Kairo Chapter 5

"W-What?! For real?!" Tenten stuttered out, brown eyes bulging out of her head. Hinata nodded. They have been walking for about a day now, they should be reaching Suna tomorrow. The sky was amber and they were getting close to the desert. Tenten's mouth popped open and she turned her head to the left to stare at Neji, asking if Hinata's secret identity is for real. Neji nodded. He knew all along, he just didn't know why Hiashi had kept something so important from her for so long. Hinata had told her about her secret and what Tsunade had said yo her.

"And Hiashi-san didn't even tell you?" Tenten asked, feeling kind of sorry for Hinata. Hinata sucked in a deep breath.

"Yeah, he thought If I knew, I'd stop focusing on my training." She shook her head before continuing.

"Like that has anything to do with it." Tenten sighed and nodded in understanding.

"It'll all be ok Hinata, you have skills that no one else has! Even I do not know a thing about the Shogi Arts! Heck, I thought all the elders stopped teaching those Card fighting styles a long time ago!" she said, trying to cheer Hinata up. Hinata smiled at her.

"Thanks." Neji smiled a bit too. He was impressed. Tenten smiled at her too and clapped her hands while running. The group was halfway to the desert. Everyone was sweating, but they still had the strength to keep moving. Sakura would glance at Sasuke now and then, only to see that he was staring at Hinata. She would 'Hmph' and look away. Naruto kept staring at her sadly. Even though Sakura and Naruto were dating, he is beginning to think that Sakura was using him for Sasuke. Poor guy. Lee and Chai were running at the front of their group. Chai's raven black hair fluttered in the breeze behind her, Lee was running right beside her. He would stare at her every now ad then. It was true, Lee had a thing for Chai. He watched as her pale yellow eyes moved from the desert scenery to him. She turned her head to him and flashed him a big smile. Lee's mouth curved into a smile. How can anyone resist that smile of hers? Ino gritted her teeth and stared at Shikamaru, frowning. He was staring at the now amber sky.

"Shikamaru! You are going to slow us down if you don't focus on moving! Come on we HAVE to get to Suna before sunset, tomorrow!" she whined. Shikamaru eyes flickered to her before lowering to the floor and not the sky. Ino sighed and looked to the back of the group. Hinata was running at top speed, she made her way past Sakura, Naruto, Kiba and Sasuke who looked at her as she passed, lust still present in his eyes. Hinata made her way passed Ino, flashing her smile before running over to Chai and Lee. Ino's mouth stretched up to her ears, in a wide smile. Chai looked over to Hinata as she ran up beside her and Rock. Chai came closer to Hinata.

"Do you think we should find a place to rest for the night?" Chai asked Hinata, worn out. Hinata looked up at the sky, which was turning dark blue and the glanced back at the group. Everyone was getting pretty tired. Hinata nodded. She slowed down a bit and motioned for everyone to slow down. Everyone slowly slowed down their pace until they were walking. Sasuke looked at Hinata, as if he wasn't watching her for majority of the trip.

"Why'd you tell us to stop?" he asked breathing heavily. Everyone else were either on there hands and knees or just panting very heavily. Hinata too drew in a deep breath.

"We have to find a place to stop for the night." She said looking around for a clearing of some sort. Sakura walked up to her sassily and narrowed her jade eyes.

"Yeah, but who put you charge?" she said icily. Hinata looked at her for a second before going back to looking for a place to set up camp.

"I'm just making sure everyone gets some rest." She said quietly. Naruto walked up from behind Sakura and grabbed her by the waist. Sakura giggled ad turned her head to give him a quick kiss.

"Oh Naruto!" she giggled, making Hinata want to vomit. Naruto started to kiss her neck and Sakura started to make sick moaning sounds. Hinata rolled her eyes and walked off. Kiba looked at the odd couple and nearly choked on the dog biscuit he was chewing. Neji looked over to the right. He saw a wide open space, with green leaved trees around the perimeter. They could set up camp there.

"Hinata, I've found a spot." He said, walking over to her and pointing to the space. Hinata looked over too and nodded.

"Ok, let's go everyone!" with that said, they started to head to the clearing. Halfway there, Kiba's usual obnoxious personality was slowly overwhelming his tired brain. He girlishly walked towards Hinata.

"Hinata… bang me…" he said huskily to her while strutting a pose which Kiba thought made himself look 'sexy'. Hinata rolled her eyes and looked away, her cheeks were crimson red. He grinned at her and walked over to Chai and Ino. He waved at them flirtatiously. They looked confused. He finally walked over to Sakura.

"Sakura…" he began. Sakura smirked and looked over to Hinata who was glaring at Kiba.

"DON'T bang me!" he said, snickering. Sakura widened her eyes and opened her mouth.

"WHY NOT? I am SO much better looking then that Hinata slut!" she yelled. This of course caught the attention of our fellow avenger, Sasuke Uchiha.

"Hinata-chan is not a slut Sakura." He said sternly. Both Hinata and Sakura went slack mouthed at the suffix 'chan' at the end of Hinata's name. Sakura stared at him with a wide open mouth and stared at him with a crushed expression.

"S-Sasuke-kun…" she whispered quietly. By now, everyone in the group was staring at them with confusion and pity expressed on their faces, Naruto had a hurt look in his eyes. Sasuke frowned and shoved his hands in his pant pockets. Hinata had turned away from the scene surveying the area with her Byakugan. Neji stood by her and did the same. Sakura's green eyes were brimming with unshed tears. Sasuke just looked at her, yes he was that heartless. Naruto's ocean orbs were glazing over as well.

"Sasuke… why don't you want me?" Sakura asked quietly, looking at the ground. Sasuke looked at her and sighed. "Sakura I really don't have time for this." He paused, looking at the sky. "Besides, we have to focus on the task at hand."

Sakura's tears were falling down her cheeks now, but she only nodded and wiped at them with the back of her hands. Sasuke turned and waked off towards the clearing. Naruto was so much more than broken by now, but he hid all his hurt under the false happiness façade. The group started after Sasuke, to the wide open area where they would camp. Kiba didn't make anymore flirtatious remarks, so the short trip was pretty quite, eve Naruto hadn't said anything yet, much to Sasuke's surprise. They walked up the small slope of the hillside and made their way to the left side of the clearing was, they would be covered by the trees. Hinata looked around. "Ok, so we all brought tents right?" she asked. Sasuke froze for a moment. 'Shoot, I forgot mine…"he thought. His hands came up to swipe back a few black bangs. 'Looks like I'll have to share…" he smirked at that thought. Everyone else nodded.

"Let's start setting up then." With that said Hinata and the others started setting up tents. Sasuke walked over to where Hinata was setting up her tent and helped her stick the wooden stakes into the ground. Hinata looked at him.

"What are you doing?" she asked, suspicious of something. He smirked and swiped at his hair again.

"I seemed to have forgot my tent… and being as nice as you always are, you wouldn't want me to freeze out here, hm?" he smirked a little bit wider. Hinata rolled her eyes.

"You want to share mine?" she asked, only trying to be nice. Sasuke smirked some more. Hinata's eyes crimson orbs locked onto his own onyx eyes before turning back to the tent.

"Fine…" she said softly. She opened the tent flap and crouched so she could fit through the door; Sasuke did the same and followed her in. Hinata set her travel bag down on the ground and took out to blankets and two pillows. She gave one of the pillows and blankets to Sasuke. He nodded his head in thanks and spread out his blanket on one side of the tent. Hinata kneeled down on her knees to do the same, when Sasuke took the blanket from her and spread it out for her, putting the pillow on the first end. She gave him a small smile. Sasuke only stared at her as she did. 'I could stare at her like this forever…' he thought. But unfortunately for him, forever wasn't long enough because Hinata had already had her head against her pillow, back facing him. He crawled over to her sleeping form and leaned over to see her face.

"Good night Hinata…" he whispered to the sleeping kunoichi. He crawled back to his own bed and lay down, falling asleep in just a few minutes.

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Temari huffed impatiently while tapping her foot on the marble tiles. She shifted her black eyes from the ceiling to the grandfather clock on the far end of the hall. Kankuro and Gaara were standing right beside her. Temari was wearing a black thick strapped tank top with the sand symbol marked on the back and brown cargo pants, with fishnets underneath. Kankuro was wearing a similar black muscle shirt and a grey vest. He also wore black pants and crow was strapped to his back. Gaara stood beside him wearing a red turtle neck shirt with matching pants; his gourd was propped up to the wall behind him. Temari played with the edge of her fan and yawned. Kankuro smirked.

"Tired Temari?" he teased. Temari turned to him and frowned.

"No… But I am bored…" she said, sighing. Gaara just looked at her. He had become softer and nicer after the incident with Naruto. He recently became good friends with the ninja's from Konoha. He also became really great friends with Hyuuga Hinata. They got along really well and Gaara was very eager to see her again. Hinata and Gaara only knew each other for a few ears, but that was enough time for Gaara to develop a small crush on the blue haired kunoichi. Gaara shuffled his feet and leaned a palm against the wall. Gaara also had the Shukaku removed from his body; he had to in order to become the Kazekage. 'I wonder how Hinata-chan is doing…" he thought. Now Gaara wasn't one to call people's names with a suffix, but in Hinata's case it was different. Just the thought of Hinata brought a small smile to his face, which was rare. He also wondered if she had changed too. A small sigh escaped his pale lips before he turned his head to the door. Hinata's group is supposed to arrive here in Suna before sunset, and Gaara had a feeling that he wouldn't be seeing the leaf Nin that he knew before.

Yeah!!! Chapter 5 is in da bag! I hope that was longer to you guys! Gaara and Hinata are going to see each other in the next chapter! Do you think Sasuke will win Hinata's heart before Gaara has the chance to?! Sorry, of you wanted them to get to Suna in this chapter! I'm going to update faster, because it's the long weekend. Oh and yes, there might be a fight scene between Sakura and Hinata in the next chapter. Oh yeah and Kankuro has no face make up.

Gaara: When will I get to meet the new and improved Hinata? (He SO wants to see her new look)

Suzume-kage: You'll get to see her soon enough, Gaara.

Hinata: Grr… That Sakura really gets on my nerves! Cracks knuckles

Suzume-kage: Whoa… See ya'll next chapter!