YAYYYY It's the longer chapter yet over two thousand words whoo! Happy Weekend! I Listened to Fly Away who that guy is creepy Lenny Kravitz looks like a man $%^!.

Oh Well I don't own Naruto if I did it would be a romance…

Chapter 4 The Special Genin Exam!

Miko creped on her belly, not even a sound came from her slithering body.

Almost there! Her mind whispered to her. Sweat rolled down her cheek. Her mission was the only thing she could think about. 'it was do or die.'

Go Hatchling! Before it's too late!

Too late, a wall of sand blocked her outstretched hand.

"DAMMIT!" Miko cursed her lips forming a cute pout. Temari and Kankuro sighed. There former amusement had faded into irritation.

"Why doesn't she understand that there is no way in hell Gaara's going to let her have a cookie?" Miko now viciously attacked the cookie jar sand blocking her every attempt. She didn't understand, didn't she make the cookies? Why wasn't she allowed to have one? She had hoped when Gaara left to do paper work in his office she could finally have one. She had tried all night! Doesn't that bastard sleep? She had thought. So she waited until morning for him to leave, however he did the unexpected. The bastard actually had the papers brought too him! She tried everything, threats, anger, hell she even cried, but that jerk was as cold as a glacier.

She went and moped in a corner. After a while she got bored and crept toward the red head at the dining room table. She crawled under the table and poked her head up right by him, looking at the papers. Her eyes skimmed,

"Hey Gaara-chan what're the Chunin exams?" She asked curiously. His sea-foam eyes slid toward the freckled-faced girl.

"The Chunin exams are taken by the genin in order to move up a rank if they pass. It's held in Konoha." Miko looked at him her eyes wide,

"I thought there were just genin, are there more ranks to?" Gaara sighed,

She had been staying in a shinobi village for how long?

"Yes Miko-chan, there are more, Genin being the first level, then Chunin, Jounin, Special Jounin or ANBU, and then the Kazekage." Miko plopped down.

"So there are more Kazekage?" She asked innocently blue eyes flashing at him. Gaara was getting annoyed with this girl, one second she was acting like a little kid the next she was saying words not even Temari knew.

"No Miko-chan I'm the only Kazekage. To become Kazekage it's like… a test that only person may pass, and as long as that person is alive, or doesn't retire he is the ruler, the only Kazekage." Miko nodded in understanding, the blonde side bangs covering her right eye.

"So are you going to the Chunin exams Gaara-chan?" Miko asked curiously. Gaara nodded silently turning back to his paper work.

"Can Miko-chan go too?" She asked him childishly. He looked at her for a moment,

She has to naturally; while me, Kankuro, and Temari are gone she could escape. However I can use her wanting to go to my advantage.

"You can only go if you're a Genin going to take the Chunin exams." He said emotionlessly. She silently pouted.

"Well, how do I become a Genin?"

Hatchling this is an obvious trap…

Miko ignored the dragon and looked up at the red-head. His lips turned up only a centimeter.

"You must fight a Chunin. That's the only way you can become eligible to take the Chunin exams." Miko was slightly confused, she herd of the Genin exams, however she never knew they had to fight a Chunin.

Must be because I never went to the academy… she said silently agreeing with herself. She nodded at Gaara agreeing to fight.

~*~ Gaara- Time Skip Before the Fight ~*~

He could hardly believe the blonde actually fell for it. His lie was as obvious as Kankuro being gay.

He had chosen someone special to fight with Miko; her name was Chika-san. She was the co-captain of his fan club.

Many had gathered to watch her fight, mainly children, and the elders, but none her own age. This slightly confused Gaara. He had expected her to have many friends with her kind up-beat personality. However he only saw old and young, and the few fan-girls that came to watch Chika. He walked over to Miko,

"Now don't worry she isn't allowed to kill you," He said placing his hand on her shoulder knowing this would upset the kunoichi opposite to them.

"However you may get hurt so don't be afraid to let loose, I understand you have a little training, use it."

He then walked into the middle of the girls, the crowd looking at him expectedly.

"Now then we have one rule- no killing." He said his husky voice washing over them. "You may use any ninja art you wish, don't worry I will protect the crowd. Miko-chan, Chika-san are you ready?" The girls nodded at each other, Gaara stepping back, "Begin."

Chika moved first pulling out a rope with sharpened metal pieces at the end. The brown haired kunoichi didn't hesitate she whipped out the metal pieced aiming directly at Miko.

I thought we weren't allowed to kill, but she went directly for me! Miko thought frantically.

Didn't you notice the way she looked at you when Gaara touched your shoulder.

No. Miko shook her head. Dralo sighed,

You dealing with a fan-girl Miko.

Oh snap, Miko moved out of the way of the rope again. Now that she knew this poor innocent girl was besotted with Gaara she had to fight seriously it would be the only way to snap her out of it.

Well nin-jutsu is my specialty. Miko took a running leap her hands moving into her favorite jutsu,

"Ultimate Fire Style: Incineration!" she said as an orange and white fire came out of her mouth. Of course she put less chakra than she would normally use in it she didn't want to actually incinerate the girl.

After the jutsu left her lips she darted to the left side of it knowing that this would be where the kunoichi would dodge to.

From the stands Gaara took in the scene his mind quite muddled. He had never heard of the 'ultimate fire style' but he was sure it was inhumanly possible for a human to produce white flame, even if it was mixed with the normal orange.

After Chika dodged it a wall of sand erupted behind her to prevent the crowd from getting hurt. He looked at his sibling who stood beside him. It was obvious who would win ever since Miko launched her first attack. The girl was out of the chunin's league.

The elfish girl now darted beside her fire ball just as she finished it. Chika rolled away from the fire ball, and was now on her knees directly in Miko's path.

Miko sprang up and whacked Chika in the middle of the eyebrows with the heel of her foot. The ring was silent for a moment. Chika had passed out. Miko walked toward her and poked her in the face a few times. When she didn't wake up she sprinted toward Gaara.

"Gaara-chan! Gaara-chan! I-I think I broke Chika-san!" She wrung her hand her eyes glittering with unshed tears as she looked at the limp body of Chika. Gaara heard himself chuckle as he patted Miko on the head,

"Miko-chan she's just passed out from being hit so hard." Miko eyes Chika doubtfully. Then she looked back at Gaara,

"Ne, Gaara-chan why did you sick one of your fangirls on me?" Gaara blinked, but was interrupted before he could make an excuse.

"Miko-chan shouldn't you speak to the kazekage with more respect, after all you did pass your special genin exam so he's you're kazekage now to." An old man chastised her. Miko smiled. However it wasn't her usual up to her ears smile, it was a kind and polite smile.

"Of course Daichi-sama." Miko said her voice held no trace of sarcasm. The man nodded,

"By the way Lilith has decided to have you over for tea tomorrow afternoon, don't be late." He said and walked away with his nose in the air. Gaara raised a non-existent eyebrow. So that's how she got them to like her, by speaking politely and agreeing with everything they say.

"So you're going to speak to me more respectfully from now on?" he asked curious about her answer, for some reason he thought it would be funny if she called him 'Gaara-sama or Kazekage-sama'.

"Hai, No Ryoshu Sandobokkusu." She said giving him her regular smile, her freckles' crinkling. She giggled and ran over to talk to his siblings. The Shukaku howled inside his head,

Don't you just love that little human! "Lord of the sandbox?" she hit the bulls eye with that one!

The red head glowered.

Either she uses a female honorific at the end of my name or she calls me Lord of the Sandbox. I don't believe I've ever had to deal with an enemy like her before.

Well Gaara-chan I can tell you the best way to get a confession…

~*~ Time Skip Two Days ~*~

Miko bobbed up and down on the balls of her feet. Slung over her shoulder was a small knapsack containing her two extra pairs of clothes and a tightly folded sleeping bag. Temari had slathered so much sunscreen on Miko's face that it nearly covered her freckles. Naturally Miko complained about this,

"But Temari-chan Gaara is even whiter than me why do I have to wear sunscreen?" Miko whined as the bigger female slathered on the sunscreen,

"Firstly: Gaara had his ultimate defense keeping the UV rays of his skin,

Secondly: Your skin is damaged enough as it is. Look at those freckles!"

"I was born that way… I think." Miko said accidentally getting sunscreen in her mouth.

"Don't be ridiculous, no one is born with freckles!"

In the end Temari one, but that didn't keep Miko down for long. Underneath the already blazing sun Miko grinned as she saw Kankuro and Gaara coming near. Temari pushed of the wall she was leaning on and waved to her brothers.

Thank God they finally got here. Miko's been chattering away like a squirrel who drank coffee.

"Let's head out." Gaara ordered huskily. And they did.

~*~ Time Skip Two and A Half Days ~*~

Miko giggled like a maniac the first time she saw Konoha. The different smelling air and being surrounded by trees excited her. Being in Suna was like living in a painting, the beautiful open sky always made her breathless. However she could already sense that Konoha had something Suna didn't, and that was fun.

Sure the kids went and played, but they only played with the kids who were in there social standing. That's what Toru said, that was how the Lost Kids were made. The abandoned outcast that weren't even allowed to stay in the same class as the other kids. Of course the teachers treated them fairly, otherwise the kazekage would be angry. After all you can force an adult to be kind, but you can't force a child to play with someone he doesn't want to.

Miko knew that much was true, that's why she put so much effort into training those kids and fixing where they lived. She trusted Gaara wouldn't steal what she had put so much effort to fix. In fact she knew that if Gaara found out what she was doing he would probably help fund it.

But that defeats the purpose. If those kids took money from Suna then it wouldn't really belong to them anymore.

Miko hadn't noticed in all her musings that the sand siblings had disappeared. Scared about being left alone she rushed through the gates. She had only run for a minute when she ran into something hard. She toppled over and landed on her butt.

From her position on the floor she looked up. She had run into a cute scruffy looking guy with spiky brown hair. His eyes had an exotic tilt to them and his pupil was slit like a cats.

Miko blushed shyly "Miko-chan is sorry…" she said quietly. Her body language telling the brunet that she was feeling vulnerable. He glanced sideways at his large white dog.

"Hey, Miko-chan, I'm the one who should be sorry I should have moved. Hey I know" He said getting a look in his eyes that Miko had only seen in Kankuro's eyes before "I'll treat you too ramen as an apology." He snatched her hand and drug her up,

"Oh, by the way I'm Kiba this is my partner Akamaru."

Kiba pulled Miko all the way to Ichiraku. Where he ordered for her and practically forced her to eat.

Miko noticed someone coming in. It was a girl with blonde hair pulled into two long pigtails. After her a handsome boy with raven hair shaped like a duck butt followed. When Miko first saw her face she was shocked so much that she nearly choked on her ramen. Her first thought was

Kyuubi… the fourth female demon, sister to the leader of the male demons whose name is also ironically Kyuubi.

Yes Hatchling I can tell I feel the Kyuubi in her.

When the long haired blonde saw her, at first her face was shocked then she leapt and game Miko a bear hug. Miko was slightly surprised after all she had no clue who this girl was.

"Uh… do I know you?" Miko said. The girl shook her head grinning,

"No, but let's be friends!" Miko stared at the girl. She couldn't remember anyone who had ever wanted to be her friend before. (Even though she lost her memory she can tell if she has experienced something before. For example she knows she likes strawberries)

Miko smiled kinder than she had ever before, and nodded.

"My name's Miko, how 'bout you?"

"My name is Naru, Naru Uzumaki." Miko grinned as they talked like old friends. Eventually they got to the part about her losing the sand siblings.

"Oh I know where they stay. It's only two blocks over in the inn. You can't miss it it's the only one in the area." Miko nodded enthusiastically she couldn't wait to tell Gaara about her knew friends.

Aww Hatchling are you developing feelings for the bishie?

Wait NO I mean Temari! I swear.

Miko leapt up and turned around,

"Miko-chan will talk to you later. She must find Gaara-chan." Miko sprinted away yelling at the inner voice.