Katsumi's POV:

I wanted to run towards a village through the forest, looking for help, anyone, anything that could help us. A place to stay. We were lost, hurt, and starving. But I couldn't leave my friends. "Help, somebody help us!" Shebai called. I rolled my eyes at her, "stop talking; you'll waste all your energy." Shebai nodded silently. "Were gonna die anyway, so deal with it!"

Shebai's POV:

"NO WERE NOT!" I yelled. "If you believe that, we really are doomed," Akira said, cursing softly at me, Katsumi, and just about everything else. A robin flew by, and an image of a certain Sand Nin crossed my mind, "Gaara" I said. "What?" Akira and Katsumi asked, only hearing me mumble. "Gaara, remember he gave me this whistle," I said happily, pulling the toy out of my pocket. "Remember the last time that we saw him, he was going back to Suna and he gave me this whistle, and he said 'whenever you need this, just blow, and I'll be there as soon as I can'." Akira made a vomit motion, and Katsumi just replied "I'm so touched I may throw up." I got angry. "JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HATED BY SHIKA AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO LIKE YOU DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO CRUSH MY LOVELIFE!!! AND YOU," I yelled, pointing at Akira, "WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THAT SASUKE KISSED YOU?!?! HMM?!?!? OH, THAT'S RIGHT, HE NEVER HAS!!!" I'm no good at keeping my composure.

Normal POV:

"Now that her hysterics are over, who can run the best?" Katsumi asked Shebai and Akira. "Not me, that's for sure," Shebai said, pointing to her mangled ankle. Akira remembered how she had gotten that broken ankle….

"Shebai, do you really think that you can take on Ino by yourself? She's a lot older than you, and a lot stronger--" Sakura was cut off by her little sister. "She can call you Forehead, and Billboard Brow and lots of other things, but when she messes with me and Gaara, she is SO DEAD!!"So, Shebai fought Ino, and… lost. What could she say, Ino woulda lost if Shebai hadn't been distracted by Gaara sitting down and 'cheering' for her. By 'cheering', I meant staring at Ino and hopping that she dropped dead. Right after that is when Gaara gave her the whistle. And Shebai's leg healed, until Ino tripped her one day out of nowhere and it hasn't healed since.

"I can run if neither of you can," Katsumi said, interrupting Akira's train of thought. "Oh, sure." And with that, Katsumi made her way through the forest, towards the village ahead.