DaH DAH DAH duuummm! Here is the next chapter. I'd like to say congratulations to:

Frekels – for getting the right answer to who the Jinchuuriki is (and for reviewing me, and giving me support!)

Lights… Camera… ACTION!

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BANG! Okay now that I have your full attention, we can actually start… Here are just some words that you don't need to pay attention to because I am only trying to get your attention by making this look like a paragraph and part of the story. If you have not quit yet, I suggest you go and skip the next few lines because I will go on and on with this just to make the chapter seem longer. You haven't gone yet? What are you some FREAK? What the…? Leave already! Geez, your bothering me! Go AWAY! LIGHTS! Where are the lights? CAMERA WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU ON YOUR LUNCH BREAK? WELL HURRY UP! ACTION!

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The door screeched. High and loud, so that it almost would have burst your eardrums. A boy, his hands bound in chains, was dumped in. He was seemed unconscious, but his eyes were wide open, glazed over with fear. The daze broke when he hit the ground. He started yelping and yelling, swearing and cussing. Another boy, in the corner, quickly got up and dragged the screaming one to his dark corner. The screaming boy stopped instantly when the other started loosening his chains.

"G-Gaara?"

"Naruto." The red haired boy, Gaara as he was just called, frowned, "Tell me you are not here because of the beast within you."

"Kyuubi? The weird fox thing?" Naruto asked, his fear dissolving. Gaara solemnly nodded, "Um.. I'm sorry Gaara, but I have no idea why I am here." Naruto edged away from Gaara and sat cross-legged in front of him.

Gaara said nothing for a while, the he faced Naruto again. He still looked pretty much the same. He still had the messy red mop on top of his head. He still had freaky black eyeliner going all around his cold, hard blue eyes. The character, 'love' was still etched onto his forehead. This time though, he was not carrying his sand gourd so he had no armor, and he looked miserable. Pale as he was, he was now three times worse. His eyes were red with tiredness or from crying.

"Gaara?"

"Naruto."

"How did you get here?"

The Sand-boy pursed his lips, until they were only a thin line. "Blackmail."

"Blackmail?"

"Yes. As you know, I have the sand demon Shukaku trapped within me, forced there by my father." Naruto nodded swiftly, "About a month ago, odd things started happening around me, where ever I went. People's belongings had started to disappear, and they blamed it on me. Then, someone died; that some one was the guard, and fellow advisor, and friend, of my father. My father knew very well that I loathed and despised him and all his friends for what they had done to me." Gaara's eyes narrowed, "He dismissed me as his son. My brother and my sister fought hard to get him to change his mind, they are the only people that could have; they are also the only people I trust." He took a deep and long breath, "In the end they came with me. We camped out in the desert for a while. It was nice, and peaceful. I had made an igloo of sand, and we lived through there. We went out one day, to gather supplies, to come back and find that our new home had been destroyed. It was late at night, and we couldn't see well. The only thing I remember was my sister trying to toss me my sand gourd so I could protect myself, and by brother screaming my name. I also remember a pair of rough hands hit me, and I saw the same hands grab my brother and sister." Softness came to his eyes, showing his eyes trembling at the thought that his siblings may be dead.

Naruto saw the pain and shut up, normally he'd continue yapping. He hadn't been able to recall what happened to him. One second he was in the ramen shop, and the next, he was being thrown in this filthy cell. He scrunched his nose up in disgust. Not knowing, that more would be coming soon.

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"We have one from Konoha, master." The shadow being addressed to merely grunted. "But there is still more. Right now we only have two of the nine."

Grunt.

"Lord, have you anything to say."

Grunt again.

"Yes my lord." Itatchi bowed out of the room. He faced his comrades in the other room. "Our lord says to dispatch shinobi to the far ends of this world. We have sent Deidara and Minawa already to Konoha to find the final Jinhchuuriki there. Kabuto, you and Kana go out and find the Jinchuuriki of the country Thunder. There are two there. Ayame, you find the Jinchuuriki in the land of Earth. Serena (pronounced: Seh-WREN- Ah) you find the remaining Biju from where we collected sand-boy. There are two in the land of Grass, I believe. Someone go there. And there is a last, in sound. Sasori, you take care of those…" The red scorpion's ghost saluted, Itatchi smirked at him, "I will find the ten tailed one."

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The twins settled on a rock to rest. They had been walking for ever, and found no traces of the criminal organization, Akatsuki. Aki opened her water canister and splashed the water on the sleeping Neji. He obviously woke up, startled.

"What was that for?" He groaned as he wiped off the water drops from his face.

"We have to go."

"Why?"

"I sense something."

"So?

Aki didn't reply, instead she got up, through her canister to the side and started walking. Neji stared after her, wondering what she was up to. He moaned with annoyance, sat up and ran after his 3 hour younger sister.

They came upon a small clearing. It was familiar to Aki, but Neji? Nay. It was the clearing where Aki was attacked all those years ago; she shivered slightly and continued walking. She stopped at a cliff and looked out on the valley under it. She was sensing the power from the valley. She just didn't know exactly where. She closed her eyes; letting the breeze calm her. Leaning slightly forward, she fell from the cliff.

"HEY! ARE YOU CRAZY!" Were the words she heard from her brother as she plummeted down to the trees. Her eyes shot open and she used the wind as her wings again.

"NO I'M NOT CRAZY, BROTHER!" She yelled back. Now that she was in the air, the presence she felt was even stronger. She flew back to her brother and made the fire carriage again. He hopped in this time, almost immediately, and they left the ground. Aki suddenly remembered why she had been pulled here. This is where that girl and her brother lived! She truly hoped that the reading she was getting was wrong; that neither the boy nor his sister was infected by one of these monsters (the Biju).

Aki and Neji landed in front of the grand house that Aki had made. It was still as good as new, but the two who lived in it did not add any furniture what so ever. Aki used her powers over earth to pick up small rocks and used them to knock the door.

"Why can't you just go up there and knock?"

"Um… I don't want to because; I do not really feel like walking."

"Whatever."

Michiyo, the bullied girl, answered the door. She was still dressed in the bloody Academy sweater; her skirt was fixed but it was patched up. Her hair was covering her left eye and she was blushing furiously when she saw Aki.

"Y-y-you're the girl… help… house." She couldn't seem to get the right words out. She shut the door and Aki heard footsteps and figured that she had gone to get her brother. The two came back and opened the door. Ryou looked surprised but was happy to see their helper come back.

"You're back. I was wondering if you flew away or something. Who's this?" He said, eying Neji suspiciously. Neji glared at him back.

"This is my brother. I hope you will welcome him." Aki said in a strict tone.

"Of course! Come in you two, there isn't much to sit on, but make yourselves comfortable!" He led the way into the house and motioned them to sit on a pile of old, dusty books. Aki and Neji remained standing eying the piles of book with hidden emotions of disgust and bewilderment. Ryou was seated comfortably on a particularly high pile of books and stared at the twins. He seemed to be sizing them up, he smiled.

"So… I don't mean it in the wrong way, but why exactly are you back?"

"It isn't the house." Aki replied quietly. She had read his mind, and she knew that he was scared that Aki would take away the house.

"Oh. Okay. Well, then why?"

"Um… Er. Has… Um…" Aki struggled to find the correct line of words.

"Has any of you experienced weird things that you cannot explain?" Neji spoke out for her.

Ryou scratched his crown of brown hair, "Not that I can think of… actually… there was this time when Michiyo… Um. She was being picked on again. I was running there, but before I even came, the bullies, they were all sprawled out on the floor. Michiyo, Mimi, she looked terrifying! She had glowing red eyes and her chakra, I assume you know what that is, and her chakra was VISIBLE! You could actually see it! It was purple and red and it seemed to form two tail-like things. She doesn't remember anything of this because she went cold as soon as she saw me. But all I remember was a surge of power from her. Those bullies were in the hospital for weeks with sicknesses no one could identify. And when they did heal, they picked on her even more." Ryou shook his head sadly, "I don't know why! She has never done anything to them!"

Neji and Aki gazed at the boy with sympathy. They could understand. The Akatsuki also did that. But they also were grave-faced. They now knew that the Akatsuki would be after this girl; for she was the two tailed beast, the Nekomata.

They all went out to the garden (which Aki so kindly created) and ate their lunch there. Unfortunately, it only consisted of caned corn and a few chicken breasts. Aki and Neji didn't eat so the other two siblings could eat. Michiyo was not her usual self though. She had changed into traveling Ninja clothes. She wore leather gauntlets and a shirt with a short skirt. She wore pants under the blue skirt. It seemed like she was in a trance; her eyes were glassy and she kept staring into nothing. No one seemed to notice.

Aki suddenly got up and caught three long, sharp needles from the air. They were being shot at Michiyo and Ryou. She stood there for a moment, recollecting herself from what she just caught. The needles were dripping with a soft-red colored liquid; Aki sniffed it, and almost fell over from dizziness; if the scent was enough to make you collapse, how much more the full dose? Ryou froze and his eyes grew wild. "Wuh-What are those?"

Aki slowly turned her head in his direction, "Are you a shinobi?"

"N-no."

"Figures, you don't exactly move fast. Take these, and dispose of them; they're poisoned so do not touch them." Aki got handed the poisoned needles over to Ryou who held them like it was a new born baby. "Hurry. They're coming pretty quick."

Neji got up with his sister and looked around the lawn and around the house. Nothing seemed unfamiliar; everything was normal albeit the little shadows that were cast on the side of the house. Aki saw it first; therefore, she was attacked first.

Neji was on the other side of the house when she let out a slight, but hearable yelp for help. He swiveled around taking the shorter way around the house. He found Aki in a battle with a girl, Minawa. They were battling full out, but Aki was getting the worst of it. Minawa was obviously more trained and more experienced and had no problem attacking to kill; compared to Aki, who was several years younger, immature and hesitates before she attacks. Neji pulled shuriken from his pack and threw them wildly at Minawa. They all missed horribly and only distracted Aki even more.

"Get-…" She paused to parry an attack from her challenger, "…AWAY from here!" Minawa sent Aki flying to the ground. Neji started for her, but then he saw her determined (and bloody) face and hurried around to check on Ryou and his sister. Once he was sure they were safe, he doubled around and checked Aki.

He was there in time to see his sister's defeat. First, Minawa sent an ugly squirming thing, much like a tree branch, and it slowly wrapped itself around Aki's lean body. She couldn't do much when Minawa sent a strong punch her way. She flew out of the hold of the branch and crashed into the side of the house. Minawa was quick, and in lightning speed, ran to Aki and took hold of her neck. Neji saw her tighten her hold every few seconds. Snapping out of his trance, Neji took more shuriken and aimed it, carefully this time, at Minawa. They met their target and Minawa grimaced in pain and let go of Aki; though she already passed out.

A long low note went over the trees, followed by a high note and a low note again. Minawa glanced up and jumped away. Neji ran over to his sister. She was breathing heavily; but at least she was breathing. She had many cuts and Neji knew that she'd have many bruises when she awoke.

Damn Aki, you didn't want any help. He clenched his teeth together and bent over to pick up his sister. She was really light and was able to be carried really easy. Neji set her down on the house's porch and got ready to nurse his sister's wounds, as she had done for him. – it'll just, take… let's say… longer.

Haha.. I am finally finished. Well, I believe that I am writing the same things over and over in my clues so I might change them a bit, but since I already wrote this one, here:

……………..trouble

……………..begins

…………….with the

…………….simplest

….. things. First, saddness, next

…. -suicide. After, anger. And-

…..again wrath. What do you do?

…..Is there even anything you can

…………….do? What

……………..is there

…………….available?

……………sit and wait

…………….hope and

.…………...wish hard

……………for a good

……………miracle. No

…………...not one, two

……………..miracles

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Okay. See you around!