They walked on for minutes until Sasuke spotted two girls walking out of a sweet shop. They were two of his biggest stalkers. "Two girls at one o'clock," he murmured. A sly smile formed on Miyako's face as a plan formed in her sadistic little brain. Roughly, she pushed Sasuke into the wall, positioned her hands on either side of his head. A petrified look spread across his face as Miyako placed her lips at his ear. "The ultimate sacrifice and they will leave you alone for years, as I can tell they are the heads of your fan club am I right?" he nodded, "Then make this look natural," she purred seductively, nibbling on his ear. She could hear his heart beat race, he bit his lip and quickly switched places with her, pinning Miyako to the wall. "You're my first official kiss, I'm really sorry," he whispered before attacking her mouth. (A/N I know that Naruto was his first kiss and I believe that trust me but this is what Sasuke thinks -_-')Carefully Miyako darkened her hair colour and kissed back. The girls walked past and gasped. "Um… excuse me," one of the girls patted his shoulder. Miyako had her eyes closed as he left her mouth and travelled down her throat. "Um … hello, I said excuse me," she patted his shoulder harder. He turned and glared at them, hunger and lust was evident in his eyes. "Sasuke! You've got a girlfriend," both girls gasped in horror.

"Yeah, and she's pretty damn fine," he growled huskily.

"What is her name," one of them was crying and the other was close to tears.

"My name is … ngah … Sasuke stop," Miyako, giggled in her soprano voice as Sasuke began kissing down her throat. "My name is Kate," she introduced but her name was followed by a lengthy moan. "Come on we gotta run," the tearless one was dragging the sobbing child away. As soon as they were out of sight, Miyako tried pushing him away. "Sasuke stop," she growled.

"Why?" he replied, his voice would have been sexy if it didn't have a slight hint of pain. "Cause if you don't I will batter the crap out of you until you bleed to death," she snarled. He growled once and stopped, slowly wiping his mouth. "You were my first official kiss, and you were pretty good, "he grinned mischievously. "Yeah, so what, take me to Neji," she began walking.

"Ok then," he caught up.

"Tell me about your encounter with Itachi," Sasuke ordered.

"Very polite," she murmured, "Fine then, I've had two encounters with him, the first one almost killed me, he used Tsukuyomi one me. The second one he used the exact same move but I reversed it so I was the one controlling it."

"Impossible, my brother is a master ninja," he breathed.

"And I'm a master tracker and eliminator, trust me I know what I'm doing, your brother is tuff but not tuff enough, I had his partner almost dead," she scoffed.

"You're lying," he growled.

"Look into my eyes and tell me I'm not lying. Look at my hands and say that they have never been bloodstained. Look at my mouth and shout that I've never tasted human blood. Look at my scars and tell me I don't know torture, I've been through a lot recently so don't you dare tell me I'm lying," she snarled. "Scars, you probably have a tiny cut from holding a kunai for the first time," he huffed. She turned around and lifted the bottom of her t-shirt up. Sasuke gasped before regaining his composure. "I showed the whole arena that, many said they could see my spine, that isn't good you know," she yelled before storming off, in search of Neji, leaving Sasuke frozen in the middle of the pavement.

Meanwhile, Gaara was dropping the scroll off at the Hokage's office. Suna still hadn't decided the next Hokage and Lady Tsunade was putting forth a suggestion. After dropping off the scroll, Gaara went looking for Miyako. The strange dull ache began building in his chest until it became unbearable. He stopped and gasped as the sharp stabbing pain became too much. A pair of slow footsteps was coming towards him. He sat down on the floor and placed his hand over his heart, willing the pain to go. "G…G…Gaara, a…are y…y…you alright," a soft voice asked him. The strange person had bent down. He opened his eyes and stared at the girl in front of him. She had deep blue hair that framed her pale face. Her eyes were caring and pearlescent. Who was this strange girl? "G…Gaara d…do y…y…you n…need help?" the girl asked. He let out a throaty growl before attempting to stand up. The young kunoichi grabbed his arm and pulled him up to standing position. "Who are you," he whispered.

"M...My n…name is Hi…Hinata H…Hyuga," she stuttered.

"Oh, thank you Hinata," he whispered before walking forwards slowly.

"Gaara, y…your h…h…heart is b…beating at an u…unhealthy r…rate," she carried on stammering. "It's nothing, I'm just looking for someone," he groaned as the pain began flaring up again. "Oh, d…do you like th…this person," she asked. "Hn… she's just an acquaintance,"

"Hmmm, if y…you l…l…love this person w…why don't y…you t…tell them, I…I'm s…sure they would un…understand," she smiled.

"I don't love her," he snapped.

She squeaked, cringed away and looked at her feet, "I…I love s…s…someone, but h…he never seems to n…notice m...me, if I had b…been braver th...then m…maybe we would b…be together," she blushed furiously.

"Ask that person then, Hinata, you seem like a nice person," he gasped before the pain flared up again. "G…Gaara, are you alright," Hinata asked.

"Yeah, I think, I need to go, ask Naruto out," he ran away. She gasped 'How did he know, is it that obvious,' she mentally slapped herself.

Gaara found Miyako sparring with Neji. She was easily keeping up with his 'gentle fist' technique. "You're not fast enough Neji, you'll never become head of your clan if you don't speed up," she pointed out. He tried speeding up but ended up flat on his back. Miyako placed her foot on his heaving chest. "You're growing blind because of your anger, release it before sparring with me, I'll be back in two months time to check on your progress," she lifted him up onto his feet. He bowed slightly before thanking her. "No problem Neji, I want you to become head of your clan, I also want the main family and branch family to become one, it isn't fair, being branded and set apart because of it," she murmured before walking off. Suddenly she stopped, her body shaking violently, her eyes wide with fear and pain. Doubling over in pain, she shrieked. Gaara moved swiftly, grabbing her and laying her down on the floor. "What's wrong with her," Neji panicked before she screamed again, blood leaking out of her mouth. "I've gone too long, I should have brought it, I didn't think we would be so long," she gasped.

"What should she have brought?" Neji commanded an answer.

"Blood," Gaara answered simply. Neji remained speechless and more blood flowed out of her, from her nose, ears and even eyes. "What going to happen," he whispered.

"Either, she's going to die from blood loss or she's going to give in to the demon inside, that would mean the death of us all," Gaara said coldly.

"Then all is lost," Neji, whispered.

"No, give me your kunai," Gaara growled. Neji tossed him a kunai. Preparing himself, Gaara cut his palm. The sand tried to block him but he slashed through that as well. Miyako's eyes began glowing red, her teeth elongating. Gaara sucked in a sharp breath before placing his palm on her cheek. Her skin reluctantly absorbed it and after a few minutes, she passed out. "Will she be ok?" Neji asked.

"What does it matter to you?" Gaara growled before picking up the unconscious Chunin. "I just wanted to know," Neji walked away angrily.

Gaara decided to leave early and so he did, with Miyako in his arms. After several miles, he decided to rest. Miyako then woke up, with a start. "Where am I," she growled, standing in a defensive position.

"Sit down, we're safe, we are in the desert," Gaara mumbled to her whilst looking at the innocent angels in the sky. She plopped back down before Gaara opened his mouth again. "Don't take this the wrong way but, I no longer want to work with you,"

"Why?" Miyako breathed the question, causing many little grains of sand to float. "You're just a giant weakness, if you don't take in enough blood then you collapse and scream, I don't need to be spotted, I need to remain under cover, you're bossy and always taking control of the situation, you're easily angered and to tell you the truth, you're annoying," he explained easily.

"What? I can't leave you Gaara for two reasons, one, it's my duty to protect you and two, I lo…"

"Shut up, no you don't love me, that is just Tora, she loves Shukaku not me, you don't love me and I hate you. I've said it once and I'll say it again, I don't love you, as death told me, you've ruined my life and now it is shorter, I'm always in pain because of you, so it would be better if we didn't see each other," Gaara sat up, his eyes were like eye, cold, emotionless, heartless, but he knew every word was a lie.

"But I do love you, I do" she begged.

"NO, Miyako, listen to me, I can't love anyone, that is just who I am, so just leave me alone, go and find someone else to harass," he growled.

"Fine then, then this is good bye Gaara," she stood up and walked off. Her tears left a silent message of pain and sorrow in the sand. Ten black tails of chakra exploded form her back but she carried on walking. A howl ripped through the night and made her throat coarse but she didn't care. Gaara watched in pain as she walked off, well more like limped. 'I will protect you no matter what, my blood is yours to spill, my body is yours to break, my heart is yours to destroy but my soul is yours forever, my blood has been spilt for you, my body broken, my heart has been shattered' the wind sung. He gritted his teeth against the throbbing pain in his chest and stomach. Peacefully the song of a thousand sleeping souls drifted around the desert. Filling the empty void with music. It could be heard in every village. Unfortunately, this song didn't put anyone to sleep; instead, it filled everyone's heart with pain and sadness. It made men weep and woman sob, it quieten babies and noisy little children, as the whole world stopped to listen. Each note was longer and each verse sounded more eerie. Miyako changed the name, this time it was the song of a thousand tortured souls. Even the Akatsuki heard it. Itachi felt pain, unlike anything he had ever felt. The final note lingered in the air for what seemed like an eternity before it faded away. "Everything Must Come To An End, Even The Moments Of Our Lives That We Cherish Dearly, Death Claims Us All, Even The Hero's Die, Memories Become Whispers In The Wind, Happiness Forgotten, Hearts Lay Shattered And Bodies Broken, Blood Stains The Walls and Bones Litter The Floor, But Eventually It All… Turns… To… Dust," she whispered to everyone. Gaara stood up, his heart ached for her. He wanted her to change her mind and run back, he wanted to reverse time and say he was only joking. 'WHY DID YOU LET HER GO YOU IDIOT,' Shukaku growled.

"I had to," he whispered.

'SHE WAS MY MATE, THE ONE I HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR, AND YOU LET HER GO,' Shukaku was pissed.

"She wasn't my mate though, if you want her so badly then why don't you run after her, because I'm not," Gaara growled before walking off, in search of his home.