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Chapter 3: Taken

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I appeared in Kazekage's office

"Gaara-sama?" I knelt down in respect, "How was the meeting"

"The usual" He stated calmly and quietly

Quietly, I stood up and stood next to him, enjoying the peace. We've developed a mutual understanding at times. No words needed. He then looked out the window.

"Gaara-sama..?" I also looked out the window. There was something..flying out there. Something that doesn't belong in Sunagakure, "Gaara-sama, would you like me to check on it?"

"No, stay here Ari" Gaara stated as he stood up, "I will be taking care of it. Make sure everyone is safe"

"Yes, Gaara-sama" Bowing respectively, I watched as he left through the window of his office, "Be safe"

Light in the horizon was beginning to fade. Night would soon be upon us. I would be off duty for about 15 minutes, so why not grab something to eat?

Walking down the empty streets, I had just gotten something to eat when I heard sounds from above me.

"What's that sound?" Looking up, I saw piles of sand chasing something white. Some thing's not right.

Finding the nearest jonin on patrol, I wanted to know what was going on.

He was staring at a now lifeless body of another jonin. In front of him was Gaara and another person with blond hair, riding on a white bird.

'That cloak. It's Akatsuki' I stared at the battle before me. 'Why are they here anyway?'

Every body that was on patrol was watching the fight. The blond ninja kept bombing away at Gaara's sand when Gaara tried to catch him.

Suddenly the man set some huge weird looking birds that caused explosion to surround Gaara.

"Gaara!" I shouted and I also heard a familiar shout from Gaara's brother, Kankuro. When the dust cleared, Gaara was in his protective sand barrier and was about to use Sabaku KyRou on the unsuspecting blond ninja.

"It's over" Kankuro stated

"As expected from the Kazekage!" Some of the other ninjas started cheering. Too soon actually, the blond hair Akatsuki escaped Gaara's sand once again. Taking this chance, I jumped up next to Kankuro.

"Kankuro? What exactly is going on?" I asked him

He shrugged and reply, "I don't know, but when Gaara catches that guy, we'll probably get some answers

Suddenly, more ninjas appeared next to us.

"Is Gaara fighting?" One of them asked. He war a sort of white hat over his eyes.

"Ah..there" Kankuro pointed

"He did it!" People around us shouted and I saw that Gaara managed to break of of the blond Akatsuki's arm.

Everyone watched as the blond circled the village on his white bird while Gaara's sand tried to strike it down.

"Issue an emergency summon" The shinobi with the white hat stated, "You, take two squads and guard the reservoir! Seal all roads leading into A-Block! There's no reason to think that there's only one enemy. Whatever happens, do not slack on battle preparations."

"Yes sir!" The other shinobis quickly left to carry out their duties.

I stood Kankuro and watched as some shinobi escorted civilians to safety as others stood ready to help Gaara.

Suddenly, the blond Akatsuki member threw something large down towards the village.

"What is that?"

"This is bad" The white hat shinobi gasped, "Everyone retreat!"

Too late. The white thing started to glow before a large explosion covered more then half of the village.

"Ah!" I gasped and covered my eyes due to the intensity of the explosion. When the dust cleared, I had expected to see half the village gone, but to my surprise, a large amount of sand hand protected it.

"Gaara.." I murmured

Gaara's shield then exploded again

"Gaara!" Kankuro and I gasped at the same time. 'Gaara! Please be safe'

Thankfully, when the dust cleared, the shield was still there.

'Thank god..' I sighed with relief unknown to what would happen next

Gaara's shield..exploded from within.

"GAARA!" I wasn't surprised that my scream was the loudest.

"Kazekage-sama!"

Sand began to drip away from the sand barrier.

Gaara's sand mask on his face was cracked. He looked like he was unconscious, but as soon as the blond hair man flew towards him, Gaara woke up and his sand began moving from the village.

'Even with your last breath..you want to protect this village' I thought sadly.

The shinobis then shot arrows and bombs at the blond hair ninja, all trying to protect their Kazakage, although none of the bombs hit.

After Gaara successfully moved the sand..he fell. Everyone watched him fall from the sky

"Gaara!" Kankuro and I ran towards Gaara only to see the blond hair ninja take him away

"GAARA!!"

"No.." With determination, I ran after the blond man with Kankuro not far behind. We saw the while man land not too far away from the village entrance

"What's going on..all the guards here are gone" I stated as Kankuro looked around. A squad of shinobis accompanied us, "It's too quiet"

"Kankuro-dono!" One of the shinobi shouted. Kankuro and I walked over to see what he found. It was horrible. There were bodies everywhere. All of them dead. Even ANBUS.

"This is horrible" Kankuro walked towards one of the dead bodies, "They were defeated before Gaara's fight. Kankuro then looked like he was in deep thought.

"It looks like the group took Gaara straight through here" Kankuro finally spoke, "Hurry! We're going after them!"

Kankuro and I sprinted towards the opening of the cannon when one of the bodes moved. Oh his chest was an explosive tag. Shielding myself, I waited for the pain when Kankuro protected me and one other member. I didn't know what happened then, but I know I lost consciousness.

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