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Bold is for attacks

Kale's POV

"Hanabi was kidnapped?" I said "By who?"

"I'm not sure." Sai said "They seemed to be riding large crows though."

"Did you tell the Hokage yet?" I asked.

"I'm on my way now." He said "Care to join me."

"Of course." I nodded following him to the office.

Sai explained to Kakashi-Sensei what had happened before my teacher, and the current Hokage, called for a team to be assembled. Soon the two of us were joined by Naruto, Sakura, Hinata, Fu and Shikamaru.

"So you were the cause of all that commotion last night Naruto." I growled.

"Well I wasn't gonna just let them take Hinata." He said.

"I suppose, but due try to limit the destruction next time idiot." I said "You nearly blew the roof off that one building."

"Will you two knock it off and listen." Sakura hissed.

"As I was saying…" Sensei sighed "Your mission is to track down and retrieve the kidnapped Hanabi Hyuga. Shikamaru will lead the team. I was only gonna send Shikamaru and the usual team but I've granted Hinata permission to go with you as well."

"Thank you." The girl nodded.

"Shikamaru, hand out." Sensei said.

"Huh? Why?" he asked.

Some woman in the room made a hand sign and a clock like figure appeared in Shikamaru's hand.

"What's this?"

"A top secret clock." The Hokage explained "Only the five Kage possess it."

"So what's it for?" I asked.

"It's a countdown till Earth's destruction." He explained.

"What?!"

"Hang on." Shikamaru said "What does this have to do with Hanabi?"

"Toneri, the man who kidnapped Hanabi, is likely the man manipulating the moon to fall." Sensei explained.

"What makes you think that?" Sai asked.

"Truthfully…it's a hunch." Sensei shrugged.

"Well regardless we should get a move on with tracking Hanabi." I said "Sai was the last person to see her so we'll have to go to the last place he saw her and fan out."

Later

"Split up and search for clues." I grumbled stomping about the snow "Why did Sensei put Shikamaru in charge, doesn't he trust me?"

"Shikamaru is just better at planning." Fu said fluttering over my head "Why are you jealous?"

"No." I rolled my eyes "I've got no problems following Shikamaru's lead but I just wouldn't mind getting the nod for once you know?"

"I know, have you found anything?" she asked.

"Nope." I shook my head "I feel bad for the poor girl though, kidnapped and all alone…I bet she's nervous."

"Well Hanabi's a strong kid, heir to the Hyuga clan and all that." Fu said.

"Yeah, can't help but feel like I should be responsible for her." I shrugged.

"Why's that?" Fu landed by me and started walking.

"Well a long time back when my family was a lot more traditional my Uncle tried to arrange a marriage between our family and the Hyuga, had my Dad not stood his ground for change I would have ended up forced to marry Hanabi when she was old enough."

"Well good thing he did." Fu smiled "Otherwise I'd have lost my chance with you…and you'd end up married to a girl nearly ten years younger than you."

"Hahaha…yeah." I laughed "Come on, this place looks empty let's meet up with the others."

Later

"This lake feels weird." I was looking though the water of the glowing spring.

While tracking Hanabi we found a cave with a spring of glowing green water.

"I'm gonna be real here, my Sage of Six Paths senses are all over the place." I said "I don't like it."

"It's distorting my Byakugan." Hinata said.

"Yeah, this place is special that's for sure." I nodded.

"We'll just have to go and see." Naruto said before taking off his scarf "Don't wanna get this ruined."

"What does it matter if your scarf gets wet?" Sakura told him.

"It's important to me." Naruto said.

"It won't matter." Sai told him dipping his hand and pulling it out, it was bone dry "When you touch this water you don't get wet."

"Freaky." Fu shivered.

"Well, nothing to it but to do it." I shrugged "Not doing it means we leave Hanabi behind and that's not an option."

"Right." Shikamaru nodded jumping in "Let's go!"

We all followed him in, it was strange, the water was viscous and you had to paddle through it but I didn't feel the water on my skin, I didn't feel wet, it was odd.

About halfway down the bottom dropped out of the lake and we fell into air. This second cavern was filled with strange glowing golden bubbles.

"RAH!" I pulled out the Sage's staff and whacked the bubble out of my way.

Genjutsu bubbles?

I used my chains to grab Fu and pull her out while Sakura landed.

"You dodged it to?" I asked.

"Genjutsu doesn't work on me." She smirked.

I fetched Shikamaru, Sai and Naruto and Sakura quickly woke them up.

"Naruto wake up, it's a dream!"

"Huh?!" he gasped.

"Finally." Naruto sighed.

"So it was a trap set by the enemy?" Sai asked.

"Yep, a Genjutsu that traps you in happy memories." Shikamaru explained "Without Sakura and Kale's ability to avoid them we would have been trapped."

"Lucky us." Sai smiled "Thank you Sakura I was having a dream of my brother…thank you so much for ripping me out of it."

"You don't sound so grateful." Fu giggled.

"Another spring coming up." I pointed "I'd say to get prepared for what might be on the other side."

We jumped forward and again dropped into water that was and wasn't water. We surfaced in another cave, my sense of direction was all screwed up but I could tell we were in a new cave, this one was full of those strange bubble.

"I'm thinking these bubbles were made by the gate keeper that lives here." Shikamaru said.

"Gate Keeper?" Sai asked.

"Naruto and Hinata are taking too long." Sakura said "I'm worried we should go back and-What is that?!"

I looked at the pile of rocks and saw a giant crab.

"Well Sai there's your gate keeper." I smiled.

"Let's deal with it." Fu said surrounding herself wit a cocoon as the crab blasted up with a water jet.

"Fu!"

"Armored Beetle Mode!" The girl smiled breaking out totally unscathed.

I moved my hands "Wood Style: Binding Thicket!"

A bunch of thorny wooden veins grew and wrapped up the crab.

"Don't pop the bubbles or you'll be caught in a Genjutsu!" Shikamaru warned.

The Crab broke free and swung at us but Fu blocked them.

"Jade Horn Smash!" she pushed her horn forward and cracked the claw.

Sai summoned two ink giants that grabbed the beast and pushed it back before throwing it up into the ceiling, cave us in.

"Wood Style: Four Pillar Prison!"

"Shadow Stitching!"

Shikamaru and I pinned the crab down while Fu flew Sakura up above the beast.

"Sakura!"

"CHAAA!" Sakura slammed her fist down and shatter the shell and the insides of the crab.

It only took a little longer for Naruto and Hinata to catch up, apparently they came across a puppet of that Toneri guy. We headed up through the hole in the ceiling and saw something unexplainable.

"What the hell…" I looked out at the cast ocean.

"Where are we?" Fu asked.

"I…have no idea." Shikamaru sighed.

AN

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