The guardian chronicles : Nirvana (Todoroki Shoto x Uzumaki Naruto)

Chapter 71

The morning sunlight seemed to dance off the windows of the warehouses surrounding them, almost as if to remind Naruto that it was now officially the third day of her internship. Three days since she officially came to intern under Hawks and approximately five days since Gaara informed her of what her actions caused. If you asked her, it felt like longer since this happened.

She flickered her eyes upwards at Hawks, who seemed to have decided to now set his feet on the ground and stand beside the three of eyed him and then flickered his eyes to the various warehouses before them. Most of them looked alike and it was practically impossible for her to tell which warehouse had the kids.

"The last piece of paper is standing right there," Hawks declared, jerking his finger to the warehouse right at the corner. The four of them now stood at the edge of the dock, where there were barely any people coming in and out of here. The blond-haired man flickered his eyes to his fellow hero and sighed at the expression of the man.

Eisuke's face brightened and the man clenched his hand into a tight fist. His eyebrows seemed knitted together and his jaws clenched together. He took a couple of steps forward, looking ready to charge in but Gaara yanked him back. The teen tightened his grip around the man.

Eisuke grinded his teeth together and swirled his head at Gaara. "Why the hell would you do that? We know that they are there! My job literally asks me to save them!"

Gaara looked at him and sighed but did not let of his hand around Eisuke's arm. Teal eyes flickered from the boy to her as if telling her that if she had any doubts about being related then this should be her proof. Or maybe this was her own mind trying to reassure her that the words of the elder was true. Hawks pressed his lips into a thin line and eyed them, waiting to see what the boy would say.

"Does your job also require not for you to use your head and to act completely with your emotions?" Gaara asked, eyeing the man before them. He eyed the warehouse before them with a small frown. "We will be going inside without a plan and with no information of who we are dealing with."

"But we can't wait forever," Naruto looked at the warehouse and chewed on her bottom lips as her mind conjured up various pictures of what the children and her potential relative was going through. There was just no telling of what these people could do to those kids. "We don't know when those kids and Tomoyo will be taken to Iwakagure."

Gaara sighed. "I see your point Naruto but just charging in there without a plan may cause harm that could have been avoided."

"Yes, but we have been searching for them for days," Naruto reminded him. "We have been lucky that they haven't managed to ship them off yet."

The teal-eyed boy inhaled and exhaled before flickering his eyes to the two adults that were now watching them with interest. The teen fixed his eyes on her, lips pressed into a thin line and arms crossed against his chest. "Yes that may be true but we will need to have, at least, have some clue on the numbers and confirmed if all the children are there."

Hawks nodded his head. "The Kazekage is right—"

"Gaara," Gaara corrected. "I'm not yet Kazekage."

The hero smiled and nodded before looking at the windows. His brown eyes trailed down the warehouse, landing on the doors before looking at the two shinobi and fellow hero. "As Gaara has stated before, we do not have a lot of information to work with. Besides, it is daytime now. Operations like these are mostly conducted at night."

Eisuke clenched his jaw. "I know but Tomo-chan and those kids are in—"

"Uzushiokage, do not let your personal feelings get in the way now." Hawks looked at his fellow hero with no amusement shining through his eyes. Eisuke balled his hands into a fist and nodded his head. Naruto gazed at the two adults with blue eyes that focused on the man that seemed ready to charge in to save his (our, she corrected herself) relative.