Hello. Alright everybody, this is my New Years present to you all, so I hope you like it. I will get snother one out soon.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own any of the Naruto charcters, or any of the Jutsu.

Tournament of Blood. 13.

You started awake, the smell of tears sticking furiously in your nose. You scrubbed at your face angrily, scratching away the last evidence of the night before. You felt sick with yourself. You hadn't cried in years, and now those stupid letters had caused you to break. It was unacceptable.

You looked up at the clock. 1:00, the perfect time to train. You grabbed your hitai-ate, training clothes, your bathroom kit, and two towels. You then tip-toed to the bathroom, careful not to wake any of the others.

Once you got there, you wasted no time, locking the door, and pulling off your clothes. You turned on the faucet, and got into the bath. You quickly washed, and jumped out. You pulled on your clothes, and jumped out the window while tying your hitai-ate over your eyes.

Gaara's P.O.V.

I stared at the ceiling, like I had for nights since I had met that girl. No matter how hard I tried, I could not kill her. Why?

Because she's just like me. I answered myself.

I turned over, clutching my head, and trying to get her picture out of my mind. I had to forget about her. I had almost succeeded, when the sound of light footsteps came outside of my door.

I sat up, my sand surrounding the doorway, ready for an attack, but it never came. Instead, the footsteps continued on, until they reached the bathroom, and went in.

I laid back, not completely relaxed, but relaxed enough to think. It was probably Kankuro, on another one of his late night trips to the bathroom, but then the bath turned on. I was curious. I was now positive it wasn't Kankuro, but then who was it? I quickly made my Daisan no Me, sending out the window just in time to see Fukushu jumping out of the bathroom window.

Where was she going I wondered? I decided to follow her to find out.

Back to You

You arrived at the training field, and walked to the middle. It did my hand signs, and called out Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, summoning three clones. You looked towards your clones, nodding. They all disappeared, as you waited in the center. The first one came at you then, time to practice your taijutsu.

She tried to kick you, but you caught her leg. Then she spun around to punch you, you quickly dodged, dropping to the ground, and trying to sweep her legs out from under her. She jumped over your leg, and placed her hands on your back, flipping herself over you. You spun around, in time to catch her foot flying towards you. She put all of her weight on that leg, raising herself above you. She put one leg on one side of your head, and another on the other. Then, she put her hands out in front of her, and swung them up, and backwards. She used the momentum to flip herself backwards, and send you flying into a nearby tree. At the last minute, you turned your body around, forcing chakra into your feet, and landed on the trunk. You pushed off of the tree, and punched her in the face, turning her into a puff of smoke.

Taijutsu down, now you just had to wait to practice your other skills.

You didn't have to wait long, not long after the other clone had disappeared, another came to take her place. Time for genjutsu.

You and the clone stood, staring at each other. She jumped into the air, rapidly doing hand signs. You bent down, and picked up a handful of sand, throwing it at her. It got into her eyes, and as she rubbed them, you quickly did some hand signs, and whispered Kokohi no Jutsu. She landed, and finished her hand signs, calling out Jigoku Gouka no Jutsu. You screamed, but after a while, you disappeared.

"Where did she go?" The clone yelled in frustration.

"Behind you. Narakumi no Jutsu." You said in her ear. She fell down screaming, and then disappeared.

Another clone jumped out at you from behind, doing hand signs and calling out Goukakyuu no Jutsu. You countered by performing Gufuu Suika no Jutsu. Your two jutsu canceled each other out, leaving you standing face to face with your clone. Your clone jumped off in the woods, waiting for a good opportunity to attack. You took your chance, doing two different Jutsu.

You then stood in the clearing, motionless, waiting for your clone to attack. She did her hand seals, and called out Housenka no Jutsu, and blew you up. Then she heard Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu. That was that, her head was the only thing to be seen from above ground.

With your training finally complete, you made your way home.