A/N: Yay, another chapter!
Sariyu-chan: Thanks for the second review:3
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Naruto put a hand to his own face, where he had the same markings. Could Keitorin contain a demon spirit?The blonde wondered. "Keitorin-chan, what are those marks on your cheeks?"
Keitorin sighed. "You've noticed." Sitting up painfully, she turned to face Naruto, head tilted to one side and her face showing a deep interest. "I am Neji-san's sister. Did you guess that much?"
Naruto shook his head. But now that he looked, she did look strikingly similar. She had the same light purple, almost white eyes and pale skin. Her hair was darker than Neji's, however, his a dark brown while her's was pure black.
"My family members, Mother in particular, always told me and my brother about the Kokoro Demon, an three tailed wolf demon that could turn into a beautiful girl. She wanted nothing more than to fit in. Whenever someone found out she wasn't human, they would flee from them, and she would curse them for life. My parents decided, to save the world from her power, to seal the spirit inside her unborn child." Keitorin paused. "Mother did not know that she was to have twins. Neji got nothing - but I recieved this awful curse in full. Everything from the whiskers to the temper."
Naruto sighed. "Keitorin, I don't really tell people this, but I've also got a demon - a nine tailed fox." He looked up at Keitorin, who was slightly taller than him, with icy blue eyes.
Keitorin's eyes widened in suprise. "The...whisker markings?" Slowly, she reached out and timidly put a hand on Naruto's cheek. Her hand was icy cold, and Naruto jumped when it touched his skin. Keitorin leaned a little closer to him, as if to speak, but a creak sounded, and both turned quickly to Naruto's door.
"Are we...innerupting something?" Temari stammered, and Naruto blushed. It must have looked like Keitorin was about to kiss him!
"No..." Naruto shot back. "Who the heck are you? And why are you in my apartment?"
Kankuro and Gaara appeared behind the taller girl. "There was a trail of blood. Gaara convinced us that we should check it out..." Temari turned a little, discretly glaring at Gaara, but not enough that he would notice out of fear that she would get pummeled.
"Well...thanks." Keitorin smiled. "I got attacked on the way over here. Just a little wound. I'll be fine." She tried to assure the Sand Siblings.
Gaara's eyes traveled down to the bleeding wound just above Keitorin's knee. "Here. Let me help you." He walked into the room. "Naruto. Do you have any gauze? And a wet cloth?"
Naruto stood and left promptly, as afraid to get the redhead angry as Temari. Gaara knelt beside Keitorin, inspecting the cut. "It looks pretty deep." He observed. "What happened?"
"I just told you, Gaara!" Keitorin sounded slightly exasperated. "I was walking here. A kunai flew out of nowhere and hit me."
"Who attacked you?" Gaara made his voice sound a little more annoyed to match the girl's.
"I don't know..." Keitorin shrugged. "I didn't see. Like I said, the kunai flew out of nowhere." She leaned closer to inspect Gaara's face. "Are you wearing eyeliner?" A comical grin formed on her face.
Temari innerupted. "No. He's not." She glared a bit at Keitorin, warning her to shut up before Gaara went insane.
"And who are you?" Keitorin glared right back at the older girl.
"Temari. Gaara's sister." Temari closed her eyes.
"And who's that guy with the make-up and the kitty ears lurking in the shadows over there?"
"Oh, that's my other sibling, Kankurou." Gaara gave one of his rare smiles.
Naruto returned with the supplies Gaara had requested, and then stepped out of the way, watching him work. Gaara first ripped off the fabric around the cut, so he could easily clean it. He pressed the wet cloth to the wound firmly.
"Hey, why did you rip my pants?"
"Hm? Oh, so I could clean the cut better."
Keitorin looked down wistfully. "Those were nice pants too. One of the only pairs that didn't make my ass look huge."
All three of the boys in the room blushed slightly, and Temari snickered. "That's not huge?"
Finally, Keitorin's blood was brought to a boil. "You know, Temari, you REALLY shouldn't be talking!" she growled loudly, balling her hands into fists. "I'm warning you!"
"Yeah." Temari sounded disbelieving. "Whatever you say."
"Hey, will you girls just let it go already?" Kankurou innerupted. "You're going to get your faces ripped off - if Gaara doesn't lose it, then I probably will."
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FIGHT MY BATTLES!" Both Keitorin and Temari shouted at Kankuro at once.
"Done." Gaara exclaimed as he finished wrapping the gauze around the wound to stop the bleeding. "Well, we should probably get to our training. See you around...wait, I didn't catch your name."
Keitorin looked up into Gaara's eyes, a little confusion visible on her face, almost as if she remembered something she was unwilling to say. "Keitorin Hyuga." She murmured, half to herself.
"Right." Gaara nodded, before heading to the door, his siblings close behind. Temari shot a final venimous glare in Keitorin's direction, while Kankuro just looked glad to get out of there.
When he was sure that the three were out of earshot, Naruto sighed. "That Gaara of the Desert, he's weird."
"He's not so different from us..." Keitorin murmured.
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A/N: Hehe, another chapter, and the start of a rivalry between Temari and Keitorin, it seems. Also the start of Keitorin's grudge against blondes. I will update soon
