Title: Just a Little Vacation
Author: Random Number 3
Rating: T
Summary: A man with burning hatred and mad genius is looking to wreck havoc on the world, and only one man can stand and confront him. Kankurou on a vacation brought on by his bouts of anger after his recovery from his fight with Sasori. With the help of a pretty local, and a shady man Kankurou is going to have fun on his little vacation.
Notes: Do not own Naruto.
Chapter 2
Night was soon about to fall on the village of sand, sighing, Gaara pulled the file toward himself. If giving Kankurou some chance to kick ass would make him happy he was willing to give him a something to occupy himself.
"Alright Kankurou I have something a little extra here." He waved the folder and was pleased to see Kankurou a little interested.
"There's a large plot of land some man who calls himself something odd, just M. Well this 'M' guy keeps mostly to himself but his neighbor to the north has complained of his horses gone, seems to think M is taking his horses."
"And?"
"That's it, go down there deliver the message, solve the dispute, and enjoy your vacation. Major will have that scroll up here in just a few moments, so if you'll excuse me." Gaara motioned to his paperwork, "I have some work I need to take care of."
Bending over his papers Gaara went back to work and Kankurou figured he'd better leave, but not before stopping to flirt with his brother's pretty secretary.
"Oh Miss. Nickels, interested in taking a vacation with me?"
Continuing with her own paperwork she shot back, "Only if you take me some place nice, where the sun shines, and there are lakes everywhere."
Leaning himself on her desk he put the papers Gaara had given him on her desk.
"With all the soft work Gaara has me doing and for this low pay, that'll never happen."
Looking at the papers she 'sadly' answered, "Maybe later Kankurou, but for now you have to leave tomorrow, and on Friday the 13th no less."
Kankurou raised his hands and put on a scared face,
"Oh not Friday the 13th, maybe you should come with me, be my good luck charm."
"Good bye Kankurou, oh and this came up just before you and Gaara finished talking."
Pushing a medium sized scroll to Kankurou, he picked it up not to hefty he could easily fit it in his pouch. Grunting nonetheless about having to carry these new, not tested puppets, he pocketed it. Kankurou pushed himself off the desk and walked to the door, in no more mood to make small talk with the pretty secretary, and closed the door.
xXx
Having backed early last night Kankurou was up and ready early to leave for his mission. It didn't start off to well, for starters it was raining and rain meant slow travel in Sand. Perhaps Miss. Nickels was right about Friday the 13th being a day for bad luck, shaking his head of such nonsense Kankurou showed his papers to the guards and began his long uncomfortable journey to Grass.
It wasn't until he hit a forest about three hours he started his trip that he got the sensation of being followed. Slowing his run to a slow jog he hopped into the first of the trees he could and hide right in the topmost branches. Being overly cautious was something that Kankurou was taught as he was growing up,
"If all is going to well, you may be walking into an ambush."
That was a phrase quite commonly heard and Kankurou lived by it, which is why he preferred to be the stealthy one of the group and not rely on raw power. Stick to the shadows and strike at the best moment, like a true ninja. However, Kankurou like anyone else always liked to kick some ass when push came to shove.
The seconds ticked into minutes and minutes threatened to turn into hours if the rain and the lack of action forced Kankurou to abandon his game of cat and mouse and forge onward.
Another hour passed Kankurou still felt unseen eyes watching from the trees, brushing this as just nerves and an overreacting mind he continued the trip forward. No more than five minutes later Kankurou had to stop, this wasn't his mind playing tricks on him there was someone watching him…a large bang prompted Kankurou to dive into the nearest cover, some bushes, and than hide behind a tree. Peeking out from his cover, nothing. The noise had come from further ahead, probably no more than one hundred meters ahead.
Again Kankurou kept to his hiding place and this time he stayed there for a good hour listening to the sounds of the forest until all was still except the noise of bugs. Pinpointing the source of the noise he rushed towards what could be a dying person; he ended up in a clearing. The clearing was occupied by a man with his back to Kankurou, bent down inspecting the body of a dead man.
Assuming the worst Kankurou got into a fighting stance but first asked the man a question,
"Excuse me sir, do you need-"
Kankurou didn't get a chance to finish the sentence as the man swung around with something large and boxy in his hands. With these new puppets Kankurou wasn't ready to fight with them so he retreated back into the forest as the figure used the large box to destroy a good portion of the forest.
Peeking from behind the tree, his enemy appeared to be in his 20s, had some large, boxy thing in his hands that seem to fling out some sort of projectile. However, the man appeared to be very small and frail, probably just an average civilian. Except this civilian had killed a man, and had fired at Kankurou making him a threat and threat is a threat.
It was about ten meters from Kankurou to the man something he could easily clear in a second or two. There he could fight him close combat and knock away the strange foreign weapon. Taking a deep breath Kankurou counted mentally,
One
The man hit his weapon and something dropped from it.
Two
He reached into his pocket
Three
Kankurou burst from his cover and ran at the man, using his momentum to tackle the man and knock away the weapon. Undaunted the man reached into his jacket and pulled out something more familiar looking, a large knife. Kankurou once heard a saying,
'In a fight fast is fast, and skilled is skilled, but at the end of the day big is still big.'
Using his larger size to an advantage Kankurou flung himself recklessly at the man taking him by surprise, grasping the knife and man's hand he pushed the knife closer and closer to the man's neck. Resistance but soon the man's own resistance turned to surrender and his own knife entered his neck, killing him.
Pushing himself back up to his feet Kankurou picked up the man's strange weapon, it wasn't very complex looking it resembled an L turned sideways. Pocketing it for later identification at Grass, he looked at the other dead person's body. This body was marked with holes still bleeding, the damage also reached inside the body as Kankurou saw some of the bones near the wounds were broken. The man's L shaped weapon probably did it.
Brushing off the dirt that had collected on himself from all of his dodging and his fight Kankurou decided to push forward for a few minutes before camping out for the night.
Friday the 13th sure is an unlucky day.
End of Chapter 2
End notes: I'd like to say that yes this story will have guns in it, I will not have any of the ninjas use one but non ninja characters may use them. I figure in the world of Naruto if they have computers, TVs, movie theaters, they would have guns. Do not fear though, the guns won't change the story much and will be about as useful as the kunai in the show and manga, which is pretty much useless.
Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter, I know my updates will be few and far between but I will try to get them out for those who care. Review please, otherwise so you in later chapters.