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Disclaimer: no ownage of Naruto or his friends do I have.


Then next morning the girls are awakened by a knock on their front door. Kaze grumbles as she gets dressed and goes to the door, a still groggy Kiara seconds behind her. Kaze opens the door to see a young man dressed in a black shirt with one long sleeve and one short. The shirt stops just after his chest and his pants start after his belly button, leaving his midriff bare. His pants are also black and stop about his ankles. He has black sandals on along with gloves on both of his hands. His black hair is short and hugs his head. He's eyes are black and expressionless the same as his pale face. Kaze and Kiara groan then give the young man a nice glare.

"What do you want Sai?" Kaze growls. "It's four in the freakin morning!"

"We have a mission." Sai says calmly.

"What?" Kiara says in a non-believing tone.

Sai turns to her and nods. "Graves are being robbed, Tsunade-sama wants us to investigate."

"Does it really require three Anbu?" Kaze asks shaking her head, leaning against the door's frame.

"I agree with Kaze-sama." Kiara says.

"But orders are orders!" Sai insists, getting frustrated at his teammates reluctance.

"Ok… Naruto refuses missions all the time." Kiara says flipping a hand up in the air. Kaze's nodding beside her.

"Naruto's an idiot though…" Kaze says looking at Kiara.

"What'cha sayin'?" Kiara grumps angrily.

"Nothin, nothin!" Kaze says lifting her hands up in surrender.

"Uh huh…" Kiara mumbles then looks back at Sai. "I get the feeling there's more to this than your sayin. Tsunade-sama wouldn't just send three Anbu for any ol' grave."

"It's the graves of the 12 elite." Sai says and Kiara and Kaze instantly pale.

"Oh. Well. That explains it…" Kaze squeaks.

"Yeah… is there anyone else going?" Kiara asks.

Sai nods. "We'll be back up for Team Kakashi."

"That's seven ninja… well… six ninja and a baka if you really wanna include Naruto." Kaze says.

"Sasuke-kun's going… lets get ready, Kaze-sama." Kiara says turning to her best friend.

"May as well." Kaze says with a sigh. "You can come in Sai but wait down here."

Sai nods then follows the girls inside. He waits in the living room till Kiara and Kaze come down with all of their gear on, both girls have their hair up in high ponytails in order to keep it out of their faces. Kiara has tied her headband around her forehead while Kaze's is tied around her forearm close to the shoulder.

Once the girls are ready, the group of three head to the gate where Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and a man in his late 20's early 30's with white hair and his headband covering his left eye and a mask covering most of his face. Kiara and Kaze smile when they see the older man and walk up to him. Sai runs to catch to them as the girls stand in front of the man and start to talk.

"It's been a while, Kakashi-sensei." Kiara says.

The white haired man chuckles as he nods and places a hand on Kiara's head rubbing it tenderly. "It has. How's it going for you in the Black Ops?"

"It's going well, Kashi-sensei. Though… Kia's had a few troubles now and then." Kaze says earning a glare from her partner.

"It's not you haven't gotten into trouble yourself, Kaze-sama." Kiara grumbles under her breath but both Sasuke and Sakura snicker.

Kakashi chuckles again. "Good. Now lets get going, we need to investigate this as soon as possible."

The group of shinobi start to walk through a forest, avoiding roads just in case of an attack. The only problem with that are the bugs and other creepy crawlies that lie in the forests. Kiara and Kaze have done a good job of hiding their fear, only just barely grimacing and trembling while Sakura is jumping and screaming freely. Whenever Sakura screams, Sasuke and Kaze get angrier but Kaze jerks every once in a while in fear.

"Sakura! That's enough!" Sasuke finally yells.

"S-sorry, Sasuke-kun it's just that BUGS are scary." Sakura says jumping and annunciating the word bugs as a branch cracks nearby.

Sasuke sighs and looks at her, his face anything but amused. "Well at least Kaze-chan and Kiara are being quiet."

N-Not for long… Kiara thinks giving off a fearful grimace.

"Hey Kaira-chan, there's a large spider on your back." Sai says calmly.

Kiara becomes whiter than a sheet and jump into a tree with a terrified scream. The instant she does that the spider bites the side of her neck. Kaze and the others watch with wide and shocked eyes as Kiara's eyes roll back in her head and she falls to the ground with a groan. Kakashi mutters a curse as he jumps against a few trees to catch Kiara bridal style before landing on the ground.

"Nice job baka!" Kaze growls angrily at Sai as she walks over and begins to check Kiara out while Kakashi rests her on the ground.

"What? It's not I knew she was going to do that!" Sai protests, his eyes showing his guilty concern.

"Tch!" Kaze spits angrily, her hand pressed to the side of Kiara's neck. "Sakura, do you have any anti-venom?" Sakura shakes her head. Her hands are clasped at her chest and her eyes are wide and filled with tears. Kaze mutters another curse and begins to dig in her bag. We need to work fast…

Naruto leans over Kaze's shoulder and stares at Kiara worriedly. "She doesn't look too good…"

"Brilliant deduction Sherlock!" Kaze growls still digging through her bag. "Agh where is it?"

"Where is what? Maybe I can look while you treat her." Sasuke says gently.

"It's a vial with a limeish green liquid inside. Thank you Sausy-chan." Kaze says turning back to her friend's worsening condition. Sasuke nods and begins to look in the bag.

Kiara cheeks are flushed with fever against her otherwise white face and neck. She's covered in sweat and is breathing heavily. Kaze's movements become even more frantic after seeing her condition. Sasuke shouts in victory and hands Kaze the vial and she sticks the needle into Kiara's neck. Kiara jerks and gasps just before returning to her original gasping.

"There… that should help until we can get her better help…" Kaze says. She looks up at Kakashi, her face concerned but determined. "Let's get to that rendezvous point."

Kakashi nods then stands up after getting Kiara carefully onto his back. Late that night, they get to the rendezvous point and Kakashi places Kiara against the marker before going on ahead to look for the people they are supposed to meet. Sakura and Naruto go with them leaving Kaze and Sasuke to glare openly at Sai. Sai eventually begins to squirm under their gaze.

"What do you want me to do!" Sai shouts finally cracking under the pressure.

"Go and get these things and quickly." Kaze says shoving a piece of paper into his hands. "That is a list of ingredients for the anti-venom I need to make for Kia, since the one I gave her isn't working." Sai nods then runs off into the forest. "That baka… if she dies because of this I'm gonna kill 'im."

"You and me both." Sasuke growls in agreement. He turns to Kaze his face becoming curious. "You're afraid of bugs too, aren't you?"

"… Yes… though Kia and I are better at hiding it than Sakura." Kaze admits, turning red.

"Haha. I knew it." Sasuke says smugly, crossing his arms.

"I'm surprised you didn't find out earlier." Kaze says, once again resting a hand over Kiara's warm forehead in order to help cool her off.

"Really? Why's that?"

"Well, when we were teammates I remember the chunin exams with all the slugs and whatnot. I was having a hard time controlling my sanity. Kia too." Kaze explains.

"That was what, seven years ago? All I remember is trying to get stronger in order to kill my brother." Sasuke says slightly angry.

"You're still after him?" Kaze states more than asks.

"Of course! He massacred our clan!" Sasuke says in full-blown anger.

"What if he didn't have a choice in the matter?" Kaze whispers.

"What are you talking about? Of course he had a choice!" Sasuke says.

"…I'm not so sure about that."

"What are you talking about! Why are you defending a freak like him huh?" Sasuke roars angrily. "You don't actually care about him do you!"

Kaze looks away her face glum but she shakes her head. "I don't. I'm just wondering if he didn't have any other choice. The way he looked at you, me, everyone that interacted with him makes me think so."

"It was all an act! He told me himself!"

"I… don't… think so… Sasuke-kun…" Kiara gasps sitting up.

"K-Kia! Lie back down!" Kaze commands, shoving her friend's shoulder so that she lies back down.

"Not you too, Kiara…" Sasuke grumbles. "Why do you not think so?"

"His…aura…"

"Come again?" Sasuke says while Kaze tries to get Kiara to be quiet.

"His…aura… shows… that… he cares… He… loves… you…" Kiara gasps, looking at Sasuke with a pleading look. "Please… believe me…"

This has got to be the fever talking. Sasuke thinks looking away. There's no way Itachi loves me. No way at all.

"I've brought them, Kami-san!" Sai says as he walks up to them. In his arms is a bunch of different plants. Kaze grins at him and takes the bunch from him and begins to grind them together.