Gaara POV
"Why, why is she so different?" Gaara's raspy voice questioned. He watched Team 8 make their way to the Tower. He'd noticed them in the bushes, watching him kill the Rain Genin. The one loud boy, with the dog, was shouting. It annoyed him, made him want to kill him. Make his blood rain down. His Mother agreed with him, whispering ways on how to make the boy bleed. The girl was what interested him though. Her team was discussing his last kill, calling him a Monster, and she just looked at them with her large pale eyes, silently disagreeing. He wanted to know why she didn't agree with them. She caught his attention, and Mother's as well. Her short blue hair fell into her eyes, and then she looked over and stared right into his sea green ones. A small smile crept onto her face before she turned her focus to her team once again. The team stopped to rest. The silent boy just stared at his finger, to the bug he'd just found. The loud one played with the dog. The girl was fingering a white piece of paper. When they stood to leave, the girl placed the piece of paper on the rock she'd been sitting on. Then they ran off to finish the exam. Gaara jumped down from the tree and picked up the paper. It simply read: Hyuuga Hinata. A small smirk formed onto his face before his apathetic attitude returned. Sand covered him and he disappeared, going to find his siblings. 'Hyuuga Hinata, hmm. We'll meet again. The next time, I'll figure out why you are so different.'
Hinata POV
Hinata silently drifted off as Kiba-kun continued to insult the boy they'd seen earlier, the one that just killed three genin with no problems and seemed to enjoy it. She didn't understand why they were so surprised and angry with…Gaara was it? The other one, his brother Kankuro had called him that. This was the way of life in the shinobi world. Kiba-kun just doesn't understand it. Hinata may seem a bit shy, but in a fight she would give her best. She isn't physically strong, but that's because no one would train her. Glancing up to the tree she knew was hiding the boy that her team was talking about. Her eyes caught his sea green ones. He was looking at her with unconcealed curiosity; she felt a smile appear on her face and looked back to her team once again.
"Come on let's take a break. We're in no hurry." Kiba-kun had shouted. Hinata silently disagreed. It would be best to get to the tower before resting. In a dangerous situation, one should not let their guard down. She kept this to herself though. Her opinion would be unwanted. Shino-kun was talking to his bug that he'd sent to spy ahead and Kiba-kun was playing with Akamaru. Hinata took out a small piece of paper and wrote down her name: Hyuuga Hinata. His gaze still rested on her, questioningly. Hinata folded the paper and started to fiddle with it.
"We should go, there are some enemy ninja heading our way, the red head's team." Shino had stopped talking to his bug. Kiba jumped to his feet, fear evident even though he tried not to let it show.
"Well what are we waiting for, let's get the hell out of here." They grabbed their bags, getting ready to leave. Hinata grabbed hers and set the paper down on the rock she'd been sitting on. Team 8 then ran off into the forest, heading for the tower. Hinata activated her Byakugan in the pretense that she was searching for enemy ninjas and for the tower. She was watching Gaara, though. Hinata watched as he jumped down from the tree and grabbed the paper she left behind. He opened it up and gave a small smirk before sand engulfed him. He disappeared along with the sand. Hinata gave a small smile and thought. 'I hope we meet again, Gaara.'
