Chapter 8

Suna

I stood there hugging Mizu for who knows how long. Gaara cleared his throat, breaking the silence. I blushed and stepped back from Mizu. "Well if you two are done let's get going…" He said, pointing behind him down a pathway. I stood beside Gaara and lighted the pathway with my fire. We walked for while with my hand flaming, until we reached a part of the path that had torches lining the walls. I lighted the torches then the fire in my hand burnt out. Gaara led the way while Mizu and I followed behind. I looked at Mizu while we walked. "How exactly did you survive?" I asked. He held my hand and looked into my eyes. "Like I said before… I couldn't leave without saying goodbye…" he said with a smile. I just wore the same expression for the longest time. After walking for what was probably was 7 hours. We reached a cave opening, revealing a wet country side below. Gaara stopped for a minute and looked through his bag. Me and Mizu sat down and admired the view while Gaara continued searching through his bag. After a while Gaara found what he was looking for and turned towards us. "Alright guys… Put these on…" He said handing us two long dark blue cloaks. "We're in the Land of Rivers now aren't we?" Mizu asked. "Yes." Responded Gaara. I put on my cloak and began to walk down the path way towards the country side. Mizu led the way through the small farming village and we continued walking across a bland flat of land and rivers. We went on like this for a couple days. The weather had been fairly nice and it was raining for the first time in days. Mizu moaned. "We're out of package food!" He complained. "We'll have to go back to that town we saw a couple days ago and get supplies." Gaara stated. "No way." I said bluntly. "We are too far away from there… plus we'd just be wasting time." I stated. I threw off my cloak, leaving it by the fire pit. Mizu stood up. "Where are you going?" He asked. " For swim." I said with a smirk as I looked over my shoulder towards him. I pulled off my skirt and tank top to be in my short leggings and a tube top. I started taking steps into the river right next to our camp. Oh, cold. I continued taking steps until I was in the middle of the river. I stood there facing the current. It beated against my face. I watched s fish swam towards and past me. I closed my eyes and focused my chakra. I felt the fire building inside me. I felt the dome expand and burn the fish that came in contact with it. I stood there in harmony. I opened my eyes after a while, I released the dome and grabbed the fish that had be cooked by the fire. I began to walk out of the water to see that Gaara and Mizu were gone…