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Chapter 6 Training for the Chunin Exams

We had walked for hours but we still didn't knew where we are. I sighed out loud and was looking around. The only thing we are seeing are trees, trees, trees, and oh had I forgot to say that we only see trees?! I looked again on the map, but couldn't also see where we are.

" Ne, Gaara. Should we stop and making a camp somewhere? We have walked for hours, and I'm actually tired. So should we somewhere making a camp?" I looked hopefully at him and he looked at me and nodded slowly. I got a smile on my face and hugged him. " Thank you!" I was searching right away where we could make a camp and saw a good spot between some trees. I ran to the trees and put by bag on the ground. " Here Gaara!" He walked to me, and make a sort of tent with his sand. I nodded in agreement and smiled at him. " Shall I looking for food?" He nodded and stays by the tent while I was looking for food. I heard some noises but I ignored it, it was also a little bit darker so I must hurry to find some. I heard some noises out a few bushes and grabbed my kunai out my pouch. And a rabbit jumped out of the bushes, I sighed but then I realized that it was food actually, but to kill a rabbit for food? I shook my head and put my kunai away, when I suddenly smashes away by something. I tried to get my balance again and landed on a tree branch. I was looking around and saw a bear. I felt something warm running down my spine and saw a little bit that it was blood.

" Fine, now I'm bleeding. Maybe I can scare him with my lightning, but I have not trained enough to do that one jutsu. " I sighed and let lightning out of my hand and jumped from the branch and reach to the bear. He got scared and run away. I walked back to the camp but felt really light in my head. Before I could say something to Gaara I collapsed. I tried to get my eyes open but was useless, I saw a little bit that someone was running up to me and hold me tight. And it went black.

After some hours I woke up and felt a horrible pain in my back. " Don't force yourself, I was glad that I could stop your bleeding. " I looked up and saw Gaara standing in front of me. " Thank you Gaara." I got up a little. " But now we have no food. " He shook his head and walked away, I looked confused but crawled out of the sand made tent and saw a campfire. And some animals above the fire. " what kind of animals are they?" He looked annoyed at me and sighed. " Just animals. You are going to eat it. you need it because of your wound. How did you actually get that?"

" I was attacked by a bear, when I found a rabbit by the bushes." I smiled but he rolled with his eyes. He looked at the campfire and took the animals from the fire and gave me one. First I looked with disgust at it, but then I felt my stomach growl and began to eat. It was so delicious, It taste like chicken. When we were done with eating I looked up at the sky. " Gaara?"

" Hn." He was sitting next to me in the opening of the tent.

" Can you maybe with your sand going in the air and looking where we are tomorrow?" He was thinking and nodded then. I laid my head against his shoulder and closed my eyes. " Thank you again for taking care of my wound." I hold his hand and felt he got tensed but then caressed his hand to let him relax, and he did. " Asuka, it is a good idea that you go to sleep and rest well. I will guard you. " He looked forward and nodded at him and got back in the tent and was laying on a blanket and tried to get some sleep.

On the next morning, was Gaara looking on his sand above the trees. I looked at him and also looking on the ground. He came back on the ground and put his sand back in his gourd. " We are actually almost home. " I looked surprised and gave him then a smile. " Well, let's go then!" I walked forward and he was walking next to me. It took some hours when we got back, I bowed at the sand nins at the gate and they bowed back, Gaara was just walking forward and saw that the people were afraid of him. I sighed and walked also further. We walked to the Kazekage building, and I gave the report at the Kazekage. I put the documents out of my pouch and give it to him. He thanked me and put them aside on the desk. " So, I see you looked alright Asuka. " I nodded. " Well, yesterday I was attacked by a bear when I was looking for food, but I'm alright. It is almost healed. "

" That is great. Baki let Temari and Kankuro came in. " I looked confused at him and saw Temari and Kankuro walking in the room. And Kankuro didn't looked all too happy.

" Where were you yesterday Asuka?! I was waiting on you at the trainings field! " Oh damn! That was right.

" Gomenasai Kankuro-san. I was forgotten, but I got assigned to a mission with Gaara. And we are just back from it. " I smiled at him and he nodded.

" But why are they also here Kazekage-sama?" I looked at the Kazekage and he had crossed his arms. Just farther like son.

" Well, first about the mission you have completed right know. I gave you that mission to see if you were good enough. "

" Good enough? For what?" I looked still confused and had my hands on my hips.

" For the Chunin Exams about a few weeks. And I have assigned you four as one team. And Baki as your sensei." He looked at us and we nodded at him.

" But I thought that the teams were only three of it and one sensei. So how could we be a four squad team? " I scratched my head and was really confused.

" Don't bother about that, I have told it to the Hokage and was going accord with it. They have also a four squad team. So don't worry about that Asuka. Well here are the tickets for the Chunin Exams. Train hard and don't let this fail. " We all nodded again and leaved the office and the tower.

A few days later, I could finally train again. My wound had fully healed and my grandmother was learning me some medical ninjutsu. I was glad that she would teach me, I had never thought she could do that. She had also gave me some scrolls for the medical ninjutsu's. I had laid them in my room in a drawer and took some scrolls what my father had left behind. I put them in my pouch and ran to the trainings field. There was no one and was glad about that.

I rolled out one scroll and was looking at it, and was studying it. " Hmmmm, which one should I learn?" I was looking over the scrolls and found one. " Yeah, Lightning Needles!" I position before some piles and concentrated on my chakra, and tried to make some needles and fired them. But I failed, they were gone while they are going to the piles. " Okay, again!" I tried it several times but it failed every time. " Damnit! Why wouldn't it work. "

" Hard busy with training little girl?" I turned around and gave that person a deathly glare.

" I'm not a little girl Kankuro!" I looked back at the scroll and was sighing.

" Wouldn't it work?" He was staying next to me and also looking at the scroll. " Wow, awesome jutsu's." He looked surprised at it and I smiled.

" Yeah, but they are hard to learn. And I want some new jutsu's before we go to Konoha for the Chunin Exams. The only best jutsu what I have is Thunder Fist Jutsu. " I sighed again and put some hair back behind my ear. And wiping some sweat from my forehead.

" Ah, I see. I'm also busy with my puppets for the Chunin Exams. " I looked at him and was looking again at my scroll.

" Shall we train together?" He looked at me and nodded then. I laid the scrolls on a bench and we stood in our position. He let out crow, and I had some lightning in my hands. He started with controlling crow and moved him to me with full speed. I dodge it and grabbed some kunai's, I put them under lightning and fired them at crow. Kankuro let them slam away and tried to attack me again. I dodge it a few times and ran to his puppet. He shoot some kunai's out of crow and was a little too late with dodging it. One kunai came against my leg and I felled on the ground. It was bleeding but I ignored it, and saw he was attacking me again I threw some kunai's with paper bombs, and saw that he dodged it and stood on my feet's again and tried to get some distant. I panted a little and tried to do a new jutsu. I concentrated again and closed my eyes, I listened to the noises what was around me. And heard that crow came closer, I opened my eyes and let out the needles. " Lightning Needles Jutsu!" The lightning came out and hit crow, and made him stunned. I ran up to crow and gave him a kick in the air and landed somewhere in the sand.

" Wow, Asuka you have become strong. " I smiled at him and panted a little.

" You were great too! Shall we train tomorrow again?" He nodded and put crow back on his back, and walked with me to the bench. I put the scrolls back in my pouch and was wiping off the sweat.

" Kankuro-san?" He looked at me and I looked at him.

" Do you maybe know, why Gaara wouldn't train with me? I have the feeling that he is scared to hurt me." I heard him laughing a bit and looked at him confused.

" Gaara scared to hurt someone? He is never scared to hurt let stand kill somebody. If he want to hurt or kill someone, he just do it." I was thinking about his words and he is actually right.

" But he is nice to me, well…" I remembered when he had slapped me, when we had that mission. My hand was at my cheek and Kankuro was looking at me.

" So he had hurt you. " I sighed and nodded.

" But sometimes he is nice to me, if he wants too…" Kankuro nodded slowly and stretched out his body.

" Well, I'm going home now. I see you tomorrow Asuka. " He walked from the trainings field and waved at me. I waved back and walked back to my house.

" I'm home!" I screamed and put off my shoes and walked to the living room.

" Hello dear, how was the training?" She looked up from her book and I was smiling at her.

" Good, Kankuro was also there so we had trained with each other." I was sitting on the couch with my legs on it and leaned on the leaning of the couch.

" That's great. Are you hungry?" I nodded at her and yawned a bit.

" But first I'm taking a shower, I smell very badly. " I giggled and went upstairs and undressed myself in my room and went to the bathroom, I turned on the shower and went under it. I washed my hair and body and washed also my wound. I went with my hands to my wounds and green chakra came free and tried to heal them a bit, and it worked. When I was fully washed I turned off the shower and dries myself. I put the towel around me and brushed my hair, I let it hang loose and walked in my bedroom and was startled when I felt some arms around me from behind. I noticed who embraced me, and sniffed at me.

" You smell great… Better than sweat. " I heard his voice and smiled.

" Hello Gaara." I smiled and turned around, laid my head against his shoulder.

" How goes your training?" He played sort of with my hair and looked at him.

" Great! I have finally learned the Lightning Needle Jutsu!" I smiled brightly and walked to my bed. I heard he followed me and was laying next to me. He pulled off the towel and was looking at my bruises, scratched and cuts. I must blush because I was fully naked to him. But didn't dare to say something to him about it. " And my grandmother is me learning medical ninjutsu. I have just healed some wounds at my legs. They are still there but the pain is gone. " I went with my hand through his lovely red hair. Although he is cold and ignores you a lot. He looks very hot. I felt the warmth going through my body and stroked his cheek and kissed him softly on his lips. I felt that he was startled about that, but then he kissed me back and was laying on top of me.

After some minutes when we were done with kissing, I laid with my head on his chest with the sheets over my naked body and listened to his heartbeat. " I love you Gaara." I closed my eyes and relaxed a bit. Until I heard my grandmother down stairs that my food was ready. " Gaara, I'm going downstairs and eat some. Then I come back alright?" He nodded and I put on a silk kimono and walked downstairs, to the kitchen and began to eat. " Oh, grandmother Gaara is also here. " I ate further and she was looking at me.

" He is a lot of often here, right?" I nodded. " But I don't mind grandmother, I'm glad that he is here with me. " I smiled and was done with eating. I cleaned it up and gave my grandmother a kiss on her cheek and went upstairs again to my room. He was still laying on the same spot and I smiled. I was sitting on the edge from the bed and stroked his hair. He opened his eyes and hold me tightly when I was still sitting on the bed and he was laying on the bed. I giggled and stroked further.

" Gaara I want to train with you tomorrow. And…"

" No, I have already told you that we don't train with each other. " He looked angry at me and I sighed.

" Why not? I want to train with you. Not only with Kankuro or Temari, but also with you!" He let me go and turned away from me.

" No, is no Asuka. We are not going to train with each other!"

" But I want to." And then I felt his hand hard against my cheek and he disappeared angry. I hold my cheek and tried to heal it from the pain, but it didn't work. I also felt that he was glowing from the slap. " Why don't you want to train with me Gaara…" I whispered to myself and went to bed. I tried to sleep and after a few hours I was sleeping.

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