The Bliss of Ignorance

Chapter Three
Stormy Sisters

"Son of a…" Keika cursed but a crack of thunder drowned out the explicative she used. "Why does it have to rain when we are on the road and far the hell away from the nearest stop?" She whined.

"Calm down Keika…At least it's a light rain for now." Kitsueki stated calmly. Kohana, Daichi, and Kikyou all laughed at the girls' behavior with one another. Keika tended towards the hot-headed side, and they noticed when they would pass through areas with gangs of thieves and she tortured them with her puppets, which were very well crafted.

Kitsueki on the other hand, was very calm and collected. She'd rather remain silent and play her instruments; an ornate Kagueboe flute or her shamisen. Her bat, Senpuu, usually stayed curled up hanging upside down from a charm hanging from her shamisen when it was on her back. Otherwise he snuggles in her rucksack. As of this moment he was there, due to the rain.

"I'm glad we joined up with them." Kikyou told Kohana. "They're really helpful when we run across some trouble and it helps when we need to pay for a room someplace."

"They're not eye-sores either." Daichi muttered.

"Really Daichi?" Kohana retorted. He shrugged.

"What? I'm a guy, I'm very visual. Whadya want from me?" He chuckled.

"So, Kohana…." Keika started as she turned around to face her, walking backwards. "What's in Konoha? Besides a teacher." she asked. Kohana pondered it.

"New start, I guess." She answered.

"That all?" Keika asked again. Kohana nodded.

"I honestly cannot think of anything else." Kohana replied. "but is the weather like this a lot there?" Kohana asked, tilting her straw hat so it would keep water from her eyes.

"Nah…every time I visited it was pretty sunny." Keika stated.

"When did you visit it?" Kikyou asked.

"My chunin exams were held there." Keika stated.

"Hidden Sand and Hidden Leaf are allies, right?" Daichi asked.

"But of course. Especially now with Gaara as Kazekage." Keika answered. "Him coming into power totally changed the whole situation Leaf had with them a couple years back." She added.

"Afraid we don't have too much intel on Leaf…What situation?" Kohana asked.

"The one with Sand and Sound trying to invade during the Chunin exams." Kitsueki surprisingly interjected. "Lord Orochimaru, who came from Konohakagure, founded the Sound village, and he had a lot to do with the attack." Kitsueki stated. "I have a very strong feeling; I will probably have a hostile welcoming committee at Konohakagure." She chuckled.

"Well, I hope that crossed through oto-nin headgear tells them something before they decide to pull a kunai at you. Ryukichi and I would have something very mean to say to them if they don't think twice." Keika stated making a hand gesture to the larger puppet box.

"I guess that's the puppet we haven't seen yet." Daichi smirked.

"He's for special occasions." Keika winked. Suddenly there was a jolt of lightning the struck in front of them on the road.

"Holy mother of shit!" Daichi exclaimed.

"That was a jutsu!" Kohana exclaimed. "No ordinary bolt of lightning would strike where there wasn't a tree, or pole attracting it there!" Kohana grabbed a kunai and readied herself. "Show yourselves!"

Everyone else assumed a battle pose. Senpuu had awoken to the ruckus and flew around Kitsueki, who readied her Kaguraboe. Keika summoned the medium sized puppet she had, which was the shape of a wolf named Ookamiyo. Kikyou realized the rain would make it difficult for her wasps so she readied an earth clone jutsu, and Daichi pulled out his two katana.

"We don't wanna use force; just give us all your cash and we'll be on our way." One femme fatale voice called out.

"Bullshit!" Daichi announced. "You don't think that lightning bolt wasn't force? Dumb bitch!"

"I gotta agree with Daichi this time gals." Keika said readying the puppet, which gave an animalistic growl. "How bout we wanna use force? Come on make my day…" Keika said. Kohana looked around for any signs of their whereabouts. She heard rustling and arguing behind a boulder along the side of the road.

Finally a girl in a baggy two-toned blue kimono and thigh-high ninja shoes was forcefully shoved out from behind the rock.

"Kyuten you bitch get out here with me!" the visible girl shouted.

"No it was your plan to attack!" Kyuten, the hidden girl argued back. The gang all looked on at the girls arguing and dropped their guard. The visible girl realized they were all staring at her, completely and utterly dumbfounded. She had a look of embarrassment then continued a yelling match with her sister.

"You see what you just did! I'm standing out here looking like an idiot!"
"Well you wouldn't be there if you hadn't decided to make a sneak attack on the sly without my knowing!"
"Well I wouldn't be alone in this if you could come up with a better way to make cash aside from begging!"
"It's not begging if you ask nicely and once!"
"YES IT IS!"

It finally reached a point where Keika stepped in.

"May I help you both reach an understanding?" She said leaning her elbow on the boulder. "What exactly are you two squawking about?"

Then both the girls started shouting at Keika their sides of the story and some lines of "Why was she in their business –yada yada."

"You two dumbasses are wasting our time we are trying to find a place to stay away from this godforsaken rain and you two bumbling bitches can't get a grasp of what's truly important!" Keika shouted! "You attacked with lightning! That's a sign of aggression sweetheart and I don't take kindly to that. So what the hell do you want with us, so we can screw you guys up and be on our merry way!"

The two sisters were silent.

"I'm very sorry. My sister is delirious with hunger and acted on a short thought whim. All we need is food or money…" The one hidden girl said. She had on a pair of dark grey capri pants, with a black tube top with fishnet over top of it. Her hair was down and two small braids were hanging on the sides of her head blending in with her blue-ish hair color. The other girl had the same color hair, only up in a ponytail. Both shared the same colored eyes; lavender.

"That's all you freaking need? Food and money?" Keika asked incredulously. I joined her beside the two girls. They had fore-head protectors with marked out hidden cloud insignias. I nudged Keika and gestured to them.

"Like us…" I whispered.

"You're an awful long way from Kumo…What are you guys doing all the way out here?" Kohana inquired sternly. "Especially attacking other travelers."

"We have our reasons…just as you do. Last I checked Iwa was the opposite direction and Suna isn't the destination of this road." The unnamed girl spoke. Kyuten sighed.

"Sakuya, shut up…" Kyuten said. "We'd be happy to tell you guys, but can we please do it over some food…may we travel with you a little ways so we can find a way to repay you for your lost time?"

Kohana tapped Keika on the shoulder and they turned around and spoke in hushed voices for a small while.

"OK!" Kohana announced. "You can accompany us, only if you tell us of why you are all the way the hell out here, and then we'll share ours." She said. "After all, there is strength in numbers. So long as you two are willing to cooperate, we should be fine. No sudden tricks!" Kohana said.

"Obviously as you can see, you're outnumbered." Keika reiterated. "Don't test me." She said stoically and walked back out to the road. The two sisters tackled Kohana and Keika thanking them up and down.

Daichi sighed.

"We ever gonna find some guys on this trip? The estrogen level just keeps increasing…"

Story will be picking up more soon I promise. This is the end of the intro to the OC's. I had to give a little background I just didnt want to plop them right in Konoha with no background knowledge. Would be...well...awkward. (^^')
Anyways hope you enjoyed!