Kat pov
We have been traveling for a day and a half to Konoha. "Kat, can we please stop and take a break we have been running full speed for hours and hours." Sakura whined.
"Stop complaining! You can rest all you would like when we get home! We got to get to Konoha!" I yelled back at both of them. I could hear them whispering to each other. "The faster we get home, the faster we can be prepared, and safe." I muttered to myself.
Around six hours later we made it to the Hokage's office. I opened the door without asking to enter as usual; manners were not the most important thing right now. "Tsunade-sama! Some of the Akatsuki members where spotted near Suna. Gaa- I mean the Kazekage wanted us to come back and warn you to be prepared to fight because it is suspected that they were trying to let our guard down and then attack Konoha."
"Very well." She replied. "Get some rest now."
"Arigato, Tsunade-sama" I replied bowing, then leaving the room.
"Sakura, how does treating me to ramen sound?" Naruto exclaimed excitedly.
"Do I really have a choice, Naruto?" she replied back as we walked down the crowded streets of Konoha. "Kat, you coming with us?" Sakura asked. I shook my head and started to walk away.
"Oh come on, Kat, you never come with us to anywhere! You're such a kill joy!" Naruto complained.
"If I go will you shut up?" I asked in a quite annoyed tone. He nodded with a smile ear to ear. I sighed and followed them to the ramen shop.
"Naruto! Nice to see you again! The usual I'm assuming?" the old man, who was the owner of the shop, said.
"Heh, it's nice to see you too, old man!" Naruto replied. I ate my food in silence listening to Sakura and Naruto talk.
"So you're back from your mission so soon?" a voice beside me asked. I glanced over at the man and frowned.
"I do not see how this concerns you, Sai." He shrugged poked his food with his chopsticks.
"Did you just get back?" he asked.
"Sai, can you please stop asking so many questions. My mission did not concern you so I do not think that you need to know. Yes I just got back from the mission now shut up please." I snapped.
"Maru-san missed you. She wouldn't shut up about it at home." Sai told me. I nodded, Sai has been living with us ever since he came to Konoha and is like the annoying brother I never got to have. Lucky me, not really. I got up to leave, "Going so soon?" he asked. I nodded and left.
I didn't go home; I went to my favorite place in all of Konoha, a spot in front of a lake on a big rock. Sometimes I'd go at nights when there was a full moon and look at the moon reflecting off of the water. Even beautiful was an understatement for the scene. I sat on the rock for a few hours and completely cleared my mind, being free of worry or stress.
I felt something soft and furry brushed against my hand. I looked down to see a little raccoon sniffing my hand. It rubbed its head in the palm of my hand. I slightly smiled as it hopped up in my lap and stared up at me with its black ringed eyes just like… the raccoon suddenly turned toward the woods and ran off. I got up and ran home.
When I got to the house, I was greeted with the warm smell of bread. I opened the door to be attack by my mom with hugs and kisses. "What took you so long to get home? Did something happen?" she asked.
"No mom, nothing happened. I just needed to go somewhere for a little while before I came home, that's it." I replied, heading to the kitchen sitting down at the table to eat. Sai, who was already at the table, gave me one of his famous fake smiles. Mom also sat down at the table and smiled.
"It is so nice to have a family dinner. Well, besides your dad who is needed at work all the time." She said slightly frowning.
"Wasn't your mission supposed to be longer? I mean you've only been there for a couple of days." Sai asked.
"I cannot tell you. It is strictly between the Hokage and the Kazekage." I replied poking my food with my chopsticks.
"Ah, yes. So tell us about Suna. Has it changed much since we last been?" mom said trying to change the subject.
"Yes it is the same, but the people are much happier than before when we went. It is still ridiculously sandy there." I looked down at my plate swirling the noodles on my plate.
"Who is the kage there now?" she asked.
"Remember the last time we went to Suna? When we were at the park and you told me to find someone to play with?" my mother nodded and I continued, "the little boy in the sandbox, Gaara…" I said my cheeks turning a pale pink when I said his name.
"Ah yes! I remember him, such a sweet little boy, cute to!" the blush on my cheeks turned to a deep red in a matter of seconds. I got up left the kitchen, walking to my room and closing the door. After a long, hot shower, I threw myself on my bed and fell asleep.
I woke up with a start. Cold sweat running down my face and my heart was beating far faster than normal. Gaara… Deidara... gone… I got up and ran out of my room and went into Sai's he was sitting on his bed drawing another stupid whatever. "What is wrong?" he asked in his usually monotone voice.
"Lets go see the Hokage." I said taking his hand and pulling him out of his room. Both of us quietly ran down the stairs and grabbed our cloaks and left the house.
"Why are we going to go see the Hokage in the middle of the night?" he asked.
"I have a bad feeling inside; we shouldn't have left Suna… I think something bad has happened." I replied.
"Kat, I'm sad to say this, but most of the time you are right. Come on, lets run." We took off running to the big building with a symbol of fire on it.
When we got to the Hokage's office I knock on the door franticly, not waiting for an answer I walked in. Tsunade was waking up from what looked to be a nap on her desk. "What are you doing here…?" she asked in a tired and annoyed voice.
"Tsunade have you heard from Suna? Did anything bad happen?" I asked quickly.
"No, and if something did happen it would take about two days for the message to be sent. You know that, Kat. Why are you asking?"
"I had a bad feeling about this. I had a dream that the two Akatsuki members were in Suna, Sasori of the red sand and Deidara. The ones that have been spotted around there. In my dream Deidara has this bird and the kazekage and he fought and in the end Gaara got captured. Then there was this boulder, a giant bolder with a sealing justu on it and the Akatsuki inside of it... That's all I remember..."
"Very well. If anything happens I want you and your team to go help out. I will contact you if we get a message." The Hokage said. I bowed to her and left the room.