BTW, he is wearing the same attire that he wears in Boruto, but he is only 17 yrs of age. Also, Volume 9 of RWBY is out, and I really love Jaune's new look! This is my first tine posting a story on , this had actually been posted wattpad, but I hadn't been getting any feedback, so I decided to give this place a try.

Gaara was rather intrigued. It had only been a few minutes ago when he and Kankuro had been enjoying lunch when some of Suna's citizens had said that there had been a brief flash of white light calculated around 20 miles northeast of Sunagakure. Gaara had gathered his two siblings, Kankuro and Temari, along with a small group of Suna's soldiers, with one or two ANBU with them. What was worrying was that it was only 6 more miles from where Shukaku was currently staying. The war had ended not only 3 months ago, and Gaara had Shukaku stay close to Suna for the time being.

Gaara channeled a small amount of chakra into his legs to give him more boost, and lept, accidentally Temari and Kankuro leaping in his dust. Temari coughed and shouted, "HEY!"

Gaara chuckled, and said, "My apologies."

Gaara looked ahead, and saw that a mile away, the yellow sands of the desert were interrupted by a rather foreign looking camp. Gaara saw soldiers in white armor with blue strips, holding some hunks of metal that were shaped into what Gaara had thought were guns. Guns weren't exactly common in the five elemental nations, but they didn't even look like these ones that these foreign people beared

Gaara and his small party stopped up on a nearby sand hill that concealed them and gave them a view of the entire camp

One of the ANBU looked at Gaara and said, "What do you make of it, Lord Fifth?"

Gaara replied, "Based on that machine in the center of the camp, I believe that they may be from somewhere else, and the machine is what brought the here."

Temari then said, "How about we send them back to where they came from?"

Gaara shook his head, and said, "Can we use peaceful means first, Temari?"

Temari then said grumpily, "Fine."

Gaara then said, "Kankuro, you're with me, Temari, if we get in any trouble and need backup, Kankuro will come back."

/

Watts considered himself a respectable man. But he couldn't help but lose his lid when James favored Dr. Pietro's robot over Watt's rings. So that was why he made this machine that would travel through to other dimensions, as a way of redemption

Watts looked at General Ironwood, as the headmaster of Atlas academy stepped out into the desert sand

"Well, what do you think, James?" Watts asked

General Ironwood nodded, and replied, "This is all quite…surprising."

Watts smiled, and said, "Just think of it. Resources from other worlds, as well as possibly new abilities, new alliances, new people! Just think of the possibilities that could come from an interaction with another world entirely!"

"For the good of Atlas, I suppose?" Ironwood asked

Watts nodded, "Yes, for the good of Atlas."

Suddenly, one of the Atlas Military Soldiers shouted, "Sir! Two strangers approaching!"

Watts and Ironwood turned to see two particularly strange people dashing towards them at a impossibly fast speed, and it wasn't until a few moments later that they stood in front of the camp

Their stood in front of the camp a rather young-looking boy, around 17 years of age who had a red kanji etched into the side of his forehead, black eyeliner, and a red flap jacket with black pants, and a giant sand-colored gourd was strapped to his back. Next to him was another, much-older appearing man in a black suit, with face paint and a giant object covered in bandages that was strapped to his back

Watts looked at Ironwood, who in turn said, "Be prepared for anything, we don't know any of their abilities."

/

Gaara looked quizzically at the two men before him. A man with a bandaid on his forehead, and what looked like the clothing of a general. The other in a white lab coat, and had a bushy mustache with a cruel looking smile. Gaara didn't exactly trust the scientist, but the general looked trustworthy, since both he and Gaara were both authority figures

Gaara crossed his arms and asked, "Hello, strangers. I was hoping we could get acquainted, since you don't really seem to belong to Suna. Or any village in fact."

The General scanned Gaara, and said, "General Ironwood. And this is Professor Watts. And what exactly is Suna?"

Watts looked at General Ironwood and said, "Uh, I prefer to be called, Dr. Watts."

Gaara ignored Watts, and replied, "I am Gaara, and this is my brother, Kankuro. Suna is the village we come from, which you happen to be dangerously close to."

General Ironwood replied, "Sorry if we caused any distress, Gaara. However, is there a chance we could perhaps talk to your village's leader?"

Gaara looked Ironwood in the eyes, and said, "The Kazekage? Well, you're looking at him."

The General looked at Gaara rather confused, and said, "Aren't you a bit young?"

Gaara said, "I may be young, but that does not matter. Like it or not, I am Kazekage. Now state your business."

Watts answered for Ironwood, "We were hoping to get to know each other's worlds. Perhaps even teach each other a few things. Maybe even get to become friends."

Gaara looked at Watts, and said, "I was talking to the General, not to you. Also, to answer your question, I do not speak for the other 4 elemental nations, and if I were to guess, some of them may not find strangers from another world very friendly unless you give them a reason to trust them."

Watts was flabbergasted. How dare a child tell him what to do! Watts began to say something back when General Ironwood cut him out, "Watts, stand down."

Watts looked at Ironwood in anger, but reluctantly backed off

General Ironwood then said, "I understand your cautiousness, lord, uhh.."

"Kazekage," Gaara said for him

"Lord Kazekage. Perhaps there could be something we can do to earn your trust?"

Gaara replied, "What do you have in mind?"

General Ironwood then pulled out a paper, and said, "A treaty. A treaty of peace and cooperation between both of our worlds. Anyone who breaks the treaty will be dealt with fairly."

Gaara looked at Ironwood, and said, "Hold on a second, allow me to talk this over a bit."

Gaara and Kankuro turned their backs to Ironwood, and talked in quiet voices

"What do you think?" Kankuro asked

"I think we should give them a chance. However, we must also keep a close eye on them as well. Make sure they don't get out of line."

Kankuro replied, "It's your choice, Lord Fifth."

Gaara, nodded, and they turned around back towards Watts and Ironwood

Gaara said, "Alright. However, we have conditions. We want an exact count of how many people you have with you and any others that come, and we will keep a watchful eye on all of you."

Watts made a displeased face, and said, "Atlas does not take orders from a youngling such as yourself."

Ironwood then said, "Watts, for the last time, stand down."

Gaara then said, "Many have said something like that. However, they found that I am as much of a capable leader as even my father."

Ironwood then said, "We agree to your conditions. Sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused."

Watts was angry. First he was stood up by a child, and now Ironwood is kneeling down to this foolish boy!? What a pity!

Watts looked down at Ironwood's waist, and saw the pistol holstered there.

Watts looked at the young red-haired Kazekage, who had his back turned to him

Watts quickly snatched the pistol and pointed it at Gaara, and said, "NO CHILD STANDS TO ME LIKE THAT!"

Ironwood looked and was too late to stop Watts before he pulled the trigger

The bullet soared towards Gaara fast and true, and was heading towards his head, when quite suddenly, a small stream of sand shot out of the giant gourd on his back, and easily smothered and outright stopped the bullet

Gaara turned his head towards Watts and Ironwood, and said, "Already the treaty has been broken."

Kankuro then turned around furious towards Ironwood and Watts, and said, "You dare try to kill the Kazekage!? You will pay!"

Suddenly, Kankuro pulled out a scroll and spread it out, and it had the words "Sanshōuo (Salamander)"

Suddenly, a giant wooden salamander appeared in a plume of smoke beside Kankuro

Gaara turned around, and said, "Deals off, Ironwood. Now go back to where you came from or we will make you go."

Watts then growled, and Ironwood said, "Watts, back off now!"

Watts then quickly pointed the gun towards Gaara, and fired three times before Ironwood tackled him and wrestled the pistol out of his hand

However, each bullet that went at Gaara was intercepted by a small stream of sand from Gaara's gourd that seemed to have a mind of its own, and Gaara then said, "You'll regret that."

Gaara then raised his hands above him, and cupped them together

Ironwood, in a panic, shouted, "Fire!"

Suddenly, each of the Atlesian soldiers fired at Gaara

Streams of sand shot out of Gaara's gourd and formed a shield of sand in front of Gaara, and successfully blocked the bullets, and Gaara thrusted both of hands into the ground, and said, "Futon: Sandobāsuto (Wind Style: Sand Burst)"

Suddenly, a small wave of sand shot out towards the soldiers, and they were swept a short distance away by Gaara's small sand tidal wave

Suddenly, two robot soldiers came rushing towards Gaara when a giant wooden Salamander smashed them into the ground

Gaara then turned towards Kankuro, and said, "I'll handle this! Go get Temari!"

Kankuro nodded, and the giant salamander disappeared in a plume of smoke, and then Kankuro rushed off towards where Temari's spot

Gaara then looked back at the camp, and could see Ironwood rushing through a blue portal created by a machine. However, Watts was running towards it at well, a few feet behind Ironwood, and several of the soldiers had already retreated

Gaara then said, "No you don't!"

Gaara then raised his hands and slammed them into the ground, and shouted, "Sand Burial!"

Suddenly, the sand around the machine began to rise, and enshroud the machine, but not fast enough apparently, because Watts still made it through.

"Damn it!"

Gaara made the sand crunch the machine, until he felt resistance. Gaara looked at the crushing sand coffin that encased the machine, and quite suddenly, the coffin exploded in a burst of bright, blue light, and Gaara managed to keep his balanced

Suddenly, he looked ahead, and in place of the sand coffin, a blue-black, swirling, sparking hole appeared, apparently sucking in anything within range

"Gaara!"

Gaara turned around to see Temari and Kankuro followed by the party

"Gaara, what's happening!?"

Gaara replied, and said, "I don't know, but that black hole is unstable. We need to stop it."

Gaara quickly looked around, and spotted the machine that had been creating the doorway into another dimension

It was crackling and sparking, but it seemed to still be functioning

"It's unstable state must be what's making it create a black hole instead of a doorway. I'll have to completely destroy it."

Gaara looked at Temari, and said, "Temari, there!"

Gaara pointed at the machine, and Temari nodded, and then pulled out her fan

"Futon: Kamaitichi! (Wind Style: Wind Scythe)"

Temari waved her fan and brought forth a giant burst of wind blades that went forward towards the half-sand submerged machine, but right when it was about to make contact, it hit a blue odme of energy that appeared out of nowhere

"Damn it!" Temari shouted

Gaara looked at Kankuro and Temari, and said, "I'll be back."

Gaara made a platform of sand and hopped on top of it, and the platform shot towards the machine

"Be Careful!" Temari shouted as he shot off

Gaara got closer to the machine when he felt himself starting to get pulled off his sand platform

Gaara made two tentacles of sand shoot out of his sand platform and grb his legs, and anchor him down, and proceeded towards the machine

Gaara now hovered in front of it, and reached out his hands, and felt his hand go through the energy field

"So, attacking it from the outside won't do. I'll have to tear it up from the inside."

A stream of sand crawled up Gaara's arm and hand and began to sink inside the machine

Gaara then concentrated, and could feel the san dinside tearing it's way through the machine

"GAARA! LOOK OUT!"

Gaara turned around and saw the blue vortex near him had grown bigger and more unstable

Gaara then turned back to the machine, and thought, "If I destroy it, there' a chance that the vortex may end up exploding. But, if I leave it, the vortex will just keep growing. I have to do this!"

Gaara kept tearing the machine's inside, looking for something vital

"Gaara, get out of there!" Kankuro shouted, but was nearly drowned out by the suction of the vortex

Gaara then said, "Let's finish this."

Gaara finally hit something vital, and the hum of the machine faded, but the vortex still roared with life, and it's power suddenly doubled, and Gaara felt him go flying off his sand platform, and would have been sucked into the vortex had he not anchored himself down.

"Uh oh," Gaara said as he looked up at the blue, black, and sparking mass in front of him

Suddenly, the vortex burst in a flash of white, and Gaara felt himself go flying backwards, his sand armor completely shattering, then unexpectedly, felt himself sucked back towards where the black hole was supposed to be

The only thing Gaara was able to see was a small little circle, and he could see green land before him, but in a way you would only see from the air, and he felt himself become sucked in.

Gaara then felt himself being crushed, picked apart, and mashed together, and as if something was rearranging him like some kind of puzzle. Gaara flew towards the ground, when quite suddenly another black circle of sparking energy formed in front of him, and Gaara fell through it before he went flying into the air again and into another black portal, but not before he heard someone shout, "United States of Sma-!"

Gaara was flung through a black void, until finally after flying like a ragdoll for what seemed like an hour, Gaara fell through another black thundering void that shot Gaara into the blue sky of some world. Gaara managed to get a look down, and what seemed to be a giant school of some sort, and he looked down, and saw a circular courtyard.

/

Ruby looked up in confusion. The girl next to her in eye-hurting white, Weiss Schnee, looked up as well, and said, "What is that?"

The two girls had just met in the courtyard of Vale's Beacon academy, when suddenly they both heard a thunderous boom come from the sky. Ruby squinted, and said, "I don't see any Grimm. What could it be?"

Suddenly, Blake, another girl with a black bow who had joined in their conversation just a few moments ago gasped, and said, "Oh my goodness, it's a person!"

"Huh?" Was all Ruby could say, when Weiss grabbed her hand, and pulled her away from the courtyard, and about a couple seconds later, something, no, someone crashed into the courtyard with a resounding boom, and kicked up a large cloud of brown and grey dust. Ruby coughed and said, "What was that?"

Blake gave a worried look, and said, "Well, that certainly was loud."

As the dust cloud dissipated, they saw what seemed to be a boy. He was about their age, and had red hair, and a red kanji seemed to be burned into the side of his forehead. What confused the trio even more was that there was a giant pile of sand beneath him, and it looked as if there was multiple cracks all around him, as if he was made of pottery.

Weiss then said, "Hmm, I wonder if he is dead."

Ruby rushed to the side of the stranger, and began to shake him, and say frantically, "Hey! Hey, are you alright!?"

/

Gaara cracked one of his eyes open, and he could feel his sand armor begin to fall off. His entire body was sore, as if he just took a beating from a thousand of Naruto's clones. Gaara looked up, and saw a black-haired figure looking down on him. At first he couldn't hear what she was saying, until finally his ringing ear finally was able to comprehend what she was saying.

"Are you alright? Are you okay?" the stranger asked

Gaara mumbled something to himself, and the stranger asked, "Huh? What did you say?"

Gaara then said out louder, "I just hit the ground from thousands of meters in the sky. Does it like I am ok?"

The stranger gave a embarrassed smile and said, "Right, sorry, you've got a point."

Gaara eyes, then shot open, and he looked at the strange female before him and said, "Wait, who are you? Where am I?"

The stranger looked at Gaara, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm Ruby, Ruby Rose."

Suddenly, two other figures came into Gaara's view, one a girl in white hair, and an eye-hurting white dress, the other a girl black hair tied with a black bow.

The girl with the bow, for some reason, reminded him of a cat.

The snow-white girl then asked, "What exactly happened that you practically fell from the sky? What is this, humpty dumpty!?"

However, the feline-like girl then said, "Hey, you alright? I'm Blake, and the white girl here is Weiss Schnee."

Gaara then said in a hoarse voice, "Pleased to meet you."

Suddenly, Ruby turned around, as if someone had called her, and Gaara heard her say, "Oh, sorry."

She suddenly stood up and backed away, and a gray-haired man with a cane emerged into Gaara's vision, and a blond woman with a purple cape and what seemed to be a wand in her hand was beside him.

The man then said, "Well, that was certainly quite an entrance, young man."

The man then extended his hand, a gesture to help up Gaara

Gaara reached and grab the man's hand, and as Gaara pulled himself up, he felt the last of his sand armor fall off, as if it was barely holding on and finally let go. Gaara dusted himself, his head still hurting a bit but having recovered a little.

Gaara then turned towards the giant pile of sand where he had been laying down, and saw the pieces of his sand armor disintegrate and merge with the pile of sand.

Suddenly, the white girl, Weiss, then asked, "Would you mind explaining the sand? I mean, why would you have that?"

Gaara gave her a raised eyebrow, and said, "You'll see."

Suddenly, the sand began to move as if it had a mind of its own, and began slithering towards Gaara, and crawled up his leg and began to reform onto his back. Weiss, Blake, and Ruby looked with awe, and the sand finally reformed, and shaped into a gourd.

"Neat trick," Blake said

Ruby then asked Gaara with excitement, "Is that you're Semblance?"

Gaara then looked at Ruby confused, and said, "Semblance?"

Ruby asked him, "What? Don't you know what a Semblance is?"

Suddenly, the grey-haired man then held up his hand and said, "Now, Now, Mrs. Rose, our friend here just fell from a very exorbitant height, and certainly had a nasty knock on the head. He needs time to recover."

The man then said to Gaara, "I am Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy."

Gaara, not sure how to respond to the second part of his greeting simply nodded, and replied, "Gaara. Gaara of the Sand."

Something told Gaara that he wasn't in the Land of Wind anymore.

Ozpin gestured to the woman next to him, and he said, "This is my vice headmaster, Professor Goodwitch."

Gaara looked to Professor Goodwitch, who greeted him, and Gaara nodded in respect to the woman.

Ozpin looked at Gaara quizzically, and turned to the three girls and said, "Now, if you girls would hurry to the assembly, I believe you may make it in time."

Ruby then said, "Oh, thats right, lets go!"

Ruby then dashed off with the energy of a bullet, much to Ozpin's amusement

Ozpin then looked to Gaara, and said, "Please, follow me. It seems you have quite a good amount of explaining to do."

Gaara nodded, and took one step forward, when he felt a sharp pain in his knee. Gaara felt a small groan escape his mouth, and Gaara looked to Ozpin to see if he noticed. It didn't seem so.

Ozpin looked to Goodwitch, and said, "Please, go on ahead and make sure that the assembly doesn't get out of hand while I'm talking with Gaara."

Goodwitch nodded, and walked off, and Ozpin looked to Gaara, and asked, "So, Gaara. Where do you come from?"

Gaara was unsure how to answer, but technically, he came from a desert, So maybe he could answer in that way?

Gaara responded to Ozpin, "I come from the desert."

Ozpin gave a smile, and said, "Ahh, so, you come from Vacuo, correct? If so, why didn't you go to Bane Academy?"

Gaara then responded, "Yes, I am from, uh, Vacuo. And I came to this place for my own reasons. I did not really prefer Bane Academy."

Ozpin nodded, and said, "So be it."

Ozpin then looked to Gaara, and said almost instinctively, "You aren't from around here, aren't you?"

Gaara then said in a confused tone, "What do you mean?"

Ozpin smiled, and said, "You aren't from Vacuo, are you?"

Gaara made a unsure expression, and said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Ozpin made a deadpan look, and said, "There is no such thing as Bane Academy. The academy in Vacuo is Shade Academy, not Bane."

"Oh," Gaara said. It was quite apparent that he was caught.

Ozpin then looked at Gaara, and asked, "So, where are you really from?"

Gaara scoffed, and said, "You wouldn't believe even if I told you."

Ozpin smiled, and said, "Oh please. What can you say that can surprise me? Let me guess, you're from a world where shinobi are a common sight, and you use an energy known as chakra."

Gaara's jaw dropped in shock, and Gaara asked in a surprised tone, "How do you know that?"

Ozpin chuckled, and said, "I thought so. You see, I know a friend who did some research in, well, other dimensions."

Gaara nodded. Other dimensions? Could it be that Ironwood man that Ozpin was talking about?

Gaara then asked, "Professor Ozpin, I was wondering. Since you know this person who has traveled to other dimensions, do you perhaps know a way I can get home?"

Ozpin frowned when he turned towards Gaara, and he said, "I don't know. They shut down the program over a decade ago."

Gaara suddenly asked, "What do you mean? Just a few minutes ago before I came into your world, I was talking to people from another dimension!"

Ozpin looked at Gaara quizically, and said, "Really? Hmm, I'll have to do some research on this."

Gaara nodded, and Ozpin said, "Listen, I know that you probably want to get home, but right now, you're going to have to sit tight for awhile. Take this time away from home as a vacation of sorts. Unravel yourself, and take a look at a new culture. I could make you a student here at Beacon to help you with shelter, and in return, you can take our courses and learn more about our world. What do you say?"

Gaara looked at Ozpin, and contemplated his choices. He was the Kazekage, and with him gone, Suna would be in chaos. And with time out of whack, well, it certainly did not sound like a good thing. But then again, Gaara had been working very hard lately, and the war was not so long ago. Maybe, just maybe, he needed a break. Even if it is just a small one.

Gaara looked up to Ozpin and responded, "Alright. I'll stay for a while, and take this time, 'unravel."

Ozpin gave a small smile, and said, "I can provide you shelter, and a education of this world, save that you meet certain conditions."

Gaara raised an eyebrow at the grey-haired man, and asked, "Exactly what 'conditions?"

Ozpin gave him a slightly serious, and slightly pleased expression, and replied, "You'll have to take a exam in order to be here at Beacon. Also, you'll have to share a dorm with three other huntsmen or huntresses. You will have to take our courses, and learn about our world. Also, I'm pretty sure you had this in mind already, but keep you're actual identity a secret for now."

"I'm alright with everything you say," Gaara responded, "But what do I tell others if they ask personal questions?"

Ozpin seemed to ponder Gaara's question, and then said, "Say that you're from a desert region."

And with that, Ozpin then began to walk off to places that Gaara could not think of. And he didn't really care.

Gaara looked around. The architecture here was without a doubt, much more different than back at home. In the Five Elemental Nations, the villages usually did leave most of the nature around them intact. But here, there wasn't a single untrimmed tree nor any grass that was naturally planted

Here, Gaara could tell that they were much more advanced in their technology.

Gaara began to walk around the school grounds, trying to find the 'assembly' that the girl named Ruby had mentioned earlier.

After a few minutes, he managed to find a staff member who then pointed him in the right direction, and when he got there, Gaara felt somewhat out of place. Everyone here was dressed in so many different colors, and above all, everyone seemed to have weapons that Gaara could not even think could be useful. He decided to just shrug it off for now.

Gaara looked around, when he saw what seemed to be two people conversing. He saw a girl and a boy talking about what Gaara seemed to think was current events in this world. They both seemed to be familiar with each other, but how deep their relationship was, Gaara couldn't tell at the moment.

The girl wore purple armor, and it sorta looked like she had what seemed to be two purple curved bars that were connected and folded in half was strapped onto her back. Her black hair was cut shoulder-length, and one strand of her bangs was dyed a deep violet, and her soft green eyes looked at the boy

The boy was blond, and wore brown armor, and what seemed to be a brown staff was being held in his hands, and he had sharp blue eyes, and was a bit taller than Gaara.

The boy then said to the girl, "Come on, Scarlet, what do you mean that Mistral would have beaten Vacuo in a war?!"

The girl, who seemed to be named Scarlet, looked at him with a deadpan expression, and said, "You know what, Pierce? I'm done, I'm not talking about it anymore."

Scarlet then began to walk off, and the boy, who seemed to be named Pierce, began to chase after her, saying, "Hey! We're supposed to stay together!"

Gaara gave a small frown, and said, "Oh well, whatever that was."

Gaara suddenly heard the screech of a microphone, and he turned towards the stage, and saw Ozpin, with Professor Goodwitch beside him. Once Ozpin had everyone's attention, he cleared his throat.

"I'll keep this brief," Ozpin began, "You all have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people."

Ozpin then turned his head, analyzing the crowd, and continued, "But I look at all of you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, or direction, whatever you may call it. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only take you so far."

Ozpin then searched the crowd, until finally, Gaara saw Ozpin's eyes land on him, and the two made eye contact. Ozpin then finished, "It is up to you, to take the first steps."

And with that, Ozpin then took his cane in his hand and began to walk off the stage. Goodwitch then walked to the microphone and said, "You will gather at the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, you will begin your initiation. Be ready. You are dismissed."

Gaara crossed his arms, and looked around as the people then began to file out, and Gaara sighed, and said, "Well, that certainly was a short one."

Suddenly, Gaara heard someone shout his name, and when he looked behind him, he saw the girl in red from before, Ruby, and the white girl, Weiss, was there. The black, feline-like cat was gone, but this time, there seemed to be a blond girl, who looked like she had not had a haircut for a while.

Rub waved at him, and gestured for him to come over

Gaara looked to the left and then to the right, as if unsure of whether the silver-eyed girl was talking to him, and then Gaara pointed to himself, and Ruby nodded, and this time, waved him over much more furiously.

Gaara shrugged, and began to walk towards the trio, and as he approached them, Ruby then turned to the blond, and pointed at Gaara and said, "Here he is, right now!"

As Gaara finally neared them, he heard the blond say, "Well, he certainly doesn't look bad. And definitely does not look like he just took a 50 meter fall."

Ruby looked at Gaara, and then said to him, "Hey, uhh, Gaara, right?" Gaara nodded in response to Ruby's question, and she continued, "So, uhh, you alright? I mean, you did just kinda take a big fall. By the way, how the heck are you still even walking around like that?"

Gaara was about to reply when the eye-hurting girl in white, Weiss, interrupted him and looked at Ruby in an annoyed way, and said, "Because of his aura, you dolt! Aren't you supposed to be a huntress!? You should know that his aura is what protected him!"

Ruby gave an embarrassed look, and said, "Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot."

Gaara frowned, and then felt a lightbulb go off in his head. He gave a small smile to Ruby, and said, "Don't be embarrassed. Even the greatest of geniuses could forget the most basic yet important aspect."

Ruby eyes lit up, and then she blushed at his comment. Gaara then asked Ruby, "So, you called me here for what now?"

Ruby's eyes lit, and she said in an excited voice, "Oh, that's right!"

Ruby then waved her arms to the blond girl next to her, and she said, "This is my sister, Yang."

Yang crossed her arms in a laid back way, and gave Gaara a cocky smile and said, "What's up?"

Gaara nodded to her, and said, "Hello. I'm Gaara of the Sand."