I do not own any character, settings, items, etc from the anime/manga, Naruto! I do own Abby and Sarah, other original characters, and anything else that I came up with. Please enjoy and review :)

I shot up in bed. Something wasn't right.

I looked over to see Kankuro looking at me weird.

"Morning." My eyes widened.

"Morning." I tried again

"MORNING!" I screamed at the top of my lunges, and saw Kankuro cover his ears. His lips moved, but I couldn't hear anything.

I started to panic, and right when I moved a soaring pain filled my entire body. I gritted my teeth, and clutched my body close together. The pain was so much that I couldn't stay still. The pain never left, but every other moment a huge wave of hot and cold ran through my body making me scream. Every time I moved my head back and forth, I saw a glimpse of Kankuro holding me down, and yelling at me with a panicked look.

His head twisted around when Gaara bursted in. I stopped, and looked at him. no matter how great the pain.

"Gaara?" I tried, and still heard nothing. I couldn't hear myself saying the most beloved name to me, and I completely lost it when I couldn't hear him say my own.

The pain was building, physically and mentally. I started to scream, and sob, and move around all over, alerting Gaara. He took over Kankuro's place by trying to calm me down, but it didn't help. My vision was depleting and all that came was darkness. But, I was still conscious, and the pain was still there. And, I could swear my nervous system was shutting down. The touch of Gaara's strong grip on my shoulders, the feel of my finger nails tearing into the flesh of my palm, and the fact that I was laying on a bed, all disappeared.

It was as if I was dead. I couldn't hear. I couldn't hear my own voice, and I couldn't tell if I still had my ability to speak. I couldn't see, or feel, but I knew I wasn't dead, because all was gone exept the pain.

Finally, I was so happy. So, glad, and relieved to finally think; I'm dead.

The pain was gone.

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