Chapter 4

The sun set over Croft Manor as the personal Government helicopter alighted on the main lawn. Three men in non-descript black suits stepped off of the chopper and made their way to the main door and knocked on it, It opened to reveal a wrinkled old man. "May I help you young men?" The one in the middle said "We're here to speak with Lady Croft." The one on the left said "Is she home?" The butler shook his head and said "I'm sorry, sirs, but the Miss is not home right now." "I see, when she does have her contact us." The butler waited until the helicopter had gone and closed the door as he did he turned and activated a secret switch. He watched as a panel of the wall under the stair well slid open revealing a secret passage. He shuffled through it and closed it as he made his way into a large aquarium. He made his way to a section of wall that had pictures of lady croft with her father hanging on it and activated another door that led into the miss's computer and research room. Lara sat at a computer watching as it scanned the scroll that she had obtained, waiting for the machine to decipher the ancient text. "Has the unwanted trespassers left?" The replied as he shuffled over to the tea set "Yes Lara." He shook his head as he thought "Why can't they leave Lara alone." Lara continued to watch as the scan began to translate bits and pieces of the text. Several kanji were translated into English. Three were translated as: Kyubi, jinchuuriki, Uzumaki, Hyuga, Konohagakure, and Orochimaru.

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Lavender eyes with no pupils scanned the English manor and watched as its two residents went to bed. The veins around them sank back into the face of the woman as she motioned for her two teammates to move in. The radio in her ears whispered "Hana-san, we are in position." Hana Hyuga softly gave the command to move in. Three figures moved through the night air faster than the security cameras could track. "Careful guys, this one is an expert with this world's modern weaponry." She received a chorus of "Yes Hana-san"

Alarna Hatake brushed her silver hair out of her eyes and muttered "Sharingan." As she activated her bloodline and silently picked the lock to the back door and slid in. Using chakra, she used the walls and ceiling to avoid the laser alarms and the pressure alarms. She walked over to the thief's room, stopping to wait for her two teammates.

Elania Jean Uchiha brushed her raven colored hair as the moon light reflected off her emerald eyes. This was her first mission away from the village. She stuck to the wall and walked to the window only to find it locked. "Bear, Ox, Dog, Rat: Wind Style: Razor Chakra slicing Jutsu." She watched as chakra collected around her hand shaped itself into a blade that extended slightly from her fingertips. She made a slicing motion towards the window and watched as the chakra sliced through the wooden frame and cut the lock. She slid the window open silently and slipped in.

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Lara's eyes fluttered slightly as she rolled over and continued to sleep; only she was no longer asleep. Her fine tuned senses warning her that she wasn't alone. She groaned, rubbed her eyes and sat up. She stood and walked into the restroom and did her business, all the while waiting for the sensation to go away. She walked over to her sink and turned the water faucet on and as she turned the nozzle all the way on which triggered two things. 1) All the doors locked down silently and two caused a hidden panel to appear in her sink that hid two pistols. She took them and put them inside her nightgown and walked out.

Alarna started when she heard their target groan and saw her get up, and then relaxed as she went into the restroom. She heard the sink turn on for a minute then quit. She tensed again as Lara walked underneath and went down stairs, only stopping on the last step to turn off the alarms and walked out of sight into the hallway and into the kitchen.

Lara filled the glass with water as she mulled over her thoughts and downed it. She had definitely sensed several intruders, but what she couldn't was where they were.

Alarna sensed Hana behind her as Hana said "What's the target up to?" Alarna explained that she was in the kitchen getting a cup of water. "I see, make sure she heads back to her room, and then take care of her while we retrieve the scroll."

Lara listened to the exchanged words and thought "So they're after the scroll." The one thing she couldn't figure out was how they were hanging and walking on Her Walls and Ceiling. A plan came into mind as she turned the lights off and went back to her room and turned off the lights in her room.

Alarna waited several minutes after the lights went off and to her breathing "Good, she's asleep. Now to punish her for disturbing the forbidden scroll." She crept into the room and made her way down to the side of the bed and slid her Katana out of the sheath. She raised it and brought it down in a silvery blur. She heard the sound ripping fabric as her sword sank into the bundle of sheets. She whipped the covers off to find a pile of pillows, "What!" She thought as she felt piece of cold metal poke her in the back of her neck. She went to make the Ram hand seal to shunshin away, only to feel the cold metal push into her neck.

"Not so fast."

A/N Please leave a review or two. I am getting another NaruHina fanfic ready for posting.