Authors note: I am SOOOO sorry this has taken me so long, since school with all my classes I haven't had time at all. Things are cooling down so I hope to be doing a lot of updating to make up for it.
Chapter 3
It's Kankuro's turn
On their way to their home, Kankuro and Temari stopped to talk with their brother and Kazegage, Gaara, in his office. They found him sitting with his fingers resting slightly upon his temples, looking down at some papers.
"What's up Gaara?" Temari asked walking nearer to his desk and sitting in a nearby chair.
"Just a bunch of business and a headache on the side." Gaara answered without looking up. He sighed and sifted the papers on his desk slightly, scanning whatever was written on them.
"You don't think its…?" Kankuro started.
"No, no. I would know if it was him. It's just all this reading, I think I will return with you two and get an early night." Gaara pushed the papers into a folder and put it in a cabinet. He stood up and headed to the door with Temari and Kankuro behind him. Kankuro couldn't help but think about the girl he had met earlier as they walked. Takara, it means treasure, hmmm, there's something rather strange about her. Her eyes were a little too green, and her hair almost unnatural.
"Kankuro, watch out!" Temari shouted. Kankuro shook his head and ducked just in time to miss several shuriken coming straight at him.
"What the crap?" Kankuro said catching up with Gaara and Temari.
"Let me handle this, I've been dying for some action." Gaara whispered. Then he yelled, "Why don't you stop being a coward and show yourself, or are you scared?" He readied himself and looked off into the darkness where the culprit was.
"No, I'm not scared. Just testing." A young voice called from the shadows.
"That voice. I know that voice. It's…" Kankuro whispered.
"Oh yes, It's me Kankuro. You remember me don't you?" The young guy said with a cruel laugh, sounding closer now. "I just had a little visit with that new girl, she's quite the sight, maybe I'll take her as well. I left a weak impression so next time she won't try hard and I will. Humph, she has quite an interesting chakra, you know? A very dangerous kind, but with that chakra it always ends bad, well for her it will." Now the guy was right near the edge of the shadows.
"Let me get him now, Kankuro." Gaara whispered.
"No, not yet." Kankuro whispered back. "You leave her alone, Hisoka. So are you still stealing other's chakra to control your own powers? Are you still too weak to do it yourself?"
"Glad to see you still remember my name, Kankuro. No actually, I'm not. I came here to do a little bit of catching up with, er, old friends and I ran into you friend. Takara is it? Well, you see, there is this kind of chakra I need to complete a task, but to use it I need a sacrifice. Your girl can provide me with both. Well I must leave, but I have a feeling that we will meet again, Kankuro, with the little, Treasure." Then the guy, Hisoka, disappeared into the now dark sky.
"You leave her alone!" Kankuro called after him. He looked at Gaara, but Gaara was walking back up the stairs, a questioning expression set in his face. "Gaara?"
"You guys go ahead, I have to do some research. See you." Gaara went around the corner.
"What was all that about Kankuro? Who is Hisoka?" Temari questioned as they continued down.
"I really don't know what that was about, Tem. Now Hisoka, I knew him from a long time ago. Do you remember when we were little, how we always used to run around the desert outside the walls late at night? Well once, I stumbled upon a man, and he was sucking the chakra out of a young woman, all the while growing younger and visibly stronger. I couldn't stand it so I turned and ran, but he heard me and came after me. Somehow I managed to escape, but after that I kept seeing him all the time, and eventually we talked. Then we started planning meetings, he taught me things, I fed him information on ninja and strong chakra users. Finally I realized how dangerous he was and I never spoke to him again. But enough of this, we must move Takara and her family to a safe location."
"Right, they can stay at our place." Temari nodded and they took off towards where Takara had said she lived.
Authors note: Ok, sorry it's so short. I will try to have an update soon. Please stay with me.