A/N: Wow… quite a few more people read… I even had one more review the usual. Thank you everyone. Here's the chapter.

The Girl

Suzy sat next to the over sized puddle. Her katana, cloak and boots were next to her in a pile. She dipped one toe into the water enjoying the cool feeling. The water was so clean and see through that you could make out the stones and plants at the bottom. Suzy closed her eyes and enjoyed her alone time when a voice spoke to her.

"Suzy," said a certain red head boy.

"Ah!" screamed Suzy, "How did you get here? Did anyone follow you?"

Gaara sighed, "Your cat showed me the way and other then her, I came alone."

Suzy seemed quite a bit calmer after that, "So why are you here?"

Gaara started to make his way around the pound while saying, "I came to give you something."

"Really? What?" Suzy asked.

The cork on Gaara's gourd popped off. The gold bracelet came out in a lump of sand and floated over to Suzy. Gaara stood a few feet away and watched the scene.

Suzy pulled the accessory out of the cloud of sand and inspected it, "Is this real Sapphire? Beautiful," she slipped it onto her wrist, "Did you steal this?"

"No," Gaara replied a little nervously.

"Are you sure? I mean… who knows how much this is worth…"

Gaara shook his head.

"Well thank you very much. But this is the kind of thing you give a girl on a date. Do you know that? Or maybe you- Oh…" Suzy was silent as a blush creped onto her cheeks.

Gaara blushed a little too, "Is something wrong?" he choked out.

Suzy looked at him and smiled, "There is something but it's not wrong…"

Gaara didn't know what she meant but couldn't form words so he simply nodded.

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Temari and Kankuro raced to the Kazekage's room. They got there and opened the door without knocking. There inside was their father, hunched over a pile of papers and scrolls.

He looked up to see his two oldest kids tripping over themselves as they tried to make it to his desk, "What is it?"

"Some girl is hanging out with Gaara!" Kankuro exclaimed, "I think she might be a-"

"I am quite aware of the situation," said the Kazekage, "I ensure you the girl will bring no harm to our village. It's quite the opposite really."

The two siblings glanced at one another to see if the other knew what he was talking about. Temari finally asked, "What do you mean?"

"The girl objective is merely to restrain Gaara's need to kill, and give her life if the plan backfires."

"So are you saying… You forced this girl to befriend Gaara?" Temari concluded.

Her Father nodded.

"And she mange to do that without getting killed?" Kankuro asked yet pointed out at the same time, "I got to meet this girl!"

Temari Nodded.