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Chapter 15

Missing Girl

Two days have passed. Naruto was still down about hurting Yuki's feelings and was trying to figure out how to make it up to her. Kika has been bitter since her last conversation with Keibo. She still couldn't believe that Keibo had talked to her like that. But she even more annoyed by the fact that Kakashi and Mayu seemed inseparable now. It was like they couldn't go one minute with out being together. Mayu was still thinking about what do if she encountered the demon again, and was wondering why Kika was acting strangely. Like every time Kakashi came into the room, Kika would leave the room. Not to mention it seemed like she was always sending hateful glares his way. This made Mayu begin to think that maybe Kika didn't like Kakashi.

Mayu was about to go talk to Kika, and ask her why she didn't like Kakashi, there was a knock at the door and Mayu had to answer it. She opened door to find her old sensei with a worried look on his face. "Tama-sensei, what's wrong?" she asked.

"Have you seen Yuki?" Tama asked.

"No. Why?"

"Nobody seems to know where she is and her parents are worried sick about her. Hell, I'm getting worried myself."

"What? Yuki's missing?" said Naruto. He had entered the room just when Tama was asking Mayu about Yuki. Tama and Mayu turned to the blonde-haired boy and could see that he was just as concerned as they were.

'Where could Yuki have gone?' thought Mayu. 'It's not like her to go somewhere with out telling anyone. Wait, maybe she was…Oh no!'

Just then Kakashi came in the room followed by Sasuke and Sakura and they saw the worried looks on everyone's faces. "What's going on?" asked Kakashi.

"Yuki is missing." Tama answered Kakashi's question.

"I think I figured out what happened to her." said Mayu.

"What?" asked everybody else in the room.

"I think the demon may have kidnapped her."

"What?" That response came from Yui and Keibo whom had just showed up at the door. Keibo hadn't been to the Kigaro house since his talk with Kika. The reason why he showed up now was because Yui asked him earlier if he wanted to pay Mayu a visit. He really didn't want to go, but he said yes anyway so Yui wouldn't think anything was wrong.

"Wow, great timing." said Tama.

"Wait a minute, who was kidnapped?" asked Keibo.

"I think the demon may have kidnapped Yuki." said Mayu.

"If that's the case, then we need to head for Twilight Forest right now." said Tama.

"All right, let's go." said Mayu.

"Wait!" Joubu called out as he hobbled into the room carrying a sheathed sword. "Take this with you." he said as he offered the sword to Mayu.

"But, that's the sword of the Kigaro Clan, only bequeathed to the head of the family." said Mayu.

"I know, but I think you need it more than I do now." said Joubu as he handed the sword to Mayu.

"Thank you, Uncle." said Mayu as she bowed respectfully.

"Alright, let's go kick some demon butt!" shouted Naruto.

"No" said Kakashi to Naruto. "You along with Sasuke and Sakura, stay here with Joubu, Yoshi, and Grandma."

"But Kakashi-sensei-"Naruto tried to protest.

"No buts." said Kakashi in a firm voice. "You three stay here, got it?"

Naruto just looked down at the floor.

"Alright, now we can go." said Kakashi.

Then Mayu, Kakashi, Tama, Keibo, and Yui left on their way to Twilight Forest.

15 minutes after the 3 Jonin and 2 Chunin left, Naruto couldn't stand sitting around anymore. Naruto knew that he had to help Yuki. He just had to make up for hurting her feelings. He was almost out the door when Sasuke and Sakura caught him.

"What do you think you're doing Naruto?" asked Sakura.

"What does it look like? I gonna go help Yuki." said Naruto.

"But Kakashi-sensei told us to stay here." Sakura pointed out.

"You guys can stay here if you want, but I'm going." said Naruto. Then he ran out the door.

"If he's going, then I'm going too." said Sasuke.

"Wait, I'll come too." said Sakura.

"No Sakura," said Sasuke. "It would be best if you stayed here with Joubu, Yoshi, and Grandma."

"Alright." agreed Sakura. Then Sasuke went out the door.

"No fair! How come I get stuck here with the brat? Cha!" said Inner Sakura wildly punching the air.