When Natsumi began to open her eyes, she felt content. Looking around she realised she was in the living room, then she remembered what happened the following night; looking up she saw a sleeping Yushiro. Natsumi smiled and kissed his cheek before getting up. He stirred but didn't wake up. She yawned as she headed toward the kitchen. As she was about to open the fridge there came a knock to the front door. She ran to the door and opened it to see Temari and a sand Jounin.

"Morning Temari." Natsumi said.

"Morning. You and Yushiro are needed; come to the Kazekage building in a half an hour."

"Ah, yes Temari." Natsumi closed the door and sighed.

She ran to Yushiro on the couch and shook him awake.

"H-huh?"

"Get up, we are needed for a mission... like... now!"

Yushiro stood up and ran to his room; Natsumi did the same. She combed out her hair, put on her purple belly shirt and black capris, tied her new sand village headband around her waist, and grabbed her bag full of ninja tools. Her and Yushiro exited their rooms at the same time; they both shared a smile before running downstairs and out of the house.

The two reached the Kazekage building and were told by Temari that there was a young child kidnapped from the village by rouge ninja's, since the two were new there they were given this easier mission to begin with. The two agreed to the mission and ran off into the wide empty dessert where the kidnappers were last seen.

The two ran and ran; finally they found a small shack with new footprints leading to it. Yushiro nodded to Natsumi as he lifted his sword; Natsumi stood a little bit behind him and prepared her eyes. Using the rinnegan Yushiro opened the door. Two large men stood in the middle of the room with a little girl tied in a chair, tears streaming down her face.

"Who are you two-" The blonde haired man asked, but then was cut off by his friend.

"They are sand shinobi; see their bands?" The brunette boy said.

"Oh yeah, what we gonna' do bout' em'?"

"Kill them!"

The two men laughed as they both pulled their hands together in a similar pose. Natsumi used her eyes and quickly froze them in their spots.

"H-hey! I can't move!" The blond yelled.

"And we will keep it that way! Why did you capture this innocent child?" Natsumi asked.

"Cause we can." The both said in unison.

Yushiro lifted his sword; there was a look of pure anger in his eyes.

"Hey who are you guys!" Yushiro and Natsumi turned to see yet another man, this time with red hair.

Natsumi was distracted long enough for the two men to escape her eyes; the blonde male grabbed his kunai and held it to the child's throat.

"No!" Natsumi yelled.

"Give in, or this kid's blood will be on your hands!"

Natsumi snapped. She jumped in the air and kicked the man in the head causing him to fall to the ground. Natsumi punched out the other man as Yushiro sword fighted with the red haired male. Natsumi lifted her leg to kick the man's face when she felt something grab her ankle; the other man had woken up and knocked her to the ground. The brunette picked her up by her hair and held a kunai to her throat. Yushiro just happened to look over.

"Natsumi!" Yushiro yelled, then turned to see the red head slice open his dominate arm. He collapsed to the ground in pain gripping his arm.

"Natsumi eh? Nice name, too bad we're going to have to kill you." The brunette said as he pushed the kunai closer to her neck.

"Let go of the nice lady!" The child yelled.

"Brother, untie the kid, I am no longer interested in her."

The blonde nodded and untied the girl and threw her out the door.

"Let me go... I-I'm warning you!" Natsumi yelled.

"Why would I do that when I can just do this!" The man threw Natsumi to the ground; she hit her head so hard that it began to bleed.

She began to feel woozy as she looked over to Yushiro who was staring at her wide eyed.

Yushiro looked pissed as he stood up and whipped his sword around slicing the red head's chest. Then he ran and stabbed the blondes chest. And lastly Yushiro spread out his beautiful black wings and brought the brunette to his knees in pain using his Kekkei Genkai. The man passed out and fell over onto his side. Yushiro ran to Natsumi and scooped her up in his arms.

"Y-Yushiro, have I ever told you h-how amazing you are?" She smiled weakly as her eyes began to fall shut.

He smiled as she ran out of the building; outside stood the young girl and several Jounin where only feet from them. Yushiro had begun to feel woozy, he hadn't realised how much blood he was losing until then. Temari reached the two, a look of shock covered her face.

"Are you alright? Can you make it back on your own?"

"Yeah, I'm going to run ahead now, oh and what you see in there," he gestured to the shack, "was unpreventable." With then he began to run as fast as his body would allow.

When Natsumi woke back up she was in her room. He head felt tight. Reaching behind she could feel a small stitch mark. Slowly she sat up and looked in the mirror. She had a small bruise on her temple and her eyes were heavy with fatigue, other than that she looked fine. Sighing she opened the door and walked across the hall to Yushiro's room. She knocked on the door but there was no answer; sighing a second time she opened the door. He laid in his bed fast asleep. Natsumi noticed that his right arm had a large slightly bloody bandage around it, and his bare chest had a couple cuts. She frowned; if it wasn't for her he wouldn't have gotten hurt.

"Y-Yushiro?"

He stirred before his eyes fluttered open. He smiled and then stretched.

"Are you alright Yushiro? I-I'm so sorry... you're hurt because of me..." She said as she sat down on his bed.

"This isn't your fault. It is my own. That little girl is all right thanks to you." He smiled.

"Thanks to me? I saw you take the final hit on all those guys... I'm not stupid Yushiro..."

"Of course not." He smiled as he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

"Tomorrow we should start our training." He said.

"I agree." She agreed.

~ And this is where the time skip begins. The 13th chapter will be based in Naruto Shippuden. Stay tuned!~ :)

Author's notes: Well it speaks for itself. Good? Bad? Review!

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