Chapter Eleven - You Are Loved

Meena

"I failed," Mina said looking at the water. She knew the reason... at least she thought she did. The kyuubi's hatred was too strong, but she was in the wrong clan to be able to do anything about it. After all, before her both Mito and Kushina were both Uzumaki. Both were loved, but she was hated.

No one knew that they held the nine tails, while everyone thought she was the nine tails. According to Kushina, via her journal, one needed as much love as the kyuubi had hatred.

"So your here?" a man said, his black hair styled weirdly around his head. Bee had talked to him, but she hadn't listened. After all, all she wanted to do was make sure, that her brother was alright. However, to do so... she had to become stronger, to stop the masked man. The one who attacked her godfather, the reason her godparents were dead. The reason her parents were dead, the reason her brother had to kill the clan, the reason she had to loss her best friend/cousin. "Bee wasn't always liked. I tried to kill him at some point."

"And he forgave you?"

"He did. I don't know why, but he did."

"I'm guessing you had a reason."

"I did."

"And you don't want to talk about it?" Mina asked looking at the four in the distance, they looked like they were training in Kenjutsu, something she had seen her godmother do. She had to cling onto those memories, but she had lost some of them. Only photos reminding her, of days when Kushina would take her to the market. Or when Minato would tell her about his last mission, keeping blood and gore out of it, as much as he could. "You don't have to. People have many reasons for attacking us, but the biggest reason it, they can't separate us from the tailed beast."

"I see... your one as well," he said leaning against the tree. Not many knew about Kushina, not many knew about her. They about Meena Uzumaki, so maybe A had been right. It might be safer if she stayed with her original appearance and not a henge. "I don't know how your treated. But the waterfall sees what's in your heart."

"Thank you."

Sasuke

"We'll attack the kage's during their next meeting," Tobi told them, looking at the five members that were left, most of them being killed by his old village. "Train and rest up, they'll be meeting in two weeks. Then we will declare war."

"And get that blonde," Kisame said a toothy grin on his face. He never liked the girl, she acted like Tobi did, a happy, loud, stupid person. He had his suspicions that she wasn't as dumb as people thought she was, like Tobi. No one thought either one of them were strong, until they were beaten to an inch of their life. "Along with the other one... Killer Bee. Sasuke what do you know about him?"

"His one of the few who can control his tailed beast, his also one of Kumo's best kenjutsu fighters," Sasuke said. He knew more about him, like he could wield eight swords at the same time, but he didn't want the man to be killed. That and if they wanted to know, then they could look at those dam Bingo books. "Juugo and I are reading more about him. We'll be ready to take him down, when we find him. We've had no luck finding their location."

"Why not?" Tobi asked his eye narrowing at the boy in front of him. Something was off, how hard could it be to find a blonde? And a rapping shinobi? "Why can't you find them?"

"No one knows where they want. Only the kage does and his not going to tell anyone where his brother is," Sasuke said, his voice was calm, but he was irrigated. It wasn't like the two before him had anymore luck. If they did, then they would have the man. He's been looking for Bee for about three days. Three! You couldn't do much in a small amount of time, not when you couldn't leave base for ever long. "During the two weeks. Karin and I will 'talk' to more guards and see if they know anything. If we must, we'll break into the village."

Meena

Mina sighed. The man from before watched her, she knew she should learn his name. After all, he was the reason she knew how to pass this test, something her clan find difficult to do. Forgive and let it go. Not forget, a shinobi never forgot.

"So, your back?" her image asked, a giant smile on her face. "You can't beat me and you know it! So why come back, your too weak."

"Who said anything about fighting you?"

"You... you," the dark eyed shadow said running towards her, but Mina only smiled at it. Pulling her into a hug, it was weird, hugging yourself. But she had to let go, let go of the fact that her parents didn't know who she was. It didn't matter, because Itachi and Shusui did know. Her cousin had given her his eyes, so he was always with her. He loved her, her godparents loved her. Her brother loved her. And to Mina, that was enough.

"Why? They treated us like trash."

"Because they didn't know any better. They'll learn," Mina whispered. Hoping that she did believe her words, she had forgiven Konaha, she wasn't going to fall into her families curse. Not with the promise she had given to her unborn brother. She was going to do it for Naruto, the little boy who was killed with his first breathe. "but for Naruto, the little blonde bundle of joy. For those who loved me, I'll forgive them."

Sasuke

"Can't find anything," Karin said looking at the man's body. Known of them knew where Killer Bee was, all they knew was that he was on a S-rank mission with his team and a black haired girl. "All they say is that his on a mission with a black haired girl."

"Black haired girl?" Sasuke asked looking at the only one who was conscious. "Do you know who she is? What did she look like?"

"Black hair and eyes... I think she had lines on her face," the man said. He only saw her for a second and only one side of her face. "I didn't get a good look at her."

"I see... did she look like Itachi Uchiha?"

"Now that I think about it... she did. Many thought he had gotten in."

"He can't, his dead."

"I see..."

"But you don't know where they went?"

"No."