The new part of the fanfic is finally here! I know I said I'll be updatin every two weeks or so but I decided that this period will be the deadline. I'll update as soon as I type the chapter. BTW, did you noticed that the chapters are getting longer?)

P.S. About the question of Reidluver. This chap will answer it but wait for the future ones to clear all the misteries around Gaariko's seal!

Chapter 4

Sakura was furious. Fire was burning in her eyes and Inner Sakura was groaning. She raised her fist to hit the reason of her bad mood when a hand stopped her.

- Not in front of our guest, Sakura.

Kakashi was standing between her and Naruto who had closed his eyes waiting for the impact. At the jounin's words the blond sighted. He just couldn't believe how easy he dot out of that mess. He made fun of his two teammates and his sensei and they were just letting him be. '… Wait a second! Where is Kakashi-sensei?! He was here a second ago…' A loud shout from behind interrupted the boy's thoughts:

- Hidden Taijutsu Ougi: Sennen Gogoshi!!! (A thousand years of pain)

Naruto didn't even look back. He knew exactly what will happen. With a sudden shriek he was sent flying high in the sky. He could even see the Hokage monument. Soon he started falling and because of the great speed he wasn't able to grab on to something so he was falling like a stone. The boy crushed into some branches on his way down but about ten meters above the ground he got stuck between two trees. When the blond could breathe again he muttered beneath his breath:

- Me and my big mouth…

Sakura sweatdropped: 'What was that about the guests again?'

Gaariko was shocked to see the jounin use such technique. She clearly saw him moving quicker than the others could see it) behind Naruto. The girl's unique ability to 'see and feel' the energy around her helped her a lot in understanding techniques. The jounin had gathered his hands into the Beginning Seal. After that he had concentrated a large amount of chakura into his fingers. The next part was a little…disturbing. The man had stuck his hands into the boy's butt releasing all the chakura at once. It made the boy fly off like a champagne cork.

After the first moment of shock Gaariko decided that the jutsu wasn't bad at all. And with the proper modifications it could become perfect! She really didn't like the sticking part so she had to think of an alternative.

- Well, it seems that the first match is over. It's your turn - Gaariko-san, Sasuke! Prepare yourselves! The rules are the same. Begin!

Sasuke noticed that the girl had left her denk next to a tree and was now waiting for him to attack. She was standing in unknown for the boy Taijutsu stance and seemed to be in defense position. 'OK, that's my chance.'

The last Uchiha rushed towards his opponent and sent her a flying kick which was instantly dogged. He continued sending various kicks and punches but none of them seemed to hit. The red-haired girl dogged every one of them and seemed to have no difficulty at all in predicting his next movement. Sasuke was getting pissed off and he didn't noticed how he was increasing his speed. Gaariko was able to keep up with him and was still in defense position.

The two were sparring at such speed that even Kakashi had difficulties tracking them without using the Sharingan what leaves for Sakura. 'Wow, Gaariko-chan is so awesome! I've never seen someone so fast accept for Sensei.'

Seeing that this won't be over soon the jounin said:

- You may use weapons as well.

Sasuke reached for a kunai and threw it at his opponent who just used her to doge it. 'I'll have to put an end to this now!' He stretched his hands and many chakura wires appeared out of nowhere. The Uchiha survivor tried to tie up the girl and he nearly succeeded. The Suna shinobi saw the wires at the last moment but was able due to her flexibility to avoid most of them. But one of them passed very close to her face…

'I just can't believe it! She got away again!' The raven-haired ninja was soon going to run out of breath, ideas and chakura. His opponent was really strong but the boy stubbornly refused to admit it. He after all was an Uchiha. Sasuke reached for another kunai and some shuriken and was about to attack when he saw his opponent. 'What the…?'

Gaariko was standing still in the middle of the training ground and didn't seem to notice him or anything else around her. She had a shocked expression and a cut on her cheek. The girl slowly raised her hand and touched the wound and looked at the trace of blood on her fingers. Unlike her twin she had the ability to 'turn off' the protection of the sand and there were a few times she had seen her own blood despite she used the sand protection very rarely. She just stood there watching her hand. Sasuke couldn't see her face but slowly she raised her head again. The kunoichi had closed her eyes and her face was unreadable. 'Time to get serious!' She suddenly opened them and Sasuke backed off. 'What the hell is she!? And what's with the determined look on the face.' But at that moment the girl reached for her ninja bag and pulled something small. She quickly opened it and Sasuke realized it was a miniature scroll. The red-haired girl bit her thumb and made a red bloody streak on the paper.

- Kengeki Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Weapon Summoning Technique)

There was a cloud of smoke and in the next second Gaariko was holding a halberd (for more info, see belw), pointing it at the Konoha genin. Despite of the weapon being long and pretty heavy the boy noticed the ease with which the kunoichi was holding it. 'This is bad. She seems to have mastered fighting with this and on top of that now she has the advantage due to the length.'

- Now … IT'S MY TURN!

The girl rushed ahead giving no time for her opponent to react. She swung her weapon horizontally and was about to chop Sasuke into halves (at least Sakura and Ino wouldn't have had to argue more over the prodigy) when he jumped. 'He will fall right into my trap!' The Suna shinobi fixed the halberd into the ground and when her opponent touched the ground she crouched, very much like a cat, and disappeared from sight. 'Not again! I f she keeps vanishing like that…Oh, shit! She is behind me!' At that moment Sakura just stood shocked not wanting to believe to what she sees and even Kakashi looked away from his book. Gaariko was crouching just behind her opponent holding her weapon in the wrong way. 'What is she doing? She can't use her weapon like that, unless…' The jounin looked at the girl's face - an impish smile was on her lips. The Copy Nin sighed. The pink-haired girl next to him looked at him surprised.

- This match is over.

A shout made the girl turn her gaze towards the battle.

- Hidden Taijutsu Ougi: Sennen Gogoshi - Gaariko style!!!

Sasuke just stood there. His expression was quickly changing from surprised to painful as the halberd hung from his butt. In the next moment he followed Naruto's steps giving a last shriek of embarrassment and pain flying towards the sunset.

- Hm… It seems that both our boys lost today. Sakura, Gaariko you did great today so Sakura, you'll have tomorrow a day off. See you around! - And he disappeared into a cloud of smoke.

- Where is he rushing for?

Gaariko was just hanging her denk on her back. The two girls left the training area and headed for their homes.

- Naturally he's going to read that perverted book of his. Say, do you have any plans for tomorrow? I can show you around if you like.

- Oh, great! Thanks! I really heed some things to buy and I also heard that there are hot springs here. I would to visit them but first my comrades and I have to meet the Hokage so let's meet at noon in front of the Hyuuga mansion.

- OK, Gaariko. See you tomorrow.

And they took off towards the last rays of the sun.

Talking about sunsets.

Naruto was still stuck between the branches. He was just doing to make kage bunshins to help him out when he heard a shout coming closer and closer and in the next second Sasuke arrived flying heading straight for the place that the blond was. The Uchiha saw what would happen but could not prevent it so in the next moment he crashed into the other boy. They were so stuck that they couldn't move at all. On top of that it seemed that they had hugged tightly each other. But nothing could stop Naruto from teasing his rival so he said in his ear:

- So… you used the fast mail too?

- Shut up, dobe or I'll kill you…

And he tried to reach the others boy throat but instead he broke some branches and the result was that now they had a few centimeters between their faces.

- Kiss me, kill me … what's the difference.

- Come in!

The door of the Hokage office opened and a certain silver-haired jounin entered.

- Hokage-sama, I've come to talk to you about one of the new comers.

The Third was sitting, as usual, with his back towards the door but at the man's words he turned towards him. The old man really wanted to know more about the Sand shinobis' abilities.

- My team had encountered them earlier this day and they brought with them one of the girls - Sabaku no Gaariko. At first I noticed that she is hiding her chakura level but the denk on her back attracted all of my attention. Due to the information I have on her, her brother and she always carries them. But when she had a sparring match with Uchiha Sasuke she left it aside and used advanced ninjutsu and a weapon summoning techniques and she showed a great chakura control. But not this is worrying me. I am sure you have noticed the shapeless seal on her left shoulder. -The Hokage nodded his head. - During the battle it obtained the shapes of a flame and the kanji for energy. It seems that she has some special ability. She had only seen mine technique once and was able to copy it and still make it her own … in a way. And she even beat Sasuke. - At this words The Third looked disbelievingly in the one visible eye of the jounin in front of him. Kakashi nodded assent.

- Good job. You are dismissed.

The teacher bowed and disappeared. The Sandaime (Third Hokage) turned back towards the window, his gaze down on the village. He stood still thinking about what the jounin had just said. 'Well, I'll find out tomorrow…'

Halberd- it's a kind of weapon. ( If you have watched 'Shaman King', halberd is the weapon that Len(Ren) is using.) It consists of a long stick which has blades on its two ends - the one is big and the other is either small or is missing. If you still can't get my point see in my profile. Soon there will be a pic of Gaariko with the halberd.