Authors notes: I'm back from the dead! sorry that I have been away for so long but sadly I was having health trouble but all is well now so on with the writing. I decided to rewrite the story and upload it once again, that way it give it more of a better flow and I can make my character Yukiko seem more kickass. ^^ Remember this is my first one still so don't be to mean I'm trying my best with all the justsu and all. The title of this one kinda gives it away, but it is a good one. So like I said sorry I was gone from here for so long but I hope this make up for this don't hate me. Of course I go through a few flash backs and even mental thoughts for several people as you can tell through the italic text. Also instead of using 'Gaara said' or 'Kankuro asked' in some cases I just used the first letter of their name so you could see who was talking at that moment

Chapter 1

The Assassin

It was the middle of the day and Gaara found it hard to stay awake as Temari talked about that week's mission.

T: "Gaara are you listening to me?"

She knew that he wasn't but it didn't hurt to ask.

T: "Gaara I don't care if you're Kazekage you still have to listen to me"

G: "I'm sorry Temari, but you know I don't care what the mission is as long as you can get it done then I'm content."

She glared at her brother. Every day that pass he becomes more of a smart ass. She thought to herself I don't know which one Gaara I prefer the new him or the old him. Ever since Gaara had the demon removed he's had somewhat of a different attitude.

Gaara closed his eyes and took in a deep breath he paused and thought to himself. Being Kazekage isn't all that great at times but at least I know I have some respect from the village.

Just then there was a loud explosion outside of the room, they then heard the voices of many shinobi's running down the hall.

Baki Sensai came bursting through the door "Temari, Kankuro get Gaara-sama out of here!"

"What is it Baki Sensai?" asked Gaara

At first he didn't want to answer him but he really had no choice even if Gaara was one of his old students; he was still further more the village's Kazekage.

"Gaara-sama... there is a-an..." just then three sand shinobi came through the wall. There was a figure standing behind the now broken wall, their hands just hanging by their side.

"W-who are you!" demanded Kankuro

"It's an assassin...for Gaara-sama" uttered Baki

Gaara's eyes widened in horror "Wh-why me!"

The assassin simply waited for the dust to clear to get a better look of their surroundings. The assassin wasn't very big actually they were very young, petite, and even several inches shorter then Gaara.

Who is this person what do they want with me? Gaara thought to himself.

"Who are you what do want with Gaara-sama" asked Baki.

Still the assassin said nothing. The dust finally cleared and to all of their surprise they saw the assassin was... a female! She wore a mask over half of her face so all they could make out were eyes. They were cold and heartless grey eyes almost sliver in color. They had a jet black line along the rim that made them look as cold as steel. She also had dark circle under her eyes as if she hadn't slept in days; she looked so mysterious.

B: "I'll ask you again! What do you want with Gaara-sama?"

Before any of them could blink she was gone. All of the sudden Baki went flying across the room and the young assassin was standing were Baki was.

She fast... that's impossible Baki is just as fast, and all our shinobi's are skilled in element of surprise! Thought the three suna siblings, all of this just didn't add up.

How could she have beaten our shinobi? Thought Temari.

"YOU" said the assassin she looked Gaara straight in the eyes. Her stare pierced right through him; he had never seen eyes like hers they were...different.

"You... are my mission and I do not except failure" the assassin spoke again.

Gaara prepared himself for a battle that he would not forget.

"Kazema Yukiko is my name... I want you to know that before you die."

G: "You seem very confident that you can kill me."

"You know nothing of what I'm capable of... Kazekage." she said to Gaara not taking her eyes off of him. She got herself in a fighting stance ready to fight Suna's Kazekage. She lifted her arms and closed her eyes. Temari grabbed her fan quickly ready to attack.

G: "NO! Temari you and Kankuro tell the village to evacuate, and find Baki besides I'm the one she wants only I fight her!"

T: "But Gaara..."

G:"I said to go Temari!"

After much hesitation Temari and Kankuro left to follow the Kazekages orders.

Gaara then turned to Yukiko. "Kazema Yukiko was it, so what do you want exactly because if you want Shukaku you're too late."

"Oh no I only want you Gaara-sama." Again in the blink of an eye she was gone. Gaara could not see where she had gone.

"Behind you, my dear Kazekage." Yukiko whispered.

Gaara couldn't even turn around fast enough to see what she was doing; she grabbed him by his forearm and flipped him across the room.

I can't even call the sand to make a shield. How can she be so fast? Gaara thought.

Before he hit the wall he stopped himself with a large arm of sand.

"If you're so fast why didn't you just kill me already, why bother throwing me across the room?"

Yukiko snickered. "Not only am I going to kill you Gaara-sama but I'm going to use your own jutsu's against you."

What? My own jutsus, how is that even possible?

Again Yukiko raised her hands, to Gaara's surprise black sand started oozing from the floor around her. She began gathering it and shaped it into a small doom around her.

That black sand…it looked like the third Kazekages' iron sand technique.

Suddenly the sand she had created out of nowhere launched itself straight for Gaara. He dodged it nimbly but the sand was relentless it continued to follow his every move. It was almost as if he was fighting himself.

She must be a rouge shinobi, at least that explains her being an assassin (rouge shinobi's belonged to no clan they just lived a small village and usually were hired assassin's.) However he couldn't explain how she could absorb chakra from others and use their jutsu's.

"SABAKU KYUU!" yelled Yukiko. She already knew all of his jutsus, just with that single touch.

This can't be good. I don't know if I can beat my own attacks. It's not like I would ever have to fight myself. Gaara was thinking quickly of a plan on how to get him out of this situation.

Gaara was at a loss... the sand was coming closer.

This is it...Gaara thought.

The sand wrapped around the Kazekages entire body covering him completely.

"SABAKU SOUSOU" Yukiko clenched her fist and smiled, my job here is done she thought to herself.

She then walked up to Gaara's remains she needed proof of his extermination to take back to her employer.

Just when she was over what she thought what was Gaara's remains it happened. The sand she was standing on reached up and grabbed her feet.

This can't be I saw him get killed he couldn't of gotten away from my attack it was flawless!

However he had, somehow she had missed Gaara creating a shadow replicate of himself when she threw him against the wall. He'd let his copy fight her to learn more about his enemy.

"NO!" Yukiko Screamed in fury.


"Hurry,' Screamed Kankuro. "The Kazekage wants everyone in the cave." Kankuro was directing the villagers inside a hidden cave that only the sand shinobi could open and close.

"Do you think Gaara is okay Kankuro?" asked Temari as she ran closer to her brother while holding Baki.

K: "I hope so... I mean look what she did to Baki and that was one hit"

"I know." she looked down at the unconscious Baki she was holding. Temari's eyes were starting to tear up. Kankuro couldn't help but take notice of this.

K: "Don't worry Tem Gaara will be fine I mean he's strong that why he's our Kazekage."

T: "I'm not thinking of Gaara the Kazekage I'm thinking of Gaara...our younger brother."


Yukiko struggled against the sand as it was now reaching her knees.

There has to be a jutsu to get out of this situation. She thought.

"If you're trying to see if there's a jutsu to get yourself out of this mess you should just give up now. Did you honestly think I'd be defeated so easily? I must say though that little trick of yours you pulled with that black sand was rather curious."

Suddenly she noticed that his voice was now coming from behind her. She turned her head only to be staring right into his aquamarine eyes. He was hanging from the ceiling right behind her.

How did he get there without me seeing him? She asked herself.

"Just give up Kazema and I'll pay double what your employer would have given you for my death."

"Never!" Yukiko said as she spat towards Gaara. The sand was now up to her belly button, "I was given a mission to kill you and I won't rest until that mission is complete."

"Humph you mean to tell me that you don't care about the money." Gaara asked, his gaze remained fixed on her.

She sneered at him. "Of course I care about the money." The sand kept rising up her body. "However I won't take if I failed my mission."

"I see." Gaara took his eyes off her and looked out the window which she hit Baki out of.

This is my only chance I have to take it. She thought to herself.

She grabbed Gaara by the shoulders and pulled herself up out of the sand. When she grabbed him his concentration was broken and the sand fell to the ground.


"I still think that we should go back and help him." Temari said to her brother.

"Tem he told us..." protested Kankuro.

T: "Since when did you start listening to what he has to say! Like I said he may be Kazekage, but he's still first and foremost our little brother."

"I know Tem, but I don't know if we can really help anyways."Said Kankuro as he looked at the villagers still coming inside the cave.

Yukio pulled Gaara off the ceiling and kicked him around the room knocking his body around like a ball inside a pinball machine.

This brings back memories. Gaara thought; his fight with Rock Lee was much like this.

She finally hit him in the neck disabling him to move and let him fall to the ground. Gaara remained motionless on the floor.

Damn in another tight spot. Gaara thought.

Once again she walked up to Gaara's body this time leaning in to see his face.

"Well Kazekage looks like I've got you this time for sure."

She stood up and called forth her black sand around his body. She manipulated it around Gaara's body. Slowly it brought him and the next thing he knew his feet were dangling off the ground.

"Fūsajin no Jutsu!" Suddenly Yukiko was thrown back by a strong gust of wind.

Both Suna siblings looked in amazement as their little brother fell to the ground as the black sand melted off him.

T: "Kankuro get Gaara... I'll finish her."

Kankuro went over to Gaara to see if he was all right.

G: "I thought I said for you two to go with the villagers and hide."

K: "Well we kind of listened to you." Said Kankuro as he lifted Gaara off the ground, "However you never said we couldn't come back and help you though."

Gaara smiled at his brother. Kankuro smirked a smile from Gaara was rare.

"We shouldn't kill her." Gaara told his siblings.

"You want us to what now!" both Kankuro and Temari yelled in unison.

G: "I want to know who and why she was hire to kill me...its not like she came here on her own accord."

Gaara then looked up at Temari. "Temari be careful she's a rouge shinobi"

T: "What?"

"Are you sure Gaara?" asked Kankuro.

G: "Yes but I can't explain how she mimics attacks just don't let her touch you!"

Temari smirked. "Whatever you say Gaara, but she has no weapon."

Yukiko smirked at Temari's comment.

"You insolent fool." Said Yukiko.

With that she yelled out "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Four clones appeared around her that quickly lunged at the sand siblings. Three headed for Temari, and the last one headed for Kankuro and Gaara. Kankuro did his best to dodge and out run the clone but carrying Gaara made it difficult. One way or another they would get one of the sibling's chakra.

Sure enough one of the clones was able to get a hold of Temari just for a second and once it did the clone vanished since its job was done. The other three clones stopped and looked back at their host. Yukiko smirked at the three of them and with that they vanished into a plume of smoke. She placed her hands together and took a step back.

"Ōkamaitachi!" Screamed Yukiko.

The three Suna shinobi flew back and hit the wall hard.

"How is this possible?" mumbled out Temari

G: "I don't know but with one touch she knows everything all the jutsus you can do."

Temari got up and spit a small amount of blood on the ground. Theres's no way she can beat me with my own techniques!

"Ōkamaitachi," Yelled Temari along with, "Fūsajin no Jutsu."

Before the jutsus could reach Yukiko she made a dome of sand around her to protect her from the fierce wind that was blowing around her. As she heard it die down she let the wall slowing come down. She jumped in the air and again with her hands together in a downwards motion she yelled "Kamaitachi no Jutsu!"

This time both Kankuro and Temari were fast enough to get out of the way. Yukiko came down simply making whirlwinds with her hands knowing that they could do nothing. Just then Yukiko took a step forward and then suddenly...fell face first to the ground.

Standing behind was one of Kankuro's puppets holding a kunai.

Gaara looked up at his brother "I thought I said not to kill her."

K: "Don't worry Gaara she's just immobilized, she'll be able to move in a couple of hours."

Temari stood there in bewilderment; she could hardly believe she had just fought someone with such an interesting technique. She admitted this assassin was a rather large threat. To think with a single touch she could learn so much from her prey.

T: "Why did you step in Kankuro I had it under control?

K: "You're welcome Tem."

Y: I can't believe I let my guard down.

Temari walked over to Yukiko to pick her up.

G: "It looks like you failed at your mission assassin."

Yukiko remained silent.

Y: I can't believe it I failed. I've never failed before, never.

Temari grabbed the now paralyzed assassin by the waist and headed over to Gaara and Kankuro.

T: "What should we do now with her?"

Gaara was still at a loss of words he simply shrugged not even knowing what to do next. Finally after a few moments of silence he spoke. "I suppose we should take her in for questioning... see who she was sent by."

Both Kankuro and Temari nodded, Temari started to drag Yukiko away to a holding cell while Kankuro carried Gaara to the hospital to see if he was okay.

G: "Don't worry Kankuro I'm fine I just want to lie down for awhile"

"Ok Gaara-sama" responded Kankuro.


I can't believe that I failed...ten years of this and I failed my biggest mission the one that mattered the most. Thought Yukiko.

Yukiko hung from the ceiling looking down at her feet. She felt small and weak, she shifted her weight forward so she could swing back and forth.

I'm weak ...I-I'm nothing they were right all along…

"Awe, Don't cry little Kazema, you can still be use full to us."

Yukiko slowly lifted her head to see Gaara standing in front of her cell. She had to force herself to look up at him she looked at his molted red hair and the dark circles that he too had around his eyes. Most of all she was forced to look into his aquamarine eyes. She hated the fact that she was forced to stare at her prey mocking her leaning against the cell gate.

Y: "Be careful kazekage, I may chained up but I could still fight you...even in this state"

G: "I find that very hard to believe, but I would like to know...who sent you?"

She sneered at him. "And what makes you think I should tell you. Don't make any idol threats at me Kazekage as I said before I can still fight even in this state."

Gaara closed his eyes and shook his head as he turned his back to Yukiko. To Yukiko's horror she found herself in the same situation she was in a few moments ago. Sand was slowly come off the wall and forming around her body.

G: "I'll ask you again, who sent you."

"…"

Gaara rolled his eyes in frustration to the fact that she was not willing to tell them who her employer was.

G: "You know I'll still let you live even if you tell me who sent you Kazema." He still had his back to her so he couldn't see that she was moving her fingers ever so slightly.

Y: "Go to hell!"

Just then Gaara felt it the sand around his leg, he quickly looked down, and sure enough black sand was coming out of the cell and was forming around his leg.

Impressive she can still call upon the sand even in her condition.

He still had his back to her he clenched one of his fists tightening the sand around Yukiko.

G: "Do you want to die here in this cell?"

Y: "Anything would be better then living knowing that I failed." She was struggling since the sand was getting tighter the more she moved. Just then she remembered her mother pleading for her life as she could not bare a son for her husband.

**Flashback**

"I'm sorry please...I can give you son I promise." Begged Yukiko's mother.

"You whore that's what you said the first three times ... and look what have you given me all girls...and I'm not even the father of the last two!" screamed back her father.

**End Flashback**

She stopped fighting the sand; Gaara turned his head in curiosity. He still had his back to her. Slowly the sand around his legs fell to the ground. Gaara turned to face Yukiko to see why she had given up.

What sad eyes she has. Gaara thought.

The sand Gaara had around her lessened and finally fell to Yukiko's feet. She looked up at him with a blank face.

Gaara unlocked the cell door and walked in. "Who sent you?" He had a pleading look on his face. "Just tell me and I'll let you live."

"..."

G: "It's just a simple question."

She looked away from him. She hated looking into his eyes they were so much like hers.

I don't have to do anything for him.

Gaara looked up at her and made a fatal mistake...he touched her.

Yukiko's face stiffened and her eyes widened in anger.

"How dare you touch me!" Screamed Yukiko.

Gaara looked at her face and noticed the sudden look in her eyes. The look on her face changed so suddenly.

It looks like she going to throw up. Thought Gaara. Suddenly something slithered from her mouth he wasn't expecting what he saw. Coming out of Yukiko's mouth was the head of a purple snake; Gaara took a step back.

T: "Oh my god." Gaara was startled by the voices that come from behind him.

Temari and Kankuro had just come back form the hospital wing to join Gaara.

"What is that?" Kankuro asked.

Just then the snake shot towards Gaara.

Th-That snake..it belongs to ...him.

Lucky for him the snake could not travel far so it was inches from his face. It snapped in anger trying to bite him.

Damn it he's too far from me.

She retracted the snake back into her mouth. For awhile no one said anything.

Then Gaara stepped forward "S-so...Orochimaru hired you to kill me."

"Perhaps he did dear kazekage." Yukiko answered with a sly smirk on her face

"Why?" Demanded Gaara.

Yukiko started to laugh "Oh it doesn't matter now Gaara-sama the plan failed when your siblings came to lend a helping hand."

It didn't make any sense why would Orochimaru want him dead. After a while Yukiko stopped laughing.

"It was such a stupid plan, but I needed the money."

All three siblings listened.

"He wanted me to kill you Gaara-sama and before I left I was ordered to leave a head band form the hidden leaf village"

All three of the suna sibling's eyes widened.

G: "You were going to frame kohona for my murder!"

Y: "I was only doing my job."

Temari cut in "You were going to put two villages in a potential war...just for money!"

Y: "I don't care what would have happened after Gaara-sama died... as long as I got paid"

T: "YOU HEARTLESS MONSTER!"

Y: "I'm an ASSASSIN! IT'S MY JOB!" She glared at Temari. "This is the only life I know!" Yukiko was beyond angry.

She has no right to call me a monster...just look at who her brother is!

Temari was going to answer her back but Gaara stopped her.

G: "Temari just leave her alone."

T: "But Gaara... she was going to destroy the alliance we tried so hard to repair with Konoha."

G: "Our alliance with Konoha is safe. Besides she didn't complete her mission." Gaara turned away to leave the cell. "I'm going to check on Baki Sensai."

After Gaara was no longer in earshot Temari turned to Yukiko. "You know he feels sympathy for you that's probably why he's keeping you alive. If it were up to me you'd be dead once we had what we wanted from you," Temari glared at Yukiko. "Try anything on Gaara again and you won't be so lucky the next time."

Y: "Don't make idle threats to me ...Temari."

T: "Oh that wasn't a threat my dear it's a promise."

With that said Temari and Kankuro left the cell to catch up with Gaara.


"I want to go to Konoha." Gaara suddenly said after sitting in silence next to Baki's bedside.

K: "But why?"

G:"I need to tell Tsunade about Orochimaru's plan. Maybe he'll try to send another assassin, but this time to Konoha."

K: "Ok Temari and I will..."

"No!" He cut off Kankuro suddenly. "I want to go alone...with Kazema."

"WHAT?" Both Temari and Kankuro were taken a back by what Gaara just said.

T: "Why do you just want her to accompany you? If you've already forgotten let me remind you, she's an assassin bent on killing you!"

G: "If I leave her here she'll escape and cause destruction here, or worse she'll go back to him and tell him what we know."

K: "But she won't get paid for telling him she failed."

G: "True but if she tells him he might send her off to Konoha instead and kill someone there. Remember she is a very unique shinobi." Gaara stopped and looked at Baki "They need to know about this."

Temari and Kankuro both pondered this for a moment and thought of their brothers well being.

"But why can't we go with you?" asked Temari.

K: "What if she has a communicator and she sends for reinforcements what is the village going to do without you to here?"

"..." Gaara had not thought about one detail, "I have to do this alone."

Both Temari and Kankuro accepted Gaara's wish whether they liked it or not.

"I leave tomorrow." He got up to return to the prison cells to get Yukiko.

Yukiko swayed herself back and forth humming to herself. Even in her situation she seemed quite content. She was simply waiting for Gaara to come back so she could head back to Konoha and try Plan B.

As long as this war gets started Orochimaru won't care who I kill.

Just then two prison guards and Gaara came into her cell.

"Can I help you Gaara-sama" she gave him a smug smile.

Her mood seems to have change he was confused and raised one eyebrow as he tried to read Yukiko's face with her new sudden found mood.

Gaara turned to each guard and nodded, both guards walked up to her one pulled down a lever so that it removed the shackles from her wrist.

When she fell to the ground she looked up at Gaara. "What are you doing?"

G: "I'm letting you go..."

She raised an eyebrow at him. "You're letting me leave?"

G: "You didn't let me finish. I'm letting you go into a bigger cell, for the night."

Y: "Why?"

G: "Would you rather just hang here all night? Besides you need rest, you and I are going to Konoha tomorrow."

Her eyes widen in fear. Has he discovered what I was going to do?

G: "That way I can warn Tsunade of you and Orochimaru's plan."

Y: "I'm not going on this little field trip of yours."

G: "Fine then you can just hang around here until you feel like going."

I'd rather hang here then be around you, then again…..

Yukiko's heart sank so much for getting paid.

She held out her arms and rolled her eyes. Yukiko wasn't going to fight or argue with Gaara or the guards. They led her down a few halls till she got to her cell. It was bigger and it had a bed too.

G: "This is where you'll stay; I'll come for you in the morning."

"..." She walked in and looked around the room hopping to see if there was some place that she could maybe escape.

Gaara turned his head to one side, I don't get girls, and they're too confusing.

The door was closed behind him as he left. Yukiko stood in the middle of her room looking at the floor; she walked over to her bed and just sat on it.

I'm not big on sleeping.

**FLASHBACK**

"Mommy what are you doing?"

Yukiko was seven, it was the middle of the night and her mother stood before her daughter with the intent to kill her.

"Mommy?"

She looked up at her mother, they had the same eyes. They had they same type of eyes.

"..."

Yukiko's mother lunged for her daughter.

"Mommy NOOOO!"

The shuriken her mother was holding had hit the side of Yukiko's neck. Yukiko laid on her bed bleeding.

"Because of you he hates me...I'm useless to him!" Her mother spit out.

"..."

"You were meant to be a boy and instead we got a filthy little girl!"

Yukiko was being blamed for being born.

"I-I-I'm sorry Mommy" She cried.

**END FLASHBACK**

Yukiko grabbed the side of her neck where the scar was located. Even though her mother was dead she still feared that she come back and finish the job.

She laid on her bed wishing in a way that Gaara had left in her to hang in the other cell.

Authors notes: OH NO! She was gonna kill the smexy Gaara I hope you all enjoyed and don't worry the next ch will be up soon don't worry that wont take long, like I mentioned I'm only adding a little more to them let me know what you think. I know I might of missed some mistakes sorry if I did still trying but please review ^^