A/N: Yeah, I got another good idea for this...so I'm updating again!

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(Keitorin's POV)

I lay in the grass, panting hard. I could feel sweat trickling down my face, but I didn't bother to react. I was completely exhausted from training. In fact, Chansu-sensei had me wondering whether I would be able to handle the walk home.

My teammate, Ari, voiced my fears. "It'll be a long trudge back..." She muttered, wiping one dark brown strand from her face.

I guess I should tell you about my team now. First and foremost, there is Chansu Karasu. He's our sensei, and one of Konoha's greatestJounins. He is a tall man, with brown, messy hair and big brown eyes. He is considered a genius - not only is Chansu a master at genjutsu, he also has the ability to use bloodline limit jutsu thought to be unique to the Inuzuka family. Chansu believes that some of his ancestors may have been members of this family, and he has inherited the trait. Never the less, this allows him to use some extremely powerful attacks.

Ari is one of the Chunin on my team. She is very short for her age, only up to my shoulders, with deep chestnut brown hair and almost black eyes. Not only is she beautiful, she is very powerful. She can perform almost all types of jutsu, unlike her older brother Lee, who is limited to taijutsu. Yes, Ari would be the perfect ninja if not for the fact that she lacks a little between the ears. She isn't all that bright. She can also be quite hostile. It takes a lot to gain her trust.

Kyandii is Ari's twin sister, even though you couldn't find two more different people. She is equally short, with dirty blonde hair, almost brown, and stunning emerald eyes. Like Rock Lee, her older brother, she is limited to using taijutsu. She has been underestimated for this all her life, including, if you can believe it, by Lee. She doesn't look very menacing, but she is a taijutsu master. Her personality is the complete opposite of Ari - Kyandii is always chasing after some boy or another, and she's a real ditz. She is very forgetful, but really loving.

Ari and Kyandii live together, with Lee and thier family as well. My parents are dead, but I do live with my brother Neji. I guess sometimes I am a little jealous of Ari and Kyandii's family and close relationship, but I seem to make friends easily and really they seem to replace having a real family.

Kyandii was all sparkles that day - she had met another boy. "I was just walking to training!" She gushed. "And all of a sudden, this really tall guy with silver hair and a mask jumps out from who knows where and says 'hi' to me!"

"Do you even know who it is?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

Kyandii shook her head, pigtails bouncing every which way. "No, but I do know that he's the one for me!"

Ari laughed, sitting up to fix her hair. She pulled her shoulder length hair up into a single ponytail coming out of the top of her head, her usual hair style. "Silver hair? He sounds old."

"He's NOT old. I could tell." Kyandii retorted.

"How do YOU know?" Ari growled. "You SAID he was wearing a mask!"

"I also said he TALKED to me. And I could tell by his voice."

"How can you be sure?"

I sighed. Ari, though she was the same age as Kyandii, tended to be overprotective, and she didn't like Kyandii's obsession with boys at all. I decided to limp away then and there before I got dragged into the arguement.

I walked through the forest where we trained, back to my home. The streets of Konoha seemed strangely empty today...

"Keitorin." A voice greeted me, and I jumped, turning instinctively to see who it was. I let out my breath when I recognized the redhead as Gaara.

"Hey." I smiled. "Listen, I just wanted to say thanks for helping me a few days ago, you know, when I got hurt. I really appreciate it..." I looked down to Gaara. He was a little shorter than me - the top of his head only came to my eyes. I noticed that he wasn't even looking at my face. "Gaara?" Suddenly, I narrowed my eyes. He was looking at my chest! "Gaara!"

His head snapped up, his green eyes meeting mine. His face showed no emotion. "Yes?"

I sighed. "My face is here, Gaara." I pointed at my face.

"Yeah, I'm listening. Keep going." Slowly, and I don't know if it was intentional or not, Gaara's eyes drifted downward again.

"Will you stop that?" I raised my voice slightly. "I'm well aware that I'm a girl."

Gaara looked up again, blushing slightly, but still he didn't really look like he cared about...well, anything. "I should get going. Temari and Kankuro will be waiting for me. They sent me grocery shopping." I noticed the bad clutched in gaara's hand. "How I loathe it."

I laughed. "Okay, I'll see you around, Gaara-san!" I said, smiling slightly. As I watched Gaara walking away, I sighed. There was something about him...

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