Spikes surrounded me to try and hold of Kuro as he is a close combat fighter and it was the only way to slow him down and hold him off as I threw kunai at him, he blocked with ease making me need some ranged attacks or really anything. Once he spotted them all he moved around them speed and grace and got back up close in a tai jutsu battle, he kicked as I flew backwards my ass and my hand hitting one as it embedded into it.

Sitting there feeling week and dumb I looked at my hand as I pulled the small spike out, sighing and bleeding a little. I just put pressure on the small wound. "It feels like I am not getting better." I mumbled as he stood above me void of emotion. "Hurting myself with my own weapons." I stood back up, dusting myself off and getting ready to start again.

The only thing I was decent at was noticing genjutsu.

I had been sparring with the boys all day. My grudge to Hayashi was completely gone, I was fine with with it now, it made sense that someone was sent to watch me. Might be why I also got put with Kuro because I knew him, he found me even if it was something we never talked about.

A part of me wanted to speak about the book I found but I could not do it, I don't even know what to say. I felt closer to Hayashi these last few days of fighting them, him and I are pretty similar.

When we headed into to town for food I noticed the genin were back looking dirty and tired. I heard the survival test lasts a few day's and in a month there will be a big tournament between the winners.

It would be nice to really watch someone fight.

The gearless genin seemed to not know me as I did not get the look from them or they just don't care unlike the older ones.

The rest of the day was lazy as I strolled around ignoring everyone when Naruto flashed over my head before someone seemed to be chasing him, some man in weird glasses making me curious at how the exams worked for him.

Hmm I wonder how Iruka is?

The bathhouse can be amazing as I sat in it with my eye's closed ignoring the rest of the women in here but I noticed my sense was getting better and it is the most annoying thing. I tried to turn it off but I could not so I tried to ignore it. Also with the loud women I was just getting done with this one.

I was about to leave when I heard commotion outside. Curious I grabbed my towel and peeked out, outside was Naruto and that perv from the festival, there was the man with glasses passed out on the ground making me chuckle.

I was stunned as this man stood on a large fucking frog making the same face the last time I saw him as he yelled back about being a sage and how he was looking at naked girls for his book as he pulled out Icha Icha making a big creepy smile cross my face.

One: For the scene in front of me as I laughed at his perviness.

Two: For the fact if he was truthful means a new book is on the way.

And three: The second the lady's heard that they ran away as he watched them run off with sadness on his face.

I wanted to go talk to him but I was in a towel as I watched him and pulled it more closed unsure if he noticed me yet as I stood there when Naruto called him a pervy old man I giggled a little until he yelled to the man to train him and I was done as I walked back into the springs, this time alone and that made me so happy.

I tried to ignore it but I saw Kuro outside the bathhouse. I got dressed and wondered if there was an easier way to find me then just hunt me down.

"Mission?" He nodded looking like he waited to long. "Sorry." He nodded again and I followed him off.

Great, we seem to be going babysitting, what the fuck is this bullshit.

My mood was back to annoyed, who buys Ninjas to babysit children, they are walking powerhouses who goes yes, watch my child. The men said nothing but I am sure they feel the same way. We ran for a few hours when we got the town and walked up to a large mansion.

The front yard was huge and some elder whitehaired butler opened the door to let us in. The rooms were almost empty as we walked through it. Decorations and little seating but many statues I admired the rich area as we were led into the man's office that sat on the ground floor.

It was a large room with many books and one table. The fact that the only chair in here was the one he was sitting in made me think he thinks he is something special. This man looked too perfect, perfect short hair, perfect suit sitting behind an expensive desk.

He called us in with a big perfect smile.

He was explaining how he was setting up a new business in a different town and wanted a bit more bodyguards for his kid who means everything and just wants to be sure he is safe.

I watched him smile and talk in his kind voice, I could see a tiny bit of his chakra, having to look as hard I could because something was off. Deep inside he was mean and had a slyness like a weasel, he was such a good actor that if I did not see his heart I would have been bought but I started to see through his fake ass. Making sure it did not show on my face, trying to be a bit more like Kuro I blanked my face.

We were shown the kids wing, yes wing, of the house as we walked into the biggest room filled with every toy imaginable, sitting the middle was a chubby brow haired kid sat.

The butler introduced us, He looked up at us with a scrunched up face. "Who cares." And went back to his toys. The butler ran off quickly as we stood in the doorway awkwardly. Hayashi was the one to speak as we stared at this kid. "So, I guess we just watch him and not leave him alone."

I just glared at him. "How long are we here for?" I asked with attitude.

"A few days I think." Hayashi spoke making my face drop.

"Days?"

We all stood sadly before it was brought up that we should know the basic layout so Kuro and I did just that. There was many way's into this home. This place is too big for one man and his kid, it is just too much. I headed back and sat at the child's play table sprawling out near Hayashi.

Hayashi sat on a matching chair and Kuro leaned on a wall, eyes closed.

Noticing we are alone I whispered. "You know he was lying right." They both nodded.

The kid started to yell at us to get out of his room how the help is not welcome here as I stared at Hayashi for direction.

"We are not the help." Kuro spoke angrily but the kids face went red and just started to yell a maid showed up trying to calm him down. She looked at us with desperation sighing we all got up and went into the hallway to make him stop screaming before he slammed the door in our faces.

The maid slid out and walked passed us leaving the area fast leaving him to us.

"Can we go now?" Kuro asked making me smile. We looked at the only one holding this mission together as he pinched the base of his nose. With an idea to get us back in the room I opened the door, his face scrunched ready to yell when I stuck my finger up.

"Hold it." I said with my hands up he paused before he screamed. "Do you wanna learn something a ninja can do?" I asked. His eyes opened, he jumped up nodding. "Now what." I mumbled my plan falling through, what do I teach him.

Getting an idea, I showed him a fake hand sign and he copied me but nothing happened as he started to whine and I adjusted his hands. "Try again." My team looked confused knowing it was a fake sign. "Hmm I guess your chakra is not strong enough." He stomped on the floor about to yell at me. "How about I teach you how to get stronger chakra." He nodded bratatly.

The boy's stepped towards me curious.

"Okay sit down, close your eyes." He did. "And clear your mind." He nodded. "Focus on your breathing and just sit there, it may take some time but the more you focus the stronger you get." I made him hold a wrong version of the tiger.

He then just sat there quietly.

Looking back, feeling a bit like a bitch. Kuro was smirking and Hayashi looked impressed at least they did not judge me for that. "Not sure what were gonna do when he stops." Hayashi said quietly I nodded dreading that time.

He stayed like that longer then I guessed he would but when he still could not produce a jutsu he was getting the worst again when a maid came in to get him ready for bed. "That was lucky." Kuro mumbled to me as we followed them into the bedroom. The kids bed was in the middle of the east wall, the room big and almost empty.

Hayashi took to the large window and me and Kuro sat on either side of the only door in, the kid went to bed without much prompting.

I noticed we were alone again, not even a maid. "Wasn't this kid supposed to have other bodyguards?" I whispered to Kuro, he just looked at me for a moment not sure what he was thinking. With nothing to look at I looked back at Kuro, I wonder how he can be so calm, the kind of person that most times I can not read at all.

He noticed I was staring at him and looked back at me unreadable, I just smiled and turned back to the room. I love when he emotes as he is so calm but I wonder if he is afraid of bugs.

I was done and am depressed that we will be here for a while, the pay better be fucking high.

I wonder.

Looking at Kuro. "There is a spider on your sleeve." After a quick second he jumped up quietly and gracefully and dusted his arms off. I just silently smiled at him. "I knew it." He glared at me, knowing I was lying while he sat back down.

"You're mean today." He whispered with a small smirk.

"I kind of am." I smiled at him apologetically. "Sorry." I have been in a bad mood all day.

The morning came and time moved on and he wanted to go to a nearby park so we took him, passing his fathers office where all his bodyguards seemed to be as we all noticed and shared a look.

We stood around the small park in a triangle making me feel like one a real bodyguard sliding my thumbs in my skirt. Many parent's started to pull there kids away and I figured it was about us when I heard a women speak about how she hate's the kids father.

No one seems to want anything to do with the kid making my heart go out to him for the first time.

I felt a pull, I did not even see any chakra but my body moved instinctively, faster then my mind, before I knew it I had grabbed the kid and pulled him away, where he stood a man was there.

A very tall skinny man in a light blue long coat swinging around him from the speed, he had a gray outfit and no forehead protector. An angry look on his face as he jumped away, Kuro chased after him. This all happened in the span of a second.

Both Hayashi and I had shock on our faces about my move as he stood between us and we stared where Kuro went. The kid in my arms as he clung to me in fear. Hayashi was trying to make a decision. "We should get him back to his house." I nodded.

The kid clung to me knowing that something bad almost happened to him. The other two were so far I could not see them, the speed they had was insane. The kid stayed on my arm I could not shake him so I picked him up and we ran fast to his house.

We brought the kid to his playroom and took to the small seat's before I spoke. "Should you not go after them?"

"No, there is a chance there is more then one." I nodded again. "That was impressive." I looked up at him.

"Ya I still am shocked that happened." I lightly laughed.

He patted me on the head again and turned to walk away as I enjoyed it. The kid sat at my feet playing with his toy's when I felt that pull. I stood up fast but Kuro slid down the hallway stopping outside the room looking panicked.

He was also almost to fast for my sense again, man real ninjas and I'm even more useless. Kuro chased him away from the village following him easy but could not stop him and they just kept running farther away so he just turned around and came back, worried about us.

I was at a loss, I am putting all my trust in my team again, I believe they know what to do in this situation.

Hayashi went to inform the father someone tried to take his kid and I stared at Kuro relived he did not fight but there will be one soon. I could feel it in the air, we were all tense, even the kid. The maid wondered in and seemed shocked he was playing quietly at my feet then she turned and left not knowing he was just almost kidnapped.

My heart went to him a second time, no wonder he is a brat no one seems to care or talk to him like a person they almost seem to stay out of this wing. Remembering not one person last night but the father was surrounded and I have a feeling it is not just because we are here.

Hayashi had been back for a while and the father never even came to see if his kid was okay as the boy's talked away from the kid. Since he was with me I could not be apart of it. I watched as Hayashi made a few traps at the window and door's when the kid finally fell asleep for a nap I put him in his bed and went to talk to them.

I guess the man had so many body guards, he even asked after he found out that one of us would stay with him. Hayashi told him the mission was to babysit the kid and that was a hard no.

I was moody this whole time but now I was beyond mad.

He sent Kuro to sneak around and find some information about all of this

We sat around his room when I looked at Hayashi. "What is a sage?" I asked.

"It is blending Natural energy with someone's own chakra." I nodded in thought. Natural energy I did not know there was some, maybe I will try and feel it sometime. "It is not easy so it is very rare in this world and it is very dangerous."

"Oh." So maybe not.

"I also saw someone with a giant toad, how is that possible?"

A big smile crossed his face. "You met Jiraiya."

So that is his name. "I think so." I smiled.

"He is one of the legendary sannin." I just assumed that was something big and nodded. He explained the frog and I was interested that I spoke a little to loud and the kid moved around a bit.

Shit, I woke him up.

I distracted him with crayons and paper and I doodled something's from my world, a few Pokemon and he tried to copy as Hayashi looked at my doodles. "You are pretty good at distracting kids." He whispered in my ear. I nodded, I know, I babysat when I was a preteen for money. That was all I could do, here they throw twelve year old's into battle.

I told him about it and he seemed shocked it was a big difference in worlds.

Kuro came back with news from stalking, this man is in the shipping industry. Alcohol, smokes and other things. He seems more like a high up drug dealer by what Kuro overheard but without the drugs. Thinking about it, I have yet to hear anything about any kind of drug in this world.

I felt a pull but I to slow as Kuro was in front of me blocking a sword made out of water that the man held in his hands. Kuro swung his second sword while the guy blocked again. Hayashi grabbed the boy and ran as Kuro kicked out his legs making him jump back into me and he spun and cut me with his sword as I moved away just to slow. The water was warm from friction and I was bleeding badly but still amazed at his sword.

Wondering how a person can do that.

I moved closer to the door trying to find a way I might not be useless, watching there speed but if I don't stop this from bleeding I will be a worse teammate or a dead one.

I was in some kind of zone.

I pulled out my first aid kit as I half watched them move around the room sword on sword, looking down I started to wrap up my arm. Precision and speed I could almost not see but then Kuro lite his on swords on fire and I watched as it sliced through his water sword with ease startling the strange man. The sword fixed it self but now Kuro had the upper hand as he could cut through it.

He dropped it like my mirror as he dodged the swords and it splashed to the group both of them not stepping on a single toy. Getting it perfect not sure how to help when I ducked at something and it hit the wall behind my head as his eye's were on me and then Kuro was between us as I looked back at what was bullet holes in the wall.

Scanning his hand it was covered in water and shot at me again as water bullets but Kuro blocked them all, feeling like a ball and chain I ran out of the room and left him alone to not have to protect me too.

I might just get him hurt if he needs to save my ass.

I think the rest of the house was alert now there is someone here.

I ran to Hayashi and traded places as he ran off fast when the strange man was heading our way and I grabbed the kid and ran, I hope I can run. Kuro blocked him once as I spun down another hallway but then man chased after me. When he could not get the kid he dove out the nearest window and was just gone. I just hugged the boy in my hands, he was so scared.

I felt ashamed at my weakness feeling like the worst I just looked at the boy's as the father and guards headed our way. The kid ran to his father crying as he hugged him but he ignored his kid and got mad at us for letting him go. before he turned around and left.

"I think this man wants the kid and not a fight." Hayashi spoke up. I looked at Kuro who had a few small cuts and I went to first aid them up, a couple slashes of passing bullets.

My question of gun to ninja, ninja wins.

The kids room was destroyed with fire and water.

My water clones can touch stuff so I made four, one into a kid to be with his father, one with Kuro, one with Hayashi and one to just wonder around the place. I took the real kid to a second playroom with no windows and I rigged the door. I placed spikes behind the only door and made the light low but enough for the kid to play in.

He stayed quiet and did not stay to far from me. The kid is trusting me and I can't let him down.

"What are you playing with?" He quietly said how he was making his toys fight the bad guy themselves. He showed me who I was and that he was saving me.

My heart reached out again, he wants to save me?

The 'help' was long gone as I watched the chakra of the others staying on this side of the mansion so I could see. The father never came back. It was a little while but then Hayashi's kid got grabbed as the clone disappeared. I watched the fight, my clone notifying Kuro. The man ran, he seems to just want the kid without a fight, he is a strong person however unsure why he wont fight.

I sat there my mind running when I made one more clone to the ends of my chakra and sent it out. It ran up to him.

"He does not care about his kid." I said to the man. "What ever you are trying will not work" Hopping I was right.

I can't hear or really see from here, I think he may want ransom or something and ninja's are cheaper then that all I know is that he wants the kid and not to harm the father or us.

"I need to pee." He tugged on my leg making me sigh as the three of them seemed to be in a stand still, not fighting but not leaving.

There is a bathroom two doors down and they are pretty far away.

This may be dumb but I can't let him pee himself.

I broke out the door and quietly walked down the hallway. As he used it I stood in front of the door ready to fight. I told him not to flush, he flushed. In the quiet it was loud making the man run towards us as I moved up the hallway blocking the path to the kid, kunai in hands.

He ran at me as he paused the boy's behind him as we now cornered him and he looked flustered making me wonder what happened as I looked at them with confusion, why did he stop coming at me.

"You were right." Hayashi said as he stood battle ready.

The man looked at me with sadness. "I need him."

"Well you are not getting him." I said, a little more confidence then I should have.

"I need to make a trade." A trade? "He has my son." He looked at all of us desperation. "I am getting him." He face full of anger again.

He attacked me with the bullets and I barley got out of the way, they got into a fight stuck in the hallway as I moved to the bathroom the kid hiding inside the shower. They got him pinned to the ground and tied up pretty quickly."He has my son." he said with a cracked voice.

I wanted to help but we can not give him the kid.

The father was now in my view heading our way. "He is coming." I said with fear. "We can't let him get at this guy." I looked at Hayashi as he looked behind us, Kuro was emotionless. My face was desperate. "Let him go." I said quietly, Hayashi looked at me shocked. "Maybe we can talk to him later, this guy has his kid for some reason, what happens if he has him tied up."

"He might come back for the kid." Hayashi spoke but I was out of words, I just watched down the hallway

"He is coming up the stairs.." I looked over at the ninja, his face was so sad.

Hayashi had a few passing thoughts I could read on his face, it was hitting him hard for some reason. "We let him go." He said as we looked at Kuro who just stared with shrug and I untied him, he looked between us strangely.

"Run." I spoke and he did.

I let the kid out of the bathroom and he clung to me as his father was finally in eye range surrounded still. "Where is he?"

"He ran again." Hayashi spoke a little like Kuro, emotionless. "He is faster then us, we are genin on a D rank mission." Making the man get angry and look at his kid before glaring at us and leaving again.

"Why does he keep leaving his kid alone?" Hayashi asked quietly.

We need to talk to that ninja." I mumbled as we took the kid to the second play room and stood around the door as he quietly moved to play. I looked at them for a plan when Kuro walked over and started to clean up a few bullet like wounds on my arm.

He cleaned it up and wrapped me up so gently as I smiled kindly. "Thank you." He nodded.

Standing in the kitchen as the kid ate, a chain of yawning going through us. "We have been up to long." I spoke quietly as I watched the personal chef make food, She was amazing and so pretty to.

A part of me almost wanted to flirt with her, feeling a bit to lesbian I just turned back to the guys. I saw Kuro check her out a couple times also.

I gave him a 'oh ya' look at one point.

That made him look at me for an awkward moment. "What to we do?" I asked as I slid down onto the table, hands on my chin.

"I don't know." I looked at Hayashi, His pretty green eyes never looked so confused and hurt. Something was different about him, a need to pry went through me, but I don't think this is the time or place.

"We need to talk to that ninja." I whispered but the chef heard me.

Her songful voice joined in. "Koiso Arakawa?" We all looked at her, she looked around for people, seeing we were alone. "He was his right hand man, he did so many bad things for my master but his heart had a change and wanted to stop, I don't know what happened but something did and he stopped coming into the house, he flirted with me a few times." Her beautiful smile had a wistfulness.

"And you liked it." I blurted out in a teasing way. "He is attractive." Me and her had a shared female giggle, both guys just looked at us.

"Okay, so he's hot, is he trustworthy and will he come back for the kid." Kuro asked a little annoyed.

Her face dropped as she looked at the kid. "He is not trying to hurt him." I had to reassure her, her smile came back and Hayashi nudged me. "What, I can't see that pretty face so sad." She smiled at me a little flirty and turned back to finish cooking.

We decided to snoop around the home, maybe we can find where this man's kid is being held. Hayashi took the kid and Kuro and I went looking. I wondered into the other wing of the house and check out the second floor over here. I loved this sneaking around, being able to see chakra really made it easy and fun as I avoided the help that seemed to be over in this area.

I passed many unused bedroom's again wondering why someone would need a home so big. I came to the biggest door's and I tried to open it but failed. When someone was coming I slid into a neighbor room. I walked out onto a large balcony noticing the balcony to the fancy room was almost next to it.

I climbed over, it was locked but I had time to figure out how to unlock it but it was easy as I slid a card through it. Easier then the locks from our world, I figured out how to get passed them when I was a teenager like a douchbag. Walking in I peered around glad there was no camera's in this world.

I searched everywhere for any information as this was definitely the man's over sized bedroom.

I just found some cash, jewels and strange Porn mostly about feet.

I came to the conclusion if there is anything it will be in his office, he never leaves it.

Making sure there was no sign I was here, I went back out through the terrace and headed back to Hayashi. "Hope Kuro has more luck."

I looked at Kuro curious and he shook his head, he also thinks the office is the place.

We had been here for another full day as the kid was sent to bed. Hayashi and I sat leaning on the bed as Kuro had gone to watch and see if he leaves the office with all his body guards. "Why don't you have a nap." I said to him as he looked so sleepy. "You are needed, sleep a bit." He continued to look at me until he came to a conclusion.

"Alright." He pulled out a blanket and laid it next to the window. I put spikes near the main door and around the window before I leaned on the bottom of the bed, the best spot in case he comes back.

Kuro walked in. "Spikes." I mumbled as he looked sown and avoided them. "Is he still there?" He nodded and looked at Hayashi. "If you want a nap, take one, you both need to be awake." He just sat next to me, leaning his head back and closed his eye's.

"Some shady deals, no kid." He spoke as I closed my eyes and leaned back.

I lost all time again as I looked at Kuro unsure if he was sleeping. I felt him, he was nearby outside but not running and I nudged Kuro awake and then woke Hayashi. He was in the window as he avoided the traps and stepped into the room casually and avoided my spikes making me feel they are not that useful.

He was different this time, we all just stood there silently on edge. I was in between him and the kid, I think he is here to talk. I was right as he told us his story.

He was the man that got shit done when his son he never talked to moved in with him. He is ten and the mother was now gone. He started to feel like a family and wanted to not do such bad things and be right by this kid, do something he could tell him about, a better role model.

Then this fucker found out he wanted to quit and to get him to stay he kidnapped the child.

So he followed directions and did everything he asked but once Koiso noticed there was no end, he was not planning on giving back his son. He turned on him and went and looked for his kid, he 'got information' from some of his closest people but he quickly found out only the bastard knows where the kid is and if he hurts him the kid is gone.

His efforts were failing and he decided to grab this kid and make a trade, somehow the man knew and bought us under false pretenses.

"Have you looked in his office." He nodded. "I have been all over this house, his warehouses, I have 'questioned' His people, I have looked and tried everything I can think about and if I hurt him my kid is gone forever, I don't even know if he is okay."

The sun was rising with no ideas as Koiso and Kuro went to check the office again, fresh eye's with a hope the man went to bed.

I sat next to Hayashi as he looked a little off ."What is wrong?" I asked lightly.

He mumbled. "Nothing."

"I know it is something, you never look this way."

"It is just a familiar scenario." I nodded, this happens a lot? I felt the need to probe, was not long until he gave in. "When I was a new genin we were on a mission. There was this guy who was tough and brutal, everything I heard was that he was a bad guy." I watched him carefully. "In the end I did end up taking him out, I was proud, I was a ninja now." He sighed and leaned back. "It was not long until I found out I just orphaned a kid, everything 'bad' this guy did was for his daughter."

I wrapped my arm around him and pulled him into a hug, you could see it on his face, this is something he holds deeply in his heart. "I have ran across bad guys that are not really bad so many times, It is why I stay genin but that day." He leaned into me. "Stays with me and this is so much the same." I just nodded and was petting his head.

I started thinking, this is twice in a row a bad guy did it for a good reason. The guy I fought came back into my head. He was a person too, I pushed him out of my head again and tightened my hug on Hayashi, making a hmm sound.

I can't think about him, I just can't.

We just sat there embraced in silence. "Do you think he can just threaten this guys empire, I bet he knows all the secrets, he would not kill his son because then he is free to kill him." I questioned. "He has a hand in all the bad dealings, do you guys have like police or someone who would try and take down empires like this?" He looked at me, seeing a bit more of my world.

I explained what I meant, what we had in my world like the FBI, he said they don't have something like that here, hidden villages are basically it. "But it is an idea in that."

"Ava." I heard a calm voice, opening my eyes and looking over I had fallen asleep on Hayashi's shoulder, I looked around, pulling myself off of him sleepily. The other two were back and found nothing but liked my Idea.

Come morning Koiso will talk to him. He will spin it on him, if he hurt's the kid or does not being him back Kosio will take down his full situation and destroy it. He knows everything and it will all be over.

The kid woke up and we headed to the kitchen, it was closer to the office that I could see him with my sense. The female cook was singing to herself making me question if he left when I thought he did as the 'help' sleeps far from the kids side of the house.

The kid was happy and would not stop talking to us, I guess he feels safe again but we were not that tense anymore. The cook was shocked he was so nice to us.

I spotted him as he walked to the office slowly. "He is here." They all looked at me. The guards almost fought but they let him pass into the office. I could not hear the encounter but I said all I could see to them. Then he was gone with speed.

"No fight and Koiso is gone." Kuro gave me a look. "Feels so anticlimactic." I mumbled.

The pack of bodyguard's and the ass of a man started to move. We moved to great him. I held back a smile as he looked defeated and the man stood around like nothing happened calm and professional but a few looked strangely happy so a small smile popped up at the face they don't care about him.

That was it, we did our job's, we left as I was curious what happened, did he get his kid back?

It felt so off as we left the village, un answered questions.