Chapter 1:

"Who's outside the village?!" Temari yelled. The messenger stepped back in fright. Temari growled furiously. "Don't tell Lord Kazekage! He has more important things to do right now, let me handle this for now." "Yes Lady Temari." The messenger said, he left in a puff of smoke.

"Good riddance." Temari said as she set of to the outskirts of the Sand Village.

There it was, a simple body lying asleep on the ground right on the outskirts of the village. A jonin stood next to the body before Temari pushed him away. Temari stared at the body and gasped. It was obviously a female around 15-16 years old; she had apple red hair with fair skin that was covered in sand and dust. Her lips were cracked and her clothes were ripped, the girl was obviously pretty and if she wasn't so filthy every guy in the whole world would have swooned at the very site of her.

"Who is this?" Temari said. The jonin faced Temari.

"She was found early this morning, we have no idea who she is, and I don't know what to do with her." Temari nodded. If they killed this girl she might be innocent, but if they let her live and she is revealed to be an enemy it could spell disaster.

"Shall we seek advice from Lord Kazekage?" Temari nodded.

"I hate to bother him but this seems more serious than I thought, I have no idea what to do with this girl. Is she unconscious?" The jonin nodded.

"She must have passed out due to lack of water. But how she found our village is questionable…shall I bring her to Lord Kazekage?"

"Yes, find her a room and get her some water." Temari said as the jonin picked the girl up.

"Yes Lady Temari." Temari kicked the ground before she set off to the Kazekage's tower.

"Lord Gaara!" Temari said as she burst through the doors. Gaara was sitting at his desk flipping through his papers obviously bored. Kankuro was leaning against the wall watching Gaara flip through his papers.

"Yes Temari." Gaara said without looking up. His voice sounded rough and Gaara's voice sounds exactly what sand would sound like if it could talk.

"Lord Kazekage someone was found in the outskirts of our village, she obviously isn't one of our citizens and we don't know what to do with her." That caught the Kazekage's attention.

"Who?" Gaara asked.

"A girl around 16 years old, she looks like she has been wandering around the desert for years and she have absolute lack of water. Even if we do decide what to do with her she may not live another day." Gaara tapped a finger on his desk.

Kankuro pursed his lips. "Is the girl cute?" He asked. Temari shot her brother a dirty look.

"You idiot that's not what we're talking about right now! Lord Gaara has to figure out what to do with her!" Gaara deep in thought finally came to a conclusion.

"Temari I want you to care for the girl, do whatever you must to keep the girl alive, if she comes around which I highly expect we'll hear her story. If she dares attack you, don't fight her, sound the alarm and have the jounin take care of her. If not, I will." Temari bowed to Gaara.

"Sure thing Lord Kazekage." As she began to leave Kankuro called after her.

"You didn't tell me if she's cute or not!" Temari just kept on walking as Kankuro groaned in protest.

Temari was about to enter the strangers room when a medical ninja came out of it. "How is she?" Temari asked

"She's fine now, she had no physical injuries but if she hasn't found this village she would have died of fatigue." That left Temari in thought. If this girl was a threat, why didn't she come fully ready and attack. But perhaps it's just a rouse to get her into our village. But if not, how did the girl find the village in the first place? The medical ninja left and Temari stepped into the room. Her guard on she approached the bed slowly, the girl looked better, heck she looked like she was sleeping instead of being unconscious. Temari stared at the girl, she looked at the girl, the girl didn't seem to have any muscle at all, and Temari bet she couldn't even lift a finger.

"Hmmm...So much for a threat." Temari muttered. Then the girl's eyes seemed to flutter open. Temari backed away just to be safe, but kept her eyes glued to the girls face. The girl's eyes shot open as she abruptly sat up with Temari with her hands up in guard.

"Where am I?" The girl asked looking around checking every part of the room. Temari saw that her eyes were light green; her eyes were wide as if she knew she wasn't supposed to be there. Then her eyes fixed on Temari. "Who are you?" Temari smirked.

"You're in my village; the question is...who and where did you come from?" Temari said. But the girl looked even more panicked.

"Ohhh no, no, no! I have to leave! You could get in trouble for bringing an intruder in your village...I could get in trouble...no killed! Your kage might think that I'm a threat or something! I must leave before I bring trouble!" Temari snickered.

"Don't worry, our kage already knows your here he just wishes to speak to you to see if you are any threat." With that the girl calmed down and lay on the bed with a board expression on her face. "So...who are you?" Temari asked.

"My name is Sora." The girl said, her voice seemed almost emotionless. Amazing how she switched from shocked to absolutely emotionless. Temari thought.

"Hmmm... how did you get here? How did you know that the HIDDEN sand village is here, and what are you doing wandering the desert unprepared anyway!" Temari shocked herself at her surprised yelling. Hopefully no one heard her. The girl gave Temari a questionable look.

"Jeez ya don't need to yell." The girl paused. "I wasn't wandering; I was running away...trying to avoid them. And I didn't know that the village was here, I just happened to come across it, and you're right I shouldn't have gone to the desert without much water, I feel so dumb." Sora smiled slightly, though it seemed a little forced. "So...to whom may I be speaking to?"

"Temari, but because I'm the Kazekage's big sis, you should call me Lady Temari." Sora didn't even look slightly shocked.

"Thank-you Lady Temari for taking care of me, but can I ask a favour?" Sora asked.

"Shoot." Temari said.

"Do you think they have different clothes? I'm not a fan of white." Temari chuckled. I think I can learn to love this girl.

"Yah, I may have a few things you can borrow wait here for a sec, I'll be right back." Temari left the room.

Sora looked out of the room through the window. My hat... she thought I left it there... Oh well. I can't believe they actually trust me, these suckers don't know how much trouble they just brought to this village.

Temari bounced into the room and handed Sora a bunch of clothes. There was a purple long sleeved shirt and a black short that would probably reach up to her knees. Sora smiled, "Thank-you." She said. Temari smirked.

"You welcome, the bathroom is over there. When you're done we'll go and have a little talk with the Kazekage alright?" Sora got out of her bed. Temari don't know why she doesn't want to wear those clothes; it looks pretty nice on her. It was true; Sora was fairly tall, now that her skin was all clean Sora looked about the prettiest girl Temari has ever seen. She had fair slender arms and straight apple red hair that reaches her shoulders, and green eyes that glinted in the sun.

Sora walked into the washroom as Temari sat on the bed, "I hope those clothes fit you, I think the sleeves on the shirt may be a little long..." But Sora stepped out of the bathroom with the white clothes at hand. The sleeves stopped right were her fingertips were, the shorts reached her knees and honestly it looked way nicer on her than it ever looked on Temari. "Wow...my clothes looked really nice on you!"Sora smirked.

"Thank-you, I guess." Sora placed her unwanted clothes on the bed and smirked at Temari. "I thought we're going somewhere? After you milady." And with that Sora waited at the door for Temari. Temari smirked and walked through the door and Sora followed.

"You ready to meet our Kazekage?" Temari asked. She could feel Sora un-comfortableness. Temari wondered if she should be suspicious or not.

"Ready as I'll ever be." Sora muttered. "So who's your Kazekage?" she asked.

"Supposedly because you're an outsider I shouldn't tell you..." Temari looked at Sora and saw that she was wearing a pout. She sighed and continued. "But a name is okay right? So Gaara, Gaara of the desert is what most people might describe him." Sora smiled.

"Cool." Sora said. Temari didn't know what to think of Sora. She didn't look at all suspicious or pose as a kind of threat to the village.

"So where are you from Sora?" Sora stopped walking. Temari could tell that it was a touchy subject for her. But Sora just looked at Temari and winced.

"I don't know; I don't know what clan I am from, where I come from I just know that I never want to go back." Sora shivered. "I'm sorry I can't give you information but my dad never told me, I've been on the run since I was four. My dad never cared for me and kept me in a room..." Sora talked as if she has never told anyone anything about this. Temari could tell she was on the verge of tears. "But I had a sensei, who trained me. But I just couldn't take it, I ran away." Sora looked at Temari as if she were expecting her to say 'Liar!'

"Well I don't know what to think of you yet Sora, who knows you might be lying!" Sora frowned.

"I wish I were." Temari stopped in front of a door which had the same sign as the one on Temari's forehead protector. Sora guessed this was the Kazekage's office.

"Ready?" Temari smirked when she saw the look on Sora face. "You nervous?" Temari asked. Sora's face went back to normal and smirked.

"You bet... uhh you first... milady." Sora nodded and smiled to Temari. The smile looked so genuine Temari couldn't help but smile back.

Temari knocked on the door. "Come in." Sora thought the voice sounded exactly what the desert would sand like if it could talk. Temari opened the door and walked in and Sora followed. The room was full of a bunch of jonin; Sora figured it was to protect the Kazekage.

There was a guy standing next to the Kazekage's desk, his face was painted, he had a hat that covered his hair, and he looked like he was wearing some sort of black long sleeved overalls.

The Kazekage looked about the same age as Sora spiky brick-red hair with a kanji on the side of his forehead that said 'love' and tanuki-like black eye rings. He had pale skin, it was obvious that he was wearing a coat, and Sora assumed he had trousers on. He had a grey holster vest that was held in place by a single strap on his left shoulder, the Kazekage also had a gouge on his back which looked pretty heavy to Sora.

Sora looked around the room, out of the window it was a beautiful view you could see the whole village. Sora could look at that view forever. Then at a second look Sora noticed that every man in that room, except for the Kazekage, was...drooling? Sora didn't understand what were they drooling at?

"Hey sis, you didn't tell me she was hot!" The guy in the overalls said. Sora did feel a little warm but not hot. The guy in the overalls started to come closer to Temari and Sora but Temari smacked him before he could come any closer, which honestly made Sora more comfortable. But the way the Kazekage was looking at her, her comfortableness decreased drastically.

"Kankuro please do not describe Sora as 'hot'" Temari said. Sora gave Temari a look that said Thank you! Temari gave Sora a smirk. Sora took that as a welcome, you owe me! Kankuro stopped drooling and he wiped his face.

"Sora huh? Hi, my name's Kankuro and I would be absolutely delighted to show you around our village." He stuck his hand out. Kankuro prayed silently that she would take it, but she looked at the hand in disgust. Kankuro sweat dropped. Why can't any of the ladies choose him?

"I believe you can't trust me at the moment for I am an outsider, right?" Sora said. It surprised Gaara greatly. Who is this girl? He thought. Temari didn't seem surprised. She knew that Sora knew that she was an outsider and the consequences if proven a threat. Sora looked at the jonin some were still drooling but others were looking Sora in great shock.

"You should be defending yourself, shouldn't you be?" The Kazekage said. Sora looked at the Kazekage, she wasn't one to judge people so easily but she knew immediately that this Kazekage used to be heartless, emphasis on used.

Sora shrugged. "I have nothing to prove and little things to hide, why defend myself if I am just as guilty as you say I am." The Kazekage looked like he was just smacked.

"What do you mean?" The Kazekage asked. "Are you a threat or not!" Sora took a deep breath.

"I am not the threat, but what follows me is. Should I tell you my story? But I advise that if you are alert the other kage's immediately, what I am about to tell you could endanger millions of people's lives." The way Sora said it so calmly, was dumbfounding. How could she say this without any emotion?

"Jonin's please go; I will alert you if anything goes wrong." The jonin's looked hesitant to leave.

"Lord, are sure you~"

"Yes." The Kazekage interrupted. The jonin's left a few waving Sora good-bye but Sora paid them no attention. Sora didn't understand, shouldn't they not trust her? Their supposed to protect the Kazekage at all costs, what is the Kazekage doing?

"I do not understand, you wish to interrogate me right, why send your jonin's away, what if I pose as a threat to you?" Sora was clueless; the Kazekage was playing with her mind. Gaara didn't understand, could she be tricking them? Her face looked so innocent and sincere when she asked her questions. Gaara chose not to be fooled.

"We'll ask the questions around here." Sora's eyes widened.

"Yes, Lord Kazekage." Sora said. She looked down. "I'm very sorry."

"Hn." Gaara said. Temari was stunned. She never heard Gaara grunt before! This girl could change mountains! "So where do you come from Sora?" Gaara asked. Sora cringed.

"I don't know." Sora said. Kankuro took that chance to pounce into the conversation.

"How can you not know?" Kankuro asked. Sora frowned.

"Shall I start in the beginning of my story, or do you wish to only know why I am here, and who I am?" Sora asked. Gaara pondered on this, something about this girl told Gaara to trust her, she not a threat, a huge part of him was saying. But there was a tiny part that says, she brings danger don't trust her.

"How did you get here?" Gaara asked.

"I didn't intend to find this village." She started. "I came to this village by complete accident. I was running away and I ended up in the desert, then I ended up here. I don't know guess accidents happen, or fate messes yah up big time." Sora looked at the Kazekage but for a second, she just couldn't look at him, why?

"I can't tell if you're being truthful but I will trust your answer. Are you a ninja?" Gaara asked.

"No, but I'm not going to lie, I do know a lot of jutsu from my sensei and I think I am quite skilled at fighting opponents. But I am not one to judge myself." Sora said.

"How come you are not a ninja then?" Gaara asked.

"It is because my father kept me hidden from the world. He let me train how to fight when I was young but other than that, he didn't tell me anything else. Nothing about our clan, where we came from, I didn't even know where our small house was. Anyway because I technically didn't have a village to live in, I was never made a ninja. But I think the main reason is because I ran away when I was five, so I think that is why I was never made I ninja." Sora smiled like they just shared a joke. But Gaara realized something.

"You ran away when you were five? So you started training at such a young age!" Gaara asked. Sora nodded. "You might be a big threat, you could be very dangerous." Sora shrugged.

"I am." Temari smirked. She's a little modest isn't she?

"How?"

"I have no intension of bringing harm to this village, or any village in particular." Sora looked at the Kazekage.

"Who is your father?" Gaara asked.

"His name is Takeshi. And honestly I don't think he ever loved me. He just loved my abilities. And I ran away because I felt that one day he would try to make me do bad things. He wasn't a nice man and from time to time he sends people to capture me. But the ninja he sends aren't very powerful."

"I trust you." Gaara said. Sora looked like Gaara had just smacked her.

"Wait, you do? I thought you don't trust anyone who is an outsider! I don't understand!" Sora frowned. "Please explain to me." Gaara almost felt the need to smile. Almost.

"You don't look like much of a threat, you look kind and generous and I feel that your words are sincere. I am surprising myself really; I never knew I could be so generous. But I trust your words, and I mean to protect you, you claim that you don't remember your village. Well now, this is your village, this is your new home." Gaara felt good, he knew he shouldn't be risking it but something about this girl made him trust her. Sora looked so happy, but inside Sora wasn't happy, she knew as soon as she brought trouble to this village they wouldn't want her anymore.

"Thank-you!" Sora practically screamed. She beamed. She was so overjoyed she actually hugged Temari, which Temari didn't really enjoy.

"Are you sure Gaara? You're taking a big risk; you have no idea what this girl is capable of." Temari questioned. Temari liked Sora, so far but she didn't want to endanger her village or her brothers. But like Gaara she just trusted Sora, it's like she had this aura that made people like her.

"I am taking full responsibility of her Temari; if anything goes wrong she is in my hands. That also means I am responsible for her well being, I will protect her like any other citizen in our village." Temari looked at the Kazekage with new found respect. Gaara stood and looked out the window. Sora knew he was wearing black trousers. "She's part of the family now." For a second everything was peaceful until Sora yelled.

"DOWN!"