CHAPTER EIGHT. PAST REVEALED FOR A DEADLY SCROLL.

Aahhh. Don't hate me because I haven't written in forever! But look... Finally... A new chapter! D I guess I have some explaining to do. I have a short attention span. I start a new story, it gets good or I get lazy and I give up. That's what happened to this. So, I took a look at it because I had just read one of the Naruto mangas and I was in a writing mood. So, I found it and I went crazy because I realized I had 41 reviews. So, I decided to write before I got hate mail and someone came out to assinate me. Probably, most of you have forgotten about this fanfic and when you find out I finally updated, no one will read it, but that's okay! At least I'm writing again! So... I'm going to try and answer all of your reviews now, but if I missed some of them because I'm still half asleep, I apologize! All of the people who have ever reviewed on this fanfic are greatly appreciated!

Kugatsu Kuro Kyohaku Bara - Awesomeness? I have no awesomeness. I'm just a girl. Who writes fanfics, but thanks! I am going to keep it up now. Haha.

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I don't know if I've ever told you guys, but the reason why I write thanks for the reviews and reply to each one at the start of the chapter is:
a) It makes the chapter a whole lot longer (joking!)
b) I love when I review and then the person acknowledges that I took my time to read the whole thing through to critic it for her/him.

So, I write thanks at the start because I like having that connection with my reviewers. Plus, isn't it cool to read a fanfic and go 'HEY! THAT'S MY NAME!!!!' ? You know you love it. So, thanks for the reviews! I think that Chapter 7 has gotten the most reviews out of all of my chapters. Maybe I should put huge gaps between all of my chapters... JUST KIDDING! NO HURTING THE AUTHOR! Oh, and sorry for anymore spelling mistakes anyone finds! Sorry that this part is sooo long!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the world of Naruto or it's characters.

Sakura slowly walked up the road towards her house. She felt bad for playing that trick on Kakashi on Aki. She really did. She liked them both. Even though he was a crazy porn reading ninja, he was the best teacher she'd ever have. Plus, she liked talking to Aki. She could be a little rough on the exterior, but she was nice when she wanted to be. She quickly reached for the door handle and then paused. Someone was around. Or was it her imagination? She waited for a few more seconds and then went to go turn the door handle. She didn't get much farther than that. She was quickly knocked down.

Naruto was already in his house. He was still laughing about the whole thing. He still hurt a little bit from when he was kicked out of their house. Although, he was glad he wasn't there anymore. He didn't need to watch those two make out anymore. Not that they did a lot of that, but he just wasn't one to listen to that mushy stuff or watch. He made a little face as he thought it over. He picked up his bowl of ramen and went to go eat it, but he was attacked.

Sasuke wasn't tired. He was never tired. Most of the time he had spent at Kakashi and Aki's place, he was wide awake. That was due to the fact that he didn't sleep much and that Naruto could snore extremely loud. He would have almost been thankful to spend a night sharing a bed with Sakura. He didn't care if he led her on or not. Did he ever? No. He paused in the middle of the training he was doing and looked around. There was someone else there. He could sense it. He went back to training, hoping to throw them off. Unfortunately, he underestimated his attackers and was brought down almost immediately. He, unlike the other two, managed to fight the attackers for a while.

I woke up slowly, looking around the unfamiliar surroundings. Immediately, I thought that maybe I was in our basement or something. Wait, did we even have a basement? I wasn't too sure about that and, upon second glance, it seemed too big to be a basement. Plus, non of the things around me looked too familiar.

"Kakashi? C'mon! This isn't funny! I know you like tackling me, but this is ridiculous!" I yelled and looked around, searching for any sign of life. Then it came back to me. I was leaving the grocery store and then two people attacked me. Not one. Two. And I had gotten a glance at them. It wasn't Kakashi.

I let myself sit there for a little while longer, waiting for my eyes to adjust to the darkness and then started working on undoing the ropes. It would be a piece of cake. I was a jounin. As if ropes could stop me.

"I wouldn't try that if I were you." A female voice said. I stopped my rope untying and looked up towards the voice. Yes, it was definately one of the people who had attacked me.

"And why not? Are you going to try and stop me?" I asked, sizing her up in two seconds. She wasn't that much bigger than me, nor did she look like she was that dangerous.

"No. You just won't be able to get them off." A male said as he stepped out from the shadows. Now, him... He would take a while for me to fend off. He had to be at least a foot or so taller than me.

"Don't underestimate me. I'm a power ninja, you know." I told them, keeping up a fake bravery. I didn't want them thinking I was weak.

"Yes, we know that. That's why we put a seal on the rope. No jutsu could ever break it. You're not going anywhere." The female said. I glared at her. Somehow, I was beginning to wish this was one of Kakashi's feeble attempts to be funny...

"How long ago were they attacked?" A worried Kakashi asked as he arrived at the hospital to see that all three of his students were unconcious and seriously injured.

"About two hours ago. Each attack was ten minutes after the other. Sakura was found right outside of her house by her neighbor and Sasuke was found by another ninja who went for some late night training. I found Naruto when I went to go visit him." Iruka said, sitting in a chair next to Naruto's bed. Kakashi sat down and let out a sigh.

"I shouldn't have let them go. Now they're hurt and it's all my fault." Kakashi said in a guilty tone.

"It's not your fault. Why would it be your fault?" Iruka questioned, looking at him curiously.

"They came to my house a few days ago with hate mail, so me and Aki were going to keep them safe until we could find the senders of the mail. Then they told us they had written them, so we kicked them out. I shouldn't have believed them. Now they're seriously injured." Kakashi let out another sigh and looked down.

"Don't blame yourself. I don't think these people were out to get them. They're after someone else. They'd be dead right now if they were the targets. It appears that Sasuke is the least injured, but that's nothing special. I'm just glad that they'll be okay." Iruka concluded, then looked over at Sasuke's bed. He was moving, trying to get up specifically. Kakashi jumped up and walked over to his bed.

"Sasuke! Lay down! You're in no condition to be moving so soon. You're seriously injured, you know." Kakashi told him, getting a reluctant Sasuke to lay back down.

"Did you catch the people who attacked us?" Sasuke asked, looking at the members of his team, wearing a little guilty look, "I tried to hold them off. Maybe they wouldn't be hurt if I had tried harder."

"No. They were attacked before you." Kakashi said, raising his one visible eyebrow. He had never seen Sasuke so... Emotional.

"Is Aki okay?" Sasuke asked, looking up at the ceiling now.

"Why wouldn't Aki be okay?" Kakashi asked, leaning in closer. Now he really wanted to know what was going on.

"Kakashi-sensei, you have to go to your house and find her right now." Sasuke said in a harsh tone. Kakashi looked even more confused.

"Why? Sasuke! Tell me why!" Kakashi questioned, but Sasuke had already fallen back to sleep by them. Kakashi glanced over at Iruka, who had a funny look on his face, "You know what's going on, don't you?"

"I'm surprised you don't know what going on." Iruka answered.

"Well, I don't. So, could you kindly fill me in?" Kakashi asked, walking back towards Iruka.

"You don't know much about Aki, do you?" Iruka asked, almost like he was trying to change the subject and avoid answering Kakashi's questions.

"She's never told me anything about her past. I've never asked because I assumed she didn't want to talk about it. Is there something I should know?" Kakashi asked.

"We were in the same team once, but she was better than me. That's probably why she's a jounin right now and I'm not. Right after she became a jounin, she was employed for several jobs. She's very skilled, you know. She never lived around here because she was always working. I think these people may have attacked her because of Aki." Iruka explained.

"Why would it? I'm a skilled ninja as well. I've never seen her do anything special. I've never actually seen her fight in a real fight." Kakashi said, thinking about what he had been told, "Maybe they're after me. It wouldn't be the first time."

"If you don't mind, I'd like to finish telling my story." Iruka said, laughing a bit, "Nothing special? She is something special. The reason why she's not working now is because she's on a special mission right now."

"What kind of mission would that be?" Kakashi questioned.

"She's protecting a very special scroll. One people would kill to get their hands on. One that depicts a very special move. I'm surprised it's taken this much time for someone to come after her." Iruka answered. Kaskashi jumped up.

"Keep on an eye on the kids. I'm going to go find her." Kakashi said and then left.

"I can't believe we were actually able to capture you so quickly. You must be pretty stupid." The male said, sitting down on another chair now. I let out a sigh. My wrists hurt. I was tied up to a chair, unless I didn't tell you.

"I'm stupid? I'm not the one who attacked someone in the broad daylight in front of a grocery store." I glared at him, refusing to let my weakness show.

"Your name is Aki, right?" The female asked as she laughed a little bit.

"And what's it to you? What are your guys' names? Let me guess... Dumb and Dumber." I said cruelly, feeling pretty good about that remarks. Hmm... Maybe this is why I don't have many friends.

"Funny. I'm Kunihiro and this is Kunimi, my sister." Kunihiro, the male, introduced the two. I could care less.

"Brother and sister, huh? Now, why do you want me, again? I'm afraid I already have a boyfriend, buddy." I answered and went back to my glaring.

"You know what we want." Kunimi answered, glaring back at me.

"No, I'm afraid I don't! Sorry!" I told her and let out a sigh.

"The scroll. We need to learn that move. Then we'll finally become the most powerful ninjas in the world." Kunihiro told me, starting to sound a bit hostile.

"Now, while I enjoy the humour of both of your matching outfits, I have no clue what you're talking about." I lied. I knew exactly what they were talking about, but I wasn't about to let them know. I vowed to protect this scroll even if it cost my life. I had hidden it in my room in a place where I was sure they'd never find it. Even if they didn't, I put a number of seals around it, so they'd probably never find it.

"Fine. Brother, go... Find the white haired man she's been living with. I'm sure that might presuade her to tell us something." Kunimi said and then turned to me, "I'll be staying here with you."

"Brilliant." I said, my voice wavering a little bit. No. They couldn't hurt Kakashi. He was too strong for them. Or was he? It didn't matter. I'd be out of there soon. They had underestimated me. The whole time we'd been talking, I'd been using a number of jutsus and had managed to break the seal on the ropes. I'd be able to take her. I would. I had to save Kakashi and get rid of that scroll. I knew it was a bad idea.

Well, I'm not sure if that's any longer than my chapters usually are, but I think I wrote this one better than I usually do. I got some of my friends mad by taking away the whole 'someone after Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura' twist. So, I brought it back to add more mystery to our two attackers. I made up the attackers and I tried to make their names matching. I mean, they already had matching outfits. I thought it'd be cool to make them brother and sister. Sorry if the names are already owned by characters in Naruto, but Kunihiro and Kunimi are invented by me. Oh, and I just had to throw Iruka in there! I love him! He's one of my favourite characters! Well, that's all for now. Sorry for the wait and please review! D