CHAPTER 11!!! Yay for chapter 11! Okay, I have no idea what to say at the moment. I don't really feel like saying much today. I normally just skip what authors have to say unless it's related to the story. Why? I dunno, probably because I'm so into the fic that I'm too impatient. - Yeah, not nice, but are you reading this right now? You are? Wow, you're just plain WEIRD. But so am I, so I guess that's ok.

I don't own Naruto. Just these characters, really. Sort of…yeah, I'll shut up now.

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Gaara scowled as he waited in his chair for the festival to begin. Winter season colors and other decorations adorned every building throughout the entire village. Every year they would build a large stage where the Kazekage would announce the beginning of the festival. The stage would hold plays and other performances every hour or so. Why he was responsible for it he had no idea. He hated this sort of thing.

A few other lords were seated among the stage as well, along with any other important figures. The Konoha ninjas were also there, each wearing a nice kimono or yukata. Sakura's kimono was pink with red floras, Naruto in a black yukata with a bit of orange of course. Shikamaru's yukata was silver and blue to match Temari's and Jiraiya wore simple black and white.

Soon about half of the village had arrived, and he was given the signal to start. 'I hate this shit,' was all he could think as he walked up to the microphone. "People of Suna and our guests, I welcome you to the Winter Festival. We have many guests; four are honorable ninja from Konoha who we are happy to have within our walls. But, I don't want to hold the festival from starting. So, let the activities begin." And with that out of the way, a few fireworks shot off as dancers filled the stage. From how his voice and quickness, it was obvious that he hadn't wanted to give the speech.

Gaara scanned the audience from his seat until he found Kira, catching eye contact with her for a moment before a performer blocked his way. But when they moved again he was surprised by her appearance. Her hair was down with and had been cut so that it came in different layers, yet still had its medium-long length of curls. She also had a red flower in her hair. She had gotten some help from Temari in getting her makeup ready, which only enhanced her angelic features. And the kimono she was wearing was… wait… that was the matching kimono of his! He glanced at Temari, who only smiled when she noticed him glaring at her.

Temari must have snuck into Kira's closet and had probably done this on purpose. And they say he was the evil one. Both of their kimonos were white with red symbols on them and embroideries that made the appearance of fire on the front. Kira's kimono fit her perfectly, showing every curve of her body. He licked him lips subconsciously before forcing himself to watch the current performance of dancers.

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"Hey!" a voice called to Kira and Yu. They turned around to see a very pissed off Mei approaching. "Why are you with her?" she demanded, pointing an accusing finger at Kira.

Yu smiled as he wrapped an arm around Kira's shoulders. "I'm on a date. Where's the new boyfriend that I've heard so much about?"

"He couldn't come."

Kira smirked, 'I wouldn't blame him.' She thought before saying, "Do you want to join us, Mei? Just like the good old days?"

Mei watched Kira for a few moments before nodding.

"Good. I'm going to go check on Gaara-sama. I'll be back as soon as I'm done." She said, twisting away from Yu and walking off before they could question her.

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Kina hopped on Kira's shoulder. "That was too easy, even for you."

"It was just too obvious. Love sick morons. I bet they give each other the cold glares and insults for about thirty seconds before apologizing and going off to make out somewhere."

"How nice"

"Isn't it?"

"So where are you going now?"

"To 'rescue' Gaara from the number one knuckle headed ninja." She replied as she walked up to the blond and red head. Naruto was talking as Gaara listened with mild interest. Naruto waved happily at Kira before glaring at Kina.

"Hello Kira! I was just talking to Gaara about my latest mission. He told me you had a Kekkai Genkai, can I see it?"

She nodded, "Yes, I do. But I'll show it to you later."

He gave a goofy grin, "Great! Oh, Sakura-chan!" he yelled with glee before running off… a few moments later there was a thump and "Baka!"

Kira laughed lightly before turning her attention back to Gaara, who was staring at her. "Gaara?" she asked, waving her hand in front of his face. He grabbed her hand from his face as he put on a slightly irritated face and stood up from his seat. She pulled her hand away from his iron-like grip before asking, "I got away from the love sick puppies. What would you like to do?"

"Get out of these robes first. But I don't know after that. I normally just sit here until it ends."

"Oh… well, let's get you out of those robes."

He nodded, opening a compartment hidden behind his chair and pulling out his kimono. Kira glanced at it and snatched it from his hands to look at it. "Temari?"

"Temari."

"Humph, fine then." She handed it back to him, "We'll go looking alike then. You don't mind, do you?" He shook his head and walked off the stage to find a place to change as Kira followed before waiting near a stand. After he had disappeared from her view, she looked at what the stand had, realizing that it sold fake ANBU masks for children to play in. They were brightly colored, like rainbows so that people wouldn't get too confused. She was looking at what else they may have when she heard her name called. Turning around, she saw the pink haired kunoichi coming towards her. "Hey, Sakura-chan."

"Hey Kira, could you come with me for a few minutes?"

"Sure, where's Naruto?"

"Naruto…? Oh! He went to go try out the foods."

"That sounds like him. Kina, stay here with Gaara for me."

"Now I'm the one babysitting."

"We'll be back before you know it." Kira assured her before walking away with Sakura.

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Gaara watched another skit begin from his seat. When he had come out, he was irritated to find Kina without Kira waiting for him. But if Kina was still with him, he knew Kira would be back soon. Kina had even figured a way to point to the color pink, so that meant Sakura. How a colorblind cat could do that, he had no idea. But it was now noon, and still no sign of her. 'What the hell is going on?'

His eyes scanned the audience, stopping when he spotted the pink haired ninja. He frowned when he noticed that Kira wasn't with her. Wait… Kira wasn't with any of the other Konoha ninja or his siblings, either. Yu was with some other woman whom he figured to be Mei. So where was Kira?

He stood up, walking off the stage and towards Sakura. "Where is she?"

"Who?"

"Kira, she was with you."

"No she wasn't. I've been with Naruto the whole time." She said with annoyance in her voice.

"It's true!" Naruto verified, seeing that Gaara wasn't convinced.

Gaara stared at the two. "Kira is gone."

Sakura blinked dumbly, "Huh?"

"She's missing is what I said. Someone must have done a henge jutsu to look like you." He growled out as he turned and headed towards his sister. "Temari, Kira is missing. I want you to gather any ninja who are on patrol and tell them to look out for anyone who fills her description. Be sure to allow nobody to leave the village or enter without being searched."

"Hai." She replied shortly before disappearing by rooftop.

"Kankuro," he said, turning around to stare. "Who the hell is that?"

Kankuro frowned, "My date remember?" he said, pulling the black haired, blue eyed beauty closer to him. "Her name is Llyana, remember?"

"Oh, right. Nice to meet you. Now, Kankuro, Kira is missing. You are to go with Sakura and Naruto to inform the others. Then come follow my trail. Say good bye to Llyana."

Kankuro sighed dramatically, "Sorry, I'll catch you later." He said before leaving in a run as well, Naruto and Sakura close behind.

Seeing as how his orders were given, Gaara scanned the ground with his eyes until he spotted the flame furred cat. "Kina."

"Meow."

"…… I need you to follow Kira's scent from the place where we last saw her."

Kina gave a quickly reply before sprinting to where Kira was last seen with the imposter.

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'God my head hurts.' Kira thought with a groan as she opened her eyes. She looked around, absorbing her surroundings. She was in a very dark room that only had the chair she was sitting in with a single hanging lamp as furniture. Against the wall were the hidden weapons that she had been carrying. She could feel one that they had missed, but it was too hard for her to move to reach it. The room was in bad shape with rotting and charred wooden walls, which meant trees were available. So she knew she wasn't in Suna anymore. There were also bloodstains on the walls, giving her the vibe that she did NOT want to be here.

"Glad you're awake." A voice said, startling her. The voice chuckled, obviously male and strangely familiar. "We've placed a drug in your system to mess up your senses and chakra, so it's not too much of a surprise that you didn't sense me." There was a small click as the single light lit up the room, causing her to squint and turn her head from the sudden brightness, but the bounds tying her to her chair didn't allow for much movement.

"What do you want?" she growled, but her voice was slightly cracked due to her throat being dry.

"Ah ah ah, watch that temper of yours. Though, your clan was well known for it."

"How do you know of my clan?" she asked, eyes searching for the host of the voice.

He laughed, "You will learn in time, but first we must wait for the other guests."

"Others…?"

"Oh, just the Kage of Suna and a little cat."

"Don't you dare touch them!" she hissed, tugging on the bounds. She stopped though when she felt a cold hand come up from behind her and caress her cheek.

"You've grown much over the years. You're small like your father, but you also have his eyes and spirit. Although," he traced her lower lip, careful she didn't get to bite him. "You have your mother's beauty." He finished before turning the light off and vanishing back into the darkness.

'How does he know my parents?'

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"Kazekage-sama!"

Gaara and Kina stopped at the sound of Yu. "We overheard that Kira is missing."

He nodded, "She is."

"We wish to help. We owe her, and we have an idea on where she might be." Mei said.

"Tell me as we run."

"Hai!" They said as they began to race across the desert. "When we were younger, Kira used to disappear after every mission." Mei explained, "We asked her one day where she disappeared to."

"And she told us to visit her parents."

Gaara glanced towards the two, "But they were killed."

"Meaning she was visiting the destroyed clan village that once was the home of the fire cats."

"So why would she be taken there?"

"Few people know of its location."

Kina stopped as they reached where the desert stopped and turned into a small forest. They were at the very northwestern borders of the Wind country.

"As we got to know Kira better, she explained that the village was hidden due to an illusionary genjutsu. But it's gone now that the source of the illusion disappeared."

"Hn." Gaara said as they followed Kina into the trees. After a few minutes, the trees cleared to show the destroyed home of the Fire Cat Clan.

"Oh. My. God." Was Mei's reaction to the sight.

Blood stained the ground as it looked like a huge battle had occurred. Skeletons of the dead still littered the streets, some hanging on half burnt pikes. Buildings that weren't crumbled to the ground were scorched and everything was in ruins.

"They were burned alive…" Yu examined as they walked through the streets.

Kina walked through, unaffected by the dead bones and ruined buildings, to a large and still standing building in the center of everything. She clawed at the door until it opened and slipped in.

Yu and Mei hesitated to enter, but Gaara walked straight in. Straight into a living hell.

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Ummm…no clue what to say at the moment. I hope you liked this chapter. Who is this mysterious person you ask? Well, I'm not too sure yet, either, so you'll just have to wait until I update again.

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