Welcome back to the chamber of horrors! Muh ha ha ha ha! Sorry, I'm trying to avoid Christmas currently… I'm a singer which means I start singing Christmas songs two months early. Oh joy. Then when the actual Christmas season comes I spend the time with my family that enjoys screaming at me! Exciting, right? Well this Christmas Eve wasn't as bad as always this year so I guess its ok. Well as they say the show must go on. So enjoy :)

Disclaimer: NOT MINE! IF NARUTO WAS MINE I WOULDN'T BE COMPLETELY BROKE RIGHT NOW… I can't even get Christmas presents for my friends.

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"What?" I didn't dare let myself believe the words that just came out of Gaara's mouth. It couldn't be true. My mind was playing tricks on me. The thing I would want someone to say most had to be just an illusion.

"I said I don't believe Temari is dead Nara." He surveyed my reaction with quizzical eyes trying to decide on how I was taking the news. I could say nothing, I didn't know if I should believe it. How do you trust someone who's giving you what you want most? "Do you understand me Nara? My sister is not dead. For a genius, such as yourself, I wouldn't think you would have this tough of a time picking up the meaning of words."

Genius, ha. If I was a genius I could have avoided all of this, all the pain and suffering, the cloudiness of my mind how she took over it not leaving anything for me to hang onto, the happiness, and the craziness. With all the thoughts rushing to my head one emotion seemed frighteningly clear, anger. For the second time since I had got officially involved with Temari, red began to sizzle at the corners of my eyes. Nothing was clear and suddenly I found myself holding Gaara against the wall and just as quickly as I realized this I was flung backwards toward and then through the closed door by a thick wall of dense sand.

Gaara stepped forward and looked at me without the glare I expected but a small smirk and a touch of sympathy. "Come back after you get that out of your system." And with that a new door formed from the sand that had thrown me backwards. The red I saw hadn't faded a bit and I speed out of the tower, out of the village. I just kept running until it was dusk and I began to see the thin beginnings of the great Konohagakure forest that start about a little more than a half a day's walk from Suna.

I reached the forest and began tearing down every tree I saw before me with raw strength I didn't even know I possessed. Tears of anger were washing down my face but were soon replaced by those of relief. And incredibly large bolder seemed to be lifted from my stomach. Just the mere suspicion and belief of what Gaara had said had brought me back from all my despair bringing me nothing but hope.

"She's alive." Was I all I could say as I leaned up against one of the practically destroyed trees and looked up at the stars.

I was coming out of the darkness and started to see a bright shade of a mixture of red, orange, yellow and pink. I blinked and saw I was seeing the sun through my eye lids. My heart leaped, had it all been a dream? The small thought hit me like icicles through my heart when I realized that I had woken against one of the trees I had brutally mangled the night before. Happiness again swelled in my chest and I remembered that the reason for that happiness was Gaara's words about a mission. Before I could think I was rushing back to Suna to find the extent of the job, wanting to embark upon it as soon as possible.

I don't know how but I seemed to get back to Suna in record time tearing past the gates straight to the Kazekage tower. I found myself staring at Gaara's amused face in barley a few hours, or maybe I had imagined getting there so fast as my mind had been fairly preoccupied.

"What do I have to do?"

Gaara smirked and silently handed me a scroll.

"The details are there, you will be heading straight to the border between the hidden village of rain and the fire country. I suggest you move quickly you're already a day late." He turned around looking out over the village again as my grip tightened on the scroll and I flew out to my quarters. I packed the essentials and ran toward the gate, running past the guards that seem to be very confused with my leaving again, and directed my path straight to the hidden village of rain.

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The look on that idiot's face was completely priceless when I left Konoha. I still saw him looking like he was completely lost, his mouth slightly open and his eyes glazed over. They call that inexperienced pineapple head a genius, ha. I couldn't help but laugh as the image again infiltrated my head for the umpteenth time on my trip home. One more day, then I'll be home, free to day dream all I want. Focus. I told myself again not that it helped much it just reminded me of him watching the clouds go by from his favorite hill.

As that image pasted I heard a snapping sound of a breaking twig and leaves rustling. I was hyper aware of my surrounds now pushing all other thoughts from my head. I continued forward pretending I hadn't heard the snapping and rustle but listening for the slightest sound that I was being pursued. I heard a muffled tap against wood. Someone was following me now through the trees. By the sound of it about four ninja were quite close but there may have been more. The fourth seemed to be lagging a ways behind. There was no way I was getting out of an encounter not that I needed to I had a lot of skill on my side that was for sure though I was unaware of the strengths of those behind me.

'Well one way to find out' I told myself coming to an immediate stop, rotating and throwing a gush of wind from my fan behind me. I felt the killer intent of the first three ninja spike impressively and move out of the way as my attack struck the trees around them. One of the quickly retaliated throwing a rain storm of kunai that I blocked quickly with my fan throwing another gust toward the source of the attack.

"Sabaku no Temari" I voice from behind me spoke. I went to turn only to find that a Kunai was already at my throat by the nin that was lagging behind. The other ninjas came out in the open, with head protectors wearing the sign of the leaf. I could tell immediately that they were not from the leaf village though they had the appearance of some of those I knew there. They held themselves in a completely different manner than their originals would have. For one Hyuga Neji was wearing a grin that would have better been placed on the face of Uzumaki Naruto. "There is no chance of escape. You're coming with us princess." With that blackness over took my vision as I felt myself fall toward the ground.

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Ok so add a bit from Temari's point of view. I wanted to explain a bit of what is happening to her to so I hope you liked it. Love to all! :)

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