Garra didn't take to long to finish up his part of the mission and i was surprised to see that neither him or me had a scratch on us. The two older siblings on the other hand didn't come out as unharmed. They both had a few cuts and bruises.
"Hu, looks like you weren't all you said you were Kankuro."
"Hey! I would've done even better if i wasn't fighting so many opponents!"
I nodded, "so you're more of a one-on-one fighter." he had a tick mark and i turned to Temari, "What about you?"
She frowned, "i'm still working on creating a defence against fire because as you saw when someone uses it against m i can't do anything but dodge or i'd get a ton of flames to my face."
I smiled, "If you can't come up with anything you should try just increasing your speed so you can take them down before they are able to create a jutsu."
The two siblings who were standing near m and listening smiled, "You're smart for your age Arashi. You don't seem all that bothered ither. Most people are shaking like flies after their first kill. I know Kankuro was."
"Hey! You were to so you shouldn't be talking!"
I laughed at their bickering, "Well they trained us for this in the academy right? And my chakra is foul by nature so i think it might have something to do with that."
The two nodded and i trailed after them out of the village to the forest surrounding were Gaara was waiting impatiently. We stopped at the line of trees and turned to face the small village. I raised my arms to about shoulder level my elbows bent slightly. Behind me the three closed their eyes as the wind began to pick up. Within thirty seconds there was a full blown tornado ripping through the village.
It destroyed everything in its path and i watched it proseds. As soon as the village was leveled i lowered my arms and the tornado winked out of existence.
I turned two the three now opening their eyes. I smiled, "Ok, let's go."
The nodded and we left just as the sun began to rise.
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"Hey Temari i forgot to ask you earlier but what is a chunin exam?"
Her mouth fell open and her eyes flickered to me for a second before returning to the tree's in front of her so she wouldn't slip while we were tree running, "It's an exam genin have to take in order to become chunin."
I nodded and we reverted back to silence, the birds chirping filling it with their music. We didn't run for to much longer and stopped a bit away from large gates with the leaf symbol above it.
It had only taken three days to get here from the village we flattened, and along the way i say that Kankuro was the most helpful. I don't know how but at some point we ran out of food and had to catch it on our own.
Kankuro trapped them with his puppets and Temari direct them towards him using mild wind jutsu.
I suddenly tired and sprawled out on the ground, "owey."
The two brown haired sibling sighed and Gaara's eyes narrowed, "really Arashi. How do you trip when we aren't even moving?"
I wined and tossed a rock at him. Temari pulled me to my feet rolling her eyes. For some reason i can't keep balance feary well when there's no wind and right now there is no wind what so ever.
If this keeps up i'll trip at least another 12 times today in the most interesting places. If i'm lucky i won' accidentally fall from a really high place. "Oh! I want to see the village from the heads they carved into their cliff!" i shouted.
Temari groaned, "We have to scout out the other teams to see who we're up against. I've told you this at least ten times now."
I nodded, "yeah but we aren't in the village yet so i thought you might have changed your mind."
"Are you crazy! I've already told you Arashi! I'm not changing my mind!"
"But! I-" i squealed in surprise az Gaara's sand lathed onto my feet and i hung upside-down as we walked into the village. I was pouting the entire way and we got a few weird looks as we walked through the gate. Temari handed the gate watchers our papers.
"Of course you take her side Gaara." he sande gave a squeeze and stuck my tongue out at him. I looked over at Temari as she returned to us and we walked further into the village. She looked at me with a pointed look and i pouted again. Temari was still scared of Gaara but there was nothing i could do about that.
At least this way i won't trip.
We stopped at a corner and gaara dropped me. I attempted to land on my feet, but with no wind i was unable to find balance and i probably would have split my head open if Garra hadn't caught me a put me up right.
"Thanks Gaara!"
I tried to be as kind towards Gaara as i could because he didn't have any friends and i don't think he'll kill me. His father would be really mad at him and there would be nothing in it for him because if i really wanted to i could probably blow his sand away but i think Garra may have more Chakra than me because he's older.
"You're so immature Arashi." Kankuro Groaned. "Now come on let's go look around and see if we can run into any other Genin teams that will be in the chunin exams this year."
Gaara had disappeared and i was left with the two brown haired siblings.
"OK! Let's go!"
I began marching away and suddenly Kankuro yanked me back. "Stay behind us. We're trying to get info not make friends."
I wined but obeyed and trailed behind them sulking. We turned at the corner i had tried to turn on earlier, but got yanked back. When i stepped around the corner a little kid had just ran into Kankro and i sighed as he lifted the kid into the air threatenly.
"Hey watch where you're going!" i shighed. The kid had a long blue scarf that was dragging along the ground despite him being a foot of the ground.
"Let him go!"
I looked at the boy with bright blond hair that didn't really look blond, but instead just plain solid yellow. "Uh, Tema-" i was cut off by the pink haired Idiot standing with two other kids behind the yellow guy.
I jumped up into the nearby tree and waited there seeing as none of them had noticed i took it as an ok for me to send Garra a message.
"Gaara! Kankuro's fighting with some leaves!" as soon as i stopped flashing my chakra for the message i looked back at the scene below. There was a rock being thrown from the guy who had appeared halfway through my message and it was aimed at Kankuro's wrist. Before it could get there i caught the rock with two fingers holding it close to my eye.
"This is a great throwing rock. You mind if i keep it?"
I looked straight into the eyes of the duckbut boy. A silence had fallen over the ally and all of a sudden i felt myself being tugged up by my ankles and dangled in the air.
"Hey! I was just stopping the rock from hitting Kankuro!" i wined and pouted in Gaara's direction.
Kankuro had dropped the little kid and he had ran back to his friends. "O-oh, G-Gaara. you see, t-the little kid ran i-into m-me."
"I don't want to hear your excuses."
"S-sorry."
I was now hanging next to Gaara, still suspended in the air by my ankles, "Sooo, are we leaving now?"
Gaara nodded and in a whirlwind of sand we were on the ground. We began walking away and all of a sudden the duck but yelled out, "Hey! What's your name!"
Temari turned, "Hu, oh you mean me?"
I facepalmed. He had Temari under his charm already. Why are girls so gullible?
"No. The redhead and the storm cloud head."
I fingered my hair. It stuck up in every direction and was only a bit neater than the yellow head. I only reached Gaara's shoulder and i still wear my civilian clothes. It's not like i can't fight in them. They're way too big so i have free movement in them.
"Gaara of the sand." He motioned to me.
"HI! I'm Arashi! Nice to meet you i guess." i smiled at them upside-down.
Garra continued, "I am quite interested in you as well."
Duck but smirked, "Sasuke Uchiha."
We began walking away but yellow head had something to say, "Hey! What about me? Don't you want to know who i am?"
"Don't care." Wow Temari how harsh.
The pinkett added something next, "If i'm correct, based of your headbands you're from Suna so what are you doing here in Kahona?"
I looked at Gaara, "Can't we go already?"
He glanced at me but paid no more attention to me, "We're here for the chunin exam." Temari Smirked.
Yellow looked at the pinkett, "Hey Sakura, what's the chunin exam?"
The pinkett now identified as Sakura was shaking in annoyance, "YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT NARUTO!"
I whimpered and covered my ears as we started walking away again. Sakura was now explaining the chunin exams to Naruto, previously called yellow, "Finally! I thought i was going to die of annoyance!"
Nobody answered me. Kankuro was still scared because he had caused trouble and Garra sure wasn't happy about it. Temari was smart enough to know that when Gaara's in one of his moods not to talk around him unless he was fine with having you around.
Gaara seamed to tolerate them but he threatened to kill them often enough. It's strange because he's never once threatened me. I crossed my arms and Gaara's sand carried me by my ankles to the hotel we were staying at.
On our way i looked around at everything. It was a lot more busy in Kahona. In Suna it was really quiet for some reason but Gramps said it's always been like that. I stared wide eyed at the hotel before me. It was huge!
"Wow!"
Temari and Kankuro laughed lightly casting nervous glances at Gaara but he was ignoring them, "I can't believe you've never seen a hotel like this. We have at least three back home."
"Shut up Kankuro!" he smiled and headed inside. I couldn't help but look around at everything wide eyed. After a while the shock wore off and boredom began to creep up on me. I began doing this weird exercise a lot like vertical sit ups.
I received a few weird looks but nobody seemed to question it to much. I think they were paying more attention to the small blob of sand surrounding me feet and holding me up. Kankuro had gone with Temari to check into our room. It only took them about five minutes.
"Ok. We're in room #368. Arashi, here's your key."
I took the shiny golden colored key and stuffed it in my pockets along with the other garbage i had somehow collected over the course of the day. Even the rock was in there. I was carried into the room by the sand but Garra dumped me on the closes bed. I sat up in shock once more.
"This is the biggest bed i've ever seen!"
Gaara had vanished again so i was left alone with Temari and Kankuro, "Hu? But that's just a single."
I stared at them wide eyes, "They have names for beds!?"
"Er, yeah." Kankuro answered uncertainty.
My eyes glistened, "This is way bigger than my bed back at the orphanage!"
They looked at one another, "Um, Arashi? A single is the smallest bed size out there."
My eyes widened even more and i put my hand out to the side creating the bed i slept in at the orphanage out of wind. It wasn't evan really a bed, more like just two blocks off wood two feet of the ground with a piece of wood layed over the top half the side of the Single be i was sitting on. It was covered in blankets to.
"This is what all the beds look like at the orphanage. They don't have enough money to buy us real beds and keep us clothed and fed." i smiled, "It's not as bad as you'd think."
They began laughing, "You're so humble Arashi!"
"You think so?"
The nodded still laughing. I smiled, "Alright! Let's get ready for the exam! I can't wait!"
And so the three of us grew closer and we began brainstorming plans for the exam.
