EDITED: Jan 31st 2008

I think, your fine, you really blow my mind!

HEY JULIET.

Old song, but still sick!

Hmm, not much to say here.

Happy Readings!


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Not so Weak Anymore

Chapter Twenty-Three

A close call

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"Are we almost there Shikamaru?" Naruto pressed on. It was almost sunrise, and he was dead tired.

"Would you stop asking me every 5 seconds! We'll be there when I say so. Troublesome…"

Naruto scoffed. He looked at Sasuke and Neji. They didn't even look tired. Naruto was DEAD! He had no idea how Sasuke, Neji and Shikamaru could stay awake.

There was a silence for 5 seconds.

"We there yet?"

-

Light came though the blinds of a room filled with many ninja. It was dawn, and a smidge of light came through. The light grew, and met the eyes of one Haruno Sakura.

Sakura could feel light hitting her face. She slowly opened her eyes, only to be met with the bright array of light. She squinted her eyes due to the strong light being omitted from the sun. She turned over on her bed, trying to avoid the sun. She managed to do so, but couldn't get back to sleep. Sighed and opening her eyes, she surveyed the room. Ino, Tenten and Hinata were lying down in there beds. Akito and Ami were huddled up together sleeping. Akira and Daisuke occupied the couch, while Ryo, Kouji and Sora were lying down on the ground. Sakura noticed old man Yugi was no where to be seen. She shrugged. He was always up early meditating.

Sakura sighed and got up out of bed. She crept as quietly as possible to the kitchen got a glass and filled it with milk. She sighed and looked out the window. As soon as they arrived in Suna, they have to leave. Yugi wants the girls to leave for Earth county as soon as possible, as he and the boys would continue their spying. After, they would all meet up in the village of light.

When they arrived in Suna, Gaara gave them a pretty big hut to stay in. there was one bedroom, which had at least five beds, a couch and a lot of carpet space. There was also a kitchen, living area and two bathrooms. It was all they needed.

Sakura took a sip of her milk. She then heard footsteps coming along. It sounded like a pair of them. She looked in the said direction.

It was Daisuke and Akira.

The two walked fully dressed. Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"What are you two doing up so early and ready?"

"We're going out for the day to train. Yugi says we're growing stronger everyday, and we want to keep training." Daisuke said. Sakura made an 'O' shape mouth.

"Anyway were going now. Later!" Akira said as the duo left. Sakura blinked a few times. She wasn't even sure of how long they should be out for.

"Ah Children."

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In Gaara's office…

"Ah very well. Send this document to the hospital." Gaara said to one of his advisors. The said advisor grabbed the sheet, nodded and then left.

Gaara spun in his chair and turned out the window. It was a beautiful day. He spun back around and faced his desk. He looked at the documents strayed about. Reports of reports, deportation details, and incoming villagers. He sighed. He had more work then he could handle. He was thankful for last night though. For once, he didn't need to act all leader like and he had a good time. He then remembered the girls were leaving sometime today. He has asked them to come to his office before they would leave.

A knock at the door disrupted his thoughts. He grunted in annoyance. Does he ever get a moments peace?

"Come in." he muttered. The door opened and one of the jounin walked in.

"Ah, Kazekage-sama, I don't mean to disrupt you, but four Konoha Jounin have arrived." He said. Gaara raised an eyebrow.

"Names?"

"GAAAARRRRAAAA!" a loud voice echoed out. Naruto came running in the door with a big grin on his face. Gaara blinked a few times.

"Naruto?" he said surprised. Naruto pointed to himself with his thumb, "The one and only."

Gaara chuckled, a small chuckle. Naruto hadn't changed a bit since their last encounter.

"Hurry up guys!" Naruto yelled down the hall. Gaara could hear mutters replying back. Three figures emerged in the door way. Gaara recognized Neji and Shikamaru automatically, but…

"You…" Gaara glared at Sasuke. Sasuke glared back with just an intensified look as Gaara sent him. Naruto stepped in.

"Guys, chill."

Gaara broke the glaring contest first, turning to the side, "Hn. I still don't trust you Uchiha."

"Fine with me." He turned around to leave, "I know when I'm not wanted." He walked away and out of the room. He could hear Naruto yelling at him to come back, but Neji silenced him.

"Naruto, leave it. He'll be back. Right now we have things to attend too." Neji said turning to Gaara.

"We were attacked, and we need some medical assistance and a place to stay." Gaara nodded. He turned to the jounin.

"Take them to the hospital. Then, let them have hut six sector twenty-three." Gaara said. The jounin looked through his papers.

"Uh sorry to disappoint you Kazekage-sama, but that is in use by our guest who arrived yesterday" he said. Gaara looked puzzled for a moment.

Then it clicked in his head. His eyes widened.

"Shit." He muttered to himself. He got up out of his seat and headed to the door.

"Take them to the hospital for treatment. Report to my office later." He said leaving. Naruto and the jounin blinked in confusion. Neji and Shikamaru looked with suspicion.

Something wasn't right here…

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"Come on Dai! You can do better!"

The two Uchiha had been sparing together out in a clearing in Suna. Daisuke growled. He activated his Sharingan and ran with all the power he had at Akira. Akira also had her Sharingan activated. He tried to punch her, but she caught it. He then tried to kick her as she was still holding his knuckles. She blocked that as well.

Akira smirked. She was GOING to beat Daisuke this time.

POOF!

She cursed. It was a bushin. She looked around.

"I win." A voice from behind her said. She could feel a cold kunai up against her neck. She sighed, but then secretively smirked.

"Not quite." She whispered.

POOF!

She was in fact, a bushin as well. Daisuke fell forward as the bushin went away. He looked around.

"Where did-" he couldn't finish as a hand from the ground grabbed his ankle. The said hand pulled him under into the underground.

5 minutes later…

"I told you I'd win." Akira said grinning happily. Daisuke was currently stuck in the ground, Daisuke sighed.

Maybe I shouldn't tell her I let her win…

"Come on! I'm hungry. Let's go into town and get something to eat!" Akira said walking away. Daisuke wiggled.

"Uh a little help here?"

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In Town…

"Mhhhhmmmm that looks good!" Akira said looking at a carrot muffin in the window of a bakery. She turned to Daisuke.

"Can you get it for me?" she said giving him puppy dogs. He sighed in defeat, "Fine."

Akira hugged him, "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" she praised. Daisuke blushed, but turned away before she saw. He walked into the bakery, while Akira waited outside. As she was waiting, some guy came up to her.

"Hey babe, I'm new in town. Could you give me directions to your apartment?" the man said to her smirking. Akira turned to him in disgust. He looked about eighteen years old.

This was wrong.

"Excuse me?!" Akira said disgusted. He winked at her. "Your daddy must have been a baker, because you've got a nice set of buns."

That did it. Akira activated her Sharingan out of annoyance. She glared at him, and in one swift motion, went right in front of him, and gave him an uppercut. He went flying back and tumbled to the ground. Akira walked up to him and put her foot on his back.

"Don't EVER mess with me again." She spat. She then walked away.

She failed to notice him grabbing her foot.

The man grabbed her foot and squeezed hard, "Your not getting away that easy." He pulled her to the ground.

POOF!

It was a bushin. The man looked around franticly.

"Where?-"

BAM

Akira, emerged from the ground, and punched him square in the jaw. The man went flying through the air, into uncharted area.(TEAM ROCKET IS BLASTING OFF AGAIN!.. Like that kinda thing ;P)

Akira smirked as she saw the guy go flying through the air. She brushed off her hands off and headed back to the bakery coolly. What she failed the most, was a pair of eyes watching her.

Sharingan?

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"G'morning Rinny!" Ino said as she came waltzing into the kitchen. Ami, Akito, Ryo, Kouji, Tenten and Hinata were all awake and eating. Ino had just woken up, and Sora was still snoring loudly. Sakura was cleaning dishes.

"Morning Miki! Bout time you woke up." Sakura teased.

Ino huffed, "Well a girl needs her beauty sleep…" Sakura rolled her eyes, "Yeah yeah whatever." Sakura turned back around to the dishes. Just then, Yugi came in the main area.

"Ah, I see most of you are up. Start packing, we leave in an hour." He said. They all nodded and started going to their rooms, while Kouji and Akito went into Sora's room to wake up the poor bastard. Before Sakura could go to her room, Yugi called her out.

"Rin, could you go get Daisuke and Akira?" Sakura sighed and then nodded, "Alright, be back in awhile." She said heading out the front door.

Oh, deary me.

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"Thanks Daisuke!" Akira said eating her muffin.

"N-no p-problem A-Akira." Daisuke said stuttering. He put his hand over his mouth trying to stop himself. Akira laughed.

"ha, stutter much?" she remarked. Daisuke turned his head away in annoyance, "Yeah whatever."

"So, what should we do now?"

"More sparing?"

"Yeah, if you wanna lose again."

"Psh we'll see who wins!" Daisuke said, as he began to run. Akira finished her muffin in with one last bite and followed after.

"I'll beat you there!" Daisuke said.

Akira scoffed, "Not a chance!" she said trying to catch up. Daisuke had quite the lead though.

Daisuke was about to turn the corner, when he bumped into someone. He managed to keep his balance before falling back.

"Hey! Watch where your-" Daisuke looked up at the person he ran into and froze. Akira started turning the corner, and then ran into Daisuke's back. She fell down.

"Ah, Daisuke! Why'd you stop…?" Akira looked up and saw why he stopped.

"Y-Y-Your …"

-

Yugi was sitting on the couch, ever so peacefully, while everyone was packing. Ami, Akito, Tenten, Hinata, Ryo and Kouji were done packing. Ino was still stuffing her bag with her clothes, while arguing with Sora about keeping his stuff away from hers.

A knock was heard at the door. Everyone turned to the door. Yugi ever so slowly went to the door to answer it. He twisted the door, and saw who knocked.

"Ah, Kazekage-sama. We were just about to lea-"

"Where's Sakura?!" he asked impatiently. Yugi was a little confused.

"Why do you need her?"

"Ah, just tell me where she is and I'll tell you later!"

"She went to find Daisuke and Akira in town. She left ten minutes ago." Yugi said. Gaara nodded and ran off.

"Thanks, and be in my office in half an hour!" he hollered back as he left. Yugi blinked.

something's going on here...

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"Y-Y-Your…"

The man stared down at them with a heated gaze. They were scared. HE was one of the only other remaining Uchiha.

"Uh.. Never mind her. We'll be going now!" Daisuke said grabbing Akira's hand and walking around the man, thinking they could get away from them.

It didn't work.

In one swift motion, the man was back in front of them. They stared wide eyed at his speed.

"What are you hiding?" he asked. Akira shook her hands in front of her, "N-Nothing Uchiha-sama!"

"Ah, you know of me then?"

Both Akira and Daisuke froze.

"Uh…"

The man activated his Sharingan and stared at the two children. They wanted to activate their own, but were in fear of letting there true identity slip.

"DAISUKE!, AKIRA!" a feminine voice called out. Both Akira, Daisuke, and the man turned to the corner where the voice was coming from. Someone came around the corner.

Sakura turned the corner, with her disguise on. She had been looking all over town for the troublesome two. A baker at the bakery told her what direction the two went.

Once around the corner, she saw Daisuke and Akira. She also looked at what was in front of them, and instantly froze.

'S-S-Sasuke-kun?!'

Two fourteen year old Uchiha children, training their Sharingan.

While a sixteen year old Uchiha, almost mastered his Sharingan with his Sharingan activated staring at the two children.

'Did he figure out who they were?' questions filled her mind of what could have possibly happened. She was unsure of what to do.

"A-Ah! There y-you to a-are!" she said stuttering. Sasuke looked at her.

She looks very familiar…

He searched his mind for the answer. Akira and Daisuke sighed a breath of relief as Sakura had come to their rescue.

"Sakura!" Daisuke said. Sakura and Akira looked wide eyed at Daisuke.

That idiot called her by her real name. It took him five seconds to notice what he did. Sasuke flinched upon hearing that name…

"Sakura…?" he said in a hush musky tone. Sakura needed to think of an excuse fast. She put her hand behind her head and one on her hip, with a big grin on her face.

"Uh ahaha! That's just my nickname!" she said. Akira joined in. "Y-yeah! She likes cherry blossoms, so we call her Sakura!" she said. Daisuke mentally slapped himself for his mistake. Sasuke stared at him oddly. He walked up to Sakura, until he was a foot in front of her.

"You look familiar." He said inching closer to her. She backed up a bit.

"Aahaha, I have no idea what you're talking about!" she said trying to get outta here. Akira stepped in once again.

"Yeah, she has no idea Sasuke!" she said. They all flinched again.

"How do you know my name?"

Sakura covered for her, "She's a fan girl!" she said pointing to Akira. Akira put her best dreamy look on she could muster. Sasuke arched an eyebrow and turned to Sakura.

"Alright, well you said you didn't know me, but you know she's a fan girl of my fan club…" he said. Sakura flinched. "Ahaha… well…"

"There you are!" a voice from around the corner called out. They all turned to his corner.

It was Gaara. He looked at the scene. He was a little too late. He glared at the Uchiha.

"Uchiha, are you bugging my guests?" Sasuke scoffed and glared.

"Hn."

Gaara rolled his eyes. "Go to the hospital. Your team is there." he said. Sasuke rolled his eyes and jumped off, but before he did, he stared at Sakura, and the Uchiha kids. They shivered.

Once gone, all three of them collapsed to the ground, "Wow that was close." Sakura said. Akira and Daisuke nodded.

"Why were you two talking to him!?" Sakura said scowling at them. They stood up in defense.

"HE CAME TO US!" they said in unison. Sakura turned to Gaara.

"Why is he here?"

"They were attacked on a mission, and needed medical assistance. Suna was the closest from where they were."

"They?"

"Naruto, Neji, Shikamaru and him." Sakura's eyes widened, "THEY'RE ALL HERE?! Does the rest of the gang know?"

He shook his head, "I need you guys to leave right away. I told them to report to my office. Let's go."

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In Gaara's office...

"…And we'll send you any information we get." Yugi said explaining everything to Gaara.

Gaara nodded, "Alright, sounds fair to me. You're all going your own ways now?"

Yugi nodded, "Yes, the boys and myself are going to get more information and then return to our home village, while the girls and the two kids go to Earth and negotiate with them. Then they shall meet us. From there, we shall get ready for battle."

Gaara nodded, "Sounds promising. Then I shall all see you in awhile." He said letting them leave. They all nodded. Sakura bowed.

"Thank you for the hospitality Gaara!"

He nodded again, "I'll escort you all out of Suna." He said. Hinata shook his head, "No no, I don't t-think its n-necessary." She said about to open the door. Her hand was on the handle, but the door opened from the other side.

"…AND then I said-" Naruto stopped talking as he noticed someone falling forward. He looked at her, "Hey who are you? Your cute!"

Hinata froze, as did everyone else. She looked up. "N-N-Naru-"

"Naruto you baka, not so loudly." An annoyed voice called from behind. Shikamaru, Neji and Sasuke all appeared behind Naruto. Neji and Shikamaru froze upon seeing the gang.

Ino gapped.

Tenten gapped.

Sakura gapped.

Who didn't gap?

It felt like time stopped. No one moved or made a sound. It was so quiet, you could hear a needle hit the ground. The silence was unbearable.

Yugi coughed. Everyone turned their attention to him, "We'll be going now. Thank you for the hospitality Kazekage-sama."

Yugi began to make his leave. Everyone hesitantly followed. As they left the room, Tenten looked at Neji and Ino and Shikamaru. Hinata and Sakura didn't dare look at Naruto and Sasuke, fearing them getting suspicious. Gaara held his head in his hands. They picked the absolute WORST timing.

Naruto blinked, "Well that was weird. Who were they!?" he asked Gaara impatiently. Neji smacked Naruto over the head.

"OWW!"

"Don't mettle in things that aren't your own business." He said. Naruto rubbed his head.

"But-"

"Naruto…"

"Psh, fine." He said dropping the subject. He looked down the hall in which they went down.

she reminded me of Hinata

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The gang stood on the boarder of Suna. The male part of the group was going one way, while the female side, plus one male boy were going the other way.

"See you in the village of light." Yugi said. They all nodded, and jumped off. The girls and Daisuke were on their way to Earth. Sakura looked at Hinata.

"So do you know anything about this kage?"

Hinata nodded, "Yeah, but n-not much. I hear he's a v-very hard man to break. He's very stubborn, but he has a s-soft side which he rarely shows."

Sakura nodded, "Well put your best puppy dog faces on, cause its gunna take a lot to break him."

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Sasuke was in bed, trying to sleep. He couldn't do it. He was thinking of today's events. He was so sure he saw the Sharingan in those kids' eyes, and that girl seemed so familiar…

Where the hell have I seen her before!?

Something was definitely up.

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Hmm, I actually liked this chapter (:

Wasn't too bad.

Anyway review, yeah?

Shellzonfire!