Some people *cough-Bakuto-cough* have not been very happy about my absence but my life at the moment couldn't be any busier.

Working hard for my future here! Anyway I decided (after all the pestering "^^) to make another chapter since I had some time

I hope you enjoy (You better or else *points at tiger Kin*)

Seriously enjoy the chapter I didn't write as much as usual but I hope its still good - quality not quantity .

I do not own any of the character from Naruto!

Bakuto belongs to Bakuto Masaki

Yumi belongs to Yumi Seiji

"Okay okay!" the man wailed,

"We work for Gato, you know that famous tycoon."

"Now why is Gato in the Wave country? Is he funding the bridge work?"

The man then burst out laughing menacingly, Yumi did not like being made a fool of. She dropped the needles and the man fell to the floor, she then put her foot squarely on the side of his head and pressed hard on his temples.

"What so funny?"

"Gato doesn't care about people, he cares about money. He's trying to stop the bridge work and when we find that bridge builder Tazuna it's all over." Spoke the man through his teeth, his temples beginning to bleed.

Yumi pondered on this fact, that good for nothing man had led Sasuke and his team in more danger than they could handle. Now she was here she figured it was best she didn't run into Bakuto otherwise he would get disappointed – she could handle this herself.

"You talked about another kunoichi, where is she from, Konoha?" Yumi demanded lightening the force of her foot on his head.

"That blue haired bitch..." The man spat as he described her,

"She's from Iwagakure; don't know why the hell she's here, but she certainly isn't telling us. It doesn't concern you." He said in a matter of fact tone.

Ironically it did, that was the spy Bakuto was looking for and getting to Gato meant finding that spy and finding that spy meant bumping into Bakuto.

"Anything else I need to know."

At this the man began to rise, Yumi stood back as he leaned against the tree. He glared at her and sneered before answering,

"Let me warn you now..." he began,

"You may be some high class Konoha ninja, but we got someone much better on our side – you're never going to beat him." He began to cackle.

"I'm not interested in your opinions." She stated blandly.

"Oh it's a fact – you've heard of the 'Demon of the Hidden Mist' haven't you."

Yumi grew wide-eyed, this couldn't be true – Zabuza Momochi ex-swordsman of the Hidden Mist was working for Gato. How low missing-nin could fall when they were outcasts of their village never did astound Yumi, but such a man who once planned a coup d'état against the Mizukage now working for a selfish low-life money grabbing tycoon like Gato. How the mighty had fallen.

"I don't hang onto to legends of the past." Yumi replied unimpressed and mercilessly finished the man off out of annoyance – men who ran their mouths too easily did not deserve to live.

"How many are there?" Bakuto questioned Daiki, one of the hunter salamanders who led him to the where the Iwagakure-nin was being held captive.

"I was told there were 3 inside and 2 guarding the outside but and large number of them patrolling within a 20m radius of the hideout."

"I see so were unsure – this calls for swift action." Bakuto readied his Tenshingan eyes.

As they approached the back of the building the other three salamanders were already positioned waiting on Ryoushi's signal. With a distinct move of his tail Takeshi and Takedai had moved in a flash taking down the two guards at the door. Daiki charged down the window and Bakuto jumped through his twin swords at the ready instinctive to kill. He glanced at the mess of blue hair straggled across the Iwagakure-nin's face, bruised and battered but well trained – she hadn't said a word you could see it in her fearless cerulean blue eyes. With one fatal wound to each of the three men Bakuto untied her from the chair. She fell to the floor limp and weak but dared not look up into her saviours face. She spat out some blood on the floor beside him,

"What are you doing here? Who the hells are you bloody Konoha ninja..."

"That's no way to talk to a man who saved you." He sneered mockingly at her pathetic state.

She looked up and took him in with her cerulean gaze, like depthless pools drowning him in his own words. He snapped out of it and abruptly turned away as she cackled slightly under her breath.

"You want to know what I know – but I'm not telling you anything." She spoke defiantly with a touch of malice – was he being threatened?

"We'll talk later; right now we need to leave." He did not attempt to hoist her up in case she lashed out at him with those wild eyes of hers. Instead he got three of the hunter salamanders to take her up in their chakra crafted ropes upon and she rode bounded onto Daiki's back. Meanwhile Ryoushi had stirred up as many of the gangsters as possible leading them back to their hideout as a distraction for Bakuto to escape unhindered.

As far as Bakuto was concerned he had gotten what he came for, and decided to leave the rest to Kakashi – he wasn't an ex-Anbu captain squad leader for nothing. If anyone could deal with Zabuza it was surely him. As for means of returning home he planned to wait for night to approach so he could summon Unagi and travel underwater inconspicuously. He was not sure what to make of the Iwa-nin, sharp tongued and unnaturally captivating she was well trained. But so was he.

Yumi knew where her priorities lay as she sensed a new commotion upon the island. She followed the trembles that only she could feel towards a confrontation that sent her heart aflame. Kakashi was trapped in a water sphere by the one and only Demon of the Hidden Mist, Zabuza – she had never seen Sasuke so scared before. Even with his resolute face and quick thinking she caught him in a fatal blunder as he charged at Zabuza. Kiri-nins alongside Kumo-nins were masters at Kenjutsu on a whole that only meant their taijutsu was as up to scratch. It was useless they were doomed unless...

She took out her wooden bow she had on her back and inserted a wooden arrow aflame with her chakra and aimed it right at Zabuza. Her nimble fingers and hawk like eyes poised and ready to make the fatal blow. She slipped her fingers off one by one...

"I don't think so." Spoke a feminine voice, the owner of that voice then obstructed her view holding her burning arrow in one hand.

A feminine looking boy not much older than Sasuke with the face of a china doll stared gently at her with striking eyes. Before Yumi could take swift action she felt a prick in her neck that caused her head to go lopsided and another on her arms as she felt the warmth of the strange boy surround her back, laying her down into a drugged sleep.

Bakuto had left his hostage in the care of his hunter salamanders as he scavenged for food, he hadn't eaten a thing since his arrival and it was getting dark. Much of his money was spent on the boat trip to the island but he had enough to eat with – that was if the island had any food to offer.

The wild blue haired Iwagakure kunoichi still bound appeared to be sleeping, waiting for her chance to escape the keen eyes of the salamanders.

"Bloody aquatic creatures." She cursed under her breath.

One was constantly watching over her whole the other three scouted around never straying too far from her. She had never tried her technique on animals but it was worth a try – she caught the casual gaze of the salamander and pulled him in. Like a dream her cursed brought a heavy sleep upon the creatures, his eyelids drooped, his body swayed as he hit the ground dead sleeping. She smiled satisfactorily at her work and attempted to cut the bonds with a kunai she had hidden well within her shirt. However the blade did not even make a scratch, she growled.

"Wind release." She whispered and willed her nature to surface, slowly making a cut down the ropes. Once loose she took to the treetops free again to feel the night air upon her face.

"No-one binds Sapphire and gets away with it – you have another thing coming Konoha-nin."

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