"So what's this awesome new technique you were going to teach me, pervy sage?" Naruto asked. The three of them- Scarlet, Naruto and Jiraiya were travelling first to search for Tsunade.

Jiraiya sighed, in response to Naruto's question. He looked for the right words to say. "Well, It's difficult to describe. I can tell you it's an A-rank technique, the same as your friend Sasuke's chidori." That got Naruto's attention. At the moment, his only good technique was his shadow clones and his battle with Kiba and Neji had shown him that he needed a more powerful technique. Scarlet smiled at the look of eagerness on Naruto's face. She couldn't wait to see it when he actually learnt the Rasengan.

"Hey Pervy Sage, why did you pick me to be your pupil? It's because I'm special right?" Scarlet tuned out of the conversation. She had heard it before, after all.

The three arrived at Shukuba Town. Scarlet allowed herself a look of worry. Her eyes went towards Naruto, who was full of energy and excited. Itachi and Kisame would be here soon. In fact, they were probably already here. An image of Sasuke attacking Itachi flashed into her mind. She had completely forgot about how Sasuke would try to kill his elder brother.

`please let this go well` she begged to herself

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"Kakashi sensei?" Sasuke asked, coming into Kakashi's home. He had been told that Kakashi was here, after being involved in a fight with a powerful pair of ninja. His teacher was lying in his bed, unconscious. He was surrounded by the rest of the genin's teachers. They all looked incredibly solemn.

"Is it true? Itachi Uchiha has returned to the Hidden Leaf and that he's looking for Naruto and Scarlet?" Aoba Yamashiro, a jonin, entered the room, yelling.

Sasuke froze. His brother? Itachi Uchiha had dared returned? And what was worse, his brother was after his love and one of his friends. Would he kill them? Just as he had killed the rest of the Uchiha clan…
Sasuke wasn't going to wait and find out. He ran out of the hospital room, leaving Aoba to be scolded by his fellow Jonin. He remembered that Scarlet and Naruto were going out of the village. It would take awhile, but he should be able to follow them. He could sense Scarlet's presence once he got close. Hopefully, that would give him some advantage over Itachi.

"Naruto, Scarlet. We'll be staying here tonight." Jiraiya told his young charges, as he was checking into the hotel that he had brought them into.

After he had done that, the white haired man turned and glanced out the door, where a beautiful young woman was passing by. She saw Jiraiya and winked at the old man, before walking on. "Naruto! Here's the room key. Go on and work on some stuff. I've got some…adult work to do in this town." He told his spiky blond haired pupil.
He didn't look particularly pleased, but went to go to his room, nevertheless. Scarlet bit her lip. "Jiraiya…" She said, remembering that she couldn't interfere.

"It's okay, Scarlet. I have everything under control." He promised. "Come back beautiful!" He called after the youth, who was under Itachi and Kisame's genjutsu, as Scarlet recalled.

Scarlet walked up to their hotel room. Naruto was already there, looking bored. She knew, somewhere in the back of her mind, that he would be alright, but that didn't stop her worrying about him. She didn't want to leave his side. She didn't want to, but of course, life wasn't fair. Her head suddenly began to slightly ache and an image flashed in her hea.d

A Clow Card!

"Naruto. I have to go. I sense a Clow Card." Naruto nodded. "Can I come and help?" he asked. Scarlet considered that prospect, but she didn't want to mess around with the order of this world. She shook her head.

"No, it's okay. You just stay here and…be careful."

Naruto looked upset, but he soon recovered. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever. You go on and get that Clow Card."
"Thanks Naruto. I'll be back as soon as I can!" She promised him, before taking off. She activated her staff's power. "Dash card!"

She was off in a blur and her senses led her to an abandoned alley. She saw faint blue glow. She immediatly groaned when she saw what card she was facing.

"It just had to be the fight card, didn't it!" Scarlet thought, aloud, The fight card saw her and quickly ran at her. Scarlet yelped and ducked, dodging the blue skinned girl's punches. The unfortunate part was that Scarlet wasn't with good terms with taijutsu. She would have to try to do something, but 'The Fight' was a fast card and it could dodge many of her attacks. She tried to remember how Sakura had managed to capture this card.
In a moment, she remembered the comical and accidental capture of the card. She remembered a small technique that Kakashi taught her a while ago. It wasn't much but it would do.

"Earth style: Infinite Gravity Crash Jutsu!" Scarlet cried, She jamed her foot to the ground and the earth shot up a bit. It threw the fight off balance for a little bit.

She made sure that 'The Fight' couldn't see her. She took out 'The Wood' card from her card pouch. "Right! No more miss nice girl." Scarlet said, summoning 'The Wood' card to assist her.
A huge branch broke out of the floor, beneath 'The Fight' card. Its leg was caught by it. "Clow Card. Returned to your power confined! Fight!"

The fight card yelled as she was sealed within the blank card. Scarlet took a breath and smiled "phew, that was a toughie"

She then remembered something `Naruto!` With that, Scarlet raced back to the hotel room, hoping she wasn't too late.