Chapter 4.

Tsunade had just picked up a file Shizune had presented her a while ago. Now that she had finally opened it to read she looked at the picture of a man with dark blue hair and a pale face, on the label under him it said 'Missing-nin' a very common label she read when it came to those who were once affiliated with the Hidden Mist. She sighed and rested herself on her own fist, "what does this have to do with anything?" she asked Shizune.

"I know your worried about Akatsuki still, but we can't ignore other threats that may become a problem." Shizune said holding Ton-ton.

"Takashi Yabai, a missing nin from the Hidden Mist, once part of the Legendary Seven Swordsmen, and has since been seen in our village a few months ago." Tsunade repeated. "What about him?" she asked not concerned at all.

Shizune handed her two more files, "these are files on Raiga Kurosaki and Ren Awamori."

"Raiga? Didn't we send Naruto on a mission to take Raiga down?" she asked.

"Yes, since then his swords have been missing, but it says two individuals had taken them." Shizune said as Tsunade looked at the other file with a picture with Ren Awamori on it, "Ren's been killed at the Land of Waves, his body was found stabbed by two different weapons."

Tsunade looked at the picture of Awamori's dead body, "and whats the concern of him?" she asked.

"His sword has been taken as well." Shizune handed her two pictures, one with a sword and one without a sword. "Zabuza Momochi was buried at that spot, his Hocho was his grave mark, recently his sword has been taken from the place."

"Three of the Seven Swordsmen swords have been taken from them." Tsunade said, "whose been doing this?" she asked.

"We don't know, but since Sasuke has been found and returned to Konoha along with Jugo and Karin, he informed us someone else was with him, someone with Zabuza's sword."

"Anything else?"

"Karin said the boy who went by the name Suigetsu Hozuki had a goal to take Kisame Hoshigaki's Samehada, Karin thinks he's after all of the swords."

"Suigetsu Hozuki." Tsunade said his name, it sounded familiar for some reason.

Shizune put Ton-ton down and walked to the TV in the office, "The Hidden Mist was nice enough to give us a few clues of our concern," she flipped on the TV, it was a recording of a room, a man walked out of it, then two came in and began to look at all the files. Tsunade stared at a very pretty girl and a boy with silver hair, both were smiling and were looking in the files, a few minutes later they seemed alarmed and then ran out with several files.

"Which files did they take?"

"Kisame Hoshigaki, Takashi Yabai, Ren Awamori, Kigai Sonki," Tsunade looked up as she said the last name, "and Mangetsu Hozuki."

"Sonki, Hozuki?" she said looking at the still image of the girl and the boy she determined must have been Suigetsu smiling at each other. "Hozuki..." a memory popped in her mind when she was younger, a time Jiraiya and Orochimaru were still on her team. "Who's the girl?"

"We have no clue, the Hidden Mist found no records nor persons who knew or were willing to say who she was. Other then that all we can say is shes a girl who once knew the swordsmen, if not she would have no reason to bother finding out where they were. Plus the boy Suigetsu seems to know her, Karin says he left to 'look for someone'."

"Everyone's looking for someone these days."

"It seems doesn't it?" Shizune put on half a smile, "anyway, now that you know everything I should warn that if these two find where Kisame is, they can A: get killed or B: kill Kisame and end our chances of finding out anything else Akatsuki's been up to. Kabuto's book of information was good, but theres still voids that need to be filled."

"I see, so then should we send out a team to look for Takashi and these two kids?" Tsunade said pulling out a sheet beginning to write down the mission.

"Yes, two squads, I suggest Jonin are sent—"

"They're all gone." Tsunade said looking up. "And theres only one Chunin that I know isn't gone right now.

Shizune knowing she had meant Sakura panicked her, "Sakura just came back! And Naruto just came out of recovery, and I know Sasuke's back, but you honestly don't think we should send him out on a mission do you?" she asked taking a step forward.

"Of course I do, along with Karin, she knows Suigetsu's chakra signature." Tsunade finished writing.

Shizune looked down still questioning the option of sending out Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin out in such a short notice. "Are you sure?"

"No, but this is all we can afford at our delicate state, call them and I'll tell them they'll have to find either Takashi or Suigetsu and his partner."

"Understood, come one Ton-ton." both her and the small pig walked out.

Tsunade for some reason was overwhelmed with a strange feeling, she got up from her seat and looked out her window and stared down at the village. Someone was looking up at her with a smile, this person was wearing sunglasses and had her brown hair in a tail that was concealed by a hat. The girl who was most likely 13 or 14. She did small wave and began to run away. 'Who was that girl?' Tsunade thought. When the girl smiled she was reminded of the person named Sonki just looking at her. Her eyes widened and she shot around as Shizune walked back in.

"I called them, they'll be here soon." she said.

"Shizune." Tsunade said sternly, "did Kigai Sonki ever have a sibling?"

"Uh, I wouldn't know, I would have to check."

"Then check!"

"Y—yes ma'am!" she walked out again very quickly.

Tsunade turned to look out again and saw that the girl who was there was now gone, she sat down on her chair and thought, 'is it possible it's more then a two shinobi team?' she sighed, "I have a feeling this is a cat and mouse game." she said allowed to herself.

Furui and Suigetsu laughed in a room that was trimmed with chakra concealing seals. They stopped and rested again, "ok Maji, your telling us Tsunade actually looked down at you, WITH a suspicious glare and no one still went after you?" Furui asked again.

"Nope." she said with a smile.

"Man, you'd think a nation that has a major organization after one of their people would be more secure about people coming in and out." Suigetsu said, "but I gotta say Maji, that trick you have is one heck of an advantage when we need it."

So it seemed Majime Sonki wasn't a little weak brat Furui and Suigetsu thought she was. Maji learned from the short time she was with her sister, she learned three very tricky, yet advantage-able technique that no one knew except Kigai and Maji. The first one is Maji's ears, over her time with Awamori she trained herself to be able to hear anything and adjust it to her liking. The second was her knowledge of every seal from every nation ever made, so the chakra seals that sealed the room to prevent chakra from coming out, but still able to be used by those sealed in it were her idea. And the last, which isn't really a technique but something Suigetsu and Furui considered very few to hold, was the innocence Maji had when one looked at her, with this they walked into the village with her just saying "hello" to the guardsmen. Furui and Suigetsu were in disguises at that point. All in all, Maji was not thought of a burden anymore.

"So now we have to find Takashi..." Furui sighed, "we trained enough on our way here, but now we have to gather all the info Suigetsu and I got while you were out, Maji."

Suigetsu yawned, "why don't we rest on it, what do you say?" he asked laying down.

"No!" Furui elbowed him in his stomach, he shot back up holding it.

"You little bi—"

"Ok!" Maji went in between them waving her hands trying to calm them down, when they finally did she sighed, "we really should get a move on Suigetsu, we don't have that much time since they're sending out people to find us."

"Yeah, yeah whatever, Karin cant find us with her stupid tricks, Sasuke's an emotional wreck, and I bet the other two are nothing special either."

"Naruto has the nine tails in him and Sakura fought Sasori and didn't die."

"Hm...I guess I forgot that." he laughed rubbing the back of his head.

"Idiot." Furui folded her arms and mumbled.

"How about you say that again!" Suigetsu said pulling out a kunai.

"How about I spell it: I-D-I-O-T!" she said back putting a hand on her Tanto.

"OK, OK, OK!" Maji shouted. "We need to stop fooling around, fighting, and wasting time!" she shouted.

Suigetsu and Furui looked away from each other with pouts on their faces. "Fine." they both said at the same time.

"Ok then." Maji smiled, "Furui." she said so she could begin.

"Yeah," she sighed and began pulling out two folders, "as Suigetsu and I went out, we met up with various people who were willing to give up information." she paused a moment.

"Really?" Majime said, "well I heard the Konoha people are very nice, so it's understandable."

"Well..." Furui laughed nervously.

"You didn't force anyone to tell you two did you?"

"It was all Suigetsu!" Furui shouted and pointed at him.

"Me?!" he said angry.

Suigetsu kicked a man in the knee so he could be on the ground. Suigetsu knelled down so he could be at his level and set a hand on the handle of his Hocho. "Look,." Suigetsu began, "all I want is all the information you can get from this guy, I just was copies. Ok?"

"Ye—yeah, sure anything!" he said and crawled away make the copies.

Furui smiled at Suigetsu while leaning against the wall. "Wow, your really good at this interrogation stuff."

"I know, I learned from the best." he stood up.

"I can believe that, because you cant learn anything on your own." she giggled at her comment.

"Say that again!" he hissed at her.

"Well at least we got the info, right?" Furui said pulling out the sheets of paper on Takashi.

Majime looked concerned, "but what if they find us?"

"They wont." Suigetsu said. "I doubt they have the guts, like you heard Maji: Akatsuki is the greatest priority to them."

"I—guess." she looked down.

"Maji, don't worry, we'll be fine, it's Takashi they'll be looking for too, remember—" Furui and Suigetsu looked at each other.

"They'll be looking for Takashi..." Suigetsu said with a smile. "I guess we'll just be able to sit back and relax until they find Takashi." he leaned back.

"This is great!" Furui said and leaned back as well.

Majime looked at them back and forth, she sighed thinking it was the easiest thing to do in order to find the man. She smiled and leaned back as well. "What do we do now?"

"I think we can take it easy for the time being, by tonight we'll leave and see how far the Leaf Ninja went." said Suigetsu with his eyes closed.

As the hours passed Suigetsu didn't move from his spot. Furui made him move his arm or leg if they were in the way while she was looking at the files on Takashi just in case. Majime made food for them, but just a little because she didn't want them to be stuffed before they went on their mission to kill Takashi. She wondered why Suigetsu wanted the swords so bad and why Furui was willing to help so easily. Majime decided to take a nap. Furui put the files away and got up to stretch her stiff limbs. As she turned around Suigetsu was sitting up rubbing his eyes. She walked to the table near him and served tea for her rude partner.

"I know you need to be hydrated all the time, so don't think I'm sucking up to you." she said and handed him the tea.

He took a gulp, "you know you really do look like your mom."

"Are you sure?" Furui asked, "I thought my hair was always darker."

"It is."

She smiled at him, "Suigetsu..." she paused and looked down beginning to fiddle with her fingers.

"Hm?" he took another drink.

"What are you going to do when you get all the swords?" she asked him.

He stared at her for a moment, "probably move away from all the nations and train myself to master all of them."

"Oh..."

"What about you?"

Furui had something else in mind, but didn't dare say it. "I don't know, Katana doesn't want me near the theater, so I guess I could find another place, I don't know."

"Oh yeah, your an Exotic Dancer, I forgot." he laughed.

"I'm not an Exotic Dancer!" she said with pink cheeks, "I'm a very professional performer." she folded her hands and turned away from him.

He poured her a cup of the tea and slid it towards her, "but there isn't that many places like that."

"I know..." she took the cup. "But I have no other choice."

"You—" Suigetsu hesitated for a moment, "you could stay with—" Furui shot a look at him. "Forget it."

"Stay with who?" she asked wondering, she hoped for a certain answer.

"I said forget it."

"Your so stubborn!" she said loudly.

"I'm stubborn? You were the one who always got new sensei's when we were kids cause they couldn't handle you!" he shouted back.

"Your the one who could never take NO for an answer when it came to touching the swords when we were kids! You know how many beatings we went through?"

"At least I had the guts."

"Well!" she didn't know what to say and stood up. "Forget you!"

"Forget you." he watched as she took one step on a paper.

She slipped and fell right on top of Suigetsu, both felt, barely, but felt each others lips for just a moment. Furui grew red with embarrassment and tried to pull herself up. Suigetsu didn't know why he did this, but he wrapper his arms around her and pulled her in. He felt her stiffen and muscles tense as he did this. "Suigetsu." she said with wide eyes, she then relaxed and was ready to lower her lips to his. Both closed their eyes as their lips touched, as they kissed. For the very first time.

"I decided to make just a bit more Dango!" Furui's and Suigetsu's eyes shot open and turned their heads to a blushing Majime at the doorway. "Oh..." she covered her mouth with her hand. "Um...am I." Suigetsu and Furui stood up in second with red faces. Majime tried to smile and closed the door.

Suigetsu and Furui let out a sigh and didn't say anything to each other for a minute, both were still and motionless. "Uh." Both said at the same time and paused to let the other say something, "no you go." they then said again at the same time.

"I'm sorry." Furui said and covered her mouth, Suigetsu looked at her shocked. She wasn't looking at him in the eye.

"Furui." he took a step forward, she took a step back.

"No, I shouldn't have distracted you, I'm sorry." she turned around to walk to the other room. Suigetsu then ran and wrapped his arms around her, she was still. "Suigetsu..."

"Don't be sorry." he said in her ear.

"Suigetsu." she didn't know why her eyes glistened, it may have been because the affection she never felt, or maybe it was the relief someone truly cared for her. She turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck. Both now locked in a kiss once again, the sash that tied her yukata dropped to the ground. And before they both knew it, Suigetsu was now on top of Furui, he leaned in and kissed her.

Majime was looking up the Motel, she smiled and folded her arms behind her. 'I knew it was a good time to leave.' she giggled to herself. She then stopped. 'Wait...there's only one bed in that room...my bed...' she set both hands on her cheeks. "I have to book another room!" she shouted out. A few people passing by looked at her strangely, she smiled and began to walk away. 'I knew I should have booked a two bed room not just one!' she thought then deciding to stop thinking of the situation and enjoy herself. She walked away with a smile on her face.

Karin didn't know why she could not feel Suigetsu's chakra signature. She turned to Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura. "This is going to take a while." she said to them.

"Then we'll just look on foot!" Naruto said holding up a fist. "C'mon Sakura." he took her hand.

"Hold on Naruto!" she said trying to keep up.

"I'll look around as well." Sasuke said and jumped away. Karin still had trouble to even find the slightest trace of him.

Sasuke was walking and looking around, he doubted that Suigetsu would be in the open to be spotted so easily. He turned the corner and bumped into a young girl with light brown hair and brilliant red eyes.

"Oh! Sorry." she said and did a bow, he nodded so she began to walk away.

Majime glimpsed the boys arm as she passed by him, the Uchiha Clan symbol on his arm stood out. 'It's!' she looked at him walk away. She looked at her watch, it had been four hours since she left the Motel. 'Is it possible they're looking for Suigetsu instead of Takashi?' she thought.

Sasuke felt someone stare at him, he turned around to see the girl he bumped into glare at him. It's been a while since he'd came back to Konoha, so the glaring stopped, but she seemed to doing so for a different reason.

"And let me warn you four, there may be a third member of their team who knows everything right now. This person may be even listening to us as we speak." Tsunade said to them.

"Then why are you risking to blow our cover if this is possible?" Sakura asked.

"It can't be helped with these kind of people, they can eaves drop five miles away if they wanted." Tsunade sighed. "Bright red eyes, watch out for them." she then said.

That is what Tsunade said to them before they left. The girl quickly turned around. Majime was stunned as Sasuke was right in front of her. "Who are you?" he asked with a kunai to her throat.

Majime smiled. "No one important." a seal then appeared on her forehead and she disappeared.

Sasuke couldn't even catch where she went, her chakra scattered at every direction. He looked around and sighed.

"Who was that?" he asked himself.

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