Chapter 14

Kiba was finally released from the hospital, and decided to try and find Awaii, there were some things he wanted to talk to her about, and something he wanted to important he wanted to ask her. First he had to find her and ask why she hadn't come to visit him, the last time he saw her was the day he was put in the hospital, and that was a few days ago.

Kiba walked into Hissoris hospital room were Shikamaru was visiting his fiancé, "hey sorry to interrupt, but have you guys seen Awaii around?" he asked

"Hello Kiba, I'm fine, thanks for asking. I should be getting out of the hospital any time now" Hissori said in a very irritated sarcastic tone.

Shikamaru sighed while slowly shacking his head, "sorry Kiba, but we haven't seen Awaii around, you might want to check with Red, she should be around somewhere."

Kiba nodded, "thanks" he then left, and began searching for Red. She had to know where Awaii was, and if she didn't he'd ask Kankuro.

Shikamaru looked at Hissori, whom looked a bit pale, he raised his eyebrow, "you okay?" Hissori, shacking her head, quickly jumped out of the hospital bed and ran towards the bathroom.

After a few minutes of some very disturbing sounds, Hissori walked out of the bathroom, looking worse than she did when she went in. She dragged herself back into the hospital bed, closed her eyes, and sighed, " why is it called morning sickness when it happens all through out the day" She asked, more to herself. She knew Shikamaru didn't have the answer, she doubted that anyone knew the answer to that question.

There was a slight chuckle at the door, and both Hissori and Shikamaru looked over to see one of Shikamarus old teammates, Chouji, "So then its true, Shikamarus gonna be a dad" the chubby ninja smirked while eating a bag of chips, "Never thought I'd live to see the day"

Hissori seemed a bit irritated with Chouji, "did you come in here just to laugh at Shikamaru, or do you have something important to tell us" She snapped causing both Shikamaru and Chouji to jump slightly.

"w-well, I wanted to…congratulate the two of you….and see how you guys were doing" Chouji now regretted doing so.

He reached into his bag of chips, and searched for the perfect chip, one that wasn't broken, a perfect round chip, until he looked up and saw Hissori glaring a very deadly glare at him. He then quickly pulled his hand out of his bag of chips, and put them off to the side.

Shikamaru sighed, "We're fine Chouji-"

"Fine! You call getting up ever five minutes to puke my guts out is fine…because I don't think that sounds like I'm fine" Hissori snapped yet again.

"Maybe we should talk out in the hallway, allow Hissori to get some rest" Chouji suggested, not wanting to get hit in the head by anything that she could reach for and throw at him.

Shikamaru nodded, and the two friends left the room, and closed the door behind them.

"How do you do it?" Chouji asked Shikamaru, "How do you deal with her yelling all the time?"

Letting out yet another loud sigh, and scratching the back of his head, Shikamaru replied, "tell you the truth, she has only recently been acting like this…I asked the nurse if she was going to be okay, and the troublesome nurse just laughed and walked off. My guess is that she is only acting like this cause of the kid" He then mumbled something under his breath.

Chouji laughed again, "just think, you still have many months to go, and then it only gets worse"

"You act as though you've been through this all before…which we both know you haven't" Shikamaru pointed out.

Chouji shook his head, "no I haven't gone through it, but it doesn't take a genius to know that taking care of a baby isn't easy….I've babysat before"

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Kiba walked around until he found Red. She was walking out of the Kage building. "Hey Red!" Kiba shouted running over to her.

She turned and saw Kiba, "Hey Kiba…what's wrong?" She asked

"Have you seen Awaii?" He asked

Red shook her head, "Gaara said that Awaii headed back to Alabasta to report how many men were down" She explained to the dog ninja, "she should be back any day now….didn't she tell you?"

"No she didn't" He answered, then asked, "Are you sure that's why she went back, usually she didn't report that stuff to anyone in Alabasta" he thought for a minute, "Actually Awaii is the person who that stuff gets reported to."

"you don't think she would of don't anything stupid….well not stupid, but careless?" Red asked

"Did she talk to anyone before she left?"

Red thought for a minute, then nodded, "She said something about talking to Rei and Kei….the sound twins"

Suddenly there was a loud shouting coming from up in Gaaras office. The voice wasn't Gaaras….it sounded like Kankuro. Both Red and Kiba rushed up to Gaaras office, they weren't sure why Kankuro was shouting, but they wanted to make sure everything was okay.

Walking into Gaaras office, they heard Kankuro shouting, "WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU TELL US SOONER? DID YOU NOT HINK IT WAS IMPROTANT TO GIVE US THE DAMN INFORMATION!" Kankuro seemed to be shouting at a member of the ANBU while Gaara had his eyes closed, messaging his temples.

"what happened?" Kiba asked standing between Kankuro and the ANBU man.

Gaara stood up, "Kiba, Kankuro both of you are heading to Alabasta, you are to bring the leader Gin back here, and if needed use force" He ordered

"Wait, Gaara Awaii is in Alabasta, what's going on?" Red asked. Everyone looked at her, ahs had a worried look on her face.

Kankuro now looked even more pissed off, he looked back at the ANBU man, "if she is hurt because you were to ignortent to tell us the information, I'll come after you and kill you myself" he threatened

Red was now becoming VERY irritated that no one was answering her question, she closed her eyes, and shouted, "Some one tell me what the HELL is going on, and why no one is answering my DAMN questions"

Kiba was not becoming even more worried, he looked at Kankuro, then at Gaara, "what happened, what information did the ANBU officer tell you guys?" He asked, in a much calmer tone than Red did.

"that Gin guy is working with Orochimaru to take down Kohona and Suna. Meaning if we attack him the war could end very soon" Kankuro explained, "and knowing Awaii she probably went to Alabasta to confront Gin, and try to stop him"

"We have to leave now! We cant let anything happen to Awaii, she could lose the baby!" Kiba shouted

Him and Kankuro both quickly left Gaaras office, and ran towards the village gates. Once at the gates, they were reunited with Akamaru, who was already at the gates. They all then rushed to Alabasta.

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A dark, damp, and cold cell had a woman with black hair, and dirty skin chained to a wall. Her black hair seemed as though it had been pulled out, and tugged at. She looked at though she hadn't been feed, and used as someone's punching bag.

A man stood outside of the dirty cell the black haired woman was in, and began to bang on the bars, "Wake up you pathetic woman" He shouted.

The black haired woman slowly opened her eyes, they were a very dull green color. She looked up at the man, her hands chained to the cold wall behind her, "W-Why would….y-you do….t-this?" She asked, her voice very weak, and low toned.

The man laughed, "Why you ask….for the power! I'm tired of living in this small pathetic village, and people like you not giving me the respect I deserve" he smiled with an evil look on his face, "but, this could all end, all your suffering could stop right now, if you started to respect me, and work with me, help me destroy the ninjas. Awaii together we can be unstoppable!"

"I…I wo-would rather….d-die than….help scum l-like you" Awaii glared at the man. "you…can g-go to hell!"

"What a pity, you could have been so useful" The man began to walk off, "you'll just die like the others" He stopped walking, "I'll keep you alive long enough for you to watch me kill those who are dear to you, starting with those women you hang around with all the time, Hissori Shiroi and Red of the Sound" He then walked away from Awaii.

Leaving Awaii alone in the darkness, leaving her cold, tired, and hungry. She looked back down, she was trying to use the same technique she used to create her Katanas, on her stomach. She didn't care what they didn't to her, as long as her baby was okay. She had heard a ninja from Kohona saying something about her using Chakra to transform her daggers. So She hoped that she could use her Chakra and protect her baby.

Awaii closed her eyes, her head still hanging low, she stayed like that until she heard her cell door open. She looked up, and saw of the men she had trained. The same man who knocked her out, and brought her down to this cell. She glared at the man, "Wh-what do you….want?"

He looked almost sad that this was happening to Awaii, "I'm sorry, I never wanted this to happen, please forgive m" he asked, kneeling down, becoming eye level with Awaii.

"For-Forgive you…Ka-Kataro…..I wont if…if my b-baby is d-dead….I-I'll kill you m-myself" She threatened.

Kataros eyes widened, "your…but then why wont you work with Lord Gin?" He asked, now seeming confused and even more worried.

She shook her head, "I…w-wont betray th-those I love"

-End of chapter, okay, so now Kankuro and Kiba are going to head to Alabasta to get Awaii, but will they get there in time…don't worry, that doesn't mean that Hissori and Red aren't going to do something….they are Awaiis best friends-