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Woohoo! Chapter 3 is up! Sorry about not getting it up sooner, but my cousin was here and I had to go and visit with them despite my protests. Anyway, always review or Kakashi will come after you and use Thousand Years of Death Technique on you. Hugs to all my reviewers and remember… The light side might be the right side, but heck, the dark side has cookies and good dental!

Miharu-Uchiha

Chapter 2: Recap!

"Maybe it's the mix of all that food and this water, but I'm suddenly really tired," Naruto yawned about five minutes later. "I'm getting out."

Sasuke soaked for a little while longer and realized Naruto was right. He shrugged and got out, simply dismissing it as the food combined with the warmth. His towel wrapped firmly around his waist he headed out into the cold, empty, silent hallway and stumbled back to their room. Sakura was sitting on a bed apparently claimed as her own and was brushing out her damp hair pausing to look at him and blush before returning to her brushing.

"Naruto's in the bathroom getting his pajama's on at the moment," Kakashi said.

"Hn…" Sasuke replied drowsily grabbing his own and changing in the small closet.

Once he was finished he literally fell out of the closet and wandered to his own bed. Naruto was lying on his own falling asleep already, Sakura was putting away her stuff, and Kakashi was reading his Come Come Paradise.

"Good night guys," Sakura yawned getting into her bed.

Naruto was already beginning to drool and Kakashi was reaching up to turn off the lamp. Sasuke followed suit and with one final spinning glance at the room was asleep before his head hit the pillow.

Chapter 3: Attack!

Sasuke awoke to the cold, dark, silence of their room. In fact, the silence was stifling. Sasuke strained to hear the familiar creak of the ship as its bow plunged through the black water, but to his dismay could hear nothing. He realized something wasn't right and slowly began to sit up ready to call for Kakashi. Suddenly a hand clamped down over his mouth forcing him down into the bed. Sasuke instinctively struggled and his panic rose as a shadow loomed over him.

"Stop struggling and be quiet," the shadow commanded in a nearly inaudible whisper.

As the shadow turned towards him, Sasuke recognized Kakashi's single sharingan eye whirling above him. It caught light from nowhere it seemed and cast off a red glow. Slowly he lifted his hand up off Sasuke.

"I was right," he said. "There was no ship and no ambassador. They were sent to kill us. I was alarmed when last night not one of you could concentrate and fell asleep immediately. They drugged our food and the steam coming off the bath was no better. They planned to drug us and then kill us in our sleep. It wouldn't be hard to throw our bodies off the ship and no one would be the wiser."

"It makes sense, but why kill us now?" Sasuke asked still feeling groggy.

"This," Kakashi replied waving the scroll in front of him "They've got to be working for someone, and while I don't yet know the details whoever it is wants this scroll. Make sure it stays right here."

"Quick find their room and kill them," a voice called out from the hallway it's owner obviously still believing they were drugged.

"Not wasting time," Kakashi said. "Now wake Sakura and Naruto while I clear the hall. I'll be back so wait here and don't do anything rash. I don't know how many there are and it wouldn't do to go and do their job for them. Got it?"

Sasuke nodded and watched Kakashi disappear into the hall after he had stuffed the scroll's case beneath his mattress. He turned and silently woke Sakura and Naruto. He briefly explained their predicament as he pulled his clothes on, the room still pitch black.

"That scroll's getting to be more trouble then it's worth, but why come after us?" Naruto wondered aloud. "Why not just wait until we give it to the Raikage and then take it?"

"True makes no sense. Still, I sure hope Kakashi has a good plan this time," Sakura said grabbing her things.

"That makes two of us," Sasuke muttered turning towards the door.

"Let's get out of here while the hall's clear," Kakashi said bursting into the room. "Move!"

"Sasuke!" Sakura yelled. "Duck!"

"Wha…" Sasuke started ducking just as a shurikan whizzed over the top of his head.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Sakura said easily performing the handsigns.

Sasuke watched as the single shuriken seemed to blur into more all of which slammed into Kakashi who fell to the ground as the shuriken bit into him.

"Sakura! What the hell was that for?" Naruto yelled.

"Watch," Sakura replied.

Sure enough Kakashi's still from disappeared and became another ninja whose shocked expression was forever frozen on his face.

"He forgot one thing that Kakashi always has," Sakura explained. "No Come Come Paradise equals obviously not Kakashi. Amateur."

"Good point," Sasuke said rising to his feet.

Their real sensei came in eyeing the impostor on the floor, "What happened to not getting into any trouble while I was gone?"

"Sakura tried to kill you with a shuriken jutsu," Naruto said with a grin."Inner anger isn't good for anyone."

"Shuriken jutsu? Sakura?" Kakashi said. "Where did you learn that?"

"Uh…" Sakura said.

"Never mind," Kakashi grinned. "The hall's clear now so we'd better get out of here."

Kakashi grabbed the scroll from beneath his mattress and went out into the hall with the rest of cell seven following him closely. The hall was empty and dark at both ends.

"Why isn't the boat moving?" Sasuke realized.

"Finally noticed it? It was what woke me up," Kakashi said. "Now let's see. The stairs are guarded, but I happened to notice there's another set up to the deck out through the kitchen."

"Won't it be guarded too?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, but hopefully not so much," Kakashi said as they hurried down the hall.

The dining hall looked about the same as it had when they left it earlier. Luckily their sensei had been right. No one was here. Then a strange noise came from the kitchen.

"Just where do you think you're going?" The chef said whistling as he came out from the kitchen. In his hand he held a serrated knife that he continuously scraped against a sharpening stone generating the sound. "Shouldn't you be in bed at this hour?"

"We'd going up to the deck," Kakashi said. "Move."

"Now you know I won't do that," the chef said as more men filtered from the kitchen. "Kill them."

"What's the plan?" Sasuke asked in a low whisper.

"I'm thinking," Kakashi said as the previous waiters approached with lethal cooking implements. "Naruto!"

"I can take them," Naruto yelled. "I know how to handle a mission like this one, so get to the deck."

"We can't just leave him!" Sakura said turning to Kakashi.

"We don't have a choice. I'm sure he'll catch up in a minute," Kakashi said with a grin. "He'll be Hokage one day remember?"

"He's right. We have to get to the deck Sakura," Sasuke said.

"Right," she replied looking back at Naruto once more before following them.

"My, my boy, it would seem they abandoned you to die," the chef said.

"Hmph, obviously you don't know the first thing about me or them," Naruto laughed. "Shadow Clone Jutsu! Now who's out numbered? Weren't you going to attack?"

"This makes no difference boy!" The lead chef spat. "What makes you think that ordinary dopplegangers will save you?"

Taking their cue, the rest of the kitchen staff attacked flinging knives, graters, and all other assortments of kitchenware along with kunai and shuriken at the multitude of Narutos.

"You guys just don't learn do you?" Naruto said in perfect unison with each of his clones before they flew into the oncoming barrage.

Shortly after it was down to the head chef against Naruto. Now that he didn't have the numbers on his side, the chef looked lost and afraid.

"My shadow clones aren't ordinary are they?" Naruto asked the chef before all of them simultaneously pummeled him.

Meanwhile Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura had made it up the narrow stairs with little interruptions. Rain had started to fall and now pitter-pattered on the deck as waves crashed against the immobile ship.

"What'd I miss?" Naruto asked running up the stairs.

"That was quick," Kakashi said. "Anyway you haven't missed anything yet."

"Where do you think we'll find Kohta?" Sakura asked after smiling at Naruto.

"Ah Kakashi, out for a stroll on deck?" Kohta said solving the problem. "I enjoy the rain and it rains quite often here. Is there something I can help you with?"

"I think you already know the answer to that," Kakashi said icily. "Assassin Kohta. You're no ambassador."

"I must say Kakashi, you're brighter then most aren't you? No matter, all my victims die clever or no," Kohta said. "I'm afraid your trip has been delayed until further notice. Unfortunately you'll never get to your destination."

Kohta threw off his robes and beneath them wore a simple navy blue tunic that allowed him better movement. At his waist was a silver kama attached to a chain. Pulling it out he wrapped the chain around his arm.

"Watch this and guard it with your life," Kakashi said handing the scroll off to Sasuke. "I'll handle him."

"It's useless," Kohta said. "I'm a master of this particular weapon and you're unarmed. Sad isn't it?"

A multitude of other men came up both sets of stairs intent on getting the scroll. With a unanimous battle cry they charged at Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke leaving Kakashi for Kohta to deal with.

"End of the line," Kohta said smiling his toothy grin at Kakashi once more.

To Be Continued…! Mwahahahahaha! The suspense of it all! I enjoy this a bit too much I think… Oh well, it's not my fault…it's Inner Miharu's fault! Anyhow I'll try to update asap!