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This is another sort of blah chapter and rather short. But the next chapter goes...if you've read "Fade" to you know who and with Hinata's POV... so, are you all ready for it!

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Ch.4

The Suna Kunoich

*Temari*

Damn, I hate them, I'll kill them. I swear to freaking kami if they pull this stunt again they will wish that the had been born girls to avoid the pain they are in for!

I fumed relentlessly in my head about my two younger brothers. It was supposed to be a serious mission. We were to get the approval of Tsuanda, the Konoha Hokage, about Gaara's promotion. He was on the list of Kazekage applicants. The would have sent just her the normal liaison, but Gaara insisted on doing this personally. Kankurou tagged along by the excuse to ask the medical ward here for some seeds for their own medical ward. The harsh weather and heat had killed the plants when it rose to fast for prediction. Not uncommon, but it did destroy a lot of valuable plants that were hard to keep in the high heat.

That was when the up and ditched me!

The boys had decided to deepen their brother bond, and I'm all for that. But not at the expense of my sanity and well being for their amusement. Today I woke up tied upside down from a tree with my pants filled in sand. Kankurou seemed to have no trouble drugging his sister, but he would after I got my hands on his scrawny neck and smeared his face and its "war paint" into the hard ground.

I sighed tiredly, they had probably reached the gates by now and were waiting for me laughingly, or with Gaara, a smirk of amusement. Not to mention, I think I was dragged a little off our original path. A longer trail to Konoha.

To calm myself for a minuet I stopped and sat on a thick tree branch, leaning my back into the rough surface and letting the sun wash over me. Pulling out an apple from my bag I began to relax a little bit. Maybe I could get the jump on my brothers. Let them think I was out to long, lost, hurt, let them panic. None of those ideas seemed to work in my head, but the idea of it made me smile.

"H-help." Shocked out of my silent moment I jumped to the ground and pulled out a kunai. I hadn't seen anyone, but then again I was never to overly observant when mad.

"Who's there?" I calmed my scenes and looked around.

In the underbrush was a light shuffle movement and a cough. "Hel-" The voice was cut off by a deep throat tearing cough. A girls voice that sounded familiar.

Placing the kunai back into my pouch I walked silently over and pushed the bushes aside for a better view. First I saw feet covered in mandatory sandals. Then green training pants, followed by a green Chinese styled training shirt before my teal eyes met the sickly brown eyes of Konoha kounochi, TenTen.

I dropped to my knees and dragged her out from under the bushes, earning a groan of displeasure. She was bound tight at the feet and hands, but she looked sick enough that it probably wouldn't have mattered, she was to weak looking to even move.

"TenTen," I cut loose her bonds and she laid on the ground almost listlessly. Eye trying to grasp my own. "Who did this?"

Her mouth opened, lips pale and chapped, to speak. "T-the girls. H'm take us." Her words were slurred and mismatched like that of a drunk. TenTen tried desperately to keep her closing eyes open, reaching up a hand. I grabbed hold of it and squeezed her clammy palms comfortingly.

"Te-Temari?"

"Yeah."

"G'ta find 'um." She mumbled, pushing back an arm and unsuccessfully tiring to climb up. "Ka'to, jerk, taking 'um..." I leaned her back down, feeling the heat of her body through her damp sweaty cloths.

"No." I told her in a firm voice, quieting down her rambling. Whatever the situation, even though it seemed very important. I couldn't understand any more than 'he took them'. She needed a doctor, and if that 'he' had friends, backup.

"Bu-"

"We take you back to Konoha, tell the Hokage, get you better and coherent, and send for backup. I'm sorry, but there's nothing more that we can do."

For a while all she did was stare into my eyes and I held her gaze not backing down. After a few seconds she sighed in defeat and slumped into unconscious. Leaving her fate and that of her friends in my hands at the moment. I took off both our headbands and tied them together before I struggled to place her on my own back. When I succeeded in getting her fevered body flush to my back, I tied her to me with the head bands and held onto her thighs tightly. With a final leap I headed off, pushing chakra through my legs towards Konoha.

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