"Looks like they're off to a good start." Itachi smiled.

Sasori chuckled a little, "Ever heard of a human puppet?"

I nodded.

"Do you know what happened to the 3rd Kazekage?" Sasori smirked.

"No one does." I replied.

"I do." Sasori smirked.

I frowned. What does he mean?

"Shouldn't you keep your psychotic side to yourself at the moment?" Father interupted us.

"Psychotic." Sasori mumbled.

So father is with the Akatsuki, what a traitor. How could he betray his village? His Kazekage? His family? ... For this? This is no life. I looked up again to say something to my father, however, he had disappeared.

"Gaara was right to exile him, I didn't even get a hug." I whispered, thinking no one could hear me.

"Hug shmug, you should man up, un." Deidara smiled.

"Man up? Her? She's as cute as a kitten, kitten's can't man up." Sasori laughed.

"Cute?" I growled as Sasori chuckled.

2 Months Later

I was in bed staring into the darkness. I had become really good friends with everyone, especially Sasori. I was amazed with his puppet skills. I'd always lose against him, but atleast he'd help me rebuild my puppet. One of my other closest friends is Konan, she pierced my ears for me, so I now have studs going all the way up my right ear. Deidara bleached my hair, so now I'm blonde and Megan introduced me to the sun, so I now have a very healthy tan. I look so different, no one would recognise me. I feel different aswell.

Sasori had put the lights off hours ago, I couldn't sleep. I've never suffered from insomnia before I came here, I've been having alot of nightmares recently.. Of Gaara.. Killing me. The thought of it upset me. I didn't feel it but a tear fell out of my eye.

"Kitten? Why are you crying?" I heard Sasori's voice.

I turned to my right, my eyes locked with his. He looked tired, yet his pretty eyes sparkled in the dark.

"Have you been watching me this whole time?" I giggled.

"More or less. I was sort of drifting in and out. Tell me, what's wrong?" Sasori murmured as slipped his arm over my stomach.

"I was just thinking." I shrugged.

"About what precisely?" Sasori yawned.

"I miss my mum and stuff." I replied.

Sasori cuddled into me and said, "You have a new family, go to sleep. Leader said he wanted to see us tomorrow, we need our rest."

We always cuddled in bed, we weren't together, we've never kissed or anything, we were just really close friends who liked to cuddle. I slowly closed my eyes and put my arm over him. His breathing was in sync of mine, I smiled and silently fell asleep.

-{Dream}-

"Traitor," his voice whispered, "how dare you disappoint me like this."
It was dark, all I could see was black. A hand touched my shoulder, I gasped.
"Gaara?" I asked as I turned to face him.
My eyes stared into those cold ice blue ones. His hand wrapped around my neck, quickly strangling me. I tried to scream but couldn't. Gaara, why are you doing this?

-{Dream end}-

"Ice!" I heard Sasori's voice.

My eyes opened.

"You worried me!" Sasori growled as he slapped my cheek, "Baka woman!"

I held my cheek in shock. Although he had joked about it, he had never hit me. I stared at him, my eyes wide open. He looked angry.

"Danna?" I asked.

His angry look softened. He clasped my cheek and apolgised, "I'm.. sorry. You said his name."

"His?" I asked.

Sasori nodded and looked away. I couldn't of said Gaara's name out loud, could I? I sighed and took Sasori's hand.

"I had that nightmare again..." I murmured.

Sasori chuckled, "Baka woman. No one's going to hurt you while I'm here."

"Thanks Sasori, but it doesn't take away the nightmares."

"Ice, we should really get up and ready. You know how I hate to keep people waiting." He said seriously.

~Few Hours Later~
I soon found myself trailing behind my friends in the desert. I was in shock about our mission. Leader's words echoed through my head. 'Kidnap the Kazekage.' I'm sure Sasori sensed my distress about this, as he kept looking back at me. We finally stopped in a cave where we changed into our 'normal' clothing since our Akatsuki clothing would be a bit... well, we'd be a bit obvious, wouldn't we? We left our clothing there, then headed towards the nearby hidden village.

Gaara... I don't want to hurt you.