I have finally got chapter 4 up! Yea me! This was a hard chapter to write, but I did it. It's all the more reason for you to read it. Anyway, I should probably let you all know that I don't own Naruto, but you all know that already, otherwise this story wouldn't be here.

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Those two have been with me since the beginning of time... well sorta. I'd also like to give a thanks to all of my other wonderful reviewers.

One more thing before you start reading. This chapter is going off of a suggestion given to me by one of my reviewers, MartyDuelist. I hope you all enjoy it and please don't forget to review. Feel free to let me know where you want the story to go because I am always willing to listen.

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Kankurou jumped through the forest trees at an incredibly fast speed, Hana on his back. Hana had her arms wrapped around his neck and her eyes were shut tight. What was supposed to be a fairly easy mission for the both of them took a turn for the worst. Now a life was on the line and the fate of that life laid in the Kankurou's hands.

FLASHBACK

Hana stood in front of the Kazekage's desk, waiting to hear what he wanted her for. Ever since she had arrived to Sunagakure, the two of them didn't get much time to spend with each other. When the two of them did see each other, it was usually out in public so they tried to keep it as professional as possible. None of this surprised Hana. In fact, she was expecting this to happen. She wouldn't of wanted it any other way. She loved him more than anything in the world, but she also loved the person that he had become. She didn't want to interfere with his duty as Kazekage. She was happy with Gaara's new purpose in life and that he wasn't hurting others anymore. He had finally created a bond between him and his village, even if the villagers still were a bit uneasy. They still respected and trusted him, and he would lay his life on the line in a heart beat to protect them.

"I have a mission for you," Gaara finally said, sitting back in his chair. He looked Hana directly in the eyes, no emotion on his face at all. Hana looked back at him the same way. She had gotten better at looking more serious around the officials, but when she was alone or had personal time with Gaara, she was a total different person.

"That didn't take very long," Hana replied, still no emotion in her voice. Gaara nodded, then went back to making eye contact with her.

"I know it has only been a few weeks, but it's something that we could really use your help in."

"And what would that be?" Gaara leaned forward and picked up a manila folder, opening it and looking at the contents inside of it.

"We need you to go check out an abandoned laboratory that was found about a week ago. It could be one of Orochimaru's, but we would like you to go and confirm it. Do you think you can do that?" Hana was silent for a moment, her eyes telling Gaara that she was deep in thought.

"I can't make any promises that I will be able to pick up exactly what you want to know, but I can get some more information." Gaara nodded again.

"We'll take what we can get."

"Who will be accompanying me?" Gaara raised an eyebrow.

"You can't do this alone?" he asked, a little surprised.

"Hokage-sama should have explained to you already that I have no fighting capabilities, nor do I have the same control over my chakra like the other ninja do." Gaara sighed and nodded. He had forgotten about that part. It was the weakness to her special ability which made her extremely vulnerable in the long run.

"You'll be leaving tomorrow morning at 8:00. Kankurou will be getting back from his mission with Temari any minute now. When he gets back, I will inform him about the mission and he will accompany you." Hana nodded, her lips curling into a small smile.

"Don't tell him who his partner is," she told Gaara. "I want to surprise him." Gaara smirked at her and nodded.

"You are dismissed." Hana bowed and quietly left the room.

"You have got to be joking!" Kankurou exclaimed after hearing Gaara tell him that he had another mission. "This is the fourth consecutive mission you have sent me on." Gaara rolled his eyes at his brother, trying not to pay attention to his whining.

"It's a fairly easy mission," Gaara told him. "It's a C-Ranked mission and you are a jounin so this should be simple for you. Since you are a jounin, I could have assigned you a harder mission that needs to be taken care of, but I thought you were the most reliable person for this mission. You will leave tomorrow morning with your teammate."

"Who is my teammate?" Gaara smirked at him and shook his head.

"You will meet her tomorrow morning at ten o'clock in front of the village gate. She is in charge of getting the task done and you are in charge of her safety. She isn't an actual ninja but her abilities are a necessity for this mission. I trust that you will help her out along the journey and protect her from any harm that may come your way." Kankurou sighed and nodded.

"You know, I kind of liked you better when you didn't talk so much," Kankurou said with a smirk.

"I do to," Gaara sighed, laying his head down on the desk. Kankurou chuckled at his brother before vanishing in a poof of smoke.

Kankurou was waiting by the village gate, his aggravation growing with each passing moment.

"Where is she?" Kankurou thought.

"Long time no see doll boy." Kankurou turned around to find a girl that came up to around his shoulders.

"Don't call me that," Kankurou warned, giving the girl a cold glare.

"You honestly don't remember me!?" The girl looked up at him with heart broken eyes. He stared at her for a few minutes before he finally made the connection.

"H-Hana!?" he exclaimed in disbelief. The girl nodded and gave him a quick hug.

"I can't believe you actually didn't recognize me!" Hana pouted as the two of them walked through the dessert. "I couldn't have changed that much! I mean Gaara was able to recognize me and he was barely conscious!"

"I'm sorry!" Kankurou exclaimed, throwing his hands up in defense. "It's been three years since I've seen you. Plus, you and I don't have the same connection as Gaara has with you. Of course he would recognize you. And for the record, you have changed quite a bit. You like a lot different than you did three years ago and I'm sure Gaara and Temari would agree with me." Hana smiled at him and nodded.

"I forgive you," she said while chuckling. Kankurou smiled back. He then turned his attention to the darkening sky.

"It's going to storm soon," he said in a hushed voice. Hana gave him a concerned look.

"So what should we do?" Hana asked.

"We should head for cover. Do you think you can keep up with me?" Hana just stared at him and slowly shook her head.

"Didn't Gaara explain that I don't use chakra, and I can't?!" Kankurou looked at her in shock.

"You can't use chakra at all?!" he asked in surprise. Hana shook her head sadly. "Then how can you be a ninja!?"

"I'm not a full fledged ninja. That's why I only go on certain missions where information needs to be gathered or where someone needs to be interrogated. I don't have any battle abilities, which is why you are accompanying me. The only thing I can do to my chakra is insert it into someone by touching them. Even then, it's only a little." Kankurou sighed and got down on one knee.

"Get on my back," he told her. Hana glared at him.

"You can't be serious!" He gave her a look that told her he was.

"We need to get out of here before it starts raining. We don't know how much is going to come down and it's not good to be wander through the dessert while it's raining, or even after a rain." Hana heaved an irritated sigh, but did as he said.

"Not a word of this will reach Gaara," she hissed and Kankurou stood up and disappeared in a flash.

Hana held onto him as he sprinted through the dessert, her eyes tightly closed shut. Kankurou looked back at her and smirked.

"Are you alright," he asked her, a little bit of humor in his voice.

"I never really enjoyed going so fast," she told him, keeping her eyes shut. Kankurou chuckled at the girl's response and focused on his destination.

About an hour later, they made it to the edge of the forest. Just as they entered the cool forest, the rain drops began to fall. Kankurou spotted a cave in the distance and headed for it. At the mouth of the small cave, he let Hana down and sat down on the rock floor himself.

"Let's wait for a bit," Kankurou told her. Hana stopped stretching her legs and looked at him.

"Are you tired already?" she asked, a little shocked. "I didn't think I was that heavy." Kankurou shook his head.

"It's not that I'm too tired," he told her. "I just think we should wait awhile. We don't know how strong the storm is going to be and we're not in a major rush or anything. We probably shouldn't push our luck more than we have to." Hana nodded in agreement. She silently sat down at the mouth of the cave and looked out at the rain.

After about five minutes of waiting, lightning painted the sky and the sound of thunder boomed loudly. Not long after all that, the rain started pouring down, making it hard to see anything. Kankurou was glad that they decided to wait out the storm. They really would have been pushing it if they decided to keep going.

About an hour went by and the rain still hadn't let up. Kankurou had been watching Hana and saw that she hadn't moved from that spot the entire time. She didn't even make a sound.

"Are you okay?" Kankurou asked, a little concerned. Hana didn't move, nor did she show that she heard him. Kankurou got up and went to go sit by her. "Are you okay?" he asked again. Hana slowly looked at him with mournful eyes.

"I don't want to stay here much longer," Hana told him softly. Kankurou gave her a strange look.

"Why not? Is something wrong?" Hana brought her knees to her chest and rested her chin upon them.

"It's nothing that would effect you." Kankurou was confused, not knowing what she meant by that.

"We're not leaving until the storm blows over, unless you start talking to me." Hana looked at him out of the corner of her eye, and sighed.

"I have a bad feeling about this place," she said even softer. "Bad things happened here."

"How do you know?"

"It's one of my special abilities. I don't like the feeling I'm getting here. I just want to get out of here." Kankurou looked at her, concern in his eyes.

"Can you give it another hour?" he asked, putting a gentle hand on her shoulder. She silently nodded and buried her face into her knees.

Another hour passed and the rain began to let up a little bit.

"Do you still want to leave?" he asked her. Hana looked at him and nodded. "Then lets go." The two of them got up and walked down the trail in the rain.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Sorry about stopping in such a bad spot, but I'm super tired and I still have to study for my A.P. Psychology and Algebra II tests tomorrow. I should have probably done that instead of typing up this story, but it was one of those spur of the moment things.

This chapter drove me nuts, so I hope you all liked it. I probably wrote about 5 different versions of this chapter until I finally came up with one I liked. I know that people probably want to see more of Gaara, but I want to use all three of the Sand Siblings. Don't worry, there is more Gaara to come. After all he is very important.

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