Late in the evening running towards her deolate home, Karin grabbed the knob and twist's it open.
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Seeing her mother's back filled with bite marks and her weak body , a tear appears in her eyes but she quickly wipes it.
" Is it you Karen, wait a little bit the stew is just ready." The women looks behind and weakly smiles at her daughter.
" You like stew right honey, you can eat the whole pot , momma already ated her's ."
" Don't lie momma you haven't eaten , you should eat the stew, you need it more than me.
And I already ate some fruits in the forest."
" You shouldn't go in the forest Karen, haven't I Already told you that , it's dangerous and if the ninja's find you, you know what I mean right , please don't go in the forest Karen promise me."
While looking down " I won't go in the forest anymore mom, by the way mom can I ask you something."
" Cough Cough what's on your mind honey, tell me and I will help you ."
" Mom , you told me that we are uzumakis and every uzumaki has red hairs.
I actually found a kid my age while I was walking on the beach , he was crying and he looked really sad he suddenly fell asleep while crying,
He had red hairs so I helped him and hid him in my secret place, can you see help him mommy."
With worry in her eyes " Karen you shouldn't do that , what if it's some ninja's scheme or is he from another village, if the ninja's found out about him, it will be disastrous. Did you checked the area with you Ability."
Karen nods heavily " I did and he was the only one there can we help him mother after all he is from the same clan as us.
We should help him."
" It's not so simple Karen , anyway take me to him , I will check and see if we should help him or not ."
In Karen's secret spot
"Here he is mommy , I laid him down on the leaf bed."
" Hmm , he is a uzumaki, and I am not sensing anyone near our area, let me just."
She moved her finger on the boys body and sealed his chakra points.
" Karen bring me some water ."
Sprinkling water on Ben's face his eyelids twitch and he lazily opens his eyes and see's a face of someone kind and extremely frail body,
Frail enough to be counting it's last days.
He observes the place he is in and notices the girl beside the mother, red hair and spectacles, make him remember of someone, but he can't just point out who.
" What are you doing in the village hidden by grass, why are you alone."
Registering the words Ben shakes out his grogginess " I'm in Kusagure , I don't know what happened and who are you both ."
Saying that he secretly fuses himself with wrath and feels another pair of eyes on him , he subtly turns a bit and notices the ninja hidden behind the tree branches, without letting him know.
" I'm Karen Uzumaki, and she's my mother Maren uzumaki, now Introduce yourself."
The moment he hears Karen Uzumaki, his eyes dart towards the red haired girl, finally joining the piece of the puzzle.
Without saying another world he transforms into XLR8 and fuses with heatblast and locks on the heat signature of the enemy Ninja.
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And with full speed like a sniper bullet fire's off towards the ninja with using flames as a booster , within a split second he skewers him and blasts him off with huge kinetic and thermal energy.
Without even knowing how , the ninja's body is scorched like a charcoal, his life drained within 1/3 th of a second, without even contemplating about his death like Ben's first kill,
This one was instant.
Without even knowing how , the ninja's body is scorched like a charcoal, his life drained within 1/3 th of a second, without even getting time for contemplating about his death like Ben's first kill,
This one was instant.
Checking for other heat signature's Ben transforms back and walks toward the mother and daughter duo.
Speaking while having there full attention " you can call me Ben for now , I'm from Konoha, correction I was from Konoha they betrayed my mother and father."
The mother with worry " why did you kill him, if he doesn't report's back in time , we all will be in trouble, the whole Kusagure will be after us and will treat us worse then before."
Karen hearing her mother speak become's nervous and afraid for her mother and her future.
" You don't have to worry I will take care of the Kusagure problem for you , and I'm with you and not here to harm you."
" I know , I can sense that with my kaguya's eyes , but you are mistaken the whole Kusagure will be after us , you may be able to take care of one of the chunin,
But what about the jonins , you are just a kid, they will capture you as well."
" You are mistaken, I may be a kid but strength the strength I have is enough to Erase the whole Kusagure from the face of the planet Believe me.
Now if you don't disturb me I have some things that need my attention. "
With wide eyes the mother " how can this kid be this delusional , erase Kusagure, what is he Uchia Madara or Hashirama."
" The fucking hell how is it possible ... "
Wide eyed Ben looks in the air.
Karen thinking something is wrong with Ben's head chose to Ignore him and starts fearing for her mother's future and cursing her luck,
Why did she bring him from the River side beach.
In konoha in the park
Shikamaru with worry in his eyes " so none of you managed to find Ben, where could he have gone.
He is not in the bath house, not in any of the clan compounds, neither the library, the garden, the food shops and not in the park."
' where are you Ben it's starting to make me worry now.'
" Shikamaru where is Naruto , he is the last one maybe he found Ben and both of them left for the house, after all Naruto didn't knew about the meeting spot."
A yellow haired figure comes running towards the group yelling.
"Heyyy youuu Guyzzzzzzz i finally found you all , where were you , did any one of you found out about Ben."
" Naruto , we didn't , do you know anything about his whereabouts." Replied Ino.
With Naruto's down cast look everyone got his answer.
" We should inform our parents and Ben's clan about his disappearence now, he might not even be in konoha for all we know."
" That's a good Idea choji , we will follow it , Naruto go home and wait there who knows Ben might return."
With down trodden look Naruto complies and slowly starts walking towards the sarutobi clan compounds.
With Naruto gone everyone leaves for their respective homes.
IN HOKAGE OFFICE
A White haired figure can seen kneeling on the floor.
"So Did you found something Kakashi about Ben's case that made you came here back so quickly."
" Yes lord hokage, we detected an Oddity in front of Ben's House , there a impression of wheels starting from his gates , which go outside konoha and far more.
But we are unable to track it with smell the inuzuka clan members can't help us with that , so i request you to dispatch me some sensors from the Hyuga clan and one personal from the Nara clan ."
" Wheel marks you say , and they are going outside konoha, hmm you are request is granted Kakashi , make sure to bring me results we can't afford to loose Ben.
" As you wish lord hokage ."
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