"Daddy some day I'm going to be big an' strong just like you." A young boy said, hanging off of one of an older man's arms. There was a wide, naïve grin on his face, as he giggled brightly. "An' an' imouto is gunna be just like mommy, smart and stuff."

"Nuh-uh!" Alittle toddler, with the same pitch black hair and bright blue eyes as the boy, tugged on her father's pant leg. "Dada, wants strong like dada!"

"Ah, no Chio-chan." The father said, kneeling down with a gentile smile. He put his free hand on top of her head, giving it a loving pat. "Leave that to the men of the family, you'll be a great medical ninja, just like your mother."

The same dream tended to happen to Chiori whenever something very un-ninja like happened to her. Needless to say, this wasn't one of her proud and shining moments.

"Nghh..." The young genin groaned and gripped her head, which felt like someone had let loose an angry porcupine with a bad case of 'holy-hell-I'm-A -clumsy-tard'.

"Ah, our young princess has awakened!" Koto snickered, leaning against a tree as he bared down over Chiori. "Have a bit of a fright? That was quite the stunt you pulled."

"That wasn't a stunt..." Chiori grimaced, her cheeks turning a deep shade of 'embarrassed red'. True, spiders scared the living daylights out of her, and she tended to be okay with small ones on an individual level, but that nightmarish cave the three of them had left behind seemed like her own personal niche in Hell. The swarms of the terrifying creatures set of her only phobia, and she hated the effect it had on her.

"Ninja's aren't supposed to show emotion." Koto chided, wagging his finger. "Most only assume it means sadness, happiness, closeness, but forget it means anger, confusion, or fear." He narrowed his eyes at her. "I can't believe for one moment that such an academy level rookie was allowed to graduate, in the middle of a war no less! What if, heaven forbid, our enemy was a spider or something? How would you fare against that huh? How would-"

"Alright I get it!" Chiori snapped angrily, staggering up to her feet. "I'm afraid of the freaking spiders, you happy? Yeah, I'm hardly a genin but DAMMIT I'm ninja! I won't forgive you belittling me like that!" Her voice steadily rose, and her fingers dug tightly into her palms as her face contorted in rage. There was a long moment of silence as the young kunoichi fought to regain her lost temper, all the while reminding herself, much to her displeasure, that he did have a point and was crossing it for a second time with that little outburst.

"Heh, well then seems like there is some fight in you then." Koto chuckled suddenly, his serious mood taking a 180. "Save the temper for the enemy, we're going to need it if we wanna get back safely."

"Koto you went a bit too far yourself." Sachi frowned, finally piping up after being silent from the whole trek out of the cave. She'd been keeping herself busy as the unofficial sentry since the exit, making sure the little forest area the had found themselves in was clear and unhostile. "Now that your awake we can get further away from the cave, I don't want those suckers coming out of there and after us, I may or may not have pissed them off. Let's get out of here."

"Fine by me." Chiori replied hastily, glancing at the mouth of the cave. They couldn't have been more than ten yards away, and she was eager to expand that distance. Half way across the country didn't seem like far enough to her at this point.

"Can you walk?" Koto teased with a wide grin, staring straight at her.

"Don't mock me, you'll regret it later." Chiori growled.

"Oooh, I'm so sacared!" The boy replied in a high, sarcastic voice, his hands flying up to cover his mouth while his eyes went wide. "Oh Sachi, save me from this fearful beast!"

"Get serious." Sachi said with a sigh, though the hint of a grin crept at the corners of his mouth. "C'mon, the more ground we cover the better."

Author's Note

Dreamer here! Ooooh boy I got bit by the writing bug and it died like halfway through writing this~ Aaaanyway, I may have jumped the gun with the little flash back, I tend to jump the gun with a lot of things, but it was such a perfect place to put it. No, I make no spoilers, but yes, that dream's important. Look at me ranting! It's Demons turn now, tune in next time for the next exciting installment of War is for the Weak!