A/N: I do NOT own Naruto. Only the character Jesshika. Bloodytears87 is the owner of Saara.
We traveled for five days going south along the coast. We stopped after two and a half days to make camp and rest. Naruto and I set up the tent while Sasuke and Saara gathered wood and did a perimeter check. After we were done, we all sat down and ate a quick meal in relative silence. We were so exhausted from trying to put as much distance between us and those men we didn't have the strength to speak. As soon as we were done eating, Sasuke and Naruto set up alarms around the vicinity in case anyone should happen to get too close, but far enough away to give us a chance to escape. When that was finished, we all went into the tent and laid down. It didn't take long for us to fall into a exhaustion induced sleep. Naruto laid on the right while Sasuke laid on the left, with Saara and I in the middle like usual. The next day we awoke to bright sunlight streaming into the tent. We got up and left the tent to get a quick breakfast before breaking down the tent once more. Once that was finished, we erased all signs we had been there and continued on our way to Port Degarashi. It would take us another two and a half days to get there. We traveled for the next two and half days without stopping to make camp. We only took short breaks to rest and quench our thirsts. Soon we were walking into the gates of Port Degarashi. Saara and I looked around in wonder at the village as we walked through. We walked for a little bit until we heard someone shout.
"Naruto? Is that you?" an older man yelled. We turned towards the voice. Naruto's eyes lit up on recognition.
"Boss Jirocho!" he yelled as he ran towards the man. Jirocho pulled the blonde into a hug as we looked on. We caught up to where Naruto was standing.
"And who are these pretty young ladies?" Jirocho asked looking at us. Naruto turned and smiled.
"This is Saara Kamizuki and Jesshika Shiranui. And you remember Sasuke." he said pointing to each of us in turn. Jirocho smiled and bowed to us.
"Nice to meet you Kamizuki-chan and Shiranui-chan. Yes I do remember him." he replied. Saara and I blushed.
"Just Jesshika and Saara is fine." I said. Saara nodded.
"Yeah no reason to be so formal." she laughed lightly.
"As you wish." Jirocho said turning back to Naruto.
"What brings you to Port Degarashi?" he asked.
"We are looking for two people." Naruto replied. I tapped Naruto on the shoulder. He turned to look at me.
"What is it, Jessie-chan?" he asked.
"Saara and I are going to go look around, okay?" I said. Sasuke shook his head.
"You need one of us with you, you know that." he said.
"Do these ladies require an escort?" Jirocho asked.
"It's for safety reasons." Sasuke answered. Naruto put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder.
"They will be fine. It's perfectly safe here." he said.
"No one will harm them here." Jirocho agreed. Sasuke thought it over for a moment before relenting.
"Alright, but don't go off with anyone this time." he warned. Naruto looked at us too.
"Try to stay out of trouble!" he said.
"We won't!" Saara and I promised before heading off to explore. Sasuke and Naruto turned back to Jirocho who was smiling at them. They looked at him in confusion before it dawned on them. They turned to look in the direction we had gone.
"Saara! Jesshika!" they yelled in unison. Jirocho put a hand on each of their shoulders.
"How much trouble could they possibly get into here?" he asked.
"You don't want to know." Sasuke muttered. Jirocho just laughed.
"It would be good for this quiet little village to see some chaos once in a while." he mused.
"Chaos? If those two get up to no good, this village will learn the hard way why they are called the chaos twins." Naruto said. Jirocho laughed even harder.
"Now, my boy. You were saying something about trying to find someone?" he asked as he led Sasuke and Naruto towards his home.
We wandered around the village looking at all the different shops. We began to get a little hungry so we stopped at a dango shop. An elderly man came out to wait on us.
"Konoha ninja, eh? You're pretty far from home. What can I get for you?" he asked. Saara and I smiled.
"Two orders of dango to go please." I said smiling at the man. He nodded and turned away. Five minutes later he came back out with four orders of dango and handed them to us.
"Sir, we only asked for two orders." Saara said politely. The man smiled at us.
"I know, but you young ladies looked a little famished. These two are on the house." he said. Saara and I smiled at the man.
"Thank you!" we said before turning with a wave. We continued to walk around enjoying the fresh hot dango.
"That was really nice of him." I commented.
"Yeah it was." Saara said after swallowing down her bite of dango. Once we were finished we threw the now empty sticks into a nearby trashcan. We stepped away and something shiny caught our eyes. We turned to see what it was.
"Jessie-chan! Look, a jewelery stand!" Saara cried.
"Maybe we can find something for Gennie and Imo-kun." I said excitedly. We dashed off across the street towards the shop. As we ran across we collided with somebody, knocking us all to the ground.
"What the hell?" I yelped.
"Watch where you're going!" Saara cried rubbing her head. We looked to see who we hit and saw a pair of brown eyes staring at us.
"Uh..dude? You okay?" I asked. He didn't respond so Saara reached over and flicked him in the forehead. That seemed to bring him out of his daze since he quickly got to his feet. He reached down and grabbed our hands, pulling us to our feet.
"Is something wrong? Why are you staring at us like that?" Saara asked. The brown eyed teen blinked in confusion for a minute before answering.
"You...your headbands. Are you really from Konoha?" he inquired. Saara and I exchanged glances before slowly nodding.
"Hai. Who are you?" I asked.
"Oh! Sorry. I'm Idate. Idate Morino." he said. We looked at him in shock.
"Morino? You're not related to Ibiki are you?" Saara asked. Idate nodded.
"He's my brother. And who are you?" Idate asked.
"I'm Saara Kamizuki." Saara replied.
"I'm Jesshika Shiranui." I added.
"Do you know Ibiki pretty well then?" Idate asked. Saara and I smirked.
"Ibiki just loves us." Saara said.
"Yeah, we're his number one mischief makers." I said proudly. Idate raised a brow but said nothing about it. Instead he changed the subject.
"What are you doing so far from Konoha?" Idate asked.
"We're on a mission." Saara told him.
"Where were you going in such a hurry?" I asked him.
"I'm running errands for Boss Jirocho." Idate answered.
"Boss Jirocho? Isn't that who Naru-chan and Sasuke-kun were talking to?" Saara asked looking at me.
"Yeah. I think so." I said.
"Naru-chan and Sasuke-kun?" Idate asked.
"Our teammates." we said in unison.
"So there are three girls and a guy on your team?" Idate asked. We burst out laughing. Idate looked at us with an odd expression.
"Naru-chan is a guy!" I exclaimed.
"His name is actually Naruto." Saara said. Idate smiled as we laughed.
"Hey, I'm getting thirsty. You wanna go get something to drink?" he asked. Saara and I looked at each other for a minute.
"I don't know. We did promise not to go off with anyone." I said.
"But he's Ibiki's brother. If we can get away from Ibiki easily, he shouldn't be any problem." Saara mused.
"You're right. Besides, what harm can it do?" I said. Idate walked up to us and put his arms around our waists.
"Lets go. I know a really good place to go." he said.
"Can we just take a quick look at that shop?" Saara asked pointing to the jewelry stand. Idate nodded.
"Yatta!" Saara and I exclaimed. Idate laughed as we walked to the stand. After looking around for a few minutes, we picked up six matching necklaces with a pendant that said 'family' in kanji.
"Why did you buy so many?" Idate asked curiously.
"Well there are two for us, one each for our brothers and one for their boyfriends." I explained. We motioned for the jeweler to come over so we could pay for them, but Idate pulled out his own wallet and paid for it before we could.
"You didn't have to pay for these." Saara said.
"I wanted to. Now lets go get that drink, shall we?" Idate said. We nodded. Just as we were about to leave, something else caught my attention. Turning to it, I called Saara over.
"Nee-chan look!" I cried. Saara came over to see what I was pointing at. In front of us lay a black choker with the word "BANG" written in silver on it and a gold ring with the Jashin symbol on it.
"We have soo got to buy these!" Saara yelled. I nodded.
"Most definitely." I agreed. The jeweler came over and packaged up our souveneirs. We paid for them ourselves, even though Idate insisted he could pay for them as well.
"Sorry, Idate. These are special to us so we can't let you pay for them." Saara said.
"It wouldn't be right." I agreed.
"I understand." Idate replied. We placed our purchases into our packs for safe keeping.
"Lets go get those drinks now." we said. Idate smiled and nodded. Wrapping his arms around our waists yet again, we took off for a small restaurant nearby. We sat down in the restaurant and a waitress soon came to take our orders.
"Hi, what can I get for you?" she asked.
"We'd just like some drinks, thanks." Idate replied. He looked over at us.
"What would you ladies like?" he asked. Saara and I looked at each other and grinned.
"Sake!" we exclaimed. Idate quirked a brow but ordered it for us. He ordered a cup of sweet green tea for himself.
"You're not going to drink with us?" I asked.
"One of us has to stay sober." Idate laughed. The waitress smiled and jotted down our orders.
"It'll be just a few minutes. I'll be right back." she said before turning to walk away. She came back a few minutes later with two bottles of sake and a glass of tea. Saara and I grabbed our bottles and clinked them together.
"Kanpai!" we shouted before downing half the bottle. Idate stared at us amazed at how fast we drank it.
"So, do you drink alot back home?" he asked curiously.
"Only when Gennie and Imo-kun let us out of their sight long enough." Saara said.
"And as long as we can keep one step ahead of Ibiki." I said. We picked up our bottles and drained them in one gulp. Idate motioned for the waitress to come back. When she arrived back at our table, Idate ordered two more bottles for us. We drank a few more bottles, each time we finished one Idate would call for more. The waitress appeared again and nodded to Idate.
"More sake. I know." she laughed. While we waited for her to return we heard two gruff voices coming up behind us. Idate looked up as the voices got closer. He put his hand on his face and groaned.
"Just great. Those two are all I need." he said. Saara and I glanced at him.
"Who?" Saara asked. Idate put his hand down and shifted his eyes behind us.
"Kyokura and Shinta. They never leave me alone." he said quietly. No sooner had Idate said that, the two men approached our table.
"Idate! What are you doing here? And with such pretty ladies too." the black haired man asked.
"Shinta, what do you want now?" Idate sighed. Shinta elbowed the blonde man and smirked.
"Kyokura look. Idate is trying to play the big man." he said. Kyokura placed his hands on the table.
"Let me guess. You paid for these two women, right?" he asked. Saara and I looked at each other before standing up. Idate tried to grab us but we yanked out of his grasp.
"And what if he did?" I growled. The two men backed away from the table.
"Not that's its any of your business, but he happens to be a friend of ours." Saara said angrily as we jabbed the men in the chest. Kyokura and Shinta walked backwards towards the door as we kept poking them in the chest and telling them off. Idate wasn't sure what to do so he just trailed behind us. We pushed the two men back until they were standing by the open door.
"Why don't you two leave this good for nothing and come with us?" Shinta asked.
"We'll show you what real men are." Kyokura added. Saara and I stopped poking them and pretended to think about it.
"Hmmm....how about...." Saara started.
"No!" I yelled as we did a roundhouse and knocked the two men out the door. We ran to the door and watched them laying in the street unconscious. Idate came up behind us and laughed.
"I bet they think twice about messing with you two again." he commented. Saara and I turned to look at Idate.
"If they aren't total bakas that is." we said.
Naruto and Sasuke were walking with Jirocho looking for us.
"Where could those two have gotten off to?" Sasuke asked.
"They could be anywhere." Naruto replied.
"I don't believe they could have gone far." Jirocho stated. Sasuke and Naruto exchanged glances but said nothing. Suddenly they could hear yelling off to their right. They turned just in time to see a black haired man and a blonde man go flying backwards out of a restaurant door and land on their backs. Sasuke and Naruto looked at Jirocho who looked surprised.
"What the hell is going on?" Jirocho asked. They stood watching to see what else was going to happen. A few seconds later three figures appeared in the doorway. Naruto and Sasuke gasped in unison.
"I should have known." Sasuke said. Naruto shook his head.
"Yup, can't leave those two alone for five minutes." he said. Jirocho stared at us in shock.
"You mean your friends did this?" he asked.
"Hai. It's definitely them." Sasuke said. They all took off running to where the two men had fallen. Naruto and Sasuke checked the men to make sure they were alright. After seeing the men were fine just unconscious, they stood up and grabbed us by the arms, dragging us out into the street.
"What do you think you're doing?" Naruto demanded.
"Didn't we tell you not to get in trouble?" Sasuke asked in anger.
"You said to try to stay out of trouble. We told you we won't." Saara replied.
"Yeah so you can't yell at us." I added. Just then we felt a slight bubbling feeling in our chests. Before we got a chance to cover our mouths, we let out a loud burp right in Naruto and Sasuke's faces. We looked at each other and burst out laughing, covering our mouths.
"Gomen! Excuse us!" we said. Sasuke and Naruto sniffed the air and wrinkled their noses.
"You were drinking?" Sasuke asked incredulously.
"Who would be stupid enough to give you two alcohol?" Naruto demanded. A voice spoke up from behind us.
"That would be me." the voice said. Sasuke, Naruto and Jirocho looked behind us as the figure came into view. Jirocho stared in shock.
"Idate?" he said. Naruto and Sasuke's mouths dropped open.
"Idate?" Naruto yelped. Idate looked at the two guys for a few minutes before realization set in.
"Na..Naruto and Sasuke? You're the ones traveling with them?" he asked jerking a thumb towards us. The guys nodded.
"While we are on this mission anyway." Sasuke said. Jirocho looked from Idate to us and back again.
"Care to explain what happened? And what exactly did those two drink?" Jirocho inquired.
"They just drank some sake. Kyokura and Shinta came to our table and started in as usual." Idate started.
"Yeah, they had the nerve to suggest Idate paid us to be with him!" Saara exclaimed.
"Then they wanted us to go with them to see what a real man was." I yelled. Just then the waitress came out to the door.
"Idate? I have their orders ready." she said holding out two bottles of sake. Saara and I turned to grab them, but Naruto and Sasuke beat us to it.
"I think you two have had enough to drink." Naruto commented.
"You're no fun, Naru-chan!" we shouted. On the ground we could hear moaning and groaning. We looked down to see the two men start to stir. Saara and I pulled away from the guys and tried to kick the two men. Sasuke and Naruto grabbed us by the waists and pulled us back. Sighing, they turned us around, picked us up and threw us over their shoulders.
"Boss Jirocho, know any place we can set up for the night?" Naruto asked.
"You can stay at my place with me and Idate. Follow me." Jirocho said. Sasuke and Naruto took off with us on their shoulders, following the man. Idate trailed behind them, so we started talking to him.
"So, why do those guys bother you?" Saara asked.
"Well, because I am the fastest runner here and their family has been disbanded for dishonest...things." Idate stated.
"That's no reason to bug someone." I mused. Idate shrugged but said no more. Bored of the long walk, Saara and I began to kick our feet. Finally having enough, Naruto and Sasuke yelled.
"Will you two cut it out?" Naruto cried.
"I'm about ready to drop you on your butt!" Sasuke yelled. We giggled but stopped kicking. Sighing, we looked around until we stopped moving.
"We're here. Idate, prepare some rooms for our guests." Jirocho commanded.
"Oh, one room is fine. It's best we stay together to keep an eye on these two." Naruto stated.
"Okay, one room it is. Should I also put in a couple bottles of sake?" Idate asked. Naruto and Sasuke stared at him.
"NO!" they shouted in unison. We giggled louder until they put us down. They looked at us sternly.
"Don't move!" commanded Sasuke. Jirocho spoke up.
"I'll make them some tea." he said.
"Thanks." Naruto said smiling. Jirocho left to prepare the tea for us. The two guys turned to us and sighed, sitting down next to us. Saara and I moved to lay next to them, our heads in their laps. Sasuke looked at us strangely before shaking his head. Naruto absently began to stroke Saara'a head. Sasuke watched for a few minutes before doing the same with me. Soon Jirocho came back in and smiled at the scene before him. He quietly set the tray of tea down in front of him.
"They look so relaxed." he commented.
"Kiba and I used to do this to calm them down when they were upset or had been drinking. They go right to sleep." Naruto said softly.
"That's why you were doing that, dobe?" asked Sasuke. Naruto nodded.
"Quiet teme. You don't want to wake them." he replied. Idate came into the room a couple minutes later.
"Boss Jirocho, the room is ready." he said. Jirocho quickly put his fingers to his lips, quieting the younger man.
"They fell asleep." he said pointing to us. Idate smiled.
"With all the sake they drank, I would have figured they'd have been out before now." he mused.
"When it comes to drinking, they can hold their own pretty well." Naruto told him smiling.
"Maybe you should move them to their room?" Jirocho suggested.
"Good idea. " Sasuke agreed. Jirocho and Idate moved to kneel in front of the guys to hold our heads so they could stand up. Once they were on their feet, Sasuke and Naruto leaned down to pick us up bridal style. Idate jumped to his feet.
"This way." he said as he led them down a short hall. Opening the door, he motioned for Sasuke and Naruto to go in first. They stepped into the room and laid us down on the large bed by the window. Covering us up with a soft blanket, they turned and left the room, Idate closing the door behind them. They hurried back down the hall to where Jirocho was waiting. He looked up as they sat down.
"All set now?" he asked.
"Yes. They should be asleep until morning." Naruto said. Jirocho nodded.
"Now let's get back to what we were discussing earlier." he said.
"The mission?" Sasuke asked.
"Hai. I understand you are looking for Hidan and Deidara of the Akatsuki." Jirocho said.
"We were given four months to find them. We've already been gone for a month." Naruto explained.
"You think they could be here?" Idate asked.
"No, we think they might have come through here at some point." Sasuke said.
"We found a piece of paper with their names and the word Jiro on it." Naruto said.
"Jiro? That's Jiro Island. Why would they be going there?" Jirocho asked more to himself than to anyone in the room.
"No idea but that's where we are headed next." Sasuke said. Jirocho was quiet for a few moments.
"The closest village to it is Port City." he said. Idate spoke up.
"You could probably rent a boat there to go to the island." he said.
"That would be helpful. How long do you think it will take to get there?" Naruto asked.
"About two days from here." Jirocho stated.
"Two days? Should we try to get going now?" Naruto asked Sasuke.
"Depends on whether those two will wake up anytime soon." Sasuke answered.
"Why don't you stay the night and rest? You can leave after getting supplies in the morning." Idate suggested.
"Let the girls sleep for now." Jirocho said.
"Alright. We must take our leave now if we want to get started early." Sasuke said.
"If you need anything, let me know." Jirocho said. Idate stood up and waited for Sasuke and Naruto to stand as well.
"I'll take you to your room." he said. They turned and bowed to Jirocho before straightening up and leaving the room. Idate led them back down the hall to their room.
"Goodnight." he said as the guys went into the room.
"Night. We'll be leaving at first light." Naruto said before closing the door. Idate turned and went back down the hall to the other end to his own room.
A/N: This is a work in progress. Let me know what you think! Reviews are always appreciated! Arigatou!