"Gaara!" Temari yelled to the red head.

"What?"

"We're heading out, quickly now please?!"

"Coming." Gaara got off the couch stuffed his teddy into his gourd and quickly grabbed his suitcase as he left with Temari for Konoha.

"Gaara, May I ask why you're bringing that teddy with you?" She asked inching away a little praying that he wouldn't over react.

"Temari your so lucky I'm in a good mood today…" He growled.

"Okay…but please don't forget that if the prince asks why to be polite…" Temari said referring to their mission to escort the prince from the land of wolves safely to Konoha, Gaara nodded.

"Yes…I'll try…"

"Good I brought some veggies to make my soup!"

"REALLY?!" Gaara asked overly excited, and then quickly calming down re covered with, "I mean really? That's good I enjoy your soup…"

"Yes…enjoy."

~Meanwhile in the land of wolves~

A young girl is training in a dense forest, her short black hair tied back and her wild red eyes searching the forest for more traps. A kunai appears from behind her and she quickly spins and catches it between two fingers.

"Your to slow Amidaba!" She shouts smiling.

"Yes princess…" Another young blonde girl walks out of the dense trees towards the black haired girl.

"Please stop calling me that Amidaba! My name's Ruby." The black haired girl said her crimson eyes searching the child's expression. The blonde looked up into the red eyes and flinched away.

"S-sorry…Ruby…"

"Are you scared of me?"

"N-no."

"Don't lie to me…tell me the truth." She said her smile fading.

"Yes Ruby…you…you do frighten me…" The young girl said Ruby's eyes turned sad, she frightened everyone here.

"Amidaba…why are you here…really?"

"Your mother said I had too play with you it was an order." The girl said looking away.

"Amidaba go home play with your friends okay? I'll be leaving soon so please leave."

"Yes Ruby."

The blonde quickly ran away back towards the city. Ruby sighed and sat down by a sakura tree.

"I'm thirteen…thirteen years old and still…I've never had a friend…I'm nice but my eyes scare people…why? Is it really just my eyes? That's what brother says so I tried wearing contacts to make my eyes a softer color but still even when I had lavender eyes…they still… look at me frightened. Maybe they know about Tatsuko… but she's not mean…she's so kind towards me…" Ruby says to herself sakura petals fluttered down in a sudden gust of wind.

"Temari, it was just a spider I'm sure it's dead now…" Said an unemotional male voice.

"Y-Yeah…I know…" Said a female voice.

Ruby peered behind the tree and saw a red haired boy with an older blonde girl. The girl carried a large fan on her back and the boy had a gourd on his.

"Hey!" Ruby said running towards them.

"Hi…" Said the girl.

"Welcome to my land, I've never seen you before in my country so I assume your my escorts." Ruby said realizing that she was a good two inches shorter then the boy. He simply gave her a death glare and she yawned.

"Can you stop that glare is getting old fast?" She said simply Temari stiffened wondering what Gaara's reaction would be.

"Your not afraid?" He asked as sand began to dance around Ruby.

"Gaara…" Temari warned.

"Of course not! Tatsuko protects me if I'm in harms way, so I barely remember what fear is…besides, if you kill me or hurt me, I or my family would kill you!" Ruby said smiling at the mention of his death.

"Your in the royal family?" Temari asked. Ruby nodded, as the sand disappeared back into Gaara's gourd.

"So you know where prince Akane (Note: Akane means deep red and yes it's a real name.) Is?"

"You mean princess Akane and yes I do."

"Princess? We were told prince."

"Well I'm Akane and I'm not male."

"I'm not blind." Temari said with attitude.

"Ya well don't call me any of the following, princess, her highness, greatness, Akane, and my least favorite daughter of the emperor."

"What should we call you then?"

"Ruby."

As the two girls conversed Gaara took this time to look at Ruby, she was wearing a short denim skit with ripped criss-cross leggings that went down to her knees, a purple top with a black and white skull on it that said, "Cute…but, kind of evil." In big red letters, one of the T-shirts sleeves was missing and so she had attached a white strap that went over her shoulder, on her neck was a small scar, and her left wrist had a sliver charm bracelet with a wooden wolf attached and no other charms. Her hair was messily tied up in to a short ponytail and side-bangs hid her right eye. Her other eye was crimson but gentle.

"…So we'll go to the castle first Ruby?" Temari said finishing whatever she was saying.

"Yes it's just past this forest don't worry there are no spiders around the castle mom's acrophobic. " Ruby said smiling wide enough for her pointed teeth to show.

Temari gasped.

"What?" Ruby asked confused.

"Your…your teeth…their like…a dogs…" Temari stuttered.

"Ya…I hope your not to afraid I do enjoy meat but not human! Their sharp because of…uh my close friend Tatsuko."

"You mean your demon." Said Gaara correcting her.

"Huh? How'd you know?"

"One I too have a demon and he told me two as you were talking to Temari your shirt slightly lifted showing the start of the seal." He said lazily.

"Your pretty smart…I wish that Tatsuko would talk to me more…she's a lone wolf so she's not very talkative."

"Lone wolf…" Said Temari deep in thought. "Tatsuko…Eh?!"

"What?" Ruby and Gaara say in sync only Ruby said with curiosity and Gaara said it dully.

"Tatsuko is the lone wolf demon that practically destroyed are village and killed six hundred…in one night." She says backing away slightly. Ruby quickly turned and bowed to Temari.

"I am very sorry for her actions towards your village, please don't let it frighten you she is very well behaved now." She said looking down, Gaara still looked at this girl a little weirded out at the fact she didn't so much as squirm at the sight of him and didn't sense the feelings of hatred he had.