Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…

R.F. : As of this moment I have been given total ownership of this story by animefreak469, the original writer of this story. She has allowed to tweak the story and continue it on her behalf, so I send her my thanks! I won't let you down! (By the way, my Oc's, kaori Nekojiwa and Yue are starring in this fic.)

It was another quiet day out in the desert. Too bad it didn't stay like that for long.

"FACE IT WE'RE LOST!!!!" Kiba yelled at Naruto. Kiba, his puppy Akamaru, Naruto, Kaori , her kitten Yue, and Ino were on a simple mission; pick up the Lady Hokage's favorite candy…

(Flashback)

"BRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIING BRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!"

Naruto slammed his hand on his alarm clock. He got up, stretching his arms and yawning at the same time. "ALRIGHT!!! TIME FOR SOME BREAKFAST!!!" Naruto said as he leaped out of bed and ran to the kitchen for his most favorite food, ramen.

After a few minutes of waiting, Naruto was ready to eat. "FINALLY!!!" Naruto said as he ripped off the cover of the ramen. The boy licked his lips just as he was about to take his first bite, but before he could there was a knock at his door. Actually, knocking doesn't really describe it, it was more like pounding the crap out of the door.

"HEY NARUTO!!! OPEN UP!!!" a familiar voiced yelled, this was followed by the sound of puppy barking.

Naruto groaned, he didn't like anyone ruining his breakfast, let alone Kiba. But he knew if he didn't open the door, Kiba would just find another way to come in-most likely a destructive one.

"Alright, alright I'm coming" Naruto said getting up. Just as Naruto opened the door, he was greeted with a punch in the face that sent him spinning. "ITAAAAAIIIIII!!!" Naruto said while rubbing his cheek that was beginning to swell.

"DON'T YOU KNOW IT'S RUDE TO KEEP A LADY WAITING!?" Ino screamed at Naruto.

Kaori and Yue rolled their eyes. "Well, he never knew that there were ladies waiting to begin with," stated Kaori bluntly.

"And we never said anything so we never gave him any indication of any females standing outside his door- nya," added Yue.

A vein throbbed on Ino's forehead as she looked at them growling. She knew they had a point. Kaori and Yue just stared back with stoic looks on their faces.

"Sorry…anyway what are you guys doing here?" Naruto questioned.

"The Hokage wants to see us,"was the reply from Yue. Akamaru barked.

( A short time skip later)

"Naruto, Ino, Kaori and Kiba I'm assigning you on a very simple mission" Lady Tsunade began.

"AWWW!!!" Naruto complained. "Why an easy mission?!"

"Shut up idiot!" Kiba growled. "My team has had nothing but hard missions recently"

Akamaru barked in agreement.

Naruto crossed his arms and pouted. He gave Kiba the I-don't-like-that-you-told-me-off look."Anyway…" the Hokage continued. "All you have to do is go to Suna and get me my favorite candy-chocolate covered Ninjas".

"Why those candies?" Naruto questioned Tsunade.

"I specially requested them to be modeled after REAL Konoha ninjas, because sometimes I JUST WANT TO BITE SOME OF YOUR HEADS OFF!!!" Tsunade screamed.

"Oh you mean like Sasuke-teme right?" Naruto asked.

"No I MEAN LIKE YOU!!!" Tsunade screamed. Naruto winced.

Kiba snickered. "Kiba, YOUR SECOND ON MY LIST!!!" Tsunade screamed again. Kiba turned bright red as it was Naruto's turn to snicker. Ino and Kaori side glanced each other.

"NOW GET GOING YOU FOUR!!!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" they all replied and with that, Naruto, Kaori, Kiba, and Ino left.

(End of flashback)

"WE'RE LOST!!!" Kiba screamed again at Naruto. "I KNEW WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER FOLLOWED YOUR DIRECTIONS" Naruto and Kiba started bickering. Akamaru whined as he jumped into Kaori's arms while Yue jumped on her mistress's shoulder. Kaori scratched Akamaru's ears to comfort the pup. Ino was looking very pissed off from the heat.

"Will you two SHUT UP ALREADY!!!!" Ino screamed at the boys causing them to immediately shut up.

"Ino-chan?"asked Kaori.

"What!" she snapped.

"Do you see a river too?"

Ino and the boys turned to where Kaori was referring to. Sure enough, there was a sparkling blue river rushing through the desert.

None of them had anything to drink in 10 hours so… "WATER!!!" Naruto and Kiba screamed. They both started to run towards the river and jumped into the water.

"WAIT YOU IDIOTS!!!" Ino screamed "WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESSERT!!! THIS MIGHT BE A-"

Suddenly, a giant black hand appeared and pulled Naruto and Kiba underwater before they had time to react. "Trap…"

"Oi....." groaned Kaori as she slapped her forehead.

"Come on! After them!" exclaimed Ino as she began running towards the river. Kaori followed suit. At the same time, both girls jumped in with Akamaru and Yue coming in after them.

No sooner did they jumped in, a pleasant warm feeling over came the girls. Suddenly, both girls found themselves to be thrown out on to green grass. Yue and Akamaru were sprawled on top of Kaori as she sat up. Ino rubbed her sore elbow, while Kaori cracked her neck.

"Kaori-chan! Ino!" called a familiar voice.

Both girls turned to see Kiba and Naruto running up to them. Akamaru yapped happily as he jumped out of Kaori's arms and dived into his owner's grinned as he rubbed Akamaru's head. The pup gave it's owner an affectionate lick on the chin in return. "You girls okay?" asked Kiba.

"Apart from sore butts, just dandy," replied Kaori.

"What about that giant hand that pulled you two in?" asked Ino next.

Naruto replied with a shrug. "You got us, one minute we're dragged underwater, the next we were dumped in this weird place."

Suddenly, Yue leaped out of Kaori's hood and ran ahead up a hill. "Kaori-sama, come and look at this!" she called.

The group climbed up the hill, curious. The moment they reached it's peak, the four genin were greeted with the most amazing view of a city with a large white tower in the distance surrounded by high walls. "What is this place?" asked Ino.

R.F: To be continued......