Okay, so I haven't found Naruto yet, but when I do, I'll bribe him with Ramen, but until I do, I asked gaara to come back and work with me until the time being, under one condition. I give him cookies as pay. easy right? I'm hoping so...N/E way's..TAKE IT AWAY COOKIE MAN!

Gaara: ...

Me: Uh, gaara, that meant it's your cue to say the disclaimer.

Gaara: ... Where's my cookie's or you die.

Me: EEP!Sorry! (Throws a package of chips ahoy cookies at him.) I didn't forget!!! ;;;

Gaara: fanofonepiece does not own Naruto...(sounds of cookies being crunched )

Me: Good gaara!! (beams proudly)

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"Good, can you squeeze my finger now?" Sierra complied and the doctor's smile grew. "Okay. Well, your arm passed the test. The surgery went well." Sierra loosened the hold she had on the doctor's finger and she asked, "So does that mean that I can finally go home?"

The doctor looked down at her, stopping what he was writing on his clipboard and blinked a couple of times. "Well, I don't see why not, but you won't be--"

Sierra pulled the blanket off her and was out of the bed in a minute, already halfway out of the room by the time that the doctor was able to say what he had to. She knew where she was going to go and she was going to go as fast as she could.

It's been a week since the visit she had with Hikaru and she was a good girl, staying in her bed, despite the death threat she recieved from Sakura when she got back to the hospital that day, doing what the doctor's wanted her to do. So it wasn't her fault that she wanted to go see him, and technically, she did get a clean bill of health from the doctor, so she could basically leave. Which she was going to do, which she was doing at that exact moment, heading the the middle of the villages' main road, to go see her puppy. She was partly amazed that even after the two weeks of being in the hospital, and unable to train, that she could still keep a fast pace. She was already halfway to the Inuzuka residence and she wasn't the least bit tired.

It didn't take her long to reach the residence and she was in so much of a hurry that when she was just about to jump over the gate, she didn't see a familiar brunnette was laying in the place that she was just about to land until it was to late. Sierra didn't have a chance to move since she was already in the air and unable to do anything about it, she tried to move at least a little to not hit him with all her weight. It was only seconds until she let out a oof, the person under her letting out a surprised yell from the sudden weight in top of them.

Dirt flew up in the air around the two people, Sierra ontop of the brunnette, who was just woken up, and the brunnette yelling, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!??!!"

Sierra rocketed off of the brunnette, who turned out to be Kiba from Team 8, and yelled back, "Who sleeps in front of a gate where no one could see someone??!!!" She wasn't known for becomin angry so fast, but the fact that he snapped at her was something she really didn't like. Who's stupid enough to sleep in front of a gate anyway?

"That's not even the point!!!!" Kiba shot up to his feet, a kunai whipped out from his waist bag. He was in the position to fight. But there was a problem with that for Sierra. She was such in a hurry to get out of the hospital, that she forgot about her weapon holster and her headband on the nightstand. Sierra smirked and took a fighting stance also, confident that she didn't need any weapons to beat this moron, just her fists.

"I don't care if you just got out of the hospital, " Sierra glanced down at the bandages on her arm, "I don't like trespassers in my hom--"

"Kiba, she is here to see her dog."

Kiba dropped his guard at the new voice and so did Sierra, but she didn't drop it fully just in case the brunnette decided to randomly attack her. The intruder was the same woman that she met when she last visited Hikaru.

"You're telling me that she can just jump into our yard unannounced, " Kiba pointed his kunai at Sierra, glaring at her like she just tried to kill him. The action only caused her to glare back. What right did he have to be mad at her? Sure, she fell on him, but it was an accident. Not like she wanted to land on him. Ew!

Hana Inuzuka just watched her little brother as she made her way towards the two teens, putting one hand on her hip. "I should hope that my services to her animal is enough for her to come. Stand down Kiba, or I'll have Tsume deal with you on her time." Kiba's eyes narrowed even more at the way Hana referred to their mom. Had she forgotten who she was to her? "That another way to treat mom the way you do?" He snapped.

Hana's eyes widened for a brief moment. Kiba was never known to snap at her about the way that she reffered to mom. She glanced at Sierra. Especially not in front of complete strangers. What was on his mind? She recovered from her shock after a couple of minutes and stated evenly, " It does not matter." The comment only caused Kiba's eyes to narrow more and snap around, growling for Akamaru to come with him. The small white dog had jumped out of his jacket only seconds before Sierra landed on him.

Sierra watched slightly curious at the descending brunnette and part of her wondered if she should apologize on waking him up. But the other part had the feeling that her landing on him wasn't the only reason he was angery.

Hana watched her brother go, before turning back towards Sierra, catching her attention with a, "Follow me." She made sure that Sierra heard her, before leading the way into the house as Sierra made light conversation.

" I know I haven't came by in a while, I wasn't allowed out of my room...for, er...certain reasons, but how is Hikaru doing?"

Hana glanced back behind her. "He's doing quite well, except for the fact that I wasn't able to get him to acknowledge me when I tended to him." Sierra smirked and looked down at the wood floor. " He's usually like that around other people when I'm not there. He expects me to introduce him to new people."

"You know alot about him for someone that has only had him for a month." Hana said. Sierra's smile only grew more, and she was about to answer her when a sharp yip sounded off behind her, making her pivot her body around some. She blinked, seeing Hikaru limping towards her. Hana was just as surprised to see the pup out of the room that she put him in for the whole week. She just checked on him not even thirty minutes ago and he was resting in his basket. How'd he get out? The sound of more pawprints coming towards them answered her own question for her.

The Haimaru triplets walked up behind Hikaru, coming to a stop beside him. The sight made Sierra smile before she turned towards Hana. "Inuzuka-san, they're yours right?" Hana glanced back at the triplets then back at Sierra, nodding slowly. The slow nod confirmed to Sierra that it was an unusual sight, but she didn't have much time to dwell on it, since Hikaru sprang towards her with a yip, running as fast as his wounds would let him.

"Hikaru..." Sierra whispered and it felt like slow motion had seized the world in it's grasp, as she crouched down, catching the pup in her arms. Hikaru yipped and barked, nuzzling his muzzle into Sierra's cheek, licking it as his tail wagged a mile a minute on her stomach. She laughed and rubbed his head over and over again, trying to calm him down, at least enough to have him stop licking her.

Hikaru had felt the lone feeling just as she had. Sierra held the pup close to her, squeezing him lightly to show she wasn't going to let him go for a long time. "Good boy." She whispered, resting her cheek ontop of the pup's head.

Hana, who had been watching the scene before her took a step back, placing both of her hands on her hips, with a approving smirk on her face. She had just recently heard the whole story from a ANBU officer when she went to visit the Hokage and even she had to admit, that the girl was careless, but none the less...she really didn't have a word to describe what she thought of the girl. Glancing at her nin dogs, she narrowed her eyes at them to let them know they are in major trouble and she was going to punish them severely when she got the time to. The triplets whimpered and bowed they're head in submission, making Hana smirk.

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"But Hokage-sama! I am perfectly capable of taking another solo mission--"

"Silence Sierra. You have just come out of the hospital two days ago and even Hikaru is not completely healed." The hokage cut off, placing his pipe to rest on his lips, giving the young genin in front of her an even stare. Her bandages were still visible on her left arm and around her neck, signalifying that the girl wasn't nearly done enough healing to take on any mission for that matter. She ran a high risk for tearing her shoulder muscle from the stitches the surgery had placed in her. He couldn't take that risk and loose a valueable ninja this young.

"But--"

"Sierra. Hokage-sama is right. You're not ready to go on any mission at this time. At least not now."

Sierra glared over at her sensai before abruptly standing up form her bowing position. With one glare at the floor, Sierra stormed out of the hokage's office, slamming the heavy door on purpose to show her anger at the two men. How was she supposed to show she was worth more then what people believed her to be when she couldn't even do anything to help the village? It just made her beyond furious! She could still do the things she had to do, even with those stupid wounds.

Sierra clentched her fists by her side and growled, " I have to show them."

"Sierra-chan!"

"Naruto, wait up!"

Sierra didn't have to turn around to see who had called her name, but she did anyway to see Naruto, Sakura and Hikaru running towards her. They were waiting for her and Kakashi-sensai to come out, but when they only saw Sierra come out, they got a worried.

"Yeah?" She tried to hide the fact that she wanted to slam her fist into the nearest wall, hard enough to make a large hole. Too bad Sakura saw through the fake smile she plastered on her face.The pink haired girl furrowed her eyebrows some and took a step towards the girl asking, "Sierra, what happened in there?" "Yeah, Kakashi-sensai is still in there, but your...not." Hikaru sneezed his agreement.

Sierra glanced at her three friends, before letting her head drop slightly. " The hokage doesn't think that I have enough strength yet to take on any mission's with you or go on any solo's, because of this wound."

"Huh? But, the doctor--"

"I know what the doctor said, I just-" She ran her hand through her short dark red hair frustrated. " The Hokage said I can't and his word is boss."

"He's an old geezer anyway, what does he know?" Naruto said, putting his hands behind his head, with his trademark smile going with it. It did make Sierra feel a little bit better, but not fully. She wanted to train with the Team 7 again, but had orders to stay out for more then three weeks. Like staying in the hospital was bad enough.

"He knows enough to keep me out of training and missions, come on Hikaru." Sierra called for the golden pup and waved a goodbye to the others, saying, "I think I'm going to go home for the day. I'll see you guys around."

"Oh, okay." Sakura murmured and watched as her friend started walking away from her and Naruto. Her green eyes scanned Sierra's back sighing to herself. It was wierd being the only girl in the group and she liked it better when Sierra was there to help her with some of her Taijutsu.

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So I know this is a little short and all, and that it was remotely boring, but I needed to add this in before I get to the stronger points in the story...besides...I'm running out of cookies to give Gaara. Can you believe that he can eat a whole pack of cookies in less than thirty minutes??Well I better hurry up and get some more before he's done with the last one!!!

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