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Chapter 4: Chakra Vampires

Kankurou managed to find the kidnapper at the Suna gates. Hiro and his sister were dangling over the man's broad shoulders. It appeared that the man didn't give a damn as to the well being of the children and that pissed Kankurou off even more.

"Hey! Stop!" Kankurou shouted and the man stopped in his tracks. Kankurou was ready to fight the bastard but paused as his legs gave way under him.

Man...I...I can barely stand right now...His breathing was heavy...His body felt like lead. What the hell was going on?

The man turned around, laughed at Kankurou's weak form.

"Well...Looks like you fell victim…" The man grinned. "Perfect! I've been wanting to try wielding Suna chakra…"

Kankurou huffed. "You...You bastard!" His ninja mind started thinking of the possibilities. The man hadn't touched him so this guy must have set a trap somewhere to weaken Kankurou. That had to be it.

"Oh...I'm not the true bastard…" The man chuckled. "Just sit there and wait to die…" He paused. "wait...I've got a better idea…" He literary dropped the unconscious girl onto the ground below him. "Feh...She's not ready yet anyway…" He looked at the unconscious boy still on his shoulder. "You...On the other hand…" He touched the boy's side then sighed. "Oh man...So much good chakra...Yeah...That's the stuff…" Down went Hiro as well. "Man, he took a lot out of you…"

What the hell is going on!? Kankurou thought as his breathing shallowed.

There came a torrent of sand enveloping the man, who at this point was definitely not this… 'mister' Hiro talked about. No, this was another male.

"Whoever you are…" Gaara approached, quite mad at the sight before him. His brother nearly spent, and two unconscious children haphazardly lain upon the desert ground…

Kankurou smirked. Yeah…This man was officially dead.

Gaara eyed the male before him.

"You have two seconds…" He stated as the sand squeezed the man hard.

The man smirked back. "Heh...I'll just take some of yours then!"

Gaara raised an eyebrow then held up a hand. He was already done with the man.

"Sand coffin."

As the man's screams were died out with sand, Uchiha Sakura rushed to the battlefield.

"Don't go near the children!" She shouted. "If you do they'll take your chakra!"

Kankurou huffed in shock as Sakura rushed to the little girl. "What!?"

"Their bodies are able to absorb chakra around them." Sakura frowned as she quickly helped the girl. "That's why the little girl survived...Hiro was unconsciously feeding her the chakra he absorbed. Seeing as that they are young, they probably don't know it's happening. Since you were around Hiro a lot, Kankurou, he siphoned a lot from you...That's probably how he was able to control that stuffed monkey so quickly. I suspect the ability is lessoned when they are asleep."

What? That was crazy!? Yet, it would explain why Kankurou felt so drained right now. He had practically spent the whole afternoon with Hiro!

"Hey…" Kankurou had a thought What if they started taking Sakura's chakra!? "Shouldn't you get away too!?" Awe hell that's all Suna needed was to piss off Sakura's husband, Uchiha Sasuke!

Sakura shook her head. "The little girl is too sick to siphon chakra." She picked up the little girl. "I need to get her back to the hospital ASAP!" Like the wind the pink haired medic was gone.

The little boy was brought to the hospital as well, but placed in a high secure room that no one was allowed to enter. Kankurou was told to go rest but he wasn't having it, not until he knew what the hell was going on. He joined Gaara with Sakura who stood outside the little girl's hospital room. Kankurou took a seat in one of the waiting chairs in the hallway.

"And how did you come to the siphoning chakra conclusions, Uchiha-san?" Gaara asked.

"The stuffed monkey Hiro gave his sister was filled with Kankurou's chakra." Sakura explained. "And the little girl was slowly feeding on it while she was sleeping." Sakura's mind began to turn. "This could be the reason why this...Mister Hiro talks about, kept them. Most likely he was using the children, or at least Hiro, to take chakra from others."

Konoha needed to be informed of this immediately. The disappearing children from Konoha had to be connected to this, most definitely.

"There's got to be a way to stop their siphoning abilities or at least lesson them to a point where they aren't dangerous to others." Sakura continued. "However...It's possible that the ability only works with one person at a time, seeing as that they are just children and all...siphoning chakra from a group would be challenging…"

Kankurou crossed his arms. "I got a feeling...Hiro knows what he's doing…" Stares his way. "Hiro's a smart kid...I have a feeling he knew what he was doing this whole time. And that guy...He took chakra from Hiro...So…These two kids are definitely not the only ones out there that can do this.."

More information Konoha needed to know, other nations as well. The very fact that there were people out there that could take chakra away was concerning to say the least.

Gaara made a quick decision. They needed answers, and there was only one person who could talk.

"I will speak with the boy."

Next Time: Innocent Intelligence