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'Konoha is a strange place.' I thought as I navigated my way through the back streets. Kankuro had decided it was a great idea to leave me behind to find my own way, all because I had eaten the last sweet bun, which I might add; I had baked for us to take on the journey here. You would think the jerk would let me eat my own baking once in a while.
Kankuro's voice sounded just up ahead.
'Speak of the devil...' I thought as I trundled up to the corner. My eyes bulged at the sight before me.
"Kankuro!" I cried out in anger. "Put him down!" Temari snickered behind him as Kankuro turned to face me with a sheepish look on his face. He released the kid and let him fall to the ground.
"Who are you?!" a little boy who looked around 13 asked with a very rude finger pointed at me. I smiled at him and placed my hand on my chest.
"My name is Kin, please forgive my brother, he is a bit of a baka." I explained ignoring Kankuro's obviously betrayed face.
"He's your brother? Jeez you look nothing like him." I raised an eye brow at this turning to look at my brother's make up covered face.
"Really?" I reached up to grab one of my dark curls and studied it. With a grin I turned my gaze back to the orange clad kid. He was quite a cute little blue eyed thing with little marks on his cheeks that looked like whiskers.
"Yeah, and you're way nicer." came the voice of the little kid on the ground. I smirked at that and gave Kankuro a sly side wards glance.
"Thank you." I bit my lip to keep the giggle from escaping. I noted the pink haired girl and the boy in the tree with black hair.
"Wait what are you guys doing here anyway?" The boys question was very much directed at me since he had his body turned my way. I reached into the red cloth wrapped around my middle and pulled out my pass.
"You should treat my sister with more respect." A dark voice resounded from the tree branch next to the Konoha boy. I turned my eyes towards the sound and my whole demeanour changed. My eyes softened and my smirk turned to a smile.
"G-Gaara." Kankuro stuttered and Temari tried her best to change her face to a polite smile only just stopping her lips from forming a frightened frown.
"Hello little Panda, come to escort us to our hotel?" I asked. Gaara didn't scare me, he was my cute little brother and we were actually pretty close. He appeared beside me in a swirl of sand and peered up at me with cold impassive eyes. My hand moved to tangle my fingers in his red hair in a familiar gesture. His expression didn't change but neither his sand nor he made any move to stop me.
"Let's go." He said removing my hand from his hair and tugging on my long sleeve. I followed along behind him snagging Kankuro's collar as we passed by him. He cursed my name in protest as I dragged him along by his shirt leaving the little Konoha ninja behind.
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I was on a mission to find the local hot springs because I'd be damned if I was going to come all the way to Konoha and not take advantage of their water supply. Kankuro was close beside me our black outfits swaying with our movements. I was in a black off the shoulder long sleeved dress that stopped mid thigh, with two splits up each side stopping at the waist and overlapping slightly, for ease of movement. I had a dark red cloth wound around my slight waist acting as a belt of sorts, but also serving as a place to store weapons and money. My sleeves were long enough to cover up just past my knuckles. I wore dark red shorts under the dress to keep my modesty, as well as a halter neck mesh shirt under the dress to protect my collar bones. My Suna head band hung loosely around my neck, the cloth on it the same colour as my belt. Topped off with black open toed ninja sandals and my little vial necklace which I hid underneath it all.
The hot springs came into view and we altered our path slightly in their direction. Kankuro sighed and pushed his hood back as we entered and split up to go to our respective gender's pools. I changed into a towel and folded my clothes up neatly. With swift fingers I pulled my waist length curls into a messy heap atop my head and wrapped a hair tie around it to hold it there. My little necklace rested just above my cleavage making it perfect for me to hold onto when I got nervous.
I made my way into the pool as sighed into the water. 'Heaven on earth.' I thought to myself as the steam clouded my thoughts.