A/N: Thanks all who reviewed! Now, as usual, my comments back to the reviewers:

Luna Forest: Glad you enjoyed the chapter and yes, you're right. There is going to be major ass kicking in this chapter!

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WARNING: This chapter is a bit disturbing… (To me at least).

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'Damn!' thought Sunome. She knew she had played hostage before, but not this time. She tried to wrestle out of his grip, but he only held onto her tighter. She glared at the shadow nin, but he was too busy staring at Gaara. Looking back at Gaara, she saw multiple nins behind him. Widening her eyes, she looked around and found that they were surrounded by the ninjas Gaara was spying on. Thinking the man would lessen his grip with his comrades behind him, Sunome began to concentrate. When she felt the shadow ninja weaken his grip on Sunome, she took the chance. Jumping up, she bit the man's fingers, which caused the ninja to let go of Sunome. Then, in a matter of seconds, she turned around and kicked the ninja in the neck. As he fell down, she noticed a patch of sand rising behind him.

"I don't need your help," Sunome said, walking towards Gaara. "I already told you…I can take care of myself."

"I know that," Gaara said. letting his sand consume the body.

"Then why don't you just keep your sand to yourself!" Sunome snapped.

Gaara just growled. How was he supposed to know that she was going to make a move? He didn't. Nonetheless, he knew fighting each other wasn't a smart thing to do.

Sunome took his silence as a sign that she won. Nodding her head, both went into position. Sunome scanned for any signs of water. Looking past the ninjas, she found a well. She knew it was going to be tough to get past the men, but she also knew she had to try. She looked to Gaara and then back to the well. Gaara nodded. Running forward, Gaara threw his sand toward the mass of ninjas. Less that half of the ninjas in Sunome's way were wiped out. But that was enough for her. As Gaara concentrated his attacks on those around him, so did Sunome. She punched a face, ducked under, sprang back up, kicked someone in the balls, ducked again, and punched someone in the jaw, as she stood back up. It seemed more and more ninjas kept coming, but Sunome kept fighting. She punched again, jabbed someone in the neck, kicked between someone's legs, and ducked under before a ninja could grab her. Finally, she noticed the well, and merely ducked and ran. She had to save her chakra for her jutsus.

Gaara, on the other hand, wasn't having much trouble. None of the ninjas could touch him. Those nearest him were swallowed by the sand and then, there was only the crunching of bones. Other ninjas tried their techniques on him, but all failed. As the blood coated his sand, Gaara tried containing his excitement. Keeping half of his mind busy by killing his endless supply of opponents, he tried to keep his other half of his mind on Sunome.

Sunome breathed heavily as she stood on top of the well. She smiled, as she looked at the soft ripples of the water. She couldn't believe how lucky she was.

After silently thanking her mother, she yelled, "Mizu No Katana No Jutsu (Sword of Water)!"

A huge, liquid sword appeared in her right hand. Smiling devilishly, she quickly ran back to the crowd of ninjas. They smiled back at her, but their smile vanished as they were sliced by the sharp blade. One ninja tried to grab her, but his arms were sliced off. Sunome ended his pain quickly, by digging her sword into his chest. As she pulled the large knife out of his body, crowds of ninjas swarmed around her.

'Taking them one by one isn't going to help,' a voice said.

"Shut up!" Sunome yelled. "I don't need your stupid help right now, Kita."

'That's what you think,' Kita said.

With that, a switch went on, and Sunome started swinging wildly. Body parts were cut off and blood splattered across Sunome's face. Screams and shrieks were heard, and yet, Sunome had no reaction. She deflected a kunai, dug her sword into a neck, and pulled it out. Bodies fell before her, but Sunome's angry actions seemed endless.

Gaara widened his eyes, as he saw Sunome grow out of control. 'If she continues this, Kita will come out again,' Gaara thought. Luckily, as Sunome neared Gaara, the men started jumping away. They knew that Sunome was trouble, and jumped away from the site. Soon, it was only Gaara, Sunome, and the heap of bodies. Whereas Sunome kept on swinging her blade, Gaara's sand consumed the dead bodies. He didn't want her to see the mass of ninjas she had killed. Doing so, might giver her another reason to release Kita.

After some time, the switch turned off, andSunome stopped swinging. She stared at nothing as she dropped onto her knees; her anger gone. She also let her sword go, and the dry sand sucked the blood-coated liquid. Gaara walked in front of her and knelt. Her eyes were blank as he stared at them, but soon tears appeared in her forest green eyes. Throwing herself onto Gaara, she wept on his clothes. Gaara had almost fell back, but somehow, he knew it was going to happen. Although this was the second time she had cried on him, Gaara was still unsure of what to do. Slowly, he rested his hand on Sunome's shoulder. The action seemed to work, as Sunome's tears stopped flowing.

She slowly pushed herself against Gaara.

"I don't know what happened. I heard Kita's voice and then I was back in my memory of when mother died. I was so powerless, when I held her body. I couldn't do anything. I guess I got angry for being so powerless and used my anger against those ninjas. If they hadn't left, Kita would've taken control of my body. That's what she intended on doing. Now I know why the villagers hate me…because I'm just like her," Sunome said, tears reappearing.

But before the tears fell on her cheek, she wiped them away with her sleeve.

"You must think I'm pretty pathetic right now, huh?" she asked, looking down.

"No. Everyone loses control sometime," Gaara said.

Sunome gave a weak smile.

"Thanks."

Gaara only nodded, before standing back up. Sunome followed Gaara's action and also stood.

"Okay then. Now to give that bastard a piece of my mind," Sunome said, as if the moment earlier had never happened.

Gaara only smirked. He was glad Sunome was back on her feet, but surprised that she was that eager to fight again. 'Perhaps I should be giving more credit to Sunome,' thought Gaara. As he watched her walk ahead, he shook his head. Her energy and personality oddly reminded him of Naruto.

"It's the other way," Gaara said, walking the other way.

Sunome tensed, feeling stupid all over again.

Trying to cover herself, she said, "Oh, I thought you mumbled going that way…I must've heard wrong."

Chuckling nervously, she ran to catch up with Gaara. Walking side-by-side, she felt her cheeks grow red, and she knew it wasn't from the beating sun.

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A/N: Okay! Hope you all enjoyed that chapter. The next chapter may take some time...so please be patient! Thanks and bye for now!