The morning sun lit Ura's room as the warm desert breeze wafted into the large room. Ura was sprawled beneath the satin sheets of her bed, slowly opening her eyes when the sun hit her face. She sat up, feeling her spine pop in different places. Once she sat up all the way, she popped her neck and her shoulders. Stretching her arms and legs, Ura went to her bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. Then, she dressed in her regular uniform: the red top that exposed her stomach with the bell sleeves, the black mini shorts, and bandaged her stomach. She also bandage her wrists as well since she was going to use more taijutsu instead of her Blood Ninjutsu.

As instructed, Ura exited her room the library Gaara was often found in when he wanted to do research on a topic. Ura was a tad bit confused to why Gaara wanted to see her in there, but surely there was a good reason. She entered the library to find Gaara sitting on the sand-colored couch, reading a history text on Suna. The early morning sun sat behind Gaara, showing off his unscarred skin and brought out his bright, baby blue eyes. Though his face was either calm, grave, or serious, Gaara never looked so handsome than at that moment to Ura.

She walked over to Gaara as his eyes glanced up at her, "You wanted to see me, Lord-"

"Gaara," he corrected her, then gestured her to sit on the couch next to him, "Yesterday, you were apprehensive when Naruto and his shinobi entered our village."

"Oh.." Ura held in her worry as she looked over at Gaara, "Well, it's nothing, really."

"Don't lie to me," Gaara stated as his eyes widened slightly, "Do you sense something that I can't?"

"Uhm.." Ura tried to think up an excuse, "I...well...uhm... It's hard to say, Gaara, I was worried about them running into that Kabutome guy. I was just happy they were safe."

She knew Gaara didn't believe her. It was easy to see on his face, but it was for his own good. Ura moved her hand on top of Gaara's as she gave him a small smile, "Don't worry, Gaara, everything is going to be fine. Our home and our allies will be safe in no time."

Gaara glanced down at her hand, then back at her. Ura then noticed that Gaara was leaning closer to her, but his eyes were directed somewhere else. She blushed slightly from realizing he was actually trying to kiss her. He paused slightly as she saw the faint blush forming on his cheeks, no matter how he was he was still timid about making the first move. Ura knew she would have to do the rest in order to get them in the right direction, so she leaned in slowly the rest of the way and caressed her lips against his.

A dream come true. Everything she had imagined was finally starting to become a reality. Ura took the kiss slowly, just kissing his lips without adding any deep seduction in it. She felt his other hand grab her shoulder and pull her closer to him. Taking the initiative, Ura turned fully towards him, pulling her knees onto the couch as she slowly moved herself on top of Gaara. He rested his head on the pillow beneath him, kissing her softly as he felt his heart beat faster not knowing the weird, but warm feeling forming inside of him. It felt nice, especially as he opened his eyes slightly to see that Ura was the one kissing him.

She wanted to kiss him like that forever. Feeling his arms hold her waist as she rested her body against his own. Ura wrapped her arms around his head, kissing him as softly as if he was a fragile doll. She straddled his waist as she moved her lips from his to his neck. Though she didn't want to make love on a couch, she was really tempted to..

"Lord Kaze-"

Ura shot up with wide eyes, the narrowed to see it was Matsuri. Matsuri seemed angry and pleased to know she ruined the moment between Ura and Gaara. Gaara groaned as he carefully removed Ura from his lap as he stood up, "What is it?"

"The..Lord Hokage wishes your presence and Lady Ura, Sasuke-sama wishes to see you," Matsuri answered as she kept her eyes on the ground.

Gaara shot Ura a questionable glance, then had Matsui wait outside. Ura stood up by his side as she fixed her shirt, "Why does he want to see you?"

"I wouldn't know," Ura looked up at Gaara as she shrugged, "He's a weird-"

He wouldn't let her finish, blocking her mouth with his own as he caressed her tongue with his. It was a fast kiss, catching her off guard, and pulled away before he kissed her forehead, "Have Kankurou join you. I don't trust the little prawn."

Ura was speechless still as she watched Gaara leave the library. Her eyes were wide with surprise, who knew Gaara was such a good kisser? Matsuri stood by the doorway as she glared at Ura with animosity, "Lady Ura, Sasuke-sama-"

"Is waiting, yeah I heard you," Ura rolled her eyes as she walked passed the young girl.

Ura knew she was older than Gaara by three years, so it was probably pretty aggrivating to Matsuri knowing Gaara chose her. So, Ura smirked down at Matsuri, as an inch taller than the Chunin, and patted her head, "By the way, Gaara was amazing."

That caused Matsuri to lightly growl as she stomped to where Sasuke was waiting as Ura followed. Matsuri slammed the smaller office door open and presented Ura to Sasuke, then stomped off. Ura was amused at pissing the girl off, but her mood changed when she saw Sasuke leaning against the table, "So, you and Gaara..."

"I'm sorry," Ura sighed as she leaned against to the wall next to the door, glancing away from him, "It was unexpected when Kankurou told him. I was going to write you..."

"But you didn't have time, too busy sleeping with him after you left Konoha," Sasuke stated as he glared at her.

Ura glared at him as she stomped half way to him, "Who the fuck do you think you are! I'm sorry that it happened, but that was it! You knew my feelings for Gaara and they weren't going to change over night!"

"You could've said no, you could've stopped it, but you didn't," Sasuke growled as he crossed his arms, "You're just a damn who-"

In less than a second, Ura punched Sasuke's face and sent him over the long table and onto the floor. Sasuke grabbed the table, holding his cheek where she punched him, and stood back up, "Can't stand the truth?"

"Fuck you!" Ura growled through her teeth as she leaped onto the table, "I'm not a whore! You're just mad because you'll never be good enough! You're a traitor to your own village, a liar to your friends, and a naive little, fucking bastard! Go ahead, call me a whore because you think it will hurt me! I know what I am, and the truth is that you know what you are too!"

Sasuke got up on the table as well and balled up his fists. Ura prepared to hit him again, but then she just got off the table, "I'm not going to kick your ass right now. Gaara will get mad."

"He's a damn monster, and you know it... Even without a beast-"

In an instant, Ura appeared behind him with a hari barely penetrating his throat, "Go on...say it, I dare you. The warmth of your blood on my skin will please me more than you could."

Sasuke froze for a few moments then Ura removed the hari from his skin and pushed him forward. Ura walked off the table again and to the door. She looked over her shoulder at him with a narrowed glare, "As of this moment, you are nothing. I will not consider you my friend, but you aren't good enough to be known as my enemy either. Even without my Blood Jutsu, I can kill you."

With that, Ura left the office and began to walk off. She heard footsteps behind her, was that Sasuke? Turning her head Ura saw Sasuke approach her and grabbed her arms, forcing her against the wall. Ura looked up at his glare and returned the glare. He began to lower his face as his knee separated her legs. Ura closed her eyes tightly, preparing to feel Sasuke's lips on her, but she couldn't let him. Not under Gaara's roof! She moved her right hand slightly, pulling her longest hari down to somehow stab him. Right when she was about to stab him, Sasuke was sent flying down the hallway with a large wave of sand. Ura looked to her left to see Gaara furiously sending his sand at Sasuke. She was relieved, but worry went through her as she ran towards Gaara, holding hari as a way to say she was about to defend herself. He instantly grabbed her lower arm and pulled her to his side as he summoned his sand back, "Is that all he wanted from you? Why didn't you have Kankurou join you like I stated?"

"I didn't know he would do that, Gaara," Ura answered as she saw Sasuke start to try and get up, "Don't be mad at me, Gaara.."

"I apologize for Sasuke, you didn't hurt him too much, did you?" Naruto groaned, he would have to talk to the Uchiha in private later on.

"He'll live, unfortunately," Gaara grumbled as he plugged his gourd, then turned to Ura and didn't say a word.

Ura looked up at him, shaking her head softly as he loosened his grip on her arm, "Very well. Naruto, there is still some preparation to do."

"Right... Ura, how about you go with Sakura to learn some medicinal training for the journey," Naruto suggested to her.

Sakura grumbled as Ura nodded, taking the Leaf kunoichi to the large green house in the village. Ura showed her where the herbs were and Sakura instantly started to gather multiple herbs of sorts. The two never really got off on the right foot, and Ura could understand why. Even though they were similar in many ways, Ura got what she wanted in the end where Sakura had to settle. Ura stood at the other side of the table as Sakura began to dry the herbs and extract their liquids, "So...what are these for?"

"I don't need your help," Sakura stated without looking up at Ura, "You have your specialty, let me be good at something without you stealing it from me."

"Naruto said-"

"I don't care what he said!" Sakura snapped at her, "Your good at fighting-"

"And you're stronger than me! I can't crack a boulder in half!" Ura shouted as she placed her palms on the table, "I have an umbrella and hari, that's it! My ninjutsu was taken from me-"

"Then learn a different ninjutsu!" Sakura shouted back as she stopped drying the herbs, "If you want to be stronger, learn something new!"

"That's why i'm here!" Ura slammed her palms into the table, "I want to learn this from you so I can be more help to my village!"

They stopped shouting, but they glared at each other until Sakura went back to cutting the herbs into smaller pieces. Ura watched her for a few moments before Sakura murmured, "Get a damn cloth, i'll show you how to purify the liquid."

Ura obeyed the soft action and stood by Sakura, taking the cloth to spread it over a small basin. Sakura poured the juices from the herbs onto the cloth, taking out the seeds and particles in the liquid to make it more pure. As the Leaf kunoichi repeated this step several times, she then murmured to Ura, "I can help you get some of your kekkei-genkai back. It will be hard and it will take time, but i'm sure it's quite capable of helping you."

"Sakura," Ura murmured as she glanced slightly at Sakura, "But.."

"Believe it or not, i've always been jealous of you," Sakura murmured as she began to chop up more herbs, "Sasuke always talked about fighting you, and even compared how weak I was next to you. When I heard Sasuke had wanted something with you after I made a life-commitment to Ino, everything came up again. Then Naruto said that you and Gaara were also a thing now, it was like you got what you wanted in the end. It's just... I wanted Sasuke, and I didn't get him. You wanted and you got him. It's not fair..."

Ura felt awful for what Sakura was saying. They were so much alike it was uncanny. Where Sakura was physically powerful like her sensei, Tsunade, Ura's chakra was stronger and able to last longer like Kakashi's and Baki's. Though they may never get along, Ura had a new respect for the Leaf-nin, at least she was honest about her dislike for Ura.