Chapter Two!(: Woot up in the same day? I'mma diee! xD


|-|:Gaara POV:|-|I myself don't even know why the hell I decided to save her, let alone keep an eye, litterally, on that girl. I needed to stop before it was too late. She would betray me like Yashamaru would. No one could ever feel love for a monster, which is why I love only myself. So I ask my why. Why the Hell did I tell her I care? But either way...I think I felt...love again.|-|:Your POV:|-|The satisfying BOOM of a tree smashing to the ground rang in your ears as you leveled yet another patch of forest. You yawned and nimbly somersaulted upwards before your foot came crashing down on yet another unsuspecting elm, obliterating it. You fell to your knees, panting heavily. This had been going on for hours straight and it would probably keep going for a few more. You trained until you were almost unconcious before you stopped and a few times you had even passed out as you made your way back to your sleeping spot. "Okay...just a...few more...and I'll st..op." You weakly began to punch the trunk of another tree-which was amazingly still standing-and continued to dent it further. "Hana, if you keep doing that you're gonna get yourself killed!" You suddenly heard. Weakly turning around, you saw Kankuro staring at you in worry and amazement. Letting out a long breath you toppled over facedown, trying to catch your breath. He rushed over to you mumbling something as he lifted your arm over his shoulders and you walked/were carried back to the house. "Geez Kankuro! I still...need to...train..." You managed to say. He snorted and replied, "If had kept going then you would have gotten killed like that." "No...when I train, I...keep going until...I almost pass out, silly." You retort. He sighed as he opened the door and heaved you in. "I found her, Temari!" Kankuro called out at the door closed. Her head popped out from the hallway and she smiled. "Took you long enough- what happened to you?" She suddenly asked, seeing your body. When you trained, you instead wore a crimson t-shirt with some black shorts and bangages around your arms with your hair up like Tenten's, but now the bandages were ripped and some blood was seeping through and your could see the many cuts and bruises on your skin along with your messy hair and sweat. "Aiyieyie, Hana, what are we going to do with you? Come on, let's get you cleaned up so we can go shopping, we're low on food and stuff." "Okay, gimme a sec." You replied and hurried to go take a shower. Thoroughly checking the entire room for any floating eyeballs before you got undressed, you took a shower and got dressed before walking back out...only to be stopped. "What happened to you?" Gaara asked blankly as he saw the bandages all over you. "Just some training, nothing much. It's usually worse than this though." You replied cheerfully. He only nodded and walked away before you hurried back out to find Temari. "Ready?" She asked you. You nodded happily and you both walked out. "So what do we have to get?" You asked her as you laced your hands behind your head. "Just food. But if we have enough time then we can go shopping." She replied. "I thought that's what we're doing right now." You question her confusedly. "As in just shopping-shopping, not buying food." "I'm still lost...I didn't have much of a childhood, ya know." "Oh, well in that case it's where you just go out and buy stuff that you like or want." "Ohhhh kay. Cool!" You both walked into the grocery store and started to get random stuff, you grabbing the needed items for tonight's dinner. You finished quickly since there were now 2 of you instead of just Temari and soon enough you were both going to do this 'shopping' thing. As she looked through clothes you were drawn to the toy section and contented yourself with looking at all of the stuffed animals. "Kyute!" You squealed and picked up a worn teddy bear from the used area. *It reminds me of...Edward.* You fondly remembered your only friend when you were little, an old teddy bear with a small string tied into a bow around its neck and loose button eyes and nose that you would talk to when you got lonely. After the assassination, Edward was soaked in blood so you only left him and ran for it. You hugged the bear tightly and breathed in its scent. Blood, dirt, and tears. *It's Edward!* You squealed happily and bounced up and down. "What did you find?" Temari asked you as she came into your isle. "Edward! My old teddy! They even got all the blood washed off of him!" You said bubbily. She sighed and shook her head, mumbling something. "If that's all you're getting then let's go." She told you and you nodded happily. After paying for your old friend and Temari's assorted clothes, you grabbed a lollipop and went home. With a BOOM the door was busted down by your all-powerful boot andd with a cry of, "We ladies are ho-ome!" You both walked in. "Dinner?" Kankuro asked as he walked into the room. "Yes yes, dinner. Help us put all this crap away first, though." He nodded and Temari went to go put her stuff away and you began to do the same. After you finished, you immediatly set to work making dinner. (Meh...it shall be beef stew with dumplings and other nice stuff ^.^ yay!) "Doom doom doom doom, doooooooom doom doom!" You cheerfully sang as you made your way through the kitchen with a butcher knife. Laughing maniacally, you hacked up some carrots and other vegetables before sliding it into the steaming pot of broth. "BWAHAHAHAHA! THAT'S RIGHT, PATHETIC BEINGS, BURRRRRRRRNNNN! BWAHAHAHAHA!" "What the Hell are you doing?" A voice said from the door. "Cookin'." You said simply, not looking to see who it was. All of a sudden you suddenly flung the knife with a, "HIYAH!" And half of a spider slowly slid down the wall. As you turned to look at it, you saw that it was Gaara who was watching you and he stared at the twitching legs boredly. "Nice throw." He commented as you pulled out the knife, leaving a rather large slice in the wall. "Thank you!" You chirped, feeling your cheeks heat up. Hurridly turning away so he wouldn't see, you finished the stew and distributed it accordingly. "Close your ears." You told Gaara before taking a deep breath. He looked at you in a confused manner but winced as you suddenly scremed, "TEMARI AND KANKURO, DINNER IS READYYYYY!" "You're noisy." Gaara said as you finished. You put up a peace sign and smiled. "That's what I get from no one to talk to for 7 years." Teamri and Kankuro walked in, well more like Kankuro ran, and began to eat. Gaara and you sat down and you began to scarf down the food. Suddenly, Kankuro burped and you could see the white kabuki turn slightly red. You laughed as he said excuse me and then you burped out(I can do this ^.^), "Kankuro you're such a pig!" Temari's eye twitched as you both began laughing insanely, to the point where you fell out of your seat. When it finally died down you put your plates away and washed them. Spinning in circles you left the kitchen and happily bounced upstairs to go to Temari's room and grab Edward before going up to the roof. You decided on sleeping outside for the night, where you were more comfortable. Almost an hour later you found that you couldn't sleep and even tried counting sheep corpses, but nothing seemed to work. "OOH I know! I remember Mrs. Kaiku singing this one night!" You suddenly told Edward and took in a breath:Lullaby(By the almighty Jack Johnson! *applause*)When you're so lonely lying in bedNight's closed it's eyes but you can't rest your headEveryone's sleeping all through the houseYou wish you could dream but forgot to somehowSing this lullaby to yourselfSing this lullaby to yourselfAnd if you are waiting, waiting for meKnow I'll be home soon darling I guaranteeI'll be home Sunday just in one weekDry up your tears if you start to weepAnd sing this lullaby to yourselfSing this lullaby to yourselfLullaby, I'm not nearbySing this lullaby to yourselfDon't you cry, no don't you crySing this lullaby to yourselfCause when I arrive dear it won't be that longNo it won't seem like anytime that I've been goneIt ain't the first time it won't be the lastWon't you remember these words to help the time pass?So when you're so lonely lying in bedNight's closed it's eyes but you can't rest your headEveryone's sleeping all through the houseYou wish you could dream but forgot to somehowSing this lullaby to yourselfSing this lullaby to yourselfSing this lullaby, sing this lulla...by to...Sleep gently took hold of you as you couldn't even finish the last line, but you thought you heard a soft, "Goodnight" just before you fell asleep.

~x~x~x~

"Wake up." An emotionless voice told you. Still being half asleep, you only turned over and mumbled, "It's too early, go back to bed..." Feeling a sharp pain in your back from a foot colliding with your own you swung your leg around to trip whoever it was screwing with you that early in the morning. You heard a growl after the thump of whoever it was falling over and you were grabbed by the collar of your pajama shirt (You wear like what Naruto does, only its black and your sleeping cap is a bunny ^.^) and your eyes were now locked with Gaara's. Your face was very close to his own and you could feel your face getting hotter. "Get dressed and hurry up, we have a mission." He said through gritted teeth. "Oh...sorry I tripped you. Not a morning person." You mumbled as you rubbed your eyes and yawned. He let go of your shirt and you fell to the roof. "OUCH! God damn, you didn't have to drop me..." You muttered. He only 'hn'ed and walked back downstairs. *It actually looks like he was trying to be...nice.* You thought in amazement to yourself as you rubbed your sore butt. Picking up your pillow and Edward you tramped back downstairs yawning. Quietly sneaking into Temari's room, as it was about 5 in the morning and any normal person would still be sleeping, you grabbed your clothes and did all your morning junk. As you rebraided your hair you saw a small sack left out on the table with a note beside it. "Dear Hana, I told Gaara that you both were assigned a mission to snow but he said when he went to tell you you were asleep. Lazy ass. So I went and packed for you, you can thank me later. Gaara will explain everything for now, come back safe, okay? Temari"You smiled and pocketed the note before slipping Edward in the bag and sliding it over your shoulder. "Are you ready yet?" The same dead voice asked you. Spinning around you saw Gaara standing at the door waiting for you boredly and you strode over to him. "I'm ready now, sorry I took so long." "Hn." He opened the door for you and you stepped out glancing at the fading crescent moon. You suddenly realized that Gaara was wearing a differnet outfit than usual; this one was a dark red but he still wore the white sash. "How come your wearing long-sleeves and stuff? Oh yeah, Temari said that you're supposed to explain what this whole mission thing is about." There was a short silence before he said, "We're going to retrieve a certain item and kill a man who left Sunagakure. His whereabouts are in Snow." Your face paled considerably and your heart froze for a moment. "Sn-snow?" You whispered. "Yes." You didn't say anything else, but as you both passed the gates you took out Edward and hugged him tightly. *Snow...* In your mind you saw swords flash in the light and crimson blood spill across a blanket of cold white, the bodies of the people you knew in the back of your mind falling to the ground with large gashes in them. Letting out a small whimper you fell to your knees, clutching your head. "No...no, DON'T KILL THEM!" You yelled as the painful throbbing in your head grew and subsided. "What's wrong?" Gaara asked you, but you only shook your head and refused to look at him. "We're going to speed up." He told you after a few minutes. You only nodded and jumped up into the trees, darting through them as blurs of black and red. Suddenly you heard a whispered, "What did you remember?" And you almost fell off the branch you had just landed on. But he had quickly grabbed your arm and balanced you before continuing. "How did you know?" You asked him back. He paused, but said, "It happens to me sometimes. I remember my childhood memories and my heart hurts." "Oh...same here. I had a bad experience in Snow, I think. I don't remember what happened but when I do I just see swords, blood, and snow. Even sometime's I'll see the people and it'll feel like I knew them from somewhere but..." Your voice trailed off before you would start remembering everything again and Gaara didn't say anything. Not that it surprised you but- "I'm sorry." You heard him mumble, knocking you out of your thoughts. "Oh umm it's okay, don't worry about it. But thanks! It means alot coming from you. ^.^" You quickly reply. As you had finally made it to the docks, from the sun you would say it was a little after 7; you had made pretty good time. You bowed to the man who was letting you borrow the boat and walked across the gangplank. Taking in a deep breath of the salty air you hopped up to the roof of the small cabin and pointed out. "Onwards! We shall keep going until the sky meet the sea and then past the horizon!" You said poetically. Gaara looked at you like you were a psycho, which is about right, and the engine rumbled before the boat began to steadily move outwards to the horizon.

~x~x~x~

The air was slowly becoming more crisp and cool as the boat trudged on, you looking over the edge of the boat into the water. Every now and then the occasional fish would near the surface and you would spit at it or growl and growl then giggle as it hurridly swam away. As you barked at yet another one you were cut off with a- "What the hell are you doing?" You only continued barking and said, "I'm playing with the fish." "You're going to fall in." "I know." Gaara sighed, knowing it was useless to continue and walked away before he decided to push you in. Next thing he heard was a, "Why you son of a-" and a splash and scream. /Hana, dammit I told you you were going to fall in!/ He thought worridly and ran over to where you last stood. On the deck layed Edward, slightly damp from the water splashed on him and he looked over the edge, waiting for you to come up. But you didn't."Somebody get her, she fell in!" Gaara yelled towards the cabin where the captain would be. The boat slowly came to a stop and a few of the workers came out. "What's wrong?" "My teammate fell in and she hasn't come up." Gaara replied calmly, although in his head was screaming. "Well...we can't swim." His eyes widened at the stupidity of a sailor not knowing how to swim and one added, "They say it's bad luck for one to know how to swim." Gaara growled and sand rose from his gourd before he sent it into the freezing waters were sinking. Just floating farther and farther below the surface as you hugged yourself tightly. The waters were EFFING cold andyou were stupid enough to do all the things that you should do when you swim with clothes on, except you didn't know HOW to swim. Before you jumped in, you pulled off your sleeves and pants and pulled out a small fishnet dress from your pocket(Like what Anko wears) and quickly slipped it on. And the whole reason you went and jumped was because your choker fell off and a fish grabbed it, you yelling "SON OF A-" Before you jumped in. So now due to your stupid actions, you were quickly running out of air and just thought boredly to yourself, *Well this is sheotty. I expected myself to die in an intense battle between myself and some army, not commit suicide for God's sake! Oh well. Hey, at least I could try to save myself!* So with that you began to flail around in the water...which only made you sink faster. The rest of the air you had left then seeped past your lips as bubbles and danced towards the surface as everything went then... a long moment, you could hear a heartbeat other than your own and felt warm, with something soft touching your you could breath you sat straight up, coughing up water. You opened your stinging and blurry eyes, tearing up from the salt water and you rubbed them furiously. Then you realized that you were utterly freezing and you sneezed before hugging yourself tightly. "You really are stupid for a renowned killer." Gaaras voice insulted you as a warm towel was wrapped around you. "I kn-kn-know." "And I told you you were going to fall in." "I-I d-d-didnt-t f-fall, dumbass." You retorted. "Then you're even dumber than I thought." He answered. "S-so?" You returned, your voice now cracking up from holding back tears. You stumbled to stand up and as he tried to help you only pushed him away before weakly walking into the cabin to change. You dried up with the towel and took out some of the heavier clothes Temari had packed for you, now wearing a black longsleeved shirt, baggy black pants, a black poncho thingy like what Team 7 wore in the Naruto movie, and some white gloves along with some socks. When you walked with the boots on deck you would trip and stumble alot so you took to wearing socks. You unbraided your damp hair and shook it out before walking back out to get Edward. Not wanting to hear the endless insults of Gaara, you planned on spending the rest of the trip in the cabin, which would be for about another day or so. So as you silently treaded across the deck you picked up Edward and hugged him under your coat, not answering or acknowledging when the insensitive prick, Gaara, called your name. You only walked back into the cabin and locked the door behind you. You crawled up into the bunk bed and took off the poncho before starting your conversation with Edward to pass the time. Much later your attention was drawn to the door as the knob quivered with someone trying to open the door, and then there was a knock. "Hana, open the door." Gaara's dead voice told you. "No." You answered him. There was a growl and he knocked down the door before saying, "Dinner's ready." "I'm not hungry. Get out of my room." "You're going to eat and this is our room, there wasn't enough rooms for each of us to have one." "I don't care, get out and no I will not eat until I feel like it. I'm just not hungry." But then your stomach growled, begging for food since you hadn't eaten since last night's dinner. From the dim light of the almost set sun you watched as sand blossomed from his gourd and hovered over to you, gently picking your huddled form up and carrying you to face Gaara. "Why are you acting like this?" He asked you. You "hmph!"ed and turned your head in refusal of answering. The sand forced you to look at him and he repeated, "Why are you acting like this?" Your eyes blurred and you sniffled quietly, trying your hardest not to cry in front of him. "I l-lost my necklace because of a st-stupid fish and then I almost drowned and you keep bitching a-a-about how st-stupid I am and I d-don't wanna go to Snow and r-remember everything again." You finally said before softly crying, your tears sinking into the sand as they dripped off of your cheeks. You closed your eyes, waiting for the scorn of how pathetic you were being. But instead, something warm gently brushed away your tears and you were placed on the ground. "You really shouldn't cry. It doesn't suit you." He told you quietly. "I'll bring you something to eat." He also said as the sand returned to his gourd and he walked out. You only sat there, letting everything sink in as you placed your fingertips on your cheek where he had just touched you. Not much later he came back and you swore he smirked as he saw you still in the same spot sitting on the ground. He handed you a plate and sat next to you and began to eat as if nothing had happened at all. Smiling, you picked up the fork and began to eat, just talking and even getting him to converse at times until with a sudden THUMP, a man walked into the room and said, "There's a change of plans. You're going to have to get off here, the rest of our course has already frozen over."


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