Naruto:

The Sandman Comes

Naruto's stare locked on his. His cold dark eyes…He could feel his soul slowly escaping him. He wanted to leave. Gaara looked up and towards the end of the street.

No one spoke. They all just sat there. Shikamaru looked him over.

"Can we help you sandman?" The lazy ninja asked. Gaara stared at him. Kiba thought he would kill them both.

"Have you seen this man?" Gaara asked in his cold voice. He held up a small photo of a strange looking man. Gaara didn't wait for a response and walked down the street. Naruto, Kiba, and Shikamaru sat there frozen.

"Did he TALK to us?!" Naruto whispered.

"Y-Yeah" Kiba whimpered. His voice cracking. Shikamaru looked at them.

"C-Come on are you really afraid of him?" The ninja asked.

Kiba and Naruto looked at each other for a moment.

Something about that picture was way too familiar…The eyes?

Temari darted down the stairs along with Kankuro

"Shit!" She hissed. She almost tripped over the last one but ran for the street that led away from the Chunin Stadium. Kankuro panted as he tagged along.

"Gaara already left to find him?!" He yelled. Temari slowed down.

"This is a B rank mission that has to be done within 4 hours" She panted.

"We have to find that man in Four Hours…?" Kankuro asked, puzzled. "Yeah! The Kazekage is already pissed about having to wait for Gaara and Sasuke to fight". The man they where looking for had something that wound benefit both the Sand Village and Sound. The Sand Siblings did not know what it was, but it was important

Hyuuga Hinata brushed her hair back. Her eyes scanned the lawn. She was taking some downtime before the match between the scary looking sand ninja and Uchiha Sasuke started. Her match was way over, she lost (of course) but…Naruto supported her…so much. Oh how she loved him. Not a moment went by when she didn't think of him. Recently she had been moved out of her room because her cousin Hiro had came by. Hiro was a skillful Hyuuga. Recently he had taken up residence in the Village of Sand, business reasons she guessed. But he had returned suddenly, and did not like to talk about the Village. Something was wrong.

Hyuuga Hiro sat his books down on his bed. He had fled the Sand Village for reasons he did not want to discuss. His eyes looked out the window. That's when he saw it. That child…from the village, far off, but he could recognize his Gourd.

"Damn…h-he found me?!"

Gaara's footsteps fell silent in the sand. His eyes locked on the mansion in the distance. He hoped this man would try to fight. So he could kill him, and feel the warm blood on his hands. He held his hand out, palm down and the sand formed into a small ball. He held the ball and threw it up in the air, the ball scattered into the millions of sand particles that created it.

Shikamaru thanked the man and stood up, his to-go ramen container held tight. Suddenly the blonde sand sibling, Temari ran by. Naruto and Kiba stared at her and then the rock that was located 1cm away from her-

Temari's foot met the rock in a horrible clash. She toppled over on top of Shikamaru. Her hands wrapped around him as they toppled over the chairs and small counter. The owner and his daughter stepped aside as the two where half draped over the counter. Shikamaru's hands where firm on her ass.

"You're…on top, of…me" Shikamaru panted. It was then, they all realized Temari was soaked in ramen. The sand sibling was wet, and pissed. She grabbed Shikamaru's neck and slammed him against the wall.

"You PERVERT!" She screamed. She was about to back-hand him when she realized she was…blushing?