Chapter 4

What happened with Temari, Moegi and Sasuke??

Temari stopped the car and when she saw a gang of cars gather together on an abandoned parking lot. A lot of youngsters gathered around the cars and minutes later more cars joined in. There was music playing, and it was playing very loud.

"What do you think? Could this be one of those street-racing gangs?" she asked Sasuke and Moegi.

"Most likely," answered the raven haired police. He had seen them time and time again before and just making a few quick sweeps with his eyes over the parking lot he could tell that this was the start up for another illegal race.

"Ok, hacker-girl and I will take the left side and you can take the right and we can meet back here in 30 minutes," Temari said as she looked at her wrist-watch.

But before Sasuke could comply with the idea Moegi was out the door. She smiled and said that it would be better if she went alone and Temari and Sasuke could go together.

"Fuck, girl, get back here!!" Temari growled dangerously low.

"Nope, Temari you should go with brood-man over there and I will meet you two back here in two hours," Moegi said and flashed a smile and then she was gone.

"Che, that damn girl, she's gonna get in trouble, I'm sure of it," Temari said and rubbed her forehead.

"She's probably going to find more information than us, she's more flexible than you and I," Sasuke said after a few short moments of silence. He had encountered people like Moegi several times before and they had a habit to blend in and be one of the crowd. "Come on, let's head out this way and see if we can find some shred of information."

Temari sighed and nodded. The girl was probably long gone amongst the crowds of people. Temari really didn't want to admit it, but she had grown fond of the young hacker-girl. Moegi was a fresh breeze in Temari's dark world.

"Don't worry Miss Temari, the girl will be alright," Sasuke said when he saw the troubled look in the blonde's dark blue eyes.

"I hope so," Temari said quietly.

Sasuke took note of the concern the blonde assassin had for the girl. Then he turned his black eyes towards the upcoming crowd. The sound of the rave-music became louder and louder as they neared the dancing crowd. He searched for that "one" person he could single out and question.

"We will take that person, the girl with the blue dress," Sasuke said as he found a blonde woman that stood at the back of the crowd. "We'll question her about the Silver Phantom."

Temari saw the person Sasuke was talking about and agreed on his choice. He had good eyes for interrogation "victims".

Moegi on the other hand had found her way into the crowd. She had already gained the news about the Silver Phantom agreeing on to be in the upcoming race. 'Damn, sometimes I'm too damn good,' she thought with a smile as she moved away and towards the cars that was going to be in the race.

Of course the Silver Rider was not among them. She always appeared just a few seconds before the race started. Moegi knew this, but she could try and find some information amongst the drivers and their people.

Moegi saw a young woman with a hair that was dyed screaming pink. She looked like a good person to start with.

"Excuse me Miss," Moegi said and put up her most innocent puppy-look. It had never failed her in the past. "Uhm… is this one of those…street racing things?"

The strawberry haired woman smiled brightly and nodded.

"I…. I've heard about a…ehh… a g-ghost d-driver..." Moegi continued as she played her little "puppy"-role, no person could go against her puppy-look.

"You're talking about the Silver Rider right?" said the woman.

Moegi nodded and looked scared beyond words. "D-do you t-think he w-will appear h-here?"

"Yes, but he's not a ghost. He's a real person and he will come here to race or so they say."

"Oh…. H-have you seen him?"

"Only once, but I must confess, it was only his car. Nobody has seen this driver – ever," the pink-haired woman stated.

"W-when do you think h-he appears?" Moegi asked.

"Don't worry little girl. He's not a ghost. He just has a wonderful car and a scary reputation. And I'm quite sure he will come just moments before the race starts which will be within 5 minutes."

Moegi nodded and disappeared. She needed to find Temari and Sasuke and that very fast if they wanted to get a chance to see this car. Catch the Silver Rider was out of the question. Not by themselves anyway. But they could sure use the information about how the car looked like.

"BASTARDS!! LET ME GO!!" the blonde girl shouted as Sasuke dragged her away from the crowd.

"Be silent you little brat," Temari growled as she flipped out her deadly fan. "Or else I will cut off you wind pipe!!"

That did the trick. The blonde shut her mouth quite quickly.

"Good, but don't worry – we just want to ask you some questions," Sasuke said as he put on his "charming their pants off-mask".

The girl became putty in his hands.

"W-what do you want to know?"

"They want to know if the Silver Rider will appear in this race," a light voice came from behind them.

Both Temari and Sasuke turned around and saw Moegi standing there with a wide smile.

"You can let her go, I have already gained the info we want," Moegi said.

Sasuke watched the young hacker and then the blonde assassin. Temari was gaping.

"Told you so," Sasuke said.

"WHAT?" snarled Temari.

"Nothing. Moegi… tell us what you've learned," Sasuke said.

The blonde girl ran away as her "grabber" let her go. Moegi waited until the girl was gone before she spoke. "The Silver Rider will appear here or so the rumors around here say. She will be racing in this race."

Sasuke frowned but said: "Which means that we need to keep our eyes open. Do any of you have any video camera?"

"Of course – I got this," Moegi said and pulled out a small cam from her bag. It was small enough to fit her palm.

Again Sasuke was quite impressed by the young woman. She really had state of the art technology to help them out as well as being able to find information the old fashion way. She might be a brat – but she was on their side. And he was glad for that at the moment.

Tenten, Lee, Naruto and Gaara reached the dump yard that belonged to Tsunade, the woman that had been fired from her work as a neuron-surgeon.

"Let me handle this," Tenten said as she had been in contact with the woman earlier.

But Tenten's words was blown away when Naruto marched his way inside the yard and called loudly for a hag.

"HEY OLD HAG!! ARE YOU HERE??" Naruto shouted making Tenten groan in response. So much for the subtle approach. This blond disaster would screw their mission to Mars and back.

"Naruto… That's not the way we s-should approach this woman," Tenten pointed out.

The blond Scandinavian ignored the weapon's master.

"Tsunade… grandma!! Are you here or should we head back home again!?" Naruto's voice echoed over the dump yard.

Tenten just shook her head. This was a damn failure already. No way that this woman would help them now.

"Naruto-san, please, just shut up," Tenten hissed as she tried one last time to calm the Scandinavian detective, but it was in vain.

"DAMMIT BRAT!!" a voice hollered from one of the crashed vehicles and it was followed by a sound of crashing or crushing steel. "Who the fuck let you over the borders??"

A busty female appeared in front of their eyes. Her hair was slightly darker blond than Naruto's sunburst hairdo, but the grim smile was just the same. Although the oil spots on the woman were something the Scandinavian did not have, not that it lessened her angry appearance.

"Grandma – what the fuck are you doing here? This is a dump yard!!" Naruto shouted as he walked forward to the woman that had appeared.

At first it looked as if the woman was going to attack the blond Scandinavian, but instead he was engulfed in a hug that could suffocate a bear.

"Dammit you brat… what the hell are you doing here?" the woman asked as she let go of Naruto and ruffled his blond hair in the process. It was obvious she was happy to see the loud Scandinavian. Tenten silently sighed in relief. Perhaps Naruto's boisterous approach wasn't such a bad idea after all?

"We need your help grandma… we need you to build us a car that will be able us to race against the Silver Phantom," the blond said as he was released from the woman's embrace.

The older woman began to laugh loudly but quiet down when she saw the serious looks on Naruto's companions.

"Fuck, you're not kiddin' me are ya?" she said after a few moments.

"No grandma, we really need your help to build us something that can stand just a slight chance against that silver thingy," Naruto said.

"Tsunade-san, please… help us," Tenten said.

The older women narrowed her eyes as she looked back at her relative. There was something off here.

"Why do you want to race this phantom?" she asked.

"Because he's using technologies that are not of the known world," said the red haired assassin. "And we need to kill him for using it."

Both Tenten and Naruto were gaping at the red haired youth's explanation. Sure it was true but they had never put it into words.

"WHAT?" Tsunade shouted. "Then forget it folks – because that boy or girl are something else. You just don't kill such talent!"

"Grandma – come on.. this thing… or this person is using tech beyond our comprehension, we cannot let that go on unnoticed." Naruto waved his hands about.

"Forget it. I'm not going to use my skills against THAT…" Tsunade growled darkly as she walked towards the scrap yard. "Whatever that person might be, he or she is standing up against the world's governments and I will not be the one to help you to capture him…. Or her."

"Tsunade-sama…" Tenten whispered as her hands reached blindly for the older woman.

"Forget it. I will not do it." Was Tsunade's last words as she began to roam around with some junk that lay around.

Gaara stepped forward and grabbed Tsunade's wrist.

"I will make sure that no government will get their paws on the phantom's technology."

Tsunade eyed the young man and realized she was facing one of the world's most famous assassin. She had not been working within the CIA for nothing. This boy was a deadly weapon.

"We have in our group come to one agreement," Gaara said. "And that is – if we're able to catch the phantom – we will kill him or her and destroy the car. No country will be able to salvage the phantom's technology."

"That's true Tsunade-sama," Tenten said as she backed up Gaara's words. "Whoever this phantom is – we will make sure that no government alone will be able to salvage the technology."

Tsunade seemed consider their words but in the end she just shook her honey blonde head.

"But grandma!!" Naruto almost whined.

"Forget it. As I said – that person is a genius and you don't kill off such intelligence."

Tenten closed her eyes and fired off her trump card. "You know, if we don't do this, they will find somebody else and they might not think of the world at all, they will most likely just do it for the money the technology can bring them."

Tsunade stopped in her movement as the young woman's words processed inside her head. She growled darkly. She hated to admit it, but the dark haired woman was right. 'Fuck, I hate it when they are right!!'

"Alright, alright, I'll build you a fucking car that can stand atleast a few seconds of a chance against that phantom," Tsunade mumbled as she crunched a piece of metal in her hand.

Lee's eyes widened even further if it was possible as the older woman showed them the proof of her strength. From Tenten he had heard that this woman was freakishly strong, but he had thought that his team-mate had joked about on just how strong the woman was. Obviously Tenten had been right.

"YES!!" Naruto shouted as Tsunade gave them her answer. "I knew we could count on you grandma!!"

SLAP!

"Don't call me grandma, I'm not that old you annoying brat!" Tsunade snarled as she turned around and walked away. "Come back here three weeks from now, I will have your racing car ready by then."

And with that the busty woman disappeared with in the heaps of scraps on the dump yard.

"We're finished here, let's return to base again," the red headed assassin said and turned around without waiting for the others to answer him.

Lee mumbled something and Naruto waved a loud good bye to his aunt. Tenten stood there for a few short moments before she followed the others back to their car. It had been one strange meeting indeed.

TBC

Another chapter of this very strange fiction… I hope I have some of the characters in character. Until next time folks…

Don't drink and fly :D