Heir of the three clans: Hyuuga, Senju, and Uchiha
Love or friend part 3: Finally free
"So Sakura what will it be?" Ino asked.
"This is a no decision, we all know she is coming with me." Sasuke said.
"What makes you so confident?" Ino asked.
He smirked, "Why do you think she was so loyal to me? Why do you think she is so indecisive?" he asked back.
"You put a seal on her?" Ino asked.
"A seal?" Sakura asked.
"What you think you followed me around because of your own free will? No you was just a pawn in our plan to take over the shinobi world, but your useless now." Sasuke said.
"Your the one who is useless." Ino said.
"Ino?" Sakura said.
"I told you I'm not giving up on you yet." Ino said.
"Do you think you can do anything to change the fact that she will come to me? No matter what you do its just giving me a stronger puppet." Sasuke told her.
"I will not allow you to fuck up her life any more then you already have." Ino said getting into her stance.
"Oh what do you plan on doing about it? We all know you can't beat me." Sasuke asked.
Ino went through some hand signs, "Your right I can't beat you, but I can save my friend." she said.
"How?" Sasuke asked curious.
Shintenshin no Jutsu. Ino said and aimed it at Sakura.
Naruto moved to catch Ino's body before it hit the ground. At the same time Sasuke moved to attack Sakura. Lee moved and grabbed Sakura before he reached her, "If you want to kill them then you will have to go through me." Funu said.
Sasuke looked at her, "I have been waiting to kill you." he said.
"Well don't keep me waiting." Funu said.
(In Sakura's mind)
Ino walked around her mind, "He really screwed her up." she said.
"What are you doing here Ino?" Sakura asked.
Ino looked at her, "Sakura?" she asked.
This Sakura looked exactly like Sakura except the sharingan she had. "Answer me, why are you here?" fake Sakura asked.
"How do you have the sharingan?" Ino asked.
"My Sasuke-kun is waiting for me, now hurry up and get out of my head so I can go to him." fake Sakura said.
Ino looked around, "What happened to the real Sakura?" she asked.
"She is no longer in charge, I can't kill her because it would kill myself to bad, I would be so much powerful without her slowing me down." fake Sakura said.
"Well I'm here to save my friend if I have to go through you then I will." Ino said.
"I have been waiting to test my power on someone worthy, you will be my first victim." fake Sakura said.
"Ino help!" was heard.
"Sakura where are you." Ino called back.
"Quiet you pest, this is my body now so get use to being in that cage." fake Sakura said. Ino ran past her further into her mind to find the real Sakura.
(In Demon country)
"Funu-chan want me to kill him?" Naruto asked as he sat Ino next to a boulder.
"No I'll handle him." Funu said.
Sasuke vanished and a bolt of lighting came down where Funu was. She flipped back and quickly found his chakra with her sharingan. She grabbed her twin swords and vanished kicking Sasuke in the face. He flipped from the impact and sent a snake at her. Funu used her arm to block the snake before it could reach her face.
"Pathetic I expected better." Sasuke said as he stood up.
"This is nothing, I'm just getting started." Funu said.
"Oh but your already beat." Sasuke said.
"What makes you so confident?" Funu asked.
"Because I only use poisonous snakes, it should start affecting you now." Sasuke said.
Funu coughed up blood as he said that, "Funu!" Suture yelled.
Funu dropped to one knee, "No stay back." she barely got out.
"Funu let us help you!" Tenten yelled.
"Maybe next time." Funu said as she coughed up more blood.
"Uchiha your poisoned, I need to get it out of you now!" Hinata stated.
"What this is just a minor thing." Funu said struggling to get up.
"Funu stop!" Naruto yelled.
"No." Funu responded as her sharingan started to change.
She vanished in her time-space jutsu and appeared in front of a shocked Sasuke, "You shouldn't be able to move!" he stated.
"I'm going to kill you." she said as she pulled her sword back.
Sasuke jumped back in time for the sword to barely miss him. Funu's arm fell from the pain of the poison, "Looks like you came up short." Sasuke said as he moved for her.
Naruto appeared next to Funu with his staff swinging it at Sasuke. The impact of the staff sent Sasuke flying back, "My turn." he said.
"No don't." Funu said whispered as she struggled to move her arm.
(In Sakura's mind)
Ino stopped running after the voice of Sakura until she came to a large cage, "Sakura?" she asked.
"Ino help." Sakura said.
"Sakura what happened?" Ino asked.
"It was Sasuke, he used my love for him to create her." Sakura pointed to the other Sakura walking towards them, "I can't beat her, she knows everything I do. You have to beat her." Sakura said.
"How do I open the gate?" Ino asked.
Laughter filled the area, "Open it? You can't open it." the fake Sakura said.
Ino turned to her with cold blue eyes, "How do I open it?" she demanded.
"Oh scary." she taunted, "The only way to open it is by killing me. But that wont happen and after I kill you this will be my body." she told Ino.
"That's all I needed to know." Ino said.
"Oh you think you can beat me? I know all your moves. I know how strong you are and your nothing compared to the power my Sasuke-kun gave me." she told Ino.
"You know nothing about my skills." Ino said as she reached behind her, "Now since I know what I need to do to free my friend, nothing will stand in my way." she added as she pulled out a tanto.
"That's new, Sakura never knew you had one of those." fake Sakura said.
Ino vanished and appeared in the air above fake Sakura and did a downward slash. Fake Sakura flipped back barely in time to miss the tanto, "Not fast enough." Ino said as lighting shot out at her opponent.
"Your a Raiton user?" fake Sakura asked in surprise.
Ino twirled her tanto, "You talk a lot for someone who is going to kill me. I wonder what Sasuke will think after he finds out I killed his puppet?" she asked her.
Fake Sakura growled at her, "Don't talk about my Sasuke-kun." she said.
"You know last I heard he was gay, did you know that?" Ino taunted.
"Stop talking about my Sasuke-kun!" she yelled.
"You know he will be dead soon? Yea I doubt he will be enough to take on Itachi or Funu." Ino said.
Fake Sakura's anger grew as Ino taunted her, "I said leave him alone!" she yelled again.
"You know a kunoichi shouldn't let her anger get the better of her or she will die." no said from behind her.
"What how did you get behind me, this is my mind I control it!" fake Sakura yelled.
"No now I'm in control, time to die." Ino said as she stabbed her tanto in fake Sakura's back. She fell to her knees and started to fade. As she faded the cage that held the real Sakura started to fade with her. Ino looked at her, "Before I give you control, how do you feel about Sasuke?" she asked.
"I'm over him." Sakura said.
"Sakura I'm serious, don't make me ask you again." Ino said.
"Ok I still like him, but after what he did to me, I think I can do better." Sakura said.
"Good, lets get back out there." Ino said.
"Wait Ino, I thought when you use your clan jutsu's you receive the damage that the person your controlling receives?" Sakura asked.
"I do, but we have a few medics on our side who will be able to save me." Ino said then vanished giving Sakura control of her body.
(In Demon country)
Sakura opened her eyes and saw Lee holding her, "Lee?" she asked.
"Sakura-san are you ok?" he asked with concern.
"Yes, Ino saved me." Sakura said.
Ino opened her eyes with a gasp, "Help." she whispered.
"Hinata you have to help Ino or she will die!" Sakura yelled.
Everyone looked over at Ino as blood stained the back of her shirt, "Ino-chan!" Naruto yelled as he ran towards her.
Sasuke smirked and ran at her. Hinata stopped working on removing the poison from Funu and ran at Ino. Sasuke being closest reached her before Naruto and Hinata, "Die!" he yelled as his katana came down at her.
Blood splattered everywhere, "INO!" everyone yelled.
Sasuke smirked, "That's one down." he said.
"Go to hell Sasuke." Sakura said as she coughed up blood.
"Sakura?" Naruto asked.
Sakura smiled, "Ino saved me so I had to repay her." she said.
"Oh well, I didn't need you anyway. You was just a pawn in my plan." Sasuke said.
Sakura reached around him, "I'll see you in hell." she said as she shoved a kunai into his stomach while pulling him closer to her.
Naruto kicked Sasuke as Hinata caught Sakura before she fell on Ino. The ninja's Sasuke came with grabbed him and vanished, "Karin put yourself to use and heal Ino." Hinata yelled as she pulled the katana out of Sakura's stomach.
"On it." Karin said running to Ino and bending next to her. She looked at the damage, "Here bite me." she said holding her arm out to Ino. Tenten walked to Funu and continued to remove the poison that Hinata was previously doing.
"Hinata" Sakura said coughing up blood.
"Don't talk." Hinata ordered.
"I can't be saved this time, I know this. Just give this to Ino when she wakes up." Sakura said as she handed her the sheath for the katana that lay next to her.
(break)
A week later Sakura opened her eyes, "My head." she said.
"You finally woke up?" Ino asked.
"I'm not dead?" Sakura asked.
"No stupid, you can't feel pain when your dead." Ino said.
"But I was dying." Sakura said.
"I figured if Ino risked dying to save you, then you must have something in you worth saving." Hinata said.
"Thank you." Sakura said.
"That don't mean I like you, just the medic in me could let you die without trying to save you, and it would have been a waste of Ino's time if you was dead." Hinata said.
"Don't listen to her Sakura, she is just giving you a hard time because of how everything happened." Ino said.
Hinata walked up to them, "Are you sure you killed the other Sakura?" she asked.
"Yes I made sure it was dead." Ino said.
"Did you check to see if there was anything else in there?" Hinata asked.
"No I didn't think of that." Ino said somewhat embarrassed.
"We will have to get Funu to check then." Hinata said.
"Fine with me." Ino said.
Sakura looked at them, "Can you stop talking as if I'm not right here?" she asked.
Hinata looked at her, "Funu will be in here shortly." she said then walked out.
"Sakura although Hinata doesn't hate you, she don't like you. Naruto and Funu they still hate you though." Ino told her.
"I figured they would." Sakura said.
"Sakura, how long was that other Sakura there?" Ino asked.
"Since I we graduated." Sakura told her.
"How much influence did it have over your actions?" Ino asked.
Sakura looked away, "Not much, until recently I had it under control." she admitted.
"Over everything?" Ino asked.
"Well, I think I was in control. I didn't start haven problems with controlling her until after Sasuke left." Sakura said.
Ino looked at her, "No Sasuke-kun?" she asked.
"No I'm finally over him for good." Sakura said.
"Good, now lets get this over." Funu said walking in the makeshift room.
(break)
Xailong reread his scroll that had the details for their escort to the village. He stuffed it into his pocket and walked out his office, "Dagou get ready we are leaving." he said.
"Now? I don't have all the research I need to make this mission a success." Dagou said.
"We are going to Konoha, you can watch the target there and figure out their daily patterns and the best time to get them." Xailong said.
(break)
Kushina sat at her desk watching as her grandkids plus Inabi wrestled around her office. She looked to the side and saw Mari sitting on the couch with her stuffed snake, "Whats wrong Mari?" she asked.
"I miss daddy." the 2 year old said.
"He will be back soon." Kushina said.
The door opened and the team Ino was leading stopped and looked in the office. In the middle of the floor all the kids except Mari was tangled together while hitting the nearest kid to their hands. Kushina looked at them, "Welcome back." she said.
"Daddy!" Mari yelled as she ran over to Naruto.
"Mari why are you not playing with the others?" Naruto asked as he picked her up.
"Hi daddy!" the others yelled while still playing.
"Hi mommy!" Inabi yelled to Funu.
"Well lets get this report over so you all can leave, its to crowded in here." Kushina said.
Ino gave her a full detail of the entire mission and why it failed, "So with Oto and Akatsuki attacking Demon country we was forced to abort the mission." she finished.
Kushina nodded, "So what about the demon that was buried there?" she asked.
"We collapsed the entrance under the mountain." Ino said.
"Good, and Sakura is no longer under the influence of Sasuke?" Kushina asked.
"No, Funu checked herself to make sure." Ino said.
"Good, Shion what will you do?" Kushina asked.
The priestess shrugged, "Not like I have many options on things to do with my home destroyed." she said.
"If you want you can stay here, I can find something for you to use your abilities for." Kushina said.
"Like what? Not like there is a need for a demon priestess." Shion asked.
"Maybe not, but your still a priestess and have powers that ninja's don't, you can teach these abilities to people who are not able to be ninja's. Who knows maybe you can create something similar to what the monks have created." Kushina said.
Shion thought about it, "Its worth a shot." she said.
"Good, I will have someone start working on an area where you can start your teachings." Kushina said.
"What about Taruho?" Shion asked.
"What can he do?" Kushina asked.
"He has been my bodyguard all my life and has done a good job." Shion said.
"My father was a samurai, he taught me everything he knew about being a samurai." Taruho said.
"Ok you can help Shion at her new temple, teach the men how to protect the priestesses in training, make them samurai's." Kushina said.
"Can you make the temple big enough for us to live in?" Shion asked.
"Sure, but why would you want to live there and not in your own apartment?" Kushina asked.
"As the High Priestess I must live in the temple until I pick a new High Priestess, as my protector Taruho must also live in the temple. Plus during priestess training they must stay in the temple, its a requirement to become a priestess." Shion said.
"Ok, I will make sure its big enough." Kushina said, "Now go clean yourselves you all stink." she added.
(break)
Karin ran into her small apartment and went straight to her research room. She opened a drawer and syringe and needle. She walked to the mirror that was in the room and positioned herself so she could see the mark on the back of her shoulder. Sticking the syringe in the center of it she watched as the now glowing seal faded and became invisible again. She sighed as tossed the syringe in the trash.
(a month later)
Walking through Oto was a redhead, hot-tempered kunoichi. She walked into the main building, "Tayuya what do you need? Orochimaru-sama is busy training Sasuke and don't want to be bothered." Kabuto said.
Tayuya looked at him, "Get the fuck out of my way." she said and continued to walk pass him.
Kabuto reached out and grabbed her, "You will do well to remember who your superior is." he said.
"If you touch me again I will kill you." she threatened and continued to walk into the training area.
"Tayuya what do you need? As you can see I'm busy." Orochimaru asked.
"Where the fuck is Karin?" she asked.
"Karin is no longer here." Orochimaru said.
"No longer here?" Tayuya asked.
"You don't know do you?" he asked as he continued to dodge Sasuke's attacks. "She decided to side with Konoha." he told her.
The anger flowed off Tayuya was a clear sign that something was wrong, "That bitch." she said and turned to leave.
"Why are you so interested in her all of a sudden?" Orochimaru asked.
"She took something that belongs to me." Tayuya said.
(break)
Ayame walked away from her sisters towards her fathers house. After agreeing to meet them at the festival she went to pick up her daughter. Unknown to her she was being closely followed the entire time.
(break)
Tayuya stopped outside Konoha's main gate and looked from her hiding place into it. After getting a good idea of how security was she walked up to the gate pretending to be a visitor. It was times like this that she was glad she didn't own an Oto hitai-ate. Once inside she quickly made her way to a nearby clothes store, "Can I help you?" the lady asked.
"I need new clothes." Tayuya said.
The lady looked over her, "Yes you do." she whispered.
"What was that?" Tayuya asked.
"Nothing, follow me." the lady said.
The lady went through a bunch of clothes making Tayuya try on hundreds of different outfits within a 2 hour period. Finally the lady stopped throwing clothes at her after approving of what she was currently wearing. She had on a pair of white tight pants that stopped just below her knees, a green belt that was on her at an angle with the right side being a few inches lower then the left, she had on a sleeveless white shirt that stopped above her belly, a green bandana on her head keeping her hair straight down. Tayuya looked at herself in the mirror, "You look perfect." the lady said.
"My arms are bare." Tayuya said.
"So is that a problem?" the store lady asked.
"Yes it is a problem." Tayuya said and went to grab some green vambraces that had a bunch of designs on them. He picked up a matching pair of leg braces and put them on.
(break)
Ayame walked out her fathers apartment with a happy Ami skipping in front of her with her Kyuubi mask on, "Mommy when will we get there?" Ami asked.
"We will be at the festival soon." Ayame said.
"Will daddy be there?" Ami asked.
"Yes he will, its his birthday." Ayame said.
"Will Mari be there?" Ami asked.
"Yes she will be there so will the rest of your sisters and brothers." Ayame answered.
"Will ganma be there?" Ami asked.
"Yes Ami everyone will be there." Ayame said.
"Yay!" Ami cheered as she ran in circles.
"Ami don't get to far ahead of me." Ayame called out to her.
Two figures came out, "Ayame you and your daughter are coming with us." one said.
"Who are you?" Ayame asked as she quickly ran and grabbed her daughter and shielded her with her own body.
"I'm Xailong and this is Dagou, if you come quietly then no one will be hurt." Xailong said as he pointed to Dagou who was behind them.
"What do you want with me?" Ayame asked.
"Who said we want you?" Xailong asked.
"Your not getting my daughter." Ayame said.
"What makes you think you can stop us?" Xailong asked.
Ayame looked between the two before she picked up Ami and ran as fast as she could as she ran she screamed out for help. Xailong looked at her running and screaming for help before he vanished and appeared in front of her, "Why do you make this so hard?" he asked.
Before she could answer Dagou hit her in the neck knocking her out, "Should I try to get her out now?" he asked.
"No we need to wait for a distraction." Xailong said.
(at the festival)
The center of Konoha was decorated with all types of balloons and stalls. Although with the kids the biggest attraction was the large stuffed Kyuubi dolls, the adults settled for masks of Minato and occasionally an adult would have on a Kyuubi mask, mainly those with a bond with Naruto. Over all the festival while a celebration of the first Senju heir in years being born, it was of a celebration of the brave battle that Minato had with Kyuubi.
(break)
Karin walked out her apartment ready to go to the festival when she saw Tayuya walk out the clothes store. Running back into her apartment she, she went into her medic room and put everything in her special scrolls. After pocketing the scroll she ran back out the apartment and peeked around to make sure Tayuya was nowhere around. After not seeing her she jumped on a roof and headed towards the featival. She was almost at the festival when someone landed in front of her, "Did you think I didn't see you?" she asked.
"Tayuya why are you here?" Karin asked.
"Give me what you took from me." Tayuya demanded.
"I have nothing that belongs to you." Karin said.
Tayuya crossed her arms, "I don't feel like playing your damn game, give me my shit before I decide to take it from you." she said.
Karin put one hand on her hip and met her glare after using her other hand to adjust her glasses, "Your no longer my superior in fighting ability, while you have been sitting on your ass and moping, I have been training." she said.
Tayuya tilted her head to the side vanished punching her in the stomach, "Your still below me." she said.
Karin backed up in pain then looked at her, "Don't underestimate me." she said then kicked her in the head sending her down into the festival and destroying one of the many stalls.
Everyone who was in the area looked at her in shock. Tayuya stood up and looked up to see Karin gone. She looked around before busting herself off, "If that's how you want to play fine." she said and took off at full speed. One of the people who saw what happened was Hinata who took off afterher to find out who she was.
(break)
Xailong and Dagou waited in the shadows with their cart for the right moment to escape. As they waited they saw Karin run out the village followed soon by someone they never saw before. Not long after they saw Hinata run out. "Now is out chance." Xailong said as he walked out the village. Dagou followed with the cart as the guards was busy trying to figure out what was going on.
(break)
Tayuya caught Karin and immediately punched her to the ground, "I tried asking nice, now I'm going to take whats mine from you." she said.
Karin got up, "I don't have anything that belongs to you." she said.
Tayuya vanished and punched her in the face, "Where is my research?" she asked.
"That was my research, you only gave me the idea to research it." Karin said as her eyes changed from red to dark red.
"Don't try that shit with me, I know all your tricks." Tayuya said as she attacked her again, intent on getting that research.
Hinata arrived at the area just as Karin was sent flying back, "Who are you and why are you attacking Karin?" she demanded.
"Stay the fuck out of this." Tayuya said.
Hinata stood in front of Karin, "Answer me." she demanded.
"Move or I will make you dammit." Tayuya said.
"Try me." Hinata challenged.
Tayuya met her challenge by throwing a kunai at her. Hinata dodged the kunai but was cut off by Tayuya as she attacked her while she was still off balance from dodging the kunai. The two started their taijutsu fight with Tayuya expertly dodging or knocking away all Hinata's jyuuken strikes. She sent Hinata back with another well placed punch to her cheek. Hinata was caught before she hit the ground and Tayuya was sent back by a backhand of the same kunoichi who caught Hinata.
Tayuya got up and wiped the blood from her mouth, "Who the fuck are you?" she asked.
"Why are you here?" she asked.
"Don't answer my fucking question with your own question." Tayuya said annoyed.
"Karin take Hinata straight to the hokage's office." the kunoichi then vanished and Tayuya fell to the ground unconscious.
(break)
Kushina watched as Hinata was sat on a chair and Tayuya on the couch, "Kurenai who is that?" she asked.
"Don't know, she was fighting Hinata, and winning." Kurenai said.
"She got a lucky hit." Hinata defended.
"Why was you fighting?" Kushina asked.
"I was enjoying the festival when she crashed into the cinnamon bun stall. Before I could see if she was alright she took off. I barely was able to see Karin's hair as she ran off. So I chased." Hinata explained.
"Karin explain." Kushina said.
"Her name is Tayuya, she is a jounin from Oto. As you can tell she still can beat me, and apparently Hinata." Karin said.
"I wasn't beat." Hinata said
"Why was she after you?" Kushina asked.
"We never got was friends, actually we hated each other. As to why she came after me I have no clue." Karin said as she adjusted her glasses.
"Wake her up." Kushina said.
Kurenai picked up a pitcher of water and dumped it on Tayuya, "What the fuck!" she yelled jumping up.
"Stop standing on my couch." Kushina said.
"Who the fuck are you, why the fuck am I here?" Tayuya asked as she prepared to defend herself.
"I said get stop standing on my couch." Kushina said. Tayuya glared at her. Kushina calmly met her glare with one of her own. After a few minutes Tayuya looked away while stepping off the couch, "Good now why are you here?" Kushina asked.
"To get my research that Karin took." Tayuya said.
"What research?" Kushina asked.
"Research on the cursed seal." Tayuya said.
"Karin doesn't have the cursed seal." Kushina said.
"That's because I was able to find away to temporarily remove it. She took my research when I was gone for personal reasons." Tayuya said.
"That's a lie, I never had the cursed seal." Karin yelled.
"Do you have any proof to back this claim up?" Kushina asked.
"Has she used her bloodline?" Tayuya asked not missing a beat.
"Yes once." Kushina said not really seeing the point in the question.
"If the person who it was used on is here, I can prove to you that she lied about everything she has told you." Tayuya said.
"Don't listen to her, she is trying to get out of being interrogated." Karin yelled.
"If so, why did you run?" Tayuya challenged.
"Because your a psycho!" Karin stated.
"Kurenai bring me Funu." Kushina said.
(break)
Naruto stood with his kids and Inabi, "Ayame still hasn't arrived yet?" he asked in concern.
"No, she should have been here by now though." Anko said.
Naruto created a clone and sent it to Teuchi house to find out why Ayame was so late. A few minutes later he got information from the clone, "Ayame left her fathers an hour ago." he said to Anko.
"Send clones around the village." Anko said.
10 minutes later Naruto had the information from his clones, "She is nowhere in the village." he said.
(break)
Funu walked in the hokage's office, "Whoa Hyuuga who kicked your ass?" she asked.
"I did." Tayuya said.
"No you didn't, I was just tested you." Hinata said.
"Who are you?" Funu asked.
"That don't matter right now, Karin used her bloodline on your right?" Kushina asked.
"Yes." Funu answered.
"Have you been feeling any different?" Kushina asked.
"No I feel fine why?" Funu asked.
"Tayuya claims to be able to prove that Karin has been lying, it involves you." Kushina asked.
"How does it involves me?" Funu asked.
"Are you part of a clan?" Tayuya asked.
Funu looked at her like she was stupid, "I'm the Uchiha heir, I'm sure Sasuke has be ranting about killing me to gain power." she said.
"An Uchiha?" Tayuya asked in surprise.
"Got a problem with it?" Funu asked.
"Activate your sharingan." Tayuya said.
"Why?" Funu asked.
"Just do it." Kushina said.
"I can't." Funu said.
"That's an order." Kushina said.
"I can't" Funu said.
"What do you mean 'you can't'" Hinata asked.
"I mean I can't, as in it wont activate." Funu said in somewhat of a panic. She turned to Karin and slammed her against the wall, "What the hell did you do!" she demanded.
"She used the cursed seal on you." Tayuya said.
The door flew open as Naruto and Anko ran in, "Mom, Ayame and Ami are missing." Naruto yelled.
"What do you mean missing?" Kushina asked.
"They are nowhere in the village, I used my clones to check everywhere." Naruto said in a panic.
"Naruto calm down we will find them, Anko take Naruto, Hinata, Funu, and Karin and search for them." Kushina said.
"Ok let go you four." Anko said.
"Also keep an eye on Karin for anything." Kushina said.
"Will do." Anko said.
"Kurenai inform the others that they are missing." Kushina said.
"Got it." Kurenai said.
Tayuya looked at them, "Xailong." she said.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"Xailong he was here I saw him when I chased Karin out the village. He was with Dagou." she told them.
"Why is that important?" Kushina asked.
"Because although you may not know of him, he has a reputation around Oto for his ability to sneak into places unnoticed. Orochimaru even paid for his services a few times." Tayuya said.
"Orochimaru paid him to kidnap Ami?" Anko asked.
"No, after Xailong led him into a trap, Orochimaru has been searching for him for revenge." Tayuya said.
"Can't say I feel bad for him, but where do Xailong live?" Kushina asked.
"Grass country." she said.
"Why are you giving us this information?" Hinata asked.
Tayuya stayed quiet for a minute, "I have my reasons." was all she said.
"Let me bring Tayuya with me?" Anko asked.
Kushina looked at Anko with a questioning look, "Ok." she said. Once the 6 was gone she leaned back in her chair, "How did she know her name?" she asked out loud.
(break)
Xailong and Dagou stopped after they was a few miles away from Konoha, "How are they?" Xailong asked.
"The child hasn't stopped screaming since she woke up." Dagou said.
"Wake Ayme up so she can shut her up." Xailong said.
Shortly after Ayame was woke, "What do you want with my daughter?" she asked.
Xailong looked at her, "I do things others don't want to do, one of those things is taking children away from their parents." he told her.
"Your not taking my daughter from me." Ayame said as she pulled Ami closer to her body.
Xailong and Dagou laughed, "Every mother says that, they all put up a fight. So far none has beaten us." Xailong said.
"Once we have our target out of their village no one finds us." Dagou said.
"Well your luck has just ran out. My husband will come for us." Ayame said.
"Naruto Namikaze Senju Uzumaki we know everything about him, we know his weaknesses and strengths. He will have no affect on our plan." Xailong said.
"Your going to beg for your life once my family finds us." Ayame said.
"Shut up." Xailong said.
"Mommy I'm hungry." Ami said.
"At least let me feed my daughter?" Ayame asked.
(break)
Anko watched as her summon went back to the summoning realm. Shortly after Hinata, Naruto, and Funu's summons all went back to the summoning realm, "This Xailong had this planned out." she said while sitting back on a fallen branch.
Hinata moved her fallen hair out of her face, "We need a new strategy to find them in this rain." she said.
"We can't stop now, we have to keep going!" Naruto said.
"We have been running for hours, we need a rest and to come up with a plan." Funu said.
"Naruto sit down, we will find them I promise." Anko then looked at Tayuya who was currently sitting up in a tree, "Can you tell us more about them?" she asked.
"No need in asking her anything, she never gives out information unless she will benefit from it." Karin said.
"I wasn't talking to you." Anko snapped at her.
There was a long silence where the only thing heard was the rain hitting the ground. Naruto stood up, "Its obvious we are not getting anything from her, can we continue to search?" he asked.
"Fine, lets go." Anko said.
"He specialize in extraction." Tayuya said. Everyone stopped moving and looked at her, "I don't know much, but I do know that Xailong never fails to get his target. He is an elite ninja earning the respect of Orochimaru after a fight between the two of them that almost wiped out a small village. Getting those two from him will not be easy, and he has no problem in using them to get what he wants. He has been known to break contracts for the right price. He will steal anything, kids, animals, scrolls, weapons, anything as long as it is of value." she finished.
"Anything on Dagou?" Anko asked.
"He is a sensor, fighting wise he isn't a problem." Tayuya said.
"Your holding something back." Anko said.
"I told you everything I know." Tayuya said.
"Tayuya please tell us everything you know, anything you know will help me save my niece." Anko said.
Tayuya sighed, "Should I tell them or will you?" she asked.
"What are you talking about?" Anko asked.
"She is trying to play some mind game." Karin said.
"Your a sensor Karin, you knew he was there yet you did nothing." Tayuya said.
"I have no clue what your talking about." Karin said.
"What are you two talking about?" Naruto asked.
"Dagou is Karin's brother." Tayuya said.
(break)
Ayame was thrown in a dark cage with Ami, "If you behave I might let you outside." Xailong said as he walked away.
"Xailong, the client who ordered the cheetahs canceled their order." someone said.
"Did they send the cancellation fee?" Xailong asked.
"Yes." the person said.
"That's all I care about, you can kill the cheetahs." Xailong said.
"Will do." the person said.
Ayame looked around in what little light she had and saw 3 cheetahs, 2 babies and the mother. Ami trotted over to the gate, "Kitty." she yelled.
"Shut her up." the man said.
Ami come here." Ayame said as she picked her up.
"Kitty, I want kitty." Ami squeaked at the top of her lungs.
"Shut her up now." the man yelled.
"I'm trying." Ayame yelled back at him.
"Zhen just give her one of the damn things." Xailong said from the door.
"Yes sir." Zhen said. He then opened the gate and slipped in before the cheetahs could run out. He picked up one of the babies and slipped back out. He threw the cheetah into the cage that Ami was screaming in and she immediately stopped screaming as she trotted over to it as fast as she could. Zhen then went back to the other gate and opened it. The mother cheetah with her last cub in her mouth ran out before he could close the gate.
"Catch her." Xailong yelled as he ran after her.
Ayame looked at them, "I hope she gets away." she whispered then went back to watching Ami try and strangle the cheetah.
(end)