SHINO: Let me guess, I don't get to go on this mission…again.
REYNA: Sorry…um…uh…Shino, right?
SHINO: Yeah, that's right. Finally someone remembers me.
REYNA: Since you're here to complain about not going on another mission to get Sasuke back, do you want to do the disclaimer and get some screen time?
SHINO: I suppose. Do I get any kind of action in this whole damn thing?
REYNA: Hey, later you will be instrumental in helping Kakashi save Reyna's ass.
SHINO: That should work. Reyna owns nothing except herself. Because if she didn't own herself that wouldn't work out very well now would it. Your disclaimer makes no sense.
REYNA: Nevermind…Naruto and everything related to it is property of Masashi Kishimoto. ENJOY!
SASUKE'S FOUND
Reyna was the first awake the next morning but found that she was trapped between Kakashi's body and the wall. Carefully she started to nudge Kakashi over and onto his back so that she could roll over him and get to her feet. She nearly had him there when he clamped both arms around her torso and caught her legs with his own.
"Trying to kick me out of bed again?" he asked, opening his eye slowly.
"No, just trying to get you over so that I can get out of bed and go get something so that we can have breakfast," she replied, not even bothering with trying to break his hold.
"Or we could get dressed and go out and have breakfast."
"After last night? Do you really think that's a good idea?"
"Why not? We've had breakfast in public before you know and there were no natural disasters."
"True, but for either option to happen, you have to let me go," she pointed out, lifting her head to meet his gaze.
"Eventually, but first we have to figure out what it is that we're doing."
"Or I could steal your mask so that you have to let me go."
"Fine, have it your way," he sighed and released his grip on her.
Reyna slowly rolled off of him and landed on her feet on the floor. Kakashi followed her out of bed and the two separated so that they could both get dressed. Reyna knew they were going to have to go out and get food, because she had absolutely nothing in her fridge save for maybe a box of baking soda.
"So what are we doing?" Kakashi asked from outside the bathroom door where Reyna was changing.
"Going out; I don't think I even have any coffee left in this place anymore," she replied as she pulled the door open and stepped into the hallway.
"Alright, sounds good to me."
As they headed out of her apartment, Reyna glanced over at him curiously, "Hey, Kakashi? Can I ask you something?"
"Sure, I guess."
"Why don't you have a single mirror in your place?"
Kakashi was silent for a moment as they headed down the street looking for someplace that would be open and serving breakfast, "I don't like to see myself."
Reyna quirked a brow at that, "Why not, because I sure as hell don't mind the sight."
Kakashi smiled under his mask a little, "It's the same reason as why I wear a mask."
"Which you never have told me."
Kakashi sighed, "Every time I see my face, I see my father and I don't want the village to see me as the White Fang. I want them to see only Kakashi or the Copy Ninja or anything except that."
Reyna went silent as she thought about that and finally looked up at him, "I only see Kakashi."
He smiled a little at that, "And I appreciate that, but it's not going to change anything."
Reyna nodded, "As long as you know that. Hey, but if you don't have a mirror and you don't like to see your face, how the hell do you shave? I may only have a very alcohol hazy memory of what you look like under that damn thing, but I do remember that you were clean shaven."
Kakashi chuckled, which had been what she was trying to get out of him as they took a table at a small café and ordered breakfast, "Very carefully. I guess you should probably know why the Hokage called me away last night."
"Very effective change of subject, Hatake; but I'll be nice and run with it. Why did she call you in that late?"
"That ANBU we brought back finally woke up. He told her that the Rogue pack was in the Land of Rivers because there had been a rumor that Sasuke had been there. They're looking to join forces with him."
Reyna shook her head, "That would be really bad. Damn it and we don't know where they were going next either so that we can get ahead of them."
"We will, Reyna."
Reyna nodded and set to eating her breakfast, her previous good mood starting to vanish quickly the longer she thought about what it would mean if the pack actually managed to join up with Sasuke. The pack on its own was bad enough, but adding Sasuke to the mix would be that much worse. The two were just about to head out to meet their team for training when Shizune ran up to them.
"Your team has a mission and Lady Tsunade wants you two to know about it first!" she panted.
The two quickly made their way to the Tower and into the Hokage's office where Tsunade was waiting for them, "I know where Sasuke is."
Kakashi stared at her while Reyna spoke, "How?"
"It doesn't matter how, all that matters is that it is from a reliable source and you have to move quickly. I want you and your team out of the village and on your way to the Land of Mist. I wasn't going to send your team but since Naruto's going to find out anyway and try to go after him alone, I decided against keeping you off of it. Reyna, you have no ties to Sasuke. I trust that you will ensure that whatever needs to be done is done. If you can bring him back, great but if he's as much of a threat as I think he is, you both know what has to be done. You also know that Naruto and Sakura are not going to be able to see that, or accomplish that task so it will fall to one of you two."
Reyna nodded, "Right, whatever has to be done will be done. You have my word on that."
Kakashi nodded, "We'll tell them at the training grounds when we meet them there. I think instead of training, we'll just take today to get ready to face Sasuke."
Tsunade nodded, "Fine."
The two left the office shortly after that and headed back into the street. They walked in silence to the designated training grounds for their team and met Naruto and Sakura. Even Reyna hadn't realized that they were that late in getting there.
Naruto immediately jumped to his feet, "What the hell? It's bad enough when one of you turns up late, but now it's both of you?"
Reyna shook her head and decided to leave the explanation of the mission to Kakashi. She knew that she would seem cold and indifferent about this mission just like it was any other when to the rest of her team she knew that it was anything but that. Instead she stepped past Naruto and Sakura and dropped to sit cross-legged under a tree while Kakashi laid out their mission for the following morning.
"We're leaving at dawn tomorrow morning for the Land of Mist. We have it from a reliable source that Sasuke is there and the Hokage wants us to confront him. If we can bring him back that is our mission, but there is a good chance that he's not going to do that. All else fails, we are to treat him as a threat to the safety of the village and a traitor."
"Don't worry, Kakashi-Sensei! He'll come back with us, no problem!" Naruto exclaimed.
A/N: As always please review and keep my muse working at full capacity since she hasn't been lately. Next up…SASKUE!
