I'M SO SOOORRRY!

I haven't been able to really sit down and do much because my great-aunt is dying of cancer

Bummer ...

So I've been having to run around like a chicken with my head cut off

Not literally …

But you get the point

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I didn't know anyone actually read this story

Heheheh …. *sweatdrop*

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-coughcough- I owns nothings …

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Chapter 11

Sonya's PoV

I took Gaara and Naruto with me to the store. I need to buy a few items so that I could cook dinner. I was excited that I had company over. Kakashi usually came over two or three times a week, if he wasn't on a mission, to have dinner or lunch with us. It was nice having Kakashi around, he helped me out around the house and it was nice that he was there so that he could help me with Naruto's upcoming training. I knew very soon I'd need to start training Naruto for the ninja academy, especially since he was already showing a lot of potential.

Gaara seemed content with walking around the town. I could always see confusion in his eyes, but instead of being grumpy or depressed he seemed content, at least for the time being.

We passed by a toy store after I had bought my groceries. Naruto always begged to go into that place every time we passed it. This time was no different.

"Momma Momma! Can we please go into the toy store? Pleeaaassseeeeeee?" Naruto begged me.

Gaara looked curious as to what the big deal was. I just sighed.

"Alright, fine, but only because Gaara is here and we should buy him a gift."

We stepped into the store to look around. It was filled with all sorts of neat things, ranging from stuffed animals, to puppets, to books. The store keeper, Hizuma, greeted us from the front desk.

"I see you're back again Naruto, made your mom cave in from the puppy eyes again, eh?" He said with a knowing grin.

Naruto just gave him a toothy grin before running somewhere else to go look for something.

"I see you brought a new person today Sonya. And who might you be sonny?" Hizuma gestured to Gaara.

Gaara merely glanced at Hizuma with an unreadable expression.

"Heheh, this is Gaara! He's visiting from Suna, and I get to make dinner for his family, including Kakashi." I explained with a huge grin.

"Oooh, dinner from the great Sonya! You should be honored sonny, not everyone has the chance to have some of her wonderful cooking." Hizuma said with a smile.

Gaara was preoccupied while Hizuma was talking to him though, I looked to see what he was staring at, and I saw he was looking at the puppet and marionette section.

I walked over and gestured for him to follow me.

"I've always loved marionettes! Especially furry ones … Like goats! I used to have a giant goat puppet! It was fun to play with even though I had no idea how to use the strings!" I jabbered, trying to get Gaara interested in something.

He was quietly examining the puppets, one by one. I wasn't sure if he was looking for something in particular or not. I tried looking through all the shelves to see if anything caught my eye, but it seemed Gaara found something before me.

He picked up a small panda puppet. It had a smiling face, but even so it looked realistic. It fit on his whole hand, so that he could make the mouth move.

"Ooh, good choice! I'll buy that for if you want?" I offered.

He glanced up a bit shyly at me, and gave me a small nod.

I smiled at him and grabbed two more puppets, a small white goat and a small fox so that me and Naruto could play with him if we wanted. I knew I would ... I love goats.

We walked back to the register, puppets in hand, and I yelled at Naruto to hurry up and get something.

He soon came running up with a huge book in his hand, and a toothy grin. I was more curious about the book; Naruto never struck me as a reader, even if he was only six.

I turned my head to the side to read the title.

'100 Ways to Prank Someone'

"Oh dear, I see you've come across the prank books Naruto." Hizuma said with a sly grin.

Naruto just gave him a grin that yelled 'TROUBLEMAKER'.

"I'm going to regret buying this, I can already tell. My child, the infamous prankster." I groaned.

After buying our stuff and waving Hizuma goodbye, we walked out into the street and started making our way back toward our meeting point at the festival grounds, we had at least 10 minutes to spare.

Gaara was busy making the mouth on his panda puppet move and Naruto was playing with his fox puppet too. I smiled at myself, happy they were content.

I hummed quietly to myself while we were walking, swinging my grocery bags back and forth, completely content on just walking with the boys back.

I sensed an unfamiliar chakra signature nearby, but I didn't really think much of it, after all, we WERE in a shinobi village, there were bound to be lots of ninja.

That was, until I noticed it was following us.

I tensed and stopped; the boys stopped with me and looked up at me quizzically.

I held my finger to my mouth, signaling for silence from their pending questions. I listened trying to hear where he was. He had stopped and covered his chakra not so long before.

Suddenly, I heard something whiz towards me.

I grabbed the boys and quickly jumped out of the way from the incoming kunai.

"Protecting multiple demons now, eh bitch?"

MWAHAHAHAHA CLIFF-HANGER!

….

Have no fear, I'm actually sitting at my desk working on the next chapter, just thought I'd go ahead and post this!

Anyways

DUN DUUN DUUUUUN!

A bad guy! Oh gnoes!

Let's hope Sonya whoops his arse

Also, this chapter was delayed. The site was screwy for like 2 weeks for me

Sorries!