Searching for Suna, in Suna [Open/Junho]

"Hey Jun-chan! I'm hungry!" Seichi whined as they entered the market. Both were dressed quite normally, and would pass as normal travelers. Even Kijo, the Tasmanian devil, passed as a new species of dog. Seichi's usually black kimono was replaced by a sandy brown one, and her red obi-sash was replaced by a maroon one and tied in a bunko style. Her white tabi-socks were worn with her usual geta. And her black hair was tied up into her usual pig-tails with ribbons on them.

Red eyes scanned the clearing, almost no people were around. It was expected that not many people would be around in the early afternoon (when the day was at it's hottest), but still. Konoha wasn't like this at all. In fact, Konoha was busy. Busy enough to almost not recognize travelers. Seichi liked busy towns, especially in the time of missions. She loved using her alias: Gaki-chan.

Their story was simple. So common it was absolutely believable. They were a couple of travelers: brother and sister, who made their way throughout town. No one suspected them of being ninja, unless they saw the kekkei genkai both had.

Seichi had been to Suna only once before, but that was in the time with her real mother. She never really thought about what happened then, and every time she tried to recall it, she'd forget. She sighed as she closed her eyes only seeing it as a blur.

"Oh, Okay..what do you want?" Junho asked looking for what to eat too. He sees merchants, selling many kinds of weapons, food etc. You usually here, noisy chatters all around. You can see the woman cutting skins, bargaining to all their customers. You can see them cut the meat in pieces. Number 1 Tip for the day..."Best to wear a constant frown." If you think the fish is smelling, It’s not fresh, you can hear the gently buzzing flies. Don’t you listen to his lies.

Many people now, acts like they're customer is a fool. If I was the customer of that, I'll tear him into pieces. From where he's standing, he can see the desert. Sands everywhere, its like a big cloth of sands. This is really suna.

"What do you want to eat Seichi?" Junho said again. Really don't know what to eat.

"Oh, Okay..what do you want?" Asked Junho. Seichi smiled as she thought about what she wanted. She watched the merchants and the customers argue about prices, and for a second their she got lost in thought. She laughed lightly. What exactly did she want?

Cake. She adored cake. But there was no bakery in sight, She didn't think the fish looked good either. Even without kekkei genkai, she could tell that they were spoiled. Someone was probably trying to cheat a customer. Seichi grinned, it reminded her of a person she once knew.

"What do you want to eat Seichi?" Junho asked once again, snapping her out of her thoughts. Seichi quickly looked down at him, seeing only the top of his head. White hair, reminding her of an old man.

"Melon bread!" Seichi replied eagerly, as she caught the sent of the delicious delicacy. It smelled as though it was freshly baked, and she loved eating melon bread warm.

"Melon Bread?" Junho said as he walked towards the bake shop. You can really smell the scent baked breads, cakes and more. The doors looked like a Barbie doll's house, with a bell on top. It rings when someone enters and exits at the shop.

Then there was a sound, a familiar sound of an eagle, there it was. Daisuke appeared out of nowhere. "Fish Paste, I've forgot Daisuke in the Hideout. Sorry Daisuke!" Junho said as Daisuke approached him and settled to Seichi's head. Junho giggled.

"Well, come on guys. Let's eat." Junho entered the bake shop and walked towards the counter.

"Neh, but Kijo doesn't eat bread." Seichi said, looking at Kijo, and Kijo obviously rolled her eyes. It was hard keeping a pet who only ate meat. You couldn't give her bread or cheese or any of the good stuff. But one thing Seichi was happy about was that she could eat all of it without sharing. Kijo didn't mind, of course.

She wiggled herself out of Junho's grasped and jumped down on his back. She touched the floor lightly and walked over to Kijo and gave her a hug. She smiled as she was perfectly sitting on the floor with the Tasmanian devil in her arms. Some of the people in the shop "awed". It was the kind of thing you'd get from a kid.

"Hehe." She giggled, as Kijo did what most dogs would do when they're affectionate. Seichi laughed as they played then watched Junho order.

"Jun-chan! Melon bread for me!" Seichi commanded.

"Okay, Seichi." Junho said as he approached the counter. "I'll have two melon bread, a basket of chocolate chipped cookies, two orange juice and two glasses of water." Junho said as he get some money on his pocket, he ordered cookies for he knows that Seichi will eat it too, glass of water for Kijo and Daisuke. While waiting for the food to come, he studied the environment, he can see people working hard, in the heat of the sun, not minding, just to keep their family alive.

"Yay! Mellon bread." Seichi exclaimed, eagerly grinning. She hopped on a chair and sat down, the cool metal pressing underneath her. She giggled as Kijo came running after her, laying down at her feet, just as a loyal dog would. Seichi smiled as the melon bread came, and a basket of cookies looked delightful.

"Arigatou, Jun~chan!" She thanked him with a smile. She stuck out her tongue and couldn't wait for the bread to arrive. Her eyes glanced towards the eagle that Junho kept with him as a pet.

Seichi adored Kijo and wondered how it would be like if Kijo was originally born human and not a Tasmanian devil. Kijo would definitely never agree to be part of the Akatsuki. She was helpful in that range, and Seichi was selfish to allow her to be part of the cruel organization.

But that was how Seichi ticked. She was dominating and harsh, evil toxins poured into one small bottle.

Junho was just approaching the table when Seichi shouted. She was really hungry, you can see it in her eyes. Full of hunger, its like she's not eating in a week, a small creature, so hungry. He gave the food to Seichi, he grabbed a cookie and two, for Daisuke.

Daisuke is the eagle found by Junho when, it was injured, he kept it for a week to recover and Daisuke felt home with Junho. Junho studied the place in Suna, it was really hot there. you can see deserts everywhere.



"Do you see that Seichi?" Junho said as he point the two children walking alone with no guardian or anything at all.

"See what? Those two children? Neh, they're so lucky they can go out alone!" Seichi exclaimed, using her childlike personality as always. She smiled as she twirled around in her seat. She grabbed the melon-bread and munched on it right away. Then she gracefully took a few cookies and munched on them.

Once she was full, she gobbled the orange-juice up. She was a messy eater, like most children. She wiped off the crumbs on her face with her kimono. Going back on the subject of the two children, Seichi couldn't understand what Junho was caring about at all.

Perhaps that was her first mistake, only choosing Junho because of his kekkei genkai and not personality. She wanted that demonic form in her Akatsuki. Her eyes narrowed as she stared at the two, wondering what pity he felt for them. She wasn't the type to pity, she was the type to bring misery unto others. She grinned, evilly.

"Why?" Junho said, stunned to what Seichi said, with such a little girl acting like a huge brat. Junho is used to Seichi's attitude, but now he feels like he wants to kill her, for that. In the heat of the sun, the children walks alone with no guardian, chaperoning them. Those poor little kids, wandering alone in the desert, so hot you can almost cook anything.

"Oh nevermind..." Junho said as he ate another cookie.

"What's wrong Kuroda Junho-san? Are you feeling...Pity?" Seichi asked, in her rarely used serious tone? The childish voice she couldn't get rid of, but when used with her properly used tone, the difference could easily be compared. In a way it sounded deeper, only slightly though.

An S-ranked criminal that felt pity? Was there something wrong with him? She didn't understand. Why on earth would that man feel pity for children? The child didn't understand those kinds of emotions, she shooed them away years ago.

She didn't care about other children though. Call her self-centered if you will, but others would bring you down. She learned that the hard way.

"No, its nothing.." Junho said. It reminds him, the death of his parents, when he's still a child. That feeling..its like a hole in his stomach, a huge hole, punch through his body. Every Night he has this dreams, dreams of nothingness, endless dreams of nothingness. It breaks his heart when he saw those children all alone. He was left alone.

Revenge.. Junho said, you can see it through his eyes. The feeling of an anger, hatred towards those murderers. He wants revenge for his parents. Killing them innocently. He broke the glass of orange juice, shattered into pieces. Before he could use his Kuroda Form, he took a deep breathe to control himself. "I'm Okay.." Junho added.

"Nehh, Jun-chan! You're gonna have to pay for that~" Seichi sang, sliding off of her seat. She glanced at Kijo, motioning her to follow. Kijo's head quickly snapped up and her feet pushed herself off the ground. Kijo walked towards her master. Seichi smiled as she pushed the door open. She didn't wait for Junho, she was used to him following her.

"Neh, let's go Ki-chan!" She said in her sing song voice before walking away from the shop. She had the sudden urge to just kill someone off the street, but she knew better. She couldn't do that right now, not with people watching anyways.

"Now I wonder where Suna-chan could've gone." Seichi muttered as she was heading for a random turn before bumping into a stranger.

"Neh, gomen, mister!" Seichi apologized and headed for the opposite direction.

"Nobody understands me..." Junho said as he followed Seichi. He feels like he's a dummy, he feels like a slave. He doesn't want this life. An Akatsuki Life, but what can he do, its been years since he was recruited by Siechi, there's no turning back. He just took a deep breathe and stopped for awhile, then continued to walk behind Seichi.

"Neh, Jun-chan, Where do you think she went?" Seichi asked, ignoring his last comment about nobody understanding him. Nobody did understand him. Seichi believed that life was filled with mysteries. And mysteries made someone stronger. No one understood her either. Her personality was split by a wall that hid her emotions on the inside and an outer wall that expressed things she wanted people to see. It wasn't at all that important to her. Emotions only made someone weaker.

"If I were Suna-chan, I'd go...." Seichi stopped as she almost collided with a pole. She laughed lightly before circling around it. Kijo would've snickered if she could, but they couldn't waste their chakra on useless things.

She needed all the chakra she could get if they were ever going to encounter any sand jounin and kages.