Dear Readers,

I'm back again! I'm ready to do the 12th chapter! Last Time: Zaku walked away from Kin. Kisame was attacked by the Hokage. Chouji came back. Shikamaru, Kiba, Hinata, Akamaru and Shino started a fire. Kakashi found out about the fire.

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Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto and Kakashi

"Come on you guys!" Kakashi yelled to his students.

Naruto grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her and Sakura grabbed Sasuke's hand and pulled him. Kakashi grabbed Sasuke and tied him with the hose onto the fire truck. He grabbed Sakura and shoved her into a cabinet on the fire truck. He grabbed Naruto and shoved him through the spaces on the ladder that was attached to the fire truck. Then Kakashi jumped on top of the truck and waited for it to leave the station.

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Shikamaru, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Akamaru, Asuma, Ino, Chouji, Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto and Kakashi.

"HURRY! GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!" Asuma yelled at Ino.

"What about Chouji and Shikamaru?" Ino asked.

"I'll get them. NOW GO!"

"OK….." Ino ran out the front door.

Neji walked down the street and stared at her. Then he looked at the house. The fire truck was heard from not too far away.

"Neji! Move! Before it hits you!" Ino yelled to him.

The Truck wheeled around the corner of the street and hit Neji. Neji disappeared in a ghostly way causing no damage or any sign he was there.

"Huh?" Ino scratched her head.

"Miss! Is this 124 -" A man asked.

"Look up!"

"Oh. Bring the hose boys!"

The fighters ran to the hose and stopped when they saw Sasuke.

"RUN! ITACHI IS A KID! HE'S STILL GOT HIS POWERS!" They ran away.

"I'm not Itachi!" Sasuke tried to untie himself who was still wrapped up in the hose.

"HE'S GONNA KILL US! RUN!"

"Get the ladder! The top floor is on fire!"

The fighters ran to the ladder and stopped when they saw Naruto.

"IT'S ITACHI'S SIDEKICK KISAME! RUN! HE'S GONNA KILL US!"

"It's me. Naruto Uzimaki." Naruto wriggled from the ladder.

"RUNNN!" They ran away.

"Get the hatchet! The door won't open!"

The fighters ran to the cabinet where the hatchet was located and stopped when they saw Sakura. Her face was white because she had gotten carsick from the ride.

"IT'S A GHOST! IT'S GONNA KILL US! RRRUUUNNN!"

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I" Sakura tried to say.

"RUN!" They ran away.

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Inside the house

"Shikamaru! Chouji!" Asuma walked through the rooms looking around.

"Asuma?" Chouji peeked his head out of the closet.

"There's a huge fire and you hide in a closet! Real smart Chouji!" Asuma grabbed his arm and pulled him out. "Get out to Ino! I'll find Shikamaru!"

"OK." Chouji dodged most of the falling roof and ran outside. "Hey Ino."

Asuma walked into the living room and noticed something in the fireplace. A PERSON!

"SHIKAMARU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Asuma ran to the fireplace and pulled him out. At the same time he pulled out Kiba, Shino, Hinata and Akamaru.

"We were sent by Kurenai and BLAH! BLAH! BLAH!" Shino talked as he explained the fire and mostly everything else.

"You had bacon for breakfast?" Asuma stared at Shino.

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Gaara, Kankuro and Temari

"Here it is…." Gaara stared at a large, old, ancient temple with a carving of a kunai on it.

"Here what is?" Kankuro looked up at the temple.

Temari looked to the north. Shikamaru is in danger? She ran off.

She's running off again? Kankuro watched her leave.

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Fire

The fighters finally stopped the fire and everyone made out safely. Temari showed up and ran over to Shikamaru.

"Are you OK?" Temari asked him as she touched his hand.

Shikamaru's chest started to burn. It was his heart. He remembered that near the end of the fight with Temari he was stabbed in the heart. He clutched his shirt where his heart was.

"I'm fine." He said as he pulled his hand away from Temari and stopped clutching his shirt.

"Temari!" Sakura came up to Temari and punched her lightly in the shoulder. "I can't believe you did that!" She giggled.

"What did she do?" Ino giggled and joined Sakura. Temari blushed.

Shikamaru gave them his lazy face saying 'What the Hell are you girls getting worked up about?'.

"Show us the tattoo!" Ino screamed. "I wanna see what it is!"

"Me too!" Sakura giggled once more.

"OK….." Temari showed them her hip. "Like it?"

Ino's face went from excited to shocked.

It was a gravestone with 'Ino' printed in it and a huge crack through it.

Shikamaru's eye twitched, but still, no one knew he was there the whole time.

"Uh….. Ino! Come see this!" Shikamaru said in a loud, yet lazy, voice. (gotta convince people your still a lazy bum)

"Shikamaru….." Ino walked up to him. "…thanks for getting me away from her, but….."

"But what?"

"Last week Temari went crazy about you…..remember?"

I thought it was just a dream. Shikamaru thought. "I remember."

"Listen….."

"yah."

"IT'S OVER!"

"what are you talking ab-"

"I'M DUMPING YOU!"

She walked away after slapping him.

Temari ran up to Shikamaru.

"Does that mean your free?" She asked.

Sakura glared at Shikamaru.

"What?" He was frightened by the big forehead's shine the most.

"What did you do to Ino?" Sakura glared once again.

"Nothing."

"You did!"

"I did what?"

"So the rumours are true…"

"What rumours?"

"The rumours saying that you slept with Temari!"

Temari blushed. A whole bunch of news reporters ran over.

"Are you Shikamaru Nara?" They asked.

"Yah."

"Is it true that you slept with Temari?"

Shikamaru looked at Temari. "You told the News!"

She blushed. "yah. I wanted our love to be shown to everyone."

"You're nuts!" He walked away.

"Miss. What did your husband mean by that?"

"Oh. Him. He's just shy! He loves me! Our kids are at home!"

Kids? Husband? Shikamaru ran up to the cameras. "I'm not her husband! I'm too young to help make kids! And I did NOT sleep with that girl! She STALKED me! Call the police on her! She just makes up puny little lies to get ATTENTION! The ONLY girl I love is not here because this LIAR scared her away! I LOVE INO!" And with that, he stomped away.

"Is this true ma'am?" The reporter asked Temari.

Her head fell. "Yes. It is. Sorry Ino."

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Gaara and Kankuro

"I thought she'd never leave." Gaara walked into the temple.

What did he mean by that? Kankuro walked in after him.

"Finally….. it's time." Gaara turned a corner and disappeared out of Kankuro's sight.

"Gaara? Hey, I know we hate each other, but can you leave me alone?" Kankuro tuned the corner.

"It's mine…"

"What is Gaara?" Kankuro felt the ground shake. The sand rose and rose until they were on a sand fighting arena FLOATING IN MID AIR!

"Fight me..."

"Gaara? YOU want to fight me? Of all people?"

"Come on… you're wasting my time."

"Why do you want to fight me?"

"To kill you." He grinned.

The sand rose up into little sharp blades. "Fire." Gaara commanded. The sand did as told by Gaara.

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Kurenai

I wonder how my kids are doing. Are they spying the right way? Are they hidden well? Did they mess up, again? Kurenai heard a knock at the door and the door fell down.

"Sorry. Don't know my own strength."

Kurenai stood up. "Asuma? What are you doing here? And why are your kids here? Why are mine?"

"There was an accident. Chouji."

Chouji explained the fire and added the details Shikamaru told him.

"I see. Stay as long as you want."

"Thank you."

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Gaara and Kankuro

"Why would you want to kill your own brother?"

"Temari will be next…"

"But we're your siblings!"

"That's the point."

"I don't get it!"

"Your mind never did. Now hold still." The sand wrapped around Kankuro and held him still. The sand blades went over to Kankuro.

"GAARA! STOP!" Temari was heard from the ground (real ground) below.

"TEMARI!" Kankuro looked down at her.

I've never seen Kankuro this scared since he tried to kiss a grizzly bear in camp when he was, like only, three. This is serious! Temari looked up at him. "Hang on! I'll be up there soon!"

"Gaara! I helped take care of you since you were young!"

"You fool."

"TEMARI! Help M—"

"Kankuro?" She looked up.

"FOOL!" Gaara walked closer to Kankuro.

"Gaara…" Kankuro looked at his young brother. I-I can't see him. It's all blurry. What is that? It's the monster deep inside him! Kankuro began to panic. (Me: Gaara isn't in that form. What is he panicking about? My sister: Maybe it's the fact THAT HE'S ABOUT TO BE KILLED!)

"Calm down Kankuro. Calm down." A voice came from no where. No one else heard it.

That voice. It's a woman. It sounds so familiar. Who is it? Kankuro calmed and was stabbed by Gaara.

"Kankuro. You must stay calm and save your strength." The voice said again.

"W-Who are you?" Kankuro looked up.

What's wrong with Kankuro? He's acting strange. Why is he talking to no one? Temari looked up at Kankuro.

"It's me Kankuro." The voice said once more.

"Mother?" Kankuro looked up once more. "Is that you?"

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So…. I know that the whole Sasuke being Itachi, Naruto being Kisame and Sakura being a ghost was kinda random, right? Sorry if it seemed a little weird. And don't mind the whole thing that Shino had bacon for breakfast. SEE YAH SOON! SYS!