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Three days before the exam, the team left for the hidden leaf village Konoha in the fire country. They traveled tirelessly for two nights before finally stopping for a rest. In the desert, sleep could always be put on hold if it was necessary but that was to be avoided if possible. Not that it mattered to Gaara and Yuuhi anyway. They needed the least sleep, or no sleep at all in Gaara's case.

The night before the exam. Yuuhi and Gaara were on watch, Yuuhi had slept earlier, her usual four hour slumber that most people would call a nap was all she needed to keep her going for the rest of the day. The endless wind stopped blowing, Yuuhi looked up. She put her hand at her fans holder. It was empty.

"Kuso, tomorrow is the exam. I hope there would not be any fighting involved. Ill be helpless again"

She sighed loudly; but maybe if she was able to use that technique she may have a chance. She looked at Gaara who was staring into the dark forest ahead and again the first mission replayed in her mind. Why…

Two shurikens flew past her face and stuck into the opposite tree trunk. A few strands of bluish back hair floated onto her upturned palm.

"What the….."

"Sabakyuu"

She turned her head towards where the sand flew to. The sand wrapped around an almost invisible body which immediately materialized. The shurikens that pinned his shirt disintegrated into sand. A boy, not older then 14 and obviously terrified was rendered immobile by the hardened sand.

Yuuhi "Why are you spying on us?"

"I……I….s..s..saw a f..figure in the trees a..a..a…and I t..t…thought I shou..should check i..it o..ou..out." The boy stuttered.

"What are you doing here in the night?" Yuuhi asked as her sharp eyes caught the glint of the metal on his hidden grass forehead protector from the silvery moonlight. Apparently the trees of the fire country's borders were leafy but far apart; it wasn't as dark as the forest they took their sensei's test in.

"C…C..Chuunin exam"

Gaara "Then that eliminates one opponent."

He started screaming for Gaara to stop, looking pleadingly at Yuuhi who made no move to stop Gaara. She didn't even care much about her teammates, why should she care about him at all?

"Sabaku So…"

"Gaara yamero." Baki's crisp voice cut through the night air. He had woken up earlier and heard the whole conversation. The last thing he wanted now was Gaara to start a killing frenzy and hunt for the boy's remaining teammates, when Gaara started killing it was hard for him to stop unless he really wanted to or when there was no one else to kill within a 200 meter radius. He would probably start destroying the closest town which was a lodging town. It was best to stop him before he started.

The sand loosened as the boy dropped to the ground, he quickly pulled himself together and left.

"That day, the messenger informed me that he found a sound Nin totally crushed. No doubt it was Gaara's doing, if it was Yuuhi he would have been in pieces. But why didn't he fight with Yuuhi on the roof instead?" Baki thought as he packed his things.

His thoughts were interrupted by a grunt from Kankuro. Who was still sleeping. He walked over to Kankuro and shook his shoulders lightly; the sleeping puppeteer immediately jumped up and flung Karasau with its hand outstretched and a needle sticking out at him. Baki dodged and the hand of the marionette slammed against the tree trunk behind him. The surrounding area turned purple as the poison was absorbed and a small branch beside it with 3 new leaves withered within seconds.

"He's more panicky then before Yuuhi came. Who could blame him?" Baki thought.

"Sumimase Sensei"

"Its ok, pack up. We're leaving in 5 minutes."

"Hai"

They left and reached Konoha by noon. Baki left to report their arrival and Gaara disappeared. Yuuhi was left with Kankuro and they walked down the streets and into an alley. A bunch of kids and a blonde kitsune ninja dashed towards them as they were chased by a konouichi with pink hair. All screaming their heads off. One of the kids bumped into Kankuro who grabbed him by the neck and raised him high into the air.

"Please let him go, we were only playing." The pink haired konouichi pleaded.

"I hate short people."

"Konohamaru. Naruto onii-chan help him." An orange haired kid said, on the verge of tears. She turned to the kitsune boy.

"Oie let him go now or else I'll…" the kitsune boy called Naruto threatened

"Or else what. You can't beat me. Gaki." Kankuro tightened his grip on Konohamaru's neck as the boy struggled helplessly. "As I said, I hate short people"

"Kankuro, stop it. We're not here to cause trouble" Yuuhi said.

"B..but he started it."

Suddenly, a pain shot up his arm causing him to drop the gasping boy. A small rock dropped at his feet. He looked in the direction where the rock flew from and saw a boy with spikey hair, just a shade lighter then Yuuhi's. He was tossing a small rock up and catching it.

"Why are you bullying little kids? Pick on someone your own size."

"Fine then, if you want to challenge me. Don't blame me if you are injured later on." Kankuro took off the bandaged pack he was carrying and slammed it on the ground."

"Kankuro, if you are going to be stubborn then don't blame me if I have to get extreme with you."

"B..but he challenged me. I can beat him easily." Kankuro started to argue.

Yuuhi gripped her fan's empty holder. "Damn moon." She thought.

"Kankuro, yamero."

Gaara was at the bottom of the branch beside the raven haired boy.

"G…G…Gaara. I…I was…"

"You are a disgrace to our village."

"Y..yes. Im sorry." Kankuro stammered.

Yuuhi was scary but Kankuro had only been with her for 6 months. Anyway she was friendlier then Gaara. With Yuuhi or Gaara alone he could retaliate a little but with both of them together, he didn't want to try. He had seen what they could do and it wasn't pretty. Even if Yuuhi helped him sometimes it was only during missions or when she absolutely had to. Now was not one of those times, she was pissed off.

"He is a little edgy, I'm sorry for any trouble he had caused" Gaara said to the raven haired boy and disappeared in a cloud of swirling sand, appearing beside Yuuhi. They turned and left.

"Wait." The pink haired konouichi called out.

"Sa..Sakura-Chan"

"Even though we are allies we are not allowed to step into each others territories, state the reason why you are here or else."

Yuuhi turned around.

"We are here to take the Chuunin exam which is held here. These are our passes."

She pulled three passes out of a flap from her bandaged calf and flashed it before putting it back. They then turned around to leave; the raven haired boy jumped down beside the pink haired girl and stopped them again.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke; you seem to be strong opponents, what are your names."

Kankuro "Who are you asking?"

"Your other two teammates."

"Sabaku No Gaara."

"Suna Yuuhi."

Sakura's POV

Inner Sakura

"Shannaro. Sasuke asked for her name, it is his first meeting with her. I bet he didn't even know my name until we became Genin. Shannaro"

End

They left to find an apartment and checked in. With the same rooming system of course. They put down their stuff and left for the registration. When they got there, there was a large crowd at the entrance. Two of Konoha's Chuunins refused to let anyone pass. A bobbed haired guy was kicked by them.

Sasuke and his team arrived and Sasuke dispelled the illusion. Everyone was tricked by a Genjutsu. The crowd dispersed and went to the real exam room. Trust Konoha Chuunins to play such lame tricks. Everyone seemed to be asking Sasuke for his name, or every guy at least. The girls were too busy swooning over him.

"Hey cutes, what's your name?"

A sound ninja put one hand against the wall, blocking Yuuhi's path.

"Suna Yuuhi. Now get out of my way if you don't want to die."

"Don't be so hostile. There's a lot of time to spare, why don't we get to know each other better."

He put his hand on her shoulder and brushed it up her neck to her face.

"He's really asking for it isn't he? Some people don't know what's good for them." Kankuro thought.

Suddenly the guy screamed as his hand was crushed.

"Don't harass my teammate or I will kill you."

The guy cursed loudly and went stumbling towards his team, nursing his bleeding hand.

Yuuhi was mildly surprised. Gaara knew that her jutsu would take up a lot of chakra but she didn't expect him to help her. Gaara himself was a little surprised, what just happened?

They left and went to the real exam hall, showed their passes and took their seats. Gaara sat on the table, the same position as that night in the room with Yuuhi. Yuuhi sat on a chair with her legs on the table and Kankuro was sitting beside her with one leg on the chair and one leg on the floor.

Sasuke's team burst in and they started chatting with the other Konoha genins. Suddenly Naruto shouted.

"Hey all of you, my name is Uzumaki Naruto and I am going to beat all of you and become the Hokage one day so remember my nammmppphhh."

Sakura covered his mouth and drowned out his chatter.

"Damare, don't piss them off. Baka. Gomenasai, he's just stressed."

"They are irritating." Yuuhi thought when she suddenly felt a gust of wind, someone dashed past her. A sound Nin picked a fight with one of the Nins. There was an explosion in the front of the room and a team of Konoha Chuunins and Jounins appeared.

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