Whiteicewolf: Sorry I haven't updated in a long time my computer caught a virus. Naruto, Gaara, and Hinata are around 8 years old and since Haku and Kimimaro are two years older they're about 10 years old.
Five kids were walking thru the snow covered forest.
"We should take a break" Naruto said as he stopped walking
"Ok" the others said
"So Naruto, where are we going exactly" Kimimaro asked
"I don't really know we're just traveling in a random direction." Naruto said
"You do know we could get lost that way, right" Kimimaro said.
"Yeah I know" Naruto said
I'm starting to worry about him Kimimaro thought. Then Gaara put his hand on Kimimaro's shoulder.
"We think the same thing too" Gaara said, Kimimaro nodded.
"Hey Hinata let me look at your ankle again." Haku said. Hinata just nodded and let Haku examine her ankle.
"What's wrong with her ankle" Kimimaro asked
"Well before we met you we had a little run in with a couple of people that we didn't really want to meet" Naruto said
"People you didn't want to meet" Kimimaro said
"Yep, let's just leave it at that" Naruto said.
What am I supposed to say. Oh we just had a run in with an assassin that was hired by Gaara's father to kill him and a ninja that was told to bring Hinata back home. Naruto thought.
"Actually that doesn't sound that bad if I think about it" Naruto said
"What doesn't sound bad" Kimimaro asked
"What! I said that aloud" Naruto said
"Yeah pretty much, "Kimimaro said
"That was a rhetorical question" Naruto said
"Really?" Kimimaro said
"Your ankle is doing a lot better, but it's not well enough for you to walk" Haku said as he looked at hinata's ankle
"O-Ok" Hinata said
"So Haku how's her ankle" Naruto asked
"It's doing better, but she can't walk yet" Haku said as he bandaged Hinata's ankle
"So you still have to carry her" Gaara said to Naruto
"Ok" Naruto said.
"Haku how much longer until we reach a village" Gaara asked.
"I'm guessing if we're lucky, we'll get there around evening" Haku said
"Well we better get going then" Naruto said
"Ok" They all said as they started walking again.
Later that day
"Hey guys I see a village!" Naruto yelled
"you don't have to yell Naruto. We can see it too" Kimimaro said
"Come on let's go I'm starving!" Naruto said as he walked towards the village the others following him.
"Hey Hinata do you think you can stand" Naruto asked
"I think so" Hinata said. Then Naruto let her stand.
"Guys stay here I'll be back shortly" Naruto said
"Naruto where are you going" Haku asked
"Don't worry I'll be back" Naruto said before running off
"YOU COULD HAVE AT LEAST ANSWERED THE QUESTION!" Haku yelled
"So what do we do" Kimimaro said
"Naruto said to stay here so I guess we'll have to stay here until he comes back" Gaara said. After a couple of minutes they saw Naruto running towards them.
"Hey guys. Sorry I took so long" Naruto said
"It's okay. Where were you anyway" Gaara asked
"I just went to buy these" Naruto said holding up a pair of black sunglasses
"Sunglasses?" Haku said
"They're for Hinata" Naruto said
"Huh?" the others said
"Well hinata's eyes stand out a lot and we can't change her eyes so if nobody sees her eyes then nobody will recognize her" Naruto said as he handed Hinata the glasses.
"And why do we not want people to recognize Hinata" Kimimaro asked
"We'll tell you later" the boys said
"So are we going to go find a hotel to stay in" Gaara said
"No, we should conserve the little money we have left" Naruto said
"I agree with Naruto" haku said
"So I guess we're sleeping in the woods again aren't we" Kimimaro said
"Yep" the boys said.
"Ok, now which way is the woods" Naruto asked. The others just sighed and pointed to the right
"That way" they said
"Ok the woods here I come" Naruto yelled before running in the right direction
"NARUTO WAIT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CARRY HINATA!" Haku yelled then Naruto came running back.
"Sorry Hinata" Naruto said
"I-It's o-okay" Hinata said
"Come on" Naruto said as he motioned Hinata to get on his back so he could carry her, then he walked towards the forest, the others following him.
In the woods
"This looks like a good spot to camp" Naruto said
"Um, I don't think we should camp outside" Haku said as he looked at the sky
"What do you mean by that?" Naruto asked then they heard thunder and was then followed by a down pour of rain.
"That's why" Haku said as the rain came down on them.
"Aw, man" Naruto wined
"Come on we better find shelter quick" Gaara said
"Yeah we should" kiimimaro said as he tried looking around
"You guys see anything" Naruto asked
"No" the boys replied
"Um, there's a c-cave over in that d-direction" Hinata pointed
"Are you sure" Naruto asked
"Yeah" Hinata said
"Come on." Naruto said to the others and they quickly ran in the direction that Hinata pointed in and surely enough there was a cave and they quickly ran into the cave.
"Wow it's raining cats and dogs out there" Naruto said as he looked at the rain.
"It sure is" Haku said as he looked at it.
"Where I used to live it was rare to see it rain like this" Gaara said as he looked at the rain
"Of course it was rare you lived in the desert! And how could you live in a place that is so damn hot!" Naruto said
"Do I have to answer that" Gaara said
"I would like an answer" Naruto said
"So, no" Gaara said
"Come on guys let's go see if we can make a fire" Haku said as he walked deeper into the others agreed with him and followed, then they came to a part of the cave when it was divided into two tunnels.
"Which one, should we take" Kimimaro said as he looked at the tunnels
"One of them could be a dead end" Haku said as he looked at the tunnels
"I have an idea" Naruto said making the others look at him
"What kind of idea" Gaara said
"This one " Naruto said as he picked up a rock and threw it in one of the tunnels and they listened as they heard the echo then Naruto picked up another rock and threw it in the other tunnel making another echo.
"We should take this one" naruto said while pointing at the tunnel to the right
"Why" the others asked
"Because the echo that was produced from this tunnel was softer then the one at the right" naruto said
"Oh, I get it. You threw those rocks so you could hear which one made a bigger echo. The one that has the louder echo means that it has a dead end, the one with the softer echo means that it doesn't have a dead end or it just has more tunnels" Gaara said making everyone understand what Naruto was doing.
"Oh!" the others said then they walked to the left tunnel. After a couple of minutes of walking the tunnel finally ended leading the kids to a clearing.
"HOLY COW IT'S A VILLAGE!" Naruto yelled
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