Chapter Nine: Onna Keirei (Pretty Girl)

I awoke to the sun shining into my closed eyes. My whole body ached and I groaned in pain.

I began to sit up when a wave of even worse pain shot up my spin.

"IIITAIII!" I moaned loudly, not caring if anyone heard me. That's when I noticed that something was different.

Very different.

I glanced down at myself and saw the most wondrous sight a girl can have.

I had a full CHEST! "YOSHI!" I squealed out and then whimpered in pain.

The door opened and Temari and Aki came into the room. Aki ran up to me and gave me a gigantic hug that left me gasping for breathe and moaning in pain.

Temari waved and blushed. "Gomen about the whole Akashi thing," she said to me.

"No problem, I was pretty hot as a guy anyway." All of us laughed until I stopped to cough.

"So, does anyone want to fill me in on what happened after I fainted?" I asked to them.

Aki started first. "Well, before you totally blacked out Kazekage-sama caught you. It was so romantic!"

Temari interrupted Aki before she could finish, "No it wasn't! Gaara looked like he was going to kill you on the spot, Ame!"

Then Aki cut off Temari, "Exactly, he was just mad that she had risked her life for him! That's why it's romantic!"

"Traumatic is more like it!" Aki and Temari kept arguing and I tip toed out of the room thankful that I was in my normal clothes minus my head band and hitai-ate.

I sighed in relief.

"I thought I'd never get out of there."

"What are you doing out of bed?" I heard an all too familiar voice ask me. I spun around slowly giving myself time to think of what to say.

"Konichiwa, Gaara-sama. How are you?" He glared at me. Somehow I don't think I'm getting off the hook just yet.

"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked with a murderous tone. Oh apples, I'm in trouble.

"Well, what did you want me to say? 'Konichiwa, I'm a girl in a guy's body! I'm so horrible at jutsus that I couldn't change back. Funny, isn't it!?' Gomen, but I'm not one to say things like that!" I answered him heatedly.

We entered into a glaring contest. For some strange reason I think he's winning. Is that bad?

"Hn, I don't know why I even put up with you. You are nothing but liar and a traitor," he seethed to me.

"Well, if I'm so hard to put up with, why don't I just stay away from you!?" I retorted. "Fine." I stared in shock.

I hadn't actually thought that he would agree.

A bit dejectedly I replied, "Sayonara, Gaara-kun." Silently I ran away, which, just for your information, hurt like he-well you get the point.

As I was running away I bumped into Kankurou. "Who's the onna keirei?" I heard a loud bang behind me and winced.

I feel sorry for Kankurou.