Every night she fell into bed exhausted, hoping Gaara would be there to fall asleep with her. Sometimes he would be there first, sometimes when she woke up in the morning he would be there. Sometimes she would dream he was there, and when she woke up in the morning she was never quite sure if he had really been there or not. Sometimes she slept alone.

She started Misa off with some basic training before actually getting her to try sending fire down her veins. So every day she trained with Misa, improving on her own skills at the same time. She realized again how hard it was for her to work with fire. Doing it every day was tiring, but she felt herself getting more comfortable with it again.

On top of training with Misa there were still the discussions about Gaara's seal, and the removal of the hundred seals. Whenever she felt herself getting frustrated with the slow progress of some of her 'students' she just reminded herself of her own slow progress, and she found she could be a very patient teacher after all.

There were also the hospital tours, the talks with committees and chairpersons and so on and on. And of course, Misa always wanted to go out for a drink after work, especially now that Setsuna was defrosted, as it were.

All in all, life was exhausting in Suna. It didn't help that the sun beat down on her every day either. What she wouldn't give for a little rain.