TWO WEEKS LATER

TEMARI'S POV

Having finally passed the psych exam Temari is sent on a undercover solo mission to Grass Country. Her brother told he when she left that this mission may take up to three months. Temari still agrees to go on the mission, and leaves the village the next day at dawn. Traveling all day she stops to rest just past sundown, as she is setting up her camp she suddenly stops and turns toward the thin stand of trees behind her. Swearing under her breath she pulls out a kunai from her thigh holster and moves to investigate the noise she thought she heard. Entering the trees she looks in all directions and sees nothing. She silently moves through the trees looking for the source of the sound she heard. After nearly an hour of finding nothing she puts it down to 'the wind'. She goes back to her camp and eats two ration bars and settles down to rest. She stays in her semi-alert state all night but no other out of place sounds are heard.

ITACHI'S POV

Watching her proved to be much harder that he thought it would be. Itachi is not normally the kind to dwell on something or someone said for long, but when she asked what really happened like she knew without being told that not all was well with the story she was told. What is bothering him now is her reaction to what she saw in his genjutsu. What did she see? He knows he showed her what happened from his point of view but there has to be something that he missed. Why would she be so upset about seeing first hand an event she knew all about… Well all things considered he knew most would be upset about watching dozens of people murdered, but she seemed to be upset about something other than the obvious And he means to find out what. So here he is following her through the nations to see if he can gleen his answers without approaching her. It is quickly becoming clear that he may actually have to speak to her and make her tell him what exactly she saw.

GAARA'S POV

I recieved to response to the letter I sent to Konoha, and from what she is saying the story that everyone was told was the real one. I can't say I believe that but it is her secret to keep. Now I wonder how to go about getting the real story….

TEMARI'S POV

The next several days went by in mind numbing blur for Temari same stuff, different day. She got to Grass Country in good time, scouting out the village was easy enough. After a long day of walking around she finds a nice Inn to stay in for the remainder of her mission. After a few hours of lounging in her room she began to feel as though she was being watched. She got up and went to the only window in her room. She opened it and stuck her head out and looked around, seeing nothing she goes still trying to sense someone tring to hide. Again finding nothing she pulls her head back in the window, just as she goes to close the window she sees a blur pass a few feet in front of her window.

Annoyed now she calls out, "Whoever you are just come out and face me like an adult. I know you've been following me since I left my village." For the first few seconds nothing happens, then she hears movement behind her in her room. She whips around and sees the last person in the world she thought she would see in her room. Standing there in a plain black cloak and a very serious experssion is Itachi Uchiha. All she can say in a barely audible whisper is,"Itachi". His voice seemed a little rough when he spoke, "Temari".