(Bell's Point Of View)
I woke up the next morning to find that Sakura was gone, so I decided to see if she went over to the boy's side.
Knocking on Naruto's door, I heard mumbling inside then the door opened to show a messy-haired Naru. Scratching his head, he looks at me with an apology, "Sorry about yesterday..."
I shook my head, saying that he didn't have to apologize and all was forgiven. I told him that Sakura was missing and Naru said Sai was missing as well.
After looking for a little while, we found them outside near the pond where Captain Yamato was also waiting for us.
Naru argued with Sai some more then we went on our way as our Captain asked if we were bit more relaxed and ready to go for which Naruto mumbled something which made Captain do his creepy face, scaring Naru.
We have been walking for about an hour now until Captain stopped and started to walk off the path which made us all confused, but followed him anyway.
Sakura spoke, "Why are we going to the trouble of coming through here? Captain Yamato! What's the meaning of this?! I think the path we were on was the right way... Captain!"
Captain Yamato told us that the information that Sasori gave us might be a trap so the Akatsuki might be waiting to ambush us there. Most likely they were after Naruto which made me nod in agreement.
"I don't think there's a great possibility, but you can never be too careful. We'll proceed along a covert route as much as possible until we reach the Tenchi Bridge."
We agreed with a nod of our heads then continued on our journey, until we got to a big open clearing and Captain said that we were going to be sleeping here tonight which made us confused because we were out in the open.
"What?! If we're going to camp out, we should use the cave we just passed by instead of this wide open area-"
He told us to step back for which we did and he put his hands together and shouted out a Jutsu called, "Wood Style: Four Pillar House Jutsu" then suddenly, a giant house made of wood was made from the ground up.
We all looked in amazement as we walked inside and was blown back at how it looked from inside out.
We all went to one room where we were to discuss what we will be doing for the rest of our mission.
"And I want to ask you something, Sakura... It's about the Akatsuki's Sasori. Sasori I wanted to ask you sooner, but I promised that we weren't going to talk about stuff like that yesterday. I want you to tell me everything today You're the only one who's ever seen Sasori in person, after the time being, I've received a file on Sasori from the Hidden Sand But tell me in as much detail as you can about his personality, behavior, mannerisms and habits if he has any.
The spy who's infiltrated Orochimaru's organization thinks Sasori is going to meet him at the Tenchi Bridge. They might see us through immediately, but it's probably best to approach by transforming into Sasori. If Sasori doesn't show up at the Tenchi Bridge, then the spy might not, either There's a distinct possibility. Then there'd be no point. Being a spy is a very risky act, after all. Which means the spy is probably being quite cautious."
She nodded as she spoke, "Then are you going to transform into Sasori, Captain Yamato?" He nodded, "I'll probably have to. It seems he always remained hidden inside this Hiruko puppet. So I'm probably the right one for this since I can use the Wood Style Ninjutsu. And also, assuming this turns out to be an Akatsuki trap I'll approach him alone at first."
We nodded as Sakura spoke, "The way he talked being near death I don't think he was lying... And there was indeed a spy called Yura in the Sand Village."
Captain Yamato looked at us, "This is just assuming something goes wrong. You guys stand by until I give you instructions. Either way, there's no doubting that spy is probably considerably powerful. Now then Now for the main issue Let me explain the mission in a little more detail. Our goal is just to arrest the target. We must not let him die, even if we end up having to fight. We'll lose an important source of information if the target is killed. And a mission like this is more difficult than just killing an enemy.
As this is a delicate mission, I will make the first move. And you guys will be my back-up The strategy is simple. First, I restrain the target. Second, if I should fail to restrain the target and this turns into a battle, you guys shift to battle formation. I will give you a signal when I want you to do this. And in the event of the second case, you are to operate with the Buddy System."
Naru stuttered the word buddy system as Captain Yamato spoke again, "When one person takes action, a partner always backs you up. Reciprocal back-up is a fundamental rule. You know about this, don't you?"
Get it together, will you? Now I'm going to determine the Buddy Teams. First, Bell and I will be one team... And the other team will be Naruto, Sakura, and Sai!"
This made Naruto get flustered about being on a team with Sai, "with him? You jerk! Don't you know what the word comrade is?"
Sai nodded as he asked if he wanted to explain it to him for which Naruto got more mad, "That's not what I mean!" Sai answered, "Please don't blame your lack of individual competence on others."
I sighed as I said that I was going to go to bed for which I left the room and went to the one next to it.
Laying on my back, I look out the window to see the stars and I start to wonder what Sasuke was doing at this time...
I couldn't fall asleep so I started to sing to see if that would help.
"There was a time
I used to look into my father's eyes.
In a happy home
I was a king, I had a golden throne.
Those days are gone,
Now the memory's on the wall.
I hear the songs
From the places where I was born.
Upon a hill across a blue lake,
That's where I had my first heartbreak.
I still remember how it all changed.
My father said,
"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."
Yeah!
"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."
Yeah!
There was a time
I met a girl of a different kind.
We ruled the world,
I thought I'd never lose her out of sight.
We were so young,
I think of her now and then.
I still hear the songs
Reminding me of a friend.
Upon a hill across a blue lake,
That's where I had my first heartbreak.
I still remember how it all changed.
My father said,
"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."
Yeah!
Oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh!
See heaven's got a plan for you
[Live version repetitions:]
See heaven's got a plan for you
See heaven's got a plan for you
"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."
Yeah!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! [3x]
Yeah!"
A tear fell from my eye as I remembered the Hokage's wife singing that to me when I asked if my actual parents loved me... but she never told me that they did.
Turning to my side, I fall into a deep slumber.
**********Time skip brought to you by there only being two more weeks of school left**********
Today we were going to have a simulation of what is going to happen at the meeting place for the spy and Sasori.
"Based on what we just talked about, although I generally don't do this very often tomorrow we'll devote half a day to a team-play simulation. All I know about you guys is what I've read in your files. I want to get an idea of your fighting styles, battle skills and Jutsu types with my own eyes. And the cooperation of the team should get smoother if we learn about each other."
We nodded as Captain Yamato looked at me, "Bell, we were together in the Anbu, so I already know your skills... You may sit this one out, okay?"
I smiled and nodded as I walked over to the side as I watched the simulation commence.
Naruto was the first to attack and transformed himself in Sai and made a Rasengan which made me pinch my nose in disappointment.
At the end of the simulation, I knew that Sai was going to be the best out of the three becuase he was in the Root like I was.
Naru got tied up to a log and a snake was the tie keeping him there. "Hey, Sai! Hurry up and untie this snake!"
I chuckled as I saw Naruto struggling to get out of that sticky situation for which I stood up and asked Sai politely to untie him for which he gave me a fake smile and made a release hand sign to release him.
Captain Yamato smiled, "All right, that's the end of the simulation!"
I nodded as Naruto started yelling at Sai again which made me frown at him and I sighed when I heard him say these words, "I won't acknowledge you. I'll never acknowledge the likes of you as a comrade or as a member of Team Kakashi!"
I put a hand on Naruto shoulder telling him to be quiet for which he looked shocked at me then frowned and looked to the floor clenching his fists.
He then spoke again, "If it's to save that comrade, then I'll do whatever it takes. I'll even team up with you." I smiled saying thank you to Naru for saying it and let go of his shoulder.
Captain asked why Naruto had strong feelings for Sasuke and Sakura said that it was because he thought of him as his brother.
Naru then asked Sai, "You've got a brother, too, don't you? You should understand a little about how he feels!"
Sai shook his head while giving a fake smile, "No, not at all. I told you about titles for my drawings, right? To be exact, I couldn't title one of my drawings even if I wanted to Nothing comes to mind. I don'tfeel anything. I have no such thing as emotions."
Naru looked confused, "What do you mean you don't feel anything or have any emotions?" Sai smiled once more, " I mean just what I said."
He pointed at the Root personnel. "Even so, if you have a brother, you should be able to imagine what it would be like to lose him, right?" Sai nodded, "Yeah, well you could say that. My brother's dead, after all."
I closed my eyes, remembering how him and his adoptive brother would always do things together and share everything they had... In the end, Sai had to kill him to be in the Root, just like I killed all of my friends and lost my emotions as well.
"Then all the more I wonder if I should've looked like that. What're you trying to say? Well, I didn't know what kind of look to make when my brother died Look to make? This guy..."
Captain Yamato told us that it was time to move out for which we nodded and went to pack our things.
Sakura walked over to Sai, "Sai, normally I would've pounded you good back there I told you I wouldn't hold back if you spoke ill of Sasuke again, right? But I didn't do that because even though you insult Sasuke, Naruto said he would team up with you if it meant saving Sasuke. No matter what kind of guy you are I must not hurt you if it means saving Sasuke."
He nodded giving another fake smile which made me sigh and I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder and I see it to be Captain Yamato who gave me a smile and said, "Thank you for being the reasonable one, Bell." I smiled and said that it was fine and went to pack my things.
He distroyed the house and told us that it was time to go. "This will all come to nothing if we don't get there by tomorrow afternoon. We're almost there. We'll head for the bridge once we're finished getting ready here."
Once we arrived, Naruto got mad because the spy wasn't there yet, so I told him that we had time to prepare for when he does come.
"Our opponent is highly skilled. Being overly cautious is just fine. But if we're too cautious, we might attract the spy's suspicion and our timing to capture him will get thrown off."
Yamato changed into Sasori in his shell puppet and changed his voice to sound like him which, I thought, was impressive to do since it, for me, was hard to do.
Naru then pointed out that the spy was coming, so we all got into our places.
"Shh! It looks like he's here... Took him long enough... Hey, th-that's! No way! It can't be! He's the Akatsuki spy?"
The spy took off his cloak to show that it was Kabuto Yakushi who was the Akatsuki spy which shocked us all.
"We'll split up now! Observe teamwork at all times! Especially you, Naruto! Don't be jumping out before I give the signal! Let's go! OkayTime to go."
We nodded as we got into place and "Sasori" went onto the bridge to talk to the Akatsuki spy.
The wind was strong so they couldn't smell us and we were in a place where they couldn't see or sense us which meant that we were good.
"It's been five years, hasn't it? Kabuto Yakushi Were you followed?" We heard "Sasori" speak as Kabuto responded, " We're okay How're you doing? I've still got the strange sensation from when I remembered who I was after your Jutsu broke I still feel heavy-headed Him again?!"
"I want information about the location of his hideout and Sasuke." "Ssaori spoke as Kabuto answered, "There are several hideouts. We move to a different hideout each week so as not to get discovered. Of course there are hideouts, not just in the Village Hidden in the Sound, but in other lands as well. Spies for Orochimaru infiltrate and act as informers. But there are all sorts of means of transport, so they're not easily tracked Where is it now? We're now in a hideout on a small island on a lake to the north. We'll be moving again in three days. Sasuke Uchiha is there as well."
Naru complained that he couldn't hear anything, and I said that I could so I told them that they were talking their secret hidout's and Sasuke for which they nodded.
Suddenly, "Sasori" struck at Kabuto only for him to move and for him and us to see Orochimaru standing behind him with a smirk on his face.
"If you hadn't pulled out a Kunai Knife, I wouldn't have been able to get away before I noticed." Kabuto said thanking him for which they talked about something that I couldn't hear until Kabuto slashed at "Sasori" and Captain Yamato appeared and gave the signal for us to go next to him.
We jumped from our spot and landed in front of Captain Yamato, protecting him.
I looked over to my left to see that Naruto's eyes were red, his whisker marks darkened, and his fingernails sharper like claws.
This wasn't going to end well...
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The song used in this chapter was "Don't You Worry Child" by Swedish House Mafia!
The epsiode's used in this chapter were Naruto Shippuden Season 2 Episode's 5-7!
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