Chapter 3

Shikamaru yawned standing at the gates of Kohona, waiting for Hissori to arrive, "Troublesome woman" He complained to himself. He closed he eyes and leaned against the gate walls.

He then heard someone walking towards him, he almost thought it was Hissori, until he heard more foot steps following the first set.

"Hey Shikamaru, what are you doing up so early in the morning?"

Shikamaru opened one eye, and saw a guy with brown spiky hair, and red upside-down triangles on his cheeks, "I'm waiting Kiba"

"For who?" Kiba asked walking over by Shikamaru, his big white dog following behind him.

"I'm waiting for Hissori….does it really matter" Shikamaru sighed.

Kiba then got a big smile on his face, showing off his K-9 fangs, "You two going on a date" He nudged Shikamaru on the side.

"No Kiba….we're not going on a date, besides what's it any of your business" He asked looking at the dog ninja.

"Mind if I join?" He asked, "Since it ain't a date"

Hissori jumped down in front of the two male ninjas, "Sorry Kiba, but this is one thing you cant follow us on" She said, then looked back at Shikamaru, "You Ready?"

He looked at her, "I've been waiting, you said to be here early….how is noon early?" Shikamaru complained

"How is noon NOT early….I had to set 3 alarms just to get OUT of bed, and 3 more to stay awake" Hissori protested, "any earlier and I would have been late."

Shikamaru shook his head, "Lets just get this over with…." HE then began walking out of the village, mumbling some complaining words.

"Do you even know where your going?" Hissori asked running up to him.

Kiba then watched the two of them walk off, then when they were out of sight he looked down at his white dog and smiled, "This could be even more fun then following them on one of their real dates" He then began to follow behind Shikamaru and Hissori just far enough so they couldn't get caught.

Shikamaru walked beside Hissori, "So how exactly is this going to help stop the war?" he asked her.

"You have to promise not to get upset when I tell you this…okay" She looked up at him, and he nodded, "Okay…well I've become friends with these girls…and there now from Kohona"

Shikamaru stopped then looked at Hissori, and she began to explain exactly who the girls were, and why she knew Sand didn't kill the Leaf Shinobi.

They finally arrived at the waterfall, and Hissori sat down placing her feet in the water, Shikamaru stood beside her, "What exactly did you want me to come?" He asked

Hissori was about to answer him when she noticed he was now frozen, she sighed, "Red you don't have to freeze Shikamaru, he's not one of the bad guys"

Red then walked out from behind a tree, and glared at Hissori, "Why'd you bring him…we swore never to bring anyone here"

Just then the two girls heard something move from behind the bushes. Both girls got ready to attack and slowly walked towards the bush. Until a big white dog jumped out and was about to land on Red, until she froze him.

"AKAMAUR!" Kiba shouted also running out from behind the bush, he then growled at Red, "What'd you do to him?!?"

"What are you doing here Kiba…you followed Shikamaru and me…didn't you" Hissori looked really pissed.

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Hayashi and Awaii arrived at the Alabasta gates around the same time. She looked at him, "you didn't tell anyone…right"

He shook his head, "No, and I also made sure no one saw me head this way"

Awaii nodded, and the two of them then left the village. Even though Hayashi said he made sure he wasn't followed, by someone working for Gin, she couldn't take any chances of them discovering where she was going.

Hayashi looked at Awaii, "Where are you taking me Captain?"

Awaii yawned, "You don't have to keep calling me 'Captain' it makes me feel older than I am" She looked up at him, "Besides, you're the one who's the oldest here"

"Sorry….its just a habit I got from being in Alabasta….besides I'm not much older than you" He joked back at her.

She looked forward again, "Anyways…I'm taking you to meet someone from the Sand Village" She smiled at Hayashi, "But don't worry…she's not a bad person, she's a friend of mine"

"But Capt-- I mean Awaii, your not suppose to be in contact with anyone out of the village" He looked at her with a serious yet concerned look on his face, "those are orders from Lord Gin himself"

"True….but then again your not exactly from Alabasta, and I talk to you" She pointed out, "You can trust her….but you might want to be careful around Hissori…she might try to steal anything you have" She laughed remembering when they first met, and she tried to steal her dagger.

"you mean there are two of them? Are they both from Sand?" He asked

Awaii shook her head, "Reds from Sand…and Hissoris from the Leaf village"

Hayashi slapped his hand on his face, he knew the Captain didn't like to obey the rules….but he didn't know she was hanging out with 2 people who Alabasta was about to go to war with.

The two of the arrived at the waterfall, and noticed an unknown man standing at the water, a white dog frozen in the air, and another guy whom Hissori seemed to be yelling at.

Awaii grabbed both her dagger, and quickly transformed them into Katanas. She looked at Hayashi and whispered, "Stay here, until I signal for back-up"

He nodded and Awaii ran quickly and quietly up behind the man Hissori was yelling at, and placed her blades up against his neck, standing behind him, "Don't move if you wish to live much longer" She threatened

The guys body tensed up, and Hissori began laughing, "You should see the look on your face Kiba…its priceless" She then looked at Awaii, "You can cool down Awaii, he only followed me thinking I was on a date" she then pointed out to the guy who was still staring at the water, "With him…he's Shikamaru"

Awaii sighed, and retracted her Katanas back to daggers, "sorry bout that" she then looked at Hissori, and was about to yell at her.

Hissori sighed, "Don't even bother, Red already yelled at me…so could you skip that part"

Kiba then turned around and was now facing Awaii, "How did you learn to make those simple daggers into Katanas?"

She ignored his question, and looked at Red, "I have someone I think you might know…but" she looked back at Shikamaru and nodded towards him, "Spiky and" She looked back at Kiba, "Noisy here cant hear or see any of it"

"What did you call me?!" Kiba asked, now seeming a little insulted

Red nodded then unfroze Shikamaru, who now seemed completely confused because Hissori was no longer sitting at the water. He turned around and saw the three girls, Kiba and Akamaru in the air…still frozen.

"Who are you guys…" he then moaned, "What a drag" he seemed like he was about to do some kind of attack, so Red quickly froze him and Kiba together.

Why'd she unfreeze Shikamaru you ask, well if she would of frozen Kiba, then Shikamaru would of unfroze, so she decided to unfreeze him, then freeze both guys at the same time.

Awaii then signaled for Hayashi to come out of hiding….and once he did Reds eyes widened, and she looked like she had seen a ghost while she was looking at him.

"Something wrong Red?" Awaii asked

Red nodded, "Who…who is this guy?"

Awaii pointed at Hayashi, "This is the guy that I think you might know, he was found in the forest area…umm…about 2-3 years ago…doesn't know anything about himself…but he keeps dreaming about the Sand Village, I was-"

"Kankuro" Red said under her breath, "But…he's dead…"

-End of chapter, so do you really think Hayashi is Kankuro, or has Red lost it. Sorry if this chapter is slow, and boring, I promise it will pick up, just give me a few chapters…the next few should be better, unless I just put them all in one chapter…well anyways, that's the end of this chapter, tell me what you think-