A Week Later - Yuna's POV

I trip on a rock and I yelp and Haru catches me as I'm about 4 inches from face planting.

"You need to be more careful Yuna." Haru says to me with a sigh as he pulls me up.

"You guys are so slow!" Nori complains way ahead of us.

"I'm walking for the enjoyment of the scenery." I say to her as Haru sighs at the both of us.

"And I have to watch her because she's klutzy today." Haru says to her and I puff my cheek out in a pout as I cross my arms over my chest.

"I'm an adult you know." I mutter in a sulking mood.

I see the Hidden Cloud Gates ahead of us and I think about it for a moment.

"Do I want to have Lord Raikage yelling at us, or do I want to continue on like I never saw the gates?" I ponder aloud as we walk and I turn around on my heel and walk the opposite way.

"Coward." Haru says with an amused sigh.

"Look Haru, sometimes you just have to ask yourself, what your willing to put up with today, not fucking that, sorry, village life isn't for me, I like isolation, I'm not willing to put up with yelling today, or the villagers accusations against me in general or crap, so, you all can enjoy that if you want, I'm heading back into the forest." I say to him as I walk.

"Aww c'mon, he's calmed down, a little." Nori says to me and I just ignore it and continue walking.

"He hates me Nori, and so does half of that village, I'm not stepping into a danger zone today. I've already vowed not to step a foot into that village again because I've had a few, let's says 'rough', experiences, I'm not dealing with that again." I say to her and she pouts.

"She doesn't want to go Nori, she's made up her mind about it." Haru says to her.

"If I drag you, you technically wouldn't be stepping in there." Nori says to me and I jump up onto a rock and I sit down.

I pull my book out and I start reading.

"Come on Nori, she's made up her mind, she'll be there waiting for us when we get back." Haru says to her with an amused sigh.

"Fine." Nori says defeated and I glance up as they head into the village and I go back to reading.

After a while they come back and Haru sees me still there, in the same position.

"See, she didn't move." Haru says to Nori.

I get up and I put my book away and I jump off the rock.

A week Later

I see the gates of the Sand Village and I sweat drop.

"People like you here, right?" Haru asks me and I crack a nervous smile.

"Some do, some don't." I say to him and Haru sighs.

"How many enemies have you made?" Nori asks me with an amused smile.

"Anyone who hates Orochimaru, hates me, except for the Leaf and Gaara and you guys and Old Man, everyone else is my enemy." I say to her with a nervous smile.

"People are biased." Haru says and grabs my wrist and start dragging me with them.

"This isn't gonna be good." I mutter under my breath and we get to the gates.

"Stop. Who are you?" Baki asks and I walk forward with a nervous smile.

"Hey Baki." I say to him.

"Yuna." He greets flatly with a frown.

"Yuna." A somewhat surprised Gaara says coming to the gates.

"I still don't understand why you trust her Gaara." Temari says next to him.

"Hello Gaara, Temari, Kankuro." I greet, still nervous.

"Who is the guy behind you?" Kankuro asks sizing him up.

"Haru, apparently when me and Nori were born, we also had a brother as well, I still can't process this, this is where Sasuke comes in handy for me." I say and Gaara nods with a slightly surprised look. "Haru, this is the Kazekage Gaara, his older sister Temari and his older brother Kankuro, and that's Baki." I say to him and he nods.

"Its a pleasure to meet you Lord Kazekage." Haru says to him.

"How did you get the scar on your cheek?" Kankuro asks him and the two of us laugh nervously.

"I pissed her off, badly." Haru says with a nervous chuckle.

"He was mocking me, and this was before I knew he was my brother." I say and Temari looks skeptical.

"There is a sandstorm about to hit, want to come in the village?" Gaara asks us.

"Sure!" Nori says excited while I look the opposite of her, dreading this while Haru is inbetween us.

"We'll come in." Haru says to him and he nods and I get dragged in by an excited Nori.

"Yuna, what brought you and your siblings here?" Gaara asks me and I scratch the back of my neck.

"You mean why I was dragged here? I personally have no clue, those two make half the decisions." I say and Gaara nods.

"We want you to be social." Nori says clinging to my arm.

"Yeah, ok, I'm pretty sure that takes confidence." I say to her and Gaara nods. "I don't have that, for many reasons." I say and Gaara nods knowing some of those reasons because he was most likely in the same boat as me.

Nori pouts. "Well you have to try." Nori says to me.

"Hey is that?" A woman asks her friend as she looks at me.

"Yeah." Her friend says to her.

"Hey! You!" The two say to me simultaneously and I stop and so does Gaara and Nori runs into my back and Haru nearly runs into us.

"Me? Or him?" I ask them.

"You." They say to me and I sweat drop while Gaara smirks slightly at me. "Your so cool!" They say to me and I look at them slightly shocked.

"Are you sure your not talking to Gaara? Or Nori?" I ask them with a nervous smile.

"She got used to nowadays customs, but she's not used to emotions or people being kind." Nori says to Haru who nods.

"Your awesome! The Lin were an amazing clan, able to manipulate the forestry and all that, I heard you were a major help in the war even though no one liked you." The first woman says to me and I scratch my cheek lightly.

"A major help?" I ask confused. "Yeah you have the wrong person." I say and they grin.

"Your Yuna Lin right?" The second woman asks me and I slowly nod. "Then we have the right person." She says to me with a smile.

"How long before she gets embarrassed?" Haru asks Nori.

"Five people." Nori says to him.

"Ten, I'll bet it." Haru says to her.

"Your on, loser does laundry for a month." Nori says to him.

"Deal." Haru says to her.

"HEY EVERYONE, YUNA LIN IS HERE!" Nori suddenly yells and I freeze.

"Oh great." I say and Gaara nods.

"Wait really?" A couple people ask surprised.

"Nori." I hiss and she grins.

People flock around me and I sweat drop nervously and I smile nervously.

"She's not embarrassed." Haru says to Nori who nods.

"Can you back up a pace or two? I'm uncomfortable with people in my personal space." I ask them nervously and they back up a step but continue going on and on until there's always that one person who pushes people aside glaring at me.

I look at him with a calm look before I smile at him. "Hello." I say to him and he rolls his eyes at me.

"Oh no." Nori says worried.

"She's not ready for haters yet." Haru says to Nori who nods.

"You." The guy says to me.

"Did I wrong you in some way? And if I did, I'm sorry." I say to him with a smile and Haru and Nori look at me shocked while Gaara smiles slightly.

"What?" The guy asks me shocked.

"She apologized. My crybaby sister apologized." Haru says shocked.

"Crybaby?" Temari asks him. "I don't see a crybaby." Temari says to him.

"Crybaby, yeah, she doesn't look like one." Kankuro says to Haru and some kids come up to me.

I bend down to their hight and I sit on my heels with my arms on my knees.

"Your so cool, you know that?" A boy asks me grinning.

"I have something for you for helping Lord Kazekage in the war." A girl says holding a flower and its a desert dandelion.

I smile at how its half wilted as she holds it up to me and I ruffle her hair and I take the flower and it unwilts in my hands and the kids watch amazed.

"Wow." The girl says to me and I smile at her and I fix it in her hair.

"You keep it, you look very pretty with that flower in your hair and, let's move your bangs behind your ear so you can show your face." I say to her as I brush her bangs behind her ear and she looks at me nervously and I smile. "There, that's better, your a very pretty little girl, you'll grow up into a beautiful young lady." I say to her.

"She's, so nice." Nori says nearly crying.

"She's good with kids." Haru says shocked.

"Wha? I want a flower too!" The boy says to me jealous and I giggle at him amused.

"A flower? Hmm let's see." I say and pull a non-wilted desert dandelion out of my pouch and I smile as I fix it in his messy hair as he blushes embarrassed. "There, your very pretty too." I say to him and the girl and the boy grin at me before heading back to their parents and I get up.

"Come on." Gaara says to me and I nod and follow him to his office with the others behind us while me and Gaara talk.

We get there and Gaara has Temari and Kankuro show my siblings around while I stay in Gaara's office.

"So, you have two siblings." Gaara says to me as I sit on the floor next to his desk.

"Yes, and they're both over protective." I say and he nods.

"Do you like them?" Gaara asks me.

"I don't like them, I love them, even though they can be idiots, they don't shut up and their terrified of my summons, they're still my family, and since I've beaten them both in a two on one fight, I have to protect them." I say with a smile and Gaara nods.

"Its good to see you accepting people into your life, I know you've had trouble with that because of your past." Gaara says to me and I lean back against the wall.

"Yeah, though its still daunting to think that there are people who do like me." I say and Gaara smiles slightly.

"Your rejecting kindness?" Gaara asks me.

"I just don't feel like I deserve it since I've hurt a lot of people under Orochimaru's orders." I say and he looks at me slightly shocked. "I've wronged people and I can't do anything to change that, its why I avoid village life because I know there are a lot of people who don't like me because I've wronged them in some way." I say to him as I look up at the ceiling.

"So that's why you avoid visiting any village other than the Hidden Leaf." Gaara says to me and I nod, but I smile.

"They're listening through that door, now my siblings are gonna try and change my attitude about this." I say with an amused smile and the door opens and Nori falls in and I get up. "Alright you two, you know better than to eavesdrop on my conversations." I say to Haru and Nori.

They laugh nervously. "Sorry." They say to me and I sigh.

"But it was her idea." Haru says pointing to Nori.

"What? No it was yours." Nori says to him.

I pinch the bridge of my nose in annoyance as the two bicker. "I'm dealing with adult children." I say and Gaara nods amused. "Alright you two, break it up, after the sandstorm is over, I'm taking you both to Kakashi." I say to them as I push them apart.

"Your not my mom." Haru and Nori say to me and my eye twitches.

"No, I'm not, I'm your sister and the Old Man left me in charge of you and Darui and C left me in charge of you." I say pointing to the both of them.

"That doesn't make you our mom." Nori says pouting.

"No but it does leave me in charge, no fighting, and if you two fight again, your both sitting in time out without dinner." I say and they pout but listen anyways and Gaara looks at me impressed.

"Good job Yuna." Gaara says to me.

"Its not my first time dealing with a situation like this." I say to him with a small sigh. "I swear I can't take them anywhere." I say shaking my head as I cross my arms over my chest.
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