Thinking back on it the whole mission had been strange.

They were sent to investigate a small town that was split down the middle over ownership of a temple. Two families were fighting over it, both claiming it belonged to them. A few skirmishes had broken out over it, and Team 7 was sent to settle the matter.

When they arrived, both leaders agreed to let them look inside. He could have imagined it but Kakashi was sure that both had stared at Naruto for a longer amount of time then was polite...which should have tipped him off that something strange was going on, but he pushed it aside and continued on.

Before they even stepped foot onto the grounds, both leaders set down one rule: No one was aloud to touch anything, except the floor of course. He and two of his Genin were confused, but it quickly became obvious...the temple was built around lost technology. Surprisingly it wasn't Naruto who broke the rule; it was Sasuke.

~NtS~

Catching motion out of the corner of his eye Naruto turned swiftly and saw Sasuke pressing a button, he mistakenly thought he saw one of the monks pressing earlier. Naruto yelled angrily a second before the red lights located around the room began flashing ominously.

~NtS~

Surprised by Naruto's yell, and the sudden flash of lights, it took a moment for Kakashi to assess the situation. The monk who left them for less then a minute quickly returned and with wide eyes, began urging them out of the temple.

By the time they made it out of the maze that was the temple and it's grounds, the village was in the middle of an evacuation.

"The hospital's never going to evacuate in time! What are we going to do?" One leader asks the other.

Naruto immediately turns back to the temple. The monks let him pass, but when Sasuke and Sakura try to follow him, they hold them back.

"Sasuke. Sakura. Go help with the evacuation." They try to protest but a good glare gets them going. He turns to the monk, who hesitates but nods him past.

The damn place was a maze and he honestly had no idea where he was going. Turning down chance corridors wasn't going to do him any good.

He paused in his random wanderings and took a moment to think like the ANBU Captain he was (before he got saddled with a bunch of brats). He only had enough chakra for a few Kage Bunshins, if he wanted to have any left over for a fight. He raised his hands into the ram seal, more out of watching Naruto do it then for focus, but the floor began to shake, almost throwing him into the walls. He quickly got his bearings and sprang into action.

Three Bunshin popped into existence and began searching for his runaway Genin. Five minutes later a clone dispersed, showing his student moving toward a giant light bulb calmly, as if confronting a cornered animal. Kakashi rushed to his clone's last location before dispersing the other two. Unfortunately the door was locked, with something called 'fingerprint analysis' being the only way to unlock it. Chakra just slid right off and pure strength didn't make it budge, bringing up the question of just how Naruto managed to get inside. For some reason (fear) his heartbeat began growing faster as his Genin approached the bulb. He was immensely worried.

~NtS~

Naruto's hands rise to brush against glass. His head tilts back as he looks into the light bulb. There 's a flash and suddenly, only for a second, Naruto seems to have a pair of wings. Another flash and there's some strange deformed angel in the bulb, with legs protruding in the place of wings. The earthquake stops and Naruto's eyes open, sparkling happily. "Thank you, sister."

~NtS~

Kakashi is glad his other Genin weren't watching, not that they'd be able to read lips, but this mission gave him more then enough to think on, without having to deal with his team's interactions...he'd have to report this to the Hokage...this was definitely strange behavior…

AN:/ Got at least a few more pieces in me, but since falling back into Trigun, I've fallen into Cowboy Bebop as well...I might post some stories from that world once I'm done with this...