I lounged high up on a tree, waiting for someone to come. I made sure to seal my presence. Hours passed, no one came.

God this is boring.

-'Ichigo!'- Kurai spoke up as something neared.

Let them see. It'll be better that way.

-'As you wish'-

I watched as a small ninja dog came running up. Suddenly, he stopped right before the cliff and sniffed the ground. "Over there, huh." It spoke.

My eyes widened, the voice could only belong to one:

Pakun.

"Ichigo!" Kakashi sensei called out to me.

"You're late." I glare.

"I crossed paths with a black cat and had to take the long way around." He laughed.

"Lier."

He chuckled nervously. "Anyways well do a new type of training today.

"What?"

"Summoning Jutsu." A ninja dog appeared.

"A pug?"

"The best one around." The mutt spoke.

I look at him blankly. "What do I do?"

"Try to catch him. Call me when you're done. Bye!" Kakashi sensei dissapeared with a poof. I look at the spot where the pug last stood.

"He's gone." I could see him running, I quickly went after him. To keep it short, it took three days and two nights to catch that damn dog.

"Any closer and I'll be noticed..." I watched as the dog hurried to travel back. Most likely, he'll go and tell Kakashi about this place.

How exciting! Hey Kurai.

-'What?'-

Should I tell them about this?

-'Why?'-

Nevermind. You're right. Let's see how they deal with this. I'll play back up plan if their methods fail. Now, how about a nap?

-' Lazy ass.'-

To the core.

It was getting lively, two battles were happening at the moment.

They're probably using that technique...

-'Which one?'-

The shapeshifting technique. It'll keep them busy for a while. Should I get ready?

-'Yes! Get up already you lazy ass!'-

Yeah, yeah. They'll most likely be here by tomorrow morning.

I sat up and stretched. I could hear the Kazekage's groans from the other side of the boulder. He was going to die soon.

"His buddies will get here.. they'll get here far too late."

-'Stretch woman!'-

Yes sir!

I stretched every muscle I could. I took another nap, woke up at dawn, and stretched again. As the enemy neared I warmed up, they would surely be a lot more fun then those other guys. I hid in the trees, waiting for them to come.

Later on, a team appeared with Pakun. Two males with a bowl cut and a green jumpsuits. They both had super thick eyebrows. The taller one looked like the older version of the smaller one. "This it?" The green sensei asked. Along with them was another male with long hair, he had Hyuga features, and a female with two buns.

"Gaara is behind that stone." Pakun replied.

"Seems like they have a barrier set up." Green sensei looked at the boulder.

"What should we do?" the girl asks.

"Let's break in!" Mini green answers.

"No!" Green sensei answers sternly and turns around. "You're late, Kakashi."

"Well," The masked man appeared along with Naruto, Sakura, and an old lady," We ran into some trouble on our way here."

"Naruto! Sakura!" Mini green smiles.

"Kakashi, you weren't talking about me were you?" the old lady comments.

"Hey." Naruto greets.

"Naruto.." The Hyuga looks at him.

Have they not noticed me?

"Now, shall we do this, Kakashi?" Green sensei asked. I sat on the edge of the cliff, my legs swinging.

-'Obviously not'-

Am I invisible of something?

"Yeah" Kakashi answered. The Hyuga was definitely a Hyuga. He activated his Byakugan, and tried to a peek inside.

"I can't get a very good image of what it looks like inside." he paused. "I think there are people in there."

"Neji, is Gaara..." Naruto asked. "Hey! what's happening to Gaara!" he yells.

So Neji was his name, eh? Have they still not noticed me?

"Wait, I'm searching for him." Neji answered.

"Neji!" the impatient blonde yelled.

"Wait!" he gasped. "W-What is that?"

"What's wrong?" Naruto shook the Hyuga. "Hey!"

"What happened?" Sakura asked.

"It's hard for me to explain." Neji answers.

" That means we have to see it for ourselves." Mini green says.

"In which case, I'll keep it short." Green sensei puts his hand on mini green's shoulder. he suddenly did a couple backflips and got in position. He ran at the boulder and gave it a punch. "Take that!" It was not affected. "A barrier huh?"

They began a discussion about removing it. Soon enough, they came up with a conclusion. They have to remove all five seals at once.

"Where are the other four?" Naruto asks.

"Neji." Kakashi orders.

They're about to find me.

"Yes." Neji complies and uses his Byakugan. He looks around a bit. "I found them- What?" He quickly turned around and looked at me.

"Finally." I wave at him. I jumped down, landing on the water.

"You." Kakashi looked at me wide eyed. I guess I won't be able to fool these guys.

"C-Chiharu." Naruto and Sakura gasp.

"Who?" Kakashi looks at them.

"Oh? Did you really believe that? All those years ago? How stupid are you?" I taunt. The old lady and green sensei's team were speaking of were the seals were. Suddenly green sensei's team left, leaving only Team 7 and the old lady. The old lady stood on the boulder, ready to take off the seal. I could care less if they removed the barrier. They're too late. "I'm Ichigo."

"You! You're with them?!" Naruto clenches his teeth.

"Who? The people who have your precious friend?" I grin. "Well of course!"

Naruto was ready to lunge at me, but Kakashi held him back. "No. She's dangerous." He glared at me oh so viciously. Well his student did become a rouge ninja. Not only that but a part of the Akatsuki. Who wouldn't feel betrayal?

"Good call Kakashi-sensei." I smile. Suddenly, the old lady ripped off the seal.

"Sakura!" Kakashi yelled and she punched the boulder, crushing it to pieces.

"How scary!" I laugh.

They quickly jumped inside, making Gaara their priority. I walk in behind them, taking a seat on the floor next to Sasori. They gasp. "Were we to late?" Kakashi asks aloud. Sasori and Deidara appeared in front of us. Deidara was using the Kazekage as a seat.

"You son of a bitch!" Naruto growls. I giggled. "Where do you think your sitting!?"

"There's no mistaking it." Deidara looks at Naruto. "That's the Jinchuriki. The first thing he'll do is scream and charge at you. Itachi actually described him quite accurately, hm." He laughed.

Naruto was a Jinchuriki eh? How fascinating.

I noticed how Sasori kept on staring at the old lady quite intensely. "Gaara! How can you sleep at a time like this?!" Naruto's voice shivered as he spoke. "Stand up! Gaara! Hey, Gaara, are you listening?" His teammates gave him a look of pity.

"Oi! Dumbass!" I call. He looked at me, he still had hope. I grinned. " He's dead."

"That's right, you get it don't you?" Deidara joins in. "He's been dead for a while." The long haired blonde taps the side of the Kazekage's face. Naruto's face glows with anger. "He's definitely the Jinchuriki." Deidara looks at me. "Chiharu, we have a new mission."

"Oh?"

"We take this one alive." He motions his head towards Naruto.

"Okay!"

"Give him back!" The whiskered male clenched his teeth, his eyes turning a blood red. "Give back Gaara, you bastards!" He charged forward, only to be stopped by Kakashi.

"Calm down." Kakashi says sternly. "If you charge in without thinking, were all dead."

"Whats wrong Sasori, my man?" Deidara asks when the puppet glanced at Gaara.

"I'll take him." He answers.

"Hah?"

"It seems that this Jinchuriki wants to take him back."

Deidara takes a glance at Gaara. "Seems like it." There was a sudden silence. "My man, you might get pissed at me for saying this, but... I'm going to fight this Jinchuriki."

"Each of us gets our own." Sasori glares. "Don't get cocky, Deidara."

"With art you must constantly seek greater and greater stimulation or your ability to appreciate it will dull." He answered. "I heard rumors that the Kyuubi Jinchuriki is pretty powerful. He'll be perfect for my art."

"What? You call those explosions art?" Sasori raises a brow. "Art is something that endures the test of time beautifully and gracefully. True art is eternal beauty!"

"Eternal beauty?" Now it was Deidara's turn to raise a brow. "My man, I respect you as a fellow artist, but art is something that blossoms for an instant before withering away, yeah."

"What did you say?"

"Here we go again..." I sigh.

"What's up with them...?" Sakura mutters.

"Deidara, apparently you don't understand what true art is."

"That would be you my man."

"You bastards!" I watch with amusement as Naruto tries to hold back his anger.

"Eternal beauty is the only true art."

"That's absurd!" "Art is beauty that lasts just for a moment."

"Stop screwing with us!" Naruto pulls out a scroll and takes out a huge shuriken. He runs at us and flings it. Quickly, it flew as us, yet Sasori was able to deflect it with his puppet's tail.

"Are you trying to piss me off?" Sasori doesn't even glance at him, continuing his debate with Deidara.

"That's why I said that this would probably piss you off!"

"You should know what happens when I get angry!" The pointed his poisoned tip tail towards the long haired blonde." What do you say Deidara?"

"Hmph," Deidara stands up. "To me, the essence of art is..." He looks at his hAnd mouth spit out some clay. with one hand he formed a winged figure. "...explosions!" He threw it in the air and made it expand.

"I still love seeing that." I comment. He smirks. The bird thing lands next to him swiftly.

"It's completely different than your silly puppet shows."The bird picks up the Kazekage with his mouth. Sasori lunges his poisoned tip tail at Deidara. The bird flies up and Deidara jumps on.

"Tch."

"Later, my man." Deidara starts leaving the cave."You Better follow me Kyuubi Jinchuriki." Naruto goes after him.

"Wait! Damn you!"

"Yes!" Deidara cheers.

"Wait! Naruto!" Kakashi goes after him. before exiting the cave he turns to Sakura. "Naruto and I will take care of the guy outside. You and old lady Chiyo, Ill leave this guy to you."

My existence seems to have been forgotten again. What am I, a ghost?

"Don't take any unnecessary risks. Wait for Team Guy to come back!"

"Got it!" Sakura answers and he runs out, and I got after him. I felt Sasori glare at me, but capturing Naruto was top priority. Kakashi jumped up on the podium outside the cave and stood next to Naruto. Just a little farther ahead was Deidara flying in a circle. There was a moment of silence. Kakashi pushed up his forehead protector, revealing the Sharingan he possessed.

"Should you really be fighting me?" Deidara asks. "Sharingan Kakashi-sensei. Just for the record Sasori, my man, is stronger than me. Probably. Although our opinions differ greatly on what real art is."

Those guys will never get over that, will they?