The Deadly Game
Ryu: Hi! Me again...not going to waste your time...I really think you'll like this one...(I hope...)
Gaara: Don't worry...even if they hate you, I don't...
Ryu: {hugs Gaara} thanks...
(Sorry about the bad muse beginning...I've had a bad day...I need a hug)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto...I do own...oh, wait...you aren't even CLOSE to HER yet...I do own Nunota (next chapter)...
Prologue
It was a bright day in Konoha. Temari put up her last ponytail and looked in the mirror. She smoothed out the tank top and shorts she was wearing and smiled at her reflection.
"It's nice to have a day off," she murmured to herself as she stretched. "Well, I'd better be going. I don't want to be late meeting everyone." She turned and walked out of her room.
"I'm leaving!" she shouted to the house. She got no response. "Hmmm, they must have gone out already." She shrugged and left.
Haruno Sakura, Yamanaka Ino, and Yumiko Tenten were already at Ino's family's flower shop when Temari turned the corner. Sakura waved.
"Hey, there's Temari!" she said to the other two.
"Great, then all we need is Hinata," said Ino.
"Here she comes!" shouted Tenten from the roof of the store.
Hyuuga Hinata, smiling excitedly, came running up. Tenten leaped from the roof to land right next to Temari. The older girl smiled at the resilience and flexibility of her young training partner.
"Sorry I'm late, but I stopped..." she dug around in her bag. "to get these." She came up with five sodas. She started to hand them out.
"Thanks Hinata! I was getting thirsty up there!" said Tenten.
Each girl took her soda gratefully and they sat down in the shade to drink. They didn't have to meet the boys for an hour. The whole group was going to go out together. The five of them had decided to meet early to talk and get to know one another better. Temari and Tenten had become about as close as sisters. They trained together and Tenten went to Temari for advice. Sakura and Ino had made up and were best friends again and everyone wanted to get to know Hinata a bit better. So the five of them walked out of town a little ways to a nearby clearing and sat down to the picnic lunch that Hinata had packed.
About a half-hour later, Temari heard something.
"Shhh. What's that?"
The girls sat quiet for a moment. Then, they all heard it. Soft, delicate strains of flute music.
"Wow," Tenten breathed. "It's beautiful."
Hinata slowly got to her feet, still watching the direction the music was coming from. She slowly turned.
"We've got some time. Let's go find out who's playing that?"
The girls all got to their feet, and the five of them set out to find the music, picnic forgotten.
After a few minutes of walking through the woods, they came to a small, clear pool, being fed by water sliding down some rocks in the back. The music seemed to be emanating from the deep water. Temari walked to the pool and look directly in.
She gasped. "You...need...just come here," she said to the others. Tenten, followed by the others, came and got on their hands and knees next to Temari and looked into the pool. They all gasped.
The water seemed to swirl beneath the surface with many colors. The music poured from the colors, and a voice they hadn't heard before was crystal clear.
'Close your eyes and dream your way here.'
Temari closed her eyes. Soon, all the girls followed suit.
There, next to the small, waterfall-fed pool, the five girls vanished.
The pool stopped swirling.
Ryu: There...something new...just wait until I get done with then next chapter and we get to get into the action!
Gaara: This should be interesting...
Ryu: {runs and hugs Gaara}
Gaara: Still sad?
Ryu: {nods}
Gaara: In place of your fanfic author, please review...{to Ryu} Cheer up! Soon you get to go home, and people will be sympathetic for your day...At least, they'd BETTER be...
Ryu: Thanks Gaara...{still hugging}
Gaara: That's what I'm here for...to be your best friend and confidante in your head!