A small shack

[ikaku]

Ikaku looked over the giant sand dunes, row on row. Ikaku wasn't wearing his green hoody. The sun was beating down on him, he just snarled at the sky. "DAMMIT!! I hate this weather! Why couldn't we go somewhere colder!?" screamed Ikaku punched the sand, just so it can refill itself. He turned around and saw the place he was living in for about 3-4 weeks. It was a run down shack that looked like it was abandoned for years. His right eye twitched. He just hoped someone, who wasn't lucky enough to outrun him, walked by on the path leading to Sunagakure. Ikaku walked over to a little watering hole he asked Tsuki to make. As he walked over and washed his face, he lost his step and fell down a sand dune. As he reached the bottom of the dune, he just layed there. Ikaku sighed, thinking about how he wanted to get out of the desert as fast as possible. "T-Tsuki..." he mumbled. He sorta blamed her for taking him all the way to the desert, but they had no where else to go.

[Tsuki Kyoushu]

Tsuki let out a sigh and stood up from the chair in the shade that she had claimed earlier today. She walked slowly over to where Ikaku had fallen, grumbling with each step. It wasn't like she liked the sand village any more than he did. She hated the heat and missed the coolness of the snow country and wished like crazy that they could just go there.

She stared down at Ikaku with her hand on her hip. She used her other hand to push her nearly perfect white hair out of her face, for once there was a decent breeze blowing, but it was giong to reek havoc on her hair.

"Need help Ikaku?" she asked, her voice not hiding her displeasure even slightly. It wasn't that she was trying to be unpleasant, and she knew that Ikaku had grown accumstomed to her ways by now.

[ikaku]

"No I do not need any help..." said Ikaku with a scowl. He wanted out no matter what, He sat up and looked at the passage way, hoping someone who be stupid enough to walk the path at night, or during the day. "Tsuki-chan, when can we leave this desert" whined Ikaku, standing up and walking back up to the shack, trying to at least look interested in the sand village by living there.

Ikaku took some of the water out of the watering hole and took a sip of it, trying to make it last a while. He stared at the setting sun and then looked towards the village, noticing the lights are being turned on, and people going home. He gave a big sigh, being bored is hard in the middle of the desert, nothing to do, barely anything to eat. He stared at Tsuki and frowned. "When can we go Tsuki-chan?" asked Ikaku again, in a whiny voice.

[Tsuki Kyoushu]

Tsuki bit back a groan as she joined him in walking back toward the shack. She hated the run down shack very much. She was surprised that it hadn't fallen down on them while they slept.

"I'm ready to get out of here when you are Ikaku. Besides, I was thinking that we should go see that guy in the other village about alittle bounty hunting work, money's alittle short right now." She said, her voice sounding completely bored.

[ikaku]

Ikaku glanced at Tsuki. "Eh? Bounty work eh?" Ikaku took a sip of water. He then turned around and looked at Tsuki. "What village where you thinking about? And what bounty? I could use the killing anyway..." said Ikaku with a giant grin on his face. He was getting excited at leaving the desert. Then he looked at Tsuki with the evil eye. "What village?" asked Ikaku with a small snarl.

[Tsuki Kyoushu]

Tsuki raised her eyebrow at Ikaku while watching him through the corner of her eye, "Well, the bounty is on a weapon's dealer. He was last seen in Amegakure. I figured you'd enjoy that since its the complete opposite of this dump."

She sneered her nose at the cabin, "And if we stay longer than one day there, I'm picking our residence." She stated.

[ikaku]

Ikaku looked at Tsuki. "Weapons dealer? His he trained in combat?" asked Ikaku, with his ears peaked. "Amegakure...haven't been there in a long time!" said Ikaku with a giant devilish grin. "Well...its not that big of a place, but I think it will take more then 1 or 2 days to find this guy..." said Ikaku, taking out a small map. "By the way....how much is he worth?" asked Ikaku, looking at Tsuki with one eye brow raised.

[Tsuki Kyoushu]

Tsuki shrugged "I don't know, you're the one who usually handles the money." She stated. Then she remembered that she had kept a poster with the picture and name as well as price for the bounty.

Without unfolding it, she tossed the paper toward Ikaku.

She dropped down in a chair and propped her feet up on the small table. "I hope he is trained in combat, atleast then it'd be a little fun. I hate it when they threaten to get even and then turn around and start to sniffle and beg for mercy." She stated.

"So Ikaku, shall we be off then?" she asked, watching him look at the map.

[ikaku]

Ikaku glanced at Tsuki. He unfolded the bounty poster and looked at it. "50,000!? His the mother load!!" screamed Ikaku with excitement. He quickly gathered all of his stuff and put them in his bag, which isn't very big.

He looked at Tsuki and poked her on the nose. "Well...get ready! We're leaving now!" screamed Ikaku, being very impatient, due to the heat of the sun, and the excitement of killing a 50 thousand ryo man.

[rikki]

Until a figure appeared from the shadows and walked out into the sunlight in front of Ikaku and Tsuki. Chinatsu glared around her surroundings until she saw two people in front of her. She flashed a smile at them.

"Hi I'm Chinatsu and I was just wondering if I could join you?" she asked, bowing her head down in respect. As she lifted her head, she waited for an answer patiently.

[Tsuki Kyoushu]

Tsuki didn't move from her relaxed position as the girl who introduced herself as Chinatsu approached them.

She let her eyes study the girl closely to see if she could get any feeling for the girl. Satisfied that the girl wasn't really an immediate threat, she simply shrugged her shoulders.

"As long as you don't slow us down, or expect me to hold your hand during fights and whatnot, I really don't care." Tsuki said in a cool voice.

[rikki]

A sly smirk lit up Chinatsu face as she looked at Tsuki, she moved a few steps closer to get a better look at the expression on their faces. But they held nothing.

"Humph don't expect me to slow you down and I don't need any help in battle." Chinatsu replied, her tone washing over with confidence.

[ikaku]

"Don't be so over-confident lady...its not wise to mess with us!" snarled Ikaku, noticing her over-confidence in her voice. "Do you know what we do? We kill for a living, we hunt down people, kill them, and then sell their bodies to the bounty guy. Thats what we do!" Screamed Ikaku, slamming his hand down on the table. "We're going to Amegakure...where the Akatsuki are, so if we want to get our target, we have to do it quietly and not raise suspesion....can you do that lady!?" demanded Ikaku, gripping his bag.

[rikki]

"Calm down there's no need to rise your voice over such stupid reasons. Yes I can handle your little mission here." Chinatsu said, her face returning to its once emotionless form. She stepped back a few steps, careful not to anger anyone else.

As she realized she was acting our of character, her face soften.

"I'm sorry for my comments earlier, please forgive me." Chinatsu muttered, plastering on a fake smile.

[ikaku]

Ikaku snarled, he didn't like softies. But he couldn't fight a girl, no matter what. "Its not a 'little mission', we're low on money thats all, so 50 grand is something we need!" Ikaku put his bag down. "Since Tsuki says its alright to let you join us...I guess its okay..." grumbled Ikaku, leaning against the wall, facing Chinatsu.

"I...forgive you." mumbled Ikaku under his breath, barely detectable.