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We found a spot to recollected, where we would have scolded Gaara if he wasn't such a freaky little boy like he was. "Been making friends?" A deep voice spoke from behind, but this one stopped making me jump after the first hundred times he'd done that.
"Watch yourselves," our teacher, Baki-sensei advised. "Everyone is examining each other for weaknesses."
"Which means we can't be slacking." Gaara nodded. I coulda hit him right then and there. Talk about slacking, Mr. I-runaway-for-fun. Baki-sensei noticed my shift in mood, his glance told me so.
"You ought to rest," Baki advised Gaara.
"Can't." he said closing his eyes. "They'll kill me when I do."
"We're not going to-" Kankuro started, but stopped himself. Enough had been said already.
"Have you been noticing the types of fighters entering the village?" Baki changed the subject. Temari nodded, There are the werido-obessed types, the cute ones, the wimpy chicks, my freaky brother… "You won't see anyone reveal jutsus until the exam, its disqualification to be found fighting beforehand. Like I've said, mind yourselves." At that he was gone. The typical pep talk, a little too brief leaving you without any answers, only more questions.
"Where from here?" Kankuro asked his sister.
"Well, I'd like to shop," she had to remind him.
"We're not shopping." Uh, this kid is pointless. "We're going to sit and rest."
"How about you rest, and I go shop?" Temari suggested. Duh. Gaara's green eyes shifted only but a little to see his sister. They stood there glaring until she wouldn't wait for his reply and went off on her own.
So much for working together as a team. She spoke to herself. I really need to buy myself something or I'll never get my mind off this exam; I really need to concentrate- WHAM! Right into a barrel of apples. Oh geez. Her cheeks became as red as the apples rolling around on the ground. Smooth, a Sand genin making a fool of herself in Leaf village.
"I'll help you." A very forward voice declared. Temari, who was already on her knees picking up her mess looked up to face a boy with dark strait-cut hair, big eyebrows and long eyelashes, he was probably wearing green too, but she didn't quite notice that.
"Lee-" a Leaf Genin looked down at him having stopped their team, but was cut off at the sight of Temari, who mind you, was still dark red in the face. "Oh, need some help?" Now the other kid with 2 straps hanging from his head guard was helping the two of them.
"Thanks Neji." Lee growled. "but I think I've got this covered."
"Don't bark louder than you can bite," Neji said in a tone that sounded like he had said those words before.
"Thank you." Temari felt obligated to say once they were finished.
"No problem." The two said together, then exchanged glares. Temari began to feel a bit uncomfortable in this situation, so she slowly would begin to back herself out of it.
"So, you're here for the Chuuin exam?" she spun around to face an older version of Lee. He stared down at her making her feel rather small.
"Uh, yeah, but I have to go now-"
"I don't think so."
I hope this chapter clarifies that this fic may have started off with the actual episode, but wont follow the series. Man, it took forever to write this, I'm not sure why. Thanks for yelling at me to ^_^ Sorry to cut it off so suddenly, like I unfortuantely tend to do with all my stories.
