"What the hell is that!" Temari screamed.

Kankurou tightened his grip on the ledge. "This is the true Gaara, absolutely terrifying, isn't he!" Their father called down to them, a sadistic smile on his face. Turning to Orochimaru, "will this do?"

"kukukuku….Yes, definitely Kazekage-sama." Orochimaru's smile far crueler then even the Kazekage's. "This will be the trump card over Sarutobi and Konoha." Orochimaru looked down at the disgusting sand figure before him. There was a giant sand demon with a red headed boy asleep on top of it. "Wake up the boy we are through here. Have him put in the next Chuunin exam."

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Temari was walking through the temple of the sand village recalling the events.

Kankurou and Temari were in a equipping station getting prepared. Adjusting his cap, Kankurou asked "Have you ever seen anything like that before?" Remembering back to Gaara's indecent transformation. "What will… can they do with Gaara?"

Temari picked up her fan, "I don't know…" her voice was in terror. She had never felt such a great fear. Even Orochimaru, the mischievous character Kazekage is working with, wasn't as scary.

The Kazekage walked down to his two children. Pretending to be paternal he talked to them, "So.. I am hoping things go well on this mission." He smiled at his two children. "Don't disappoint me."

Kankurou cleared his throat, "about that… I don't think I can make the next Chuunin exam…" Kankurou looked down from his fathers face. Temari was about to yell at Kankurou until she saw his eyes cast down on the ground. He is afraid.

The Kazekage just looked down at the puppet user. "Why is that?" This kid better pull through…

"I was talking to the elders and they were going to improve my puppet." Kankurou tried to explain, coming up with any excuse he could. He didn't trust Orochimaru or the Sound Nation. Especially with his brother. "Look… I can do it the one after for sure…"

Kankurou was hit into a wall, "Don't tell me what to do boy…" The Kazekage had rage burned into his eyes, "…but since you are my son, I will forgive you, don't disappoint me next time…" he stalked out of the room, not hiding his heavy stomping feet. Temari quickly ran over to Kankurou.

"Why did you do that!" She whispered urgently into his ear. "don't be foolish, especially now of all times."

Kankurou looked his sister dead on, "This will be the fall of the sand…"

They want to overthrow Konoha from its place. What does it mean? Orochimaru was one of the Legendary Sannin, why does he want to remove his old village so badly. Temari continued down the hall way when she heard muttering coming from the main meeting room. The floor boards outside the room were made to make sounds with even the slightest force exerted on them. Temari had a way around this.

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A gust of wind traveled through the room. The kazekage looked at the door and one of his servants shut the door to the outside courtyard. "Listen Danzou, we can't make this Chuunin exam, contact the sound tell them of the disposition."

Danzou sat still for a moment, "They will not be pleased, neither am I. Sarutobi is a fool, we need to remove him from power. We have to get rid of them fast. Konoha is the fastest growing nations and if the Third picked a real Hokage they will take over soon." Danzou looked around, "but I will tell him… what is the reason?" Danzou adjusted his leaf forehead protector.

The Kazekage frowned, "tell them whatever excuse we need to get out of doing it this exam, but we will crush Sarutobi the next one definitely!"

"We have another matter to discuss." Danzou pointed to the entrance of the room and three of the sand guards slid open the door to show Temari floating on her fan. "we can't have any unwanted guests for this."

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"You are a fool Rock Lee." Neji smiled. "No matter how many time you challenge me to these silly fights.. you will not win."

Rubbing his arm, Neji set himself back into his fighting stance. "You can't change destiny."

"But you can try!" Rock Lee ran at Neji, starting out with a left kick which was deflected. "hard work will beat you.." Rock Lee jumped back and ran in circles around the Hyuuga. "You may see me, but you can't keep up!" Rock Lee didn't notice veins in Neji's eyes starting to bulge.

Rock Lee jumped behind Neji and slammed his foot into what was supposed to be his back. "Wrong." Neji simply dodged the kick, "Hakkesho Kaiten." Lee flew into a tree as the spinning chakra picked him up in its path. "You cannot be a Ninja and you cannot use a simple henge, let alone defeat me."

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"Gai-sensei." Rock Lee looked up to his Jounin instructor "is there something I can learn to be a Ninja."

"Lee-san…" Gai looked down, "your youth is all you need!" He gave Lee a thumbs up.

" I don't think I can…" Lee was still looking at Gai "How can I, I can't even use a simple henge…"

Gai had watched his favorite pupil, time and time again, lose to Neji. The depression would be eventually more then he can bear. "I know this secret.. Lotus Technique that is perfect for hard workers like you Lee-san!" Gai smiled, "But before I teach you it, I want you to promise to never use it on Neji."

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More focused on the Sand and Lee this time. Last chapter, I am not sure if I captured Sasuke swimming in the lake quite right. Swimming for salvation doesn't seem like the right words. But who knows.

These first few chapters will take place before Naruto actually starts. Then after these I will go through important things from the series(there are a lot of them) I think that will take 20 or 30 chapters, but that is only a guess. I intend to spend a very long time on Gaara, Haku, and the Hunting for Sasuke. After that, depending on what Kishimoto decides in the manga, I will follow my own theories.