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On the edge

Land of Rivers – Momo

"Its getting dark, we should probably stop and make camp for the night" said Kakashi.

"Where do you think we are?" inquired Yoruichi.

"We're about half way through the Land of Rivers. Hopefully by tomorrow night, we'll be in the sand village."

"The sooner, the better for me" piped up Hanatarō and we all started to laugh.

"Sorry, Hanatarō, even though you don't say much, you know what most of us are thinking." giggled Hinata.

Hanatarō's cheeks turned pink.

"Calm down everyone and eat." scolded Tenten as she handed out the food.

The laughter continued as we ate and told more stories.

'I have to admit that I'm enjoying this mission and the people from the Leaf are nice.' I sighed. I watched Shūhei and Sakura sneak up behind Tenten and scared her. 'The only thing that is different is where we are from.'

"Hey Momo, that is pretty necklace that you have" observed Hinata as she sat down by me.

I pulled the chain out to show her the charms and told her about it.

"He must be a good friend, to give you that." she said.

"Yea, Shiro-chan is a special person, I would consider him a brother." I smiled.

I realized that everyone was listening and watching.

"No offense Momo, but with all that you have been through, we're glad to see that you're doing better. Just remember that you have people that care about you." Shūhei grinned.

"Of course I know I have close friends, but with what happened, I'm just trying to move on and not dwell in the past. Things like this helps with the moving on process." I frowned.

"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to you? You're too nice and strong to have anything terrible happen to." Tenten stated.

"Well, I'm not sure where to start."

"I'll started it for you." Yoruichi jumped in.

She told them about the Aizen, the winter war and the aftermath.

"Wow, Momo. Its good to know that despite all that happened, you're still able to hold your head high and be able to still smile and laugh" whispered Sakura.

"I wasn't always able to, but I have friends who were there when I needed someone." I beamed, 'I guess I didn't realized until now, how much I have moved on and that what's becoming a distant memory.'

"Hate to break up the story telling, but it's late and we all need some rest before we continue tomorrow" said Kakashi.

With that we all got ready for sleep and slowly one, by one, we drifted off to sleep.

"Momma! Can we go and see daddy? Please?" cried Hazuki "Why don't we bring him some lunch?" I said.

"Can we bring Risa too?" asked Kiyoto.

"We can bring her with as long as you keep her out of trouble." I laughed. "But keep in mind, he's got a lot of work to do."

"Yea!" they both cried as they ran off to the kitchen. After a little bit we arrived at the office. "Alright you two, knock on the door" Knock! Knock!

"Come in" came my husband's voice. I opened the door and the kids ran in. I smiled as he looked up, green eyes shinning at me. I stood back and admired the way his hair laid over the kanji symbol on his forehead.

I woke up with a start, 'was that a dream or something more?'

"Good morning Momo! Would you like some breakfast? It's the Leaf's specialty." beamed Tenten.

"I didn't know you were a cook."

"I don't get to cook that often for others, so I hope you like it" as I was handed a bowl. Noodles, eggs, bits of meat, it smelled wonderful.

"I hope this is as good as it smells," I teased.

"Oh Momo, what am I going to do about you?"

"Well, if she makes you mad, you could always kick her butt" smirked Shūhei as Tenten handed him a bowl and he sat down next to her.

I just smiled at him and started eating. I was looking around at the lush woods that we are in.

'At least I don't sense anything odd about the surroundings, maybe today will be less tense.' I thought.

"Earth to Momo! How's the food?"

"I'm sorry Tenten, I was lost in thought. It's wonderful, maybe we should have you cook more" I complemented.

"When you're already, lets pack up and go," suggested Yoruichi, "We have a long day."

We left shortly after and was in a steady pace for a couple of hours. Yoruichi and Kakashi were off racing again. We came near a clearing and saw much sand.

"Welcome to the edge," joked Kakashi, "we should stop for lunch before we enter the Land of Wind."

We had a quick lunch and proceeded to get our cloaks out from our bags and put them on.

"Keep alert everyone, there will hardly be any cover once we cross onto the sand. We should reach Suna by nightfall." Informed Kakashi as we stepped on the sand.

Suna – Gaara

I could sense people entering on the sand. 'One, two, four, seven, and eight. This is possible the group who are coming to meet with me.' I opened my eyes.

"Matsuri!" I yelled.

"Yes, Gaara." she answered as she appeared in the room.

"Our guests have entered the sand. Please go and notify Temari and Kankurō." I stated.

"Of course." she whispered as she vanished.

'All we can do now is wait for them' I sighed as I turned to look out the window. 'I hope they don't run into trouble.'

Land of Wind – Momo

We were all very quiet as we moved through the sand. 'I'm glad that we have the cloaks, this wind is brutal,' as the wind nipped at my face. I looked around and something caught my eye. I took off to see what it was and Hinata followed. I got closer and noticed that it was a small animal. It looked like a frail cat, barely alive.

"What'ca find? inquired Hinata.

"It looks like a small cat and it's alive!" I squealed. I picked it up and wrapped it in my cloak. "I hope it makes it, we'll check on it when we get to the village."

We caught up with the group and informed them of our find.

"A cat, out here? It's probably a sand cat. Maybe it was too small and the rest of the cats left it behind. You'll have to ask one of the Sand Siblings when we get to the village," stated Kakashi.

I glanced down at the cat and noticed it was awake and looking at me. I gave it a gentle pat on the head and it went back to sleep.

'Poor thing, to be abandon because of it's size. Maybe I could take care of it. Beautiful markings.' I thought.

"So, who are the Sand Siblings?" asked Shūhei.

"There are three of them: Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara. Gaara is the Kazekage or leader of the village." informed Sakura, "They have different talents. Temari is good with wind, Kankurō uses puppets, and Gaara can control sand. I've heard that he can tell when someone enters the region just by the person making contact with the sand. I wouldn't be surprised that he already knows that we're in the area."

'Wow, that is amazing.' I wondered. 'Maybe he has a lot of spiritual pressure like Ichigo does.'

Suddenly, Kakashi and Yoruichi stopped. We all slowed down, trying not to crash into them. Just then Yoruichi's soul pager went off. Before we could ask, we heard a hollow cry, not just one, but multiples.

"This is the reason why we were sent here. For some reason there are too many Hollows in a concentrated area." stated Yoruichi. "Hopefully more won't come and join these."

We were off fighting the Hollows. There were about fifteen and then we spotted a Gillian. We managed to take majority of the hollows down with ease. The gillian gave a loud cry and fire its cero…

"Shield of Sand!" we heard as a wall of sand went up and blocked the cero.

"I noticed you were in trouble and came to help," came a voice from a guy with red hair and green eyes.

He started walking towards us. We were in awe of what we saw and then we heard the Gillian cry and focused back to it.

"Momo! Try to bind it so Shūhei can attack it from behind. The rest of us will get the others." Ordered Yoruichi.

"Right" we said as moved into position.

"Reap, Kazeshini" commanded Shūhei.

"Bakudō 63: Sajo Sabaku!" I yelled and the chains went around the Gillian distracting it.

"Good-bye" smirked Shūhei as he took swing at it with Kazeshini. The gillian disappeared. "It must have been a weak one to go from one swing."

After the last Hollow disappeared, we all stopped to breath. I looked up and saw three people approaching us and we could see what looked like a village in the distance.

"Thanks for the help Gaara," said Kakashi, "your timing is always impressive."

"Lets all get inside Suna and we'll do introductions there," Gaara said, leading the way.

I followed the rest and checked on the cat to make sure it was still with me, only to find that it moved into my hood of the cloak and was watching everything around us.

"Meow!"

Everyone turned to see what made the noise and saw that I was holding a cat.

"So, this is what you found," observed Yoruichi as she took the cat from me.

"I didn't want to just leave it," I whispered.

"I don't blame you, beautiful red markings and such bright gold eyes"

"May I see?" asked the girl with blond hair as she held out her hand. The cat slowly crawled onto her hand and the girl started to look it over.

"Well, it's a girl, looks in good health but needs food and I'm guessing its about eight weeks old but, very small for her age. It's not uncommon to see a sand cat; it's just very uncommon to have one become a companion. If she takes a liking to you, she'll be very loyal. So, I would suggest trying to bond with her." she informed as she handed the cat back to me. "What are you going to call her?

I looked at the cat. It was sitting so nicely in my hands as her bright gold eyes looked back at me and flicked its tail.

"How about Risa?" I asked the cat.

She looked at me and meowed in approval and crawled into the hood of my cloak.

"I guess she likes it," she laughed. "Ah, looks like we're here."

We made our way into the city and followed the Sand Siblings up to an office.

"Welcome to Suna. I'm Gaara, this is Temari and that is Kankurō." Introduced Gaara as he pointed to his siblings. "This is my assistant Matsuri."

"I'm Yoruichi, This is Shūhei, Momo, and Hanatarō," she said as she pointed to each of us. "Thank you for letting us come to your village."

Gaara and I looked at each other and we almost flinched.

'So, you're the one from my dream' we thought. 'It must be more than fate.'

"Shall I show you to where you'll be staying and then we'll get some food?" Asked Matsuri. "I can also show you where the hospital is, just incase you need anything from there"

"That would be wonderful, we'll follow you" started Yoruichi.

We headed off to the apartments they had ready for us. Apparently it was easy to find right between where we were and the hospital. Matsuri led us up to where our rooms are. We are on the top two levels and the view is amazing. We overlook almost the whole village!

"Looks like we have to split up and it should be easy," grinned Yoruichi, "Shūhei and Hanatarō can take one unit, Sakura and Tenten to another, Momo and Hinata to another and I'll be with Kakashi."

She then proceeded to drag Kakashi off to their unit.

"Did anyone else find that weird or was it just me?" inquired Hanatarō.

"Nope, that did seem very weird. Oh well, let's get some rest. Thank you Matsuri. We'll see you in the morning" thanked Shūhei.

Hinata and I headed off to our unit, which was across the hall from Sakura and Tenten. As we opened the door, we found a sitting room and two bedrooms. We explored more and found that we share a kitchen, bathroom and living room area with Sakura and Tenten. It turned out that our floor and units are in a 'C' shape.

"I think this will work out nicely," said Hinata, "too bad that we won't be here are long as you are."

"What do you mean?" I asked as I put Risa on the floor and gave her some food.

"Well, we were only assigned to guide you here, I think that my group will be heading back in a couple of days."

"That's a bummer, I was enjoying everyone's company." I frowned.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll see us again. Lets get some rest"

We headed off to the bedrooms and found that the beds were already made up for us. Risa was close behind me and jumped up on the bed. Sleep couldn't come fast enough for me. I fell asleep listening to Risa purring by my ear.

Kazekage office – Gaara

'So, her name is Momo and she was in my dream. I wonder what this means.' I sighed, 'this is more than a coincidence.'

"Hey, Gaara. They are all situated in the apartment units. Hopefully they get a good night sleep. You should get some rest too. Oh, did you see the cat that they brought with?" asked Matsuri

I looked up and rubbed my forehead, "No, I didn't, why?"

"Apparently Momo found a sand cat on the way here. Temari looked it over and said it was well. I think Momo named it Risa. You should see it, very pretty red coat."

My eyes grew wide, 'just like in the dream'

"You okay Gaara? You looked like you've seen a ghost?"

"If I tell you, you can't say anything to Temari or Kankurō."

"Alright, deal."

I filled Matsuri in about the dream I had.

"I don't know if its coincidence or fate, but I am curious to see if this becomes a reality." I said.

"You and me both, but we should get some rest, it's going to be a long day tomorrow." she said.

So do dreams turn into reality? We shall find out.

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