Training.
Quick Sand
"Shadow Punch!" A black flame engulfed Jess's fist as she swung at Corey. "Water Clone Jutsu!" Suddenly a water clone appeared in front of him, taking the fit. He flung a shuriken at her, she dodged with ease, taking a kunai, and swinging it at him. He just barely dodged, "Razor Wave!" Rapidly water attacked her, in a wave formation. It was sharp as it cut her shoulder. "Blades of Blood!" She screamed angrily. She grabbed her blood and pitched it at Corey. He crossed his arms in front of his face, blocking though the blades were sharp and cut his flush open. "Ow!" He whined, holding his arms. "Eh. Such a weakling." She smirked cockily. "No! You're just a murderous thing! This is a mock battle! We're not suppose to almost kill each other!" Corey shot back, tears in the corner of his eyes. She shrugged casually, not really caring.
"That's enough, you two." Zabuza sighed, annoyed by their arguing. "What's wrong with your other team mate?" He turned his head in the direction of Sam. She was sitting under a tree, her back was up against it as she stared up at the clouds. "Maybe she's sick. She hasn't been acting quite herself lately." Corey scratched his head, trying to figure out what could be the matter. "She shouldn't have her guard down. Fire Breath Jutsu!" She made the quick hands signs and then breathed fire out, aiming at the daydreaming girl. "AH!! What the Hell!!? Sami!! Look out!! Look out!!" Corey freaked out, appearing to jump around like a monkey with his hands on his head. Instantly a barrier of flames erupted around her, guarding her from any danger. She turned her attention to her friend, a bored expression hidden behind her mask, though you could see it in her eyes. In took a few minutes for her to figure out that her own best friend had attacked her. Lazily she stood up and walked over to her team. 'What the Hell's your problem!? I was very busy thinking! You jerk!' She screamed as she opened her mind link. "You were out of it again!" Jess retorted, crossing her arms. 'Was not! I was just… Ugh! Forget it!' She spun around and stormed off. "Dude. She's never gotten mad like that before." Jess stared after her. They all looked at each other.
'Stupid team. Stupid sensei… Stupid flower!' She glared down at a flower that was in her path. She was about to step on it when she stopped. 'I shouldn't take my anger out of something defenseless.' She sighed, walking to a near by tree. Sam sat under it, irritable for some reason. She was under a lot of pressure lately. With this Chunin Exams around the corner, it really annoyed her. She laid her head back and closed her eyes, processing what to do next. Footsteps neared her still she didn't bothering opening her eyes. 'Three ninjas… The strong one's a little guy. Not my team. Oh well.' She calculated in her mind. Her eyes shot open and her barrier of flames snaked its way to the flower in the middle of the road, protecting it. The ninjas stopped, looking over at her. She said nothing, just stood up, and walked over to the fragile plant. "What's with you? You're in our way." The woman with the large fan spoke up, irritated. Still she didn't say anything as she bent down, the flames disappeared into her hands. "What? Cat got your tongue?" The other one spoke up, her had weird face paint on. The middle one staid quiet, his eyes watching her. She was right in front of him, about three inches away form him. Carefully she dug her hand around the plant, gently scooping it from the soft soil. With that, she stood up, bowing in apology as she stepped away from them. The woman and other one just stared while the middle one began to follow her. "Uh… Gaara! Wait… She wasn't that much of a pain!" The woman frantically spoke up. Sam didn't pay attention to any of them as she walked over to a sunny spot away from the road. Again, she bent down, and began digging a small hole. 'This'll be your new home. Away from danger.' She thought to herself, sort of wishing the planet could hear her. Tenderly she replanted it, smiling under her mask.
When she stood up and turned around, she was face to face with the red headed boy. The wind shifted direction as their eyes met. This time, he was in her way, and it didn't look like he was going to move. She kept her eyes on his emotionless ones, they had a staring contest for quite sometime before she finally decided to moved around him. Slowly she walked passed him as she was right by him, she stopped abruptly. Her gaze fell down to her foot, where sand appeared to be wrapping around it. Her eye brows shot up in surprise. 'Sand… Oh my God… I think it's eating my foot…' She blinked and moved her foot, it held her foot still. 'Oh… Dude… It is eating my foot! Ah!' She pulled harder, trying to get away from the sand's grasp. "Gaara! Stop, please!" The woman yelled out again. "Yea! We don't have time for this!" The boy shouted. "Shut up, Temari. Kankuro." Gaara instructed, his sand finally letting go. Both kept quiet. Sam opened a mind link up, not meaning to. She plopped onto the ground, 'Aw, crap. I got sand in my sandal!' She pulled it out, shaking the sand out. "It can talk!" Kankuro's eyes were wide. 'Hey! I'm not an 'it'! I'm a she!' She glared towards him before adding, 'Batman.' Temari snickered at her side comment, smirking. Kankuro crossed his arms and huffed annoyed. "Why did you save it?" Gaara's voice was unemotional like usual. She looked up at him, 'Because it didn't do anything wrong. Flower's are innocent… They shouldn't be stomped on because they're weak.' She spoke as she stood up, brushing her bottom off. 'But then… At the same time, they aren't weak at all. They keep the insects alive and the trees and other things too. They're one of the strongest things on this Earth, though they're so fragile.' She smiled beneath her mask. Gaara watched as she walked away from him. His sand began to inch towards her, before shooting out, and grabbing her foot. It hung her upside down by one foot, which caused her cloak to come up, and cover her head. Her short kimono was exposed as she screamed. 'But me down! Ah! Put me down! What's going on?! When I find you! I swear I'm gonna hurt you!' She swung at nothing as she hung there, kicking her legs. There was some rustling in the bushes next to them. After a few moments, a young tracker ninja appeared. "Could you please put down my loud friend?" His soft voice came from behind the animal like mask he wore. There was a moment of utter silence as Gaara appeared to be thinking. Abruptly he dropped her, his sand catching her, and setting her up right. "Thank you." The tracker ninja nodded. Gaara then turned around and walked away, Temari and Kankuro following right behind him. Sam and Gaara's eyes met for a split second before she turned away. "You know. You get yourself into so much trouble." The tracker ninja sighed. 'Oh can it. Lets go home.' She sighed as they left. Little did they know. Someone's eyes were still on them.