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Her name is Hyuuga Emiko.

Precisely four feet, ten inches, one hundred and four pounds.

Seventeen in a month, promoted to Jonin eight months ago.

Currently holding the status as the female Hyuuga prodigy, second only to her older brother, Hyuuga Neji.

Emiko's feeling pretty good about life right now, about to take on a new step her life, a new goal. Black Ops. Then she'll only have to answer to one woman, and said woman will be more then willing to get this accursed mark off her tongue, so the secrets can spill out. Then perhaps she can put an end to him, and probably save a few lives as well.

Gaara rubbed his temples in irritation. This was going to be a living hell, how is anyone supposed to get any work done with those frenzied fan-girls screaming outside?

"Geeze, they're even worse than the ones in Suna..." Kankuro closed the door and sank down heavily upon the sofa in their new, temporary, office. It wasn't much, not compared to the one in Suna, anyway. He imagined it was a copied version of the Hokage's, only down sized. The office resided on the fourth floor of the Kage tower, high enough for those harpies not to have thier faces stuck to the glass, but low enough so he could still hear their shouts.

But Gaara wasn't complaining, it was decent sized.

"I've realized..." Gaara glared out the window, which said females were stationed were behind, looking up with dazed expressions on their faces. "We've only been here for a few hours... It's only going to get worse."

"I think you should take advantage of this." Kankuro sat up and smirked, signalling a what-he-thinks-is-clever idea forming into his brain.

"What do you mean take advantage?" Gaara turned his sharp glare upon his elder brother, not liking where this was going at all.

"Come on, Gaara," Kankuro stood and walked over, gesturing towards the window. "This is fresh water territory, a whole new sea to explore. So you didn't find what you were looking for back home, why not try here? Not only would it strengthen the bond between the Wind and Fire, but it could be a very good way to get all these girls off your back."

Gaara sat back in his seat, looking towards the ceiling for a minute, running the puppet master's words through his head and sighed. "I don't think it would work, besides, we're here to assist the Hokage after the attack. We're not supposed to play around with her citizens, or her ninja."

Pein's invasion had really taken it's toll on Konoha, left them short quite a few ninja, half a broken village, and a weakened Hokage.

So naturally, Suna; being Konoha's greatest ally, came to Konoha's aid. For the next eight weeks, the Kazekage, his body guards, the ambassador to Konoha, and a few ninja of choice are at the Leaf's whim.

Gaara didn't mind much, he rather liked the change in scenery. The Leaf village was beautiful (now that most of the damage from the invasion was cleaned up) and it's not like his absence was detrimental to his country.

Suna is currently at a high point thanks to him. The population has never been higher, the ninja have never had this much of a mission completion rate, and because of that, the economy is flourishing.

Baki is more than capable to handle things while Gaara is away, he is not concerned. Even if this wasn't a full vacation, Gaara's work load would lessen greatly and he would actually have some free time for a change.

So, as Kankuro had said earlier, it was a perfect time to take advantage of this new freedom and dip into all that the Fire had to offer. Particularly, it's beautiful women.

But Gaara simply didn't have the patience for a relationship right now. Girlfriends were tiresome and the ones he's had in the past were always attention craving, petty, annoying, and gold digging broads who didn't have a whole lot of self respect. He was pretty sure he could have spit on them and called them scum and they still would have gotten on their knees for him. But, of course he would never do something like that.

"Not to mention their cute, Fire country, accents." Kankuro added, apparently still going on with his rant.

Gaara didn't even particularly like their Fire country accents. If anything, he found it rather annoying the way their words sometimes sounded slurred with their short vowels and the way they put too much emphasis on ending part of the word.

Gaara sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, already feeling a headache coming on. "Let's just try and get to our estate without splitting any skulls."

Emiko sighed at the peace around her as she meditated in the Hyuuga gardens. She always liked going there, ever since she was a child, it was quiet and gave her time to think. Clearing her mind this way, was always relaxing. It was also where usually worjed to strengthened the reach of her Byakugan.

She still had quite a ways to go before she caught up to, and surpassed Neji. While she was already well ahead most Hyuugas, being able to see as far as six hundred meters, Neji could see well above eight hundred. Though she shouldn't really feel upset about being so far behind him, after all she had never gotten the chance to really practice too much with it growing up.

While training in Root under Danzo, she didn't get to practise with her bloodline as much as she would have liked. Sure, he let her come home often to train with her uncle, and other Byakugan wielders, but it wasn't nearly often enough.

Before she had moved back home, Emiko's Byakugan was probably weaker than even Hinata's. Though she doesn't really know much about Hinata or her skills because they didn't associate much. Emiko rarely talked to her cousin and it was even rarer that they spared.

Though Emiko associated more with Hinata than Hanabi. But that wasn't surprising. Even if Hinata was almost two years older than Emiko, Hanabi was at least three years younger, and Hanabi was also the new heir. So Hiashi tended to keep her to himself.

"Emiko," she opened one eye to regard her brother, but otherwise didn't change much about her position. "Hiashi wishes to speak to you."

Emiko gave an exasperated sigh, "alright." She rose from her concentration and stood, patting off the grass and dirt from her person.

Neji gave her a weary look as she walked past him and into the compound, which she ignored. He knew all too well what this meant. He had to deal with this too and she didn't need a lecture on how to deal with it.

Usually, she didn't act so coldly towards her elder brother, but these kinds of moments put her in the worst type of mood.

Emiko knocked on his door twice and waited patiently until he gave the word, "come in." She slid the door open to see Hiashi standing next to a man he seemed to have just finished a conversation with.

"Ah, Emiko, I hope I wasn't interrupting you. This is Yuugato." Hiashi gestured to the man. She regarded him with a bored look and shifted her weight onto one hip while crossing her arms. Tall and prestige looking, just how Hiashi liked them. "He's around your age, fine Hyuuga, excellent status and promising future."

Emiko resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

"I hope you haven't already eaten lunch, you have a reservation at Kiko's in an hour." Hiashi explained, Emiko nodded and bowed to both of them before leaving.

Hiashi had started doing this right after she had turned sixteen, setting her up with guys he felt she would make strong offspring with. Emiko mainly blamed it on her Byukugan and skill, because she was a high jonin, practically ANBU, and with a level of Bykaugan that comes third only to Hiashi himself and Neji's. For those reasons, Hiashi wanted to marry her off quickly to strengthen the clan.

Perhaps she really shouldn't complain, Neji had it way worse. He had a new date practically every other week, whether or not he showed up to those dates was a different story...

But Emiko had other plans the day, she planned to speak with the Hokage and ask for a transfer into ANBU. She'd been jonin long enough to at least deserve a shot, not to mention she's passed ninety-nine percent of her missions.

She would be honored to be one of the Hokage's most trusted. Also, as long as it gets her as far away from Danzo as possible.

Gaara was currently trying to escape from his mob of fans, even without his traditional Kazekage robes, they still recognized him, and the mob only seemed to get bigger.

Gaara sighed and thought perhaps taking the roofs would be a better method, but paused before taking another leap seeing another person doing the same.

The spotted girl stopped where she had landed and looked back at him.

Gaara braced himself, automatically thinking it was a member of his fan club.

The girl narrowed her eyes at him for a moment, as if trying to recognize him. It lasted for over a minute, and he was beginning to feel a little nerved under her pale-eyed scrutiny. He'd seen eyes like that before, but it took a bit before he realized she was obviously a Hyuuga.

Then it seemed to hit her. The girl bowed her head in a respectful way before regarding, "Kazekage-sama." Then straightened and continued onward.

Hmm, that was a little odd.

Perhaps he was getting a big head from all the fawning, then again he thought any girl who didn't automatically blush and stutter around him was odd. Though he was a bit thankful for finally finding a girl in this village who didn't seem to be in love with him the moment they laid eyes on him.

That was a good sign.

"Hello, Emiko, what brings you to my office?" Tsunade turned around in her seat to face the Hyuuga. "Opting for another mission?"

Emiko shook her head, "actually, Lady Tsunade, I'm here to ask you how I can obtain a position in Anbu?" (do you know if i should capitalize all the letters in ANBU because its like an acrinim?)

Tsunade regarded the girl closely, "I see." Although she had it in her power to say no, Tsunade was interested. While it didn't seem wise to have one of Danzo's proteges working so closely under her, she also didn't want to pass up this opportunity.

It was no secret that the man hated everything to do with Tsunade and frankly, she wouldn't put it past him if it had been his idea to send her here. Though this could be good for her as well. It would give her an opportunity to look after the girl closer, and maybe even get out some of Danzo's secrets and finally hand that bastard what's been coming to him.

But a person could never be too careful.

"Very well, if you want a position, someone is going to have to train you, test you, observe you and if you pass, they will recommend you. Once you are recommenced you will be sent on a mission with Anbu and your team will evaluate how you do. Your performance on that mission will determine if you make it."

Emiko nodded eagerly, "thank you, Lady Tsunade. Am I allowed to ask who my adviser will be and how long it will take overalll?"

Tsunade thought carefully. She's in need of someone she could trust fully and who knows their way around Anbu. While Tenzou would be perfect for the job, he already has his plate full with Sai.

A sly smirk spread on her lips, "yes. Hatake Kakashi. He'll come to you, also he'll decide how long the training will take. Dismissed." Emiko nodded and took her leave.

"Do you really trust her?" Shizune piped up from her side.

Tsunade gave a tired sigh, "I have no reason not to trust her, Shizune. But if anyone can find out if she's up to no good, it's Kakashi. I doubt she can tell us anything about Root anyway until she's ours. Emiko's been free from him for two years now, but I wouldn't be surprised if Danzo still has a hold on her."

Emiko gave a happy hum as she made her way back down the street. That went better than she expected. She was sure she could past the tests, even if it was Hatake Kakashi giving them.

Kakashi's only passed three people in his history of teaching, but perhaps a forth could slip by. Emiko was quite confident in her abilities as a ninja and she was sure she could become Anbu.

Emiko made her way to Kiko's, she might as well, her date was in fifteen minutes anyway. They were expecting her and it didn't seem to be a problem getting her table ready early.

Kiko's ran pretty slow this time of day. Most people have already eaten lunch and the dinner rush won't start for at least another two hours. She would have time to think before Yuugato arrived.

Emiko didn't usually argue with Hiashi's efforts to hitch her up. There wasn't much she could do anyway. After her father's death, Hiashi was legally Neji and her guardian, so he was in charge, especially now that she was out of Root.

The dates always consisted of a free (usually expensive for the sap paying) meal and sometimes a fun activity; she he wasn't opposed to either of those things. Emiko didn't even have to like the men she was set up with, she just had to give them a chance.

Even though most of her dates ended quite abruptly with her making an epic escape and ditching an usually annoyed Hyuuga stud.

It wasn't that Emiko didn't like that they were always Hyuuga, it made sense. It was just that nine out of ten times they reminded her of Neji, which was really weird; and not even the fun side of Neji, that side rarely saw the light of day. But the boring, prestige side.

Hiashi liked choices probably for that exact reason, and if she and Neji weren't siblings, she was pretty sure she would have dated him already. Which was a very creepy thought.

Neji was too close of a relative for Hiashi to set him up with Hinata or Hanabi, but that didn't stop him from the seemingly endless list of second, third, fourth and so on cousins. The Hyuuga was a bigger clan than one may think. Easily the largest in the village.

They came second to only to the Uchiha.

A slight pain came to Emiko's heart at the mere thought of their name. It should be old news by now, but she couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness when she thought of them. Or rather, one in particular.

But, she would have to put a rain check on such thoughts, because here was her date had arrived, three minutes early, at ten o'clock.

"Hello, sorry to keep you waiting." He gave a polite smile and sat down across from Emiko and grabbed a menu. "Have you thought about what you want yet?"

"No, I was waiting for you." If it sounded rude, then good.

"Ok, well... Let me know when you've found something." There was a minute of the rather awkward silence she's become accustomed to on dates, which the waitress promptly shattered.

"Hello! I'm Sumiki, I'll be serving you today, what type of drinks would you like?" She gave a pink-lipped smile and moved a blonde hair from her unblemished face. It was obvious to see that the restaurant tended to hire girls more higher up on the beauty spectrum. Sumiki was the third one Emiko saw about to spill out of her low cut blouse.

"Water, please." Yuugato answered.

"I'll have an Orange Fanta." As much as Emiko knew soda was bad for her, she couldn't help but indulge while she was out. If she had to endure a date, she might as well get herself a little treat while she was at it.

"Alright, be back in a sec." The waitress smiled as she left, leaving the awkward pair alone, for more silence.

"So, tell me, just how around my age are you?" Emiko began, engaging in the usual small talk she gave at these dates. Dinner is going to be boring if he keeps up this quiet act.

"I'm twenty." He was the same age as Neji for crying out loud! Not that she had anything against older men, she would be a hypocrite if she did. But, it just weird!

Emiko decided she'd use this moment to check him out. He had long jet black hair and the legendary Hyuuga eyes, fair skin and faint five o'clock shadow. He was probably about Neji's height, though slightly more muscular than him and rough looking.

Yuugato reminded Emiko of some war-hero bore. He just would not do.

"Ah. How long have you been a jonin?" Hiashi almost never gave her someone of anything less.

"Two years." Emiko was already getting sick of his two worded answers. This date was going down hill - fast - and she didn't care. Emiko did tend to like men who looked more like Neji, so he was already cast aside.

Emiko looked at the dessert menu, contemplating whether or not it would be worth sticking around for.

Gaara sighed in relief as he had seemed to loose his mob. He leaned against a probably dirty wall. He didn't care. It smelled rather nice over here, though he was probably just behind some restaurant.

The Kazekage was going over the quickest and least harmful way to get to his townhouse when the loud squeaking of a window caught his attention.

It was the Hyuuga girl from earlier, apparently sneaking out of a bathroom window. She hopped down and looked at him. The two of them had a short staring match before she blinked slowly. She probably thought it was weird to find him, of all people, here.

But it's not like people who sneak out bathroom widows had any right to talk about anyone being weird.

"Kazekage-sama," she gave a nod, before turning to walked out of the alley, which happened to be in his direction.

"What is your name?" Gaara was curious to hear her story. She was very obviously a Hyuuga, which was why it was even more amusing to see her in this way. The Hyuuga were much too proud a people to sneak out bathroom windows.

"Hyuuga Emiko." She turned around to face him, not looking at all embarrassed by being caught red-handed by the Kazekage crawling out a bathroom window.

"May I ask why you're sneaking out a restroom window?"

"Bad date, the dessert wasn't worth it." Emiko stated simply, as if she didn't care either way.

Gaara nodded, "ah, I understand."

"You've had to sneak out bathroom windows before?" She looked up at him, curious. Gaara couldn't help but think, she is awfully short.

Gaara chuckled lightly, "no, but I have had bad dates."

Emiko gave a nod back, "being the Kazekage must get you stuck with a lot of bad dates, right?"

"You can call me Gaara," he regarded her with a light smirk. "And yes. But, I suppose I don't do much to help myself."

"Me neither, my uncle seems to think just because I'm the female prodigy I need to get pregnant as soon as possible and produce strong Hyuuga babies. It sucks, I can't exactly say no to him."

"Why not?" She didn't answer at first, she only looked to the side for a moment before pulling off the Leaf headband that was around her forehead and lifted her bangs.

Gaara looked at the green seal on her forehead curiously, not really understanding...

"It's a seal. The head family, via my uncle, gives them to the branch families, via me, to make sure they don't give away any secrets and keep them in line."

"Oh, sorry." Emiko shook her head and tied her headband back on.

"Eh, I don't care much, it's just kind of annoying." Gaara looked at the girl skeptically for a moment and ran over their scenarios in his mind. He was quite sick of running from his fan club, and was pretty sure he was going to offend someone by telling them to piss off, (he doubted Tsunade would take too kindly to hurt feelings all over the place on his behalf) but he didn't exactly want a relationship.

Emiko was constantly being set of up with men to push her into marriage and motherhood. It was obvious she wasn't ready to take on such as responsibilities right now. Gaara didn't even know how old she was.

From her size, Gaara could guess she was thirteen. But from her face, she looked near eighteen. It was hard to tell what her age was, but she couldn't be much younger than himself, if younger at all.

"What if I knew a way to help us both out?" He offered.

Emiko looked at the Kazekage sharply as he'd said the words.

"What exactly do you mean by that?" She enquired.

Gaara kept his gaze fixated on hers, "I'm having trouble keeping my fan-girls at bay. You're having trouble keeping your uncle off your case. We could use each other to help both of us out."

"What do you mean by 'use'?" Emiko wasn't sure if she liked where this was going.

"What I mean is, how would you like to be my pretend girlfriend?" Emiko knew she didn't like where this was going now.

Emiko looked at him like he was crazy, because surely, he must be crazy. "Excuse me?"

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