Lady Tsunade sat at her desk. She searched through every file that she could find, to see if she could match Yua's description to any of them. She's been at it for two days now and she hasn't had any luck.

"Have you found anything out yet?" A voice asked from the doorway of the office. "Ah, Kiba. Come in and sit." Tsunade said as she continued to flip through file after file. "And no, I haven't found anything yet, however, I do need you to continue your patrol of the forests around our area. From now until Yua is retrieved, that is your mission. I have a bad feeling that something is gonna happen, so if it does, we'll be ready to face it. I want you to find Hinata, Neji, Shino, Sakura and Rock Lee to help you out with this. You Neji and Shino will be a team, Hinata, Rock Lee and Sakura will be the other. If anything suspicious happens, stop it immediately and then send someone to let me know as soon as possible." She said, her voice as serious as it could be.

Kiba gave her a quick nod before rushing off to gather up his teams. A couple hours went by and Tsunade had gone through every file she could find and still came up empty. She let out an exasperated sigh and slumped back in her chair, feeling absolutely defeated. A knock came at the door and she looked up.

"You may enter." She said, sighing out of frustration. Kakashi entered the office and stood in front of the desk, a very serious look in the man's eyes. "Kakashi, back so soon, did the mission go as planned?" Tsunade asked and Kakashi nodded.

"I hate to say it, but after we rescued the young man, I abandoned my team, trusting that they could handle the rest of the mission. I have something that may be of interest to you." Kakashi said. "I hope it's worth abandoning your team mates and very important." Tsunade said, crossing her arms and giving him a cross look.

"The men we rescued this young boy from, matched the description, perfectly, that Yua gave us. All the way down to the horrid scar on his left eye." Kakashi replied.

Tsunade's eye widened slightly and quickly sat up, now completely interested in what Kakashi had to say. "Did you capture this man? Or get any other information?" She asked. Kakashi sighed and shook his head. "

Unfortunately, no. Had we of tried to capture the man or any of the others, we would've put the young man at risk. Though, I did notice something. It was on the young man that I noticed a distinct mark, it looked to be of a scar. I remember hearing the scarred man boast about it. So, maybe that could be of use." He replied

Tsunade nodded. She pondered for a few minutes, she was leaned over her desk, elbows on top and her hands folded near her mouth as she sat there, very deep in thought. She then looked up at Kakashi, a very serious look in her eyes as she stood up from her desk. "Go and grab Yua and Shikamaru. I need to check something." Tsunade said and Kakashi nodded before heading out of the office and out into the village.

"So Lady Tsunade put you in charge of her?" Naruto asked, a slightly jealous tone in his voice.

Shikamaru had took Yua into the village to show her around to make her more comfortable during her stay. They ended up being spotted by Naruto, he immediately greeted them both happily and Yua explained the situation. Shikamaru rolled his eyes at Naruto's reaction and shoved his hands into his pockets.

"So, has Tsunade found anything out?" Naruto asked, suddenly changing the subject. "Not that I'm aware of, as far as I know, we're just waiting for Gaara to arrive." He replied with a bored expression written on his face.

"Hello you three." Kakashi's voice came from directly behind them, startling them slightly.

"You've got to stop doing that!" Naruto shouted, a pulsating vein popping out on his forehead as he looked angrily at Kakashi.

Kakashi just closed his eyes and smiled. "It's great to see you to Naruto. Anyway, Shikamaru and Yua, your presence is needed at Lady Hokage's office immediately." He said, his eyes opening and his voice going from calm and gentle to absolute seriousness.

Shikamaru looked at Naruto who gave him a shrug. "Are my brothers and sister here already?" Yua asked. "Not quite, little one. Tsunade didn't exactly tell me why I needed to retrieve you, but I can assume it's important. She's not one to waste her time or anyone else's for that matter." He replied.

Shikamaru nodded and quickly lifted Yua on his back. "Hold on tight kid. See you later Naruto." Shikamaru said.

Yua clung to Shikamaru's shoulders and Naruto waved them off as they sped away towards Lady Tsunade's office.

While the three made their way to the office, trouble was beginning to brew miles away from the village.

"Do you see anything Neji?" Kiba asked. "Nothing yet. Though I do feel something off. I wonder if Hinata and the others have found something." Neji said, pondering the thought.

An unknown scent suddenly caught Kiba's attention. He began to sniff the air from each direction until he found where the scent was coming from.

"Neji, use your Byakugan in this direction. I'm catching a whiff of something weird." Kiba said

Neji obliged and quickly looked in the direction that Kiba was turned to and closed his eyes as he did his hand signs for the jutsu. He then opened his eyes abruptly, pulsating veins becoming prominent around his eyes. He slightly gasped at what he saw.

"Multiple Ninja. About two dozen of them and they all look fully prepared for an attack." Neji said. "Can you see where they're from?" Shino asked, now suddenly interested in their conversation.

"I can, but I don't know this group. Probably rogue ninja? Anyhow, The symbol on their headbands is, well this is going to sound strange, but it's the shape of an eye, with what looks like a scar on it." Neji replied, a confused look now appearing on his face. "There's way too many of them for us to take on by ourselves. One of us will have to send for Lady Tsunade and quickly." Neji said urgently.

"I'll go." Shino said. Neji and Kiba looked at each other then at Shino and nodded. "Lead them back here, and hurry. It looks like they're waiting for something, it doesn't seem like there's much time before they could launch an invasion in our village." Neji said.

Shino nodded quickly before dashing off quickly to give word to Lady Tsunade of an impending invasion upon the village.

The Hokage was in the middle of asking more questions to Yua, completely unaware of the doom that was about to be unleashed. "Yua, do you have a birth scar anywhere?" Tsunade asked curiously.

Yua looked up at the woman and nodded. She was a little confused that she asked but proceeded to take off her light-brown colored sandal that she was wearing and show her the flower shaped scar that rested on her left ankle. It looked more like a burn scar rather than a birth one, almost as if someone branded her with this mark.

Tsunade looked at it for only a moment and looked at Kakashi. "That's the same scar the young boy had." Kakashi said, taking a glance down at Yua's ankle.

"So it seems that these scars could possibly be marks of a clan that we don't know about." Tsnunade said. She started to lose herself into her thoughts, pondering over what the mark is and what it means

Shino suddenly busted through the office door, out of breath and with an urgent expression.

"Lady Hokage, we have a problem." Shino said breathlessly before standing straight. "Neji and Kiba have caught wind of an impending invasion on the village. They claim it to be at least two dozen ninjas, ready for an attack and the oddest thing about it, is the Ninja's headbands. The insigma on them is an eye with a scar." Shino said.

Tsunade and Kakashi make eye contact with each other before jumping into action. "Kakashi sound the alarm and get everyone to safety immediately. Shino, I need you and Shikamaru to find Naruto, Choji, Tenten, and Ino. I'm sending out the jonin for this, the rest of you will do what you can to make sure Yua is safe. Shino, retrieve Kiba, Sakura, Hinata, Rock Lee and Neji from the forest. Let them know of my orders." Tsunade said.

Shino, Shikamaru and Kakashi all gave her a nod before rushing out of the office and separating into different directions.

Yua's body began trembling upon hearing of the dangers that lurk in the forest. She let out a whimper, catching the attention of the fifth Hokage. Quickly, Tsunade scooped up the small child and tried her best to keep her calm.

An alarm around the village began to ring all around, startling the villagers. The old jonin teams quickly began to gather up and dash towards the location of the alarm. Lady Tsunade made her way with Yua towards the area where the alarm was and watched on as every jonin in the village gathered around her.

"Alright, listen up everyone. Deep within the forest, a few of our chunin ninja have detected an army of unknown rogue ninjas preparing for an invasion into our village. From what was gathered, there's at least two dozen of them. I want all of you to do whatever it takes to keep this village safe and keep the intruders out!" Tsuande shouted. "Our mission was to keep Yua safe until Gaara arrives, but now our mission is to keep this village safe and Yua. We cannot allow Yua to be captured or any of our people harmed. Now, move out!" Tsunade said.

As soon as the orders were given, the jonin started dashing off one by one, no questions asked. Yua watched on in awe as each ninja positioned themselves around the village and some into the forest nearby. Tsunade was sending out every jonin she had in the village, it very risky, but very crucial. She didn't know how strong these rogue ninja were.

She took Yua away and hid her away in a secret cave that was hidden in the Hokage monument and waited for the eleven chunin ninjas to arrive. Pretty soon, they began to arrive one by one. Tenten, Choji, Ino, Naruto, Kiba, Neji, Shino, Hinata, Rock Lee, Sakura and finally, Shikamaru. They've all arrived to protect Yua, which may seem like much to some, but Lady Tsunade fears that if these men get a hold of Yua once more, it could spell trouble for not just their village but for the whole world, so she needs all the help she could get.

"So why exactly are all of us here just to babysit this kid? Isn't this a little much?" Ino questioned, earning a slight glare from the Hokage. "Don't question my methods. We have no idea what these ninjas are capable of, therefore, we're gonna need all the help we can get." Tsunade said crossly.

Ino just nodded, understanding what the Hokage had told her. After a while, every jonin was in position, waiting for a signal to be given. Each team laying in wait for the fight. It was silent for quite some time. Tsunade was anxious, she had left the chunin ninjas to care for Yua, to stand at the tower that overlooks the village. The silence became deafening. Until..

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