I do not own Naruto.

Mona, and Misa lived in a house similar to mine and Salem's.

The only differences was the colors. It had a purpled roof, and sky blue walls.

Purple was Mona's favorite color. And Salem had teased Misa, that she should paint half of the roof HER favorite color. That way the house would have shown both of their personalities.

Misa had taken his teasing seriously, but instead of painting half of the roof, she had painted the entire outside.

So close too a mile away, you could see this bright blue house with a purple roof.

When Gaara saw it he stopped. ''That's where we're going?''

I nodded, smiling. ''Yap, interesting house isn't it?''

He nodded still to stunned to answer. The closer to the house we got, the more stunned his expression became. By the time we had reached the front door, I thought that he might faint.

I smiled. ''Wait till you see the inside.''

He looked at me, his eyes as large as dinner plates.

''Is it worse?''

I laughed. ''You'll see.''

I knocked on the door, and the door quickly swung open to reveal an excited looking Misa, who practically jumped on me so that she could give me a hug.

''Ria! How are you? Are you working tonight? Oh! Who's your friend?''

she pulled away from me, finally noticing Gaara, who had taken a few steps away from the overly excited girl. He was standing with a glare on his face, and his arms crossed over his chest.

I smiled as I answered her. ''Misa, this is Gaara. I pointed him out to you the other night. Remember? He is also Kankuros brother.''

As soon as I mentioned Kankuro, Misa's face heated in a blush.

''Oh, that's nice. Um, is he still at your house? He didn't come to Aubry's last night, like he said he would. Is he alright?''

I nodded. ''Yeah, he's fine. He, and the other ninjas just had some things come up that made them have to rush back to Konoha.''

I held the letters out to her as I continued speaking.

''He wanted us to bring you a letter though.''

She took the letters, and I explained the second letter.

''The other letter is to Misa from Sai. Would you mind giving it to her?''

She shook her head. ''No, I don't mind. She's sleeping right now anyways, so she wouldn't really appreciate being woken up. Even for a love letter.'' She giggled. ''I just have to remember to give it to her when she wakes up.''

I smiled. ''You better remember. If she found out that you forgot to give her a letter from Sai, you would be in big trouble.''

She nodded, and grinned. ''Yeah, I know.''

I could tell by her brief answer that she was in a hurry to read her letter, so I said goodbye to her quickly, and turned in the direction of the market.

I looked at Gaara while we walked, and smiled. He had dropped his arms to his sides, and had moved closer to me. The glare was still in place, but I thought that the reason for that was because that expression had become a habit.

''So what did you think?''

He hadn't gotten more then a peak of the house, but it would have been enough for him to understand it's uniqueness. He was silent for a second.

''It's very...unusual.''

I laughed, and he continued speaking. ''Do they have a pool set up in the entryway?''

I nodded. ''Yap. Misa loves to swim, and they both wanted a pool. Neither of them likes cold water, so they decided to make it heated, and to put it indoors. I have no idea why they put it that close to the front door though.

Salem said that Misa hadn't cared, and that Mona wanted their unexpected visitors to fall in when they entered the house. But then Salem doesn't like Mona so he could have been thinking badly about her at that time.''

Gaara stopped walking, and turned towards me.

''Ria?''

I stared at him waiting. ''You have some very interesting friends.''

I laughed, and grabbed his hand, leading us to walk again.

''Gaara dear, you don't even know the half of it.''

The market wasn't as busy as I had thought it would be. I was still able to walk beside Gaara without being ran into. Mostly.

I watched Gaara as he looked around curiously.

''So what do you want to do?''

He looked at me bewildered. ''I don't know what is there to do?'

I smiled. Apparently Gaara had never been to the market before. I started running down a list of items, touching my fingers as I said each one.

''Well, there's shopping, places to eat, and then sometimes there are performances by traveling entertainers. There are fortune tellers, and booths to buy love potions, and that kind of thing. There is also games that you can play.''

He nodded, looking thoughtful.

''Alright. Lets' get some food first.''

I smiled. ''Is there a particular type of food that you want?''

He paused. ''Do you think there is any ramen booths around. All I hear from Naruto is how wonderful ramen is, and I think I would like to try it.''

I laughed, knowing what he was talking about. Naruto would talk about, and eat ramen all day if he could.

''I think we can find a stand or two.''

I smiled, and grabbed Gaara's hand leading him through the crowd of people, so we could find some Ramen.