Disclaimer: I dont own Naruto.

I think I really captured the spirit of Shino in this one. The part for Hinata was a little too serious I think... hopefully the next chapter will provide a more humorous situation. Ah well, thanks for reading!

And, even though i dont support HinaGaa, I love ShikaTema! So expect some of that in the next chapter. D


Chapter 5: Teammates and Missions

Gaara

Gaara's first punch sent Lee flying straight through the street wall, into a residential area. Lee could only stare in terror at the approaching girl, with her angry, yet emotionless eyes. He was embedded into the wall of someone's house, and his body felt pain. He wouldn't fight back, though! True gentlemen did not fight girls.

Gaara felt blood thirst stir in his gut, a feeling he reserved for those he truly despised…since his fight with the blonde haired boy, he'd stop killing…sort of. But this was the boy who had caused him so much pain…

A shout of, 'what the hell?' came from within the house, as well as a soft, 'indeed.'

Kiba and Shino came from the door of the house Lee was lodged in. Shino's expression was masked by his glasses, but it probably would have been much the same as Kiba's expression; basically what the hell is going on and what happened to my house? (Its Shino's house)

As Gaara approached Lee intensely, not even the yells of "Hinata!" from Kiba and Neji behind him could make him stop. He was angry, so angry…

Neji knew what he would have to do to wake Gaara from his bloodlust.

"Gaara-seme!" Neji called (You all know what seme means…right?).

Kiba turned to Neji with a look of complete confusion in his eyes. Shino looked from Hinata to Lee, still wondering about his wall. Lee stirred angrily. Gaara stopped dead in his tracks.

"What. Did. You. Call me." Gaara whispered.

"Neji-san! Don't speak so rudely of Hinata-chan! How dare you call her that! And Gaara? That is no way to treat a lady!" He huffed.

"Yah, dude, what do you think you're doing?" Kiba growled. Akamaru appeared from inside his jacket, growling as well.

Silence.

"Baka." Gaara murmured, his hate drained away to be replaced by fear. He stepped away from Lee with a look of calm on his face. "Wasn't it your idea to keep this concealed?

All eyes turned toward Hinata. Shino arched an eyebrow, as Kiba stared open mouthed. They had never seen such a look on Hinata. Could it be that this was…?

"You gave me no choice." Neji replied, eyeing his comrades warily. "By attacking Lee-san, you revealed yourself."

Rock Lee picked himself off from the wall, gasping.

"In the name of TRUTH and LOVE, please explain to me, comrades!"

Gaara's eye twitched at the stupidity. He REALLY wanted to kill that guy…

"Come with us Lee. We shall explain on the way." Neji said, looking at his team mate.

"No." Gaara hissed.

"Why not?" Neji asked, "We will need protection if we are to travel to your body…"

"Not him."

But Lee had accepted the mission, as he stood ready in his good guy pose.

"I don't know what's going on, but I'll protect you Hyuuga-sama's!" It was as though he had already forgotten about the punch he had just received.

"Neji." Shino said, sounding slightly annoyed. "As Hinata's teammates, I think it would be appropriate you explained this here."

Before Neji could speak, Gaara stepped forward.

"I do not know you as my teammates." His voice was cold. "There is no need to tell you anything." He shot Neji a look. The Hyuuga nodded.

Hinata and Neji suddenly took off, Neji grabbing Lee and dragging him along. Kiba and Shino dashed after, until both groups were flying towards the exit/entrance of Konoha as fast as they could go.

Unfortunately, a Chunin had just been assigned to watch the gate, as there were currently no other missions available.

"How troublesome." The pineapple haired boy sighed.

Hinata

The doorknob creaked as Baki opened it, and Hinata gasped as she was thrust aside by a push from Temari into the corner of the kitchen, where someone just entering the house wouldn't be able to see her.

As the man (with a curtain over his face) stepped into the sibling's living room, he stared reprovingly at Temari and Kankuro, who gave him big nervous grins.

"What are you two doing?" He murmured, looking at the destroyed and sand filled kitchen. "Did Gaara…?"

"N...Nope!" Kankuro laughed nervously. "Nothings wrong with Gaara, nothing at all! We were just about to come meet you and-"

"Shut up, moron!" Temari muttered, soft enough that only Kankuro and 'Gaara' could hear it.

"Well, get going!" Baki barked, "Even if you had left before I got here, you would've been late! So get Gaara and meet me outside in three minutes!" He slammed the door behind him.

Once again, Hinata was confused as to the hateful way the man had said the sandman's name. Temari and Kankuro gave sighs of relief, and then turned toward Hinata.

"You better get dressed." Temari said, "And fast." She helped Hinata up, and then gave her a little shove towards Gaara's room.

"H…hai!" Hinata said, running upstairs.

Soon she reappeared, fully clothed in Gaara's usual outfit. Her face was a bright red, and she came down stuttering.

"G...Gaara's...he…I...was…" She mumbled, pointing her fingers and twiddling with her thumbs.

"What?" Temari asked, confused, but Kankuro grabbed her ribbon and Hinata's hand and dragged them towards the door.

"We don't have time!" He shouted, slamming the door behind them as Baki had.

Baki glared at them as they came out.

"That was four minutes. Let's go." He jumped up and disappeared. The sand siblings did the same, Temari helping Hinata along.

As Baki explained the mission to Kankuro, the sister and Hinata stayed back, talking.

"Why does sensei say Gaara's name so harshly?" she asked, a worried look on her face.

Temari's expression was troubled, but she answered best she could.

"Gaara was once…well, a strange kid. He liked…killing people." She whispered.

Hinata's faced drained of color, and she looked at Temari, shocked.

"K...kill...killing…" Hinata gasped, too scared to finish. She was in the body of a killer? A chill surged through her body.

"Don't worry about it…" Temari said, though her voice was still troubled. 'He's changed a lot lately. He wouldn't kill you…probably."

That had been the wrong thing to say. Hinata gave her the most scared look she had ever seen on Gaara's face.

They were interrupted by Kankuro, who had dropped back to tell them the mission.

"We're lucky, our mission is in Konoha. Hopefully we'll meet up with your body there."

Hinata nodded stiffly, her face pale.

"And hopefully, " Kankuro continued, "Gaara will be in your body as you are in his…"

Hinata stopped dead. Temari and Kankuro stopped and looked back at her, as Baki obliviously continued on.

"Oh no no nono…" She cried, "No!" What if Naruto-kun saw her? What would this killer do in her body? She felt sick.

She sprang forward.

"We must hurry!"