Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Naruto
At the Hokage's Office
"Good work everyone." said Tsunade, "Because of everyone's effort we shut down a rogue operation and saved a comrade. You're all dismissed, except for Mizu, Kaze, and Kasai." Everyone nodded and began to leave.
When they were outside Amarini was waiting, she looked at Hiyoku, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm just going to go visit Suton-sensei." said Hiyoku.
Amarini looked at her confused, "Suton-sensei? When did that happen?"
Hiyoku looked away and walked towards the hospital. When she arrived she walked up to the front desk, "Where is Suton's room?"
The nurse looked up, "It's down the hall and the third door on the right."
Hiyoku nodded and walked towards Suton's room. She stood outside his room for a few minutes before gaining the courage to walk in. As she walked in she had to hold her nose because of the stench. Hiyoku walked forward to see Suton lying in a hospital bed with blackened skin that was giving off the foul stench of death.
Hiyoku fell to her knees and began to cry at the sight of Suton's near dead body, "This is my fault, I did this to you." She continued crying until Suton began to make pained noises and began to wheeze. Hiyoku quickly ran out of the room and yelled, "I need help!" Around the corner ran Sakura with a team of medical ninja. They ushered her out and closed the door. Hiyoku walked back to the waiting room with tears in her eyes.
Amarini walked up to her and asked, "What happened?"
Hiyoku wiped a tear from her eye, "Suton is really hurt and it's my fault."
Amarini rolled her eyes and grabbed Hiyoku's wrist, "Follow me." Amarini dragged Hiyoku to Suton's room where Amarini placed her ear to the door.
Through the door Amarini heard the medical ninja talking, "There's nothing we can do for him other than try and ease his pain." After a few moments Hiyoku also placed her ear to the door in order to listen.
"That's not completely true, there is a root that is grown in the hidden stone that can cure burns." said Sakura.
"What does it look like and how can we get it?" asked a medic.
Sakura sighed, "It's dark brown with blue leaves, and we can't get it. We have no alliance or quarrel with the hidden stone, therefore they won't agree to trade it with us."
"What about the Hokage? Can't she send out a team?" asked another medic.
"No, she won't risk the lives of her ninja for the life of one." replied Sakura.
When Amarini took her head away from the door she noticed that Hiyoku was walking away. She ran after her and stepped in front of her, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to get that root." said Hiyoku, "Now stand back." Hiyoku pushed Amarini out of the way and walked out of the hospital.
Amarini stared for a moment then ran towards the Hokage's tower. When she got there she found Mizu walking out, "Mizu-sensei!" shouted Amarini, out of breath.
"What is it Amarini?" asked Mizu.
"It's Hiyoku…" Amarini took in a large breath, "She's going to the hidden stone to get the root to save Suton."
Mizu's expression changed drastically, "Wait here." Mizu quickly ran up the stairs of the Hokage's tower and burst into Tsunade's office.
"What is it Mizu?" asked Tsunade setting her pen down.
"I need you to approve me a mission to get a root from the hidden stone." said Mizu frantically.
"You know I can't do that. I can't risk the lives of multiple ninja to save the life of one." said Tsunade.
Mizu looked down, "But Hiyoku is going to go whether you approve it or not. So if you're going to count her as a rogue then you'd better put me on that list too."
Mizu ran out of the room and when he left Tsunade slammed her fist into her desk, "Dammit, why can't they understand?"
With Mizu
Mizu walked out of the Hokage's tower where Amarini ran up to him, "So what did she say?"
"You don't have to come along if you don't want, if you do you need to know that there will be consequences." said Mizu walking towards the gates of the leaf. Amarini stood for a moment then followed, Mizu looked back and smiled then dashed to catch up to Hiyoku.
At the gates they saw Hiyoku begin to leave, when they caught up she turned around, "What are you two doing here?"
"We're going with you." said Amarini with a smile. Hiyoku nodded and they all began to run towards the hidden stone.
When the hidden stone came into view after about two hours of running the all stopped in a patch of tall grass. Mizu took a bag and opened it, "Put your headbands and weapons in here, we cannot be identified as ninja at all, so we will leave all of our weapons and headbands here. You cannot manipulate chakra at all or you will be captured, and if that does happen for some reason you cannot say a word about any of this or about who you are."
"Even your sword Mizu-sensei?" asked Amarini.
"No, not my sword, I will be posing as a mercenary, you two will need to figure out a story to get into the village. Our goal is to locate the root and obtain it, we will meet at the hotel everyday at eight sharp." said Mizu placing his headband into the bag.
Mizu walked to the gate and explained that he was a mercenary looking for work which granted him access to the village. Amarini and Hiyoku decided to be traveling sisters searching for their father. When they were inside they all looked around the village for the root. Amarini and Hiyoku looked around the outside areas of the village to try and find the root. Mizu looked through the marketplace to find the root, he managed to find a small shack that was selling herbs and roots and he saw it sitting in a pile.
That Night
"Mizu-sensei, you're late." said Amarini.
"I know I know, but I found the root, so be ready to go first thing in the morning." said Mizu. Hiyoku and Amarini nodded and left for their room. Mizu walked to his bed and collapsed into it and fell asleep almost instantly.
The next day Mizu was woken up by knocking on his door. When he opened it he saw stone ninja standing there holding Amarini and Hiyoku.
Mizu glanced between them, "Which one of you was it?"
"It was me." said Hiyoku, "I was just so excited that we found the root."
Mizu sighed as a group of ninja walked in, "Don't fight and this won't be hard."
Mizu laughed, "You really think you stand a chance." Mizu smiled and backflipped to the other side of the room where he grabbed his sword and began to cast a genjutsu. The group that walked in collapsed and Amarini slammed the back of her head into the ninja that was confining her's nose which caused him to drop her where she kicked the ninja holding Hiyoku's knee out. When Hiyoku was dropped Amarini collapsed from the pain in her stomach. Mizu grabbed her and ran out of the hotel with Hiyoku right behind him.
When they reached the gate of the hidden stone they were cut off by a large group of ninja. Before Mizu could finish weaving hand signs a large gust of wind tore up the ground and began to throw it at the ninja. The ninja began to fall to the pieces of earth, and those who managed to dodge it were taken out by a red flash. When the smoke cleared Kasai and Kaze appeared.
"What are you doing here?" asked Mizu.
"The hokage sent us, I'll explain more later, right now we need to go." said Kaze.
"Wait!" shouted Hiyoku, "We still need the root."
Kasai looked over, "What does it look like?"
"It's brown with blue leaves." said Mizu. Kasai nodded as his feet ignited. He flickered away and a few moments later re appeared with an armful of the root. He placed it into a bag and everyone rushed towards the hidden leaf.
When they were about to cross the border they were cut off by a group of stone ANBU and a small man floating in the air.
"Who are you?" asked Mizu.
"I am the Tsuchikage, Onoki, and I can't let you take that root." said Onoki.
Kaze became enraged, "Why not? It's just to save our friend's life."
"You invaded our land and created unrest in our village, not to mention you stole from us as well." said Onoki, "So no, I can't let you go, in fact, I'm going to kill you." Onoki began to weave hand signs and he formed particle style in his hands, "Particle style atomic dismantling jutsu."
The jutsu rushed at the group as Kaze stepped in front of them. He grabbed his sword and activated the hitomi and began to replicate the jutsu. By the time the replicated jutsu was re created the original made contact with it which caused a large explosion. The group took their chance and rushed past their enemy and back into the land of fire.
At the Hospital
Kasai handed the root to Sakura who stared in shock, "You actually got it." she signalled her team and they rushed to Suton's room and prepared the root. Sakura returned to the group a moment later, "I will take some time for the root to take effect, so go home and rest."
Everyone nodded and left, all except Hiyoku who sat in the waiting room waiting for Suton to recover.
The Next Week
"Hiyoku, Hiyoku." said a voice as Hiyoku emerged from her rest. When she looked she Sakura kneeling down with a smile on her face. Hiyoku's face lit up and she tried to speak, but couldn't get any words out. Sakura nodded and Hiyoku ran as fast as she could towards Suton's room. When she ran in she saw Suton sitting up eating a small bowl of ramen. Hiyoku ran up to him with tears of joy in her eyes and wrapped her arms around his midsection causing him to wince in pain.
"I'm sorry." said Hiyoku, releasing her grip on him.
Suton smiled, "It's okay, I just haven't fully healed yet."
A few moments later Mizu, Kasai and the rest of their team walked into the room and smiled at him. Suton smiled as they all thanked him for saving Hiyoku. Ki began to rant about how he did it, but before Amarini could smash her fist over his head, Suton ruffled his hair and said, "I'll tell you later."
Everyone stayed and talked until the hospital was closing where they all left. As the sun was finishing its fall there was a faint sound of music coming from outside his room. A few moments later Tayuya appeared next to his bed.
"So you're better now, good." she said placing her flute on her waist. Tayuya sat on the edge of Suton's bed as they exchanged glances.
"How's the ANBU training going?" asked Suton.
"Oh, well, you know. It's really hard and there's all these ru-" Tayuya was cut off when Suton placed his lips upon hers.
A few moments seemed to stand still until Sakura walked into the room. Tayuya and Suton quickly pulled away from each other and Tayuya flickered out of the room.
"Man that is really cool, I need to learn that." said Suton, "So how can I help you?"
"Well two things now. Have you taken your medicine?" asked Sakura her cheeks slightly red. Suton nodded, "Good, now how long has that been going on?"
Suton blushed, "A little while after we came back to the leaf village."
Sakura nodded, "Hm, she does not strike me as someone who would take part in a relationship."
"Please, you can't tell anyone, she would get removed from ANBU, and that's the only reason she's tolerated in this village." said Suton in a pleading tone.
Sakura nodded, "I won't tell anyone, you have a good sleep." Sakura walked out of the room and Suton settled back into his bed. As he began to doze off he heard the same song from earlier outside of his window.