Ninja tracking in the sand.

A strong wind blew accros the desert. It was a unsual mission, first, it was the first 5 man squad who had been made up, second, all for one scroll?, it must really be important, was the thoughts that went through sasori`s mind. Sasori was sitting saftly inside the "turtle puppet", hiroku, that was dressed in the akatsuki cloak and hat. the puppet master had the white cat, chitose, in his lap, since she couldt handle the winds outside. Itachi was walking on the left side of the large puppet, his gaze lowerd so hit hat drifted off the worst sand, even through it didnt stop the sand winds from blowing his cape around.

On itachi`s right, miru was walking, her heard lowerd as well, her long hair taken into a bun so it wouldt blow into her face, she was walking next to the tallest of them all, kakuzu.

Sasori had at first become a little dissapoitend when he had heard that his blond partner still needed to recover from a mission that had involed a taijutsu-juser. Even through pein had some medical skill, it was miru who had most medical knownledge in akatsuki, but she had used up most of her chakra healing itachi`s eyes the day befor, and the process of healing such serious damage would take her 5 days, at least, but since the scroll apperently couldt wait, it had been deside to take sasori with the others there, since he already knew a thing or 2 about the sand. He knew chitose was with because they needed one to scount around, miru was with since her sharingan and jutsu`s apperently was more powerfull than itachi and sasuke`s, and that she had medical skill if chitose were to get harmed. Kakuzu had come with as "muscle back*up", as chitose referd to, if they meet a oppent who wouldt fall for the genjutsu of the sibblings and were faster than them. And finaly itachi..sasori didntk now why, they could easily do it without him on, but apperently this had been a mission for him alone to start with, what had gotten pein, or rather madara but sasori didnt know that, had changed his mind and put the others onto it.

"Hm?...im afriad not..theres still a good half hour until we reach the boundaries of the city..", he said, stroking her tail sligtly with his smooth wodden fingers.

Outside, in the storm that had become a mild little breeze again, Miru lifted her head, and looked up at Kakuzu. ".."What do you see in that little brat?..its not like you to care, you didnt care when leader-sama killed hidan.."

MIru hmped and looked forward. "My children knows their duty..they know they are the only hope for our clan to rise again, yet without the pointless killing of friends and family..".

Itachi watched his younger sister with a brief, raised eyebrow, befor he turned it forward.

"maby, but shiro is still un-controlable once she sets her mind, and jaschu is becomming more unstable in his emotioness..", sasori commented through the mouth of hiruku, the voice being harse and husky.

The red haired puppet master stroke the "cat`s", ear, and msinked to himself.

True enough, a few seconds later the bomb went of, creating large amount of sands being thrown in all directions.


When the sand had setteld, the area seemend waisted and life-less. after a few minuts, Hiruko dug itself out from the sand, its akatsuki cloak being torn some places, else in a good shape. Inside sasori was sitting with the "cat", curled closely into him. He lifted his hand and opend the shell, looking around, seeing no trace of the 2 uchihas and kakuzu. "Damn it..", he mumbled"..Chitose, find them"

Chitose feelt something cling onto her, befor being puleld away, ending in sasori`s arms again. "I told you to wait..", he said, sligtly annoyed. The pupept master bend down, not being botherd with the hot sand since his body was made of wood, and laid his hand onto the sand"..seems like they are under there.."

"the sand must have burried them...hurry down there, kakuzu is able to survive down there, but itachi and miru are gonna suffercate if they arent dug free fast enough"

surpringly, the female uchiha was already on her feet, through bleeding from her side through the cloak, helping itachi to stand. Itachi was silent as he watched his littlesister being damaged badly, yet he didnt say a thing.

Miru simply hmped and walked over to them, itachi silent and by her side. "..hms..it might be were the man we are looking for a hiding..". The uchiha female formed a few handseals, befor she slammed her hand into the ground, were a 6 feet long, 2 feet wide snake appeard, hissing. "..go under and seach the cave for any chakra signatures". The snake didnt say anything, but disppaeard into the sand.

Sasori watched miru`s wound outside on the cloak, what had hit her?

Sasori picked the sligtly taller female of the sand, and placed her into his puppet"tend you wounds, and i let you out", he said, closing the puppet, wich let the 3 males alone.

The snake, that had seached the rest of the underground cave, rolled itself around chitose, and craweld back on land, letting her loose.

Sasori opend the puppet, observing miru who had tended her wounds. "..Its probably the leaf village, since miru is official a missing nin, they have send word out to everyone..", itachi said.

Miru climbed out of the puppet and picked up chitose, as the snake un-summond.

Surpringly, miru simply kissed her furry little forehead and nuzzeld her on the tail"...relax"

"hm...lets head towards the village in the sand then..i will have my summons transport some of the corseps to leader-sama for furter investigasion", miru said, summonng 3 more snakes, that all diappeard into the sand.

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Temari groand annoyed as she a-justed her fan on her back. "Kankuro, comen, we need to get to gaara and report, we are already 10 minuts late", the oldest of the 3 siblings said, looking at her brother who was packing up his puppets, a few miles from the sand.


Miru stopped when she senced the 2 siblings"...theres 2 ninjas ahead..the siblings of the kazekage and 1 tailed..", she said, looking at the puppet and chitose. Saosirl et out a sigh"..we should henge now then"