WOO. This is kind of a random, somewhat weird chapter… o3o;

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO! MASASHI KISHIMOTO DOES! I also do not own any of the OCs introduced in this fan fiction, except the following:

Tsukuyomi Clan

Nero

Roku

And… etc, etc… xD

A/N: THIRD POV~

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Chapter Thirty-Four: Festival at Iwagakure! In A Smash!

"This is unbelievable," Kazuya murmured, looking around over the town as he sat in a crouched position on the water tower, "Where could they have gone?"

"I don't know," Kotori muttered, her green eyes flickering about the village, "But this is making me very uneasy. It's not like them all to vanish like this. Kakashi says even Naruto and Sakura have disappeared. In fact, there seems to be quite a few missing shinobi."

Kazuya frowned, glancing up at her before looking around the village again, his eyes spotting a hawk flying in from the northeast.

"That looks like a messenger hawk."

"From Iwagakure?" Kotori asked, frowning as her eyes followed the bird to the Hokage's residence.

"Most likely… Come on. Let's check it out." She said. Kazuya nodded and jumped off the water tower, Kotori following behind him. They raced down the street before arriving at the Hokage's building, where several other Jounin had already taken up space.

"Kakashi," Kotori exclaimed, seeing the silver-haired Jounin leaning on a doorframe with a book in hand, "You stayed here all day?" Kakashi glanced up with his only visible eye.

"Pretty much… Ah, but if you're planning on heading up there to visit Lady Tsunade, I wouldn't do it." He advised, closing his eye in a weak smile.

"Why not?" Kazuya asked, clueless. Kakashi went to reply, but the whole building seemed to shake.

"THEY WHAT?" Tsunade's voice roared.

"Heh… Uh…" Kakashi pointed toward the staircase that led to the Hokage's floor, Tsunade storming down the steps in a slip of paper and Shizune trailing after her with a groan, Ton-Ton in her arms.

"Lady Tsunade, please, calm down!" She tried, but it was too late. Tsunade stepped into the lobby, throwing the paper across the room.

"You call yourselves sensei? Unbelievable! I found your teams, all right!" She yelled angrily. Kazuya blinked, twisting his hands together a little nervously. Kotori and Kakashi stared at her, feeling slight shiver from Tsunade's outrageous temper. Guy ducked behind Asuma, who sweat dropped while Mayu frowned.

"Your teams- Your damned teams," Tsunade growled, making several of the sensei flinch, "Have taken off, every single one of them, to find Tsukuyomi Ruriko, on their own!" At first, it was silent in the room, Tsunade's eyes blazing as she glared at the sensei, who stared back in shock.

"No way…" Kazuya finally managed.

"All of them?" Kakashi demanded, snapping his book shut. Kotori twitched, then clenched her fists.

"Those brats! Ignorant! Do they have any idea what could happen to them? There are all kinds of criminals out there! What if they get killed?" She yelled, making Kazuya jump at her side.

"Kotori's got a point," Mayu stated with a frown, "After the incident in the Land of Snow, a lot of villages were put on high alert to be aware of Kotaro." Kotori visibly flinched. Kakashi sighed quietly, then looked at Tsunade.

"What else did that message have to say?" He asked. Tsunade seemed to have calmed down a bit.

"Who was it even sent by?" Kazuya asked, peeking at the paper. Tsunade huffed, holding the paper out and folding her arm under her other arm.

"Uchiha Koyuki and Saki Kishi. They're in Iwagakure, hiding out from Akatsuki, who send someone to chase after them. They did the smart thing in fleeing. Akatsuki is much too dangerous. However, they informed me that they have received some information from a man named Kaiga of the Mountains. They can't meet us here, though, because there's a possibility that, from what they told me, there may be an Akatsuki member waiting for them outside the village. I'm going to send a team of four high skilled Jounin to-"

"Lady Tsunade," Kotori cut in quickly, "If you haven't already chosen those Jounin, please consider putting in on that squad. I have to…" Her voice trailed. Kakashi let his eye drift to her before looking back at Tsunade, who frowned, then nodded.

"Hatake Kakashi, Kuromura Kotori, Tsukuyomi Kazuya, and Hitsuki Mayu. I'm sending you all on a mission to retrieve the kunoichi who are in Iwagakure… However," Tsunade added with a frown, "The other teams are to be left alone."

"What?" Kotori and Mayu demanded at once. Tsunade waved out her hand.

"Shut up! First off, we don't know where the hell they are and I forbid a global search! If we look around for them, we'll alert other enemies to our situation! If you come across them, by all means, bring them back immediately for further punishment, but right now, our main focus is the group in Iwagakure, understood? End of discussion! You have a week to bring them back!" She added and spun on her heel, stomping away and leaving little cracks in the tiled floor.

"Well," Kazuya began carefully, "We can't waste anymore time. We have to hurry if we're going to match her deadline."

"Ugh," Kotori spun on her heel at last, "I can't believe this…! When I get my hands on them…!" Kakashi sighed, following with Kazuya trailing at his heels and Mayu beside him.

"Calm down," Kakashi suggested, catching up with Kotori, "They probably considered not even telling us… It's a good thing they did or they could've been hurt. Be thankful they're not." Kotori looked at him, biting on her lower lip before she sighed.

"I can't believe they did this, though," Mayu muttered, "They should have known it was dangerous and not to mention that Lady Tsunade would be angry."

"The least they could have done was mention it to us." Kazuya said quietly. Kakashi sighed.

"With everyone getting angry, no wonder they never mentioned anything. I'll admit, I'm not happy at all with the rash decision, but they obviously care enough to break the rules."

"Funny coming from you." Kotori said under her breath. Kakashi closed his eye in a smile. Kazuya averted his eyes, twirling the random long strand of dark hair to his left around his finger.

"Well, if we're going, we might as well get some information on Iwagakure." He pointed out.

"We'll pick up a file on the way out… Kazuya, you don't have much of a reaction by the situation." Kakashi noted, glancing at him. Kazuya blinked, jumping a little before laughing nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Uh, heh. I sort of expected something like this to happen… It's not like Akira to sit back and take things. He's probably the one who opened his big mouth to your teams." He admitted. Kotori puckered her lips in distaste, narrowing her eyes.

"He's dead." She stated. Kakashi sweat dropped.

"Shoulda seen that coming."

"And you're not mad at him?" Mayu asked, raising an eyebrow and putting a hand on her hip. Kazuya shrugged a little, averting his eyes.

"I'm glad Akira did something, unlike Lady Tsunade… But even so, Akira shouldn't have gathered up the rest of the Chuunin and Jounin. I'm really sorry about that. If you want, you can take it out on me. Just don't bother with Akira." He added quietly. Kakashi sighed.

"You know you can't protect Akira, or Ruriko for that matter, for very long." He pointed out. Kazuya beamed at him anyway.

"I know, but it's worth a shot!"

"Anyone ever tell you that you're like a ball of sunshine?" Mayu asked, averting her eyes and laughing a bit. Kotori smirked lightly while Kakashi shook his head. The group didn't waste anymore time before shooting off and grabbing a file of information on Iwagakure. Moments after they were out of the village, racing at full speed through the wooded area outside Konohagakure, moving northeast.

"According to the information," Kazuya said, pushing off a branch and moving along side Kotori and Mayu, "Iwagakure is having a festival to celebrate the Tsuchikage's birthday… It doesn't say which one."

"Probably his trillionth." Kotori snickered, waving a hand in her face. Mayu laughed. Kakashi and Kazuya sweat dropped before Kakashi nodded for Kazuya to continue.

"Unfortunately, from the looks of the file, the festival is going to be pretty big and it's going to cause a bit of a jam… If you think about it, anyone could get in." Kazuya murmured, glancing up.

"Even Akatsuki." Kakashi filled in with a grimace and an exasperated sigh. Kotori flinched.

"Great, we need to hurry then. We have to get to them before whoever was chasing them does." She advised.

"Let's just hope they're not advertising themselves." Mayu muttered with a slight wince.

IWAGAKURE

"Ahh, this is a good break," Ayaka declared, sipping her drink before setting it down to take a bite of her food, "No obnoxious Akatsuki members, no high speed chases…"

"I have to agree," Honoka sighed, relaxing back on the recliner chair of their hotel room, "I could get used to this."

"Don't get too comfy," Mai said, coming out of the bathroom with a towel drying her wet white hair and letting it fall on her shoulder and the towel around her body, "We have to be alert in the Akatsuki does find a way into Iwagakure." Ayaka jumped a little, whipping around to face her with a twitchy smile and accusing finger.

"Says the girl who just spent a whole hour soaking in the hot tub!" She snapped. Mai's eyes flickered, the corner of her mouth lifting slightly.

"I'm really starting to hate you." She muttered. Honoka sweat dropped, sitting up quickly, waving her hands as if to surrender.

"Come on, guys. We've only been here for an hour and you've already started fighting." She sighed.

"Hmph," Mai turned her back, heading to the bedroom, "As if I have time to waste on arguments." Ayaka glared after her, about to get to her feet, but Honoka caught her by the back of her kimono and pulled her backwards to sit beside her.

"Why don't you finish your food first?" Honoka suggested with a little sweet smile. Ayaka pushed her lips into an annoyed pout, but her comical expression vanished as the door to their hotel room opened to reveal Koyuki and Kishi, looking pretty exhausted.

"Whoa, what happened?" Honoka asked, her eyes widening.

"The festival happened," Koyuki groaned and fell to her knees in the living room, resting flat on the floor, snuggling the carpet, "Smells like noodles…" Kishi sweat dropped and took a seat on the couch, sitting cross-legged.

"What exactly happened?" Ayaka asked, raising an eyebrow.

"We had to get through a lot of guards and crowds on the way here," Kishi said quietly, watching Koyuki moan about the pain in her legs, "It's almost hard to get through… What bothers me is there are so many people that Koyuki and I had to link arms or we'd get lost, which means anybody could be hiding in the crowd."

"Great," Ayaka muttered, "Our resting time is over already."

"We need to keep all the windows and doors locked, our guards up." Honoka stated. Kishi nodded in agreement, then looked at Koyuki, who sat up on the carpet, sighing.

"Just until our sensei come back, that is." She pointed out. Ayaka twitched.

"You really sent a message to our sensei?" She demanded. Koyuki glared.

"We can't defend ourselves against a bunch of S-ranked criminals." She snapped.

"I think-"

"Calm down," Mai said coming out of the room again, shrugging on her sleeveless black shirt that had the kanji for pain on the back, "They'll probably just be glad we're alive, as they should if they really cared."

"Mai's right." Koyuki agreed immediately with a confident nod. Ayaka huffed. Honoka sighed and Kishi sweat dropped.

Outside the hotel, two figures finally burst into the hotel lobby.

"HOLYSHIT, hmm! I could barely breath!" Deidara panted for air, waving a hand in his face. Sasori twitched, then brushed off his black yukata.

"Whatever you do, don't drop that disguise, no matter how much chakra it takes up," He scolded under his breath, "Or else you'll probably be recognized immediately"

"I'm not stupid, hmm!" Deidara snorted and flipped his dark hair over his shoulder. The disguised donned was a simple black haired, blue eyed shinobi in a festival sky blue yukata. Sasori, disguised in as a brunette with green eyes in a black yukata, shook his head, his eyes scanning the lobby.

"This is the last hotel with an open room. I'll book us. You look around, find any information you can… Deidara… Deidara!" Sasori snapped, glaring at his teammate, who's eyes had widened at the sight of a couple females heading to the pool outside. Deidara blinked and laughed sheepishly.

"Ahaaaa, right! Got it." He muttered under his breath, grinning before he slipped toward the pool area. Sasori rolled his eyes and went to pay for the hotel.

Meanwhile, Deidara peeked over a wall, grinning widely at the pool that was pretty crowded, but mostly by sun bathing females in bikinis.

"Oh, this is the best mission, you've ever sent me on, Leader-sama, hmm~" He snickered, brushing his hair out his face as he watched a couple females walk by. One would never have assumed he was a criminal being caught in such an act. Which is why Koyuki and Kishi walked right past him without a care in the world, Deidara's eyes immediately locking on them in recognition, his eyes widening and a smirked ripping across his face.

Well, well… If it isn't two of those eavesdropping kunoichi… They stand out, not wearing suits, but that doesn't matter because they're about to get their asses kicked, hmm~ He thought and reached into his pocket, taking out a handful of clay into the mouth on his left hand. The mouth chewed it up before spitting it up with a single hand sign. A spider-like creature skidded on the ground, then scuttled after the kunoichi.

Deidara smirked, then whipped around and snuck back inside, however, once again getting distracted by the amount of kunoichi flowing into the pool area.

"Damn, I forgot how many cute girls there are in this place, hmm." Deidara muttered, blushing hotly.

At the gates of Iwagakure, Kakashi was smooth talking his way in. The guards were making a big deal about this mission, but they finally agreed, allowing the Jounin to shoot past them… Okay, maybe not shoot, but take one step before they were met with a huge crowd.

"Holy…" Kotori's voice trailed, her jaw dropping.

"This place is crowded." Mayu managed, her wide eyes scanning the crowds. Kazuya frowned, shifting uncomfortably.

"Way too crowded." He mumbled, getting smashed in between Kotori and Kakashi as the people packed themselves in like sardines. Kakashi sighed, sweat dropping as he was slammed into Kazuya, who slammed into Kotori, who in turn smashed into Mayu, who hit a wall.

"For gods' sake! I can't even breath! Ack! MY FOOT!" Mayu gasped, her face practically in Kotori's back. Kotori winced.

"Sorry- OW. KAZUYA. You just elbowed my boob!"

"AH! I'm sorry!" Kazuya whined, blushing lightly, his face a comical expression of embarrassment before he was pinched with the metal of Kakashi's gloves.

"Sorry, Kazuya." Kakashi apologized with a sweat drop, then winced as he was shoved harder, smashing the train of Jounin even further into the wall.

"Argh! Now you're pinching my ribs!" Kotori wailed and settled for pushing her arms against Kazuya's back to protect her torso. Kazuya went red.

"I feel terrible, but it's not my fault!" He complained.

"KOTORI! I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HAIR OUT OF MY MOUTH!" Mayu sang into Kotori's ear, making her jerk her head forward into Kazuya's, who hit it on Kakashi's. A series of OWs rang out amongst them. Finally, the crowd seemed to surge forward, but dragged the Jounin with them.

"That's it," Kotori proclaimed loudly, making some heads turn around them, "When I get my hands on those brats, I'm going to strangle them!"

"I'm sorry," Kazuya murmured, then closed his eyes as a vein throbbed in his forehead, "But I am so getting pissed off right now…"

"Don't eat humans in a public place." Mayu pointed out with a weak smile, managing to hold up a finger as if to scold him.

"Calm down," Kakashi managed to get out after being elbowed in the gut, his eye twitching, "As soon as the crowd moves again, we'll take the rooftops."

"Hell yea," Kotori agreed, then yelped and her face went hot, "Oh my god."

"What?" The other three Jounin asked. Kotori's face became a comical expression of annoyance, the corner of her mouth twitching.

"Someone just cupped a feel." She stated. Kakashi sweat dropped, glancing out the corner of his eye to find the culprit, but the crowd had moved once again, allowing a breath of air for the four Jounin to shoot from the crowd and land on a rooftop.

"WORST EXPERIENCE EVER." Kazuya declared, leaning on his knees and panting for air.

"Yea, I think I'd have to agree." Mayu muttered, brushing herself off. Kakashi sucked in a few deep breathes, Kotori twitching.

"Agh. That was so awkward."

"Sorry." Kazuya mumbled. Kotori smirked at him, about to make a comment before Kakashi interrupted.

"Anyway," Kakashi cleared his throat, "We can't waste anymore time. That long lasted almost an hour. We have to find them and fast… It'll be better if we split up, each taking a section of the village. I'll go north, Kotori south, Kazuya east, and Mayu west."

"Sounds good." Mayu said with a nod.

"Agreed." Kazuya managed, finally catching his breath.

"How do we keep in touch?" Kotori asked, raising an eyebrow and her answer was Kakashi placing a headset in her palms as well as the others. They all nodded in agreement at the idea and shot off in different directions.

The mission was a go.

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A/N: I got hilarious images for the last part with the Jounin. :'D I hope I'm not the only one that laughed… Oo; Uh, I don't have much else to say… Except, I really hope the characters are still in character! TwT! Thanks so much for reading and your reviews are greatly appreciated!