Note: Ah chapter 5. It gets interesting now. XD Sorry about the shortness!

Disclaimer: Naruto (c) Kishimoto

CHAPTER 5: Target

A cool, night wind blew across the sands, sending small dust storms into the streets. The sky was completely dark, minus a few sprinkles of stars. The whole village was silent, most fast asleep without the slightest inkling as to what was milling in the mind of one deranged young boy.

Gaara sat perfectly still at the edge of his bed. It was pointless for him to have such a thing. Sleeping would allow the raccoon demon to take over, but staying awake left him to his thoughts. Temari. She had never spoken to him that way before. She had never hid anything from him before. His eyes narrowed. What was she hiding?

He thought over this repeatedly, crossing his arms as he was becoming annoyed with the amount of loose ends her answers had left. Who was she with? Kankuro had gone after the dog kid, he had helped Lee against Kimimaro. That left four possibilities. Two of the party had fallen. Two possibilities. She would never put up with Naruto for that long. One. His eyes shot up suddenly and he stood slowly from his bed.

It took only a minute or so before Gaara's door opened. His steps were silent as he walked to the entry way and paused.

"Temari...you will make your promise."

Dun dun duuuuuuun. Dramatic, I know. So I shall take this time to address more reviews I've received that haven't beendonebefore. I'm sorry if there are some repeats(didn't really keeptrack oflast time ;;).

Chronic-fever: Glad you like it. As I am annoyed with writers who update their stories monthly and sometimes much longer, I wanted to be a little better with keeping my story up-to-date.

Esther: XD Well, this is Chapter 5 now and I really can't stop when its getting good.

Anonymous: Waaaah! I read it! So cuuute. "So are you on a date?" "It's nothing like that." Suuuure Shikamaru, suuuure. Hehehe. And thanks, I hope I am on the right path. Otherwise...well no one would be reading this.

Cyberwing: Sankyu! I shall update as often as possible.

Allyluv: Ditto!

Nonengel: Yeah I wanted there to be some clinginess. She seems like she'd be a big sister for him or something, so...that's the path I took.

Alright everyone, thanks muchly for the reviews thus far! I'm hoping to get tons more! Keep 'em comin'!