Ch. 7

A Life Saved and Bad Dreams

Neko's P.O.V

When we got to the Tsunade's office we went inside to find Kakashi talking with Tsunade and Sasuke lying on the couch; in the same condition that he had been in when Kakashi left with him. When Gaara, Temari and Kankuro saw him they asked who had done it. "Tsubaki did" Hinata answered. When they heard that they looked at Tsubaki in surprise and all she did was smile at them.

"DO YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY? YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!" Tsunade yelled. "TSUBAKI KNEW WHEN TO STOP! SHE WOULD NEVER KILL ANYONE UNLESS SHE HAD TO! ALSO HE IS ALIVE, ISN'T HE?" I yelled back. As we fought Tsubaki walked over and kneeled next to Sasuke and grabbed onto his arm. After a few minutes his skin returned to its natural color.

Tsunade looked at Tsubaki in surprise; wondering how she had done what she had. "How did you do that?" she asked. Tsubaki got a piece of paper and a pencil before writing something down and handing the paper to me. "'I used his blood to cool the temperature of his body; seeing as blood is made mostly of water.'" I read aloud. "Wow, how did you do that?" Naruto asked. "She controls water moron she could easily change the temperature of a humans blood." Neji replied.

Suddenly Sasuke woke up and looked around before looking at himself. "What happened?" he asked. "Tsubaki use hot water to knock you unconscious during your fight. Then she used her power over water to cool your body temperature down a minute ago." Shikamaru said. When Sasuke heard this he sat up and looked at Tsubaki who gave him a sad smile. "Thank you" was all he said. When he said that everyone was so shocked you could see the shock on Shino's face.

Tsunade went over to make sure that Sasuke was okay and when she finished looked at us and said "he's completely fine now" I heard Tsubaki sigh in relief and I knew that she was scared that she had done some permanent damage to his body. It was obvious that she had been worried over him the whole time and I'm glad she's not anymore.

After Tsunade said Sasuke could leave we all decided to go get lunch at Ichiraku's. Although on the way there Sakura caught us and stole Sasuke who started to beg for help as he was carried off. We just shrugged our shoulders and went on our way. When we got there we ordered our lunches like normal. Naruto was having 6 servings and Choji was having 8 but what surprised me was that Tsubaki had ordered 12. When we finished eating we decided to go back to the training grounds for some rest and exercise. The whole way there Tsubaki would glance at Gaara who would look back at her which made her blush for their eyes would meet.

Tsubaki's P.O.V.

When we got to the training grounds everyone else raced around the grounds except for me. I went and sat under a big shady tree and soon the others came over and sat down with me. I wasn't feeling the best but I didn't want the others to worry so I didn't say anything about it. After a little while Temari said "Why don't we play truth or dare?" we all nodded and the game began.

Temari started "Tsubaki thumbs up for truth or thumbs down for dare." I put my thumb down which surprised Temari. "Hmm… I dare you to… kiss Neji on the cheek." I got up and walked over to Neji who had also stood up knowing what I was going to do. I hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek which he returned as if I were his sister who he hadn't seen in a long time. This surprised Temari and Kankuro; I'm not sure about Gaara he hid his emotions to well.

Naruto looked at Temari "You'll have to do better than that to get her. That was normal for them since they think of each other as brother and sister." When I sat back down I pointed at Shikamaru and did the truth or dare signs I was using for the game. "Man, what a drag… truth" was his reply. When he said truth I smirked and you could see the chill go down his spin. I then wrote 'Do you like Temari' in the dirt. At that he blushed and said "yes" just loud enough for us to hear him. This statement made Temari blush and everyone else laughed.

"Gaara truth or dare?" Shikamaru asked quickly. "Dare" was his reply. "I dare you to kiss Tsubaki on the lips" Shikamaru said. I blushed as Gaara came over looking unsure of what to do. After he sat down next to me we just looked at each other. After a minute Naruto pushed Gaara into me and our lips collided. After Gaara got up he looked over at Naruto ready to kill him but I grabbed his hand and gave him a look which begged him not to hurt him. He sighed and sat back down next to me instead of going back to his old spot next to Temari.

"Neko, truth or dare?" Gaara asked. "Truth" she said. "Why did you and Tsubaki move to Konoha?" he asked. Neko sighed and started to tell our story. I fell asleep half way through the story. As I slept I dreamed that all my friends and I were in a room talking but all of a sudden the room caught fire and I was the only one to survive. I was all alone and I fell to my knees crying.

I woke up to Neji shaking me and calling "Tsubaki, Tsubaki wake up. Come on Tsubaki, wake up." When I saw him I hugged him as close to me as I could because of the fear of losing him. I cried on his shoulder silently and he held me there saying calming words to me as he rubbed my back. Soon the others came over and we had a group hug. Shikamaru was the first to let go "This happens a lot. Tsubaki had another nightmare where we all die in a fire leaving her alone. None of us want her to be alone because we all love her as if she were our sister and it would be very hard for us to leave her" he explained to the three sand shinobi. They all looked at us and noticed that my tears had stopped falling and then Temari and Kankuro gave small smiles.

Soon after I had calmed down we all decided that it was time to head home for the night. We all went our separate ways although Neji had decided that it was for the best if he walked Neko and I home. On the way I started to get dizzy but I ignored it. After a few minutes I fell to the ground breathing heavily. The last thing I saw before falling unconscious was Neji and Neko with worried faces.