Chapter 1: Flee from friends
"Temari, Kankuro… I'm sorry." Gaara said before passing out again.
"What did he mean by that?" asked Kankuro.
"I don't know," replied Temari " but that naruto kid was talking about friendship and comrades and it looked like it was getting to him."
---------3 Days Later---------
"Do you think he is alright?" asked Temari for what must have been the tenth time that day. Since his apology three days ago Gaara had not woken up. They were now in the wind country, two days out of the hidden village of sand. They had not slept since the "end" of the chuunin exam, and it was getting to them. They had fled from multiple ninja and, since they were in the wind country, could now rest in relative peace.
"We can both sleep now, I'll set up traps to keep the animals awake." Offered Kankuro.
"Shouldn't we take turns on watch?" asked Temari.
"we are so tired it wouldn't do much good anyways." Said Kankuro as he went off to set the traps. He set up some tripwires, alarms and a kunai or two