AN: Oh my gosh! I am so sorry that this took so long but now I will be on a schedule! It's just I had a month holiday, then this depression episode then counsilling and therapy but now I'm all better! :D Also I made a deviantart account for Kurai, it's http : / / kuraichan16 . deviantart . com (remove the spaces) If you want art of her, Gaara or all of the cast with the two mentioned, then go there! :D Enjoy this dramatic chapter!

Gaara: Lexis doesn't own Naruto, me or any other stuff to do with Naruto (the anime/manga/merchandise/Masashi Kishimoto)

Me: I own Kurai Hitotsu and Taka Hyuuga who is Neji's twin (Total fail XD)

"Where is it! Fucking dammit! No!" A voice yelled through the apartment, were the Sand Siblings resided for the duration of the Chuunin exams, followed by various crashes and bangs.

"Dammit Kurai-chan! What are you looking for!" A more pissed off, feminine voice asked irritated, Kurai looked up from underneath various objects and sobbed.

"My Icha Icha book, it's … it's...MISSING!" She ended dramatically, throwing her head back onto the floor while animé-crying, Temari sweat dropped and decided to leave her best friend alone before she catches her insanity.

~On the way to the book store (Kurai POV)~

'Don't worry my beloved perverted bible, you will once again be read by me soon enough, hehehehe...' I thought while chuckling insanely at the thought of my practical bible being possessed by me once again, I bet Kankuro burnt my other one, damn him and his over protectiveness. I finally reached the book store and immediately darted inside, my eyes scanning for the Icha Icha book, I saw it and zoomed in on my target, as I went to grab it, so did another. I looked up and growled possessively, when suddenly I recognised the person.

"Kakashi-san?" I asked, a smile creeping onto my face, he blinked before he too smiled in recognition.

"Kurai-chan, what a surprise, how come your here?" He asked, still not letting go of the book.

"The Chuunin exams, the team and I are taking them, it's such a pain but you gotta do what you gotta do, I'd rather be at home reading my Icha Icha book." I grinned.

"Really? My team's taking the exams as well." Kakashi told me.

"Cool! What's their names?"

"Uchiha Sasuke-" Kakashi began and I interrupted him.

"Wait duck butt! So the other two are Evil Fangirl and Naruto-kun!" I asked, the urge to kill something flaring up at the mention of duckbutt and evil fangirl.

"Evil...fangirl?" Kakashi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Don't ask, so you better be taking good care of my Naruto-kun! He's like the little brother I never had." I warned, punching him on the shoulder.

"Ow...Yes don't worry Kurai-chan, he and the other two have been...trying to achieve teamwork, so how is Masato-san? I haven't heard from him in years." Kakashi enquired and I looked down, trying to control my anger.

"He's dead, I killed him when I was seven." I said before letting go of the book and turning round. "Sorry Kakashi-san, I have to go, Ja ne."

I walked away, not waiting to hear his goodbye, crimson hair falling in front of my eyes to shield the pain, hurt and anger in them.

-He didn't know Kawaiko otherwise he never would have brought it up, Kakashi-san is the closest thing you have to a father hun, don't push him away-

-I won't, it just hurts Ookami-chan, why did Masato have to hate me just because of you? I don't hate you for it, I just wonder why didn't he try to get over the pain...-

-A wound to the heart is very different from a flesh wound Kurai-chan, sometimes it never heals.-

-What heals a wound to the heart Ookami?-

-Love.-

-Love...-

Suddenly a hand came on my shoulder and I tensed before grabbing it and flinging the person over my shoulder and into a fence, I recognised the person as his whiney voice came into play.

"Why did you do that Kurai-nee-chan? I was only gonna say hello!" Naruto complained upside down, I just sighed before walking over and picking him up, his form floppy.

"Gomensai Naruto-kun, I wasn't expecting it...wait did you call me nee-chan?" I asked, realizing the suffix he had added to my name, Naruto nodded, grinning happily at me.

"Why not, your my nee-chan now right?" He gave me the puppy eyes and I rolled mine.

"Okay Naruto-kun, you can be my younger brother, so little bro, where are you off?" I questioned and Naruto started to fix his outfit.

"To meet Sakura-chan and Sasuke-teme for the 3rd part of the Chuunin exams." He told me absent-mindedly and I gasped.

"Aieee! The Chuunin exams! Temari's gonna kill me, ja ne Naruto-kun!" With that I rushed off down the road before realizing I could just Shadow transport myself to the apartment. Doing so, I arrived in the front room...just to fall on Gaara and drag both of us to the ground. I blushed beet red as I realized I was underneath him, quickly shoving him off of me before hopping to my feet, brushing the imaginary dirt off my clothes. Gaara just glared as normal before copying my movements, not hopping but close, to his feet before we departed to the Chuunin exams, Kami save us...

~At Chuunin Exams~

This is so boring, right now I am in a fucking huge ass room, watching Kankuro about to fight this weirdo, the two previous matches were Duck butt vs some random ninja and a bug guy vs another random unknown ninja.

-Do you really think Kankuro-baka can win?-

~How the bloody hell would I know Ookami? I hope he does though, although no one except me and you will know that, right?~

- Of course Kurai-chan, now about earlier with Gaara-kun, what was that about, there was definitely something between you two!-

~I am going to kill you, my shadow transportation jutsu fucked up and I fell on top of Gaara, I fell, nothing else!~

-So you were on top, hmm, I thought Gaara would have been, oh well.-

~Damn you to hell Ookami!~

Temari looked at me and saw my glaring expression, tapping me on the shoulder, my shadow shield activated and caught Temari's hand, I turned to look at her eerily.

"What Temari-chan?" I seethed, Temari shook her head quickly and my shield dropped down, I sighed and rubbed my cheek, the kanji burning slightly. "Sorry Temari, Ookami's pissing me off and I am annoyed already."

"It's ok Kurai-chan, just be sure that you don't piss off Gaara-sama again." Temari warned me and I rolled my eyes.

"Trust me, Gaara-teme won't try anything plus however untrue this seems, I actually value my pitiful existence, even if only a bit." I told her, suddenly my attention was drawn to Kankuro who had the other ninja wrapped around him tightly, his arms wrapped around Kankuro's neck, ready to snap it.

'Oh Kami! Kankuro-baka might actually be hurt in this!' I thought worriedly, even if I didn't show it , I still cared about the big idiot.

-Don't worry brat, use that jutsu of yours-

Confused on what Ookami meant, I silently did my emotion control jutsu and felt that there where no emotion's coming from the 'Kankuro' in battle, Kankuro's actual emotion's were coming from in the bandages where he kept Karasu.

'He switched with Karasu! At least the baka will be safe now, especially with Karasu.' I thought, grinning at Kankuro's smart thinking, a rare event for Kankuro to think smartly. A crack echoed through the hall and everyone looked shocked. Smirking, I saw the other ninja grin and say something, Temari stared on in shock while Gaara was emotionless as usual.

"What's the big deal?" He said , I rolled my eyes at his stupid lack of emotion and grinned when the other ninja freaked out as Karasu turned to face him. Suddenly Karasu's arms ripped out of the clothing and wrapped around the ninja before tightening, cause him to lose breath and panic, he struggled against the arms and I shivered slightly, Karasu always did freak me out. Kankuro's arm appeared from the bandages and he pulled one harshly. All the bandages spiralled around him and Kankuro ended up winning the match, the other guy caving quickly, scared shitless.

~After Sakura vs Ino, Temari vs Tenten,~

"Go on Naruto! Beat his fucking furry ass!" I yelled, Temari and Kankuro sweat dropped and stared at me strangely. "What? He's my friend!"

"And the only person besides us to put up with your bi-poler insane and perverted personality." Temari muttered, I smirked.

"Want perverted, two words for ya, sixty nine." I chuckled as Temari and Kankuro pulled a disgusted face, I turned my attention to the match, just in time to see Naruto get his ass kicked by Kiba! "Naruto!"

Clutching the bar tightly, I glared at Kiba, my garnet eyes turning black, Kankuro noticed this and quickly shoved a pill in my mouth, I choked before swallowing, grimacing.

"I hate when you give me those things Kankuro-baka!" I snarled, desperately needing a drink of water to get the horrible taste out of my mouth.

"Calm down Kurai-chan, if Ookami gets out here then the plan is ruined." Temari ordered, I pouted.

"You don't tell Gaara-teme to be careful with Shukaku! Why am I getting picked on, it's because I'm short isn't it!"

"No, Gaara-sama doesn't need to be told and now your being childish." She stated, I crossed my arms and focused on Naruto.

"No you just wont tell him off cause he'll kick your ass if you even try." I muttered, Temari growled at me and I smirked victoriously.

"I'll be Hokage for you." The mutt boy taunted Naruto, laughing, anger coursed through Naruto and he slowly stood up.

"If you compete with me over the title of Hokage, your going to become the underdog." Naruto smirked.

'Hell yeah! You tell the mutt Naruto!' I yelled mentally, Naruto looked up at me and grinned before going to kick Kiba's ass, I knew he could do it...

~Hyuga Neji vs Hyuga Hinata~

The guy called out those two names and I smirked when I saw it was the pale ass douche bag from before, along with a really pale girl...oh yeah, she's the girl who has a crush on Naruto, she looked shit scared.

"Look they're about to start." Kakashi said and all of our attention turned to the fight.

-This fight is going to be interesting...-

~How so?~

-There's bad blood between the branches and the main family of the Hyuga clan, mainly because most of their decree's and laws favour the main over the branches, dear little Hinata is directly descended from the main while poor Neji is a branch member, weren't you listening to fuzzy brows!-

~Not really, I was thinking about the new Icha Icha book coming out soon...~

-Focus! You baka!-

~Okay yeesh! Wow, pale ass is well...an ass~

I watched with interest as Neji degraded his cousin, telling her she was to weak and fragile to be a ninja, he did kind of have a point, she looked like she could break with one punch.

-Strength is not always shown on the outside Pup.-

~Pup?~

-Kyuubi calls Naruto Kit, with is short for Kitsune, your a pup, a baby wolf.-

~...Weirdo~

I looked back in time to see Naruto boost Hinata's spirit, giving her enough motivation to start fighting her cousin. The two exchanged attacks before Neji kept on beating her, every time Hinata got up and kept attacking until Neji struck her above the heart, Hinata coughed up blood and my heart raced, the blood smelled so addictive...

"Snap out of it Kurai, the plan!" Temari hissed and I shook my head, ridding my head of the lust for blood.

Soon the fight was over after Neji tried to kill his cousin, the jonin stopped him and she collapsed, Naruto swore that he would defeat Neji for Hinata. I wondered who was next when the board showed the names.

Kurai Hitotsu vs Taka Hyuuga

I used my shadows to transport me down and waited for my opponent to appear, there was a shifting in the crowd and out appeared a brown haired girl with those pale eyes.

"Taka Hyuuga." I stated, preparing my stance.

"Kurai Hitotsu." She countered, activating her byakugan, I grimaced and got into my offensive stance.

'This'll be tough..'

Taka made the first move, charging for me and at the last moment ducking down and swiping at my legs, I growled and flipped onto my hand, side kicking her into the wall. Taka yelped and shakily got up before charging again, she struck my arms and torso before smirking.

"8 triagrams 64 palms!" My eyes widened and my body jolted as she struck me twice, then four, then eight, then sixteen, then thirty two and then the final sixty four times. I gritted my teeth and growled as my body collapsed to the ground, Taka smirking over me.
"Give up now Hitotsu, your no match."
I growled and determination coursed through me, lighting me on fire and giving me the will to get my ass up of the floor and kick this girl's ass back to her home. Shaking, I struggled to my feet and Taka's pale eyes widened.
"H-How? You're n-not even meant to be able to move, never mind stand up!" She exclaimed, her lip piercing reflecting in the light of the room, I smirked.

"Here's a lesson for you hun. Don'.Me." I warned before dissapearing, Taka's eyes darted around her, looking for me. My smirk widened as I dove for her, she side stepped and laughed.
"You really thought that would work on me Hitotsu?"

"No, I knew this would though." I grinned arrogantly and her laughing stopped.

"W-What?" She growled, seeing my shadows twining around her arms and legs, I brought her to her knee's and knelt in front of her, laughing.

"I win."
"You wish Suna-nin." She smirked and my eyebrows furrowed in confusion, suddenly she head butted me and my shadows broke away from her, I yelled out in pain and held my nose, glaring at her.

"You bitch! Now you've really gone and fucking pissed me off!" I snarled, I felt Ookami's chakra run through my system and smirked. Now it was time to get serious.

I charged at her quickly, aiming for her face but purposely missed, spinning around with chakra flowing into my fist, I punched her by the heart. Hard.
"Ack!"

Taka spat out blood and flew back into the opposite wall, I panted and stood up straight, looking at her motionless body besides the odd twitch of life. Genma rose his hand and pointed to me.

"The match goes to Kurai Hitotsu."
I grinned and disappeared in a swirl of shadows, appearing by Temari and Kankuro, I high fived Kankuro, hugged Temari and then turned to Gaara.

"No words of congratulations...panda-chan?" I grinned, saying the childhood nickname teasingly, Gaara's eye twitch and he glared.

"Hn."
"Nice congrats Gaara, nice congrats."

~~
Time for the final match before we went home, the names appeared on the screen and my eyes widened slightly.

Sabaku no Gaara vs Rock Lee

'Fuzzy brows is dead...'

Gaara used his sand to get off the balcony while Lee jumped down, he grinned at Gaara and said he was happy to fight him so early in the matches. I raised an eyebrow.

"Has this guy completely lost his fucking marbles?" I muttered, Lee charged for Gaara but as usual with Gaara, the attack was neutralized with his sand. I was twitching nervously, if Gaara lost his control in this match, he could kill Lee and start to kill other people..Naruto, his siblings, the jounin, me. I wont fool myself and say we're great friends like when we were little, he'd have no second thoughts on killing me or the others now..

"What's going on?" Naruto asked, confused and worried for Lee, I chuckled and looked at him as Kankuro spoke.

"Physical attacks have no effect on Gaara."

"The sand shield protects him Naruto-nii-san, neutralizing any attacks."

"That's why no one has ever..."

"Hurt Gaara."

As we turned back to the match, I saw Lee try to dodge an attack from Gaara's sand, in caught his leg and flung him into the wall.

'Lee!'

The sand tried to get him again but he rolled out of the way, more attacks happened and Lee ended up on the statue, his sensei told him something and Lee nodded. He rolled down those ugly leg warmer things and took off these weight. Now I was the confused one until Ookami spoke.

-He's now able to move even faster than before, Gaara may not be able to keep up with those attacks now.-

~'What? That's impossible!'~

Lee started to charge at him again, his attacks hitting Gaara now, something clenched in my heart and I felt this stupid weird urge to want to stop Lee from hitting Gaara.

~'What is this Ookami?'~
-You want to protect Gaara from the attacks baka.-

~'But why?'~

-I've told you already baka, you love Gaa-

~'LIES! Dammit I don't love him!'~

-Whatever...you love him!-

Ookami receeded to the back of my mind again and I cursed, I looked over and saw dust come up in a puff, Lee stood there grinning over Gaara's cracked body, I gasped and a pain stung at my heart.

'Gaara!'

-Relax, he'll be okay pup.-

~'How can you say that Ookami?'~

-Just look idiot!-

I looked and saw the figure collapse into sand, I sighed in relief and the pain stopped. Suddenly Gaara appeared behind Lee, that all too familiar sadistic grin on his face. Shukaku had awakened.

-This is gonna turn bad pup!-

~I know Ookami, Gaara'll kill Lee if we aren't careful!'~

Lee was slammed into the wall by Gaara's sand, panting heavily, his body being affected by the Lotus move he did. His screams pierced the air as the sand hurt him relentlessly.

'Lee..'

He stood up and kept on trying, trying to beat Gaara even though it was useless.

'Why does he keep on trying Ookami! He has to give up or he'll be killed!'

-I don't know Kurai...-

Suddenly Lee started to get faster and we all gasped, how was it possible! It couldn't be! Wind started to swirl around Lee and he appeared before Gaara, kicking him up into the air with tremendous strength.

"Gaara!"

Dust blew into the air and when it cleared neither Gaara nor Lee could be seen.

-Up above pup!-

I looked up to see Gaara but no Lee, the sand came around Gaara but was useless when Lee appeared and began a combo of hits on Gaara, he opened the fifth gate, the forest gate and began his final attack on Gaara. As he struck Gaara, dust blew around the stadium, wind churning violently, I could hear myself scream faintly.

"Gaara! No!"

The dust cleared and I almost passed out with relief as I saw Gaara protected by the sand on the ground, though not unharmed. He sent the sand out for Lee, who was severely fatigued and it surrounded his arm and leg. I realised what would happen and if Gaara went through with it, Lee would possibly never be a ninja again!

"Gaara don't!"

"Desert coffin!"
"No!"
Lee's scream erupted around the stadium and he fell back to the floor, unconscious, Gaara tried to attack him again but failed at Lee's sensei protected him, Gaara's eyes widened and I knew what was happening.

'Gaara...'

Gaara stood up and walked away from the match, I jumped onto the railing when Kankuro stared at me, eyes wide.

"What are you doing Kurai!"
"Giving Gaara a piece of my mind!"
"What?"
I jumped down and ran after Gaara as Temari and Kankuro pleaded for me to come back, Sensei saying just to let me go, I clenched my fists and saw Gaara in the hallway, he glared at me.

"Teme! Gaara how could you do that to Lee! The match was yours after you crushed his arm and leg but then you try and attack him because of that damned monster in you!"
". you will die." Gaara warned, his eyes glinting, I glared.

"You're being something you never wanted to be when we were younger Gaara, a monster! Your a monster Sabaku no Gaara!"
Something inside Gaara snapped and the sand attacked me, slamming me into the wall and holding me there as Gaara neared, that insane look in his eyes.

"Now you die Hitotsu Kurai." The sand wrapped around my throat and I gasped, the sand around my body slicing into my skin.

"Gaara! D-Don't..Don't be Shukaku.." I gritted my teeth and a tear fell as I stared at him. "Be you Gaara! Not the m-monster! You!"
"Shut up!" The sand tightened and I felt blood coming from the slices and wounds in my skin.

"Gaara..please..I'm still your friend..even if..you hate me..Please! I'm your friend.."
The sand loosened and dropped me on the floor, I hit my head on the floor and the last thing I saw before passing out was Gaara turning around and leaving, I closed my eyes and it all went dark with one last thought in my head.

'Gaara...'