I find it really funny how when i write only the good stuff comes at around 2, 3am. -.-
I showed my sister the starts of this and said she didn't really like it. Now i know i really, really dropped because she used to bug me for something to read. Of course back then i did alot of co-op writtings with afew people and some of my own stuff. but yeah...
Well Enjoy this one and i hope you all like it.
hmm forgot to say this for the last two chapters soo... I dont own Naruto...k?
The Mistake
Chapter Four: The Beginnings of the End
Smells. Delightful smells hit his nose like tiny kunai. Slowly black orbs blinks against the soft glow of the sun. Some fog went over him for a minute, smelling of bacon. wait bacon. He thought and turns his head to see the campfire going and a small travel kit for cooking over it. Than knees, frowning he moved his head back to see a pink head kneeling before the fire with a fork and plate in her hands. Ahh... right.
He sat up rubbing the back of his head watching her cook. One of the things he likes about missions that took more than a day, fresh air, things to paint, waking up with little to no thoughts, and cooking done by someone who knew how to. He could never decide which of the last two he liked more. Instead of waking up and staring at his ceiling hours before he has to, he got to sleep a bit longer and woken to wonderful smells of food cooking.
Yeah both were his favorite, both equal only to each other.
Green eyes force on him and with a small smile and soften eyes the woman spoke. "Morning Sai. Sleep well?"
"hmm.." Was his replay as he move to stand.
"Kakashi-sensai and Yamato went off to collect the traps they set last night." She said as she flips some bacon onto the plate before throwing a few more pieces onto the "stove".
"Hmm Ramen... No... Don't eat... Mine... Nooo!" mumbled the ramen freak that still laid off to the side.
"And Naruto is having that dream again when Konohamaru and his friends stole his ramen." Sakura said sighing as Naruto rolls onto his belly again. Sai smirks remembering that one. It took some time to get the dickless followers to do it. He sat upon the Hokages towers roof for that. Watching all the clones running around. Blonde ones chasing after all the brown heads and black heads was highly amusing. Even if he got a black eye for it, it was worth it.
He was going to say something along those effects if it was for a Sliver haired jounin jumped down right next to Naruto. Naruto who was fast asleep jolted out of his sleeping bed, well tries to but the zipper catches on a belt loop, keeping his legs stuck inside. "AHHH!!" Yelled Naruto as he fall back down to the ground with a "ofmp" and moaned.
Kakashi slowly moves to the fire; where the bacon was. Bending he picked a few pieces up. Standing, rubbing a still shock Sakuras head before he made his way over to his pack.
"Wheres Yamato?" Sai asks also standing and leaning to the side to see Naruto fuming, trying to get himself unstuck with a few mumbles about jounins, waking up, bucktooth.
"Hm? Oh right Yamato. Weeell." Kakashi said rubbing the back of his head turning to look at him, sheepish. "He thought it would be a good idea to find the rest on his own."
"In other words, you fooled the poor man again, Kakashi-sensai!" Naruto getting unstuck of his sleeping bag said walking over to Sakura who had rolled her eyes and had went back to cooking. Kakashi chuckles lightly.
"I did not." Was his replay before turning back to his pack and bacon.
Feeling his own stomach growl with hunger, he to went to sit by the fire with the blonde and pink head. After awhile Yamato came back to camp and ate some of the bacon as well. When everyone was done with eating and finishing up cleaning the area up to look like no one was there, then headed out again towards the border.
It was near noon when they reach the small tent base of Konoha and Sunaga. To say the least; it was surpising to see so many ninja running around. Medic-nins running to and from tents. And beyond the tents you could heard the clashing of blades hitting each other and explodes as tags and Jutsu were being use. Black smoke filled the air beyond the tents, filling their noses with the smell of the battle.
As they land a tall man ran towards them, wearing the jounin outfit and leaf band on his forehead. "Team Kakashi. Thank hokage!" he said. He had on some bandages on his arm and under the leaf sign. Dirt and blood caked on his vest as he gave a weary smile at them.
"Whats happening here? I thought they were on the borders not this far in the fire nation." Yamato said stepping forward to talk to the man.
The man sighs rubbing his forehead. "They were, they were. It happen last night. We had the Sand shinobi over here to trade information on what they knew and before we knew it the alarms went off and more sand shinobi came out of the tree line followed closely by sound ninjas. It seems like they left the sand borders and started to march this way." He sighes shaking his head. "The only reason we got the huge crater was for the Kazekage was with us checking up on everything."
"Wait Gaaras here?" Naruto ask stepping up next to Yamato who was listening carefully to the man in front of them.
"Well.. yes. Gaara-sama is here. He's resting right now." He jesters behind him to the sand tents. "He stays over there. I heard some of the sand nins saying he woke up and I was just going to give him progress report." He turned back to them and added "They said he was getting ready to set out again."
"Alright." Yamato said putting a hand down on Narutos shoulder, silencing him before he spoke again. "Point me towards the informant tent." The man turns and points to a flag.
"it's the tent with the flag can't miss it." Kakashi steps up and places his hand on Yamatos' shoulder, leaning down whispers something in his ear before Yamato nods and heads off, after waving. Kakashi then turns to Sakura.
"Sakura, your going to be needed down in the medic area, your now skilled than all of them and they would sorely need help. We'll come and get you when we head out again." "Ok Kakashi-sensai." Sakura said before waving and walking down to where the medic-nins where seem running around. Kakashi then turns to Naruto and Sai.
"Well we follow err.." Looks back at the man. "What's your name?" he asks trying to sound cheerful again to him.
"Tsuneo. Now if your coming, you better hurry. Gaara-sama doesn't like lateness." Tsuneo said before turning on his heel and jogging off to the sand base.
The last of the group jogged behind him. Sai took in everything that was around him. It was true this wasn't his first time near sand ninjas nor his first in a battle but to see so many running around seemly to him like chickens without their heads but knowing what they were doing, was one of those things to just see, before you to became apart of the madness.
They got to the tent where two shinobi standing guard. And after Tsuneo show them the scroll and told them why they were there; they were allow to enter.
Entering the tent they saw a table with five people surround it and scrolls and maps covering it. Sai and them stood off to the side while Tsuneo walk forward and place the scroll down on the table. Bowing he left the tent with another scroll for the leaf.
He watched as a red hair came out of a room next to where they stood and look from Kakashi to him than to Naruto.
"Hey Gaara! How've you been?" Naruto ask slapping his hand on the light green eye man, missing the how they glared at him from being slapped. The five at the table stop talking and turn to face them and bow to their Kazekage. He put his hand up to stop them from saying anything as he turns back to face them.
"Hello Naruto, Kakashi." He said nodding to Kakashi and taking Narutos hand off his shoulder. He then put his eyes on Sai, who put on his fake smile for him. "Who's your new teammate." He said still staring at him.
"My name is Sai, Kazekage-sama." Sai said trying for respect, with a small bow. Not missing as the Kage rolled his eyes before glancing at naruto who had lean in and put his hand over his month and Gaaras ear. The green eyes went back to Sai and he had an urge to downcast his eyes or move. A corner of Gaaras month moved up, if you wasn't watching his face you would of miss the movement before he went back to looking bored. Gaara gave a sideways glare at naruto who was grinning from ear to ear and had his hands laced behind his head, before sighing. The red head moves towards the table while speaking. "Where's your Sakura-chan, Naruto? She is still part of your team, no?" Naruto and Kakashi walked up next to him. Kakashi leaning down studying the maps and scrolls on the table as Naruto place his hands down on it. "Yeah she is. She's doing her medic thing you know." Naruto said sighing.
"How are the forces holding up again the sound nin?" Kakashi said sparing a glance to the Kazekage next to himself.
"So far, we had a few wounded from them. The surprise attack is what got a lot of them. The sound and Akatsuki have been taking turns fighting each other and us. Their numbers never waver. You take down one another comes to takes it places." Gaara reached across the table and grabs the new scroll and begins to read it. After he was done he gave it to Kakashi to read. "It also seems like the medic-nins are not holding up with all the bodies from the surprise attack and the fighting below."
"Yeah well. Sakura-chans here now so that won't be a problem." naruto said before they got into talking about the battle, news of what they knew. Sai came to the table after awhile and stood across from the three, the five who was there before had left when Gaara had "shoo" them away from they tried showing him something, with a glare, getting a laugh from Naruto.
Feeling eyes upon me I find the sand villages leader looking up at me. "you don't speak much." it wasn't a question more of a statement, hanging out there. But he shrugged it off.
"I'm here just to make sure he" points a thumb at naruto. "Doesn't get into much trouble, the hag would have my head." Sai mumble that last part out. But by the look of questioning from the man before him, Sai knew he heard.
"The.. Hag?" Gaara said lifting an eyebrow. "Who would that be?" Next to Gaara, Naruto starts a coughing fit and Kakashi gave him a look for him to shut up before turning to Gaara. "Hes' been around Naruto to long." Smiling under his mask again Gaara lifts a eyebrow, giving the sign of "you mean been around you to long" but turns back to Sai, waiting for a answer.
"it's a nickname for Sakura." He answered blankly. Whats the big deal if he told the leader of the sand Sakuras nickname? he thought. Gaara narrowed his eyes at him, fisting his hands in the scrolls under them. Sai if wasn't for being train to keep a clam front up would have had a look of fear on his face, but no, one of his smiles stood out. Kakashi moved so fast Sai didn't notice him move before he was being pulled out of the tent.
"Sai why don't you go and check up on Sakura, hm?" Kakashi said pushing him out of the tent.
Inside he heard naruto laughing nervously, saying something about another Sakura back in Konoha and Kakashi agreeing.
Sai shrugged and made his way to the medics. He didn't see the big deal for calling her hag. She hasn't cared, why should a Kazekage of a different village would? Frowning as he pass a few ninjas, he thought on that.
He had heard of some of the details behind them knowing each other, Sakura being one of the ninjas they sent to get gaara back but why would that get him about a nickname? Looking up he saw a flash of pink. Well I could always ask her why. he thought as he came up behind her and another medic.
"There. This one should be fine. Just make sure to change his bandages." Sakura said standing up, wiping sweat from her forehead. Turning she looked at Sai and smiles. "Let me guess.. You made someone mad again with your comments?"
"The Kazekage." Sai answer shortly walking beside her as she made her way to a tent. She gives him a look of horror as she stops.
"You made Gaara mad at you? Are you insane?" she ask pulling him away from the medics who was running by to stand off next to the tent. "What did you say?!"
"That your nickname was hag. He acted like I called him hag." he answer hoping she would explain the exaction from him.
He watches as her as she made a face at the name before rolling her eyes at him. " I wouldn't say those nicknames in front of Gaara; mine nor Narutos. After we got him back, he acted different towards us and when around him now he doesn't take lightly when someone picks on us." She laughes than. "Oh you should of seen what happen to this one guy when he called Naruto worthless. I think hes going to be getting sand out of his butt for months."
Sai lifts a eyebrow, seems catchy. "Why would he do something like that? He is the Leader of a village."
"Well.." She looks off towards the battle field before turning her eyes back to him, shifting from one foot to the other. "We got his body back and brought him back." she said a bit rushed but Sai caught it all with his trained ears. Just before he could question her about it, a mans voice spoke from behind him.
"Hey Saaaaakura."
Sai turns as she step around him before grinning at the man with a painted face, wearing all black with three summoning scrolls on his back.
"Oh hey Kankurou." She said walking by Sai and giving Kankurou a quick hug. "how have you been?"
The man grin as he look around. "Fine, just fine. Been busy. Gaaras been making sure I stay out of trouble after last time." he chuckles. "He still nags at me for getting poisoned but that's all right, Temari jumps on his case if he lays to hard on me."
"That's good to hear." Sakura said.
"What about you? Heard team Kakashi been kicking butt around the areas."
"eh well we just do the missions given to us. Oh." She turns and grabs Sais hand, pulling him forward. "This is Sai. Hes on our team now, well for almost a year." Sai nods to the taller man.
"Yo." kankurou said.
"And you won't believe what this idiot has done. We haven't even been here an hour and hes already made your brother mad at him."
Kankurou laughs, rubbing the back of his head. "And I thought only naruto or me could get him mad so fast and still live!" He then eyed Sai with a even growing smile. "So what did you do?"
"Told him Sakuras' nickname." Why was it funny to get his Kazekage, brother mad? weird people, these sand people are. he thought.
"Sakura with a nickname, huh? Whats -" he was cut off as a huge explodes went off next to them, in the battle field.
All their heads snap to it seeing a lot of smoke and before it cleared a gaint snake head lifted up, over the smoke.
Everything stop and seemly pause in time before two more heads came out and the cries of the men in front of them was heard all over the clearing before in a uproar all the sounds came back and the fights continue trying to stay out of the way of the huge snakes.
Sai looked up to see the ninjas around them started to run down into the crater to help their friends. He gave Sakura a look before both ran into the battle, flanking each other, leaving a cursing Kankurou to catch up to them.
And we're pulled into the madness...
