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Easilyaddictedgirl: No.
SNicole25: It's only for the sand sibs exam I was gunna come up with team mates for Rin for after they get back to Suna. There's a reason she's going with them.
(guest): You'll see. I have a whole plan for the leaf village parts.
Desperate Reader (guest): Lol calm down this is the main story I'm working on so there will be a lot of updates.
: um… no. I have a thing I'm doing, don't worry.
Yuki-Kawashima: That wouldn't work unless she had her own team which she doesn't yet. I could've given her a team before but I didn't want to have to change up the whole thing again like I did for my other story.
dumped my cheating bf on sat., last official day of school was today, I graduate on Friday. Weird week...
Long Chapter ^_^
I'll be the angel by your side
I will get you through the night
I'll be the strength you can't provide on your own
'Cause when you're down and out of time
And you think you've lost the fight
Let me be the angel
The angel by your side
- Angel By Your Side - Francesca Battistelli
"You wanted to see me, Kazekage-sama?" Rin asked holding her hands in front of her.
"When do you turn 13?" he asked.
"Next week sir." Rin said with a curious frown. The Kazekage nodded and took something from his desk.
"Here." He said holding out a scroll.
"What is it?" Rin asked as she stepped forward to take it.
"A summoning contract." The Kazekage said. "You must use your own blood to sign your name and place your fingerprints. When you want to summon the creature you're contracted with you need only offer an additional donation of blood on the hand you signed the contract with, mould your chakra with hand seals – Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram – and then plant the hand you signed the contract with at the location you wish to summon the creature. The amount of chakra used during the summoning determines how powerful the summoned creature can be. It is possible to summon a group of the same contracted animal, as opposed to a single individual."
"W-Why are you giving me this?" Rin asked.
"You're going to the Leaf with my children in a few months." he said. Rin nodded. "Since you will not participate in the chunin exams this will be your task." Rin tilted her head. "When you return you'll be assigned to a team; they recently lost one of their members so you'll need to be strong enough to join them." Rin nodded.
"Um, if I may ask, sir, why wasn't I assigned to a team from my class?" Rin asked. The Kazekage took a moment to answer.
"When the teams were made you were an extra." he said. "It happens sometimes." Rin frowned but nodded. She wanted to stay with Gaara. "You're dismissed."
"Thank you sir." Rin bowed before leaving the room.
"He gave you a birthday gift?" Temari said.
"I think dad's lost it." Kankurō muttered. "Maybe he's sick."
"He looked fine to me." Rin said. "And it wasn't a birthday gift… he just asked when I was gunna be 13 before giving it to me.
"What is it?" Gaara asked looking at the scroll.
"A summoning contract." Rin said.
"For what?" Temari asked. Rin shrugged.
"Do it." Kankurō said. Rin rolled out the scroll on the coffee table. "How do you do it?" Kankurō asked.
"I'll show you." Rin said. She bit down on her thumb and Gaara's eyes widened.
"Why'd you do that?" he asked.
"You have to sign with blood." Rin said as she did just that. She touched her thumb to her other fingers before putting down her fingerprints.
"Now what?" Kankurō asked.
"Now I do the jutsu." Rin said. "I, Inu, Tori, Saru, Hitsuji." She put her hand to the ground and a symbol appeared on the floor. She took her hand away and there was a small puff of smoke. The four ninja leaned in to look. The smoke cleared and a white kitten looked up at them. It meowed and Ai, who was lying on the couch, instantly shot up in alarm.
"Of course it's a cat contract." Kankurō said with a chuckle as she shook his head. "Dad's got a sense of humor."
"I don't think Ai likes it that much." Temari said pointing to the black cat, who was walking around the white kitten, that was a third of his size, warily. Rin picked up Ai and put him in her lap before petting him. There was another puff of smoke and the kitten was gone. "Guess you'll have to work on that."
"Mhm." Rin hummed.
"Well we've got a month before we have to leave. Hop to it." Kankurō said. Gaara glared at him. "Or, ya know, you could not." he said with a shrug.
"Rin." Gaara said as he stood from the couch. Rin stood, holding Ai, and followed him with a smile as he left the room.
"You're all packed?" Mrs. Hayashi asked with a small smile as Rin ate breakfast with a pack on her back. Ai was on the floor eating his breakfast. Kenta walked into the room and frowned when he saw her but walked up to her.
"Here." He pushed a large hat onto her head. "Don't want you catching heatstroke before you get there."
"Thanks bro." Rin said holding it with a smile. Kenta patted her on the head with a small smirk.
"Good luck." he said. Rin grinned.
…
"Hey guys!" Rin called waving as she approached the sand siblings and Baki by the entrance of the village.
"Finally." Kankurō said with a smirk. "I was beginning to think you'd chickened out."
"I'm not that late." Rin said with pout. Kankurō chuckled and flicked her hat making it tilt.
"I'm just teasing you, twerp." he said. Rin continued to pout as she fixed her hat but then smiled.
"It's a three day trip and we won't be stopping unless absolutely necessary." Baki said. He tossed a small pouch to Temari, Kankurō and Rin. "Use these solider pills if you get tired." The three nodded. "Let's go."
…
"Getting tired yet?" Kankurō asked turning his head to look at Rin as they ran.
"Nope." She said turning her head to look at him. "You?"
"Nope." he said with a grin. "How 'bout you Temari?" The eldest sibling rolled her eyes and didn't answer.
"You good, Gaara?" Rin asked with a smile as she turned her head to him. He glanced over at her and nodded. "Hey, I see the forest!" Rin said with a big smile.
"It's only another day's journey." Baki said.
…
"Can we stop yet?" Rin asked with a frown.
"We're almost there." Baki said. "We should be coming upon the village gates any minute now." As he said, a few minutes later they had reached the gates.
"Finally." Kankurō groaned.
"We have to check in, then you can… explore while I get us rooms for our stay." Baki said. The four nodded and walked up to the two ninja behind a counter.
"Halt. State your purpose." One said holding up a hand.
"We're here for the chunin exams." Baki said.
"Only teams of three genin can compete." The other said.
"I'm not competing." Rin said. "I'm just here to cheer them on and provide medical support." she added with a smile. The two leaf ninja looked at each other before looking back at Baki and nodding. Baki handed them papers which they stamped before the five were allowed enter the village. "Whoa this village is so different." Rin said.
"Of course it is." Kankurō said. "If they were all the same that would be so boring." Rin nodded in agreement.
"The exam isn't until tomorrow." Baki said as he handed the four their IDs. "Don't cause any trouble." he added before he left.
"I wanna meet some leaf ninja." Rin said looking around.
"Why?" Kankurō asked with a frown.
"Cause it's fun to meet new people!" Rin said with a little jump. Kankurō shook his head.
"Let's drop our stuff off at the inn first." Temari said. "I don't know about you but I don't want to lug this around all day." she said pointing her thumb at her pack. Kankurō and Rin nodded before the four headed to the inn.
"What's taking you so long?" Kankurō asked as he knocked on the door of Temari and Rin's room.
"Give us a few more minutes." Temari said.
"They're taking forever." Kankurō groaned.
"Shut up." Gaara growled. A few minutes later Kankurō knocked on the door again.
"Done yet?"
"Yes! Jeez." Temari opened the door and gave her brother a look.
"What took you so long?" Kankurō asked.
"We had to alter a few things." Temari said before smiling. "Are you coming out or what?" she asked looking back in the room. Gaara glanced over for a second before turning to stare as Rin walked out. She had her hair tied up in a high ponytail, a white shirt that only went a few inches below her bust, under that was a fishnet sleeveless shirt that covered her neck and didn't cover her stomach. Her sleeves were unattached to the rest of the shirt because Temari had cut out two sections so Rin's scar would show. She wore white pants that were a bit baggy but ended just below her knees and ninja boots that covered the rest of her legs. Her hitai-ate had a black cloth and was tied around her waist just above her belly-button. Kankurō whistled pulling Gaara's attention from Rin to glare at Kankurō.
"Whoa." Kankurō said.
"What do you think?" Rin asked with a light blush as she held her hands behind her back.
"You look like a real ninja, twerp." Kankurō said with a smirk. Rin rolled her eyes at him. Temari looked at Gaara.
"What do you think, Gaara?" Temari asked. Gaara glanced at her for a moment before looking at Rin. Rin turned to look at him and smiled. Gaara looked at Kankurō and Temari who got the hint and left the room quickly.
"Well?" Rin asked.
"You look great." Gaara said. Rin smiled. "But…" Rin tilted her head. "You…" he was looking at her hitai-ate. Rin looked down too.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Why is your stomach showing?" he asked with a frown.
"Huh?" Rin looked up. "Well, I thought it looked cooler. Temari said it looked okay. Is it that bad?" Rin asked with a frown.
"No. I mean it looks fine." Gaara said shaking his head. He looked a little higher. "When did you…?" He blinked and looked up to meet her eyes. "Sorry, nevermind." He cleared his throat. Rin giggled.
Rin and Gaara were walking through the village. Gaara had his arms crossed and Rin was holding her hands behind her back.
"I can't wait to see you fight." Rin said. Gaara glanced at her. "I mean you know I don't like fighting and violence but to see you in action would be amazing!" A small smile came to his face. "I heard that people can get really hurt in the exams." Rin said with a frown. "I hope Temari and Kankurō will be okay."
"They'll be fine." Gaara said.
"I wonder where they are anyway."
"That's it, drop him now or I take you apart! You got that, fool?!" Someone shouted.
"Huh?" Rin stopped walking and turned her head towards the source of the shouting.
"You're the fool! Making threats isn't going to help, Naruto!" A girl shouted.
"You're annoying." Kankurō said.
"Hey it's Kankurō." Rin said looking around corner. "What's he doing to that boy?" she asked with a frown noticing the young boy Kankurō was holing by his scarf. Gaara sighed.
"All of you. I don't like runts or any other scrawny weaklings." Kankurō continued. "So when a wimp like this starts shooting off his mouth. I just wanna break him in half." Temari sighed.
"Fine, I'm not involved in any of this, okay?" She said.
"First I'll take care'a this little squirt then I'll waste the other one!" A blond boy ran forward with a yell as Kankurō pulled back his fist. Suddenly a rock hit Kankurō's hand making him drop the boy he was holding. The rock rolled on the ground and Kankurō held his hand in pain. He turned and looked up to see a black haired boy in a tree throwing a rock up and catching it.
"You're a long way from home and you're way outta your league." The boy said.
"Sasuke!" The pink haired girl fangirled.
"Naurto!" The younger boy ran over to the blond.
"Shouldn't we do something?" Rin asked looking back at Gaara but found him to be missing. "Huh?"
"Oh great another wimp to tick me off." Kankurō said. Sasuke caught the rock he was throwing and crushed it in his hand letting the dust fall.
"Get lost." Sasuke said.
"Ah! So cool!" Sakura exclaimed.
"How come you're not cool like that, huh?!" The youjng boy asked Naruto.
"What'd ya mean? I coulda taken that guy out in two seconds flat." Naruto said crouching in front of the boy. Kankurō looked up at Sasuke.
"Hey punk, get down here." Kankurō said. "You're the kinda pesky little snob I hate the most all attitude and nothin ta back it up." He took the buddle off his back and stood it up in front of him.
"What? Are you gunna use the Crow for this?!" Temari asked.
"Kankurō, back off." Gaara said. On the opposite side of the tree where Sasuke was, Gaara was standing upside down with his arms crossed. "You're an embarrassment to our village." Kankurō suddenly looked nervous.
"Uh- I- Hey Gaara." Kankurō said.
"Have you forgotten the reason we came all the way here?" Gaara asked.
"Uh I know." Kankurō said. "I-I mean they challenged us." Kankurō chuckled nervously. "They started the whole thing really. See here's what happened-"
"Shut up." Gaara said. Kankurō flinched. "Or I'll-" Gaara stopped when he saw Rin jogging up to them.
"Uh right." Kankurō said knowing what Gaara was going to say. "I was totally outta line. I- I'm sorry Gaara, I was totally outta line." Gaara turned his head to look at the Naruto and the others.
"I'm sorry for any trouble he caused." Gaara said. He and Sasuke looked at each other before Gaara teleported with sand to stand by Kankurō, Temari and Rin. "Let's go. We didn't come here to play games." The four started to leave.
"Alright, sure, I get it." Kankurō said.
"Hold on!" Sakura said. Kaminari sighed. The four ignored her. "Hey!"
"What?" Temari asked without turning.
"I can tell from your headband that you come from the village hidden in the sand." Sakura said. "Of course the land of fire and the land of wind are allies but no shinobi can enter other's village without permission. So state your purpose and it better be good." Rin raised an eyebrow as the group turned back.
"Really? Have you guys all been living under a rock or what? You don't know what's going on do you?" Temari asked.
"We're here for the Chunin exams. Duh." Rin said.
"So we have permission." The Temari held up a passport like ID they'd gotten from the two ninja at the gate. "Of course you're correct, we are hidden sand genin; our home is the land of the wind and we're here for the chunin exams."
"The chunin exams, what's that?" Naruto asked. "Well I've never heard of any chunin exams, believe it." Naruto said.
"I believe it alright, that you're totally clueless." Temari said.
"Hey boss those are the exams that genin's got to take in order to graduate to being a full on chunin." The young boy said.
"Oh well why didn't you say so? I am so there!" Naruto said excitedly. The four turned to leave. Sasuke jumped down from the tree.
"Hey, you!" He called. "Identify yourself."
"Hm?" Temari stopped to look back. "You mean me?" she asked with a smile.
"No him, the guy with the gourd on his back." Sasuke pointed. Kankurō stopped and Gaara turned around.
"My name is Gaara of the desert." He turned to fully face him. "I'm curious about you too. Who are you?"
"I am Sasuke Uchiha." Sasuke said with a smirk.
"Hi there! I bet you're dying to know my name, right?" Naruto asked.
"I couldn't care less." The three turned around but Rin smiled.
"I wanna know!" She said jogging over. Naruto smiled.
"You have blue hair!" He said pointing. Rin blushed and touched it.
"Mhm." She hummed with a nod.
"That's cool." he said with smile. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" He said pointing a thumb at his chest.
"I'm Rin Hayashi." Rin said with a small bow.
"Rin." Gaara said. Rin turned to look at him for a brief moment before looking back at Naruto with a smile.
"I'll see you around!" she said with a small wave.
"Yeah!" He watched her run back to the sand siblings. Gaara glared at Naruto but Naruto's eyes were on Rin.
"That boy was cute." Rin said as she kicked her legs on one of the inn beds.
"The black haired one?" Temari asked as she put a few things away in the dresser of the room. Rin shook her head.
"No, the blond one with the really bright eyes." Rin said with a smile. Gaara frowned as he sat beside Rin.
"Really?" Temari asked. "The loud blond?" Rin giggled and nodded. She noticed Gaara trying to glare a hole in the floor and leaned over to whisper in his ear.
"Don't worry; I still think you're cuter." She said before pecking his cheek. He turned his head away as his face went pink which caused Rin to giggle.
…
Rin came out of the bathroom in her PJs and sat on Gaara's bed. Baki, who was sitting at the desk in the room, sighed.
"You room with Temari." Baki said to Rin pointing to the door that joined the rooms.
"But I wanna stay with Gaara." Rin said.
"Gaara doesn't sleep." Baki said.
"I know but…"
"She stays with me." Gaara said. Kankurō, who was sitting on the other bed, opened his mouth to explain but knew better. Baki sighed with a hand over his eyes.
"You're not kids anymore." he said. Rin blinked.
"We're still friends though." she said.
"That's not the point." Baki said. "Tell me one of you," he looked to the other two sand siblings. "gave him 'the talk' at some point."
"Are you kidding?" Temari asked.
"Well?" Baki asked.
"I did last year." Kankurō said. Temari sighed and noticed Rin and Gaara's cheeks were pink and they avoided looking at one another. Baki turned to Gaara who glared and got into the bed.
"Rin." Gaara said. She looked over and blinked before she smiled and slipped in with him. Baki shook his head and left the room. Kankurō and Temari shrugged. Temari left the room and Kankurō got into his bed. Rin cuddled up to Gaara who put his arms around her and pulled her closer. She rested her head on his chest and her hair brushed against Gaara's chin.
"Good night, Gaara." Rin whispered. Gaara inhaled deeply and closed his eyes.
"Good night, Rin."