Soma sang quietly to herself as she walked along, tripping and laughing every so often. Since Katara wasn't there, she could sing her favourite song, which just so happened to be Katara's most hated song. She spun around as she sang lightly to herself, tripped and landed flat on her face. She pushed herself up, laughing slightly, then looked up. 'What the…?' she thought, seeing Shino and Kankuro fighting.

Katara was deep in thought as she walked with Sakura, Naruto and Shikamaru, pondering on what she would do if… once they caught up to the ninjas. "Hey… isn't that one of them?" Naruto asked, pointing to Temari. Shikamaru sighed, "if we're splitting up all of a sudden… I'll stay and fight her…" he said, bored.

"Whatever floats your boat Shikamaru," Katara said, following Sakura and Naruto as they continued their search for Sasuke. Katara looked off to the side, having seen something. She slowed down her pace, and slowly Naruto and Sakura got farther and farther away, soon leaving her far behind.

They walked for a few hours then… "SASUKE!" Sakura screamed with excitement. "SASUKE!" Naruto yelled, happily. Sakura, just noticing that Katara was gone, "hey… where'd Katara go?" "She probably got lost," Naruto said, laughing.

Sasuke turned around, "what are you guys doing here?" he asked, "Gaara is my fight…" Gaara glared at Sakura and Naruto. He would only be happy once someone's blood was flowing, whether it be the Uchihas' or his friends'.

Soma watched them fight, slightly confused. She squinted her eyes, trying to get a better look at Shino's opponent. Her widened, just realizing how he was familiar. "HEY! You're that guy I punched in the face for picking on a little kid!" she yelled out, distracting both Shino and Kankuro for a moment. "Soma… WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Shino yelled. "Watching," she said, simply.

Kankuro blinked at Soma, and then lunged, going to attack her. Shino jumped, reaching her first and grabbed her, pulling her to safety. "LOOK OUT!" Soma screamed as two kunai, were thrown at them. Shino sighed, picking her up. "HEY PUT ME DOWN!" Soma screamed again. "This is great… I'm stuck protecting you… and after saving YOUR life all you can do is scream in my ear!" Shino snapped. "I could've saved myself!" Soma snapped back.

"FINE!" Shino yelled, dropping Soma. "Umpf…Ow…" Soma groaned, as she hit the ground. Shino drew a kunai, and went to continue fighting Kankuro. Soma sighed, brushing herself off, then moved to attack as well, but only getting in Shino's way. Shino sighed, "If you're going to help at least try not to get in my way," he growled. "This is just payback for dropping me," Soma smirked, cutting him off.

Kankuro was ready Soma's attack, and almost managed to hit her. "Ahaha… my bad," Soma said, blushing. The only reason she wasn't hit was because she tripped. 'Stupid clumsiness… I really need to work on my co-ordination,' she thought, getting up as Kankuro missed her, nearly falling himself. He had expected a person to still be there when he attacked… he didn't know she was fast enough to disappear like that. In truth… he was so focused on attacking her hadn't seen her trip.