It took a little longer than I wanted to get this sent out, but here's
chapters 2 and 3.

Missed the prologue, so forgive me.

I can send it to you, if you'd like.

"Yeah, it's not like he was that good a ninja or anything. Still, I don't
know why my parents seemed so happy about it..."

"You three pay attention!"

% Nice recap.

That was a brief gist of the prologue, I suppose.

Hyuga Hinata hung her head sadly. Having watched Naruto for a long time 

now,

she knew very well the sort of person he really was. It was true that he 

was

a prankster and a trouble-maker, but she saw the hidden agenda behind his
actions. If there was any reason why Naruto had left, it certainly hadn't
been because he'd tried to steal something.

% Time to go hunt him down and make it an H+N fic. :)

Meh, I'm afraid Naru/Hina fics aren't exactly my cup of tea, though I do 
find it more acceptable than several other choice pairings I've seen...

Shikamaru just brushed her off before turning back to Choji. "Well, at 

least

I wasn't on a team with her."

Choji laughed. "Yeah, I'll bet that wouldn't be much fun."

"And finally," Iruka's voice rang out again. "Team Ten will be Akimichi
Choji...Yamanaka Ino-"

% heh

Thanks. ^_^

"You're thinking that perhaps the Kyubi has somehow taken control of
Naruto?" Sarutobi finished for him.

% Sarutobi: Nah, you wouldn't be alive if that was the case.

Very true.

"But if he did go west, he could be halfway to Suna

% Since that is the title of the fic and everything

Also true.

The young blonde was currently moving at twice the speed of a large
tortoise, sweating profusely and constantly having to tell himself that 

the

ramen stand he kept seeing on the horizon was nothing but a mirage. He 

had

unzipped his orange coat and pulled it over his head, offering himself 

the

slightest bit of shade, but not doing anything in the way of escaping the
heat. His green goggles were pulled over his eyes to protect them from 

the

sand,

% Ha. Those silly things actually came in handy.

Yep, I was actually glad to find some use for them since he only had them 
for one chapter/episode.

She knew that Kankuro felt the same way about the lackluster parts that 

they

played on missions. If it wasn't for the fact that they both needed to 

come

along to calm Gaara from one of his...'mood swings', their younger 

brother

could have done every single one of their missions to date by himself.
It was infuriating and depressing, not to mention quite damaging to the
kunoichi's ego, to witness her youngest brother showing her up again and
again.

% Ought to tell him he can take a day off. Even psyho's like having
vacations.

Hmm...there's a spamfic in there somewhere, I'm sure...

"I see...an angel," he whispered faintly, a small goofy grin appearing on
his face.

Temari felt herself blush, then growled when Kankuro started laughing.

"Yeah, it's sunstroke alright. He's already delusional."

% Heh. Nice line

Glad you thought so.

"Hey you bastards! What the hell's going on here, huh?!" the boy shouted. 

He

would have most likely been thrashing his bandaged arms and legs about in
anger if they weren't strapped down to the sides of his bed. "If you're
trying to get me to talk you're

% talk, you're

Right, thanks for catching.

The blonde looked ready to start shouting again when her words seemed to
catch up with him. "...Hospital?"
"That's right."

"...Then...you're not here to torture me?"

% Nurse: Only with the hospital food.

And ten to one says it's not gonna be ramen.

"No, sir," she assured him.

"Can I do it?" Kankuro asked before receiving a small kick to the shin 

from

Temari.

% Temari: I get to do it

And boy, does she ever...*ominous foreboding* ^_^

Naruto was too preoccupied with celebrating that he never felt the
approaching danger until it hit him right on top of the head, sending him
crashing to the floor. Before he could regain his equilibrium, he felt
himself pulled back to his feet by his hair and looking into the teal 

eyes

of Temari.

"What'd you do that for?" he whined, rubbing the small bump forming on 

his

head.

% Naruto: Sakura does it to me all the time, but only because I come on
to her, and I'd never come on to a trashy older girl like you.

Somehow I could see Naruto being dense enough to say such a thing... -_-;

% Amusing, but still way to early to judge where you're going with it.
I'm a bit lukewarm now, but mostly because I never cared that much for
the Sand.

That's a shame.  The Sand trio are three of my favorite characters in the 
series (obviously the main reason for writing this), but to each his own.  I 
hope you'll continue reading anyway, but if not, that's fine as well.

Thank you very much for commenting.  It's appreciated.

LL

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