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A/N: Hey everyone! Chapter two is here!! I only have one thing to request before you read this chapter… PLEASE REVIEW! Review if you love it; review if you hate it, just review. Thanks!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 2:

As they began to leave for the village, Gaara attempted to walk by himself. After a few steps, however, he stumbled. Kankuro and Naruto were there immediately to support him.

"Thanks," Gaara muttered.

"No problem!" Naruto grinned.

Gaara looked around at the rest of the group, "Is everybody else alright?"

"Yeah," Kankuro grinned, "We had a few mishaps, but everyone's fine."

"What were the mishaps?" Gaara asked.

Kankuro shot a look to Naruto that said 'If you tell him what happened to me, I'll kill you and make it look like an accident."

"Uh, well, Sakura got pretty hurt, but she managed to basically heal herself. Kakashi-sensei is all worn out from using the sharingan, but he'll be fine, and uh, I think that's it!" Naruto explained.

"Oh no," Temari said from behind them, "You're missing someone."

Kankuro winced. She wouldn't be affected by his glare. Plus, there was nothing he could do to stop her.

"Kankuro almost got himself killed," Temari informed Gaara.

Gaara's eyes widened, "What?!"

Kankuro grinned sheepishly, "It really wasn't that big a deal. You know our sister. She over reacts!"

"No, this isn't over reacting. You're the only idiot I know who would go after two akatsuki members by himself," Temari stated.

"What? Kankuro, what the hell were you thinking?" Gaara asked.

Kankuro sighed, "I was thinking about how I needed to get you back."

"You couldn't have brought someone with you?"

"We had a squad that was going to come with me, but most of them died in an explosion that went off in the main entrance to the Village," Kankuro explained.

"Most of them?" Gaara asked, "What about the rest of them?"

"I was able to fit two guys into the Salamander with me at the last minute, but they were still pretty badly hurt. I had Baki take them to the hospital and took off so as not to waste any time," Kankuro told him.

Gaara sighed, "Well what happened to you? Are you alright?"

"Oh, not much happened-"

"He was pretty badly poisoned. He only had about a day and a half to live when we got to him," Sakura explained.

Gaara glared at Kankuro, "You're a fucking moron. You know that?"

"You were in danger. My brotherly instincts kicked in," Kankuro shrugged.

"I would've been fine-" Gaara began to say.

"Obviously not." Kankuro told him, "Dude, you died."

Gaara fell silent. There wasn't anything he could retaliate with.

"I'll check you over as soon as we get back," Sakura told Gaara, "Then I'll check Kankuro over again to make sure the antidote's not causing some sort of reaction."

"You might want to check Naruto over too," Kakashi mentioned.

"Why?" Gaara and Sakura both asked at once.

"While Naruto and I were fighting the akatsuki member together, he began to transform into the nine-tailed fox." Kakashi explained.

"What?! Why?" Gaara asked.

"I was, uh, kinda pissed off because he was being an ass-hole and you were dead and I only made it to two tails!" Naruto told him.

"Oh, well, that's a relief!" Gaara said sarcastically.

"I'm fine, I swear," Naruto promised, "My chakra's a little low, but I'm not hurt."

"Well you could've gotten hurt," Gaara told him, "In fact, you could've gotten yourself killed."

"But I didn't, so…"

"No. You're not getting off the hook that easy," Sakura told him, "Wasn't that the jutsu Master Jiraiya told you not to use?"

"It's not like I could control it! I was mad. The more pissed off I get, the harder it is to control," Naruto informed them.

"That's still no excuse," Gaara told him, "You should've at least attempted to calm down."

Naruto glanced at him, "Okay, let me ask you a hypothetical question: Your best friend is kidnapped by this very powerful group of ninja, who have no second thoughts about killing people. When you get to the village where your friend lives, you have to wait another night so you can catch up on sleep, even though you know there's no time to waste. When you finally find the ninja that took your friend, you realize he's dead, and one bastard won't even give you back the body. After chasing the ass-hole, he disrespects, you, your sensei, and your dead friend. Now tell me, would you be able to calm 'down'?"

"Completely different situation," Gaara told him, "You weren't the one in danger."

"It's not a completely different situation! It's the exact same thing!" Naruto exclaimed, "You would've done the exact same thing as me and freak out!"

"Not the point," Gaara repeated.

"Whatever," Naruto shrugged.

Gaara glanced back at his sister, "Are you alright?"

"Me? Yeah, I'm fine." Temari told him.

"Good," Gaara breathed a sigh of relief. That was one less person to worry about.

"What about you? How are you feeling? Do you want to take a break?" Temari asked him.

"I'm fine, Tem," He promised her, "In fact I think I can walk th rest of the way home."

"Uh, no," Temari told him, "You're hurt! You can't-"

"I'm fine, really," Gaara interrupted, "Kankuro, Naruto, let go of me."

"G, I don't think that's a good idea," Kankuro said uncertainly.

"Will you quit hovering? I can handle myself," Gaara insisted.

"Are you sure?" Naruto asked, "I mean, you've said that before and you wound dead."

Gaara sighed in frustration, "I'm fine. At least let me try."

Kankuro and Naruto exchanged an uneasy glance. This couldn't go well. They cautiously let go of him and followed close behind as he started walking. Gaara only made it a few steps before his knees gave out on him. Kankuro and Naruto were there to help him instantly.

"Told you it wouldn't go well," Kankuro stated as he and Naruto helped Gaara up again.

"You shouldn't push yourself so hard yet," Temari told him, looking worried, "Are you alright?"

Gaara noddd, "Yeah."

She didn't look convinced, but didn't bother asking him again. She knew he'd just give her the same answer weather he was okay or not.

"You're body's still in shock," Sakura explained, "That, and you're pretty banged up. Walking will take some getting used to."

Gaara sighed, "Great."

"Are you sure you don't want to stop for a break?" Temari asked again.

"Would it make you feel better if I said yes?" Gaara asked.

She nodded and he sighed, "Fine."

"Actually, it's starting to get dark. Let's stay here for th night. We'll get going early tomorrow," Kankuro suggested.

"Sounds good," Temari agreed, ""I am getting pretty tired. All my adrenaline from earlier has worn off."

Kankuro nodded, "Alright. Who wants first watch?"

"I'll do it," Naruto offered.

"Whay bother?" Gaara asked, "I can't sleep anyways. I'll do it."

"Gaara, Shakau's gone, remember? The akatsuki removed him," Naruto reminded him, "Get some sleep."

"Yeah," Temari nodded, "You need it."

"Oh yeah," Gaara stated, "I almost forgot about that."

"Get some sleep," Naruto repeated.

"Fine," Gaara said eventually, "But wake me up for the next watch."

"No. You're going to get as much sleep as possible. You need to get your strength back," Sakura told him.

Gaara shrugged, "It's not like I'm not used to getting only a few hours of sleep here and there."

They all argued with him for a little bit about weather or not he should take second watch. Eventually, Gaara won. Naruto sat a little ways off from the group as everyone started to fall asleep. After everybody had basically fallen asleep, Kankuro walked over to Naruto.

"Hey, Naruto, if Gaara's not already awake by the time his watch comes, wake me up. He needs his sleep," Kankuro told him.

Naruto grinned, "Alright. Will do."

A/N: Chapter two is done! I told you it wouldn't all be from the episodes. Next chapters are coming up, so review please!!