ally: were rewriting akari+kumai cuz well tai's writing sucked this time im more involved to so yah hope you enj-

tai: my writing didn't suck

ally: yah it did

tai: nu uh

ally: dude listen to your self, you sound like an idiot

tai: NU UH!

ally: what ever we dont own naruto we do own akari and kumai tho

tai: ENJOY! :D

The young, pink-haired 3-year old clung to her older brother, Ichiro's, back. They were running away. Away from Suna where there home was just set aflame. The child was scared and confused. She didn't want to break the silence though, someone else had to.

She looked out at the trees that passed in a blur. Her sky-blue eyes widening as she tried to see more. She looked to her side where her older sister Rei stood. Rei's face was grim as she wiped away what few tears she had.

The three siblings slowed down and walked calmly through the village that seemed to be made of steel. The young pinkette looked up, trying to see the top of the structures, but failing. She closed her eyes as a light rain began to fall.

"Nii-chan," The child called out softly. "Where are we?"

"We're in the Rain village." Rei replied just as softly. "We'll be staying with a friend for awhile."

The three traveled up quite a few flights of stairs before going down a dark corrider. Ichiro stopped by a door with a few dents and scratches in it. He rang the bell and waited.

An average-sized woman with caramel skin pulled the door open a crack. She laughed and opened the door, muttering something about 'paranoia'.

"You 3 got here fast." She smiled softly. "Come in, come in. The rain'll get heavy before you know it."

The siblings filed in and kicked off their shoes at the front door.

"Inuzuka-san," The older siblings bow respectfully. "Thank you for allowing us to stay."

"Don't be so formal." The woman grins. "Call me Moriko,"

The youngest child yawned and rubbed her eyes. Moriko picked her up and took her to a back room where her own child lay half asleep.

The pinkette stares down at the red-headed kid. The red-head had caramel skin and the Inuzuka mark on her cheeks. Her hair was frayed and poofy at the top, but otherwise straight.

Moriko set the pinkette in the bed and pulled the blanket up. She cursed almost silently then. Her own child had been awakened by the sudden bedmate, dark red wolf ears popping out of the childs head in surprise. Yes. Wolf ears.

Moriko's child is special in more ways than one. Her child sits up, wide-eyed and awake, her tail slowly waving back and forth.

"Sh," Moriko made her kid lay back down. She turned on the TV and lowered the volume. "Night."

The red-head turned to stare at the pinkette now in her bed. Her wolf ears and tail were slowly slinking their way back into her body as she calms down.

"Who are you?" She questions.

"I'm Akari." The pinkette replies. "Akari Hanuru."

"Oh. I'm Kumai Inuzuka! I'm 2, but Imma turn 3 next month!"

"Nice to meet you, Kumai Inuzuka." Akari smiled.

10 YEARS LATER...

Kumai hops from rooftop to rooftop, having grown quite a bit in the last few years. She was excited, even if it was fairly early. Her ears pop out and twitch eagerly as she makes her way to Akari's house. Her small dog, Amaterasu(Ama for short), bounds after her.

She hops down from the roof and knocks on the door, "Akari-chan, come down! ...now!"

Said pinkette leans out the window, her hair half done, "Hold on, damnit!"

Kumai crosses her arms and waits impatiently for Akari to finish getting ready. She straightens her white, single-strapped shirt and looks in her reflection in the window. She idly traces the Inuzuka markings on her cheeks while she waits.

Akari opens her front door almoost silently. She kneels down to pet Amaterasu, "Alright I'm ready."

"Finally." Kumai scoffs.

Akari smacks her upside the head, "Don't rush me."

"Oww..."

The two(three, counting the dog) walk through town, idly chatting like they do every morning. As they round the corner, Akari begins to question her friend.

"So, why so excited?" She pokes Kumai in the side.

"Because," Kumai simply says, moving faster.

"That's not a very good answer."

"Yes it is."

"No it's not."

They both go back and forth until they reach the Acadamey, the rest of their squad already there.

A dark blue-haired boy glances up at the girls with his arms crossed. He closes his onyx eyes and sighs in annoyance, "You guys argue everyday. What's the problem now?"

"Kumai is hiding something! She needs to tell me NOW!" Akari hisses.

"Kumai is always hiding something." He mutters. "Whether it's food related or important."

"Food is important!" Kumai snaps.

"To you."

"Says you, you half-bred Uchiha."

The Uchiha glowers at the shorter girl, "Shut up. At least I'm not cross-bred."

Before Kumai could make a remark, a dark-skinned woman with purple hair walks up to the teens and flicks their foreheads. She smooths down her dark red dress and narrows her eyes.

"What's the problem?" She asks.

The three teens start trying to yell over each other with their stories. The woman groans and smacks her forehead.

"Stop!" She instructs. "Sekai." She points to the Uchiha. "Speak."

"Kumai and Akari being their usual selves." The Uchiha grouches. "How did I get stuck on a squad with those two?"

"Tenshi-sensei! He's being a liar!" Akari huffs. "He rudely butted in on mine and Kumai's conversation-"

"Arguement." Sekai corrects.

"-And it pissed her off."

Tenshi sighs, "Let's just go in, and get our mission."

Kumai almost immediatly brightens. Her squad had been doing nothing but D-ranked missions and she was getting bored. They were almost always within the village boundaries and extremely easy. She managed to sneak in a switch a few things around...

This squad had been together for 2 months now. She thought they were ready for a more difficult mission.

The squad enters the back room to the Academy to recieve their mission. They wait patiently for another squad to finish before listening to their breifing.

"Today's mission will be C-ranked." Tsunade starts, ignoring Kumai's small outburst of 'hooray'. "One of our spies has gone rouge. He was, at one point, working for Orochimaru, and now he's going back with crucial information." Tsunade hands Tenshi an envelope. "Information on the rouge is enclosed. Leave right away."

The group nods and leaves the room. They go to the village gates and review the envelope. Kumai snatches the picture out of Sekai's hand and examines it.

"This guy is ugly." Kumai comments, noting all the scars marking the mans face and bald head.

"It doesn't matter what he looks like, he's going to die anyways." Sekai snaps.

"Harsh." Akari comments, looking at the remaining contents of the envelope.

Tenshi sighs as her students paw through the mission details. She leans on the pole holding the village sign up and listens closely.

"It says we need to capture him-alive-and bring him back to Konoha. We can't let the scroll get to Orochimaru." Sekai reads.

"Hey look," Akari pulls a cloth sample out the envelope. She shoves it in Kumai's face. "Sniff it! Find this guy!"

Kumai twitches and jumps away from Akari, "That stinks! My nose, it burns!"

Tenshi chuckles softly and thinks, 'Maybe they're not so bad after all.'