-Kankuro-

I stared at where Kimiko had taken off in complete and utter shock. Not only had she yelled at him, but she had managed to get past his sand shield and hold a kunai to his throat and him not even do anything about it.

"What did she mean when she said she was like you?"

Temari asked Gaara after he got to his feet. I had been wondering that too, but I was too afraid to ask.

"It doesn't matter."

Gaara said before he started off in the direction of the tower. I looked at Temari who looked at me in return and shrugged before taking off after him. I sighed and shook my head before following.

'Five days of this. I'm either going to die from stress or by Gaara killing me.'

I thought as I followed my siblings. I couldn't keep my thoughts off Kimiko.

-Ji-

Kimi was supporting Yui and I as she jumped through the forest towards the tower. I was barely able to move, my body and mind were still going crazy from my near death experience not even moments ago.

"Kimi….please, can we stop?"

I asked and she looked down at me before stopping and helping me and Yui to sit down. I leaned against the trunk of the three we were on and noticed instantly that Kimi was upset. I'd never seen her fly off the handle like that, she usually had such control, but then again no one's ever really threatened us like that before. We hadn't been expecting that Gaara kid to turn on us, we weren't even bothering them. But when Yui and I felt sand wrapping around us we did the only thing we could do, call out for Kimi's help. I could still feel the grains of his sand wrapping around me even though I knew it was gone. I looked over to see Yui sitting with his knees up to his chest, his eyes wide, and he was rocking himself back and forth. I hadn't seen him that shook up since the day our mother was killed. I reached over and pulled him to me and brushed his hair back.

"Shh, it's okay Yui. It's okay."

I said to calm him down. After a while he relaxed and stopped shaking, but his eyes were still wide. I didn't even want to think about what would have happened had Kimi not charged at him like she did. I looked up and saw Kimi looking at us and her eyes narrowed when she saw the state Yui was in. She wasn't upset, she was pissed and I for one was extremely glad I wasn't the one she was pissed at.

"Come on, I want to get there before nightfall."

She said and I didn't say anything as I stood and pulled Yui onto my back. He simply whimpered and held tightly onto my clothes. I sighed before taking off after Kimi.

-Kimi-

We reached the tower in a matter of hours. It was deserted, but I didn't care. I knew there were beds upstairs and Ji followed me. I had him take a bath and make sure Yui did as well. I waited outside until Ji was done and helped him take Yui to one of the bedrooms. I picked one at the very end of the hall as far away from any of the others as possible. Ji laid Yui down and pulled the cover up over him and I frowned when I saw him curl up into a ball, his eyes still wide with fear. I'd never seen Yui like that before. He was never this scared about anything, the only time I'd ever even seen him scared of something was the time when I was teaching him how to walk on water and he didn't know how to swim. I heard Ji softly whispering soothing words to his brother and looked up when he came over to me.

"I finally got him to go to sleep."

He said and I nodded as I walked out of the room.

"I'm sorry, we should have kept going."

I said and I heard Ji sigh as he followed me down the hallway.

"Don't say that Kimi. How were you supposed to know something like this would have happened?"

He asked and I growled.

"It doesn't matter if I knew or not. I'm the leader of this team and look what I let happen!"

I snapped and he looked at me with sad eyes.

"We don't blame you Kimi. We'd never blame you. We think of you as our sister and family sticks together."

He said and I looked away.

"I've never seen him so scared Yuji."

I said, using his full name. His eyes widened for a second before he pulled me into a hug.

"He usually never is. The only other time he's been like this was when our mother was killed right infront of us. We hid in the closet and ninja from the land of waves came into our house and killed our mother right infront of us. He was in the state you saw before for months."

He said and I froze in his arms. How could I have let them get in a situation like this?

"Don't worry though. If I know Yuichi, and I do, he'll be better by morning."

He said and I simply nodded. I felt his arms tighten around me in a comforting hug and relished in it before I felt the presence of the one who was responsible for Yui's condition. I narrowed my eyes and growled angrily.

"K-Kimi?"

Ji asked as he stepped back and looked at me.

"I'm going to kill him."

I said before taking off for the stairs. I wasn't running, I was taking my time but Ji had to run to keep up with me.

"Kimi, you don't have to do this. Yui will be fine, I'm telling you."

He said trying to reason with me, but I wasn't listening. I could feel my control over Yuu's power slipping and felt it mix with my own. I could feel my teeth lengthen to fangs and my fingernails sharpen to claws.

"Kimi, please calm down and think about this a minute!"

Ji yelled after me, but I just kept going down the stairs. I reached the base floor and started heading in the direction that Gaara's chakra was coming from.

-Gaara-

Kankuro, Temari and I had just walked into the tower when I heard someone yelling.

"Kimi, please calm down and think about this a minute!"

I turned in the direction it was coming from and saw Kimiko, but something was different. Her chakra was stronger than normal, it was mixed with something else and I could tell she was upset.

"Why? Why should I think about it!"

She snapped at the black haired boy who was following her. He was obviously trying to reason with her not to do whatever she was planning on doing.

"Because you know you don't really want to do this!"

The boy, who's name I believe was Ji, said and Kimiko turned to glare at him and it was then that I noticed the white chakra flaring about her in waves.

"Look what almost happened! Look at what he did to Yuichi! You can't tell me that doesn't upset you!"

She yelled and I flinched as I somewhat got an idea of what they were arguing about.

"Of course it upsets me, but I know that if you did something right now with your emotions the way they are that you'll regret it."

Ji said and I noticed that Kimiko froze for a moment before she growled and turned away. I saw her eyes in that instant. They weren't her normal ice blue, they were completely white with no pupils at all.

'What's going on with her?'

I wondered as I watched Ji run up to her and turn her to look at him.

'Her emotions are running whild and her control over her beast is slipping.'

Shukaku said and I blinked in shock.

"Because I'm going to do anything I can to protect those I love! I don't care who it is, if they threaten the people I love then I won't show them mercy! Why are you so against me on this!"

Kimiko's voice snapped me out of the conversation I was having with Shukaku and I looked up to see Kimiko completely surrounded by the white chakra and it was getting worse. I could almost make out the form of a wolf within the swarming chakra.

"Because you know that Yui wouldn't want you to do anything like this!"

Ji yelled and Kimiko just glared at him before turning around. When she saw me I heard a growl before she was ontop of me again, but this time instead of a kunai pressed to my throat it was her claws.

"Kimi!"

I heard Ji yelled, but she didn't hear him.

"Gaara!"

Temari and Kankuro yelled in unison, but I ignored them and kept my eyes trained on Kimiko who was glaring at me so intensely that I was sure if looks could kill that I'd be dead despite having Shukaku inside me.

She raised her hands and was about to deliver the final blow when a new voice called out her name. At first she didn't hear it, but then they yelled again and much louder.

"Kimiko, stop!"

She froze that time and turned to see who had called her name. I followed her gaze and saw it was the other black haired boy that had been traveling with her.

"Y-Yui?"

She asked and I was shocked when she instantly reverted back to her normal self, but she didn't get off me.

"Stop it Kimiko."

Yui said as he walked down the stairs and walked towards her, but Ji stopped him before he got too close.

"Why? Why shouldn't I kill him? He was going to kill you two and take you away from me."

Kimiko said and I could hear the tears in her voice although they didn't show.

"Because you know you'd regret it."

He said, repeating what his brother had said.

"And because I don't want you to."

He said and I felt Kimiko freeze above me.

"Kimiko, he is like you and so you should understand better than anyone about the bloodlust. You got control of it, he didn't. That's all that happened earlier, but you stopped it. You don't have to do anything else."

Yui said and I looked up at Kimiko to see her eyes soften and all of her anger fade away.

"It's alright."

Yui said and beckoned her to come over to him. She got off me slowly and walked over to them. Yui and Ji both moved her towards the stairs to go upstairs, but she stopped and turned back to look at me. I still hadn't gotten up off the floor.

"We'll settle this in the final stage of the Chuunin Exams, Gaara of the Sands."

Kimiko said before she and her three teammates disappeared upstairs. I just stared at where she'd been in shock before slowly getting to my feet.

"Holy shit that was scary."

Kankuro said and I couldn't help but agree with him, even if it was just in my mind. I followed my siblings up the stairs and to an empty room in silence. I couldn't get to sleep though, I couldn't get Kimiko off my mind or how my chest hurt because she was mad at me. None of it made any sense. Finally I decided to just go to the roof and wait for morning.