BAKA!
"Just do as Gaara says." He nodded solemnly and stood up again. "Oh, and Lee?" He looked down at me again, "Stay alive will you?" The corner of his mouth twitched upward and he looked back at his oppponent.
"I will do my best, Kara." He lifted his hand up and shifted his position to a fighting stance. Gaara eyed him warily and stepped in front of him.
"Not this time. Stay out of the fight. I will handle him... in the mean time, guard her and make sure she stays safe." The sand he used to drag me back covered my shoulders like a comferting blanket.
"Lee, help me up. Now." My spandex loving pal helped me to my feet and the sand around me swirled into a small sphere around the injured portion of my leg. I limped forward to Gaara and slid my hand into his. "You are not keeping me out of this. Or at least promise you'll come back..." He squeezed my hand and I stepped back to let him fight. Lee lay a hand on my shoulder and pulled me back farther, to give him more space. "Kimimaru, if so much as put a scratch on his face, I will kill you personaly. No doubt about it... I SWEAR IT ON NATURE'S GRAVE!" I grimaced as my arms stung and my leg burned like a wildfire. "I honestly don't care that you were more of a father to me than anyone else could be, because if one scratch appears on my Gaara or another one on Lee, your death shall be at my hands." Gaara's sand fell to the ground in the shape of a circle and I sat down before motioning Lee to follow suit. I once again took out my ointment and, this time, bandages. I began rubbing bits ointment on Lee's deeper-than-they-look scrathces. He remained still as I worked and only winced as I apllied pressure to each wound as I put the bandages of his injuries.
A shadow fell over us as Gaara made a wall and walked over to me as I worked on Lee. I didn't notice until he bent down and kissed my cheek. "I will be back. You can count that as a promise." I smiled and continued working with joy in my heart. He walked back to his post in front of us and I couldn't help but worry for the saftey of Kiba and Shika. Gan suddenly appeared and whined at me. K-kara... Ranu is still tailing Naruto and Sasuke. They're about to fight! Your over-cocky pooch sent me to get you and, hey why is there a shadow- He turned his head and saw Gaara standing in front of me and Lee. Ahhh... that explains everything. Can you tell me why your emotions skyrocket when your around him?
I scowled at my curious wolf. "Just give me a moment and I will follow you to the two bakas, Gan." I looked at the bite marks and my leg warily, Not good... I will heal you, little one. Give me a minute and you can travel to help restore as much peace as you can the Konoha. The earth graciously offered. Thank you, mother... My skin crawled as it was stitched together and scratches in my bones were filled in. I experimentaly moved my arms and felt nothing but the usual stretching feeling from stiff muscles. My leg took longer to heal as my muscles filled in the huge holes in themselves and my skin finaly met each other again. I stood up and moved my leg back and forth slightly before smiling.
Lee looked up at me and his mouth dropped. "K-kara, you are healed!" Gaara's gead swung in my direction and Kimimaru's hand flew at his face and landed a punch.
I growled low and deep, "Now you die." I pulled out my Viola and played my sweet, low tune and saw Gan break his arms and legs while Kimimaru was in a trance and stopped as he fell to the ground. "You shall die at my hands, you bastard!" I pulled out a kunei and slid it down his arms and watched the blood flow from them. I carved the symbol "nature" on his abdomen and held the kunei to his neck. "Any last words, before you bleed to death?"
"I would've rather you were on my side because these two are just your deaabsorb, d weight, along with Beeta. You two never got along, but thats how boys work when they have feelings for you..." He smiled at my cruelity. "You grew up perfectly, no matter what you say. Oruchimaru made the correct choice for who he wanted... to be his ultimate vessel... Sasuke is just a stepping stone for until you are ready..."
"BAKA!" Tears steamed down my face as everyone flashed before my eyes, "They are not dead weight. They are my life and nothing, not even death, will change that!" Three faces lingered in my mind, Kiba, Gaara, and Beeta. "You can't change anything for me with those foul words! Naruto can change anything, but he doesn't use words. His actions show you the light and everyone has seen it. Even you... That blonde boy you fought earlier, he taught you everything you needed and now you don't take any of the lessons to heart." Tears dripped off my face and onto my hand as I gripped the kunei harder and it tore Kimimaru's skin a bit. He took my hand off his neck and sat up to look at me. "You... stay away from me!"
He looked at me sadly, "You think I didn't take the young one seriously? Kara, dear, you know more pain than anyone in the world should. You listen, absorb, and understand anything immediatly. Thats why they always fall for you. You think I do not care for Jugo? I am his relief. My only other wish is that i do not have to die at this moment so that he wouldn't have to live with those urges. Will you take care of Jugo?"
I stared at him in disbelief. Me? Take care of Jugo? "I-I-I couldn't. Not now." KARA! My head turned towards my faithful wolf. The bakas are in battle! I jumped to my feet and ran to him before glancing at Gaara. He stared at me with worry, but nodded. I sighed and took off with Gan at my flew by as I traced the morons that I loved so much's path. So, Kara. Will you tell me why you're always breathless around "Mr. DesertBunnie"? I sweat dropped and mentaly cursed Beeta for teaching them how to pick locks and read books. "Not now Gan... and you are smart enough to figure it out on your own." The bakas are at the sacred battle zone. "Damn! Shadow switch now!" I used my secret tecnique and saw Naruto chasing down Sasuke in pure fury. "Well, shit Gan."