It was a couple hours after dark before we risked making our escape. I had checked every room and all the inhabitants were asleep, even Gaara. I snuck into Samuru's room where he waited and we crept out the window and made our escape. We were both wearing black and we had washed the due out of our hair so we blended into the night.

"Have you seen anything unusual?" I heard a man say as we neared the gates.

"Lord Gaara said that there were two suspicious travelers that he was housing to keep a closer eye on them. He even had that pink haired kuinoichi translating what they said in sign since she was knowledged in it and told Lord Gaara everything she saw," another man said.

"We were played," Samuru muttered.

"Knock them out," I hissed when I realized that they were right in front of the cliff gates.

Samuru pulled out his blow pipe and slid two tranquilizer dart into the pipe and hit the two look outs. As soon as they collapsed, we dashed past them and ran to the desert. We hit the other guards that stood at the other end of the cliffs then dashed out into the desert and pulled on tan cloaks to blend in with the desert. When we were several miles away, we heard the alarm ring and sped up.

"We won't be able to stop in case they pursue us," Samuru muttered and I groaned.

"Too bad we didn't really know what we were getting into when Zetsu found us two years ago," I huffed, jumping over a rock. "Wonder if he's getting a laugh at us running while he can just appear and disappear when he wants."

"Less talk, more run or you'll wear out faster," Samuru snapped and pushed me a head of him.

-Gaara-

I heard the alarm go off and dashed out of bed. I grabbed my gourd and dashed out of my room. Everyone appeared in the halls at the same time except Chii and Muru. I opened their doors and saw the window open on Muru's room.

"The one night I actually fall asleep," I growled and jumped out the window to the gates. "What happened?"

"Someone hit us with a tranquilizer dart," one of the guards spoke as a medic looked them over.

"The other two gate guards were fully knocked out," Baki spoke as he appeared next to us. "Was it those two who came the other day?"

"I don't know but they were not in their room so I believe so," I spoke then dashed through the cliffs, not wanting them to get away if it had been them. Temari, Kankuro, Sai, Naruto, and Sakura were close behind me.

-No POV-

Four leaf Jounin and a dog had finally settled down for the night near the border to the wind nation, planning to head back home to Konoha the next day. They were exhausted but couldn't find sleep.

"Kiba what's wrong?" Hinata whispered as he jumped to his feet next to Akamaru.

"Something is coming and it's coming fast," Kiba whispered, drawing out a kunai. Two forms came into the clearing and everyone jumped at them and pinned them down. Kiba pulled off one of the hoods and froze. What the...?"

"Ouch that hurt," a girl with red streaked black hair whined and Kiba jumped off her in shock. "What made you do that? We didn't do anything to you."

"Sorry, my dog sensed something coming fast so our instincts kicked in," Kiba stammered and helped the girl stand as Kurenai helped the boy stand. "What are you doing traveling this late?"

"We have a meeting and we don't have time to stop," the boy with gold-tipped black hair spoke. "Forgive us for interrupting your sleep. We must..."

"Your bleeding," Hinata stammered and touched his arm, making him freeze.

"Uhh..." the girl blanked. "I'm not sure you should touch him. He is very territorial about his personal space."

Hinata jerked her hand back and the boy put a hand over his cut arm and green chakra flowed over his arm, healing the cut. The boy walked over to the girl and pulled her towards the trees.

"We really do no have time to sit around and chat," the boy growled but Kiba saw his eyes linger on hinata for several seconds before they disappeared into the forest.

"Well that was unexpected," Shino spoke and sat down on his mat. "I wonder where they were headed. They were not wearing any nation symbols."

Akamaru growled, making everyone go silent. Then several shinobi appeared into the clearing.

"Naruto..." hinata stammered.

"Lord Gaara what are you doing out here at this time?" Kurenai asked.

"We are tracking to shinobi who attacked several of my men when they snuck out of Suna. I believe they have no village allegiance. A female and a male both look near our age. The male had a scar on his cheek..."

"Why did we let those two go again?" Kiba asked.

"Because you freaked out when you realized you were pinning down a girl," Shino informed as he got to his feet. "Guess we're joining the hunt. The girl had red-streaked black hair and the boy had gold-tipped black hair. They went that way saying they had some meeting."

"Who wants to bet they really are the Abare siblings?" Sakura snorted as everyone started running again.