Packing the remainder of his things into his pack and observed the small reindeer throwing various items into his large red bag.  It still questioned Suutei as to how he managed to find someone to place a seal in that bag.  The reindeer hoisted the bag over his tiny shoulders and saluting to Suutei.  Zipping the bag he remembered to pull out the tickets for their train ride and it was his first time riding a train.  They would make their way to Sunagakure, but it would certainly take some time to reach Sunagakure at least a day or so.  It had been so long since he'd been in Sunagakure or seen the girl he considered his girlfreind Misao.  It had been two years since they'd first met and he could remember it almost like yesterday.

It was extremely warm that day and it was shortly after the Chunnin Exams.  That same day he came across her brother Shinji who was ill at the time, and had been fading in and out of consciousness.  He managed to recover the boy who abruptly, fainted right in the middle of the street he managed to get the boy to his home.  Where he briefly met the girl and she was just as beautiful back then, just as she was now.  He would soon digress as his small woodland friend would inform him that their train was boarding soon.  Almost surprised that he wasn't still in the inn, and chuckling as he let his mind wander a bit too much.

Now boarding for...Sunagakure no Sato

Suutei looked back on Kirigakure, stepping onto the train finding Chopper already comfortably in their seats.  He sat in the middle seat closest to Chopper as he wasn't sure who would also be sitting with them.  Suutei grimaced hating the fact he would be wedged in between too people, even if one of them was a reindeer.  It made Suutei actually raise an eyebrow at how he wasn't prohibited from boarding the train.  Looking around for a ticket master no where in sight, and remembered that those sort of things died out with technology.

"You know Chopper when we reach Sunagakure no Sato"  We have to pay a visit to Akarui's grave.  It's the least we can do and he was my friend."

"I understand Suutei, but don't forget we can't be in Sunagakure for too long after all.  We were actually supposed to report back to Iwakagure, and see what Akira-sama had to say."

Suutei sat back as the train departed the station and a businessman sat next to Suutei.  The older man started up small talk with the young boy, and a display mounted within the seat in front of them, tuned to the international news station.  The background was strangely similar to that of the Iwagakure mountain ranges.  Then Suutei analyzed the details of the room that was being broadcasted, and identified the room as the Tsuchikage's office.  He never took Akira for the media type but, not everybody is who they seem to be.  Taking a sip of tea out of his vacuum flask.  The banner appeared before the reporter and a familiar face.  The reporter addressed her guest as Lord Tsuchikage Karumo.  Suutei blinked at the screen as he gulped the cold tea as it ran down his throat, and it was like all of time stopped before him.  As he let out a cry that could be heard throughout the entire village.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!"

The man sitting beside him as well as the entire train was startled by the outburst, and rather than him being apologetic he let out a rather rude remark.  "What the hell are you all looking at huh!?!"

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