Path Not Taken 121

Tayuya

So I'm officially a Sand Village kunoichi now, huh?

Tayuya

(Only been a week since Gaara brought me in. Better than being dead in a forest, that's for damn sure.)

Tayuya

Helping save the Kazekage's ass turned out pretty sweet for me.

Tayuya

From Sound trash to Sand elite. Not bad for a girl everyone left for dead.

Tayuya

Four-Tails captured, Two-Tails gone... those Akatsuki bastards are moving fast.

Tayuya

Only three Jinchūriki left to hunt, and that knucklehead Naruto is one of them.

Tayuya

Shit! He's the whole reason I'm free from Orochimaru's seal.

Tayuya

(And I'm stuck here in Suna while he's out there with those freaks hunting him.)

Tayuya

Gaara owes Naruto his life. Says he wants to protect his friend now.

Tayuya

Guess that means I'm in this fight too, whether I like it or not.

Tayuya

Where are you now, you loud-mouthed idiot?

Tayuya

(Never thought I'd be worried about someone else. Especially not him.)