NARUTO'S P.O.V

One moment Rin was standing against the wall and the next she was gone.

"Hey guys, where's Rin?"

I asked and everyone looked around in surprise. I noticed that Kakashi was gone too, as well as the ANBU.

"Lord Sarutobi, where's Rin?"

Sakura asked and the Hokage smiled at us sadly.

"She had to go on a mission. She may not be coming back for a while."

He said and I sighed. It was so hard with her being a member of the ANBU. She was now a grown woman, but was still the youngest member of the ANBU black ops.

'Be careful Rin.'

I thought as I looked over at Sakura and Sasuke. They had the same look of worry on their face as I did.

RIN'S P.O.V

I hid mine and my partner's aura as we jumped through the woods heading towards the last known location of the Akatsuki. If they were going to come this close to my village then they'd have to deal with me. The trees thinned out and we slowed down.

"Kouke, stay here and I'll scout it out. If anything happens I'll signal you."

I said and disappeared before he could even respond. I slowly crept up to the cave and jumped down behind a rock. I heard noises coming from inside and slowly made my way inside. I stopped when I saw three figures fighting off the Akatsuki. One was a blonde haired girl with a huge fan, one was a dark brown haired boy using puppets, and the other was a very familiar looking red haired boy with a gourd on his back. I recognized them from their profiles. They were the Sand Siblings of Suna. I sat in the shadows and watched as they took out the last three Akatsuki and straightened up from their fighting stances. Then they all turned towards a machine in the middle of the cave. The boy with the puppet scratched the back of his head.

"So, how do we destroy this thing?"

He asked and the other two didn't say anything as they looked at the machine. I sighed to myself before drawing my dagger and lacing it with my power. I threw it at the center of the machine, used my chakra to attach a string to my dagger and changed it's direction so it cut through the machine several different times in the blink of an eye before yanking it back and spinning it around my finger.

The three siblings looked at one another before turning to look my way. I just leaned against the rock and spun the dagger around my index finger. They immediately took up the defensive and I smiled behind my mask.

"Who are you?"

The blonde, Tamari asked.

"Do you not recognize an ANBU when you see one?"

I asked, changing my voice so no one would recognize me. They relaxed and I threw the dagger up in the air before catching it by the point and doing it again.

"Fine then ANBU, what are you doing here?"

The boy with the dark brown haired boy, Kankuro, asked and I shifted my eyes from my dagger to look at him.

"I came to investigate what the Akatsuki were up to, but it seems like you guys beat me to it. Though I did get to destroy their fancy little machine so I'm happy."

I said with a smile though they couldn't see it. Gaara's eyes narrowed at me and I just flipped the dagger in air again. Instead of it landing in my hand it was in Gaara's and he was standing right in front of me. I stared into his teal colored eyes without letting a single emotion cross my face.

"Who are you?"

He asked and I smiled at him.

"Wouldn't you like to know, kid."

I said teasing him and I almost laughed when I heard him growl at me. He took a swipe at my mask, but I used genko to get out of his reach. I landed on a rock a few feet away and looked him over. He had grown in the past two years. I could feel his power had increased and it seemed like he had more control over Shukaku than before. He was wearing black robes with a with his gourd tied around his waist and hanging from his back. I smiled as I looked at him. Black seemed to suit him quite well. I shifted my gaze from him to his siblings. They had changed too. Temari now wore a dark blue kimono with a pink ribbon tied around her thin waist. Her blond hair was still in four sectioned ponytails, and her headband was still around her neck and her fan was stuck in the ground by her side. Kankuro looked the same, his face was still painted and he was still in a full black suit with his headband sewed into the headpiece and his puppet-that was usually wrapped up on his back-was now in a heap on the ground. Though they didn't look like they'd changed much I could tell their power had increased immensely.

I heard the shifting of sand before I saw it and reacted on instinct. I pushed off from the rock I'd been sitting on and flipped through the air. I landed behind Gaara and swept out with my leg. He jumped, avoiding my attack and I smiled. I used genko to disappear and reappear behind him. I kicked him in the back and he flew through the air and crashed into the rock wall of the cave. The ground rumbled before settling down. I landed in a crouch across from him, my smile perfectly hidden behind my mask.

"You don't learn do you kid?"

I asked and he glared at me. I heard gasps from his siblings as they realized who I was.

"Gaara, it's-"

Kankuro started, but I threw a kunai at him. It sliced through the air and swiped his headpiece straight off his head and pinned it to the stone wall of the cave.

"Ah, ah, ah, it's no fun playing a guessing game if others tell you the answer."

I said wagging a finger in his direction and his eyes widened even further. I heard a growl and turned just in time to have a fist connect with my face. I heard the crack of my mask and jumped back.

"Now that wasn't nice, these masks are expensive I'll have you know."

GAARA'S P.O.V

I glared at the black clad ANBU in front of me. She seemed vaguely familiar, but I couldn't place who she was. Even Shukaku wasn't able to place who she was. I looked at her, trying to find anything about her that seemed familiar. She was just like any other ANBU, black clothes, animal mask though hers was that of a fox. Then who was she. That's when I saw something that sparked my memory. Her eyes, they reminded me of a certain girl with deep forest green eyes with a mix of what had looked to be scarlet. The only person alive who was able to have an actual fight with me.

'I remember her, but I still don't know her name.'

I thought as I walked towards her. She stayed crouched, but moved every time I moved.

"Yuumei, we have to go!"

A voice called from the mouth of the cave and the girl looked towards the voice before sighing and straightening up.

"Seems like we'll have to play another time kid."

She said before disappearing from sight only to reappear and walk out towards the mouth of the cave. I threw the dagger she'd been flipping in the air at her and she simply caught it without looking back.

"My name isn't kid."

I growled and heard her laugh. That simple sound confirmed that it was the same person from the Chunin Exams.

"I know it's not, but until you can remember my name that's what I'll call you."

She said before disappearing.