Blood and Iron

2

After looking everywhere, I hear shouting. Curious, I follow the sound.

One more corner, and there's a group of gennin and some kids. I spot Gaara upside down in the tree some arrogant duckbutt-haired boy is in.

Kankuro is holding some kid by the front of his shirt, Temari standing behind him.

"Hey, Kankuro. What's up?" I ask.

"I--" He's cut off by the duckbutt-haired boy throwing a rock, hitting his hand and causing him to drop the kid.

"Hey! He was talking! and quit acting so cool, its kinda freaky..." I scold.

Kankuro gets out crow.

"Woah, woah, woah!" I say, stopping everything.

"C'mon... Gaara's not here yet... Can't we have just a little fun..?" Kankuro asks. I look at him like, 'seriously?'.

"He's right there." I tell him, pointing.

He and Temari both pale. Everyone else kind of just looks shocked. Gaara sighs then uses his sand to teleport to the ground.

I jump on his back and hang there like a kitty.

"Get off..." He tells me.

"No!" I protest.

"I want you off." He says darkly. Everyone around visibly shivers at his tone but I stay where I am.

"Tough." I tell him. He sighs again, giving in. He's been doing that a lot lately...

"I'm sorry for the trouble they've caused you." He tells the gennin then turns to leave.

"Whats your name?" We turn to see the duckbutt-haired boy jump down from the tree.

"Me?" Temari asks with a faint blush.

"No," he says, and her face falls. "The one with the kid on his back"

"Gaara of the desert." Gaara says, "I'm curious about you too."

"Sasuke Uchiha." An Uchiha, huh? I thought they were all dead.

"Hey! Hey! I bet you're just dyin' to know my name?!" A blonde yells. He seems like a fun person to be around.

"I am!" I yell too.

"...Not interested." Gaara says and turns away.

"Aaawwweeee!!!!!" I say sadly.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki! I'm gonna be hokage! Believe it!!!" He shouts.

"Wait!" We turn around again to see a pink haired girl.

"I see that you're from the blah blah, political stuff, blah blah..." If you can't tell, I'm blocking her out because it's boring stuff. 

Wait. 

Who am I talking to?

Temari holds up her traffic pass and after more talking, we leave.

"I need some training. Any suggestions..?" I ask, hopping off of Gaara's back.

"Yeah. The training grounds." Kankuro says sarcastically.

"Fine... I'll be wherever that is then..."

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"Who are you?" Someone asks from beside me. I look up to see the boy with whiskers and blonde hair. I think he said his name is Naruto Uzumaki.

"Koishi of the desert." I say.

"You look a lot like that Gaara guy." He says.

"Yes. He is my brother."

"What?!? Why are you here?! Trying to get information on us?!" He shouts. I shake my head.

"No..."

"Then why?!"

"I don't know..." I look down at my feet and poke at the sand that's there. "I'm so useless.." I mumble.

"Why do you say that?" I look up at a girl with pink hair.

"I can't do anything. All I can do is sit by while my siblings fight. I'm shocked I haven't died yet..."

Something wraps around my ankle and lifts me into the air.

"Oh. Looks like my time is up... Bye then!" I wave as I am hanging upside down and moving away from them.