A/N: It's chapter two! Now things start to pick up. Please review! I really need to know what you think! Enjoy!

Village of the Sand

Yay! I finally made it to the Village of the Sand! Its a really cool looking place. All the buildings are domes made of sand. The only problem was that there was a constant wind blowing and it blew sand in your eyes. But from what the lady at the grocery store told me, it was going to get worse. She said that travelers didn't like the Village of the Sand too much, because of this. I didn't care that much. I was just glad that these people weren't trying to kick me out like the Rock Village did. (Jerks!)

I checked into an inn, and then I decided to take a tour of the village. It was my first time to the land. I'd been in the sky for so long, that I never knew what the ground was like. I always thought our Village's name was exaggerating a bit. In fact we're not even in the sky. My village was located on a giant platform surrounding the peak of Mt. Hokkaido, in the Earth Country. We sometimes went to the mountain, but we never climbed down it. So something, such as sand, was new to me. And I loved it! It was like water, and it went between your fingers! I bought some yakitori at a nearby shop, and decided to walk around, while eating.

I stumbled upon one dome that was larger than the others, a passerby told me it was the Kazekage's office. I didn't want to cause any trouble, so I was going to go look somewhere else, when a group of three people walked out of the dome, caught my eye. There was one girl with sandy colored hair put into 4 ponytails, and she had a giant fan with her. The one to the far right looked like he was wearing black pajamas and he had purple paint on his face. But the one in between them was the one that really caught my eye. He had short semi-spiky red hair and the symbol of love on his forehead. There were black lines around his eyes, and he carried around a giant gourd, full of what-I don't know. But that wasn't what made him more special than the others. It was the look in his eyes. They were so cold, and COOL! He looked so awesome! And he was so handsome! That murderous look in his eyes sent shivers down my spine. I LOVED IT!

"Hey", the Pajama Pants said, and rudely I might add, "Your in our way move it."

That woke me up and I realized that I had been standing in a trance. I immeadiately went red and started stuttering. Why is it that the one time I need to act cool and I was stuttering like a geek? I could tell I wasn't going to like this. Then, the red-headed cutie came up to me, and suddenly, sand grasped around my throat like a hand. I realized that it was being controlled by him. "Move it." he said with such venom it made my heart stop. He threw me to the side and began walking on. I gasped for breath and then managed to get out a, "W-what's your n-name?" He stopped and turned around.

"Why should I tell my name to worthless trash like you? Go home and cry, you annoying girl."

Now any normal girl who had just been told that by their crush probably would've burst into tears and run away. But I had been raised differently. I SNAPPED! HOW DARE HE INSULT ME WITH SUCH RUDENESS! I'M GONNA KILL HIM! I CAN'T BELEIVE I THOUGHT HE WAS ANY GOOD-LOOKING AT ALL!

"HEY BUDDY!" I screamed. "WHAT WAS UP WITH THAT! THERE WAS NO CALL FOR SUCH RUDENESS, I JUST ASKED FOR YOUR NAME, PUNK!"

"You are annoying." He thrust his hand and the sand jumped at me, and began to squeeze around my neck, again.

I wasn't about to fall for the same trick twice. I quickly bit my thumb to draw blood, and formed the seals to summon one of my favorite dragons, Konkichii. He was about as tall as me, but he was super strong. He instantly took in the situation and cut the sand with his tail. Konkichii was a fire-breathing dragon and he had shiny, red scales that were as hard as steel. His golden eyes had a simple spark in them. He was perfect for any bad situation, and he was always underestimated because of his size. Together, we formed the seals and did the Katon Housenka no Jutsu. Fire shot out of both of our mouths. The girl seemed to recognize this technique, and annoyingly used her fan to blow the fire away.

"Temari," the red-head said, "Do not interfere. Or I will kill you."

The Temari girl stepped back a bit, but then said, "I know this technique. It's the same one Uchiha Sasuke used to defeat me."

That caught his attention. "Uchiha...Sasuke?"

Temari nodded.

"Then she might be worth fighting."

Ihad no idea who this Sasuke guy was, but he sounds strong, if he interested the red-head. I'd like to fight him someday. "Sarafu!" Konkichii yelled at me. "Don't stand there. He has massive amounts of chakra. I can feel it. You found a really strong opponent. He seems to control the sand, so we're in his territory now. We need to figure out a way to hit him without letting the sand interfere."

"I know that, but how? The sand is really fast."

"We could use that technique."

"I haven't completely mastered it, but it's worth a try-ahh!"

An arm of sand shot at me. It looks like the red-head didn't want to stand there for too long. Konkichii quickly grabbed me and flew up into the air. "Hurry!" he said with strain. "Make the seals; I'll keep you safe."

"Alright!"

I formed the seals, but this was my first time trying it in battle so I was a bit slow. An arm of sand grabbed my leg. Konkichii was trying his best, but the sand was strong, too, and also, it was crushing my leg. For this technique to work, I'd need my legs. I yelled out, "Speed Technique!" And then Konkichii let me go. I fell to the ground and shot forth towards red-head. I was much faster than before, and the sand couldn't catch up to me. I didn't even feel the pain in my legs. In an instant I was next to red-head and punched him in the face. He went flying and landed a few meters away. His buddies looked astonished.

"Its just like that one time," Temari said. "This girl is similar to both of them. She's too strong."

I began to burst with pride. "Well, I am a Chuunin, after all." Judging from their looks they were just Genins, but there was no way I could fight all three of them at once. I needed to finish this quickly. Konkichii turned towards me, "Sarafu, you have this really bad habit of picking fights with the wrong people."

"I couldn't help it. He broke my heart."

Konkichii raised an eyebrow. Oops! I said too much. Now I really wanted to finish this quickly, I began to take a step, but stopped because of the pain in my side. Crap! I had used up too much Chakra, and now the Moon Dragon's chakra was awakening. I had no choice I had to leave soon, or I would go berserk. "Konkichii!" He nodded and grabbed me, then flew off. Konkichii wasn't the flying type of dragon. If they pursued us, we would be toast. Konkichii was already tired, and I couldn't fight anymore. I could tell that punch did some damage, but he could still fight. Luckily, it seemed they weren't too interested in fighting, because no one followed us. We stopped near the edge of the city. I really hoped the Kazekage didn't see that fight. I might be in trouble.

"Ah, man!" I exclaimed in realization.

"What?" Konkichii asked.

"I forgot to get his name!"

"Seriously, you are one weird child."

"But my fiery passion has not died down, yet! I will defeat him, and show him that NO ONE talks to me like that!"

"Whatever, kid."

Poof! Konkichii disappeared, and I was alone again. I was too tired to move. Now I knew never to use that technique, again. It wasted too much chakra. I couldn't allow the Dragon of the Moon to take over. I fell asleep right there.

The next day, I woke up in the same spot. I was hoping some kind passerby might take pity on me and put me in a nice bed. I guess no one takes pity on the weak here. And I was sore all over from the bad sleeping position. I got up and dusted my self off, but too no avail a bad wind was blowing even more sand on me. I gave up trying and walked towards the inn. I felt bad. I had paid for a night's stay, and I didn't even stay a night. What a waste of money. Most of my chakra seemed replenished, but I was still tired. I really don't feel like fighting that guy again, any time soon. The streets seemed emptier than yesterday. I wondered if it was because of the bad wind. I'd better go to the inn soon. And guess what. I stumbled into those three again.

I pointed my finger at them. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!"

Temari stated the obvious. "We live here."

"Oh, yeah... Well, I really don't feel like fighting you guys right now, so can't we just call it a draw?"

"Hmph!" Pajama Pants finally spoke, unfortunately, "We don't have time to play with you kid."

"SHUT UP! I am NOT a kid! I'm 13 years old! OLD GEEZER!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!"

I stuck my tongue out at him. Then I realized that this was probably not the best thing to do, seeing as how I wasn't in any condition to fight. Pajama Pants looked like he was itching to fight me. "Kankorou," red-head commanded, "Stop it. We do not wish to start any fights. Lets go. We have no business with this woman."

Although I was thankful to him, I didn't like being treated as some annoyance. "Hey! You do have business with me! You never told me your name."

"Isn't polite to give your name first. Or do you like being rude?"

Ouch! That hurt my ego. "Fine! My name is Kichino Sarafu, and I'm now going to be your greatest rival. Your name?"

"My name is Gaara. Gaara of the Desert."

"Well, then, Gaara, I declare war against you from here on out. Next time we meet. You'll pay."

"I doubt that."

"Unitl next time, rival."

I walked past them. Man, that was a great performance! I acted so cool! This is better than being all lovey-dovey over him. But I will show him that I'm not just any girl. Gaara of the Desert, you will be mine!

...to be continued.