They made it to the village and Mai sighs.

"Mai." Sakura said and Mai nods, then the pair runs off with Hinata close behind them.

"I'll find out the death total." Kakashi said walking off and Naruto sighs.

"Someone is coming." Yamato said. Everyone looks over as a Mist shinobi lands in front of them. A woman. She has long brown hair and blue eyes. "And you are?" Yamato asks as five hunter-nin lands behind her.

"My name is Seiko Terumī." Seiko introduces as Kakashi, Mai, Hinata and Sakura.

"And what are you doing here?" Naruto asks.

"Naruto, wait." Mai tells him. "Are you here for Mafuya, Yuuya, Rui, Kei, Yoshiki, Sakutaro, Choushiro and Tsukasa?" Mai asks and Seiko nods.

"I am." Seiko said, pulling out to scrolls and holds them out. "Lady Fifth Mizukage sends her deeps apologise for not stopping these criminal sooner. These are for the Hokage and Kazekaga." Seiko said, bowing her head. Kakashi grabs one and Temari grabs the other. "I would like to offer assistance to stop these men from killing more people." Seiko explains, looking at them.

"What was your name? I missed it?" Mai asks.

"Seiko Terumī." Seiko replies.

"Seiko, I'm sorry you name sounds familiar." Mai said. "Um, do know someone name Naoko?" Mai asks softly.

"Yes, I use to know a man name Naoko. He went missing with a few other people." Seiko replies.

"Sorry." Mai said.

"So back to the mission, stopping these rouge shinobi." Kakashi said and Seiko nods.

"Still, it is good to know that the Mist is doing something about this." Kankurō admits.

"After the fourth, a large amount of shinobi left. We have been tracking them down. It hasn't been easy." Seiko explains.

"Lady Seiko." a hunter-nin said and Seiko puts her hand up and he sighed.

"Enough, we are here to kill Mafuya, Yuuya, Rui, Kei, Yoshiki, Sakutaro, Choushiro and Tsukasa." Seiko tells her.

"But my lady, these people can't be trusted. Especially the one wearing a Mist headband." another hunter-nin said. Seiko looks at Mai who grabs the band.

"It's a gift, from Naoko." Mai whispers.

"You knew him, didn't you?" Seiko asks, walking up to Mai. Naruto walks over and grabs Mai's arm. If she tried anything, he was pulling Mai to safety.

"He took me in, but was killed three years ago with Goku, Ryu and Yukio." Mai replies.

"I see, thank you for telling me." Seiko said bowing. "You shall keep the headband that was given to you by him. Naoko was a stubborn man and knowing he trusted you, shows there was good in him." Seiko explains and Mai nods.

"Lady Seiko." The first hunter-nin said and Seiko smiles.

"The people said they headed west." Hinata said.

"Then west we go." Naruto said. "You okay Mai?" Naruto asks.

"Yeah." Mai whispers.

"May I have a word with you Mai?" Seiko asks and Mai nods. Naruto lets her go and watch the pair walk away. Seiko drop down to one knee so she was eye level with Mai.

"Lady Seiko." the second hunter-nin said. Mai looks at Seiko worried.

"Are they after you?" Seiko asks. "Mafuya may be a killer, but most of the time he has a reason." Seiko adds.

"Yeah, they are." Mai whispers. "They knew they were no match against Lord Gaara so the found a way to get me out. I fell for it." Mai explains.

"You know hold too many secretes and techniques that belong to our village. They see you as a threat." Seiko said. "Naoko was a man that didn't do anything for no reason. He saw something in you. I know Naoko, he was a friend of mine." Seiko explains and Mai looks at her shock. "For that reason alone, is why I want to protect you, Mai." Seiko tells her.

"I… I…" Mai whispers. "Thank you." Mai whispers.

"Stay close to me then." Seiko said standing up and Mai nods. They walked back over and Naruto sighs.

"Lady Seiko." the first hunter-nin.

"Until Mafuya, Yuuya, Rui, Kei, Yoshiki, Sakutaro, Choushiro and Tsukasa have been killed we will be working with the Leaf and Sand." Seiko tells the hunter-nin

"Yes Lady Seiko." all five hunter-nin said at the same time.

"This is going to be interesting." Kiba said and Akamaru barks.

"We have a common goal, let's just work with that. Once this is taken care of, we all go our own way." Seiko explains.

"Agreed." Kakashi said with a nod.

"What are we waiting for, let's go already." Naruto said.

"He's right, if we don't move now, we will lose them." Yamato said and Kakashi nods.

"Okay, let's go." Kakashi said and they head off. Mai sighs as she looks at Seiko.

"What did she say?" Temari asks.

"She knew Naoko." Mai replies, looking at her. "She said Naoko wasn't a man that did things for no reason. He saw something in me. She… she wants to protect me." Mai explains and Temari looks at her shock and Kankurō.

"I got a bad feeling about this." Kankurō said.

"Just get ready for anything." Temari said and Mai sighs.

"Hinata, do you seem them?" Kakashi asks.

"I see eight of them, I believe it is them. There is a clearing ahead." Hinata explains.

"They're waiting for us." Mai said.

"Yeah, they are." Seiko said. "Mafuya has always been like that."

"You know them well." Kakashi said.

"I have done missions with them before." Seiko admits.

"Lady Seiko." a hunter-nin said.

"You are very open with this." Naruto said.

"What is there to hide?" Seiko asks. They came to the clearing to see Mafuya, Yuuya, Rui, Kei, Yoshiki, Sakutaro, Choushiro and Tsukasa waiting.

"Well well, what do we have here?" Mafuya asks. "Lady Mizukage sent her own cousin out." Mafuya said and Seiko smiles as the others look at her shock.

"It has been too long boys." Seiko said walking forward. "My beloved cousin sent me out because I bugged her till she said I can go." Seiko adds, grabbing her katana. Naruto looks back to see the five hunter-nin gone and sighs.

"It is always good to see you Seiko." Yuuya said smiling and Seiko smiles.

"You eight have gone too far." Seiko said.

"Let's settle this then." Mafuya said and Seiko chuckles.

"Let's. You are outnumbered and out matched." Seiko said. Mai grabs both katana and got ready as Temari grabs her fan and Kankurō grabs two scrolls.

"This is going to get ugly." Mai said.

"As Seiko said, we have the advantage here." Naruto said smiling. Then a giant fire dragon came their way. Seiko runs ahead and Mai sighs as she runs over.

"Mai!" Temari shouts.

"Ready for a new trick." Seiko said and Mai looks at her. "Water Style: Water Wall." Seiko said, then a fence of water blown out from the mouth. Mai takes two step back and Seiko smiles as the fire dragon was defeated, leaving a wall of mist. Then Mafuya, Yuuya, Rui, Kei, Yoshiki, Sakutaro, Choushiro and Tsukasa jumps through and Seiko smiles as the others runs over and they started fighting. Mai saw Yoshiki and sighs. Yoshiki attacks and Mai blocks.

"Temari!" she heard Kankurō shout. She looks over, then was kicked by Yoshiki. Mai then saw Temari's Giant Folding Fan. She grabs it as she stands up, then takes a deep breath as she remembers her training with this. 'Work.' Mai though and swings the fan, causing a giant gust of wind, knocking Yoshiki back. She then saw Temari in trouble as she runs over. It was Kei

"Now Mia!" Temari shouts and Mai using the fan again, knocking Kei back. Then a hunter-nin jumps down and killed him. Temari walks over and Mai hands the fan over. "All that training finally came handy." Temari said and Mai nods as she looks back. It was over. Mafuya, Yuuya, Rui, Yoshiki, Sakutaro, Choushiro and Tsukasa were killed.

"It's over." Mai whispers. "You're hurt." Mai said, seeing a cut on Temari's left arm. Temari sighs. Mai walks closer and started healing it.

"I didn't even notices." Temari whispers as Kankurō runs over.

"Good work Mai." Kankurō said and Mai smiles.

"We'll keep the training up with the fan. I'll see if you can get your own." Temari said.

"There." Mai said, finishing healing Temari.

"Thanks." Temari said as Naruto, Sakura and Sai runs over.

"Are you three okay?" Naruto asks and Temari nods.

"We're fine." Temari said, folding her fan up and puts it on her back.

"I can't believe it's over." Mai said as Yamato, Kakashi, Kiba, Akamaru, Hinata and Shino walks over.

"Yeah, a little easy if you ask me." Yamato said as Seiko walks over.

"I am still sorry for what has happened here and the pain Mafuya and the others caused to you all." Seiko said.

"We better head back and report this to Lady Hokage, give her the scroll." Kakashi explains.

"And we need to get back to Gaara, update him." Temari adds and Mai nods.

"Once we are done here, we will head back and let Lady Mizukage know the news." Seiko said. "Take care." Seiko said walking off.

"So this is goodbye then." Naruto said.

"Yeah, I know Gaara would be worried. We have to get back as soon as we can." Temari explains.

"Well until next." Kakashi said and Kankurō nods. Naruto looks at Mai who was panting.

"Are you okay Mai?" Naruto asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Mai replies.

"This is the second time she used a fan. Took a lot out of her." Temari explains.

"I'm okay." Mai said.

"You have a safe trip back." Kakashi said.

"I hope to see you soon Mai." Sakura said.

"Same." Mai whispers. "Take care."

"Come on." Temari said. The trio head off and Mai yawns.

"We will take a break in the Land of Rivers." Kankurō said.

"Good idea." Temari said, looking at Mai.

"I can make it." Mai said and Temari smiles.