When I woke up everything was bright, my sides were tightly wrapped and my arm and legs were in braces. I groaned and tried to move.

"Sissy"! Kisa squealed jumping up from the chair next to me, "You're awake!" Before she could jump on me Azame grabbed her.

I laughed, "Did we make it to the tower?" I asked sitting up.

"Obviously," A voice to my left said, I turned to see my sensei standing there with his arms folded.

"Sensei Rinji" I said grinning sheepishly, "When did you get here?"

"About an hour after I told you three NOT to join the Chunnin exams," He snapped at me, "I told you three you weren't ready!"

"But sensei," I muttered, looking away from him, Azame and Kisa were out in the hall, I assumed they already were yelled at.

"No!" he snapped, "After I get the Ok, we are leaving!"

"But Sensei"! I cried, "We got this far! Can't we see if we can make it to the end? Please?"

He looked at me for a moment, "I'll think about it..." He mumbled before walking out of the room.

After he left Kisa and Azame came back into the room, Azame sat on the side of the bed while Kisa was mumbling about finding 'her' panda.

"Get yelled at?" Azame said boredly.

"Yep," I answered back, "You?"

"Yep" She sighed, "what are we going to do?"

I shrugged, "Whatever Sensei decides to do."

Kisa bounced over, "Can we look for Panda and Kitty?" She looked at us eyes pleading.

"I guess," I said standing up; I winced in pain, "Azame can you hand me those crutches?" I asked pointing to the pair in the corner.

She handed them to me and I grinned, "Thanks, now let's go find Kisa's panda."

We followed Kisa down the hall to a room not far from ours, I sighed, "So much for 'finding' him, looks like Kisa already knew where he was."

Azame laughed, "Yeah, but that's Kisa."

We walked into the room and Kankuro looked up and grinned, "Hey, you shouldn't be up."

I rolled my eyes, "Your point is?"

Kisa pulled on Gaara's sleeve, "Panda," She said brightly, "Play hide-and-seek with me?"

Gaara just looked at her, "No," he said blankly.

She looked at him pleadingly, "Please!"

"No." Gaara said again. Kankuro and I looked at each other.

"Pretty please"! She whined pulling on his sleeve again.

Temari sighed, "Gaara please just play with her. She's getting annoying."

Gaara glared at her murderously, "I said no."

Kisa started crying then she dropped to her knees and covered her face with her hands, "Panda won't play with me!" She sobbed. I rolled my eyes, Azame grinned, and Kankuro and Temari looked at us oddly.

"She's faking," I mouthed. They nodded and watched the scene unfold.

Gaara stared at Kisa for a moment, and then mumbled, "Fine, I'll play."

Kisa jumped up and hugged him happily, "Yay!" She squealed. "We hide and you try to find us!"

"Ok."

Kisa clapped her hands and ran out of the room; Temari looked at me "We all have to play?"

"Yeah," I sighed limping out of the room.

She sighed; "I guess..." she dashed off to hide. Azame and Kankuro were gone already and I was left limping down the hall. About a minute later I was tapped on the shoulder.

"I found you," Gaara said in a monotone.

I grinned at him, "I guess you did." I started walking again, "Come on, I know where to find Kisa."

He followed me slowly, "Where?"

"She's either in a closet," I said limping down the hall, "Or she's bothering someone."

"Oh,"

About five minutes later we found Kankuro, he is by far the worst player ever, he hid on the ceiling. I usually stare at the ceiling so. Ten minutes after that Kisa came running down the hall crying.

"What happened?" I asked as she ran into my arms.

"This mean long haired boy yelled at me and pushed me," She sobbed.

"What where is he?" I snapped moving to find the kid. "I'll kill him."

"No," Kankuro said grabbing my waist, "We'll take care of it."