Chapter 1: CURSE YOU SAND SIBLINGS!

Gaara was sitting down across from Naruto playing with his sand as Naruto was lying down on a soft patch of grass catching his breath. It had been a while since the two's last sparring session, practically a month; Since Gaara was busy being Kazekage and all.

Naruto enjoyed sparring with Gaara, fighting someone like him would help improve his speed and agility. Naruto stood up and stretched.

"How about one more round?" Naruto asked jumping back into a readied stance.

"As much as I'd like to, I can't, I have to get back to the mansion…" Gaara stood up and folded his arms.

"And a pile of paperwork…" Temari interrupted along with Kankuro by her side.

"And a meeting in about, half an hour along with three more following that one…"

"Aaagh, you guys are like clockwork!" Naruto complained.

"We only got to-" Gaara interrupted Naruto letting him know it was okay and maybe they could spar again next week…..or maybe the week after. Naruto agreed and said his good-bye, and thought to himself as they left "We need a new spot…"

Naruto spent almost the whole day looking for a new spot that he and Gaara could have enough extra time, for some extra rounds. Why would a different spot give them extra time? Because it would also give Temari and Kankuro extra time to have to find them.

"Perfect…heh-heh…" Naruto smiled as he stood at end of a path that lead into a small clear area similar to their old spot, but was a little bigger and more grassier, but was also quite sandy, which Naruto thought that there was enough for Gaara to work with, right? Just to be sure, Naruto made a few adjustments to the area. Naruto then headed back to the village, on his way home he stopped at Ichiraku's of course! As Naruto ate he thought about the next he and Gaara sparred, maybe he could bring something for them to eat. That would be okay wouldn't it? Only thing was that Naruto didn't know exactly what Gaara would prefer, come to think of it, he had never actually seen Gaara eat at all! Which of course he did, or he'd be starved down to the bone.

Naruto made on last stop at Shikamaru's and asked that the next time he saw Temari to ask her something for him. Which he hoped was soon; Naruto didn't want to wait another month before he could spar with one of his friends again; Three years away from all of them was already torture enough, but not as bad knowing he would get to come back to them, and glad they were still pretty much the same…

Gaara was sitting at his desk scribbling and sifting through papers, until there was a knock on the door. Gaara heard the voice, and told her to come in. It was just Temari.

"Evening…" Temari greeted as she walked with a smile, over to Gaara and bowed, Gaara nodded.

"Do you need something?" Gaara asked as he looked up at his sister.

"Yes, actually someone wanted me to ask you something…" Temari asked Gaara what she was asked to.

Gaara answered, a little curious. "That kinda sounds like it came from Naruto…"

Gaara thought to himself. "What is he up to?"

A few minutes after Temari left, a small messenger bird flew in through Gaara's window. Gaara read the encrypted letter and knew it was from Naruto? He wanted Gaara to come early next week to the sparring grounds, and to ditch the "blood hounds" as he referred to Temari and Kankuro. Gaara didn't really see the whole point in coming early, but he would try. Gaara wrote back also asking was the food question him, and why not just write the question to him instead of sending Temari, he also wanted to know what he was up too. But as usual got another question for an answer, and an answer working around what he was really doing…