A/N: Alright, here's another one…hopefully it worked out alright. I've been fighting writer's block lately, but anyway here it is. As always I only own Reyna, everything you recognize is property of Masashi Kishimoto. All other OCs are property of my friend who will remained unnamed!

NEW TARGET

The next day the preliminary fights were to start. Reyna and Kakashi followed Tsunade to the arena along with the two ANBU who immediately disappeared from sight once they reached their seats. Kakashi grinned when he realized that he and Reyna were off in a corner by themselves, still within easy distance of Tsunade but in a spot that, unless one was really looking for them, they wouldn't be seen. He continued to grin as they sat side by side and Reyna laid her chin on the rail in front of them. They were also close to the main stairs that led to the rest of the general seating, making it easier for Reyna to detect unfriendly scents that may enter.

"Who's the first fight?" she asked, glancing over at Kakashi as he leaned back in his chair.

"A Sand and a Sound. Should prove to be an interesting fight," he replied lazily as he settled more comfortably.

"Great…" she muttered and turned her attention back to the arena as the fighters took their place.

She barely paid attention to the fights, though she was pretty sure that Kakashi was and would be passing along every piece of information he could from watching the fights to the Leaf Genin. The first few fights featured Genin from every Village except the Leaf. Reyna was leaning back in her chair, hands folded on her stomach and bored out of her skull. By the time Kayha entered the arena for her first fight, Reyna had decided that she might as well get some practice of her own in. She had been trying to figure out the Shadow Kunai technique she'd used against the Rogue Pack and decided that she may as well work on it while she was sitting around watching. Kakashi seemed to be absorbed in his book, not that she was at all surprised by that. She had managed to create a solid kunai from her shadows and was working on manipulating it without actually touching it; rather she was trying to use something almost similar to the way a puppet master controlled his puppets.

Her focus was solely on her chakra and so it took her a few seconds before she even registered the feel of a hand on her leg. She flicked a glance over at Kakashi who was still reading, his book in his left hand and his right on her leg. She shook her head a little and took the opportunity to check in on Kayha's fight. While her opponent seemed to be pulling out all the stops, he only landed the odd punch as she easily stepped out of his way, unconcerned by anything that he threw at her. In fact she was actually examining her nails as she dodged.

Reyna shook her head and once again returned her focus to her chakra and her shadow kunai. When her focus was once again on what she was doing, Kakashi slowly started to massage her leg. When she glanced over at him again, he smiled under his mask and removed his hand even as Reyna heard Kayha mutter loudly about breaking a nail. Reyna laughed to herself at that and caught a glimpse of Gaara shaking his head and placing a hand against his forehead before she went back to working on her technique. She didn't even think twice when Kakashi draped his arm around her shoulders and barely registered that he was leaning closer to her now. His book had disappeared from his left hand, something that she did fail to notice and he slid his leg in front of hers, resting his calf against her shin.

Her concentration was starting to waver from her chakra by that point as she tried to figure out just what he was up to. She attempted to force her attention back to what she was doing, but Kakashi it seemed had other plans as his left hand took the place of his right on her leg and he trailed his fingers of his right lightly over her shoulder, slipping them under the shoulder of her vest.

"You are just far too tense, Reyna," he whispered against her ear, cloth covered lips just barely brushing her skin.

At his first whispered breath her control over her technique shattered and the kunai was catapulted into the arena. No one even seemed to notice until Kayha was screaming at Naruto, still easily stepping out of the range of every attack thrown at her. Blood seeped down the back of her shoulder, but there was no weapon to indicate how the wound came to be. Back in their secluded corner or the arena, Kakashi nipped at the side of Reyna's neck and the hand on her leg slid higher as he pulled her closer to him by the arm still around her shoulders.

"Kakashi!" Reyna's slightly high pitched, breathless yelp was heard suddenly.

Kayha looked up towards the two of them and glared as she suddenly realized where the weapon had come from and why it had disappeared, "Reyna!"

"What?" Reyna hollered back, trying to shift away from Kakashi as eyes turned towards them.

"What the hell were you thinking? That really freaking hurt and now the damn wound won't heal!"

"Really, you mean I actually managed to hurt you with that?" Reyna asked, puzzling that over as Kakashi finally shifted back more into his own seat, though his hands remained where they were.

"Yeah, you did! It was bad enough when I broke a damn nail, but now you have to get in on the action too? What is this; pick on Kayha day?"

"Hey, don't blame me! If Kakashi wouldn't have distracted me it never would have happened!"

"Sure, blame Kakashi!"

"Kayha," Gaara's voice echoed through the arena. "Would you actually start doing something already? These fights aren't supposed to take three days a piece!"

"Hey, you're the one that told me I couldn't use most of my techniques and to go easy on them. Make up your damn mind, Gaara!" Kayha shot back even as Reyna breathed a sigh of relief that someone had taken Kayha's attention away from her.

"Well, at least do something!" he responded in exasperation.

Kayha muttered something under her breath and formed the hand seals for one of her own techniques before a water whip appeared in her hand. With a single move, her opponent was flat on his back and unconscious. She turned back towards where Gaara was sitting and threw her hands in the air before walking out of the arena again. Reyna could see Tsunade still glaring at her and Kakashi so she settled back in her chair, ready to continue to be bored out of her mind. At least that was until she caught an odd scent from the stairs and she sat forward again, brows furrowed as she focused on that single scent. She didn't recognize the person it belonged to but there were definitely characteristics common to Kayha. She was just pushing herself to her feet when another scent hit her senses and she dropped back into her seat. Her own father's scent followed the first that had caught her attention and she doubted that the two of them together was a mere coincidence.

Kakashi cast a concerned look at her but Reyna only shook her head, "I need to talk to Kayha as soon as possible."

Kakashi nodded and glanced over towards where the Kages were seated in time to watch Kayha appear and drop onto the arm of Gaara's chair, much to the obvious shock of the others. Tsunade seemed to be the only one who wasn't shocked at the move. Kakashi gently nudged Reyna and she glanced over as well before she finally managed to push herself to her feet. Kakashi's concern grew at the cautious way Reyna moved away from their spot and headed towards Kayha. She spoke briefly with the other girl and immediately returned to his side.

"Everything alright?" he asked.

Reyna shrugged and slid back into her chair while she watched Kayha slip back out of the seating area and disappear down the stairs. She closed her eyes and Kakashi's concern continued to grow as he watched Reyna almost visibly erect those walls around her again. He had watched her fight to tear them down and now he watched as in a few seconds they seemed to be completely back in place again. Finally she glanced back over at him and flashed him a small smile.

"You look worried, Kashi," she muttered, shifting slightly to lean her shoulder against his as she watched him.

"What's going on, Reyna?" he asked even as he covered her hand with his own and met her gaze.

She shook her head, "Nothing." At the look he gave her she shrugged, "Alright so it's not exactly nothing, but it'll be fine."

Kayha bolted down the stairs, pushing random people out of her way as she headed out of the arena. She had sensed one of her own kind earlier but hadn't really thought too much about it thinking that they wouldn't be stupid enough to attack when there were so many people and one of them wasn't really that big of a concern for her. It wasn't like it was one of Zeke's more powerful followers. Still, if Reyna had picked up not only that scent, but her father's as well…that could end up spelling trouble.

She was just heading around the corner of the arena when the scent of blood and death reached her and she once again sensed another of her kind. With a flick of her arm, her sword was out of its sheath on her back and in her hand as she rounded the corner. Standing over a broken and bloody form was none other than Seth, her father. Slowly, Kayha lowered the sword and glared at the man before her.

"So it was you that I sensed earlier. What the hell are you doing here, Seth?" she snapped, stepping closer cautiously.

"What? I'm not allowed to check in on my baby girl? When I heard that you were competing in these exams I couldn't not come. Well, that and I'm supposed to be backing the others. Unfortunately, Jin here decided that he was going to kill my daughter and I couldn't allow that to happen. Whether you believe me or not, I'm not on Zeke's side. I want you to be safe…happy. And no, it wasn't me that you sensed earlier; there is another here as well and he will come after you. Jin I could take out without any repercussions, the other one you'll have to face on your own. You can tell your wolf friend that she doesn't have to worry about her father anymore," Seth explained quietly a slight smile on his face.

Kayha nodded, "Right, I'll tell her."

Kayha turned to leave but was stopped by Seth's hand on her shoulder and she spun on him again as he spoke, "Kayha, wait. There's something else that you need to know. Zeke knows that Reyna was the one who killed Seiko and helped you take down Griffin. He also knows that she was the one who ultimately would have defeated Sasuke had he actually been there. She is just as much on Zeke's radar as you are. He considers her a threat and you know what that means."

"She wouldn't stand a snowballs chance in hell against most of them!" Kayha exclaimed.

Seth nodded, "She needs to know that she is now a target. I doubt Zeke will target the rest of her team or her friends though; he doesn't see them as even approaching an annoyance level to him. They should be safe."

Kayha sighed, "She's really not going to be happy when she hears this."

Seth shrugged, "But she needs to know. I have to leave now, before they get suspicious…but Kayha I am on your side. I always have been."

Before she could open her mouth to reply, Seth had vanished and she was standing next to the dead body of Reyna's father. She supposed that Reyna didn't have to know who had actually killed the man and she doubted that her friend would even ask. She sure as hell wouldn't want to hear the details anyway. With a shake of her head, Kayha turned on her heel and headed back the way she had come in search of Reyna to tell her what she had just learned.

Reyna was still sitting with Kakashi when Kayha found her a few minutes after speaking to Seth. Sighing she approached the two of them and forced a grin to Kakashi when he looked up at her.

"I need to borrow your girlfriend for a minute," Kayha explained and he nodded even as Reyna regained her feet.

Kayha pulled Reyna out of earshot of Kakashi and Reyna quirked a brow at her younger friend, "Kayha what's up?"

Kayha waited while Jiraiya passed by them before she spoke quietly and quickly, "Look, I thought you should know right away but I didn't know what you want Kakashi to hear. You were right, your dad was here. He's very much dead now though. But that's not the really bad part of my news."

Reyna stiffened and paled as Kayha told her that her father was dead. She was relived but he had still been her father, "Alright."

"Well, you are also a target for Zeke now. A major target, not just 'I want you dead because you annoy me' target. He knows that you took down Seiko and Griffin. He knows about Sasuke. He knows that you can fight his people and win. That makes you a major threat in his books but you haven't faced any of his really powerful soldiers. They make me look like a newborn kitten when it comes to power."

"Great…"

"The good news is that he most likely won't target those close to you…well other than me but he already wanted me dead. Naruto, Kakashi, Jiraiya don't register on his threat radar so he won't go after them. He'll only actively hunt you."

Reyna nodded and Kayha frowned, "Reyna, you alright?"

"Huh? Yeah…I'm fine. I just need to walk for a minute or two…Maybe find Jiraiya," she muttered in reply.

Kayha watched as Reyna turned around, expecting her to walk back to Kakashi, but Reyna turned instead to the stairs and disappeared down them. Kakashi also watched her walk away disappear down the stairs and turned a questioning look to Kayha who shrugged at him before walking over to drop into Reyna's chair. When Kakashi moved to get up, she laid a hand on his shoulder, stopping him.

"I think she went to talk to Jiraiya," Kayha spoke softly.

"Why? What happened?" Kakashi asked.

"Look, I'd tell you but it's not really for me to do that. I'm sure she'll talk to you too, but I think she needed someone a little less partial to talk to first."

Kakashi sighed, but figured as long as she was at least with Jiraiya then she wouldn't get into too much trouble. He settled back in his chair turning his attention back to the fights as Kayha regained her feet and headed down the stairs as well. She still had a threat to find and stop while Kakashi tried to focus on the fight that had just started between Naruto and one of the Sand Genin.

A/N: And I have once again encountered writer's block…trying to get through it as quickly as possible but I can't guarantee there will be another chapter posted right away…Please review and hopefully that will help! Any ideas/suggestions please feel free to pass them on!