NEXT MORNING

Kari stretches and grabs some stuff: a few towels, bottled water, shampoo, body wash, clean clothes, etc... She goes a little away from the camp and puts the towels up around her on branches to block her from anyone's view. Kari undresses and dumps the one bottle of water on the ground. She makes hand signs and the water floats, and she adds the body wash to it and makes it wash all over her body. Kari does the Katana thing for her hair and finally uses the other bottle of water to rinse herself. She lets the water sink into the ground and dries off with a towel. She dresses in a black tank top and dark blue pants along with her ninja shoes. Kari attaches her forehead protector to her head and takes down the towels. She wraps her dirty clothes in the towels and goes back to the campsite. Sasuke and Kakashi are awake and trying to get Naruto and Sakura up.

Kari goes over to Katana and shakes her saying, "Wake up! Rise and shine! We have a mission to complete, Kannie!"

At this nickname, Katana looks up at Kari and glares saying, "Its ok when you say it in the privacy of our home, but never I repeat never call me that on a mission with other people."

Kari crosses her arms as she says, "Oh, what are you going to do if I don't quit?"

Katana sits up as she replies with a smirk, "Well, then I guess I'll just have to start calling you Kitty."

Kari glares at her as she says, "You do and I'll kill you!"

Katana smirks as she stands up saying, "Then don't call me Kannie and don't tell me not to do something. You should know that if you do I'll just do it just because you told me not to."

As Katana finishes her sentence she stands in front of Kari with her hands on her hips with a smile across her face.

Kari sighs and says, "Fine, whatever..! Can you make breakfast already? Please?"

Naruto jumps up out of his deep sleep and says, "Did I hear breakfast? When do we eat?"

Sakura knocks Naruto in the head and says, "Idiot..! You woke me up!"

Kakashi sweat drops and says, "Sasuke and I have been trying to wake you up for the past ten minutes, Naruto and Sakura."

Katana smiles as them as she replies to Naruto's outburst, "Yes, you heard right. I'm going to cook breakfast. Do I have any request?"

Naruto runs up saying, "I want eggs and bacon!"

Sakura calmly walks up behind Naruto saying, "You wouldn't be able to make some eggs for me too and some gravy would be nice."

Kari perks up as she storms up to Katana excitedly, "I want biscuits with gravy and sausage and scrambled eggs, and hash browns, and bacon, and grits... oh wait, I hate grits! Oh! And I want carrots!"

Everyone stares at Kari with a sweat drop except Katana, and Kakashi says, "That's more than Naruto ordered!"

Sakura and Kakashi laugh as Naruto growls yelling, "I don't eat that much! Believe it!"

Katana laughs and says, "Kari you might have to write your order out 'cause I don't think I can remember all that. Just write it down and if there is anything specific you want done to your food put it in there and I'll get it all ok?"

Kari nods happily as she goes off to find a paper and pencil and begins to write.

As she does Katana looks over to Sasuke who was leaning against a tree and says, "Sasuke..! Come on, tell me what you want!"

Sasuke makes a grunting noise and says, "Thanks, but I have my own food. I don't eat much in the morning."

Katana nods and says, "Okay, but if you think of anything just tell me okay?"

Sasuke just nods and jumps up into a tree to eat an energy bar he brought with him. Kari comes back to Katana with a sheet of paper that read: biscuits and gravy with sausage please.

Katana sweat drops and says, "Earlier you were shouting more than this, Kari."

Kari shrugs and says, "I just realized we are on a mission and if we get in a fight I could end up getting punched in the stomach and puke out my breakfast so I think I'll stick with what I wrote down. Thanks, Katana!"

Katana smiles happily as she says, "Welcome!"

Before she begins to cook, Katana places her finger to her lips as she thinks to herself, "I feel as if I'm forgetting somebody."

She then says, "Oh yeah! Hey Kakashi! What about you? What do you want to eat?"

Kakashi waves his hand in front of him as he says, "Oh, no thanks... I'll pass until lunch, but thank you."

Katana replies cheerfully before she started cooking breakfast, "Your welcome!"

Once she finished and everybody was eating Katana began to clean up the dishes and put them up. Once she did, she sat down near where the fire is she let her head drop as she allowed herself to relax until everyone was ready.

As she sat there, Kakashi walked up to her and sat down next to her saying, "Aren't you going to eat?"

Katana looks up from the ground to reply, "No, I'm like you. I like to eat at lunch."

Kakashi nods and says," I see."

Katana says, "Oh nothing; just a story..."

Everyone finished eating and Kari tells Katana she's going to train a little bit before they pack up to leave. She arrives in a spot away from everyone and starts using a chakra technique from back when she was a Genin. She puts one foot on a tree and walks up to the first branch and hangs upside down from it. She jumps down and lands on her feet and begins to punch the air in a practicing way. Once she is done, she is breathing a little fast and drinks water from a bottle.

She sees someone's shadow and tenses as she says, "Show yourself... You are no one who is traveling in my group."

A laugh is heard as someone drops down in front of her and says, "Nice to meet you, Kari. I am Itachi Uchiha."

Her eyes widen and she says, "You're a Missing Ninja; also known as the child prodigy of the Uchiha Clan. You killed everyone in your clan except your younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha. You are now a part of the Akatsuki. What do you want?"

He stays emotionless and says, "I'd like to test your strength. You seem stronger than my brother."

Kari huffs and says, "Sorry, but I'm not going to fight you unless I have to. You are a Missing Ninja and if someone were to find out that I saw you, I'd get in trouble for not bringing you in. Now go."

She turns and walks back toward the group, but stops as she turns and catches a ninja star just before it hits her right between the eyes.

She growls and throws it back at him and he catches saying, "You're a fast responder."

Kari says, "You are just like Sasuke! Using the Katanae trick on me! Pathetic..!"

She pulls out a set of Sais and runs towards him saying, "I guess I have no choice to fight you since you're just going to pester me."

Itachi pulls out his sword at the last possible second and they begin to fight, metal clashing against metal.

All the while, Kari thinks to herself in her mind, "Katana, please come look for me. I know he's stronger than me. I hope she feels my distress..."

Katana and Kari have always had a strange bond and could feel when the other was in danger...