The Sand Siblings were at the most important contest in the Sand Village. Every year the toughest of their ninjas gathered for this event. They were there to prove their prowess at one thing… sand castle building.

Okay, maybe it wasn't a dangerous contest but with having spent their whole lives around sand they could make some pretty astounding castles.

Now the Sand Siblings figured that with Garra's ability to control sand, Temari blowing the other castles down with her fan, and Kankuro's skills at… uhhhh…uhhmmm… trash talking they figured they had this contest in the bag.

Everyone arrived at the contest site early, and Garra only had to kill three other ninjas to get the best spot. Kankuro used Crow to distract some nearby venders so he could steal some food and they had a great feast, since they were used to having sand in their food.

Finally the contest began. Each team was to build the best sand castle they could in twenty minutes. Hey, they are ninjas.

Garra immediately built a scale model of Leaf Village. It even had perfectly sculpted people and animals in it. This only took him about two seconds, so he decided to eat some chocolate chip cookies. While he did this, Temari created a powerful breeze that knocked down all the other competitors' castles. And the competitors too. Kankuro took a nap.

Eventually time was up. The Sand Siblings had the only standing structure, everyone else had a pile of sand. Assuming they had won they didn't even stay around to watch the judging. Soon the winners were announced. It wasn't the Sand Siblings. It was a couple of little genin. Turns out that since Garra hadn't built a CASTLE he couldn't win.

Temari and Kankuro turned towards Garra. Garra had a small vein standing out of his head. And he had a death glare going at the judges' booth. Temari and Kankuro immediately ran towards cover, as did many of the spectators.

Suddenly a huge wall of sand destroyed the judges' booth. The judges' found themselves hanging upside down looking at Garra as he stalked towards them. It was like a bunch of kindergardeners standing up to a US Navy Seal.

Garra stopped a few feet away and began to speak to them.

''Are you all stupid? My model is perfect, much better than anything else here. Yet I still LOST!?''

''We can only let a castle win, it's in the regulations…'' stammered one of the judges.

''That is an answer only a brain dead person would give,'' Garra sneered, ''And if you are brain dead I should put you in a coffin. A SAND COFFIN!!!''

The screams of the judges filled the air as Garra lifted his hand up….

The Sand Siblings were on their way home, Kankruo carrying a huge shiny trophy. As they walked, brushing of sand and bits of judge Temari turned and said.

''I think that was a wonderful family outing. We should have another one real soon.''

''I heard that the Leaf Village is hosting a sculpture contest next week.'' Kankuro replied.

They both looked at Garra. He had a grin on his face. An evil grin.

''Road trip,'' he said.