"Awwww but why?" Meng Ka groaned as she leaned against the hokage's desk, resting her head in her hands with a small pout.
Hiruzen looked up from the paper he was reading over and raised an eyebrow at the girl and he suddenly wondered how she had gotten to be so big. Wasn't it just yesterday she was standing on his desk meeting Kakashi for the first time? Shaking his he looked at the young eight year old before him with her turquoise eyes and red lips in the form of a frown. She still had many years ahead of her and she didn't even know that life had already decided her destiny for her.
Hiruzen sighed and set the paper down, "Meng Ka, dear. It's important that you learn these things. They could save your life one day."
Meng Ka put her hands on her hips, sticking a hip off to the side as she pressed her lips in a thin line, "How is meeting another Hokage going to save my life? Besides, it's the final part of the exam! I wunna watch it with my friends."
Taking the pipe from his hands, he empty the contents from it, then refilled it and lit it once against. Leaning back in his chair he looked at Meng Ka again and blew a small puff of smoke towards the open window. "Where is Tinktink?"
A shocked expression crossed Meng Ka's face as she looked up at the third Hokage, "She's out flying around. She's been feeling a bit uneasy all day today but she won't tell me why." Meng Ka moussed over the morning events as she had woken from another nightmare to find Tinktink gone. After running around the house in a panic, Tinktink showed up lost in thought and destracted. Tinktink even flew off without even telling her where she was going. "I'm a bit worried about her, actually."
Hiruzen smiled softly at Meng Ka as he gestured for her to come over. Meng Ka walked over to him and sat in his lap as he took a deep breath from his pipe and blew out smoke circles. "Hmm, don't worry. I'm sure she'll show up soon enough but you're still going to watch the final by my side and meet the Kazekage of the wind village."
Meng Ka rolled her eyes and thought for a few seconds, "How about I meet the old guy and then go join my friends." She smiled up at Hiruzen.
Looking down at Meng Ka's smile, Hiruzen sighed. "Fine but when you see Kakashi give him an earful for me as well." He winked down at the girl who giggled and nodded.
"For sure I will! Thanks, gramps!" She said as she kissed him on the cheek and then left, running out the door. Looking around, Meng Ka decided to go tell Hinata and Kiba the good news. Running out to the place that she knew they would be, Meng Ka suddenly stopped as she noticed a presence. Forwarding her brows she looked around, something wasn't right.
Looking up at the building in front of her, she noticed that it was the hospital. Tilting her head to the side she walked in slowly, looking around. This feeling, it was somewhat familiar, like she had felt it before. Thinking back, she wondered just what was it that she had been feeling. It was dangerous, she knew that but it was also something else, like it felt like two presences. One was trying to overpower the other, to put it in other words. Standing in the middle of the lobby, Meng Ka concentrated on the feeling. She then stretched out her chakra, looking for the source of the feeling.
Suddenly, realization hit her as to when she had felt this before. It was back when she met Gaara and then again when he was fighting with Lee, only it was stronger that time just like it was now. Getting a lock on the location, Meng Ka quickly made her way there. Just in time too as she ended up blocking yet again one of Gaara's sand attacks.
"Meng Ka!" Naruto and Shikamaru said at the same time but Meng Ka put up a hand and shook her head.
"You're shadow jutsu does not matter to him, Shikamaru. He doesn't have to move to control the sand around him. Don't waste your energy." Meng Ka then looked back at Gaara and put herself in between him and the others.
"Just like you don't have to move to control the wind around you." Gaara spoke smoothly as he gazed at Meng Ka, his sand already flowing back in its place.
"You're not alone, Gaara. We all have our own problems to deal with in life." Meng Ka said as she kept eye contact with Gaara.
Gaara laughed as his eyes got bigger and he smiled at her, "I have a monster in me that wants to do nothing but kill everyone. When I kill, I feel alive and if that means killing all of you then I will do it!" he yelled as sand suddenly burst forth and Meng Ka sighed.
Setting her wind shield around the other three in the room, Meng Ka jumped forward, parting the sand with her chakra as she came straight for him, right past his sand shield. He gazed at her in shock as she came at him but instead of hitting him, she hugged him. Everything was still as she held onto him; her legs wrapped around his waist as she hugged him close and then whispered, "I know your dark secret, Gaara. I've been there. The one tailed is the monster, not you. Be at peace my friend and go get ready for the match tomorrow."
"Meng Ka! What are you crazy?!" Naruto was yelling as she spoke to him and even Shikamaru was yelling at her as well, "You idiot! Get away from him, he'll kill you!"
Meng Ka chuckled and smiled up at Gaara before letting him go. Gaara stood there and seemed to be in a daze as his sand came back to him and he walked to the door but stopped and looked back at them, "I'll still kill all of you…one day." He said and then left.
Meng Ka let out the breath she had been holding, "Good, I don't know what I would have done if that didn't work on him." She smiled at the other two who were staring at her with angry expressions.
"Geez, you idiot. You're worse than Naruto." Shikamaru said as he folded his arms across his chest. "What were you thinking?"
"Meng Ka! You could have been killed. Kakashi would kill me if he knew I was here and wasn't able to stop you!" Naruto yelled as he stared at Meng Ka, a bit amazing at just how strong she really was.
Meng Ka smiled and nodded her head, "Well, I should get going then." She waved and then put her hands on front of her and disappeared, that Meng Ka having been a shadow clone.
On the other side of the village Meng Ka dodged an attack from Hinata and then laughed. Hinata looked at her confused while Kiba, Akamaru and Tinktink looked at her as well. "Sorry, my clone just came back with some funny information." She apologized to Hinata and then motioned for her to continue.
"Hey, Meng Ka. Can I pull out one of Tinktink's feathers?" Kiba asked suddenly halfway through their fight.
"What?!" Meng Ka yelled as she looked at Kiba just as Hinata suddenly hit her right in the middle of her chest. Meng Ka looked back at Hinata shocked but as Kiba's laughter caught her ears she smiled and laughed herself.
"I-i-I'm sorry, Meng Ka!" Hinata said as she looked at her hocked herself that she had hit her.
"It's Meng Ka's fault! Never let your guard down." Kiba said as he laughed some more. Meng Ka looked over at him and smirked.
She suddenly jumped forward and Kiba who was too busy laughing couldn't dodge her in time as she tacked him off the fallen log. The two of them rolled around in the grass as Hinata, Tinktink and Akamaru watched the two.
After a while, the two soon ran out of breath from laughing and yelling at each other and they settled down in the grass. Hinata came over with the other two and Meng Ka smiled up at them, "Come on and cloud watch with us."
Hinata smiled, "Ok." She laid down next to Meng Ka as Akamaru jumped on top of Meng Ka and Tinktink sat on top of Kiba. The three of them of them pointed out clouds for a little while and even Shino joined them but he stayed quiet for most of it.
"Come on!" Meng Ka said as she walked around all over the area that the Hokage was to sit and watch. Meng Ka sighed as she got impatient for the Kazekage to show up as she leaned against the railing showing the battle field.
"He'll be here soon. Now I want you to be on your best behavior." Hiruzen said as he watched Meng Ka fidget with her white cotton dress. The only thing she had on it was the leaf headband which was wrapped around her waist.
Suddenly, Meng Ka heard people walking up and Meng Ka smiled as she ran over and shook the Kazekage's hand. "Hi, I'm Meng Ka. Nice to meet you Mr. Kazekage. Here, sit down. Relax, have a drink. I'm sure you and the old guy have a lot to talk about. So I'll just be going. Ok, bye." Meng Ka said quickly as she pushed the Kazekage to his seat and sat him down then shook his hand again before turning around to leave when Hiruzen cleared his throat.
Hiruzen motioned for her to come closer and he stood up behind her, "Kazekage, this is Meng Ka Hakuen. She is the last of the village hidden in the phoenix flame as well as the last of the Hakuen clan. I'm sure you remember when I first contacted you about her."
The Kazekage looked down at Meng Ka, making her fidget more as she didn't really like the guy. "Yes, of course. We discussed her coming to my land and train."
"What?!" Meng Ka said as she looked up at Hiruzen, "You wunna tell me something?"
Hiruzen gave her a small pinch before he looked back up at the Kazekage, "Yes, but as you can see she is doing just fine with her training here. I'm sure when she is older, she'll be more than happy to come and visit."
"Yeah, much older." Meng Ka said as she crossed her arms and glared at the Kazekage.
The Kazekage watched her the whole time and then laughed, "Of course. In time you will come and train underneath me, child."
"Can I go now?" Meng Ka asked as she looked up at Hiruzen who sighed and nodded his head. Realizing that she was just get even more annoying if he didn't let her go. With a yelp of excitement she ran for the railing and with a sharp whistle she jumped down and landed softly on Tinktink's back. Tinktink had been with Hinata and Kiba, so she knew where they were sitting.
"Hi ya'll!" Meng Ka said as Tinktink got close and she jumped onto the steps. Smiling at the two of them she sat down next to Kiba on the edge.
"Well, Izumo. Seems we're not special enough to get a hello from the little queen." Kotetsu said as he nudged him in the ribs and looked over at Meng Ka.
Meng Ka looked to see who was talking and smiled, excited to see the two of them. "Hello Izumo and Kotetsu! Of course you're special enough to get a hello. I'll even throw in a hug!" She said as she jumped over to them and gave the two of them a hug. They laughed and Meng Ka took her seat next to Kiba once again.
The match finally started and both Kiba and Meng Ka were on the edge of their seats cheering Naruto on as he fought against Neji. When he won the two of them were going crazy and even tried to get Hinata to join them in their cheering but she was too shy for their wild actions. As the other matches went on, they chatted about all of them. They were all wondering where sasuke was and all Meng ka knew was that he was with Kakashi.
Kiba and Meng Ka both stopped talking quickly when they noticed Hinata having a hard time. Meng Ka quickly checked her and was a bit alarmed when she felt the uneven beats of her heart. Kiba and her quickly helped Hinata up the stairs but she passed out before they could even get her to the top. An Anbu Black Ops member came over and helped them out but Meng Ka was a bit suspicious of him since she didn't recognize him.
Going back to sit down, Meng Ka sees Kakashi finally showed up. Kiba held Meng Ka back as she was about to give Kakashi an ear full just like Hiruzen had told her to do. The two soon settled down as the match began but soon Meng Ka started to see feathers falling and as she looked around she noticed people falling asleep. Quickly she released herself from the Genjutsu and stood up looking around.
"Uncle Shi!" She called out as she went down the stairs to him and hugged him close to her. "What's going on?"
"It seems we are under attack Meng Ka." Kakashi said as he rubbed her shoulder and hugged her close with one arm.
"Look up at the roof where the Hokage is." Guy said, pointing to the building that Meng Ka had been on only hours ago.
"It's Orochimaru." Kakashi said as the two of them looked at each other and then down at Meng Ka. "Meng Ka, I need you to stay close to me but go upstairs and help protect your sleeping friends and wake them up as well. You too Sakura."
Sakura looked at Kakashi startled but nodded. "Alright, Sakura I have your back while you wake them up then." Meng Ka said as she let Kakashi go and the two of them went to work waking everyone while blocked attacks and sent them on their way to Kakashi or Guy to handle.
Just when Sakura was done waking up Naruto and Shikamaru a ninja got past Meng Ka and was about to attack Naruto until Guy suddenly smashed him through the wall. Landing next to him, she smiled, "Thanks Guy. I wasn't fast enough to get to him."
Guy smiled down at her, "You just need to grow some more and train! Never give up!" Guy gave her the thumbs up and luckily Kakashi saved her as he started to give them orders, Pakkun bit down on Shikamaru to get him to get up as the four of them jumped out of the whole guy made in pursuit to get Sasuke back since he was following Gaara, wanting to end his fight.
"Ugh, for once I agree with you Shikamaru. This is such a pain." Meng Ka said, looking back at Shikamaru as they followed Pakkun.