In the morning, Yamen woke everyone up and said it was time to pack up. They had a long way to go.
After ten minutes, everyone was ready to go. Team eight looked at the map once and then started off again.
Yamen followed reading the map on the way, just to be safe. Kyre was right next to him yawning once in a while but having no trouble keeping up.
Naruto was stumbling every so often yawning loudly every other minute.
"Geez Naruto-baka, some would think you didn't sleep at all," Kyre commented.
Naruto yawned again, "I couldn't sleep…"
Kyre rolled her eyes, "And...Why?"
Naruto hesitated, "Well…um…I just kinda wanted to…um…take a walk that's all."
"Why so hesitant?" Kyre asked with a grin.
"No reason…"
"Whatever," Kyre said.
Hinata stopped suddenly, "Everyone, get down!" She ordered, quickly ducking as a kunai were projected towards the group.
Kyre ducked just as a kunai went flying by where her face had been, pulling Naruto down with her.
"Ack!" Naruto exclaimed. He had been chocked when she had pulled at his collar.
"Hianta, who's there?" Yamen asked.
"Some man…he has a rogue mark on his headband. That's weird…he has the same symbol as you Kyre," Hinata reported.
Kyre froze. Was it who she thought it was? No it couldn't be, he thought she was dead, he couldn't have figured it out so quickly.
"How far is he?" Kyre asked.
"Eighteen yards away."
Kyre took out a kunai and threw it in the man's direction. If she was correct, it would make him jump out.
She was right. The man had to jump out of the way to dodge the speeding kunai. He was just who Kyre had feared he would be. It was Kaz.
Team eight went into their battle stances, ready to attack at Yamen's orders. Naruto stared at the guy and then at Kyre. His head spun back and forth, looking at Kyre then at Kaz and back again.
"Are you guys related?" he asked.
Kyre glowered at Naruto.
"What?" he asked.
"No duh, genius!" Kyre snapped at him.
Naruto took a step back. He hated it when Kyre shouted at him, it scared him.
Kyre turned her head back to Kaz.
"Well, well. You're alive after all," Kaz said.
Yamen stared at Kaz. How did he find out so quickly? It would've taken weeks to figure it out!
"How did you find us?" Kyre asked.
"Easy. I had a sample of your blood. I can track anyone after tasting their blood," Kaz explained.
Kyre shuddered. He liked blood and used it for his jutsu?? He sounded like a messed up vampire.
Kaz smiled. He had seen the flurry of movement through the group. They had all shuddered at the thought of his new jutsu he had revealed.
Hinata shivered at the thought, she thought she was going to be sick. She narrowed her eyes in disgust.
Kiba flinched. He liked blood?! Akamaru growled uneasily beside him.
Shino looked emotionless at first, but if you looked carefully, you would see his bugs crawling all over his hands nervously.
Naruto didn't move, he had stiffened, staring at Kaz with shocked eyes. As far as he was concerned, Kyre was nothing like this creep.
Kaz turned to Kyre grinning.
"Your blood was saltly…just like you" he sneered.
Kyre clenched her teeth. Her blood was salty? What a jerk.
"Well, since I found you again, let us continue our battle."
"I have a mission to take care off so buzz off no brain!" Kyre shouted at him.
"Whoa, harsh words coming from my little sis, don't you think?"
"Just shut up!"
Yamen watched Kyre with wide eyes. He had never heard her burst out like this before.
Kaz narrowed his eyes angrily, "You know what, kid? You get on my nerves!"
"Well, sorry," Kyre said sarcastically.
Kaz smiled and disappeared, coming up behind Kyre from nowhere. He was still smiling.
Kyre stiffened abruptly. She hadn't expected that at all. She turned around as quickly as possible punching Kaz in the stomach with brute strength.
Kaz flew into a nearby clump of ferns with a loud thud. He had expected that from her and had used his jutsu to deflect most of the damage that would have killed him. Getting up, he stared at Kyre shocked gaze. After seeing this technique, she still was taken by surprise by it.
Hinata was staring at Kaz with Byakugan. She could see that he had made a chakra shield around himself, like armor, hugging his body like a sweater. It looked impenetrable.
"Kyre look out," she warned her.
"I know," Kyre answered.
She threw eight shuriken into the air, above Kaz's head making sure that her chakra shield was up. After she was positive, she did four quick hand signs.
"Shadow shuriken jutsu!" she yelled and more that eighty shurikens appeared and landed into Kaz's body.
Kaz had tried to use replacement…it didn't work. He tried to use his chakra shield…it didn't work. Something was stopping him from performing any of his jutsu. Before he could figure it out, it was too late, the shurikens hit his body, piercing his skin and ripping though his cloths, he fell to the ground in pain.
Kyre dispersed the shuriken jutsu; even so, Kaz's wounds didn't disappear. He lay there twitching slightly. He had never been injured in his life till now. It was almost impossible to think that he could be injured. Now…now he was injured by his own little sister, years longer than him with so much less experience.
"That…was a lucky…shot…" he said through gridded teeth.
Kyre laughed harshly, "Lucky shot? Hahaha! You've got to be kidding me right? That was one of my simplest jutsus!"
Kaz stood up pressing his lips together so tightly they turned white, "Simplest jutsu, huh?"
Naruto walked over to Kyre's side, "Why is this creep following you?"
"Because I'm supposed to be the reason our parents died, that's why," Kyre answered back.
Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and Naruto all had blank expressions on their faces. Kyre had killed her own parents?
Kyre sighed heavily; she knew that they would react that way. She had braced herself for their reaction.
Kaz grinned, "So you haven't told them anything yet?"
"Tsk…" Kyre stared at the ground narrowing her eyes.
Kaz turned his gaze towards the small group behind Kyre, "If you really want to know, I'll explain."
"Don't!" Kyre yelled at him.
"Oh, I think I will," Kaz answered.
Kyre disappeared and reappeared behind Kaz, tapping him in both arms with chakra hands as quickly as possible. After she was sure he was paralyzed, she hit him in the back of the neck instantly knocking him out.
Naruto watched the event with wide eyes. Kyre had silenced because he was going to reveal her past? What happened back then? He wondered.
Yamen walked towards Kyre slowly, "Kyre…calm down."
Kyre looked at the ground noting every tiny detail to keep herself from exploding with rage. Taking a couple deep breaths, she looked up and forced a small smile.
"Let's keep going sensei," she said putting her hands into her pockets and started walking away.
Yamen followed keeping about thirty feet away from her. He stopped and turned around, "Let's go guys. Team eight, lead the way."
Hinata, Shino, Kiba, and Akamaru nodded very slowly, walking in front looking at the map and deciding which route was the best in low tones.
Naruto walked right in back of Kyre, watching her confused. She had knocked her brother out and then just walked away with no emotion at all.
Kyre kept her hands in her pockets, balling them into fists to keep from punching a tree down. Her nails were digging into her skin but she didn't care, she just wanted to let the anger ebb away.
"We better go faster, Kaz could wake up really soon," Kyre said.
Yamen nodded, "Good idea. Hinata, do you mind going in back and keeping an eye out?"
"Hai," Hinata agreed and stopped, waiting for the rest of the group to go ahead of her. She then closed her eyes for a moment, opening them to look behind her head in the direction that they had left. After she had checked the area quickly, she started moving ahead again, catching up to the back of the group with Naruto. She blushed slightly when she realized that Naruto was so close to her.
