I don't own Naruto.

This is supposed to be in Shippuden time.


Lately, there had been someone attacking small villages in the Land of Wind. Four whole villages had been wiped out by someone named Dr. Vale and his minions.

Gaara and Kankuro finally found Dr. Vale's hideout—a giant, moving fortress. They stood at the edge of a cliff, waiting to strike.

"The Doc's going down!" Kankuro said confidently. "Let's finish this guy off!"

Gaara held his older brother back for a moment. "Wait, we need to plan this first."


Kankuro darted around the corner of the third white hallway he had seen and looked for some kind of door. He had already run into one of Dr. Vale's ninja, but he had made short work of her. He hadn't seen anyone else since—just the white walls of the hallway that seemed to go on forever.

He stopped suddenly.

There was an opening in the wall, like a door with stuff spilling out of it. He snuck up to it silently and peeked inside.

There was a girl curled up on a little white bed. She was covered in ribbons, as if she had been tossing them around before she fell asleep.

"There's no way she could be one of Doc's goons. She must be a prisoner!" Kankuro looked around before picking up the girl and slinging her over his shoulder. He slipped out into the unchanging white hallway and headed the way he had come, leaving timed bombs along the wall.


As he left the towering fortress, he could hear the first of his bombs go off. He ran as fast as he could, carrying the girl on his back.

Gaara stood on the cliff and watched as Kankuro ran from the exploding fortress with something that looked suspiciously like a person.

When Kankuro reached Gaara, he dropped the girl to the ground and then sat down.

"Man, I could feel the fire right behind me!" He wiped sweat from his forehead.

"Kankuro, who is this?" Gaara looked down at the girl, who was still asleep.

"I don't know, but she couldn't be one of Doc's goons, could she?"

"Just because she's cute doesn't mean she can't be a bad guy." Gaara said, rolling his eyes.

"Well, let's just keep her until she wakes up. Then we can question her." Kankuro said. He saw the look of impatience on his little brother's face. "Please?"

"Fine." Gaara shot off toward the village hidden in the sand.


This chapter was really short just 'cause I didn't feel like taking the time to lose everyone's interest . . .