(Bell's Point Of View)

Naruto has been at the cutting leaf exercise and was finally able to do it when he went to visit Asuma-sensei since he was also a Wind Chakra Nature.

We were about to get on to the second step which was to cut a waterfall, but we got called in to do a mission at the Fire Temple.

Team Kakashi with Yamato all met at the front gates once we were done packing. Naru continued to grumble about how he wanted to continue his training and not wanting to go on a stupid mission.

Sakura asked why someone would want to steal a grave for which Captain Yamato answered, "Well, usually the graves of wealthy individuals are targeted and items such as ornaments buried with the body are stolen But the body and treasure were untouched in these grave robberies. The grave robberies have been occurring frequently within a five-kilometer radius around the Fire Temple where we are now headed."

We started walking while talking to each other about the mission.

Naru asked about the fire temple for which I looked at him and spoke, "It's the temple that commissioned this mission. Their request is for us to help out with the capture of the grave robbers. But I get the feeling there's something more to these grave robberies. As it happens, there are four hidden tombs in the area around this temple."

He then asked about what hidden tombs were for which Captain looked at him, "The variety of information resting in the graves along with the deceased Ninja is like a gold mine. Like Sasori whom you fought before He used the body of the Third Kazekage and turned him into a puppet. That's right. The greater the Jonin Ninja, the higher the utility value there would be. So it's necessary to keep the graves well hidden using things like barriers so that the bodies will not be stolen and then used for evil purposes. That's what the hidden tombs are."

Naru nodded, "Then some really amazing Ninja must be resting in those hidden tombs, huh?"

I nodded and pointed at the four pictures in my hand. "Yeah, and these four in particular. They have information just that worthwhile to steal... But you know there's also one other possibility. It could be that the graves weren't violated from the outside. In other words the bodies came back to life on the inside..."

Naru shivered but I put my hand on his shoulder, telling him that it was unlikely for that to happen for which he grabbed my hand and said, "If it does happen, I will protect you, I promise!"

My eyes softened as I giggled and told him that, that was my line for which we both laughed.

A few hours later, we made it to the spot we were supposed to meet and Captain Yamato told us to wait until they get here.

I sat down next to the small statue for which Naruto yawned and sat right next to me which made me blush a little, but I was to tired from walking to think about it.

About ten minutes later, Naru started to groan about how they were late and I looked up at the sky, asking if this was the right place to be at.

Captain Yamato went to have a look around to make sure that this was the right place to be for which I stayed with Naruto and Sai to make sure they behave or if the people who were supposed to meet us come.

Sai was in the middle of both Naruto and I which made me kind of sad not to be closer to Naru, but all the sudden, Sai started to wrap his arms around Naru's and I's shoulders.

Naru pulled away and asked him what the heck he was doing for which Sai answered, "I-I thought it would be for the best..." Naru shook his head, "No way, man... And stop trying to hit on Bell!"

My eyes widen then I sighed as Naruto stood up and started to walk away but I caught his wrist.

"Naru... That's not what he meant... he was only trying to be our friend..." Naruto pouted then grabbed my arm, "Come on, were going to go find Sakura and Captain Yamato!"

I didn't start walking with him for which he was confused as I spoke, "That was very rude, Naruto... Apologize to Sai..."

He started stuttering about why he should, but then I gave him a hard glare that could even send chills down Lord Danzo's spine which made Naru sigh.

Walking over to Sai, he bowed and apologized for which Sai said that it was fine then walked back to me.'

Kissing him on the cheek, I thanked him for being protective about me which made him blush which confused me, thinking that he was sick or something.

Naru and I started on a trek to find our teammate Sakura and Captain Yamato.

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We have been searching for our team for a while now until we ran into a boar which started chasing us but we finally got away from it and landed near a hidden tomb.

Naru picked up a barrier tag and looked in front of him and started walking towards it. I was hesitant to follow him, thinking that we would get into a lot of trouble, but I had to be with Naruto.

He went down the steps of the tomb as I heard him mumble, "There's no coffin...Was I too late?" I put fingers through my hair, thinking about how the monks were not going to be happy about them losing another tomb.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps and felt an unknown Chakra coming towards us so I turned around tried to see who the unknown figure was.

I then saw a monk, who looked about our age, run at us with claw like weapons that he tried attacking me with.

I dodged all of his attacks while using my dancing technique to make him frustrated. I asked him why he was attacking me for which he screamed at me, saying that I was a tomb robber.

My eyes widen as I was about to tell him who I was, I heard Naru shout out "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu" and four of him appeared and ran at the monk. I shouted Naruto to stop, but he didn't listen.

They were about to hit each other, but I used my speed to grab the monk and Naruto's wrist stopping them from hurting each other.

I then saw three monks with our team telling the two of them to stop.

Captain Yamato thanked me for stopping them for which I nodded and smiled for which I turned to Naruto with a frown which made him widen his eyes and looked down with a pout.

The monk that fought me spoke up, "It was just as you worried, Lord Chiriku. On the way to pick up the guests, I became concerned about the hidden tomb and came to have a look. And the barrier had already been broken, the coffin stolen, and this girl was there while this guy was down in the tomb."

Naru turned towards him, "Are you trying to lay your crime on me!? And don't even think of laying the blame on Bell! You're the one who's the culprit!" The monk turned to him also, "What're you talking about? You two were the one's who was in the hidden tomb first!"

The knucklehead shook his head, "The coffin was already gone when I got there!"

They just kept shouting at each other until two of the other monks went to go check out the tomb and, most likely, the leader of the monks spoke.

"My Leaf brethren! My name is Chiriku of the Fire Temple. We missed each other due to a mistake in the rendezvous location. I am terribly sorry for this The monk looked shocked, "What?! These guy's are one of the guests? And their with the Hidden Leaf?"

Naru turned to the monk wondering if he was with the fire temple for which the elder monk answered, "His name is Sora. He is a trainee monk of the same Fire Temple."

Captain nodded, "Sora, huh? My name's Yamato and I am the captain of this team. This is Naruto and she's Sakura while the other female you fought was Bell... His name is Sai." He said pointing to all of us.

I see Sora turn to me and had a faint blush on his cheeks before he shook his head and turned to the elder monk, "I told you we don't need any help from the likes of the Hidden Leaf."

This made me narrow my eyes at Sora until the other monks came back with a report, "There's not a shred of evidence and Lord Kitane's coffin and all have been taken. The barrier was broken with great skill and we believe it was a Shinobi of considerable power."

This made my eyes narrow even more as the elder spoke, "If the enemy is a Shinobi of great ability, then it was worthwhile summoning the people from the Hidden Leaf. Head on back and arrange to have skilled individuals guard the other three hidden tombs! And tighten security around the Fire Temple in preparation for a potential emergency. You guys head to the Fire Temple for now."

We nodded and on the way back, Naruto tried talking to Sora about him having Wind Chakra.

"Hey, any chance your Chakra has the wind property? Don't ignore someone when they're talking to you! I'm talking about your Jutsu from before! It was this hand, wasn't it?"

Naru tried lifting Sora's hand but he yanked it back and shouted, "Don't touch me! Jerk Are we there yet?"

I put a hand on Naru shoulder as he said something like, "It's the same as my dream from back then..." He looked down at me as I softly looked at him.

"What's been annoying you since earlier?" He scoffed as he watched Sora from in front of us, walking into the Fire Temple, "Looking at that jerk Sora's movements, it's like he's mocking training, just doing it any old way, or something..." I was confused as to what he was saying, "Huh? Why? He's training hard, isn't he?"

He shook his head, "Compared to his movements when he came at me before... Oh, I can't take it! I'm going to complain..."

Naruto ran in front of me as I tried to call him back, and I caught up to him and grabbed his wrist for which I shook my head and he sighed, "I can't say no to you, Bell..."

I smiled as we walked up the steps and into the fire temple and the monks at the opening doors answered the Elder, "We have already sent Shinobi monks to the remaining three hidden tombs of Lord Nauma, Lord Tou'u and Lord Seito. They are all the finest of Fire Temple monks and arrangements have been made for them to inform us immediately if something unusual happens. We have assigned several men to the search for the remains of Lord Kitane. We have also tightened temple security and are ready just in case something happens."

Sora scoffed, "Then I suppose we can rest easy... It took you guys long enough." I sighed and so did the Elder monk, "We have returned. These are the people from the Hidden Leaf who came here in compliance with our request."

Captain and the team bowed while he introduced us, "Hello... I'm Captain Yamato... And this is Bell, Sakura, Sai and Naruto."

A monk sighed in relieve, "From the Leaf? That is indeed reassuring."

Captain nodded, "That's right. Just leave it to us! We are prepared to move out whenever necessary."

The Elder monk nodded as well, "Either way, you won't have to until we hear from the Shinobi monks. Until then, please come this way."

We followed him as Sai muttered, "I wonder what they'll use the stolen bodies for." Captain nodded, "Well, maybe they wanted the information the bodies held or perhaps Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation... Oh well Their objective might be to use the body itself as Orochimaru did. Well, I doubt you'd come across a group that can use a powerful Jutsu like that every day."

Naru smiled, "Then the four Ninja resting in those hidden tombs must've been really powerful!" The Elder monk stopped, stopping us as well. "They were remarkable Shinobi. And most of all, they were good people. The tombs of Nauma, Seito, Tou'u and Kitane are located to the east, west, south and north with the Fire Temple as the central point. They were all members of the Guardian Shinobi Twelve."

I nodded my head, knowing who they were for which Naru looked confused, asking who they were...

"Well, to those in the know, I guess they're well known. The Guardian Shinobi Twelve was an organization comprised of elite Shinobi gathered from within the nation to protect the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire, you see. Huh? But it's Shinobi from our Leaf Village who protect the Land of Fire, right? Yes, the Hidden Leaf Village does protect the Land of Fire. But to be exact, a village is an institution to protect the land. It's not an organization just for protecting an individual Feudal Lord. Then First, the Feudal Lord who is the apex of the land, must be protected in order to protect that land. The Guardian Shinobi Twelve is an organization assembled with such a concept as its foundation. I was also young back then. I joined the Guardian Shinobi Twelve, willing to lay down my life for the Land of Fire. Then you were also! I used to be. Incidentally, Asuma also used to be a member of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi Warriors."

Naru and Sakura looked shocked, now knowing that one of our sensei's were once part of the Guardian Shinobi Twelve.

The Elder asked if Asuma-sensei was doing alright for which we nodded and Naru said that he helped him with wind Chakra training.

He nodded, " Those four people lost their lives at a young age for the sake of the Land of Fire. Within the Guardian Shinobi Twelve a faction attempting to stage a coup emerged and that ended up dividing the twelve. A coup is an attempt to change a land into one's ideal notions even if it means resorting to a forceful approach."

Naru nodded saying that he knew that we made me snicker at him which made him look down at me with a blush then looked away.

"People who radicalized the notion of wanting to protect the Land of Fire and who possessed extreme ideologies ended up emerging within the Guardian Shinobi Twelve. That's right! In other words! They couldn't leave matters of the Land of Fire to the moderate Hidden Leaf Village. They wanted to create a land of strengthened military force with themselves at the center or something like that. Yeah, or something like that." The Elder said while Naru spoke, saying that it was unforgiveable.

"Their plan was to break up the Leaf Village and turn that military force into an institution with the Feudal Lord at the center. It proceeded so far as to influence the Feudal Lord. And at the same time, they were making preparations to attack other lands."

This shocked us then Captain Yamato spoke the rest for him, "Without making do with peace forged with a delicate balance among the Five Great Nations, they waved the banner of a noble cause in which the Land of Fire would unite the world and total peace would be attained. That's so selfish Yes War is war, no matter how splendid the song and dance may be. As expected, the Feudal Lord became aware of their radical thinking and The six people who staged the coup died. However, Kitane, Nauma, Tou'u and Seitoalso fell victim. I can't believe something like that happened. The four people of the hidden tombs were friends of Chiriku and Asuma Sensei. For example, let's say our friend Sasuke were to die and his body were to be stolen."

This made Naru's hand shake which worried me as we went and watched the younger monks, including Sora, do their training.

Naru was watching for a little while, but then got irritaed and ran down to where Sora was and they started fighting.

I was about to go stop them but I felt a strong Chakra coming from his right arm and I saw the other monks glaring at Sora which made me narrow my eyes in anger, remembering the same thing happening to Naru.

The Elder monk shouted at Sora to stop for which he did but Naru's kick was already in motion and was about to hit Sora for which I used my speed to catch Naru's leg and sit it back to the ground.

He started to ask me why I stopped him for which I answered, "Because you'd regret it later... Don't you think that the looks that they are giving Sora familiure... They do to me..."

Naru started to look around and saw that looks in the monk's eyes as they looked at Sora, "Those eyes They're looking at Sora? It's the same eyes."

I sighed as I see Naru confront Sora again about the looks that the monks were giving him because he felt it to so why didn't he do anything about it.

"What of it? Yeah! People think I'm a nuisance! But something like that doesn't bother me at all! I'm the one who thinks I'm a nuisance the most of all! That's right My power is a nuisance. You But nuisance or not, I can't throw away this power. Because I must have revenge on the one who killed my father."

This shocked Naru and I because already one of our friends as gone down the road to revenge which made me frown, not wanting to lose another.

Suddenly one of the monks pointed to the sky, "It's a patrol bird! Is it the hidden tombs?!"

Sakura, Sai, and Captain Yamato asked us where we were so I bowed, apologizing for not paying attention for which Captain waved off.

There was contact from the Shinobi Monks who were heading for Lord Nauma's hidden tomb. It seems it was after the tomb had been broken into and the body taken away." Said the Elder monk as Captain Yamato said that we were ready to go for which Naruto tightened his headband while I put my hair into a pony tail so it would only go up to my waist.

Sora said that he was coming along as well for which the Elder nodded and we went on our way.

On our way there, Naruto kept staring at Sora for which he asked why he was staring at him and Naru asked him about him saying that he wanted revenge... Sora brushed him off...

I sighed, "Sasuke... Look at what you have done to us..." I thought as took the trek to the last hidden tomb.

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