So this is the start of season 6 in Naruto Shippuden.
Stirring Emotions
Chapter 21
Team H arrived back in the Hidden Leaf Village close to six o'clock that night. They immediately headed to the Hokage's office to deliver the news of their mission. When Tsunade allowed them to enter the office, they opened the door and walked in.
"Oh you three… well that took you a lot longer than expected," Tsunade drawled out, with a curious eye.
"It was rather difficult tracking them down and we're not as skilled in tracking as Team 8 is, Lady Hokage," Azumi stated, evenly.
"Yea if you wanted fast, you should have sent team 8 to do it!" Saryie commented, annoyed at Tsunade's snide remark.
"Team 8 was on another mission of higher importance. I just figured you three would give me the same results they could. This is why you're still stuck with B-rank missions, Saryie," Tsunade argued, her temple beginning to throb.
"The mission was a success, Lady Hokage. We captured the two brothers. Your reports were right. They were part of Orochimaru's experiments and were able to escape the Leaf ninja team before us by a hypnotic genjutsu," Azumi addressed.
"Genjutsu?!" Tsunade repeated, surprised. "Very interesting… well it seems I did sent the right team for the job. No one can detect a genjutsu quite like you can, Azumi," Tsunade spoke, curious, her eyebrows narrowed.
"Yes. The genjutsu was cast by Po's flute that carried a melody that places the victim under a comatose sleep that can only be broken through pain. We're able to destroy Po's flute and Kai's matching flute in order to capture them," Azumi spoke, her face composed.
"That's not all. They also possessed jutsu similar to Haruki clan, Lady Tsunade," Michi stated, respectively.
Tsunade's eyes widened. "Elaborate."
"It seems that Orochimaru got a sample of one of Haruki clan's cells in order to incorporate it into Po and Kai's composition. Their skin can harden into a protective barrier without performing hand signs, but it only lasts within 30 seconds until their skin shifts back to normal for 5 seconds," Michi explained.
Tsunade sat quietly for a moment. "Very interesting. Where are they now?"
"There in Gongeku's mouth at the moment," Michi mentioned, with a grin.
"Right, I'll call for Anbu to take them out of your hands and get them to the prison after interrogation," Tsunade stated. "For now, you three are dismissed. Michi wait outside for the Anbu to arrive."
The three of them nodded before exiting. Michi sighed loudly and murmured something about he just wanted to relax. Saryie rolled her eyes. When they got outside, Saryie and Azumi waited with Michi for Kai and Po to be taken off their hands and out of Gongeku's mouth. Saryie stayed with Michi because she wanted to be sure Michi did as Tsunade instructed. Azumi waited with her team to make that the two brothers were officially detained and didn't break away.
The three Anbu showed up soon enough and Michi summoned Gongeku. Gongeku appeared, blinking mildly as Michi sweet talked him like a dog. Gongeku spit out the two brothers that seemed to be still groggy from the poison. The Anbu handcuffed them and put seals on their cuffs, blocking their use of chakra.
They took the brothers away in a puff of smoke and not soon after were they gone that Azumi departed. Michi was relieved and started to walk lazily home after summoning Gongeku away. Saryie was satisfied and headed home as well. She needed a shower and to unpack.
Once she got to her apartment, she did just what she wanted and took a shower. Afterwards, she debated on whether to eat at home or to go out and eat. She chose the latter, not feeling like cooking. She headed to Ichiraku Ramen shop and was surprised who she found there.
"Naruto?" Saryie questioned as entered the shop and spied the blonde at the stool in front of a bowl of ramen.
Naruto turned around, with an eyebrow raised and then smiled. "Hey, its… um… Sari," Naruto spoke, with a sloppy grin.
"Saryie," She corrected, unfazed with a smile.
"Yea, yea that's right, sorry. You know I really need to get better with names," Naruto muttered with a grin.
"It's ok. Team Kakashi is back from their mission already?" Saryie asked, curious, standing beside Naruto.
"Yea, we just got back," Naruto answered.
"Where's Sai?" Saryie blurted out, and her cheeks turned slightly red as Naruto stop for a moment confused.
"He's at home. I invited him and the others to join me, but they are all being party poopers. All of them just wanted to relax and well Sai, he's just an antisocial guy anyway," Naruto mentioned, blabbering not really noticing Saryie's embarrassment.
"Do you know where he lives?" Saryie asked him, eagerly.
"Yea, I sure do. He lives like 3 blocks from here on 5th street in apartment 45 B," Naruto answered, clueless to why Saryie was asking.
"Ok thanks Naruto! See you later," Saryie stated rushing out, not giving Naruto time to respond.
Saryie rushed to Sai's apartment. She wanted to see how his mission went and tell him about hers as well. She wanted his company and was eager at the thought of seeing him.
When she got to the apartment that Naruto stated was Sai's, she knocked on the door but there was no answer. Saryie was disappointed when no one came to the door and decided to head back to her own apartment, thinking about picking up food along the way.
On her way back to her apartment she ran into Sai. She was surprised to find him and it looked like he was surprised to see her.
"You're back from your mission I presume," Sai stated.
"Yea," Saryie nodded, clearing her throat. "I just heard you got back too from Naruto," Saryie stated.
"We did. I had gone to your apartment to see if you were back as well but you weren't home," Sai spoke, bluntly.
Saryie giggled. "I was just at your apartment."
Sai clocked his head in interest. "That certainly is an amusing circumstance," Sai muttered.
"Yea," Saryie agreed and looked shyly away. "So um… do you want to go get something to eat and talk about our missions?"
"That sounds good, where would you like to go?" Sai questioned, staring intently at Saryie.
"Doesn't matter to me," Saryie stated, with a smile.
Both of them started to walk together until they got to a dumpling shop and went in to order. They waited for their food, sitting at a table in the small restaurant.
"So tell me about you mission first," Saryie commented.
"Well Team Kurenai had discovered Orochimaru's hideout but it got destroyed and they were after the remaining survivors. One of the followers of Orochimaru was a female ninja that was crystal style user," Sai began, in a monotone voice.
"Crystal style!?" Saryie asked shocked, intrigued.
"Yes, she could practically crystalize anything, even internal body fluids," Sai replied, with a straight-faced. "We caught up to Team Kurenai but they were trapped inside a crystal barrier. Naruto was able to break it using collaboration ninjutsu with his summing toads."
"Oh cool. So he mastered a new jutsu already?" Saryie asked, eyes widening.
"Yes. He's quite determined to catch up to Sasuke," Sai mentioned.
"So what happened after that?"
"We discover Hinata had been crystalized but was able to survive by releasing chakra from all her chakra points when she was hit with the jutsu."
"Oh good, so she's ok?"
"Yes," Sai answered as he continued. "We were up against the crystal style user and 5 others of Orochimaru's experiments. They had a small boy with them named Yukimaru and we discovered what they were after. The boy was able to summon and control the three-tails."
"WHAT? The three-tails? Are you kidding me?" Saryie spoke, maybe too loud for the quiet restaurant.
Others looked at them, but Saryie paid them no mind.
"No. I'm completely serious," Sai mentioned, monotone, his eyes watching hers.
"What did they want with the three-tails?" Saryie questioned, lowering her voice.
"It's still unclear… but most likely, to use it and obtain its chakra," Sai responded.
Saryie nodded her head in understanding.
"Once we found out about the three-tails, we sent word to Tsunade and that's when they deployed another team composing of Shizune, Ino, Tenten, and Lee."
Saryie's eyes widened but she didn't say anything and let Sai continued.
"Lady Hokage had plans to seal the three-tail beast away but we were unable to manage so. The tailed beast became wild and Naruto had to stop it," Sai stated as he continued to talk about his mission.
He gave Saryie a good amount of information about the battles and the details of the three-tails to which Saryie was most interested about. Saryie listened intently, taking bites of her food but mostly entranced by the story.
"So what happened to the boy?" Saryie questioned at the end of it.
"Naruto let him go," Sai answered, bluntly.
"Sounds unlike him," Saryie stated, batting her eyes confused.
"I agree, but I believe Naruto must have known the boy would be aright if he were willing to let him go," Sai concluded.
"It sucks your mission wasn't a success though," Saryie commented.
"Perhaps, but not every mission can be," Sai mentioned with a smile.
Saryie smiled back at him.
"What about your mission? Was it a success?"
"Yes!" Saryie blurted out, chipper. "We had to track down two of Orochimaru's experiments too. They were brothers. We captured them and it was so hard to find them," Saryie spoke, fast.
Sai tried to keep up as Saryie energetically talked about her mission and the battles and the faults of it. Sai's stare was unfazed as she went through all the details about her team being trapped under a genjutsu and being captured to being able to finally capture the wanted ninjas.
"Sounds like you had an exciting mission," Sai commented, steadily.
"Yea, so I'm glad you're back from your mission as well. Can we pick up with training the day after tomorrow?" Saryie questioned.
Sai smiled as he nodded, taking a bite of his food.
Saryie smiled.
"You have plans tomorrow?" Sai asked, lightly.
"Um... yes. My team wants to meet up tomorrow and I might go over to my family's farm for a few too…" Saryie trailed off, seeming to want to say more.
Sai sat oblivious as he asked about her team.
They continued talking for quite some time until after their meals were done. They soon got up after their meals and Sai walked her back to Saryie's apartment. He waved farewell after dropping her off as he headed back to his own home, feeling content about how the day had ended.
More Sai and Saryie bonding coming up next chapter! Hope you like this bit and you feel caught up where the store line is. Hope you enjoyed.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I own Saryie, Michi, and Azumi