Uchiha Change

Chapter 3- Itachi Uchiha

"How are we going to track them?" Natsumi asked Kushina and Naruto, while the raven's looked at the piece of cloth. Temari had to go to guard duty, even if the blonde female wanted to go with them. "You said something about Naruto being trained as a tracker?"

"We did," both Uchiha said. Kushina didn't know that Naruto didn't tell Natsumi, but she guessed that it never popped up in conversation.

"You're missing a member," Baki said while looking at the three. "I thought they didn't sent teams of three to missions like this."

"We were in the office when the bird came in," Kushina told him while Naruto looked for chakra prints left in the sand. "Tsunade also trusts me and she trusts Jiraiya's teachings."

"I haven't seen my grandchild's face for a while," Chiyo said from the gate. Kushina could only sigh, the old women didn't like her and she didn't like the old women. Chiyo didn't like Natsumi or Naruto, since they all came from Konah. It was worse for both her and Naruto, since they were Uchiha and she hated the Uchiha. "Even if I have to put up with Kohan nin, besides I'm old enough that you can't tell me what to do."

"Of course Lady Chiyo," Baki said while the old women jumped down next to the three teens. Naruto wasn't paying attention and Kushina knew she would have to keep Chiyo's attention away from her brother, if they wanted to find anything. "I'm sure you'll be successful."

"Your grandson what is he like?" Natsumi asked while Naruto opened his eyes and started to walk in the same direction Kankuro, while Kushina just summoned one of her cats to request back-up. A small thing with tiger like markings. Angel was one of her fastest summons and she would be able to get to the village in a day. "I don't want to sound mean, but we might be facing him. Are you up to it?"  

"Natsumi, Angel's going to give the message to Tsunade," Kushina told her little sister. "We'll need to leave now, since Naruto has picked up their trail and we'll need to move before we lose it. Chiyo you'll need to know that I'm in charge of this mission and won't take your back chat easily."

With that Kushina started to follow Naruto, since they was something about the old women that annoyed her. She didn't know what, but she had a feeling she was going to find out soon.

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"Why is she trying to save Gaara so much?" Chiyo asked Kushina. Natsumi was in front of the group with Naruto close behind her. "She isn't from Suna or anywhere near Wind country."

"She sees Gaara as a friend," Kushina told her while keeping an eye on her team. "They're also like siblings, both were feared by their village and Natsumi was able to help Gaara reconnect with his siblings, so she doesn't want to see him hurt."

Chiyo just looked at her, while Kushina's eyes softened. She was the team leader and medic, she was glad that she carried around sealed herbs, since the sand didn't have enough and couldn't grow one of the herbs she needed. Through she was able to get some herbs that she didn't have before, ones that only grew in the desert.

"That fact that he comes from sand means little," Kushina told her a smile on her face. "He could've came from any of the five villagers and she would still be like this."