Thunder Bird

I don't own Naruto

Chapter Nine

Naruto jumped, avoiding a kunai that had been thrown his way. In return, he threw another kunai at Kaya. He heard a grunt, and turned to see that he'd missed her.

She grinned, seeing that the blonde infront of her was getting tired as she dropped under the shade of a tree.

"That's enough for today, Naruto." She called, staring out over the grassy plain.

"Bet you don't see many places like this in Suna, huh?" Kaya nodded softy, pushing herself up as she looked at the position of the sun.

"I should be heading back, we have to turn in our fourms soon." Naruto grinned, staring up at her.

"Could we do this more often, Kaya-Nee-Chan?" Kaya looked down at him, offering a small smile. "Sure."


"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Naru yelled, looking at Kaya as she walked in the doorway. Long silver hair flew back slightly at the yell.

"I've been walking around. Chill out, would you?" Gaara looked at her from his spot on the wall. He was waiting for Temari and Kankuro. Kaya hugged herself loosely, avoiding his eyes.

"Chill out? CHILL OUT? YOU HAVEN'T EVEN FILLED OUT YOU--" Kaya held out her fourm, showing it to Naru and cutting her off. "Oh..."

"Are we ready?" Temari asked, coming into the room and dragging Kankuro with her.

"Yeah, if temper tanturm here can keep her mouth shut long enough for us to register." Kaya said, jerking her thumb towards Naru.

Kankuro laughed, walking out the door as Naru turned and started beating him over the head with her fists.


Kaya had succeded in scaring the shit outof the Chunin that was checking their fourms. After that the Suna siblings and the two girls had found a spot in the crowded room to settle down and wait for the exams to begin.

That is, until Naruto decided to make a fool out of himself.

Kaya's eyes watched as the Oto nins attacked Kabuto. Those blue orbs narrowed, seeing the chakra behind the dodged punch.

"Kaya, what just happened?" Naru asked softly, getting the attention of the silver haired girl as well as the Suna trio.

"From the looks of it, carefully calculated chakra release. In a moment, that guy should be..." Kaya trailed off as Kabuto doubled over and threw up. "Puking."

Kaya rolled her eyes at Naru's disgusted expression.

"That Oto boy is good. With that speed, he might even be able to get pass Gaara's sand." Gaara looked at her, then towards the front of the room as Morino Ibiki entered the room with his examiners behind him.


Kaya frowned, staring at the paper infront of her as she tapped her pencil against the table top. She'd managed the first two questions, but the rest... well, she really had no idea if they were in a different language or not. She risked a glance across the room, finding Gaara had his Third Eye activated.

-Yo, Gaa, little help here-

She saw him sigh to himself, his eye flashing towards her.

-Which one?-

-Three...then four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine-

Kaya grinned delightedly as she copied down what he told her.

-...Why did you run off this morning?-

Kaya blinked, setting her pencil down as she crossed her arms over her stomach.

-Why didn't you stick around long enough for me to atleast wake up?-

-... I had things that I needed to do, Kaya.-

-Yeah, like what?-

-I needed to talk to Kankuro-

-About what?-

She was upset, Gaara could hear it as her voice echoed in his mind.

-Look, I'm sorry... Kaya, you know that I can't sleep, what do you think I was doing the whole night?-

-What you do everynight-

-Wrong. I spent the whole night watching you sleep-

Kaya blushed, staring down at her lap.

-Gaara... I...-

-What?-

Her blush faded, and her vision became blurry as she decided weather or not to tell him what she had decided.

-I can't be in a realationship with you-