A really short chapter due to writer's block. Don't you hate it when authors make up characters just to have someone to kill off? …Oh wait, I just did that. Whoops ;D!

"Gaara." The Kazekage looked up and saw his sister enter the room.

"Yes?" He asked.

"I've made my decision," she said, a determined look on her face.

"What decision?"

"I'm going to get Kankuro back without killing him."

"Oh really? No matter how many people he kills? You still want to try to get him back here alive? What if he won't come?"

"I'll make him." Her eyes glinted with older sister mischievousness.

"Very well. The Leaf already sent a team, so you can join them. They should be in the Furuisatsu forest."

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"Shit," Kankuro swore, stopping in his tracks and looking up at the lone female figure in the tree.

"Shit? Is that all you have to say to me? What the fuck do you think you're doing-?" She was cut off by Yasuo, who appeared behind her with a hooked kunai (his usual) to her throat.

"Oh, goody! She's Leaf!" He exclaimed gleefully, "That means I can kill her, eh, partner?"

"Sorry, but no," was Kankuro's growled response, "Anyone but her and the Kyuubi."

"No fair! You said I can kill anyone but Sand Village guys!" Anko slipped out of his grasp.

"You couldn't kill me anyway!" She yelled, jumping to a tree across the road. "As I was saying, Kankuro, get back to your own village before I-"

"Oh, Anko…" Kankuro said, coughing and chuckling slightly. "I don't think you understand. I'm in the motherfucking Akatsuki! I'm not going back to those uncaring bastards! And oh, I think I'm right," he laughed louder as she shook her head, "Because you just being here proves my point-I gave them every opportunity to try to get me back, and what happens? The goddamn Leaf sends someone after me, while they just sit there at home!"

"Anko-sama!" Zen yelled from a tree a few meters away, "I finally caught up to-"

"And who is this? Oh, Anko, they assigned you a team? That's so… unnecessary." Kankuro said from behind him.

"What?" Zen looked from the Kankuro on the ground to the one behind him. "There are two of him!"

"You're a bright one," Kankuro said as he stabbed his stomach. Warm, dark blood ran through his fingers. He grinned, enjoying the sensation. "Not even smart enough to make a clone… You deserve to die." He kicked Zen off of the tree onto the ground.

The Kankuro that he landed in front of quickly shed its outer layer to reveal Dokuneko. The cat's tail extended to make a whip-like sword. "Katana Tail attachment number two: Whip state." Kankuro recited, blue Chakra strings coming out of his fingers. He made the whip-sword stab Zen a few times. "Pain… You'll feel my pain. Then you can die." Zen cried out in agony.

Yasuo smirked. "You're a sadistic fuck, aren't you, Kankuro-sama? Well, I suppose I'll get looking for the rest of the team. It couldn't have been just two…" he jumped off.

"Hey, you forgot about me, you blue-haired baka!" Anko yelled, tackling him. Yasuo giggled and took out his umbrella.

"I'm not allowed to play with you. See, I don't want to end up like him." He pointed to Zen. "If I do what Kankuro-sama says, I get to do whatever else I want. And his order was not to kill you. So why don't you just enjoy the show?" He opened the umbrella, did a few hand seals, and suddenly flew about a mile into the air. "Now, let's see what I can find… Harukani Metsuki no Jutsu!" He closed his eyes, and one appeared in his hand. He threw it over the forest.