Ok, so here is the next chapter. Temari finally comes in to the story in this one! I don't know if it is still kind of a short chapter for you guys, but it is longer then all the other ones. So injoy, and Review.
Halfway through the night Gaara heard someone sneaking in through his window. He peeked over the blankets and saw a black figure with a mask on standing there. "Gaara are you there?" the stranger asked. It sounded like a girl. Gaara pulled the covers over himself slightly. This tiny movement made the stranger walk over to the side of the bed. "Why are you in bed? You know you can't sleep," the girl said. Gaara pulled the covers down just past his eyes. "You need to come with me," the girl said.
"W-why?" he said nervously.
"I'm taking you somewhere safe," she told him sweetly.
Gaara sat up in the bed. "S-safe?" he asked.
"Yes. You know that the Kazekage is sending people after you. I heard that he is going to send another one," she told him.
Gaara started to cry, he couldn't believe his own dad would go so far just to get rid of him. Wasn't all those other people enough? Couldn't he just give up and face that he isn't going to die by people trying to kill him? If he wanted him gone so badly, then he would do it himself; if he could. It would be better for everyone anyways if he is gone, no one liked him. "I don't want to go!" Gaara yelled.
"You have to, if you don't they will send more people after you. More people will be killed, and you will be hurt more," the girl said calmly.
"I've never been hurt once!" Gaara still yelled.
"Yes you have Gaara, you been hurt in here," she said putting a hand on his heart. "You been hurt in the heart, I know you don't want to kill people, and it's hurting you when you do. But you can't stop it. If you come with me I'll make sure you are safe." Gaara looked at her nervously. "Don't worry I'll take off this scary outfit when we get to the safe place," she told him sweetly.
Gaara grabbed his teddy and got off the bed. "Come on teddy were going someplace safe now. No more hurting people," Gaara whispered to it.
"Ok, hold my hand so we don't get separated," the girl said, so Gaara took her hand. With his teddy in one hand and the strangers hand in the other they took off through the window.
They walked quietly out of sight of the building. Then they went into an alleyway. "Ok Gaara this might take a while, because I have to take you a different way then I came so people don't see you," the girl said. Gaara nodded to say that was all right, and they went racing down the alley. They jumped over a wall and ducked though some more alleys. They stopped at the end of an alley, and the stranger peek around the corner. "There is no way to avoided it," she mumbled to herself. Then she looked at Gaara, "Ok, so we have to go across the main road right here or we won't get the right alley to take," she told him. Gaara looked at her in a "So what?" way. "The problem is, that your dad is standing right there on the corner," she said.
"Can't we just go on the roof and jump across?" he asked her.
"I'm afraid not," she said. "He will see us jump and will follow us." She went and sat on a box to think.
Gaara went and peeked around the corner. His dad was standing right there, and it didn't look like there was any way around him. "Can't you use a jutsu to get over there?" he asked.
"And what makes you think I'm even old enough, or trained enough to do a teleport jutsu?" she asked.
"Well how old are you?" he asked.
"Ten," she said.
This made Gaara feel uneasy. How can a Ten year old protect him? That's only 2 years older than him. "Did you even start ninja training?" he asked.
"Oh yes, me and my brother got to start at a young age," she told him. "We will be able to go on missions soon; we just need one more team member." Gaara was puzzled. How can she protect him and go on missions? "I got it!" she said happily. "Ok Gaara the alley we need is right where he is standing. So were going to walk right up to him and go through that alley." She told him. Gaara was even more puzzled. "But, he won't know you are there because you are going to stay really close behind me so he can't see you. Ok, so no matter what just stay close behind me, and hold on to my cloak so you don't lose me. Ok?" Gaara nodded. "Good," she said and they set off over to the Kazekage standing at the corner.