Kaji

Back finally from town I put all the food in the kitchen then head to my room. The door was closed and I could hear talking coming from the other side. I recognized all three voices I heard. They were talking about someone in particular, but never said a name. I was getting confused until Deamona yells

"SAI! You will tell Kaji you love her if it's the last thing you do! And believe me it will be the last thing you do if you don't tell her soon!"

Deamona doesn't make empty threats and from the sound of frustration, Sai better tell this Kaji girl soon... wait... KAJI?! they were talking bout me!? I could feel my face heat up suddenly and my heart starts to beat against my chest so hard it was almost painful. Just hen I hear a shuffling in the room and Sai says in an almost inaudible voice

"Fine, you win I'll try and tell her when she gets back. But you guys have to keep Gaara away when I do, don't feel like getting out of you killing me, just to have Gaara kill me as soon the words leave my mouth."

Saiyo then pipes up saying

"Can do!"

She likely had a grin plastered on her face. After the talking had finished I could hear footsteps come towards the door. I try to move but my legs won't work, why won't they work?! Too late. I look up at the door as it opens with the expression of a child who just got caught with their hand in the cookie jar, to come face to face with Sai. My face grows even hotter and as he realizes why his goes red. He knew, that I heard. I knew what Deamona had yelled, now there was a few things that could happen. He could totally deny what she yelled... or he could confirm it and leave me not knowing how to respond. For a while we just stand there starring at each other, the silence slightly awkward as Deamona and Saiyo follow him out to witness the scene. By now I was likely almost, if not more red than Sai and we continue to stare as the others take in what was happening. They seemed to either loose interest or realize it was even more embarrassing than it already was, having them there, because they leave heading for the front door. The door closes then silence again. This was so awkward and it didn't seem like he was going to say anything, to satisfy my curiosity. When I was just about to give up and say something, he actually spoke up, or struggled to say something

" I... I..."

He then sighs in defeat, he looked like he was going to say more so I took a step closer, hoping the advance would make it clear I was listening. We were very close now, and I was examining his dark eyes trying to decipher what information I could from them That's when he surprised me. I didn't even see it coming, soft lips on mine, then his arms around me.

Sai

I can't believe I was doing this! It was supposed to be a simple "I love you." or I don't even know what it was supposed to be! I just run a blank after "I" and next thing I knew I was kissing her. She went stiff in my arms, she was likely as shocked as I was at what I was doing but I couldn't seem to pull away. I had wanted to do this for a while now and wasn't about to let go. Suddenly her muscles relax and slowly she starts to kiss me back, bringing her arms up around my neck. It was so strange showing emotion like this but yet it seemed so right... like I was made to have her in my arms. That's when it all fell in around us.

Gaara

I had finally gotten away from Saiyo and Deamona. I just wanted to be alone and as long as they were on the roof there was no alone time there. I wanted to think about what was happening with Kaji. Sure I want her to be happy and have someone to be there for her, but why did I have the sneaking suspicion that the Konoha ANBU, mister show my belly off to the world was after her. I get down to the apartment and walk in to find something extremely shocking. I knew he was after her! and now he's kissing her! I was getting angry. I had no idea why, but this made me angry. Sand started to surround Sai and he pulls away from her just enough to look over at me. His expression was shocked and I was glad he was. That was until the sand separated from his skin and turned to glass. I then noticed Kaji was looking at me, her hair was moving slightly in the lack of wind and I could feel the heat coming off of her. She uttered a single

"why?"

her face confused before her and Sai disappeared in a burst of fire.

Sai

I knew it! He just tried to kill me! Thank Gawd for Kaji being there, without her I would have been crushed to pulp by now. She looked out for me, it was an unfortunate thing that I caused her more trouble than I fixed. When the fire stopped surrounding us I looked at our surroundings. A dessert? There was nothing but sand for miles!

"Common we should likely make our presence scarce for a day or so, so Gaara can cool down about... well you know... the kiss... anyways you can stay here for the night"

I was confused

"Here? were exactly is 'here'?"

She looks at me blandly then seems to remember I'm not from around here, because she laughs lightly

"'Here' is my home"

That's when I noticed the door shaped hole in the side of a large dune. She walks in and I follow close behind, not wanting to be left behind. Inside looked a lot bigger than the outside and a lot different. On the outside it was an ordinary sand dune, but on the inside it looked like a mansion... made of sand! She continues to walk further into the place as she says

"Make yourself at home. Just realized I wasn't wearing my fire proof clothing or bandages so I need to change."

That's when I realized the amount of clothing and bandages left on her... it was close to zero, then I looked down at myself remembering that I owned nothing that was fire proof. What I saw was an extremely low amount of clothing. Darn... uh... maybe Kaji would have something for me to wear... A bit later she walks back out of a back-room scratching at one of her ears. She wasn't wearing much more. Though at least this stuff wasn't half burnt. Her clothing consisted of a small tank top that ended just above her belly button and a pair of short shorts. She looks at my expression and explains

"Only thing I could find, think they were at one point Deamona's, and I couldn't locate any bandages so I guess I'm going without"

She then shrugs

"Eh I'll live I guess, but it makes me wonder... will your nose live? It's bleeding pretty bad"

Saiyo

Me and Deamona reenter the room looking for Gaara, he had gotten away and we had decided the best place to look for him was his room. When we entered though I noticed something strange.

"Why do I smell burning"

I then look down at the floor. What I see is a large scorch mark and a lot of glass. Seems Gaara had walked in on them, and guessing from the evidence left behind Sai was right. Gaara had tried to kill him, but what was really important was it looked like Kaji had protected him. Things were hopefully going well, but now the question was, were is Gaara?