I sped up and jumped on Gaara. My first victim! HA! Beat that!

"HA!"

"Get off me!"

"Don't move so much or I'm going to fall!" I yelled.

His feet slipped and we fell together. My arms let go of his neck and I fell head first.

"SAKURA!!" Gaara and Bisuke yelled.

Strangely, I could feel myself falling, but I don't feel the impact. When I opened my eyes, I was lying down on a mattress of sand. Gaara was lying down beside me while Bisuke was on top of my head.

"Thanks Gaara." I grinned.

"You scared the living daylights out of m.e" Gaara said.

"You scared me to death, Sakura!" Bisuke yelled.

"Ehehe..Sorry, guys.."I grinned sheepishly.

"Come on, lets go." Gaara sighed.

I nodded and we continued for 2 hours until we reached the destination. But what surprised us was the place which is supposed to be the hideout is no where to be seen other than a big field of grass.

"Uhh... Do you think they cast a genjutsu or something?" I asked.

"If there is a hideout here, then it must be it." Gaara said.

I tried to release the genjutsu, but nothing.

"It isn't genjutsu." I exclaimed.

"What do we do now?" Gaara asked.

"We have to go back. Bisuke, bring us to daddy. We can't do anything here." I said.

"Follow me." Bisuke said.

It took us 2 hours to reach where daddy is.

"No one is here." He said.

"The hideout we went can't be seen, it isn't a genjutsu. If there is a hideout there and it's hidden this well, I think we have a pretty good idea on where the princess is." I said.

"We shall seek for Temari and Kankuro, we'll infiltrate the place." Daddy said.

"Right." I nodded and followed Pakkun and Bisuke.

We hopped from branches to branches picking up pace. We met them on our way. They shook their heads, indicating that their search was not fruitful.

"Empty." Temari said.

"Guess Sakura was right about their hideout." Daddy said.

"What do you mean?" Temari asked.

"I'm not very sure if it's there since the hideout can't be seen, but if it's hidden that well, the princess should be somewhere there." I stated.

"What? Is that possible? Couldn't it be a genjutsu or something?" Kankuro asked.

"We tried, but it isn't." Gaara said.

"We'll go check it out and attack it if it's true. Pakkun, Bisuke and Urushi, you shall be dismissed." With that, they poofed away.

"Right, lets go. Gaara and Sakura, lead is there." Gaara and I nodded and head off.

We reached there by sunset and the supposedly hideout is still no where to be seen. We walked around the field to feel for anything.

"Guys! I felt chakra here." I said. They ran towards me.

"It's a large number of chakra. At least 10-20 ninjas." Daddy said.

"Could it be the rouge ninjas?" Kankuro asked.

"Maybe the hideout is underground!" I said.

"But how to we get there?" Temari asked.

"I can always punch a hole on the ground, but they will notice us." I said.

"We can't underestimate rogue ninjas, especially when they outnumbered us." Daddy said.

We stood there for a few moments and the ground crumbled. Too fast for us to react.

"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" I screamed.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Temari shrieked.

"ACKKKKKKKKK!!" Kankuro shouted.

"SAKURA!!" Daddy shouted as he reach for me.

"Tch." Gaara muttered under his breath. He immediately made a bed of sand where everyone can drop on.

"T-Thanks Gaara, for the second time." I said sheepishly.

"That was close." Kankuro said.

"Now what? There is a really deep hole now." Temari asked.

"Can you climb on the wall?" Daddy asked.

"Yeah." Temari said.

"Climb down by the wall? Sure, we can do that." Kankuro said.

We placed chakra on our feet and walked on the walk to the bottom with our chakra masked. We could see a door at the end of the hole.

"So what's the plan? Barge in?" Kankuro smirked.

"Seeing we have no more option, we have to barge in." Daddy said. "Get ready." We nodded.

Daddy opened the door knob and saw all of the rogue ninjas waiting for us.

"We have been expecting you." The guy on the front said, which I assumed is the leader of this group. "But this is as far as you can go!" He said and charged at us. Talk about pride.

"We shall see about that." I said in a monotone voice and charged.

I dodged their attacks swiftly, landed good kicks and punches which made them unconscious. We planned not to kill, our mission was to retrieve the princess only.

Temari hit their heads with her fan, which immediately caused them to lose consciousness. Daddy and Kankuro threw punches and kicks. Daddy looked bored.. It is true that they didn't put much of a fight. Gaara looks annoyed.. Oh well!

After I passed through the crowd, I ran in to search for the princess. I opened a door which looked different compared to others. Is this the one? I opened and saw a gigantic muscular man. Oh, hell. He looks like he is made out of steel!

"I have been expecting your presence, but not you to fight me." He smirked. He looked as though he already won out battle.

"Shut up, old man. Don't underestimate me." I growled.

"Fight me." He said.

"You asked for it!" I snarled and charged at him.

Published: December 2014
Edited: 19 January 2017