A/N: Hey guys, i decided to skip the bit of them returning and all that. Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari are on their way back and arrive at the same time Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke arrive i just didn't include it. Anyways, enjoy. Read and review.

-Kimi-

Once I was sure Naruto would be looked after I headed to the hotel Yui, Ji, and I were staying in and sighed when I saw it was empty. I groaned and fell back on one of the beds.

'What's wrong?'

Yuu asked and I sighed.

'I'm confused.'

I said and she looked at me confused through her cage.

'About?'

She asked and I sighed again.

'I was so relieved when I saw he was okay.'

I said and she continued to look at me confused.

'Who?'

'Gaara.'

I said and she smiled.

'I see.'

'I mean, when I saw him fighting against those Rain ninja during the second part of the exam I was really worried he'd get hurt, but then I was happy he was okay.'

'Yes, but then you went all ballistic on him.'

She said and I groaned at the memory.

'I couldn't help it, he threatened my friends. You know how I am.'

I said and she laughed.

'Yes, I do.'

She said and I sighed again.

'When we were fighting I could tell he was enjoying himself, we were actually having fun then we were interrupted. When I saw he was transforming I generally wanted to help him, I wasn't afraid of him because I knew what it was like. When he changed back to normal the look in his eyes hurt me. He looked alone and lost and pained. But when I told him I cared about him the look in his eyes changed to something I couldn't understand, then when I kissed him….'

I said trailing off. I suddenly shot upright with my eyes wide.

"Oh my God!"

I whispered to myself.

'What?'

Yuu asked and I brought my hand up to my lips.

"I kissed him. That was my first kiss, though technically that wasn't a real kiss but still. What does he think about it? What did I mean by it? I just kissed him. I didn't think about it. Ugh!"

I yelled before falling back onto the bed. I heard Yuu laughing at me and frowned.

'Great. I'm glad one of us finds this amusing.'

I said and she smiled at me as she got her laughter under control.

'It's funny because I can see what you cannot.'

She said and I glared up at the ceiling since I couldn't glare at her.

'And what's that?'

I asked and she smiled at me.

'You care for him, more than you care for Yui and Ji or even me.'

She said and I was going to argue, but stopped when I realized she was right. I'm not sure when it happened, but I had grown to like him.

'Ah shit.'

I groaned and Yuu laughed again.

'Great, now I've got something else to worry about.'

I thought before closing my eyes and trying to relax, but it wasn't going to work. I could just tell.

-Naruto-

"Are you sure you're alright to be walking around?"

Sakura asked and I smiled at her as we made our way to the arena.

"I'm fine Sakura, believe it!"

I yelled and she sighed at me before turning to Sasuke. He didn't say anything, but I could tell he was grateful we were both okay. We made it up to the balcony and I looked around to see if Kimi was anywhere, I had something really important to tell her.

"I see you're as stubborn as ever."

A soft voice said behind me and I turned around to see Kimi standing there between Ji and Yui with her arms crossed, but a smile on her face.

"Hehe, yeah."

I said rubbing the back of my head.

"So who do you think will be fighting first?"

She asked as she came over and stood next to me as she looked out over the arena.

"We're not sure, it could be anyone."

Sakura said and Kimi nodded, her white hair swaying with the movement.

"Hey…Kimi, can I talk to you?"

I asked and she turned to look at me surprised before nodding and leading the way out into the hallway.

"What'd you want to talk to me about?"

She asked and I blushed slightly. Ever since she told me she was like me I'd liked her even more and more, and I wanted to tell her and see if she felt the same.

"K-Kimi, I wanted to tell you that I…."

I started, but trailed off when she looked up at me confused.

"Tell me what Naruto?"

She asked and I looked her in the eyes and did the first thing that popped into my head. I kissed her.

-Kimi-

"K-Kimi, I wanted to tell you that I…."

Naruto started, but trailed off for some reason. I noticed he was blushing, but I couldn't understand why.

"Tell me what Naruto?"

I asked and he looked me in the eyes for a minute before he did the last thing I ever would have expected. He kissed me. I was too shocked to do anything at first, but after a while I pushed him back and wiped my mouth.

"What the hell Naruto!"

I yelled and he looked down at his feet.

"I like you Kimi. I like you a lot."

He said and I glared.

"And so that gives you the right to just suddenly kiss someone!"

I snapped and noticed he flinched.

"Naruto, I like you, but not like that."

I said and he continued to look at his feet. I didn't say anything else, I just pushed past him, hitting his shoulder as I went, and walked down the hallway till I thought I was far enough away from him.

"Damn him!"

I cursed to myself as I wiped my mouth from where his lips had been pressed against mine. I felt tears stinging my eyes, but didn't let them fall and I could feel my face was hot.

"Kimi?"

A voice asked from behind me and I turned on instinct to see Hinata standing there.

"Hey Hinata."

I said as I reached up and wiped my eyes.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

She asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

I said, but she didn't believe me and came over to me.

"What happened?"

She asked and I mentally groaned. I knew she liked Naruto, hell the last time I'd checked he liked her back, but apparently that changed.

"Nothing I can't handle. You know Hinata, I think now might be a really good time for you to go and talk to Naruto. You know, tell him how you feel."

I said and she blushed instantly.

"I…I don't know."

She said and I sighed.

"Just go do it alright. Do whatever you have to to prove to him you like him."

I said before pushing her in the direction I'd left Naruto. She looked back at me uncertain, but did as I asked and left me alone. I leaned back against the wall and slid down til I was sitting with my knees up to my chest.

'Dammit, why'd he have to steal my first kiss? I wanted my first kiss to be with Gaara.'

I thought, then blushed immediately as I realized what I'd just thought.

"Fuuuuck."

I said as I rubbed at my mouth vigorously as if that would erase the fact Naruto had kissed me.

"You know, I don't think rubbing your mouth with be able to erase what just happened."

A deep voice said and I froze. I knew that voice, I knew the person it belonged to and I liked them.

I hesitantly looked up to see Gaara standing there with his arms crossed over his chest and a small smirk on his face.

"Oh what do you know?"

I growled as I continued to rub my mouth with the back of my hand.

"I know that if you keep doing that you're going to hurt yourself."

He said and I winced as my mouth started to hurt, like I'd split part of it. I used my tongue to see if I had and winced again when I felt the lower left part of my mouth had a small cut.

"Told you."

He said and I turned to glare up at him, but stopped when I saw he was knelt down right infront of me. I tried to keep the blush from rising to my cheeks, but it didn't work.

"Let me see."

He said suddenly and I looked at him confused.

'Say what?'

I wondered to myself, but was brought back to reality when I felt his hand gently pulling at my arm that was still pressed against my mouth. He lowered it and I instantly put my other arm up to cover my mouth. I don't know why, but I didn't want him to see my mouth. It wasn't because the cut, it was because Naruto had kissed me. I looked at his face and saw that same smirk on his face as he reached up with his other hand and pulled my arm down to my lap. I instantly rolled my lips inward so he couldn't see and I saw him glare at me slightly which only made me blush even more.

"Let me see."

He said again as he reached up with one of his hands and gently held my chin so I was looking directly at him. As soon as I looked into his eyes I couldn't deny him anymore and slowly let my lips go back to normal.

"There it is."

He said looking down at my lips and my heart rate picked up. Why was he being so gentle? Why was he willingly getting this close to me? And more importantly, why isn't he looking away from my lips?

"You know, there's only one way to erase another persons' kiss."

He said seriously and I looked at him confused.

"How?"

I asked softly and he smirked at me as he leaned in close.

"Kiss someone else."

He said just as softly and I blushed as he leaned in even more until our lips were only inches apart.

"Kimi! Yui's about to fight. Where are you!"

I heard Ji's voice coming from down the hall and blushed when Gaara turned in the direction his voice had come from and growled. I smiled and laughed just a bit, making him turn back to me. I leaned up and gently kissed him on the cheek before using my ice to get away from him and appear right infront of Ji as he came into view.

"Sorry, got a little lost."

I said with a smile and Ji looked at me before looking over my shoulder at Gaara.

"Riiight, well come on. Yui's fight is about to start."

He said before turning and walking away.

"Right."

I said, but looked over my shoulder to see Gaara was nowhere in sight. I blushed as I thought about what almost happened before running to catch up to Ji.