The ground was cold and hard, water was dripping down onto his back. Colby started to open his eyes then shut them. His shoulder throbbed as did his leg but other than that nothing felt out of place and everything seemed to still be attached that was suppose to be attached to him. Colby opened his eyes again as he heard the echo of foot steps walking towards him.

"Finally, he is awake." Colby heard a voice say. He didn't move as the squeaking of a metal gate echoed. "Let's bring him to Lady Whittum."

Colby heard the foot steps come close to him and he could feel the presence of two people looking down at him. Needles of pain shot through his shoulder and leg as he was lifted off the ground and half carried, half dragged out of the cell he was in. The pain fully woke him up and the voices inside his screamed at him to fight and get away but the pain from his wounds silenced those voices. The two men sat Colby down in a wood chair and tied him up to it. He still had his eyes closed when ice cold water was splashed into his face. Even though the pain from his wounds had woken him up the ice cold water made damn sure he was. He shook his head and opened his eyes. As his vision cleared he saw Suzanna's mother sitting in front of him.

"Well, well. If it isn't Colby Miles, my dear nephew." She said, her voice was thick with sarcasm. Colby's temper was lit and it flared at the sound of her voice.

"Shut the hell up." Colby growled. There was a hint of something demonic about his voice that intrigued Lady Whittum.

"What do we have here? A Jinjuriki in the family now do we?" she said standing up and walked over to Colby.

"A Jinjuriki? What the hell is that? " Colby thought, but his train of thought was interrupted when she spoke again.

"You don't know of the family's secret do you?" she asked somewhat seductively, which creeped Colby out big time. He never liked her but now he was creeped out.

"Which one?" Colby asked, he knew the family had a lot of secrets and he knew most of them but he knew there was a lot he didn't know.

"I'm surprised your father didn't tell you about this family secret seeing as how you and that runt Suzanna are apart of it. HAHA now that I got both of you that secret will not be passed on." She laughed. Colby was even more creeped out now, first the creep seductive voice now the creepy laugh, what's next?

"What the hell are you talking about?" Colby questioned, if he was going to die he might as well know why but the voices in his head were telling him to listen carefully to her least for now.

"You really don't know do you? Well I might as well tell you. Each generation of the Miles clan has had two Jinchuuriki. One a boy, the other a girl. Nobody knows how it got started but it's one of the secrets of the Miles clan that makes them such lazy ninja. They don't use the power of their demons at all. The demons within them are never awakened. You and Suzanna are the Jinchuuriki of this generation!" she said.

"Demons, ninja, generations of demons in MY family?" He thought. "I knew you were nuts before but this time I'm sure you are nuts. There is no way I have a demon..." Colby stopped as he heard his own voice sound demonic "Woah, Okay. Thaaat was definitely not my voice cracking" Colby glared up at her. "What the hell did you do!" he shouted.

"I did nothing. That would be your demon awakening within you" she said laughing.

"I'm gonna open up a can of demon woop ass on you the second I get out of this freaking chair!" Colby yelled.

"You won't be getting out of that chair anytime soon." Lady Whittum said as she walked over to him and pushed his chair over. Colby landed with a thud and winced in pain as his wounded leg hit the ground. Then pain was sent screaming though his shoulder as Lady Whittum dropped kicked him in his wounded shoulder. He cried out in pain as blood started soak his shirt. "Get him out of here. Throw him into the cell with the blonde hair girl"

The guards nodded and untied Colby from the chair and dragged him to Ino's cell and threw him in there. He landed face first into the rocky floor. Ino rushed over to him as the guards locked the door and walked away. Colby's shirt was wet with blood again Ino had to tear the shirt carefully so she didn't cause anymore pain to him.

"Son of a..." Colby grunted as he tried to get up but Ino kept him down as her hands glowed with green chakra.

"Don't move. I'll have your shoulder good as new in no time" Ino said. Colby glanced at her over his shoulder, she smiled at him and he swore he could see her blush a little even in the dim light. He smiled to himself, "I think she may like me. Otherwise she probably wouldn't have smiled or blushed the way she did when I looked at her" He thought. Ino moved so her back was to the door of the cell, Colby glanced over his shoulder again and his gaze went from her face, to her chest, to her wait, then back up to her face, before settling on to her chest. He didn't notice that Ino saw where his gaze went. She smiled to herself as she finished healing his shoulder. She leaned over to Colby making sure he got a good look and whispered in his ear.

"Your shoulder is healed." She started to lean back but then leaned forward again. "Oh and you can look but can't touch. Not yet anyways." she said seductively. She moved behind him and out of his line of sight. "Damn... I like her. Wonder if she is single?" He thought as he rolled over and sat up as he did his leg started to throb.

"Grr. I hate multiple injuries. Soon as you get one healed the other one gives you problems." Colby said. Ino got up and sat down next to his wounded leg. Green chakra glowed from her hands and bathed the small cell in an eerie green light. Green chakra had started to glow from his hands but Ino shook her head. Colby relaxed and his green chakra dissipated.

"You rest. I got this." Ino said.

Colby raised his good knee and rested his arm on it. A flashback crossed his mind suddenly, it was brief but the image was clear as day. He was holding the head of a wounded comrade, blood was coming from his mouth and there were shrapnel holes in his camo uniform. There were three men on either side dressed in green camo. A medic was applying a tourniquet to the leg of the wounded man, his hands covered in blood. Blood soaked what remained of the wounded man's pants was white bone stuck out from the wound. The wounded was missing his leg from just above the knee down.

Colby shook his head trying to get the image out of his mind. Ino looked up at him questioningly as he rubbed his eyes.

"You ok?" Ino asked.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine." Colby said. Ino looked at him with a doubtful look.

"Had a flashback did you?" Ino asked.

"Yeah." Colby said quietly. It wasn't long before images kept flashing through his mind like a slide show in far forward. "I hate flashbacks"

"What was it about?" Ino asked curiously.

"You remember when I said that this is my first mission?" Colby said as more images of past missions he had been on flashed through his mind.

"Yeah? What about it?" Ino asked confused. The slide show of past missions ended in Colby's head. His hands were shaking and he became quiet as he spoke.

"That was a lie. This isn't my first mission." He looked away from Ino like he was ashamed of what he said. Ino finished healing his leg and sat next to him.

"I figured you had more experience that what you lead us to believe when I saw you fighting those ninja we faced. A lot of the moves I saw you pull could only come from actual combat experience. So how many missions have you actually done?" Ino asked.

"3 S ranked. 10 A ranked. 20 B ranked and I'm only 18. Suzanna has way more experience than me." Colby said. Ino was surprised, she was the same age as Colby but he had a lot more experience that she did. "I've lost friends and family on more than one occasion. I try not to think about them but on rare occasions the flood gates open and I get a slide show running through my head of the moments of all those that I've seen die."

"Oh. I'm sorry Colby. If you want I could... umm get rid of those flashbacks for you" she said shyly. He looked at her surprised. "I can erase memories you don't want."

"No, I couldn't. I'm not going to take the easy way out of dealing with my demons. The flashbacks I have are all that I remember about them. I've patched up my heart too many times just to forget them like they were nothing." Colby's voice started to fill with emotions. Ino hugged him. She knew she was lucky not to have lost any of her friends on the missions she has gone on. Together they sat there quietly for a while. Colby got himself together. Then he wondered about what Lady Whittum had said about he and Suzanna being Jinchuuriki, whatever the hell that is.

"Hey Ino, what's a Jinchuuriki?"

"A Jinchuuriki is a person who possesses a Bijuu or tailed demon, but there are minor demons that are not as well know as the tailed beasts that people can have in them. So there you go." Ino said. Then a though crossed her mind. "Why? That bitch say something about you being a Jinchuuriki?"

Colby looked down and cracked his knuckles. The popping sound lightly echoed. "Yeah she did. She said me and Suzanna were the Jinchuuriki for this generation in our family. I don't believe her"

"Being a Jinchuuriki isn't a bad thing. Naruto is one." Ino said trying to lift his spirits. Colby leaned his head back and closed his eyes. Ino watched as Colby's head dropped forward and watched him slump over.

Colby knew he was in his own mind because there he wasn't back in the cave sitting next to Ino. Insted he was in a blue room with water patters on all the walls with large paintings of old locomotives. In the corner was a hand-carved wooden bear standing on it's hind legs. It was painted black with a white V shape mark painted on it's chest. There was a man sitting at a desk in the middle of the room. He was facing towards Colby and was working on a little carving. Colby cautiously walked toward the man but frozen when he looked up at him.

"Ah. You must be Colby. Finally glad I get to meet most host for the first time." the man said. Thoughts were racing through Colby's mind.

"Wait.. You are in my head? The hell?" Colby asked confused. The man just chuckled.

"I am Shinkasen and yes I am in your head. I am the demon that is sealed away inside of you." Shinkasen said. Colby looked at him. He was wearing blue overall and a blue jacket. Much like the same clothes Colby wore when he was firing the locomotive. "That girl, Ino you got sitting next to you. You like her don't you?"

"I'm not fully sure. I think I do but doesn't feel like I'm fully into it." Colby said honestly. Shinkasen laughed.

"You really like her, you just haven't realized it yet. I see and hear everything you see and hear. I am on of those my voice in your head you have been hearing, but enough talk you have company and Ino is going to need you. Go through that door and you will be back in yourself." Shinkasen said pointing to a door.

"You sure this isn't a trap or something?" Colby asked as walked towards the door.

"I am sealed inside of you. I can't get out by the snap of a finger or the opening of a door. I'm stuck here. Go! Now!"

Colby walked out the door and woke up back in the cave and saw the guards standing by the door. He sat up and saw Ino in the corner curled up into a ball. He hoped he hadn't missed anything, as he looked Ino over she looked ok but scared as hell. The guards opened the door and one of them started to walked towards Ino. Colby knew instantly what his intentions were, and that pissed him off something fierce. The other guard walked up to Colby as he stood up and tried to put the hurt onto Colby but failed epically. As Colby finished giving the guard the beat down of his life, Ino and the other guard were going at it. Being in the corner to start didn't help Ino as the guard somehow managed to get her in a head lock and started to drag her out of the cell.

"Were you think your going?" Colby said with a hint of Shinkasen's demon voice mixed in.

"I was thinking of taking this pretty little thing with me so we could have some fun together." the guard chuckled.

Colby felt for his k-bar and pulled it out. The guard raised a kuni to Ino's neck. "Now don't try anything foolish or the girl gets her pretty little throat cut wide open"

"What's that!" Shouted Colby as he pointed down the corridor. The guard turned to look in surprise. Colby let his k-bar fly like an eagle as it flipped end over end. The cracking of bone was heard as the blade found it's mark and buried it's self into the guard's skull. The guard fell like a sack of dirt. Ino fell down with him.

"Ino you alright?" asked Colby as he helped her up. He looked her over real quick and seeing she was shaken but alright he didn't wait for an answer. His combat mind had kicked in and for him it was game time. "Let's move." Colby started to head down the corridor but saw Ino hadn't budged. "Ino you coming! Let's go!" he shouted. Ino looked at him her eyes were wide with fear. Colby knew talking would waist time and Ino probably wasn't going to move on her own were a little while so he did what he had to.

"Come on!" he said. He picked her up and carried her on his back and sprinted down the corridor. Looking to see if Suzanna, Kiba, Akamaru and Suzanna's father were down that way. Running usually wasn't a problem but carrying Ino and having a freshly healed leg wasn't a lot fun but Colby forgot about that when he saw Suzanna. She was pacing her cell like a lion in a cage.

"Suzanna. You alright?" Colby asked. Suzanna's face light up with a smile when she saw him but it quickly went away when she saw Ino.

'Yeah I'm fine. How's Ino?" she asked as he set Ino down and broke open the lock.

"She's fine just shaken. Help me get her back on to my. We got to get moving." Colby said but Ino was back on her feet.

"I'm fine. I can run with you guys. Thanks Colby." Ino said. Colby and Suzanna looked at Ino questioningly but didn't waste much time before the three of the started running down the corridor again. Colby had an idea as they ran past empty cell after empty cell.

"Shinkasen, how long you been in my head?" Colby thought.

"Since when you ended up in the hospital on your first A ranked mission. While you were knocked out I got sealed inside of you." Colby heard Shinkasen's voice speak inside of his head.

"Ok, freeloader. Mind helping us out here? Need to find Kiba and Akamaru and my uncle."

"They are coming up shortly they are fine but you got company coming up on your 6"

"Great. Who is closer?"

"Kiba and Akamaru are the closest, but you have to hurry or you won't have time to get your uncle and get out before you have to fight your way out."

" Great, and chime in anytime if we start running short on time"

"Will do. Now pick it up. Oh and one more thing, Suzanna is the other Jinchuuriki of your family"

"Suzanna, Ino listen Kiba and Akamaru are just up ahead and your father is too, and we got company coming." Colby said as they heard Akamaru barking loudly.

"Already know Colby. You are not the only one with a voice inside their head." Suzanna replied. They stopped in front of Kiba's cell and had him out in no time flat. Suzanna and Kiba hugged each other immediately.

"You ok Kiba?" Suzanna asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. I guess so are the rest of you." Kiba said.

"Let's keep moving we got company moving this way and we don't have much time." Suzanna said.

The rest of the way was pitch black. Colby made a few hand signs and then his eyes started to glow green. None of them noticed until their eyes adjusted to the dark and could see a faint green light on the wall of the corridor, he was walking up against.

"Hey Colby?" Suzanna asked.

"Yeah?" Colby replied and he turned his head reveling his glowing green eyes. Ino screamed as did Suzanna in surprise. Kiba and Akamaru covered their ears. "What?"

"Your eyes! They are glowing green!" said Ino. Colby laughed.

"Oh this? It's my night vision. Been working on it for a while now. I can see in the dark and I can see everything though the only colors I can see are black and different shades of green. It comes in pretty handy sometimes." Colby explained and turned back around. They can to the last cell and looked in. Pay dirt. Inside was Suzanna's father. Suzanna took out her flashlight and shined it into the cell as Kiba broke open the lock. The two of them went in as Colby looked down the corridor and got ready for and got ready to fight.

"Good you got him now it's time to get out." Shinkasen's voice popped into Colby's head.

"How close are they?" Colby asked out loud. He wanted to see if Kiba could tell.

"Very close. You have to get out now." Shinkasen said. Kiba stuck his head out the door and sniffed.

"Too close for my liking. Let's go now" Kiba said as Suzanna helped her father up and brought him out of his cell.

"Hey Uncle Steve. You alright?" Colby said. Steve look at him and smiled.

"Well you finally have gone ninja haven't you?" Steve said with a smile. Steve always teased Colby when ever he saw him using his ninja skills.

"I've been ninja just haven't told anyone." he said, Suzanna and Kiba looked at confused. "Tell you two later. Suzanna you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Yeah. Time to go, but which way?" she asked.

"Same way we have been going. Kiba you smell anything?"

Kiba sniffed the air again. Akamaru growled as a light appeared at the end of the corridor. Suzanna killed her light but as she did the lights in the corridor came on. Colby shut his eyes as he still had his night vision on. Colby opened his eyes once his night vision faded and saw they had a lot of work a head of them.

"RUN" Shinkasen yelled in his head.

"Guys let's move." Suzanna said as they started running down the corridor and away from the ninja at the other end. Kiba and Akamaru led the way as Colby brought up the rear. They starting booking in down the corridor, every so often Colby would use a few earth style moves and block the corridor behind them. Ino would pause and wait for Colby each time. Suzanna, Kiba, Akamaru and Steve wouldn't as they kept running. Each time they would get father ahead of Colby and Ino.

"What the hell are you doing?" Shinkasen said as Colby blocked the corridor again.

"Buying us some time" he said out loud, he didn't care if Ino heard him or not.

"You are falling behind. Keep moving and don't bother with stalling the enemy."

"Can't. We have my uncle now the only thing left is for Suzanna and Kiba to get him out safely." Colby said. Ino looked at him questioningly but kept running. She had lost sight of Suzanna and Kiba as the corridor opened up into a room with two corridors.

"Colby which way left or right?" Ino asked. Colby looked down them

"Shit. Umm... Left." Colby said.

"We going the right way?" Colby thought. Hoping Shinkasen would correct him.

"I believe so. I can't sense Suzanna or Kiba. The rocks must have something in them."

"I sure hope we are going the right way." Colby said. Ino looked back at him then looked in front of her.

"I see daylight up ahead" Ino said. At the end of the corridor was a white light and the two of them could feel cool air, fresh air. As the exited the tunnel they stopped to catch their breath. It was quiet, as a light breeze blew through the trees. A short ways away was a small brook.

"Suzanna! Kiba! Uncle Steve!" Colby shouted. His voice echoed through the forest, the only reply was from a pair of small birds that chirped at them as they flew by. "Shit!"

"Colby I think we made it but they didn't." Ino said quietly. Colby walked towards the brook and sat on a rock and buried his face in his hands. The water was cold and clear as Ino sat next to him.

"We have to go back and get them." he said.

"You nuts! We can't by ourselves, it wouldn't help and we run the rise of getting captured again. Let's head back to the Leaf..." Ino couldn't finish as Colby cut her off.

"No! We are not going back to the Leaf Village. Not empty handed. We will head back to the town and hold up there for a day or two. I got an idea." Colby said as he stood up. "Shinkasen which way to the town we passed through?"

"Who's Shinkasen?" Ino asked confuse. Colby looked at her with a smiled.

"My demon. Remember when I asked about what a Jinchuuriki is? Well I'm one" he said. Ino's face lit up with a smile.

"You are! COOL!" Ino said standing up.

" Yeah, I guess it is. Now come on let's move." Colby said. Together they sprinted up stream.

Ino and Colby walked into town and Colby headed straight for a weapons supply store instead of the train station. Ino was surprised he didn't go to the station. The weapons store was a small little shop but full of every kind of weapon, both ninja and non-ninja. Ino browsed around as Colby walked up to the counter and rang the bell.

"Just a moment!" came a voice from a room behind the counter.

"George home!" Colby asked. A figure appeared in the door. The figure was a elderly man with a bald head, wearing blue jeans and a black shirt.

"The George is home and is this the aspiring locomotive engineer, Colby Miles?" George asked right back with a smile.

"Indeed this is." Colby smiled. George stuck out his hand and Colby shook it.

"Well how have you been!" George said loudly. His voice startled Ino who was hold a rather long kuni knife. She dropped it and it fell to the floor with a clink. They looked at Ino, she blushed when she saw Colby smiling at her.

"Well. You a ninja from the Leaf Village I take it?" George said when he saw Ino's headband tied around her waist.

"Yes, I am." Ino replied as she put the Kuni back in it's spot and walked up to them. George looked at Colby and eyed him curiously.

"I didn't expect that you would go ninja, again. Colby" George said.

"Something has gone down and this time I volunteered for the mission." Colby replied, his smile went away as he spoke.

"Oh? What is it?" George asked "You find Suzanna?"

"I found Suzanna." Colby said, George knew Colby since he was a child and knew there was more to it.

"That's good, but there is more isn't there?"

"Yeah, Steve was taken and used as bait for Suzanna." Colby said quietly. George looked at Ino with a concerned look.

"We were sent to rescue his Uncle and Suzanna was part of our squad. We were captured and managed to escape but me and Colby got separated from the rest of our squad and somehow managed to successfully escape but Suzanna, her father, and another one of our squad mates didn't make it out as far as we know. Also all of our gear got taken off of us except for one knife" Ino explained. George nodded understanding that this could end badly.

"You think you can help us out?" Colby asked. The door to the shop opened and George smiled as he recognized who had walked in. Ino smiled to but kept quiet.

"I can help outfit you with gear but I think he can help you with getting Suzanna and Steve back." George pointed towards the door and Colby turned around. He grinned ear to ear when he saw who had walked in. There were 4 men standing by the entrance and all of them were dress in green camo.

"Dad, Jason, Mike, Denny. How did you guys find us here?" Colby asked. He walked up to them and gave a hug to each of them.

"Hans and Matt told your father. He then got word out to the whole family." Mike explained. Colby smiled but then a thought popped into his head.

"Is it just you guys or did you bring the whole family?" he asked. His father, Mike, Cousin Jason and Denny all smiled as the looked at each other.

"Come see for yourself." Tallus said, together they all walked outside and saw a formation of people marching up the street from the station. They could see more getting off at the station.

"You got everyone didn't you?" Colby chuckled. Ino hugged him, Jason and Denny whistled as Colby hugged Ino back. She wanted to glare at them but couldn't because Colby still held her in a hug.

"Hey, you already have wives. She is mine, back off" Colby said with a smile. They laughed, as did George, Tallus and Mike.

"Looks like you finally got over losing Ali." Jason said. Ino looked at him then to Colby confused.

"Who's Ali?" Ino asked.

"She was my girl friend 2 years ago. She got killed on my last mission." Colby said quietly, his mood had pulled a 180 and he became quiet as a long look came across his face. Ino had an idea on how to cheer him up.

"Hey Colby?" Ino asked. Colby looked at her and smiled a little.

"Yeah?" he asked. Ino smiled and kissed him right on the lips. Colby was surprised but smiled as he kissed her back. Denny and Jason whistled again. Ino didn't care this time when she felt Colby take one of his hands off of her. Colby flipped both of them off then put his hand right back where it was. Ino smiled as their kissed ended.

"Dinner later tonight?" Colby asked smiling.

"Just us two?" Ino asked.

"Yeap." He replied. He shot a quick, glaring over at his cousins.

"What? You think we would ruin your date?" Jason laughed.

"Knowing Denny, nope. Knowing you, probably." Colby laughed as did everyone else.

"Well Colby, why don't we head down and greet the family." His father said. He nodded and they all headed down to the station.