Title-Love Conquers All

Rating-PG for mild violence and kissing

Disclaimer-Naruto does not belong to me

Summary-During the Chunnin Exams Yuki (OC) encounters a strange boy that seems to be heartless named Gaara. Though she doesn't know yet, their relationship is actually deeper than it seems. But will it all come crashing down when she learns the real reason why Gaara is participating in the Chunnin Exams?

AN-Sucky title I know. So this is a story with Gaara in it and an OC named Yuki. I'll be switching from my OC's POV and Gaara's POV and I will tell you when I switch. Even though this takes place during the Chunin Exams Tsunade is Hokage already. You can make up a story about what happened to the Third but I just need her short-temper and sorta of youngness. And one more thing. Some lines are taken exactly from the manga or anime because I had a hard time rewording them. I'll mention it when it happens! Yeah... Hope you enjoy and please review!

Chapter 13
A Day with Jiraiya

Today was the beginning of the second stage of the Chunnin Exams and Yuki found herself sitting on the roof of her apartment building with nothing to do. She couldn't hang out with Naruto for obvious reasons and there was no mission for her to go on. No one to train, no one to hang out with.

"Ugh! I'm such a loser! Can Naruto really be my only friend?" Yuki complained, her shoulders slumped.

Then out of nowhere, Jiraiya appeared behind her. "What are you moping about on this beautiful Tuesday morning?" he asked as he sat down next to her.

"Did you know that out of all the years I've been here, Naruto has been my only friend? Naruto! Can you believe it?" Yuki shouted for the whole world to hear. She let her head fall before her. "I am such a loser. You don't even know."

"Aw, come one now! You have tons of friends! There's me, Tsuande, and you know almost every jounin," he tried to convince her.

"Jiraiya! I'm fourteen! I shouldn't know almost every jounin," she yelled at him as though it were plain as day, "I should hang out with kids my own age."

Jiraiya wrapped his arm around her slumped shoulders, a broad smile on his face. "But you've got me. And guess what? We're going to have tons of fun today! I've got it all planned out. Just you wait. You're going to remember today for the rest of your life!"

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"No wonder I'm going to remember this day for the rest of my life," Yuki mumbled as she noticed where Jiraiya had taken her. A mixed-gender hot springs in a small town not too far from Konohagakure.

Jiraiya let out one of his absolute perverted laughs. "And just wait for what's coming up next. My friend told me about this place where they give awesome massages. There male masseurs." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively causing me to groan.

"I bet there's female masseuses too, aren't there?" Yuki asked already knowing the answer. As if Jiraiya would get a massage from a male.

He jumped up and down like a little child. "Yes," he shouted in a singsong voice. He grabbed Yuki's hand and pulled her towards the hot springs. "Come on! I can't wait!"

All the way to the changing rooms Jiraiya had bumped into four girls who giggled when he drooled all over them. "You purposefully bumped into those girls didn't you?" Yuki questioned as they changed out of their clothes.

"Maybe. Come on! Hurry up! By the time we get out there all the babes will have gone," he whined. Because he had dragged her there he wasn't going to ditch Yuki before they even got into the springs. Just after that could he go do some "researching".

Yuki tightened the towel that covered her up. "Alright. Alright. I'm coming."

When they were out in the springs Jiraiya went straight for the small huddle of girls in one corner of the small pool. Yuki, on the other hand, decided to go to a more secluded area where she could relax better.

"Ahhhh," she sighed letting her body slip more into the simmering water.

"Hello," said a slithering voice next to her. Yuki jumped a little in surprise. Right next to her was a boy with a pale complexion and long, shiny black hair pulled back into a ponytail. His nose was rather pointed and he seemed to be extremely skinny.

"Oh, hello," Yuki replied, "I didn't see you there."

"Sorry to have startled you," he apologized, his voice slurry like that of a snake's. "I'm Raito."

Yuki lifted her hand out of the searing water and put it forward to shake his. "Yuki. A pleasure to meet you. With what village are you associated with?"

He shook her hand. "The pleasure is all mine. I come from Otagakure. And you?"

At the mention of Orochimaru's home village Yuki instantly slid a few feet away from the boy. Now that he mentioned it, she could see a faint resemblance to Orochimaru in his pale skin tone and shiny black hair. "Oh, is that so? I've never been there."

"Yes, it's a lovely village. You should visit it sometime." He noticed the distance change and scooched closer to her.

Yuki swallowed the lump in her throat. "Um, yes. Maybe I will sometime."

"So you didn't answer my question. What village do you come from? I informed you of mine," he said putting great emphasize on his S's.

Yuki scratched the back of her head. "Oh, right. Konohagakure."

Right when she said this the boy grabbed her arm causing it to feel as though it were on fire. His face seemed to melt into Orochimaru's and Yuki's eyes went wide with fear as memories of her childhood flooded back into her mind. "If you think you're hurting now just wait for the third stage of the Chunnin Exams," he said in a rush, but still with a menacing tone, "The one you thought was your friend will give a new meaning to pain for you. Just you wait."

Orochimaru was still holding Yuki's arm and it was still blazing. But when he let go her arm it was fine. The only thing left was a serpent tattoo, the sign for Orochimaru, crawling up her arm. She took her eyes away from the pale man for one second to look at her arm and when she looked back up he was gone. And then an arm reached out to Yuki's arm. She turned quickly with a small yelp.

"Yuki, it's me," Jiraiya said concern all over his face. "What happened? Are you okay?"

She looked back at her arm and saw the snake had disappeared. Then she looked at where Orochimaru once sat. "No. No, everything's fine, Jiraiya. I just thought I saw…"

"Orochimaru," he finished for her.

She turned her head so fast she almost got whiplash. "You saw him too?"

"I felt his chakra," he stood up, "Come on. Let's get out of here."

She followed Jiraiya back into the changing room. Again she looked at where the snake once was. "Are you sure you're okay?" Jiraiya asked observing her arm as she did. Startled she looked up at him while hiding her arm behind her back.

"Yeah. I… just burned myself," she lied. "Come on. Let's go eat! I'm starving!" She grabbed Jiraiya by his wrist and pulled him out of the hot springs dressing room and back into the town. "Let's get some dango."

Yuki dragged Jiraiya all around the small town causing him to lose all of his money. At times he would try and take her to a place with really cute woman, but she would smack him on the back of the head and shout so loud for everyone to hear, "You are such a perverted old man!"

Everyone would turn their heads to them and Jiraiya would smile an impish smile and cover her mouth saying, "She has a very active imagination!" Then Yuki would chuckle before spotting somewhere else she wanted to go. So she would grab Jiraiya's wrist and pull him there.

That's pretty much how her day with Jiraiya went. By the end of the day both Yuki and Jiraiya forgot about their encounter with Orochimaru. But Orochimaru didn't and he watched them in the concealment of the shadows planning his next move.

Oh my GOODNESS! I so forgot to update this Friday! I'm SOOOOOO sorry! That's why I'm updating two chapters today. *sigh* Sorry. So! How do you like third person? I hope you do because if you don't it'll change back to first person in a while. So I hope you like it in third person. Well... sorry for not updating and hope you like these two chapters!

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