I own nothing; NOTHING!

Kyousou was sitting on her sleeping bag looking around nervously. She seemed to be afraid of going to sleep. For what reason however, nobody but her teammates knew. Gaara closed his eyes and meditated, but the girl's continuous fidgeting kept disturbing him.

"Can you stop fidgeting?" Gaara asked sharply. Kyousou turned quickly and faced him. She gave him an apologizing look and sat still for a while.

"Gaara, I hate this. Let me out so I can kill something." Said Shikaku.

'No.' replied Gaara.

"But don't you miss the smell of blood?" asked Shikaku.'

'Shut up.' said Gaara.

"But I'm BORED!" Said Shikaku. "Lets go kill something."

'We can't get out of this stupid warehouse. And we can't kill anyone here.'

"What about the black-haired girl? She was weak." Said Shikaku.

'I don't want Suna to get in trouble with the village hidden in the stars.' Said Gaara.

"That's a lie!" said Shikaku. "Your village hates you! Let me out now Gaara!"

'You've been saying that for a long time now. I'm not letting you out.'

"Your no fun." Said the demon.

Kyousou was trying to fall asleep but it wasn't working. She just couldn't fall asleep. Kyousou eventually gave up on slumber and stood up. She walked over to the fire and sat facing it. Red flames danced in the hearth and Kyousou watched them, the flames reflected in her eyes. Anei walked over and Kyousou scooped the black fox up.

Awa woke up and looked around. She saw that Kyousou was staring at the fire. Awa walked over and put her hand on Kyousou's shoulder. Kyousou started but when she saw Awa she calmed down.

"You want to go to sleep now?" asked Awa.

"I can't sleep." Kyousou signed to her friend.

"Then let me put a sleeping jutsu on you." Said Awa. The two girls went to the sleeping bags and Awa put the sleeping jutsu on her friend. Then she went to sleep.

"Well, that was anticlimactic." Said Shikaku.

'Yeah, whatever. Can you shut up?' asked Gaara.

"Nope." Replied the raccoon demon. "Hey, look! It's that little fox thing."

'You're right.'

"What was its name?" asked Shikaku. Anei attempted to rub against Gaara's knee but the sand held it back.

'I don't know. Why would I?' asked Gaara.

"Because . . . actually, I have no idea." Admitted Shikaku. Anei once again rubbed against Gaara's knee, this time the sand didn't block him.

'Why are you letting it touch me?' asked Gaara.

"He isn't dangerous." Said Shikaku.

'Usually you would be compelling me to kill it.' Pointed out Gaara.

"I only tell you to kill humans. Demons and Animals are a different matter." Said Shikaku.

'I see.' Gaara said. He tried to remove the little fox from his lap where it had settled but Anei didn't move. Then Shikaku shut up and Gaara went back to meditating with the little fuzz-ball sleeping on his lap.

"I like this fox." said Shikaku. Gaara payed no more attention but began to block out Shikaku's voice.