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Chapter 11
"I spy with my little eye, something that starts with an 'S'." Kangonji said to Temari.
The sand shinobi shrugged. "I dunno."
"Come on," Kangonji pressed. "Starts with an 'S'."
Leading the group, Raidon started to twitch.
"Starts with an 'S', starts with an 'S'." Kangonji sang.
Raidon stopped, haulting the others.
"Sand!" she yelled, turning around. "It's sand! You spy sand!! The damn stuff is everywhere! Can you possibly shut the hell up for one hour?!"
"Calm down, sis, it's too hot out here for yelling." The younger Killtzer said, crossing his arms. "Besides, you don't want to get the Kazekage horny."
Raidon started for her brother, but Kira held his arm out, stopping her.
"Raid, he's kidding."
"No, he's a little chicken-shit that better watch what he says."
Kangonji stuck out his tongue, earning a glare from his-already-pissed sister.
"Why are you so tense?" Kankuro asked.
"Maybe because we've been walking for a whole day, and we haven't reached the forest. And that jackass hasn't shut up since we left!"
Raidon turned and continued walking.
The puppetmaster whistled softly.
"Someone's having mood swings."
X X X
Konoha-Naruto's house-10:15am
Naruto Uzumaki woke up with the worst stomach-ache he ever had.
Since 7 he'd been in the bathroom...he was surprised at how bad he felt.
"Ok," he said to himself, "the only thing I ate this whole week was ramen."
When his stomach started to turn over, he had to groan.
Then it hit him,
"That ramen I had last night!"
He had been hungry, there was nothing to eat and he didn't feel like going out; when he found a half-eaten insant ramen bowl under his bed, he took it as a blessing.
Never again will he do that!
"Maybe some air will calm my stomach." Closing the door behind him, Naruto slowly made his way to the stairs right outside his door.
Once outside he sucked in a huge breath of air. Letting it out, Naruto bent forward, holding his stomach.
"Naruto, are you okay?"
The orange covered ninja looked up with a groan. "Oh, hey Tenten..." his voice cracked as a fresh wave of uncomfortable nausea hit. "...hey Neji."
The two teammates looked at each other then back at Naruto.
"What's wrong with you?" Tenten asked, looking him up and down.
"I ate some old ramen and I think it made me sick."
Tenten couldn't help the smile that formed on her face. "You got sick of ramen?"
Naruto gasped painfully. "No never! I got sick from ramen."
"Idiot." Neji muttered, looking down the street.
"What?!"
"I called you an idiot. You're a ninja, you shouldn't be pigging out on ramen."
Naruto stood up straight. "If I wasn't sick right now, you'd be flat on the ground just like in the chunnin exams."
When the Hyuuga narrowed his eyes, Tenten stepped in.
"Alright fellas, cool it. Naruto, Neji and I are going to Ichiraku, would you like to join us?"
Naruto's eyes filled with tears. "What kind of sick joke is that?"
Tenten sighed. "Not to eat, for the conversation." grabbing his hand, she started dragging him down the street.
Neji followed, slowly, behind.
X X X
Between Suna and Konoha-The desert-10:30am
Raidon was ahead of the others by about 20 feet.
"Are you avoiding Fushi?" Ado asked, appearing.
"No, I'm walking ahead so I don't have to hear Kangonji."
Ado snorted. "I told you he was a pussy."
"I know he's a pussy. Nice of you to point that out, pussy."
Ado growled.
"Bitch." he mummbled.
Raidon was going to resort back, but she heard a crunch under her foot.
"What the hell?"
As she picked up her foot, Ado threw his hands up. "Raidon, wait!"
The sand erupted, flinging her back toward the others.
"Raid!" Kira yelled running forward. But with the distance Raidon put between them, Kira wasn't able to catch her.
She landed on her back, slidding to a stop.
"Fuck..." she said, feeling the pain radiate around her leg. She sat up to inspect the damage.
"Raid, are you okay?" Kira asked, kneeling in front of her.
"Never better."
"Sis, I brought medicine." Kangonji said, running toward the two.
Reaching into one of his bags, he pulled out a needle full of some yellow liquid.
Anger filled Ado. Pushing his chakra to his hand, he produced a ball of black energy.
The 'shadow-energy' appeared around his out-strached hand. A with smirk, Ado shot the shadow-energy at Kangonji.
The younger Killtzer was blown back acouple feet.
"What the hell, Ado?!" Raidon yelled looking at the spirit.
X X X
Konoha-Ichiraku-10:45am
"Ok Tenten, the smell is taunting me!" Naruto yelled.
Neji sighed. "Why'd you even have bring him?" his directed to his teammate.
Naruto smirked. "What am I ruining your date?"
"It's not a date, Naruto. We both just missed breakfast and Neji doesn't like train on an empty stomach." Tenten said, slurping up more ramen.
"You were just in our way." Neji said, coldly.
"Geez Ten, can't find soemone better? Like Lee...ok, maybe no Lee. What about Sasuke, I think Sasuke would a better guy for you than Neji."
Slamming her fists on the counter, Tenten made the sick Naruto jump.
"I would never think of Sasuke Uchiha of anything more than a traitor."
"Thanks." a voice said from behind the three.
Neji and Naruto turned to see Sasuke and Genma; his escort.
Tenten didn't say again as she glared at her bowl.
It was silent until the weapon's mistress turned to face the sharigan user.
"Let me just say," she said, standing. "I never really liked you, I thought you were always a pompus, arrogant, bastard."
Walking toward him, she stopped right in his face. "And when you left, they should have just let your ass go. Everyone knows Orochimaru would have killed you and I wouldn't have really cared. You're just trouble and three of the Leaf's best ninja almost died. As far as I'm concerned, I would have killed you when you were in the box."
"Tenten..." Naruto said quietly.
"I thought you would be smarter, being the one survivor of the Uchiha massicare."
Sasuke's eyes narrowed into glaring slits.
"But I can see," Tenten said, walking past him. "you're just a power-hungry, narcissitic, low-life that can't kill his brother."
She continued walking down the street leaving the four guys at the ramen stand.
Neji placed money for his ramen and Tenten's.
Walking past the Uchiha, he smirked.
Oh, what a teammate he has.
X X X
Between Suna and Konoha-edge of the woods-noon
Kira wouldn't let Raidon walk so she was currently on his back.
Kangonji was unconscious, from Ado's blast of shadow-energy, so he was being carried by Kankuro. All three of his bags, also carried by Kankuro.
The good part is, they could just see the start of the woods.
"Oh thank god, shade." Raidon whispered, dropping her head against the back of Kira's.
"You know Raid, with the start of the trees, there's only a day and a half left before we reach Konoha."
She sighed with happiness. "Stop, my little heart might burst with all of this good news."
"You have a heart?"
Raidon lifted her head to glare at the Kazekage.
"Listen Gaara, just because you like to live with the sun beating down on you, doesn't mean we all do."
He didn't reply. Why bother. With Raidon, he never knew what she was going to say next.
She was an unpredictable, foul-mouthed, chain smoker and with all of those traits she excited him.
Not in the smile, she made him happy excitment; in the she made him feel different excitment. Different...emotions, dare he admit it.
He found himself hard to control his actions around her. He didn't know if it was the kisses or her body.
Oh god...he was thinking like Shukaku.
He also found himself more interested in her. When Ado had attacked Kangonji, all he and his siblings saw was a black ball appear in mid-air and then a beam of it slammed into the boy. It was excruciating.
He never noticed he was thinking about her for three hours until he heard a fimilar snicker in the back of his mind.
"I knew you were interested. I say we take her tonight while everyone else sleeps."
'No.' Gaara thought with aggravation.
"You're right, she might be a screamer."
Gaara attempted to shut him out, but Shukaku was loud. Very, very loud.
"We should stop here for tonight." Temari announced
Kankuro dropped Kangonji down and got an evil look from his sister.
Kira kneeled down to let Raidon slide off of his back. She yawned and lended back against a tree. "Nobody wake me, I need to have a minute or two of sleep."
About two minutes later, when Temari, Kankuro, and Kira were getting their sleeping bags out, Raidon jumped to her feet.
"I'm going to the lake."
"What lake?" Temari asked.
"The one Ado said was near by."
Temari reached into her bag and pulled out two towels. "See you later guys."
Raidon shrugged as she lead Temari to the clear-watered lake.
"Oh, it's beautiful!" Temari said, setting her fan against a rock.
She undressed while Raidon looked into the lake at the fish.
"Here."
Raidon turned to Temari. She was handing her one of her towels; holding the other to cover her front.
"I knew you didn't pack any bags so I brought two."
"Uh...thanks." Raidon took it and started to undress.
Temari slipped into the water.
Raidon, successfully de-clothed, slipped into the water as well.
It felt wonderful. The water wasn't too hot and it wasn't too cold. It was perfect.
After ten minutes of swimming around, Temari noticed the sun completely go down.
"Lets head back."
Raidon agreed and the two girls dried and got dressed.
Walking back to the others, Raidon blew on a cigarette, lighting it.
"How do you do that?" Temari asked. "I've been wondering about it."
After releasing the smoke out of her nose, Raidon took another drag. "Ado could blow fire when he was alive. He was different from others. When he blew fire, it wasn't the flame that came out. It was heat, the intensity of fire."
"That's cool." Temari smiled. "The things Ado can do. Hey, why'd he attack Kangonji?"
Raidon sighed. "Ado doesn't like me talking about it, but between you and me, that's how Ado's blood was taken from his body."
"A needle?"
Raidon smiled faintly. "They took it from his eyes."
Temari stopped walking. "That's horrible."
"Hn."
"Was all of his blood taken from his eyes?"
Raidon sighed again. "To be honest Ado doesn't even know what happened to the rest of his blood and his body. Everyone says they burned it, but Ado doesn't believe that."
"Do you?"
"Hell no."
X X X
3:14am
"Can't you just go to sleep?" Gaara asked, glaring at Raidon across the campsite.
She was reading her perverted book that Gaara couldn't believe people actually read.
"Can't you stop watching me?" she asked back, not even looking up from her book.
She heard Gaara growl deep in his throat.
The redhead stood up and made his way over to her. Pulling her to her feet, he pushed her against a tree.
"Oh kage, I didn't think you'd want to do that here. In front of your siblings, no shame on your part."
Gaara growled again. "Shut up. Why do you always have to speak? Why can't you just shut up?"
Raidon smiled. "I didn't think you wanted that kind of girl."
Without warning, Gaara crushed his lips onto hers.
It was just like the other times, Raidon realized, forced.
But, to humor him, she returned the kiss.
Pulling back, Gaara sighed. "Why can't I stop thinking about you?"
"'Cause I'm just so sexy."
A breaking twig had Gaara taking a couple of steps back.
"Ado." Raidon whispered.
The spirit nodded and headed off toward the sound.
Gaara didn't care about Ado, he wanted to know what was out there.
Once in the dark cluster of trees, he looked around. There was nowhere someone could hide; the trees were too thin.
Walking ruther away from the campsite, he was suddenly jumped into a bush.
Raidon smirked at the surprised Kazekage. "I assumed you were a 'take charge' kinda guy." she whispered.
Gaara sat up and glared at her for the second time that night. "What are you doing?"
"I'm getting your ass outta the line of fire."
Footsteps started to become louder. Problem is, Ado hadn't returned and Raidon had no idea who the people were.
"There are three of them, but I can take 'em."
Pulling a needle from her sleeve she got ready.
"Sit tight, I won't take long."
Jumping out of the bush, Raidon kicked one of the people. He went flying back toward the campsite.
Surprise was writen on the other twos' faces.
Grabbing the girl by her jacket, Raidon threw her, also, back toward the campsite.
The last one was ready. As he charged toward Raidon, she threw her needle at him. It scratched the side of his face.
He didn't get a chance to react when his entire body froze.
"Poison needle. Probably didn't see that coming did you?"
Making the same type of shadow-energy appear around her hand as Ado did, Raidon blasted the last guy back toward camp.
X X X
3:17am
"I can't believe Tsunade would send you on this mission, Naruto." Shikamaru said, hands in his pockets.
"I'm fine! My stomach feels better since she healed me. Besides, I just want to see Gaara. Been a while." the blond smiled. "I beat he's the best Kazekage ever, right Hinata?!"
"Y-yes, Naruto." the shy girl whispered, face turning red.
"How'd you even get this mission, Hinata?" Naruto asked.
"I had nothing better to do and Tsunade said I needed to babysit you and Shikamaru."
The two boys sighed. "Thanks."
A flash had the three stopping. Naruto, caught off gaurd, was kicked, sent flying.
Hinata didn't even see the attacker as she was thrown in the same direction as Naruto.
Shikamaru saw her, though. A woman, just what he needed.
Running at her, he didn't see the needle until she threw it. It caught the side of his face, but he barely felt it.
About to charge again, Shikamaru found himself paralyzed.
"Poison needle. Probably didn't see that coming did you?" she said.
Shikamaru couldn't even say anything. She lifted her hand and some dark energy, the Nara never seen before, was shot at him.
He landed in the middle of a messed up campsite.
Hinata was sitting up when he landed.
Naruto was ready. He was about to make clones of himself when a huge beam of shadow-energy slammed him into a tree.
The woman appeared in front of him, grabbed him by his throat and slammed him into the tree, again.
X X X
Hearing the cry of a fimilar voice, Gaara started back for the campsite.
When Gaara made it, alot of what he saw, surprised him.
For one, it was completely distoryed.
Kankuro, Temari, Kangonji, and Kira were all gone, but their stuff remained. Even Temari's fan and Kankuro's puppets.
Shikamaru Nara was on the ground and appeared to be paralyzed, Hinata Hyuuga was scared shitless and Raidon had Naruto pinned to a tree by his throat.
"What the hell's going on here?" He asked.
"Gaara!" Naruto cried, flinging his arms and legs around. "This she-witch is crazy! Who is she?"
"Raidon Killtzer and don't you forget it." she said, releasing him.
Naruto crawled over to Gaara. "Why are you traveling with such an evil woman?"
"Where are the others?" Gaara asked Raidon, ignoring Naruto.
She didn't reply as Ado appeared next to her.
"They're sound ninja, by their clothes I'd say old followers of Sokeki."
Raidon's eyes flashed black, with anger.
"I followed them as long as I could. They're back toward Suna, underground."
Raidon nodded to him, then turned to Gaara.
"We have a problem."
End of chapter 11
My longest chapter yet!
Ok, somethings you might wanna know, Sasuke's there because, I just...I don't know, he fits the story...
The "Naruto" storyline changes so that when Naurto was fighting Sasuke, Naruto wins. I felt I should change that...
So, when Kakashi, finally makes it to his two students, Sasuke's unconscious and they get him back to the village. Genma's his escort because Tsunade feels Sasuke needs a babysitter so he doesn't run off again.
Tenten's extremely dislike of Sasuke should be obvious, I would be pretty pissed with him too.
Raidon's and Ado's shadow-energy is like what Goku and the others can do on Dragon Ball Z...that's the best why I can explain it...oh, like Starfire from Teen Titans...I don't know, I'm bad with examples!
That's about it!
The next chapter, Gaara and Raidon, along with Naruto, Shikamaru, and Hinata, must save the others, Raidon and Kira face an old enemy, and Raidon finds out a terrible secret, all in chapter 12!!
Later!!.
