Well, I figured a way to put up my sequel until my computer gets back from the computer fixing place. They have to reinstall everything so… no idea when I might be getting it back. But I found that if I can quickly sign on at my parent's shop where I often work, I could upload from a disk and put it up. . But I'm ready to go! Gaara plushie on the monitor, anime night shirt on, missing nin head band, music blasting in my ears, my cat attacking my feet, with a huge assortment of chocolate. It's thirty minutes to midnight, and I'm as hyper as ever. Which is why you are getting the sequel RIGHT NOW!

So, to protect myself from being ignored for rambling. I give you the sequel to Haunted.

Playing With Fire

Chapter One

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A group of four sand ninjas walked through the damp hallway of the mazelike temple. Two were kunoichi wielding fans for weapons. A blond well known throughout her village, Temari, carried a fan as large as her body. The other, medic ninja, with short strawberry blond hair and gray eyes, Mei, carried two hand held fans. The only male ninja in the group had spiky brown hair and bright sky blue eyes. The last ninja was noticeably shorter than the rest, with bright blond, curly hair tied up in a ponytail. Kira was leading the others through the temple of her ancestors. Why, she had no idea. Temari was supposed to be inspecting the area for anything that might be a 'threat to the village'.

Temari studied the writings along one of the walls, finding she couldn't understand any of the writings or symbols. They've been walking for a few hours now, and so far nothing stuck out in the dusty underground temple. "Where are we headed exactly, Kira?" She asked.

"The Kazekage told us to simply explore the temple. We're actually going in circles."

Yu groaned, wondering why he agreed to come. Walking around a dusty temple full of cobwebs was turning into a bore. Where are the hidden traps? Where's the torture chamber?

Mei, being a medic ninja and always interested in old artifacts or pieces of information seemed to be much more interested than the others. She noticed the wall that Temari was looking at, and asked Kira the same question that she asked for every other little inscription. "What does this say? I can't read it."

Kira turned her head, studying it for a moment before translating. "It's about a jutsu used long ago to replace souls or something similar to that. I can't really tell what it was supposed to do. I don't think it ever worked though. There was conflict about testing it, or even using it for that matter. Later we found out that it took too much chakra to use. Only a demon holder of the most tails would be able to use it. But even then, it probably wouldn't be enough." She began to walk away. "Playing God was something my people often tried." She muttered, returning to their 'expedition'.

Only a few days had passed since the battle with her uncle finally ended. The four of them along with Kankuro and even Gaara were responsible for picking up the mess. Even so, the Kazekage didn't seem to be allowing any information over what occurred. As far as the village knew, Gaara might have been simply taking a few hours to relax when he disappeared from his meetings and other duties. They had no clue. It was irritating to her. Not knowing what was going through his head. 'What could he possibly have found out?'

"Let's head back. We've been down here for hours." Yu whined, cutting off Kira's train of thought.

"Alright. It's hard to tell the time in here anyways," she agreed, nodding her head.

He grinned, turning on his heel before racing off. "Race you all!"

Temari and Mei blinked, before sprinting after him and yelling, leaving Kira behind. The small kunoichi chuckled lightly, shaking her head. "Morons." She mumbled before turning her head to the wall again. "Kina! Where the hell have you been?" she exclaimed at the sight of her feline partner. Kina looked like an ordinary house cat, excluding the flame-like coat and red eyes. The cat gave a purr, flicking her tail mockingly at her as she approached the wall. She stood on her hind legs, placing her front paws against the stone. "Don't touch that Kina." The human warned. But the cat ignored her, pushing her paws on the wall and opening a passage to the very right of the wall and slipping in.

"Kina!" Kira hissed as she followed her. The kunoichi walked through the new passage, coming to a dark room at the end. She snapped her fingers, lighting a small fire in the palm of her hand. Using it as a torch she saw that the room's walls were completely covered in symbols and writings. The floor was made of black and red marble, a small path seeming to lead to the center where rings of more writings surrounded an altar. She furrowed her brow. She remembered being in here before, but couldn't remember when. It seemed so blurry…

She walked up the small path, placing a foot onto the altar. It was then that she noticed a small table in the very center. But before she could examine it any further, she heard Mei calling her name from the other room. She hesitated, before turning and picking up Kina. She raced back through the passage, shutting the secret entrance behind her. Mei turned around, giving a small shriek when Kira suddenly appeared behind her, fire still in the palm of her hand.

"God damn it, Kira. You know that scares the shit out of me."

"Love me too." Kira replied with a rare smile before running by her. "Let's go gather the others. I'm hungry!"

"Not this again." Mei muttered before following. "She always gets hungrier when she thinks. To think that even possible."

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Five Months Later…

Gaara was sitting in his office, resting his head against the back of his seat. Paperwork was piling up again, his most hated task.

He looked at the small bento box Kira left for him. She came by and helped him for about an hour with his paperwork, then left only to return to drop off the box. He knew it was food, but her sudden gift scared him. He never noticed until a few days ago, but Kira ate A LOT. Naruto would probably find her food consumption to be surprising even. And from what he'd seen, that was quite a bit. Maybe it was something with people with really blonde hair...

The fact that she actually resisted from accidentally leaving the box unlocked from her 'small bites' was strange. He opened it, seeing that half of its contents were still inside. Even the sashimi that Kina often took was there.

At the thought of the cat, Gaara nearly threw the entire box out. That cat caused more trouble than the children in the academies. A few weeks ago she hid laxatives in the food on a day FULL of meetings. How he missed that small detail was unknown to him. He was still having trouble walking around the village without someone breaking into sudden hysterics.

He reached over, taking the bag and opening it again. A simple boxed lunch, full of different meats and other foods. She even got one of his favorites. Beef tongue.

He broke his chopsticks, and was about to take the first bite when Kankuro came running into his office, stomping around about something or other.

The Kazekage used trained patience as he carefully placed the chopsticks down, looking up at his brother. "Kankuro." He said, shutting his brother's mouth instantly. "What the hell are you saying?"

Kankuro placed his arms onto the desk and leaned forward, glancing side to side. "Where's Kira?"

"She left a few hours ago."

"Did she bring you lunch?"

Gaara pushed the entire bento box into the trash. "Yes."

"She's suddenly giving everyone gifts. Nobody is in the hospital or recovering from shock, so Kina didn't get into anything." He stood up straight again.

Gaara heard his stomach growl angrily at him for throwing out the good food. "And…?"

Kankuro scratched the back of his head, "Just weird is all. A little out of character, don't you think?"

Gaara stared at his brother until Kankuro began to shift uncomfortably from the intent stare. "Get out, Kankuro. I'm busy." He finally said, waving off to the other is dismissal.

Kankuro frowned, reluctantly leaving as he grumbled under his breath. Gaara waited until the annual slamming of doors stopped before going over to his window. A message bird had arrived from Konoha during Kankuro's visit and was waiting patiently outside. It seemed to have already gone through the arrival office, so he wouldn't need to figure out the code on his own.

He opened the window, allowing the bird inside before taking the small note. He made the right hand signs, releasing the seal and opening it.

"More info on secret organization. Sending full report as soon as possible." He read aloud, rolling it back up and tucking it in a drawer. "Why not just send the report?" he muttered, feeding the bird something from a small pouch near the window and sending it off again.

He'd received a few reports about an organization of S-Ranked Missing Nin over the past few weeks. But it wasn't enough information to fully understand what their actions or who members may be. All he knew was the members weren't people who he should underestimate.

The clock rang, striking a late hour. He blinked, looking out the window. Wasn't it sunny just a few seconds ago…? Oh well. He was hungry, and was regretting throwing away the untainted meal.

'Acting strangely? I doubt it's a real problem. It's been five months since the battle with Osaka. She seemed to recover in just a few hours.' He convinced himself, locking the doors to the office as he left. He heard a meow, looking up to see the familiar sight of Kira waiting with Kina in her arms on the roof. She jumped down beside him, before beginning to walk back to the mansion beside him. 'I doubt it's anything important.'

-o-o-o-

And the first chapter to Playing With Fire is done. I have the other typed too. So update will be sometime next week. Kira is back!

And I'm sorry for those of you who have been waiting for so long. My computer was in the shop getting fixed, but when we got it back. They had deleted EVERYTHING. Our pictures from the past 5 years, my computer graphics, EVER SINGLE FILE. So we took it somewhere else, where they were luckily able to recover everything that I needed. . So I'm happy again. Four weeks without a computer with internet, made me a little dangerous…

And if I am editing your story, please give me 48 hours. I promise I will send it the moment I find something to transfer it with and the time. I'm a little busy at the moment with school and such.

I need some comments soon too. Let me know if I'm leaving too much unanswered or giving too much out. I have so many different ways to go through this, and I need your opinions on what I can decide. This is gonna get SOOO freaking awesome.

Well I don't have anything else to say besides R&R

Ja-ne!