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[Ikara]

Ikara shook her head and laughed to herself,
"Thats the one.....she seems to think that because i stopped the battle, im her friend...." She smirked,
"She keeps phoning me up and wanting to 'hang out'.....the only reason i spared her was because i was hungry...." She laughed, "Speaking of which....."

She snatched the remnants of the trail mix from Kita's hands and began munching on it.

"OI!" He yelled, trying to grab it back off her.

Gaara edged over beside Haruka and shook his head,
"Would you believe those two want to kill each other?" He asked her, pointing to the siblings who were wrestling each other on the floor for a peanut.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruka jumped slightly as Gaara spoke, then looked back down at the siblings on the floor. "Yeah, sometimes they just seem like a normal brother and sister." she said, still looking down at them. She couldn't help but laugh at their childish fight over the trail mix.

She looked up at him, "So, when I return to Konaha, I should probably imform the Hokage of this 'sabotage', correct?" she asked.

[Ikara]

"That would be for the best i think....." He sighed, "We haven't been able to get any other information which does pose somewhat of a problem,"

Gaara stepped away from the desk and moved to the window.
"Mizuki," he called to the pink haired girl who's face was in pure shock at the mess Ikara and Kita were making,
"Arrange a room for our gusest for tonight," he ordered; Mizuki bowed and left to complete her task hastily.
"And Kankuro," He looked over at his brother, "Please escort this young lady when she decides to return to Konoha; you too Ikara!"

Ikara, upon hearing Gaara's voice, jumped to her feet and bowed, stuffing a nut in her mouth; Kita lay defeated at her feet, crying over his lost food.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

[Let's just wait for Oyushi now. I think that works the best since you're addressing him at the moment.]

[Oyushi]

OOC: Wow, I have alot to catch up on. KK here goes

IC: Kankurou stepped out from behind the door as the Kankurou on the floor turned into a puff of smoke and showed the face of Karasu (Crow). The boy bent down and scratched at a spot on the puppet. He cussed quietly under his breath, there was a crack in his puppet. He vowed to remember to patch that up later. He dismissed the puppet and looked up as his little brother talked of sabotage at the chunin exam. He stayed quiet but was shocked at this news. He remembered the last time something like that it had gotten pretty nasty.

Gaara and the other kept on talking and the jounin sat quietly. He nodded when Gaara asked him to acompany the girl back to Konoha and then they talked about the village hidden in time. Kankurou pipped up.
"Where and what is the hidden time village. And does it have anything to do with the fact that the other day I heard the name Gurisetzu crop up. You remember about him don't you Gaara?"
he asked.
"Because if he is involved in this, there could be some serious[/i] stuff going on.."
he added.

[Ikara]

Gaara nodded at his brothers question
"It would appear so.....Ikara?" He gestured for her to take over since she knew more about the situation.

"The young girl i encountered who told me about the events appeared to rever a man named Gurisetzu. She told me countless times that he would make me pay and nonsense like that," She walked over to beside Gaara, edging Haruka out the way so that she may stand aside him.

Kita stared up at the ceiling, still on the floor.
"So what do you need me for then?" He sighed, closing his eyes,
"You're weak Ikara...." He smiled,
"Despite vowing to kill me and even agreeing to marry some guy in exchange for my murder, you still call on me when you need help...."

Gaara looked at Ikara at the mention of the arranged marriage; Ikara turned away from him and glared at Kita.
"You're not doing this for me....its for the village..." She replied coldly, walking out the room.
Her newly short hair revealed the many scars that decorated her bare back.
Kita looked at them; he knew that she had been injured before in battle but these looked self inflicted.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

As Kankuro started talking, Haruka listened intently, mulling over the name. 'Gurisetzu...' she tried to think if she had heard it somewhere before, but just couldn't recall. She had never heard the name mentioned anywhere. "And further more what is the Sybol for the village?" she added to the growing list of questions. She remembered seeing part of Rei's headband and it only made her curiousity grow.

[Ikara]

Gaara shrugged,
"Only Ikara knows that and as you can see....she's stropping over something," He referred to her exit.
He knew he shouldn't but he was used to her temper now. He'd put up with it so long that a diva-moment with Ikara was just the norm; if she didn't have at least one a day he knew something was wrong with her.

"Now Kita.....what was it you were talking about there? Some sort of arrangement between Ikara and an assassin?" Gaara raised an eyebrow; normally he wouldn't have been all to conviced of the plausibility Kita's verbal attacks but considering the mood it put Ikara in, he figured he'd take it a bit more seriously.

"Oh right.....ah some assassin nin from Konoha from the Shinya clan....heard of it?" Kita asked Gaara pretty informally; he never spoke formally to any of his elders so why should he do it for some kid, even if he was Kazekage.

Gaara nodded, recalling the tales he'd heard of the clans strict regiment

"Well apparently he took a shine to Ikara and when he offered to do anything for her, Ikara took him up on the offer; but the kid wasn't as dumb as he looked and told her that she must marry him when he completes his task....apparently he loves her but god knows why....i mean, who could love THAT?" He pointed at the door; it's large wooden frame a metaphor for Ikara's now void presence

[Oyushi]

OOC: Btw yes, I would looove to go ahead with hidden time now, I can have Gurisetzu scold Reisuke for her foolishness blah blah blah, should be great! And i hope it's ok, what i'm doing with Guri and Kankurou this post?

IC: Kankurou stepped out towards the middle of the room, mainly adressing Kita and Haruka, but he know there might be the odd bit he hadn't told Gaara yet, up until now it hadn't been an issue.
"His name is Gurisetzu and he used to be a sand nin, here, one of us. He taught me some of the skills of the ninja when I was younger and was a good friend. He would often take me to get food, of listen to me bitch about Gaara when he was getting more attention. Also being young and curious, I asked him a great many questions. Alot of them I can't remember but I'll tell everything I can. He was born and bred here, he grew up wanting to be a ninja and always working hard so that he may better those of the others who were more gifted. Now that I think of it, he kind of reminds me of the Lee guy from Leaf. Anyway, he was always jealous of the ninja with clan abilities. Eventually he made it through to jounin and was a real good one. Then he told me he was getting frustrated, he didn't tell anything more for fear of me telling my father of his intentions. He fled the village, becoming missing nin, no one has ever caught him yet. I was with some hunters one time on a mission to capture him because I knew some of his jutsu amd tactics. We never even came close to catching him, he decimated all of us just like that, and he has big aspirations. I know, that's the way he always was, he never thought small. He is very charismatic and I don't doubt that he has many followers already. This could get real bad."
Kankurou finished and stepped back to the outside of the rough circle they were making.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruka listened to all this imformation, her mind reeling from it all. He head was beginning to hurt from so much new knowledge. "Okay, so this Gurisetzu guy is their leader. Rei is a part of this, and Ikara's arranged to get married?" she said outloud, running over all of the imformation again. She wasn't expecting an answered. Simply nodding to herself she smile, proud that she had finally sorted it out.

"Ikara is such a steamer..." she mumbled looking out the door in the direction that Ikara had headed. Shaking her head, she shiffed her wait from her left foot to her right and back again. She was starting to get figety, she had to do something.

[Ikara]

"I think my brains going to melt...." Kita whined; he had never been good at taking in information when it was fired in to him all at once. If he had it written down or something then he could memorise it within a few minutes but words tended to go right over his head.

He sat upright and buried his head in his knees. Nothing made sense anymore.
"That's pretty much it Haruka...." He muttered, sounding nothing like his usual upbeat self.
"There's a new village with some psycho ex-suna nin running it......to be honest i really dont give a crap about all that. Im more concerened with the fact that my sister is selling herself just to get rid of me!"

He stood up and looked at the wound on his hand; the bloodstains were vibrant on his pale skin. Closing his eyes, he sighed
"Use me if you want, i really dont care...." He muttered, walking towards the door,
"I'll see you around Haruka..."
He looked at the young kunoichi and walked out the door, slamming it behind him.

"That is one fucked up family....." Gaara speech was completely out of character,
"Now......" He folded his arms,
"We should really start discussing the problem at hand....." He looked over at his brother,
"You go find Ikara and see if you can find out any more information; like the location of the Hidden Time and anything you can uncover about their plot...."
He turned to Haruka
"And you're coming with me to Konoha! We're going to see the Hokage!"

[Oyushi]

"Yes Gaa- Lord Kazekage."
Kankurou said and bowed to his brother.
"Good to see you."
he smiled and headed off out the door that Ikara left out of. He knew his first priority would be height if he wanted to find Gaara's assistant so he leaped up teir after teir of the Kazekage palace. He shielded his eyes from the sun and glare of the sand, and tried to spot the girl. he thought he saw her and leaped towards a nearby tall building, it would be no use slowly going down to ground level as not to injure himself, he was better to go to smaller and smaller buildings while still moving forwards.

He got to a low one right beside Ikara and jumped down to land beside her.
"Lord Gaara wishes me to find out everything you know, then I think he meant we should pair up (horrible thought I know) and try to find out more about the village."
he continued walkig beside her.
"So basically you missed what I said back there, so yeah, it's quite useful info."
he said and repeated his speech from earlier.
"What about you? What do you know?"
the jounin asked.

[Haruka Kunimitsu]

Haruka stared at the door, surprised that Kita had done something so dramatic. But then again, it was Kita. She turned back the Gaara as she was given the order. She sighed. "Yes, sir." she said blatently, shlumping slightly. She had just gotten to Suna and was already leaving, without even so much as a look around; but she couldn't deny the Kazekage's orders. She picked up her bag off the floor and looked around the office, just to keep it in memory.

[Ikara]

"Er....settle down, we aren't leaving just yet," Gaara smiled at Haruka,
"I've sent Mizuki to go and get a room organised for you. We'll leave tomorrow or the following day," He jumped onto the table and sat cross-legged; it was only a select few who got to see him in his more relaxed, unofficial state.



"Oh joy.....(!)" Ikara rolled her eyes as Kankuro told her about how they were now partnered.
"I'd rather stick pins in my eyes but if Gaara orders it...." She sighed heavily.

Kankuro went on to explain the knowledge on the enemy he had gathered; Ikara nodded attentively.

"What about you? What do you know?"

Ikara sighed,
"To be honest, not a thing. But what i can tell you is that if we head to either the Hidden Mist or Konoha, we're bound to find Reisuke and one of her little buddies scurrying around," She pulled a map from her back pocket,
"Should take us a few days to get there so we better head off soon! Gather supplies and we leave in an hour!" She ordered Kankuro.

[Oyushi]

"Right."
Kankurou grumbled, dissapointed at being pair up with her. He truely dispised her, but he would suffer through this for the village he had sworn to protect. He headed off back to his flat, he already had his puppets, that was all he really needed, but he took his water skin for drink along the way, and grabed the rest of money for food and lodging. Lastly he hung his sleeping bag hanging underneath his puppet scrolls. He headed back out to the entrance to the village and waited for his partener to arrive. He thought it would probably be better to head to Konoha, as there were better relations between Suna and there than there was between Suna and the Mist viilage.

OOC: Should we start a new thread for this or should we leave it here for now?