This is Aria! *grins* Sora should be here shortly… if she wants to add her own input, that is. This is the first chapter of the first story we wrote together, starring the sexy puppet master Kankuro, the smoking hot dog nin Kiba, the amazingly wonderfluff Sora, and the fantasmally pwnsome Aria! Here's to hoping you like it! *raises glass*

Sora is here! I say fret not good friends :D Now, before we get down into it, I just want to let you guys know that this story goes by a chapter each, which is how we have divided the chapters. Kay? All editing done by my wonderful conterpart Aria, as she is pwnsome and I am lazy:D

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Kankuro looked around wildly for his puppet, his spar with Kiba being put on hold. "ARIA!!!" He bellowed, spinning to glare at the girl sat on a rock a little way away, who was watching them with a little grin.

"Yeeees, Kankuro?" She asked, feigning innocence.

"Did YOU take Black Ant?!" Kankuro demanded, folding his arms.

"Noooooo... what gave you THAT idea?" She asked, eyes darting around for escape routes already.

"Aria!" Kankuro growled, starting to advance. Aria let out a screech of laughter, leaping up and running into the leafy trees. "GET BACK HERE ARIA!!!" Kankuro bellowed, following her despite the barking laughter from Kiba. He caught a glimpse of strawberry blonde hair vanishing into the trees, but lost sight of her, working only on chakra to find the wind kunoichi. Damn it! Where the hell had his sister's protégé gone?! He skidded round a corner, stopping and looking up at another chakra. Stupidly long ice blue hair hung down from a branch that otherwise obscured the kunoichi in it. "Sora." He greeted. The Inuzuka grunted a greeting back. Kankuro rolled his eyes. Kiba's cousin really wasn't a people person.

"Have you seen Aria anywhere?" A dusty red leather covered arm stuck out, pointing to a cluster of rocks below her tree.

"Not cool Sora!" Aria growled, jumping up. "I was trying to hide here!"

"True, but he probably would have found you anyway." Sora sniggered, rolling sideways off the branch and landing next to her. A large, shaggy black dog landed next to her, bounding around Aria. What Sora lacked in social skills that dog more than made up for.

"Where is Black Ant?!" Kankuro growled. Aria and Sora glanced at each other, smirking.

"Go ask..."