Scientist of Konoha

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A/N: Sorry for the huge wait. I know this is horrible of me to do but... Follow me on vine. I am way more active on there. I make an edit a day and I almost have 1,000 followers. My vine name is Nyx.V with the same profile picture. There is an AMV I did above. Also, I kinda forgot Tai wears a mask... It's in this chapter though.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

"Hey Ino, how old do I look?" Tai asked Ino. Ino looked at her surprised.

"I don't know. 13?" She said, confused. Tai cursed under her breath. How the hell did she think she was 10? Really? Did she ever look look in the mirror?

"How the hell did I think I was 10?" Tai muttered to herself.

"What are you talking about?" Ino asked, looking very confused. Tai looked at her and rubbed the back of her neck in embarrassment. She decided not to elaborate on it.

Tai's POV

"Tai are you okay?!" I heard an urgent and concerned voice. I looked back to find a concerned Amanda. She was standing there, eyes big with worry. I looked at her apologetically.

"Sorry. You said not to go near that side of the park but I went near there anyway." I said. There was definitely something suspicious about all of this but it is probably best just to pretend nothing is wrong for now. You shouldn't go making enemies if you don't have too. Amanda just smiled at me.

"Don't worry about that." I could have sworn I saw a hollow-eyed face before it went back to normal. I decided to not comment on it for now. "It was her that dragged you over to the border anyway." Amanda sent a snarl over in Ino's direction. The same image as before flashed before my eyes. I stepped back a tiny bit. I looked over at Ino who looked horrified. "Anyway, I think it's best if you leave." Amanda said, looking directly at Ino. Ino screamed and swiftly retreated. I felt myself returning to consciousness with her.

Ino's POV

After our conversation, Amanda approached us again. She still looked angry. However, most of that anger seemed to be aimed at me. I felt an involuntary shiver run up my spine. She seemed to say something to Tai. Her voice was like a mix of muttering and growling. Tai looked abashed.

"Sorry. You said not to go near that side of the park but I went near there anyway." I heard Tai say. Amanda looked at Tai with an unreadable expression and mutter-growled something else before turning to snarl and glare at me. My body went stiff. Amanda looked right at me before saying something that seemed to barely manage to crawl out of her mouth.

"L...ea...ve..." Amanda seemed finally get out. Without having to be told twice, I retreated out of her mind as quickly as possible.

Third Person POV

Ino's head shot up. She gasped for breath and looked around with wide eyes. Her eyes settled on Tai who was sitting in the chair rather calmly.

"You're insane!" Ino screamed out at Tai. Ino would never go back in there again. She quickly scrambled out of the room. Tai giggled and watched her go.

"Tai!" Akira had stood up from her spot and was looking at Tai with worry.

"I'm fine Akira." Akira didn't look convinced.

"What happened?" Akira asked, still looking at Tai with concern.

"Nothing much. She's the one who's insane. All she did was look in my mind and she went all weird and crazy. It was almost like she was seeing something I wasn't." Tai explained. Akira gave her a flat look.

"Somehow, I doubt that was all that went on." Akira said. Tai tried to run the back of her neck before realizing that her hands were still cuffed to the chair. She settled for a sigh instead.

The Hokage was waiting outside the door for her when Ino came running out.

"How did it go?" He asked urgently. Ino took a second to get calm before responding.

"I-I'm not sure myself." Ino said.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I went in and I saw some things that I don't think even Tai could see." Ino said, pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration. The Hokage looked troubled. A muffled crash sounded from the other room.

"Did you hear something?" Ino asked, looking up at the Hokage. He looked at her in confusion.

"No..." Ino shrugged and focused her attention back on the conversation.

"I had her team go on a C class mission without her until we could reach a conclusion but is she safe to keep on Kakashi's team? Does she have any bad intentions?"

"From what I saw, I don't think it would be wise to let her loose. From what I can tell, she doesn't have any harmful intentions though." At this, the Hokage gained a contemplative look. He sighed as he reached a decision. Tai wasn't going to like this.

"You can go home now Ino." The Hokage said with a dismissive wave before walking back to the Hokage tower with the intention of signing some forms before coming back and dealing with Tai.

Back in the room, Tai was starting to get impatient. When she strained her ears she could hear muffled voices. They were probably talking about her. Tai glared at the cuffed at her wrists and ankles and started to plot. She focused on retracting her hands back into her arm. It was a strange sensation. Having your hands sing into your forearm. After it was done, Tai pulled her arms out of the cuffs and tried to stand up, forgetting about the cuffs chafing at her ankles. Tai toppled forwards, bringing the chair with her. Her face met with the flooring and she groaned. Akira stood up, startled. Tai muttered curses under her breath and set to getting her feet out of the cuffs. She prayed no one heard that.

After her feet were freed, she crawled over to the door and put her ear to the bottom of it in hopes to hear the conversation.

"... Team go on a C class mission without her-" Tai's head shot up like a bullet, her eyes wide. The color drained from her face and she looked back at Akira frantically.

"We need to go." Tai told Akira in a hushed voice. Akira looked up at her in alarm.

"What, why?" Akira barked at her. Tai walked over to Akira and noticed that the chain and collar were keeping her attached to the wall. The chain seemed to be welded into the wall. Probably from chakra.

"Kakashi and the rest of Team 7 went on the mission without me." Tai told Akira as she tried to figure out how to get the collar off. Getting frustrated with all the little fastening on the collar, Tai decides that force is the best option here and tried to pull the chain from the wall.

Akira realizes the severity of the situation and tries to pull the chain out of the wall with her teeth as well. Tai's muscles scream under the pressure and Akira's teeth start to ache.

"I think your method works better." Tai says to Akira before getting on all fours, pulling her mask down and trying to pull the chain out with her teeth. Akira holds back a sigh and continues to pull.

With one last tug the chain is pulled right out of the wall and into the hands of Tai. Tai smirked and threw the chai on the ground before standing p and brushing off imaginary dust from her pants.

"Lets go." Tai said before walking to the door and checking for any voices on the other side. After hearing none, she slowly opened the door and peeked outside. Seeing no one, she casually walked out and motioned for Akira to follow her.

Now she just had to figure out how the hell she gets out of here without being detected.