~::.::.::.::.:: The Next morning ::.::.::.::.::~
"Alright Yamouri it's time to fight back! No more cat and mouse game!" I tell myself and slowly stand up and look at the boulder blocking the entrance. Tomorrow is the day, and as each hour passes I get a weirder feeling like something is going to happen. I slide the boulder over and peek outside. The sun is just rising and the sky is still slightly dark.
"This is the perfect time," I say quietly. I make sure I have everything in my pouch. And most importantly my sword. I know now for certain they know about it. If I can somehow get them to spill it.
"I got it! I'm going to set up traps all over this area and wait for them to come. "It's my turn to be the cat." I look up at the sun and realize I only have a few more minutes before it is fully up and I'll be visible. I pull out a tube containing string the very thin kind of course and walk out towards the woods.
~::.::.::.::.:: Meanwhile ::.::.::.::.::~
"There has to be a clue to where she could have gone," Neji says while walking out of Yamouri's apartment with Shikamaru and Naruto.
"We can't just sit around here! What if something else happened to her! We could be running out of time!" Naruto shouts.
"Naruto….It seems clear Yamouri has made the same decision as Sasuke…..All the evidence points to it. There was no sign of anyone breaking in. This place is entirely clean," Neji adds and looks sadly at the sky.
"That doesn't make any sense! Why would she just up and leave without even a goodbye….I mean I know she kept her life private but still I'd figure she would at least leave a note or something. And how could you Neji, think that your own teammate would just get up and leave like that turning their back on the village!" Naruto says angrily.
"I have a feeling we are over looking something…."Shikamaru adds. "It doesn't make sense that her house would be this clean if she's never home."
Neji and Naruto both look over at him then Lee and Sakura show up.
"Any sign?" Lee says. Naruto shrugs his shoulders.
"I have a feeling there is something else going on Naruto," Shikamaru adds.
"When I came over her house one time I noticed how dusty everything was…I helped her clean up the place and she said she never had the time to," Naruto adds and Neji nods.
"We better tell Lady Tsunade about this," Neji adds.
"Guy's look!" Sakura yells and holds a picture of Kento and her and Kyho. "Who is that?"
"Didn't you say the anniversary was tomorrow?" Shikamaru adds. Neji nods and Shikamaru runs out the door. The others follow after him.
"Shikamaru what are you thinking?" Lee shouts.
"It makes sense she would go back there for tomorrow, right?" He adds. They head to the hokage's office.
"I won't lose another friend!" Naruto thinks to himself and tightens his fist.
"Back to where it all started…" Shikamaru thinks to himself.
~::.::.::.::.:: A few hours later ::.::.::.::.::~
"Alright, all set," I say quietly looking through a bush waiting for the ninja to appear. I've rigged this forest with all kinds of traps. I hear footsteps running this way and I use my invisible jutsu as I climb up higher on a tree.
"Come out of your hiding place girl!" Donji shouts I look down below them and then up at the clouds. I know it's going to rain tonight. I see Katajo look up at me. My stomach drops and I wonder if he can see me already or if he's known all along where I was.
"It hasn't been five minutes yet! Hurry and fall into my trap," I think to myself and Donji walks right into one and is flung upside down.
"Aaah! Boss!" He yells I look down at them Atsuo takes out a kunai knife and walks towards him.
"You stupid idiot," He says. I look down and see Katajo doing hand signs.
"What is he doing?" I think to myself and then Donji and Atsuo disappear.
"It's my turn!" Katajo yells and I see a clone of him and they both come at me with a lightning ball.
"A shadow clone?" I yell as I jump away from the tree and the balls hit the tree and an electric charge surges through it. He starts to do another hand sign.
I jump down from the tree and Atsuo and Donji step out of the bushes, with their weapons ready.
"You're not going anywhere this time girl!" Donji yells with a big smile on his face and he lets out his creepy laugh again.
I jump up in the air and throw out multiple kunais. Donji steps back and triggers another one of my traps and a spear shoots through his stomach.
"Uhhh!" He gasps and Atsuo looks at him with amusement.
"How pathetic," He says and takes out a kunai and walks towards him. "I've gotten tired of saving you." I see Donji start fidgeting and then he stops and his head droops to the ground.
"You killed your own teammate…" I mumble.
"So what there is no point for a weakling on a team? They just bring you down," Atsuo snaps."Katajo let me take this now!" He yells. I look up and see no sign of him.
"Earth style earth dragon!" He yells and the ground underneath starts to shake I jump back and the ground takes a form of a dragon and comes up and towards me. He lets out a laugh and I dodge but it's too fast.
"Lightning style lightning destruction!" I yell and punch the ground and let my lightning chakra flow and a bolt of electricity cuts through the ground and towards Atsuo. The dragon comes again and I use a lightning ball and then a substitution as the dragon falls onto of the log letting out a big roar as my lightning ball destroys it and pieces of rock fly everywhere.
"A substitution? That's child's play! Show me the power of the sword!" Atsuo yells. I shake my head with a grin and he makes a groan sound and starts to do hands signs.
"Earth style devouring earth!" He shouts and the ground starts to shake again.
"Is he doing the same thing again? No this is different," I think to myself and rocks and dirt start to come together forming two giant jaws.
"Eat her!" He shouts and they come at me. I use a substitution again and the jaws rip the log to shreds. I let out a gasp and use my invisible jutsu.
"Where did you go little girl?" He shouts and lets out a little laugh.
"Alright it's time I test this method," I think to myself while looking down at four exploding tags I stare at Atsuo who is just standing there while the two jaws rip trees out of the ground and the earth around them.
"Come out of your hiding!" He yells. I look around for Katajo but no sign of him.
"Alright now or never!" I tell myself and jump out of the bushes and towards Atsuo. I place the four tags just a few feet right in front of him and form a box. I appear behind him and kick him Lee style towards the square and he grabs a hold of my leg. I look at him in shock.
"It hasn't been five minutes yet how did he…?" I think to myself and he swings me around and throws me to the ground. I let out a moan as I hold my side.
"Oh you have a weak spot," He says with a smile and walks towards me. He takes out a regular sword.
"Tell you what you just close your eyes and it will only hurt for a second I promise," He says and I slowly lift myself back up on my feet.
"I told you…" I pause." You will never lay a finger on me again!" I shout and run towards him with kunais and he raises his sword and I disappear. He looks around angrily.
"I'm getting tired of your jutsu! Use a new one!" He yells and Then I kick him and he falls into the center of the square I activate it and four blue walls rise up from between the tags leaving him trapped inside.
"What is this?" He yells.
"I thought you wanted me to be more creative!" I shout.
"I've combined my ability to make a barrier and the tags along with a seal. If you try and move the tags will activate, and you will be killed instantly. Just to be safe those walls there are made from my lightning chakra. Just one hand sign and I can activate those as well electrifying you. I have placed a seal so you can never get out now. So which will it be?" I yell. He gives me a shocked look and stands completely still. I lift up my hands ready to do the hand sign and his eyes widen.
"It will be neither!" I hear Katajo call. I see a spear fly right through one of the walls and into Atsuo's chest and he falls forward activating the bombs and he lets out a terrifying scream of pain. Katajo jumps down from a tree.
"They just kill their teammates like it's nothing, how sickening," I think to myself and reach for another kunai in my pouch.
"Well done," He says. I stare at him confused as he walks towards me. "It's about time someone got rid of those idiots!" He starts to laugh and I take a step back.
"Forgive me for this," He says and uses a chakra rope and ties me with it. "This time you won't be able to cut yourself free! I don't know what those idiots were thinking using a regular one." I feel myself getting dizzy and fall to my knees.
"While you guys were fighting I used a special jutsu on you…You won't be able to move until tomorrow when we arrive to my village where I have something waiting just for you." I see the rain start to fall and the clouds grey and I fall down to the ground. I see the fourth ninja that was involved before finally arrive and tell Katajo something he nods.
"Enjoy the ride," He whispers and starts to walk off. The fourth ninja grabs me and puts me on his back and he starts to walk off after him.
"What is it that they want….if they wanted revenge then why not kill me before? They had so many chances but instead they are taking me to their village and I have no idea why," I think to myself.
"I don't want anyone to come for me…" I mumble. The ninja looks back at me and says that no one will come because he already dealt with that. I imagine Shikamaru and Neji and the others unconscious or defeated or something. I try and clench my fist but my hands won't move. It's like my whole body has been paralyzed.
"What did you do to them!" I shout. He doesn't answer me and then I feel my lips go numb and I can't even talk anymore. "What jutsu is this?" I think to myself and see that the dark is falling already. "Tomorrow is the day and look where I am. I'm sorry Mother…..Father….Kyho…but I won't be able to visit tomorrow," and feel a tear drop slip out. The rain starts to fall hard and then it goes dark.
~::.::.::.::.:: Meanwhile ::.::.::.::.::~
"You can't honestly suspect something like that just because her house is clean!" Lady Tsunade assures them.
"But she's been living there for quit sometime now….and it's strange there is no dust…." Naruto adds.
"How do you know she doesn't clean? You guys barely go over is that correct?" Lady Tsunade asks.
"Yeah but…." Shikamaru adds.
"Lady Tsunade!" Shizune yells as she runs into the office. Everyone turns to her.
"There was a ninja spotted just about an hour ago! They would have reported it sooner but the shinobi involved were attacked! It was said he looked like he was wearing cloud ninja clothes," She says.
"What could they possibly be doing here!" Lady Tsunade snaps and bangs the desk.
"Cloud ninja?" Naruto adds. Shikamaru raises his eyebrows.
"What is it Shikamaru?" Neji asks Shikamaru points to the window. Everyone turns and sees the hell butterfly that is Yamouri's.
"That butterfly!" Naruto shouts. "Maybe it knows where Yamouri is!"
"Lady Hokage, may I request a mission?" Shikamaru says.
"What?" She asks leaning in.
"To follow that ninja….I have a feeling he has something to do with Yamouri's disappearance," Shikamaru says and Neji looks surprised. Lady Tsunade agrees and Lee, Neji, Shikamaru, and Naruto start to head out the door.
"Wait!" Lady Tsunade says. They all turn back. "I think Sakura could be of some use," She says they look at Sakura and remember she is a medical ninja in training.
"You might be of some assitance Sakura," She tells her and she runs off with them. The butterfly appears to them and flutters around Shikamaru.
"Do you know where she is?" Shikamaru asks and the butterfly starts to lead off.
"It wants us to follow it," Neji adds. They nod and Naruto runs after it.
"Let's go!" He yells they hurry after them.
"Do you suppose the ninja from the cloud could be him?" Lee asks. Shikamaru shakes his head.
"I don't think he has anything to do with this, I have a feeling Yamouri was abducted," Shikamaru says and they speed up.