[Truth 14]
The others laugh and joke for awhile before heading to bed. They all end up falling asleep in a large group. The next morning they all get ready for the mission at hand.
"Alright here's the plan." Shizune stares at them seriously. "Ino, Sakura, Rini, and Hinata are with me to seal away the three tails." She glances over at them.
"Right." They nod.
"Then Naruto, Sai, and Shino are with me to take on the crystal style user." Kakashi glances at them.
"Then the rest of you are with me to take on the other guys." Yamato glances over at them.
"Wait how is the three tails getting sealed away? We have no one or thing to put it in." Sai ponders.
"That's why Lady Tsunade gave me these." Shizune takes out five scrolls. "We'll be sending it to a different dimension, were it can't cause trouble." She explains. "And the seal needs to be done exact so having those that can control their chakra out put is key."
"So that's why you picked them." Naruto glances at the girls.
Shizune nods. "Before heading out, I should show you how to use the scrolls. Everyone else get ready to move out."
"Right." They nod.
After reviewing how it's done and packing all their ninja tools they head off. The girls undo the scrolls by the lakes edge and then open them.
"Alright. Activate it the way I showed you." Shizune opens hers then bites her finger for a bit of blood. The others do the same.
"Five corner sealing jutsu barrier!" they shout keeping a hand on the paper.
As the paper glows they lift that hand to reveal a barrier net that each of them keeps a lift. Ino almost gives up before starting but regains her composure after Sakura talks to her.
They slowly move on to the lake keeping the barrier up in the center of them. The five of them slowly move across the surface of the lake waiting for the barrier to react to the three tails chakra. A while later they finally get a reaction.
"Alright, now slowly move into the second faze of the seal." Shizune instructs.
"Yes Ma'am." They make quick movements.
As the seal slowly moves down the three tails starts to attack the barrier. The others fight to keep a hold while continuing the sealing. When the seal is half way done, a blast of energy sends them flying into the water knocked out cold.
Rini wakes up back at the camp next to a young boy with long ash colored hair. She slowly sits up with a pain in her shoulders and a small headache.
"Hey you're up." Ino looks her over. "How are you feeling?"
"I have a headache and some shoulder pains. But other than that I'm fine." Rini flinches slightly. "How about you guys?" she glances at Ino.
"We're okay." Ino gives a small laugh.
"Also… who's that?" Rini motions to the sleeping boy.
"That's Yukimaru, pretty small isn't he?" Sakura wets a cloth then places it on his head.
"He his." Rini nods staring at him with sadness in her eyes.
"Also… Naruto… we… we can't find him." Sakura's eyes shake as she bites her bottom lip.
"What?!" Rini whips her head towards her. "What happened?"
"The three tails got loose and Naruto went to fight it." Ino's eyes and hands shake. "We… haven't been able to find him since then."
'Naruto.' Rini shivers with fear.
As they worry Yukimaru wakes up. The boy looks around for something franticly and calms down when he finds the crystallized camellia.
"Did you know? Gouren said that as long as she's alive this crystal will never break." Yukimaru stares lovingly at the white flower in its case.
"So that means… she's alive." Rini whispers to herself.
"But then what happened?" Ino ponders.
"I know." Yukimaru smiles at them. "They're in the three tails." He points out to the lake.
"In the three tails?!" the girls eyes widen with surprise.
The girls call the others in to tell them about what Yukimaru told them. After explaining they come up with a plan with the help of the boy. The girls keep off to the side in order to not attract the three tails attention.
They attack the three tails barrier and send camellias in to lead Naruto and Gouren out. Sai takes Yukimaru away as the sealing team comes into do their work.
Rini and the others work on the seal again, only this time the three tails is fighting from the start. As they struggle with the seal the others fight the enemy. The others continue to struggle in the fight.
As the sealing team continues to hold their ground, Tsunade sends her slugs to help give them a chakra boost. The others continue to fight. Finally Yukimaru is used for his powers one last time. The sealing team is thrown into the choppy waters again.
The enemy is defeated and the three tails has gone back to the depths of the lake. Naruto takes Yukimaru with him. The others head back to the camp to regroup and treat their wounds.
Sakura starts to treat everyone's hounds while Rini and Ino are too tired to use their medic ninjutsu. Kiba and the others wrap wounds that the jutsu can't be used on. As they do that the leaders relay what has happened to Tsunade through the slugs.
"Sakura how's Yukimaru?" Naruto walks over to her.
"Shizune is treating him right now." Sakura glances down the hall.
"I'm going to check on him." Naruto starts walking down with a psalm expression on his face.
'Naruto.' Rini watches him go.
"How are you feeling?" Kiba sits down next to Rini.
"Tired and sour, but alright." Rini flinches from her wounds. "How about you?" she glances over at him.
"I'm fine. Just a few bruises and a twisted ankle." Kiba smiles warmly to reassure her.
"I wonder how Yukimaru is doing." Rini glances down the hall with sad eyes. "All he wanted was a place to return to. A place and person he could call home." Her eyes mist over.
"We'll bring him back with us and give him a home at the Leaf." Kiba places his hand on hers.
"Right." Rini tries to give a smile as she keeps her eyes on the hall.
They continue to treat wounds and take care of each other. Later on that night they are called into the large room by their leaders.
"We have new orders." Kakashi starts. "We are to leave and head back to the village."
"What? We're just going to leave? What about the three tails?" Kiba questions.
"The truth is if something does happen we won't be able to handle it." Shizune interjects. "All of us have been injured, some of us severally. We aren't strong enough to take anything on. Lady Tsunade has wisely instructed us to pull back.
"Yeah but what about the three tails? We aren't the only ones after it." Sakura chimes in.
"A team will be coming to relieve us tomorrow." Yamato explains. "So get some sleep because we head out tomorrow."
The others head off to get some sleep as Naruto guards Yukimaru. Rini snuggles with Kiba using Akimaru as a pillow.
"Think Yukimaru will like the Leaf Village?" Rini whispers to Kiba, barely able to keep her eyes open.
"Yeah." Kiba nods. "Hey Rini…?" he whispers a bit hesitantly.
"Hmm?" Rini sleepily responds.
"If I… said that… I wanted to… make a place you can call home. What would you say?" Kiba blushes as he glances at the ground and then at her sleeping face.
'I guess it can wait.' Kiba smiles moving her hair out of her face. 'But next time I ask I'll want an answer.' He begins to close his eyes.
The next morning they wake up to find Yukimaru is gone. As everyone is ready to go looking for him, Kakashi, Yamato, Shino, and surprisingly Naruto tell them to leave it be. Hearing that Rini figures she knows what happened and smiles at the idea.
When they are just about back at the village, Rini stands on the hill looking down at her home. She smiles thinking she truly has found where she belongs.
"Hey! You coming Rini?!" Kiba calls to her.
"Coming!" Rini runs over to him.
Rini jump hugs him wrapping her arms around his neck. Kiba smiles at this as he kisses her soft lips.