All shinobi were crowded together cheering after Gaara's speech. Kiku assigned to the forth division on Gaara's request was moving with the rest of the group. Ready for the first day of war. As the group moves she falls off to the side. "going to war this is so scary…" she sensed it right before it happened but didn't have time to scream before the ground under her grabbed her legs and pulled her down. Neko jumped off Kiku's shoulder when they came out in an underground cave. "Kiku my favorite puppet… so glad to see you again" she saw a face through the dim light. "Kabuto… is that you? You look way different?" he nods "you like it?" she readies to fight kabuto knowing he was one of the main reasons for the war. "What do you want?"
"I just came to grab my favorite little monster… and now I have…" she sends sand towards kabuto but before she can reach him two guys come out of the shadows and grab both of her arms. "Now my pet… you wouldn't want to use up any of that beautiful chakra right now… you'll need all of it for what we have in store. Zetzu… take her to the tree." They drag her away kicking and screaming. She tried to pull away but it's useless. They walk down the tunnels for what seems like hours then come to a room more lit up. The first thing she sees is Yamato head sticking out of what appears to be a tree root.
"Yamato sensei!" he looks up from the tree and sees Kiku. "No they got you to?" a root moves from the tree and wraps around Kiku sticking her in the tree with Yamato. "Damn it… how am I supposed to help Gaara from here?" She struggles. "Don't struggle it'll just suck out your energy faster." "I can't use my jutsu either." She says trying make hands signs. "Nope the tree drains chakra." She pouts.
"I can't tell what time it is but it feels like forever… how longs it been?" Kiku says to Yamato.
"48 hours I think at least 48 hours…" suddenly the tree starts to move. "This can't be good…" the tree sucks in Yamato first. "Yamato sensei!" then Kiku. She finds herself flying across the battlefield landing next to Yamato. The last thing she remembers is seeing and bright color then she blacks out.
"Come on Kiku I bet you can't catch me!" Gaara said racing past her on his sand cloud. She didn't know how she got there but she wasn't about to lose a race with Gaara. "Oh no you won't!" they raced until they sped over the sand village where everyone smiled and waved back up at them. They landed in front of the kage hut and three children ran out jumping and screaming. She noticed they looked a lot like Gaara but also like her. "Oh these are… wait a second… that's not possible… unless I'm dreaming?"
Its then she notices Gaara is a little older now. "Aren't we just one big happy family?" He says smiling. She turns and sees all her leaf village friends with their kids that all look just like them. "Everyone looks so happy… I hope this is what really happens… I wonder how I came to be asleep though."
Suddenly she's awake again and on the ground she looks around. "What happened?" Naruto and Sasuke were standing side by side. Everyone else grabbed their heads and stood up off the ground. "So what now Sasuke?" she heard Naruto say. "I kill all the kage." At first everyone thought he was joking but then it was soon apparent he wasn't and he and Naruto ended up running off to fight each other.
Not far away she spotted Gaara who seemed to be extremely disappointed. "Gaara!" she yelled running over to him. He turned around and tears streamed down his face. "Kiku you're alright! Where have you been I was so worried…" she hugged him and he hugged her back. "I was taken almost as soon as the war started… through an underground cavern… they stuck me to a tree and I couldn't move…" he held her tightly. "Never scare me like that again… I thought I would never see you again…" she saw he was still crying. "Don't cry Gaara… I'll always be right here…" she wiped the tear off his face. He smiled and turned back to the other kage. "We should start gathering what troops are left and head home now…" the others agreed Tsunade turned to kakashi. "Take a small team to retrieve Naruto would you. And find out what's up with Sasuke."
The other kage began to locate their hidden village members. The sand ninjas that were left started flocking over toe Gaara. Kiku was smiling until she saw all her friends from the leaf sitting around in a circle. "Hold on… I need to go see what's going on over there." She walked over to see everyone was sad and lee was even crying. "What happened…" she saw Negi laying on the ground. Tenten looked up at Kiku. "Negi… didn't make it." Kiku fell to the ground. "No…" she remembered the first time she met Negi how he had stopped lee from hurting her by mistake. How he and her had sparred and trained together. Gaara walked up behind her and picked her up hugging her. "Shame… he helped me during the exams saved my life… we will never forget his bravery…"
They all bowed in a moment of silence. "Kiku… we have to go back to the village now… but I promise we will visit the leaf real soon." She nodded. "Ok Gaara…" she waved goodbye to her friends. Gaara led his group of beaten villagers home. Once there the group began to get smaller as people returned to their homes. Temari and Kankuro were the only ones left standing by Kiku and Gaara. "The wars over time to get on with our lives…" Temari said looking up. Gaara grabbed his heart. "I feel I can now… I'm so glad I was given the chance to talk to our dad… I would have never known…"
"Your father?" he nodded. "I'll tell you all about it when we get home."