Chapter 3

No more then a week had passed before the team was called into the Hokage's office. The three had bonded quite well only having been together about a week. They all seemed to get along quite well. Especially Takayoshi and Kimiko, this was strange because of their polar opposite personalities. Eiji simply disregarded this strange happening as a case of 'opposites attract'. Upon the arrival of the squad the Hokage addressed them.

"Thank you three for accepting this errand." Haruto said as he spoke to the group.

"Errand? You mean this isn't an official mission?" Takayoshi blurted.

"I don't know how it worked in the village hidden in the rain Takayoshi-San, but ninja here are also peace keepers and right now I need you three to apprehend a trouble maker." Was the Hokage's stern response.

"Yes Lord Hokage." Takayoshi said bowing his head to show he had not meant any disrespect to the Hokage.

"Rain village?" thought Eiji "he never told me anything about being from the village hidden in the rain..."

The Leaf kage explained there mission. They were to apprehend the town trouble maker 'the fire dragon of the leaf'. Recently she had been quiet and had not drawn to much attention to herself with any over the top antics; however she was currently on one of her village famous trouble making streaks. She was said to be sited at the town market causing trouble and harassing the local boys. The team headed straight there and their target was sighted. The slender sixteen year old with creamy colored skin and long black hair with the end of her hair tied in a red bow and bangs going across her forehead was snacking on some cookies and coarsely flirting with the teenage boys of the village. The team approached her slowly and casually surrounded the girl with out her noticing. When she looked up from the cookies she was wolfing down she noticed the three shinobi. She promptly dropped the cookies and took off thinking she was about to be arrested. As she ran from the three she knocked over carts, stalls and anything she could to try to separate her form Takayoshi, Kimiko, and Eiji.

"You'll never catch me. Y'all are to damn slow!" She said with joy

"I'll go ahead and cut her off." Eiji said as he sped up.

Kimiko and Takayoshi easily dodged, vaulted over, and spun around the clutter the girl left in her wake. The girl with the red ribbon seemed to be having the time of her life. She was looking back to make sure the two shinobi were still giving chase and when she noticed they showed no signs of giving up she sped up and looked forward just to be stopped dead, Eiji's index finger a half inch from her forehead. He then lightly poked her.

"Gotcha." Eiji said with a playful smile.

"He is unreal…there is no way he is that freakin fast!" she thought to her self as she was brought to the Hokage's office.

She struggled the whole way and was loud and obnoxiously flirting with Eiji.

Upon arrival in the Hokage's office the girl immediately went silent. Thinking she was in trouble she closed her mouth with no intention of opening it up to explain herself.

"I'm glad you found her. Reinforce Yukimura, my girl, you are not in trouble. I was just hoping I could have your assistance." The Hokage said in his usually regal way.

"Sorry, grandpa Kage but I'm not in the mood." She said with a smirk.

"You do not address the Hokage like that!" Takayoshi barked.

"You guys calm down!" Kimiko said in her worried way.

With this Reinforce decided she had had enough and quickly fled the office via the window. As the girl left Takayohsi gave a quite smirk as if to say good riddance. Haruto, disappointed, sat down and seemed to give up on the girl. Kimiko was trying to reason with Takayoshi when Eiji rushed out after her. He wasn't able to find her before she reeked more havoc. Havoc such as raiding the market and bakery and starting a large up roar at the south side ramen bar. When Eiji finally caught up to Reinforce she was sitting on the roof of the ice cream shop.

"Found you." Eiji said as he approached Reinforce.

"How?" She asked quite surprised.

"This little fellow right here lead me straight to you." Eiji responded pointing to the cat at his feet.

"Oh…" Reinforce said as she said as she gently stroked the cat with a loving and tender look in her eyes.

"So you wanna do some explaining?" Eiji lobbied

"Well I mean…I only act out cause when I was about eight…well my parents left me…because of these." She said with a scratchy voice that was on the verge of tears as she pointed to her eyes.

And for the first time Eiji noticed her blood red eyes.

"Reinforce, are you a …a Jinchuricki?" Eiji said in shock.

"No stupid," Reinforce said giving Eiji a friendly punch in the arm," and call me Rein. Reinforce is to ….ugh masculine to me…Anyway what is you're story, cutie?"

"Cutie? Nice…well my parents don't want me…My father is The Kazekage in the Hidden Sand Village and my mother…well she is high in the council there. They think I was responsible for letting my little sister, MoMo, die when we were young." Eiji said his smile fading with each second he took to remember his past in the Sand Village.

"Oh ….so we are kinda the same …ya? We are both some damned miserable kids." Rein said with a hint of happiness in her voice.

"You got quite a mouth on you for such a pretty girl." Eiji said coyly

"Shut up!" Rein said with a huge smile on her face and a slight blush.

She knew she was no longer alone. He knew she was something special. The spent the rest of that night together at Eiji's loft. They were laughing, smiling, bonding and becoming great friends. Before ether one of them had noticed it they had drifted to sleep. Rein was in Eiji's arms and they had formed a bond that was much more than a friendship.