AN: First things first, the responses I got on this story and my other story, the Past Returning has been overwhelming for my first official stories (to me anyways). So I just wanted to say thanks to all those who read my stories and especially thanks to all those who review, cause I could always use criticism to make my stories better, just try to keep the level of bashing my story (if it come to that) to a minimum. Next on the list, ok guys, here's the deal. I am having midterms and have a shit ton of essays and projects and finals and UGHH! It sucks! Anyway, my point is, I might not be able to post more for a little while. I will definitely try but if anybody has tried balancing 3 major classes all at once and have finals all on one day with a shit load of projects right before hand, they know what it's like. Sorry if you people get upset about this. NOW! On to the story!

Lone Wolf Returns- Chapter 2

Gate Crashers and a Rescue Underway

The first thing stark saw as he awoke was not a sight he had wanted, nor one he ever hoped to see again. As his eyes opened and the blurs in his vision faded he saw Lilynette…

Sitting on his face…

In her short shorts…

He was instantly on his feet and a couple feet away. He turned his head to see what was around them. He tried to make sense of what he saw but knew he couldn't. What he saw was desert, endless desert as far as the eye could see. Now, normally this wouldn't be so surprising, what with living in Hueco Mundo and all, but what surprised him was the fact that the light wasn't fake. The sunlight he could see was actually being produced by the sun and not being created to simulate it.

It didn't take too long for what had happened to come back to him. He had met the Soul King and been given a second chance at life in the Elemental Nations. He still wondered what had brought the King to give him this chance, if he had learned anything in his living years it was that nothing came without a price.

His musings were cut short as Lilynette shot up and started sputtering and spitting sand from her mouth after being thrown into a dune by him. Once the grains were free from her mouth she turned and glared witheringly at him as if to say 'what the hell is wrong with you'.

The response he gave was simply to shrug nonchalantly. He began to look for any life in the distance and could just make out what looked like a cliff in the distance. He unleashed his Pesquisa to find any life and quickly realized that the cliff was teeming with it. He turned back to Lilynette.

"Let's go. We need to visit the closest city." he said in a clipped tone.

He turned once again into the direction of the cliffs and with a quick Sonido he disappeared.

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After a succession of Sonido he comes to a stop about one dune away from the front of the gate and Lilynette materializes next to him. He tugged his collar up, making sure that his hollow hole was covered and hidden from view. They begin to walk from behind the dune and immediately spy two groups, one of two people and another of 4.

The second stark sets his eyes on the grouping his eyes immediately widen. There standing before him were Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Hurano, Kakashi Hatake, and some pale kid who he didn't know. The other group consisted of Temari Subaku and her Jonin sensei, what was his name? Bani? Baka? Baki? Whatever.

The ninja's immediately tensed as they saw him come from behind the dune, obviously surprised they didn't, and can't sense him.

He had blue-gray eyes and wavy, dark brown hair that ended at the base of his neck. He also had a faded goatee on his chin. His clothing was truly unusual though. He wore a white jacket outlined in black, with a zipped up collar. A black sash was wrapped around his waist, securing a katana to his side. He wore white gloves on his hands and what looked like the remains of a fanged bottom jaw was positioned along his neck as if it were a necklace.

His partner was no less strange. Her outfit consisted of white-colored shorts with a black line positioned in the middle and along the edges, arm-warmers, and a small jacket which was zipped up with a high collar, and thigh-high, fur-lined boots. Atop her head was a helmet with two horns on the either side. The left horn looked as if it had been cut off, and the left half of the helmet covered her left eye. Her right eye is light pink and she has light green hair arranged in a very basic manner.

"What seems to be the problem here?" asked Stark in his cool drawl desperately trying to repress the rage he felt when he saw them.

"What does it matter to you? Who are you to ask?" the arrogant tone in Sasuke's voice made it plain that he simply didn't care and thought himself too important to care.

"My name is Coyote Stark and I am an ambassador from a country known as Hueco Mundo, seeking conference with a Subaku no Gaara. I don't need to answer to you pathetic Konoha Nin." The dig at their home didn't seem go unmissed as all members of that group had a look of rage burning in their eyes.

Seeing the conflict that was about to breakout, Temari called his attention to herself. "I'm sorry to say, but you've come at a very inopportune moment. My brother has recently been kidnapped by the Akatsuki and these Konoha Nin were about to go out and rescue him. If you would like I can lead you into the village so you can wait for them to return with him."

The haughty tone that next came from the Konoha side was quite annoying to everybody within earshot. "Of course it would be us to rescue Gaara. Suna is just too weak to defeat the Akatsuki."

"No that won't be necessary," began Stark, completely ignoring the group of Nin beside him. "If you have anything of his that would have some of his chakra, me and my compatriot will go and reclaim him from the Akatsuki for you."

Temari looked hesitant for a moment before slowly nodding and pulling a small jar of sand from her kunai pouch. "Gaara wanted us to always have some of his sand with him in order for him to always be able to find us."

Stark accepted the jar, despite the incredulous looks coming from the Konoha Nin, and closed his eyes and he focused and expanded his Pesquisa. What he found was a trail of lightly glowing drops travelling across the desert.

"Hmph, how smart of you, Gaara." He murmured to himself with a slight smirk on his lips. "He left a trail using the sand from his Suna no Yoroi which can lead us right to him."

"Wait, how did you know about his armor of sand?" asked Temari tentatively.

"I've actually fought and defeated Gaara before. At the time, he had shown that he had this defense and I simply remember about it," Stated Stark. "Though it was a long time ago."

"Oh." Was all that left Temari's lips.

Stark turned along with Lilynette and began to walk off. Just before they could leave, they were called to by the Konoha Nin, "are you crazy? Only Konoha has the power to fight the Akatsuki, what can a no name swordsman and a little girl like you do to a gang of S-rank Shinobi?"

In answer to his question he merely glanced over his shoulder while leveling a small fraction of his Reiatsu on the group. All in the surrounding area felt as if a huge weight was pressing down upon them and it seemed as if just out of sight a giant was standing, ready to kill if the notion ever occurred to it. The pressure faded as he began to speak.

"What chance would you Konoha Nin stand?" the way he said it as if it were a fact angered Sasuke beyond belief, though before he could do so much as yell out his anger, the two turned away, took a step, and vanished in a blur along with the sound of static, leaving behind a group of beyond shocked shinobi.

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Stark reappeared in midair, looking down upon a small valley with a river and a small tori bridge. Near the bottom of the ravine was a large boulder, behind which he felt the presence of Gaara. He began to walk down towards the rock, Lilynette by his side and when he finally reached right in front of it a small smirk formed on his face.

A few seconds passed before a small orb of energy began to gather at where his hollow hole would be. The ball grew quickly, barely needing more than three seconds. As it reached about three inches in diameter, it erupted into a beam of bluish energy which quickly consumed the rock and continued into the room beyond.

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A large statue sat in the middle of the back wall, its mouth open with nine ethereal dragons pouring from it and surrounding what looked to be a human body with chakra spilling out of its eyes, and mouth, only to be consumed in the statues mouth instead. The monstrous figure had nine eyes, only one appearing to be open. Nine figures could be seen standing upon the giants fingers. While two of these figure, both garbed in black cloaks with red clouds, seemed to be standing, the other seven seemed as if they were merely holograms.

One of these projections, the one with grayish purple eyes with four concentric circles, spoke, "You're sure you weren't followed, correct?" it seemed to be speaking to the two that were actually standing there.

"Even though I hate making people wait, I made sure nobody could have followed us." Spoke the hunched figure in a gravelly tone.

"Yeah, un. Nobody could have followed us with Sasori-sempai covering our tracks, un." This time the voice came from the other figure with blond hair carefully held in a ponytail and with a bang covering his left eye.

"Then why is it that I sense a pair of powerful signatures heading directly towards our base? They will be here in about five minutes so prepare to defend the hide out, Sasori, Deidara."

"What! That's not possible! Nobody could have been following us to have caught up so soon, un!" the now revealed Deidara exclaimed.

"Well they are, so prepare so the rest of us can finish the ceremony without interru-" the leader spoke before they all felt a massive energy spike right outside the gate.

Before anybody could react, a large blue blast shot through the boulder which served as their entrance and continued directly into the statue, cracking the right side of the torso badly and causing the ceremony to be forcibly stopped, and Gaara's body to plummet to the ground, landing roughly.

As the dust began to settle two figures could be seen emerging from the now destroyed wall.

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Stark stood in the entrance to the cave with his hands in his pockets and a bored look upon his face.

"I'm not interrupting anything am I? That would be such a drag." His voice echoed throughout the cave making all members of Akatsuki wonder…

"Just who the fuck are you, un!"

END

AN- Yo peoples. I just finished this chapter and should be able to post every Friday night or, if im really busy during the week, on Sundays. Leave a review and tell me what you all though cause im only recently started writing decent stories and I really do want your input. One last thing, because I been so busy with two, count them TWO! Essays and a couple standardized tests I haven't been able to finish the next chapter of The Past Returning, I'll try to get it out this weekend but I might be guys and I'll try to post next week.