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Chapter 3
Chivalry Died... Or So We Thought
The rest of the school day pasted without incident and soon everyone parted ways, everyone but Courtney, Gwen and Bridgette.
"So we're seeing The Other Guys, Step Up 3D and Dinner for Schmucks." Bridgette confirmed. Courtney flashed her one of her normal cheesy smile with a nod, whilst Gwen stared at the two of them with a dull expression.
"That's the plan." Courtney agreed, she was still simmering from her earlier confrontation with Sakura.
"Those movies look so lame guys, can we PLEASE see something remotely cool like SALT or Inception?" Gwen groaned, rubbing her temples.
Bridgette sighed and opened her mouth to protest, but Courtney beat her to the punch. "NO! Can't you see how much TROUBLE Bridgette went through, getting tickets for us? We can't just through that away! It's inconsiderate!" Courtney seethed.
"Is something up Courtney? You've been acting weirder than usual ever since TAG." Gwen commented, only seeming vaguely interested.
"I was just thinking… forget it. That Haruno girl just pissed me off." Courtney finished quickly. Gwen and Bridgette shared a glance.
"What DOESN'T piss you off?" Gwen asked.
"UGH! I'm...just...can... Can we just drop it?" Courtney stammered, before briskly walking into the movie theatre.
"Alright." Bridgette said uncertainly.
"Whatever..." Gwen shrugged.
With the Exchange Students
The exchange students were on the roof of the large house they had rented for the year. It was almost ten at night and it was nearly pitch dark. They sat in a circle, all clad in black.
"Okay, tonight begins our mission. We are to rid this city of the gangs of rogue ninja that have fled here from our lands and protect the people here. We will break up into our teams and patrol the city. If you find any rogue ninja then either kill them and destroy the body, or capture them and bring them here, in which case, the Akatsuki will interrogate and then destroy them." Temari explained. Several people frowned.
"I can't believe we are working with THEM." Kiba growled, referring to the Akasuki.
"Deal with it Kiba, we have no choice." Tenten said, although she sounded no happier at the idea of teaming up with the S-Rank criminals.
"Now, move out and meet back here at four. Remember to wear your masks at all times." Temari continued. Everyone pulled up their masks (they are like Kakashi's but black)
"Hai!" Everyone chorused before jumping away in groups. Gaara, Temari and Kankuro were heading toward downtown, silent and invisible even in the well-lit city night.
"Geez, it's so bright." Kankuro commented as they made their way over roofs in a subdivision. He had his puppet scrolls fastened to his back, as he usually did.
"And loud." Gaara agreed with a frown as he adjusted the large gourd on his back.
"HEY GUYS! ISN'T THIS SO EXCITING, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GET TO PATROL AN ACTUAL REAL LIVE CITY!" Naruto screamed giddily. He waved wildly, trying to get the attention of the confused sand siblings. He was patrolling the other side of the street with an annoyed Sakura and an angry-looking Sasuke.
"BAKA!" Sakura exclaimed, grabbing Naruto's ear and pulling him down the street with a quickened pace.
"… Actually, the loudest thing about this city is Naruto." Kankuro sighed, rolling his eyes.
"Big surprise..." Temari and Gaara groaned, sarcastically.
"Man... This city is busy, too. Do the people here ever sleep?" Temari scowled at the cars that passed them on the street below.
"Well, the night is still young." Gaara mused. His siblings nodded in agreement.
"I wonder how things in Suna are going…" Kankuro said suddenly, touching his headband, which they were all wearing. Temari touched her own headband with a frown.
"We can't concern ourselves with that now." Gaara reminded them, although he was thinking about how the village was doing without him. He was the Kazekage after all.
"Hai!" Temari and Kankuro nodded and the three sped up.
With Gwen, Courtney and Bridgette
"Wow! Those movies were great!" Bridgette exclaimed as they exited the movie theater.
"Yeah, they were pretty awesome." Courtney agreed.
Gwen sent each of them a glare. "They SUCKED! The comedy was lame, the acting was lame, and there weren't any psycho killers, aliens, OR chainsaws!" She yelled. Gwen rolled her eyes. "What a waste of money."
Courtney scoffed and ignored her comment, while Bridgette rolled her eyes. "Whatever." They replied.
"Wow, it's almost midnight, we better get home." Gwen said, looking at the clock on her phone. The other two girls nodded.
"Let's go through the park then, it'll save us some time." Bridgette suggested.
"Sounds good. We're lucky we didn't get any homework today, or we'd be screwed." Courtney commented as they started toward the park.
"Do you guys like your exchange students?" Gwen asked. Courtney and Bridgette paused to think for a moment.
"Shino is okay, although he hardly speaks, sometimes I forget he's there. And I don't really like the fact that I have no idea what he looks like." Courtney said, frowning.
"Sakura's pretty cool. Plus, she's like a genius or something." Bridgette explained. Courtney scowled at the mention of the pink haired girl.
"They all seem very smart… Well, except Naruto and maybe Karin." Gwen said musingly.
"How about your exchange student, Gwen? What's he like? I think I heard Lindsay call him a 'Super-Hot Emo God'…" Bridgette said, snickering at the last part.
"Gaara's… interesting. I don't know, it's kind of complicated, I think. I like him, he's pretty cool." Gwen frowned at her explanation.
"Wait, you like him… or you LIKE him?" Courtney asked. Gwen blinked.
"Yeah, since you broke up with Trent, you can date. Plus, Gaara's hot. In an emo-y hard core way." Bridgette said. Gwen looked thoughtful.
"You raise a good point…" She murmured.
"Yes, yes I do." Bridgette smirked. Suddenly she walked into something and stopped dead.
"Hello there." A male voice hissed. Bridgette jumped back to stand beside Gwen and Courtney, only to find they were surrounded by intimidating people.
"Hey little girls... Want some candy?" Another gruff voice snickered.
The one standing next to him growled, and slapped him upside the head. "Idiot! Stop screwing around!"
"Ow..." He groaned, rubbing his head. "Fine."
"Do you think these girls will do?" One of them asked.
"Probably. He's never specific." Another answered. Bridgette's eyes widened while Gwen and Courtney's narrowed. Courtney whipped out her cell phone.
"Leave us alone, or I'll call my lawyer." She threatened. The people laughed.
"How will you do that, without a phone?" One asked, knocking the phone out of her hand with a well-aimed kunai knife.
"Oh, I just bought that…" Courtney whined. Gwen elbowed her.
"Just move along, we don't want any trouble." She said calmly. Another kunai whizzed past Gwen's cheek, leaving a shallow cut.
"But we do." The man who threw the kunai smirked.
"Great, WE ARE GONNA DIE IN A FUCKING PARK!." Bridgette yelled, freaking out.
"No, we are not." Courtney growled. She aimed a kick at one of the men, but he caught her ankle and flipped her. Courtney landed on her back. The impact left her winded.
"Okay, we might die in a park." Gwen agreed in a deadpan.
"Look, Sakura, Sasuke! Some girls from our school are in trouble!" Naruto gasped, pointing to the trio. He stared at them with concern from across the street, while Sakura glanced at them. She scowled, and leaned against a nearby streetlamp with her arms crossed when she recognized one of them as Courtney. Sasuke didn't even look.
"Eh, they'll be fine..." Sakura replied, waving a hand dismissively.
"But! Sakura, they could really be in trouble!" Naruto protested.
"Oh look Naruto, ramen!" She chirped, pointing in the opposite direction of the girls.
"WHERE?" He shouted, looking to where she pointed. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Quiet! Grab them before we're spotted!" A member grunted. The figures started to close in on the girls as they hugged each other in fear.
"But... I'm too important to die!" Courtney wailed. She shoved Gwen out of the huddle, and pointed at her. "TAKE HER! She likes death!"
"Gee, thanks." Gwen grumbled, crossing her arms and scowling.
"That's enough." A harsh voice said as three figures fell from the trees and landed in between the girls and their attackers. The shortest one, who was in front of Gwen, did some complex signs with his hands that were too fast for her eyes to follow and then sand erupted from the giant gourd on his back.
"Sand coffin." The boy said as the sand surrounded one of the men. He then held his hand out, palm facing the trapped man and made a fist. "Sand Burial." The man inside the sand was crushed.
"Good job." The female said as she took a large fan from her back. She opened the fan with a flourish. "Wind Scythe Jutsu." With a wave of the fan three of the men were caught in a whirlwind.
"It's time for a puppet show." The taller boy said, taking two puppets out of scrolls. One puppet dragged two men into its torso while another came apart, revealing blades in its limbs and head. "Secret Black Move: Iron Maiden." Once the men were locked in the first puppet, the other one's limbs stabbed into it and screams could be heard from inside. "Show's over."
"We'll keep this one alive." The short boy said, nodding to the man he had trapped with his sand.
"Okay. T and I will take care of these." The taller boy did some hand signs and placed his hands on a body and it was incinerated. He and the girl did this to the other five bodies. The short one walked over to Gwen, Courtney and Bridgette. They just stared at him.
"Are you three alright?" He asked, his voice as gentle and un-intimidating as he could make it. Gwen frowned, there was something familiar about the voice.
"We're fine… I think." Courtney replied, giving the masked boy a glare full of suspicion. The boy nodded.
"You should get home. And be careful. This city is not as safe as it once was." He warned. The girls nodded.
"Thanks. But… who ARE you?" Bridgette asked.
"Call us… Sand Shinobi." The boy replied. Sand seemed to swirl around him as he said this. The girls nodded and hurried toward their homes. The boy, Gaara, ran a hand through his hair.
"See you in school tomorrow." He whispered.
The Next Day in Home Room
Gwen sat beside Gaara at the back of the room as the bell rang.
"Morning." Gwen said to him. Gaara nodded to her.
"Hey. What's up?" He asked casually.
"You know, nothing much. Courtney, Bridgette and I got attacked by some random people and then three people showed up and killed all of them but one. The usual." Gwen replied. Gaara pretended to be surprised.
"Really? Wow. Sounds like you had one hell of a night." He said, his eyes widening. Gwen's eyebrows knit together. There was something un-genuine about Gaara's surprise.
"Yeah, it sure was something." She agreed.
"Who were the people who helped you?" Gaara asked, beginning to copy the stuff Kakashi had written on the board. His voice had dropped so Gwen had to strain to hear him over the rest of the class. There was something about his voice…
"They called themselves… Sand Shinobi." Gwen said hesitantly. Gaara nodded.
"Sand Shinobi? Interesting."
And then it clicked.
We finally got this chapter up! W00t! And it was pretty serious (until Alex added the Naruto parts…)!
The next chapter will not be up for about two weeks unless it is out within the next 4 days, because Hazel will be in Kenora (which she insists sounds like 'Konoha').
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