The next day the teams stood by the gate as soon as the sun was high. With smiles on the twins and Nuji's face, they awaited the directions. They were side- tracked, though, when three kids came for interviews.
Nuji giggled as Naruto was chased around by the children's terrible disguise. For an hour or so the kids talked with the genin from the leaf and the prompter. Nuji busied herself by drawing in the earth with a stick, even without sight she was able to draw what looked like a cat with two tails. It was giant, monstrous, but beautiful in it's own way. With Jiejie and Gege off to talk with somebody else, Nuji was left alone to draw. While drawing, the sand ninja came near.
"What is that." Gaara, I must admit he had a special power. He was able to take a question and turn it into a statement.
"It is Nekomata, the two tails."
"Why are you drawing that here? Do you want everyone here to know you're a jinjuriki?" Temari glanced around, as if expecting anyone to be looking over her shoulder at it. She quickly kicked the drawing away.
"If somebody knows, then maybe they can help me."
"What are you talking about?" Kankuro stared at the child strangely. The eyes, full of confusion, was met with a smile.
"I'm not allowed to say, Sensei would be mad. My comrades are the only reason I'm alive. That's all I can say."
She went back to drawing, only this time it was slightly different. She started with buildings that were on fire. A demon was drawn in the middle of it, and there was a symbol drawn directly below it.
"Nekomata was the only one kind to me when I was in solitude. She was nice to me, helped me when I was hurt, and sang me to sleep when my wounds were too much to handle."
"W-what?" Kankuro stared at the girl like she was a plague.
"It's sad, isn't it, when a demon takes pity on somebody before a human does?" She smiled up at them as they finally connected the dots. The chains, the wounds...the missing eyes.
"What the hell happened to this child?" Temari stared at her with her mouth open.
"Just like Gaara…" Kankuro looked at his feet.
Gaara, unlike his comrades, controlled his thoughts. He remembered she could read his mind, therefore he emptied it. They watched as she destroyed her drawing, then began writing in the sand.
Save me from my Sensei.
That's when her teammates returned and saw the message. Gege looked around as Jiejie destroyed it.
"Did they have time to read it?"
"Yes Jiejie."
"Will they help you?"
"Why don't you ask them yourself?"
But she didn't have the opportunity. The prompter began yelling for them all to gather, but Nuji instead began drawing a picture of her demon again. As the sand village ninja left, Jiejie and Gege just turned towards the prompter and listened as she spoke. She hummed as she drew, listening but not listening to everything.
I smiled within her as she drew a picture of me again. Wow, she draws really well for somebody who's never been allowed to see. My jinjuriki was so talented.
You should be paying attention to the prompter.
"Nah, I don't need to, I can just ask Jiejie or Gege later." Nuji whispered to herself as she continued.
You should put more emphasise on the tail. And no, that's a terrible idea! Wait until later to get the instructions? Don't be an idiot, listen to her.
"Fine, sorry." Nuji threw away the stick and stood up, squishing herself in between her comrades. She grinned up at Jiejie and took their hands in her own. "Are we ready?"
"Yes." The twins sad together.
And so they went to wait in line to exchange their papers for scrolls. When it was their turn, they gave it to Nuji to hold in her shoulder bag. Nobody would think the youngest had it. The three walked out grinning and continued on to take their position at a gate.
Then they waited.
And waited.
And waited until, finally, the gates were opened and Nuji took the lead as they ran into the forest.