First the little boy and a blond boy about his age. Followed by four large dogs, three kids about four years younger than he was, four adults of about twenty years or so, some merchant whose apron read "Silk World", three men and four women in their mid to late twenties - all running in a large group.
Running directly over both Temari and Kankuro.
He overheard the comments from Kankuro and Temari, as Kankuro apparently didn't realize that the girl chasing the crowd (carrying a folding chair over her head) had cut the group off and they were heading back.
So he watched as they trampled Kankuro and Temari once again.
It happened again, but this time Temari was able to get herself out of the path of the crowd.
The one girl, the pink haired one with the folding chair, seemed to be getting angrier and angrier as she went.
To inspire such terror, as well as the nickname of 'Hannya' - she must be far more formidable than he would have thought just based on her appearance.
"I hate this village," said Kankuro, getting up at the end of his statement and lunging forward. "As for YOU..."
Gaara was in position to see Kankuro's footing slip, as the girl turned to see what was happening behind her. He got a good view as Kankuro's hand closed around one of the girl's breasts. Or was at least at that approximate area since she didn't seem to have much in the way of breast development.
Another odd strangled noise forced its way out of Gaara's throat as things once again followed a very predictable path - even though he had never seen anything like this happen before in real life.
"I hate this village. As for you-"
Sakura turned at the unfamiliar voice and the spike of killing intent.
An unfamiliar boy lunged forward and grabbed her chest.
At the tender age of thirteen, Sakura could admit that she'd just seen the beginnings of development there but had hopes she would surpass Ino and various other girls in that regard.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" roared Sakura.
"Kankuro!" yelled a girl who was on the ground.
"Hey! It was an accident! It ain't like there's anything there for me to grope anyway!" countered Kankuro, snatching his hand away. At which point he realized that hadn't been the best thing he could have said.
The pink-haired girl seemed to be glowing now. Her eyes like spotlights, an aura of blue forming, the metal folding chair in her hands somehow giving the impression that shadows were gathering on it.
Kankuro prepared to substitute with one of his puppets, because he was getting a VERY unpleasant feeling right now.
"RAGHHHHH!" declared the pink as she brought the chair around with enough force that it dented on impact. Kankuro, safely inside the bundle, decided not to make a sound as his Crow puppet was sent flying across the street and impacted a building.
Unable to see at the moment due to his position, he waited a few seconds then whispered to where he knew his sister would be. "Did the hannya leave?"
"RAGHHHHH!"
"That would be a 'no'," realized Kankuro, throwing his concealing bandages off in order to make a break for it.
He didn't make it far before someone grabbed him.
"Enough," said Gaara as he came down out of the tree. "You're going to make us late."
"Blame the Pink Hannya," suggested Kankuro, thinking that throwing his brother at this monster girl was his safest bet.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" responded Sakura.
"Very well, Pink Hannya of the Leaf. I shall see you in the Exams," said Gaara.
"That's not my name!" indicated the pink-haired girl. "Sakura Haruno."
"Sakura Haruno, the Pink Hannya. I shall remember it. Perhaps you will prove my existence," said the redhaired boy as he turned away from the meeting spot and walked off.
"But Gaara..." protested Kankuro as he followed behind, then went over to a building and gathered a large broken puppet up before shooting a worried glance at Sakura and hurrying to catch up.
"You amused Gaara," said the blonde girl as she walked away, looking shell-shocked. "Gaara doesn't HAVE a sense of humor. But you amused him. I can't..."
Sakura shook her head. "Great. Wait a minute. Those headbands were from Suna!"
"How bad is it?" asked Temari.
"She really did a number on Crow," noted Kankuro as he looked over the puppet. "I can have him repaired in a couple of hours though - the parts are meant to come apart after all so it looks worse than it is."
"But she still 'did a number' on it?" asked Temari.
"Yeah, managed to hit a support strut just right," said Kankuro.
"Interesting," said Temari.
"Just a lucky hit," said Kankuro.
Gaara made an odd noise.
"What?" asked Kankuro.
"Konohagakure," said Gaara. "Forget they're weak treehuggers. What else do you know about them?"
"They..." Temari straightened as something she'd noticed earlier clicked. "They love bloodlines."
"Bloodlines?" asked Kankuro.
"Who else have you seen with PINK hair?" asked Temari. "I was close enough to see if she had different colored roots. That was natural."
"Oh," said Kankuro. Yeah, that made sense.
"Hmph," hmphed Gaara, who was thinking that it was most likely just a lucky hit. But if it WAS the girl having some powerful bloodline - so much the better when he crushed her later.
"That is beyond belief," said Hiashi Hyuga.
"So is this device," noted Hiruzen Sarutobi. "So is Naruto's Ring."
Hiashi paused. "He will be competing in the Chunin Exams?"
"I have already heard from Kakashi Hatake that he will be entering Team 7 in that," said Hiruzen, adjusting his Hokage hat.
Hiashi frowned.
"Naruto is unlikely to use his Ring to harm any of his friends," said the Hokage. "Quite the opposite in fact."
"That is not the concern," said Hiashi. He went back to frowning.
"Well, it is rather a lot of information to absorb," said the Hokage. "Get back to me when you've had a chance to figure it out. I'll want to hear your opinion."
"Yes," said Hiashi slowly as the disc was put away and the privacy seal broken. "That sounds like a good idea."
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