A/N: Okay, well this is gonna be a little different. It is a fanfiction after all. But things will get interesting so read and review.

-Kimi-

"What'd we miss?"

I asked Shikamaru as Ji and I joined him and the others.

"Nothing, you're just in time."

He said and I looked down into the arena to see who Yui was going to fight against and my jaw dropped when I saw it was Kankuro.

'You have got to be kidding me.'

I thought as I looked around until I spotted Temari and Gaara. Temari was looking down into the arena while Gaara was looking straight at me. There was something in his eyes that made it seem like he was trying to tell me something, but what? I turned back to the match when I heard the proctor say to begin. I watched as Yui tried charging at Kankuro, but he easily dodged him. Yui was doing ok, but I could see that Kankuro was getting bored. When he reached behind him for his puppet I knew he was getting serious.

"Yui! Be careful!"

I yelled and he looked up at me before nodding and taking his battle stance again. I could still see he wasn't really taking this seriously.

"Dammit."

I said as I watched Yui barely manage to avoid Crow.

"What's wrong Kimi?"

Sakura asked and I looked at her before looking back at Yui.

"He's underestimating his opponent, he's gonna get hurt."

I said and she looked at me sympathetically.

"He'll just have to learn himself that it's not smart to do that."

She said and I looked up to see Gaara still looking at me. The look in his eye confused me.

"I'll be back."

I said before using my ice to appear next to Gaara. I grabbed his arm and pulled him away without Temari noticing.

"What is it?"

I asked and noticed he looked away.

"Gaara."

I said and he sighed.

"My siblings and I are on a mission to destroy the peace between Suna and Konoha. That's what the first distraction was, but Shukaku took over before I could do anything so we were sent in again to try a second time. This time, if we fail they'll try to kill me. I don't want to hurt you and your two friends so you need to get out of here."

Gaara said and I looked at him in shock. I had not been expecting that.

"Gaara-"

"Gaara, what are you doing!"

Temari snapped as she walked over to us. She glared at me before looking at Gaara. I noticed she flinched when he looked at her.

"Gaara, I'm not going anywhere. You guys don't have to do this."

I said and heard Temari sigh.

"That's just it, we do. Our father is the Kazekage of our village."

She said and I looked at her surprised.

"We have to. One way or another, people will die."

She said before grabbing hold of Gaara's shoulder and they disappeared in a wave of sand.

"Well fuck."

I said before turning to see if Yui was still fighting. He was which means Temari and Gaara just left to go somewhere else.

'Yuu, help. I don't know what to do.'

I thought and Yuu stirred from inside her cage.

'You care for the boy, so show him. Up until now he's believed that the only reason he was alive was to kill. You and Naruto somewhat changed his mind, but not fully. You have to show him that you care for him and would risk anything for him.'

Yuu said and I sighed.

'So what? I wait until something happens then go after him like I did before?'

I asked and saw Yuu nod.

'Alright, but I have a feeling like I'll need to borrow some of your chakra.'

I said and she smiled at me.

'Of course child.'

She said and I sighed as I watched Yui and Kankuro. I winced when Crow shot kunai at Yui and pinned him to a tree. Most had pierced his arms and legs, though one had pierced his chest. He got down from the tree and went to attack Kankuro, but got stopped by Crow and was pinned down with the puppet ontop of him.

'Dammit all to hell!'

I screamed in my mind before I jumped up on the railing and cupped my hands over my mouth.

"Stop goofing around Yui! Take this shit serious or I swear to God I will personally come down there and kick your ass before puppet boy here does it for me!"

I screamed and ignored the looks I got from Sakura and the others. I noticed Kankuro glared up at me, but I looked straight at Yui. He blinked a moment before smirking and I knew he understood what I meant. I climbed down from the railing and watched as Yui used his ice to encase Crow before he made a clone of himself to confuse Kankuro. When he attacked who he thought was Yui the clone disappeared in a puff of smoke and the real Yui appeared behind Kankuro and wrapped him in ice. He couldn't move.

"Winner of the first battle is, Yuichi Takemori!"

The proctor called out and people cheered. I watched as Kankuro glared up at me, then disappeared.

"We will now move on to the next battle. Gaara versus Sasuke."

The proctor called out and I looked up as Gaara appeared in the ring. He looked at me and I saw a pained look in his eyes as if he thought I'd run from him, but to hell if I was going to do that.

'Be patient. We will wait until their mission starts, then we will go after him.'

Yuu said and I nodded as I took a deep breath to calm myself.

It didn't take long, Sasuke had used Chidori to try and get past Gaara's defenses and he managed to. The cry that came from Gaara afterwards made my blood chill, then when I saw Sasuke jump back and I saw Shukaku's arm come out of the ball of sand my heart stopped until the sand fell away to show a completely normal looking Gaara except for the fact he was bleeding.

'I am going to kill Sasuke for that.'

I thought as I gripped the railing so tightly that it started to bend. Suddenly, there was an explosion where the Hokage was and next thing I know Gaara is being taken away by Temari and Kankuro and Sasuke followed them.

'Now is the time child. Follow them.'

Yuu said and I nodded before using my ice to appear on top of the outer wall before jumping down and following Gaara and the others. I easily caught up to Sasuke, but chose to ignore him and go after Gaara. He was hurt and I could tell he wasn't completely sane at the moment. Me, Lee, and Sasuke had been the only three people to actually touch Gaara. Lee was hospitalized and Sasuke got his match interrupted, but Sasuke was the one to draw blood.

"I swear to God if he touches Gaara again I'll kill him."

I said to myself as I sped up to catch up to Temari and her siblings. I hid my chakra as I got close enough to keep them in sight. I watched as they stopped in a clearing to tend to Gaara's wound. I could hear Gaara mumbling to himself about being a good boy and how sorry he was for feeding 'it' bad blood.

'Yuu, what's wrong with him?'

I asked concerned as I saw Temari and Kankuro step back to give him some room after having bandaged his wound.

'He is unstable because he has been hurt and he doesn't have any chakra left to keep Shukaku in his cage.'

Yuu said and my eyes widened.

'What! Then how does he plan on doing his mission?'

I wondered.

'That's just it. I don't think he's going to.'

Yuu said and I looked at the three sand siblings confused until I heard them talking amongst themselves.

-Temari-

"Gaara, are you okay?"

I asked and noticed his mumbling stopped.

"I'm fine."

He said as he got to his feet.

"You should rest. Once you get your chakra back we have to finish the mission."

I said and he glared at me.

"No. I won't be a part of the mission anymore."

He said and I turned to look at him in shock.

"What! But you know what father will do if you don't-"

I started, but he cut me off.

"I don't care. I'm tired of people trying to use me as a weapon."

He said and I sighed.

"I understand that Gaara, but you have to. Kankuro and I don't want to see you attacked. Even if they can't kill you, that won't stop them from trying. We've learned that from the past assassination attempts."

I said and he just stayed quiet.

"Gaara, why are you suddenly-"

I started, but got cut off when a kunai headed straight for me. I didn't have time to block it. I shut my eyes, but nothing happened. I heard the shifting sound of sand and opened my eyes to see Gaara's sand had stopped the kunai from hitting me. I looked at him in shock, but he was glaring at where the kunai had come from. I followed his gaze to see Sasuke.

"Our match got interrupted."

He said with a smirk as he stepped into the clearing.

"You should leave Uchiha."

I said as I pulled my fan from my belt and set it on the ground.

"Right, that's not going to happen."

He said before throwing kunai at me and Kankuro making us jump away from Gaara to avoid them, then he used a clone jutsu to go after Gaara. With his increased speed he was able to hit Gaara's sand and move fast enough that he got close to Gaara. I saw him pull out a kunai as soon as he got close enough to him.

"GAARA!"

I called out, Kankuro and I were too far away to help him and his sand was too slow to react. Suddenly there was the sound of clashing metal, then Sasuke went flying to the other end of the clearing. I looked from Sasuke back to where Gaara was to see the last person I'd expected standing infront of him with a kunai in her hand.

"Kimiko!"