He got up too, "You little pest," sand started to crawl up my leg and wrap around me and squeeze hard, all except my head again, Kankuro spoke up, "Gaara, don't you think we should…" I couldn't hear the rest because he spoke too soft so only Gaara and Temari could hear, the sand let go, I wasn't sure why but it didn't seem like a good thing.
I started to back up slightly, then I made a hand sign, it became slightly misty, I was too tired to go all-out which is not very good right now. Temari spoke up, "Hey girl, you want to come with us?" I thought she was kidding, but she looked sincere, why the heck would I want to come with them?
"That wasn't a question," Gaara said to me, the sand started to go back into the gourd. "Really?" I smiled slightly, hoping to get o his nerves, "Because it sounded like one." He took a step forward and I took one back. "You ARE coming with us, and if you fall back, Temari will go after you," Kankuro said quickly, and grabbed the little boy out of her arms.
"Alright, but the child is going back, right?" I asked, hoping the poor little boy could get back. Gaara started moving, "The ANBU will catch up, let's go," I followed him obediently, hoping to find a good chance to save the boy.
I looked back, the ANBU were so close, and I could see them, "Um… Gaara…" he stopped and looked, he said something, but I didn't understand it, "I'm going to unleash 'it" Temari and Kankuro seemed shocked, "They are too strong for you," he smirked. Kankuro ran off, "Come on Temari!" he shouted, I felt since I was technically on his team, and I truly didn't care who got hurt, I was going to follow alongside him, but Temari grabbed my shirt and started to run.
"Come on!" she said, I was fussing, I wanted to fight, "But what about Gaara?" she replied flatly, "He's fine, we have to get out of here." Finally we stopped, and Temari explained why we had to get away, but I still didn't understand, "But what if he needs our help?"
As we were arguing, Gaara had transformed into a raccoon, made of sand, he fought hard against the ANBU, but there was one that had a strange ability and combined with everyone, they were really pummeling Gaara. I ran off, I was going to go see what happened, nobody protested as I ran off.
When I got there, I saw a sand demon, it scared me, and I thought for sure it was Gaara, and he was slowly regaining his human form again, the ANBU weren't holding back.
Kankuro decided to go check on us, "They are taking to long, it should be over by now." He said as he ran off with the child to where we were, I jumped down in front of Gaara who was now lying on the ground, he looked seriously injured, I took out the needle in my hair and held it defensively.
He looked surprised that I was defending him, and the ANBU stopped attacking, it must've looked pretty strange for a girl from the Hidden Mist to be protecting a boy from the Hidden Sand. I helped Gaara up, but he pushed me down, "I don't need your help," he said.
"I beg to differ, but if I hadn't come and saved your sorry butt, then you'd be dead." I scoffed, and stood back up, Kankuro came and the ANBU retreated only a little. The little boy jumped out of Kankuro's arms and ran after the ANBU, sand grabbed him and dragged him down, I head one of the ANBU say "Konohamaru" I think that was the kid's name.
"Don't hurt him Gaara," I said in a stern commanding voice. He looked at me pitifully, "And you are going to stop me?" I shivered a little, and clenched my fist, I ran at Gaara and punched him in the stomach and returned to the spot I was in the blink of an eye, the sand let go of, Konohamaru grabbed onto me, only leaving my head, Gaara somehow knew it was me.
As he was walking towards me, I looked into his eyes again, he still looked sad and lonely, but now he looked slightly angry, I felt bad for him, he punched me hard in the face, "You are going to regret that." He said in a soft cruel voice. I didn't realize it, but I was shaking, he sure punches hard.
I scowled at him and mimicked in a strange voice, "You are going to regret that." I don't think he found that very amusing.
I protested, "But you'd have one less person to fight for you," he didn't seem to care, the sand got so tight I couldn't breathe, nor even move. "I don't need you to fight for me," he said, "Last chance, but if you blow it, I will kill the boy." I sure as heck wasn't expecting him to say that.
The sand was still tight, but I managed to squeak, "You can't kill him! He's just a boy!" something came towards Gaara, he didn't even move, the sand let go of my and came up and protected him, it was amazing. It was a rock, Konohamaru threw it, I could hardly move, I didn't want that innocent little boy to be hurt, or worse.
He made the sand let go of me and I dropped, but he brought his knee up and dug it into my chest, then I fell down, he walked over to the boy and picked him up by the collar, "Kankuro, take this little brat, he is your responsibility." I tried to get up, but had a hard time of it; Temari came and picked me up when she saw me.
It hurt to breathe, and it hurt when I moved, I swear I will kill him if I ever get the chance. I had a small pouch of water hanging at my side. I reached for it and unscrewed the top. I drank some of it and made a hand sign, once the water was in my chest area, and then I would heal myself.
I looked to make sure Konohamaru was alright, Gaara looked so funny, he was holding the boy like he was a parasite as he handed him to Kankuro. They all started running, I had no choice since I was still healing, so Temari was carrying me, I felt silly. Suddenly Konohamaru started crying, everyone stopped and looked at him, I felt sorry for the little boy, he was probably hungry, I know I was.
Gaara turned to me, "What?! I didn't do anything!" I said responding to his glare. He pointed the the little boy that was sitting on the ground crying, "Make it shut up." He said, I walked over to Konohamaru, "Gaara, it's a child, and his name is Konohamaru, right?" he nodded and wiped his eyes, I picked him up gently, "Are you hungry?" I asked him, he nodded again.
I looked at Gaara, "See? He's just hungry, I'm going to go look for some food," I said as I walked off, towards Konoha, I wasn't going to get food, I was going to bring Konohamaru back.