Once again, it's an episode thing. I got an episode summary to help me out, so maybe I followed it a little bit better..Enjoy!

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Enter Valena

Chapter Four

Meande

Valena gulped when she heard Kiba say that was Meande. She looked so different from how they explained her. Kiba said that he loves that girl...she looks evil.

Meande had lost her innocent, fun-loving appearance. Her eyes were no longer clear and happy, but cloudy and ominous. She looked over at the red headed boy and smirked. She stepped over to him and looked at the Rain Ninjas.

"Why don't you just give us that scroll of yours?" She offered, but the other ninjas scoffed, then burst out laughing.

"Don't you think you're out of your league, little girl?" She frowned darkly, then looked at the red head again.

"Well, I can't say that I didn't warn you."

"Isn't that guys name Gaara? The red head?" Kiba asked, and Hinata nodded.

"He's from the sand village...why isn't Meande dead? Why did the Hokage lie to us?" Hinata asked, not entirely sure how to ask without seeming insensitive. Valena could do no more than look between Meande and Shino. She felt awful for him. He was lied to by the Hokage...and then he finds her here. With that sand ninja. She couldn't read what he was feeling, he was motionless.

"I promise it will rain blood." The boy dubbed Gaara stated. The Rain ninja seemed offended by this young boy who thinks he can be so easily beaten.

"Ok, well let's see what you've got." The rain ninja then pulled out several umbrellas and tossed then into the air. They popped open and began to spin then a shower of needles fell towards the earth. Hinata gasped knowing that would be the end of Gaara and Meande, but suddenly a shield of sand enveloped them both, protecting them from the needles.

The sand fell away, revealing both of them unscathed. Kiba and Hinata gasped, almost to loudly, but luckily the surprise of the other ninjas hid their surprise.

The Rain Ninja growled and threw more needles directly at Gaara, but more sand shielded the blow. Meande walked aside, closer to the other sand ninjas, named Kankuro and Temari, and smiled darkly.

Gaara geld up his hand, and his sand slithered to the rain ninja and grabbed onto his foot. He screamed out as the sand continued to snake it's way around his body until only his head was visible. Gaara then walked over to one of the umbrellas that had fell from the earlier assault and opened it up.

"Sabaku Kyuu!" He had held out his hand and closed it to make a fist, and the sand coffin that had been holding the other ninja exploded, killing him. Blood then rained from the sky, letting everyone know that Gaara keeps his promises. He closed the umbrella and tossed it aside, then crossed his arms, staring at the the other rain ninjas.

Meande looked around suddenly, while Gaara was talking with the two terrified ninjas, making Temari and Kankuro look at her.

"What is it, Meande?" Temari asked, trying to find what Meande was looking at, but all she could see was a bush.

"Someone is back there." Temari raised her eyebrows and shook her head.

"I don't see anything." Meande looked back at her.

"I'll be back." Meande disappear and Temari shrugged and watched her younger brother.

Kiba was caught up watching Gaara that he didn't even notice Meande look right at the bush they were hiding behind, but Valena did. Suddenly Meande appeared, scaring three of them.

"My my. If it isn't Hyuuga Hinata and Inuzuka Kiba." Meande chirped as she bent down to them. "How have you guys been?" Hinata smiled, while Kiba just stared at her.

She smiled back and looked at Valena and sneered then she spotted Shino.

"Well, do my eyes deceive me? Aburame Shino?" She walked over to him, and touched his shoulder. "I haven't seen you in forever." She joked, knowing they thought they would never see her again. "How have you been?" She knew it was very audacious to be asking such questions, but she did anyway. He stood, and she straightened up. She was still shorter than him by a lot. At his chest still. She looked up at him, and he seemed unmoved by her being there. She frowned slightly, but decided to hug him. She held onto him tightly, and soon she felt him waver, and then wrap his arms around her. Valena stood.

She's gonna kill him! She wanted to shout, but couldn't, so she rushed over and punched Meande in the jaw, knocking her to the ground. Meande sat up and rubbed her jaw and glared up at Valena.

"You just signed your death warrant." Meande said coldly, and disappeared, ice shards on the ground where she had been laying.

"Why did you do that?" Kiba shouted at Valena, who looked back at him.

"She was going to kill him, ok?" Kiba looked confused. "Before the mist village kicked me out I took classes on deceiving kills. I know what they look like."

Meande appeared beside Gaara, very mad and still nursing her punched jaw. Gaara looked at her and frowned.

"Why did you go over there without me?" She gave him a side glance and growled.

"Because I know them...well all but the blond girl. I want her dead." Gaara then looked over at the bush and used the sand to rip up the bush. He tossed it to the side and glared at the four cowering behind the bush.

"Gaara leave them alone, we have the scrolls we need. Let's just go to the tower." Kankuro stated, and started to walk away.

"Yea, I want to kill her, please?" Meande asked him, touching his arm. She probably touched him too much, but when you're the only person who can touch him, you feel privileged. He looked over at her, and she could tell he was going to let her. They turned and all walked away, heading for the tower.

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Meande sat on the railing of the inner chamber of the tower they had been sitting at for nearly twelve hours, waiting on the other teams to show up. Gaara stood beside her, arms crossed waiting patiently, when some other teams started to show up. First it was Neji's team, followed by the sound ninjas, then Kiba and his team, Ino and hers, and last Naruto and his cell.

Meande inwardly sighed, Kiba and Hinata were ok. They were always her best friends..well Kiba was more. Shino was just to bossy for her, while Kiba had been more laid back, like she is...well, use to be. Ever since she found out that she was sent to that horrid ice village, and then sent away to Suna by the same person, she mentally snapped. She wasn't sure who to really trust anymore.

Kiba looked over at Meande and smiled. He still loved her and she was still alive but he couldn't help but wonder if she was involved with that scary red head. Certainly not, they were too different. Kurenai walked up behind him and laughed.

"What you looking at over there, Kiba?" He still smiled, almost dreamily, then shook his head and turned to her.

"Do you see that young girl sitting on the railing over there?" Kurenai squinted then nodded slowly.

"Barely."

"That's Meande." Kurenai squinted again, and then gasped and her eyes widened.

"It can't be..."

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Ah, Meande and Valena now how a conflict (it's small, but a start at least, right?) And Kurenai now knows her plan to kill her daughter back fired. I'll try to update as soon as I can. I've been busy, but hopefully I can so enough. Read and Review, please!