Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

A/N: No offence to Sakura and Ino fans. I just really hate them… with a passion.

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Gaara's Hurt

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The two weeks that Kagami had waited and dreamed for had finally come. Thanks to her operation two weeks before, she could actually watch the matches instead of hearing the details from someone like Sakura, or ever worse, Ino.

The sun was shining and the birds were chirping. Too bad that the perfect scene was going to be ruined by battles of dignity and 'fate', as Neji Hyuuga called it. Kagami really wanted to teat Neji to his own medicine. He was just, down right rude to Hinata, and she was already having a self esteem problem.

Kagami quickly found an empty seat behind Hinata and her fellow teammate, Kiba. Little Akamaru was yipping away once she'd sat down. Then the cursed herself inwardly. She forgot to bring Yori. It was a good thing though. Dogs didn't really get along with cats.

'K-Kagami!' she heard Hinata exclaim gaily. Kagami threw on a smile at her friend. 'How are you?' Hinata then asked.

'I'm okay. I heard that Neji really got you. Are you well enough to be out here?' Kagami asked in return.

'It was nothing really. I've gotten my chakra back and everything's okay now.' the other female replied, still smiling.

'Our Hinata's gotten stronger since the last time you seen her. She even got up the courage to give Naruto ointment after our match together.' Kiba said turning to her. 'And you smell like a cat.' he said nonchalantly.

'Oh, sorry. Shino and I just recently got a cat. I meant to bring her, but I forgot. I guess it's okay. I don't think little Akamaru would enjoy that too much.' Kagami explained patting Akamaru's head. In return, he yipped happily.

'You've got to let me see her sometime.' Hinata said still smiling.

'Oh, it's starting.' Kiba said turning to face the arena with a look of impatience upon his face.

Kiba wasn't really a bad guy like Kagami thought he was. He was just strange, but once you got over that, he was really likeable.

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Match one was Naruto against Neji, which ended with Naruto coming up out of the ground for the win. Hinata had gotten caught up in a coughing fit and passed out before she could see the person that she really cared for take the win. Kiba went to take her to the hospital, but an ANBU member took care of her there. Kiba had also told Kagami to stay there and let him know how everything else went. Match two was Sasuke against Gaara, but it was delayed because Sasuke wasn't present at that time. Kagami heard that the Hokage was thinking about giving the win to Gaara, but then changed his mind because 'this was the match that everyone was waiting for'. Match three was her brother against Kankurou with Shino winning because Kankurou forfeited.

There was a pause before each match began, as Kagami thought, to let someone talk to the Hokage about Sasuke's location. He decided to let it wait until after the last match which was really the only time that he could do it now. Temari was already in the arena waiting for Shikamaru and that was match four. It was a close call at the end when Shikamaru used his shadow binding and made Temari copy his every move. Kagami thought that Shikamaru was going to take the win, but he only told the judge that he was giving up because of his chakra level.

Everything was set for the last match that was supposed to come second. Kagami glanced around to see if Gaara was present, which he was, and then looked around for Sasuke. He still wasn't there. She then heard someone say that the Hokage had granted him ten minutes grace. If he didn't appear within ten minutes, the match winner would be Gaara.

Kagami wished that Sasuke wouldn't show up. Gaara deserved this moment in time. He deserved to win. After everything that he'd been through in his life, he deserved this moment. Just as the thought that however, Sasuke made his 'great' entrance with Kakashi-sensi. She knew that it was too good to last. She swore that she could heard Ino and Sakura nearby yelling at the top of their lungs about how handsome Sasuke was. Kagami would admit that he was a good looker, but he was too wrapped up in himself to care about anyone else. Too cold hearted, too distant from reality to see the people that care for him and to acknowledge it back himself.

The match itself was a blur to her. She would watch Gaara's side and see him start to struggle. When he went inside his cocoon of sand, she averted her eyes. She had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.

'Whoa. Did you see that?' she heard someone ask. She shot a quick glance to the arena to see that Sasuke had pierced Gaara's sand ball. She saw the ball melt back into useless sand, and the small, frail frame of Gaara holding his shoulder.

'Yeah. Sasuke got him good.' someone else said to her left.

'Shut up! Can't you see that he's hurt? I may be on my own way as a ninja, but I don't like seeing my friends hurt and then laughed at.' Kagami piped up to the talking duo. They turned to face her. One opened his mouth, but she quickly quieted them.

Before she could make another action, she felt sleepy.

What is this… Genjutsu? she thought quickly. She was getting more tired by the minute. Her mind was too scrambled to think of the way to release herself from it. She glanced around to see people falling to the spell one by one. Only the pink haired Sakura stood out. How was she not affected? She watched as Kakashi-sensi talked with Sakura for a brief second, and then she saw black.

She was awoken a couple minutes later by Sakura's voice.

'Kagami, come on. We've got a new mission.' she said quickly. 'Kakashi-sensi told me to wake you, Naruto and Shikamaru before leaving. You know how to cure someone from Genjutsu right?' she then explained.

'Yeah.' Kagami replied. Now that her head was clear, she could remember how to do it correctly.

Once they found Naruto and Shikamaru, Sakura told Kagami to take care of Naruto while she would fix Shikamaru. Everything was going fine and Naruto was awake when Sakura screamed and Shikamaru howled.

'I only pretended to be asleep because I didn't want to get involved.' Kagami heard him say.

'Orders from Kakashi-sensi. Get up and get over it.' Sakura said getting her breathing back under control.

'What's going on?' Naruto asked wearily.

'A new mission. We have to get Sasuke back to the village.' Sakura explained as she and the dog that she called Pakuun leapt from the stadium.

'A new mission!' Naruto exclaimed.

'Yeah. Celebrate later. Come on.' Kagami said following Sakura's lead.

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Kagami was following Sakura and Pakuun, followed by Shikamaru and lastly, Naruto. Once again, everything was a blur. She wanted to go home, to Suna, and be with Gaara, or be in a warm bed with the covers throw over her head, but she knew that she couldn't do that.

She remembered passing her brother who was fighting someone clad in black that controlled puppets, and Shikamaru left to take care of a woman that had a giant fan. Kagami didn't know that the three people that made up Team Sand were siblings, and she didn't know who the other male and female were. But she did know that Shino and Shikamaru were capable of handling it without help. As much as she wanted to help, she knew that she would only be in the way.

You two be careful. I don't know what would happen if I lost you guys…

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Wow, this chapter is short