Chapter 3: What's Chakra?

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Demon talking"

'Demon thinking'

Dream Talk

Yukiko for once in her life slept peacefully. For once in her life she was happy. She snuggled into the warmth next to her and peeked open an eye.

Temari sometime in the night had drifted off, she was comfortable. She felt something beside her snuggle closer. She opened her eyes and looked at the other occupant in the bed.

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Blink, blink.

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Blink, blink, blink.

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"What the hell?!" Temari threw her arms up and fell backwards off of the bed. "What the hell were you thinking?!"

Yukiko looked up slightly from where she was laying. Her eyebrows furrowed before she scowled. "I was just sleeping. I guess miss princess has to have a bed by herself to sleep?" She yawned stretching out her body like a cat before getting out of the bed and looking around the room. There was a desk in the corner cluttered with weapons, scrolls, and other unimportant papers. There was a small table of to the other side of the room next to a chair that had a giant fan sitting on it, and a teddy bear?!

"You have a teddy bear?" Yukiko laughed a bit before moving to pick it up.

Faster than she could blink Temari had grabbed the teddy bear and was holding it close to her chest. "Does it matter, this was a gift from my mother before she died!"

Yukiko's eyes softened. "Relax, I have something my mother gave my before she died as well." She reached in one of the many pockets of her robes and pulled out a small slightly beaten down handmade doll. It had small white wings sewn onto the back and three blue tails also sewn onto the lower back as well. Yukiko's eyes started to sadden. She mumbled something in another language and put the doll back into her robes.

Temari watched Yukiko's expressions. 'That doll must be all that she has?' She watched as Yukiko mumbled something before putting the doll up. Temari couldn't help but wonder.

"What kind of language we're you just speaking?"

Yukiko looked up, a little surprised at the question. "Oh so you heard that, well it was roman if you want to know."

Temari looked at even more confused. "So then how can you speak Japanese?"

"That's my second language, my father from what my mother told me was Japanese."

Somehow Temari felt like she had to change the topic. "Are you hungry?"

Yukiko nodded slightly and straightened her hair up into it's usual fashion.

"Why do you always have your hair up?" Temari asked as she was walking over to t he other side of the room towards the door.

Yukiko again a little surprised at the question answered none the less. "It's too long, and it gets in the way a lot of the time."

Temari gave a slight 'oh' and then she opened the door and stepped out motioning for Yukiko to follow.

Yukiko followed Temari down a couple halls and then into a dining area. Gaara was sitting at the table alone and he looked up at the two women as they entered. Yukiko and Gaara's eyes locked and everything seemed to slow down. The room fell quiet, before.

"Hello there sexy." Yukiko turned her head slowly. A man clad in black with a weird hat that looked like cat ears, and weird face paint smiled at her.

"Ahhhh." She fell backwards onto the floor. "Ow, ow, ow dammit all!" She got up and rubbed her abused bottom. She then looked at the strange man and scowled. She mumbled something else before sitting down.

Temari clocked her other brother over the head. "Kankuro you idiot." She then sat down next to Yukiko. "Morning Gaara."

Kankuro stuck his tongue out a Temari before sitting down at the other side of the table. He then looked over at the other girl at the table. 'Ok, she's not that bad looking if I say so myself.' He stretched his foot out under the table and stroked her leg with it.

She immediately looked up and her eyes narrowed dangerously. She reached across the table and grabbed him by his weird shirt. "Atingeþi-mã iarãºi ºi dvs sunteþi supãrat!" (!) She then let go and sat back down at her spot.

Temari smirked and Gaara raised an inexistent eyebrow.

"Well then shall we eat." Everyone nodded at Temari's words and soon food had arrived. The servants placed trays of food around the table and one servant placed one before Yukiko. Yukiko's plate held slightly seasoned fish and a couple rolls of sushi.

She looked over at Gaara who in returned nodded.

"He actually knew what we liked."

'Well I'm sure he did seeing as he has Shukaku.'

"Heh, that old raccoon, comes in handy once in a while."

Yukiko nodded and before she knew it her food was gone. She clasped her hands together and bowed. "Thank you very much for the meal."

"Hn." Temari seethed in her seat and Kankuro smirked.

Gaara then looked at Yukiko straight on. "How well can you use chakra?"

Yukiko sat there looking confused. "What's chakra?"

Temari and Kankuro gave a "Are you freaking kidding me' look while Gaara just raised an eyebrow.

"You don't know what chakra is?"

Yukiko shook her head.

Gaara sighed. "I think we'd better pay Sakura and everyone a visit"

(AN: Ok this chapter kinda sucked but anyway the next chapter should make uo for it I hope.

(!) This is roman for "Touch me again and you'll be sorry!"

Be reading you 3)