Team seven had been staying at the town trying to gather as much info about where and who the thieves were while naruko kept a close eye on AA. Day by day she would follow him and also met him at the cafe.
After the second day naruko had pretty much become fixated on AA. In the span of a couple of days she found herself liking everything about him. Although she didn't know what he looked like, her feelings became stronger and stronger. It pained her heart to know that he was one of the thieves.
After a couple of days, naruko had enough evidence to prove that he was one of the thieves. She even saw him taking something from a woman's purse but she didn't tell kakashi, sakura, or sasuke because she also had reason to believe that he isn't doing this out of his own free will.
At the end of the day when AA went to meet up with some shady looking people, AA would try to say he wasn't gonna do this any more but the people he would talk with would threaten to turn him into the police, kill him, or hurt him.
Ever since day two naruko had been writing what she found out in a journal so she could keep tabs on AA to prove that he is one of the thieves but to also prove that he had no say in what he's doing.
It had been a week since team seven had arrived and naruko had enough evidence to prove that AA is one of the thieves but also proving that all of it was against his will. She planned on meeting with her team and showing them what she found out but she still had some time before she met up with them so she went to the cafe to meet up with AA.
She wanted to meet up with AA to confront him, tell him that she knows that he is one of the thieves, but also try and help him. He could help them in the mission by telling her and her team who or where the thieves are.
When she entered the cafe she sat down and waited for AA. After a couple of minutes AA entered the cafe, went over to naruko and sat down in a seat across from her. "Hey AA" naruko said in a calm tone. "Hey naruko" AA said in a sad tone.
"So how have you've been?" Naruko said concerned. "Honestly not well. There is something I wanna ask you" AA said. "What is it?" Naruko said. "If someone was making you do something that you don't want to what would you do?" AA said. "W-what do you mean?" Naruko said shocked. "It's just that… I've got a couple of 'friends' and recently they've been making me do something I didn't want to so what do I do?" AA said. 'AA' naruko thought saddened.
"AA why don't you just tell them?" Naruko said. "I tried to tell them that I don't want to do it but they won't listen to me" AA said. "Then why are you even friends with them? It sounds like they don't care about what you want" naruko said. AA didn't reply. Naruko sighed and said "AA you're free to have your own opinions, your own desires, and your own wants. If your friends can't respect that or at least work with you through problems them why be friends with them?" AA looked at naruko as she continued talking. "As someone once told me, sometimes you gotta do what's best for you even if it feels wrong or hurts someone else. What matters the most is you did what's best for you."
AA looked at his hands and thought 'she's… right. I should do what's best for me.' He then reached into the pocket of his hoodie and pulled out a picture. 'And maybe when I leave those bastards I can finally do what I've wanted to do for a long time' AA thought looking at the picture.
Just as naruko opened her mouth to speak AA stood up and said "sorry naruko but I've gotta go. Thanks for the advice." As AA started to leave naruko said "AA wait there's something important I wanna ask-" Before naruko could finish what she was saying AA had already left.
Naruko then pulled out her journal and started writing down what AA told her. When she was about to leave she noticed the photo that AA what holding was faced down on the ground. 'It must have fell out of his pocket when he left' naruko thought.
When she picked up the photo and looked at it she was extremely shocked and disturbed to find that it was a photo of her when she was a child. 'What! How the hell does he have this?!' Naruko screamed in her head.
Wanting to know how and why he has a photo of her as a child she ran out of the cafe and started to look for him. Naruko searched through the whole town but she couldn't find him. Before she knew it, it was time to meet up with her team so she had no choice but to put the photo in her pocket and ask him about it later.
After meeting up with her team, sakura and sasuke shared what they had found out so far. When sakura and sasuke finished what they were saying it was naruko's turn to share what she found out. Just as naruko was about to pull out her journal, they all stopped when they heard a bunch of people shouting "thief!"
They saw three people running away. Amongst those three people was AA. When naruko saw him she immediately ran after him wanting to ask him about the photo. "Naruko hold on!" Kakashi shouted. Naruko didn't stop and kept chasing after AA. "Damn it! Sakura, sasuke go after the other two" kakashi said. Sakura and sasuke nodded then left while kakashi went after naruko.
"AA!" Naruko shouted. AA didn't stop running. After leaving the town naruko got irritated. She wanted answers on why he has a photo of her. Naruko was fed up with chasing him so she body flickered in front of him and used a gale palm to knock him back.
AA flew back a couple of feet, knocking off his hat and hood. Naruko pulled out the picture, looked at it, and started walking towards him. "Hey why the hell do you have-" before naruko could finish what she was saying she looked at AA. Her eyes widened in shock as she gasped and dropped the photo.
She saw familiar mint green hair and emerald green eyes. "A-Akito?" Naruko said shocked. Naruko didn't know what to say or how to feel. She thought that Akito was dead but here he was right in front of her.
