Timeskip

Chapter 1

"Almost there." Said Ino, staring at the approaching gates. The four girls had been traveling for days. The hot summer sun was causing them to sweat and Sakura was sure that she had another blister on her foot.

"Damn it! There are guards." said Tenten. The other girls looked generally disheartened.

"There goes our hope of a quiet entrance." Ino was speaking glumly. Sakura nodded. Hinata tried to cheer them up.

"You all know we need crowds to earn money." She said.

(Pawz [old author]: I'm a lazy ass, I know, Hinata doesn't stutter in this fanfic, The Third died peacefully in his sleep and now Tsunade is the Hokage. It's MY fanfic and I can type what I like. Or can I…. Am I really being controlled by an evil fluffy bunny of doom?)

Sakura sighed. She quickly stuffed all of her hair into a bandanna she had on.

"Hinata, you better do your eye-thingy and put on your blindfold. Don't wanna be busted like in that freaky farm village."

Flashback

"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The four girls were running, absolutely terrified, from a large mob of farmers from the village complete with pitchforks and tourches. (To buy one just call 1800 Freaky Farmers)

"Devil gypsies with their cursed eyes and hair! I WARNED YOU THAT THEY WERE TROUBLE!!!" A random old lady screamed from her porch as they ran by.

End flashback

Hinata twitched, then activated her Byakugan using as little chakra as she could (Pawz: I will explain this…later…) and tied a black blindfold on.

After a few minutes, the four girls reached the village gates. The guards looked up and saw four gypsy girls. One with a blindfold on, one with her hair in a bandanna, one who's hair made her resemble a panda, and one blonde girl with dancing sky blue eyes.

"Excuse me sir, we would like to get into the village." said Ino brightly. One of the guards turned to her and asked, "Your papers?" Ino frowned and turned to Sakura.

"Sakura?" Sakura shook her head and turned to Hinata, who turned to Tenten, who turned to Ino.

"Eh?" said the guard. "Sorry, no papers no pass." Ino turned to one of the guards, her eyes sparkling with tears.

"But, sir, we have now here else to go! Our parents are gone, we have no money or food and now you won't let us into the only place that could save us!" The guard yawned and said, "For all we know, you could be spies." At this, Ino dramatically turned away.

"I knew it! You see four destitute gypsy girls and you think 'Gypsies! Thieves! Con Artists! Spies!' Nonsense says I! It has been proven that one out of five gypsies is a thief. We are not one of those! But no! Prejudice obviously rules your actions! Shame on you, sir, shame on you!" One of the guards was trying not to snigger, while the other was looking like he had just been slapped on the face with a fish.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" cried Tenten, attracting the attention of some villagers.

"This man," she pointed accusingly at the guard, "believes that four innocent girls are spies!" This brought even more attention. "This man is obviously crazy! But one of our number must be crazy too, if she's on the tight wire with no chakra or net! But then, the Highwalker has never really cared for being sane!" At the mention of Highwalker, everyone's heads jumped up. Sakura had somehow managed to set up a tight wire without anyone noticing. She stepped on. She was holding two batons with fire on each end. (Pawz: You know baton twirling. Except each end has fire on it! Hang on, some crazy people actually do that!) Out of nowhere, Tenten produced a fiddle, while Hinata and Ino began to sing.

Meanwhile the Rookie 9 plus Team Gai, were coming back from a long mission.

"I can't wait to get back! " Kiba and Naruto were blathering on, unaware that they were annoying the hell out of everyone (except for Gai and Lee, they were also annoying everyone).

"Gai-sensei! If I cannot walk to the village on my hands, I shall run three hundred laps around the village! If I cannot do that, I shall do nine hundred push ups!"

"LEE! THE FLAME OF YOUTH BURNS BRIGHTLY IN YOU! NEVER LET IT GO OUT!"

"GAI-SENSEI!"

"LEE!"

"GAI-SENSEI!"

"LEE!"

A cheesy background, complete with waves and a sunset, accentuated the overall weirdness of the two spandex-wearing, anime-tear-crying, man-hugging shinobi. Neji was walking some distance behind them, trying to pretend to not know them, while the only female member of their team, Chouko, was walking with the other girls, Aki, Fuki and Saki.

They arrived at the village gates. Something wasn't quite right.

"Gai-sensei, why is there a fire-baton-wielding girl on a tight rope here?" asked Lee as he watched the girl dance on the tight wire.

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, for the Gypsy Rose's Highwalker finishing act!" Tenten was playing the crowd like her fiddle. Sakura (a.k.a. Highwalker- for obvious reasons) leapt into the air. She tossed her two batons up and flipped. She somersaulted three times in the air and on her feet, before dropping into a splits position. The icing on the cake was when she caught her two batons. The crowd went wild.

The returning shinobi gaped at the panting, decidedly non-shinobi girl, who was blowing out her batons. She was talking and laughing with two other girls, while the blindfolded one was getting ready. Whispers flew around the crowd.

"Highwalker…"

"…famous gypsy troupe…"

"….As good as shinobi…"

"Lucky to see them…"

"Sensei?" said Naruto. Kakashi turned to show he was listening.

"Who are those girls?" Naruto asked.

Kakashi scratched his head. "I'd say they're that famous gypsy troupe called the Gypsy Rose."

"The who?" Naruto's friends and team mates shook their heads. Kakashi went on.

"The Gypsy Rose is a troupe that is made up of four girls- Highwalker, Silktwirler, Weapons Mistress and Airborne. They perform amazing acts for money." Saki explained. Then proving what a whorish fangirl she was, shouted to Sasuke, "I can perform amazing acts for you too, Sasuke-kun." Sasuke scowled and turned away in disgust.

Naruto was tapping his chin.

"I get that bit, sensei, but what's a gypsy?"

"You don't know what a gypsy is?" All the shinobi turned towards the bun-haired gypsy who had walked over to their group.

"I thought you people were supposed to know about this sorta thing." She turned to Naruto.

"Look, midget," Naruto glared at the nickname. The gypsy pulled out a kunai and started spinning it on one finger absent-mindedly. "We gypsies are basically outcasts of society." She said this cheerfully, with a grin. Gai wondered how long it had been since the girl had slept under a roof. "We don't call no place home. Don't have no family. We just travel. Don't serve no village, don't pay no rent. Own the clothes on our backs and some equipment, if we're lucky. It's not a bad life, if you have a smile." The kunai stopped turning. "Anyway, Hin- I mean Silktwirler is about to start. I'd better go." She ran back to the center of the crowd.

"What a slut." said Fuki. "I bet the others are just like her." Aki, Suki and Chouko agreed. Their teams and their senseis didn't.