A/N: I figured reading these sections would take a long time but dang! I think other's POV's are coming up soon and that will be fun. But I hope people will understand what I am doing in these chapters.

Communicate with me please! I want to hear what people think!

Chapter 22: Remembering Hidden Information

Shikamaru and I are sitting in the clearing, discussing each group's part. I know that there are some problems with the plan as a whole, since I came up with it on the fly. I normally have a few days to plan this kind of thing.

But I know Shikamaru is good about changing things quickly. But I can't help but worry about these things.

Plan… get…. There.

"I am still worried about Naruto and Lee, they tend to overdo it with everything they do," I voice my concern.

"But both girls in the groups have a natural act to stop the two of them from getting out of line with this, plus we are putting them in two different areas which means that they have no way of getting in trouble," Shikamaru counters.

"True. I think Kiba's group will be good with the specialty shop, I got an odd feeling about that guy. Besides Neji can see if anything is weird about that guy," I sigh.

Shikamaru only looks at me. After a moment he speaks again, "Are you sure about baiting yourself?"

"Yes," I reply simply.

I look up at the cloud and lay down in the dirt. I know that I am one to normally do everything by myself. I understand Shikamaru's concern about me baiting myself but it has to be done. I hear Shikamaru sigh and get up. This is a drag, bringing other's into the fight is normally not my style.

I want to do this by myself but I was told to have some help. And I have to listen to rules.

"There is one problem though Tooru," Shikamaru says.

"What would that be Shikamaru?" I ask.

"Neji's group. Kiba and Neji will start to fight and Ino will not help with that," Shikamaru has a tone of not wanting to go through with the plan.

I sit up and look at him as I talk, "Look, Shikamaru there is a reason why they are all in certain places. The five people we are looking at visit these places often. I set word ahead to Lord Sixth that way we could set this up quickly. I understand your worry but this is getting a little crazy. They are all trained to do this kind of thing or else none of you would be jonin or being looked at for ANBU. These cause the least suspicion and they will all fight well together. Stop worrying."

Shikamaru stops and ponders this for a moment, "And what about you and me?"

"We are going to be hiding in the Hogakes office," I retort, maybe a little harsher than I should have said.

He looks at me and looks toward the village as everyone enters through bushes. I sit up to face them. Everyone looks excited and ready to go. I sigh and finally stand up next to Shikamaru. Naruto look the most excited since we never got the full chance to fight.

"Well," Naruto steps forward, "I want to be your first opponent"

"Sorry Naruto I want to start off with Neji," I say and I point over to where Neji is at, "And Shikamaru is going to talk to group 2 a few meters that way." I nod my head toward Shikumaru who waves.

Neji is in front of me when I turn back, he is smiling and also ready to spar against me. I jump back and signal for him to come at me. Neji does air palm and I transport away from it. Behind him I hit his back and move back away from him. He looks around and I hear gasps from everyone. I smile a little since I haven't been able to fight anyone in a long time.

"What did you do?" Neji asks, confused.

"Why should I tell you?" I retort back.

I transport again, away into a tree. I see him using his eyes to try to find me in anyway. I lower my chakra output again and spread it out. I am getting excited. I know though that I should not go all out on them.

"See, you aren't the only one with a cool thing," I whisper when I pop up next to Neji. I transport to a tree and watch him again, "You talk a lot when fighting as well Neji."

I move from behind him as he turns around trying to strike me with gentle fist. I move to trees and lower my chakra output so he cannot tell where I am so easily. I whisper more things to him as I pop up around him. After a few moments he knows I create a pattern and I break it. I end up hitting him into a bunch of trees. He is sent flying from a few seconds and I can see he understands the implications of the position he is currently in.

"I fold," Neji says holding his head.

Too easy….

"Alright, next is Gaara," I say.

Gaara steps forward and automatically has his sand shoot forward to me. I put water on the sand to make it mud. While I flip backwards I infuse chakra into the water to act as I would like it.

"You use your sand, but it's harder with this water jutsu," I say, charging at him.

I begin trying to take him out with my fist but he blocks me. I smile, knowing that normally long distance fighters rely on staying hidden that they don't look at hand to hand. Which is where they mess up a lot. Eventually his sand comes back and I use water to move it. I remember that he looked into being able to fight hand to hand which is why he became the person he is today. I water is countering his sand quickly and might be moving a little faster.

"She didn't make any hand signs!" Naruto exclaims. His statement is followed by murmurs and more shouting.

Gaara and I look at each other and know that they are both more defense than anything. His sand comes at me and is hit but the weighted water. He releases his gore only to find it also has the water in it. I run to him and quickly take him down without having to ask any questions.

"I know when I am backed into a corner. I fold," Gaara says.

"Alright, group 3," I hear a yawn and know that it is Shikamaru.

"And now for Kiba," I say.

I hear Kiba snort and comes to the middle of the clearing. We both wait, and him and Akamaru start fang over fang. As they approach me I sink into the ground, ready for anything. This pattern keeps going. At one point I hop into a tree and wait for him. He attacks and never thinks ahead with his moves unless he is running low on chakra.

"You have a shorter attention span and an even shorter temper," I melt away when he tries to attack me and pop up in the middle of the group watching, "And I know you would never attack your friends. You may have a short attention span but even you aren't that dumb."

Everyone scatters and I sink into the ground. While they are looking for me a grab Akamaru and put him to sleep. He will wake up as soon as Kiba folds. Normally, I would have killed the dog but its to test abilities.

"What the hell!" Kiba yells

"It's okay Kiba, he is only asleep," I explain, "Ino and Sakura can look after him and tell you he is only sleeping."

Kiba charges at me and I sink him and I into the ground, "I fold," Kiba mutters, clearly upset.

"Don't worry Kiba, this is the type of opponent is the hardest one for you. You lasted longer than you would have a few weeks ago. You should be proud of the fact that you almost hit me and pushed your limits," I tell him, pulling both of us out of the ground.

Kiba looks at me and growls. But Akamaru runs up to him and wags his tail, causing Kiba to smile. I crouch down and pet Akamaru who nuzzles up to me in response. I laugh and stand up.

This… happening….

"Choji, you are up," I say.

Choji walks away from the group to me. He stops and expands. I take note of this and shrink to where no one can see me. I see Choji is confused, along with everyone else.

"Where did you go Tooru?" Choji ask.

I crawl up his leg and to his shoulder after he shrinks down to his normal side.

"Why, I'm right here Choji," I whisper in his ear. He tries to hit me but I move too fast for him, "Awe, I am too fast in this form Choji. This is the hardest jutsu for you too face, since you cannot see them and they move too fast for you."

After a few moments I grow and hit Choji and he holds up his hands.

The process repeats, each one tries but never gets past step one. By this point Shikamaru finishes with each group and just sits and watches me. I can hear him chuckling. I know that he is amused by everyone getting beaten. I know I am having fun, this is something that has never happened to me since Itachi.

At one point I feel something hit the bubble that I have placed. I know I cannot stop since I cannot place the time they have been watching us, but I know for a fact this could be good or bad for us in the clearing. At least everyone is here and can fight if need be.

"Alright, Naruto you are up," I say after Ino's match.

"FINALLY!" Naruto yells.

Naruto approaches me and goes straight into sage mode with the nine-tails chakra. I also go into a sage mode, cat sage mode. Something that I have been wanting to go into for a long time. This is something that I never get to use.

"What?!" Naruto exclaims.

"You aren't the only one who can do sage mode. I trained for this one," I tell him.

Liar….

He charges at me. I quickly move around him and move at speeds even greater than Lee. Naruto has a hard time keeping up with the movements. We dance for a little bit. I can see Naruto is getting frustrated by what I am doing. I get behind him and hit him on the head. I quickly move and make hand signs for a clone. I need to get to the bottom of this.

"Awe come on let one of us beat you!" Naruto yells as I vanish again. I can hear Shikamaru chuckling again.

"Nope, I have to test you guys. This is how I can see what you guys can do, and though each battle is short they give me a lot if information on what your limits are. So far this have been good," I say, almost too robotic.

Naruto comes at me again, I dodge and go into a tree while a clone does all the work for me. I sit in the tree and only watch. I sigh and get up, getting ready to leave for the person watching us. He is good, I will give him that. Even so, he is no match for cat sage mode, it is too quick and I am not even pairing it with anything. I feel someone next to me though.

"This is cheating you know," Shikamaru appears beside me.

"It is to see how fast he figures things out, that clone isn't a perfect copy of me, there are differences that even Naruto should see," I reply calmly.

"When did you ever switch?" Shikamaru asks.

"When I first hit him in the back," I say, watching my clone make moves.

"I don't know if anyone but me has noticed," Shikamaru looks down at the group, oblivious to us in the tree.

I chuckle, "You are the only person who can see through anything that I do."

"Naruto, that's a clone!" Saskue yells from the group.

"Huh?" Naruto turns away from the clone and looks around, "hey that's unfair!"

I jump down from the tree, "I wanted to see how you receive information. Clearly you are a little slower but faster than when you were younger."

We fight for a bit but I pin Naruto and he folds. I still have the feeling of someone watching us in the shadows. I need to finish this soon so we can all look for whoever is watching and see what they know.

"Well, that's everyone," I mumble.

"No fight Shikamaru!" Kiba yells from the back. There are nods and yells of agreement from everyone in the group.

"You guys really want to see this?" I ask.

I look over at Shikamaru who is walking over to me, looking really bored out of his mind. I glance over and everyone is waiting for us to start fighting. We cannot waste any more time though. Whoever this person is knows a lot of things I can do and that is normally forbidden for others to know.

"This is a drag Tooru," Shikamaru states.

"I have a bad feeling about this Shikamaru," I say as he is passing me. I try to hint at the fact that something is wrong and I keep my voice low so no one else can hear us.

This stops Shikamaru in his tracks, "Why do you say that?"

"I have this feeling that we are no longer alone out here, in fact we are being watched. They are outside of the bubble I placed. That's why I sent a clone to fight Naruto, I wanted to try to find out who is watching us. Only you came over, now I have to tell you this," I reply.

"Should we warn the others?" Shikamaru asks.

"No, whoever is watching is a spy. Just maybe the rat that we are looking for. Only this feeling goes way beyond that. Plus, if I fight you there's a feeling that you won't be able to calm me down when I am sleeping or if I decide to break the chakra line," I glance around. Trying to come up with any reason not to fight anyone else today.

Shikamaru ponders this for a moment as though understanding what I am trying to do, "Well, that would be a drag. So should we try to get the spy out and figure out what they want with us?"

I nod, "That would be the best thing to do."

"I have one question Tooru," I nod for Shikamaru to talk, "how did you figure out that someone was here? Not ever Kiba has done anything."

I pause, forgetting that not everyone is a tracker, "they have a low chakra output, only I can feel it since sensing chakra is how I keep everyone straight in my head."

Shikamaru looks at me quizzing, and I know that I have not explained this very well. Explaining things are not my strong point, I like to get straight to the point and think everyone else can keep up with me. I sigh again and try to figure out how to explain this to him without giving him a headache.

"Look, Saskue has a dark chakra you have a lazy chakra not being fully tapped. Kiba has a chakra that is bigger than he can chew. This person naturally has a low output of chakra or has trained to do so. This is one of few ways to stop someone like Kiba and Akamaru from finding them. Only, you have someone who knows all about chakra and can find them. Since that is the case we need to bring this person out," I explain.

Shikamaru nods, "Well how are we going to do that?"

"I have a plan, follow my lead and don't clue them in. Ino and Choji will understand since you guys work together a lot," I respond.

Shikamaru walks away, as though he is mad at me. He knows that is what I want. I storm off in the way of the spy. Hopefully no causing any attention. I walk into the bushes and I can finally feel the chakra that is looming outside of the first bubble I placed. Shikamaru is to keep attention while I sniff out the rat. The chakra is an energetic; one that I have not connected with before. I slow my pace down and lower my chakra, focusing on the spy's chakra. It almost is like Naruto's before he found out about the nine-tails. Full of life and energy, I can almost see no darkness. But it is darkness that is normal in every person. I climb up the tree to feel that the person has moved away from the place. I focus on the chakra and follow them.

Jumping from tree to tree and I that they moved into a bush to hide. I stop in front of the bush and cross my arms when I see the scarf.

"Konohamaru, what are you doing?" I ask.

Konohamaru pops his head out, "I wanted to train with you guys!"

"Well, you could have just come out and asked us," I reply.

"It looked like you were busy…" he trails off, almost embarrassed.

"Just some training Konohamaru. You are more than welcomed to join," I step aside and let him lead us back.

"So, who are you anyway?" Konohamaru questions.

"Oh, I'm Tooru. I am working with Shikamaru on a mission," I state.

Why… say… so freely?

"How did you find me? I was working on lowering chakra output for two years, not even Kiba could find me," Konohamaru complains.

I chuckle at that, "I also work with that. Therefore I can tell when someone is hiding."

Konohamaru crosses his arms in front of his chest and runs all the way to the clearing. I follow him and know that Shikamaru is no longer in the clearing. Everyone turns to face me and Konohamaru when we enter.

"What happened?" I ask, looking around.

"Tooru, I am so sorry…" Temari starts.

"We thought that he already knew that day in the bath house," Kiba interjects.

"I will go look for him," Neji says, "Ino, Choji, Sai, Hinata and Sakura come with me."

"I will look to," Shino says leaving with the group, "It's better than staying here. Konohamaru come with us."

Konohamaru looks between the group and me, he finally sighs and follows the group leaving the clearing. I stand there and wait for someone to explain to me what just happened. I cross my arms in front of me and turn back to the group. I look at them and see that Temari is about to break, something that I would never expect from her. Kiba is next to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. Saskue is sitting up on a stump and refuses to look up. Naruto is looking between me and Temari. Gaara is leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, refusing to open them and looks to be in deep thought.

"Well someone please explain what is going on," I finally say.

There is a pause in the clearing. The longer it is quiet the harder it is for me not to think that Shikamaru decided that I am not worth it, or that maybe Temari wants to be with him again. Either way, I can feel the something is very wrong with this situation. I have no idea what is going on. The bathhouse… when I first mentioned the group. Did I say anything else to her? I don't really remember.

I hear Saskue take a breath, "I am starting to remember you around the village Tooru. I remember after Itachi left I caught you watching us play Ninja. I remember catching you a few times doing that. It didn't matter how many times I asked you to join, you always ran off. Other than that I never saw you around, or would even hear you talked about. Then there was the exams and right before we fought you were there telling something to Lord Third. I guess we are all starting to remember you from the past," Saskue concludes.

"What are you getting at?" I ask.

"What we are saying Tooru is that Temari remembered something, and she told Shikamaru it. Only we didn't know that you had not said anything to him," Naruto says, "so we told him."

I look at Temari who looks guilty, "What did you remember?"

I try to sound kind but she shutters at my words and I get a look from everyone. I forget that I know how to sound in charge. I take in a breath. I don't know what it could even be. I know there are a lot of things going on.

"Please don't be mad…" Temari begins, "But I remember a time while the last chunin exams were about to happen, being about 6 months ago. And that was when I was in a new relationship and told Shikamaru that it wouldn't work out. But while I was wondering around I saw you, but you were tied up to a post. And every so often someone would come by a slash you. I tried to get in the middle of it but I was told to stop, that you deserved this. I was trying to make Shikamaru feel better about what happened, and that you guys began to fight. I wanted things to be right between you two."

I pause. I barely remember that, I slipped on something. I don't remember what it was though. I was looking at the group. I could have said the wrong thing to the wrong person. Or told something to Tenzo that I should have told to Kakashi. But I don't remember.

That isn't the bathhouse..

"Tooru, what happens to you?" Kiba asks.

Why can't I remember what happened? I don't remember what began that punishment. I have no idea what even happened. I don't remember the punishment. The last one I remember was very early on for Kakashi to know what a punishment is.

"But I don't remember it…" I trail off.

"How do you not remember it?" Naruto asks.

"I hadn't been sleeping, I was too focused on the mission and making sure that everything was ready for anything. But, I don't remember having to be punished…" I stop talking.

I feel sick to my stomach. I should remember everything. I need to remember.

"This was about six months ago right?" Saskue asks, "Well, I don't see why you have to remember it. We thought that Shikamaru already knew about it, but he ran off. We didn't know that this happens to you."

"No, it isn't I should remember everything that I see and hear. I don't remember this. I should know why. I…" I turn away, losing my words.

No, this isn't good. I never meant for this to happen, and this is something that since it has started no one can stop it. I never wanted them to know about the punishments. I wanted to keep that a secret. That was something for me and the Hokage to know about. No one else. Punishments are not something that everyone else should know about, they are a privet thing for me, the punishments are to keep me in line, they are to make sure I don't put the village at risk.

But I don't remember why I was being punished.

The emotions are overwhelming. I feel myself going down on my knees, about to cry. I feel pushed onto the ground. I feel my hand go to my mouth. They know something about me they should not know. They know about it.

They know I'm a weapon for the village.

I am the one to blame. I hear people shouting but I cannot understand what they are saying. The pain that everyone is feeling, I caused that. I feel my breathing becoming irregular. I don't know what to do.

I need to punish myself.

I can't get this deep with people.

But Kakashi's orders.

Be their friend.

I can't. Not when they know this about me. Not with knowing the one thing I hoped none of them would ever find out. Temari saw me in a punishment. I should have never let myself get in trouble. I know better.

I hurt people. I'm hurting someone I care about.

I shouldn't be here.

"Tooru," Naruto is right in front of my face, forcing me to look at him.

I can feel wetness on my face. I can feel the air being cut off. I don't know what to do.

"I didn't mean to do this…" I mumble.

"What happened?" Gaara asks.

"I stopped sleeping, and I don't know. I don't…" I mumble.

"I can see the fear in your eyes. I see that you didn't mean for this to happen. It will be okay, somehow we will make this okay," I don't know who said it.

I hear the lie in the persons voice, they don't understand. This is something that Lord Third never wanted anyone else to know about. I didn't want anyone ese to know. I don't remember why I was being punished. I don't remember it.

"Tooru?" Temari asks.

This isn't good. Nothing is good. I don't remember what happened. I should know.

I need to focus.

If anything this is proving how distracted I have been.

I feel my hands going over my head.

I need to stop.

No, I need to follow orders, I need to know why Kakashi is making me do this. What did I forget about the group? Why was I being punished? Did I do it myself?

I can't punish myself. I need to have Kakashi to lead it.

"No," I say.

I hear some talking. I don't know what is going on. I want to stop this. My head hurts and I can feel that I am isolating myself again.

Why are they remembering me? They had to find out about me, they had to know about the punishments.

I feel a hand pulling my head up. I see that it is Saskue. He looks me right in the eyes.

They weren't your friends. Saskue shouldn't be here.

Saskue says, "Can I talk to Tooru alone?"

I hear protest, a lot of it. But Saskue doesn't break eye contact with me. I watch his breathing. Even. I can feel my breathing hiccupping every now and then. But I can feel myself calming down. Saskue keeps his eyes on me.

I feel his hands move and after a long time there is silence.

"Are you afraid Tooru?" Saskue asks after a moment.

"What kind of question is that?" I retort, refusing to look at Saskue in the eye.

"It will lead to what I want to talk about, but I need you to answer the question," Saskue says.

I take in a breath, "yes, I am afraid Saskue."

"What are you afraid of?" Saskue pushes.

I stop. I know there are a lot of things I am afraid of. But I never have really talked with Saskue at all. I don't know if I can tell him anything. But he barely talks to anyone anyway. He keeps to himself. I could talk to him, or at least try to talk to him.

"Everything. I… I didn't want you guys to know. Going back to being a robot," I reply.

"Tooru, I understand that being alone. You and Naruto are similar. No family, always being alone. I know you had a few people but they never seemed to care about what happened to you. I only recently understood Naruto and I think that helps me understand you," Saskue pauses to think, "I hope that my words will help you."

"Get to the point Saskue," I demand.

"The point is, you freaked about it. I don't know what is going on through your head, but it seemed rough. We want to learn about you, but we don't know how. Naruto is trying but even he gets upset by how little you reply to us, or how you are barely giving us the amount of information for us to fully think of you as a friend. I know how that goes, I was there once. After Itachi, I tried to close myself off…" Saskue says.

"Itachi was a jerk." I bluntly say.

Saskue stops, amazed by what I just said, "You knew Itachi?"

Before I can even stop to think I speak, "Yes, I worked with him in the ANBU for a few years when I was younger. Which is why I even started to watch you guys in the first place. You were all Itachi talked about and I wanted to see how you two acted together. Big Brother Itachi was the first person I truly cared for. A lot of people I couldn't stand in your family, only Itachi. He taught me how I should act and that I was never alone. When he left, I was heartbroken since I lost the only friend that I had ever had."

I…. young… Itachi… point.

There is a silence between the two of us. I know that Saskue was not expecting me to know Itachi. But I had to say something, I don't want to run away from Shikamaru. Only I feel like I need to leave him alone.

I need to refocus on what I need to do. I need to do my mission and take everything with caution. Being friends need to be put on the back burner. The mission should come first. I will worry about the others and what they know about me after the mission is completed.

"So, you feel like Shikamaru is Itachi?" Saskue asks after a few moments.

I shake my head, "Not at all. I think I should leave him alone though. Along with all of you. I should not have come into your lives. Kept you out of the group that I am tracking."

"But you couldn't," Saskue states simply.

I look at him finally. I know that I couldn't, but I should have tried harder to keep them from it. I know Kakashi would have brought them into it one way or another. I look into Saskue's eyes and I can feel that he believes me when I say I never intended to hurt anyone. I sigh, knowing that one person believes me in this matter. Or one person who knows. Though I didn't really tell him anything about the punishments. I don't want them to be in danger. Only, now they could be in a lot of danger from this.

Which brings my attention to my bubble. There is a new danger lurking outside of it. I know that danger has come to us and this could be bad since it is only Saskue and I in the clearing. We need to leave this area right now.

"Let's go back to the village," I say standing up.

"Why?" Saskue asks, slightly confused.

"Someone is watching us," I state, "We need to leave now."

Saskue gets up and follows me out of the clearing. Only a kunai is thrown and I jump backwards pulling Saskue with me into the clearing.

I stand with him back to back ready to fight. A shadow comes out of the bushes on my side.

"Well, looks like we showed up at the right time," the one facing me says, slowly clapping his hands.

I disconnect the chakra line with Ino and Choji, signaling that something is wrong. I think though they may take it as my emotional state being torn up. Either way they will hopefully understand that something is wrong.

"Who do you want to take on?" The one across from Saskue asks.

"The girl, I know how to fight her, it will be like taking candy from a baby," the one in front of me says with a chuckle.

"Saskue," I whisper, "We have to fight. Don't show them any new moves from your fight with me."

"Why?" Saskue asks.

"They have been watching us for a while. Since I fought with Kiba, so they know how you fight. Do not try anything new unless you have to," I say.

"Understood," Saskue pulls out his sword and hold it that the ready.

I pull out three shuriken and hold them close to me. They both just stand there waiting to fight us. I know that Saskue and I are ready but I want them to make the first move. Use their attack against them and Saskue has the same idea.

"I have a bad feeling Saskue," I mumble.

"I know what you mean, why aren't they moving?" he responds back.

"Let me look around," I say.

I use byakugan and see the chakra is the same in both of them. They are clones. I scan the area, looking for the real one and spot him a few meters away in a tree. Barely outside of the bubble. I also see something else right outside of the bubble. One has chakra flowing and the other is dormant, meaning a puppet user.

"Saskue, they are clones," I inform him.

"So we slice and dice?" Saskue asks.

"No, we wait. He doesn't know that we know where he is. Let him make the first move. See if he is all talk and no bite," I mumble back.

So we wait, no one moves. I know that he is waiting for us to make the first move. But, I know better than to go charging in. What could he want? See our skills? This chakra is similar to me.

"Saskue, does anything seem off to you?" I ask.

"Yes, I feel weighted down and like it's been a day already," Saskue sounds tired.

"Open your hand," I command.

I feel a hand by my side and I give him a food pill. I hear him take it and I take one as well. I know this is a preservation jutsu.

I know how to get out of it too. This will let us keep moving.

"Well, seems like you know the jutsu!" one exclaims.

"So sad, we were getting good data for the boss man," the other says.

"Well, let's take them out!" the first on exclaims.

They leap into action and both attack Saskue and me. I throw my stars and the one I was facing vanishes. I turn to see Saskue fighting harder than he should to keep the clone away from him. I feel a new person entering the clearing. I turn to see a puppet and the master walking. I move quickly knowing Saskue with regain what he lost in a moment.

The puppet fires at me and I redirect it into the master's direction. I take control of the puppet and honestly I play with it to figure it out. And it is one of the best that there is. Even better than my own that I never really get to use. But I shouldn't let her play with her toy any longer, she might get hurt.

"Cool toy you have here," I say.

"How the hell! You little…" she begins to yell.

I take the puppet apart and fight her hand to hand. She is a distance and forgot to work on close battles. Both are which normally would be bad for ninja who fight hand to hand but since it is Saskue and I we know how to handle those types of fighters. She is having trouble keeping up. I slip one of the anti-food pills to her and wait for it to take effect.

Eventually her movements become really slow and she cannot keep her brain power anymore. I take her out and tie her to a tree and see Saskue has taken down the clone. I move and transport right behind the guy and knock him out.

"Man for ninja, they weren't that hard," I state.

"Why are they here?" Saskue asks.

"My guess is they are part of the copy group. Some puppet master she is and his clones are okay. Oh we get to have some fun now," I say.

Saskue looks at me and I know he was having a hard time fighting. I know it was only because of the jutsu that the guy placed. Only he feels like it should have never happened. I know that he doesn't have a huge amount of chakra like Naruto and I have but he does have a good amount to keep up. Even Naruto would have a hard time with this kind of thing.

"Let's get them to interrogation, there we can find out their plans," I say, walking with the girl over my shoulders.

Saskue picks up the guy up and follows me without another word.