Okay all, here is the next chapter. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed and added me to their faves and alerts lists. I really appreciate it. I will try and update as often as possible, but sometimes it's difficult because I spend a lot of my time studying for University, so I hope that everyone can enjoy my updates when they come.

xXxXxXxXxXxXx

Pets of The Underground

Chapter Twelve – Unfinished

xXxXxXxXxXxXx

As the group sat on the DLR, Sasuke, Sai, Hinata, Haku and Neji all stared out of the window.

"It's weird isn't it?" Sakura questioned.

"It's almost like a closed-top, slower rollercoaster." Hinata said to Sakura. Sakura grinned.

"Yeah it is isn't it. I mean it's slow, but sometimes you can't even see the tracks underneath you, and you can see for miles when you look out of the window. I think it's the closest thing England has to the Japanese bullet trains." Sakura replied.

"I've heard that they're actually making a sort of bullet train here in London." Naruto said. Sasuke nodded his agreement.

"I don't know if they'd call it that, but they're creating a train that speeds between London and Leeds within half an hour." Sasuke replied.

"Really?" Kiba asked.

"Yes. They hope to have it ready for the twenty-twelve Olympics." Neji replied. Everyone nodded.

"They're changing a lot around London for the Olympics. Every damn underground station now has to be remodelled to look like the underground symbol." Ten Ten said irritably.

"Great. I mean most people would call it animal cruelty if you take your dog on the underground, because of how hot it is, but instead of putting in air conditioning so that people can travel more comfortably, the government is wasting money remodelling perfectly good stations into pretty shapes." Ino shot out. The others didn't know how to answer that. After all, money was getting tighter, taxes were getting higher and prices for everything kept climbing. That was life for most people in England.

xXxXxXx ONE WEEK LATER xXxXxXx

Sakura, Hinata, Ino and Ten Ten were watching as Sasuke, Neji, Chouji, Naruto, Sai, Kiba, Shino, Gaara, Lee, Suigetsu and Juugo were warming up to start for the school football team.

"I thought football was when you wore all that padded equipment and ran into each other with a funny shaped ball." Hinata stated.

"That's American football. The English have something similar, called rugby. This is what Americans call soccer. But we call it football." Ino explained. Hinata nodded as the group of girls were watching from the stands in the school's Astroturf field. Shikamaru lazily sloped up the stairs and sat next to Sakura. Temari and Yugito followed him, along with Kankuro and Kyubi, who was using crutches to keep himself from over exerting himself.

"Kyubi what are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be resting?" Sakura asked.

"I couldn't miss watching my little brother play football against Milford Secondary. They're supposed to be good. But I'm sure our new team can handle it." Kyubi stated. Deidara arrived a few minutes later.

"Where were you?" Ino asked.

"I had to park the car." Deidara replied. Soon the match started and the crowd of students and friends and relatives were watching in fascination as the game got more and more interesting.

xXxXxXxXxXxXx

Someone crept through the boy's locker room and headed over to one of the lockers. A hand used something to pick the lock, and placed something inside, before attaching some wire to the inside of the locker door. Before the door closed, there was a glimpse of an orange hooded jumper and a pair of orange converse. The door was closed and locked and the figure crept out of the locker room, as quickly as they had arrived, leaving no trace behind them.

xXxXxXxXxXxXx

At half time, Ino went to grab some drinks for her friends. A boy with hair tied in a grey ponytail approached her. He gave a warm smile and Ino smiled back.

"I saw you with Kyubi Uzumaki in the stands. Is he a friend of yours?" The boy asked.

"He's my cousin. Who's asking?" Ino asked, not liking where this conversation was heading.

"Well I knew him at school, but since then we kind of drifted apart. I came to watch one of my cousins play. He's at Milford." The boy told Ino.

"Oh. You want me to tell him to meet you?" Ino asked.

"Oh no. I just thought you could give him my contact details after the match. His brother is playing too, I saw. He's a good player." The boy said to Ino. Ino nodded.

"Yeah, Naruto loves to play football. This is the first school match of the year." Ino replied. The boy nodded, and then he rooted around in his pocket and handed over a scrap of paper. Ino stuck it in her pocket and gave the boy a smile.

"What's your name?" The boy asked.

"I'm Ino. Ino Yamanaka." Ino introduced as she stuck out a hand. The boy shook her hand.

"I'm Shin." The boy replied. Then he turned and walked off. Ino went back to watch the game, and didn't really think about the note.

xXxXxXxXxXxXx

The match ended with their school team winning. Naruto and Sasuke were a winning combination on the field, and with Chouji in goal and Neji and Kiba defending, their team was the one to beat. It wasn't until the team had left the field for a few minutes and the group made their way down from the bleachers and were waiting in the car park for their friends that Ino remembered the note in her pocket. She pulled it out and handed it over to Kyubi.

"Some guy you used to go to school with asked me to give this to you. Said something about you guys losing touch. He said it was his contact details." Ino said. Kyubi opened the note and his eyes went wide.

"Ino, what else did this guy say to you? Tell me!" Kyubi yelled. Ino looked shaken up. She wasn't used to Kyubi yelling at her.

"He... he said his brother was on the Milford team and he recognised Naruto as your brother and he said he was a good player. He asked me my name and I told him and he said his name was Shin. Then he walked off." Ino replied.

"What did he look like? Ino what the hell did he look like?" Kyubi asked.

"He had grey hair tied into a ponytail. He wasn't very tall but he wasn't short either. I think he had a pair of glasses in his shirt pocket. I don't know. What's wrong Kyubi?" Ino asked. Before Kyubi could ask anything else, they heard a loud bang.

"Oh my God! What the hell was that?" Temari yelled. The fire alarms in the school went off and everyone had a horrible feeling. Kyubi ran, well as fast as he could with his crutches, and Sakura and Ino stood next to each other. Sakura shakily picked up the piece of paper that Kyubi had abandoned in his rush.

"What does it say?" Ino asked.

"It says 'Be careful who you mess with. It's not just you we come after.' what the hell does that mean?" Sakura said out loud. She was shaking as she saw a fire truck racing to their school. "What the hell does any of this mean?" Sakura whispered. Ino was trembling and hugging Sakura, not knowing what else to do as the firemen jumped down from their truck and raced into the school.

xXxXxXxXxXxXx

The group walked into the locker room and Naruto walked over to his locker while the others headed towards their own lockers. Sasuke's was next to Naruto's, and Naruto's locker was on the end before the door. Naruto stuck his key in the lock and as he turned it, he turned to look at Sasuke.

"That was a great match! I hope we get to play in the finals!" Naruto exclaimed. Instinctively his arm opened the door. There was a horrifying bang then. Naruto wasn't sure if he was deaf or just numb as he was blown backwards. Then he realised his arm was burnt. Everywhere hurt. He was starting to shut down from shock. Sasuke was a couple of inches away from him, but Sasuke didn't look as bad as Naruto felt. The two were lying in a heap.

"Wow I think my converse shoes are ruined." Naruto whispered.

"Idiot." Sasuke shot back. They fell into unconsciousness.

xXxXxXxXxXxXx

Okay all, this is a bit shorter then I meant it to be. But I wanted to update and I've taken ages to do that already. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter anyways, and please R&R and let me know what you think. Also, please take a look at my new poll readers. I would really appreciate it. See you all next update, which will hopefully be soon.