Okay sry that the chapters are so small. I just have a lot of different sections in the stories so I need to make sure it all kinda evens out and makes sense, well anyways heres chapter 4

Sunlight, bright and burning the backs of her eyes. Kyoko blinked several times before sitting up. Her stomach was gurgling so much she thought is might explode. She looked at her two teammates. They were sleeping soundly around what was the fire pit. Kyoko yawned then went to her bag and pulled out some bread and cheese and ate it hurriedly.

"Gaara is coming from the Sand village, us from the Leaf…so where would we meet?" she thought out loud. Grabbing a map from her bag she splayed it out on the ground and marked off where the Leaf and Sand villages were. "So if both groups are traveling relatively at the same speed…we should meet up here. Tamaka." She said placing a finger over the small dot on the map. "Never heard of it before; must be a small village."

"What's a small village?" Ruuto asked sitting up. He had bags under his eyes and his hair, though it already stood up, was slightly chaotic.

"Tamaka, ever heard of it?" Kyoko asked, showing him the map. He looked at it and shook his head. "I didn't think so," She sighed and nudged Rai. HE sat up with a start, drool running down his chin. "Morning," Kyoko said pointing to his chin. Rai rubbed it with the back of his hand and yawned.

"So tell me why you dressed up like your dad?" Ruuto asked, eating part of a loaf of bread.

Kyoko reached up and felt her hair. It stuck out drastically in the back and her bangs grew over her left eye. She simply shrugged, "No one will think twice about a group of boys passing through. Two boys and a girl cause suspicion." Ruuto nodded then went back to eating. "Hurry up, we need to pack up and keep moving; we're not safe until we reach Gaara." Kyoko said, packing up her bed.

"Yeah we should go." Rai said while looking around.

Once they finally packed up, they began walking. An hour passed, then two, which slowly turned into three. They hadn't reached any village yet and were starting to get tired.

"How much longer?" Ruuto whined.

"Not much Ru-" Kyoko began saying but stopped. 'What was that?' She thought looking around for the source.

"What's wrong?" Rai asked, watching her. She ignored him and continued searching. "Kyoko?" Rai asked again.

'I know I heard something!' she thought, becoming frustrated. She activated her sharingan and did another sweep of her surroundings; still nothing. "It's nothing." She said turning back to her teammates, only to find them in the hands of two large masked ninja. 'Why didn't I hear them?!' she thought angrily.

"Alright kid," One of them said. He had darks hair and wore black pants with a black shirt; his companion identical only he had lighter hair. "Do anything rash and your friends here die!" His voice was deep and unsettling, Kyoko refused to let that show.

"Who are you?" she asked, mustering up all the hatred she could.

"We've got orders," was all he said. Before he could say anything else he gasped and fell back. A man wearing black and had a hood on with ears stood behind him. The companion turned and looked at his fallen comrade and his killer.

Kyoko seized this opportunity and charged at him. She elbowed Ruuto in the shoulder, sending him flying out of the man's grasp. She drew back a fist and hit him hard on the jaw. His head snapped back but he quickly recuperated and hit her in the gut. She heaved, coughing up the tinniest bit of blood, dripping form her bottom lip. Kyoko clenched her jaw and moved back a step and kick the man. He fell back on the ground.

She then leapt back while doing a series of hand signs and got read. "Fire style, fire ball jutsu!" she chanted and held her hand up to her mouth in a sort of claw shape. She took a deep breath and blew out hard, fire coming out. When she stopped and the fire had dissipated, all that was left was a big burnt circle. The man had escaped, they other lay motionless.

"Kyoko are you alright?" Ruuto asked running over. His hand was bloodied.

Kyoko nodded and tried to hide a blush. 'What is going on?!' She screamed in her head. She blushed even harder when Ruuto grabbed her hand to rub a cut on it; one she hadn't noticed before. "It's nothing," she said drawing her hand back. "Ar-are you okay? What happened?" she asked, mentally kicking herself.

"Huh, this? Oh it's nothing, just a scratch, must have happened when I fell." He smiled happily and began sucking on the cut on his forefinger. Kyoko smiled subtly back She turned to look for Rai, and then spotted the guy with ears. Her defenses went up and she glared at him.

"Who are you?!" She asked, stepping in front of Ruuto.

"He was right, you are just like your old man." He said with a small chuckle.

"What do you mean 'just like my old man'?" She asked, her anger increasing. Rai appeared beside her, not a scratch on him.

The man stepped forward so that his face was visible. He had purple designs on his face and a large object wrapped in bandages with a small tuft of fur or hair sticking out from the top on his back. "No wonder Gaara labeled it as an 'A' rank mission." He said with a slight huff.

Kyoko raised both eyebrows, "Kazekage Gaara? So that must mean that your…Kankuro?" she asked.

"He nodded and grinned, "The one and only. But enough chit chat, we gotta move. There's bound to be more where these guys came form." He said kicking the form on the ground. The threesome nodded and they all leapt away and happed through the tree tops.

They didn't stop until the sun had begun to go down. The genin collapsed in a heap beside a stream just outside a village.

"No more, I can't go on any farther." Ruuto said, gasping for air. Kyoko beside him nodded her agreement and took a large gulp of water from her canteen. The water dripped off her lips and ran down her chin and neck.

"Kankuro, what's going on?" Kyoko asked, setting down her canteen.

Kankuro didn't even pretend to not understand. He sighed and stopped setting up his bed. "In all honesty? I'm not really sure. There had been rumors flying about that the Akatsuki were going to finish off the Leaf village; for good. But I thought they were just rumors." He stood up and straighter and stared out into the orange sky. "Maybe he's gonna finish off the clan for good this time."

Kyoko gave a silent gasp then clenched her jaw and punched the ground hard. "Have you heard any word about our parents yet?"

Kankuro shook his head, "All communication between the Leaf village has been stopped; probably the work of the Akatsuki." He looked back at the three and his expression softened. "Hey look, your parents will be fine. Come on they're with the number one knuckle headed ninja, right?"

The threesome smile, "Yeah, uncle Naruto," Kyoko said, a faint laugh escaping. "I hope you're right." She added softly.

"Come on Kyo-kyo, stop being such a wet noodle." Ruuto said reaching his around her and pulling her into a hug. Kyoko blushed a deep red before she let herself hug him back. She could feel him smile his wide goofy grin.

"So what do we do now?" Rai asked, sitting down on his bed. "What do we do tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow we gather more food and supplies in town; then we continue on to Tamaka." Kankuro said making a pit for a fire. "We need to go in unnoticed; as in don't draw attention." He said staring straight at Ruuto.

"Hey why are you looking at me?" Ruuto asked, a small glare on his brow.

Kankuro gave a huff and lit the fire, "Because you're your dad's son." He answered. "Speaking of sons, why do you look, and dress, like Uchiha?" he asked Kyoko.

"Maybe I don't want to be Kyoko, Maybe this will be the only tie I have left…" She trailed off; reaching into her pocket and pulled out the picture she had taken form her parent's room. She stared hard at it, trying to remember the sound of her mother's laugh, the feel of her father's kiss on her head; everything that, at that time, never seemed important. Kyoko had never realized how much she needed her parents, how much she wanted them, until they could be stolen from her.

She silently cursed herself for running away and not staying there to protect them. What kind of ninja was she?!

Kyoko, Kyoko!" Rai was saying over and over again.

Her head snapped up, "Yes what?'

Rai sighed and rolled his eyes, "Are you hungry?" he asked slightly annoyed.

"Oh, uh, mhmm," she said with a nod. Rai tossed her some bread and dried fish. She ate it hurriedly and washed it down with three large gulps from her canteen. When she was done she crossed her legs in front of her and rested her elbows on them; her hands in front of her, leaning against her chin. She glared off into the woods. The trunks of the trees glowing gold form the light of the fire; the crickets chirping their sweet songs to the moon.

"Look," Kankuro said, "Get some sleep and worry about everything else tomorrow, okay?" he laid down on his bed and rolled onto his side.

"Yeah, goodnight," Kyoko said and did the same. She closed her eyes and was soon cooed to sleep by the soft melody of the cricket's chirp.

END CHAPTER 4!!!!!!! So hope you all liked it. Chapter five should be coming soon-ish. Oh and for those of you here's the pronunciation of the MC's names.

Ruuto: Roo-toe (like the end of naruto's name)

Rai: Ray.
Kyoko: kinda easy but its just Kyo co.

Well that's it. Thanks for reading!!