A few days later they reached Suna. They went straight to the Kazekage building and to Gaara's office, but they were stopped by a guard.

"I'm sorry but Lord Kazekage is extremely busy right now and cannot be disturbed," the guard said.

"Come on seriously? This is important!" Naruto exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, but you're going to have to leave," the guard said, becoming annoyed.

"Why you-"

"Cut it out Naruto! Sir, do you know who we are?" Hitomi asked.

"Umm..."

"We are shinobi from Konoha. This is Sakura Haruno, medical-nin and apprentice to the fifth Hokage, Tsunade. Naruto Uzumaki, Toad Sage, Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Konoha's hero, and apprentice to legendary sanin Jiraiya. Sasuke Uchiha, Uchiha prodigy, Mangekyo Sharingan wielder, and former missing-nin. And I am Hitomi Uchiha, Konoha jonin, Mangekyo Sharingan wielder, and Sasuke's sister. We are under strict orders to deliver a top-secret S-rank message to Ga-...Lord Kazekage. Now, if you don't mind, would you please let us in?"

"Uhh...yeah...s-sure."

"Thank you!" she said, her serious "don't mess with me" face instantly changing to a cheerful smile. They all walked into Gaara's office.

"Hey Gaara!" Naruto greeted.

"Naruto, Sakura, Hitomi, nice to see you again. And Sasuke, I'm glad to see you've returned."

"Thanks." Sasuke said blankly. Hitomi looked at him out of the corner of her eye. He had a serious look on his face.

Hm. Probably still peeved about not being able to beat him at the Chunin exams and the Kage summit. She thought, He's so competitive.

"Now then, how can I help you?" Gaara asked.

"Tsunade-sama sent us here to bring you this message," Sakura said, pulling out the scroll, "It contains top secret information regarding the war."

"Hn. That's interesting," Gaara said as he took the scroll from her.

"Yeah since Sasuke came back he's been able to supply us with a wealth of information concerning Madara's plans," Hitomi said.

"Well, in that case, thank you Sasuke, and thanks to all of you for delivering this to me."

"No problem." Sasuke stated.

Yep, definitely still peeved. Hitomi thought.

"Anytime!" Naruto said.

"I'll call a meeting tonight with Suna's leaders. Sasuke, would you be willing to come to the meeting to answer any questions the others may have? Or do you need to return to Konoha immediately?"

"Sure." Sasuke replied.

Oh, get over it already!

"We were planning on leaving tomorrow," Sakura informed.

"Good. You are invited to stay with me for the night. If you go up the stairway to the right of my office there are guest rooms there. Sasuke and Naruto, there are two rooms to the left you can use, Sakura, you can use one of the rooms to the right, and Hitomi, there's a room strait ahead from the stairs past a few closets you may use."

"Arigato."

It was starting to get late so they all decided to turn in for the night. Sasuke and Naruto went to their rooms and Sakura turned into hers as Hitomi continued down the hall.

"G'night guys," Hitomi said, yawning.

"Good night," Sasuke mumbled.

"Sleep well," Sakura said with a smile.

"C'ya in the morning," Naruto said loudly.

Hitomi caught a glimpse of Sakura's room as she walked in. Dang, these rooms are nice!she thought. She walked down the hallway towards her room. Wonder why mine's all the way down here... She opened the door and stopped. In front of her was a very small room with a simple twin bed and a nightstand. Oh sure, give me the small room. Thanks Gaara. She sighed. At least it has a window. She walked over to the window, opened it up, and leaned against the windowsill sticking her head out.

"Wow, what a nice view..." she said to herself.

"I agree."

She looked up to see Gaara sticking his head out a window on the next floor.

"Hi!" he said.

"Hey!...um, question."

"Yes?"

"What's with making me sleep in the tiny room on the opposite side of the building? What about the room next to Sakura's?"

"Who says you're sleeping in that room?"

You did!...oh I get it

Hitomi giggled. "Well then, Gaara, where will I be sleeping, hm?" she asked playfully.

Hitomi watched as Gaara's sand came down from his window to hers. It wrapped around her body and lifted her out the window and up to Gaara's.

"Why, with me of course."