A few hours passed after we arrived, and it was already night time. Kurenai thought that we should survey the forest surrounding the village to see if we could find the bandits hideout or any clues leading to them. So, we split up into two groups. Kurenai teamed up with Sakura while I teamed up with Kiba.

The darkness provided a perfect cover for scouting. Since I can use observation Haki and Kiba had sharp senses, the darkness wasn't a problem for us. So, Kiba and I were moving through the forest at a slow pace; surveying the area.

"Hey! We should split up. That way, we can cover more area." Kiba said, trying to ditch me. He probably wanted to explore this place alone. I wanted to go by myself as well, but Kurenai didn't let me. Unlike me and Kurenai, Kiba and Sakura are not strong enough to fight off a group of bandits by themselves, so someone needs to watch over them.

"No" I gave him a short answer.

"Why?"

"Because I don't want you to get caught by bandits and raped"

"WHAT?"

"You heard me. I heard that bandits love young boys."

That did the trick. Kiba didn't say a word after that.

As we were moving through the forest, I sensed some people camping a few kilometres away from the village. There were about twenty people and two of them were particularly strong. Considering that there's no reason for such group of people to camp in the middle of the forest for no reason, it's safe to assume that they're the bandits we're looking for.

I focused my Haki on the two that were particularly strong. It's not normal for ordinary bandits to be this powerful, so those two must be ninjas, just like us.

"Hey Kiba. Why don't you go and check if there's anything in that direction" I said pointing towards the opposite direction from the bandits. I would've taken him with me if they were just ordinary bandits, but there are two ninjas among them. Having Kiba with me would only slow me down and it might become dangerous.

"Huh! Why? D-didn't you say th-that I m-might get r-ra-raped if I go alone?" Kiba said, shivering at the thought.

"It's okay man. At least this way you might get laid"

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY YOU BASTARD! BE SERIOUS!"

"Ok ok! Calm down. I was just Joking Kiba. They are bandits, not missing nins. How do you expect them to catch you, a trained ninja? I was just messing with you man."

"I guess that's true." Kiba said, calming down a little thanks to my explanation.

"Just don't bend over in front of any bandits, ok?"

I ducked just in time to avoid a stone thrown my way "see ya later Kiba" I yelled out before leaving towards the bandit's hideout. Ignoring the protests from Kiba.

I approached the bandit's hideout silently through the surrounding vegetation. Once I was close enough, I peeked at the hideout while hiding in in a bush.

The hideout was located in open ground; therefore, it wasn't hard to see it. Usually, it would be considered a very stupid move to camp out in the open when you're wanted for robbing from a nearby village, but I guess they must've become grown some balls because of the two ninjas that they have with them. They wouldn't have guessed that the poor villagers would also hire ninjas to catch them. They especially couldn't have guessed that someone of my level would show up. So, I can't call their decision to camp out in the open stupid, since it was quite reasonable.

There were five tents in total. A large one in the middle surrounded by four small ones. The two ninjas occupied the large tent while the cannon fodder were inside the small tents. There weren't any guards, but there were some traps that were quite good. In fact, a normal chunin level Ninja might get caught in one of these. It's safe to say that those two ninjas are high level based on their trap making skills.

Using my Haki to make sure that nobody was outside, I slowly moved towards the large tent in the middle. Thanks to my lack of chakra it's Impossible for sensors to normally sense me. As I moved closer to the tent, I was able to hear some people talking.

"We can't do this anymore Haruo! Those people are already struggling because of us. If we take any more from them they might not even have enough resources to survive"

"Calm down Ami! do you think I wanna to do this? We have no choice. We have to keep a low profile, so we can only rob from small villages like this one. It's not easy to find villages where there aren't any ninjas at all. If we are found, then that's the end for us. We'll stop once we get enough money to manage our living expenses."

There were two people; a man and a woman. The woman named Ami seems to be against robbing the villagers while the man named Haruo is the one insisting on continuing to do so. I decided to eavesdrop on them to get more details, but as I got close to the tent the ground beneath me suddenly gave way and I was buried up to my neck.

"WHOA! WHAT THE HELL?"

I looked around me to see what was going on and soon I was able to determine the cause.

It was a quicksand trap.

One of the ninjas must've used an earth style jutsu to create quicksand and then covered the top using normal earth to hide the trap. A smart trap. Undetectable and easy to make. But it shouldn't be common in the land of fire.

"Wha? Who's there?"

The woman named Ami asked as she walked outside from the tent. The moment she saw me she froze in her spot. I was a little surprised too. The woman had dark skin and white hair. Which means she's from the land of lightning or at least the descendant of someone from the land of lightning.

That factor alone isn't anything worthy of importance but the fact that she's from the land of lightning and she's a ninja can only mean one thing; she's a spy from Kumo or at least a shinobi of Kumo in an infiltration mission.

As the two of use were staring at each other the man named Haruo also came out from the tent.

The man also looked different. From his facial structure and body stature I was able to figure out he was from the land of rocks. This revelation shocked me even more.

What's going on? A woman from the land of lightning and now a guy from the land of rocks? Are Iwa and Kumo planning to invade Konoha through an alliance? It never happened in the original timeline. So, what's happening?

"Ami what's going o- OH! It's just a kid. Damn! I thought we got caught or something." The man exclaimed as he looked at me. "Eh? Ami Why're you staring at the kid? He's probably from the village. Maybe he's trying to catch us. Kids always love to play the hero Ha ha ha…" He laughed as he continued to stare at me. Well, this one seems like an idiot.

The woman smacked the guy on the guy and yelled "YOU IDIOT! Look at his forehead"

"What's wrong with his forehea- OH SHIT! IT'S A KONOHA SHINOBI!" The man yelled when he finally noticed my forehead protector.

I've always wondered why ninjas wear forehead protectors. It seemed quite pointless other than for patriotism. In fact, it seemed like a drawback in various situations. But it's not as simple as it seems.

The forehead protector serves as a deterrent during missions. Most bandits will hesitate to attack a ninja and missing nins will hesitate to attack a shinobi who belongs to a hidden village because they might get hunted down.

Of course, there are outliers.

"Ami! What should we do with him?" The man asked in a shaky tone. Panic evident in his voice.

"Let's tie him up for now. He looks young, so he's probably just a genin. But he shouldn't be alone, there's probably a chunin or in the worst-case scenario a jounin team leader. This kid might become useful as hostage if there is a jounin." The woman answered calmly. It seems like she's the competent one here.

"So…. You guys aren't planning on listening to what I have to say?" I asked. Still stuck in the quicksand trap.

"hmm… You seem quite calm" The woman said with a raised eybrow. It does seem strange for a twelve-year-old kid to be calm after being captured by two jounin level missing nins. But unfortunately, I'm not a normal twelve-year-old.

"Yeah. In fact, I'm a little excited. You guys are probably gonna torture me, right? If you're going to beat me up can Big sis do it? It turns me on when I get hit by beautiful women"

"YOU!" The woman cried out with a creeping blush "Aren't you too young to be talking about such perverted things"

"You know what they say… Old enough to kill, old enough to fuck" I said.

"Nobody says that!" The women yelled.

"Well I do, so deal with it. So, are you gonna like… tie me up first? Or how does this work?"

"This kid…"

"Wait! Is big sis planning on doing something even more perverted to me. Oh god! Is my Innocence going to be taken away like this?" I asked in mock horror.

"NO, I'M NOT! Haruo, tie him up" The woman yelled.

"Oh, so we're finally gonna get started?"

"No, we're not. We're just going to tie you up, so you can't run away" The woman said, still red faced due to embarrassment. Muttering something about "kids these days"

The man moved close to me and put a Kunai at my throat.

"Don't move a muscle kid." He said as he freed me from the quicksand trap. The process took a few minutes. I could've easily freed myself if I wanted to, but I decided to play along. Using that time to analyse the two ninjas.

From the way the two of them interact with each other, I could tell that those two aren't just allies who are working with each other. They are either close friends or something more. Observation Haki has given me the ability to sense emotions and based on their emotions when they talk to each other, I could tell how close they are. So, they couldn't just be spies who are only together due to some join mission between two villages. They are genuinely close, and I needed to find out who they are, what's their relationship and what they're doing here.

"All done" The man said as he completely freed me from the quicksand trap "Now don't move kid! Or else y-" He wasn't able to finish his sentence as my fist was planted into his face. Sending him flying into the nearby trees.

"HARUO!" The woman yelled when she saw me punch the man. "You brat!" She scowled and made a few hand signs, forming a few lightning spears in front of her and sending them towards me. They were quite fast but not fast enough to get past my observation Haki. I quickly dodged them and made a string clone, sending him after the man named Haruo while I handled the woman.

"Hehe… you're a feisty one aren't you big sis? I like girls like you" I said as I dodged a few more lightning arrows. The woman seemed surprised with my speed. It would be unusual if she wasn't. My normal physical speed alone is enough to keep up with a high level chunin. Combined with armament and observation Haki, even mid-level jounins will find it hard to keep up with me. For someone as young as me to have that level of speed is unheard of.

"You're fast" The woman said through gritted teeth. Forming a new set of hand seals, she created multiple lightning orbs around her and got ready to send them towards me

"let's see if you can dodge this".

The lightning orbs were faster than the arrows, but it seemed like they consumed a lot of chakra since the woman looked a little exhausted after using it. I dodged them quite easily and made a huge net using my strings. Covering the entire camping area and trapping the woman and the bandits who came outside due to the commotion.

"What the!" The woman was surprised by the attack and was stunned for a few seconds. I made use of the time and moved near her. Using my string I quickly wrapped her in a cocoon. Only leaving out her face. I also wrapped all the bandits inside a cocoon too, although I wrapped their entire body.

Placing the woman and the bandits on the ground I looked towards the forest. My clone walked out of the trees with the man wrapped in a cocoon similar to the ones that I created.

"Haha… The table have turned…. Well, technically they didn't since I was always in control, but it still sounds pretty cool when I say it" I said with the smuggest expression I could muster. Haruo and Ami glared at me.

"You got use by surprise" The woman muttered.

"Ah… There's a name for people like you" I said as I took up a thinking position "I got it! I think you guys are sore losers"

"SHUT UP!" They both yelled at the same time.

"Well, anyway. Who are you guys and what are you doing here?" I asked. They both looked at each other with an expression that said, 'How are we going to escape?'

"Hold on guys. Let me just do something real quick" I said. I brought my palm up and pointed it towards the bandits who were wrapped in my strings and then closed it. With a 'crunch' sound the strings crushed the bandits. Spurting out blood. Haruo and Ami watched in horror as the bandits were crushed to death.

Of course, I didn't just kill them out of nowhere. Before I killed them, I checked their emotions using my Haki and found out they were rotten to the core. Generally, it's Impossible to tell whether a person is good or evil using Haki unless the person is extremely good or extremely evil. These bandits were extremely evil. Even I would normally find it hard to just slaughter already captured people, but their rotten minds provided me with sufficient reason. There's no need to waste my time dealing with the irredeemable ones.

Ami and Haruo don't know about that though. They think that I just murdered the bandits in cold blood without even investigating them. This should scare them enough to make the interrogation easier.

"Y-you…" Haruo murmured in a shaky voice. I could tell that he was shivering.

"Now guys. Just answer my questions if you don't wanna end up like them, ok?" I asked. They both nodded, fear evident in their eyes.

"Well then let's start with the obvious question. Who are you guys and why are you here? You guys aren't spies right?" I asked.

"N-no we aren't spies. We are…" Ami started speaking before pausing. They looked at each other hesitantly.

"Speak" I said.

The woman sighed "We're just lovers. We ran away from our villages to live together."

I was able to tell that she was telling the truth using observation Haki. It didn't surprise me at all that they are lovers. Their body language, their tone when speaking to each other and their emotions already gave me some hints, but I still wanted to know their story. It's not very common to see two ninjas from enemy villages get into a relationship, and what are they doing in the land of fire?

"Cool! So, tell me, how did you guys get together? And why are you here?"

"Wha? Why do you want to know that?" The man asked

"Why? You won't tell me unless I give you a reason?" I asked. Tightening the strings around them.

"WAIT! Fine we'll tell you" Haruo exclaimed in panic.

"Go ahead"

Haruo looked at Ami and nodded, she started telling the story.

"We met around fourteen years ago during the third shinobi war. I was on an assassination mission with a dozen of my village shinobi and we had to kill a high-ranking Iwa official. The mission failed miserably because the mission details were leaked, and we were ambushed by Iwa Shinobi on our way. All of my teammates were killed and only I managed to escape. Because I didn't have any way of contacting Kumo, I had to stay undercover in the land of Rocks for a few months. That's when I met Haruo" She said as she looked towards Haruo with a smile.

"I met her when I was injured during the war and I had to stay in a village for a while. She was working as a…" I didn't let Haruo finish his side of the story.

"Alright that's enough. Let's fast forward it to the reason you ran away."

Haruo looked annoyed at being stopped but spoke anyway.

"Well, after we fell in love with each other and found out each other's true identities, we realized that we can't live without each other and decided to run away together. There isn't anyone waiting for us back home. So, we figured we could start a new life in the land of fire. We were going to gather enough money to live comfortably for the rest of our lives by robbing some small villages by teaming up with some bandits. Our plan was going well… at least until you came along"

I clapped as he finished telling the story. I knew they were telling the truth thanks to observation haki.

"Wow! Such a touching story." I said with a smile. They seemed surprised at my reaction. They couldn't have guessed that a shinobi from an enemy village will find their story touching, but they seemed happy about it, judging from their smiles.

"Well anyway…. You guys don't seem so bad, and I like your backstory. So, I think I'll let you go" I said. They brightened up at my words. But I couldn't just let them go without getting anything back in return after I went through the trouble of capturing them. I had to get some compensation.

"But I need something in return for letting you go"

"W-what do you need? We'll give you anything or do anything if it's within our abilities" Ami said.

"How about a blowjob?" I asked.

"WHAT?" Ami yelled, her face as red as the blood of the dead bandits.

"Just kidding… Just kidding… calm down. You see, I need your help with something" I said.

Both of them looked at me curiously. As if saying 'you kicked both of our asses pretty easily, how the hell are we supposed to help you with anything?' but they were both wrong. There was in fact a thing in which I could use their help.

"You see, I have a crush on my jounin instructor, but I don't think she's interested in me. I think it's mostly because she hasn't known me for a long time, but I'm not sure. I have a nice personality, I'm funny and I'm outgoing. So, I don't know what the issue is and why she hasn't shown any interest in me yet, but I need to do something to make her interested in me"

"Maybe tone down the narcissism a lil bit" Haruo deadpanned.

"Hey! It's not narcissism if it's the truth!"

Haruo sighed "whatever you say…"

"I think the issue might be that, you're like fourteen…. How old is your instructor?" Ami asked.

"I'm twelve, she's like twenty-six"

"…" There was a long silence before I coughed and brought them back to the land of the living.

"Alright, so what does this have to do with us?" Haruo asked in a defeated tone.

"I want you guys to ambush my Jounin instructor…"

"…"

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