I trained until night fall. I drained my energy and chakra on training too much. I panted heavily and collapsed on the ground. I punched the ground weakly. Dammit! I can't fight my brother like that at this rate.

"I know you are there. Come out" I said.

A figure appeared and kneeled next to me. His face above me with disappointed eyes.

"You are not exactly training.. You are abusing yourself by calling it training. How are you going to accomplish your mission if you aren't recovered enough?" He said.

I turned away to avoid his gaze. He sighed and carried me bridal style. I cuddled on his chest and let a lone tear fall.

"I just want him to fight with me properly this time.. I want to protect people,not letting people rescue me all the time. I want a serious battle" I muttered.

He looked at me and sighed again looking forward.

"No matter how strong you are,you can't protect everyone. Some people are bound to die in front of your eyes. You just have to deal with it. Sometimes,we just can't bear to see you hurt even if it's just a scratch. We want you completely harmless" He said.

I looked up at him and met his reassuring warm onyx eyes,filled with love and care. Eyes which showed no emotions before,but now twinkled after meeting his sunshine,his angel.

"Daddy,promise me. Promise you will never die in front of me. Not so soon." I pleaded.

"I'm sorry my little cherry blossom angel,I can only promise that I won't die in front of you" He smiled.

I nodded and smiled weakly. I know being a ninja,death can be tomorrow or the next second. We will never know.

~NEXT MORNING~

"DADDY!!!!" I shouted.

"WAKE UP,DADDY!!!!" I shook his shoulder.

"5 minutes" He groaned.

A vein appeared on my forehead.

"GET YOUR BUTT OFF THE BED,YOU PERVERT BOOK WORM!" I yelled kicking him down the bed.

"Ow..." He rubbed his head which hit the floor.

"We got a mission! And we are going to be late if we don't leave soon!!" I growled.

"Okay,okay.. My butt is off the bed.." He sighed and walked to the bathroom muttering about what difference 5 minutes would make. I rolled my eyes and walked downstairs to prepare breakfast.

After we finished eating and preparing our equipments,we hopped on the roofs to the gates. We waited for the rest of the team and took off.

We reached the Tea Village,Daddy separated us into groups to find for them faster. He also summoned his dogs to accompany us and lead us to them.

1). Kakashi & Pakkun
2). Sakura,Shino & Bisuke
3). Naruto,Hinata & Shiba
4). Sai,Kiba & Urushi

Other than counting on scents,Shino scattered his bugs,Hinata activated her Byakugan and wore sunglasses to not make it suspicious. Sai drew several beasts such as birds,cats and dogs. We hid our chakra to ensure they won't sense us.

After that,we separated and roamed around the Tea Village,woods and fields searching for their traces.

"Sakura" Shino called.

"Yeah?" I looked at him.

"My bug sensed an Akatsuki member in the woods." He said.

"Let's go" I said.