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They had spent a week in Suna, discussing the terms and agreements of the treaty they were signing. During that time, little Sakura had become inseparable, never far behind the other. The Kazekage had also developed a liking for the white haired girl, claiming that she was more worthy to be his child than any of his children. This also caused the Kage to be harsher with Gaara on the basis that he was "weak". It was a shock to the girl in question to hear him say that but all she could do was respond with a humble "thank you".

During that time, she had also trained a lot with both children, teaching them both the Sunan fighting style. Gaara, being the prodigy he was, grasped it quickly and was already better than most genin. Sakura, on the other hand, was still trying to get the hang of it, but she was doing relatively well for someone of her small stature. She already knew the moves, but her attacks lacked power. Luna had also taught both of them chakra growing exercises to broaden their coils and enable for a bigger chakra supply. She had also stocked up on many weapons made only in Sand as well different herbs and medication. After all, the Sand had the best collection of herbs in all of the Shinobi Nations.

But sadly now, it was time to leave, as they could not stay forever. The only problem was that Gaara didn't want to let go of her. Sakura was crying as well, but she listened to her onee-chan anyway because she had promised to do anything the older girl instructed, no questions asked.

"Listen Gaara-kun," the snowy haired girl pacified, gently easing Gaara away from her. "Sakura and I will miss you dearly, but we cannot stay in Suna forever. I promise that we will write to you often." The Kazekage was glaring at his son. Sakura guessed it was because the young red haired boy refused to listen to his father. The little pink haired sapling understood why Gaara was so sad, but she really couldn't do anything about it.

"B-but what if I don't ever see Luna-chan and Saku-chan again?" He sniffled.

"But you will, I'll come and visit you often!" Luna exclaimed. It seemed that everyone missed the fact that she said "I''. Everyone but the Kazekage.

"Baki!" The Kage exclaimed, finally fed up with his son. "Take Gaara away from here and make him get started on his studies. I let him have too much free time." A man in full Sand shinobi ensemble came forward and roughly picked up the crying and shrieking red haired five year old, throwing him over his shoulder. Luna wanted to protest but knew better than to do so.

"Goodbye, Gaara-kun," she said, smiling sadly. Sakura too waved, tears still streaming down her face. They really would miss him.

"Thank you for your generosity Kazekage-sama," Luna said, bowing politely once Gaara was out of sight.

The Kage grunted in response and nodded at her. "It was no problem. You did Suna a great favor." He replied. The yellow eyed girl nodded and smiled.

"Thank you once again, and my apologies for Gaara's behavior. It is my fault. I do not mean to be rude, but Sakura and I have a long journey ahead of us. Thank you for everything once again."

"As I said before, it was no problem," the red haired man said." Leave now while there is still daylight," Luna took his instructions to heart, nodding once more and proceeding onwards to the gate. Mist was very far away and they had to be quick in order to get there. During their stay in Suna, they had received word from spies that the Kaguya clan had tried to perform a coup d'etat and had been massacred in turn, leaving one survivor, and the snowy haired girl had a pretty good idea as to who that survivor was.

They didn't have time to waste, and that was why as soon as they had exited the gates, she had instructed Sakura to remove her weights and give them to her. The yellow eyed girl also removed her own and placed both sets into a sealing scroll. She needed to be quick this time. If she knew Orochimaru as well as she thought she did, she knew that he would be fast in trying to sink his teeth into the child.

Such a valuable bloodline limit could not be left to die.

Two weeks.

Two fucking weeks.

Luna wasn't one to swear, but she supposed that she had every right to in this situation. The two of them had arrived in Kiri a week before, and they had been looking for Kimimaro since. How hard was to find a six year old child?! Pretty damn hard, she could say! She was starting to think that the old snake Sannin had already found him before she could and was on the verge of giving up. Kiri was a big village, but not that big! And it didn't help that it was literally surrounded and filled with mist! She knew that was the point but it was still irritating.

She had left Sakura in the hotel room, secured with multiple jutsu and she had instructed her to keep the curtains closed and not go anywhere near the windows. The village was in a very unstable state at the moment and she couldn't risk losing Sakura. She too had taken many precautions, dyeing her hair dark blue and putting black contacts. Henge were just too risky. She had also put on old clothes making her look like a normal academy student, out for a stroll after school. Though she was anything but that. She had been out since morning, looking for that damned child who just wouldn't show up, and she was seriously contemplating just heading back to the inn room.

"Hey you! Come back here! Stop!" An angry voice shouted across the streets, drawing her attention. .

Turning around, she saw a man chasing after someone she could not see. Attention captured, she followed, but acting nonchalant about it. The man tripped over a can and fell to the floor, face first. But she didn't stop to look, instead she quickly made sure no one was looking her way and jogged in the direction the man was running. She had to be fast or else she could lose the person. Turning a corner, she saw it was a dead end. Sighing angrily, she turned to leave and she was almost completely gone when she heard the noise of one of the numerous crates falling and a muffled whimper.

Turning back, she prepared herself for disappointment once again and ventured deeper into the alley.

Just as she was about peer closer, a voice stopped her in her tracks.

"I never knew you were one to poke your nose into things, cousin."

"Mei," she answered, turning around and pasting on a smile. There stood her older cousin, in all her red haired glory, giving her a smirk that screamed haughtiness.

"Luna! How I've missed you!" She asked coming forward, arms open for a hug. "What are you doing here in Mist? Come to pay me a visit?" Luna rolled her eyes and calmly dodged the teen.

"I've come to pay you a visit of course!" The white haired girl replied. She wasn't lying; because that was another reason she had come. She just didn't go to see the fifteen year old immediately. Kimimaro taking priority.

"Oh really now?" The green eyed girl asked with a raised eyebrow. "And it took you a week to come see me?" Leave it to her cousin to know that.

"So you knew I was here? Why not approach me sooner then?" Luna asked crossing her arms.

"I wanted to know what you were doing first. And it seems I've finally figure it out. You're looking for the last survivor of the Kaguya aren't you?" Was the smug reply. As soon as she said this loud but small gasp rang throughout the alley drawing both their attention. They looked at one another, and then slowly approached the sound. Luna got there fast, seeing as she was the closest and was met with the sight of a cowering and shaking white haired child.

He was tiny, skinny and dirty. He was so skinny that you could see the clearly defined bones of his rib cage from the giant hole in his shirt. The way he looked at them was heart breaking, with such fear in his eyes that one would think they were is worst nightmare come to life.

"Kimimaro?" Luna asked hesitantly, aghast. The little boy immediately tried to scoot back into the corner, though he was already as far in as possible.

"We are not going to hurt you little one." The white haired girl told him, patting his head gently. Kimimaro still didn't budge, and Luna slowly took his very reluctant and shaking form into her arms. She looked at Mei, and nodded at her, the older girl understanding exactly what she wanted to say. And as if on cue, both girls teleporting out of the alley at the same time, leaving no trace that they were there.

Sakura was pretty shocked when her onee-chan just poofed into the room with a red head and a young boy who looked pretty worse for wear than she had ever been.

But both girls ignored her completely and quickly huddled around the young boy who was still scared of them all.

The two girls worked with each other as if the both already knew what to do. The red head went to draw a bath whilst the white haired girl stripped him down and carried him to the bathroom.

"Sakura! Get some food prepared for Kimimaro. You still have the box of take-away that I bought you for lunch I assume?" Luna asked in a no nonsense voice. Little Sakura could only nod silently in reply. "Good," Luna continued. "Put that on the table and we'll give it to him."

Sakura did as told immediately, only slightly peeved that her lunch was being given away, but she knew that the little boy needed it more than she did.

As the little girl was taking out the brown paper bag out of the mini fridge and putting it inside the room's microwave, she couldn't help but wonder who those two new people were. Her onee had not said anything about bringing two people back with her. Sakura had been told that she would be getting a new friend but she didn't know anything about two. Standing on her tiptoes, she pressed the required buttons just as her onee had taught her and watched halfheartedly as the metal box lit up and the glass plate start turning on the inside.

Perhaps this boy was the new friend her sister had been talking about? She thought that was the most probable answer seeing as the pretty red haired girl looked a bit too old to be her friend. But she was really worried about was if the young boy was okay. He sure didn't look it. Even the pink haired girl wasn't that skinny when her onee had found her.

Just as she was about to open the microwave door after the five beeps that signaled the food was finished, she heard a muffled shout and crash coming from the bathroom, followed by a pained "Don't attack him Mei, he's just scared!" and a few grumbles.

Sakura was a bit alarmed after she heard that but did not go and check to see what was going on, confident that both girls could take care of it. So instead, she did as told and put the food on the table as well as a plate from the cupboard. After the little pink haired sapling had done that, she got ready on her real task; which cold drink the little boy would like to drink. The room was provided with a stocked mini fridge filled with many different types and many different flavors.

Sakura knew that it was vital that she chose a good one, as the drink was just as important as the food.

She contemplated on the cola but she thought that maybe it was a bit too bold for the young boy. Maybe the Ponta? But it could be too sweet for the young boy and he didn't seem like the type to like particularly sweet things. And water was too boring. Sparkling water was just plain disgusting. After many minuets of thinking, she settled on the crème soda. Not too sweet but not bland either.

She chose just in time too because just as she put the drink on the table and settled herself back on the bed to continue her drawing, the bathroom door burst open revealing her older sister carrying the little boy wrapped in a towel. He looked marginally better and didn't look as scared as before so Sakura gathered that he felt much better. She too felt much better after a bath.

She watched in silence as the white haired girl went to her pack and bent down to pick it up and open it. She could only work with one hand though because of the fact that the little boy was clutching onto her with a death grip. Sakura watched as she pulled out one of her numerous black shirts and a pair of sleeping shorts and placed them on the bed. Then she flung the pack on the floor and sat down on the bed, shifting Kimimaro to her lap.

The little boy didn't do anything as the yellow eyed girl dressed him up in the clothes which were much too big for him, and instead contented himself with trying to play with her hands as she worked. Sakura thought that this boy was weird, and she preferred Gaara-kun over him.

"Kimimaro-kun, it's time to eat," Luna asked, standing up. "You must be very hungry, aren't you?"

The white haired boy immediately panicked and latched himself onto the older girl's leg. Little Sakura even felt bad to him. With the look he was sporting, one would think that the other girl was saying she never wanted to see him again.

"Is he talking yet?" A voice asked, and Sakura turned to see it was the red head. But to her surprise, the teen was wearing a bandage on her arm and there was a patch of blood on it. The emerald eyed girl supposed that it was from whatever had happened in the bathroom earlier.

"No. Little Kimimaro isn't talking to anyone else yet. Ah! By the way! Sakura, this is Kimimaro. He will be staying with us from now onwards. I want you to treat him like your brother because we are family now. And she," Luna said this while pointing to the red haired girl "is Mei, my own cousin."

"Oh! Look at how cute she is! Little Sakura-chan! And her hair!" Sakura giggled as the older girl came closer and hugged her, their cheeks rubbing together.

"Call me Mei-chan, alright Saku-chan?" The green eyed girl exclaimed happily. "Oh, you are just too cute! I think I'm going to keep you all to myself!" Sakura just giggled even more and let the older girl hug and pet her as much as she wanted.

Luna just laughed while she fed Kimimaro his meal. The boy didn't even want to let go of her to eat! But really, Luna didn't have the heart to make him stop.

Itachi had been at this training camp for about three weeks now and, of course, everyone had been amazed by his skill. To think, an eleven year old was better than most jonin! And because of that, he didn't make any friends. Not that he was there to make friends, he was there to train and it didn't really matter to him if they liked him or not, nor did it matter to him if they liked him either. Really he was just there to train and qualify for ANBU, and he was doing a damn good job too.

Not a day went by when at least one of his instructors didn't praise him. Itachi, being the polite young man he was, just replied with a soft "thank you" and carried on his exercise. Of course, almost everyone resented him for that. When they were struggling with their assigned exercises, the Uchiha was just flying through them like it was the easiest thing in the world. Obviously it wasn't, because ANBU training was never easy, even for a young Tensai like him, but it didn't mean that he would show that he was having problems with it. He was a blank mask the whole time. There was hardly any need for him to go through the emotions training either, as already he could mask them easily. Some people even feared him for this, saying that it wasn't normal for such a young boy to be like him. The weasel's namesake ignored them naturally but it didn't mean he couldn't hear them.

Though this got him wondering, did it mean that he wasn't normal? He didn't particularly think so. He just thought he was better than most kids his age. The number one shinobi rule was to never show your emotions, and he was just following that to a tee. Even his father told him so. But anyway, he didn't really care. They had developed a routine in the camp.

Sleep for two hours. Train the whole day. Eat. Sleep for two hours. Repeat.

It was simple and easy. Though he was a bit tired, it was nothing compared to everyone else, who looked like zombies. The young boy had taken to meditating to replenish his energy, as it worked better than sleeping. He had a goal. And that goal was to serve Konoha to the best of his abilities.

He had been thinking about that man and what he had discovered in the Naka shrine. After many days of contemplation, he had finally decided that he would serve Konoha. But the problem was, what the white haired girl had told him had got him thinking. What did she want exactly? Was she an enemy to the village? Or was she an ally? He couldn't really decide on that. He was interested in what she had to say to him and what exactly she wanted. It was a difficult thing, at such a young age having to think about where your loyalties lied but such was the life of Uchiha Itachi.

Anyway, he had five months of this camp to go, and that was plenty of time to decide.

"Orochimaru-sama," a voice from the shadows called out.

There, hidden deep underground in the country of Sound lay the hideout of the feared snake Sannin. Most would ask why he would even need a hideout seeing as he was the self-proclaimed "Otokage", but Orochimaru was never one to be reckless. He knew that many wanted his head and he wasn't about to make it easy for them to get it. He had built the fortress for that reason exactly. And if push came to shove, he would abandon it without a second thought.

"What is it Kabuto?" His raspy voice resounded in the dark room with an echo which made it sound ten times creepier than normal.

The silver haired boy had to force down the shudder that threatened to emerge. He still wasn't too sure about his decision to join this man, but so far it had seemed like the right choice. All these medical techniques the man had developed were amazing! Sure the body pieces were a tad bit disturbing but you couldn't experiment without samples, could you?

"We have received word that the last survivor of the Kaguya clan could not be found and has disappeared," Kabuto said. "The last known piece of evidence we could find was a dried patch of blood that had a few old bone shards in it. What do we do now?"

He watched in silence as the older man carried on dissecting the body as if he hadn't heard a word the man had said, and the younger man pushed up his glasses to pass the time. After a few minutes Orochimaru straightened up and licked his bloodied fingers absentmindedly.

"Hmm…That is quite unfortunate, isn't it Kabuto?" He asked calmly. Kabuto didn't really know how to respond so he just settled with a "Quite unfortunate sir."

"Oh well, I suppose it could not be helped," he said, as if what had happened was no big deal. "The Mist shinobi have probably already disposed of him. Such a shame really. It really was such a…unique kekkei genkei. Well, no use crying over spilt milk. Have you read over those scrolls I gave you?"

Somehow though, the black eyed boy knew that it was. Orochimaru was so excited when he had heard that the whole clan had been massacred save for its not-so-secret weapon. The plan was to mold the kid to his liking and then take over his body using the Soul Transfer technique. Orochimaru was most probably fuming on the inside, and Kabuto pitied the shinobi who had been assigned to find the boy. It really wasn't their fault that the boy had been killed; they just had the bad luck to be the ones tasked with finding said boy.

"Yes Orochimaru-sama. I have also already mastered the techniques." He replied obediently.

This time he did shudder as he watched the other man smile. "I knew it was a good idea to take you on as my apprentice."

"So, where are you headed after you guys leave Kiri?" Mei asked a few days later.

"I'm going to try and find Deidara, "Luna replied as she brushed Kimimaro's long white hair. The young boy still refused to talk to anyone other than the snowy haired girl, and Mei had just given up trying to get him to communicate with him. Sakura, on the other hand, did not. She would constantly talk to the older boy and, if she was lucky, he would occasionally reply with a shake of his head or a nod. Sometimes (but rarely and very faint) he would smile when she gave him a picture that she drew.

"Deidara?" Mei asked she brushed Sakura's hair. "As in: the Tsuchikage's apprentice? Didn't he just bomb the whole village and go rogue not even a year ago? What are you doing looking for a missing-nin?" The two young children had just taken a warm bath and were still drying off. Both were playing some hand tapping game and it seemed that the pink haired girl was winning.

"And may I ask how you even know that he is the Tsuchikage's apprentice?" The yellow eyed girl asked now putting the red ornaments in the Kaguya's hair. "It's a secret."

"I was sent on an infiltration mission the other day." Was all the red haired girl said in reply.

"Ah. Deidara is my best friend, if you must know.," she explained, putting the other red bead in the boy's white hair. "We met when I was four with my father, and we would often visit each other. I have not seen him since my father passed, but we did continue writing to each other. But since he went missing, I've not heard from him since. I am curious as to what he is up to."

"I see. How is your brother by the way?" She asked nonchalantly, putting Sakura's hair up in a ponytail. Luna paused in the middle of plaiting Kimimaro's long hair and regarded the older girl with a critical eye for a moment.

"Do not tell me you still fancy Kenji?" She asked a bit surprised. The older girl had had a crush on her brother for as long as the yellow eyed girl could remember, and honestly, she had thought that Mei had finally gotten over it.

"Don't enter big people's business!" Mei defended, blushing a bright red. "You're just ten years old! You wouldn't understand the concept of love!"

Luna laughed at her. "Though I do suppose it would cause good relations if the future Mizukage would marry him…" Luna trailed off at the end, letting the sentence hang.

"Ugh!" The green eyed teen exclaimed, bright red. Luna laughed loudly at her expense and finished braiding the white haired boy's hair. It reached his shoulder blades she noticed, and she smiled at her handiwork.

"But on a serious note. Are you planning on hunting down a missing-nin with these two on your back?" Mei asked with a raised eyebrow. Luna had indeed thought of that problem and had already come to a fine answer.

"Of course not!" The white eyed girl stated confidently. "I can't take them with me! It's much too dangerous! And that is where you, my dear cousin, come in."

She watched as the red head looked at her for a while, realization slowly coming into her eyes. "No. I refuse. Are you trying to get me killed?" The normally jovial teen exclaimed.

"It won't even take more than a week!" Luna protested.

"You want me, a Mist shinobi, to infiltrate Konoha and drop off these two munchkins?" The Terume exclaimed loudly. "Are you crazy? If I'm caught, we'll all be killed! No questions asked! You should know that Konoha and Kiri aren't even on speaking terms at the moment! And if by some chance I'm not caught, Kiri will become suspicious after a few days!" She was right though, it was a very risky thing and most probably stupid thing to do, but really, it was the only option. Plus if Mei actually listened, then nothing would go wrong.

"Mei-chan…" Luna sang softly. She saw that then, the older girl couldn't resist her. Sometimes it did have its perks to be young.

"Ugh, I hate it when you call me that, Luna," she said. "Okay, so what exactly is your plan anyway?"

"You said yourself that you have just taken your mandatory leave and won't have any missions for the next two weeks," She instructed precisely. "So really, with your huge chakra supply, all you have to do is leave a believable bunshin behind. And getting into Konoha will be easy. On the south wall, behind three big Kaoi bushes, there is a hole that no one knows about. Once you enter that hole, you're inside the village walls. From then on, you just head straight through the forest and you will eventually emerge behind a big building. The fourth floor window is our apartment."

"Why are you telling me about the breach in the Leaf's defense?" The red haired girl pointed out. "I could report this, you know."

"You could, couldn't you?" Luna asked simply. She could, but the white haired girl knew she wouldn't.

"Whatever, fine," Mei grumbled. "I'll do it. But I better get a free ticket to see Kenji for this."

"Alright, it's only fair, I suppose," Luna said. "I'll send it to you when I get back." The two girls had created this thing called "Kenji tickets" because of all the times the red haired had pounced on Luna's brother, much to the boy's irritation. Finally, after many complaints, they had come to an agreement that if Mei was good or did something for them, she would get a "Kenji ticket" enabling her to hang out with Kenji for a whole day. Something that was never possible before.

"So when are you leaving?" Mei asked, watching with amusement as Sakura pouted from finally losing a game.

"Tomorrow morning," Luna sighed. "I'll try to get back as soon as possible but finding a missing-nin is never easy."

"I see," The red head advised. "Then you better leave before these two wake up."

"That was my plan all along."

OKEH THEN! Hi...

Three reviews! Yay! But sadly they have no accounts so I'll just reply here.

To Guest 1: Yes, Luna is an OC. But not a self-insert. Luna is an that I created to suit my purposes in my stories. She can also be used in any fandom is is currently Ryoma's love interest in my up-coming story "Silver". She has white hair and bright yellow eyes. In my stories I don't always give her the same personality and as I said, I mold her to suit my needs. YES, this is a Sakura-Centric story but considering the fact that our little pink haired friend is only five and a half, we can't really focus on her that much. In the next arc, Luna will not be shown much, as it is when Sakura-chan is a genin and has joined team 7.

To Guest 2: No, Luna will not forget about Sakura now that she has met Gaara(or Kimimaro) so don't worry:)

To Guest 3: I'm going to hope against hope (and try my best) that Luna doesn't turn out to be a Mary sue...Thanks for liking the story!

Nothing else to write other than this arc is almost finished(Chapter eight is the end) and then we'll be moving on to the much awaited Genin period.

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