Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the associated characters, locations, jutsu, etc. The only thing I own is the plot of the story. If there is any plagiarism of any form it was completely unintentional.
"These are... assassination orders, from the Konoha elder council." Sakura said in disbelief. "And the objective is..."
"THE YONDAIME HOKAGE!*" Everyone turned around to see who had spoken. In the entrance of the safe stood two men dressed in black wearing masks. One of them was carrying the woman who greeted them at the entrance of the bank. "Now I'm sorry but I'm going to have to take those papers. And since you all have read them we will have to take you as well and erase your memories.
"Like hell you will, what makes you think we will go with you just because you said so!" Temari exclaimed while pulling out her battle fan.
"Well, should you refuse I guess we have no other choice than to kill you all, starting with this woman." The man who had her on his shoulder threw her to the ground and held a sword to her neck. "It would be such a shame."
"Bastards! Who the hell are you?" Sakura was pissed.
"Since these are your last moments you at least deserve to know. You may call us So and Ka. But enough of that." He pressed the sword further down and a trickle of blood came out. "What will you do?" Everyone stood still thinking of how to avoid being captured and also without loosing any lives. Everyone was quiet until Ka sneezed.
"Excuse me. I guess some sand still found its way deep into the vaults! That's really weird..." Temari had a sly smile on her face. She then dropped to the ground and screamed.
"Duck!" Everyone but the two in the entrance did as she said.
"What are you-" He could not finish his sentence before a powerful hand made of sand rose from the ground and engulfed them both.
"Sabaku Sōsō!*" Gaara's voice echoed through the room and the sand instantly compressed around the two assailants. Gaara walked into the room with his hand still raised. Tsuyo walked over to the woman and picked her up. When Gaara unclenched his fist the sand dropped to the ground but, strangely enough no blood came out, nor any of the two shinobi.
"Well, well. What do we have here?" Everyone turned to see that the masked men were standing on the other side of the room, completely unharmed. "If it isn't the Ichibi.*" The one who once carried the woman, So, lifted his sword. "Move along, you have no business here, monster!" Gaara just stayed quiet and walked between the Konoha team and Temari, and the two intruders.
"The safety of my family IS my business!" He lifted both his arms and once more large amounts of sand rose and crashed down on them. But again they both appeared somewhere else without a single grain of sand on them.
"Family huh? Such a sweet and pathetic bond." So sheathed his sword and started to weave signs. "Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu!*" He took a deep breath and then released massive amounts of fire. In mid-air the flames took the shape of a giant dragon that was flying rapidly towards Temari. She reacted by whipping out her fan and blowing powerful gusts of wind to try and repel the attack. But it had the opposite effect, the flames consumed the technique and grew twice as large.
"Damn!" She cursed the elemental disadvantage that she was in. The fire was getting closer and just before in burned them to bits a sand wall shielded them.
"Nice try, but it will not be enough." So said. "You see, when sand reaches 1760° Celsius it undergoes a physical change in which it crystallizes to form glass. Curiously enough glass itself melts at 1500° Celsius so the reaction creates liquid glass. So now instead of fire you shall be bathed in a burning and rather sticky downpour." And just like he said the sand began to change, it turned into a clear goo that came pouring down towards them. A drop fell on Sakura's hand, she winced at the pain and tried to remove it, but it was stuck like glue. They tried to get away but it seemed the wave moved a lot faster. Gaara tried to contain it but it seemed that the molten glass kept its temperature so all of the sand quickly turned to glass as soon as it made contact. They were about to be engulfed but Hinata stopped running and activated her byakugan.
"Shugohakke Rokujūyon Shō!*" She swiftly rotated her hands, emitting thin but tough chakra streams to form a protective barrier around herself and her friends, Gaara included. The molten glass crashed down on it with tremendous force, and the heat could very much be felt. But Hinata managed to maintain the barrier long enough for the glass to solidify. A small bubble had formed around them, effectively trapping them.
"Nice job but... What now?" Said Sakura. Then Kakashi cleared his throat to get their attention.
"Now, now we attack." He said as his hands came up and lifted his headband, he opened his once covered eye to reveal his sharingan. He then lowered his hand and sparks started to come out of it. Then the complete lightning cutter was formed and he thrusted it on the glass. The impact resonated on the whole room and the glass shattered immediately. So and Ka covered their faces to block the incoming glass shards, but in their distractions Kakashi rammed through Ka with the lightning cutter. This time though the attack did land, he had pierced his left shoulder. He winced in pain and held on to his wounded arm. Kakashi jumped back and he stopped his jutsu, his hand returning to normal.
"Damn," So said. "Well it seems that Kakashi of the Sharingan lives up to his name. For now we shall leave but beware," he lifted his hand and formed a tiger seal. " Next time, you WILL come with us." A blinding flash covered their position and by the time it was over they were gone. Kakashi relaxed and lifted his arm to lower his headband and cover his sharingan. He then turned around and pointed towards Gaara.
"You, what the hell is going on here? Who were those shinobi and why do you have this?" He pointed towards the papers in Sakura's hands. Gaara closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He opened his eyes slowly and looked at all of them.
"Would you believe me if I told you?"
"Well I-" Kakashi was about to continue talking when Temari interrupted him.
"I hardly believe that my brother would lie. He is not that kind of person." Everyone turned to look at Temari and then at Gaara, waiting for some kind of explanation.
"Thank you. Now I can only tell you half of the story, the rest is not up to me."
"What do you-" Sakura was interrupted by Gaara.
"The rest is not up to me because the rest I do not know. Now first off those shinobi who attacked you were Konohagakure anbu." Everyone but Gaara was visibly shocked a this.
"W-what did you say?" Sakura said. Hinata had her hands covering her mouth in disbelief.
"It's true and what they are after are those papers you are holding. They have been after them for years. But fortunately until now they have been unsuccessful in retrieving them."
"This is... Ridiculous!" Everyone turned to see that Kakashi was the one talking. "First of the Hokage would never send his own shinobi to capture and possibly kill his own people, its just not possible. Second the death of the Yondaime is no mysterious plot. We all know who did it." He looked down at the ground. "Speak of the devil..." Slow footsteps could be heard coming from the doorway, when they stopped a voice was heard.
"It's been a long time Kakashi." Everyone turned to look at the man who had just spoken and they were all left speechless, except Gaara.
"4 years in fact... Naruto."
1st *: Fourth Hokage
2nd *: Sand Burial
3rd *: One-Tail (Beast)
4th *: Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique
5th *: Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-four Palms