It took three days to successfully erase Neji's memory so he could continue his fight without the investigation. He and Neji had had so much fun together he didn't want to kill him straight away but even so, it would be hard to continue his battle with the book with a court case going on in the background that he had to attend. With the decision that Neji was already mentally unstable for somehow thinking he had been mauled by sand, Gaara felt no guilt after pushing him of the sixth story balcony window. He still felt entirely impassive after doing it three more times until Neji began to call him 'Mother' and claimed he was a hippopotamus unicorn. With that little matter cleared up, he now returned to the kitchen bench that had become more of a fighting arena, and opened the book. 'STAGE THREE'

"Not all affection has to be physical. Sometimes a well thought out gift can be much more effective even if there is no occasion to call for one. Something small, but special, will work best. To make it even better, why not make something yourself?"

It had taken him a lot of thought to properly achieve a gift idea. But with his pure genius and earlier use of skills of observation, he had an one. The Sakura girl had been browsing by a cake shop and he may have gone and purchased one himself except for the fact that she might still be around there and he didn't want to be in trouble with the law again. So instead, he took the books advice and decided to make his own.

He had no idea what type of baking his subject may enjoy but surely they would appreciate the effort. For these reasons he decided to make his own favorite that he called 'Blood Muffins'. As he could not kill the people here, he used two pigeons and a cat to get the required ingredients. In a covered bowl, he performed 'Desert Graveyard' on them all and then added the batter to a muffin tin. He baked until the muffins went black and crispy then removed them with a table leg and added to a lined basket.

Skipping down the stairs, he made his way to the flower shop and entered carefully. Ino was behind the counter reading a magazine and didn't look up when he entered.

"Welcome to the Yamanaka Florist. How may I help you?" He stealthily concealed the basket behind his back.

"Hellooooo!" She looked up and fell backwards. Pulling herself up, she pointed a tulip at him threateningly.

"W...what do you want? Sakura warned me about you!"

"I missed you too! Don't worry; I will visit more often from now on."

"DADDY? DADDY HELP!"

"I have brought you a lovely present! I made it myself." He offered her the basket proudly.

"I don't want it! Keep back!"

"TAKE IT!" She reached out tentatively and snatched it away.

"What is it? Please don't hurt me!"

"I made you muffins! They are yummy! Try one."

"N...No!"

"EAT THE MUFFIN NOW!" She took a bite and coughed.

"What is it?"

"You like it!"

"No! I can't eat these! Go away!" Her taste had obviously been a bad one.

"Eat more!"

"No!" She was beginning to shake with what he assumed was happiness. She must want to eatthem allso he strode forwards and began shoving as many as he could down her throat. "Mop bip!"

"More? Okay!" He really should have made a bigger batch. She was blue with pleasure. He shoved another in and she fell to the floor. "We should meet up again soon. Bye!" She didn't answer.

One of the nurses told him she had almost died. He had no idea how, he had been with her the whole time and nothing had happened.

Nut2: Hm, who will fall victim to Gaara's kindness next? Hope you enjoyed Ino's almost death by muffins and review!