Chapter 6

Setting up Camp

A/N Hey thanks for the reviews, so as promised here is number 6 hope you like it.

Disclaimer: Authoress sighs and looks to left I don't own Naruto. Three men wearing black suits leave the room.

Chapter Start

Karma took off towards their future campsite. He moved with a speed unknown to many as he reached the site in a few minutes instead of the hour that it would take the rest of the group. He landed in what appeared to be an extremely thick part of the forest. He started to search for other chakra signals and only found the signals of his companions. He shook his head as he looked around at the mess of tree branches. This might take a little while. He walked for a few moments and stopped beside a fairly tall tree. He bent down to the base of the tree and felt a deep knick in one of the trees roots. Jumping to the first branch he landed with perfect balance and the branch supported his full weight without bowing. Counting silently in his head he continued to jump to each of the trees branches until he reached a branch that was about ¾ of the way up the tree. Slowly walking across the branch keeping his balance he touched the main part of the tree. The trees column appeared like any of the other parts of the trees but he continued to touch the tree. He suddenly took out a needle and dragged it over the palm of his left hand letting the blood flow freely. Slightly charging his right hand with chakra he slammed both of his hands into the tree. Let's hope sensei didn't put to many traps inside.

The area around where Karma slammed his palms into began to fade, and reveal a hollowed opening into the tree. Aware that he could have screwed up the dispelling jutsu he cautiously stepped inside. A fire sprang to life as he took his first step inside of the tree. The fire gave an eerie light to the items within the room. Karma took a look around the room and noticed that not much had changed. A worn chair was seated next to the fire place that gave light to the room. He shook his head as he remembered the first time he saw the fireplace. Damn old man and his fire tricks. Karma walked over to the fire and pasted his hand through it. The fire provided heat and light but was not truly real. It was a jutsu that his old sensei had come up with just for this place. With his thoughts temporarily off course he looked around the rest of the room. A bookcase piled with scrolls set in the corner of the room next to a small cabinet. The cabinet was above a small black sink. The room appeared cluttered with trinkets on all of the counters. Yet it also appeared to be organized in a strange way. He realized that he hadn't been checking thoroughly for traps so he began his search of the room for the traps and found none.

Glad that he hadn't faced any trouble on his way here and while he was in the large room he began to clear up some of clutter so he could put down his belongings on one of the tables. After he put his stuff down he searched for Temari's chakra signal and found in less than twenty minutes away. Decisions now faced him; whether he would go to them and lead them here or let them find their own way here. He knew that Temari didn't exactly know where they were going to set up camp but she knew the general area. He had decided that he would find the pans and then go and meet the group. With that information he began to dig a few pans out of one of the cabinets and set them in front of the fire. He then raced out of the tree room unto the branch, he turned to the hole that he had just come out of and placed an illusion over it. With that he dropped down to the ground and headed towards his group.

Temari had lead the group for the last hour towards the place that Karma had planned that campsite would be at. A nagging sensation was pulling at the back of her head. She knew what it was and tried to push it down; worry about what could happen to Karma. Karma was the only one of her precious people from sand that she knew was safe and now that he was no longer with her she began to worry. Her worries were quickly soothed when she saw him waiting in a small clearing for them. She unconsciously speed up and so did the leaf nins. It took only a few moments before they reached him.

"The camp is with in a few minutes of our current position," Karma stated as a smile reached his lips. Even though a war was waging a few hours away at the place he know called home he was happy. A happy that could be attributed to the fact that he was spending a night at one of the few places that he had felt carefree.

"Well can we hurry up and go there?" The dog anbu asked Karma with an impatient tone.

In an answer Karma took off towards the room with the others hot on his tail. Soon they all stood before the illusion of a solid tree, no one was truly shocked when Karma walked straight through it. They all followed him in and ended up a large room. The leaf began to look around checking for any traps, while Temari went and set down on the chair next to the fire. She looked around the room with curious and humorous eyes as she imagined Karma living in this place.
"Are you always impatient?" Karma asked while walking up to dog anbu.

Before he could answer wolf anbu who had been keeping silent the whole time spoke up. "He isn't always impatient." The voice was female and she seemed to be considering her words wisely. "Well at least not with most nins, but sometimes he will find a nin that he can view as his rival." Done with her explanation she began to set up a bed in the middle of the room next to a few of her companions.

"So you view me as a rival?" The Fox anbu asked with a humorous voice, and then he turned towards Temari. "The list keeps getting longer. I can't wait to tell Garra that I got a new rival just because he sent me to Kohona. He is going to find this funny in some twisted part of his mind. Most of those fools back home consider me a rival just because Garra told them if they can beat me he will make them the knew Anbu Captain." He began to set up his bed and after he was done he sat down on top of it.

"That's only because you died his sand gourd pink." The leaf began to pay more attention to the conversation that had been going on. They began to picture a crazed Garra and began to feel a little sorry for the fox sand member.

"I will take first watch," The Hawk Anbu wanted to get this damn mission and knew he couldn't do that by listening to the sands stories. So he began to get up, but was stopped by the Tiger Anbu.

"Can we take our masks off now?" The Hawk shook his head in a clear no and the Tiger began to pout. "But I hate to sleep in them, pretty please."

"Go ahead it's safe in here there isn't a lot of a risk that someone besides us will she you." Karma stated while looking at the fire instead of the Tiger Anbu. "Just make sure to have them on when you go out for your watch." The Tiger Anbu nodded and began to take off her mask. As Karma looked around he noticed that the rest of the leaf besides the Hawk had taken off their mask. He realized his mistake as he saw that Temari was taking her mask off too.

"Why aren't you taking off your mask?" Came the question from one of the Leaf anbu.

A/N I kind of screwed this chapter up a bit. I was trying to get this chapter ready to be posted for you all of those who have reviewed especially those who reviewed the last chapter. I am going to try to post two chapters before the end of may, but I don't know when they are going to be posted because my birthday is May 30 and it is starting to get a little hectic….SO thanks for reading this chapter and I hope you all will review….pwetty please with cherries on top?