Lee glanced around the room like a person whom until now had been completely blind. It was his room alright, with it's pale white walls and cherrywood flooring, but something seemed out of place. Taking a step towards the window, he sensed an abnormaly powerful chakra flow bearing down on him. Lee spun around to be greeted by two seafoam eyes, ringed with black.
Gaara was looking at him with a slightly unnerving stare, but not the old one that was racked with murderous intent and hatred, instead it was replaced with a somewhat curious look.
Lee inched back, until he was pressed against the window, where the icy glass seemed to peirce his overheated back.
And then the most unexpected thing happened, Gaara vanished.
Lee awoke from his strange dream in a daze. Why had he dreamt of Sabaku No Gaara? Nothing seemed to make sense anymore, not since Lee, Shikamaru, Naruto and Hinata had been called out for a mission. Though, why the rest of his team-or their's for that matter-hadn't come too was a mystery to him.
Their mission had been to escort an important diplomat from Konohagakure to Sunagakure before the Dry Season started, because if it did before they arrived, they would'nt arrive at all.
The party was already down to their second last canteen of water, and if they ran out it would be as Shikamaru had put it 'rather troublesome', and noone seemed to like the idea of wandering aimlessly through the barren desert searching for an oasis.
"We all are, but we need to save the rest for later!"Shikamaru said, whacking Naruto upside the head, "Don't be so selfish, and use your brain once in a while why don't you?"
After an hour or so of walking in the smoldering heat of the desert, the gates of Suna came into view.
"Finally,"Shikamaru said, wiping sweat from his forehead, "I though we'd never make it."
The small party quickened their pace at the thought of cool, refreshing water and a nice, soft bed.
The foursome made their way past the crowds of people, smiling respectfully at their leader. But when they approached Lee and the others, Gaara stopped.
It was only until after Gaara had moved on, that Lee realized he had been holding his breath in fear. He let it out slowly and pulled the bandages around his arms a little tighter.
Once they had entered the building, Gaara dismissed the guard, who scuried out the building in a flash. Then Gaara set his gaze upon the diplomat.
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Authoress's Note!
Well, There's a long chapter for you. Hopefully it shall satisfy until I update. Which, by the way, will be very, very soon. Also, rating WILL go up! But not for a few more chapters. And the adventure WILL beginn...aventually.
Anyways, reviews are always nice, and I'll try to respond to all of them.