(Gaara's POV)

It was just another lonely night, and I was on my way trying to find some roof to stare at the sky from. When I finally got to one that was to my and Shukaku's liking, I made the sand gather around my feet and lift me up to the top. I found a spot and sat down looking up at the stars from someone's roof before the Chunnin exams in one week.

I suddenly heard someone trying to sneak up behind me, but I thought that it was just another one of those genin trying to eliminate me before the final exam, so that they wouldn't have to wait until later.

Why can't they get that they're not going to beat me? Not that I'm complaining about being able to murder someone else before the exams.

I didn't turn around, just sent my sand towards them. But, to my surprise, they weren't where I had sensed them to be. I let the confusion show on my face, since it's not like I wasn't going to kill them.

I let the sand roam around the area where I thought that they were, and my confusion turned into frustration when I couldn't find whoever it was. Maybe I just didn't hear right. It would be surprising, but it's not totally out of the question, so I might as well just check all around me, otherwise they're just watching me for now. Either that, or they know that I know that they're here, and either they're waiting for me to drop my guard or they ran away.

The sand was now spread out everywhere, just in case of an unsuspected attack that probably wouldn't happen, while I just sat there, my face now emotionless, staring at the moon. Come on, stop hiding already! Shukaku's hungry for your blood!

As if on cue, I suddenly felt a presence right behind me, making me gasp and my eyes widen. How could they have gotten there without the sand getting them? Maybe it's that lee kid. But just as soon as I felt the presence, a hand was cupped over my mouth, I was tied up, whoever it was put a blindfold on my eyes and tied another piece of fabric around my mouth, and slung me over their shoulder, all in lightning speed. When we started moving, I could tell from the air whizzing past my skin that this person was extremely fast on their legs as well. I had just been kidnapped.

I tried to scream, but the piece of fabric at my mouth turned it into a muffled "Mffmm!", and they were going so fast that my sand was having a hard time keeping up with whoever it was, and so I had no choice but to sit there a wait for whatever was going to happen.

I felt a needle trying to pierce through my sand armor near the shoulder, and grinned behind the fabric and chuckled a bit. My laughing was cut short, however, when it cracked through and went deep into my shoulder.

I felt myself start to drift into unconsciousness. Damn it! Fucking bastard! At least he didn't think about Shukaku. Right? The silence that answered me was the silence of when Shukaku was asleep. Damn it! The world was starting to turn even blacker then it was, considering that I had a blindfold on in the first place. All I could do was wait for the darkness to take me, and after a few more minutes, it finally did.