GaaraXVamp Presents:

A.I. for Love

Mission 1: Bonds and a Vampire

I arrive at the rendezvous point for the Sand-Leaf joint mission. You see its only been five weeks since the whole Konoha-Invasion thing, and this mission was especially important for the newly shall I say, 'patched up' alliance between our villages.

I guess I should tell you what I look like…it might be helpful, who knows? Physically I look like Soul Eater from the anime, but I sound more like Black Star, weird huh? My baggy shorts go down below my knee and they have pockets just above the knee. I also wear maroon-tinted sunglasses dark enough you can't see my eyes. "Hey Red…they got here before us like I said they would." I point out the obvious.

"Sorry we're late." My subordinate for this mission apologizes to the squad from Konoha. They all look at him in surprise and somewhat disbelief.

"Ga…Ga…Gaara?" the blonde boy stutters.

"Oh," the grey-haired man starts, "Don't worry Gaara we were a little early that's all."

"No…we were a little late. My apologies." He insists and bows.

I just stand there next to him with my arms crossed. I check my watch, it's the meeting time. The only jounin assigned to the mission was right, they were early. Why should I apologize for being late when they were early? It makes no sense…

Red glares at me while whispering, "Apologize now."

"Why? They were early…" I whine. Suddenly Red uses his 'Ultimate Defense' against a small rock.

Then the grey-haired man pulls on blondie's ear. For some reason the genin from Konoha seem familiar, especially the blond one. "Hey, what's the big idea, Naruto?"

"Owww…just a way of greeting him. Throwing rocks can't hurt No Brows anyway, right? Huh? Where'd that guy go?" 'Naruto' points to the spot on the small river where I was standing.

From behind a bush I cower in fear. He threw that rock at Red so suddenly and made him use that Ultimate Defense jutsu…

"Man, what's with that guy? He's such a wimp. Say, where are make-up dude and fan lady?"

Now the pink-haired girl is pulling on Naruto's ear, "You mean Kankurou and Temari."

"I'm currently enlisted under the regular forces," he explains. "Let introduce you to my Sempai, Soul."

"Sup!" I shout over to them.

"I'm Kakashi Hakate and the one in charge of this mission."

"Well…it's definitely not cockatoo over there…" I say under my breathe, referring to the emo-gay-looking boy in blue.

"And these three are Naruto," he points to the blonde with whisker markings. Though I already figured that was Naruto. "Sakura," the flat-chested pink-haired chick. "And Sasuke," the emo king.

"What's up!" Naruto exclaims.

"Nice to meet you!" Sakura says gleefully.

"Yea, Hi and all that jazz…What the hell, a wimp? I'm not a wimp! Just, you throwing that rock startled me! GOD!"

"Soul has a bit of a temper, so please be patient with him." Red tells them.

"Hey, wait a sec it's not that bad Red…Temari-chan's worse when it comes down to it…Wait…Sasuke? Wasn't that…the Third's father's name?"

"How would a ninja from the Sand know something like that?" he asks. I just shrug.

We travel into the forest to discuss the battle plan. We agree that Red and I will go the western side of the mountain where the bandit's fortress is and Kakashi's team will go to the eastern side and we'll attack simultaneously at midnight.

"Oh! Uh…Kakashi-san...can I talk to you for a sec?" I motion to talk to him alone.

"Someone's tracking you?" he asks.

"Yea…Hopefully there's no interference." I give a worried glance to the side. "But I thought you should know."

"You seem to have someone in mind."

"The superiors of my village detest Gaara and I just don't want him to worry…I don't know what the hell those damn bums have against him anyway…" I bend backwards, just about parallel to the ground to crack my back, "They're just causing us more trouble-"

"That's fine with me. This mission will only be meaningful if Konoha and Suna complete this mission and tighten our bonds. The more problems we face together the stronger our bond will become. Alright! Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke! We're leaving now!" Kakashi orders and leaves.

"Don't be late this time Gaara!" Naruto says.

"We're leaving too!" I shout.

"Right." He follows me as we start moving towards the side of the mountain.

I remember the first time I met him. It was three years ago when I first moved to Suna. I bet he's forgotten all about it…I've even forgotton most of my life before then. I had just enrolled in the ninja school in Suna; I was two classes above him, in Kankurou class. On my way home after my third day of school a man knocked me out. The next thing I knew it was nighttime and I was lying in an alleyway next to the mangled body of gay pedophile and serial killer, Tsukune Mitsumo. I ran out of the alleyway and I passed a redhead that stank of the dead man's blood. I stop and asked him if he was one who him. He said yes in a very unpleasant tone of voice. And I said thank you and ran off home. At the time I didn't know who he was but when I became friends with his brother I learned about him…and I learned that, basically up until the recent chuunin exams, he too was a serial killer. Even so…Now that I think about it…it was three years ago….today.

Red suddenly stops and large stream of his sand comes toward me. My heart skips a beat as I hear the sound of many kunai being deflected off the sand.

I jump to the same branch as Red. We're surrounded by twenty or so Anbu from our own village. "I wonder who they're after….You or me…"

"Why would their target be you?"

"Let's just say, like you…I have demon that's just itching to come out an' play."….That is so what she said…

-Mission 1 Complete-