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It was Gaara's worse nightmare, the village was under attack and he could do nothing. The enemy was a plague, disease, virus, or maybe a poison that was ransacking his city. After the deaths of 50 individuals, they quarantined a quarter of the village. The virus, poison, unknown plague would take anywhere from two weeks to a month and a half to kill its victims. By the time Sakura, Ino, and other leaf village ninjas had come to help, under half the population was suffering from early to late stage symptoms and the death toll was rising through the hundreds. Within days of their arrival, over 75% of those who remained started showing signs, including Ino. All of Suna was quarantined, and those who were healthy were taken to a satellite village for observation. Gaara, the Kazekage, stayed for this was his village while most of the suna council and other important members had already left. If they were attacked at this time, he would be their main and only defense. The news of their village catastrophe was spreading and it would make them vulnerable to attack...


"I wish to speak to the Kazekage." Minawa Yumi stated to the first person she saw. The travel here had not been difficult for her and she had made to the outskirts of the sand village in a hurry. If she had wanted to, she could have snuck in, but this was the quicker route.

"No one is allowed to enter or exit the village at this time." The guard responded. The village was still many miles away.

"I am a doctor. Please, I have relatives there." She lied with ease although her concern and ambition were not false.

"No one is allowed to approach or exit the village at this time." Came the repeated response. Yumi paused for just a moment.

"Alright." She said to herself looking carefully towards the village, her destination. Her eyes then flashed over to meet his. They were strong, unheeding, and mischievous.

"I am not under any Kage nor village. And I am not the best at listening." She continued, accenting the last phrase with a grin. Her eyes drifted back to the sand wall in the distance. The rumors were going that the kazekage and some of the finest medical nin of all regions were in there, yet no cure.

"We will use force to keep you out. If you are truly a doctor, you will stay and work on a cure here, with the others. If you continue forward, you will be seen as a threat, someone meant to attack the village." He went into a defensive position, sparking those around him to do the same.

"I'm not attacking... but you won't succeed in stopping me. I gave my word and I decided to keep it." She informed him with a superior smirk. She took off, ducking under his slow grasp. Her speed and agility left them far behind her. They had no choice but to think of her as an attacker with the disguise of being a doctor. The outer camp contacted those inside the village and put all the ninjas including the kazekage on alert. Their arrows flew making her duck and weave but still, she kept her forward motion and great speed.

The boy she had met randomly as she was just passing through a town had saw her help out an elder with a cough. He had begged her non-stop to come here to help his grandfather. She had said no repeatedly, without swaying even for a moment. Finally, she informed him accidently that she was looking for her next job and someone to hire her. That had given him the idea of 'hiring' her. The entirety of the first payment was in her pocket, 4 coins, and if she succeeded, he stated he would give her 7 more coins, his entire life savings. The tiny payment, barely worth a dinner somewhere but after hearing the kids story, she no longer had the heart to say no...

"Really?" Yumi stated to herself. A large and assumingly all encompassing sand wall was being lifted up higher than the village's own protective wall, that she hadn't even reached yet. They were not going to let her in the village. This was really not worth four coins, but if she had been in dire need of money she would have just gambled for it too. The jobs were to pass time, meet new people, provide help, maybe do some good, and of course achieving a payment of some type. She exhaled slowly as the coins jingled in her pocket, reminding her that she had a job to accomplish.

Her speed was unparallel to anything that had approached Suna before. She dashed forward weaving to avoid being an easy target, making it impossible to be anyone's target. A massive leap sent her body flying up to try to match the height of the sand wall. The sand shot out to block her, but she used it to just go higher. A touch here or there kept her body in motion, never pausing, still weaving as she went up further and further. The sand expanded out to grasp her, catch her. She dodged, never touching the sand for more than a heartbeat, not giving it the chance to fully engulf her. Finally, she found an opening over the jutsu created wall and flung her body through it. Now she worked just as hard and quickly to go down. No longer being shot at by those outside the village, she was now being attacked by those inside. A man with puppets, a woman with a fan, another man with shadows, kunai, more arrows, and still the persistent sand.

"I'm not attacking, I'm not attacking. I'm not attacking!" She repeated loudly over and over again. She tried to maintain her hands above her head as much as possible to show she meant no harm. She kept placing them above her head, even as she dodged, ducked, weaved, and defended herself as she was relentlessly attacked. She did not attack back. She kept moving in the same area, trying not to run too far away from them, as she repeated her statements. To disappear in the village would just be suspicious; not that entering it against the ninja's warning wasn't.

"I'm not attacking you. I'm not attacking. No threat here. I was hired by someone in this village to come here to help - Pretty sure there are more important things for your energy than attacking me. Seriously, not here to attack you, I was hired to help you. " She stated multiple times over. Their attacks slowed but she had to keep moving for they were still trying to capture her.

"Alright." The man controlling the sand, the Kazekage from what she had heard about him, announced. Everyone's attacks on her, including his, stopped. She too paused, arms above her head, but on alert.

"Who are you and who hired you?" His voice held a threat. If she was a danger to his village, it would be her death, assuming she couldn't run away first.

"Minawa Yumi. Person for hire, non-killing jobs only. One of your villagers hired me, paying me a third of their life savings to come here and the rest if I can help find a way to cure his family. He doesn't want involved in politics or heroics though, so I'm not supposed to give you his name." She half lied, still keeping her hands above her head. Four coins was a third of the boys saving and he did not truly want to be a part of any political agenda, he only wanted his grandfather cured.

" No one is allowed to enter the village at this time. If you did not want to be treated as an enemy, you should have stayed with the rest of the doctors who had come. " Temari glared. Yumi's eyes looked at her before smiling.

"His family is in here, not out there - and I don't mind if you treat me like an enemy, it's just a waste of energy to be attacking me though. I was hired to do a job, I would prefer if I could do it without having to dodge constantly. Besides, now that I'm in the village, I can't go out - I am contaminated." She grinned. It was true, she could not leave now that she was here, it would risk spreading whatever this was further.

"You are right, but you will be treated as a possible enemy and you will be watched at all times." Gaara informed her. He did not trust her, but she was right - attacking her would waste what chakra and strength they had especially if she was actually telling the truth.

"Shikamaru, please show her to Sakura, Ino, and the other medical nin, inform them that she may be dangerous so they can be on the alert." The leaf nin nodded at the order, although it was a tiresome job. The kazekage then turned his emotionless stare to the girl that had escaped his sand- repeatedly. "If you are truly here to help, you may assist them, else if you are an enemy we will show you no mercy." His voice again was cold.

"Got it." She grinned. Becoming public enemy number one on Suna was not on her list of things to do or even try to accomplish at any point in her lifetime.

Gaara studied her intensely, she had shown she was someone formidable. During the fight, she had grabbed for no weapons, did not attacked even once, and had succeeded in keeping her hands up nearly the whole time after she had maneuvered her way over his sand wall. No longer moving at a high rate of speed she stood at full height, which was just barely shorter than Matsuri, and several inches shorter than himself. Her hair was tied back in a high ponytail, but the shorter pieces hung loose framing her face; it was the color of charcoal. The tip of her hair only reached down to the middle of her shoulder blades and different layering could be seen in it. It was not styled so he could only assume it had been cut in a fight or tattered from lack of her keeping up with it. Her green eyes showed no fear but a hint of pride, cheerfulness, and understanding. She wore nothing extravagant. Her hands were wrapped and her clothes, while allowed her unhindered movement, were plain. She only had one single small bag across her back that was held on by one strap across her chest going from her left shoulder to her right side.

Although he was curious who she truly was and suspicious of her entry into the village, what she said was true. There were more pressing matters to place their energy compared to attacking someone that was not directly attacking them...