Chapter 10.
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2 months later.
Daytime.
Karin, in her usual outfit (including her brown forehead protector) and her brown pouch wrapped around her waist, was walking from the Uzumaki clan compound to the Uchiha clan compound.
"I wonder why Oniisan didn't come with me today..?" Karin thought curiously.
After a few minutes, Karin was in the Uchiha clan compound and was a 4 feet away from Fugaku and Mikoto's house, she looked to see Mikoto, in her usual outfit and yellow apron, was sweeping the front porch. Mikoto stopped sweeping when she saw Karin walking towards her.
"Oh good morning, Karin." Mikoto greeted smiling.
"Good morning to you too, Mikoto." Karin greeted softly, stopping in front of Mikoto.
"You're hear so you and Sasuke can walk together to Team 7's meeting?" Mikoto asked.
Karin blushed furiously at what Mikoto just said to her, she looked down at the ground. "W-w-well O-oniisan was supposed to be here with me.. b-but I think he went to the meeting instead of coming here first.." she said shyly.
"Oh, okay." Mikoto said.
Karin stopped blushing and looked up as she sensed Sasuke was coming out of the house. One of the main shoji doors slid open to reveal Sasuke, in his usual outfit (including his forehead protector), his small light brown pouch, and black shuriken holster, before he slid it closed with his right hand. Mikoto moved to the right so that Sasuke could see Karin. Sasuke and Karin were now in front of each other, staring at one another.
"Hi, Karin." Sasuke said smiling.
"H-hello to you too, Sasuke..." Karin said shyly, blushing lightly. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yes." Sasuke said.
"Goodbye, Mikoto." Karin said facing her.
"See you soon, Karin." Mikoto said.
Karin turned back as she and Sasuke were walking away from the house.
"Where has Naruto gone?" Sasuke asked, placing his hands in his pockets.
"I don't know probably to Team 7's meeting." Karin said, putting her hands together.
"It's been awhile since we've walked together." Sasuke said, looking at Karin.
Karin looked at Sasuke. "Since the Academy Graduation a few weeks ago..." she said blushing lightly.
"How long will you be on our Team?" Sasuke asked curiously.
Karin stopped blushing as she looked up at the sky.
Flashback.
4 days ago.
Forest.
Zosui, in his usual outfit, was standing in front of Karin, looking down at her.
"The Fourth Hokage wants you work on another team for awhile." Zosui said.
"Me? H-he said that?" Karin asked shyly, looking up at him sadly.
"I've agreed to what he said since Team 9 we'll be working with a temporary replacement for you." Zosui said.
Karin continued to look up at Zosui sadly.
"Do whatever they say and don't embarrass this team, doesn't mean that you're a joke doesn't mean the rest of us are." Zosui said. "Keep that in mind."
Karin sadly bowed her head. "Hai." she said then looked up at Zosui again. "Which team will I be temporarily assigned to?"
"Team 7." Zosui said.
Karin gasped in shock.
Flashback ends.
"I don't know yet." Karin said then looked at Sasuke again on the left. "All I know is that it's temporary."
"Well I was that you stay a little more on Team 7, you've been a great help since you're assigned to us." Sasuke said smiling.
Karin blushed furiously before she quickly turned forward. "Th-thank you, S-sasuke.. I-It's nice to work with you, too." she said shyly.
10 minutes later.
Konohagakure Cemetery.
Sasuke and Karin arrived to see Kakashi, in his usual outfit and now having a black shuriken holster on his right leg, Naruto, in his usual outfit (including his forehead protector), his small light brown pouch, and black shuriken holster, and Sakura, in her usual outfit (including her forehead protector), her small light brown pouch, and dark blue shuriken holster, were standing a few feet away from them.
"So you 2 finally arrived." Kakashi said.
Sakura started smiling brightly. "Good morning, Sasuke-kun." she greeted.
Sasuke ignored Sakura as he and Karin stopped right in front of them.
"Hello Oniisan." Karin greeted.
"Hi, Karin." Naruto greeted smiling.
"Now we're all here, let's get started." Kakashi said before turning around and walked forward then the 4 of them walked after him.
The 5 of them were beside each other from left to right: Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi. They walked down the steps and through the Cemetery and started to walk up stairs.
"Kakashi-sensei, what's our new mission, dattebayo." Naruto asked.
"Before that, I want to show you something." Kakashi said. "Look here."
The 5 of them stopped and looked up at the Will of Fire Statu then at the large silver plaque below it.
"The names of legendary heroes are carved here." Kakashi said.
"Legendary heroes?" Sasuke questioned.
"I read and heard about this." Karin said.
Naruto smiled. "I'm definitely going to make it so my name gets on here!" he said, pointing his right thumb at his face.
Kakashi turned and looked at Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura.
"They were all killed in action during missions for our Village." Kakashi said.
Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura turned to the left to look at Kakashi.
"Huh?!" Sakura asked confused.
Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura looked looked back at the plaque. Kakashi turned around and looked at the Cemetery.
"But there are those who put their lives at risk and fought for the Village... and even saved their comrades. Yet, they weren't given a heroes' burial, let alone in an ordinary grave." Kakashi explained.
Karin suddenly thought of her father and looked down at the ground sadly. "Dad.." she thought.
Karin suddenly felt a hand on her left shoulder, she looked up at the left to see Sasuke had his right hand on her left shoulder, looking at her worried.
"Um, don't worry I'm fine..." Karin said.
Sasuke softly took his right hand off of Karin's left shoulder. Kakashi walked forward then Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura turned around and followed after him. Kakashi and Sasuke put their hands in their pockets.
After a few minutes of walking, Kakashi, Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura finally made it and stopped at a field that has trees nearby that had a medium sized grey rock with small grey rocks around it, they all looked down at the rocks.
Sakura raised her right hand to her chest. "Why isn't this person with the others?" she asked.
Kakashi closed his eyes. "During an extremely difficult mission, he was a captain and infiltrated enemy territory... There, he was faced with a difficult choice. Continue the mission or sacrifice the lives of his men..." he said then opened his eyes.
"So.. he must have chosen to save his comrades..." Karin thought.
Naruto and Sakura looked up at Kakashi.
Sakura put her right hand down. "Which did he choose?" she asked.
Naruto looked at Sakura. "Clearly, he chose his comrades' lives, right?" he said then looked at Kakashi.
Sasuke and Karin looked up at Kakashi.
"In order to save the lives of his his comrades, he cancelled the mission." Kakashi said.
"I knew it!" Naruto said, looking away.
Sasuke closed his eyes.
Kakashi stepped forward a little. "However, the Village suffered huge losses. He was held responsible and blamed for his actions... In the end, even the men whose lives he saved critized him." he said. "As a result, the deep hurt took its toll mentally and physically... and he took his own life."
Sakura put her hands together near her chest. ".. But... that's.." she stuttered.
"Why?!" Naruto said.
"W-w-what?" Karin asked sadly, shocked.
"He broke the code in order to save his men's lives!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke looked at Naruto. "The first thing we learn at the Academy is that the mission takes utmost priority, under the shinobi rules." he said.
Karin turned and looked at Sasuke sadly. "Huh?" she asked shocked.
"But!" Naruto said as he turned to the left to look at Sasuke.
Sakura put her left hand down.
"In the Shinobi World, those who break the rules are scum." Kakashi said.
Sakura put her right hand down now. Naruto turned and looked down at the rocks again. Sasuke turned away to the left, crossing his arms together.
"That's..." Naruto said, raising his left fist.
Karin turned and looked down at the ground beside her.
"However! Those who don't value their comrades... are worse than scum." Kakashi said.
Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura looked up at Kakashi.
Kakashi smiled as he raised his right index finger. "And so, until you get the signal to assemble... go do some training." he said then lowered his right hand. "Scatter!"
"R-right!" Naruto and Sakura yelled before running to the right.
"Hai." Karin said before she walked to the left.
Karin glanced behind her to see Kakashi and Sasuke were talking before she turned forward as she continued to walk forward.
"I guess... if we were on a dangerous mission if wouldn't care..." Karin thought, looking down sadly at the ground.
As she continued walking Karin sensed Sasuke coming towards her, she suddenly felt a hand on her left shoulder, she looked up at the left to see Sasuke had his right hand on her left shoulder, looking at her concerned.
"What's wrong, Karin?" Sasuke asked.
Karin continued to look at Sasuke for a second before she looked at the ground sadly, not even saying a word to Sasuke.
"Please tell me. Is something wrong?" Sasuke asked worried.
"Why.. why did you say that..?" Karin asked sadly.
Sasuke took his right hand off of Karin's left shoulder. Karin turned around to face Sasuke and looked up at him sadly.
"My Dad, your Dad, and my Uncle Minato... were friends... best friends... they my Dad sacrificed his life for them, our clans, and others so they could live... that was the last time I saw him..." Karin said sadly.
Sasuke looked at Karin with sad and guilt, he put his hands on her shoulders. "I'm really sorry that I've said that Karin, I didn't mean it." he said.
Karin looked down at the ground, knowing what Sasuke was true but she wanted to say something. "If we were on a mission... would you really sacrifice me.. um us to complete the mi-" she said shyly but was cut off when Sasuke pulled her into a hug his head on her left shoulder.
Karin's eyes widened as Sasuke's hug surprised her.
"I would never make that decision." Sasuke said. "I would choose to forget the the mission and choose your life.. your lives instead... I promise..."
Karin blushed furiously at what Sasuke just said, she was about to hug him back until she suddenly thought about Naruto. Karin slowly stopped blushing as she pulled away from Sasuke.
"I think we should go after Oniisan and Sakura right now..." Karin said shyly to Sasuke.
"Oh, right." Sasuke said, slowly pulling away from Karin.
...
2 minutes later.
Naruto and Sakura were walking through the forest near a dried up river. Sakura's hands were behind her back together.
"I have a feeling that today's the day we'll get an S-ranked mission!" Naruto said smiling then raised his right fist. "All right! I'm gonna go all out!"
"Honestly... How can you be so positive about life?" Sakura asked.
Naruto and Sakura stopped walking as Naruto turned around to face Sakura.
"Well, I'm gonna be the Hokage some day! For the sake of the Village I can't be a downer!" Naruto said.
Sakura closed her eyes as she sighed. "Talk about dreaming..." she said.
"No..." a male voice said.
Naruto and Sakura turned around and looked up to see Sasuke landing on a tree branch then put his right hand on it and Karin running and stopping next to the tree Sasuke was on.
"It's possible Naruto might become the Hokage." Sasuke said, closing his eyes.
Karin looked above her at Sasuke. "What?" she questioned, confused at why was Sasuke suddenly complimenting Naruto.
Sakura released her hands from her back, looking at Sasuke confused. "Huh?" she asked.
Naruto raised both of his fists, smiling. "Sasuke!" he said.
Sasuke opened his eyes, looking at Naruto seriously.
"So you do acknowledge my abilities, after all!" Naruto said.
"Don't be stupid." Sasuke said.
"I should have known it wasn't a compliment from the beginning..." Karin thought as she continued to look up at Sasuke.
Naruto looked at Sasuke confused. "Huh?" he asked.
"You're the son of the Fourth Hokage. I'm just saying even the biggest loser can follow in the Hokage's footsteps with a little favoritism." Sasuke said.
"What?!" Naruto asked, becoming angry at Sasuke then pointed his right index finger at him. "You have no right to talk to me like that until you beat me with your Ninjutsu, dattebayo!"
"Please don't fight Oniisan.. Sasuke.." Karin said sadly, stepping forward from the tree.
"Sorry Karin, this won't take long..." Sasuke said before he disappeared from the tree and in front of Naruto, who backed away a little. "Besides I don't need Ninjutsu to beat him!"
Sakura and Karin quickly looked at Sasuke and Naruto. Sasuke ran up to Naruto and quickly kicked him up in the air and jumped up after him, mmultiply kicking him around. Naruto grunted in pain.
"Lions Barrage!" Sasuke yelled before he kicked Naruto in the stomach with his left leg as he landed on the ground.
Sasuke landed on the ground near Naruto.
Sakura in between Sasuke and Naruto, blocking them from each other. "Stop! Don't fight! We're on the same team!" she yelled.
"Sakura is right. Please stop it you 2." Karin said, walking up to Sasuke's right side and looked at him sadly.
Sasuke looked to the right at Karin and stared into her eyes for a second. "Okay, I'll stop." he said.
Karin sighed in relief before she looked forward to see Sakura staring at her angry and annoyed.
Naruto got up and looked at Sasuke, wiping his mouth with his left arm. "That was nothing..." he said.
"Huh?" Karin asked confused as she looked down at Naruto.
...
5 minutes later.
Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura were now standing 20 feet from rocky hills and a really large grey rock in the center of it. Standing from left to right was Sakura, Sasuke, Karin, and Naruto. Sasuke had his hands in his pockets.
Naruto pointed at the large rock with his right index finger. "Sasuke! Let's race to see who can make it to the top of that rock." he said.
"Wait, what?" Karin asked confused, looking at Naruto.
Naruto got down on his knees. "On your mark!" he said.
"Hey!" Sasuke said, looking down at Naruto.
"Get ready... go!" Naruto said before he ran off.
"He doesn't know when to give up!" Sasuke said said annoyed.
"Oniisan, wait come bad-mouth" Karin yelled trying to go after him but was cut off when Sasuke held his right arm in front of her, she looked at him sadly.
"Let him continue to run." Sasuke said.
Karin looked forward as she watched Naruto run to the large rock. "Oniisan..." she thought.
"Are you sure you and Naruto are related?" Sakura asked.
Karin looked to the left at Sakura, she sensed Kakashi coming to their location. Sasuke, Karin, and Sakura suddenly heard a loud popping sound and looked up to see something going into the air with smoke and it exploded.
Kakashi walked up behind Sasuke, Karin, and Sakura and stopped. "Lord Hokage just gave us the sign to assemble." he said.
Sasuke, Karin, and Sakura turned around to face Kakashi.
"But Naruto is..." Sakura said.
"What about Naruto?" Kakashi asked.
"He ran to that rock." Karin said.
Why did he ran off?" Kakashi asked.
"Hai... He challenged Sasuke-kun to a race." Sakura said smiling nervously.
Sasuke folded his arms, turning his head to the right. "But I didn't want to get involved." he said.
"Oh, I see." Kakashi said, looking at the huge rock. "Then let's go after.."
2 minutes later.
Kakashi, Sasuke, Karin, and Sakura were running to where Naruto was. Karin sensed Naruto up ahead. The 4 of them stopped when they saw Naruto standing on one of the rocks facing them. They stopped near him.
"What took you guys so long we better hurry or Dad will get mad at us, dattebayo!" Naruto said smiling before jumping off the rock and ran passed them.
Kakashi, Sasuke, Karin, and Sakura watched as Naruto ran off again.
Konohagakure Gate.
25 minutes later.
The 10 genins were standing in a half circle from left to right was: Kiba, in his usual outfit, with Akamaru on his head, Hinata, in her usual outfit, Shino, in his usual outfit, Ino, in her usual outfit, Choji, in his usual outfit, Shikamaru, in his usual outfit, Sakura, Naruto, Karin, and Sasuke.
There were 3 others unknown beside them, the first one was a male that looked to be 13 years old, having fair skin, shiny black hair that's in a bowl-cut style, round black eyes with prominent lower eyelashes, and very thick black eyebrows, wearing a green jumpsuit, orange leg warmers, a red forehead protector worn as a belt, white bandages around his forearms up to his fingers, and black sandals his name was Rock Lee, the second one was a girl that looked to be 13, had fair skin, dark brown hair that was put in two Chinese-style buns on her head with short fringe-bangs framing her face, chocolate brown eyes, wearing a pink sleeveless qipao-style blouse with red sleeve trimmings and yellow fastening buttons, dark green pants, blue sandals, a light brown pouch behind her on the left side, a black shuriken holster and white tape wrapped around her right thigh, and a blue forehead protector on her forehead, her name was Tenten, and the third one was a male that looked to be 13 years old, having fair skin, long dark brown hair tied in a loose ponytail, featureless lavender eyes, wearing a short sleeved khaki shirt, a dull blue shirt beneath that, and mesh armour beneath thatdark brown shorts, blue sandals, and wrapped bandages around his right arm, chest, and right leg, and a black forehead protector, under which was a smaller headband with two straps that frame the sides of his face, his name was Neji Hyuga.
The 4 Jonins were standing in front of them from left to right was Kurenai Yugi, a fair skinned woman of slender build that looked to be 27, long black untamed hair reaching her upper back, and very unique eyes that are red in colour, with an additional ring in them, make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow, wearing a red mesh armour blouse with only the right sleeve visible, broad material which resembles bandages with a pattern on it similar to those of rose thorns, blue forehead protector on her forehead, black sandals, and her hands and upper thighs are also wrapped in bandages, Might Guy, a man with fair skin that looked to be 26, having shiny bowl style hair cut and remarkably thick black eyebrows, black eyes, a green jumpsuit, orange striped leg warmers, and the standard Konoha flak jacket uniform which he normally leaves unzipped, red forehead protector is worn around his waist like a belt, and black sandals, Kakashi, and Asuma Sarutobi, a man looked to be 27 years old, having brown skin, dark brown eyes, short black spiky hair, a black beard, wearing the Konohagakure flak jacket uniform, black Konohagakure forehead protector wrapped around his forehead, a light grey sash that had the kanji for "Fire" (火) marked on it around his waist, a pair of black bangles, white bandages wrapped around the arms of his sleeves, a small light brown pouch on the back of his pants on the left side, black shuriken holster and white bandages on the right side of his leg, and black sandals.
Everyone stood quiet for awhile.
"All of our classmates have assembled for this mission." Ino said.
"Yeah..." Shikamaru said.
Naruto started to smile.
"It's turned out just as we feared, huh." Choji said, putting his hands behind his head.
"What?" Ino asked, looking at Choji.
Shikamaru looked at Choji. "Well, I want as little as possible to do with Naruto and complete the mission successfully." he said.
"Each team will take a separate route to the target site." Asuma said. "Once there, you will search for the missing Shinobi. Send word the minute you discover them! Do not rush out to try and rescue them! Understand?"
"Huh? Why can't we do that?" Karin thought confused.
You don't have to keep reminding us." Shikamaru said.
Karin turned and saw Naruto stepped forward a little.
"I'll rescue every one of them, dattebayo!" Naruto said serious, raising his right fist.
"Oniisan, we have to be careful on this one..." Karin thought.
"Seems like someone over there doesn't get it." Choji said.
"I knew it... This is going to be a drag." Shikamaru said.
"Scatter!" Asuma yelled.
Kurenai, Kiba, Shino, Akamaru, and Hinata ran to the right. Asuma, Choji, Shikamaru, and Ino ran to the middle. Kakashi, Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura ran to the right. And Guy, Lee, Tenten, and Neji ran to the far right.
"All right! Let's do this!" Naruto said.
Night time.
Hokage Mansion.
Hallway.
Kakashi, Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura were walking to the Hokage's Office.
"We're the last ones to arrive here..." Karin said, sensing Team Guy, Team 10, Team 8, and her Uncle Minato in the room.
"As usual by Naruto." Sasuke said
"Hey!" Naruto yelled, looking annoyed at Sasuke.
"Calm down." Kakashi said.
When the 5 of them finally made it to the Hokage's Office, Kakashi opened the door with right hand, Naruto smiled as his hands were behind his back.
"Sorry, Team 7 is late." Kakashi said sadly, entering.
Sasuke came in casually, Karin walked in sad and nervous, and Sakura came in smiling and embarrassed while hiding halfway through the door.
"We're all here now." Minato said.
The 4 Jonins were standing from left to right was: Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai, and Guy. The 13 genins were standing in front of the Jonins from left to right was: Naruto, Sasuke, Karin, Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Tenten, Lee, and Neji. Minato, in his usual outfit, was standing in front of his desk facing the Jonins and the Genins.
"I know it's sudden, but let me go over the mission." Minato said.
"I hope its way more exciting than looking for a lost cat." Naruto said, raising his fists in the air.
Asuma, Choji, and Ino turned their heads to the right as looked away from Naruto. Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke looked annoyed while Karin looked sadly at Naruto. Naruto stopped what he was doing when he saw some people staring at him. Everyone looked at Minato again.
"This mission is very important." Minato said.
Naruto started to smile.
Minato folded his arms. "3 teams of Shinobi that were dispatched on secret missions have all gone missing. Your mission is to search and find them." he said.
"Yahoo!" Naruto yelled, his eyes sparkling.
As Naruto became excited at the news all of the Genins looked at him annoyed except for Karin and Hinata who looked at him sadly, Naruto turned and saw the Genins staring at him and he stopped what he was doing.
"Oniisan, I know you're excited but we have to listen for the mission..." Karin thought sadly.
All of the Genins looked at Minato again.
"However, you are to contact Konohagakure the moment they are found. Any attempts at rescue are forbidden." Minato said.
"Huh?" Karin thought confused.
Naruto looked confused. "Why?" he asked.
Shikamaru crossed his arms and sighed before uncrossing his arms. Ino, Choji, and Sakura looked at Shikamaru.
"Considering who's been chosen, the answer should be pretty obvious to everyone." Shikamaru said, looking at Naruto.
Naruto raised his fists again, smiling. "Is it because we're all elite Ninja overflowing with talent?!" he asked, his eyes sparkling.
All of the Genins except Karin and Hinata looked at Naruto annoyed again.
"I don't think it's the kind of mission you're thinking about Oniisan that Uncle Minato is going to be assigning all of us... but it could be close to it..." Karin thought, looking at Naruto. "Besides it wasn't long ago that we were still in the Academy..."
Minato closed his eyes for a moment before opening them back up. "Nearly all the Shinobi who went missing are capable Jonin... But the only one who was able to make it back to the Village, was a Genin. So it could mean, experience and maturity are being targeted." he said.
"Oh, I understand.." Karin thought.
"Which means?" Naruto asked confused.
"In other words, we were picked because we're newbies who just became Genin." Shikamaru said.
"Well, you could put it that way..." Minato said, smiling nervously.
"What, is that all?" Naruto asked.
Tomorrow.
Daytime.
Forest.
Kakashi, Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura were hopping from tree to tree. Karin immediately noticed that Kakashi had turned his head to the left.
"Huh?" Karin thought.
"Everyone, stop!" Kakashi said before he landed on the ground.
Standing from left to right: Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura landed on the ground seconds later. Kakashi turned around to face the 4 Genins.
"What is it?" Naruto asked before he stepped forward a little. "Isn't our target Village further ahead?"
"Look." Sasuke said.
Sasuke, Karin, Naruto, and Sakura turned to the left to see some yellow butterflies with black stripes on the right side of their wings flying in the air.
"What's that?" Naruto asked.
"Shinobi Agenda?" Sakura questioned.
"All right! I'm gonna go catch 'em!" Naruto yelled before he jumped after them.
"Hey! You!" Sakura yelled.
"Oniisan, wait!" Karin said.
"That's really not necessary you 2..." Kakashi said.
"I'll bring him back!" Sasuke said before he went after Naruto.
"Oh really?" Kakashi said.
"Come on!" Sakura said.
"I'm sure Oniisan and Sasuke we'll be back soon..." Karin said.
"Oh boy..." Kakashi said.
Karin suddenly sensed weird chakra coming from the ground, she looked down to see many strings of chakra.
"Wh-what... Wh-what is this..?" Karin thought. "Where is it coming from..?"
Karin looked around at the ground and couldn't find the source, before she could continue to look for it she suddenly sensed it was around Kakashi. She heard a thud and turned around to see Kakashi wasn't there anymore, now she noticed that she couldn't sense the weird threads of chakra anymore nor Kakashi. Sakura turned around and noticed that Kakashi wasn't there anymore either.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura yelled.
"What's happening?" Karin thought.
"Do know where he went?" Sakura asked Karin.
"I don't know? We should call Oniisan and Sasuke and tell them..." Karin said.
...
Naruto was climbing up a tree trying to get to the Shinobi Ageha and was almost close until Sasuke appeared on the ground.
"Naruto! Get back here right now!" Sasuke yelled.
The Shinobi Ageha flew away, making Naruto upset.
"What the hell?" Naruto yelled annoyed, landing on the ground beside Sasuke. "I almost had it!"
"Don't go off on your own during a mission." Sasuke said.
"What did you just say?" Naruto questioned. "I don't take orders from you!"
Sasuke and Naruto glared at each other.
"What? This isn't an order!" Sasuke yelled. "I'm telling you to act more like a Shinobi! Going off on your own puts others in-"
"Sasuke-kun! Kakashi-sensei's in trouble!" Sakura yelled.
"Oniisan, help!" Karin yelled.
Sasuke and Naruto looked in the direction where Karin and Sakura's voices were coming from.
Karin and Sakura waited for Sasuke and Naruto to return, Karin turned as she sensed they were here. Sasuke and Naruto landed on the ground near Karin and Sakura.
"What happened?" Sasuke asked.
"Kakashi-sensei's... when we noticed, he..." Sakura said putting her hands together near her chest, then turned to a patch of dirt that had a chain and seal on it.
"He was dragged underground, huh?" Sasuke questioned.
"No way!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke turned to Karin. "Karin." he said.
"Hai.." Karin said.
"Do you sense where Kakashi is underground?" Sasuke asked.
"No, his chakra suddenly vanished when I turned around..." Karin said.
"Can you please sense him again..?" Sasuke said.
"H-hai..." Karin said.
Karin closed her eyes and tried to detect for Kakashi's chakra see anywhere but couldn't find him, after a minute she opened her eyes and looked down sadly at the ground.
"I'm sorry... I couldn't sense Kakashi's chakra anymore.. either someone is blocking it or he's no longer with us..." Karin said.
Sasuke walked over to Karin and stopped in front of her.
"It's okay, you did your best." Sasuke said.
Karin looked up at Sasuke.
"But he's not dead." Sasuke said.
"Did you sense anything before Kakashi-sensei disappeared?" Naruto asked.
"Well, I did sense these weird threads of chakra..." Karin said.
"Weird threads of chakra?" Naruto questioned.
"Hai, I sensed them underground and around Kakashi but they had no source where to go to..." Karin said.
"I, see." Sasuke said. "Let's look around."
2 minutes later.
Naruto and Sasuke was searching in the trees and Sakura and Karin were searching on the ground. After awhile the 4 of them regrouped back on the ground, Sasuke, Karin, and Sakura stood in a small circle while Naruto sat next to a tree.
"Hey!" Naruto yelled.
"Kakashi-sensei is probably in enemy hands." Sasuke said.
Sakura out her hands together, worried. "What are we supposed to do?"
"We have to think of something... before this situation gets worse" Karin said.
Naruto stood up, raising his right fist. Sasuke, Karin, and Sakura turned to Naruto. "What else is there to do?! We're gonna find him no matter what and bring him back!" he yelled.
"Damn it." Sasuke said.
"I'm never giving up!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke and Naruto started arguing.
Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura were now hopping from tree to tree with Naruto ahead of them.
"Why you-" Naruto yelled.
"Wait, Usuratonkachi!" Sasuke yelled.
"I already told you! I'm not giving up!" Naruto yelled.
"Hold on, Oniisan! At least slow down a little!" Karin said.
"But where are you going?" Sakura asked.
"Well, I don't know, but..." Naruto said.
"Are you really the son of the Fourth Hokage?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto became angry and landed on the ground and Sasuke landed on the ground seconds after, Naruto turned around and grabbed Sasuke by the collar with his right hand.
"What did you say?!" Naruto asked, yelling.
"Do you really think the Hokage would send us out without making any preventive measures before hand?" Sasuke questioned."
Naruto released Sasuke's collar. Karin and Sakura landed a few feet away from them.
"Thank goodness they didn't fight again..." Karin thought.
"I saw the Hokage pass out special kunai to the Captains, back then." Sasuke said.
Karin suddenly remembered her Uncle Minato passing them out to the Jonins. "So... that's what it's for..." she thought.
"Special kunai?" Naruto asked confused.
"Yeah... The one he marks when he uses the Transportation Ninjutsu to teleport." Sasuke said. "As long as the marks is there, he can track anyone, anywhere."
Naruto couldn't understand what Sasuke just said but Karin and Sakura could.
"Transportation Ninjutsu?" Naruto questioned.
Sasuke looked at Naruto annoyed. "You know what Summoning Jutsu is, right?" he asked.
"Uh... yeah!" Naruto said.
Sasuke closed his eyes. "Think of it as a type of that jutsu. The special kunai is the target and no matter how far away you are... you can transport to the kunai in an instant..." he said. "Lord Fourth is the only one who can use that jutsu right now."
"I see. I gotta admit... My Dad's pretty awesome!" Naruto said smiling.
"Wait! I don't think... that's going to happen." Sakura said, landing next to Sasuke and Naruto.
"Sakura is right..." Karin said, walking up to Sasuke and Naruto as well.
Sakura held out the special kunai with both hands so the 4 of them can see.
"Huh? That's..." Naruto questioned confused.
"Me and Karin found it at the spot right now." Sakura said.
Naruto, Karin, and Sakura looked at Sasuke, who was becoming a little angry.
"This is the worst situation we can be in..." Sasuke said.
"U-um.. there has to be something we can do... Right..?" Karin said sadly.
"We need to search for the other teams." Sakura said.
Sasuke turned to Karin. "Karin, can you detect any of the other teams near our area?" he asked.
"Um.. let me see.." Karin said before she closed her eyes.
Karin sensed the area they're in and immediately detected Team Guy's, Team 10's, and Team 8's chakras, she opened her eyes again.
"I'm sensing that all of the Teams are near the area but neither of them have a Jonin anymore just like us..." Karin said.
"Which one of them is closer to are location?" Sasuke asked.
"Team 8..." Karin said.
"In which direction?" Naruto asked.
Karin raised her left hand and pointed to the right with her index, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura looked in the direction Karin pointed.
"There are that way..." Karin said then lowered her left hand.
"Let's go!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura started running in the direction Karin just pointed at. Running from left to right was: Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin. As the 4 of them continued running, Karin gasped in shock as she suddenly sensed an unknown chakra coming towards them. It was dark and powerful.
"I don't understand.. I didn't sense this chakra before... did it cover up it's chakra..?" Karin thought frightened.
"Karin." a male voice said.
Karin was pushed out of her thoughts as as she looked to see Sasuke was looking at her. "Huh?" she asked.
"What's the matter?" Sasuke asked.
"I-I think we should stop.. I'm sensing a chakra coming towards us.." Karin said.
"What?!" Naruto questioned, looking at Karin.
"It's dark and powerful..." Karin said, scared.
"Which direction is it coming from?" Sasuke asked.
"On the left... and it's coming quickly..." Karin said.
"We have to come up with a plan!" Naruto said.
"Too late.. it's here..." Karin said scared.
Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura looked to the left to see a shadow quickly ran passed them, it was a man in a robe and hat. When they made it to the clear side of the Forest, they saw the unknown figure jump into a red circle and red triangle. The 4 of them stopped a few feet away from it and the unknown figure. The unknown figure turned towards them and it was a tall man.
The man looked to be 19 and had fair skin, medium-length grey hair that was slicked back, distinctive purple eyes, no shirt, dark green nail polish on his toes and fingers, an orange ring on his left index finger, which bears the kanji for "three" (三, san), wearing a light brown had, long grey pants, grey sandals, black cloak with some red clouds on it, which was slightly opened, revealing his Yugakure forehead protector around his neck, which was scratched, a weird amulet, a red Triple-Bladed Scythe on his back that has a long grey metal cable at the end of it.
The man threw his scythe towards Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura with his left hand, it was heading towards Naruto. Naruto quickly jumped up to dodge the scythe, the man moved the long metal cable around so it can go in the air after Naruto. Naruto pulled a kunai from his pouch with his right hand and tried to defend himself from the scythe, but the scythe scratched the right side of his face, causing some blood to flow out of his new wound down his face. Karin's eyes widened quickly at what just happened. The scythe retracted back to the man, who immediately held it with his left hand again. Naruto landed on the ground where he was.
"Oniisan." Karin said sadly, worrying about him.
Naruto looked at Karin. "Don't worry Karin, I'm alright." he said then turned forward to look at the unknown man.
Sasuke and Sakura pulled out a kunai from their pouch and held it with their right hands. Karin looked back at the unknown man, frightened at what he'll do next.
The unknown man brought the scythe close to his face and licked some of Naruto's blood off of the top blade, grinning
"I have already cursed you." the man said.
"What?" Karin asked shocked and scared.
"Huh?" Naruto asked confused.
The man put his right hand on his hat. "Preparations for the ritual are complete!" he said before his skin turned white and black. He tossed his hat into the air. "Now! Let's experience the ultimate pain together!"
"Wh-what is he talking about?!" Karin thought becoming more frightened, she stepped back a little. "What's going to happen to Oniisan?"
"What's with this guy? He keeps talking about curses and rituals? He's dangerous!" Naruto asked.
The man put his right hand into his cloak and pulled out a long sharp circular knife, he turned it around and aimed it at his chest and pierced it. Karin suddenly heard a grunting in pain she turned to the left and her eyes widened in shock and horror when she saw Naruto bleeding on the lower left side of his chest, he crouched down as he closed his eyes clutching his chest with both hands.
"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled.
"Naruto?!" Sakura yelled, putting her hands near her chest.
Karin continued to look at Naruto, blood starting flowing from his mouth, tears forming in her eyes as she started having visions of the past about her father, her mother, and her clan's and Uchiha's dead bodies.
"No... No!" Karin thought sadly, tears flowing down her face.
Karin ran over to Naruto and crouched down beside him. "Oniisan!" she yelled wrapping her arms around him. "Please... please don't die O-oniisan..."
"Doesn't it hurt?" the man asked, blood dripping from his lips. "It's gonna be excruciating so prepare yourself... It's god's commandment! Tremble in fear!"
Karin looked down at Naruto's lower chest and saw a medium sized circular blood stain on his jumpsuit and started to put both of her hands on his hands.
"Please hold still, Oniisan..." Karin said softly.
"Don't think you can escape my curse! The Shinobi world is cursed! Just give up!" The man yelled, wiggling the sharp knife inside of him.
Naruto didn't struggling one bit from Karin but was still grunting in pain. Karin slowly took a deep breath and exhaled before she started to use the Mystical Palm technique on Naruto's wound. After a minute, the wound on Naruto's lower chest stopped bleeding and started to heal. Naruto stopped grunting in pain as he slowly looked down to see a green glow coming from Karin's hands to his lower chest, then he looked at Karin.
"Th-thanks... K-karin..." Naruto said.
"Please don't waste your strength Oniisan... I-I'm still healing you..." Karin said, some tears were falling from her face.
"You're going to be alright... I won't let you die... you can't..." Karin thought.
As Karin continued to heal Naruto, she suddenly heard the unknown man speak again.
"Don't think that you healing him doesn't mean he's going to escape my curse!" the man said. "He'll be a great sacrifice to Jashin!"
Karin looked at the man scared and sad.
"You'll be next red head!" the man said, grinning.
Karin gasped in fear.
"An Uzumaki like you would make a great sacrifice to Jashin..." the man said.
Karin continued to stare at the man in fear until Sasuke suddenly blocked her view of him as he stood in front of her and Naruto.
"That will never happen." Sasuke said.
"The Shinobi world is cursed! Get over it!" the man yelled.
"Sasuke...!" Karin thought, looking up at the back of Sasuke's head.
Karin turned around to face Naruto as she suddenly sensed the Nine-Tails within him, healing him completely of his recent injury including the scratch on the left side of his face. Karin stopped doing the Mystical Palm technique and removed her hands from Naruto's lower chest.
"The Nine-Tails's chakra... it's incredible..." Karin thought, stunned.
Karin watched as Naruto stood up and looked at the unknown man.
Sasuke, Karin, Sakura, and the unknown man stared at Naruto.
"Huh, but how? You shouldn't be standing at all!" the man said.
Naruto suddenly disappeared, making the unknown man more confused. Karin slowly stood up from the ground.
"Huh? Where did he go?" the man asked himself, taking the knife out of his chest.
4 puffs of smoke appeared around the unknown man to reveal 4 Naruto clones. The 4 Naruto clones kicked the unknown man into the air with their right feet.
"Na... Ru... To..." the 4 Naruto clones yelled, kicking the unknown man around in the air.
The unknown man looked up to see the real Naruto smirking at him while their both in the air.
"Uzumaki Barrage!" Naruto yelled, before kicking the unknown man to the ground where he was standing hard with his right leg.
The unknown man's skin turned back to a fair skin color again.
Naruto landed on the left side of Karin, standing a few steps ahead of her.
"Did you see that? It's my Naruto Uzumaki Barrage!" Naruto said.
Sasuke turned to the left to look at Naruto, lowering his kunai with right hand. "An imitation of my Lions Barrage." he said smirking.
Naruto turned around to look at Sasuke. "What did you say?"he yelled.
"Even when fighting... they can't even get along..." Karin said sadly.
"This is not the time to be arguing!" Sakura said.
Naruto turned to look at the unknown man, to see his 4 clones were now standing on the unknown man with their right and left legs. "Oh yeah, that's right..." he said, walking up to the unknown man then stopped. "Where's Kakashi?"
The unknown man raised his head from the ground smirking. "Who knows? We were merely hired to help with the experiment." he said.
Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura looked down at the unknown man.
"Experiment?" Naruto questioned.
"Yeah... To prove that there's no hope in a cursed Shinobi world." the man said. "It's a pain... so I figured I'd give you the answer real quick, but..."
"What?" Naruto asked.
"I don't think he's the the kind of opponent you can handle." Sasuke said.
Naruto turned around to look at Sasuke. "Why you!" he said angrily then he turned back to face the unknown man.
Karin gasped in shock as she suddenly sensed the weird threads of chakra in the ground again, quickly coming to their location.
"What? B-but how..?" Karin thought surprised.
Karin turned to look at Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura.
"I'm sensing more of those weird threads of chakra coming towards us..." Karin.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura looked at Karin.
"Wait, what?!" Naruto asked.
The ground shook and Karin and Sakura turned around to see black thread like hairs rising from the ground.
"Oniisan, Sasuke!" Karin yelled.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled, putting her kunai back in her pouch.
Naruto and Sasuke turned around to see the black thread like hairs rising from the ground too.
The unknown man quickly stood up from the ground as he hit all 4 of the Naruto clones with his scythe, making them disappear, before jumping back.
"Why you-! You dare to kick an apostle of God?! Curse you!" the man said before he disappeared.
The black thread like hairs were starting to tangle around Sakura, who yelled and held up her hands.
"What the hell is this, dattebayo?!" Naruto yelled, before he took out a kunai from his pouch with his left hand and threw it at the thread like hairs, which had no affect.
Karin took a few steps back as the thread like hairs starting to come to her, she tightly closed her eyes.
Sasuke made hand signs for a Jutsu:Tiger→ Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" he yelled as lots of fire came from his mouth, making sure he hit the thread like hairs not Karin and Sakura.
The thread like hairs started to burn and went back in the hole. Karin opened her eyes as she, Sasuke, and Sakura looked down at the hole. Karin turned and looked around as she saw Naruto running towards her and Sakura.
"Karin, Sakura-chan, are you 2 okay?!" Naruto asked then stopped.
"We're fine, Oniisan." Karin said.
Sasuke stepped forward a little.
Sakura ignored Naruto as she ran passed him over to Sasuke.
"Thank you, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled blushing before she hugged Sasuke.
"Whaaat?!" Naruto asked, turning around annoyed.
Sasuke immediately started to remove Sakura from hugging. "Let go!" he said, completely removing Sakura from him.
Sakura stepped back a little and made a sad face as she was disappointed that Sasuke rejected her. Sasuke looked over at Karin.
"Karin, are you sure you're alright?" Sasuke asked, a little worried.
"I'm okay. Thank you, Oniisan and Sasuke..." Karin said shyly.
Karin looked at Sakura, who was glaring at her for receiving Sasuke's attention, and stared down at the ground sadly.
"Judging by this, there's no doubt the the other teams are in the same predicament." Sasuke said.
Sakura turned around to look at Sasuke again, smiling. "You're right... so what should we do?" she said smiling nervously, closing her eyes.
"The sooner we join up with them, the better." Sasuke said. "Any objections?"
"N-no..." Naruto said annoyed, rubbing the top of his head with his right hand.
Sakura opened her eyes and turned around as she looked at Naruto.
Sasuke looked at Karin again., can you detect the one of the Teams that is closest to our location?" he asked.
"Um.. let me see.." Karin said before she closed her eyes.
Karin sensed the area they're in again and immediately detected Team Guy's, Team 10's, and Team 8's chakras once more but they were in different areas, she opened her eyes again.
"I'm sensing that all of the Teams are still in the area we're in.." Karin said.
"Which one of the Teams is closest to are location now?" Sasuke asked.
"Team Guy..." Karin said.
"In which direction?" Sasuke asked.
Karin raised her left hand and pointed to the left with her index, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura looked in the direction Karin pointed.
"There are that way..." Karin said then lowered her left hand.
"Let's go!" Naruto yelled.
The 4 of them walked where Karin just pointed at.
...
Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura were continuing to walk through the Forest. Standing from left to right was: Sasuke, Karin, Sakura, and Naruto. Karin was still sensing Team Guy as they were following their location. Karin was thinking about what the unknown man said.
Flashback.
"Who knows? We were merely hired to help with the experiment." the unknown man said.
Flashback ends.
"I wonder what kind of experiment...? And why did it involve all of the Jonin..?" Karin thought.
"We don't have a clue about the enemy's strength, so it's better to join up with the others first." Sasuke said.
Naruto put his hands over the back of his head together. "Why are you the one giving orders?" he asked.
When Sasuke stopped, Karin, Sakura, and Naruto stopped as well.
Sasuke turned his head around a little to the left to look at Naruto, his hands in his pockets. "Our Captain's gone. Isn't it standard procedure for the next best-qualified person to make the decisions?" he questioned.
"I agree... If it's between Sasuke, who graduated at the top of the class from the Academy... and you, who came in last in our class, and was only allowed to graduate out of pity..." Sakura said.
"Yeah, if your Dad wasn't the Hokage..." Sasuke said.
"That was really harsh of you 2 to sad that..." Karin said sadly then she suddenly sensed Team Guy heading their way.
"It is true." Sasuke said.
"What? Wanna fight?!" Naruto questions angrily.
"Now that would be interesting. I'll prove who's better." Sasuke said.
Sasuke grabbed Naruto's jumpsuit collar with his right hand and Naruto grabbed Sasuke's shirt with his right hand.
"Please.. don't fight you 2..." Karin said sadly.
"Hey, you 2!" Sakura said.
"Never say that again in front of me..." Naruto said.
"They're here..." Karin said.
"Who's here?" Naruto asked Karin.
Sasuke and Naruto released their right hands from one another's collar. Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura looked to the left as they all saw some of the bushes moving. Sasuke and Sakura pulled out a kunai from their pouch and held it with their right hands again, preparing to strike.
"There's no reason for you 2 to pull out your kunais, they're friendly.." Karin said.
Naruto looked at Karin. "Huh?" he questioned, then turned back to the bushes.
The bushes continued to shake until the Tenten, Lee, and Neji's heads popped out.
Sasuke and Sakura lowered their kunais.
"Hey guys! You were all okay?" Naruto said smiling.
Tenten, Lee, and Neji now stood a few feet from the bushes.
"Guy-sensei went missing suddenly." Lee said, stepping up a little.
Sakura folded her arms.
"We know, but Kakashi has also disappeared." Sasuke said.
"There were signs that showed he was dragged underground..." Sakura said.
Neji and Tenten stepped up a little.
"Yes, a black rope-like organism tangled around Sensei and dragged him away!" Tenten said.
"Huh?! I-I sense that happening..." Karin thought.
"Yeah! That thing attacked us too." Sakura said.
"You encountered the enemy?" Neji asked.
"Yeah... They claimed to be hired." Sasuke said.
Naruto looked at Sasuke. "Hey, let's hurry and rescue them!" he said.
"Don't be in such a rush." Sasuke said.
"But-!" Naruto said.
"I saw chakra flowing underground just before Guy went missing." Neji said.
"I-I sensed that too.. but they shortly disappeared when Kakashi was taken.." Karin said.
"I see.. however you weren't able to travel around the area like we have.. we've pretty much pinpointed the source of the chakra." Neji said.
Naruto smiled. "Then..." he said.
"The remaining teams should be nearby too." Neji said.
"We need to regroup with every team first... and set up base camp." Sasuke said.
Karin turned to Naruto and watched as he turned around and walked a few steps forward.
"What are you thinking about, Oniisan?" Karin thought.
"First, we need to regroup with the rest of the teams. There are a few things I want to confirm with them. Like the status of Asuma and Kurenai." Neji said. "Guy lost consciousness... and went missing."
Naruto turned back to the others and stepped forward as he and Karin looked at them.
"The exact same thing happened with Kakashi." Sasuke said.
"Why do you think they both lost consciousness?" Lee asked.
Naruto folded his arms. "Come to think of it... Kakashi-sensei was looking at the Shinobi Ageha butterfly before he disappeared, dattebayo." he said.
"The powdery scales of the Shinobi Ageha and the chakra flowing underground possibly interacted with each other... There's probably a jutsu that doesn't work on us, but affects only the Jonin." Neji said.
"This explains a lot..." Karin thought.
"But the scales of the Shinobi Ageha aren't toxic." Sakura said.
Neji closed his eyes. "I don't know how the jutsu works. But, like I mentioned, there's one more thing I want to verify!" he said then opened his eyes as he held up a special kunai with his right hand.
"Huh?! It's..." Karin said.
"What? That's-!" Sasuke said.
"Lord Fourth's kunai?" Sakura said.
Naruto looked at Sakura confused. "What's going on, dattebayo? Isn't that the kunai you found earlier, Sakura?" he questioned.
"No... This is the one that Guy-sensei dropped.
"2 Jonins dropped the kunais entrusted to them by Lord Fourth at the spur of the moment... That's hard to believe. So if we figure that the enemy dropped them intentionally..." Sasuke said, then held up a special kunai with his left hand.
"It's got to be someone with considerable of various jutsu?" Neji questioned.
"It's probably someone who knows the secret behind Lord Fourth's kunai..." Sasuke said.
"We'd better hurry up and join up with the other teams fast." Neji said.
"The tracking of Kiba, Shino, and Hinata would be able to pinpoint quite accurately." Tenten said.
"Yeah, I'm sure of it." Neji said.
"We also have Karin to do that as well but she can sense a longer range." Sasuke said.
"Yeah." Naruto said.
Karin looked at Naruto then at Sasuke.
Sakura put her right hand on her right hip. "And once we know the location, can we rescue the captains?" she asked.
Sasuke put his hands in his pockets. "No. Once we know their situation, we'll send word back to the Village." he said.
"Right. We haven't been given the orders for a rescue." Neji said.
Karin looked at Naruto again, seeing that something was bothering him.
"Oniisan..." Karin thought.
"Karin." Sasuke said.
Karin turned back to see Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, Lee, Tenten, and Sakura looking at her.
"Karin, can you detect all of the remaining Teams in our location?" Sasuke asked.
"Um.. H-hai.." Karin said before she closed her eyes.
Karin sensed the area they're in again and immediately detected Team 10's and Team 8's chakras once more but they were in different areas, she opened her eyes again.
"I'm sensing that all of the Teams are still in the area we're in.." Karin said.
"Which one of the Teams is closest to are location now?" Sasuke asked.
"Team 10..." Karin said.
"In which direction?" Sasuke asked.
Karin raised her left hand and pointed to the left with her index, Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, Tenten, Lee, and Sakura looked in the direction Karin pointed.
"There are that way... but.." Karin said then lowered her left hand.
"What's wrong?" Naruto asked.
"I'm also sensing 5 more chakras... 3 large ones and 2 small ones.." Karin said.
"The small ones are probably children and the large ones must be adults." Sasuke.
"One of the 3 large chakras has large amounts of chakra... like an Uzumaki...!" Karin thought.
Flashback.
5 years ago.
"Uzushiogakure?" Karin asked.
"Sorry I forgot to tell you that the Uzumaki clan originally came from Uzushiogakure but we've decided to move to Konohagakure but some moved somewhere else." Uzume said. "Even our family crest is on the back of the Konoha flak jackets because we are close allies."
"But why did we have to move?" Karin asked.
Uzume just put her hands around her daughter. "I'll tell you some other time okay sweetie." she said hugging. "You have your first day at the Academy tomorrow."
"Okay, Mommy." Karin said smiling, hugging her mother back.
Flashback ends.
"I guess.. this one must have moved somewhere else like Mom explained..." Karin thought.
"Karin." a male voice said.
Karin was pushed out of her thoughts to see Sasuke standing next to her and looking at her and Naruto, Neji, Tenten, Lee, and Sakura were walking into the direction she pointed to recently.
"We have to go to the other teams." Sasuke said
"H-hai..." Karin said shyly.
Sasuke and Karin walked forward and started to follow Naruto, Neji, Tenten, Lee, and Sakura.
...
No more than 2 minutes, all of them stopped walking as they suddenly heard a loud crash and looked up to see smoke rising in the air.
"What was that?" Naruto asked.
"It's coming from the Village where Karin sensed them." Sasuke said.
"I now sense the 2 small chakras are underground..." Karin said sadly.
"Is it the enemy's doing?" Neji questioned. "Is Team 10 really fighting over there?"
"What's happening inside the Village, dattebayo?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, Karin, Tenten, Lee, and Sakura quickly ran to the nearby Village, when they made it they jumped on top of some of the house's and ran and jumped through them to get to where the smoke was at.
Karin suddenly sensed a powerful chakra up ahead. "I sense someone ahead of us.." she said.
"What?" Sasuke asked.
Suddenly a shuriken was heading towards Naruto quickly and Naruto jumped up as he dodged the shuriken.
"I think you sensed that the enemy's ahead! We have to watch out!" Sasuke yelled.
The 7 of them jumped off of one of the buildings and onto the ground and hid inside but still poked their heads out. Team 7 and Karin hid in a cement building from left to right: Sasuke, Karin, Sakura, and Naruto. The Guy hid in another building from right to left: Neji, Tenten, and Lee. The 7 of them saw a circular shaped smoke swirling around and the smoke disappeared to reveal a large dark purple orb and some dark purple fog was in it. Karin couldn't sense what was in there.
"What is that?" Lee asked.
The fog quickly disappeared and 7 of them became shocked when they saw Kakashi, Kurenai, Guy, Asuma, and some other Jonins inside of it.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled.
The 7 of them slowly stood out of the buildings.
"Kakashi..." Naruto said.
A weird voice came out of nowhere.
"Come here, if you want to save them. If you don't, I'll execute them." a man's voice said.
"Huh?" Karin said.
Sasuke held up his left hand. "Don't move!" he said, then put his left hand down.
"Guy-sensei!" Lee yelled as he tried to run over to the orb.
Tenten was holding down Lee from going anywhere.
"Calm down!" Tenten yelled.
"Don't fall for their trap!" Sasuke said, looking at Lee.
Lee stopped struggling.
Sasuke turned back to look at the orb. "We have to get word of this to Konoha as soon as possible." he said.
"Yes." Neji said. "We'll have to break up into 2 teams. One stays here, the other goes to notify the Village."
Sasuke looked at Neji. "No... there's a chance we'll be ambushed on the way." he said then looked at the orb. "We have to maintain our combat power as much as possible." he said.
"I don't know about that.. besides... Oniisan wouldn't agree with this.. and I would agree with him..." Karin thought, looking at the unconscious Jonins.
"You'll abandon your friends... to follow the rules. So the essence of Konohagakure has been passed down to its younger generation too." the unknown man voice said.
The Jonins disappeared in the orb.
Karin looked at Naruto sadly, seeing that he had a serious face on him.
"That's right. And that's how it should be. Whoever he is, that guy is trying to challenge us... and break up our strength." he said.
"I'm... I'm not like you." Naruto said.
Sasuke turned to look at Naruto. "What?" he asked.
"I'll never turn my back on them!" Naruto yelled before he ran over to orb.
Karin watched as Naruto ran over to the orb. "Oniisan..." she thought.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled.
"Why that-!" Sasuke said. "Come back!"
Sasuke and Sakura tried to run after Naruto but we're suddenly blocked by Neji.
"I'll go!" Neji said before he ran after Naruto. "Take care of things here!"
"Neji!" Sasuke yelled.
Karin stepped forward a little and was now on the left side of Sasuke.
Sasuke, Lee, Karin, Tenten, and Sakura watched as Naruto and Neji jumped and disappeared into the orb before it disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"I-I don't sense... Oniisan's and Neji's chakras anymore..." Karin said sadly.
...
3 minutes later.
The 5 of them were now standing in a circle from left to right: Sasuke, Karin, Lee, Tenten, and Sakura.
"What happened to Neji and Naruto?" Lee said, folding his arms.
"What was that just now?" Tenten said.
"I couldn't sense them anymore when they went in it..." Karin said.
"It's probably some kind of time-space jutsu." Sasuke said.
"But who could use such a high level ninjutsu?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke closed his eyes. "Damn it..." he said then opened his eyes again. "Thanks to him, we have more trouble to deal with." he said.
Karin looked sadly up at the sky. "Oniisan... I hope you and Neji are okay... please..." she thought.
End of Chapter 10.
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