A/N: Hellooo! It's been a while, huh? Anyways, sorry for the wait! It takes FOREVER for me to type stuff... And now, I have school.

This chapter is another filler. Sorry. But I promise It'll pick up! I just got done writing my very first fight scene.

And in other news, there isn't much going on around here... Except I'm a little sad about my lack of reviews, but that won't stop me from updating. Even if only one person reads it, at least they are...

Here's Chapter 2: Sidetracked. Enjoy!

Sidetracked

Joi sat it out the rest of the night and wondered how the mission would go. She also pondered who this "Mizuki" was, anyway. They didn't even bother to give her a surname. "What does it matter?" Joi sighed.

It was the crack of dawn and Joi had to get moving if she wanted to get to the town and have time to look around. She packed everything up and Soul, her chihuahua, sat on her shoulder, as always. "Ya ready Soul?" Joi asked him. He wagged his tail and barked an affirmative and they were off.

Mizuki awoke two hours after she'd last gone to sleep. She sat up and saw the sun slowly peaking over the horizon. She looked around and rubbed her eyes and let out a loud yawn and stretched.

She got up and sighed as she brushed off the dirt from her back and butt. She then stomped out the remaining, barely lit fire and started gathering her things.

She picked up her sleeping back and quickly rolled up and clasped the button that'd hold it together.

Then, she grabbed her backpacks with all her supplies in them. She jumped onto a tree branch and took one last look around the now deserted campsite. "Nothing left," she mumbled and vanished into the rest of the forest, gaining speed with each jump. She'd better get there quickly so she would actually have a chance to check out the town.

Joi sighed a satisfyed sigh as she sat down outside a Cafe and sipped her coffee.

"Oh yeah," she said as she gulped the rest down. "Ahh... Hit the spot!" Joi said getting up.
She walked into the Cafe, ordering another. And repeated the process...Four more times.

After those four, she stopped herself. She looked at the time and groaned. She got up and started heading towards the meeting spot.

Mizuki walked around the town, and looked at all the little carts that the salesmen were yelling at people on the streets to come and look. She couldn't help it.

One kiosk that caught her eye was a weapons cart. It looked pretty interesting, so Mizuki went to check it out.

The shelves were stocked with all different types of kunai and shuriken. Some had katanas with insricptions on the handles or even on the blade itself. Mizuki picked up a kunai and looked at it closely.

Suddenly, she could sense she was being watched intently by someone in the vast crowd.
And he was close...

She put down the kunai and smiled at the owner. "They're all very nice, but sadly, I don't really need any."

The vendor sighed,"Oh well. Thanks anyways..."

Mizuki walked away slowly, still aware of this...figure following her. Watching her every move.
Mizuki could tell that the mysterious figure was female, 5'5", in a hooded, long, black coat.

Suddenly, the presence was gone. Mizuki whipped around to see noone there but the many people out buying, selling, and trading items.

She walked by a clock vendor and turned around and walked back, making sure her eyes didn't deceive her.

"Oh...sheet," she said under her breath and took off running.

Joi stood, tapping her foot, looking off of the cliff that was the meeting place for her and Mizuki. Joi had been there for an hour and forty-five minutes and counting.

It WAS after all her fault because of her coffee overdose, but Joi was still just as impatient as ever. It was her nature. She sighed a frustrated sigh. The first hour and five minutes was fine, but this girl was forty minutes late. This definetly didn't help her first impression.

"Oh crap!" Mizuki whispered as she ran top speed through the trees, ignoring the scratches on her arms the tree branches left. "I'm almost forty minutes late. She's going to kill me," she said through clentched teeth.

She made it to a clearing and stopped too look and see if it was the right place. It was. "Almost there," she said, trudging up the hill that was in her way to actually where they were to meet. She scolded herself for being so foolish. She knew this would've happened. Now, she hoped that she wouldn't do anything else wrong...

A/N: Lol. Joi and her coffee. (I wrote that just for you, Joi! Hoped you laughed! XD)

Please review, if you don't mind!

And are there any guesses on who the figure following Mizuki was?

Hope you guys liked it! I enjoyed writing it:)