Chapter 2-The Young Heir

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notes: none for now. Here it is...

"So, so? What's our mission?" Naruto asked excitedly as he was with Kakashi and the others as they were standing before the Hokage as Iruka-sensei was sitting beside him. The Hokage sighed as he stared at Naruto, "this is supposed to be a B-rank mission since there are ninja's coming after her and you are genin's," he said slowly.

"Why the sudden change?" Kakashi asked as the Hokage looked at him. "She's a young girl who had ran away from the Hidden Grass Village and she's the heir to the village along side by that, she's an only child," he replied, "so? Why did she ran away?" Naruto asked. "One night she woked up and found her puppy missing. Since Konoha is close to the Grass Village she thinks it's here so she ran away while her parents were asleep," Iruka-sensei explained.

"Her parents wants her back immediately. I got a message from there assistant just yesterday evening and our guards did saw a girl coming in here so one of our jounin's were taking care of her until now," the Hokage said as if on cue, the doors opened and a blonde girl with green eyes came inside that looked around at the age of seven.

"I'm not leaving without my cute little puppy!" The girl argued back as the Hokage sighed, "Layna, you've been gone for almost two days now. Don't you think it's time to go back? Aren't you feeling homesick?" He asked as Layna frowned. "Hokage, why are there ninja's coming after a little girl?" Sakura asked blinking, "because they want the village and I don't want to be the next leader of it! Since that's the rule, I don't have no other choice," Layna said unhappily.

"So these ninja's want to kill Layna so that the village could be there's?" Sasuke asked as Layna looked at him, "your cute!" She said smiling as Sasuke didn't looked at her. "That is the reason," the Hokage said, "why can't you give this mission to a jounin's if it's a B-rank mission?" Kakashi asked.

"I don't want jounin's to take care of me! I wanna be with kids my own age about!" Layna said angrily. The Hokage sighed, "that's the reason and she's been complaining ever since the jounin took her in to take care of her until now. So, team Kakashi. Will you take the mission?" He asked as Kakashi sighed.

"Well..." He began as Naruto beamed, "of course we will! It's my chance to shine!" He said. "You do realize that this is a three-day trip about going back and forth right? It will take you about at least a week to get back," the Hokage said slowly, "we don't mind! Right you guys?" Naruto asked excitedly.

"Which one of you will take care of her?" Iruka-sensei asked as the genin's looked at one another. "I want to stay with you!" Layna said as she looked up at Sasuke who stared down at her unhappily, Naruto laughed. "She's chosen you Sasuke!" He said as Sasuke glared at him angrily, "then it's settled. Sasuke will take care of her until this mission is over and the rest of you will look out for ninja's that are coming after her," the Hokage said as Sasuke growled.

"You will leave in about an hour so packed your things and get ready. Dismissed," Iruka-sensei said as the group left.

"Why do I have to take care of her?" Sasuke asked angrily as the group were walking towards the direction to where the Hidden Grass Village stayed. "Come on Sasuke. You can't deny a cute little girl, right?" Naruto asked as Sasuke glared at him angrily, "when this mission is done idiot, I'm coming after you," he said as Naruto smirked.

"So Layna, why so badly you want to find your lost puppy even taking a risk of running away?" Sakura asked softly as Layna looked down, "my older brother gave it to me," she said as Sakura blinked. "I thought you were an only child," Naruto said slowly as Layna nodded, "we've adopted my older brother and then he went to war against the sands a few years back when I was only like four. He died doing battle though we did made a peace treaty with them right after," she explained.

"Do you know the ninja's that are coming after you?" Kakashi asked as Layna looked at him. "I think it was the Hidden Stone Village since there are the 2nd biggest village after Konoha, they are trying to take over us," she explained, "really? Why'd you think that?" Naruto asked.

"The Hidden Stone Village has a grudge against us but I'm not sure why. It was way before the Sands attacked us so my parents and my brother only knew about it. I only know a little," Layna said. "Sensei, I thought the Stone Village was a peaceful village. Why are they attacking the Grass?" Sakura asked blinking.

"Perhaps the ninja's aren't really from there and are just wearing headbands that they killed of ninja's," Sasuke said slowly as Kakashi nodded. "For whatever reason, we have to get there before the ninja's attacks us," he said as everyone agreed.

"Your younger sister Layna, is coming back to the village my lord," a voice said as the person grinned. "Do you know there location?" He asked as the person nodded, "I want at least six ninja's attacking them tonight for the unexpected. After all, my parents were fools to give the Hidden Grass Village to her and not to me," the person said unhappily.

"Do you want us to kidnap her lord Jacy?" The ninja asked as Jacy looked at him. "That's not such a bad idea. Who is she with?" He asked as the ninja looked at him, "three brats and the copy ninja," he said slowly. "The famous copy ninja Hatake Kakashi," Jacy said slowly as he stood up and he put a mask on.

"My lord?" The ninja asked as Jacy looked down at him. "I will be coming with you to see Kakashi once again. Protect me at all costs," Jacy said as the ninja nodded and left.

Layna yawned as Sasuke looked down at her. "I think we should stop for the day," he said slowly, "what? It's barely evening!" Naruto protested. "Naruto, Layna here is tired. She had been running aroundlooking for her lost puppy," Sakura said as Naruto groaned, "I agree with Sasuke. Let's set up camp," Kakashi said as Sasuke nodded slowly and he glared at Naruto.

"Layna, want to come with me to collect firewood?" Sakura asked as Layna nodded and she followed her. Kakashi frowned as he looked around, "is something wrong sensei?" Naruto asked as he nodded. "Ninja's," he murmured as Naruto's eyes widened, "shit, Layna!" Sasuke cried as Kakashi stopped him.

"I'll go after the girls and you two stay here," he said as he left the two alone. "We should get ready," Sasuke said as Naruto nodded, "bunshin no jutsu!" He said as Sasuke did the same thing. "Now, where are you?" Sasuke asked to nobody in particular as the two waited for ninja's to come after them.

"Pakkun, where are they?" Kakashi asked as he looked at the small dog in front of him. "They stopped for the moment. They are at the clearing that's coming into view," Pakkun replied and sure enough, the two girls were in the middle of the clearing while Kakashi jumped down from the tree branch along with Pakkun.

"Sensei?" Sakura asked surprised as Kakashi looked at her. "Stay close to Layna and protect her. We have a bit of situation here," he said as Sakura looked at him, "what kind of situation?" She asked as three ninja's came out onto the clearing and Jacy stayed where he was so that nobody we'll be able to see him.

"This kind of situation," Kakashi murmured as Sasuke and Naruto also had three ninja's to deal with as everyone got ready to fight.

tbc...

me: here yea go!

kakashi: that was it?

me: it was long wasn't it?

sakura: we'll be onto the next chapter soon

layna: i get kidnap by my own brother?

me: layna, you just have to tell everyone don't you?

sasuke: they know anyway

naruto: review and update!