Okay I don't own Naruto or its characters. Kishimoto-sensei does. I own my original characters. Well I know that it's been a while since I updated this story. I've probably have more one shot stories then I do for chapters so yeah. Well I'll shut up. On with the story.
Chapter 21
It's been 2 months since the incident with the kidnapping. The 4 teams had gotten really close with Chie and her little brother Kaito. Kaito had learned a lot of stuff from the 4 teams. His scores at The Academy had gotten better. Chie had also learned from the. She was able to fill the emptiness she had in her heart. She finally understood her nightmare. Chie had asked Gai's team to look and take care of Kaito while she was out.
"Let see...I need to buy cheese, bread, milk, lettuce, tomato, and miso." Chie said in a low voice as she walked into the market. She grabbed a basket and walked down the aisle. She slowly walked down the aisle looking for the items she needs when a figure caught her eye. The figure was a girl around Naruto's age, she looked frightened and lost. Chie looked around a bit but no one seems to look at her. Chie quickly went to the girl as Chie lowered her mask.
"Is everything okay?" Chie asked. The girl looked up at her. The girl felt safe around her.
"My village was attacked by a group of strange shinobis some of the villagers were acting strange." The girl said. Chie's expression hardened she needed to inform Godaime-sama but she had to finish what she needed to do. She looked around she saw Asuma walking by.
"Asuma-sensei!" Chie said as Asuma quickly looked at Chie.
"Chie." Asuma said as he walked over to her. He noticed the girl next to her.
"Asuma-sensei could you take her to Godaime-sama." Chie said. Asuma looked at her with a surprise look.
"What's going on?" Asuma asked.
"Some shinobi attacked her village and something is going on and Godaime-sama should know about this." Chie said. Asuma nodded his head.
"Okay." Asuma said.
"Thank you." Chie said. Chie looked at the girl.
"I want you to go with Asuma-sensei and see the Hokage." Chie said. The girl looked at her a bit as she nodded her head. Asuma looked at the girl and smiled as the two left. Chie put her mask back up as she quickly grabbed the items she needs. She paid and quickly went home.
"Tadaima." Chie said. Neji, Tenten, Lee, and Kaito came to the front door.
"Okarinasai." Kaito said as he smiled. Chie smiled back.
"Kaito could you take the grocery to the kitchen?" Chie asked as Kaito nodded his head.
"Hai." Kaito said. Chie gave him the grocery bag. Kaito went to the kitchen. Chie looked at Neji, Tenten, and Lee.
"Could you guys look after Kaito a bit longer for me?" Chie asked. The three looked at each other and then looked at Chie.
"Sure." Lee said as Chie smiled.
"Thanks." Chie said as she left. Chie made her way to Tunade's office. Chie walked down the hall of the office. She went up to the door and knocked on it.
"Come in." A female's voice said. Chie quickly opened the door.
"Chie." Shizune said. Chie looked to Shizune and bowed as she looked over to Tsunade.
"Chie I see you came." Tsunade said.
"Hai Godaime-sama." Chie replied.
"I've met the girl you asked Asuma to bring." Tsunade said. Chie nodded her head.
"I wanted to ask exactly what happen to the girl's village." Chie asked as she closed the door behind her as she walked towards the desk and stopped right in front of the desk. Tsunade watched Chie. Tsunade put her hands on the desk she slid a folder towards Chie. Chie picked it up and opened it.
"These papers. Are they notes on what the girl said?" Chie asked. Tsunade and Shizune nodded their heads.
"Hai. The girl's name is Nanako. In the not you'll noticed that her village isn't to far from us." Shizune said. Chie looked at the note and nodded her head.
"The thing that troubles me is her parents sent her here instead of the village elder." Tsunade said while she put her hands together and put them under her chin. Chie looked at her with a surprise look.
"Her parents?" Chie said with a surprise tone in her voice. Tsunade nodded her head.
"Hai. Nanako said that her parents told her to come here." Tsunade replied. Chie couldn't believe it.
"We're going to send a team to check it out." Shizune said. Chie looked at her.
"Have you decided who's going?" Chie asked. Shizune and Tsunade nodded their head.
"Hai we'll be sending Team 10, Team 7, and you." Tsunade said. Chie nodded her head.
"I see." Chie said.
"We sent a note to the two teams." Tsunade said. Chie was about to reply when there was a knocked at the door. Chie looked over to the door.
"Come in." Tsunade said. The door opened and the 2 teams walked in they saw Chie.
"Chie." Kakashi said.
"Kakashi-sensei." Chie replied.
"Now that everyone is here. I'll explain your mission." Tsunade said The 2 teams and Chie looked over to Tsunade.
"I want you to go to the village that was attack and figure out what's going on." Tsunade said.
"Attacked?" Naruto said. Chie nodded her head.
"Hai. I found a girl who wasn't from our village. She was scared and didn't seem to trust people. I had talked to her and she had said that something happen to her village." Chie replied. Naruto and the others looked at her.
"So we're going to her village then?" Naruto said.
"Yes. As I said before we need to know what's going on. I want you to go as soon as you can." Tsunade said.
"Hai." Everyone said as they left the office. Chie quickly went home.
"Tadaima." Chie said. Kaito, Neji, Tenten, and Lee cam to the front door.
"Okarinasai." Kaito said with a smile. Chie smiled. Chie put a hand on Kaito's head as he looked up at her.
"Kaito I have to go on a mission. I'm going to ask Gai-sensei if his team could looked after you." Chie said. Kaito made a face.
"You don't have to ask him. We'll be glad to take care of Kaito." Neji said. Lee and Tenten nodded their heads. Chie looked over to them and smiled.
"Arigato." Chie said with a smile. Chie looked at Kaito who was pouting. Chie gave a small sigh.
"Kaito don't make that kind of face. You know that I have to go on missions. Don't worry I'll come back." Chie said. Kaito was still pouting as he looked at the ground.
"Kaito-kun your sister's right. She'll be back as soon as she can." Lee said. Kaito looked at Lee. Kaito didn't reply he then looked down.
"I know...But." Kaito said as Lee put a hand on his head.
"Don't worry." Lee said. Kaito nodded his head. Chie had packed ht things and went to the main gate. Waiting there was team 10, Naruto, and Sakura. Kakashi wasn't there yet. Chie walked over to where they were.
"Kakashi-sensei is late as usual I see." Chie said with a bit of a laugh. Naruto pouted.
"He's always late for everything." Naruto said. Chie shook her head.
"I really wouldn't say that Naruto." Chie said. Naruto and Sakura looked at her. Asuma sweat dropped a bit he knew what she meant.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked. Chie laughed a bit.
"Well there was one time when Kakashi was on time." Chie replied. Sakura and Naruto had a surprise look on their face.
"When!?" Sakura asked. Chie put a hand on her chin and thought for a moment.
"I think it was about two years ago." Chie replied.
"Really!?" Naruto said with excitement. Chie nodded her head. Before Naruto or Sakura could say anything else, Kakashi had appeared. Naruto and Sakura looked at him. Of course, he was stopped from saying his excuse for being late.
"Well let's go." Asuma said. The group headed out of the village and started on their journey to Nanako's village.
"Ne If we don't find anything what are we going to do?" Naruto asked.
"Mendokuse...We'll probably have to go back to Konoha empty handed." Shikamaru said
"On the other hand we go back and wait to see if another village is attacked." Chie added.
"But first things first we look for anything that might help us if we don't find anything then we'll think about what we do." Asuma said.
"Ino do you think whoever attacked the village is still there?" Chouji asked. Ino shrugged her shoulders.
"Chouji I really don't know but we'll find out something once we get there I hope." Ino replied. Chouji nodded his head.
"Me too. Me too." Chouji said. The group walked for a while as the sun stared to set; the group stopped and made camp. Everyone did their part to set up and make camp. Chie, Ino, and Sakura were making dinner while the others made the tents and brought water from the river. Chie looked over to Ino and Sakura.
"You do can take a brake. I'll do the rest." Chie said Ino and Sakura looked over to Chie.
"But..." Sakura said. Chie smiled.
"Don't worry, you two need the brake." Chie said. The two looked at each other and then nodded their head.
"Okay." Ino said. Sakura and Ino went off to the side as they sat down. Chie watched the food and fire. Once the food was ready, Chie had set up the table while Ino and Sakura brought the chairs.
"Foods ready." Chie said as they all came except for Kakashi.
"Where's Kakashi-sensei?" Ino asked. Naruto made a face and looked to Ino.
"Probably reading his book somewhere." Naruto said. Chie gave a small sigh.
"You guys go on and eat with out me. I'll take Kakashi-sensei's food to him." Chie said. They nodded their heads.
"Itadakimasu." They all said at once and ate. Chie had brought the food near the riverbank.
"Kakashi-sensei I brought your food." Chie said There wasn't a reply standing next to Chie was Kakashi.
"Thanks." Kakashi said. Chie looked over to him and handed him his food.
"I'm going back. Once your don bring the plates over to the campsite." Chie said.
"Will do." Kakashi replied. Chie smiled and walked back to the campsite. Chie had sat down she lowered her mask and ate. Naruto looked at Chie with a wide mouth. He hadn't seen Chie without her mask. Sakura nudged at Naruto.
"Naruto it's not polite to stare." Sakura said in a low whisper. Naruto looked over to Sakura. Naruto nodded his head. Once thy finished eating Chie, Ino, and Sakura cleared the table and watched the dishes. Kakashi slowly walked over to the site.
"Thanks for the food." Kakashi said Chi went over to Kakashi.
"Your welcome. I'll take the plates." Chie said. Kakashi nodded his head and handed Chie the plates. Once the site was cleared, everyone went into their tent and went to sleep. While they were asleep, a group of Shinobis came towards the site. Their weapons in their hands as they got ready to attack them. The Shinobi group slowly walked to the tents as they slowly opened the tent. Before they knew what hit them they where attacked.
"What the!" Shinobi 1 said.
"You think we wouldn't be prepared!" Chie said.
"Tch. Well now we can have some fun." Shinobi 1 said as he rushed at Chie as she dodged him. Chie brought her left leg up and kicked the shinobi as the fell to the ground dropping his kunai.
"You know we could use someone like you." Shinobi 1 said as he got up and whipped the blood off his lips.
"What do you mean by that?" Chie asked with anger in her voice. She got into a deep stance.
"We're a group that looks for people to become our member." Shinobi 1 said as he drew out a strange kunai.
"Like I would join." Chie said angrily. The shinobi laughed.
"That'll change." Shinobi 1 said. Chie didn't understand what he meant. But all that mattered is to get rid of them and do what they need to do. Chie then rushed towards the figure. Chie punched at the figure as the figure dodged her punch as he came up at her as he slashed at her. Chie managed to put an arm out as the shinobi's kunai left a huge gash as blood dripped down it. The figure smirked Chie fritted her teeth at the pain. Chie kicked at the figure as he flew into the brush and didn't come out. Chie put a hand to her wound.
"I hope that's the last we see them." Chie said in a low whisper. Chie quickly checked on the others. Everyone was okay but for Shikamaru he had a huge gash would on his right side. Sakura tented Shikamaru's wound while Ino tended Chie's wound.
"Arigato Ino." Chie said. Ino looked at her.
"You welcome." Ino said as she put ointment on her wound. Chie shivered at the pain.
"Sorry it must of hurted." Ino said as she stopped.
"Don't worry Ino." Chie said with a smile. Ino smiled as she continued to rubbed the ointment on the wound.
Somewhere In The Forest
"Kakashi...Do you think that the shinobis." Asuma said.
"They might be. Asuma did you noticed anything strange about them?" Kakashi asked. Asuma looked at him.
"Two of them looked familiar. Other then that no." Asuma replied.
"I see. What I noticed was the kunai one of them had. With that the two you saw are shinobis from Suna." Kakashi said. Asuma's expression changed.
"We need to get deeper to solve this." Asuma said. Kakashi nodded his head.
"We should leave here the first thing in the morning." Asuma said. Kakashi agreed with him.
"I agree with you." Kakashi said.
Back At The Campsite
Ino had bandaged up Chie's wound.
"Thanks Ino." Chie said as she moved her arm a bit.
"Your welcome." Ino said. Chie looked over to Shikamaru as he lowered his shirt.
"Seems Shikamaru's done." Chie said as Ino nodded her head. She quickly got up and went to his side Chouji had done the same thing. Sakura got up and walked to where Chie was Naruto also walked over to Chie.
"Chie how's your wound?" Sakura asked. Chie looked up at her.
"It's fine it burns a bit but other then that it's fine." Chie said.
"Where is Kakashi-sensei and Asuma-sensei...?" Naruto said with a pout. Chie looked over to him.
"Naruto their around they said they were going to check the area. They'll be back soon." Chie said but Naruto still pouted.
"Anyway we should get some rest." Chie said as they nodded their head. They went back into their tent and slept. Chie and fallen asleep but she tossed and turned. Her wound burned under the bandages strange markings started to appear. The same thing was happening to Shikamaru. During that time, Kakashi and Asuma had finished checking the area. They found nothing the two went into their tents. Chie woke up as she sat up she put a hand towards her forehead.
"What happen..." Chie said in a low whisper as she looked around nothing seemed familiar. Chie then looked at her arm.
"That's right...Shikamaru and I were attacked. But why did they treat my wound?" Chie thought to herself. Chie slowly got out of the tent and looked around a bit.
"I have to find Shikamaru." Chie said in a low whisper. Chie check the tent that was at the far end. She looked inside it. Shikamaru was still asleep. Chie slowly walked towards Shikamaru and picked him up as she put is arm around her. Chie slowly and quietly walked out of the tent and walked to the forest.
Next Morning
Sakura woke up early as she stretched a bit. She walked over to Chie's tent and looked inside. She noticed that Chie wasn't inside.
"I wonder where she went to." Sakura thought to herself. Sakura walked out of Chie's tent as she went to the river and washed up. Ino had came behind Sakura.
"Ne Sakura Chie isn't around you know where she went to?" Ino asked as she went to Sakura's right side. Sakura shook her head.
"No I don't." Sakura replied. Ino washed up a bit.
"I wonder where she went to." Ino said as the two walked back and started making breakfast. Chouji, Kakashi, Asuma, and Naruto came out of their tents. Kakashi had looked into Shikamaru and Chie's tent and noticed they weren't their as he came behind the others.
"Sakura, Ino where's Chie and Shikamaru?" Kakashi asked. Ino and Sakura looked at each other. They didn't know that Shikamaru was gone.
"We don't know." Sakura replied.
"Where could they have gone to?" Asuma said as he put a hand to his chin.
"We don't have time to look for them. We need to get to the village." Kakashi said.
"What! We just can't leave them!" Naruto said. Kakashi looked over to Naruto.
"I'll send Pakkun to look for them." Kakashi said. Naruto nodded his head. Once they finished their breakfast, they quickly packed their things. They also packed Chie and Shikamaru's things as they walked towards the village. Kakashi had summoned Pakkun and told him to find Chie and Shikamaru and make sure he brings them to where they are.
Where Chie And Shikamaru Are
Chie and Shikamaru where taking a rest Shikamaru looked at Chie.
"How fare are we from headquarters?" Shikamaru asked.
"We have about thirty more minutes before we reach head quarters." Chie replied. Chie slowly looked at her arm but the she looked at Shikamaru.
"How's your wound Shikamaru?" Chie asked.
"It's fine..." Shikamaru said.
"Let me see it." Chie said. Shikamaru looked at her arm but looked away as he nodded his head. He took off his vest and lifted his shirt. The bandage that was around him was stained in blood as Chie took out her first aid kit as she treated his wound.
"Man this is pretty bad." Chie said as she put some ointment on it as he shivered a bit. Nest to the wound was a flame like tattoo.
"If we didn't have to go back to headquarters I would of gotten back for what they did to you." Chie said angrily.
"It was my fault anyways." Shikamaru said. Chie looked at him. Pakkun had ran down the road as he looked for Chie and Shikamaru.
"Fine if you say so." Chie said. She then bandaged up the wound. Chie stopped as her eyes to the brush. Something had jumped out and stood in front of them.
"Chie, Shikamaru everyone was looking for you." Pakkun said. Chie's right hand went to her kunai pouch. Shikamaru looked at the dog.
"What do you mean and why do you know our names!?" Chie said coldly. Pakkun watched her reaction.
"Chie what are you saying you're a shinobi from Konoha. So are you Shikamaru. Your with two groups from Konoha." Pakkun said.
"What are you saying we're not from Konoha We're from the Kaji clan." Chie said. Pakkun didn't show how surprised he was but right now, he need information.
"Then why do you have Konoha's hitai-ate?" Pakkun asked.
"We have it because we need to mingle with the village." Shikamaru said.
"If your done we have to go!" Chie said angrily. Chie looked at Shikamaru as she finished bandaging his wound. Shikamaru put his shirt down and put the vest on.
"What do you mean you have to go?" Pakkun asked.
"We're going back to our village." Chie said as she threw a smoke bomb as the smoke rose up. Pakkun tried to get their scent but he couldn't.
"Kuso..." Pakkun said as he left and went to where Kakashi and the others are.
Village
Kakashi and the others reached the village as they looked around.
"Wonder where most of the villagers went." Naruto said They noticed that most of the villagers weren7t there. They walked to where the elders building is. Before they reached it, Pakkun reached them.
"Pakkun." Naruto said. Kakashi looked at him.
"Naruto, Sakura, Ino, Chouji find a place to rest. Asuma and I will be there later." Kakashi said. The four looked at each other for a moment they nodded their heads as they walked away Kakashi looked over to Pakkun.
"What happen?" Kakashi asked.
"I found them but you won't like the information." Pakkun said.
"What do you mean by that?" Asuma asked.
"Seems like who you're up against is the Kaji clan." Pakkun replied.
"Kaji clan?" Asuma said in a curious tone of voice.
"That's all I know." Pakkun said. Kakashi put a hand to his chin.
"Pakkun I want you to go back to Konoha and ask Godaime if she has any information about this Kaji clan." Kakashi said.
"Alright." Pakkun said as he left. Asuma looked at Kakashi.
"Kakashi do you think what happen here happen to Chie and Shikamaru?" Asuma asked.
"I don't know. But first we need to know more about this Kaji clan." Kakashi said.
Where Chie And Shikamaru Are
The two were in front of the village as they slowly walked in.
"Chie, Shikamaru your late." Shinobi 1 said. Chie looked at the shinobi as she narrowed her eyes.
"You think we don't know that!" Chie said angrily.
"Chie calm down." Shikamaru said. Chie looked over to Shikamaru. Her expression changed.
"You lucky Shikamaru was here. I would of beaten you." Chie said coldly.
"Whatever. Boss is waiting for you in the office." Shinobi 1 said.
"Okay." Chie said a bit coldly. Chie and Shikamaru went to the office.
"Chie, Shikamaru I see you've made it back." Boss said.
"Hai." Chie and Shikamaru said.
"Well the village you came from what did you learn?" Boss asked.
"There's a kid name Uzumaki Naruto who has Kyuubi in him. There is also a clan that uses Byakugan." Chie said.
"The clan is Hyuuga." Shikamaru said.
"I see I want you to get the Uzumaki kid and get anyone that's from this Hyuuga clan." Boss said. Chie and Shikamaru nodded their head.
To Be Continued
Chie and Shikamaru are now part of the Kaji clan. Does Tsunade have any information about this Kaji clan? Can the others find out what's going on? Will they be able to find what they need? Stay tuned for the next chapter.