What They Say
They say that when a loved one is in trouble, you feel some sort of unease in your heart.
A gut feeling, if you will…
And as Remiel, known as Kenshin Arashi, was walking to the Hyuuga Residence, he couldn't shake that feeling in the back of his mind…
He had a box of cinnamon buns in his right hand, and had an apple in another, an apple so red, it looked like blood.
He bit into it as he walked, that unease only growing as he approached the house. At the door, he put down the box to knock, but something was stuck on the door.
It was a note, stuck to the door with a kunai.
It said…
I have taken the Girl.
If you wish to retrieve her, look for an odd flower, in a forest clearing…
To make sure that you hurry…
I have taken the liberty of injecting poison into her veins…
You have at least three hours…
Don't Dawdle…
With a speed developed through years of training, he pulled out two scrolls; colored red and green out of his bag in a fluid motion, unfurled the both of them, and bit his thumb.
He tasted the coppery tang of his blood in his mouth, but he simply ignored it, as he ran his thumb over them, and watched the blood trace a dark red line across them both.
Suddenly, in a large puff of smoke, his two teammates, Agni and Rudra, stood in front of him, arms crossed.
"This better be important, Rem, I was in the middle of diggin' into a nice hot bowl of ramen when ya' summoned me!" Agni, known as Totetsu answered.
"What is it, Remy?" Rudra, known as the ever polite Kohryu to the citizens of Konoha, asked.
"Someone's taken Hinata!" exclaimed Remiel.
"Someone's taken Sakura!" Naruto exclaimed as he barged into the Hokage's Office.
"What part of 'wait until called for' do you not understand, Naruto?" said The Fifth Hokage, Madam Tsunade, without looking up from her papers.
"Granma Tsunade! Please authorize a mission to-"
"-Retrieve Hinata!" said a voice from behind Naruto.
"Wha…"
And there stood Kenshin, along with his teammates, Kohryu and Totetsu. Kenshin was wearing his mask today, along with a black jacket that had a popped collar, while Totetsu wore a vest that had a sleeve covering his left arm, and Kohryu simply wore a Kimono cut off above the abdomen, and black leggings with three white lines on the sides.
"Can none of you understand English?!?" yelled Tsunade.
"Hinata's missing?" asked Naruto.
"No, she's at home asleep…of course she's missing! I wouldn't file a request to go search for her, would I?" replied Kenshin.
Naruto turned and simply continued talking.
"Sakura's missing, and I request permission for a mission to retrieve Sakura-"
"And Hinata."
Naruto shot a look of pure venom straight at Kenshin.
"WILL YOU QUIT BUTTING IN?!?"
"Will you let me finish?!?"
"WILL ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP!?!"
The two boys turned and saw that it was Tsunade had spoken.
"You!" she said as she pointed to Remiel.
"are going with him…" she then pointed to Naruto.
A few moments of silence passed, and then…
"WHAT?!?" they said in unison.
"You're both looking for someone, right? You'll finish faster working together." Tsunade replied.
"No offence, Hokage-sama, but we work best alone..." reasoned Kenshin.
"HE'LL ONLY DRAG ME DOWN!!!" yelled Naruto.
"Shut your trap, both of you!!!" said Tsunade.
The both of them fell silent at once.
"You two are going together! But you'll have to have another teammate to make a three-man team…" Tsunade continued.
"I'll go." said a voice from behind them.
Kiba pushed aside Totetsu, getting a growl in return from Totetsu. "Why you?" growled Totetsu.
"Because, I got Hinata's scent down, hell, I can find her anywhere, I can follow her scent, but I just don't know where it's going…" he replied.
Kenshin thought for a moment…
Then, he nodded to himself, and then turned to Kiba…
"Okay, you're on."