AN: back with another chapter...-yay!-...now that I settled on a title for the next story I'm even more motivated to finish this one...this story just has to make it to point B before I can get to the final story...

My (true!) excuses for not updating:

1. I was sick...I lost my voice and everything

2. My cousins came...so my spring break was busy

3. My friend...I tried helping but I (accidentally!) made things worse (Je suis tres desolei)

4. I took forever writing a flashback...and I realized that it made everything go off-track...so I put it in the next chapter when I got over my wasted time and realized it will solve my tres mal connection problems

5. I had plans gosh.

That's the vague truth...and without further wait, the story!..R.S.V.P

Hana

Gaara was my tour guide once again because Temari and Kankuro had yet another meeting with the elders. He actually showed me Suna, and I almost choked in a small sand storm. Good times. To be honest, I'm nervous about tomorrow. The elders will introduce me as the ambassador of Konoha. I don't even know when they are going to do it.

"Hana..." OH MY GOSH, Gaara scared me. I guess he doesn't sleep.

"You scared me, do you need something?" This invasion of privacy normally grants serious consequences, but Gaara's way too adorable and fragile.

"Why don't you wear the Leaf headband?" Uhh...

"Um, I normally just do vet work, so I don't actually need to." Unfortunately, that sounded more like a question.

"..." Um, okay, this is awkward. Well, only one thing left to say:

"Is that all you needed? It's kind of late and you're still growing, so you need your rest."

"..." He's glaring again; I must have said the wrong thing. "I don't sleep."

"Oh," I might get kicked in the butt for this, but, "do you want to stay and talk with me?"

"What do you want to know?" Gaara said, leaning against the wall. Must. Control. Curiousity.

"Whatever you want to tell me." I hope it's a lot.

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5. A.M. That's when I went to bed, I'm too curious for my own good. Gaara's story took six hours to tell, at least it was interesting. It makes me want to kill his father myself. Hypocrite my ass: the Fourth's way let's Naruto sleep. Well actually that's the only thing I can argue about it.

I was only six during the war. The fight to protect my mother is what I remember most, then there was some time inbetween before the funeral for the Fourth Hokage. After that my mother told me the baby was a hero and I was officially a genin.

The elders are getting furious by me. I'm very aware that I keep dozing off but I still can't help it. I'm already dressed and all that crap, so they should let me sleep. Four hours of sleep don't do much! I start playing with the zipper of my body suit. It is olive green with no sleeves and shorts that show a lot of leg. The zipper goes from my waist all the way up to the V-neck cut. I usually don't wear stuff like this in Konoha -but it's too hot!

My poor dogs have been yelled at for sleeping under the desk of the mission room; I can't blame them though, that is the coolest spot in the mansion. If I didn't have sweat glands, I would be there too. It was only yesterday but they still haven't gone anywhere near that room or Baki since.

So me and my entourage are in a pile, waiting for anyone younger than thirty to come down. It shocked me to see Temari as the first.

"You know we're not leaving a while right?" Temari asked, giving me a weird glance.

"The elders said I was late!" Conniving old men.

"Well, it did start already, and I guess we can try leaving early then. We may have to leave the boys..." Temari was sliding into Big Sister in Charge Mode.

"Fine, let's go! I want some dango."

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Itachi's POV

"It's okay Itachi -wheeze- you can go without me. I'll be fine." Kisame looked utterly pathetic on top of the bed of their outdated motel room. The festival inflated all the prices and Kisame couldn't harass me into flirting with the worker without blowing his needy cover.

"I was planning to." I half-mumbled. This crap was getting old -fast. If Suna didn't get so cold during the night, not to mention the sand, I would have never gotten this room. I'm not a fan of small places.

I discarded my Akatsuki cloak on top of the other bed. Not only was it too hot for that, but there will be ninja wandering around. I did the most basic transformation I knew, into my mother. If an emergency arises, I will not have to worry about the chakra strain of maintaining the transformation in addition to my sharingan.

"If you're going like that, you need to cover your eyes. Only three people on this earth have sharingan, and it's not difficult to figure out it's you."

Psh -three. He doesn't have all the facts but I put some sunglasses on anyway. I took once last look around to make sure I didn't forget anything or have anything that could get me found out. After that I was out the door before Kisame try anymore crap.

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(I don't feel like writing the same thing twice -not that I even have time to-...so this is going to get a bit confusing...but Itachi is underlined and Hana is regular)

THIS FESTIVAL IS AWESOME! Temari ditched me but I don't care cause there's so much to do -AND SO MUCH TO EAT! Is that a kabob stand!? AND THERE'S DANGO TOO! I'm in heaven, my two favorite snacks right next to each other.

"Come on guys: to the food!" I scurried off with my dogs following me.

Dango...dango. I know it's here, but I cannot find it anywhere. I have only been here for fifteen minutes at most, but I've never been a patient man.

"Hey beautiful, you look lost." Some random guy tried hitting on me.

I ignored him and continued walking. He had enough stupidity to grab my arm. I turn around and casted him a sadistical glare. I know he can't see it but judging by his flinch he definitely felt it.

"Touch me again and I'll break you in half." I politely warned him. It polite because I told him exactly what I am going to do. See the logic?

"Heh heh heh, you're a funny one sweet cakes, but I'm a ninja." He chuckled. I don't have time for this, I finally founded my dango.

"And I'm a murderer. Would you like to be my next victim?" I said removing my glasses. Judging by his expression he didn't know what he was looking at but he's smart enough to know it's bad. He finally retreated and I made it to my dango.

It took forever to make my spicy kabobs and the extra spice-free meat for my dogs. I gave the trio theirs before turning around and -OUFF. I know I have sauce on my shirt...that'll never come out!

Oww...I opened my eyes and see -Itachi's mom! - rubbing her head where we collided. She looked just like Itachi's mom, except in bermuda shorts and a chinese style shirt instead of the apron, not to mention the fact that I can't see her eyes.

I finally got my dango when some clumsy person bumped into me. I never get caught off guard. My only thought was: This person has one hard ass head.The person I collided with was Hana.

(Author count! Let's see what the genius Uchiha comes up with in 5...4...3...2...)

She must be stalking me. That makes sense right? I was almost positive she wouldn't come searching, so maybe she's not searching. Why is she here?

"HANA! COME ON! THEY'RE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE YOU!" Temari came running toward me. She kept getting tangled in the mass of large and small beads around her neck.

"Sorry, I just bumped into..." Itachi's mom disappeared. "Where'd she go...?"

"Forget it! What's that on your shirt? You have to cover it up, where's your vest thing?" Temari sprinted down the street literally dragging me along, beads clanking and everything.

"It was too hot, give me this!" I swiped one of the huge bead necklaces and tossed it around my neck.

"No, don't take -" Hope it wasn't important, whatever she was going to say. Baki snatched me up and pushed me up the stairs.

"Ahh!" My dogs decided to bite at Baki's ankles, while he is pushing me up the steps. Our little circus finally makes it to the top when -

"What the hell is that! I know you didn't-" Now I hope what he says isn't important. He's not even a real elder; he's just a wannabe elder. The real elders are facing the crowd with their backs toward me.

"She may be young, but she is extremely skilled. She graduated the Konoha Academy at the age of seven; she definitely has great potential. So without further adieu, Our new ambassador from Konoha- INUZUKA HANA!" The Elders parted and left little ol' me standing in the open. The cheering died down extremely fast and the crowd gave me a look that said-

Oh shit! My ex-teammate is an ambassador. She's not a stalker...she didn't come looking for me.

"OH YEAHHH!" Some random idiot shouted before the crowd cheered once again. Hana looked as if she didn't know what was going on. The genius took that blond girl's beads, and anybody can't just get those.

The old people on the roof are trying to end this thing fast: 'Blah, blah, blah...something about six months...blah, blah...Kazekage mansion if you need her...blah'.

As if I'm going to need that information.