Gaara was in the lead followed by Usagi and Midori, Hoshi was in the back the tears had dried and it didn't seem like she had in the beginning. Her sister hadn't noticed and she wanted to keep it that way, she kept her sisters at bay from reading her mind. Usagi and Midori had noticed but paid no mind they knew that Hoshi was suffering just like them. Hoshi didn't even pay attention to the intense heat of the desert she kept moving forward until Gaara stopped.

"What is it Gaara?" asked Usagi

"You guys are awfully quiet, is there something you're not telling me?" asked Gaara

"No, lets just keep going we are wasting time standing in this heat." said Hoshi not looking at him

Gaara had gotten the hint to not ask more questions and continued on their journey. They reached the gates of Suna a little after midnight, they were greeted by the guards. They especially paid attention to Hoshi, she had changed so much the last four years or so. They made their way to Gaara's house when Hoshi suddenly stopped.

"Listen Gaara I'm happy that you have taken us this far but I don't think it would be necessary for you to take us to your house. My mother will give us shelter." said Hoshi

"Its already after midnight are you sure you want to wake her up?" asked Gaara

Usagi and Midori just looked at the two, Hoshi looked in no mood to argue or to be putting up with anything and they didn't know what was going on in Hoshi's mind so Usagi decided to intervene.

"We will be delighted of going to your house and spending the night Gaara, don't worry Hoshi we will see your mother in the morning ok?" said Usagi

Hoshi didn't bother to look at her she just turned and left.

"Do whatever you like." said Hoshi

"Where are you going?" asked Midori

"For a walk, what does it look like?" said Hoshi

Sigh "Sorry about that, she'll come around she just needs time on her own." said Usagi to Gaara

"Being alone is not the best thing when you are dealing with something." said Gaara

"But sometimes its probably the best thing someone can do when they are… hurt." said Midori looking up at the moon that was almost full

Gaara took Usagi and Midori to his house where they met Temari and Kankuro, Gaara had told them of Hoshi's return. Temari and Kankuro remembered her, she was the daughter of Hana and sister to Kohaku and Haku. She looked pretty intimidating to them and pretty strong too, for some reason she resembled Gaara to them. Like if she was in a way related to him like mother or sister wise, especially the last time she came. Gaara never left her side and she gladly played with him, they remembered how Gaara was in pain when she left and how he missed her. There will be days on end when she would be the only thing he would talk about and waiting for her return but she never did. He soon changed as his loneliness and isolation got to him making him return to his dark and mean self. Now he has returned home with two girls claiming to be Hoshi's sisters and Gaara had a sort of happy expression on his face but a worried one too even though he tried to hide it.

Meanwhile Hoshi walked around the town, it was quiet and deserted, everyone was home asleep. She had the same feeling as when she did before she found her sisters, alone. The incident earlier still puzzled her.

What could have happened?

Hoshi continued walking, she didn't notice that she was heading to an oasis.

I never saw this before… must be knew.

There was grass and trees, as she got to the middle she noticed a small pond there. She looked up at the sky, she could see the stars clearly and the moon. She closed her eyes as she looked up, suddenly she felt a strange presence and opened her eyes.

Things looked… different in a way, the moon was full that was one thing. The other was that everything was in black and white, that's when it hit her… this looked like the forest she was in in her nightmares. When she turned around the pond was gone and she found herself in a forest, thick in trees and bushes. There was a cold breeze gently blowing through her hair, she was wearing different clothes. That's when it hit her… she was wearing the clothes she wore when she was younger. She moved her hand to her forehead and felt the symbol of the leaf village on her head band, her hair was shorter too it was just below her chin and her blond bangs were barely visible. She stood there wondering what was going on when she suddenly felt a cold chill running up her spine, she tried to stand her ground but she couldn't her legs had a mind of their own and found herself running through the forest.

What's going on? Why am I running? Who am I running from?

Everything got more familiar to her as she kept running, it was the same just like in her nightmares. She reached the meadow and stopped dead in her tracks, she knew what was coming and tried to prepare herself. She heard the same voices around her, Hoshi tried to understand them but it was like before she didn't understood a single thing. When she finally heard the one word that always got her attention "Run!"… she turned around and found the same huge shadow over her. Hoshi tried to fight it off but all her strength was gone she felt weak. In her nightmares she never got to see It's eyes but she felt like she was about too and she didn't like it. Once she noticed that all of the attacks she threw at It were useless she waited for an attack but nothing came. Suddenly the shadow approached her making her back away, suddenly she hit a tree. It was impossible since she was in a meadow, the shadow got dangerously close to her face and suddenly opened its eyes revealing to Hoshi who It was… it was the rinnegan!

Hoshi was abruptly woken up.

"You alright?"

"Gaa… what? What are you doing here?"

"Looking for you. You've been gone for two hours now."

"Wha…"

Hoshi couldn't understand what was going on, it only felt like she had been away for at least half an hour but here was Gaara telling her that she have been gone for about two hours. She found herself on the floor as well.

"Let's go Hoshi, your sisters are waiting for you." Gaara said as he helped her getting up

"… thanks." she said as she was pulled up by Gaara

He had become very strong indeed, he pulled her without breaking a sweat. She was lifted off the ground a little, she got pulled very close to Gaara's body as she extended her body to stand. Hoshi was looking down as she stood up her face was inches away from Gaara's, he was looking forward. She didn't look up, she just turned and looked up until she had taken a few steps away from him.

"Shall we go then?" asked Gaara

"… yeah."

The whole way to the house was in a awkward silence, Gaara had not asked her the reason why she was in the floor.

*flashback*

Gaara had noticed that Hoshi was taking a rather long time in returning and noticed her sisters uneasiness, he decided to go look for her. He had passed by the playground where he played with Hoshi when he noticed something on the ground not far form the playground. It was in the oasis and decided to go take a look, when he neared he found Hoshi laying on the grass motionless. She was unharmed and breathing but what bothered him was that she was abnormally motionless. She was ice cold and breaking a sweat, whatever she was dreaming it wasn't good as she started to breath faster. Gaara started to wake her up but she wouldn't respond, her breathing got faster and she started to wince. Gaara was getting worried now and tried hard to wake her up, it wasn't until a couple of minutes later that she finally snapped her eyes open. They look distant as if she was someplace else, he noticed life come back to her eyes and her breathing slowed down. She finally awoke when he asked if she was alright.

*end flashback*

They got to his house only to be welcomed by Usagi and Midori rushing past him and hugging Hoshi, Usagi did turn to him to say thank you but quickly resumed to Hoshi.

"Hoshi, your so cold! What happened?" asked Midori

"Nothing… I'm alright."

"Cut the bullshit Hoshi, what happened?" snapped Usagi

"Nothing happened I simply fell asleep right Gaara?"

"… yes I found her sound asleep by the oasis." said Gaara

We would talk about this later Hoshi. warned Usagi

They took Hoshi to the kitchen, she looked pale, tired and a little off. They gave her some warm soup and bread, she ate some of it before shoving the plate in front of her away saying she had enough. Midori and Usagi looked at her worriedly, Gaara was still with them and had noticed their concern.

"About where you'll be staying, Temari and Kankuro have agreed to share their rooms with you." said Gaara

"Thank you." said Midori

"Are you sure its ok? We don't want to intrude." said Usagi

"It's ok, Temari and Kankuro wouldn't mind sharing. They both have Queen size beds, as for me I have a King." said Gaara

"Wait so how is this going to work?" asked Midori

"We've decided that Usagi will share the room with Kankuro, you with Temari and Hoshi with me." said Gaara

Hoshi looked up as if she had been interrupted from a trance but immediately put her head back down.

"Understood." said Usagi

"I guess we should turn in for the night." said Midori

"Right, night Hoshi, Midori, Gaara." said Usagi

"Night." said Gaara and Midori

Gaara and Hoshi were left in the kitchen alone as Usagi and Midori left.

"You should get some rest Hoshi, you don't look so well."

"… Gaara I didn't know you were the type to share a bed with someone."

"You're the only one I've shared a bed with, remember?"

"Ah yes, I remember."

"Shall we? Its getting pretty late."

"If you insist." Hoshi stood up waiting for Gaara

Gaara headed to his room followed by Hoshi.

Was that the Rinnegan? But only Pein has that… what those this mean?

Hoshi was distracted by Gaara.

"We are here."

Hoshi hadn't paid attention where they had gone, she found herself at the door that indicated Gaara's room.

He opened it and let her go in first.

"Hope its ok for you."

"No need to worry."

"Would you like to slip into something more comfortable?"

"… you wouldn't mind if I took a bath?"

"Not at all, please make yourself at home… what's mine is yours." said Gaara turning from her

Hoshi tried to block the last part he had said as she headed to the bathroom. She closed the door behind her and started to undress when she heard a knock at the door.

"Here are some towels."

She opened the door slightly and took them from him, she resumed removing her clothes. She turned on the hot water on first feeling the steam rise up and go inside her lungs as she breathed in, she then turned on the cold water evening out the hot water so it would be just right. She got her right foot in feeling the water, then she entered completely. She stood right under the running water letting it run through her whole body feeling run down every part of her, warming her up. She was amazed as how good the warm water felt against her skin, she looked around for a body sponge and some body wash. She found what she had assumed was Gaara's sponge and body wash,

"You can use my sponge and soap." Hoshi heard Gaara say from outside the bathroom

Hoshi didn't think twice she started to put the body wash on the sponge, the aroma was intoxicating.

No wonder he smelled so good.

She started to gently rub the sponge against her skin. After that she rinsed off the body wash that got on her hair, she noticed a bottle and gently opened it. It smelled heavenly.

"The bottle is shampoo… you may also use it if you like."

Hoshi figured that Gaara was leaning against the door since she could hear him perfectly, so she got the shampoo and applied it to her scalp and hair. It tingled her scalp, it felt minty against her skin. She rubbed her scalp with her fingers making sure that she got every inch of her head. After that she rinsed her hair thoroughly, she turned off the water and stepped out wrapping her hair in one towel. She then grabbed the other towel and dried herself, after drying herself she wrapped the towel around her body. She pulled off the towel off her head and started to dry her hair, she continued until she felt her hair damp. She opened the door stepping out giving her hair one last dry, Gaara was sitting at the edge of the bed looking at her.

"I take it you took a good shower."

"Yes, thank you Gaara." Hoshi said going towards him and leaning over him giving him a slight kiss on his forehead.

Hoshi was leaning away from him when she felt his hands grab her arms and threw her to the bed, she was laid on her back with Gaara on top of her, one leg between hers.

"What are you doing Gaara?"

"You don't know the pain I went through when you left, I didn't know what was going on for I never felt the way I feel about you."

"…"

"And you leaving didn't make things any easier for me."

"…"

"Hoshi I… love you."

Hoshi couldn't say a word as his lips came crushing down on hers, Hoshi try to resist but her body wasn't doing what she wanted to do. She found herself kissing him back, the towel wasn't that tightly wrapped around her body. Her woman hood was almost exposed and so were her breasts, as the kiss grew deeper she found Gaara starting to explore her body. His hand had been gently caressing her left leg moving his hand up, she thought that at that moment he was going to take off her towel but didn't he just continued running his hand along her side stopping right under her left breast. Gaara couldn't take it anymore, he loved Hoshi and hoped that she felt the same. He had noticed the lack of air and was about to break away only to be drawn back to Hoshi as she wrapped her hands around his neck, he know wanted her more than ever. He continued where he had left off, he grabbed Hoshi's left breast making her arch her back and moaned. He had never been so turned on in his life, he gently picked up Hoshi and guided her towards the center of the bed. Gaara started to remove his shirt, Hoshi had parted her legs letting Gaara access to her. When he had removed his shirt he had resumed his attention to Hoshi's mouth, she tasted so good he couldn't bare not taste her. He started to kiss her down her neck towards her chest, he removed her towel as he got closer. He stopped when she was exposed to him, never in his life had he seen anything more beautiful than the woman laying right there below him.

"Your making me blush."

"Your so beautiful…"

He gently grabbed her left breast as his mouth suckled on to her right one, Hoshi arched her back and moaned as he suckled her nipple at the same time messaging her left nipple with his hand, Hoshi couldn't understand her feelings, she felt love towards Gaara. Never in her life had she thought that she would be in this situation with Gaara, her little ginger, the one person she cares for the most. He had released her nipple giving it a small bite making Hoshi wince in pleasure, he had started to kiss her stomach. He then moved to her womanhood that was aching for his attention, he went down on her giving her a kiss. He started to lick her fist then gently started to work his tongue on her, greedily eating her as much as he could. Hoshi led out gasps, she grabbed his head with her right hand gently moving her fingers through his hair.

"Gaara… oh god… I can't hold it…"

Gaara worked his tongue faster making her come, he sucked all her juices hungrily. He looked down at her, seeing her peek pleased him, watching her get full pleasure. He leaned over her placing himself between her, Hoshi had wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer to him kissing him.

"Hoshi… I meant what I said."

"I know Gaara, I know you did." Hoshi gave him a passionate kiss

She rubbed her waist against his.

"I want you in me Gaara."

"I want to be inside you too my love."

Suddenly Hoshi saw Itachi on her mind, Gaara was kissing her gently on her neck. Hoshi couldn't understand what had just happened, Hoshi did feel love for Gaara but why did she saw Itachi. If he was dead then she shouldn't be seeing him, she figured that maybe she was still grieving for what happened. Gaara was still suckling on her neck when Hoshi flipped him over so that she was on top. She straddled him, she kissed him hungrily. She moved her hand towards his manhood, she grabbed it gently and began to stroke it. Gaara let out a soft hiss as she started her rhythm, Hoshi loved Gaara but doing it with him wasn't the right thing to do at the moment. Since she did know the body well she knew where to touch in order to give the best damn orgasm ever, she never did it with Itachi but she was going to do it to Gaara. She felt bad on backing out on him, but she needed more time on trying to figure out what happened… no she didn't want to think about that right now, she wanted to give Gaara her full attention. She had started to go a little faster, Gaara was on the brink of cumming. She replaced her hand with her mouth and started to suck him gently, her other hand went down and placed her forefinger and middle finger in his core. She gently gathered up her chakra sending little shocks, Gaara groaned feeling the immense feeling. It was something he had never felt before, she started to hum in the back of her throat. Gaara couldn't hold it anymore he came releasing all of his seed in her mouth, Hoshi sucked all his juices. She looked up at him seeing him flushed, she was pleased that she could do this much to him. Gaara pulled her close to him and kissed her passionately, they were both tired for some reason. He wrapped his arms around her, she snuggled close to him and they both drifted off to sleep. However Hoshi couldn't really sleep, she kept jumping. Gaara woke up when her hole body jerked, he looked at her she was still asleep but her expression on her face told a different story. She looked tired and worried, Gaara pulled her closer to him trying to soothe her. He caressed her back and Hoshi started to calm down, he didn't mind that they didn't do it he knew that it was too soon. So he was actually glad that she backed down.

"I'm sorry." said Hoshi in her sleep

Gaara tilted her face and noticed that she was still asleep, Gaara gave her a gentle kiss. Suddenly Gaara noticed tears streaming down her face, Gaara had never seen her so sad except that time when she found out that the Uchiha clan had been whipped out. He gently wiped the tears from her face and kissed her again.

"Sh sh its ok, calm down." Hoshi had started to tremble

Once he started to talk to her and try to ease her she stopped trembling, and she snuggled back into his chest. She never trembled or cried for the remainder of the night, Gaara was pleased that she clamed down and he too fell asleep.

The next morning Hoshi felt a little better, she felt herself on top of something familiar… like a body and she was suckling gently on someone's neck. She heard a soft moan, she opened her eyes and found herself under white covers on top of Gaara sucking his neck, she shoot up from under the covers.

"Oh man… sorry. Did I… hurt you?" asked Hoshi

Snickering, "No, you were… very gentle." he said drawing Hoshi close to his face giving her a gentle kiss

"Good, I thought I had blooded you dry." she said laughing

Suddenly she noticed that she had clothes on, they weren't her usual clothes. They were… white.

"Umm… did you put these on me?"

"… no, I thought you did."

"No…" and suddenly there was a knock on Gaara's door

"Hoshi? We need to talk to you." said Midori quiet agitated

Gaara and Hoshi looked at each other, Gaara and Hoshi both got up and headed towards the door.

"Wait you have no pants on!"

"Oh right… let me just put these on." he said as he struggled to put on his pants

He opened the door with Hoshi standing a few feet behind him.

"… you have them on too!" said Midori

"Yea… though I don't know how…"

"Yea me neither, I wonder if Usagi has them on too?"

Just as she had finished her sentence Kankuro came out of his room looking rather flushed, Usagi followed closed with a grin on her face with the same colored clothes on.

"Yo, what's cracking?" said Usagi

"Hey you, nice clothes." said Hoshi

"Likewise."

"Oh man, this isn't the time to flatter one another. We have to figure out where these clothes came from!" said Midori

"Yeah yea don't burst your bubble." said Usagi

"Midori is right, we have to figure out where these came from." said Hoshi

"Well if you don't mind I'm hungry, Gaara you don't mind if I help myself in your kitchen do you?" said Usagi

"Not at all, I think we all need some breakfast." he said looking at Hoshi

Usagi looked at Gaara who was still starring at Hoshi, she noticed little red and purplish marks on his neck. She flashed Hoshi a big grin which made Hoshi glare at her, Gaara went to the kitchen followed by Midori then Hoshi and lastly Usagi. Temari was already in the kitchen, she made eggs with bacon. There was fresh cut bread, and refreshing looking orange juice.

"Good morning guys… sleep well?" said Temari with a grin on her face

Hey Hoshi did you see how Temari arched her brow as she said this?

Yeah, I wonder what happened between her and Midori?

They were sitting down at the table, they were distracted by Kankuro's noisy entrance to the kitchen. He sat quietly next to Usagi, Gaara was helping Temari get the plates. When Temari and Gaara were done, they gave everyone a plate to eat. Gaara sat himself next to Hoshi and Temari sat herself next to Midori, they all sat quietly… awkwardly.

*clears throat* "Wow Temari thanks, it looks good." said Hoshi

"Yea, thanks!" said Usagi along with Kankuro as they devoured their food.

"No problem, so have you guys decided what are you going to do while you're here?" asked Temari

Hoshi, Usagi and Midori got quiet, they really hadn't thought about it since the incident.

"Um if it isn't too much trouble… we would like to stay here for a while and learn your culture and stuff." said Hoshi

"Sure you can." said Gaara taking a bite out of his bread

Kankuro had finished eating breakfast first.

"Thanks sis, I'm going to go and take a shower." said Kankuro

"No problem, go ahead we need to start teaching these girls about our culture." said Temari with a big smile on her face

Kankuro kept walking leaving the rest at the kitchen table.

"So Hoshi, what did you and your sisters have in mind on learning?" asked Temari

"Well, when we usually go to a village we learn lots but mainly just combat skills and special jutsus. And well since we are here in Suna… I haven't seen my mother in a while… so I was thinking of taking my sisters in-"

"NO!"

"…." Hoshi, Midori and Usagi stared at him puzzled

Temari just stared at him with wide eyes.

"… I mean why don't you rest up and visit her some other time." said Gaara

"Um thanks but no, I really must visit her and introduce her to my sisters. I know she will be thrilled in knowing that I have found them." Hoshi said turning and smiling at her sisters, her sisters did the same

"There's no need to rush, why don't we give you a tour of Suna and take you to some of the training grounds that we have." said Temari eagerly trying to stray them from the subject about Hoshi's 'mother'

*sigh… "Look I can easily show my sisters around, don't forget Temari I have been here before. There's no need for you or Gaara to go out your way to show us something I can do. So in conclusion me and my sisters WILL go see my mother after a little more rest… understood?"

No one said a word except Midori and Usagi who gladly agreed with Hoshi, they were eager to meet her mother too. Gaara and Temari looked very anxious as Hoshi finalized her decision, they didn't say anything because Hoshi had sounded like if anyone else tried to change her mind she would deal with them at the spot. They all finished their breakfast, Hoshi helped Temari with the dishes, Usagi helped clear the table and Midori put everything back in their cupboards. Gaara had gone what Hoshi figured back to his room, she was a little confused about the scene with Gaara and Temari earlier.

Yes I know, they acted rather weird over you visiting your mom, said Usagi

Yeah, what's up with that? asked Midori

I don't know but I'm getting a bad feeling about this, said Hoshi

Hmmm

What is it Usagi?

She's trying to see into the future-

What is it Hoshi?

Dude your scaring us with your silence… speak woman!

I think I'm going to have a peek at the past…

Hoshi concentrated at Temari who was finishing the last of the dishes, she had her back towards Hoshi so she wasn't able to see what was happening in the back. Midori and Usagi had began to talk so the silence wouldn't be so awkward causing Temari to turn.

*past

Let's see hmmm their mom… nope, fear of Gaara… some other time I guess, hmmm the chunin exams… some other time, Sasuke's retrieval… sigh no this will not do,… what's this? Temari has a thing for Shikamaru? Wow!

At that instant she saw what they had been hiding from her all this time, not even the Hokage or anyone had had the decency to tell her… her mother, the person who had cared for her, helped her, and looked out for her was dead. And not just her but her brothers too, Kohaku and Haku, her little brothers who she loved with all her heart were gone.

She was seeing what Temari was seeing, in the kitchen her mother laid in a puddle of her own blood. There was blood splattered everywhere, the walls the counter… it was a pure gore. Temari had followed the footsteps of blood that lead from the kitchen to her brothers room, Kankuro was seen in the entrance of their door with his head bowed. Temari met his eyes and they were filled with dread, she moved passed him and it was the same as in the kitchen but there was more blood in the room than in the kitchen for not one but two people had been killed. Hoshi couldn't take it anymore, their brothers were in their beds, she knew right there that they had been killed in their sleep. Hoshi was a bit relief to know that at least her brothers didn't feel anything, but that only left her mother. She had been in the kitchen, she was the only one to have felt anything.

*end

Hoshi couldn't take it anymore, what she had just seen had taken its toll and what had happened earlier at the base… she was ready to explode.

Usagi had seen Hoshi stiffened but tried to keep the conversation going with Midori but she had noticed it too, suddenly they saw Hoshi starting to tremble and her breathing getting heavier. They stopped and ran quickly to Hoshi's side.

"Hoshi, Hoshi! Look at me, look at me. What happened?" asked Usagi

"… their dead… their all dead….." Hoshi said in a low cracked voice

Suddenly Hoshi let out a loud scream making everything tremble, Gaara and Kankuro came running to the kitchen. Temari was caught by surprise when she heard Hoshi scream she had dropped a plate making it shatter as it hit the floor.

"What's wrong?" cried Kankuro trying to catch Temari's attention

"I don't know I was washing the dishes when all of a sudden I heard her scream." she said trying to make herself heard

Gaara saw the concern and troubled faces of Usagi and Midori as they tried desperately to calm down Hoshi. Suddenly he felt an immense surge of energy mixed in with chakra filling the room, Temari, Kankuro and Gaara started to have trouble standing and breathing. It felt as if they had gone through some tuff training and their bodies felt heavy like as if the chakra that was being released was pulling them down.

"SHIT!"

"What is it?" Midori cried out to Usagi

"She's loosing it… AAH GAARA, TEMARI, KANKURO GET OUT OF HERE!" cried out Usagi

"What about Hoshi?" asked Gaara as he tried to stand

"DON'T WORRY ABOUT HER, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED I SUGGEST YOU LEAVE NOW!"

Gaara nodded and left Temari and Kankuro followed.

"WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"I DON'T KNOW MIDORI BUT I DON'T LIKE IT, IT'S NOT LIKE HER TO JUST GET OUT OF CONTROL."

"YOU THINK IT'S GOT TO DO WITH SOMETHING SHE SAW, YOU HEARD HER SAY THAT THEY WERE ALL DEAD, WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT MEANS?"

"I DON'T-"

Suddenly Hoshi's body was being surrounded by flaming red chakra, her eyes had become blank. Ever since she had screamed her face was tilted upward with her mouth gaping wide as she continued screaming. Usagi and Midori continued to soothed her down, she wasn't moving or anything but the chakra that she was releasing was so powerful that it made the whole house shake. Gaara and the others had made it outside, they could feel the level of chakra rising.

"It's as if there no end to it." Temari said shockingly

"… Gaara, I think I know what brought this on… and I know you know too." said Kankuro with sadness in his voice

"Let's hope that it wasn't." he said as he stared at the house

Suddenly a few of Suna's special forces came.

"Gaara what is the meaning of this?" asked the first one

"Its not him." said Temari

"Then where is it originating from?" asked the second

"One of the nomads." answered Kankuro making Temari and Gaara stare at him

"One of the nomads?" the first said in shock

"What have you done?" said the second one

"…. something that shouldn't have been done." said Gaara sorrowful as he continued to stare at the house

Usagi and Midori locked hands as they hugged her, telling her that she was alright and that whatever she saw they would help her, that she would not go through it alone. Usagi then noticed the tears streaming down Hoshi's face, her mouth was beginning to close. The chakra that was surrounding her was beginning to thin, her eyes were still blank though. Her hair that had been whipping wildly around her almost ceased.

She began to regain her senses, the flaming red chakra had disappeared and her hair had stopped whipping wildly. She started to slunk into her sisters arms as she calmed down, her eyes returned to her usual golden brown color but her tears continued to stream down her face.

"It's ok Hoshi, everything will be ok." said Midori

"No Midori everything is not ok."

"What do you mean Hoshi?" asked Usagi

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

"Usagi what's wrong with her? Its not like he-"

Ha ha ha "You don't get it… you just don't get it… everyone is dead… their all dead."

"What do you mean their all dead? Who is dead Hoshi?" asked Usagi

"Who do you think?… my mother, my brothers their dead… their all DEAD!"

"Hoshi-"

"Don't! don't you dare say it, you know nothing of what I feel… nothing." Hoshi started to back away from them

"Hoshi don't do this, we are here to help you. We are your sisters-"

"AH! Oh please don't pull this sisters bullshit on me."

Something is wrong, this isn't her, said Usagi

You think? I think she's lost it. She needs a good slap-

Remember Midori this is Hoshi, whatever you do to her she will do to us 10 fold.

Right

"Hoshi I think you just need time to cool off a little-"

"BULLSHIT!"

"Hoshi please listen to Usagi, don't hurt yourself more than you already are."

Hoshi just stared at her and suddenly a strong gust of wind came in, it was as if there was a storm inside the house. Usagi and Midori shielded themselves and as fast as the wind came it left, Usagi and Midori looked around but Hoshi was nowhere insight.

"What happened?" Gaara said as he came in followed by Temari and Kankuro and the two ninjas

"Hoshi is gone-"

"We need to find her."

"Gaara?"

"Yes Usagi?"

"She needs time on her own."

"I'm sorry nomad but that cannot be allowed." one of the ninjas said

"I'm sorry who are you?" snapped Usagi a little annoyed

"Usagi, Midori this is one of the captains of our special forces." Temari said

"Well then since he has just called us nomads that means he is well informed about our status and our contract."

"…"

Sigh… "He as well as the village cannot order us around as you do to the rest of the village, we are not bound by your rules. As long as there is no disturbance of the peace by us there is no need for you to start butting in."

"But-"

"Until then, you shall leave us be until something true happens and we are the cause of it." Usagi said glaring at he captain

The captain didn't say anything just bowed and left along with the other ninja. Usagi glanced at Midori, Gaara had seen them do it before but had ignored it but now that he looked at them better it seemed like they were talking to each other… but how? Gaara was distracted by Midori.

"I'm sorry if we made a mess, I'll help you clean up Temari."

"Its ok Midori, there's no need Kankuro will help me."

Their conversation continued on, Gaara had been distracted by Midori talking to Temari and Kankuro not noticing that Usagi had been starring at him and was now walking towards him.

"Gaara."

"…"

"You know the reason why Hoshi is so upset don't you."

Midori, Temari and Kankuro had stopped talking once they heard Usagi, and now they were starring at Gaara.

"… yes."

"And when may I ask were you planning on telling her?"

"…"

"You can't protect someone by keeping the truth from them."

Gaara didn't say a word he just bowed his head, Usagi closed the space between them.

"Do you know how much pain you've caused her?" Usagi said raising her voice a little

"…"

"Not saying anything will not help you out in this sort of situation…." Usagi's eyes grew wide with shock.

"Midori we need to leave now!"

"What? Why?"

"No time to explain." she said as she ran out the front door.

"I'm sorry, we'll be back soon I promise." said Midori to the three siblings as he ran after Usagi