"Inside, it looks like there's a large cavern… but…" Neji said.

"But what?" Naruto asked.

"I just can't quite make out what's going on in there. I see several people."

"Neji, what about Gaara? What's happening? Is he one of the people you see?" Naruto questioned.

"Back off a second! I'm trying to locate him now."

"Neji!"

"Take it easy! I don't- what is that thing?"

"What is it? What's going on? Neji what's in there?" Naruto was shaking Neji.

"Let go of me." Neji said.

"Well, what did you see?" Sakura asked.

"It's hard to describe with words."

"Wait, so that would mean." TenTen started.

"Yes. It means that whatever it is, we will have to go see it for ourselves." Lee said. Kai took a deep breath.

"That makes things easy, doesn't it?" Gai put on a hand on Lee's shoulder. He backed up a few feet. He then charged at the boulder. "Coming through!" He yelled. His fist met the boulder and waves came off it, absorbing his punch.

"Quite a barrier." He said. Kai's eyes were a bit wide, she almost forgot his strength.

"What is your plan?" Lee asked.

"Well Lee, it's pretty obvious we need to get rid of that barrier."

"And how do we do that?" TenTen asked. Kai studied the seal.

"Before we even think about breaking through, we should know what kind of barrier it is." Sakura asked.

"That's right." Gai said. "So figure out the type of barrier, that's step one. Right Kakashi?"

"Yeah."

"What do you think?" Chiyo asked. Kai looked at Kakashi.

"It could be a five seal barrier."

"I agree with you." Chiyo said. Kai nodded.

"I think so too."

"Five seal barrier?" Naruto asked.

"It's a strong layer of protection in which five tags with the word forbidden written on them are fastened around the area that's being guarded. One forbidden tag is in front of us, and four more must be in other locations."

"Can't we just pull them off?" Gai asked.

"It's not that easy. The tags are in five different places, but they have to be taken down at the exact same moment."

"So we have to remove them simultaneously?" Kai asked.

"Right. The barrier won't budge unless all five tags are pulled off simultaneously. It's a tall order. That's only one tag."

"Which means theres four more out there." Gai said.

"Alright then let's do it! How do we find out where the other tags are?" Naruto asked.

"Neji."

"I understand." Neji activated his byakugan and began searching. "I found them!"

"Awesome Neji, point them out!"

"One is on a boulder about 500 meters northeast of us. The second one is on a tree trunk beside a river bank 350 meters south-southeast. The third you'll find 650 meters northwest, on a cliff. And the last one is in the woods, less than 800 meters to the southwest."

"If that's the case, each one of them is pretty far apart. How will we signal each other?" Sakura asked.

"I think I can handle that." Gai said, taking off his bag. "We should just be in range for these. They're wireless radios."

"Whoa that's amazing!" Naruto said.

"Good thinking." Kakashi said.

"Okay, so we'll stay in constant communication and follow Neji's directions to the tags." Gai said, grinning. "Okay, let's find these tags and get rid of them. Team Gai is the faster team so we'll be the ones to handle this mission."

"We're all counting on ya!" Naruto said, giving a thumbs up. Kai nodded.

"Alright, Lee, you head northwest into the woods. The northeast boulder is all yours, Neji. TenTen, you'll get the south-southeast. And I'll take care of the one on the northwest cliff. That's the one in the trickiest location and should be the hardest to eliminate."

"What's the frequency?" Kakashi asked.

"174." Gai answered.

"Copy that." Kakashi turned the knob on his set to 174. Lee took a deep breath.

"TESTING DO YOU READ ME?" He screamed. Everyone with a set on cringed.

"Lee, your microphones up too loud." TenTen covered her ears.

"Ah, A thousand apologies!" He bowed, but the cringing continued as all the headsets picked up his voice.

Kai watched as they discussed to themselves. She looked up at the giant rock.

"Oh that was so cool!" Naruto said. He turned to the group. "We should do that too!"

"I would rather die." Sakura said.

"Me too." Kakashi replied.

"Not a chance." Chiyo also answered. Naruto looked at Kai. She smiled.

"I'll give you a high five." She said, not budging. Naruto grinned.

"Yeah!" They high fived and Kai giggled. Kakashi turned to Pakkun.

"Well it's about time for me to shove off. There's no real reason for me to stick around, I'd just be getting in the way." Pakkun said.

"Thanks, Pakkun." Kakashi raised his hand in farwell. "Good work."

"Alright then. See you guys later." Pakkun disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Everyone got into position, Sakura waiting to destroy the boulder. Kai stood by Chiyo. "We'll make our assault using the button hook entry." Kakashi said.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Naruto said. Chiyo nodded.

"Yeah." Sakura said.

"Hai." Kai said. Kakashi tore off the tag, Kai assumed he had been given the signal.

"Now Sakura!"

"Right!" Sakura charged the boulder. Kai got ready to run in once it was gone. Kai watched the rubble fall. Kakashi gave them the signal to go in. As they all went in, ready to fight, they were welcomed by a sad sight.

"We're too late." Kakashi said.

Two men, or so Kai assumed, were standing next to Gaara's seemingly dead body. Kai kept from covering her mouth. She turned to Naruto as his Chakra grew stronger. The one man, turns out, was not standing but sitting on Gaara's body. Kai's own Chakra grew. How dare they!

"Finally." The blonde haired man said. "Well then, which one of you would be the jinchuriki?"

"You…" Naruto's chakra was reaching a state where Kai was actually afraid to be next to him. "You bastards!" He cried out. "I'll kill the both of you!"

"The one who bursts in, and starts barking. That would be him then." The hunched, weird looking man said.

"Sasori, my man, I think you're correct, hm." The blonde haired said. Kai clenched her fist.