When sound meets sand
Disclaimer; I do not own any sort of naruto character other than my own.
Chapter 11
It had been a couple of days since Kazumi got the news. The excitement of having a new hokage died down. Now, everything was back to normal. Kazumi sat at her desk, rereading a book she had gotten a while back. 'It's so pretty today. I should go out and be social with my villagers.', she sighed. Suddenly, a breeze entered the room. The young hokage rubbed her temples. 'What do you want now, itachi.', she groaned. The akatsuki member rose from the ground, wearing his old ANBU uniform and mask. 'The akatsuki are having a meeting, and we need you there.', he stated. Kazumi groaned. 'Why? You're a leader yourself. You're a big boy.' she retorted. Itachi close his eyes and sighed. 'They need your consent. If anyone dies on this task, we'll need you to take their abilities and store them for later use.', he explained. Kazumi sighed with annoyance in her breath. 'Fine. Show me the way.', she growled. 'Why did orochimaru leave me with this crap. Betraying my village by being the leader of the akatsuki. 'Im a vital part of the akatsuki' my ass. I didnt even want this stupid responsibility.' she mumbled under her breath while she walked over to itachi. 'You better have not killed any of my guards trying to get in here, itachi.',she scolded,as they walked down the halls of the tower. Itachi sighed loudly. 'No, Kazumi I didn't. All of the people in this village are unharmed.', he replied with annoyance in his voice.
Meanwhile, namaiki just arrived in the sound. He scurried into a large, cement building. 'Ahem. I have a message for you, Sasuke-san.', the dragon announced, stepping into his room. 'Thank you, namaiki.', the raven haired boy said, unstrapping the scroll from the dragon's back. Namaiki nodded before vanashing. *interesting. It's from Kazumi.* Sasuke read the scroll, and sighed. 'Great. They're still with that? After three years, you would think that they got the message that I don't want to be 'brought back.' ', he mumbled, angrily.
Itachi stopped, causing Kazumi to bump into him and fall down. 'You idiot!', she barked. Itachi sighed and apologized, picking her up. He lead her into a cave, where the rest of the akatsuki members were waiting. They told her about their plans about taking every jinchuuriki, with the exception of her, and so on. 'give me your arm.', demanded hidan. Kazumi glare at him. 'What? Why.', she asked. Hidan pulled her arm towards him and whispered a jutsu. She winced at the stinging she felt on her arm. There were 10 dots, each representing an akatsuki member. 'W-what? Hidan! What is this!', she yelled, drawing back her arm and staring at the markings she had. Hidan smirked. 'These dots represent each one of us. If a dot is to disappear, it means that member has died during this task. That's your cue to find us and do your stuff.', he explained. Kazumi sighed, sitting down on the floor. 'I will help you, under one condition. You are not to hurt any of the sand siblings, or so help me, I will end each and everyone of you, is that clear?', she growled. The akatsuki nodded. 'Dismissed.',she sighed, closing her eyes. When she opened them, they were gone.
She eventually got back to the leaf village later on that night. It had been five days since her meeting with the akatsuki, and nothing has happened. *bunch of pricks. They made it seem so serious. They ignored me most of the meeting! Dammit I hate them.* shizune suddenly darted in, frantically waving a scroll from the sand that said 'urgent' on it. 'Milady! Please hurry and read this!', she yelled. Kazumi quickly opened the scroll. Her eyes narrowed in rage upon reading it. 'The kazekage has been taken by one of akatsuki members?', she growled through gritted teeth. Shizune stood behind her, reading the scroll with her. 'That's not all, milady. Kankuro has been badly injured and is in a critical state.', she stated, pointing at the bottom of the scroll where she had read. The hokage's eyes immediately widen. 'Call in team Kakashi, and team guy, immediately!', she yelled, slamming her fist down on her desk. Once shizune left, her head fell into her hands, crying hysterically. The bluenette quickly wiped her eyes when she heard footsteps running toward her office. 'Milady, I already informed Temari, and the rest of the teams, kakashi and guy will arrive shortly.', she informed. Kazumi nodded, taking in a deep breath and releasing it slowly. Kakashi and guy appeared in her office in no time at all. 'head to the sand village, the kazekage has been taken by the akatsuki. Help out as much as you can, please. Kankuro has been injured, so send Sakura to tend to him as soon as possible. Temari has already left, and I will meet up you later. Dismissed.', she explained. After the two leaders left, she frantically started packing, leaving a shadow clone in her place.
Two days had passed until she finally made it to the sand village. She ran as fast as she could through the dirt streets, ignoring everyone who tried to greet her. Her mind was revolving around Kankuro and his current condition. 'I knew I shouldn't have left. I should've stayed when Gaara asked me to!', she sobbed, running into the hospital. Kakashi and naruto sat outside a room, waiting patiently when she had dashed in. Kazumi looked inside of the room the puppet master was in. 'Good to see you again, Nara.', chiyo greeted. Kazumi was trying to catch her breath when Sakura walked out of the room, wiping her forehead. 'Oh, Kazumi. You came just in time, I'm going to make an antidote, so you should keep an eye on Kankuro until I come back.', she suggested nicely. Kazumi nodded, walking over to see one of her only true bestfriends, wrapped in bandages and nearly dead. Her eyes started to tear at the sight. She gently ran her fingers through his hair,then puppeteer opened his eyes, giving her a weak smile. 'Hey, there's my hokage.', he joked weakly. 'You idiot! Do you know how worried you made me feel! Dammit Kankuro! How could you be so stupid to go out on your own to fight an akatsuki member!', she sobbed. 'Kazumi.', he said quietly, only to be ignored. 'Kankuro. Why? Didn't I warn you not to get into any trouble without me? I wouldn't know what to do if I lost you.', she yelled. Hot tears rolled down her face,as she paced around the room, pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration. 'Kazumi.', he repeated, grabbing her by the wrist gently. The sand sibling slowly sat up, screeching in pain, but sit pulled through. He cupped her cheek, wiping away tears with his thumb. 'I did it because Gaara is my little brother, and I'd give my life for him.', he whispered. Tears started rolling down her face again. 'What if you would've died, Kankuro? What would I have done? I don't know if I could walk this earth knowing you weren't behind me.', she cried. 'I-I...I love you, kankuro.', she admitted. Kankuro blushed, flashing her a small smile. he opened his mouth to say something, but pain had gotten in his way 'Agh!', he shouted, laying back down, and drifting off into sleep. Kazumi smiled, giving him a soft kiss on the forehead before leaving to join the teams in search for Gaara.
*I'm going to kill them!* she clutched the necklace around her neck that Kankuro had given her. She was dashing through the trees when her arm began to sting intensely, causing her to fall down, hitting the hard ground. 'What the fuck?', she yelled, looking at her tattoo that she was given. A dot started to fade until it was completely gone. She gasped. 'Sasori's dead.', she whispered in shock.
Done ^-^ chapter 11, my lovelies.
I'm sorry for all of you who wanted Kazumi to end up with Gaara :C I felt like kankuro was a better match for her. Anyways, how'd you like it ^-^ leave a review~
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