Kim's P.O.V.
For once I was sitting quietly at home reading. Gaara had business in the middle of the town, I asked if I could help but he said not to trouble myself. Which in Gaara language means 'hell no!' All of a sudden, a paper was thrust in front of my face. "What the hell!??" I grabbed the paper, looking up at the person holding it. It was a High Official, and not one of the cool looking ones either. It was an ugly one. The one I threw out the window. "This is from the Kazekage," he stated in his annoying, depressing, monotone voice. "Why don't you just call him Gaara?" I questioned. "Because!" he snapped "he's the Kazekage!!" "Your point?" I inquired. "Just read it!" he yelled in an exasperated tone. "Wahhhh! I'm telling Gaara you yelled at me!" I cried (not really). That made him leave real quick! Hehehehe… Lemme see here… a mission? HOLD THE PHONE!! Gaara is actually sending me on a mission!?? And an 'A' rank one at that! This is so cool! I've got to tell Krista!! But how? ...our cup and string AND can and string were cut, Gaara has forbidden me to send letters and we don't have phones….. hmm… hmmmm…. I know! Morse code! I'll have to go get a book on it!
Krista's P.O.V. (Meanwhile in Konoha)
I'm so alone… why am I always so alone :( and I'm always complaining about being all alone. I'm going to sound emo at this rate. Like Sasuke. Oh dear. And then it would seem I would become a manwhore if the pattern continued. DON'T MAKE ME A MANWHORE!! Anyways… Shikamaru was finally trying to make some money. Kathryn has put me on house arrest because of my—ahem—'incident' in Suna…. Naruto's on a mission… I can't contact Kim… wait. What's Puppy got there? A Morse code machine?? Gasp! I can contact Kim! I saw a Morse code machine in her house! But… I don't know how to use one… and I'm under house arrest…well, I guess it's a good thing best bud Naruto taught me this! "Shadow clone jutsu!!" poof! "Alright first clone, you stay here while I go get a book on Morse code!" I commanded. "Okay!" my clone agreed. "Imitation jutsu!!" I said turning myself into best bud Naruto. Alright! I'm ready to go!!
Narrator's P.O.V.
—Krista-Naruto's adventure through Konoha—
Krista, as Naruto, zoomed through the streets and ended up bumping into Hinata. "Oh… Naruto. I-I thought… you had left already…" she said, in her usual manner. "Umm… er…ah… I…didn't remember if I said…goodbye to you or not…." Momentary pause. "…well goodbye!!"
And so, Krista as Naruto continued on her way…
This time, she faced Iruka. "Hey Naruto… I thought you were on that mission?" Iruka asked as he noticed Krista-Naruto walking down the street. "Well, er… I-forgot-I-needed-ramen-and-I-need-it!!" Krista yelped quickly. "I see..." and so Krista ran towards her true destination, the bookstore. "Uhh… Naruto, the Ramen shop is in the opposite direction…" "Er, I knew that! I'm just taking the long way 'round!!"
And so, Krista-Naruto went on...
Krista saw that Neji was coming her way. 'Oh, I am soooo ninja-ing him now!! Nahahahaha!!' But just as they were passing one another, Neji said in a totally chill voice "Hi Krista." "Hi Neji—waaaaah!??" Krista-Naruto turned around pointing at him. "H…h…how??..." "I'm not going to tell anyone, don't worry. Things will get interesting this way." "Well, that's cool." She replied.
And so, Krista-Naruto was on the road again…
Now Krista saw Shikamaru up ahead. She eagerly ran up behind him, playing the part of Naruto. "Hey Shikamaru!" she said in her most Naruto-like voice. He barely turned his face to look at her. He grunted a reply. "What's up?" she asked him. "I've got to do a bunch of missions… so troublesome… people thinking I'm a genius…" "You are!??" Krista said laughing to herself. Shikamaru became a bit defensive, believing Naruto to be mocking him. "Stop it, Naruto! You… are an idiot!! You never think anything through." Krista-Naruto ran away, cackling at her private joke. "Okaaaaaay… that was weird." Shikamaru shook his head and traveled on.
And so, Krista as Naruto met one last person…
"Oh hey Naruto!" Krista-Naruto said to Naruto. "Oh hey," he replied, giving a little wave. Then he realized… "Umm… are you my doppelganger?" he asked, kind of confused. "No, it's me, Naruto! Krista !!" "Wow! You got this thing down pat! You're totally identical to me!!" Naruto praised, pacing back and forth, admiring her improvement. "Well (believe it or not) Naruto, you are a good teacher!" Naruto chuckled a bit, taking a moment to soak in the glory. "Wait a minute… aren't you supposed to be on a mission?" "Oh yeah… y'know, I forgot my ramen!" "No way!! It was real!" Krista said noticing her lie was an actual fact!!
Meanwhile, Tenten was taking a stroll through the woods, looking for her drug-buddy Kiba. However, she was surprised to find TWO Narutos, talking to each other, rather casually. "What a clever idea…" one Naruto said. "Yup! Well, I have to go, Naruto!" the other Naruto said. "'kay. Bye 'Naruto'!" said the first one. "Oh hohohoho!!" they laughed together, then leaving each other to go into opposite directions. Tenten was left very confused. "Wtf?... what did I just see??"
Later Krista's P.O.V.
Oh, that was a good trick…. A gooooood trick…. As I reached the bookstore, I released my jutsu of Naruto and walked in. I went straight to the "Dummy's Guide to," section and found the one I needed. "Morse Code!" I said triumphantly. As I was walking out of the store, I saw Kim going in. "Hi Kim," I said, casually. "Hey Krista," she replied, just as casually.
(When Krista and Kim return to their homes)
"AW CRAP!"
Kim's P.O.V.
Krista was… she was… just… store DAMN IT! Oh well… at least I can put this book to good use. 'Krista…' I began clicking, 'do…. you… want…. to… go… on…a … mission… oh wait…' Oh wait! I think I put in 'pink tofu'!! I desperately began clicking to tell her the right message. I waited a few minutes and my response came with excited beeping. I quickly wrote down what Krista was trying to tell me. "I knew she would want to go," I said in an all-knowing voice to myself. All Krista needed now was permission from Kathryn…
Krista's P.O.V.
YAY! I'm going on a mission with Kimmy!! I'll ask Kathryn-sensei when I go to see her for my regular check-ups. I wonder where we'll be going on this mission… to the mist country? The water? To the Akatsuki…. But that would mean we get to see Moj too… hmm I wonder…
Later at Hokage mansion (Kathryn's P.O.V.)
GAH! Stupid paperwork! Why is there so much!? I swear if I see another form to sign I will go crazy!! But I have to keep signing these… to keep good relations with the other countries… everyone is so TENSE these days! "Kathryn-sensei!" a very familiar voice called. "Krista, shouldn't you still be under house arrest?" I asked. "I came for my check-up," she smiled. "True…. Well, check-ups over, goodbye," I said, refocusing on the paper. But Krista didn't listen. Oh no… "Sensei, I have a question." "If it's something stupid…" "Nope, not today sensei!" she assured my, cheerfully. "And what is that?" I asked with half interest. "Can I go on a mission with Kimmy!?!" "…Sure…" "Yahoo!" After I signed the form she skipped about and then left. Wait a minute… how'd she get that mission form…?
Krista's P.O.V.
AHAHAHA… it's so cool that Puppy has such great ninja skills… stealing stuff for Shikamaru and I!
(FLASHBACK)
Shikamaru went to open the closet, expecting only to find his one shirt and two pairs of pants… but is surprisingly crushed by various electronic objects. "YAHOO! Look what Puppy stole for us!" I cheered. "Puppy's a thief?" Shikamaru asked.
"A ninja," I corrected, "hey look a fax machine!"
(END FLASHBACK)
"And that's when Kimmy sent it to me…" I said to myself. But it seems that Tenten had accidentally heard me. She probably didn't know what I was talking about… but nonetheless, she asked, "then why didn't you call her with the fax?" I replied with, "but… I'm not good with the fax." "Then how did you receive the paper you're holding in your hand?" "Kimmy knows how to… Kimmy had one back in her house…" "Ah."
Kim's P.O.V.
I waited for Krista at the rendezvous point in the Forest of Death. It's a lovely place to wait… (sarcasm)… I hope Gaara's taking good care of Blade while I'm gone… "Hi Kim!" Krista said, cheerfully, "and yes, I am able to go!" "Did you look at the sheet?" I asked her. Then I added , "it's an 'A' rank mission!" "OMG!! No way!! Kathryn allowed me to go on an 'A' RANK MISSION!?!?!" "She didn't even look at it, did she?" I asked. "No… she was too busy with the other papers…" that's why she could come so easily. "I can't believe Gaara let you go on this," she said. "I know!" I smiled, "anyway, the mission… we have to find the extremely expensive and rare bug called 'Idon'texista'." "I think I've heard of that," Krista said with zeal. "No you haven't, it's rare!" I stated. "Let's go!" she cheered. And so we left.
Meanwhile in Suna (Gaara's P.O.V.)
Uhhh… paperwork… where's Kim when I need her… she's good at forging my signature… wait, what's this? A mission? I don't remember signing this…? - -' that's not even my signature…. Did Deidara do this? Hmm… let's see… find a bug in the Forest of Death… … WHAT!? Kim's going on this!? And it's… GASP! An A RANK! Wait no… it's an… A plus! (gasp) plus! (bigger gasp) plus!? (even bigger gasp) minus? (sigh)… … … PLUS!?! "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" I yelled, "I must get help from Kathryn, since she is Kim's former sensei!" I bolted out the door, "DEIDARA! YOU'RE IN CHARGE SINCE I CAN'T FIND TEMARI!! … … … TAKE CARE OF THE DOG!" I called behind me.
Back in the Forest of Death (Krista's P.O.V.)
"Kimmmmmmm… I think the compass is broken…." I whined, leading her in yet another circle. "Hmmm…" was her response. Even without looking I could tell she had her hand resting on her chin in her thinking pose. "Krista… what do you have in your bag?" she asked. "Umm…. Ramen… a blanket… jam… a map… some bread…. A bunch of magnets…" I answered. "Magnets? Why do you have magnets?" she asked. "'Cause they're cool!" I responded with zeal. "They're screwing up the compass… ditch 'em," she said, (more like ordered) in exasperation. "Awwww…" I said in disappointment.
In Konoha (Kathryn's P.O.V.)
I was very surprised to see an exhausted Gaara burst through my door a moment ago… mostly because it took him less than 3 days to get here. He was muttering something that sounded like, "Kim… mission… bug…" "Will you speak up! I can't understand you're mumbling!" I snapped. "Kim's left on a very dangerous mission to find a bug!" he yelled. I blinked at him, "is that all?" "You don't understand! This is an A plus plus plus minus plus mission!" I never thought I'd live to see the day Gaara would be panicking over the safety of someone… this is quite amusing. "Well, it is your own fault for assigning her that mission," I smirked. "I DIDN'T!! THAT IS NOT MY SIGNATURE!" he exploded. This is very amusing… wait a minute… "I let Krista go on a mission… with Kim… WHAT THE HELL GAARA! How could you send them on an A plus plus plus minus plus mission!? You are the biggest imbecile I've ever met!" I exclaimed. "I didn't assign this mission! And you let them go too! Your actual signature is on the paper!" he argued. "Shut up, fool. We must move quickly to the Castle in the Sky! We can look through Mojo's and Itachi's telescope for them," I ordered.
Meanwhile in the Forest of Death (Kim's P.O.V.)
"How many magnets did you bring!?" I demanded, watching as she took yet another handful out. "All the ones I could find that looked cool," she responded. I smacked my forehead, "KRISTA!" "They're lucky!" she argued. "Obviously not seeing as we're lost now!" I snapped. "DON'T YELL AT ME!!!" she cried. "Sorry, sorry," I sighed, "I just don't want to screw my first mission for Suna up." "I won't fail you Kimmy!" she cheered, lifting her bag up and dumping the rest of the magnets, not to mention all the other contents, onto the forest floor. "Oops…"
In the Castle in the Sky (Mojo's P.O.V.)
Hey! Kathryn came to visit me! … with Gaara… uh-oh… something must've happened. "What's going on?" I asked. "Kim and Krista are in danger and we have no means of tracking them… can we borrow your telescope?" Kathryn seriously asked. "Umm… Itachi is really the only one who understands how to use it… I can send Toby, Zetsu and Sasori out to look for them," I offered, "of course Kisame would have to stay here to watch the twins."
(another part of the castle)
"AHHHH!" Kisame screamed. "Don't wowwy, Uncle Kisame… I'm sure that will gwow back," Itojo smiled. "I think we should dissect him… don't you Sir. Pennysworth?" M'tachi asked the duck. "Quack," Sir. Pennysworth agreed. "NOOOOooooo HELP!" Kisame cried.
(Back with Mojo, Kathryn, and Gaara)
"I thought only the leader of the Akatsuki could send them out to do anything?" Gaara questioned. "I took over the Akatsuki," I smiled brightly. "WHAT!?" both Gaara and Kathryn exclaimed, "how?" "With my BLADE OF GERMS AND DEATH," it went dark as I said that, and a single light flashed up at my face, like a flashlight, making me look very sinister. "C'mon let's go!" I cheered, bouncing away. "She's kinda scary," Gaara admitted. "C'mon fool," Kathryn said, following me.
Itachi's P.O.V.
My beloved Mojo asked me to search for Kim and Krista with the telescope while Sasori, Zetsu, and Toby searched through the Forest of Death. "Hmmm…" I said, turning the telescope left and right. "Do you see anything?" Mojo asked, "if we don't find Kim, I'll have no use for her soul anymore." "How did you get her soul anyway?" Gaara asked. "Well…
Mojo's Story
You see, one day, while we were still at Kim's house, Kim found out her parents went to Russia after their previous trip. Kim always wanted to go to Russia so she had one of those moments where your so depressed that your soul begins to escape. It was then that I saw my opportunity and devoured it. Now I own her."
End Story
"Why… would you devour someone's soul?" Gaara asked. "Stop asking questions!?" Mojo yelled, punching him. "I think I've found them!" I exclaimed. "How do you know?" Kathryn asked, since Gaara is unconscious. "I see two figures running around in circles through the trees." "That must be them," Mojo said, nodding, "only they would get lost on an important mission and not realize it."
Meanwhile in the Forest of Death (Krista's P.O.V.)
We were now hiding in a nearby patch of shrubbery since Sasori and Zetsu are where we previously were circling and dumping magnets… and now they are circling. "Did you know he's really a puppet?" Kim asked, pointing to Sasori. "He's a puppet?" I asked, surprised. "He's a puppet," she confirmed. "He's a puppet?" "He's a puppet." "He's a puppet?" "He's a puppet." "He's… a puppet?" "He's a puppet." "He's a puppet!?" "He's a puppet… with a heart." "Oh, so he's like Pinocchio?" I asked. "No… he also has a brain," she responded. "Ah… want a jam sandwich?" I asked. "Sure."
Moments Later (same location, Kathryn's P.O.V.)
"How could it not be them!?" I exclaimed. "You have shamed the name of Akatsuki," Itachi shook his head slowly. "I'm going to punish you with my BLADE OF GERMS AND DEATH!!" Mojo yelled, pulling out… a scalpel? What the deuce!? That's the blade of germs and death?... it's just a doctor's operating scalpel! "We're sorry…" Zetsu apologized. "Their footprints just go in circles… and then we just found this HUGE pile of magnets… we were just about to check where the footprints led from there," Sasori explained. "Which is…" Gaara mumbled to himself, following the footprints from the magnets to a nearby patch of shrubbery. Behind it… was evidence of their being there for a while… seeing as there were remnants of the making of two jam sandwiches. "We'll follow the crumbs!" I ordered, leading the way. "I want to lead! I've got the BLADE OF GERMS AND DEATH!" Mojo yelled. "I'm Hokage, fool!" I argued. "Let's just go!" Gaara snapped. "Shut-up Gaara!" both Moj and I snarled.
Gaara's P.O.V.
We followed the jam sandwich crumbs until… "Hmmm… maybe we should find you some banana's to eat… oh man… this is a problem…" We only saw Kim walking… so who was she talking to? "Umm… Kim… where's Krista?" Kathryn asked. "Oh hey, were you guys looking for us?" she asked, acting innocent. "Answer my question!" "Umm… yeah about that…
Kim's Story
We managed to complete the mission and find the Idon'texista bug. You see after watching Sasori and Zetsu circle for a while and preparing our jam sandwiches we got bored and decided to continue our search. We then ran into Shino… so we asked him about the bug and got all the information we needed to complete the mission. And so we managed to capture."
End Story
"That does NOT answer my question…" Kathryn growled. "You completed the mission!?" the high officials exclaimed, coming out of another patch of shrubbery. Kim beamed, "yup!" One approached her and whispered something to her which made her laugh. "What's going on!?" I demanded, "why were you whispering to her!? How did you not realize that was not my signature!? How did you all know about the mission!?!" "Chill Gaara. I knew it wasn't your signature… I'm not stupid," Kim sighed, "the high officials gave that mission in an attempt to get rid of me permanently… unbeknownst to them that I would actually do research on the mission… the Idon'texista bug? Please… can't you at least challenge me a little?" I turned on the high officials after Kim's mini speech, my eye twitching in anger.
Kim's P.O.V.
I turned back to the high official who whispered to me, "thanks for the support, Fukoda! How'd you know that as soon as I mentioned they sent me on this Gaara would forget all his other questions?" Fukoda shrugged, "lucky guess," he whispered back. It pays to have one of the cool high officials, who is also the feudal lords son, on my side.
Mojo's P.O.V.
"So… where is Krista?" I asked. "Right here!" a voice called from Kim's bag. Moments after there was a lemur sitting on her head, waving. "WHAT!?" all of us, except Kim and Gaara, who was presently beating the high officials, all but one, up, exclaimed. "Oh yeah… I forgot to tell you about this didn't I… well, you see after we left Shino… Krista kinda pissed off a lemur god and so he changed her into one… but because she was a lemur we managed to find a bug that could be used to fool the high officials," Kim explained. "It likes lemurs." "There's a lemur god in this forest!" I exclaimed, "that's amazing!" "YOU'RE AMAZING MOJO!!" Itachi exclaimed with stars in his eyes. "My, this is troublesome," Shikamaru sighed. "Shikamaru!" lemur-Krsita yelled, jumping onto his head. "When did you get here?" I asked. "I heard voices so I came to check it out," he explained. "KRISTA!" Kathryn said, "you will be put under room arrest once you are changed back to normal!" "Awwwwww…." "Kim… we're going home!" Gaara growled, grabbing Kim's arm and dragging her away from us and the now, all but one, injured high officials. "Akatsuki! Let's return to the base!" I ordered. "Krista… Shikamaru… let's go…" "Can't we have a cool exit too, sensei?" "Every exit I do is cool."
EPILOGUE
Toby was left wandering around the Forest of Death searching for Krista and Kim for the rest of his life…
IN SUNA
"Say Gaara… you were searching for me right?" Kim asked. "What of it?" Gaara growled. "Why didn't you just use Blade?" she asked. Gaara looked up from what he was doing in astonishment, why hadn't he thought of that? "Because…. He was tired…" Gaara made up an excuse. "Oh… okay!" Kim beamed.
IN KONOHA – HOKAGE MANSION
"Hey Iruka… I'll pay you 5 bucks to do all my paper work for me…" Kathryn bribed. "Okay!" Iruka agreed. Hehehe… now I'll never have to do paperwork again, Kathryn thought. "Come Neji, let's go get sushi!" Neji shrugged, "okay… but do you really want to give him 5 bucks?" he asked. "I'm not really going to give it to him… I've got it all planned out," Kathryn, deviously, smiled.
STILL IN KONOHA- SHIKAMARU AND KRISTA'S APARTMENT
"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! SWINGING FROM CEILINGS IS FUN!!" lemur-Krista cheered. "How troublesome," Shikamaru sighed, while Puppy barked in worry at his mommy. "THAT'S AWESOME!! BELIEVE IT!" Naruto agreed.
THE CASTLE IN THE SKY
"Okay, seeing as none of us know where Tony-" "It's Toby, Mojo," Zetsu corrected. "SHUT UP!" Mojo snapped. "DO NOT CORRECT MY BELOVED MOJO! FEEL THE WRATH OF MY SHARINGAN!!" Itachi yelled. "Anyway, since none of us know where he is… we'll just hold a funeral for him now so we don't have to worry about it later. Any objections? No… good!" Mojo beamed happily. "Mommy," M'tachi's voice came… the crowd of Akatsuki members held their breath in fear…. Knowing that he wanted to play with one of them… but who would be asked…. None hoped it would be them. "Can Itojo and I pway wif uncle… …. … Deidara?" a huge sigh of relief sounded through the crowd. "He's at aunty Kimmy and uncle Gaara's remember?" Mojo sweetly reminded. "Oh yeah… can we pway wif him anyway?" he asked. "Okay, I'm sure Kim will LOVE the company," Mojo agreed.
MOMENTS LATER IN SUNA
"MOJO!!!" Gaara yelled in frustration and anger. "Awww they're so cute… look at how they try to burn Deidara," Kim beamed. "HELPPPPP!!!" Deidara cried.