Shippuden Chapter 6: The Red Sand
"BOOH!"- Hono shouted as he woke up, making everyone in the white room jump. Hono laughed like hell at their faces, almost falling off of the rusty iron single bed.
"What the hell was that for?"- Akasha asked. Hono just couldn't stop laughing for the next minute. When he finally did, he turned to the white haired girl.
"I have no idea. Oh hey Gaara!"- he replied, noticing the fellow jinchuuriki. Gaara was different. He was taller now, about 1.66 meters. He wore full-length dark trousers, with a pair of laces on each leg, respectively a few inches below the waist and the knees, a long-sleeved crimson coat with flaring hemlines on the front and the back, a grey holster vest held in place by a single strap over his left shoulder and by two buckled belts which he uses to carry his gourd. He also wore another pair of casually worn belts around his waist.- "Wow little brother, the chicks of Sunagakure must be all over you!"
"You have no idea how right you are. Especially now that he is the Kazekage."- a familiar voice said. Hono turned his head to see Temari. She had grown as well. She wore a short-sleeved, black kimono that reached down to her legs, with slits along the side and a more revealing neckline. She also had fingerless black gloves and her forehead protector was now on her forehead. Her body had developed very well and it could rival Akasha's. At the sight of the Sunagakure girl, Akasha got all fired up. The two shot death glares at each other, creating a mini storm cloud above them. Hono was shocked.
"Kazekage? God damn it! My little brother beat me!"- he complained. Gaara smirked and approached the bed.
"How are you?"- the Kazekage asked. Hono smiled.
"I'm great, thanks! Just a little confused as to why I am here."- the white haired jinchuuriki replied.
"Don't you remember about the fight with Deidara?"- Shino asked. He was sitting on a chair by the side of Mizore. Hono wasn't impressed that he wasn't able to see the Aburame at first. He was a master at sneaking.
"Oh right. I vaguely remember a blonde haired man being beaten to a pulp and exploding."- the white haired jinchuuriki was scratching his head.- "Well, time to go after them."
"Ehh? What are you doing?"- Akasha asked as Hono crawled out of bed. Higure's leader was confused.
"What's the problem?"- as he stood out of the bed, he felt a sudden chill. He looked down to see that he was naked.- "God damn it!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"- Shino couldn't stop laughing as Hono threw his clothes on, Temari and Akasha faking embarasment and taking sneaky peeks.
"Anyway..."- Hono said after two minutes of a scene that was so deserving of the yakety sax.- "We should get going after Deidara."
"What do you mean? He escaped. We couldn't go after them because we had to take you here and save Kankuro from dying as well."- Temari explained.
"Yeah, I shouldn't use level 2's laser like that. But who did Kankuro face?"- Hono asked, seeing if his machetes were still sharp.
"He fought Sasori of the Red Sand. He was a master puppeteer of Sunagakure and became a missing nin years ago. He joined the Akatsuki for unknown reasons."- they heard a voice answer. They turned their heads to see Chiyo, one of Sunagakure's elders. She was a short, fat old woman, but intelligence seemed to flow from her.- "I know that much because he's my grandson."
"Did Kankuro reveal anything about his opponent?"- Mizore asked. Gaara turned his head to her.
"Yes. He was carrying a guy with light grey hair and a stitch scar running from under his left eye down to his cheek."- he replied. Mizore, Akasha, Moka, Shino and Hono smiled.
"That's Yagura. Our previous Mizukage. Now we have even more of a reason to go after them."- Moka gripped her scythe.
"But they have escaped. It's impossible to get them now."- Temari complained. Hono smirked.
"Trust us."