Kana Boon

Chapter 10: Acaiya

The Hidden Grass Village's boundaries were extremely close to the Leaf Village, which was lucky for Sakura and I. We sprinted there and tree-hopped for about twenty minutes and made it to the boundaries, however Aiku and the rest of them weren't even there.

"Where are they?" Sakura asked annoyed-like. I groaned and sheathed my sword. I began drawing circles in the soft dirt of the path.

"For the fourth time Sakura, I don't know." I walked over to the boundary line, which was painted a neat white line and had the insignia of the Leaf Village on one side and the insignia of the Grass Village on the other.

Sakura let out a very angry noise and then went back to throwing small pebbles at a tree trunk next to us.

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After what felt like an eternity, I finally saw the silhouette of Aiku's massive caravan, accompanied with a few ninja walking near it.

"Sakura. They're here." I tapped her shoulder and pointed to the caravan. Sakura turned quickly and sighed of relief.

The caravan, after walking for another ten minutes, reached us. Two Mist Village shinobi pulled back the silk drapes that covered Aiku from the hot sun.

Aiku stepped out of the caravan and on to the dirt path. I stared at him as he looked around with the same face he always had on.

He hadn't changed much since we departed after saving Gaara from Sendoo. He said that he would return to the Village later to speak of the long-life treaty, but I didn't really care.

Kokoro stepped out from behind the caravan, along with a shinobi draped in a white robe and hooded. It's that shinobi! The other shinobi that was an exact equal with the one that died reviving Gaara, but I never imagined that this shinobi would continue working with Kokoro.

Kokoro and the shinobi hadn't changed much either, besides the fact that Kokoro had cut his hair shorter. It looked a lot better.

Aiku snapped his fingers near the caravan. "Denia!" He said loudly. A high heel appeared out of the caravan.

The heel was followed by a relatively tall woman stepping out and into the sun. She wore a blue skirt that extended a little bit past her knees and a matching blue silk shirt. Covering her arms and sides of her body she wore a pure white robe jacket. Almost identical to Lady Tsunade's. And of top of that, she had perfect blonde hair that extended to her lower back. She was definitely not an ugly woman.

But her face was definitely a different story. Her face definitely wasn't ugly, but her expression was that of the devil. It was the most monotone, uninterested, yet focused face I had ever seen. She was staring into my very soul. This woman was terrifying. And apparently she was Aiku's assistant.

Aiku turned to one of his shinobi. "You may go." The shinobi nodded his head and immediately spun around.

The other shinobi noticed and copied the first ninja. As soon as it arrived the caravan had disappeared in almost a flash.

Aiku cleared his voice for attention and spoke. "This is Denia, everybody. She is my official Kage Secretary." He motioned to Denia. She stood there with pure boredom in her eyes. Aiku gave an awkward laugh and stared at her. "Denia..." He was obviously nervous and wanting her to introduce herself.

Denia turned her head slowly and stared at him. Aiku was only sixteen, making him young and relatively short. Save it, he was six foot, but Denia towered over him. Likely because of those high-heels.... She never blinked. Never changed her expression. She was like a motionless statue. This lady is scarier than Tsunade when she's angry.