Chapter 5
Red, Awaii, and Kankuro/Hayashi all headed towards Suna. Even though Red didn't want Awaii to go to Suna with her and Kankuro, she knew there was no talking Awaii out of it. Once she has made up her mind, no one can change it. That's one of the many reasons she became the only female leader in Alabasta.
One the three of them arrived at Suna, Red quickly froze the guards before they could put Awaii under arrest.
As they walked into the sandy village, Awaii was looking at everything in 'Aww'. Never had she seen a village so big…or crowded. There were so many people whispering and pointing at them. Awaiis guess was because of Hayashi…or Kankuro as they knew him by.
Kankuro, whom lived in Suna; but didn't remember doing so, also looked a bit confused. He didn't like all these people staring at him, even though they all probably knew him, he didn't like the attention.
"Hey Red, how much further?" Awaii asked her red haired witch friend, "I don't really feel all that comfortable not knowing where exactly I'm going"
"not much further" she looked back at her green eyes Samurai friend, "Have I finally found the powerful Awaiis weakness?" She smirked, causing Awaii to glare at her.
"Kankuro…..KANKURO!!" A woman with sandy blonde hair and forest green eyes shouted. Her hair up in four ponytails, and she wore a black long dress type outfit, tied by a red cloth wrapped around her waist. She ran over towards Red, Awaii, and Kankuro. She seemed just as, if not more, shocked than Red was when she first saw Kankuro. "How are you….we all though…." Her shocked face soon became angry, "You ASS HOLE, you caused us all a lot of pain and sadness…you even made Gaara become more quiet and depressed like"
Kankuro tilted his head in confusion, then looked at though he had a flashback and remembered something, "Temari?" He asked as if he was a bit unsure.
The blonde Sand Ninja nodded, then looked down at Red and Awaii, "Thank you Red from bringing my brother back" her eyes narrowed on the black haired Samurai, "Is this the person responsible for us believing in Kankuros death" Temari asked reaching back for her big black fan attached to her back.
Awaii quickly took a step back, and bowed slightly, she had no intentions of fighting Temari, "I am not here to fight anyone….and I am not responsible for Haya- I mean Kankuros attack" She looked back up at Temari, "I am only here to ask for your village not to go to war with Kohona"
"you from Kohona?" She looked at Awaii up and down, "you don't look familiar, your name"
"Awaii-Lynne, Captain of the Samurai Warriors of Alabasta" She bowed again showing her respect for Temari.
"She saved my life Temari, if it wasn't for her I would be dead right now. Please do not harm her" Kankuro spoke up. Temari looked back at her brother, her eyes filling up with salty tears. She quickly turned away to hide them
Facing away from her brother and the two girls, Temari quickly wiped away any tears that might of escaped form her eyes, "Follow me" She said trying to mask her emotions, something Gaara could do with no effort, but something that she couldn't do
Temari began walking towards the Kage building, and the others followed her. Once they approached the building they walked into it, then stopped at a set of double doors.
She looked at Red, "I want you to stay out here with her" She nodded towards Awaii, "At least until I come back out" Temari then looked at Kankuro, "Your coming with me….Gaara and I have a lot of questions for you"
She grabbed hold of Kankuros hand and was about to walk into Gaaras office when Awaii stopped her, "He doesn't remember anything" Temari looked back at Awaii, confusion in her expression, "he cant remember anything before the night my men and I found him"
She was about to say more when Temari rose her hand, forcing Awaii to stop talking, and just listen. "I'm pretty sure I can get him to remember something" She then walked into the double doors, with Kankuro following behind her.
Red and Awaii leaned against the wall in the hall, awaiting for the sand Konoichi to come out and allow them in.
--------------------------------Inside Gaaras Office----------------------------------
Gaaras expressionless face finally had an expression….shock, for he was staring at his dead brother….whom obviously wasn't dead. Gaaras gourd in the corner of the room began to shakes, causing Kankuro to look over at it, and back away slowly.
This wasn't the normal family reunion, but then again Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara was anything but normal. The room was very quiet, except for the rattling gourd in the corner. Kankuro took a deep breath, and decided to break the silence, although he was worried he might be attacked by whatever was in that gourd.
"Gaara….I want to talk to you about this war" He said, then was hit on the back of the head by Temaris fan, "What was that for?!" He asked rubbing where she hit him at.
"You remember anything BUT the war….I'm pretty sure Gaara doesn't want to talk to the damn war" Temari scoffed at her younger brother.
Gaara cleared his throat, and closed his eyes for a second, "haven't been in here for more that 10 minutes, and your both already giving me a headache" he began to rub his temples, and his gourd stopped shacking….finally. He then opened his eyes and looked at Kankuro, he looked completely different wit without his purple make-up, and signature black outfit, along with his puppet strapped to his back. "Where have you been…and why haven't you come back sooner?" Gaara asked Kankuro
Kankuro looked down, "I've been in a small village known as Alabasta, and I came back to Sand to try and remember whom I am" He answered
Temari stood forward, "Gaara, there is a girl from Alabasta in the hallway, apparently Red has been in contact with this girl. He name is Awaii-Lynne and she wishes to talk to you about this war. Should I let her in?" Temari asked
Gaara leaned back in his chair, "Let Red inside, and let us talk alone for a little
while" he looked at his older sister, "I want you to watch this Awaii girl until I am done talking to Red. Take Kankuro back to his house" Gaara stood and looked out the window behind him, "Take the girl with you…don't attack her or let her out of your site"
Temari nodded, then the older sand siblings left the room, and told Red that Gaara wished to talk to her….alone.
Red nodded and walked into the young Kazakages office. Temari then looked over at Awaii, "Follow me, we have to take Kankuro back to his house" She then began walking away from where Red just entered.
Awaii hesitated, but soon followed Temari and Kankuro back into the streets of Suna.
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Red walked into the office, and saw the young Kazakage standing, staring out the window, without facing her he asked, "How long have you been in contact with the girl?"
"about 5 years. But Gaara she isn't a bad person" She stepped forward, "You said you could trust me…well trust me when I say that Kohona ninjas didn't attack your brother"
This got Gaara attention, and he turned to look at Red, "who attacked him then?" he asked, staring at her with his deep blue eyes.
Red looked away, "We don't know yet…but, I've talked to someone, whom I trust very much so, she is from Kohona, and knows for sure that Kohona ninjas did not attack our sand ninjas. She said that the same time that the Sand ninjas were attack, the Kohona ninjas were also attack" Red then began to explain that Kohona thinks that Suna attacked them, and that Awaii thinks that a different village is trying to destroy both Kohona and Suna.
Gaara sat back down in his chair, and places his elbows in his desk, resting his chin on his knuckles. "If what your saying is true, then Kankuro is the only person who knows who really attacked both our villages"
Red nodded, "That is why Awaii came here, she wants to also stop this war, and help Kankuro remember." Red was now standing beside Gaara, "Gaara, Awaii has been taking care of Kankuro since the night she found him, she would of brought him here sooner if she knew who he was, but since she had never even seen any of you she didn't know."
Gaara looked back up at Red, "I believe what your trying to say" he stood back up, and walked over to his door, "and I have a feeling I know who is trying to destroy our villages" He then left the office, leaving Red in the room alone.
-------------------------Temari, Awaii, and Kankuro--------------------------
The three of them walked into Kankuros house, even though everyone in Suna thought he was dead, Gaara ordered everyone to stay away from his house. Meaning everything was still the way it was the few years ago when he was last there. The only difference was that the house had become dusty.
Kankuro began to walk around his house, as though this was the first time he had ever been in there. He walked up and down the hallways, and into all the rooms, until he got to his room. He walked inside it, and stayed in there for a little while trying to remember something…anything.
Temari looked at Awaii, "Why'd you take care of a complete stranger, knowing that he might have been an enemy there to attack you" she asked Awaii.
Awaii looked down, then back up at Temari, "because…I don't like to see others hurting…and I knew somehow that he wasn't the enemy" she had a faint smile on her face, "I almost lost my place as Captain because I demanded that he be able to stay into our village until he remembered something" She then looked at the ground again, "plus…he reminded me of someone I knew close to me"
"Thank you…for helping him, but…what does your village get from stopping this war?" Temari asked another question, even though she wasn't asked to, she wanted to find more out about this girl who saved her brothers life
Awaii smiled up at Temari, "I'll be able to spend time with my best friends, and not have to worry about fighting them the next day….and my village wont have to lose any men, no one would have to get hurt"
Temari kinda understood what Awaii was saying, she didn't want this war to go on, she happened to like Kohona. The people there weren't all that bad, sure some of them had attitudes…and others were obnoxious, but they had some good people there.
Suddenly they heard something fall in Kankuros room, and both girls ran back to see if he was okay. What they saw seemed to scare both girls. Kankuro was on the ground like he had blacked out. Both Temari and Awaii rushed over to him, and placed him on his bed.
"What's happening to him?" Temari asked looking extremely worried for her little brother.
Awaii looked down at Kankuro, whom was moving around and making sudden faces of terror, then looked up at Temari, "I think he might be remembering something" She answered
"Should we get help?" Temari asked now looking at Awaii, whom just shook her head and looked back down at Kankuro.
Awaii knew that if he was remembering something, then there was nothing they could do but wait.
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A group of Suna ninja quickly rushed towards the village of Leaf, they all seemed a little relieved to finally get this peace treaty finalized.
"Kankuro, can we take a quick rest, we don't want to look like run down wimps when we meet up with the Kohona Ninjas" one man asked running beside Kankuro.
Kankuro smirked, then nodded, "Alright, we can take a small break, about 15 minutes, then we head back out, we don't want to be late now do we?"
The group nodded, then stopped and placed all there traveling bags down on the ground. Then leaned against a tree and began to rest, some men got drinks while others just talked.
Kankuro had noticed one of the men seemed to be looking for something, so he decided to walk over to him, "Kien, is there something you are looking for?" He asked
The man jumped then turned to face Kankuro, his long purple hair covered half of his face, and his eyes a deep brown color, "No sir, I was just looking out, in case something happened" He looked back out towards the trees, "I have a bad feeling about this"
Kankuro smacked the man in the back, "No need to worry, we are only here for peace, not war" Kankuro was about to say more when he heard the sound of one of his men screaming.
Kien and Kankuro both quickly turned to see a group of ninjas dressed in all gray, begin to ambush there camp. Kankuro recognized those men, they were all from Sound…but what would sound want to attack Sand for….unless
Kankuro and Kien quickly began fighting. But they were caught off guard, unprepared for this battle. Each one of the Sand Shinobis began to fall, as though they were being picked off like flies.
Until it was only Kankuro and Kien standing, they were surrounded by Sound Ninja. Kankuro turned to face Kien and was about to say something when he was suddenly stabbed a few times in the chest by the person standing in front of him….Kien.
Kankuro then fell to the ground and was left there to die. The last thing he heard was Kien saying, "Go and assist the others, make sure there are no survivors….and make it look as though Sand attacked"
Kankuros vision suddenly went black and everything went quiets.
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Kankuro opened his eyes, and saw two sets of eyes looking down at him. They were both green, one set his sisters and the others Awaiis.
"Kankuro, are you okay?" Temari asked as he sat up.
Kankuro grabbed for his head, he had a really bad headache now, but had to tell the two of them what he just saw….or remembered….He shook his head, "I know who attacked us…."
"it was Sound" A males voice said standing at the door way of Kankuros room
They all looked over and saw Gaara standing at the doorway, Kankuro nodded, "How'd you know?"
Gaara then looked at Awaii, "I want you to go to Leaf with Kankuro, and I want you to explain to them everything that has happened. I'm sorry, but I cannot end this war…but I can make sure we don't go to war with the wrong people"
Awaii usually didn't take orders from anyone, but she wasn't about to argue with this guy, there was something different about him…almost a little scary, so she nodded. They were told that they would leave in the morning.
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Hissori Kiba and Shikamaru all headed back to Kohona in Silence. Hissori was worried for Awaii and Red, she knew what would happen if someone betrayed the village she was at….which made her think about something else…
She stopped walking and looked at the two male Shinobis, "You guys wont say anything about this to Lady Tsunade….right" She had a serious look in her face
Kiba looked a bit confused, "And why shouldn't we say anything…especially if it could end the war"
Shikamaru sighed, "Kiba, we still don't have any proof, not until Kankuro can remember….so we cant say anything until after he remembers" he then looked at Hissori, "We wont say anything until then…so don't worry so much"
They then continued walking towards Kohona. Once they entered the village gates, Shikamaru and Kiba went to get some food, and Hissori headed straight home, she wanted to try and get some sleep.
She walked into her house and threw herself on her couch. Her blue hair spread out on the arm of the couch. Even though she was tired, she couldn't sleep, she had too much on her mind. Who would try to get Kohona and Suna to destroy each other….would Awaii and Red be okay at Suna, and would Kankuro ever remember anything…
Before Hissori knew it, it was becoming dark. She sighed and stood up, "If I cant sleep, I'll go steal something to get my mind off all of this stuff"
Hissori walked out of her house, and suddenly disappeared into the night, She knew this steal would be enjoyable, because of the war the Hokage had placed more guards than ever….making things more of a challenge for the yellow eyes thief.
-End of Chapter….WOW this chapter is long, 8pages typed up….and only 9 written…well I added more to it so that I could speed up the story, anyways, now we all know who is trying to get Kohona and Suna to attack, oh and sorry Hissori, but I'm not gonna do your stealing thing…cause I'm not good at writing you stealing…sorry, any-who, the next chapter will be of Kankuro and Awaii at Kohona, or heading to Kohona…not sure yet, but don't worry Red you will be in the chapter, I'm just not gonna tell you how yet….so until the next chapter-