A/N: Yay! My first reviewers! Makes me sooo happy! Thanks very much! Your review has enabled me to write yet another chapter; even though I have piles of homework…I shall do it for yous! I also noticed that I sort of jumped to the story a bit too fast...maybe I'll change it after I get finished with this story first...

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After Gaara was sure that the village was out of sight, did he look back. Although he knew that that village was the core of so many painful memories, he couldn't help but feel a bit sad. After all, the Sand Village was the place he had lived in, in all his life, even if he did curse it.

Sighing, he knew he had chosen to leave the village, and even if he wanted to go back, the village wouldn't allow it. Instead, he looked forward andheaded to the endless hills of sand and started walking.

Trudging along the sandy dunes, he finally reached his first destination, an oasis. After taking his fill of water, he figured that it would take at least two days before reaching a village… other than the Leaf Village. (If you noticed that the Leaf Village took three days...it's because it takes less days for Gaara because he doesn't sleep - !) From there, he could seek refuge and get food as well. He was not that stupid and had stolen some money, on his way out.

After making his plans, he hardened and formed some sand into a smaller sized gourd and poured more waterfor the long trip ahead of him.

As Gaara reached the Village of Stone, he decided that getting a place to rest was first. (He never understood why people thought he couldn't rest, as long as he never fell into slumber, he could at least meditate.) Eyeing the village, he noticed that there was little people who inhabited the village. They all eyed him suspiciously and warily, but never onced looked at him with fright. Like the Village of the Sand, he simply ignored the looks and just looked to the building that said 'Inn'.

Although he kept his attention on the building...he also was cautious of his surroundings, and noticed that eight people had formed a circle around him.

"Where you going, kid?" a man with ratty clothes asked him.

"Kids your age shouldn't be here, you should go back to your mother," one snickered.

"Yeah, where's your mother, kid?" another asked.

Feeling rather annoyed, Gaara decided not to use his techniques on them. He still needed to recover from Kimimaru's battle, as his chakra was stillalmost depleted. 'Futhermore,' he thought, ' these fools aren't even worth my time.'

"Get out of the way," Gaara simply said.

"Aha! Get out of the way? Who do think you are?" a man near Gaara laughed, as he squatted to Gaara's height. "Hey, what's your name?"

Crossing his arms, he replied, "Sabaku...No Gaara."

As soon as he finished, the gang bursted into shouts of laughter. Some had even started to clutch their stomachs, as tears sprouted from their eyes.

"Ha, ha, ha! Hey, did you hear what he said, Aki?" a man asked the ratty clothed man, who seemed to be the leader of the group.

"Oh, hell yes. Yo, kid, don't even play yourself," Aki said, wiping the tears off, "We all heard the news."

"What news?" Gaara asked.

"Oh, you don't know? How that monster was exiled, but was killed 12 hours later. What an ass...and to think that we were afraid of him."

"Ah... anyway, we know you have some cash on you, so hand it over," Aki said, turning serious.

"Hn."

"Hn? Well, alright kid, you asked for it." Ahi replied, as everyone else flipped their knives out. "You know, your at a disadvantage...eight to one and all."

Seeing as there was no other choice to rid of the fools, Gaara unplugged his gourd, letting the sand pour out. Unfortunately, the stupid brutes had not seen the sand, and all at once, the men charged at him.

Some threw hidden shurikens at him, but they were easily deflected by his sand. Others started to attack him head on, using only their knives or their fists. The sand quickly threw them off, and drove the other men back.

"Heh, looks like you got a few moves,"Aki smiled, obviously not realizing that it was truly Gaara. "Not bad, but you won't last long."

Once again, the gang started to attack him all at once. But as they ran, the sand crept up to their thighs, soon holding them in place.

"Wh-Wh-What the hell?" one squeaked, surprised by the sudden halt.

Smirking, Gaara lifts his hands chest high, then starts to close his fists.

"Sabaku Sousou!" Gaara whispers.

Pools of blood flew everywhere from the sand covered bodies, as Gaara whispered the words. Fortunately, his sand armor had protected him against the beautifully colored liquid, leaving him flawless. As the sand returned to the gourd, it picked up all traces of body parts and blood, leaving nothing behind.

After the sand returned to the large gourd, did Gaara walk to the Inn again. Although his attack had been simple...and easy, he needed to hurry to the Inn, as his chakra was nearly gone. As he turned a corner, a painful shock ran through him. 'Shit...' he thought, before he fell to the floor, unconsious.

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A/N: Ahhh, sorry for the long wait...like I said, I'm not the best author, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter, you'll meet Sunome...so I hope you look forward to it. But, I'll try to update the chapters as fast as I can...but they'll probably be short ones...hope you don't mind...>. Plz review if you enjoyed it...or hated it...Well, Jaa nee!

I updated and fixed the typos...thanks Ryushi-the-DutchEroSennin for helping me with the mistakes and everyone else who reviewed !