Author's note: Thanks everybody for the great review response for the last chapter. As a reward, I started working on an illustration for this chapter, but I haven't finished it yet. I hope I'll be able to post it before the next chapter.
A.N.2: Now reposted with less grammar and spelling errors.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.I don't even own a bridge to sell you if you believe it. Naruto blew it up. And the one in Wave wasn't built yet.
Naruto and his team met above the destroyed bridge.
"Naruto-taichou!" Lee shouted. "We were so worried about you!"
"Well, you don't have to be worried anymore," the chuunin answered with a smile. He was trying to cover up how shaken he was. It just wouldn't do if he panicked in front of his young and inexperienced subordinates. Well, technically speaking, they were all older than him, but they were green in the field while he had a year of shinobi service under his belt and it wasn't simple guard duty.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Yes!" "Yes." "Yes, we are."
"I'm glad to hear that," Naruto sighed in relief. "Now we should be going. Those Iwa ninja aren't going to sit there idly and twiddle their thumbs."
Almost before he finished speaking, his keen senses noticed a disturbance on the other side of the canyon. He spun on his heels. A chakra cloud was slowly dissipating there, revealing the biggest bee/hornet (or whatever it was) he'd ever seen. It was bigger that half the houses he had seen and it looked like it could carry one. The blond immediately understood that things just got really serious.
"Run ahead!" he barked at the genin. "I'll catch up with you!"
"But…"
"That's an order!" Team Gai seemed to finally get that he actually meant it and ran along the way. Naruto turned back. He was about to do something he really hated doing, but he had no choice now. He bit his left hand and smeared the blood over the thin red line on his right hand.
"Come forth," he whispered. Immediately his body was filled with the familiar burning of Kyuubi's chakra. He brought his hands together in a handseal. 'This'd better work,' he thought. Even with the demon's support, he would have only one shot on this. Controlling such a technique over so great distance took an enormous amount of chakra and concentration.
"Fuuton: Shuryou Taka," he whispered, even though he usually cast his jutsu silently. Well, it wasn't like the Iwa ninja could hear him across the valley anyway.
The Hunting Hawk took form in front of him, gigantic apparition made entirely of wind and chakra, all but invisible in the rapidly falling night, and soared high into the evening sky. Naruto guided it to the other side of the canyon, right above the Queen Bee and the four ninja settling down on its back. They still hadn't noticed the approaching danger. The blond made sure to keep it outside normal shinobi's detection range.
"Attack," he commanded. The Hawk dropped from the sky, its wings pressed close to its body. It charged faster than any real bird of prey ever could. There was some movement near its target, but it was a blur to Naruto. Then the Wind Hawk slammed into the Queen Bee, who didn't have a prayer of a chance to avoid it. She was blown into smithereens as the jutsu disintegrated into thousands of Wind Blades.
Naruto let out a deep breath. So much for the summon. He wasn't sure whether he got its masters too or not, but he personally would bet that he would be seeing them again, though not anytime soon. He forced the last bits of Kyuubi's chakra back into the seal. The Fox was resisting, but it did him no good. Jiraiya's additional seal was working perfectly so far.
The jinchuuriki sighed tiredly. This was going worse and worse. What had happened to a week of simple D-rank missions? Why did he ever accept the C-rank? The Iwa ninja knew exactly where to wait for them. Their client was their agent. He could easily see how they had planned it. They would get assigned the escort mission, their client would get them into the Dancing Crane Inn, and the Iwa party would slit their throats in their sleep. But then he said they would be keeping watch during the night. Michi panicked and tried to get them drunk to lower their guard. 'Amateur. Like it would have worked, even if Lee didn't have such a violent reaction to alcohol.' But he did and they got thrown out of the Inn and the whole village. They moved forward. The Iwa ninja didn't know where did they go so they sent a scout. But then they noticed and recognized the Kamizuru clan bees and knew they were in trouble. They fought off the scout and tried to confuse their tracks, but the Iwa hunters found them without any trouble.
How? Was there a tracking seal on one of them? If so, why did they have to send a scout? And why would they bother to use it first place? Such a thing could be discovered and they didn't count on having to search for them. Scent track? That was more like it. His complete transformation could change scent, but it wasn't perfect. If he got the scent wrong, then the result was wrong as well. Chakra traces? Another possibility. Even if he did his best to mask the Kyuubi's youki, a little bit of it always leaked through. And since his clones had none, somebody well-attuned to it could pick up which trail was his.
Well, there was no use in musing about it now. He'd have to make precautions against all methods of tracking. He turned away from the canyon and ran after the three genin.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The other side of the canyon~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Did you have to make so much lava, Roushi? I burnt myself when I fell too close to it." In fact the burns were barely noticeable, but Suzumebachi was furious. Her most powerful summon was lying around in pieces. They had noticed the attack in time to scatter, but the Queen Bee couldn't move so fast.
The Iwa foursome was slowly picking themselves from the ground. Kurotsuchi, Takeshi and Suzumebachi were fast enough to pull a Kawarimi before the Hawk landed. Roushi simply formed a cloak of Yonbi's chakra and the Wind Blades couldn't get through to him. Yet neither of them escaped unscatched.
Kurotsuchi was testing her leg. She had twisted her ankle when she misjudged her landing and it was now protesting when she put any weight on it. Takeshi was studying the deep gashes in his jounin vest. He picked a bad spot to escape to and some of the blades reached him, thankfully they were mostly dissipated by the time, otherwise he wouldn't be getting up at all. Roushi sported only a minor bruise from his abrupt landing when the summon had been destroyed.
"Can't you watch your step, young lady?" the old jinchuuriki snapped back.
The Kamizuru clan head scowled. "Don't you use that tone with me, you…"
"Quit it," Takeshi interrupted. "In case you forgot, we're in the middle of enemy territory. Even if this area is sparsely populated, somebody probably noticed all this. So we should move on if we don't want to fail the mission."
"And how do you propose to do that?" the woman asked. "I don't have enough chakra for another summon like that. Not to mention another summon like this," she added bitterly.
"We'll get down there," Takeshi explained. "Roushi, can you make a bridge?"
"Maybe," the old man shrugged. "I never tried before."
"Then you'll try now. And you'll better do it right. There were too many messes on this mission already."
"Even if we get to the other side, how do we know what they'll do next?" Kurotsuchi pointed out.
"They're heading for Sagae," the redhead man answered. "I got a glimpse at their jinchuuriki's thoughts. He plans to hide in the crowds."
"Well, we aren't going to allow it," Kurotsuchi smirked and jumped to her feet. In the next moment she fell back down clutching her ankle.
"It seems you aren't running anywhere today, little girl," Suzumebachi smirked evilly. She liked nothing better than getting one-up over the Tsuchikage's family and ever since her nephew Kageromaru, one of their best young ones, had died due to something stupid the ruling family of Iwa had cooked up, she grew to relish it even more than before. It was the only form of revenge she was allowed to take.
"She isn't the only one," Takeshi remarked trying to stop the bleeding. "Aren't you nearly out of chakra?"
"I can still walk, thank you very much," she sneered.
"Then get up and walk before somebody walks up on us."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~On the road~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Naruto caught up with Team Gai after a couple of minutes.
"They shouldn't be bothering us any time soon," he announced.
"Yosh! Your Flames of Youth shine brightly, Naruto-taichou!"
"Cut it," Naruto said wincing. "We still aren't out of danger. I destroyed their summon, but I think they got away."
"What are we going to do?" Tenten worried.
"Get to Sagae," the chuunin answered, hopefully before they do. "We can get lost in the crowds there. Then we'll head back to Konoha the long way. And now listen, here's the plan."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In the canyon~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Can't you work faster?" Kurotsuchi complained.
"If you're so smart, try it yourself," Roushi snapped back. The girl's whining was really getting on his nerves. He had a hard time not to grit his teeth aloud. Who did the little twit think she was? Did she think she could boss him around just because her grandfather was the Tsuchikage? She was still just a chuunin while he had been jounin long before she was born.
"We don't have all night," Suzumebachi added.
"The lava takes some time to cool down," he replied. What was it now? An official Pick-at-Roushi day? He really didn't like their attitude. Didn't they know he could wipe them from the face of earth with one jutsu?
"Konoha ninja might find us anytime," Takeshi added.
"If you're so smart, why don't you try a hand at it yourselves?" the jinchuuriki snapped. "Aren't you Doton users?"
"I don't know the technique," Kurotsuchi admitted.
"I'm more into clay and I don't have enough of it," her sensei said. "Besides the current would destroy whatever I could build."
"So shut up and wait," the old man suggested. He really wanted to smash them with his tails, but it would get him into trouble with the Tsuchikage once he got back to Iwa. Maybe he should blame it on the Konoha jinchuuriki, but he doubted Oonoki would be satisfied with that excuse, even should it happen to be true. He also had to decide whether he wanted to return to Iwa at all, but staying in Fire Country might prove detrimental to his health. He sighed and concentrated on keeping the lava in the shape of an arch.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sagae~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So here we are," Naruto said. They had been traveling whole night, never settling down to sleep. The three genin were exhausted, but the chuunin didn't allow them to rest. It wasn't like they could sleep. Every movement in the forest sounded like a nearing assassin to them. When the dawn painted the sky in red, they finally saw the river Agano and upon it the harbor town of Sagae.
"Do you know what you should do?" The three genin nodded. "Good. Now scatter. We meet here in an hour."
"What about money?" Tenten asked.
"Oh, I almost forget," Naruto slapped his forehead. He handed them three pouches. "Here you are." Neji took his with only a grunt of gratitude.
"Thank you," Tenten said.
"Thank you, Naruto-taichou! How very youthful of you to be always prepared!"
"Lee!" Naruto chided. "We're supposed to be inconspicuous, remember."
"I'm sorry! I'll do a thousand jumping-jacks!" The chuunin suppressed the sudden urge to bash his head against the nearest wall.
"Don't do any until we get back to Konoha and that's an order," the chuunin said. "You have an order, and that is to make yourself look inconspicuous, and that means no green and no spandex. Understood?"
"That's unyouthful," the taijutsu specialist complained.
"Being dead is unyouthful," the blond retoretd. "You'll do what I tell you, or you'll get your teammates killed." Lee seemed taken aback. "So do you understand the order?"
"Yes," Lee nodded. "We have to buy civilian clothes and meet you here."
"Good. And now go. The time is running short." The two male genin headed to the city. Tenten stayed behind.
"May I ask something, Naruto-senpai?"
"What is it?" he asked tiredly. He hoped she wouldn't take long. He was tired and he had his own disguise to take care of.
"Where did you get the money?" she questioned.
"Don't ask."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Downtown Sagae~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Neji was looking at a potential selection of clothes. Should he take the beige kimono or the grey one? Or maybe the white one? He'd look like a Main House member for a day. It was an alluring prospect. Then he shook his head. Rather not. Fate didn't like when people tried to defy her.
"You know, Neji," Tenten said from behind him, nearly making him jump, "we are supposed to change our appearance the most we can. What you have here looks too much like your regular clothes."
"So what would you suggest?" He immediately regretted his words when he noticed his teammate's mischievous smirk.
"Oh, I can help you with your selection," the weapon mistress smiled. "Nobody would be able to recognize you afterwards." Neji felt dread running along his spine for no apparent reason.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Meeting place~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Team Gai met on the designated place. Tenten was dressed in a white T-shirt and knee-length pink skirt, her hair held up with a purple bow. Neji ended up cross-dressed as a girl, in a long purple kimono with white cherry blossom pattern, a purple scarf covering his branded forehead and large ornate sunglasses hiding his white eyes. His hair was done in a bun held together by ivory needles. His attire was completed with a pink parasol. He would make the perfect picture of a proper young lady, if it wasn't for the sour grimace that seemed frozen on his face. Lee…
"Lee," Tenten said slowly. "Do you remember what did Naruto-taichou tell us?"
"Yosh!" the thick-browed genin replied proudly. "Dress in civilian clothes, no green and no spandex."
"And?" She prodded.
"And what?" Lee was utterly clueless.
"Didn't you forget something?"
"I don't think so," the boy answered, not too sure of himself. He had no time to write it down in his notebook, so he might have forgotten something, which would be unyouthful.
"What about inconspicuous?" Tenten suggested.
"What about it?" Rock Lee didn't understand.
"Tell me," the girl began, "why did you dress up in this?"
Lee looked at his garments, the bright blue pants and orange yukata covered with a yellow vest with black kanji 'youth' on the back. "What's wrong with it?"
Tenten slapped her forehead. "Forget about it."
"What's more important," Neji interrupted, "the hour is up. Where is Naruto?"
"I'm sorry, children, are you looking for someone?" The female voice was sweet like honey, suggesting at the beauty of it owner. The three genin looked at its source.
A woman stood there, a bit older than they expected based on her voice, dressed in a tasteful blue kimono, her long black hair tied in a ponytail. She was holding a toddler on her arms. A man stood behind her dressed like a lesser samurai, a sword at his side. A girl of perhaps five years was hiding behind his legs. Altogether they looked like a middle class family.
"Just a friend of ours," Neji answered.
"Maybe we can help you," the warrior offered.
"Thank you, sir, but that won't be necessary," the Hyuuga declined.
"But we really want to help," the little girl insisted. "After all it isn't every day we meet three young ninja here." Team Gai instantly went on guard. Neji activated his Byakugan.
"Relax, Neji," the woman said. "If I were only guessing, you would have now proven me right."
"How do you know my name?"
"Naruto?" Tenten guessed.
"The one and only," the man replied. "Well, in four renditions now."
"How?" Neji didn't understand. "They look completely real."
"That's my secret," the child smiled.
"Now let's go," the mother commanded. "I booked us passage on a ship. It's leaving in half an hour."
"Wouldn't they find us by it?" Neji worried.
"They're looking for four kids, not a large family. And I sent groups of clones in different directions. It would take them a long time to sort through all the false trails."
"Won't Lee's outfit give us away?" Tenten worried.
"What's wrong with it?" The clone – five year old girl – looked clueless.
"What if they figure out where we are while we're still aboard?" Neji questioned.
"We'll leave the ship during the night. I doubt they would catch up with us so fast." It was close to noon now.
"Good," Tenten said. "And would you tell us now where you got the money?"
"No."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Konoha~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Maito Gai was excited. He had completed his mission a full day earlier than expected and was now on his way home. His Flames of Youth shone through victoriously once more. Soon, he would see his youthful students again. The thought made him to race to the gates of Konoha. He had nobody to race against, but that never deterred him. Backing away from a challenge was unyouthful. Soon the gates of Konoha appeared in front of him. He barely scrambled the patience to check in with the guards and suffer through the mission debriefing. Then he could finally greet his team.
The problem was, he couldn't find his genin anywhere. Their usual training ground was empty, despite being their time for training, and his precious Lee and Tenten weren't home. The last possibility was trying the Hyuuga compound, but he never liked dealing with the clan. They were too unyouthful in his opinion. The guard at the compound gate looked at his youthful outfit with open distaste, but he answered his question. Neji wasn't there. His team left on a mission early yesterday morning and they weren't due back for a couple more days.
"Mission?" wailed Gai. "What mission? How could my students go on a mission without me? They're still too new!"
"All I know is they were assigned one," replied the guard in a bored tone. The Taijutsu master realized he won't learn anything else here, thanked the man and headed to the Hokage tower. He walked up to one chuunin on duty in the mission room and asked him about the mission his genin took.
"One moment, sir," said the woman and found the mission scroll from yesterday. She studied it for a while, a frown appearing on her pretty face.
"That's strange," she said. "I can't see them here. Are you sure it was yesterday?"
"I was told they left yesterday morning," he informed her.
"Maybe it was assigned the day before," she shrugged and studied the proper scroll. It yielded the same result: nothing. She checked the next scroll in the order. "Ah, here it says Team Gai: a D-rank, completed."
"That isn't what they left the village for," Gai objected.
"No, it isn't," the kunoichi nodded. "According to this, they aren't on a mission at all."
"But they aren't in Konoha as well," he pointed out.
"That is strange," she agreed, "but I can't tell you where they are."
"Thank you," Maito Gai said absently, now seriously worried about his students. "Can you at least tell me who was supposed to watch over them during their missions?"
"Of course. Here it says 'Uzumaki Naruto.'"
"Thank you, my fair blossom of youth." Gai flashed her brightest smile. The girl shuddered. "And where would I find him?"
"How would I know?" she shrugged. "This doesn't say he's on a mission, but this lists only C and D ranks."
"Oh. Thank you anyway."
Such started the second part of Maito Gai's anabasis. Locating Uzumaki Naruto proved to be a daunting task. Most people had no idea where he was and were happy that way. He managed to track one of his teammates in the hospital, but she had no idea where he was either. It wasn't until he tried asking the gate guards when one found in their log that Naruto together with his team and some other guy left the morning before, apparently on a C-rank mission. Unfortunately the log didn't say where they were headed. So it was going back to the Mission room.
So far his investigation was proving to be an exercise in futility. The helpful kunoichi from before didn't know anything more and the other chuunin on duty were only shrugging their shoulders. Neither of them had sent his team anywhere and as for the jinchuuriki, they had no idea where he was and were quite happy that way. Gai was just about ready to tear out his hair, but being bald would have been unyouthful.
"Excuse me," somebody spoke behind him. Maito Gai whirled on his feet. He was so distraught that he didn't notice anybody behind him until the person spoke. Such inattention was unyouthful. He found himself looking at a young man in chuunin vest with a bandanna on his head. The stack of documents in his arms suggested he was one of the administration workers in the building. The taijutsu master had the vague feeling he had seen him before, but couldn't remember the person's name.
"Hello," he greeted. "Who you might be?"
"Kamizuki Izumo," the stranger introduced himself. "I heard you were looking for your team." Gai wasn't exactly quiet in his questioning.
"You know where they are?" Maito Gai's eyes lit with hope.
"I don't know that," Izumo replied, "but I happened to be here yesterday when they were given their mission."
"Thank you very much!" The Beautiful Green Beast nearly started shedding manly tears of joy.
"You're welcome," the chuunin smiled. "It was hard not to notice them. Naruto was arguing quite loudly that they shouldn't be sent on a C-rank mission. I couldn't linger here, but I'd wager he accepted in the end."
"Thank you!" shouted Gai and embraced the startled chuunin. "Your Flames of Youth burn so bright!" Izumo was so shocked that he dropped his paperwork. He watched the documents floating around to room, desperately trying not to think about the green-clad man currently squeezing him. Needles to say, it was an impossible task.
Finally the taijutsu master released him and the chuunin could breathe freely. But he was too hasty in thinking he was safe. The next moment his ears nearly burst from the sound of Gai's shout.
"So which most unyouthful person sent my youthful students on a mission and lied about it?!" Complete silence was his only answer.
"Ah, Gai-san," Izumo said trying to get rid of the ringing in his ears, "I don't think he's here."
"You know who it was?" The chuunin found himself once again the center of the jounin's attention. He didn't like it one bit.
"I saw him," he answered. "A grey-haired young man with a bandanna and a sour face. I think he might be teaching at the Academy, but I'm not sure."
"Then let's go find him!" Gai shouted and sprinted towards the Academy. Izumo sighed. He reached to pick his strewn pile of documents from the ground, but then paused. If a team of Konoha shinobi got lost, and one of them was Uzumaki Naruto, then the Hokage would surely want to hear about it. He left the papers be and jogged towards the Hokage's office.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aboard the ship~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They had one cabin for themselves. Naruto still refused to reveal where he got the money for it. The three genin were resting, only Naruto remained awake. He had to, otherwise his clones and Henge would dissipate. It was hard for him to stay awake for so long, especially after a battle, but he had gone through worse on the frontlines.
"Naruto-taichou?" The chuunin startled. He didn't realize there was somebody else awake in the room. That was bad. If his awareness was slipping like this, the Iwa squad might be able to sneak up on them.
"Neji?"
"May I ask you a question?" Any other time the blond would have retorted with something witty, but today he had no energy for it.
"You may," he answered simply.
"Why did we run and hide?" That certainly wasn't what he was expecting.
"What?" he blinked. "What else could we do?"
"We could fight," the Hyuuga offered.
"And how well do you think this would go?" The chuunin, currently disguised as a samurai, questioned. "In case you didn't notice there was a jinchuuriki there."
"But you are one as well," the white-eyed boy (currently masquerading as a girl) pointed out.
"So I am," he nodded.
"You have the Kyuubi," Neji pointed out.
"So I do," the chuunin confirmed.
"Then you can take him out," the Hyuuga said.
"Neji, it isn't that simple," Naruto sighed. "In case nobody told you, fighting isn't only about raw power. Roushi is old, he has decades of battle experience on me. His attacks are physical while mine are mostly chakra-based, so I need much more energy to get through to him. He also has better control of his demon and last but not least, he has three powerful allies. It would be an uphill battle for me at best."
"Still, you're the stronger," the Branch House Hyuuga insisted. "Fate wouldn't allow you to lose."
"Neji," Naruto groaned. "Cut the crap about fate right now and that's an order! There is no such thing as fate, especially not in the sense you see it. You have your life and you do whatever you can with it."
"Fate decided what you have. There's nothing a person can change about it."
"Neji, I gave you an order."
"Sorry, Naruto-taichou."
"You'd better be. And now listen, I'm in no mood to repeat myself. I gathered that your life isn't good." Here the Hyuuga Branch member snorted. "I gathered that you consider it downright crappy. But do you think you are the only one who has it bad? Do you think you are the only one who's hurting? Do you?" He waited for an answer. After a moment Neji reluctantly shook his head. "I thought as much. You see, there are loads of people, who got it bad, and do you see them wandering around whining about fate? No. So why do you insist on doing it?" He paused for a moment. The Hyuuga didn't offer an answer. He stared at his feet instead. "Do you know what most people, who got it bad, do? They do something about it. So why don't you? Did you fail once or were you too scared to even try to begin with?"
"You don't know anything," the genin shouted.
"Keep it down," Naruto chastised him, "we're not alone."
"I don't know much about you, but what do you know about me to judge me?" The Hyuuga remained silent. "I've heard about your father," the blond whispered. "It was cruel, but at least it prevented worse things from happening, at least for a while."
"And I've heard about you," Neji whispered back. He suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with contempt. "Why did you get to live when he didn't?"
"It might sound like a similar situation, but in fact it wasn't. Back then, nobody really wanted war and they were only bluffing. That's why the Cloud Village didn't declare war on us the moment they realized Hyuuga Hiashi was still alive. Half a year ago, everybody was out for each other's blood and the 'peace offer' was only pretense. Even if we gave in to the Tsuchikage's outrageous demand, the war would have begun anyway."
Neji simply stared at him wordlessly. "It was fate, then."
Naruto sighed exasperatedly. "I told you not to speak about it. Though, I might have to agree with you on this. There are things we can do nothing about, but they are rare. And you can play a good game of cards even if life deals you a shoddy hand."
"Some are so bad you'll lose anyway," Neji stated bitterly.
"You never know unless you try," the younger boy replied sagely.
"Why bother if the probability of failure is too great?" the Hyuuga questioned.
"Maybe because once you start giving up, you might not be able to quit."
"Then why did we run?" the genin demanded. "Why didn't you face the Iwa squad?"
"Because my mission is to protect you," the chuunin explained. "If such a battle took place, you would be caught in the crossfire and killed. You might be good for your age, but wait until you make jounin before thinking about getting between two battling jinchuuriki. And even then, don't do it anyway."
"I'll remember that."
"You better do," Naruto advised. "You might live longer that way. And you should get your rest. You won't get much of it once we move."
And that's it for today.
Next time: Will Naruto&co. escape? Will the rescue team find them in time? And who will be in the rescue team?