Hidden Mist Village (Kirikagure)

Suine walked briskly down the road. She walked with an air about her that told the people around her to "fuck off." One couldn't determine what she intended; only that she had a purpose. And didn't want to be interrupted while trying to achieve it. The years of war had changed Suine. She was no longer a normal teenage girl. She was hardened.

One could count Wakarie's death as one of the reasons she was the way she was now. Things went downhill for her that day on. Suine had never lost anyone close to her. And when it happened for the first time, she didn't know how to cope with any of it. She cried, she screamed, she attempted to kill others in revenge. And when she failed to get revenge, she was filled with immeasurable hate.

As if that weren't enough. Suine and Koyuki had drifted apart over the years. They were still with another practically twenty-four seven. But they had grown apart emotionally. They weren't as close to one another as they used to be. They had a difference in opinions about Wakarie's death, and the difference between them caused a lot of disagreements and ultimately, they trusted each other less.

When Kumo and Kiri combined their armies in order to attack Wind country, it was bitter sweet for Suine. She had to work along side the Kumo cowards, but at the same time, it gave her opportunity for revenge. Not enough opportunity though. She had to look at their disgusting faces and put up fake smiles. And speak with them as if they were equal to her. She hated it.

Suine continued walking quickly down the road. She pushed past anyone in her way with no regard for being polite. Once she managed to get through the small crowd, she approached the person she was looking for.

"Excuse me." Suine said as she tapped on the man's shoulder.

The man turned and looked down at the young woman asking for his attention.

"Yes?"

Suine gave the man a sweet smile, and then reeled back her fist. She then swiftly punched the man straight in the nose. An audible crack was heard and the man's nose started to bleed profusely. He bent over and moaned into his hands as he tried to stop the blood.

"You fucking bitch!" He shouted through his hands.

Suine smirked as she turned on her heel and continued to walk away. That defiantly lightened her mood, she thought to herself. She walked back down the way she came, this time not pushing past everyone as she did before.

It wasn't long before she felt the familiar presence of her friend. Koyuki appeared walking beside her. "Nice shot, but what did you hit him for?"

"I overheard a conversation he was having earlier, and I didn't like what I heard." Suine said.

"What was he saying?"

"Nothing that concerns me. I just didn't like what he was saying."

Koyuki nodded and decided not to push it any further. Suine wasn't going repeat anything to her. She seemed to be in one of those moods.

Suine and Koyuki walked side by side, idly chatting and occasionally commenting on the guys watching them as they walked by. The two of them had grown into quite the sight.

Suine's navy blue hair reached just above her shoulder blades. It was cut to be longer in the back and got shorter and shorter until it reached her bangs, which were straight. She wore black khakis and black boots with her headband used as a belt. Her arms were bare and she had black fingerless gloves on. She had a tight blue t-shirt on and had a katana strapped to her back. Despite her good looks and well developed body, she attire was somewhat boyish. Suine would always refer to her style as "battle ready."

Koyuki however, had become somewhat of a supermodel. She was five-foot eleven and it was all legs. With her thick high-heeled boots she was about six foot-one. Her waste was narrow and her breasts were large enough that they had given her a perfect hour-glass figure. Her brown hair was cut short, reaching just below her jaw line.

Starting from underneath her jaw, white bandages wrapped around her neck and continued down her torso. Her shoulders and breasts were bound by the bandages and finally ended just below her breasts, leaving her toned, and belly-button pierced stomach visible. Effectively, she used the bandages as a top.

She also wore a metallic blue skirt that fit tightly to her hips and thighs that ended above her knees. Finally she had a delicate white silk coat that she wore overtop. The coat was thin and was long enough to reach her mid calves. Depending on how Koyuki felt, she would either have the coat done up or leave it open. Today it was open.

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you that we have a mission later on." Koyuki said.

"What's the mission?"

"The Mizukage is leaving Iwa and we have to meet him in Kumo to escort him back here."

Suine went silent at the mention of Kumo.

Hidden Waterfall Village (Takikagure)

Neji, Lee and Ten Ten all lay in their hospital beds trying to recover from the battle the day before. The Iwa Jinchuuriki had yet again, kicked their asses. It didn't make a great difference though; it was one Jinchuuriki verses a ninja battalion. He managed to kill off and injure the majority of them, but they subdued him enough to force his retreat. That was Iwa's final attempt at stopping them from taking control of Waterfall. Needless to say it failed.

Now Waterfall country was under Fire control, ninja village and all. Luckily, since Waterfall was forced into joining Iwa, they didn't have too much of an issue being taken back by Konoha. Now the three members of team Gai were lying in the hospital in the Hidden Waterfall Village. The three of them lay side by side looking directly up at the ceiling.

"My chest hurts." Lee said in a completely monotone voice.

"My head hurts." Neji replied in the exact same tone. Completely void of emotion.

"I have cramps." Ten Ten stated. The three of them spoke with no infliction at all in their voices. Just one drabble tone.

"Why do you have cramps?" Lee asked.

"It's that time of month."

"Eww." Neji said.

The three of them continued looking at the ceiling zombie like. And simultaneously sighed. As they lay in their beds, Gai stepped into the room.

"MY STUDENTS!" He shouted. "Congratulations! You were successful in taking Waterfall!"

Gai stood at the doorway with a huge smile and both his hands on his hips. His smile slowly left his face as he was overcome with the drabble mood that had filled the room.

"What's wrong? Why are you all so…so….blah?" He said, he had no better choice of words for the mood they were giving off.

"My chest hurts."

"My head hurts."

"I have cramps."

"Eww."

Gai looked on with horror in his face at his students reply. He couldn't believe that such youthful teenagers would be so lifeless. "WHAT'S HAPPENED TO MY STUDENTS!!!??"

Gai crouched, his feet together and his knees bowed. He put both his hands together above his head, as if he were about to dive into a pool like a frog. He leapt from his spot straight overtop of all three beds.

He looked down at the terrified faces of his three students as they feebly tried to get off the beds. Gai came crashing down, landing across all three of his injured students.

Screams of pain were heard through the hospital halls from team Gai's room. The nurses and medic ninja looked at the closed door and laughed as they heard protests from the three patients and cries of happiness from their sensei that they were regaining their youth.

Hidden Leaf Village (Konohakagure)

Sakura walked with Ino and Hinata through the store sifting through different clothes. After they finished laughing at Naruto feinting, they put away the underwear and woke him up. They ate lunch, got caught up and everyone went home. The initial plan was to go back to the market but Ino had to work at her flower shop. So they decided to put off the shopping until today.

"So what's the plan with this sleep over?" Hinata asked.

"I'm not sure. Maybe we should wait until Ten Ten gets back from Waterfall. That way she won't be left out of our girl's night." Sakura said.

"Ok, just let me know ahead of time so I can let my father know." Hinata said as she picked out a top.

"Yea sure. Is it ok if we do it at your house? We can do it somewhere else if you want?" Ino said.

"No it's ok; I'd like it to be at my house. It's the least I could do."

"When is Ten Ten getting back?"

"Hope fully soon. They sent a message from Waterfall early this morning. They were successful in the final push to take the country." Sakura said.

Sakura always had information first before it was released to the general public because she was the Hokage's pupil. It always came in handy too, knowing that their friends were on the front lines, and not knowing about their well being. It was good being able to get news on their well fair early. At least, it was good when it was good news. They hadn't yet received bad news on their friends well fair. And the day that they might have to hear it, they doubted Sakura would really want to be the one to inform everyone.

"Wait a second, Ino, how much are you getting?" Sakura asked, as she realized that this was Ino's second shopping spree in two days.

"Just what I have here." Ino said as she raised an arm full of clothes.

"What the hell. You got that much yesterday! How do you afford this on your salary?" Sakura yelled, shocked that her friend could afford to buy so much.

"What are you saying? That you make more than me?" Ino asked, slightly offended.

"You're a Chuunin, I'm a Jounin." Sakura said.

"I have a second job you know. My mom's flower shop." Ino said as she turned and picked another item and added it to her collection.

Sakura just stared at her in disbelief. Just how much did they pay her for working there? Perhaps she should ask for a job.