"Iruka, do you think it will be easy to find them?" I was freaked out. Keiko was gone. It made me feel sick. It wasn't that I thought she was incapable of taking care of herself, but she was with Gaara. Gaara the boy who lusted for blood. How I hated Gaara.
"I don't know, Kakashi." Iruka sighed. "Like you mentioned earlier, they could be anywhere by now. Especially since we don't know where Gaara is going. He could be going home, or he could be going someplace else. The best thing to do would be to go start a trek to the sand village and wait for them. If we leave now they'll probably be there already, if that's where they're headed..If not, then we're out of luck."
I nodded. That might just work. "Thanks, Iruka. I'll go get our stuff packed." Iruka nodded and I headed home.
I kicked at some random rocks on the ground, feeling desperate. This wasn't like me at all. I never seemed to worry about what Mizuki or Keiko were doing. "That's because they're always near you when you're in the village." I muttered to myself.
When I walked into the house the first thing I noticed was that there were some bags that were already packed. I looked around and noticed that Mizuki was hunting around for things that we needed. Unlike me, she was angry with Keiko for going off like that. I was angry, but more worried then anything.
"When are we leaving?" She asked.
"As soon as we can. We'll be taking our things to Iruka's. He's going to come along." I reached for some of the bags.
"Alright. Well, we're all packed." Mizuki also grabbed some of the bags and we headed back to Iruka's.
For the first time in a long time there was nothing to say. Each of us was thinking of what we were going to say to Keiko when we found her. Iruka was waiting outside of his house, only a few small bags with him. We headed down the road that lead out of the village.
"Gosh, Keiko could be anywhere..What if..What if something happens to her?" Mizuki looked frightened for a moment.
"Nothing is going to happen to her. But when we find Gaara I'll make sure something happens to him." I growled.
"Kakashi, when, and if, we do find Keiko, you can't just flip out. Remember, Keiko likes Gaara, whether you like it or not. If you hurt Gaara, she may never forgive you. You don't want to upset her, no matter how angry you are." Iruka said, seeming to be looking out at nothing.
"But, Iruka..How will she learn if no one tells her?"
"She's not gonna listen to you anyway! You, of all people, should know that!"
"We can't go this whole way arguing!" I rolled my eyes, knowing that I was losing the arguement.
We marched on.