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Chapter 40

Note: Everyone gets a part in a plan.

~Laura's POV

So it seems… the Konoha ninjas are staying at the Village Inn. It seems they somehow talked the manager to letting them have the whole top floor and now… I am sharing a room with Tsunade and Shizune… oh how I wonder how this will turn out~

"Well… umm… who else is here?" I ask awkwardly while sitting beside Shizune on a bed, there are two beds in our room and I would prefer to sleep beside Shizune… one reason… I don't want to die with Tsunade's… you-know-what's in my face.

"Who else," Shizune asks while looking to me with a small smile; "well Naruto is out searching for 'someone', Hinata is picking up some supplies and Anko is out checking if her 'sensei' is in this world," she says while picking up Tonton and putting her in her lap.

I nod slowly before picking my bag up from the floor and looking through it for a plushies. I take Deidara out and hug him, he's so soft.

"What do you have there!" Tsunade yells, jumping to her feet with a sake bottle in her hand, jumping up from her bed.

"Ahh this is my plushie~!" I sing while hugging my plushie, I need Deidara to sleep so I need to have him out. "I made him after a Akatsuki member~"

"You know him," Tsunade asks while moving over to me and stands over me… somewhat like a hawk would. I nod my head with a grin; Deidara is cool he says hey back to me. "You know this Akatsuki member," she says while moving closer to my face, I lean back slightly and end up falling onto my back from leaning back to far.

"Yeah… he's Deidara," I say while looking down to her from my line of sight. She narrows her eyes down on me for a second before standing up straight, crossing her arms over her arms.

"Do you know where they are right now," she asks as I glance to Shizune and Tonton, they are both watching us closely. I lean back up and hold onto my plushie.

"I see no point," I say to Tsunade and she glares at me and I quickly cut her off before she can speak. "BECAUSE they have probably moved to a different 'base' by now!" I yell raising my voice as Tsunade takes a step back, staring at me as she uncrosses her arms. "They don't trust me with their lives so I highly doubt they would stay there now that I am with you," I say with a serious tone, yes people… I can think seriously when I want to.

Tsunade glares at me for a second before nodding to us, "you make a valid point," she says while walking back to her bed and sitting down on it, she takes a swing of her sake before sighing a content sigh.

"Yeah…" I say softly while hugging my Deidara plushie, I bury my face into his hair which is as soft as silk. "I hope Kahlan is okay," I say into him as I feel the bed dip to my left and a hand is placed onto my shoulder.

"Is Kahlan your friend?" I hear Shizune asks softly as I slowly lift my head out of Deidara's hair.

I nod my head while gazing down to Deidara as his bright blue-gray eyes stare back at me. "She is one of my very best friends; I escaped the Akatsuki to ask you ninjas to help us both… Pein is pretty scary at times," I murmur softly as Shizune gives me a small smile as Tonton jumps out of her lap and nudges my arm with her nose… snout… thingy.

"Oink!" she… well… oinks as I give her a big smile, and tap her back softly.

"Okay," Tsunade says while standing up from her bed with a look that… shows she has an idea. "Have you even been touched by an Akatsuki member within the last 48 hours?" Tsunade asks as I think and nod my head softly; Konan touched my forehead last night which was no more than nine hours ago.

"Yeah, Konan checked my temperature since I had a fever and her and Kahlan looked after me," I say with a smile as Tsunade grins with glee before rushing out of the room, the grin still on her face.. I blink confused before looking to Shizune who gives me a small smile.

"An Akatsuki member touched your forehead, thus they left their scent on this," Shizune says while pointing to my forehead with a grin on her face, "with that we might be able to track them down in their new location," she says as I look down to my Deidara plushie, for some reason a wave of guilt washes over me like a Tsunami.

I… well… I don't want the Akatsuki members to get hurt… or die… seeing as I DID cry when they all died… well I hope Tobi dies though, I hate him more than veggies and shots from the doctors.

"Laura! Come here!" I hear Tsunade yell from outside of the door and both Shizune and I jump to our feet then out of the door.

We see Kakashi, Pakkun, Jiraiya and Sai outside of the room. I smile a little and wave to them but they seem to be hanging onto Tsunade's every word.

"Pakkun, Laura might have the scent of an Akatsuki member on her from when this member checked her temperature, gather this scent as well as you can then Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Sai, your team head out as spies to keep an eye on them, when they start to move then head back to us. Shizune, Laura, Naruto, Gaara, Anko, Hinata and I will search for other ninjas that can help in our war against the Akatsuki." She says with a confident smile before she looks to me with a large grin.

I nod slowly to her then look to Pakkun who nods then looks to me, he's soo cute and small.

"Okay pup," he says while walking towards me, "sit down," he says like is he telling another dog to sit. I slowly sit down on the floor of the hallway and watch as Pakkun jumps onto my shoulder, I turn to him and close my eyes as he starts to smell my forehead, search for a scent.

"It's faint," he says as I open an eye and watch as he jumps down onto the carpet, "But I think I can track it," he says as Tsunade nods with her grin before looking to the team, their clothes are torn a little but there doesn't seem to be any cuts… Tsunade and Shizune probably healed them already.

"Alright, everyone head out immediately while there is still a scent to work with!" Tsunade yells as the team nods their head and like a flash, they are gone. I blink slowly and touch my forehead, I'm so sorry Konan, your scent on my forehead will probably doom everyone.

"Well," Tsunade says with a small smile before looking at me, "let's get to bed for a quick nap, early in the afternoon we will get to searching for other ninjas," she says while yawning and heading inside to the bedroom. I nod slowly and yawn. I am pretty tired myself.

Shizune yawns as well while walking inside and I follow after them. I could use another hour or two sleeping.

I snuggle into my bed which I share with Shizune and yawn into Deidara's head as dreamland takes over.

I dream of Kahlan and I, in the middle of a battle between the Konoha ninjas and the Akatsuki members, Konan is against Hinata while Naruto is against Pein and soon after Pein goes right into the ground with a bang, then he starts to fight Tobi who is messing around and I know is he being an idiot for no reason, I know who he really is and I am very happy that Itachi hasn't Sharingan-ed me… I would be in deep doo-doo right now.

I yawn widely while stretching my arms out into the air. I look round the bedroom and remember that I am not… home… anymore. I can't even go home anymore seeing as… no one will be there.

I look round and see no one in the room, meaning they have left the room to do something important. I look down to Deidara in my lap and send him a small smile. My very happy plushie is happy… seeing as he was made with a smile / grin on his face.

I slowly stand up and walk out of the room, I glance round the hallway at all of the unfamiliar doors and where they lead to… I got no clue right now.

"Well I am lost~" I say while walking out of the room, still glancing round the hallway.

"HEY!" I hear from behind me as I spin round and see Naruto from the anime, out of breath as he stops in front of me, holding his chest to breath. "Y-Your," he shutters before reaching into his pocket and pulls out a wallet, Kahlan's wallet by that.

"Hey that's Kahlan's!" I yell slightly while looking at it as he pulls a picture out of it, it's me and Kahlan with grins on our faces.

"You're the girl from this picture," he says with a large grin, "great to see your safe!" he yells a bit as I look pass him and see Tsunade, Shizune, Gaara and Hinata walk out of a room.

"Ah, Naruto, it seems your back from your search," Tsunade says with a pleased smile as Naruto grins before facing me again, "I see you've met Laura," she says while walking pass him. "Our search for more ninjas is in five minutes, get ready," she says while opening a door and walking into the room.

Naruto grins then nods before placing the picture back into the wallet, "how's your friend anyway, she okay?" Naruto asks with a smile on his face. I frown a little and watch as Gaara whispers something into his ear, probably telling him what has happened while he was gone. "Oh… forget what I just said," he says while rubbing his neck with a sheepish grin. I nod my head a little before looking to the door where Tsunade went into.

"Can we go?" I ask with a grin as Naruto grins back then grin to Gaara who gives a small smile back to him. I plan to look round the town and maybe find Kahlan, if I know Kahlan she went to her Granddad's house, since the house is in town, the Akatsuki hasn't left town so Pakkun should have a good chance of finding them, one of the reasons Kahlan moved here was because her granddad was here. So yeah…I hope I can see her, I miss her.

"Yeah," Naruto says with a grin before grabbing my hand and leading me outside where everyone but Tsunade is. Moments later she walks outside with a bag attached to her back.

"Okay, Gaara, Naruto and Laura will be one team. Hinata, Shizune and I will be the other team," she says as Gaara nods while Naruto grins, Hinata gives a small nod and smile as Shizune and Tonton nod their heads. It seems we're going to be searching for other ninjas.

Okay, hopefully while we do that; I'll hopefully meet up with Kahlan, and maybe a happy Akatsuki member.

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