Hey, the next few chapters are going to be rather short, showing Gaara's encounter with each girl.

Matsuri nervously tugged her turquoise shirt. Scanning for her sensei anxiously, she didn't notice when he spoke behind her.

"Matsuri? Let us train."

"AH!"

He stared at her weirdly.

Matsuri: Ooh, what does that look mean?

Gaara: Is she ok?

The two fought, Gaara occasionally flicking his sand at her. All went well, until the sand, mimicking Gaara's thoughts, whipped out like a tentacle and ripped open the flesh under her knee. She sank to the ground, clutching her leg in pain. He ran over; feeling slightly guilty that he had been thinking about his first encounter with Chi rather than training.

He ran his fingers gently over the wound, healing it quickly. Matsuri meanwhile, blushed a most appealing shade of magenta.

"Matsuri, why are you so pink?"

"Uh…" That attractive magenta deepened to an astonishing purple.

"Is it because…it's so hot out here?" a secretive smile emerging on his normally emotionless face.

Omigosh! He's smiling and joking with me!

"I must tell you something."

OMIGOSH!

"I am in love…with Chi Senshi. I know that you have had some…more than friendly emotions towards me, and I apologize. I cannot change my feelings."

He stood up, melting into his sand teleport.

Matsuri tucked her legs under her chin, brushing the sand from her eyes ever so often.

I...hate her. I must tell the I LOVE GAARA FANCLUB!

She took off, eyes wide.

Poor Gaara was still thinking,

"One down, two to go."

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