitting calmly on his stomach with a big grin on her face.
He glared at her.
She blinked at him. "What did I do?"
"What do you think?!" Kiba growled. "Now get off of me!"
Katana put a finger on her chin and looked away with a thoughtful look in her eyes. Then she looked back at him. "Nah, way too much effort."
Kiba shrugged, as best he could, and got up, lifting her up in his arms.
"Hey!!!!!" Katana exclaimed. "Put me down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Kiba cringed. "You don't have to yell."
"Well you picked me up," Katana said. "Now..... PUT ME DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Kiba cringed and dropped her accidentally and fell to his knees, his mind spinning from the sudden headache he received.
Katana sat up and poked her tongue out at him. She stood up and walked off, leaving Akamaru to walk over to his friend and sniff his face, asking what was wrong.
Kiba looked at Akamaru before standing up and they went to follow Katana.
The end of the day came and the teammates were sitting down together on the grass with Kurenai standing in front of them. "You all did well today," she smiled. "But tomorrow, Katana, no slacking off and messing around tackling Kiba."
Katana crossed her arms and had a stubborn look on her face. "Fine," she muttered.
"You can go back to the village now," Kurenai said and Katana jumped up.
Kiba got up to. "Hey, Katana. Wanna go get some Ramen tonight?"
Katana spun around. "Ramen?" she said in a cute, quiet, hyperactive voice.
Kiba nodded.
"Sure," Katana said with a calm expression, making Kiba step back a little. "Do you wanna race back to the village though?"
Kiba shrugged. "Alright. But don't think I wont go easy on you."
Katana smiled and they started racing, but then Kiba growled. "Damn, I forgot about that."
Katana grinned. "I'll wait at the front gates for you." Katana sped up and raced through the forest with her lightning speed, leaving Kiba running by himself with Akamaru by his side.
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"What took ya?"
Kiba stopped and collapsed to his knees in front of Katana who was sitting down calmly, blinking at him.
"I've been waiting for ages," Katana murmured. "You run too slow."
"No..." Kiba breathed. "You just run too fast because of your Clan's Lightning Speed inheritance."
Katana shrugged. "Your point being?"
"Never mind," he sighed and stood up when he caught his breath. "Let's go to the Ramen store."
Katana jumped up and smiled. The two of them walked through the village together with Akamaru and they reached the Ramen store.
They sat down and Kiba called to the store owner. "Hey, Teuchi, two bowls of Ramen please."
The store owner smiled and within a minute, Katana had a bowl of Ramen in front of her.
She started eating and Kiba paid for it before chowing down himself.
Katana finished it and looked at the empty bowl. Kiba smiled. "Teuchi, another bowl for Katana please."
Katana looked at him. "Thanks, Kiba."
"No worries," Kiba replied, smiling at her. "You know, Katana. Kurenai trains you pretty hard."
"Yeah, but it's alright," Katana said. "I want to get stronger. I want to be a great ninja one day, protecting this village and everyone in it."
Kiba nodded. "That's understandable."
Katana nodded. "But you train pretty hard too. You and Akamaru are a great team."
"Yeah, I can combine our strengths with certain Jutsu's. But I don't train that hard. Not as hard as you anyway."
"You couldn't even beat me in a fight," Katana poked her tongue out at him. "You can't even dodge a tackle from me."
"Yeah, but I can still pick you up."
"Shut up. You only did that to get me off of you. But I made you put me down, by yelling in your ear."
"Which hurt," Kiba added. "You're nice aren't you."
"Of course I am," Katana smiled, making Kiba look at her as if she was nuts. "I am the nicest person you will ever meet."
"Well, if you're a nice person, I wonder what a mean person is like- Ow."
Katana held her hand in the air for a little bit longer before finishing her Ramen.
When they were full, Kiba paid for the rest of the food and they walked through the village, the sky was getting dark.
They reached Katana's house and she smiled at him. "Thanks for dinner. It was yummy."
"Well I knew you liked Ramen so I thought I might take you there," Kiba replied. "But the Ramen was a bit spicy."
Katana laughed. "It takes a while to get used to. Do you want a drink?"
Kiba nodded. "Yes please."
Katana led Kiba upstairs and into the kitchen. He sat down at the table, Akamaru went walking around the house, sniffing everything that was new to him.
Katana went into the fridge and pulled out some water. She grabbed a glass and gave it to him, filling it up with the water.
"Thanks," Kiba said and drank it. He looked around. "This is a pretty nice place."
"Yep," Katana smiled. "And it's all mine."
Kiba laughed at her childish tone. "You're always acting like a kid."
"I know," Katana jumped around in a circle before stopping and looking at his confused stare. "What?"
Kiba shook his head. "Nothing. You're just one of the strangest girls I have ever met."
"That just proves I'm special," Katana grinned, making Kiba laugh.
He stood up. "I should get going."
Katana nodded and walked him to the door.
"Akamaru!" Kiba called and the small puppy came bolting out of Katana's room with a shoe in his mouth.
"Hey, that's my shoe!" Katana exclaimed with a childish voice and Akamaru nodded, placing it on the ground in front of her before running out the door.
Katana stepped forward but tripped on the shoe. Kiba quickly turned around and caught her. "You're not supposed to trip you know."
"I know that," Katana said and quickly stood up, a little red in the face. "I didn't notice the shoe was there."
"Well Akamaru did put it at your feet," Kiba smiled. "You trip over everything."
"I do not!" Katana said. "So maybe I've tripped over a shoe, and a stick, and a rock, and Akamaru, accidentally, and-"
"Absolutely nothing," Kiba finished.
"................. I was bored okay, it was on purpose."
"Yeah, right," Kiba cocked an eyebrow at her.
Katana shrugged. "Good night, Kiba."
"Good night, Katana," Kiba said and leaned forward unexpectedly and kinda shocking Katana. She just stood there and her whole body froze when he kissed her. She didn't know he felt that way about her, it was quite a shock.
Kiba stood up straight and watched as her face went bright red. "Uh..........." she mumbled.
Kiba was a little stunned by her reaction. "See ya tomorrow," he said and turned before walking down the stairs and into the village, leaving Katana standing at her front door, red in the face, and very, very embarrassed. Did he just......... she thought. Oh god!
Katana slowly shut her door and walked towards her room, making sure she didn't trip over the shoe. She lay down on her bed and looked at the ceiling with her hands behind her head. I didn't know Kiba felt that way. He was always looking at me and all but I never expected this. And what's going to happen now? Will this change our friendship? And I don't even know about my feelings towards him. Could I possibly like him as well? I don't know, but I'll figure it out eventually. That's for sure.
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"Katana, get up!"
"Meh," Katana mumbled. "I don't wanna......."
Kiba sighed. "Get up, lazy."
"Say what you like," Katana mumbled. "I'm not getting up. Too tired."
Kiba rolled his eyes and picked her up, throwing her over his shoulder.
"Meanie," Katana grumbled, punching his back.
"That didn't hurt," Kiba said to her.
"Oh, you want me to hurt you?" Katana smiled.
"Wait, what-"
SLAM!!!
Katana sat up, cross-legged and blinked at Kiba lying on his stomach in front of her. "Whoopsies. Your fault."
"I didn't know you could hit that hard!" Kiba said, trying to get up and failed. "Did you break my back or something?!"
"I don't know," Katana said. "I just used my Super Strength inheritance-"
"Your WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Kiba shot up and Katana heard a sharp, loud click from his spine as it popped back into place.
"I didn't tell you?" Katana looked away and stood up, quickly walking towards the door. "My bad. See ya!"
Kiba grabbed her.
"He.. he..." Katana laughed nervously and he pulled her back. "I thought I told you."
"Well you didn't," he said.
Katana rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah, well...... uh............" She tried to run but Kiba pulled her back, unfortunately, she ran into him and knocked him over, and herself, and Kiba grumbled. "Get off of me. You're heavy."
"Well in that case," Katana smiled. "I'm not moving."
Kiba sighed and tried moving her, having no luck. Then he looked at her hands, which were on the ground on each side of her, glowing blue. "You're holding the ground with your Chakra aren't you?" he growled.
"Yep," Katana said simply with a big grin on her face. "And I don't plan on getting up. I could sleep here. You're comfy."
Kiba rolled his eyes and noticed Akamaru walk in, take one look at them, and back out of the room with a stunned look on his face. Kiba looked back up at Katana, blowing some of her hair off of his face. Then he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her.
Katana flinched. "What are you doing?" she asked in a shocked voice.
"Hugging you," he said.
"Why?"
"Because you won't get up."
"And that's a reason to hug me........ why?"
"I don't know."
"..................................................................................What are you guys doing?"
Kiba and Katana snapped their gazes at the doorway and saw Shino and Hinata there, as well as Shikamaru, Choji, Naruto, Tenten, Rock Lee, Neji, and Sasuke. Not to mention, Ino and Sakura. Akamaru poked his head around the doorway.
"Uh..................." Kiba and Katana said before Katana took her hands away from the floor and made hand-signs.
Suddenly, Katana became invisible and Kiba felt her weight disappear, listening to her footsteps heading for the window.
She became visible again and she stopped in her tracks, glancing over her shoulder at everyone before continuing to creep to the window.
"Katana, where are you going?" Naruto asked.
Katana stopped again. "You can see me?"
"Uh... yeah, your Invisibility Jutsu failed," Sasuke said.
"What happened between you two?" Shino asked.
"Nothing," Katana said and reached the window, looking down the three story drop, wondering whether she should jump or quickly bolt for the door.
"Katana, don't jump out the window," Kiba said, getting up.
Katana wasn't paying attention. In a second, she wasn't even at the window.
"Where did she go now?" Sakura said.
"This is way better than my Invisibility Jutsu!"
Everyone turned around and saw Katana at the front door.
"I forgot about that," Shikamaru sighed.
"Katana, hang on a second," Naruto said. "Our three squads are going on a mission today."
"A mission?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Katana spun around, her eyes shining, scaring her friends.
"Yes," came a voice and a hand was on her shoulder. Katana looked at the hand before looking past it and blinking at Squad 7's leader, Kakashi Hatake. "Your mission is ranked at C level."
"Really!?" Katana exclaimed. "What are we doing?!"
"You will be bodyguards for a villager and travel to the Ryoku Village that was attacked a while ago by the Akatsuki. You will be helping to rebuild it. You shouldn't run into trouble of any kind."
"That's good," Sakura breathed. "So we won't run into any enemy ninja."
"No," Kakashi replied. "Kurenai and Asuma will not be coming. But I will."
"Cool!" Naruto exclaimed.
"But someone else is coming to," Kakashi smiled, making Naruto stop jumping around and blink at his sensei.
"Who?" Sasuke asked.
"Ebisu-"
"THAT CLOSET PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????????" Naruto and Katana yelled with disbelief. "ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
Kakashi shrugged and closed his book.
"What kind of book is it anyway?" Katana asked, suddenly fascinated with the book, forgetting about Ebisu.
"You don't want to know," Kakashi said and put it in his other hand, blinking at the young kunoichi as she stared at the book.
Katana turned around, still blinking at the book with curious eyes.
Suddenly, her hand snapped forward and she grabbed the book, taking it out of his hand and opening it, reading it and turned back around. She read at least a chapter and froze, her eyes wide with shock, she also looked a little grossed out.
Kakashi put a hand on the book and took it out of her hands. "I told you you didn't want to know."
"Uh, Kakashi?" Katana said.
"Yeah?"
"Are you a pervert to?"
Everyone looked at Katana before looking at Kakashi. "What was in that book?" Naruto asked.
Katana blinked at him before ignoring the question and looking at Kakashi. "Are you?"
Kakashi didn't reply. "Come on you lot, the Hokage will be waiting for us to greet the villager."
Kakashi turned and left, leaving Katana with her arms crossed and a stubborn look on her face. "I'm not going to let this go," she muttered but followed, so did the others.
They walked through the village and reached the Hokage's building. They went inside and into a large room, waiting for the villager.
"Who's the villager?" Naruto asked.
"You will find out in a moment," the Hokage said. "Send in our guest."
The door behind them opened up and everyone looked at a guy with a bottle of Sake in his hand. He looked drunk. "What? A bunch of kids are going to help rebuild my village? And what about the medium height female with a stubborn look on her face, you actually expect me to believe that you're a ninja?"
Katana looked around. "Who's the medium height female with a stubborn look on her-" she watched as Ino stood on one side of her and Sakura stood on her other side, Ino was a little taller and Sakura was a little shorter. Hinata joined them, she was the same height as Sakura.
Katana realized the height difference and crossed her arms for a moment with an angry expression. She ran forward but Kakashi grabbed her by the back of the shirt.
"Let me go! I'll demolish him! Let me at him!" Katana yelled.
"You can't demolish the client, Katana, that's not how it works," Kakashi said.
"I don't care!" Katana yelled. "He's mine, let me go! I'll demolish him!!!!!"
The villager didn't look the least bit afraid. "I want you to return me to my village that is only a days walk from here. I want you to protect me and help rebuild the village that was destroyed by the Akatsuki."
Katana sat down with Kakashi still holding her and she crossed her arms. Why do we have to guard this old drunken geezer!? I can't believe this!
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"Kaya!!!!!"
"What?"
Kaya walked into the lounge room. "Whatever it was, it wasn't me. I swear."
Kaya blinked at Deidara, covered in mud. He glared at her and she grinned nervously. She had been running away from him, without the others knowing, and she had tricked him and pushed him in the mud before running back to the hideout and snuck into her room.
"You pushed me in the mud," Deidara growled.
"I didn't do it," Kaya said, looking away. "I've been here the whole time."
Pain came into the room and stopped, looking at Deidara. "Kaya what did you do?"
"Nothing!" Kaya replied. "I swear! I didn't run off on Deidara and hide on a tree branch near a mud hole and jump on Deidara's back and make him fall in the mud- Whoops."
She looked at Deidara.
Well I could just run away, she thought. Hidan is out on guard somewhere far out so I won't get caught.
"Kaya....." Deidara growled. "You're so dead!!!!!!"
Deidara ran at her but she turned and bolted for her room. She stopped and turned to face him. When he was just at the doorway, she slammed the door shut with her super strength. She heard a loud slam, took her cloak off, and ran for her window before Deidara recovered from his daze and got even more mad at her. She jumped down from her window and bolted off, using her lightning speed. At least she was sure that Hidan wasn't going to catch her this time.
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"Naruto, Sasuke, wait up!"
Katana was walking next to Hinata, watching Naruto trying to walk faster than Sasuke. But Katana knew that Sasuke's reason for walking fast was because he didn't want to walk with the group because of two certain, annoying, love-sick girls.
Katana was on one side of the group, making sure she wasn't anywhere near the villager. She didn't like him one bit!
"Mr. Kuramu?" Rock Lee said, trying to resist a glance at Sakura.
"What?" Kuramu growled, drinking more of his Sake.
"How much longer until we get to your village?"
"When we reach the top of this hill you should be able to see it," he replied.
Katana glanced at him and ran up the hill, quickly passing Naruto and Sasuke. She reached the top and saw a damaged village in the distance. Something caught her eye though, a massive amount of dirt rising up in a straight line above the trees, racing towards the village. But then it stopped and turned in a different direction, towards the group of traveling ninja and old geezer. She froze, and tried to figure out what it was. But it stopped and Katana waited a moment. What was that?
"What's up, Katana?" Naruto asked, putting a hand on her shoulder. "The village doesn't look as bad as it did when we saw it getting attacked."
Katana shook her head. They didn't see it. Only she did. "Yeah, I know," she lied a little. "But we still have to rebuild it, no matter how damaged it looks."
The others joined them and they continued down the hill and towards the village. Katana was just a little bit edgy, telling Naruto and Sasuke to stay with the group, just in case. They did as she told them but Sasuke didn't like it, having Sakura on one side of him and Ino on the other side, arguing to each other over Sasuke.
Katana rolled her eyes but kept looking around, they were near the place where the dirt trail stopped. She was just a little bit scared, she hated when she didn't know what the enemy looked like, or if the 'enemy' was even a threat.
Katana growled as she started to get a headache from Sakura and Ino arguing with each other. She clenched her fists. "Just shut up would ya!!!!!!!!!" she growled fiercely at them, making them look back at her with scared expressions. "You're the biggest headaches in this whole entire world!!!!!!!"
The two of them shut up but continued to walk beside Sasuke.
"Sakura," Rock Lee said. Sakura looked over her shoulder at him. "Why not walk with me instead?"
"Back off," Sakura said and kept walking.
"She's never going to go out with you, Bushy Brow," Naruto said. "She's more interested in Sasuke."
Rock Lee sighed and kept walking next to Tenten and Neji.
Katana caught Hinata looking at Naruto, her face just a little bit red. "Why are you blushing, Hinata?" Katana asked.
Hinata looked away from Naruto. "What?"
Katana repeated her question.
"I..... uh......" Hinata went even more red in the face. "No reason."
Katana rolled her eyes. Everybody likes somebody here! Naruto likes Sakura, Rock Lee likes Sakura, Ino and Sakura like Sasuke, Hinata likes Naruto, Tenten seems to like Neji, somewhat, and Kiba likes me. I don't know about Shino though. I wonder who he likes. And also, what makes things worse, I have to put up with pervy-sensei's for a few days as well as the stupid drunken villager! Fun for me!
She suddenly turned to Kakashi. "So........... are you going to answer my question?"
"What question?" Kakashi asked her.
"I asked you earlier if you were a pervert," Katana said. "But you didn't answer it."
"I am not a pervert," Kakashi replied.
Yeah, right!
Katana looked at Ebisu. "I know you're a pervert so I'm not gonna bother asking you."
"You're a very rude kid," Kuramu growled to her.
"And you're a very rude old man," Katana growled back.
"Everyone, stop!" Kakashi said suddenly.
Katana was suddenly alert and everyone stopped in their tracks. Kakashi walked forward and looked down at a piece of brown cloth. He picked it up.
"What is it, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"It's a piece of someone's clothing," Kakashi replied, looking at it. "And the person it belongs to has been here very recently."
"How do you know?" Tenten asked.
"Because a strong wind is blowing and it could easily have blown away. The person must be nearby."
Katana looked at the brown cloth that Kakashi was holding and thought for a moment. She looked around, hoping her guess was incorrect. She didn't want to speak to the person she assumed it would be.
"We should keep moving," Ebisu said. "The village isn't far from here."
"You just want to get there so you can meet all the women," Naruto grumbled.
Ebisu glared at him. "How could you think such a thing?!"
"Easily, you closet pervert," Naruto replied.
Ebisu shook his head and the group moved on, although Kakashi was a little more alert now, still holding the brown piece of cloth.
Katana heard a rustling in the bushes and looked around, hoping that they wouldn't come face to face with the owner of the cloth.
Naruto heard it to and pulled out a kunai, throwing it through the bushes.
"OW!"
"What was that!?" Sakura asked, scared, and held onto Sasuke's arm.
"Get off of me!" Sasuke said, but Sakura stayed clinging onto his arm, she was scared as hell.
Katana growled, she recognized the voice.
Suddenly, a girl with long black hair stumbled out of the bushes, holding her left arm and Naruto's kunai in her left hand. She threw it to the ground in front of him. "Thanks a lot!"
"It's you!" Naruto exclaimed. Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Naruto, Sasuke and Katana blinked at the girl. She had a black shirt with a hood and brown pants with a kunai pocket on her left leg and a shuriken pouch on the right side of her waist. It was Katana's sister, Kaya. Katana wasn't happy to see her sister, not after what she had said a while ago the night the Ryoku Village got attacked. Kaya had blamed her for abandoning her when they were kids, when it wasn't her fault. Kaya had been so mad at Katana that she took off.
"Who are you?" Kakashi asked but then looked at her brown pants, near her feet, a small bit of cloth was missing. It was Kaya that was the owner of the cloth.
"My name is Kaya," she replied. "Hasn't Katana said anything?"
"No," Kakashi looked at the young ninja. "Who is this child? Where is she from?"
"That is my sister," Katana spat. "She was still at the village when our Clan got destroyed. Apparently, a bunch of powerful ninja took her in and is training her to be a really strong ninja."
"Powerful ninja?" Ebisu said, casting a glance at Kaya. "Who are they?"
"I can't say," Kaya said. "But I was actually wondering if I could speak with my sister."
Kakashi looked at Katana, expecting her to go walking off with this new kid. But she remained fixed to the spot. "Get out of here, Kaya. We're on a mission and we don't need you getting in the way."
Kaya sighed and looked at the ground, she had been expecting that kind of reply. "Katana, look. I'm sorry. I was confused and I didn't know what I was saying. I didn't mean to say what I did. Please believe me."
Katana looked at Kaya and looked away. "What are you even doing here, Kaya? Shouldn't you be training with the S-ranked ninja who are training you?"
"S-ranked ninja!?" Kakashi exclaimed, suddenly deep in thought. He looked at Kaya. "Kid?"
Kaya looked at him, she didn't look afraid, even though she was surrounded by ninja that she wouldn't have a chance against.
"Have you heard of the Akatsuki?" Kakashi asked her.
Kaya flinched and thought for a moment. "Yes. The ninja I stay with told me about them. They're also S-ranked and they're merciless, cold-blooded killers."
Kakashi looked at her, he had never heard of a group of ninja that was S-ranked, apart from the Akatsuki.
"Look, Kaya. Just leave, alright!" Katana growled. "We have a job to do."
Katana kept walking through the forest and the others followed, all but Sasuke, and Sakura hanging off of his arm.
"Sakura, let me go," Sasuke said. "Go catch up with the others."
Sakura was confused but did as Sasuke told her and ran after her friends.
"Kaya, you know that your sister was really upset after what you said to her," Sasuke said to the female ninja when the others were out of sight.
"I know," Kaya dropped her head. "But I didn't realize what I was saying at that point. I really wanted to fix things."
Sasuke looked at the sad expression on her face and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. Maybe if you catch her in a good mood or something like that you could try speaking to her again."
Kaya shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe."
Sasuke smiled. "I have to go. We have a mission to complete."
"What kind of mission is it?" Kaya asked, suddenly interested.
"We have to help rebuild the village that was destroyed by the Akatsuki," Sasuke said and Kaya flinched when he said the word Akatsuki with such bitterness.
"What do you have against the Akatsuki?" Kaya asked.
Sasuke was silent. He turned around. "Nothing. It doesn't concern you. You should go back to your ninja friends."
Kaya watched as Sasuke started walking away. When he was out of sight she smiled before running after him.
She reached them but stayed out of sight, she looked at the villager and was shocked to remember him. He was one of the villagers that she attacked but he escaped. Stupid villager! She thought. Seeking help from ninja to rebuild your stupid village! I reckon Pain would want to know about this. I'll tell him later, maybe.
Kaya heard Kakashi sigh. "Why are you following us?"
Kaya was just a little bit stunned. How!?!?!?! Kaya was so busy wondering how he had realized she was following that she walked right into a tree trunk. "OW!" She fell backwards and listened to footsteps getting louder and louder.
She had her arms crossed and she saw everyone looking down at her with confusement.
"Well?" Kakashi said.
Kaya sighed. "I want to help you rebuild the village." As soon as she said it, she knew that if Pain found out, he would be mad. She would have to make up some sort of story.
"Why would you want to help us?" Ebisu asked, sounding as if he didn't trust her.
"I was near the village when it was attacked by the Akatsuki," Kaya said, casting a glance at Katana. "I didn't help it then and I want to help it now."
"I say she should just go home," Katana growled. "She wasn't assigned this mission. She's not even a ninja from a village."
"Katana," Kaya breathed under her breath.
"I don't know, Katana," Sasuke said, looking at Kaya. "The village will take a while to be rebuilt and the more hands, the quicker it gets done. And she's offering to help."
"But what about the ninja that she's staying with?" Katana challenged. "What if they show up, looking for her, and decide that the village should be attacked?"
"They wouldn't do that!" Kaya growled.
"Stop arguing," Neji interrupted. "It's up to the Jonin, not you."
They all looked at Ebisu and Kakashi with curious eyes. Ebisu looked at Kakashi. "It's up to you."
Kakashi looked at Kaya, thinking about her offer. He didn't yet know if she was trustworthy, he had some suspicions that he would keep to himself. He shrugged. "Alright, Kaya. You can come along and help us."
Katana looked as if she wanted to object but kept her mouth shut. Kaya looked at Sasuke and Neji, who weren't displeased like Katana.
The group moved on and Kaya walked with them, beside Sasuke, ignoring the glares she got from Sakura and Ino which confused her. She knew that she would get into trouble with the Akatsuki for helping a village but she wanted to take this chance to see if she could talk things over with her sister and actually spend some time with her. She looked over her shoulder at Katana who had her arms crossed and an angry look on her face as she looked at the ground.
They reached the village and walked through it, looking at the destruction that Kaya and the rest of the Akatsuki caused. She looked at a balcony that Deidara had blown up with a clay insect. She smiled as she looked at the damage that was caused.
"Why are you smiling?" Ino said to her.
Kaya shook her head. "I-I-I was just thinking of how great this place will look after we've helped build it up."
Ino looked at her with confusion as if she didn't believe her before walking off to join Sakura.
"So, what where do we start, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Where ever I suppose," Kakashi shrugged.
Kuramu looked at them. "Let's go to my house first, you can rest until tomorrow."
Kaya watched as the village ninja followed the villager down a pathway. She didn't follow.
Neji turned around. "Aren't you coming?"
"If we're not starting until tomorrow then I'd better come back tomorrow," Kaya explained.
"Oh no you don't," Ebisu growled. "You're coming with us. You could go to your ninja friends and tell them what's happening."
Kaya was wide eyed with shock. The rebuilding of the village could take days and the Akatsuki would get worried about her and come in search for her. Which would increase the possibility of the village getting attacked again.
"Ebisu," Kakashi said. "I say that she should come back tomorrow, she can't be forced to stay here or her ninja friends will come looking for her and thinking we're holding her hostage."
Ebisu looked at him, Kakashi had a glint in his eye. He nodded. "Alright, kid. But don't tell your ninja friends about the village."
Kaya nodded and turned around. She ran off out of the gates of the village and Kakashi looked at Naruto. "Follow her and report back."
Naruto was a little nervous. "Alone?"
Kakashi sighed. "Sasuke can go with you then."
Naruto growled but Sasuke was already walking out of the village, waiting for Naruto to catch up so they could run. Naruto grumbled under his breath and ran after Sasuke, then they were gone from the village in pursuit of Kaya.
Katana kept walking after the villager, Kuramu, she was tired, and hungry. The others followed.
