-Fayre-

I watched the streets carefully before motioning for Kiyomi to follow me. She told me where Meratee was hiding and we were right below his bedroom window.

"He's in there."

Kiyomi mouthed to me and I nodded. She stood up to climb into the window, but I grabbed her vest and pulled her back down. She looked at me confused until the muffled voices I'd heard became louder until she could hear them too.

"So that Kasumi girl believed you?"

A voice asked and we heard laughter.

"Of course she did. All I had to tell her was the background of a murderous killer and place the blame on him. It's a good riddance if you ask me, I killed her parents years ago but she wasn't there so she got to live. She was so pathetic when I found her that I took pity on her and taught her how to fight. Once she got annoying I sent her to get her 'vengeance' for her parents' deaths and sent her to kill Gaara."

I heard the dark, sinister voice of Meratee say and growled as my anger grew. I felt Kiyomi tense beside me and knew now that she knew the truth that she wanted her revenge even more now.

We heard the voices get muffled before the door to our left opened. We flattened ourselves against the wall and waited. A man walked by and I used my sand to kill him and move his body into an alley so no one could see it, then Kiyomi and I slipped through the door and snuck into Meratee's bedroom. He was in the bathroom and I looked at Kiyomi.

"Hide, I'll hold him and you can get your revenge."

I mouthed to her and she nodded before hiding behind a bookcase. I looked around, but couldn't find a good place to hide. I heard the bathroom door start to open and jumped up to the ceiling. I wrapped my arms around the wooden beams holding up the ceiling and hoisted myself up on them. I moved so my legs were hanging down so I could easily jump off when needed, but made sure they couldn't easily be seen from below. I watched Meratee walk over to his bed and saw Kiyomi looking at me. I nodded to her and she stepped out of her place with kunai drawn.

"Meratee!"

She yelled and he turned around with wide eyes.

"Kasumi, how nice to see you've returned alive. Things went well?"

He asked taking a step towards her.

"Cut the crap Meratee, I know the truth."

She said and he looked at her confused.

"Whatever do you mean?"

He asked innocently.

"I mean I know you were the one who killed my parents."

She said and Meratee's face suddenly got serious.

"I see. In that case it seems like it's time I finished what I started."

He said as he reached into his robe and pulled out a kunai. He threw it at Kiyomi and she blocked it, but it was a distraction and she didn't see Meratee charging at her till he was right in front of her. I used my sand and froze him in place.

"What's this? Some kind of trick?"

He asked struggling against my hold.

"No, it's called revenge."

I said as I hopped down and landed next to Kiyomi. He stared at me in shock and I nodded to Kiyomi and watched as she sliced Meratee's throat.

I lowered him to the ground with my sand and watched as he slowly bled out onto the floor. When he stopped moving I pulled Kiyomi with me out of the house and into the woods. We didn't stop running until the moon was high in the sky. We made camp and sat around the fire.

"I have waited to avenge my parents for years."

She said, breaking the silence.

"I'm just glad you got your peace of mind. I lost control of my beast and killed my family and entire village."

I said with a sigh.

"Yes, but you've got a new family now. With the Kazekage and his siblings right?"

She asked and I sighed again.

"I'm not sure. Gaara saw me hanging out with the Hokage from Konoha and thought there was something between us. We were fighting when you showed up."

"He saw you defend him, he must know you love him."

She said and I just watched the flames rise into the sky and disappear.

"I'm not so sure Kiyomi. I'm not so sure."

I said and heard her sigh.

"Come on, let's get some rest before we reach Suna."

She said and I nodded and laid down. I tried to sleep, but I couldn't. I sat back up and stared into the flames licking at the wood, trying to keep from being blown out.

'I really hope he knows how much I love him.'

I thought and my eyes widened as I realized I loved Gaara. I didn't like him, I loved him. But that realization only made the pain of our fight that much worse. I felt tears stinging my eyes as I brought my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them as the tears fell down my face. Why couldn't he just see how much I loved him? Why?

-Temari-

"Temari, what do we do? It's been a full day since she disappeared and Gaara refuses to come out of his room."

Kankuro said and I sighed. After Fayre had disappeared again we ran to the safety of the city. When night fell, Gaara had sent out a search party, but no one could find her. He locked himself in his room after that and hasn't come out since. Now the moon was already high in the sky again, signaling the end of yet another day and Fayre still hadn't returned or been found.

"I'm not sure."

I said honestly and heard him sigh.

'Come home soon Fayre. Come home soon.'