Chapter 23

Jinrou POV

I stared in shock. They were really here. They walked to me. They looked so grown up. Naruto was taller and lost most of his baby face. He was very handsome and traded his orange and blue get up for an orange and black one. Where Sasuke used to be dreamy and cute, he was now hot and handsome. His outfit was pretty much the same except instead of shorts he had pants.

'How did they find me?!' I yelled in my head.

'I have no idea.' Ookami replied.

"Jinrou, we finally found bayou." Naruto said with a smile making me extremely confused.

'I thought they wanted me gone, why would they be looking for me?' A thought suddenly occurred to me. If they could find me, they could find Itachi and the Akatsuki. I jumped out of the water and raced to my clothes. I have to lead them away from here, they're too close. I grabbed my clothes and ran away, I could hear them run after me.

"Wait! Jinrou!" I could hear Sasuke yell. My chakra lashed out in ropes and swung me from tree to tree. I have to get them far away. I went west first then went south west for a bit. They were still chasing me. I turned around and stopped. I saw them running at me. Right before they could reach me, I puffed into blue smoke and in seconds I was back at the cabin. My makeshift towel was still in place as I ran in through the door and slammed it behind me. I leaned on it and was breathing heavily.

"What's wrong Jinrou?" Konan asked. Everyone came to see what was going on.

"They found me." I said as I tried to even out my breathing.

"What do you mean they found you?" Sasori asked.

"Naruto and Sasuke found me." I said. Their eyes widened. "Don't worry, I led them away before poofing back here." I assured them. They nodded. Itachi began pacing. I noticed Pain and Zetsu staring at me. I blushed and started walking upstairs. "I'll just, um, go get dressed." I said and went to my room. When I was done changing, I walked back downstairs and sat down next to Konan.

"We have to go to Konoha." Itachi said. We were all confused.

"Why?" I asked.

"I need to get something they have that will help you unleash your full potential." He said. We nodded.

"Okay." We all said.

"When do we leave?" I asked.

"Tomorrow in the morning." Itachi said. I nodded. I spent the rest of the day with Deidara just messing around.

Itachi POV

I saw her just messing around with Deidara. The leaf village had a few scrolls I needed that would help Jinrou reach her full potential. But I had other reasons I wanted to go. I wanted to show her old team that she didn't need them. That she was fine with us. I watched her smile and a feeling of protectiveness filled me. I watched her grow into a beautiful young woman. I wasn't about to throw that all away.

Jinrou POV

The next day, we woke up early in the morning. I showered and got ready. I met everyone downstairs and whipped us up a quick breakfast. We went outside.

"Okay, how are we going to do this?" I asked Itachi.

"We're going to go into the village undetected. I'll go grab the things with Kisame. You'll all be backup." He said. We nodded. "Jinrou, can you get us there?" He asked. I rubbed the back of my head.

"I still don't have the whole teleporting other people thing down." I said looking down. He nodded.

"It's fine, can you get us a lift?" He asked and I nodded. My hair glowed white with bright blue highlights and my eyes went bright blue. I easily made a large wolf out of chakra. We all got on. I made sure it wouldn't burn them where they were sitting. I stood on the wolf's head. It was soon running and we were off. It made it to the leaf village in just half an hour. It stopped in the trees. "Alright, we'll go and don't come unless you hear a whistle." Itachi said. We all nodded. They left.

Sasuke POV

Even after she disappeared, we continued to look for her. After a few hours we just went back to the village. She was so close, and just slipped from between our fingers. We went to lady Tsunade. When we walked in, she opened her mouth but we just shook our heads. Sakura looked at her feet from next to her.

"We were so close!" Naruto growled as he punched the wall. It cracked and dented. Blood rushed down his hand.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.

"We saw her! She was right there! But she ran away and we just weren't fast enough. She got away and we couldn't trace where she went." Naruto said frustrated. I sighed.

"We'll try again tomorrow." I said. Naruto gave a curt nod and stormed out of there. I bowed to lady Tsunade before leaving. Maybe we'll have more luck tomorrow.

The next day, we got up early and were getting ready to leave. We went to lady Tsunade's office. We walked in and bowed respectfully. Sakura was there as usual and Kakashi sensei was also there.

"We're going to look around the same forest from yesterday." I said and lady Tsunade nodded. Suddenly, you could hear explosions and running. We threw the door open just as two people ran by. It was Itachi and the shark guy! Itachi had a large scroll tied to his back and so did the shark guy. They were running away from ninjas. They ran outside and I followed along with Tsunade, Sakura, and Naruto. He and the shark guy were surrounded and we were slowly closing in. Suddenly, he raised his fingers to his lips and blew a sharp whistle.

Jinrou POV

We were waiting and I snapped my head up when I heard a sharp whistle. I sprang up.

"Lets go!" I yelled and we were off. When I got there, a fight was breaking out. Suddenly, Kakashi rushed at Itachi with a familiar glow in his hand. It was Lighting Blade! It was the same thing he used to kill Haku so long ago! It pierced Itachi's shoulder and my eyes widened. "Leave him alone!" I screamed and they all turned in shock. I rushed down and they all ran toward me. My chakra lashed out as my appearance became wild. As I ran, I dodged and managed to wrap my chakra around all the dozens of ninja that were there. I was breathing hard, but I should be okay. I went to Itachi and saw a huge hole in his shoulder. I kneeled next to him and quickly made a ball of healing energy like when I healed Naruto and Sasuke. I gently put it in his shoulder. It glowed as it filled the hole. I was panting and couldn't keep it up for much longer. My chakra weakened slightly and everyone managed to get loose. They started surrounding the Akatsuki. I saw my old team approach me. I saw their eyes were on Itachi. A sudden feeling of protectiveness crossed over me. They won't touch him. My chakra flew out of me and grabbed the Akatsuki. I took them a good distance away from the other ninjas. I wrapped my warm chakra around Itachi but made it so that it wouldn't burn him, but burn anyone who tried to touch him. Just as I carried him off to the Akatsuki, Sasuke pounced on me along with Naruto and Sakura. They tried to go after him but I was faster. They pinned me down but I maintained my focus. Deidara and Kisame grabbed Itachi.

"Jinrou!" Konan yelled.

"Go! Get him away from here!" I screamed back as I struggled with the combined weight of the three on top of me.

"But Jinrou! We can't just leave you-" Sasori started.

"Get out of here! I'll be fine!" I yelled. The ninja started approaching them.

'We have no choice, I have to get them out of here!' I yelled in my head.

'But that'll completely drain you!' Ookami yelled.

'But I have to!' I yelled. I focused as hard as I could. Suddenly, blue smoke appeared around them. When it cleared, they were gone. I smiled.

"Heh." I chuckled before everything went black.

Naruto POV

When the blue smoke cleared, they were all gone. Jinrou stopped struggling and went strangely limp. We stared down at her.

"Heh." She chuckled before her eyes rolled into the back of her head. She was deathly pale and her appearance was back to how it normally was.

"Get her to the hospital." Granny Tsunade said. We nodded and I carried her. I couldn't get over her outfit. She shouldn't be wearing an Akatsuki uniform.

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