Krymson: This is the 3rd chapter. Please tell me what you think.

------------------------------

Chapter 3: Sunagakure

------------------------------

"What?" Naruto-kun cried, " A convoy transport escort?"

"What? You got problem with that?!" Tsunade-sama was annoyed

"It's only a C-Rank!" Naruto-kun stated angrily, "I'm gonna have to say no thank you to that mission!"

We were in Tsunade-sama's office awaiting our first mission as a team

I sighed, earlier, he said he wouldn't complain.

"Naruto" Sakura-san glared at the blond boy, "Whatever mission we get, don't complain!"

"Yea yea" Naruto-kun replied.

Well..that was earlier, this is now. I sighed again as I watched the exchange between Naruto-kun and Tsunade-sama

"The details are on this paper" Onii-chan walked up to take the sheet from Tsunade-sama when the door bursted open and in ran a woman dressed in black.

"There's an emergency, Godaime" She shouted and ran towards Tsunade-sama, "We recently received an emergency message from Suna

'Suna..? I wonder what happened. Gaara-kun became Kazekage not too long ago' I murmured to myself

"Suna?" Naruto was interested also, "An emergency notice?"

"Here's the decoded message" The lady handed Tsunade-sama a piece of paper

"What?!" Was Tsunade-sama's reaction after reading the message

"What happened?" Naruto-kun asked confused

"Sunagakure's Kazekage had been kidnapped by the Akatsuki" Tsunade-sama explained

'G..Gaara-kun's been kidnapped?' I took a peak at Naruto-kun

"Gaara..." His eyes hardened

I knew Naruto-kun and Gaara-kun had been able to get along. Naruto-kun understands Gaara-kun because they are almost the same. I think that Gaara-kun see's somewhat a friend in Naruto-kun too and hearing that he's been kidnapped..that's hard.

"We have more information pertaining to Akatsuki then they do" Tsunade-sama went on, "That's why they requested assistance from us"

"Tsunade-sama! Don't tell me you're planning to send Team Kakashi!" Shizune-san cried

"This is an emergency! We don't have time to be picky!" Tsunade-sama's tone of voice stated that there's no time to argue, "Besides, Kakashi has fought against the Akatsuki before"

"That mey be true, but.." Shizune-san was still reluctant.

"Team Kakashi, I'm assigning you a new mission" Tsunade-sama stated, "You are to go to Sunagakure, find out more about the situation, and send a report back to Konoha. You will also follow any of their orders and back them up!"

The look on Naruto-kun's face said it all. He was excited about this mission but even more, he was worried about his friend.

Jiraiya-san had came to see Naruto-kun off and talked to him in private before we left.

"Naruto, I know we're in a hurry, but don't get so far ahead of us!" Sakura-san stated as we traveled through the forest. Naruto-kun was jumping more then feets ahead of us.

"Naruto-kun, you're gonna use up all your strength if you continue like that" I pointed out

"But, but-" Naruto-kun couldn't word it

"Don't get so worked up" Onii-chan pointed out, "Jiraiya-san said the same thing remember?"

Naruto-kun slowed down a bit but not much.

I sighed and looked down.

"Huh..? Temari-san!" We landed by her as she looked at us confused

She didn't like the news. If it was possible, she was even more worried then Naruto-kun.

"It'll take us two days to get to Suna" Onii-chan pointed out, "Let's move"

We were on the move again. Pacing ourselves but trying to get there as fast as we can. Naruto-kun, if anything, was even more determined to get to Gaara-kun

Naruto-kun..knows whats wrong. He understands Gaara-kun more then anyone. Just because they have demons sealed in them. They were treated the same. He knows the pain that Gaara-kun had felt. Although, Gaara-kun never had anyone. Naruto-kun was lucky, he had friends to be with him. I think.. everyone in this group understands why now. It took a lot from me..to stop my tears.

'Naruto-kun..' I never knew that loneliness. I always had Onii-chan. He had always protected me so I was never alone. I didn't know how loneliness felt..so I felt sorry for Naruto-kun and Gaara-kun.

It's been a day or so already. Everyone's getting tired. Sakura-san was about to take a soldier pill when Onii-chan appeared next to her

"That's enough. Soldier pills are for emergencies only" Onii-chan pointed out, "Girls your age shouldn't overeat-"

Sakura-san crunched the pill loudly and sped up

'Onii-chan..' I sighed, 'You shouldn't have said that..'

With no more distractions we headed for Sunagakure. It wasn't long before we arrived at the desert. Temari-san took the lead from there. We had a bit of bad luck and got trapped in a sandstorm. Luckily, we had found a small cave to wait it out. Naruto-kun though, was getting impatient.

Finally, we arrived at the gate of Sunagakure and to welcome us were two Suna shinobis who escorted us to the hospital. We found out that Kankuro-san had also gotten poisoned.

"Kankuro!" Temari-san rushed to Kankuro-kun's side. He was surround by medic nins and two elder looking people.

"Curse you!" The baa-san ran towards Onii-chan, "Prepare yourself!"

"Kage Bushin no Jutus" Naruto-kun immidiatly created shadow clones to stop Baa-san's attack while I stood in front of Onii-chan protectivly with a kunai out

"Why the hell are you attacking Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto-kun demanded

Baa-san was no ordinary elder. She moved fast. One of the fastest shinobi I've ever seen.

"Konoha's White Fang!" How are you, you wretched scum..?" Baa-san growled, "How I've long to avenge my son! This is for him!"

'What..White Fang..? Does she mean Otou-san?' I was surprised

Baa-san was about to attack again when Jii-san stood in front of her

"Take a closer look, Nee-chan" He said slowly, "He does resemble the White Fang, but that's not him. Besides, Konoha's White Fang died a long time ago. Remember?"

"Just kidding!" Baa-san smiled happily and laughed, "I was just pretending to be senile"

Everyone was staring at Baa-san laughing when Kankuro-kun groaned loudly. I had almost forgotten about him

Sakura-san immediately look action and looked at Kankuro-san. Everyone was surprised that Sakura-san was a Konoha medic. It wasn't long before she was able to come up with a cure and extract the poison form his body.

'Sakura-san..is truly a gifted medic nin' I thought to myself as I watched them from the door way, 'There was no way I'd have enough patience to do that'

A messenger handed Onii-chan a scroll and stated that Tsunade-sama had sent Gai-sensei's team as a back up.

With Kankuro-kun's help, Onii-chan's dogs was able to get a a whiff of the Akatsuki's scent and headed out to locate them

During that time, Sakura-san began mixing the antidote. I took that time to do some training myself. I won't be left behind.

The next day, we set out to find the Akatsuki and rescue Gaara-kun. Temari-san had wanted to come with us but couldn't. Instead the elder, Chiyo-san came with us instead.

As we left, there was only one thing on our mind.

Rescuing Gaara-kun.

-----------------------------

Krymson: That's it everyone!