(A/N: I am so sorry for putting this chapter up a day late. I spent my whole week off with my friend playing games. But me being the cool author that I am, I wrote this in like… 3 days. Sorry if the grammar seems weirder than usual. Let me know where I'm going wrong okay? It would make me happy enough to sing… I won't try it though.)
Thank you for reviewing; RuTakasheryuu, Tsubaki Takara, Sauru Tsukiyumi Sanbi's Faeble and Hidan's Little Riku. It means alot to me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. I only own Vaskar and the story, Riku belongs to Hidan's little Riku, Shiro belongs to Sanbi's Faeble, Koto belongs to RuTakasheryuu, Hibiki belongs to TsubakiTakara and Mitsukai belongs to Jesus Brother Bob. Other OC's belong to their respective owners.
Shiro and Vaskar landed on the ground just outside of the forest's edge. The sun had reached it's highest point in the sky, signaling it was around midday and was setting the desert beyond with a golden glow. Vaskar sat on the ground to rest and watched as Shiro paced the ground in front of him, muttering a few words under her breath.
The girl paced a few more minutes before giving a tired sigh and plopping herself next to Vaskar, who watched her with a wary look.
"What?" He asked.
She looked at him with a questioning glance but muttered a simple "nothing". The boy was obviously not convinced, but dropped the subject in favor of running his fingers through the sand at his legs.
Shiro sighed once again before watching the boy's fingers fidget. "I'm just curious about why you'd want to join us. You never really explained your reasons."
This made Vaskar frown, "What? You don't trust me?"
"No, no, it's not that." She immediately pulled the boy into a hug, "It's just that, the group we're after are a band of S-class criminals. I'd be feel guilty if you didn't at least know what we're up against."
They didn't say anything for a few seconds until Vaskar decided to ask, "Why do you care what happens to me… or us?"
Shiro raised her eyebrow, "What? Shouldn't I care about what happens to my friends?"
"Friends? We're friends already?"
"Yeah."
Shiro watched silently as Vaskar stopped playing with the sand. "Well. I decided to help Riku find them 'cause I like her. She's my friend. And that's what friends do, right? Besides, if I help take out the Akatsuki, then I could instantly go up a rank."
Shiro gave the boy a stern look and bit her lip. "It's not as simple as that Vaskar. And I don't want to see you get hurt. Is there anyway I can persuade you to go back to Konoha? I won't ask again."
"I won't quit until Riku does." Shiro nodded and stood up. She offered her hand for Vaskar to take, which he did, and hoisted him to his feet.
"Then I won't stop you." Shiro smiled at him and he gave a small smile back.
Riku and Koto suddenly burst from the trees and landed a small distance away from Vaskar and Shiro. Koto spotted the two first and nudged Riku in the side, which also drew her attention to the two. Koto ran over to Shiro and stopped in front of her, placing her hands onto her hips.
"What's going on?" Koto asked, looking from both Shiro to Vaskar. Riku reached the group a second later and stood next to Vaskar.
"Nothing. Just talking about what were going to do next." Shiro said, looking at Koto from the corner of her eyes.
"Riiight." Riku drawled out. "Anyway lets get going to Suna."
Riku grabbed Vaskar and pushed him forward further into the desert they were bordering. Koto looked at Shiro for a second, then began walking after the two, Shiro following behind silently.
After an hour or two, the group came across a canyon with a huge fissure in it. Vaskar stopped once he realized they were headed towards it.
"Why are we going into that canyon?" Vaskar asked. Only Riku stopped next to him. Koto just carried on walking whilst Shiro took a glance at him but carried on walking once she realized Riku would explain things to him.
"You've never been to Suna, have you?" Vaskar shook his head, "Aww, kid hasn't step foot outside Konoha yet. Need me to hold your hand?"
Vaskar scowled at the older girl, "No. What are you talking about? Is this Suna?" Riku just ignored the boy and followed after Koto and Shiro. Vaskar reluctantly followed after her and the others through the canyon.
Hundred upon hundreds of reddish-brown buildings were littered throughout the inside of the canyon. Most of which where built on top of solid sand and rock. And at the centre of it all sat the Kazekage building. The group headed straight for it, not even flinching when civilians gave them dirty looks. Well, Vaskar looked slightly uncomfortable whilst Riku seemed to revel in it, but Koto and Shiro didn't even seem phased by it.
Once they entered the Kazekage building, a Jounin escorted them straight to the door leading into the Hokage's study. Koto knocked on the door and opened it when she heard an "Enter" from the inside. The group stepped inside to see a man in the usual Suna uniform sitting behind a huge desk sorting through some documents and reports. A hat was worn over his head with a cloth attached to it, which served the purpose of covering the left side of the man's face. The man looked up at the group and stopped whatever he was doing with his work.
"Konoha shinobi? May I ask why you're here?" He asked.
"We need to know where a couple of Shinobi are. The last place I remember seeing them was here in Suna. We were hoping you could help us find them." Koto explained.
The man stood up and walked around the desk to stand directly in front of Koto. "Tell me their names and I might be able to help you."
"I think their names were, Hibiki and Mitsukai." The man raised an eyebrow crossed his arms and moved to lean against the desk. "Those two? Is this a joke? They're at the north ridge on lookout duty."
Riku looked slightly peeved. "Are you stupid or something?!" She snarled at Koto.
"Shut up. I told you I didn't know"
"Can we go now?" Shiro asked. She didn't even wait for a reply as she walked out the door, Vaskar following behind. Koto growled and pushed Riku out the door.
The four of them swiftly made their way across town, ignoring the staring civilians as best they could until Riku couldn't take it anymore and punched some random guy in the face. Later on, a rumour went around that the man Riku punched had lost an eye.
Eventually they arrived at the north ridge, a collection of rocks forming a slight mountain to the north of Suna. Two figures could be seen at the top, one was sitting down with her legs crossed, the other was standing next to her with his arms crossed. Both figures were facing away from the group.
Koto cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted, "Mitsukai, Hibiki. Is that you up there?"
The girl, sitting down, turned around to look at Koto in response. She had long, curly black hair which reached her waist, violet eyes and she wore a black Lolita which made her look completely childish.
She muttered something to the older boy next to her and he turned around. He had spiky black hair tied back into a ponytail, hazel eyes and a scar above his left eyebrow. He wore a black shirt with a body warmer over the top, black track-suit bottoms and the usual shinobi boots.
"Koto. It's good to see you? What do you need this time?" He called out. Koto gestured for the two to come down from the ridge with her hand. They jumped down and easily landed directly in front of the group. Koto turned to Shiro, Riku and Vaskar first.
"Guys, this is Hibiki and his best friend Mitsukai. They helped me out a few times when I was assigned a mission here in Suna." Koto stated. Hibiki and Mitsukai nodded in a silent hello. "Hibiki, Mitsukai. This is my best friend Shiro." Koto pointed directly at Shiro, "That's her friend, Vaskar," She pointed at Vaskar next. "And that's his friend Riku who I don't like." She waved her hand in Riku's general direction.
"Stuff you, you snot-nosed brat!" Riku screeched, leaning towards Koto slightly. Koto snorted at the purple haired girl with a grin on her face, "I'm older than you."
"No your not! I'm 15."
"And I'm 16. Who's the snot-nosed brat now?"
Hibiki coughed loudly into his hand to get the arguing girls' attention. Riku crossed her arms furiously, muttering something about sacrifices, Koto and Jashin-sama. Koto turned to look at her other two friends with a smug look on her face.
"Is there a point to you searching for us, Koto?" He asked.
"Yes, there is. With your… abilities… we need your help… dealing with a group of S-rank criminals." Koto said.
Mitsukai stepped forward with a soft smile on her cute face, "We'll help you out with your problem, only if you help us out with ours first."
"Mitsukai" Hibiki said, warningly.
"What?! They can get the job done a lot faster than we could 'cause there's more of them then us. And if they do this for us, we'll have more free time to help them."
Hibiki crossed his arms again, obviously not liking what was going through his friends' head. Shiro waved her hand to get the teen's attention, "Just tell us what it is you want us to do and we'll do it."
Hibiki made a hand slide over his face and left it there for a second before he dropped it with a sigh. He crossed his arms over his chest and fixed a level-headed stare at Koto, "Alright, we need a problem in Kirigakure fixed. This person is the leader of a gang called the blue sharks. We need them crushed, but there's too many of them, Mitsukai and I can't handle them all. Will you?"
Koto looked at Shiro and Vaskar, deliberately ignoring Riku, then looked back at Hibiki. "Yeah. I think we'll need your help eventually so, we'll do it."
(A/N; Well, well, well. That's the fifth chapter completed. I wonder how our hunters will do against the blue sharks. Don't worry about Hibiki and Mitsukai though, they'll be back to stay in a couple of chapters.
If you wanna know what happens next, tune into the next episode of 'VS The Akatsuki'. Lol, I've always wanted to try that. Have a good week and I hope you had a great holiday like I did. I need one more OC so do us all a favour and review already. Later dudes.)