"I'm thinking we're going to have to split up soon, it'll be faster, and your cat can lead you to Sasuke and this thing can lead me to Lee," I tell her while pointing at the butterfly. It's probably offended that I refer to it in such a way.
We hear an explosion and stop as we try and track which direction it's coming from.
"Could that be from one of them?" I say out loud the girl just looks around trying to see anything.
"Lee!" I shout at the top of my lungs. "Neji! Shikamaru!"
"Kiba!" Kaira shouts. I give her a funny look. "So she's not just here for Sasuke eh?" I think to myself.
"We have to have our guards up at all times," I add she nods.
"Meoow," says her kitty. She looks down at her and nods.
"We should split up now," She says I tell her sure and she takes off. Her kitty rubs up against my leg one more time and goes after her owner.
"Well we better get going too!" I shout at the butterfly who starts to take off towards a different direction.
~::.::.::.::.:: ~ A few minutes later~.::.::.::.::.::~
"Could he have already caught up to the enemy?" I think to myself as I see no sign of the others. I hear a sound that sounds like Lee. I start to speed up, but stop myself when I see Lee standing in front of a guy with white hair.
"Lee!" I think to myself. "Who is that guy?"A man with white hair and his shirt half off stands a few feet in front of Lee. I see a mark appear on his chest sort of like Sasuke's as it turns to an orange shade and starts to spread. I freeze and stare with my mouth slightly open.
"What the hell?" I whisper as I see bone like things popping out of his arms.
"Is Lee…?" I pause a moment and examine what's going on. "Oh my gosh Lee is drunk!" I see him go at this guy and he dodges his attacks. Lee looks like his old self again sort of. I see he still has his speed. He aims for his chest and more bones pop out and he injures himself and flies back.
"Lee!" I shout and then cover my mouth realizing I just gave my spot away. I use my invisible jutsu to avoid being seen. It looks like Lee wants this fight all to himself and I would just be interfering. Lee gets back up and charges at him. He blocks it again with his arms.
More bones appear out of his bodies and stab into Lee. I try and hold myself back even though I want to jump in there.
"I'll step in when necessary," I whisper to myself as he continues fighting him.
"What is this guy? Are those really his bones?" I think to myself as I stare at this man. Lee falls to the ground and looks unconscious.
"Lee…" I say as my jutsu wears off. Lee jumps back up in his battle stance. Lee goes at it again with his super speed and gives him what is suppose to be a strong kick, but once again his bones protect him from the attack. And it looks like Lee is stuck in his ribs. The guy goes at Lee's face with his bones.
"Lee!" I shout and start to head at them when I see some sand block the attack. I stop myself and stare in shock.
"Is that what I think it is?" I think to myself and look around and see Gaara. The sand pushes them away from each other and shields Lee. I hide back behind a tree, but not before making eye contact with Gaara.
"Who are you?" Asks the white haired man.
"We're allies of the Leaf village. We're shinobi of the sand," Gaara says with his arms crossed.
"What is he doing here?" I think to myself while looking away. I get a weird feeling around him.
"If he's here then I'm not needed here…" I say to myself and see Gaara stand in front of Lee. The guy throws some bones that look like they came out of his fingers and Gaara's sand blocks it easily.
"This guy is disgusting!" I say quietly as my butterfly appears in front of me.
"I was hoping to get some fighting in, but…" I sigh.
"I had heard the sand made up with our village, but I didn't expect them to change sides so fast…"
Lee gets into battle stance and it looks like Gaara notices his injuries. Lee starts to run towards the white haired man and Gaara's sand trips him. I punch the tree thinking Gaara is still a traitor, but then see him walk towards the enemy.
"Does he not want Lee to get hurt again?" I think to myself as I can't seem to take my eyes off this battle. He throws more bones and the sand as usual comes to his defense. His sand then goes after him and more bones are thrown. The wind current gets strong and I try and hold my stance on the tree.
"Ugggh!" I say trying not to fly away. It finally passes. "His taijutsu is almost better than Lee's!" I say quietly while watching him jump from the sand. Gaara does some sort of jutsu and it starts to rain sand. It starts to form some sort of thing around the white haired man. Gaara then squeezes his hand closed and blood starts to ooze from it.
"It's like what he did back at that day…" I say quietly remembering the Chuunin Exams. A shiver goes down my spine and I feel goose bumps appear on my arm.
"Ehh…" I sigh and distant myself even more from the battle. I don't want to accidently interfere.
"I should go check on the others," I tell myself and start to leave when the stupid butterfly smacks me in the eye. I stand there trying to smack it back.
"When I look at this guy it reminds me of them," Gaara tells Lee.
"Huh?" Lee says.
"Uchiha…And your friend. There eyes are the same as this guy," Gaara continues. While Yamouri is unaware of the conversation.
"What friend do you mean? And what about his eyes?" Lee asks. Gaara doesn't respond and looks over at Yamouri then back at Kimimaro in the sand shell.
"Is he dead?" I think to myself while starring at the shell like thing. I notice Gaara look over and I quickly look away.
"What's with his stares? It's almost like he can…" I start to say and notice something weird going on in the shell and then his hand slowly starts to come out. He has those marks all over his body. I gasp and a breeze goes by.
Suddenly Gaara starts to do hand signs and the current picks up and a giant sand wave starts to head towards this guy.
"Uhhh…!" I gasp as I try not to fly away in the strong breeze hitting. He tries to run away from it, but gets caught in it anyways.
"So much sand!" I say and make a barrier shield in front of me because of all the things flying around. Gaara does something and the ground starts to shake and I try and keep my balance.
"Is it over?" I mumble while looking and waiting for something to happen. He starts to come out and he looks deformed.
"What the hell?" I gasp and Gaara starts to try and hold him back with his sand. He starts charging at Lee and Gaara and reveals himself. His skin is now a brown color and bones are sticking out of his back and he has a tail.
"What is he?" I think to myself while watching him go straight to them. Gaara controls his sand and aims at him, but he breaks threw his wall and tackles him sending him flying back.
"Gaara!" I gasp. The enemy sits there and looks over at Lee.
"Lee!" I gasp and then Lee charges at him and is knocked over easily. He stands there and looks around and I get a shiver down my spine.
"Oh No! Lee!" I whisper. He starts to take out his spine and I almost vomit in my mouth.
"He's using it as a sword?" I gasp. It wraps itself around Gaara and his sand makes like a blanket around him. He makes a drill looking thing out of his arm and I hesitate whether or not to go in and get Lee out of there before things really get messy. Gaara then uses his Shukaku shield. The white haired guy tries to break through, but only shatters his bone thing. Gaara uses another jutsu and he starts to sink into the ground. He fights back throwing his bone whip thing vigorously. He sinks into the ground leaving only a patch of sand on the ground.
"That was incredible," I tell myself while taking a deep breath and leaning on the tree I'm on.
"I think it's finally over," I tell the butterfly and start to head towards them when I see Gaara's reaction.
"What…?" I whisper while seeing bone like things start to pop out of the ground incredibly fast.
"Lee get out of there!" I shout and he looks over like he just noticed I'm there. One of the spears breaks down the tree I'm on and I start to head to the ground with some spears coming at me.
I fall down too fast and don't have time to finish my hand signs, but Gaara's sand has appeared under me and I float in the air.
"Yamouri when did you get here?" Lee shouts. I make a fist at him and worry this thing isn't sturdy.
"Lee! I came after you, you idiot!" I shout. Gaara gives me a funny look then stares at the ground. My floating thing comes right next to Gaara's.
"This time it's over… We won't be seeing him again in this life," Gaara says.
"Yes, good," Lee says. Gaara grunts like he's in pain and leans forward.
"Gaara are you ok?" I ask while giving him a concerned look.
"My strength is gone…We must descend," He says. I get that sick feeling and we turn around and see him there about to stab Gaara.
"I am not his pawn! He is the one, the only one who gave my life meaning, but how could the likes of you ever understand that!" He shouts and goes for Gaara's face.
"No!" I gasp and reach for my sword and see he has stopped just inches away from Gaara's face. Blood is coming out of his mouth and he falls to the ground. We all sit there in shock and realize it is actually over this time.
~::.::.::.::.:: ~ A few minutes later~.::.::.::.::.::~
"That was sheer luck, I should have been killed," Gaara mumbles leaning on a tree. I've never seen him like this...
"No it was not meant to be, my sensei has often said to me a good ninja always makes his own luck, "Lee tells him with some excitement. I give him a half smile, but I'm still mad at him for coming here In the first place.
"That metal sum mother hen," Gaara mumbles. Lee snaps at him sticking up for Guy-sensei. He brings up the Chuunin Exam and how Guy-sensei intervened their battle. I tighten my fist remembering the incident and glare at Gaara.
"I am very grateful to you for saving my life, but I warn you I will not let you speak ill of my sensei!" Lee shouts. I giggle a little surprised Lee is not crying.
"So you're another one eh? You have someone in your life that you honor so much that every hurt inflicted on them is inflicted on you as well. And the closer they are to you, the greater the pain. To feel so strongly for someone you would fight for them…And die for them. You and Naruto have that in common," He pauses. "However what if this person you honor is not a virtuous person?" Gaara says.
"Impossible! Such a person would not be unworthy of honor or respect!" Lee snaps at him.
"Perhaps the companion ship of even an evil person is preverbal to loneliness," Gaara adds and Lee doesn't know what to say. He looks over at me and I get that feeling like he can see right through me. His words going threw my head.
"Yamouri, how long were you here?" Lee asks. I snap out of my thinking and look at him.
"Like the whole fight…I didn't want to interfere, but I had to make sure you didn't get yourself killed," I tell him He gives me a grin. I give him a half smile then I glare at him.
My butterfly comes and slaps Lee in the face. I give them a weird look and Lee walks away following it.
"Gaara…Thank you for saving Lee…" I tell him while avoiding eye contact.
"Yamouri was it?" He says I look up at him now.
I nod and thank him also for saving me from my fall. I remember his sand being there.
He just stares at me and doesn't say anything I tilt my head and feel a little creeped out.
"This girl…such sadness and anger in those eyes…She hides it so well from the others. And the same as Sasuke and Kimimaro searching for a purpose," Gaara thinks to himself. "What is it that she is hiding I wonder…"