Aequitas Arbitratus

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Spoilers here and there, don't blame me if I spoil something for you.

Summary: What if Team 7 didn't make the cut for the chunnin exam? An unexpected decision from Kakashi sends Team 7 on a troubling B-class mission, which leads to an adventure undreamed of by Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. While the Sand-Sound move against the Leafs, the other villages are hardly idle themselves...

Chapter 3: Standing between Leaves and Sand

"In this world there exists kids younger than you... yet stronger than me."

Hatake Kakashi; Volume 2, Chapter 08

After the bridge incident with Sakura, Naruto had taken off his still soaked jacket and draped it over his shoulder as he walked home.

The whole incident wasn't completely his fault. If Sakura just stayed still and not fidget, his hand never would have ended up there. In fact, it was technically all Sakura's fault. Because she had decided to be so difficult-- not that he would tell her that; else he wanted to suffer another beating.

Naruto recalled all his memories of Sakura. And every single time, (minus one or two rare moments) she always ended up beating, screaming, teasing, or criticizing him in some way shape or form.

In fact, Sakura always criticized him; too loud, too brash, too annoying, too stupid…

For a second, Naruto wondered if he acted differently-- more like Sasuke; less talkative, more introverted, infinitely more arrogant… then maybe Sakura would like him more. Maybe she would give him even a tiny portion of affection that she always showered Sasuke…

Naruto shook his head. Who was he kidding? If he acted like that, Sakura wouldn't magically like him more, she would just flat out ignore him.

"Hmph," Naruto kicked a roadside pebble, sending it flying at a section of wood fencing a little ahead. Instead of bouncing off, the little pebble seemed to collapse the fencing, almost as if the wood itself was made of cloth…

"Oi, Konohamaru!" yelled Naruto; a little impressed that Konohamaru was hiding himself so well. "I know it's you! Time to come out!"

Naruto patiently waited for Konohamaru remove the hiding sheet and reveal himself, but when it seemed Konohamaru seemed intent on playing possum, Naruto dropped his jacket and used his left hand to pick up a handful of pebbles from the side of the road.

"Oi, Konohamaru! You better move your ass cause I'm not playing around anymore!" Naruto squinted his eyes, trying to pinpoint Konohamaru's exact position.

Although the hiding cloth enables Konohamaru to disguise himself against a background, the cloth wasn't perfect. He has to have a steady grip on the sheet; else he gives himself away by shaking.

"Ha!" Naruto saw the little shake, and immediately threw a stone. He chuckled lightly when he saw a small patch of the fence shift to the left.

"Faster, Konohamaru! Faster!" Naruto threw a volley of pebbles, laughing hysterically as he saw Konohamaru, or at least the cloth-patch hiding Konohamaru, frantically dodging in every other possible direction.

Underneath the laughter, Naruto was really impressed now; all of the pebbles had missed Konohamaru's actual body. Although most of the pebbles did hit the cloth, Konohamaru escaping bodily harm was still very impressive.

Naruto changed hands and switched the last dozen or so pebbles from his left to his right more dominant hand. Some ninjas like Sakura are more adept throwing with the left hand than the right.  While others like Sasuke are equally skillful with both.

With unflinching focus and concentration, Naruto threw the pebbles in a spread pattern. With the added strength of his right hand, Naruto saw several of the pebbles hit the center section of the cloth where Konohamaru was supposedly hiding.

"Ow!" Konohamaru cried out.

The cloth hiding Konohamaru fell to the dirt road. His hands, which were supposed to be holding the hiding-cloth up in the first place, were instead busy rubbing the areas where the pebbles struck earlier (the right ass cheek).

Konohamaru looked up menacingly. "If you knew it was me, why the hell did you throw so hard for, huh, Bro!"

"I didn't throw hard, idiot!"

"Didn't throw so hard my foot! Just look at what you did to my ass, Bro! It looks like a swollen piece of rotten fruit now!" To emphasize the point, Konohamaru turned around and pulled down his pants far enough to get a glimpse of his right butt check; now painted a bruised bluish purple.

"Konohamaru!" Naruto looked at the bruise dumbstruck. "It's… It's… It's blue!"

Konohamaru threw a stone with one hand (clearly aimed at Naruto's head) and hiked up his pants with the other. "I know its blue, you dumbass! I'm not blind!"

"But it's a really really dark blue!" Naruto craned his neck sideways, avoiding the stone and without skipping a beat said, "almost purple even!"

"I know-- Ow!" Konohamaru yelped in pain caused by the slightest of touches to his underside. He fixed Naruto with a stare. "Did you really have to take it so seriously?"

"I didn't take it seriously," Naruto said. "Because if I did," He struggled to point a steady hand at Konohamaru's hind quarters, "both your ass cheeks would be purple and blue. Consider yourself lucky. At least you can still sit on the toilet. Well… not on the right cheek of course, but maybe if you leaned a little to the left on your good side--"

"Shut up!" Konohamaru yelled. "That's not funny, bro!"

"What are you talking about, blue cheek?" Naruto grinned. "It is very funny."

"I'll get you back for this," he scowled. "Payback's a bitch."

Konohamaru's hands started on a familiar sequence of seals, but before finishing Naruto yelled out--

"And what're you gonna do, huh? Use my Sexy no Jutsu?" said Naruto, amused. "You know it wouldn't work on me. The Sexy no Jutsu only works on idiots like that closet pervert of a sensei you have."

"Really?" A sly smile tugged at Konohamaru's mouth. "Only perverts?" Konohamaru stopped in mid-seal and reached into his side pack pocket…

Naruto drew his kunai reflexively. "I'm only joking Konohamaru!" Naruto tried to laugh disarmingly, stopping at the serious expression etched in Konohamaru's face. "You're not serious about really fighting me with a weapon, are you?"

Instead, of a steel kunai, Konohamaru withdrew a small ball.  "I don't need a kunai for you, bro! Hand-to-Hand taijutsu and this--" Konohamaru held the ball opened palmed, letting Naruto have a good glance. "—is all I need."

Konohamaru threw down the smoke ball next to his feet. Hitting the floor with a dull clank, it exploded and a cloud of thick gray smoke enveloped him. Konohamaru concentrated his chakra and restarted the sequence of seals he abandoned earlier.

Naruto lost sight of Konohamaru's small body as the smoke thickened and spread. Trusting Konohamaru's promise not to fight with his kunai, Naruto slipped his own weapon back into its holster.

Naruto braced for an attack, but nothing came. No jutsu, no thrown shuriken or stone. Nothing.

Suddenly, he heard Konohamaru's voice echo out from behind the cloud of smoke, "Konohamaru Version: Sexy no Jutsu! Henge!"

"Do I have to spell it out for you?" yelled Naruto, setting himself into a clumsy fighting stance as he saw a gray outline of a body begin to emerge from the cloud of smoke. "Sexy no Jutsu will not work on me!"

How stupid and wrong he was.

"Naruto…" called a loftily feminine and very familiar voice.

Naruto eyes widened as his mind placed its owner: Haruno Sakura. For a second, Naruto stood helplessly frozen as he saw Sexy no Jutsu version of Sakura charge out from the smoke, her fist raised and ready to attack.

Konohamaru/Sakura closed the distance exceptionally fast, quickly coming within striking distance of Naruto's face.

That's not Sakura-chan…

Although visibly stunned by Konohamaru's special version of the Sexy no Jutsu (Naruto struggled to keep his gaze above neck level), he threw off the initial shock and poised himself to catch Konohamaru/Sakura's punch and then position himself to counter.

Grasping for Konohamaru/Sakura's wrist, Naruto stumbled a step when his hands grasped thin air, and instead of colliding with a body, he fell through almost as if their was nothing there…

 "Shit!" Naruto cursed as he vainly tried to regain his balance. "A buushin!"

Naruto recovered his step a moment later. His eyes frantically scanned around trying to find the real Konohamaru. "Damn it!" Naruto hissed. "Where'd he go?"

Naruto eyes glanced up and found Konohamaru/Sakura falling toward him fist first in an attack. Naruto grinned as he jumped up to intercept. He had Konohamaru now and would properly show him what happens to those who challenged Uzumaki Naruto. Although…

Naruto gave credit where it was due; Konohamaru had improved by leaps and bounds. He would never admit it out loud, but Konohamaru had become quicker, faster, and grasped the concepts of chakra control and jutsu technique much better than most academy students had at that age. If Konohamaru continued training and improving as he did, he would be ready for graduation next year.

Grandson of the Third Hokage, indeed.

"I have you now, Konohamaru!" cried Naruto gleefully, his fist ramming itself into Konohamaru/Sakura's face in midair.

But something was wrong.

Naruto's brow furrowed; the feel of Konohamaru was off. Instead of the familiar feeling of flesh against fist, Naruto connected with something sturdy and solid, making a loud thunk instead of the sounding crack of breaking bones.

Konohamaru's body crumbled into ashy dust and smoke, revealing in its place a log with rope looped around the bottom.

Kawamiri! When did he--

Naruto's thoughts were short lived. Konohamaru, the real Konohamaru (not Sexy no Jutsu Sakura) appeared behind Naruto (still in midair) and wrapped his legs constrictively around Naruto's stomach.  Konohamaru then used his leverage and applied a tight shoulder-arm lock on the upper portions of Naruto's body.

"Wrong, bro." Naruto could almost hear Konohamaru smirk. "I have you now. Udon! Moegi! Do it!"

The next few moments were a blur.

A girl and another boy, both the same age as Konohamaru, appeared on Naruto's flanks. Their faces were focused and their hands starting the seals for a jutsu.

The boy, Udon, finished his jutsu first. "Combo attack! Rope Untie no Jutsu!"

The rope, previously looped around the kawamiri log, unraveled itself and shifted closer to Naruto's body.

The girl, Moegi, finished her jutsu a moment later. "Rope Tie no Jutsu!"

Looking like a snake being instructed by a snake charmer, the rope darted to and fro: tightly wrapping and binding together Naruto's legs.

Naruto and Konohamaru struggled in mid-air. And as they careened toward the beaten dirt path (both head first), Konohamaru released his shoulder-arm lock and jumped safely away a moment before Naruto crashed down.

The force of the crash kicked up dust into the air, clouding the vision of everyone nearby. A little shaken from the fall, but still okay, Naruto quickly concentrated his chakra and did a quick jutsu—finishing the final seal as Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi surrounded him.

"It's over, bro! You lose!" Konohamaru yelled in mid-jutsu. "Ninpou-- what?"

Naruto's jutsu-- Kage Buushin no Jutsu, was a complete success. Thanks to the thick dust, his shadows clones were able to conceal and lay an ambush. Before Konohamaru could complete his jutsu, all three of the newly created Naruto shadow clones sprung into action and applied the same shoulder-arm look on Konohamaru's group.

Genuine Naruto nodded in thanks at each of his three shadow clones then using a kunai; cut through his rope bonds with deliberate, leisurely movements.

Naruto stood up and smiled. "You didn't think you were going to beat me, did you, Konohamaru?"

"But I was beating you!" Konohamaru insisted. "I almost--"

"That's right, Konohamaru. You almost--" interrupted Naruto's first clone. "And almost doesn't cut it in a real ninja fight."

"Besides," laughed Naruto's second clone. "You didn't almost beat me, Konohamaru. You never even came close."

"I was only playing with you," Naruto's third clone gloated. "I only let you get so close so I could test how strong you've gotten. And if I'd wanted to, I could've taken you down the second you said Henge."

"Liar!" yelled Konohamaru. He kicked backwards, his foot connecting solidly with Clone Naruto's groin area.

Naruto gasped in pain. He released Konohamaru by sheer necessity, before disappearing with an audible pop.

As soon as Konohamaru's feet touched the ground, he ran away as fast as his little feet could take him. He glanced over his shoulder to see if he was being chased, not looking as he collided with a female nin. Konohamaru fell from the impact, but the girl looked hardly fazed.

The female nin wore a white suit and on her back hung a large furled fan. Next to her stood an all black-hooded guy with ugly red white face paint wearing what looked to be a bandage wrapped, black hair mummy-thing on his back. They both wore head protectors bearing the emblem of Hidden Sand.

"Oh? What do we have here?" said the guy as he grabbed the collar of Konohamaru's shirt and lifted him into the air. "Looks like a little leaf midget to me. What do you think, Temari?"

"Looks like a filthy half-midget who dirtied my clothes, that's what." said Temari, dusting off the sweat, dirt and dust. She glared at Konohamaru. "I should make you clean this mess with your tongue, brat."

"Bitch…" Konohamaru wheezed.

The guy punched Konohamaru in the gut.  "Learn some respect, midget."

Naruto's clones had released both of Konohamaru's friends. All of them were now looking at Konohamaru unconscious form in concern.

"Hey!" yelled Naruto. "Let go of him, you retarded clown! If you hurt him anymore, I'll personally rearrange your ugly face with my kunai."

 Temari snorted with laughter. "Wouldn't make much of a difference--" she added.

"Shut up!" The guy yelled to Temari.

"What?" said Temari, "It was funny. I laughed. Hey, don't look at me like that. I'm not the one who called you a retarded clown." She pointed a finger at Naruto. "That guy did."

"Oh yeah…" The guy narrowed his eyes at Naruto. "Arrogant little piss prick, I'll show you…" Make-up face unsnapped the straps holding the bandaged mummy thing.

"Kankuro…" said Temari, warningly.

"What?" Kankuro snapped back. "He insulted me, Temari. Just can't let pip-squeak over there get away with it."

"Fine." Temari said grudgingly. She pointed a finger at the bandaged thing. "But you can't use Karasu, got it?"

"Why don't you just bind my hands and forbid me to use jutsus while you're at it?"

"No Karasu." Temari's stated, her eyes narrowing. "Clear?"

"Crystal." Kankuro said, tossing Konohamaru at Temari, who caught the tossed boy with the narrow end of her fan, hanging him like one would a coat. "Oh and no critical injuries, Kankuro. Don't want to get in trouble with Baki-sensei, after all."

"You're such a kill joy, Temari."

"Oh okay, you can hit him below the belt once, but that's all."

"Temari…"

"Fine then, twice. Happy now?"

"Now that's the sister I know and love."

"But two hits below the belt… you know he'll go down after one."

"The second is so I can kick him when he's on the floor."

"How stupid of me." Temari rolled her eyes. "I should've known."

"Yeah, you should've. You know, you're a bit slow today--"

"Damn it! Don't ignore me! I hate it when people talk as if I wasn't here!" Naruto yelled, charging at Kankuro from front while his shadow clones came in from two different sides.

Kankuro flicked his fingers, forming three ropes of chakra, and wrapped them around the ankles of Naruto and his clones. Kankuro gave all three ropes a jerk, then smirked proudly when all three blonde boys fell to the floor.

"Worthless…" commented Temari.

Kankuro tightened the chakra noose, and using a nearby tree branch as a brace, he lynched Naruto, hanging him upside down from the ankles.

Kankuro laughed at his handiwork. "Maybe we should let Gaara toy around with these four for a little bit. He's been a bit restless ever since we left Sand Village."

"Speaking of Gaara," Temari glanced around. "Where is he?"

"Huh?" Kankuro said, forgetting about Naruto-- whose chakra rope disappeared, sending him falling head first to the ground. Kankuro turned to Temari.  "What do you mean, 'where is he?' I thought you were keeping an eye on him!"

"Me?" Temari pointed an accusatory finger at Kankuro. "It's your turn to keep track of Gaara! Remember the little incident in that border village before getting to Fire Country? Who was it that stopped our little brother from slaughtering those little children in the park? Oh that's right, me!"

A resigned, knowing expression settled on Kankuro's face. "Damn it, you're right. It is my turn."

"Dumbass," said Temari. "Now stop messing with the Leaf brat and go! Find our little brother before he does anything stupid. We'll meet up later."

"You're not going to come?"

"Nah. The blond boy is kind of amusing. I think I'm going to say for a little bit and entertain myself."

"Oh, little Temari has a crush on a little leaf genin. How cute."

"Shut up and just go!" said Temari, her face reddening. "I mean, you know Gaara's condition-- homicidal rage and all. With every second that ticks by, he comes that much closer to losing it."

"What a lovely shade of red you're turning, sister. But you know-- there's no need to be embarrassed. I'm kind of happy you're finally noticing guys. I was beginning to think you were a lesbian-- not that there's anything wrong with being a lesbian, of course…"

Temari threw a kunai past Kankuro's head. "Next time, I draw blood."

"My god, no need to be so defensive, Temari. I swear-- you're getting worse everyday. Ever since you hit puberty and had your monthly--" Kankuro dodged a flurry of thrown kunais and shurikens.

"Damn it, Kankuro! Just go!"

"I give. I give. I'll leave you to your stupid play things…"

Kankuro disappeared in a swirl of sand; leaving Temari with the four leafs. She turned toward the blond boy and saw he was already back on his feet. He was looking quite murderous and the little kids near him looked equally furious.

"Hey, brat, what's your name?"

"Who the hell are you talking to - them?" said Naruto, waving his hands at Udon and Moegi. "Or are you talking to me?"

"No, I'm talking to the little midget next to you with snot coming out of his nose," said Temari, slightly irritated. "Of course I'm talking to you, dumbass."

"The name isn't dumbass, or midget, or any other dumb nickname you have in that little head of yours." Naruto said indignantly. "It's Uzumaki Naruto! And you better remember it, cause I'm going to be the future Hokage!"

"You? Hokage?" Temari snorted a laugh. "Aren't you just the cutest little thing? You sound just like those naive six-year-old academy students who blubber on and on about growing up to be as powerful as one of the Mists Seven Swordsmen or the Leaf's Legendary Three. Wanting to be Hokage… it's a cute dream, don't get me wrong, Naruto. But you have to accept it for what it is-- a dream. "

"Shut up, Temari," said Naruto, his shoulders shaking slightly. "Just shut the hell up!"

"Oh, strike a nerve did I?" Temari smirked. "You have to be realistic… And as much as I hate to admit it, Leaf is the largest and perhaps strongest of all the other hidden nin villages.  If you want to be the Kage of this country, you need to be the best. Better than the most talented genins you're village has to offer. Are you that talented? Are you that strong?" Temari looked at him pointedly. "No, I didn't think so. Judging from your fight with my brother, you're one of the weaker leaf genins, aren't you?"

Naruto furiously shook his head. "Wrong! I'm Leaf's number one genin--"

 "God help your village if that's true."

"I told you to shut up!" he yelled. "I wasn't going to do anything, since you're a girl-- an ugly girl, but a girl nonetheless. But now, I don't care. I'm going to kick your ass!"

Naruto made a beeline toward Temari, his hands quickly doing the seals for the Kage Buushin.

Temari tossed the limp body of Konohamaru to the side. She observed Naruto mid-jutsu and laughed thinking he using the basic Buushin. "Don't make me laugh! A regular buushi--"

"Kage Buushin no Jutsu!"

Temari stood thunderstruck for a moment; long enough for Naruto and his ten clones to close in.

Five of Naruto's shadow clones threw shurikens pinning her down, while the other five, plus real Naruto, jumped into the air.

"One more time!" yelled Genuine Naruto, mid-air and quickly falling toward Temari. "Kage Buushin no Jutsu!"

Ten more shadow clones appeared, five of which began to throw shurikens from up high while real Naruto used the back of one shadow clone as a human spring board to maneuver himself and his four-remaning shadow clones all around Temari.

Meanwhile, Temari unfurled her fan and blocked the first wave of shurikens. She channeled her chakra through her hands and into her weapon. "Kamaitachi no Jutsu!" she yelled, focusing her blast to deal the greatest possible damage to all five to her front. Half strength Kamaitachi would be enough to deal with his shadow clones, but Temari put extra chakra into the attack just in case the real Naruto was enough of a coward to stay behind.

All five Naruto's to her front disappeared with a pop.

She turned her fan upward in time to stop the rain of shurikens and kunai from above. Then using a vertical Kamaitachi, she blasted apart the ten shadow clones in the air. With a quick eye, she glanced around and saw that a total of five Naruto's had her completely surrounded. Her fan was big, but even with Kamaitachi, she could not stop shurikens from every direction.

"Damn it!" she cursed, her mind racing for a way out.

She looked to her right and saw Naruto's friend, Konohamaru, a little ways off. Improvising a strategy, she pulled out a smoke bomb with her free hand and ignited it.

Naruto and his clones were about to unload shurikens into the smoke cloud, before Temari, seemingly sensing what he was going to do, yelled out, "Don't be an idiot. If you start throwing now, you'd more than likely get me, but there's also a good chance you might cut up your little friend as well. You don't want to take that chance, do you?"

Naruto grit his teeth. "Coward!" he spat. "Are Sand genin so pathetic they have to hide behind little kids?"

"It's not like I'm holding the kid hostage, cause I'm not; we just happen to be in the same area, that's all. Lucky Coincidence."

"Lucky Coincidence, my ass…" hissed Naruto. "I see through your strategy--"

"Proud of yourself, are you?"

Naruto continued as if she never spoke. "You can hit me, but I can't hit you, right? Well use your stupid kamaitachi jutsu, I've been through worse!"

"The second I use my kamaitachi, the smoke clears and I'm a sitting duck again. Did you really think I'm stupid enough to fall for your bait?   If you really want to 'kick my ass' like you said, you're going to have to come in after me. Unless Leaf's number one genin is too scared…" Temari mocked, hoping to bait Naruto to attack. "You are scared… I'm right, aren't I? I bet all your talk about kicking my ass and becoming Hokage was pure bullshit. You act all tough, but on the inside, you're nothing but a spineless coward, a scaredy cat--"

Naruto's fist tightened as memories of Sasuke calling him that very name flashed in Naruto's mind. Insults against his intelligence were a dime a dozen, having to deal with them every since starting at the academy, but jabs at his courage? After facing down a jounin in Wave Country, no one had the right to call him a scaredy cat.

Naruto and the four remaining shadow clones dived head long into the thick cloud of smoke, intent on hitting the Sand-nin girl for all her insults.

The next few moments were a confused jumble of grabbing, hair pulling, intertwined limbs, thrown punches, missed kicks, and not so kind curse words. But as the smoke began to thin, Naruto and his one remaining shadow clone were left standing and the sand-nin, Temari, was sprawled on the dirt path, unconscious.

"We did it! We did it!" Clone Naruto's yelled while doing a happy dance. "We sure kicked her ass, didn't we? Hey, what's with the face? You look like you're going to bite my head off or something." Clone-Naruto said to Genuine-Naruto, who was eyeing his shadow clone.

"How do I know," Genuine-Naruto said suspiciously, "you're actually the real me? She could have just transformed into me to set me up." Genuine-Naruto brandished his kunai threateningly. "For all I know, you're going to stab me the second I turn my back,"

"Don't be stupid," said Clone Naruto, taking a step back. "We've been through this before. Remember the genin trials? We had Kakashi-sensei exactly where we wanted him, but then he used Kawamiri and completely threw us off." Clone Naruto saw Genuine Naruto nod, remembering. "Now, before you do anything stupid, like sticking me in the ass with your kunai, can I suggest you just cancel the stupid justu?"

"Oh, right," said Real-Naruto. "Sounds like a plan."

Naruto cancelled his Kage Buushin, making the Clone-Naruto vanish with a pop, affirming his victory against Temari.  It was almost too good to be true. His first fight against a sand-nin and he had won without any help from Sakura or Sasuke.

"Too bad you're such a bitch," said Naruto, shaking his head at Temari's limp body. "You're actually kind of cute…"

Naruto turned around and was startled to see Konohamaru already conscious and upright. "Hey, you're finally up!" Naruto jogged over to check on his little friend. "You okay now? The retarded clown didn't hurt you too much did--"

His question died on his lips as Konohamaru's fist rammed itself deep into Naruto's stomach. He doubled over forward, coughing up blood on Konohamaru's arm.

Naruto looked down, his expression an equal mix of shock and confusion. "W-Why?"

"Because," An un-becoming sneer spread across Konohamaru's face. "You called me a bitch."

And suddenly, in an explosion of smoke, Konohamaru disappeared, and standing in his place was a virulent Temari. "But..." her face softened. "You did call me cute." And in a move that would have stunned Naruto if his stomach weren't in such agonizing pain, Temari pressed her lips to his brow and kissed him.

"How did you--"

"Easy. Smoke bomb, Buushin, Henge, and some Genjutsu to disguise the Buushin. But enough of this fight, I have a pressing matter to attend to. It's been fun, kid."

Before Naruto could protest, he felt something metallic and very large slam into the side of his head, and then he felt nothing at all.

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Hope people like the fight scenes, and if you don't, well... leave me a review telling me why, :p. Constructive Criticisms help me find the weakness in my writing.

 Cyber1: Especially Ninja kids, can imagine if you had to take care a group of kids that acted like Naruto? Vivian: Thanks. Dan Inverse: Kinda weird, but I guess I have weird plots, :p. Snake guy plays a part… kinda… :D: Hooked is right! Bass clef: Took me long enough, huh? Hehe I should try to be more dedicated. Kawaii Kenshin: Thanks, glad you liked the sister-- I pray she doesn't come out Mary-sueish