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-Gaara-

"Damn bro, why didn't you tell me your girlfriend was a pain in the ass," Kankuro whined while teasing the young Kazekage. "Has she shown up yet to report?"

"No, she kill you?"

"I feel like she did, but I'm still here. It's weird though, she said she didn't require sleep or food like the rest of us. Do you know what that means? Maybe she's not human if..."

"Pathetic male," the voice of Maiha growled as she appeared behind Gaara's chair. "Who would ever be able to survive all your ranting? It seems like that is all you do. Oh, how as being thrown into that tree? I heard the impact on my way back to Konoha."

Kankuro's face darkened with anger and embarrassment as he got off the couch and stormed out of the room. He could feel her amusement and smirked as she shifted behind him.

"I don't think he likes me," she sniffed in fake sadness as she came into view, her ANBU mask in her hand. "Guess he doesn't like the fact that a 13 year old has superiority over him."

Gaara smirked and turned his chair to be able to look at her. "How was the first day?"

"No offense, but your men are weak. We only worked for a couple hours and all of them were depleted of chakra and I could see them shaking from the exertion. Your Sword specialists have a lot of talent already though when I worked with them."

"Lady Tsunade said that you weren't going to be helping, only observing..."

"None of my men have the knowledge of swords like I do," she laughed interruption his statement. "That group will come back for training the day after tomorrow while we train the other half of your men tomorrow afternoon. I'm going to have it so they work for a few hours and slowly lengthen the sessions so they can build up chakra and stamina."

"It's a good plan. Would you mind if I drop by to see some of these sessions myself?"

"They are your men, Lord Gaara," she smirked.

"Is it true you don't need sleep or food to restore your chakra and stamina?"

"Yes it's true. I only need those things if I had been severely injured. I take in energy from the environment around me and that is enough for my body."

"I did a little research on the Kenisho Kekkei Genkai and is it true that you are from the Kekkaigen clan?"

Her lips tightened as if she was trying not to say something or control herself. She pulled her mask back on and headed towards the door. He started to draw sand to block her way but without even looking she tossed a kunai at the red-haired Kazekage and it landed inches from his ear.

"Some things I will refuse to talk about and I don't appreciate the fact that you would use your sand to force answers from me. Why don't you cut my head off while you do it?" she hissed before leaving his office.

'She's right. Pushing her is the best way you could get hurt and I wouldn't stop her. Wether you accept it or not, she won't fall to your cold side and if she does attack you, I'll make sure you cannot use your sand. Treat her right if you want her to be nice back.' Shukaku growled.

'You wouldn't even dare.'

'The ability to control sand comes from me and yes I would dare.' he laughed.

-Maiha-

I checked in with my men and all of them were sitting in the living room of an empty house. There were three rooms with two beds in each plus the three couches in the living room. They were wearing only their pants and under shirts, their chest plates and gloves tossed into corners.

"You can be sloppy," I observed and they jumped to attention. "Relax, I only came to check on you. Did Kankuro get you what you needed?"

"Yes, Captain Maiha," one smiled. "He even brought beer which is in the fridge."

"If you decide to drink it, know that I expect you at the training grounds by 5 o'clock tomorrow after dinner. Right now we'll do short sessions so they can learn to gain more stamina and chakra in the sessions. Later on, we'll make them go longer. Don't get too drunk or I may just come and kick you all out of bed before the sun rises to start your training."

"Would you really do that?" one frowned.

"Try it and find out," I growled.

They froze and stared at me as I left the house and jumped up to the highest building and sat down and looked at the village. Around midnight, I looked towards the house where my men were staying and saw that they all were wasted and giggling like little girls. I sighed and felt like slapping my head.

"Hello Lord Gaara," I whispered, sensing him behind me.

He sat next to me and handed me a cup of Jasmine tea. "I'm sorry for earlier. It just confused me at why you acted so hostile to what i had mentioned."

"And your not used to people being so hostile to you," I smirked, pulling off my ANBU mask and he chuckled softly.

"Yeah, a lot has changed since we met two years ago. I wanted you to know that when I had pulled off your mask and tried to have you look. I wanted you to see the good and hoped that it would override my childhood."

I looked at him and saw him looking up at at the stars while he rested on his hands. I noticed the absence of his gourd and how relaxed he look sitting there. I looked down at the tea and took a sip.

"I can see the change. When you would used to be cold, heartless and kill anyone who insulted you, you sit here relaxed as you look at the sky. You didn't even try attacking me when I threw that kunai or talked down at you," I whispered, setting the cup on the roof. "Thank you for the tea."

I moved my hands to the base of my neck and undid the tie of my mask and pulled off the fabric. I felt his gaze on me and wanted to smirk but used an excuse to do it.

"My men are going to go through hell tomorrow," I smirked looking towards the house again.

"Why's that?"

"Your brother brought them beer, and now their wasted. I told them that if that happened I'd pull their butts out of bed before sunrise and work on their training. Guess they didn't take me seriously."

"I may just have to come see this," he laughed and I looked towards him but kept my eyes on the kanji mark on his brow. "Is it that painful to look at someone else's past?"

"When it's like your's? Kinda," I sighed and looked back down at my hands.

"I'm sorry for making you uncomfortable and I hope to enjoy seeing you kick those men out of bed."

"Care to help?" I smiled, a plan running through my mind that could use his help.

"What did you have in mind?"

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