Episode 3: The Girl with a Crush on Gaara
As we entered Room 301, I soon noticed all the ninja who have shown up. Kankuro's eyes widened. Temari smiled. Gaara stayed the same. I was completely bowled over. I also saw Sasuke, Neji, and Lee. The silence in my head broke when a girl entered the room and said, "Gaara! I've finally found you! It's been a long time." Gaara quickly turned his head the other way. When I saw her, she wore a purple/red battle kimono and had golden brown hair. She ran to Gaara and said, "Did you miss me? It's been a long time. Who's your new squadmate?"

I looked at her and said, "I'm Link. I'm new on Gaara's squad. Who are you?"

She turned around and said, "I'm Tarilia. Can I talk to you for a second?" She took me to a corner and said, "To be honest, I have a huge crush on Gaara. I just can't get him to notice me though. I just thought I should tell you."

I looked at Tarilia, then at Gaara, at Tarilia again, and then at Gaara again. I laughed a little and said, "Geez, don't you get it? This is Gaara you're talking about. Of course he won't notice you! To tell you the truth, I think he thinks you're an annoyance.

Tarilia growled and said, "How dare you say that! Gaara doesn't think I'm an annoyance! And to prove it, I challenge you!" Tarilia reached into a pouch and quickly threw a shuriken. I dodged it and sent a sand wave at her with my sword. She slid back wards, made a handsign and shouted, "Fire style! Fire Dragon Missile!" A strait stream of fire shot at me and sent me hurling back.

I sheathed my sword, made the handsigns and yelled, "Fire Style! Fire Dragon Flame Missile!" A stronger fire dragon shot at Tarilia. She hit the wall and started using Taijutsu techniques. I dodged some and got hit by some until I countered some and jumped into the air. I pulled out a kunai and hurled it at her. she dodged it, made a handsign and yelled, "Art of the Doppelganger!"

I looked around at all the clones and said, "So. Doppelgangers eh? A lot of them too. Think I'm in trouble."

All the clones stared me down and said, "You bet you are! Get ready!" They quickly made the handsigns and yelled out, "Fire style! Grand fireball jutsu!" All the clones breathed out fire which all collided to form one big fireball that engulfed the area.

When the flames cleared, I wasn't there. The kid who was with Sasuke before asked, "Whoa. What happened? He's gone! Did he just burn up?"

Sasuke stood his ground and said, "I don't know Naruto. But Link as skill. I saw him fight Rock Lee. He's tough."

As everyone stood wondering, I broke the silence and yelled, "Hey! Up here!" Everyone looked up to find me on the ceiling. I laughed and said, "The one place your fireball didn't hit. The ceiling. You're pretty good Tarilia. You're fun. But now it's time to end this! If I don't know which one is the real one, I'll just hafta hit all of you clones!" I quickly made the handsigns and yelled out, "Rat! Tiger! Dog! Ox! Hare! Tiger! Fire style! Napalm Spread Fire!" This time, unlike the other fire jutsus, this one spreaded in all directions. All the clones vanished and Tarilia was hit with the flames.

She fell to the ground and said, "I submit. You win."

As I walked back to the squad, as everyone cheered for the amazing fight, Temari said, "Great job Link!"

I smiled and went to talk to Gaara. As I talked to Gaara, Tarilia went over to Temari and said, "You like him don't you?"

Temari paused for a moment and said, "No! We're just friends!"

Tarilia smirked and said, "Okay, I'll bite. Sure you don't. I have a sixth sense about this kind of thing. Anyway, I've got something to tell you.When I hit him with my fire jutsus, I burned through some of his tunic. I saw markings on his back. I couldn't tell what they were for though. They looked like part of a seal. I just find it kind of suspicious. He might be hiding something from us."

Temari nodded and said, "Okay. I'll into it. Thanks for the info."

I leaned against the wall and thought, "Tarilia is pretty strong. Maybe there is hope between her and Gaara. I don't think Gaara thinks she's an annoyance anymore. After all, she's got some mad skills. Seeing everyone fight is getting me really pumped up for the exams."