Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. But, I probably could if I um, bought it. All I need now is a couple hundred thousand dollars, maybe a couple million, and um… does anyone know what else I'll need? Or a couple hundred thousand dollars to start me off?
The New Annoyance
"Thank you for coming to aid me in my time of need," Gaara said thankfully.
"Don't worry about it; we'll be happy to protect your sister!" Naruto cried.
Gaara smiled, a slight smile... but he smiled. "I appreciate your enthusiasm."
Kankuro walked over. "Hey, who's the cute girl in the blue?"
Keitorin blushed. Sasuke stood up a bit, trying not to be protective. Kakashi put his hand on her shoulder. Temari whacked her brother over the head. Gaara gave him a look that said 'If you do that again, I will hurt you so badly you'll be in a hospital for the next ten years.'
Temari turned to the group. "Please excuse my brother, there's… something wrong with him."
She went to go toward them, but then turned to her youngest brother and flung her arms around him. "Oh Gaara, please be safe!"
Gaara pushed her off of him. "Temari, stop. I'll be fine!"
"Do I get a hug too, Temari?" Kankuro asked sarcastically.
"Sorry, I don't have time to take a shower afterwards!" Temari replied.
"Mesuinu!"
"Baka!"
With that, Temari turned and joined the group.
"We will return as soon as we get word that Suna is safe," Kakashi said.
They walked out of Suna in a group. There were no trees to travel by for quite a while, and they traveled in an unorganized group.
They walked for about two hours until the got to the trees. This time, Kakashi put Hinata and Sakura in the front, Naruto, Temari, and Hinata behind them, and Sasuke and Keitorin behind them. Kakashi asked Hinata to use her Byakugen for the 360 vision.
They went smoothly for about four or five hours and stopped for lunch. They took the opportunity to rest. They had been traveling so quickly for so long thatthey were all tired. Sasuke sat against a tree and Keitorin sat beside him. Hinata talked to Tamari for a bit, and Sakura and Ino were, surprisingly, talking to each other. Naruto sat next to Hinata and joined conversation with her and Temari.
Kakshi took out his book and started reading. Everyone sweatdropped.
Keitorin actually got so mad that when Kakashi was checking on the Ramen, she threw a kunai at his book. He was holding it loosely, so it flew out of his hand and was pinned to a tree.
"Hey! Keitorin! My book! It's got a hole in it now! Right in the middle, too! What did the book ever do to you?" He scolded.
"It was a nice hit, you have to admit, Sensei-san!" Keitorin said brightly.
"Yes, but that's not the point!" Kakashi cried.
"Ramen please!" Naruto said in hunger.
After Kakashi gave everyone Ramen, he walked over to the tree and pulled the kunai out. His book fell to the ground and the pages fell out. "Ah, well. I'll just have to read my spare," Kakshi said, reaching in his pack.
"WHAT?" Naruto, Keitorin, Sasuke, Sakura, and Ino shouted.
"My spare!" Kakshi smiled and pulled out the exact same book and kicked the broken one aside.
"WHO THE FUCK KEEPS A SPARE BOOK IN THEIR BACKPACK ON A MISSION!" Naruto yelled.
"WHO THE FUCK KEEPS A SPARE BOOK IN THEIR BACKPACK, ANYWAY!" Keitorin yelled.
"Well, me!" They all sweatdropped.
After about fifteen more minutes, Kakashi snapped his (spare) book shut.
"Come on, time to go!" They all jumped up into the trees.
Surprisingly, everything went smoothly for the next five or six hours. Kakashi could have sworn that something would have happened. This was turning out to be very boring.
They stopped for sleep at a place with a lake, it was very beautiful. Konoha had provided the tent. Instead of there being two small tents, there was one large one. They had to sleep in the same tent, but on different sides, of course.
The boys and Kakashi slept on the left side and the girls slept on the right side. (Cuz girls are always right and boys aren't : P)
They stayed outside and enjoyed the sound and the sight of the waterfall. They didn't have time to stop and view this place before.
They went to sleep and that ended the day.
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Sasuke woke up a little early; earlier than everyone else. He always seemed to wake up early, no matter how late he went to sleep.
He got up to quietly get a drink of water, when he noticed that something was wrong. He couldn't tell what, because his eyes were still adjusting to the light that was coming into the tent. It was a bit dark, but bright enough to hurt sensitive, early-morning eyes. He just sensed that something was wrong. Let's see… Hinata slept on the far edge, next to Ino, and then Tamari, Keitorin, and Sakura. Hinata was there, so was Sakura; he could see Ino's bright blonde hair sticking out on the dark floor; Tamari was there; Keitorin was there. Wait, so who was missing? He moved a bit closer, and… Keitorin was gone! What he thought was part of her nightgown sticking out was a note attached to the pillow.
He silently reached over and picked it up. Please be from Keitorin, saying something like 'I went to get a drink' or something, please!
He read the note. It said...
Hahahaha! Cliffie! This is my first good stopping point in a while. Anyway, read and review!