Chapter 6! w00t! This chapter was originally a lot shorter because I couldn't think of anything else to write in it. While working on the last few chapters I got stuck so I went back and read through my story. I hated this chapter so I decided to add more to it. I both hate and love this chapter but hopefully one of you will love it and not hate it at all :) Enjoy and I do not own any of the places or characters.
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Chapter 6

"Bastards..." spat Reiko

"We need to get out of here"

Reiko sat in the middle of a blood filled lobby. "Get your hands off me" she growled as she shrugged his hand off her shoulder. They got up and went back to their room. After a bit of protest Rei allowed Gaara to stitch up the gash on her arm after it had reopened during the fight. After they had both cleaned up they snuck out the window and continued on the road to the Hidden Sand Village.

"Rei?" asked Gaara as they ran along the path, finally tired of the silence that filled their travel.

"Hmm..." she hummed in reply

"Well... umm" Gaara quickly though of something to say "Well I was just wondering what that jutsu you used earlier was. I've never seen anything like that, well at least the finger nail part."

That got a smile out of her. "Well I sure hope you haven't. I invented it on my own" she stated proudly. "I simply build up chakra in my fingers for the jutsu and it allows me to turn my already amazing nails into beautiful instruments of death" she said with an evil grin.

"Wait, wouldn't you break your fingers slicing and stabbing people with you fingers?"

Oh, well that's another part of the jutsu, but it wouldn't be any fun if I told you everything about my technique.

"Whatever"

"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to show you. That way you would have to guess instead of me just telling you."

"Umm"

The kunoichi slowed to a stop. "I'll show you this but if you guess right you can't tell anyone, alright? I don't know who you could tell that would care but you still have to promise"

"Yeah sure"

"Alright, come here then" she sighed as Gaara walked over to her. "Okay, now grab my hand"

"Well, umm..."

"Do you want me to show you or not?"

Gaara sighed with annoyance "Fine" he nervously grabbed her hand, which felt abnormally cold and hard.

"Now try and break my finger."

"Huh? Wait, what?" said Gaara, letting go of her hand.

"You heard me, break my finger"

"There's no way I'm doing that"

"Come on, just do it!"

"No"

"Quit being a sissy. You can kill people without thinking but you won't break my finger?"

"I will not break your finger without a reason. I saved your life. Why would I hurt your for no reason. That sort of defeats the purpose of protecting you"

"Go ahead and try, I bet you won't be able to do it anyways" she challenged.

"What?"

"What if I make a bet with you? How about that?"

"Oh really?" he replied, crossing his arms.

"Yeah, if you can break my finger, I will leave you alone right here and head my own way. No more watching out for me and all that other good stuff."

"You really want me to do this?"

"Hell yeah! I said I would show you. Plus I doubt you can do it so I'm not worried

"Why the hell am I letting you talk me into this? Fine." Gaara hesitantly took Rei's index finger. He took a deep breath and pulled back hard. To Gaara's surprise there was no sickening crack. In fact, he could barely bend her finger at all. "What the?"

"Ha! I told you that you wouldn't be able to do it!" Epic Fail!

"How?"

"I said that you have to guess. I'm not just going to tell you.

"I'm not going to play your silly games. Just tell me."

"No! I told you to guess."

Whatever. Screw you" he growled as he walked away.

"When, where and how hard?" smirked Rei. Gaara rolled his eyes and kept walking.

They traveled the rest of the day and made camp in a cave once the sun went down. They were closer to the Sand Village so the area was becoming rocky and more desert like. They built a fire and Gaara set up the beds next to it. They both sat on their beds and stared into the fire. Reiko sat throwing a kunai into the ground beneath her feet.

"If you don't mind me asking, who was Tobi?" Gaara blurted out.

"What? Where did you hear that name?" She got up and walked over to his bed.

"You said it when you were fighting those ninjas today and you talk in your sleep."

"Did I say anything else?" Gaara shook his head 'no'. "Good" Rei sat down on Gaara's bed. "I'll tell you if you want."

"It's none of my business. Forget I asked.

"It's fine. I lived with him back in my village. We were going out and he was on my squad.

"So you were pretty close then?" commented Gaara. "What happened to him?"

"He was killed when those damn ninja attacked our village. We both went out to fight. A bomb went off, and he died in the explosion. This was him" she said pulling the photo of Tobi out of her pocket. She handed the photo to Gaara

Gaara noticed the picture he picked up a few days ago. "You said you were only close with one person. Didn't you have any family?" he asked handing the photo back. Rei quickly shoved it back into her pocket.

"Nope. I have the normal sad story of any lonely ninja. My parents died a few years ago leaving me all by myself. They were also Shinobi but they died on a mission"

"Oh, I'm sorry"

"Why? It wasn't your fault"

"Well, I.... never mind. Why must she take things so literally?

"It was a long time ago and they were always gone so I barely knew them."

"Oh" Gaara stared into the fire. "Must have been lonely" he said thinking back to when he was younger. He never had anyone. Everyone in his village had been afraid of him. Most of the villagers still were. Even his siblings were afraid of him but luckily they had gotten over that. How odd though, this girl knows who I am but she doesn't even seem to care… she hasn't been the slightest bit afraid of me the entire time…

"I guess, but I had Tobi so it never really bothered me."

They both sat in silence for a while. Reiko yawned and then minutes later she fell asleep. Her head fell on Gaara's shoulder.

"Rei!" he poked her to try to wake her up. He wasn't comfortable with her this close. He shook her shoulder. "Reiko?" She was sound asleep. He sighed in annoyance and looked into the fire. Within a few minutes, Gaara was also asleep.

When Reiko woke up in the morning she found herself face-to-face with a sleeping Gaara. She was going to get up but couldn't help from starring at his face. His messy red hair was all over his face, covering the tattoo on his forehead. He looked so calm and, even though she hated to admit it, sort of hot when he was asleep. He started to move so she quickly guy up and packed her stuff. She then went outside to watch the sun rise.

Gaara woke up about ten minutes later. Rei was gone so he grabbed his stuff and slung he gourd on to his back. He went outside and found Reiko sitting on top of the cave. The wind was blowing her hair around her face as she starred into the sky.

"Hey. Good morning" she said without even looking down.

"Uhh... yeah. Good morning."

She flipped off the cave and landed next to him. "Well, let's get going" she said as she started walking. Gaara nodded caught up to her.

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See, it was sort of bad. The begining sucks but I sort of like the end. Look at the two of them bonding. How nice :) Sorry there was so much pointless talking, I just wanted to make it a little longer. We are finally getting somewhere and I promise the next chapter will be a little more interesting, well hopefully ;) Don't forget to tell me what you think of it. I dont' care if you hated it or loved it, just let me know.
~Reiko