The next day, I woke up and realized that I slept on my bedroom and Neji already left our apartment. I yawned before jumping out of the bed to take a cold shower. I checked on my watch and found out that it's already 7:00 AM in the morning.

Team 7 is no more because it's now Team Kakashi. There's no sensei-student anymore but a camaraderie. That said, Hatake Kakashi will stay as our team's captain and me as his Co-Leader, Sakura as our Medical Ninja and Naruto as our asset. If only Sasuke's here, both Naruto and Him will become the team's best fighters.

After taking a shower, I wore my red fitted high waisted short which has the length above my knee and black T-shirt with Nara crest at the back, Uzumaki crest on both sleeve and has 'Don't blame the kids' imprinted in front. I don't like wearing my Jonin vest because I'm always wearing my Haori instead of that. After brushing my hair, I tied my hair in a whole before brushing my baby hairs to fix my look.

Neji cooked breakfast so I didn't bother to cook another. He cooked Bacon and egg. I'm not feeling well to eat rice so I went to our cabinet to put out the bread. I put the bacon and egg inside the bread before eating it with a cup of black coffee! After eating, I brushed my teeth before finally wearing my ninja sandals and placing my Shisui on my waist.

"Ah! KASHINA-CHAN!!!! GOOD MORNING!!" First thing in the morning, I, again feel like dying. Damn, all of my hang over came all over my body because of Naruto's loud voice.

"Pipe down, Naruto. You're killing me. Anyway, Good morning too. Where're the others?" I asked after massaging my temples. Naruto finally came back, I'm sure my everyday nauseous feeling will surely come back. I better brace myself!

"Nah, I don't know about Kakashi-sensei but I'm about to pick Sakura 'ttebayo! Wanna come?" He told me using his very cheery tone. I guess, as long as Sakura's a partaker on anything - Naruto will be happy no matter what. Maa, young love.

"I see, pick Sakura up as soon as possible. Lady Tsunade's expecting us on the conference room for our first mission. I'll bring Kakashi-niisan." I'm sure, he's standing in front of the KIA stone. And that's his morning routine.

"Oh - Okay! See you there 'ttebayo!" I only nodded with a smile before teleporting to Kakashi's mark.

I wasn't wrong when I said that this is his usual morning routine. To visit them and pray for forgiveness or tell them about what happened yesterday or whatever make him happy. I sighed. No matter how many times I've seen this sight, I'm still hurting.

"Aren't you staying late? Lady Tsunade's waiting for us." I told him before walking towards the KIA stone to pay respect. "Naruto and Sakura's probably with Lady Tsunade now."

"I see." He said in low voice. "Let's go?" He looked at me wearing his infamous close-eye smile so I can't stay irritated anymore and unconsciously smiled back to him. This guy! I didn't say anything but move to hold his arm and teleported us on Naruto's mark.

"AHHH!!!! DON'T STARTLE US LIKE THAT, KASHINA-CHAN 'TTBAYO!!" I frustratingly covered my ears because of Naruto's sudden loud shout. Not only he did damage my eardrums again, my hang over fucking came back! If I throw up here I'm going to send him flying.

I flashed my mad eyes on him to fully stop him from complaining. It's fucking early in the morning, Good God.

"Maa, my cute little students. Let's go no or Tsunade-sama will drag us inside." Kakashi uttered with his playful tone. It's very unusual for Kakashi to call us like that! Cute little students, huh? So, he's admitting that we're cute. like that?! I mean, Sakura's beautiful, Naruto's cute and I look like Shimizu Kiyoko of Haikyuu - just slight. She's my epitome of beauty with Erza Scarlet, Boa Hancock and Tsunade Senju! Well, I have my black hair - waist length, I'm taller for my age, has white skin and my body became fit and slim. I love my 6 packs abs!

Four of us entered the conference room and was greeted by Tsunade along with her Jonin officials. They're holding a scroll which contains B-class to S-class missions. Ah! Damn! I forgot! Today's the day! Sand will request for Leaf assistance because Gaara has been captured by Deidara and Sasori my man! Shit! Shit!

"WHAT KIND OF MISSION IS THAT?!" That's it, I'm pissed. I immediately infused my fist with my chakra and was about to punch him but Sakura already punched him. Good reaction, Sakura! My hang over and my worries unite and I need to calm down. My heart rate becomes rough so I had to meditate and didn't bother to scold Naruto because Sakura and Kakashi already scolding.

Any moment from now... "TSUNADE-SAMA!" A ninja from decipher department interrupted everything by her sudden barge inside. She's holding a scroll with Kazekage seal so she made her way towards Tsunade who's also curious about her sudden burst out.

"The Land of Wind's Kazekage has been captured by an Organization named Akatsuki!!!!" She told Tsunade and that made her stand up with her wide eyes open and she immediately check her scroll to check her available ninjas.

"Granny! Let us save Gaara!! Please!!!" Naruto pleaded. He's worry about his friend and I, too. Even though I'm aware of the future, It's still pains me for seeing my friend cry or die in front of me. It's something I can't get used to.

Kakashi looked on Tsunade with a hidden pleading eyes.

Tsunade think for a bit before regaining her composure. She took a deep breath to take out a new permission scroll. "Tsunade-sama!" Shizune was about to warn her because she'll be sending us on this S-class mission but she knew at the same time that she can't do anything about it.

I promised Shukaku that I'm going to protect him but I failed. I hope he'll forgive me when we meet in the future. I'll definitely kill every Akatsuki members, well, Itachi's different, he joined to spy. And since I don't want to mess up with the plot I'll do it, exactly from the timeline.

"Team Kakashi, prepare everything you need to prepare for 10 minutes and immediately aid the Sand." And we accepted the mission in unison.

"I'm going to inform Temari - Kazekage's sister. She's here as a proctor for upcoming Chunnin exams. I'll meet you later." I told them before teleporting on Shikamaru's mark. I'm pretty sure that they're together since both of them are preparing for Chunnin exams. I already prepared my bag yesterday so I didn't mind myself to come home to pack.

Shikamaru shocked when I suddenly appeared behind him. As expected, they're together. Young love! T^T. Setting that aside, I looked on Temari. "Temari, come with us. The Kazakage - Gaara has been abducted by Akatsuki!" I told her. Her eyes widen in shock in worry so she immediately held my arms.

"Shikamaru, I'll borrow your girlfriend first." I teased before flashing away. I'm sure he'll yell at me next time. Maa, for now we need to focus in this rescue mission.

We arrived at the main gate so I left Temari for a while to teleport inside my room to pick up my bag and then teleported back. Kakashi and the gang's already there so we quickly made our way out of the village. Traveling from Leaf to Sand will take us 2 or 1 day and half if we maintain our speed. The rest and camping is also included on 2 day travel.

"Naruto, slow down for a bit. Your speed will be eating your energy and you'll fucking slow us down later!" I told him while jumping branch to branch but he didn't listen and just continue to rant about his worry.

I released my full KI to him for defying me and for letting his emotions to take over him. This is what I hate about Naruto. He immediately drop his speed and leveled his speed with us.

"Defy me once again and I'll send you back to the village." I told him with my dark voice. Although he's still reluctant he didn't dare to say anything anymore because he realized that nothing will happen if he freak out. "Listen, we'll save Gaara. I'm betting my life to this so calm yourself down." I told him and everyone went quiet.

"We'll be camping later to regain back our energy. If we maintain this speed we'll arrive on the sand maybe noon or early tomorrow," Kakashi reminded us so we all nodded.

After reaching the Leaf's border, we finally settled down to eat and stock our energy. It's already 12:00 AM and we only have 1 HOUR to rest and to take power nap before we continue. I only nap for 15 minutes because I had to switch with Temari - she needs to rest more than me. Her worries are eating her alive.

"Calm down, Temari. We'll save your little brother. Mark my words." Maa, it'll definitely Lady Chiyo who will bring him back from dead. When Temari calmed down, she went inside the tent to take her power nap. Naruto and Sakura's also down, they must be so tired because we used our full speed.

"This is going to be a troublesome mission." I mumbled as I look above the sky to meet the beauty of the moon. It's so big and yellowish. I suddenly remember my moon watching with Gaara before. By now, Akatsuki's already started extracting Shukaku out of Gaara's body. The sealing will take 3 days and we're already at day 2. After arriving at the Sand, Sakura will heal Kankuro because Sasori poisoned him. The next day, our departure to trace Sasori's scent. Same day, Team guy will come aid us - we'll meet before our Team arrives at their hideout.

"Troublesome, ehh?" Kakashi sat down beside me without taking his eyes off his perverted book. "How do you say so?"

"Nah, just a hunch." I told him before shrugging my shoulder on him.

Kakashi woke them up while me, I had to remove our traces here. We cannot afford engaging our teams with the other enemies. We need to focus on this. I'll tell them my plan when Lady Chiyo joined us. For now, I'll keep myself quiet. If ever Deidara could get himself escape, that's okay. As long as everyone is okay. Sakura and Lady Chiyo can handle Sasori even though it's hard but I know they'll manage. I'll be backing Kakashi and Naruto up since Kakashi will be using his Mangekyo Sharingan to Deidara the explorer.

Baki - Temari and the gang's sensei, was there to pick us up. He told us the assassination of their ANBU and Kankuro's current condition. Aha! It's time for you to shine, Sakura!! We immediately made our way inside the hospital and was greeted by Kankuro's weakest state. Temari had to cover her mouth because of shock and worries about Kankuro. She's already worried about Gaara and Kankuro's now on his life-threatening state.

"Sakura's a dependable medical ninja. Trust her, he'll save your brother's ass." I told her and when she regain her composure she smacked my head lightly.

"Don't call Kankuro like that! Good grief, that's why you and him can get along!" I chuckled at her before aiding Kakashi. Arara~ Lady Chiyo finally arrived. She mistook Kakashi as Sakumo. Sakumo has killed her child before - Sasaori's parents.

"Kakashi-sensei? What is she talking about? Who's the Leaf's White Fang?" Naruto asked innocently. I looked at Kakashi with pain. I'm aware that this kind of question was difficult for him to answer because he's still affected by his father's death. It's one of his burdens.

"Narut-" Kakashi cut me off when I'm about to scold him from asking such questions.

"He's my father." Is all Kakashi can say to Naruto before he told us to focus on the mission. I sighed. Sometimes, Kakashi's more hardheaded than me. But I'm happy that he's slowly but surely opening to us.

"Kashina... Naruto... please save my little brother." Kankuro pleaded when he woke up the next day after taking a shot of antidote from Sakura. See, I told you!! This is Sakura's time to shine! She just countered Sasori's poison!

"Leave that us, just take a rest and calm down, Kitty!" I grinned when he weakly earned an irk on his forehead. Usually, we'll be starting to bicker now but he's on his weak state so I slipped it off.

"Let's go, Kashina. Don't go around teasing others." Kakashi scolded before forcing me to walk faster.

As expected, Temari's unavailable to join us because she had to look at the village as the Kazekage's right hand and sister. Lady Chiyo on the other hand made her breathtaking entrance, she just jump from the high grounds! It made my heart skipped a beat! I thought her bones will be crushed or something. This is the first time Naruto's wave connected to mine.

"Idiot, she's an elite ninja." Kakashi retorted to me. "Shut up, Kakashi-niisan."

Alright, let's start our hellish day.