I haven't given up on this story! I just needed to figure out the order I needed things, so the next chapter will be the fights!

So without further ado here's chapter 22!

Oh and can you find the movie reference?

Disclaimer: Me own Naruto? I know think NOT!

Ch.22 Water Party

"Kick, kick your feet, Ari." Konan chuckles as she watched her little blonde child kick and splash about the water, learning to swim; tugging Ari along the water, she looked over at Katsumi hiding behind Orochimaru's legs. "Come on Kat get in the water."

The blue child shook her head furiously.

"Why not?" She asked pulling Ari up on her hip. "I'm sure Orochimaru won't let you drown." She coaxed.

"You gotta learn to swim, at some point, Kitten." Oro smooth voice smiled down at the girl.

"No, no…" Kat whined pushing her face into the Snake's nin legs. "I want bubbles and Ita!"

Konan sighs, "Kisame and Itachi won't be back until later. Don't you want to show Itachi that you learned to swim?"

She nods eagerly, candy blue hair whipping up and down. Slowly making her way to the edge of the water, the 4 year old tugged at her dark blue tutu like one-piece, as she eyed the water.

"Momma…is you sure this water is sanitary?" Kat yelled as she poked the water with her toe. "It looks ques-tion-able to me!" she whines dancing in place her bottom lip poking out.

"Katsumi the water's clean, now come on in you go!" Her momma chuckles as she waved her over.

Kat puffed out her cheeks crossing her arms the best she could with the arm floaties. This was serious, Ita told her to be a good girl and to stay clean! What if the water wasn't clean and he came back and got mad! Then she wouldn't have been a good girl! Katsumi was a good girl for Ita!

It took Kat a second to realize that she was in the air, but it all came together when she saw the water, giving her just enough time to let out a scream as she went under.

Water quickly filled her lungs…

"Ack!" Katsumi coughed and flung her arms about as she was slashed with water. "Naruto, you, you fucker!" She coughed and wheezed as she wiped her face.

The blonde giggled and pointed at her before bursting out into laughter. "You should have seen you face haha."

"Now that's, what you gon an get fer zonin out like that." Mimi huffed, amusement written all over her face.

That's right…they were at the lake…Naruto bitched and whined about wanting to show them he could be Jesus. Squeezing out her hair she glared, at the soaking wet blonde, only two weeks had passed since the boys returned back to normal….well as normal as pre-teen ninja get; and it was like the time wiz by in hyper-speed, trying hard to catch back up to its timeline before the final test.

She hardly saw any of her friends, Ari didn't count, but Mimi and everyone else were busy in trying to catch up with training….she missed her tiny Gaara….

"Yeah, well fuck you too." She flicked the two off. "I came here to see something cool not Naruto trying to drown himself." She mutters.

"Must you cruse all the time?" Ari sighs from her spot in the shade under a tree, her legs curled in next to her as she idly played with her long blond locks.

Frowning Kat picked up a rock and through it at Ari's face, successfully whacking her in her forehead.

"Eh! What the frick Katsumi!" The heterochromia nin yelled rubbing her head.

"Now why did ya gon an do that fer?" Mimi hissed rushing over to her teammate.

"She looked pretty….." Kat responded.

"Well, geez, thanks a lot Kat!"

"That's what I'm here for" She beams.

"No, you are here for me, to watch meh!" Naruto pouted.

"No, I came to watch be you be Jesus! Not drown yourself!" Kat stuck out her tongue.

"Who's trying to be Jesus?"

The four pre-teen looked over to see Sakura and Ino making their way over to them.

"Naruto." Mimi, Ari and Kat pointed.

"Stupid Naruto you can't be Jesus!" Sakura howled before whacking him. Kat actually flinched at impacted before shrugging, she gotten use to Sakura manly abuse to Naruto.

"Only the dope would try to be Jesus…"

"Ah fuck, here comes Judas." Kat groans.

"Sasuke!" Ino and Sakura yell excitedly, causing Kat's head to ache.

"Shut up Teme!" Naruto retorts back as he finally pulls himself out of the lake only to get pushed back in by Judas.

Sasuke came to stand by Katsumi, making the girl take a large step to the left. "So what brings you all here?" Ari asked as she got up and stepped between her and Sasuke.

See this is why they were best friends!

"Bored." Ino and Sakura mutters.

"I wanted to show Kat something." Sasuke steps around the Ari blockade, making bluenette gag.

"Ah, sorry I cant right now." She laughs nervously when he looks at her expectantly.

"Why not?"

"Uh…" She looked around quickly, Mimi and Ari both had the 'you're on your own' look, and then just like a miracle Jesus appeared out and on top of the water! Naruto walked over the water covered in green slimly algae, looking like a green bearded miracle!

"I…uh…I'm Paul! And like the bible Jesus taught Paul to walk on water so…bye!" Kat smiles as see ran.

"While ya're at it, ask Jesus to baptize ya!" Mimi laughs.

"That's not enough lake water to clean that soul." Ari snickers behind her hand when Kat turned and glared at her.

"Come child, and let me wash away your sins." Naruto faked a deep wise voice, as he reached for Kat's hand.

"You're going to need an ocean, for that one!"

"Can it Ari!"

"That was Sasuke!" Sakura laughs.

"Oh, was it now!" Kat turned around completely hands on her hips, looking up at the grass mound that held her friends. "You got jokes now?"

Sasuke smirks as he crossed his arms. "I'm just stating a fact."

"Bring it on Judas, bring it on!" Kat instigated, it didn't take much to get Sasuke to swagger his way over to her; just when he was about to open his mouth he was interrupted by another voice.

"Who's bringing what on?"

Leaning to the side Kat's eyes lit up as she saw the sand sibs making their way into the training grounds…and yes Gaara was with them.

"Ehhhh, my favorite people!" Kat squeals as she rudely shoved Sasuke to the side and bounding her way up the hill, the sound of water splashing never register in her mind as she flung herself into Temari's arms.

Yeah thought she was going to through herself into Gaara's arms? Tsh, Kat wasn't stupid, if she wanted her hug to last she needed to make her love know to everyone else before glomping him!

Reverse psychology Bitches!

"I missed you guy so...so much!" she cried tears running rivers down her cheeks as Kankuro awkwardly patted her head when she hugged him.

"I guess were just chop fucking liver!" Tenten shouted throwing up her hands.

"Tenten?" Kat looked next to Temari to see the rest of the group lounging around. "When in Sasuke's ear hair did you get here?"

"I don't have ear hair!"

"I never said that!"

"The fuck? Yes you did!" he yelled as he sloshed his way out of the lake.

"Gosh damnit Sasuke, I did not! Jeez clean out your ear hairs…" She mutters.

"Oh, How I have missed you!" Tenten sighs hugged the blue idiot.

"Hmm, I guess since everyone…lets go swimming!" Kat hollers as she tossed off her jacket making Mimi scream as all the boys crane their necks to get a glimpse of Kat's chest.

"Modesty!" Mimi yells as she pushed Kat's jacket over her chest.

"Uh…actually for once I have on a top…"

The redheaded girl raised a brow as she peeks under the jacket, and sure enough Kat had on a bikini top. "Why didn't ya get a bigger size?"

"That's the biggest they had!" she whines.

"It covers nothing!" Mimi hissed before whipping her head around to glare at the boy as she all jerked backward looking away, innocently, well except Gaara and Naruto. Naruto was too naïve to be into looking and Gaara…like really, who was going to tell him no?

"It covers enough!" Kat moves away while dropping her skirt much to Mimi's dismay.

"Oh have mercy on me." Kankuro groans as he and every other boy eyes up Kats's body.

"Take it all in boys." Kat winks as she posed with her hands on her knees. "This is only a glimpse of heaven!"

Kats bikini was white with blue strips; the top looked like it was two sizes too small, only a hand full of her breasts, while her bottoms look too low and very tight.

"You leave nothing to the imagination." Temari shakes her head.

"Tsh, please I am the wishes and dreams they can't have haha!" Kat laughs before getting whack by Mimi.

"Whore." She yelled before whacking her teammate again.

"Hey don't be jealous that you can only smuggle raisin." Katsumi laughs as she patted Mimi's flat breasts.

"Why ya…come back here!"

"Ahhh Jesus save me!" Kat laughs as she jumps into the lake.

"When I'm through with ya, ya're going ta need more then Jesus!" Mimi roars as she tossed her clothes to the side leaving her in a cute white tube top bikini, jumping in after the bluenette.

"Water party!" Ino yells as she too tosses off her clothes rivaling a blue bikini with purple straps, she grabs Sakura's hand as the girl wiggles out her dress to show a red skirted outfit.

"Hehe lets go…Sasuke!" the girls yelled as they grabbed onto cockatoo.

"Let me with sunblock!"

"No, help me first."

"Back off Ino pig!"

"Sakura, Ino let go!" He growled but went unheard at the girls fought. "The fuck no one ever listens to meh!"

"I'll help you!"

"Go fuck yourself Naruto!"

"You just refused Jesus's help!" Kat walked over to them, nursing a large lump on her head. "No wonder you need help."

Sasuke shoved off the girls and quickly shoved Naruto into their arms; the poor blonde never stood a chance.

"He's going to feel that in the morning." Kat laughs and Ino and Sakura gang up on the fox.

"Its Naruto, he'll be ok." Shaking her head she winces, hissing about the lump. "Then don't antagonize her."

"Oh, that rich coming from you!"

"Here, let me see."

"No, I'm fine! Ow!" She whines as he pulled her head down to get a closer look at the lump.

"Its not that bad."

"Oh thanks Doctor Genius!" she snorts.

"At least she kept her gloves on." He smiles.

"Yeah, yeah….so what it was that you wanted to show me?" she asked as she leans back on her hands. "Yo eyes up here!" she snapped when his eyes slipped down to her chest.

"Then cover up!"

"Or what?"

"Or I'll have to take extreme measures." His sharingan became active as he leaned in close.

"Prev!" she laughs shoving at him, trying to fight back the blush. Like hell that ain't happen again! "So this thing you have to show me, it has to do with the sharingan club?"

"Sharingan Club?" He parroted. "What?"

"Don't play dumb….or sorry I forgot you are."

"Katsumi."

"Fine, fine, we all know you and Kakashi sensei have been ditching everyone. It's one of three things." She held up three fingers

"Yeah and what are those?" he asked as he kicks off his shoes.

"One, its Sharingan only training and everyone else can suck it." She dropped one finger. "Two, he's teaching you something that apparently only you can learn…bastards." Dropping the other finger, leaving her middle one; she flicked him off. "Or three, he's filling your two holes."

"Filling my two…. What?" Sasuke blinked.

"Hmm yeah, thought so…I always knew you liked it from behind."

Sasuke glared before hitting her lump on the head with his palm. "I'm not gay!"

"Ehhh Sasuke!" She whines. "How was I supposed to know you been running of with him." She wiggled her eyebrows, and quickly dodged his next blow to her head. "So are you going to get in the water or what?" she asked giggling.

"Tsh, you just wanna see the water roll off my sexy body."

"Ok eww, see that's where I leave." But before she could leave Sasuke grabbed her tossing her over his shoulder as he run to the water dock.

"Lesson One!" He chuckles. "A chicken, that's me obviously and a Kitten, you, are walking next to a lake" Sasuke toss Kat back over his shoulder, holding her bridle style above the water.

"Don't you dare? I JUST FINISHED DRYING!"

He smirks, "the chicken then pushing the Kitten into the water." He dropped her. When she came back up for air everyone was laughing. "What's the moral of this story?"

"The chicken is an ass!"

"No, it's quite simple Kat; A wet pussy makes a happy cock." He grins widely as her jaw drops.

No he didn't!

"Pervert!" She screamed pointing to him. "You're an actual prev!"

"Don't question my sexually again, or I just might have to show you." His annoying Uchiha arrogance came to play as he turned around waving as he retrieved his shoes.

"Ahh is anyone else hearing this?" she yelled but everyone else went back to playing or lounging about. Pouting she hops on to the dock ringing out her hair, looking around her eyes landed on Gaara as he stood near the edge of the trees as far away from the water as he could get.

"Time to work my Mary Sue Magic!" she grins evilly. "Mission, get Gaara to swim or at least wet!"

Skipping over to him she smiles widely. "Gaara!" She sang happily as her arms flew around him pulling him close to her body; his crossed arms here blocking body to body contact but Kat was still happy, that she was touching him!

I won't ever get use to this, actually being able to touch him!

Slowly she felt his arms move to his side, before his fingertips slowly met the skin of her upper back.

Ahhhhh Gaara hugged me! Ok it was like a full out hug but he's touching me because he wants to! Ehhhh fan-girl override!

"Im going to have your babies."

"What?"

"Nothing!" Kat sprang away from him her blush dark across her cheeks. "Ahem….so how you been? Get a lot of training in?" she plopped down next to his feet.

Smoother then her, plop to the ground Gaara join her. "My lust for blood has been sedated for now." He murmurs.

And my lust for your body has heighten...ahhh I sound like Orochimaru!

"You gotta learn to control that." She sighs.

He looked at her but said nothing.

Hmmm now its time! Mary Sue Prowers Active!

"I…I missed you," she blushed as she bumps her shoulder with his.

He grunts.

"Oh come on now, I thought we were pass the silent talking." She pouted but her smile broke through. "Come, didja miss me? Didja? Didja?"

"I missed the inaudible noise you could bring from Shakuku."

She poked him with each 'didja' which earned her a shove. "Yay he missed me!" she hugged his arm close to her breasts, and if she wasn't so busy hugging him she would have notice the blush across his cheeks, or how his eyes dropped to her breasts...often…

"I certainly didn't miss the noise you made!" he grumbles yet never made a move to remover her from his arm.

"Why don't I believe you hmm?" she giggles.

"Because you are daft."

"Well aren't you just a ray of sunshine." She mutters. "No matter I shall wash it that snotty attitude away!" She grasps his hand in hers while she stood but was yanked to a stop, when Gaara made no move to follow.

"Hn." He took his hand from hers.

"Oh don't be a sour pus, you can swim can't you?"

His eyes narrowed but other than that, he did not move.

"You know we got a problem when I can understand what your glares mean…" she murmurs. His posture was lax, as much as a ninja gets anyways, and his arms uncrossed. "So you can swim, that's good to know, so why the hold up?"

His glared darken and his arms crossed.

She sighs, he doesn't trust anyone else. "Well it can go both ways Gaara."

He closed his eyes, ah right…he did try once, right before his uncle tried to kill him…forgot, what kind of fan-girl am I.

"Ok, ok fine just come closer, I want Naruto to teach me to walk on water." She smiles nodding her head over to the blonde, before slowly turning and going off to meet the Uzumaki.

Hearing shuffling come from behind her, she smiles, score! Once she made it to the dock's edge she look back to see Gaara was a few from where the dock started, close enough.

"Oi Naruto!" she called. "You still up for teaching me?"

"Yeah!" his voice echoed.

"You really are going to let the idiot teach you?"

"Are going to shut that fat mouth, or am I going to make you?" Sakura glared back at her but kept her mouth closed.

"Don't worry Kat, I'll be the best teacher believe it!"

"Damnit Naruto! That's not funny!" Kat yelled when she come up from the water.

It was nearing midday and she still hadn't Learning to walk on water, most of everyone was either sitting or watching or had left to go home. Much to her enjoyment Gaara was still there…well so here his siblings but still yay!

"That was too much charka that time." He chuckles.

"But you just finished telling, I had put to little!" she barked.

"Yeah, I know." He reached out to help her out the water and onto the dock. "Like I said it's just like when we climb the trees, too much and you break the bark and fall, or too little you'll just fall."

Kat sighs but she smiles, Naruto wasn't that bad of a teacher, yeah he didn't know some correct terms or how to explain something good enough, but never one had he gotten mad or called her stupid, like most of her friends would have. Though he may never be patient with himself Naruto shown extreme patients with her, doing his best to explain or re-explain anything.

"What Naruto, is forgetting to say is that, the exact amount of Chakra you need to produce is different than when on a solid surface, like a tree, the amount may be different from time to time." Sakura explained quickly, like it was something she was trying to hold in but failed.

"Yeah, yeah that's it!" Naruto pointed at Sakura nodding the whole time. "Thanks Sakura!"

"So, I just gotta know when to use more and when to use less?" Kat whined. "Argh this is so hard!"

With this new knowledge Kat tried again….and failed, but not one to give in so easily she tried for another six times before she got it!

The feeling was surreal, the closest thing she could descried the feeling too was, like standing on a glass surface, feeling the breeze of the wind beneath your feet, the feeling of will I fall through was the same, that little voice in the back of your head telling you to be careful.

"Ah-ha!" She yelled as she wobbled unsteadily.

"No, no you're not done yet," Temari laughs. "You gotta walk!"

"Oh poo, Temari!" Shrugging her shoulders and wiggling out the nerves in her fingers. Kat takes a breath, I can do this! Just focus, baby steps.

Several times one foot went through the water but the other was able to stay afloat, how? She was unsure but hey as long she stayed upside she was good! It was about seven steps in that she had yet to lose her balance or have one foot sink. Looking back she saw Ari clapping happily and everyone else just smiling, Naruto's smile was the biggest.

With a hop, skip and a jump, Katsumi was still above water, she knew she had master the walk on water technique! Pivoting around, she threw her arms up and cheered as everyone clapped or booed if they lost their bet, but all in good fun.

"I not sure about y'all but ah am very hungry! Let's get some chow!" Mimi smiles, everyone agreed and much to Naruto's delight Ari and Mimi decide to pay of his dinner.

Skipping her way towards the shore, Kat gave a loud yelp as she once again felt through the water, laughter was the last thing she heard before she went under, but the sharp pain that shot down the base of her skull and along her spine was no laughing matter.

When she broke through the surface again, Kat took a large breath as she splash about, "Momma!" she cried, when she had hit the water she unfortunately hit it at an angle causing her floaties to slip off her arms.

"Orochimaru!" Konan hissed as she pushed Ari onto her back as she swam towards the child, just when she was about to reach out to grab her Konan jerked back in shock.

Katsumi still in tears and crying loudly was, standing above the water! Her cries were loud, letting the area know she was scared and distraught, as she wipe her eye, she notice that the child's normally big candy blue eyes were now a vivid purple and the water by her feet was freezing over.

Looking passed her Momma Kat scream grew louder and she cried walking towards the shore, to terrify to notice the ice under her feet as she made her way over to Itachi, it was when she was in his arms did her cries end and her eyes filter back to blue.

"Some kids just need to be thrown in, before they learn." The Snake licked his lips lightly his eyes never leaving the trail of thick ice.

Katsumi sniffled as she hear her momma yell and say 'no, no' words at Orochimaru, but the child could care less she was tired and her Ita was back. Reached up she grabbed a lock of his hair tugged at it, "Ita, c-can we go home now?...I miss Suesake…" she whimpers.

She didn't get a response, but that was ok she was sleep within minutes.

Air…air…damnit I need air! Katsumi chocked as she woke up, the pain in her back was still there but thankfully it was lessening, argh these visions like things really need to pick a better time, and if not well it would be nice to REMEMBER them!

Air! Her body screamed at her for oxygen as she reached up her hands to swim up only to have the pain in her spine to tighten cause a large puff of the little air she had left to bubble up before her.

Breathe!

Air!

Her mind and body was beginning to panic as she tried to swim against the pain, but she was getting nowhere, as she kicked her legs once more she found out the problem, something was tangled on her right ankle.

Swiftly she reached down, looping her hands around the substance to find, the things was thick, smooth to the touch, and very much alive!

The white snake tighten its hold on her ankle as it pulled her further into the depths of the lake, the pressure was building against her chest as her body, went into shock of no oxygen to her lungs; it wasn't long after that, that her body finally gave up moving and she was suspended in the vast void of navy blue.

Slowly making its way further up her leg the great large snake finally came to rest at her hip, her whole right leg covered with its body; feeling light brushes against the bottom of her foot brought her back to awareness, the feeling felt like someone's fingers tips and as she moved her eyes downward she saw a pale white hand reach up for her.

Kat's heart leaped with fright as Orochimaru's face appeared, his smirking face staring up at her with hungry eyes, as his hair floated around him like a black mass, but that smirking face quickly became sour when she felt a strong tight grip roughly snatch at her wrist, yanking her up.

Tightening its hold the snake began to pull harder on her leg, forcing her and her rescuer further into the waters depths, as they both pulled and tugged at her body, like some game of tug-a-war. It was when Kat felt something snap or more like multiple snaps, that she saw a foot slam into the face of the snake repeatedly yanking her upward at the same time, until her leg was free!

Swiftly an arm warped around her waist as they swam upward, she finally had lost consciousness.

"Kat, Kat?"

Someone was yelling…

"Come on wake up Kat!"

And now they were patting her cheek…

"Damnit, Katsumi wake the fuck up!"

"If you fucking slap me, I'm shoving my foot down your throat…." Katsumi croaked as she slowly opens her eyes.

Sasuke was leaning over her, his eyes wide with worry, yet he was dry… "Please tell me that, I don't have chickenitis or mad chicken dieses, I didn't get this year's vaccine." She murmurs softly.

Chuckling Ari leans over and sweeping the hair out of Kat's face. "No, no kiss of life for you."

"She may not have needed CPR but she still needs a hospital! Her wrist and leg looks broken!" Sakura nags.

She was quickly scooped up by Sasuke, as he and her team made a quick dash out of the training grounds. Laying her head on his shoulder, she watched as Gaara made his way in the opposite direction…his clothes and hair dripping wet.

Well, not the way I wanted but…Mission accomplished! Katsumi smiles as she closed her eyes. Damn does this mean I'm out of the tournament?

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