I do not own Naruto, or any of the other characters from the anime/manga. I only own three (3) characters Hashi Leo, Uda Yuki, Hashi Ryuu, they are my original work.

White Dog

Chapter 13 - Inside

By ShadowUnknown

Leo was sitting on the ground Gaara standing over her. "She's not coming back," the rough voice that distinctly sounded like the tiger's came from Leo's lips.

"What?" Naruto asked confused.

"She's not coming back, she's gone. Never to return." the shady voice spoke from Leo again. "She's gone." came a darker tone.

"Gaara step aside." Kakashi said calmly.

"No."

"We have to take her back to Kohona, she will be looked after over there." Kakashi said.

"No."

"Gaara, please." Sakura spoke this time.

"No."

"Gaara, she's never coming back. She's gone." the tiger spoke. 'I've been released but I'm stuck in this human body. What will they do to me? Kill me?' the tiger thought more on the subject.

"Gaara, it's not her speaking. The tiger that was sealed in her is speaking." Kakashi said knowing more about the tiger in Leo. Gaara lowered his stance slightly wondering if he should trust them.

"Step aside nin" Leo stood up and walked over to the leaf ninjas. Gaara was shocked at what she just did. 'They say it's not her, but it is. I know it is.' Gaara thought and lowered his arms in defeat. Leo was cuffed and taken back to the village of fire. Tears fell as he thought about what they were going to do to her. 'I might never see her again.' Gaara thought as he slowly made his way back to his own village.

10 days later

"Sluggy! What are you doing 'Sluggy'?" Leo taunted with the deep voice.

"Shut up tiger! What is your real name?" Tsunade asked.

"No name to consern yourself 'Slug'" Leo said as a grin came across her face.

"Your not, Leo! So stop calling me that!"

"Aw! 'Sluggy' getting mad? What you gonna do? Beat me?" Leo taunted.

"Stupid cat" Tsunade muttered under her breathe.

"Slow 'Slug'" Leo called smirking.

"Why does she have to locked up in here again?"

"Because, you ordered it to be so." Kakashi said staying as far away from Leo as possible.

"Why do I have to stay in this invisable gate?" Leo asked taking a step forward only to be shocked by a collar around her neck. "Ow!" stepping back against the wall.

"So you don't run away." Kakashi said a little relived that she is behind the shock gate. 'Does she know how to absorb the electricity? I guess that's good as long as she doesn't go on a rampage.' Kakashi thought and listened to his orders.

"Hey 'Sluggy'! How long has it been?" Leo asked.

"Almost 48 hours."

"I see. How long will it take for them to get here?"

"Normally three days."

"I see, so by that time....." she didn't finish, she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes. 'I'll know when she turns once she put's on that mask.' Tsunade thought happy to get some peace and quiet for once.

"Kakashi, get your team together, and go to the sand village." Leo listened then suddenly the voices stopped. Opening her eyes and put the mask on over her mouth and nose.

"Earlier then usual," Leo said as she pushed herself off the wall and walked through the electrical fence that held the tiger from earlier.

"It's a surprise that the other you is so effected by it, and not this you." Kakashi said still surprised at how well the original Leo can walk through such a thing.

"The tiger may have the my body, but he doesn't know how to control it. I for once can use the electricity to my advantage, and use it to heal myself." Leo said. "What mission shall it be now?" Leo asked with a smile.

"What? No 'Sluggy'?"

"No, I thought you might have heard enough of it from the tiger." Leo said.

"Try not got get on my nerves to much." Tsunade said and gave Leo her mission.

"Hn" Leo said and started to leave the room.

"Don't forget, Yuki can't on another mission for sometime now." Tsunade called.

"Hn" Leo said and closed the door. 'Damn it all! Yuki you shouldn't have gotten that close, it could have killed you.' Leo thought as she put the tiger anbu mask on and started to gather her men together. 'Everyone is afraid of me.' she thought looking down slightly as she waited for the four men to get to the gates.

"Ah, Leo!" Kakashi said walking over to her. "what a day it will be." The mask growled. "Was that a yes?" Kakashi asked a little nervously. The mask growled again only deeper. "I really hope that was a yes." kakashi said backing away slowly. The mask growled louder and with that Kakashi ran away from her. The mask gave little growls as she seen what his reaction was. 'Hands in the air, screaming, can it get any better?' Leo thought with a smile to herself. 'It would be even more funny if I were to go after him.' she thought and seen that Kakashi was peaking around a corner. The mask growled and Kakashi's head disappeared, only to pop back out again.

Leo wasn't there, with a sigh of relief, and a little scared that Leo wasn't there he looked back over there. 'Still not there. Maybe she left already.' he thought and turned around only to see a tiger mask in his face. "Leo" Kakashi said starting to shake, the mask growled only a little. "Are you mad?" Kakashi asked. The mask growled again. "I have to go!" Kakashi said and started to run away from her. The mask growled and started to chase Kakashi, growling more.

"Leo! Stop tormenting Hatake Kakashi!" a voice behind her sounded. Leo quickly bowed slightly as she let her 'Pray' run away screaming for his life. The mask growled almost apologizing like and started towards the gates, only to find her four man crew waiting. She gave them a quick briefing in sign language and they were off.

"Remember make this one short. Remember what happened last time?" one of the men called up to Leo.

"Yes, I know." Leo signaled back to them, she lifted up her hand to tell them to stop and she slowly made her way ahead. 'I thought I detected a trap, but I guess I was wrong.' Leo signaled and she took a step forward and she fell into a deep long tunnel.

"Commander!" all the men called after her.

"Ow! That hurt!" she called as she landed to the bottom of the hole. 'Looks like there's another way through here. I'll check it out.' she thought and started to call up to them. "I found a passage down here, go tell 'Sluggy' that the mission has come to a stop. I'll see how far this goes and if I can't find a way out in an hour then come back here to meet me. If I do make it out, and your all waiting here I'll come and find you. Do not proceed with the mission without me!" she gave one last warning to them and off they went. She stood up and started to make her way down the passage way. 'It looks like it's been recently used.' she noted as she went further in. Taking each step with care, making sure not to make a noise. 'It's so unknown to me, I've never in my life as a jounin came across this.' she thought and a flicker of movement came to her vision. 'Who was that?' she thought and started to analyze the movement in her mind. 'Familiar.' she thought and took another step closer.

"Leo, didn't think you would come down here." a voice said. Leo smiled behind the mask, it roared slightly almost giving a warning growl. "That mask suits you, no wonder your the fire tiger." the voice continued. The mask gave another warning growl. "Take that off and speak to me directly." Leo did as she was told only taking it off slightly so it wouldn't growl anymore. "A little better, but I said take it off."

"No, you did say take it off, I did. You didn't say to take it all the way off." Leo said with a slight smirk through the second mask.

"You were always the one to figure out something different in what others say. Very irritating." the voice said, it was deep but soft. "But rather enjoyable."

"What are your intentions for meeting me down here?" Leo asked.

"What are your intentions for coming down here in the first place?" the voice asked.

"I knew it would be a trap so I.." she paused looking for the right word. "Invited myself down to check it out."

"You fell, I saw." the voice said mocking her.

"Damn it all." Leo said "Answer mine now."

"Let's see how should I say this, I was out walking, when I heard a yelp. So I came down to give some help. From whom should I find, a jounin out of line." the voice said still mocking her.

"Sweet talk won't get you anywhere right now." Leo said hoping that he would get to the point.

"I'd only come down, and to what I found. My little friend, near to her end."

"Your going to kill me?" Leo asked almost smirking.

"Nay, said he, to the one is she. I've come to lead, take my hand and let's....Damn." the voice said running out of words to say.

"Lead me out you say? Then let's not stay." Leo said mocking him now. She followed the man out through varieties of tunnels. "Shit, I would have gotten lost in a second." she spoke to herself as she pasted by many other tunnels that seemed to look the same.

"Correct" the voice said as they started out to the now dim light.

"Not very talkative now, are we?" Leo noted.

"Hn" the voice said as they stepped out into the night. She could fully see the man now, black cloak covering his body, black hair the seemed to be tied in a small ponytail in the back. She seen that his eyes were dark, with a tint of crimson in them.

"What do you want?" Leo said being straightforward.

"I need you to help me with a tiny thing." the man said.

"Tiny, tiny to you is something really big. How tiny is this tiny thing?" Leo asked a bit skeptical of the matter.

"It depends on how tiny it would be to you. Tiny to you is like a war between all four countries against this one. It would be like an ant army trying to take over the fire country."

"If that were the case I would just have the Aburame clan take care of the ants." Leo said.

"Your like the Aburame clan, not with bugs of course, but with people. You can easily make peace with them." the voice said.

"Not as easily now, I'm the most hated jounin in all the countries. Haven't you heard of the tiger that got lose and tore up three countries?" Leo said.

"Hn" the voice simply said.

"So what is it? Really?" Leo asked.

"Only time will tell, I suggest that you look underneath the underneath." the voice said and disappeared.

"Shit." Leo said and started to make her way back. "He can find someone else, he's not worth my frickin time." she said as she slipped on her mask.

"Leo!" four voices rose up and they charged at her only to be stopped by the mask growling. "I guess that means were not finishing the mission?" the mask growled again as she walked past them towards the gates of Kohona. They walked in silence, the only noise was the mask giving light growls of warning. 'She's going to lash out soon' one of the men signaled to the others. The mask growled again, they thought that she heard them but then realized that they were not even speaking. 'Does she have eyes in the back of her head?' one of them signaled. The mask growled again like it was on cue. 'Scary' was the last of the very short conversation. They reached the gates gave a nod while Leo's mask growled as she walked by. She quickly made her way to the hokage's tower and reported the unfinished mission. After she was done she walked over to where the invisible gate was and sat there. 'Damn him and his slow walking!' she thought as she closed her eyes. She started to slip away into darkness, knowing that this was going to happen the tiger in her started to take over. 'Damn 16 hours again I only needed to do 8 more hours. Shit' she thought as the tiger fully took control of her body.

"Leo!" a voice she remember so much.

"Ritsuka," Leo smiled as she appeared between her four father's and Ritsuka.

"My darling daughter!" you know who said this and Leo was more happy for it. She finally opened her eyes and seen that she was in a cell like place, it was a mix of purple, red, orange, and a pinkish glow. It was like sitting in a sunset, a fire, and looking at the growing night sky at once.

End

Chapter 13 - Inside

I don't own any of the characters, only Hashi Leo, Uda Yuki, and Hashi Ryuu. Well, not that much have changed, so I'm just leaving it at that. Lates