A/N: Thank you for the reviews!! Here's the next chapter enjoy!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto just Ami.


Worries

Back at the hotel, Baki didn't wait to start giving Gaara a lecture. I didn't know why he even bothered. Its not like Gaara would listen to him.

"So what happened exactly?" I looked up at Kankuro. He had stopped working on Crow and was staring at me. I sighed and looked back out the window.

"It was nothing. Gaara just lost control again. Nothing new." He watched me for a few more minutes then went back to working on his puppet. I was watching the people on the streets. They all looked so happy and excited. Mostly because of the tournament. Thinking about it made me sigh. "So, tomorrow huh?"

"Yeah." Kankuro said after a few moments. I knew he was just as worried as I was. I took a deep breath and got up walking to the door. "Where are you going?" Kankuro asked watching me.

I opened the door. "Out."


I knew where he was going to be. It was his favorite place to be at night. I climbed on the roof and smiled. Gaara was sitting a little ways away from me with his eyes closed. "You should be asleep. You need your rest for tomorrow." he said.

I walked over and sat down next to him. "I'll be alright. Besides, its a nice night out tonight." He kept his eyes closed. I sighed and looked up at the stars.

"Are you afraid?" I looked over at Gaara. He opened his eyes and looked at me. I smiled knowing what he meant and looked at the sky.

"Not really. More worried than anything." I looked down sadly. "I know a lot of people are going to get hurt tomorrow. Including some I care about." Gaara put his arm around me and pulled me closer to him. I rested my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes. I could stay like this forever. Sometimes I wished I couldn't sleep either that way I could spend every moment with Gaara. Even though he was completely dangerous, he always made me feel safe. The light breeze blew causing me to shiver. I hadn't realized how cold it was out here.

Gaara looked at me. "You should go back inside. You're going to get sick."

I shook my head. "No. I want to stay out here with you." He smiled and pulled me onto his lap wrapping both of his arms around me. I smiled and nuzzled my face in his chest clinging to him. If only this moment could last forever. But, unfortunately, I found myself drifting off to sleep, no matter how hard I tried to fight it.


The next morning I yawned and slowly sat up. I looked around and saw I was in my room. "Huh? How did I get here?" I distinctly remembered being on the roof with Gaara last night. And I didn't remember coming back in to go to sleep.

"I carried you in here after you fell asleep." I looked over and saw Gaara staring out the window. He looked over and smiled at me. "I figured it was more comfortable."

I smiled and looked away. "I wouldn't have minded sleeping on your lap."

Gaara stood up and walked over sitting on the edge of the bed. "I didn't mind it much either." I smiled and leaned in to kiss him.

"Hey teammates!" We both looked over at Kankuro who just walked in. "Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt." he smirked. Both of us glared at him. "You two better get ready. We have to be at the stadium soon."

I gasped. "Oh no! The Finals are today! I totally forgot!" I jumped up and ran around the room to find my clothes. The two boys watched me with sweatdrops as I ran frantically around the room. Finally I found some clothes and ran into the bathroom to get my shower. After my shower, I changed into my normal clothes.(A/N: If you don't remember its described in chapter 1. I don't feel like describing it again.) I put my hair into a ponytail and ran out of the bathroom. "Ok! I'm ready!" The two boys just stared at me strangely. "What?"

"Uh, I hate to tell you this Ami. But the competition isn't for another 2 hours." Kankuro said.

I stared at him then got an anime vein. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT BEFORE I RAN AROUND LIKE A MANIAC TRYING TO GET READY?!?!" He shrunk back and Gaara just smirked.


Two hours later, I was standing in a line with the others in the arena waiting for Naruto, Sasuke, and the Sound ninja guy to appear. I was on the end standing next to Kankuro, then Gaara was next to him. Then Neji, Shikamaru, and Shino were after that. 'I wonder where Naruto is...' I knew he wasn't going to miss this, so where could he be?

Suddenly I heard a noise and all of us turned to see someone skidding across the ground. The person stopped in front of Shikamaru and I realized it was Naruto. I smiled. 'He sure knows how to make an entrance doesn't he?'

Shikamaru helped him. "Guys run! You're not gonna believe this but there's a huge herd of stampeding bulls coming this way!" Naruto yelled.

'What?' I stared at him confused.

"What?" Shikamaru said. "Yeah you're right. I don't believe it."

"I'm serious! There must be a million of them coming right…this...way...." he trailed off looking at all of us. Everyone was staring at him except for Gaara. "Hmm?" he said looking around. "Hey wait, where's Sasuke?"

"I'm fighting Dosu, but he's missing too." Shikamaru said.

"Hey knock it off." the proctor said. "Quit your fidgeting you two. Stand up straight and present yourself proudly to the spectators." We all stared up at the crowd in the stands above us. "You guys are the heroes of the final competition."


A/N: Alrighty well thats it for now! I only have one more chapter done right now cause I don't know how to do the Naruto/Neji fight. I don't think I wanna write it out but I don't know what to have happen with Ami during that time. So if you have any suggestions I'd be glad to hear them!!^_^ Oh and don't forget to review!!!