Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. And i don't get why you have to write this in EVERY chapter! It's qite annoying. Well heres the next chapter.

The Chûnin Exams were finally over. A few days passed and it was almost time for Mitsukai and me to leave Konoha. Temari, Kankurou, and Gaara had come over to help us pack our things. Then there was a knock at the door. I jumped up to get it. It was Kimiko and Sasuke. Sasuke looked uninterested but I could see in his eyes that he was a little sad. I knew right away that Kimiko was sad that we were leaving because her eyes were red and her cheeks wet. As soon as she saw all my things packed, the tears started to roll down her cheeks again.

"Oh, Kimiko," I said as I hugged her, "Please don't cry. I won't be that far away. You and Sasuke can come and visit if you want, anytime you want. Just please, please, please don't cry." I said soothingly as the tears slowed until they reached a stop.

"Kirei, I'll miss you so much. I would go with you but my family is here. And, Sasuke is here." She said as she turned to look at Sasuke as he grabbed her hand.

"Kimiko, I wouldn't want you to leave everything you have here for my sake. I want you to be happy. Just promise me one thing. That you'll send me messages and stop to see me from time to time. I don't want to lose you. Please that's all I ask of you."

"Kirei, I will write, but I'm not sure if I can see you. I'm needed here full time now that I'm a genin like Naruto, Sasuke, and everyone else. I'm sorry. But, I'll do my best to keep in touch." She said as she looked down and let some hair cover her face.

"Well, I guess this is goodbye then." I said to her as the tears started to well up in my eyes. I whipped around and grabbed some of my bags and Gaara, Temari, Kankurou, and Mitsukai followed suit. There weren't very many bags, either one or two very small bags per person. Kimiko reached out to stop me but recoiled when she saw the look in my eyes when I looked at her. She just shrunk back into Sasuke's arms. Then, when we met the other people from the Sand Village in front of our apartment as well as a few friends like Naruto, Neji, Hinata, Sakura, Kiba, Rock Lee, Shino, Chouji, Shikamaru, Ino, and Ten-Ten. Sasuke looked down at Kimiko, let go of her waist and walked out to say goodbye to us. Sakura and Hinata were close to tears, she was one of my closest friends along with Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba and Neji. Kiba and Neji however were standing looking at their feet. But Naruto was looking at me, his eyes red and puffy. He had cried, I could tell. I dropped my bags and threw my arms around him. He was shocked but hugged me back. Then I went down the line hugging them all with tears streaming down my face. As soon as I finished going through the line Mitsukai went. She was crying just as hard as I was. Then I turned around and looked at Kimiko and she looked back at me. She stepped forward and so did I. Then she threw her arms around me and started sobbing. She was saying something to me but I couldn't understand her. She finally stepped back and hugged Mitsukai with the same enthusiasm as she hugged me with. Her sobs started to fade. She was calm again. The tears had not stopped falling from her eyes though.

"I will try to visit you. I can't guarantee it will be very often, but I will see you. That's a promise." Kimiko said to me smiling through her sadness.

"As long as I can see you once in a while it's fine. I don't want our relationship to stop because I move to another village. I'll be waiting for you to visit." I said smiling back. And with that, we said our last goodbyes and The Sand Village shinobi, Mitsukai, Kankurou, Temari, Gaara, (who was holding my hand) and I left the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

We were going pretty fast and everything around us just blended together into two green walls enclosing us in it. Some of the shinobi up front took Mitsukai and my bags because they said that 'we were going to slow with it so fork it over.' Humph. I can go faster than any of them can if I tried. But I couldn't now because Gaara was still holding my hand. All of a sudden, the shinobi that were leading us to the sand village started to slow down and they dropped to the ground.

"We'll camp here tonight." Baki barked. I didn't really know him but Gaara was telling me the names of the people I should get to know or that I will know in the future. Baki was Gaara's sensei and he would eventually become my and Mitsukai's sensei as well.

"Oh, Kirei! Look! It's a hot spring! This is awesome. Let's go in for a few before we get to sleep. And this time, when we change there will be absolutely no peeping toms. Mitsukai, are you coming in with us?" Temari asked us as she moved the tree branches out of the way so we could see it.

"Hell yeah we're going in with ya!" We both exclaimed.

Then, when we walked back to camp to our bags to grab a new pair of clothes and towels, Gaara looked at me and smiled the softest smile I couldn't help but blush and look down.

Kankurou looked at us and yelled over: "Hey you guys! Where are ya goin?"

"We're goin in the hot springs." Temari started.

"And, if we catch you guys peeping, AGAIN, I'm gonna hurt you. Bad." I finished as I cracked my knuckles.

Temari looked at me and smiled. I looked at Gaara and his eyes were shimmering and wide. Yet they showed a bit of fear. Kankurou looked petrified. I hadn't shown him how good I was at fighting yet! When I get out I am so challenging him. I winked at Gaara and he smiled in return. I grabbed my clothes and towel, and then I sat next to Gaara for a sec while Temari and Mitsukai went through their stuff to find their towels and clothes. Kankurou got up to talk to Mitsukai for a sec so Gaara and I were alone. I kissed him as I leaned onto him and slid my hand on his chest and gently pushed him so he was lying down and I was leaning on him. I was sitting on him now and he looked surprised. I leaned down and kissed him again. He kissed me back. I heard his sand start moving out of his gourd that he always carried with him. It didn't scare me and the sound was actually quite relaxing. The noise stopped and he wrapped his arms around me and squeezed me so I was even closer to him. This was it. I had been waiting for a time like this. After this was over, I was going to tell him that I was completely and utterly in love with him. We kissed for a few moments longer. Then when we stopped I rolled off of him and leaned my head on his chest. He kissed the top of my head ever so gently. 'Here it goes. I'm gonna tell him now.' I thought to myself.

"Kirei, I love you more than anything in this world. I swore that I would never let my heart be captured by a woman. But, now I broke that promise. I feel like you complete me. I feel so happy when I'm with you. Please, never leave my side. I love you." He whispered into my ear. I was shocked. He beat me to it! Damn it all.

"Gaara, ever since the first time I saw you I couldn't stop thinking about you. I feel the same way. I've wanted to tell you this since we met again in the shop. I love you. With all my heart and soul I love you. I will never leave your side. Ever." I whispered back. He kissed my neck and then I heard Temari call my name. "Gaara, I'll be back. You are going to sleep with me in my tent right?" I asked as I giggled and I walked out of the tent. I took one last peek through the crack and he was beaming. A huge smile was on his face and he was saying something. I giggled again and walked off to find Temari and Mitsukai.

AWE!! SO CUTE! I was in a very cheesy mood so i had to write that part. SUE ME! Actually, please dont! But all Gaara fans, wouldnt you want him to say something like that to you? Everyone who thinks yes, raise your hand now! And wouldn't you say something like that back to him?? R&R Please!

Sayonara!

Kyo-chan