Ch. 13

Kidnapped

Kin snickered. Thinks to a certain cursed marked kunochi her mission had been easy.

At the Nara house

Temari woke up. Something was not right, neither of the twins had cried for hours. She got up and walked over to the twins' room, only to see the worst thing for a mother to see other than her kids' dead, they weren't there.

"Shikamaru!"

Shikamaru's eyes opened instantly. He got up and went where he had heard Temari scream. When he got there he saw what she had seen. Both cribs were empty, and Temari was on ground, crying. He looked at her and back at the cribs. Rage boiled inside him, but for Temari's sake he stayed calm. He wrapped his arms around her. "Go back to bed; I'll call the ANBU and Gaara. We'll find who did this."

She was still shaking when he helped her up. He couldn't see why someone would want to kidnap their kids. As Temari left the room it dawned on him. There were several factors. One, Temari was their mother, Gaara's sister. Two, he was their father and if someone wanted anything from a clan like the Nara's they would attack the youngest ones. He was walking down the stairs now. The third reason was something he did not want to think about. Kaida and Hoshiryu had a great potential even as young as they were. Kaida's chakra was so fast at developing that you didn't have to be a chunin to sense it. Hoshiryu was already getting into Shikamaru's weapons and throwing them around, and he was good for his age.

He picked up the phone and dialed a number. "ANBU hotline," said a voice at the other end.

"This is Shikamaru Nara, I'm calling to report a case of major kidnapping."

"Who was kidnapped?"

"Kaida Nara and Hoshiryu Nara, they are my kids."

"We will let the Hokage know about this, their mother is Temari Nara correct?"

"Correct."

"Thank you. This is being classified an S rank information and will be given to the Hokage as soon as possible."

Shikamaru hung up the phone and picked it up and called another number.

In Suna

Gaara was meditating like he did every night. Then around 3:00 am in the morning his cell phone rang. "This is the Kazekage."

"Gaara its Shikamaru," said the voice at the other end.

"Aren't people like you supposed to be in bed?"

"I would but something happened."

"What?"

"Kaida and Hoshiryu were kidnapped."

"Do you have any idea who?"

"Not at the moment. Wait… there is one."

"Who?"

"Kabuto is the only one who comes to mind."

"How's Temari?"

"I've never seen her like this, but I don't blame her. I want to throttle who ever took them."

"I'll help you find them. Most likely it is a scheme to get something from me."

"Thanks Gaara."

"Don't think me. We're family remember."

"Yea."

Gaara hung up. This was not good. He jumped into his house and walked to Kankuro's room. "Kankuro wake up."

"Huh… It's 3:30 in the morning."

"Temari's kids have been kidnapped."

"What?!?"

"I want you to check any files and see if there is any one who wants revenge on me or Temari."

"Yea, right."