Here's chapter two!
Disclaimer: I still don't own Naruto nor the characters or Alice in Wonderland.
Anko led the team out the gate, each having grabbed their pre-packed bags. "So, what's happening, exactly?" Anko asked the three of them. "All I know is that Iruka and his team left first, then Gai, and Kurenai and Kakashi left at the same time."
Kiara frowned, huffing behind the other three, who'd been pulling ahead of her. "We don't need to go so fast!" She whined as Kaze slowed her pace. "We shouldn't get their tired!"
Kaze laughed and turned back to Anko. "From what the report said, each team made it to the first report, then they disappeared," she said, remembering the folder. "Shino sent a few bugs ahead before the report and mentioned at thick mist out in the middle of the desert, but other than that, they were all basically the same: No trouble, rested for the night, continuing on." She sighed, frustrated.
"It seems that we had gotten some intelligence about a missing-nin in the area we are heading," Sai continued. "So Hokage-sama sent ninja to capture him."
"And so far our village has failed," Kiara finished glumly.
"Until she finally decided to send us!" Kaze said brightly. "We haven't failed a mission yet, and we won't let this be our first!"
Kiara smiled slightly. "You have a high opinion of yourself, don't you Kaze-cha?" Sai asked innocently.
"I'm stating a fact, Sai-chi," Kaze snapped back. "And we shouldn't depress ourselves before we even get there. Negative thinking will lead to a negative outcome!" Sai frowned slightly, but didn't reply.
The four of them continued walking on until night. By the time they found the inn all the other teams had stayed at, the group had passed through the forest and into the sand. The village they stopped in for the night was on the edge of the desert and, before they left the next day, the group made sure to restock their bags in case they there wasn't another village for a few more days.
Kiara put together a report for Tsunade and sent it with a messenger, telling him he'd be paid when he gave it to Tsunade. He left and the group left the inn.
"This is where the other teams were seen last," Sai said blandly, still managing to cause goose bumps to crawl up Kiara's spine. "After this report, we may never be seen ag-" Kaze put her hand over his mouth to stop him from finishing his thought.
"You're creeping me out!" Kaze announced, shouldering her back. "So shut up!" Sai nodded calmly and Kaze removed her hand from his mouth.
"All ready?" Anko asked, smiling brightly at the younger team members. Kaze raised an eyebrow at her, but all three nodded and they set off.
The sand was still cool while the sun tried to rise over the horizon. "So where is this wall of mist?" Sai asked Kaze.
"I don't know," Kaze snapped.
"Didn't your best friend say there was a wall of mist?" Sai asked.
"That's what was in the report, Kaze answered. "You would know that if you had paid attention when reading it."
Kiara laughed as Sai's eyes widened at the insult. Then Kiara gasped. Not too far away, to the left of them, a huge wall of mist rose out of the ground. "Um, there it is...?" She said uncertainly, pointing across Kaze at the wall.
Kaze grinned smugly at Sai. "See? Wall. Of. Mist." Sai shook his head and they changed direction to head towards the mist.
When they reached the mist, Sai put his hand out to it and his hand sank into the mist. "It feels thick," he announced, stepping forward into it. "Well? Let's go!" The other three followed him. Once all four were inside, they lost sight of each other.
Kiara stopped. "Kaze-sama?" She called timidly. A hand grabbed her own and she shrieked.
"I'm right here, Kia!" Kaze yelled, flinching away. "I've got Sai-chi also, but I lost Anko-san."
"Yes, I am here," Sai said from Kaze's other side.
"Oh, good," Kiara replied, sighing in relief. "I wasn't sure if I would have to go through this all by myself."
Well, let's keep going," Kaze suggested, pulling her two teammates with her.
The three continued walking, occasionally stumbling on roots and branches. "Wait..." Kiara mused out loud. "Why are there roots in the desert?"
"Huh, what are you-Sai!" Kaze yelled, tugging Kiara's hand.
"What happened?" Kiara asked in panic.
"He let go of my hand and now I can't find him!" Kaze answered. "Sai!" She yelled again.
"Over here!" Sai called from ahead of them. "I think I found the other side! It's-WHAT IS THIS?" Sai hollered. Kaze and Kiara hurried forward, stomping on any branches or roots that threatened to trip them.
The two girls broke through the mist, stumbling slightly in the unexpected light. Kiara looked around and saw green. Somehow, they'd ended up in a forest. "Kaze, how did we get here?" Kiara asked in awe.
"I. Don't. Know," Kaze answered through her teeth.
"Why are you-" Kiara began as she turned to her friend. Then she froze mid-sentence, her eyes going wide. Kaze still stood next to her, angry-looking as ever. However, she had a slight flush on her face, and for good reason.
Kaze now wore black leather. A long sleeved, cut-off, unzipped leather jacket, black leather pants sitting below her jutting hip bones, and black boots very much like her favorite ones. The unzipped jacket showed a black sports bra underneath, but what caught Kiara's eye first was what was between the cut-off jacket and low-sitting pants: Kaze's pale, flat stomach.
"Y-you're stomach," Kiara squeaked, looking up at Kaze's face. Then she froze again, jaw dropping. Kaze's hair was down. Moreover, she had bright white rabbit ears poking out of her hair and whiskers twitching on her face.
"S-stop staring!" Kaze ordered, flushing darker. Kiara looked at Kaze's stomach again and giggled. "What?" Kaze snapped.
"When you blush, your stomach turns pink!" Kiara giggled. Kaze frowned, still blushing.
"You shouldn't pick on Kaze-cha, Kaira-chan," Sai's voice reprimanded from above them. "She's wearing the same clothes that those girls wear in those magazines Kakashi-san buys sometimes." Kaze flushed even darker and glared up at Sai. Kiara looked up also, over Kiara's head and saw Sai lounging in a tree, and she broke down in giggles again.
Sai still wore his regular clothes, except now they were striped pink and purple. He also had a long, pink-and-purple striped cat tail twitching from his backside and pink-and-purple striped cat ears. "You're a cat!" Kiara giggled. Kaze had turned around to glare at Sai and Kiara erupted into full-blown laughter. Poking out above Kaze's low pants was a fluffy white rabbit tail. Kaze blushed again, covering the tail with one hand and grabbing an ear with another, sending a pleading look at Kiara.
"Q-quit laughing, Kia-chan!" She whined.
"You're. So. Cute!" Kiara squealed, bursting into laughter again.
"W-well, look down at y-yourself!" Kaze yelled, still blushing.
Kiara looked down and screamed. She was wearing a light blue apron dress that came to way above her knees. The dress just barely covered her butt, but didn't drop down any lower than that. Her chest was accentuated with white and the dress was skin-tight, making her look bustier than she was. She was also wearing knee-high white socks with blue bows at the top and black Mary Jane shoes.
"What am I wearing?" She shrieked, trying to pull the skirt down and the bust up, managing nothing in the process. Instead her hands flew to her head to check for any strange ears and found a satin bow sitting on top of her head.
"A dress," Sai answered helpfully. "You, too, look like one of those girls on the cover of one of Kakashi-san's magazines." Kiara glared up at him and yelped in surprise. He was gone from the waist down. Sai looked at himself in surprise. "I'm disappearing," he stated.
Kaze sighed as Kiara began to shriek again. "Calm down Kia!" Kaze roared, effectively quietly Kiara. "I think I understand why we're dressed like this," she began. Kiara nodded, casting a worried glance at Sai, who was gone from the shoulders down. Kaze pushed an ear out of her face in frustration, this reminds me of the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Kiara nodded, panicking as Sai disappeared completely. He then popped back into existence, standing next to Kaze. "Sai here is the Cheshire Cat, I am the White Rabbit, and you seem to be Alice," Kaze finished, sighing.
"So... What do we do now?" Kiara asked, looking around.
"Well, in the book, Alice," she turned to Kiara, "that's you, was always chasing after the White Rabbit, that's me, with help from others, including the Cheshire Cat, which is him." Kaze shrugged. "So, follow the White Rabbit!" She jumped into a tree with ease and Kiara ran to catch up.