Yooooooooo! I don't really know what to say so I'll just skip on to the story XD!

I do not own Le Naruto

"You Want Me To Go On What?!"

-Last Time on the 3rd Brother-

Flash narrowed her brown eyes, "What the hell Koto?! You just up and left our mission! And to do what, take a nap?!" She shouted, her eyes filled with anger. "While you were gone, Kai had the decency to go and look for you! And during that process, he cut his hand! Somehow it got infected, and there's a chance that'll he'll lose it!" Flash tightened her grip on Koto's shirt, then threw him on the ground. Koto said nothing, he just looked away. "Baka…. If this was a real mission somehow could've gotten killed…" She mumbled before looking back at Kai, then storming out of the forest. Kai just stood there for a while, watching his red head teammate for a while.

"Operation Kash complete!"

Kai just stood there, dumbfounded, "Kash?" He questioned, looking at his celebrating friend.

Koto stopped jumping and smiled at him, "Kash! Kai and Flash!" He laughed once again, "It's your ship name!"

The Uchiha blushed and put an arm over his face to try to hide it, "O-Oi! S-Shut up! S-She's gonna h-hear you!"

Koto started singing, "Kai and Flash, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I –" He was cut off by Kai's fist connecting to his jaw.

"What about you? You seem to know everything! When we were just kids, you could name every Kage! As well as every village! Even the ones who are not talked about as much!"

The figure wore a long, black hood which reached down to its ankles. Kai could tell that the figure was a male from his muscular figure. He wore a black, armored chest piece, a black mask, black pants with metal plates at the knees, and black, metal-tipped boots. The mysterious man also wore a sash across his chest that carried small daggers. Overall he looked pretty dangerous. Kai also noticed that he didn't have a forehead protector anywhere on him.

Flash spoke to the lady sitting at the desk. "Hello, we are here to see Mr. Akamine."

-This Time on The 3rd Brother!-

About an hour has passed when they heard, "Uchiha Kai!" Before Kai had time to think, Flash had already grabbed him and dragged him over to a door leading out of the waiting room. The two weaved themselves through a few nurses and doctors before climbing a flight of stairs. Kai was able to glance out a window to see a courtyard. A tree stood in the middle of it and he saw several patients in there. Some were building up their strength, while some were resting around. Kai continued to be pulled by his hand up the stairs by Flash. Flash opened a door with the number "3" painted above it and started hastily walking down the hall, Kai stumbling behind her. She came to an abrupt stop in front of a wooden door with the number "315" engraved on a metal plaque. Flash let go of Kai's hand and did a few taps on the door. After a few seconds of silence, the door flung open so suddenly, that even Flash took a few steps back. A man with a scruffy, brown beard and hair and a white lab coat stood in the doorway.

Mr. Akamine smiled at the two, "Well! You must be Flash Himura and Kai Uchiha!" He beckoned for them to enter, "Please! Come in!" Flash did a slight bow and looked back at Kai. He had jumped a few feet away when Mr. Akamine had swung the door open. Flash sighed and shook her head before dragging Kai inside the man's office. Once Flash and Kai were inside, they sat on some plastic chairs next to the door. Mr. Akamine pulled out a checkboard and clicked his pen a few times before turning to them. "Alright, what seems to be the problem?"

Flash peered over at Kai, "We were on a mission when one of our teammates disappeared. Kai went to go look for him and ended up cutting his palm on a saw….. A rusty saw."

The doc scribbled a few notes onto the checkboard and then looked at Kai, "Do you mind unwrapping your wound for me please? I just want to make sure of something."

Kai nodded and slowly started peeling the bandages off of his sliced hand. The wound was still a bright red, but looked better than it did the day before. Kai stood up so Mr. Akamine could examine it. He carefully took Kai's hand and slowly drifted his eyes across the cut. The doc let go of his hand and scribbled a few things on his board.

The doctor looked at Kai straight in his onyx eyes, "Kai since this saw was rusty, I want you to get a blood test. I want to make sure that you don't have tetanus. Tetanus is a disease that appears when rust gets in one's blood stream. There is a high death rate for the disease and there is currently no cure, just treatments. If you take the test, I will mail the results back to you by tomorrow. Of course, the choice is yours, Kai, whether to get the test or not."

Kai instantly nodded, "I'll take it!"

Flash closed her eyes and sighed a sigh of relief, "Good…. Because if you die…." She mumbled a few inaudible words.

Mr. Akamine smiled, "Great! We'll get started then! It won't take that long, only a few minutes!" He smiled again and walked to the other side of the room. He motioned Kai to come over and sit on the table, which he did, as Mr. Akamine pulled out one of those things you wrap around someone's arm, and a syringe. He pulled out Kai's arm and wrapped the band around it tightly. The doctor took his finger and rubbed Kai's forearm until he saw a blood vein pop out. "This will only hurt a little….." Mr. Akamine murmured as he picked up the syringe. Kai winced when he dug the needle into his vein. Kai's blood filled up the syringe before Mr. Akamine pulled it out. He set it in a little, plastic jar and pulled a small band-aid out of his coat pocket. He stuck the bandaged on Kai's arm then removed the tight band. He smiled, "Alright, that's it! Quick and simple! The results should be in by tomorrow. Until then, live on your day like normal."

Flash nodded and stood up, "I'll make sure that nothing happens to his hand until it's fully healed….."

Kai sighed and shook his head, "Flash, I'll be fine. I don't think I'm going on any missions soon and I'm not going to do anything rash…."

Flash scoffed and turned her head to the side, "Oh please, if you're the Kai I grew up with then you'll be doing rash things with Naruto!"

Mr. Akamine smirked, "You two sound like an old married couple!"

Both Kai and Flash looked at him. They spoke in unison, "We're not a couple!"

-Outside of the Konoha Hospital-

"YOOOO!" A loud voice yelled from behind Kai. He turned around just in time to see a flash of orange sprinting at him. Kai was about to be tackled by the person before Flash jumped in front of him. She gave the person a slight trip with her foot, then grabbed their arm and pushed something under the elbow joint. Kai jumped to the side as the figure fell in front of him and into the dirt.

His eyes widened slightly when he realized who the person was, "N-Naruto….?" Kai stammered while looking down at his fallen friend.

Naruto hopped up and smiled, "Yep! Check out this!" He spun his torso around, but his left arm stayed limp at his side. "I can't feel it!"

Kai sighed and looked over at Flash, "What the hell did you do?"

She shrugged, "I hit one of Naruto's pressure points and tripped him to stop him from tackling you."

A voice spoke from behind Flash, "Impressive…" Kakashi walked up next to Flash, "Where did you learn that trick?"

Flash shrugged her shoulders and crossed her arms. "Just do….."

Kakashi eyed her for a second then shrugged, "Reasonable answer I suppose….." Kai's eyes widened and Flash stiffened up we they heard a high pitch squeal from behind Kakashi. Sakura pushed Flash and Naruto out of the way and stepped in front of Kai.

Sakura held her hands behind he back and swayed from side to side, "Hi, Kai-kun!"

Kai swallowed, "Um… Hey, Sakura…." Sasuke walked next to Kai.

He smiled slightly, "How'd your doctor's visit go? I let your teammate in when she told me she was taking you to get your hand checked out….." Kai tried to ignore Sakura as she clung on to both his and Sasuke's arms. Sasuke wasn't doing as well at ignoring Sakura as Kai was. Flash stiffened up. She walked over to Kai and grabbed him by his hand.

Flash turned to Team 7, "Nice talking to you all again, but we have to go…" Flash pulled Kai down the road and towards his apartment.

Kai made Flash let go of his hand, "What the hell was that all about?!"

Flash turned around to face him sharply, "It doesn't matter….. I just don't like that girl, that's all…."

Kai rolled his eyes, "So? Sasuke and Naruto were there!"

Flash rolled her eyes, "Whatever, Kai….." She didn't bother to take him any further. Flash stormed past Kai and off into the distance. It wasn't even in the direction of her apartment.

Kai sighed, "Dammit…" He stuck his hands in his pockets and continued walking. Kai didn't feel like going home, he felt like training. He knew that if Flash found out that he was training then he would never heard the end of it, but he didn't care. Kai smirked and ran off in the direction of the training grounds. He didn't go to the usual one though, there were about six grounds around the village. Kai went to the one near the Uchiha compound.

It was about mid-noon when Kai arrived at the grounds. Kai stood in the middle of the grassy area. Trees bordered part of the area, which reminded Kai of how Itachi used to train in that forest. Kai sighed at the thought of Itachi, and started removing unnecessary clothing. He untied his forehead protector and started removing his jacket and metal plates. Now Kai was only dressed in a tight, sleeveless black shirt and baggy, black pants. His first goal was to run around 10 kilometers (6 miles) around the area and eventually end up back in the training grounds. Kai did a few leg stretches before taking off. He started off at a slow jog as he trekked his way up to the Uchiha compound. He passed the Konoha P.D. and slowly picked up the pace. Kai started to pick up the pace more as soon as he went under the 'cation' tape lines in front of the Uchiha compound. He passed the old Uchiha guard post where a shinobi would check the enterer's reason why they were entering the compound and other various things. Entering the compound was almost like entering one of the villages. Kai closed his eyes as he jogged through the streets. He tried to imagine people bustling around the compound buying various things or walking with friends or family. Kai squeezed his eyes tighter as he passed his old house. He couldn't take it anymore and did a full on run through the streets and out of his old compound.

Kai stopped and took a breather on the outside of the Uchiha compound, "D-dammit….." He regretted ever going into the compound; too many memories. He sighed and stood up straight. Kai saw the Hyuuga clan's compound off in the distance and decided to run around it. Of course, Kai couldn't go in the compound. He wasn't a Hyuuga and had no real business there. Kai took a deep breath then started jogging his way over to the compound. The streets he ran through weren't as crowed as the ones near the middle of the village, since the Uchiha and Hyuuga compounds were on the edge of Konoha. As Kai approached the compound, his speed started picking and his breathing became more rapid and short. He finally reached the compound and touched its walls before sprinting in the direction of Ichiraku Ramen. Kai snaked through the roads and dodged through the crowds as he traveled more into the inner part of Konoha. He could see Naruto's apartment in coming up along the road and decided that he would do a dead on sprint to the ramen shop.

As soon as Kai pasted the Uzumaki's apartment, his speed picked up dramatically. Sweat dripped down his face and into his eyes. Kai had to bring his hand up to wipe the sweat off his face every once in a while in order to see. At last, Kai has reached Ichiraku Ramen. He leaned against its wall and rested. Kai chest went large with every breath as he closed his eyes. Kai opened his eyes against and took one last deep breath before running in the direction where the training grounds were. There were not too many landmarks on the way back to the training grounds, so Kai kept running at a normal, reasonable pace. For a while, Kai jogged in a little forest. He had nearly tripped over torn up roots and fallen branches many times, and kept a mental note to watch where he was going more carefully. If he was on a dangerous mission, those branches and roots could very well be bombs or traps. Kai exited the forest and jogged along some deserted roads before seeing the training grounds come up on his left. He sighed a sigh of relief and jogged into the grounds. Kai took a long breather when he stood in the middle of the training area. He was thankful to see that his clothes and other belongings where still laying in the same spot he had thrown them down earlier. Kai knew of a small stream running through the forest next to the training grounds. Itachi had shown it to him many years ago when he was just a kid. Kai walked over into the woods and searched around for the stream. When he found it behind a large, stone boulder, Kai got down on all fours and drank the cool water. The water refreshed Kai, and gave him enough energy to continue his training.

Kai had already finished his second part of his training: 100 sit-ups, 100 push-ups, and 100 pull-ups. He had found the session slightly challenging, but he was used to the stress that the exercise put onto his body by then. Kai remembered just how hard the work out was when he had first done it in the academy. The next step of the training was to do 30 minutes of Ninjutsu training. Kai stretched out his arms before setting up a few wooden logs in the middle of the grounds. He backed up and began his 30 minutes of training. Kai did a few, quick hand signs: "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" The fireball engulfed the wooden logs in a matter of seconds. He sighed at the outcome: the posts were only slightly charred, and the fireball wasn't as big as he wanted it to be. Kai did the hand signs again then spit out the jutsu. The fireball was slightly bigger and had more fire power than before. Kai still sighed, it was time to move onto a different jutsu at the time being. He would maybe come back to practice it more later.

Kai stared at the wooden, slight charred logs. He quickly pulled out several shuriken and threw them at the logs. Kai did some hand signs: "Fire Style: Shuriken Jutsu!" The shuriken burst into flames while they were spinning in the air. They hit the wood with a thump and charred the wood around it. Kai sighed and released the jutsu. The jutsu itself wasn't very affective, it just burned the enemies' skin and clothing. Kai knew that he probably wouldn't be using the jutsu in battle much unless he was out of options. He had already mastered the jutsu, so he didn't really know why he was practicing it. Kai assumed that he was practicing the jutsu just to brush up on it and to make sure that he wouldn't forget it. He decided that he needed to practice a jutsu that he had just recently learned. Kai was nowhere near mastering the jutsu at the moment. He got into a battle position and did his hand signs. He took a deep breath: "Fire Style: Bed of Fire Jutsu!" An oily like substance spewed out of Kai mouth. The liquid flew 5 to 8 feet in front of him. The oily substance started circling around Kai and eventually made a semi-circle around him. Kai did a hand sign and the oil erupted into flickering flames. He dismissed the jutsu, "Not good enough….." Kai murmured while running a hand through his black hair. Kai sighed, his 30 minutes were over.

Kai was pulling a large bag from out of the forest. There was a miniature stash of training items in a nook behind a tree on the edge of the woods. He hung the heavy bag on a branch of a tree and stretched out his arms and shoulders and cracked his knuckles. Kai was to do 100 punches to the heavy bag, then his training session would be over. His hands were already a little raw from his training, so these punches might hurt Kai a little more than they were supposed to, but overall the punches would be the easiest part of his training. Kai raised his fists and started attacking the heavy bag. By the time he was finished sweat poured down his forehead and he was panting. Kai's hands were bright red and trembled like they were having their own mini seizure. If he had started out with the punches his hands wouldn't be shaking, but might still be a little red. Kai had thought that the punches would be the easiest part of the training, but really it was the hardest. All of training prior to the punches built up strain on his body. He sighed and let down his hands. Kai turned around and walked towards his pile of clothes. He bent down and started putting his clothes back onto his worn body. Kai let out a sigh of relief when he was, once again, fully dressed. He shoved his red, raw hands in his jacket pockets, and started on his way out of the training grounds.

As soon as Kai's feet hit the brown, dusty, dry dirt of the road, he froze in shock. Flash was there, right there, leaning against a building just staring at him. Of course Kai couldn't see half of her mask- since she wore a mask-, but could tell that she was feeling a mixture of rage, sadness, and betrayal from gazing into her golden-brown eyes. Kai smiled awkwardly and gave a small, cautious wave, but Kai's actions didn't work to ease his comrade's attitude. Flash slowly sauntered over to Kai, his expression was now blank. Kai thought about the old saying, 'calm before the storm.' Flash stopped in front of him, her eyes peering into his own. Kai did a quick, mental prayer before opening his mouth to speak, "Um-"

Flash cut Kai off, "Shut it, Uchiha….." She mumbled, almost a growl, before punching his shoulder. The punch wasn't meant to hurt Kai too, too much, just leave a bruise. Kai flinched lightly as Flash hastily gripped his arm. "Let's go….." Flash turned on her heels and stormed off down the street, dragging Kai behind her. Kai tried to let out a few words of apology, but Flash kept cutting him off by stopping and lightly elbowing his ribs. Kai's apartment building loomed in the distance, coming closer as Flash dragged Kai. She'd been dragging him around a lot lately. Flash's and Kai's feet hit the stairs to the second floor. She marched down a few doors before stopping, Kai lagging a few feet behind her. Flash violently banged on the door with a closed fist. The door open a few seconds later revealing a boy standing in the doorway; Sasuke.

Sasuke mumbled, "Yeah?" Flash basically through Kai through the doorway, causing him to stumble and trip upon landing.

Flash glared at Sasuke, "Make sure he doesn't go anywhere unless called upon…." She glanced at Kai for a spilt second before slamming the door shut. Sasuke sighed and turned to look at his younger brother. By then Kai was already up and brushing himself off.

Sasuke sighed, "Kai, what did you do?"

Kai shook his head, "Nothing, forget about it…." He mumbled a few more unheard words and started towards the bathroom to get himself cleaned up.

Kai plopped down on his bed, his hair soaking wet, shirtless, and wearing grey sweat pants. He stared down at the floor recalling the day's events before laying down his head to rest. He vowed to try to stop making Flash as angry as he was making her lately. Sasuke glanced at Kai from across the room, but he decided that he would leave his little brother alone for now.

-The Next Morning-

The golden light shining through the window hit Kai's sleeping face. His onyx eyes fluttered open, squinting at the bright light. Kai sat up, still in a sleep-like daze, and stretched out his arms, then scratched the side of his head. He glanced around the apartment and realized Sasuke was gone, but a plate of pancakes were left on the kitchen table. Kai smiled at his older brother's kindness and tried to push out the idea of Sasuke leaving soon.

"Maybe…" Kai murmured, "I can stop him….." He thought about his idea over and over again, trying to figure out the advantages and the disadvantages of Sasuke staying in Konoha. Kai sighed solemnly, Sasuke had to become a rouge ninja. Sasuke leaving is what led Naruto go to on his two and a half year training trip with Jiraiya, plus Sasuke got stronger while he was missing. They would both be weaker than they were in the original story line, and that would let Madara easily take victory in the upcoming war. Kai pushed himself off of his bed and started getting dressed into a black t-shirt and black, baggy pants. He heaved himself onto the chair and grabbed his knife and fork in place of the traditional chopsticks. Kai cut his pancakes with his knife and dug his fork into the pieces. He began shoving the pieces of pancakes into his mouth and sighed once he was finished.

Kai stood up and walked over to the apartment door and smiled. He wore no Uchiha crest or forehead protector, so he looked like a regular citizen of Konoha. Kai loved being a shinobi and all, but having a normal day and not going on missions is nice every once in a while. Kai's hand grasped for than handle and twisted it. He flung the door open and stepped out into the world. The boy smiled and stretched out his arms. The day was perfect: A bright sun, a cool breeze, the perfect relaxing temperature. Everything about the day was amazing. With a wide smile, Kai hopped down the stairs and into the road. He shoved his hands in his pockets and walked down the road humming lightly. He guessed that Naruto was going on the mission to find that cat today, which meant that the Lands of Waves mission would be coming up! Kai smiled wider at the thought of something big happening in the story line soon. He rounded a corner and though about when he watched Naruto back in his first life. Kai's smile faded slightly, he shook his head to clear his thoughts. He was Kai now, little brother of Sasuke Uchiha. Kai's smile reappeared brighter than ever as he walked all the way to the Academy, which was in a straight line.

Kai stood on the main road that started by the village gates and all the way to the Hokage's Mansion. If he remembered correctly, Kakashi should live somewhere around here. He stood there for a while, pondering the things that he should do in his free time. Kai nodded as soon as he had an idea. He turned on his heels and started walking in the direction of the Hokage's Mansion. In a matter of minutes, he had already pasted the Konoha Stadium and the hospital. Seeing the hospital reminded him of his blood test results that were due to come in today. Kai made a mental note to check out their mailbox on his return home. As Kai approached his destination, he thought about what he was going to eat for dinner. He had guessed that Sasuke wouldn't be home for most of the day, so he would need to go somewhere to eat for the day. He decided to eat either at the BBQ or Ichiraku Ramen. Kai felt like he was forgetting something else, a critical part of the story line, but he shrugged it off. He knew that the Lands of the Waves mission was coming up, but he didn't know exactly when the mission was going to take place. Kai pondered about this until he saw his destination come up on his left: The hot springs.

He stood in a locker room. Clothes were thrown all across the room and many lockers were left open, leaving the items inside easy to steal. Kai sighed and checked his key tag that he had gotten at the front desk: 247. He nodded and smiled before making his way towards where he assumed his locker was. Kai eventually found his locker, then slipped the key in the lock. He twisted the key and heard a satisfying click sound come from his locker. Kai opened up the door and started getting undressed. Not long after, he stood in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist, and Kai's clothes were in locked inside the metal locker. He walked out of the locker room and into a wooden hallway littered with doorways leading to saunas and other baths.

Kai walked through a double-wide doorway with a blue cloth hanging in front of it. The symbol for 'boy' was on the hanging fabric. Kai pushed the cloth over his head and walked into the main male bath. The roof was wooden, and the walls were tiled. One long, painted picture of landscape hung on each of the walls. Several buckets of water were in one of the tiled corners. He glanced around the room, to his surprise he spotted some people he knew. Well not really knew, but people he knew from the anime. Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, and Choji were all in the bath. Kiba had somehow snuck Akamaru into the bath house, and the dog sat down on a wet, wooden bench; his tongue out and panting.

Kiba glanced over at Kai and his eyes widen ever so slightly, "Oi, you're that kid I met earlier!" With Kiba's words, the rest of the boys turned their heads over to Kai.

Shikamaru rested his head on the edge of the bath, "You look like Sasuke….."

Choji spoke up after stuffing his face with the food he snuck into the building, "I remember! Ino was hitting on you!" Shino of course, said nothing. He just stared at Kai through his glasses.

Kai smiled awkwardly and gave a quick, little wave. He turned to Kiba, "Yes, I chased my teammate around your sensei," He turned towards Shikamaru, "I'm Sasuke's little brother, Kai." Then Kai finally turned towards Choji, "And please don't remind me!"

Kiba flashed him a wide, toothy grin, "I'm expecting you're not too much like Sasuke, right?"

Kai smirked and folded his arms, "Complete opposites."

Kiba now wore a devilish grin before jumping out of the bath and charging towards Kai. As soon as he got in range, Kiba chucked a bar of soap towards Kai that he was hiding behind his back. He must've grabbed it before jumping out of the bath. Kai's eyes widened in surprise as the soapy bar came hurtling at his face. At the last second, Kai dodge out of the way of the missile. The soap hit the wall and slid down back to the floor. He turned around just in time to see a towel coming his way, but he didn't have enough time to react. The towel hit Kai straight in his chest leaving a bright red mark. Of course, the towel burn stung. With a toothy smile, Kiba wound up the towel and flung it at Kai's right thigh, but this time he was ready and saw the attack. Kai jumped to the side to escape the towel and grabbed Kiba's wrist that was gripping the end of the towel. He used his other hand to yank away the towel and started winding it up. Kai let loose of the towel and flicked Kiba right in his neck. Kiba stumbled back; his eyes wide. Meanwhile, Shikamaru was sleeping in the bath, Choji was eating while watching the fight, Shino was quietly washing himself, and Akamaru was barking happily. Kai took the opportunity to slide his foot under Kiba causing him to trip and fall.

Kai smiled and folded his arms at the fallen boy, "I wi!-" His words were cut off when a soap bar hit him square in his mouth. Kiba scrambled off the ground and picked up a bucket of water from the corner. He smirked and tossed the water onto Kai while he still had the soap in his mouth. Kiba laughed then threw Kai into the bath. Kai hit the steaming water hard, causing a mini tidal wave to wash over the bath and its residents. Choji, who was sitting on the edge of the bath, fell off at the impact; his chips flying everywhere. Shikamaru was awoken suddenly when the splash of water hit him, then Shino was washed away out of the bath. Kai's head broke the water; soaking, wet, black hair clung to his face. He growled and leaped out of the bath and towards Kiba. He made a handsign, "Shadow Clone Justu!" A cloud of smoke appeared beside him, a clone of himself popped out of the smoke cloud. The two Kais grabbed some towels that had fallen on the floor and wound them up. When they got close enough to Kiba, the let the towels fly and hit them in both of his sides, causing Kiba to stagger back. The real Kai got down and kicked the Inuzuka's feet out from under him. They boy fell to the ground with a massive thud. Kai smirked and set his foot down on Kiba's shoulder to keep him on the ground. The two Kais fist bumped before the clone disappeared into a smoky cloud.

Kai looked down at Kiba, "I win!" This time, Kai was able to finish his words.

He stood in the locker room drying off his hair. A slip of paper with scribbled writing was laying down on a bench under his locker. Kiba had taken a liking to Kai and gave him his address in case he ever wanted to hang out sometime. Also, all of the boys decided to head to the BBQ to eat with each other, Kai's treat. Kai quickly got changed and slipped the piece of paper into his pants pocket. He walked out of the locker room and went up to the front desk to return his key. Kai walked out of the bath house and onto the street. He grunted as he stretched out his arms and shoulders. Kai took off down the street and towards his and Sasuke's apartment. The sun was high in the sky by the time he made it to his apartment. He was going to be quick, he just needed to check his mailbox then grab some money for the BBQ.

Kai said a silent prayer as he opened up the mailbox. He took out an envelope and held his breath as he slowly opened it. Kai's eyes carefully read the words that where scribbled messily on the note. His eyes lit up and he sighed in a relief when he had finished the note. Nothing was wrong with him, Kai just needed to watch over his hand for a little bit and he should be fine. Kai could still train and go on mission, he knew Flash was overreacting when she got pissed off at him from training the day before. Kai opened the door to his apartment and left the note on the counter so Sasuke could see whenever he returned from his missions. Kai scampered over to Sasuke's drawer and grabbed some money that was stuffed under his clothes. Kai quickly exited the apartment and locked the door behind him. He basically jumped down the stairs and started sprinting over to the BBQ. He dodged through the swarms of people, bumping into someone occasionally. Kai pasted Ichiraku Ramen and took a sharp right just a few moments later. From then on, he ran in a straight line towards the BBQ.

He had finally made it to his destination. Since he was a shinobi, he was barely out of breath. Kai pushed open the curtain to the restaurant and stepped inside. He was quickly able to find the rest of the boys, which were sitting in a private eating room. Kiba was sitting at the head of the table, Shikamaru and Choji on the left, then Shino on the right. Akamaru was laying down under the table, his paws folded under his chest.

Kiba's eyes lit up, "Yo! Kai!" All of the boys glanced towards him, warm smiles on all of their faces but Shino. Kai didn't mind though, it was Shino after all. Kai smiled and gave a slight wave, before sitting down next to Shino and Kiba. Akamaru gave a little bark when Kai sat down.

Kai smiled and moved his hand under the table to scratch the dog's head, "Hey, Akamaru!" He removed his hand from out under the table after he was done scratching. Kiba was about to open his mouth to speak, but a waitress came into the room. The group quickly ordered then the waitress left to inform the chefs.

Kiba looked back at Kai, an interested look in his eyes, "So, you've been on interesting missions lately?"

Kai smirked, "Kiba, we are the same rank. If you've haven't had any interesting missions then I probably haven't either."

Kiba chuckled and faked a disappointed attitude, "Well sorry! I just thought that you would've gone on some advanced missions since you're first in your class, then that other girl is second! Plus, I heard that red-head guy on your team is pretty smart…."

Kai raised a brow, "How…. How do you know all that? We weren't even in the same class."

Surprisingly, Shino spoke up, "If I've heard correctly, you're team, Kai, is supposed to be elite…"

Shikamaru yawned, "Yeah….. You guys are supposed to end up being ANBU or whatever…"

Kai chuckled in surprise, "We are?"

Choji nodded after eating a couple chips from his bag that he had brought, despite the fact that they were going out to eat. "That's the rumor at least." Akamaru barked in agreement.

Kai shrugged and folded his arms, "Well, it's not my goal to become an ANBU….. I don't think its Koto's either. But Flash on the other hand, well she might….. I think she would fit in nicely." Just then the waitress came in with the raw meat. She smiled at the group and sat the meat onto the two grills in betted into the table. The boys talked about regular things while they waited and ate their food: Their teammates, senseis, missions, they even got on the topic of girls for a while. But Kai made them stop after they continued to grill him on who he liked, which made him blush profusely.

Kai waved the boys a goodbye. The sun was still high in the sky when Kai had left his newfound friends. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and started walking down the street with no real destination. Kai was debating whether to go and apologize to Flash or not when a voice rang out behind him. He raised a brow and turned around to look at the voice. It was his brother, Sasuke.

Sasuke spoke again, "Kai, the Hokage needs you to report to his office now."

Kai nodded, "Alright." He smirked, "Lead the way…." With that, Sasuke nodded and ran past Kai towards the Hokage's Mansion. Kai trailed after him as they snaked through the crowds. The mansion wasn't that far away, they had just took a turn and now they just needed to run in a straight line. Only a few minutes after Sasuke had found Kai, they were climbing the stairs to the Hokage's office. Without knocking, Sasuke opened the door.

"He's here….." Sasuke murmured to the Hokage before stepping insdie and beckon Kai to do the same. Kai did as he was told and stepped into the office, his eyes immediately widened. Tazuna, the bridge builder on the Lands of Waves mission, was in the office, as well as the rest of Team 7.

The Hokage looked up at Kai and Sasuke, then smiled, "Kai, I would like you to accompany your brother's team on their mission to the Land of Waves."

Kai's eyes widened even more, "W-What?"

Naruto's blue, hyper eyes widened, "Kai's going with us?!"

Kakashi looked down at Naruto, "Yes, Kai is coming with us on the mission." Sakura squealed in excitement.

Tanzuna glared at Kai, "Tch…. Another brat…." He grumbled before looking away.

Kai snapped out of his trance and looked at the Hokage, "I…. I need to run home and grab my clothes….."

The old man shook his head and pulled a pile of clothes from out of his bed, "I had asked Kakashi to grab them for you before you came." The Hokage handed the clothes to Kakashi, and then he handed them to Kai.

"Go ahead and get changed….. As soon as you get back we'll leave." Kakashi told him before Kai, still in disbelief, walked out of the office.

Sorry that this was a little late! I was having writer's block…. But this chapter's out so yay! Just a warning, the next chapter might take a little while since I have to rewatch the Land of Waves Arc, then exams are coming up. See ya!