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I stood outside the Kazekage building staring at it. How long have I been out here? 10...20 minutes maybe. I still had a full ten minutes to make it to Gaara's office before I was late and made him upset with me.

One thing you did not do was be late when the Kazekage summoned you. Inhaling a lung full of fresh air, I stilled my nerves and walked into the building. I had to get directions from one of the many people walking around inside the building.

Many of them openly stared at me. I didn't blame them in the slightest either. I wasn't wearing my mesh shirt, but I did have bandages wrapped around my mid-section. My red halter top fit my like a bathing suit top, showing off my shoulders, and by upper back. I had on short black shorts underneath a red skirt that stopped mid-thigh. My red and black thigh high socks and now black boots.

Once I arrived in front of the Kazekage's door I took a breath before knocking.

"Come in."

Pushing the huge door open I stepped in and shut it behind me, walking forward to stand in front of Gaara. He was currently bent over some paperwork, scribbling furiously. He didn't look up until he was done writing out whatever orders or what not.

"You wanted to see me?" I asked, my voice giving away the curiosity that had brewed all night.

Gaara put his pen down and placed his arms on his desk, intertwining his fingers together.

"Do you like living as a mere civilian?"

His question threw me for a loop. I didn't have to like it, he was the one who sentenced me to that life.

"I've...adjusted to it." I said slowly having no idea where he was headed with this.

"I'm aware of the fact that since are not from this world you most likely have no abilities that we Shinobi posses." Gaara rested his chin on his hands. " However, revolving the circumstances of how you came to be here, that is not a proven fact yet."

I stayed silent, I really didn't know how respond to what he was saying. It had many double meanings and I didn't want to jump to any conclusions just yet. Gaara stayed quite and just watched me as he waited. Waited for my response.

"Um...I don't know. I haven't tried anything to see, because you know, the rules."

"I'm very much aware of that fact."

"Oh?"

Well he did tell me that he would have people watching me.

"I want you to start training, to see if you can use chakra."

I gaped at Gaara, blinking owlishly.

"W...why?'

"You came here for a reason, even though none of us know of the circumstances as to why. I'm not saying that we have agreed to trust you, you will still have to follow a set of rules and you will continued to be watched."

"That's understandable Ga...Lord Kazekage." I bowed in front of him. Even though I wasn't from this world, I was here now and Gaara WAS the Kazekage. So that meant my ass was going to start treating him like the leader he was.

There was a knock at the door and Gaara bid whoever it was to enter. I had to bite back the groan that threatened to slip out of mouth when I caught sight of the woman that ust walked in.

"Morning Gaara-sama!" Matsuri sang as she skipped into the room.

Her eyes looked over at me, the curiosity of who I was was evident on her face. Now I had no problem with Matsuri, I liked her in the Anime. Even though her, Sari and Yukata were annoying fan girls and many fanfictions had her playing a villain most the time. (Myself included)

"Matsuri, I want you to meet Ai, Ai this is Matsuri." Gaara said introducing us, even though I already knew who she was.

"It's nice to meet you." I said politely smiling at the young girl.

How old was she now exactly? She was 17 during the war so she is around 20 now. There was skepticism that she died when Madara took out most of the 4th division during the war, seeing as how you don't see her again after that. Guess she survived after all.

"Nice to meet you too." She said wearily.

"Matsuri I need to you take Ai to see Master Takao."

The shock was evident on Matsuri face. Whoever this Takao guy was, I was guessing that he was a pretty important person. Gaara raised a non existing eye-brow at Matsuri as she continued to just stare at him.

Snapping out of whatever funk she was in Matsuri bowed low to Gaara and turned to leave. She stopped at the door when I didn't move to follow her, I was looking at Gaara.

"I'll meet you outside Matsuri, I need to ask the Kazekage something real fast."

Matsuri gripped the door handle for a second before opening the door and walking out of the room. I waited for a few minutes to make sure she was gone before voicing my thoughts.

"I'm sure how the politics here in Suna work, but don't you have to go through your council of elders first before making decisions like this?"

"Not on every decision I make."

Something about that statement led me to believe that the council did not know that Gaara was doing this. A few minutes later I walked out of the Kazekage building and looked up at the sky. The weather was getting harsher here lately, I already had to end up buying certain lotions to keep my skin from drying out. For some odd reason though, I wasn't as effected by the extreme conditions as some others.

Matsuri was talking to some girl in front of the building, she looked and saw me approaching and quickly made her way over, telling goodbye to the girl. I followed her to a side of the village that I had not ventured into, I knew this was where most of Ninja stayed since their training ground was in this area.

We stopped in front of a shabby looking building. Matsuri glanced at me before entering the building, the inside was just as shabby as the outside. The floor boards were rotting, cloth hung over the windows, blocking out the light. The only light came from the small holes in the roof.

I carefully stepped around the rotting floor and almost ran into Matsuri since she stopped right in front of me.

"This is as far as I go, Master Takao is in the other room."

With that she promptly turned on her heel and left the way we came. I pushed the blanket type thing that served as door aside and peered into the room. The only source of light was from a small fire I. the middle of the room the room. A man sat with his back to me in the middle of the room, the fire light cast eerie shadows along the walls.

"Um, are you Master Takao?"

The man didn't answer me, he just continued to sharpen the blades in his hands. Gaining a bit of courage I stepped into he room, letting the blanket/curtain fall back into place. I looked and noticed that the floor was covered in some sort of white salt. The design on the floor looked like a cross between the Summoning Jutsu and the Sealing Jutsu.

My foot was right at the edge of it, shuffling back a step to stay away from the salt I looked up at the man again.

"I have a message from the Kazekage." I said taking the scroll out of the small pouch I carried around with me.

The man still didn't show any signs that he heard me, so after a split second of thought I tossed the scroll into the air. It arced into the air before heading straight for the man, his hand seemingly snatched it out of thin hair.

I waited as he opened the scroll, read it and closed it again. He tossed the scroll into the fire and went back to sharpening his blades. After what felt like an eternity, he spoke.

"What's your name?'

"Ai."

The fire crackled and sparked.

"No it's not, that may be the name you was told to use, but that is not your real name."

"I told you it's Ai."

The fire once again sparked and crackled.

"Lying to me, is not going to be beneficial to you girl."

I weighed my options, one of my rules was to not tell a single person who I really was. Somehow this guy knew I wasn't telling him the truth. I looked at the design on the floor again. It obviously had something to do with it, but I made a promise that I wouldn't tell.

"My name is Ai Takahashi." I said firmly.

The man put his blades down and turned his head slightly, not enough for me to see his though. The only sound heard was the wind blowing outside and the crackling of the fire.

"So, the Kazekage wants me to test you to see if you have any abilities wielding chakra huh?" Master Takao stood up and slowly turned to face me.

He looked to be in his late forties. His dark hair was unruly and cut short, giving his face a more rugged appearance. He had a scar running the left side of cheek, his eyes were as black as night. He was wearing the traditional Suna flat jacket and brown pants.

"Even so, it is my decision whether or not you are worthy." He continued eyeing me like I was some new specimen for him to experiment with. "But first, step into this circle."

"Why?"

"It's all part of the test girl, now step in or leave."

Looking down at the floor in apprehension, I glanced back up to Takao briefly. His face was stone cold and serious. If I chose to leave than I was pretty sure Gaara wasn't going to be pleased to hear that I chickened out. Especially since he was doing this without the councils approval. or knowledge.

As to why he was doing this I have no freaking idea. I know throughout the Anime Gaara got more laid back and wasn't cold anymore, but this was just something that was foreign. I couldn't let him down. With a new resolve forming in me I stepped into the outer part of the circle and...

...Nothing happened...

Confused I looked up at Takao, who was smirking at me. Okay now I was really confused, was something supposed to happen once I stepped into the freaky circle. Then I felt it, it was slow, creeping feeling.

It was like a million ants crawling up my skin starting at my feet. My body instantly froze as I looked down at my body. There was nothing there of course, but that didn't stop the sensation from crawling up my stomach, chest and neck. Goosebumps covered my skin and the heat of the room instantly cooled, like a fresh rain had fallen to coat my skin in its cool, refreshing liquid.

"Interesting." Takao mumbled as he observed me.

"What?" I asked turning my wide eyes to look at him.

"You may have potential yet." Takao sat down on the floor and motioned for me to do the same.

I sat down right where I was.

"While you are here with me, remember one simple thing. I will always know if your lying to me."

That was comforting.

"I want you to close your eyes and meditate, clear your mind of everything. Relax and try to feel your energy."

I don't know why but I suddenly found this situation humorous. Back in my world I was also an avid Yu Yu Hakusho fan, so it was funny to hear him telling me concentrate on locating my energy.

I've read to many damn fanfictions.

Closing my eyes I tried to shut my brain down, I focused on the spot behind my solar plexus. That's where the View Gate was at, where your personal power is located. I didn't know what I was looking for, but hopefully something would jump out at me.

...I had no such luck...

We sat there for HOURS! And I couldn't feel any energy with in or anything, I just sat there with my butt completely numb, legs cramped from being crossed for so long and my back stiff.

"Your not even concentrating." Takao said, he was EXTREMELY annoyed with me.

"Yes, I am. I don't know how to do any of this stuff." I said opening my eyes, huffing in irritation.

"That's no excuse, even a child can locate their own Chakra. Your pathetic and not even worth my time if you can't even do something as simple as that." Takao snapped angrily.

He was right of course. I was pathetic, but hey! I wasn't even from this fucking world. I was from a world that didn't believe in the supernatural, we didn't have people that could control Chakra or Spirit Energy. In my world we were all plain, normal humans.

Yet, we all so desperately clung to fantasy. Hoping and wishing them to be real, wishing to be what society would call a freak. We yearned for it, but it just doesn't exist. We know that it doesn't exist, even though we want it to be it just isn't.

Nevertheless, here I was in a world to where all that shit was real. It was just as real as the floor I was sitting on, as real as the heart that beat inside my body. Wait...my heart was beating. I have bleed and felt pain from being cut with a knife. THAT was REAL!

I placed my hand on my chest and felt for my heart beat. It was steady as a beating drum...and just like that Pocahontas entered my mind. As the lyrics to that song flittered through my mind I stared into the fire (Takao had moved).

I tuned the world out and just listened to my heart beat, I listened to the drums. Then I felt it, in the center of my chest. Most people describe it as a hot, burning sensation. To me it felt like a cool, crisp spring morning after it has rained.

I latched onto it and pulled it forth, my eyes snapped open as my body came alive. It didn't manifest on the outside of my body, but I could feel it running through my blood stream with each beat of my heart. All to soon though it vanished and slumped forward exhausted.

"Very good." Takao said coming to stand in front of me. "Come back tomorrow same time."

I forced myself to stand up on my unsteady, trembling legs. Man why was I so tired all the sudden?

"Your body is weak and not used to this short of thing. So prepare to feel this way everyday until we strength your body properly." Takao turned away from and went back to sharpening his blades.

"Oh and Ai."

I stopped with my hand touching the blanket/curtain and looked back at him.

"These sessions and what we do while your here are to remain strictly between us. Not even the Kazekage is to know about what we do." From how serious voice sounded and gulped and nodded my head before leaving.

It was night time when I walked out the door. Damn I was in there all day long? Each step I took brought more and more fatigue to my body. I didn't stop though, I had to get to my house. The nights were getting colder and seeing as how I was in this outfit, it didn't help me from the cold.

I wrapped my arms around myself as I walked home, I never noticed the eyes following from the rooftops as I slowly made my way home. I crashed on my bed as soon as I made it, I barely kept my eyes open long enough to strip down into my shorts and pull a over sized shirt over my head. I was out even before my head hit the pillows.

...

The next few months went as follows. I would show up at Takao's before the sun rose and stay there until I had to leave for work, on my days off I was there till it was night. Takao let me in a little secret, the shabby house was just the surface and a decoy fro where he really lived.

He lived under ground and that is where we spent most of our time, he said it was for safety reason. So no one could feel my Chakra as I trained. He taught me not only how to control Chakra, but also how to fight better. Since I already had some knowledge that part was easier. What wasn't easy was all the damn strength exercises he out me through, this man was dog garn slave driver.

Hours upon hours and mush-ups, sit-ups, weight lifting and anything else he wanted me to do to strengthen and hone my body. We worked on speed and stamina, the bastard made me wear weights ALL THE TIME! Even when I wasn't with him training.

Oh I'm leaving out something critical here. My Chakra Nature. It had an Affinity for Water, Wind, Earth and Lightening. Now the part of mastering them, uh no not even close.

The easiest for me was water though, I could control it like Gaara control sand. The same with Air , I haven't even dared to try lightening. Earth was the second most easiest one for me to do. Takao was baffled when we figured this little detail out, it was so not normal. I was excited though because that meant I was different.

Takao had forbidden me from showing my powers, as far as everyone on the outside knew. I was still the strange girl who could fight drunk Shinobi, but had no other skills at all.

Sadly I never saw Gaara anymore, hell the only Shinobi I ever seen was Takao.

Back to what I learned so far, I could now successfully walk up walks and across water. I had so many bruises on my body when we first started this, but after just a week I had it mastered. I push Chakra into my legs and jump about twelve feet in the air and I knew how to properly use Kunai and other ninja tools. My favorite were two hand held Japanese fans one was black and the other red with the Yin Yang symbol on them, I used those as my main weapon.

He also taught me how to do Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu. I knew the basics on how to substitute myself and everything.

I've been here in Suna for eight months now. It was now the dry, very hot time of year. I had to wear protective covering ALL the time now too. My cloaks covered my shoulders and neck from the harsh sun during the day and the frigid cold of night.

I had a break from training right now, since Takao had been called to go on a mission by Gaara. So I was walking around the village with nothing to do, and my gosh it was stifling hot outside.

Sweat poured down my body under my cloak, I had to wear sunglasses to protect me eyes. I was near one of the walls when I suddenly a explosion sounded just ahead me, followed by screaming and then ground started to shake. Looking up I noticed that huge, chunks of rock was rolling down the side of the wall.

A freaking ROCK slide was happening right before my eyes. I spotted a little boy in the danger zone of the falling rocks and took off running towards him. I grabbed the little boy and looked up as a shadow fell over me, a very huge looking boulder was falling and it was headed straight for me and crying toddler in my arms.

It was to late for me to move, I wouldn't make it in time to get us to safety. I pushed the boy under me and waited for the rock to crush us, my eyes opened when it never happened. Looking up I let out the breath I was holding, sand was hovering over me stopping the rock. I heard Gaara shout something and looked towards his voice, he was standing on top of a nearby building. His sand was catching and stopping all the falling rocks. I vaguely saw Temari and Kankuro screaming at civilians to get to safety.

Another explosion happened and this time an even bigger portion of the wall gave out, and it was headed straight for them. Oh I knew I was going to have hell to pay for what I was fixing to do, Takao was going to kill me, then the council was going to kill me. At the moment though I didn't care.

I slammed my hands onto the ground and used my ability to control the earth to bring up a giant slab of earth, making it bend like a tidal wave over Temari and Kankuro and the other civilians, the rocks slammed into and I had to shape it more so it looked like a giant horse shoe shaped slab of earth to catch everything.

I could everyone's eyes on me but didn't care. Jumping up on my little horse shoe I lifted my hands and willed the earth to stop falling and sliding. I was panting from the exertion of using this much energy. It needed to harden again to stabilize, gritting my teeth I closed my eyes and pictured the wall hardening.

I dropped my arms and fell to my knees once it was all over. My glasses had fallen off and my cloak was gone, don't ask me how. I heard someone shout my name and looked to my left to see Takao standing there with wide eyes, he was by side in a flash kneeling beside me.

"Are you out of your fucking mind?" He yelled seething.

"I...had...to do...something." I said my breathing ragged.

Before he could say anything though his eyes looked up as I turned my head I saw a sight that meant the end of my fate. Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Baki and other Shinobi were all standing not far from us.

"Fuck." I heard Takao curse before I pitched forward unconscious.

-Gaara-

Gaara was in his office, filling out more paperwork when the first explosion was heard. He looked out his office window and sat the far east wall crumbling, grabbing his gourd he teleported himself to the location. He sent his sand out to stop several large rocks from crushing civilians. As Shinobi arrived he shouted out orders for them to get the civilians to safety.

He sent his Chakra infused sand to mingle with the falling sand and sent his chakra out, hardening it. When the second explosion happened, his mind was sent into a panic. It was hard enough to stop one rock slide, now there was two and this one was bigger.

He yelled for his siblings to get out of the way as the wall came down on them. Then the most bizarre thing happened, the ground shook before a huge blab of earth shot up and curved, protecting the people below. It again curved upward to stop all rock and sand from spilling over the sides.

Gaara looked down and noticed one of the people saved earlier with her hands hand the ground. He watched as the woman jumped up onto the structure she made and lift her hands, she controlled and moved the earth to her will.

Who the hell was this girl? Then he saw her face as she turned slightly. His eyes widened. That girl Anna was the one doing this? He felt the blood drain from his face, he forgot that he sent her Takao over 5 months ago. In that short amount of time, he was able to train her to do this?

Once the rumbling stopped, Anna fell to her knees in exhaustion. Gaara and the others was already moving when he saw Takao appear by her side.

"Are you out of your fucking mind?" Takao yelled at her. "I strictly forbade you from ever using your powers!"

Anna looked up at him and tried to smile.

"I...had...to do...something." She said through her ragged, harsh breathing.

Takao glanced up and spotted Gaara and the others not even six feet away. Gaara noticed that Anna slid her eyes their way also before they rolled back into her head and she fell forward.

"Fuck" Takao said catching the unconscious girl.

"Is that Ai?" Kankuro asked finally getting a good look of the girl.

Gaara noticed that Baki stiffened at the mention of the girls name, so did Reji who was in the ranks of Shinobi around the said girl. Takao gripped the girl to his chest as his jaw clenched, his eyes caught Gaara's.

"I want all available Shinobi to stay here and clean this mess up, find out what caused the rock slides. I want who is responsible found immediately and brought to me. Kankuro, Temari, Baki, Reji come with me." Gaara's eyes slid to Takao. " Bring the girl."

As Takao lifted Anna into his arms Gaara turned away and headed toward the Kazekage building. The others following closely behind him.

Okay to start off, I have my reasoning for making Anna be able to control the elements that she Affinities for. She isn't from this world remember so she is a bit different when it comes to her powers. I have a big thing planned for the fact that she can use water, wind and lightening. All in due time though.

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