Chapter 1: Arrival

Gaara had decided to take a break from his Kazekage duties and was currently on the balcony, looking over Suna into the desert. He sometimes wondered why he had taken the job; there have to be so much damn paperwork! At least now he was mentally stable, after the removal of Shukaku. He didn't have to lust after blood, or not go to sleep for fear that he would wake up to unspeakable slaughter and death…

"Sssss..."

He heard the hiss of a snake and turned around, wanting to see if it was poisinous or not. What he didn't expect was a snake that had to be at least twenty feet long, and that looked like it had crawled up from the pits of hell. It's eyes were horribly distended and it had spikes sticking out of its' skin. It's open mouth was dripping poison that sizzled when it hit the ground. The killing intent it was radiating was so intense the Kazekage found himself frozen, unable to move or speak as it reared its head back to strike poison straight into his heart...

"Fucking... snake!"

Gaara blinked. Someone had come in between him and the snake... thing. The figure thrust one of it's arms out to the side, and Gaara could see sand gather around it's hand. With a sudden vicious gesture it threw the sand toward the snake, hitting it with multiple grains that went through its flesh like miniture bullets. It hissed and shrieked with pain. It would have thrashed around as well, but it was covered with a thick covering of sand.

"Die."

Gaara witnessed the familiar sight of a creature being crushed by sand. Blood splatterd all over the balcony; it was black blood... definitely not a normal color.

'This person... can control sand as well?'

"Are you-"

The figure never finished it's sentence as it turned around, seeing him for probably the first time.

"…What?." both of them gasped at the same time.

Twin eyes of emerald stared at each other.

Naruto and Sakura were on a mission. What was the mission, you might ask? Simple: find a cat. A stubborn, angry cat that did not want to go home, and who was trying to make the two ninja's lives as miserable as possible. After losing sight of the cat for the hundredth time, they had decided to split up in the forest to see if they could find the accursed thing. Naruto smelled out its trail with help from Kyuubi and was currently trying to sneak up on it. He had almost grabbed it when it seemed to sense his presence, and with a scared yowl it ran away as though the very devils of hell were chasing it. Naruto frowned.

'Damn, I almost had him! Did he sense me or some... thing…?'

His thoughts trailed off as he caught sight of the thing the cat had apparently sensed. Naruto's eyes widened as he saw the familiar figure of a gigantic snake. However, it was no ordianary giant snake; this snake had a sort of rough brown armor around it, and it's eyes were sightless, white, red-veined orbs. The eyes turned towards him and he froze, unable to tear his gaze away. Naruto tried to move, but he couldn't. The snake slithered closer and closer, eyeing him with those eyes that should have no sight...

'No. I don't want to die like this! I still have to become Hokage and bring back Sasuke!'

The demon carrier could only watch as the beast slithered towards him, jaws opening to swallow him whole.. but it never quite made it.

"Fox fire!"

Naruto watched as the snake suddenly burst into flames, hissing in agony. Soon it was reduced to ash which blew away in a sudden wind. Naruto found that he was breathing as if he had just run a marathon, and that he was shaking.

'What the hell... why am I so... afraid?'

"Are you okay?"

Naruto had almost forgotten he had yet to thank the person who had saved him. He looked up.

"W-what the hell?"


Gaara stared. It was himself… but female. She had red hair pulled back in a ponytail that reached a couple of inches past her shoulders, and his trademark green eyes with a thick black lining around them. Also, she had the symbol 'ai' carved into her forehead, just like him. The only difference between them was… well, she was a girl. Other than that they were pretty much carbon copies of one another. The girl seemed surprised as well; she stared for a bit then slowly came towards him.

"Um... hi?

Gaara snapped back into reality and quickly took a few steps back from the girl.

"…Who are you?"

The girl smiled slightly, even though she sensed mass distrust from the boy.

"My name's Garra. By any chance, is your name similar to that?"

The girl before Naruto could have been his twin sister. She had short spiky blonde hair like him, except hers was slightly longer. She also had the same blue eyes and distinctive whisker marks on her cheeks. One of Naruto's first thoughts was that his sexy-no-jutsu wasn't exactly what he would look like as a girl; after all, the girl in front of him looked nothing like his imagined female form! She looked like him, just... a girl. She looked surprised for a moment, but then smiled and walked towards him.

"Hi, my name's Naru! Anou... what's your name, oniichan?"

TBC

There goes the first chapter. Why are female versions of Gaara and Naruto suddenly appearing? How will the boys react? How will everyone else react? You have to read the next chapter to find out!

Please review, I want to know what you think so far!