By Heart Alone Chapter 4

By: Beth

Please Note: NONE OF THESE CHARRIES BELONG TO ME. THE ONLY ONES THAT BELONG TO ME ARE THE MULTIPLE DRAGONS, GARI, KAORU, AND IZUMI. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, PLEASE DO NOT POKE ME WITH THE STICK OF DOOM OR THE STONE OF PWNING.

Last Time:

"Your sister must be very responsible." Sakura said.

Izumi shook her head. "She just wants revenge." She said darkly. Naruto looked at her with sad eyes.

'What a hard life she's had.' He thought. 'She's kinda like me.'

Izumi's sad face molded into a smile. "It's okay now though." She said. "We have everything under control." 'That's right Izumi.' She thought in her head. 'Lie to your new friends. At least Gari and Wisheu know what's going on.' She turned away and lay down. "Might as well get some rest." She said, Wisheu lying down also. "We have to get up early tomorrow to get you three out of here." She closed her eyes.

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura nodded, lying down also and going to sleep.

Gari looked at all of them. "Great, party poopers, I'm not tired yet!" she yelled the last part.

"Gari shut the hell up." Izumi said, throwing a charred stick at her.

"Ow." Gari said, lying down and trying to fall asleep also.

Neji looked out a window. 'Where did those genin go?' he thought.

"Neji?" a voice called his name.

"Hmm?" he answered.

Tenten entered the room. "Neji, I can't find Naruto, Sasuke, or Sakura anywhere!" she said, obviously tired from looking around so much.

"We need more than two people…" Neji said, sighing.

"How about me?" a voice said. Neji and Tenten looked around, and then Shino suddenly appeared behind Neji.

"Shino…" Neji stared at him.

"I'm here to help." Shino said, his sunglasses flashing as he walked closer toward Neji.

"It's unusual for you to volunteer Shino." Neji said.

Shino shook his head. "It's my decision." He stated blankly.

Neji nodded. "Later on tonight, we'll look for them." He said. "The three of us."

Both Shino and Tenten nodded.

Gari shot up. "Grrr…I can't sleep." She said, sighing, she put her knees to her chest and closed her eyes again.

Neji, Tenten, and Shino arrived at the gate, the blood stains still visible.

"This must be the place…" Neji said. He opened the large gate with ease. He walked inside and was amazed at the scenery.

Tenten gasped. "This place looks so sad." She stated. Shino said nothing, but behind his sunglasses, he was appalled as well.

"Come on, I see a fire ahead." Neji said, pointing toward the fire that housed our dear friends. They walked toward the fire.

Gari perked up as soon as she heard the footsteps of Neji and the others. She decided to surprise them, she was still very hyper. She jumped behind a charred rock and crouched down so that nobody could see her.

Shino walked in first, and noticed Naruto lying down, he was sprawled out on the ground, with his arms out wide and his legs spread open. He turned away as soon as Wisheu's fur came into the corner of his eye.

'What is that?' he thought. He walked over to Wisheu. Gari seized this opportunity and pounced.

"Banzai!" she screamed her favorite word, she tackle Shino to the ground. Neji and Tenten looked over their way in confusion. Gari was sitting on Shino's chest. "Now, why are more ninja here?" she asked slyly.

Shino tried to get up, but Gari held him down. He said nothing but turned his head and looked away from Gari's gaze.

Neji and Tenten came running up, and Tenten burst into laughter as she saw Gari holding down Shino.

"A girl giving you trouble, Shino?" she managed to say, in between giggles.

Shino glared at Tenten. "Could you just get her off me?" he said calmly, although he couldn't breathe very well with Gari's extra weight on him.

Tenten nodded, but Gari got up on her own. She held her hand to Shino. "Need help?" she asked with a smile. Shino took her hand, and Gari easily pulled him up.

"Thanks…" he mumbled.

"So, what are you three doing here?" Gari asked, as she saw Neji and Tenten.

"We're here to look for our friends." Neji answered, crossing his arms.

"Oh, do you mean the three leaf ninja that are over there?" Gari pointed towards the fire.

Neji nodded. "Yes, the three leaf ninja."

"Okay, why didn't you say so? I'll go wake them up!" Gari said, she skipped over and poked Izumi with a charred stick. "Izumi?" she asked.

Izumi shot up. "STOP WAKING ME UP GARI, GODDAMMIT!" she yelled, smacking Gari.

"OW!" Gari yelled, pulling back. "Geez, I was just gonna tell you that there are more leaf ninja here." She hissed.

Izumi blinked. "Oh." She said, she pulled out something that looked like candy. She threw it at Gari, and Gari caught it and ate it immediately. "No hard feelings?" Izumi asked.

Gari waved her hands in answer; she was still eating the food that Izumi had given her. Izumi looked at Neji, Tenten, and Shino.

"So, what do you three want?" she asked.

Shino pointed at Naruto. "We've come for them." He said simply.

Izumi nodded and kicked Naruto. "Hey, fox boy." She said. "Wake up already."

Naruto opened his eyes to see Izumi leaning over him; he shot up in shock, making his forehead and her forehead make contact. A crack was heard, and Neji, Tenten, and Shino watched to see if anyone was dead.

"WHY DID YOU WAKE ME UP?" Naruto yelled at Izumi.

"YOU'RE FRIENDS ARE HERE MORON !" Izumi yelled back.

Naruto shut up, he saw his friends. "Oh, hi guys!" he said, smiling. They all waved back also.

Izumi huffed. "Anyway, it's late, why don't you three stay here for the night. You'll have to leave soon though."

"How come?" Tenten asked.

"Let's just say…my sister doesn't like a lot of company…" Izumi answered, looking at the navy blue sky.

"You have a sister?" Neji asked.

"Yeah, her name is Kaoru." Izumi said. "Now, let's go to sleep. We have a long day ahead of us." She then lay down again and closed her eyes once more.

Shino lay down also along with Tenten. Neji volunteered to stay up the night and keep watch. Gari joined him, she was still to hyper to go to sleep, and continuously talked till Neji couldn't take it anymore. He went to sleep, and Gari kept watch the rest of the night.

God that sucked, anyway, chapter 4 is done! Now, time to start on chapter 5. Thanks for reading this! Kudos to you all!