Fading Love

By: Kaname Hatake

Recap-

"P—PERVERT!" she shouted, hurling anything in sight at the man. "Stop staring and get out! Eek! " Sasuke had already begun backing out, but froze when a certain article of clothing landed in his hair.

Kaname gasped, he face reddening even more. Everything was still.

That Girl chose then of all moment to walk by.

"Nice hair Uchiha," she giggled as flicked Kaname's white underwear from off his head, not even bothering to stop to admire the scene. "Hurry up in their Kaname. Other people need there showers too." She stated, her voice drifting from down the hallway.

Sasuke finally averted his eyes away from Kaname's naked-ish body and looked at the ground. "I… um… I'll come back later…" With that, he quickly spun on his heel and high tailed it back to his room.

Chapter 12: RESCUE THE FALLEN LILLY!

It was cold, and dark. The metal of the barred cage dug into the teen's side, and her wrists were pinned above her. The girls head was hung low as she groaned slightly.

Slowly, her electric green eyes fluttered open. Everything was blurred for a moment before things came into focus. Aya lay still in the round cage that was suspended above the cave floor about twenty feet.

"Where…?" she whispered hoarsely. Aya turned her head slightly to look around.

Drip…

The cave was dark, but had a soft red glow thanks to the little lantern on the other side.

Drip, drip…

There was a small entrance, but the girl couldn't see beyond it; it was too dark.

Drip…

'What is that!' she thought irritably. Something cool and wet dripped down the side of her face. She wiped her forehead against her forearm and looked at the liquid substance; water.

'Great…' she thought, 'this might as well be their form of Chinese water torture.'

Aya tried to concentrate her chakra, but to no avail. "Damn," she muttered, her breath now labored. "Genjutsu… They messed up the chakra circulatory system!" A cold sweat now appeared on the girl's upper brow, and she shivered.

'This… is going to be a long few days…' she thought sadly.

Abruptly, Aya's senses spiked. Coming gradually from the crack in the walls, two voices made their way to Aya's ears.

"—the hell!" a female voice screeched. "A prisoner? Are you insane?"

The other person shuffled uncomfortable.

"I thought they already had the scroll! But then I heard the chick say that this mission was going to be easy and I panicked!"

The female sighed unhappily.

"You're worthless," she grunted. "As if being a missing nin wasn't bad enough."

Aya gasped softly.

'Missing nin?' she thought franticly. 'This is worse than I thought!'

The voices bickered some more.

"I need the scroll Unari!" the woman yelled.

'So that's his name…' Aya acknowledged. 'Unari was the one who took me…'

"I will get it! The teams will want their kid back, especially that brown haired dude with the freak eyes..."

'Neji!' Aya mentally yelled. Anger swept through her at the thought of them hurting her Neji and the rest of her friends. She had to get out!

"Are you positive?" the woman questioned once again.

"For sure, Sumi- Sama" Unari replied.

The captive thought for a moment as she processed all her new information. 'Missing nin… Scroll… Sumi…' Then it hit her.

Uchiha Sumi, a relative of Sasuke.

Her body had never been found after the massacre. She had been pronounced dead, but if alive, a conspirator to the Uchiha assassination and a missing nin.

Could things get any worse?

Then two figured walked into the room.

"Well, well," Unari chuckled, "looks like sleeping beauty is awake."

~x~

Team Guy and Team Kakashi gathered in the open field the next morning. Everyone yawned and stretched. Last night's sleep hadn't reached anyone it seemed.

"Is everyone here?" Kakashi questioned, his lazy eye scanning the heads of the young ninja. There were eight heads current.

Kakashi sighed.

"Where is Kaname?"

No one answered.

"I'm here, I'm here! Don't leave yet!"

Everyone turned to see Kaname rushing towards them.

"You're late," Neji barked. Kaname averted her gaze to the ground.

"Gomen…"

Daiske turned to his teammate.

"Even Kakashi- Sensei was on time." he spat. His normally warm navy eyes were dark and cold.

Kaname flinched. Was Daiske mad at her or something?

"I'm sorry… no one woke me up…"

Surprisingly, That Girl spoke up.

"Its fine Kaname, just don't let it happen again."

The Hatake boggled at Her. 'She… stood up for me?'

That Girl glared at her with her icy blue eyes.

'Yes I did! Now shut up, get your ass over here, and let me explain what the hell is going on!' Kaname flinched as those last orders were barked into her mind. With a sigh, she trudged over to the group and stopped next to Lee.

The boy smiled.

"Good morning Kaname- san!"

Kaname smiled back.

"Mornin' partner!"

The two turned to the teams and prepared girl opened her mouth and began to speak.

"The mission we were assigned was a mistake." No one moved, so she continued. "Yes, we were supposed to retrieve a stolen medical scroll, but it looks as if the locations for this mission, and the mission we SHOULD be on were switched."

Kakashi lifted his hand to his temple.

"Great… just peachy…"

"Obviously, we can't just go back to our village without Aya, but the mission we are now on is an A ranked mission. It looks as though we have no choice but to get the scroll, but keep it in our possession while rescuing Aya."

Kaname's hand bolted up. "Ano!"

"…. Put your hand down Kaname…"

Kaname shook her hand vigorously.

"Put it down!"

"But—" she argued, "It's relevant!"

Kakashi looked at his daughter and sighed. Then he looked at his student with the long white hair and nodded. She growled.

"Fine! What?"

Kaname grinned. "I know how to get the scroll!"

Everyone looked at Kaname.

"Do tell," a deep voice echoed off the trees. The group of shinobi wiped around to see a cloaked figure enter the grassy plain.

That girl gasped.

"You-!" she breathed. The figure under the hood smirked and drew it back. A handsome boy of about 16 stepped closer to them, his hazel orbs analyzing everyone. As his eyes scanned them, they lingered longingly over Her. When his eyes reached Kaname's, they seemed to widen a fraction of an inch, which made Kakashi protectively inch closer to her.

"My name is Toshihero," he stated calmly. "I was assigned by my Kage to help you retrieve your teammate. I met with Her last night," he said, nodding his head at the demon girl, "but it seems she hasn't mentioned me quite yet." That Girl growled.

"I was getting to it…"

Kaname felt a weird vibe coming from this man… He was giving her a headache.

….

Wait! A headache?

Kaname winced as her head split in pain. 'Damn it!' she cried. 'Why do I always get these when I feel like I'm remembering my past?'

'This guy!' she thought through slight pain, 'could he be related to my memories?'

"I told you, we don't need your assistance!"

The man chuckled. "I've never been very good with orders, especially ones from pretty girls like you."

Sasuke spoke for the first time. His voice made Kaname's face redden, for she suddenly realized how close he actually was. The Uchiha stood stoically behind her.

"Maybe you should listen to Her," he said nodding towards the white haired female, "or this 'pretty girl' will kick your ass…"

Toshihero laughed. "Whether you like it or not Uchiha Sasuke, I'm going to complete my mission."

Kaname heard Sasuke take an inhale of breath. I guess he didn't like the stranger knowing his name…

That Girl stepped forward, but before she could go any further, Kaname ran up to the guy. She looked up into his dark eyes for some sort of clue.

"Let him help us," she said, still gazing into his eyes.

"But—" The Girl argued.

"Yes," Guy- Sensei agreed. "The more youthful help, the better!"

"I agree," Neji said monotone.

"Hn." Sasuke grunted. He wanted to know more about this guy…

"Let our youthful Toshi help our journey!" Lee exclaimed.

"Whatever..." Daiske sighed as he ran a hand through his brown hair.

Kakashi took a moment to ponder his answer.

"I think he should come. He knows the territory."

That Girl howled. "I'm going to kill all of you! I can locate Aya and the scroll faster than this nimrod, and Neji has his fucking Byakugan! So don't give me shit about Territory!"

Kakashi sighed and shrugged. "He's going to help weather we want him to or not, so why not make it easy? Let him help."

That girl grunted in defeat.

Kaname smirked and tore her eyes away from the man. She would find out what it was about this guy that put her wheels in motion.

"It's final then!" Kaname cheered as she grabbed the man's cloaked arm and dragged him to the group.

"Oi!" he protested. He didn't like being touched.

"Aya, here we come!" Lee grinned as he punched the air.

Neji turned to Kaname then. "Now, what was your plan…?"

Kaname gasped and let go of Toshihero. "I almost forgot! Heh!" Everyone sweat dropped. "This is for the girls though," she added as she grabbed Her arm and linked it with her own. Kaname winked. "We'll distract the guards while you guys get the scroll!"

"No."

Kaname glared at Kakashi.

"Yes."

"No!"

"It's a good plan! The men here are sluts!"

"I don't care! I will not have my daughter playing with men twice her age and size!"

"I don't care what you want! It'll be quick and painless! And," she added, "Who could refuse Her!" Kaname pointed at her female companion. "Or this!" she said as she made her eyes look innocent and sexy.

Daiske hit Kaname over the head, as did Sasuke.
"No." Kakashi, Sasuke and Daiske said at once.

Suppressed laughter was heard in the corner.

"Sadly," Toshihero chuckled, "the kid's right. The quickest way to get your scroll is by seducing the guards and killing the leader."

Kakashi gaped at the man.

"It's settled then." said Kaname. Toshihero grabbed Kaname's shoulder and turned her towards him.

"Kaname, is it?" The Hatake nodded confused. "You and this girl," he said taking Her into his other arm, " won't be able to do anything dressed like that…"

Kaname realized the mistake of her plan right then.

'I am going to fucking kill you Hatake!' The Girl screeched in her mind as she mentally sent wolves running after her. Chibi Kaname ran for her life.

'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!' she apologized over and over.

"Slim ball," That Wolf murmured, "Get your hand off of me and maybe you'll live another second longer…"

"I'm sorry Kakashi! Please, it was stupid! Let's forget this plan, ne!" Kaname begged as she was dragged by That Girl into the nearest clothing boutique.

"No, no!" Kakashi smiled behind his masked face. "This will be good for you!"

Kaname kicked and screamed as That Girl shoved her into a dressing stall full of slutty clothing.

"So dude," Daiske whispered as he listened to Kaname and his other teammate argue, "what exactly happened to you last night?" The brunette fingered a lacey pair of underwear with distaste as he awaited his answer.

Sasuke blushed a bit at the memory, but kept a straight face. "Nothing really…"

"Bull shit," Daiske snapped. His temper began to flare. "We all heard Kaname scream! Why?" The elastic in the boys hand grew dangerously thin.

"It was nothing… I just walked in on her in the bath..."

The elastic snapped.

"Like hell that's it!" he hissed.

"That's it," Sasuke argued. "What, do you think I did something to her?"

Daiske clenched and unclenched his jaw. "If you ever lay a hand on her," he threatened, "I'll kill you."

"Heh!" Sasuke smirked in the direction on the ninja. "Jealous, aren't we?"

"Not is the least," he replied, as he took out a few coins to pay for the broken piece of fabric.

Sasuke eyed the guy. The way he had snapped at Kaname this morning was unusual, but to think that it was over this! It was just sad...

"Nothing happened dork." Sasuke continued as he folded his hands over his chest tightly.

"Good."

The sound of the stall door opening brought the boys back to attention.

"Careful where you leave your jaws boys… Santo is ready to snap anytime now."

Daiske slapped a hand over his gapping eyes, while Sasuke blinked repeatedly.

The snappy wolf was wearing a skin tight vest that laced up the center. Her breasts were practically falling out of it! Then there was her black mini skirt. It clung close to her hips, accenting her feature even more. Her fishnet stockings snaked around her muscular legs, which were enclosed by a pair of black stripper boots. Her snow white hair now has tinges of black falling throughout it, and her sinfully red lips twisted up in a smirk. Her stunning blue eyes dashed towards Toshihero, who held no expression on his face except for a slight, taunting smile.

"Kaname, get your ass out here!" she finally ordered.

"N-No! I refuse! This is so embarrassing!"

"Don't make me come in there Hatake!"

"But-"

"1!"

"But, but-!"

"2!"

"Aw damnit!"

The stall door flew opened to reveal a flustered and slightly annoyed Kaname.

To say Sasuke and Daiske were surprised at what they saw was an understatement. Kaname was clad in a skin tight, black belly shirt. It was cut in a loooooow V with halter straps that attempted to accent her pretty much nonexistent breasts. Her military-like skirt barely covered her, and her studded belt accented her small hips. She too wore fishnet stockings, and her tall hooker boots gave a good 3 inches to her 5'3 frame. The girls hair was tied up in a sexy, yet messy bun, and soft purple lip-gloss shimmered playfully on her awkward lips.

Toshihiro smiled. "Very good ladies. Although," he smirked, " I think the midget could show some more skin…"

Kaname glared at the man and wrapped her arms around herself protectively. That Girl just scoffed and walked to the counter.

"We'll be taking these," she said to the cashier. Swiftly she pulled out her Ninja identification card and flashed it at the man. This cared allowed her to 'borrow' the clothes till the mission was complete. "Don't worry," she reassured him, "the clothing will be brought back without any damage."

The man nodded his head vigorously and waved as they left the shop.'

Kakashi, who was standing outside, greeted them.

"Normally, I would highly discourage clothing such as this, but what can I say," he chuckled, "it suits you!"

Kaname blushed profusely and hit her father repeatedly.

"Bastard!"

Sasuke and Daiske remained quiet, speaking only through eye contact.

'Dude…'

'I know….. when did they-?'

'I have no clue.'

'I think I rather like my team now.'

Sasuke rolled his eyes. 'Tool…' he mentally scoffed as Daiske continued ogling That Girl from behind. Sasuke's eyes slowly began to wander towards the brown-sugar haired girl who was tugging nervously at her skirt.

'This is pathetic, Kaname!'

~X~

Kaname and That Girl nodded towards each other and began walking seductively into the castle grounds. Or, at least, She did. Kaname merely fumbled the whole way. Finally, they spotted the first guard.

"HAULT!" he yelled. Kaname glanced up at Her nervously.

'I'll get this one,' she mentally told her. Kaname sighed thankfully.

"Hi there handsome…" she smiled sexily. The Guard automatically relaxed and smiled.

"Why he-llo ladies…"

The smell of alcohol filled That Girls nostrils. 'Great….' She mumbled.

"Um," she stuttered purposely, "I was hoping you could help us… we're lost and, well, we just can't seem to find out way back to town…" Her unrealistically blue eyes sparkled lustfully. "Care to… help us…?" she added as her breath fanned across his neck.

Kaname's cheeks reddened slightly at the display.

"I… UH…"

That girl chuckled. "Oh…" she laughed, "looks like you're too slow..."

The guard didn't even have time to blink before a kunai was shoved into his stomach. He coughed up some blood which smeared across Her cheek, and then fell to the ground.

"One down," she smirked.

Kaname stood wide eyed at the scene.

Seduce, lure, and kill.

"Kakashi," the white haired demon radioed in, "one guard down, three to go. How are you guys doing?"

Kakashi answered on the other end.

"Good. We've managed to enter the castle now that you've killed the east guard… we're using Neji to find the scroll."

There was some static, and then she heard Neji say something. Kakashi then buzzed back.

"We've found it. It looks like a trap, but we'll use Lee's Taijutsu and Neji and mines ninjutsu if we have to. You girls be careful with the next guard."

"Got it, Sensei."

The Girl lifted her hand from her mic and look towards Kaname who was currently sitting on the ground next to her.

"What in the world are you doing?" she asked annoyed.

Kaname looked up at her. Her face was slightly pale.

"Th-the blood…" she murmured as she pulled herself up. The Demon Girl rolled her eyes at the pathetic weakness.

"It's just blood. Get over it."

Kaname nodded sheepishly and fell into step right next to her semi-companion.

~X~

The north, south, and west guards went down just as easily. That Girl decided it would be best for her to do the seducing and killing after watching Kaname knock out and tie up the south guard.

"Pathetic…" she mumbled as Kaname once again collapsed from the sight of blood. The brunette glared up into the girls eyes.

"I'm sorry! I can't help it…"

She sighed. "It's fine Hatake… now let's change and meet up with Kakashi. I bet they've got the scroll already…"

Kaname smiled, happy to be done with her job (and the outfit).

The two quickly changed in the forest, and ran to the check point.

No one was there yet.

"Weird," Kaname muttered.

That Girl radioed in to Kakashi.

"Sensei? Sensei, do you copy?"

Nothing.

Static.

"Sensei?" she tried again.

Still no reply.

She quickly changed over to Guy's mic. "Guy- Sensei? Are you there?"

A loud boom answered in return, followed by Guy's loud yelled of victory.

"Got 'em!" he yelled.

The blue eyed beauty rolled her eyes. "GUY-SENSEI, WHAT'S GOIN ON OVER THERE?"

The sound of the 'youthful' teacher fighting was evident in his voice when he answered.

"The place is—OOOOOOOYAAAAAA! Completely booby- trapped! HIIIIYA! And—WHOA- WHATCH OUT MY YOUTHFUL LEE! CAPOOOW! We need you're assistance my lovely flowers! HYAHYAHYAAAAA~!"

She sighed and turned to Kaname.

"We'll be right there…"

"Traps?" Kaname questioned.

That girl was already running back to the castle. "Yup… Come on! Move it!"

The Hatake groaned at the thought of more blood.

~X~

Toshihiro was fighting gracefully in the back. His moves, flawless. His precision, deadly. He was a killing machine. It was what he was born to do.

"Kakashi-san," he yelled as he broke the neck of the man to his left, "how many more?"

"About thirteen!" he shouted back.

"We can't keep this up!" Sasuke barked as he killed another clone.

Daiske agreed as he flipped up from the ground. "They just keep coming!"

Lee glared at the approaching shinobi. "Guy- sensei! We can't hold them off much longer!"

Neji yelled back as he removed his gentle fist from his unconscious opponent. "We have to! We have to get Aya!"

Toshihiro smashed his fist into another ninja's face. "We need to focus them into a single point and attack with a final blow!"

"Got it!" they all replied. Slowly the teams forced the shinobi into a dense corner.

"Now!" Toshihiro yelled.

Kakashi bit his thumb and smeared some blood across his palm and did some hand seals. Abruptly, 27 wolf demons appeared, on top of which rode their white haired friend and their short brunette friend.

"Good…" That Girl smiled. "The summoning technique worked."

Kaname hoped down and ran over to the group.

"Are you all okay?" Her tone was worried.

"We're all fine…" Daiske grumbled as Kaname hugged him tightly.

Sasuke walked over to That Girl. "How did it go?" he asked.

She chuckled.

"Fine. They were nothing compared to me! I didn't even get to use my techniques…"

Sasuke laughed softly.

"Crazy girl…" he muttered.

"Well," she said to the crowed, "now that were done here," she paused, "It's time to get Aya."