Kumo

As Kai-sensei disappears Denkou shifts slightly then heads towards Kaji. Sai goes to fallow her but I stop him before he can even take a step. Looking up at me confused I shake my head and answer his curiosity with

"Kai-sensei ordered her to tell her about the Naikons and such. Thought it would be better if someone from her own gender told her about the whole saving the species thing."

Sai begins to look even more confused as he asks

"Naikons?"

Sighing I answer

"The ancient species sensei mentioned. Now make your self useful and help me get supplies."

With that I grab his arm, use a transportation jutsu and make us disappear in a cloud of smoke.

Denkou

"Kaji-sama."

She looks up at me as I call her name. This would be a strange thing for me to tell her but Sensei told me it was very important that she understood her role and what decisions she would have to make.

"Kaji-sama I need to talk to you about something important"

Worry crosses her face as she responds

"Ok... were did Sai and the boy with funky hair go?"

Without even looking back at were they used to be I respond

"Off to gather supplies. We'll be hear a while so we'll need a good store of food, medical supplies and other such things."

I sit down beside her at the pool's edge then continue to speak to her. Keeping my voice as gentle as possible I say

"Kaji-sama as you know your a very unique person. There is only two other people like you in the world. Your brother Kai-sensei, and that guy... I think Torako was his name... whatever that ass who poisoned you."

I look over at her to check if she was paying attention. To my surprise she was facing facing me but her eyes were glazed and angry. She snaps out of it quickly though and responds to my stare with

"That name brings back bad memories. Anyways you were saying?"

"Oh yes! now were was I... you know that your unique... what was I getting to with that..."

What the hell is wrong with me? I'm sharper than this! Why am I all of the sudden forgetting what I'm supposed to say? Is something wrong with me? or is it because I know she won't take the news well... I look down at my hands, the hand that would have to restrain her or even do harm to her if she decided to become violent. I didn't want to do this, but as a fellow female and the only female present it was my duty... besides... Sensei ordered it didn't he? Continuing to look at my hands I say under my breath, completely aware that she would hear it easily

"You have to repopulate your species..."

She looks down at me confused.

"What? 'Repopulate my species'? What species? I know for a fact that I'm not human anymore, besides humans hardly need repopulating... but besides that I have no idea what I am so what the hell could need repopulating? And who says I of all people have to?! And what if I don't want to repopulate the species? huh?"

I could feel her anger rise as she took on a trait of her brother's. The questions continue to flow out until her final question escapes. By now her voice is horse and she seems on the verge of tears.

"Why didn't anyone even bother to ask me?!"

Gaara

The darkness finally dissipates as I regain consciousness. Man that girl can hit hard. My head throbs as I sit up. Suddenly from beside me I hear a familiar voice

"Kazekage-sama! Are you ok?"

I look up to see Niwa kneeling over me. He places a hand under my arm and another on my back as he helps me to my feet. I nod thanking him and letting him know I was ok. He seems to sigh in relief then asks a new question.

"Do you happen to know were Saiyo-chan is?"

Saiyo... were did I leave her again? oh yah... I turn towards were I left her as I say

"Last time I saw her she was in Kaji's hospital ro..."

My words cut off at I see the heap of ruble that was once the wing of the hospital that Kaji's room was in. My eyes widen as the though 'she was in there' runs thorough my mind over and over again. My throbbing head forgotten I run over to the mound of rubble and start pulling at the chunks of building. Catching on Niwa hurries over and starts helping me pull them away.

"SAIYO!"

I yell at the top of my lungs hoping that if she was still awake that she would hear me. I start to yell again when suddenly I hear from behind me.

"Yes? you called Panda-chan?"

I pause for a moment letting what I just heard sink in, then turn around to see a perfectly fine Saiyo smiling at me. Taken aback all I manage to get out is a

"wha?"

Saiyo laughs lightly at my response then answers my unasked question

"The whole Kitty-chan going on a killing spree brought back some bad memories, so I went to go visit my brothers!"

Brothers? I thought she only had one brother... and he was dead, so besides visiting his grave how could she visit him? I was about to voice my question when a strong gust of wind blows into my face. I close my eyes to keep any dirt that got blown up out of my eyes. When the gust dyes down though I open my eyes to see Kai standing behind Saiyo. Seems at first Saiyo didn't notice Kai behind her so she looks slightly confused as to why I'm staring right past her. A second later she realizes that I'm staring at something behind her and takes a look. As she turns she asks

"Kitty-chan? wait... no your not Kitty-chan...Kitty-chan is female... Kitty-kun?"

Well she seems to be on the right line of thought Kai is Kaji's brother after all. The nickname would be expected for him at least though her next reaction to him took me by surprise.

"Kitty-kun!"

She jump/hugs him suddenly then continues

"You look a lot like Kaji-chan! You wouldn't happen to be her brother would you?"

Ok she just hit it right on the nose. Kai gives a slightly taken aback look though some how he keeps his eyes in their ever bored look. Though not one to leave a question hanging he answers

"Yes... she's my twin sister..."

Grabbing her around her waist he gently removes her from him, placing her lightly on the ground. He then lightly pats her on the shoulder as he turns his attention to me. He kneels as he addresses me

"Kazekage-sama"

Then raises to his feet as he reports

"Kaji has been apprehended and brought to a safe place. At the moment I believe my pupil Denkou is briefing her on her place in the saving of our race."

"Ok. Well carry on then."

Kai bows once then disappears in a gust of wind. Seconds later

"Finally found you!"

A young Suna Chunin runs up. Everything about her is a little strange, her bright purple hair which is held up in two circular ring of hair on the back of her head and in two very low ponytails. Her bangs, the only thing escaping the strange do are long and have two almost antenna like strands that stand oddly straight only to suddenly bend and head towards the back of her head. Her face is pretty normal, though her eyes are a very distinct red, and many piercing decorate her ears. Her clothing looks like you would expect to see a fairy wearing it, the only things really noticeably easy to describe would be the bits of fabric coming off the back that look oddly like butterfly wings and a butterfly tattoo on her right shoulder.

"Kazekage-sama! I came to report on Kaji! wait... was that Kai-sensei who just left? Oh darnit... it took me so long to find you that he got here first..."

A slightly frustrated look crosses her face until she notices every one starring at her with confused looks. Standing there like a deer in the headlights she seems to contemplate her next move. Her eyes show she wants to run, but instead she suddenly blurts out in a happy voice

"Oh yes! How rude of me! I'm Cho! Kai-sensei's oldest Chunin decipel!"

She gives a bright grin as she bows slightly then runs off the way she came. Everyone continues to stare for a bit. What a strange, strange girl...

Kai

As I return to see how everything went with Kaji, I notice that it's quiet... a bit too quiet. Looking around I notice a bit of red cloth sticking out from behind a bolder. Recognizing it as Denkou's scarf I go over to the bolder and look behind it. Behind it I find Denkou sitting there. She's noticeably shivering she seems to be sitting in a small puddle of a strange electric blue liquid. Looking at her face, I notice that the only eye she shows is panicked and constantly moving, looking for something but not seeing me. Deciding it was a better idea to find Kaji and figure out what happened from her than ask Denkou, I leave her and walk back to the edge of the water were Kaji had been sitting. I was about to feel out her presence when it was suddenly behind me and obviously upset. I turn to face a wide eyed Kaji. Her eyes are a lot like how Denkou's were except they look lifeless and are locked onto me. Her mouth hangs slightly open as if she's about to say something and her whole upper body is hunched slightly forward. Her once limp arms rase slowly until her hands are hovering at the sides of my head, then much quicker than before they latch onto my head. Her features contort into an insane slightly open mouthed semi-smile. She was very obviously upset with something she heard. She leans forward her features never changing from that deranged smile, then whispers in a horse voice

"No one asked me..."

Her grip loosen on my head and instead they latch onto her own, grabbing at her ears. She begins to pull slightly at them as her voice grows louder

"No one asked me how I would feel about this..."

The smile leaves her face as tears start to well up in her eyes and her voice drops again

"why would no one ask?..."

Then out of nowhere she pulls on her ears with full force rending them from her head as she yells at the top of her lungs

" I REFUSE!"

Blood runs from the open wounds on the sides of her head and her arms drop again, releasing her ears and letting them fall to the ground and landing with a wet plopping sound. Suddenly a full out insane smile breaks across her face and she starts laughing like someone had just told a hilarious joke. When she finally stops laughing she looks at me with the same insane smile and says

"Brother... Dear dear brother. I'm sorry to have to tell you this but you'll have to do the whole 'making sure our race survives' without me"

Slightly confused I wonder what she means... that is until she plunges her own hands into her gut. Coughing up blood she then pulls the skin and muscle tissue right off, somehow maintaining the insane smile. Her guts begin to spill from her body in a oozing, wet, red mass. The sight of all this makes me go into shock. My mind reals in horror as I watch helpless, my body frozen to the spot. I snap from the shock though as I hear a voice cry out from behind me

"KAJI!"

Sai runs past me as I collapse to my knees. She killed her self... she really killed herself... did the thought of simply becoming a mother bother her that much that she felt the need to take herself out of the situation? Moments later a thought hits me and I smile happily. Sai seemed to notice my smile because her yells at me

"What the hell! Why are you smiling at a time like this!? Your sister just killed herself! You sick bastard you just wanted her to do this didn't you!?"

With a smug look on my face I look at Sai

"You see that's were your wrong. She still has eight lives left"

I leave it at that and start laughing slightly. the shock of seeing her do that had kept me from realizing how futile her suicide attempt had been.