Chapter Five: Being Followed

A/N: I just wanted to say thanks to Re Del Lupo for his review. At first I was a bit upset because almost all the characters on Naruto can be classified as Mary-sueish and so I thought why should my character be any different? I'll work hard to make Sachiko a better character and I'll also try to make her less like my death note character Sasume… I've asked one of my good friends for help on this fanfic and we're going to put our Naruto-ness together. Haha. So hopefully this will be a better fanfic. Anyway, enjoy for now.

Sachiko had been sitting under her favorite palm tree. A nice breeze blew and some of the palm tree's leaves tickled her, causing her to laugh each time. Last she could remember, Gaara had gotten angry with her for practicing some of her jutsus so she kept them to herself or practiced them in her room when he wasn't around. Today, Sachiko was resting under the shady palm, grateful to have something nice she could visit without feeling like she was trespassing or being surrounded by villagers.

Things had been very quiet for her that day and perhaps too quiet.

"He's here," warned the demon with a small chuckle, "He's persistent… I wonder what it is he wants from you."

"What makes you think he wants something from me? He's probably just bored like I am," Sachiko thought back to the panther.

"He wants something… Otherwise he would have left about an hour ago," the cat hissed in her ear almost like a snake rather than a feline.

"So he's been there for a while then, has he," Sachiko asked as she cocked an eyebrow which must have been strange to see by any person watching her.

"Oh he finally decided to approach," the cat cackled before growing quiet.

"He is?"

Sachiko opened her eyes and spotted the red haired shinobi glaring at her. She felt a bit small next to him because she was sitting down and he was standing. He gave her a disapproving look as if it was her fault for making him approach her. She bowed her head from her spot and waited for him to speak.

"What is it you are doing," he said in a low and dangerous voice.

Sachiko gave him a weird look to show her confusion. She wasn't sure why but she suddenly felt a bit frightened. "I… I was napping," she stammered back.

"Afraid?"

"Shut up… It's not every day that I'm followed by the vessel of a demon." Sachiko could feel the demon roll her eyes and she scowled inwardly at her.

"You have a bed for that, do you not," he asked her in his chilling voice.

"Well, yeah I do but—"

"Shut up," Gaara said as sand began to flow out of his gourd, "I want to kill you."

She let out a small gasp as his sand snatched her up and squeezed her. She kept her brave front and said, "What's stopping you? I have no true reason to live… Go ahead."

His sand immediately released her and flew into his gourd as quickly as it had grasped her. His teal eyes burned into hers as he gave her a look she couldn't read. "You will go back to your room and not come out today… You are nothing but a nuisance… distracting me from my responsibilities to that idiot father of mine," he hissed into her ear, "Go now."

She got away from that place as fast as she could. "Nuisance," she repeated to herself, "And whose fault is that? It's always mine, I suppose." Sachiko sighed as she looked out from the balcony at Sand Castle. "Nuisance, Chihoko… Can you believe that? I wasn't even bothering him… I don't know what his problem is… Oh, I'd like to just—"

"Hush," Chihoko growled, "That boy is the nuisance… He's watching you again… Ever since you ate that stupid popsicle… He's been following you around like a lost puppy… But of course you didn't read all the instructions on it did you?"

"Excuse me," Sachiko asked as she went inside her room so Gaara wouldn't yell at her to get away from the balcony.

"The boy… He stepped in your shadow…"

"What the heck are you talking about!"

"I'll tell you later," hissed the cat, "Get out of this room and go into the kitchen or someplace else in the house where he can't follow you into… I sense his bloodlust… It's very strong… He wants your blood… there's no doubt about that."

She grumbled as she slowly started to go out of the room. "RUN!" The cat nearly screamed into her head as Sachiko picked up the pace and barely missed a blast of sand that killed her bed. Sachiko gulped, knowing that even though she loved that comfy bed, it was better it than her.

Sachiko ran down the hall and bumped into someone she hadn't met before. She looked up and gazed into the eyes of the man she had seen on the portrait of the Kazekage. The Kazekage's malicious eyes didn't last staring at hers long as they gazed to what was behind her. He returned his look to her and said, "He will be dealt with… Go on back to your room."

The Cloud native nodded and carefully walked back to her room. She found it covered in sand and everything was ruined. "Spoiled brat," she muttered as she sat in a pile of sand. Sachiko took this time to allow her body to breathe and found herself panting like an animal.

"What IS his problem?"

"He has a strong lust for your blood… I think you've upset him," Chihoko informed her.

"Upset him? I haven't even done anything!"

"You're a stupid girl… You upset me without doing anything… Maybe he's the same as I am."

"Go to hell."

A cackle erupted from the cat's throat and it echoed in Sachiko's head.

"Hey Chihoko… what were you saying earlier about the popsicle?"

"Just rest for now… I'll wake you if that boy comes back…"

That was the first nice thing Chihoko had said to her all Sachiko's life. She wasn't sure what the catch was but she felt a bit safe for a change. "Thank you Nibi," Sachiko told her in one last thought before succumbing to sleep.

A/N: HAHA. She fell asleep in sand.

Sachiko: Gross!

Author: Don't be a girly girl Sachiko-chan! You must endure it!

Sachiko: I'm not a girly girl! I just don't like the idea of falling sleep in sand… I can't believe Chihoko is being nice for a change!

Chihoko: Neither can I…

Author: Both of you shut up! I'm tired… I want to sleep… I only wrote this so I could update this and my Death Note fanfic, my true masterpiece.

Sachiko: No fair, you are playing favorites! (Sighs) So that's why you wrote a fanfic where I fall asleep at the end… It's because you're sleepy yourself!

Author: Heh… So I've been caught… Well next chapter will be funner… This one was short and (falls asleep and begins to snore)

Chihoko: Saw that coming…

Sachiko: Let Author-sama sleep… She updates her fanfics like a madwoman… She deserves to rest… Anyway, Readers… Review for the tired Author-sama!

Author: SNOOOOOOOOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Sachiko: (sweat drops) Thank you readers! Until next time, Goodbye!