Hie thx 4 Ur reviews n sry 4 de delay...yeah I noe iI said 30 but its abit much and tt bloody kyoko-chan XD is bugging me everyday in school…..so I'm back. thank her 4 it and dont forget to check out madrampager's fic...the journey to elite ninjahood.Hee. Lots 2 do lots 2 do….

Yuuhi "STOP STALLING AND HURRY UP DAMMIT"

Me "ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT I'M ON IT, I'M ON IT. DON'T BLOW ME 2 DEATH…SHEESH"

Yuuhi "GRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

Me "FINE"

At dawn, Yuuhi saw a shadow in the trees, she was about to swipe her fan at the owner when the shadow jumped down to the back of the house, Baki was there to meet him. The person handed Baki a scroll and disappeared.

Later, they were all summoned into the living room by Baki.

"There is a mission for you to complete, it is in between an A-class and a B-class mission. A messenger gave it to me this morning. The council wants to test your abilities as a team. It is orders from the Kazekage. "

At the mention of the word Kazekage, Gaara's face turned even scarier than usual which is quite impossible.

"There is a small town close to the sand village which has been terrorized by a man named Sando Tonru. He lives in the outskirts of the village in a big mansion and gets money by illegal means such as terrorizing helpless towns. His house is heavily guarded by ninjas whose abilities are unknown but we have to proceed stealthily. Even though all of you are strong, those ninjas may be of jounin level or even ANBU level. We will leave in an hour and reach there by noon; we will then get an apartment in a nearby lodging town for the day. The mission proceeds at night now go gather your necessary items and be back here in half an hour. Dismissed."

They split up and were back in the living room with their belongings for the day. The other half hour was spent checking for any equipment that may have been forgotten. Finally, they were off.

The path was long but not tiring as the trees were spread wide apart making it easier for them to see the next safe branch. They stopped for a break as Kankuro left to gather food and water.

Kankuro was happy to get away from those two. He never had right timing for anything; his people communication skills were as good as Gaara's. That's why he always got hit by Temari. He always said the wrong things at the wrong time. Temari was ok to deal with, she was not that difficult but communicating with Gaara could result in certain death. Not to mention Gaara and his female replication together.

Baki wouldn't let Gaara or Yuuhi help him for fear of them killing anyone they see, including each other. He was informed that a ninja was killed just last night and he had no doubts that Gaara did it but Yuuhi would do the same if she was in the same mood.

The difference between Gaara and Yuuhi was that Gaara's killer instincts were triggered by the Shikaku but cultivated by himself but Yuuhi's instincts were triggered by anger. Usually when her eyes turned a shade of dark green, the second color her eyes would change into. After red.

They finished their break and continued on their journey and reached their destination by noon.

"You will stick to the same rooming system. Gaara share with Yuuhi. You may do what you like but meet here at 10."

Kankuro breathed a sigh of relief and went into his room. Gaara and Yuuhi were glaring at each other.

"Don't fight here. Both of you, if you wreck the rooms I'm not going to pay for the both of you. Oh yes before I forget. NO KILLING. I don't care how much whoever pisses you off we are supposed to lie low."

They went to their respective rooms. Gaara and Yuuhi's room was big and broad but most of the space was taken by twin beds which they both felt was a complete waste of space. Yuuhi sat on one bed, took out a small toolbox and started fixing her fan which was making unnecessary noise. It was in perfect condition but she did that partially to make sure it was alright and partially to irritate her red-headed roommate. She was succeeding.

Although Gaara was irritated, he didn't show it, he wouldn't let this girl get the better of him. He just sat on his bed and stared into space, unable to tune out the noise for some reason but able to bear with it, though just barely. Did sensei say anything about fighting outside the room?

Finally it was 10; they met back at the lobby of the apartment and proceeded to the outskirts of the village. It took them an hour to get there. There was a huge mansion there, at least 6 stories high. Baki told them what to do and they made their way to the roof.

They found an open window and went through it. Not making a single sound, Yuuhi because the wind was muffling any sound she made and Gaara because the sand was doing the same. Kankuro and Baki had rubberized their shoes.

"I will leave you, you know your mission. If there are any problems I will help you." Then he wispered to Yuuhi as she passed him. "Don't use elements unless it is absolutely necessary in this mission."

"Hai"

With that he used "kaimei tsutsumikakushi No Jitsu (darkness concealment technique)" and waited in the dark covers of the unlit corner.

The team proceeded to walk down the hall and they turned a corner. There were so many rooms, where was the target in?

"Maybe we should kill everybody then." Gaara said in a soft dangerous tone.

"No, we have orders. We need to finish this by 12 or….." Yuuhi mumbled to herself and trailed off.

"Or what?"

"Nothing. Just finish this damn mission ok?"

Gaara kept silent for a while. "Fine."

No one had ever talked to him like that before. No one even dared to talk to him at all except by calling him names when he was young, he shut them up immediately. As for that damned Yashamaru, he felt no more remorse or regret for killing him. He actually enjoyed thinking of that moment now, to think that he had killed the one person that made him suffer and have a traumatic childhood. Sure the others did too but Yashamaru actually meant something to him at a time, that bloody liar. He took out the cork from his gourd and dropped it.

He then stretched out his right hand and an eyeball formed in it, awaiting instructions for its master to make his next move.

Patiently waiting as he put two fingers on his left eye and transferred its powers to the sand eye in his hand. The eye then left his hand and floated off. A few minutes later, grains of sand flew back and returned to his gourd. They started walking, with Gaara leading the way until they came to a locked closet.

"A closet? What the hell is he thinking?" Kankuro wondered.

Gaara crushed the lock with his sand and opened the door. He then reached for another handle at the backing of the closet and pulled it open to reveal a large room and another door at the other end of it.

Kankuro was about to step into the room when Yuuhi stopped him.

"There is no way that a guy like this will sleep in peace just by being hidden in a closet."

Kankuro looked up and saw what she meant. There were wires all around the room, gleaming in the moonlight like a spider's web. Any untrained person wouldn't have seen them. She blew a gust of wind and cut all the wires, thousands of kunais flew in all directions

After the traps were all set off, they stepped into the room. Sensing an enemy's presence, they stopped. Kunais flew at them again but they were deflected or nullified by the 3 sand nins. Yuuhi flicked her wrist in the direction where the kunais had come from but nothing happened. The wind around her also died down.

"Kuso, of all the times it has to be now. I've wasted too much time. Its 12."

Sensing weakness and seizing opportunity, the hidden ninjas launched their attack and kunais flew at her. She took a kunai off the ground and deflected them and turned around just to see another, lot just inches from her.

"Shimata"

The next thing she knew was that she was staring at a wall of sand, so close that she was almost kissing it.

The sand left her face and went to the four corners of the room. There was a muffled scream followed by the cracking of bones and blood splurted everywhere.

They went to the next room and sand snaked up to the sleeping figure in the bed and the bed was soaked in blood. Kankuro cut a piece off the bloody bed sheet and they made their way back to their Sensei.

While they were heading back, it started to rain. They got all wet and went to the hotel immediately.

"Im stuck with him tonight. Damn. Just when I'm at my weakest. Damned moon."

When they got back, Baki summoned her into his room.

"Yuuhi, what happened back there. You froze, why?"

Yuuhi was silent for awhile.

"Sensei, even though the dragons powers are strong, there are cons to it. The dragon sleeps during the night of thenew moon, taking its power with it. I am to fend for myself then, thats my weakness. It happens at 12 midnight"

"Why didn't you inform me of this earlier?"

"It didn't seem necessary."

"Never mind, i suggest that you don't fight with Gaara today, stay away from him."

"I know"

"Dismissed"

Aaaah that's it for now…keep those reviews coming. …Hehe. Bye