ei guys another fanfic thanks to the movie I have watched which I would not recommend to all of you...
because of the movie, I got an idea about typing this fic
and this time it's a GaaMatsu fic again~~~
warning: there will be lemons later (though I'm a little bad on it) and there are little OOCness~~
disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and the plot and other scenes are not based on the movie.
Ever since the end of the Shinobi World War, Matsuri saw the lifeless body of the ninjas and the other people who sacrificed themselves for the sake of their own village and the world. She never knew that there would be destruction before everyone got their own peace.
With that reason, Matsuri made a mental note to herself- she will train hard, very hard. She will become stronger for the sake of the ones who sacrificed themselves and to show her former sensei- Gaara that she have changed for the better.
Matsuri made a letter and placed it on her bed. She packed all of her things and went out then locked the door. She left the village and who knows when she would be coming back.
It's been three years since Matsuri left and ever since she left, the Sand siblings had its own effects on them. Temari misses being annoyed at Matsuri's fangirling tendencies. Kankuro got bored since Matsuri was not there to lighten up the atmosphere at the Kazekage's office and lastly, Gaara was worried about her since she was alone when she left the village.
"Maybe something bad happened to her while she was training hard." he thought one day. But, he have a strong faith regarding with his former student and he knows that she could handle herself without him around.
So he just returned to his daily routine which makes him bored as hell.
It was another day for Gaara to go into his office and sign the large stack of papers on his desk. While doing his paper works, there was a knock on the door. He told the person to come in and once the door opened, he saw that it was none other than his older sister, Temari.
"What is it, Temari?" Gaara asked, still signing the paper in front of him.
Temari handed him an invitation. He eyed the invitation and it said that it was from the Wind Daimyo who was inviting him to the debut of his daughter. He was wondering why the daimyo would invite him when he doesn't even know who his daughter is. He looked at Temari but her face just showed confusion.
"Where did you get this?" Gaara asked, still eyeing the invitation.
"I got it from Sari. When she handed it to me, it's like there's something in that party." Temari said.
"What do you mean?" Gaara asked again.
"It looks like someone in that party needs our help. That explains Sari's nervous and unsettled expression before." Temari explained.
"Then, let's go to the party. Tell that to Kankuro so that we could prepare." Gaara said.
"Okay."
Temari left the office and Gaara got back to his paper works. Somehow, Gaara had a bad feeling about the party. It feels like something bad will happen but he just brushed it off and went to signing his papers.
Since the invitation indicated to wear formal Japanese attire, the Sand Siblings wore their kimono. Temari wore her violet furisode, Kankuro- without his make-up in his black kimono with hakama and dark haori while Gaara wore his red one with hakama and dark haori. They all went to the party which was not too far from the Kazekage mansion. They also brought their weapons just in case something happened.
When they finally entered the gate of the house, the servants and the people welcomed them. Gaara was happy to receive attention from them but nowadays he found it annoying since he still crave for the people to greet him as equal as them but at least they don't treat him the way like they did before.
There was a seat at the altar and two seats at the left and three seats at the right. The maids took them to the right to have a seat. Gaara sat on the middle while Temari on his right and Kankuro at his left. Even though the party hasn't started, many girls are already squealing in delight at the sight of Kankuro and Gaara though it mostly was at the sight of Gaara.
Upon becoming the Kazekage, he not only captured the hearts of the villagers. He also captured the hearts of the women there which caused the other men to get jealous at him. Even the maids in the daimyo's house found him to be quite handsome that he rivaled the other male guests at the party.
Gaara sighed in boredom. He wanted this party to end soon since it doesn't give him any thrills at all. He was about to stand up and take a walk when three cups of sake were placed on their table. He looked up to see Yukata in her pink kimono serving them sake.
"Yukata?!" Kankuro said in disbelief. They never knew that she would also be here, serving them sake.
"Hi Kankuro-sama, Gaara-sama and Temari-sama." Yukata greeted them.
"Enough with formalities. What are you doing here?" Temari asked.
"I'm serving everyone here. Well, more like disguising as a maid to see the princess." Yukata answered them.
"What do you mean?" Gaara asked, confused about the whole situation.
"The princess needs your help, Gaara-sama. Those invitations are not really for the Sand Siblings. It's for me, Sari and Ittetsu. The princess doesn't want you to know about the problem yet." Yukata explained.
"The problem?" Gaara asked again.
"Uhmm... maybe it's good if we discuss this in a more private place and-" Yukata said but was interrupted by the sound of the gong. Then, Yukata went away from them and went to the gate.
They knew about that signal. It means that the princess and the daimyo is here. The gates opened and right there, the daimyo entered with his wife beside him. There are bodyguards around them and once they reached the left side across the altar, they sat on their chairs and was instantly served sake by Sari.
The orchestra started to play a music and instantly the gate opened wider. The carriage entered with the other servants. Once the carriage reached the altar, the princess came out and a man- whom the Sand siblings knew as Ittetsu hold over the parasol for her while there was Yukata beside her. Gaara can't see the princess but he knew that she was wearing a light blue furisode with a pink obi and a pink haori. Gaara got impatient at the princess' slow walking but he hid the impatience in his expression.
The princess sat on the cushion and the servants stood beside her with Yukata being really close beside her. When she looked up, that was when Gaara understood the situation. The princess is none other than his former student, Matsuri.
Matsuri had her short brown hair grown up to her waist. Her upper hair was tied in a bun and adorned in four hairpins with flowers hanging and a comb was placed while some of her hair were down. She also wore a light make up on her face and gold jewelries adorned her.
Matsuri became the center of the attraction in the party. Every men and women at the party stared at her in awe. Even the Sand siblings can't believe that Matsuri was that beautiful. Matsuri looked at the right side across the altar and saw Temari, Gaara and Kankuro. Their face were full of surprised and shocked reactions. Matsuri blushed then looked away and hid her face behind her sleeves.
The Wind Daimyo stood up and announced the start of the celebration with a raise of his glass. Everyone cheered and started to dance and sing. The Sand siblings just sat at their chairs not caring about the others cheering happily. They could not believe that Matsuri was here all along, at the Wind daimyo's house making her life easy.
Matsuri still sat at her cushion. She looked perfectly still but Gaara sensed that she was getting nervous and her hands holding together is a sign of it. Gaara wanted to go to her but he knew that if he make one move, the people would get suspicious about their relationship. Yukata came to her and whispered something. After that, Matsuri nodded and began fidgeting her fingers nervously.
Yukata went to Gaara and gave him a signal, telling him to follow after her. He nodded and waited for her to disappear on a corner. Once she looked out of sight, Gaara stood up and went to the place she also went to. He also made sure no one followed him so that things will not get suspicious.
He made it to the garden and there was Yukata sitting on a bench. Gaara sat beside her and took a sigh. He really needs a good explanation about Matsuri's situation.
"Explain to me what happened, Yukata." he ordered.
"Matsuri became the princess in order to please the Wind daimyo's wife. His wife is unable to bear children and in order to ease her sadness, he adopted Matsuri and made her the princess of the Wind Country." Yukata answered.
"How?" Gaara asked again.
"Well... when Matsuri was training inside a forest, she heard moans and whimpers of pain. She got worried and checked it out. It turns out that it was the Wind daimyo's wife who got injured from falling off the tree. Without even knowing that it was the daimyo's wife, Matsuri healed her. After that, the daimyo's wife sent a letter to her husband regarding Matsuri to be the new princess of the Wind Country. Since it was to please his wife, he just agreed and adopted Matsuri for good." Yukata explained.
"Then why does she need our help now?"
"Matsuri knew about the daimyo's plan. Tonight is not just an ordinary party about the princess' debut. Haven't you noticed why most of the guests are males than females? Tonight will also be the night that men who wanted to marry Matsuri will propose to her. But, the choice is up to Matsuri. Matsuri will be the one to choose who will be her groom. Once she had chosen, their son would be the next Kazekage after you."
"Are you telling me to offer her marriage?"
"That's right. The heir to your seat will be your son. I will not let my friend marry someone whom she barely knew. Besides, Matsuri still wants to be back to her old life in Sunagakure."
"What if the situation's like this? What if Matsuri refused to accept all of the marriage offers they give to her?"
"Then... the daimyo will be the one to choose who he likes to be married to Matsuri."
"That would be bad. Matsuri being given off to another man like she's some kind of toy. I hate it."
Yukata saw a little hint of anger at Gaara's eyes. He was angry at how they treat Matsuri in this place. No wonder Matsuri doesn't like it here. She was waiting for someone to take her away that's why she told her friends about the current situation.
"The council sure will be proud that you married the Wind princess though they wanted your wife to be either their daughters or nieces." Yukata remarked with sarcasm which made Gaara chuckle at the thought.
"I don't care about the council. I'll marry Matsuri and make her my wife and that's final." Gaara stated and for the first time, Yukata knew how deeply Gaara cared for the ones who are special to him.
Gaara came back to their table leaving Temari and Kankuro confused. He just went out of the corner with Yukata and pretended that they didn't saw each other. Gaara sat at his chair and drank the water which was served to them while he was gone.
"What did you and Yukata talked about, Gaara?" Kankuro asked, curious as to what was exactly is happening.
"You'll see." Gaara said, placing his palms together and putting his chin above it.
They watched the females do the parasol dance. Matsuri just watched them with awe and Gaara could see the twinkle in her eyes that she loved how the way they would make slow shuffling steps and twirl around in different colors. Sari offered her a cup of tea and Matsuri immediately took it from her.
Even though she was enjoying the party, Matsuri can't help but think that this will be the night that she would choose who will be her future husband. She wanted to be free from the Wind daimyo but marrying somebody from this party would not help it. She wished that Sari and the others have already thought of an escape plan.
"Nice to meet you, Matsuri-hime." a female voice said to her.
She knew that voice. It was from someone she knew- rather, a friend of hers from the Sand. The Sand princess herself, Sabaku no Temari.
"Tema-" Matsuri was about to say but Temari placed her finger on her lip, signalling her to keep quiet.
"Do not call me by that name. Everyone will get suspicious. Pretend that you don't have any connections with us." Temari whispered to her then Matsuri nodded.
"Sabaku no Temari, nice also to meet you. Are you enjoying yourself?" Matsuri asked though she felt awkward talking to Temari like they don't know each other.
"Yes. Though, I want to talk to you in private." Temari answered.
"What do you mean by that, Sabaku no Temari?" Matsuri asked, getting confused at her words. Suddenly, some of her maids swarm around her like bees.
"Please don't harm our Matsuri-hime." the maid said.
"Oh, I mean no harm to your princess. I just want to talk to her." Temari stated, holding Matsuri's hands while Matsuri slips a folded paper in her hands.
"The talk would be reserved later. The daimyo have other plans for this evening. Just enjoy the rest for a while." the other maid replied.
Since Temari cannot do anything against Matsuri's maids, she just went away together with the paper that Matsuri handed to her while she was talking to her servants. Matsuri hoped that Temari would get the message she sent to her. After all, she was not the daimyo's living doll.
Temari went back to her seat and watched the people celebrate for Matsuri. Gaara looked bored already but he also looked like he was waiting but not for someone. For something.
"How did it go?" Kankuro asked which made the both boys look at her with curiosity.
"The maids interfered us. But, Matsuri made a message." Temari said, opening the paper.
"What does it say?" Kankuro asked again.
The boys got closer to Temari to read the message. It says "save me later." but Temari and Kankuro didn't quite get what the message was. Gaara, on the other hand, just sat on his seat and began to think of something. It looks like he have a plan in mind.
The music suddenly changed and then the daimyo stood with Matsuri at the altar together with his wife. It looks like there was an announcement but Gaara simply waited. Yukata shooted a meaningful glance at him and he nodded. The plan will be starting to unfold itself today.
"Since the princess is at the age of marriage, I believe that this is the time that she will choose her groom-to-be tonight." the daimyo announced.
Many whispers were heard. Most of the male population got really excited. The princess will be choosing her future husband on her own like choosing the sweetest chocolate among the rest. Gaara could clearly see that Matsuri was hiding her nervousness. It's too early for her to get married and she's not also ready for the responsibility of being a wife.
"This will be the rule. Men who wanted to offer the princess marriage must kneel before her and give her a gift then ask for her permission. After that, the decision will come from the princess. If you're asking if the princess does not choose any of you to be her future husband, then I'll be the one to choose." the daimyo added.
Temari and Kankuro began staring at the daimyo in disbelief. How dare he make Matsuri do things without her consent?! He's even forcing her to choose her future husband when marriage was not even in her mind right now. So this is what the message says. Matsuri is being forced to choose among the men at the party. If she doesn't chooses one, the daimyo will choose for her. What a shame.
"Anyone who would like to make a try in capturing the princess' heart?" the daimyo asked them.
Suddenly, a young man clad in an expensive kimono knelt before her. He looked handsome but Matsuri found him to be quite flashy.
"Please accept my gift. It's a new harp for you to play so that I could hear your beautiful melody at night." the young man said to her while his servants placed the harp in front of her.
Matsuri eyed the harp very well. Ever since the daimyo adopted her, he hired teachers to home school her. One would be a music teacher that taught her how to play the harp very well. She knows how to play the harp very well. She even bought a perfect harp for herself but she can't accept a brand new harp now.
"Forgive me, young man but I cannot accept your harp. I have my own harp and that is something I really adore very much. Thank you but I'm very sorry." Matsuri told the man.
The man was already broken hearted at what Matsuri said. Not accepting his gift is like saying she does not accept his marriage offer. The man then got his courage to speak since he haven't offered her marriage.
"Then Matsuri-hime, is it fine if I become your future husband?" the man asked, hoping that Matsuri would accept him.
"It's not fine. I do not want my husband to be quite flashy." Matsuri told him directly with a hint of sarcasm on her tone.
The man was more broken at her rejection that he went away, crying how helpless he was being rejected by the princess herself. The other women wanted to laugh since what Matsuri told him was true.
After the young man, there are men who started offering her gifts and marriage. She started to accept some like a white rabbit, a pair of simple earrings and a new harp case so that her harp would be kept in a safe place. But what wondered all of them is that she's not accepting their marriage offers even though the other men who offered marriage to her came from famous clans or a a high class ninja. She's only saying to some of them to stand by her so that she have a moment to think.
The only men left who were not giving her an offer of marriage were Gaara and Kankuro. The other people waited anxiously for the Kazekage's answer. They wanted to know if he will give her a marriage offer or if the one who would offer Matsuri marriage was Kankuro and not him. Yukata was beginning to worry. What if Gaara does not offer marriage to Matsuri? Their plan would totally fail.
"It seems that the princess has chosen some candidates to be her future husband. Is there still anyone else who would like to try?" the daimyo said.
Gaara got irritated. It seems like the daimyo's telling him to offer Matsuri a gift and propose to her. He is Sabaku no Gaara and no one orders the Kazekage what to do.
He stood up from his seat and walked towards the altar. He's gonna show the daimyo that he's not gonna tell Gaara what he wants him to do. The people around him are not chess pieces. Besides, Matsuri is not even his living doll.
He knelt before Matsuri which made everybody- especially her more surprised that she hid her face behind her sleeves. Is Gaara- her Gaara-sama, her former sensei, gonna offer her marriage or is he gonna talk to her like what Temari had done before? Matsuri's gonna take the latter.
"Don't hide your face behind those sleeves. It's a shame to hide that beauty." Gaara said looking at her.
Matsuri did as she was told. She showed her face to him and now she knew how she missed the redhead very much. The way those jade green eyes would look at her with affection. He also missed her but Gaara and Matsuri find it hard to act like strangers in front of other people.
"I give this perfume satchel to you. Wear it from now on as a sign of my love." Gaara said as he handed her the red heart-shaped perfume satchel.
She took it from his hands and blushed a little at the contact. She wore the satchel and smiled how beautiful it was. Well, everything that came from Gaara was already precious to her. Then, his next words surprised her more.
"Will you marry me, Matsuri?" Gaara asked her.
Matsuri was speechless at his question while everyone was surprised. They didn't know that the Kazekage already met Matsuri before. Unless they just happen to know each other but it cannot be. Why would you call someone by their name if you haven't known them for a long time?
Gaara was waiting for her answer. Her answer is the only way to end the plan. Even Yukata and the others are waiting. The escape plan will start to begin if she only answered "yes" but Matsuri looked like she was hesitating for a while.
"Oh why won't Matsuri agree already?!" Temari asked, getting impatient already.
They already got what Gaara was doing. That was the escape plan. He's gonna marry her and let her escape. Once she got her freedom, they will undergo divorce or maybe that was not Gaara's plan but the marriage was agreeing to it.
"Matsuri is also thinking." Kankuro said.
"Thinking?" Temari repeated and Kankuro nodded.
"She's gonna say yes, that's obvious when she eyed the satchel like it's a precious material. But, she's thinking of another hole in the plan. Gaara made a hole so that Matsuri could also think of an escape alternative. The daimyo is pressuring her to be married quickly." Kankuro explained.
Temari understood now the plan. Gaara will ask for her hand in marriage and make Matsuri think of another plan. Once she thought of a plan, her escape will be done. Now, Temari smirked at the sight before her. She already knew what Matsuri's next words would be.
"Then I, Kaze no Matsuri, accepts the marriage offer of Sabaku no Gaara, Godaime Kazekage." Matsuri said to Gaara.
The others cheered that the princess will be marrying the Kazekage. The other men were devastated while the other women envied her. The young kazekage will be marrying her. This made Yukata and the others cheer inwardly. Matsuri already said yes but she looked like she wanted to add something.
"But, I want things to go my way." Matsuri added, her face full of seriousness.
"What do you mean?" Gaara asked, hiding very well the hint of sarcasm in his tone. He really knew what she meant by her words.
"I will go to Sunagakure and live with you for a while. I want to know my future husband better. Including his family, of course. After a month, I will make a decision if I still want to marry you or not." Matsuri told him.
"What if not?" he asked, hiding his smirk.
"Then I will be the one to decide what I want to do for the time being whether my parents like it or not. Understood?" Matsuri made it clear for him.
"My pleasure, your highness." Gaara assured her, a grin plastered on his face.
All of the people cheered for them. Finally, the princess was getting married to the Kazekage but they didn't knew the real intention behind their words. Tomorrow, Matsuri will now gain her freedom thanks to Gaara and the others' help.
After the party, the daimyo told the Sand siblings to stay for the night. They will be the ones to take care of the things they needed and that is clothes and other necessities. The butler showed them their room and left to take care of other things. They placed their weapons beside the couch at the left and sat on the floor while Temari sat on the edge of her bed.
"That was close. What do we do now? Matsuri cannot go back in being a kunoichi of Suna yet. She's still the princess of Wind." Kankuro said, rubbing his shoulders.
"Kankuro's right, Gaara. Good thing she told everybody about her condition or else the daimyo will decide who she will be married to." Temari agreed at what Kankuro said.
"It's hard right now. It's not like I don't wanna get married but like Matsuri, marriage is not in my mind yet. I guess the only way is to wait for a month then Matsuri will reject my offer and she'll gain her freedom but that's impossible." Gaara explained to them.
"Impossible again?" Kankuro asked then Gaara nodded.
"Matsuri is already tied to the daimyo. She escapes here but she's still known as the princess. She cannot hide forever from him. All I need to do is marry her and live with her for the rest of my life." Gaara said.
"It sounds like a torture." Temari commented at his words.
"That's fine. Matsuri's my student. As long as there's no romantic feelings, we'll be fine." Gaara assured them.
"What if you fall in love with her or with someone else? Sure, it's a trouble." Kankuro asked him.
Gaara suddenly became stiff and glared at Kankuro that Kankuro flinched and tried to avoid his cold gaze. Temari looked at Kankuro like saying 'Idiot! You made him angry again'. Gaara just continued to look at him with his hard gaze and spoke.
"I don't have those kind of feelings for any women, got that?" Gaara said with his cold tone.
Kankuro just nodded. Gaara sure can lose his temper sometimes. He hopes that he won't finish his sentence too early. Who knows? Maybe when the time goes by, he fall in love or maybe he could just live like a monk serving Suna for all his life.
"Anyways, I'll talk to Matsuri later to clarify things about the plan. That's all." Gaara added.
"If that's what you say." Temari said.
There was a knock at the door. Kankuro stood up and opened the door to see who it was. It was the butler earlier. The butler handed them their night clothes. He took it and thanked the butler and closed then locked the door.
"What is it?" Temari asked.
"Nah, it's just clothes for the night. You should go change first, Temari." Kankuro said as he handed her night clothes.
Temari took it and went to the bathroom while Kankuro and Gaara waited for her. Suddenly, they all heard a loud voice of a girl- complaining something while they heard maids who are calming her down. Both of them stood up and went to the wall. They pressed their ears on it and heard clearly the conversation.
"Well... it's about earlier... with Gaara-sama." said a feminine voice.
The boys looked at each other with one thought in mind: Matsuri. Who knew that their room is only beside Matsuri's? Well it's a good thing since they could know if something bad would happen to her just in case.
"What about him?" another feminine voice asked. It must be Sari.
"I can't believe that I spoke to him like that, Sari!" Matsuri said while brushing her long hair.
Since Sari and the others are still pretending as servants in the daimyo's household, they also do what the others did. Sari was now fixing Matsuri's bed together with Yukata. She made sure that they'll only be the ones inside her room so that no one could hear about their conversation. To make things more private, she made Ittetsu stand outside at her door so that she would know if someone was coming.
"Shh! You're too loud. Gaara-sama and his siblings might hear you." Yukata told her.
"Sorry." Matsuri apologized.
"Anyways it's okay, Matsuri. Gaara-sama will understand. Of course the people sees you as the princess of the Wind so it's natural instinct for you to act like you're high and mighty." Sari told her.
"Besides, Gaara-sama already knew that you're pressured in doing this princess stuff." Yukata added.
"But still..." Matsuri said, already finished in brushing her hair.
"Matsuri, it's alright. Let Gaara-sama and the others do the plan and go with the flow. You'll get your freedom eventually." Sari told her.
"I hope so." Matsuri replied.
"Jeez you're not acting like your usual self. Three years ago, you always say that you have faith in Gaara-sama's powers. Now, you look like you doubt him. What happened to the Matsuri who was fangirling Gaara to the point that he got irritated?" Sari stated to her, confused at the sudden change in Matsuri's behavior.
They don't know what the daimyo and his wife did to Matsuri but when they met her again, she was a whole new different person. She's not the cheerful teenager that they used to be with anymore. She's now the princess. A stranger in their eyes. Looks like she matured enough for her age.
"Maybe it's because she realized now how an idiot she was before, fangirling at Gaara-sama..." Yukata and Sari thought.
But there are some of her habits that didn't died. Sure, she have matured but she still has the innocent and cheerful Matsuri within her so they were glad about it. Even though Yukata and Sari admired Gaara, they didn't pursued him like the others did. They knew that Matsuri has a big chance for him. Besides, Sari is more interested at Kankuro.
"Well, I'm not that girl anymore." Matsuri answered with a fake smile.
Sari and Yukata sensed that something was up. Just being reminded of that days, they knew that Matsuri would be breaking down in any minute now but they just let her show her feelings since it's for the better.
"I was an idiot before. I always pursued him but I guess fangirling days are over. There are more important things to do. Gaara will never feel those things to any women. Well maybe in the future but I don't want to wait and know if he'll feel those. I'm happy that he's happy. That's all." she added, a tear threatening to fall on the floor.
Gaara on the other side heard it all. He knew that another reason why Matsuri left is because she wanted to prove him that she's not the annoying girl who was fangirling him all the time.
"What do you know? You only realized that someone's important to you when they're already gone." he thought, feeling guilty that he had hurt Matsuri.
Now there's nothing left but regrets.
"Matsuri-" Sari said but stopped herself. There's no way in hell that her words would comfort her.
Matsuri blinked her eyes to stop the tear from falling and forced a smile at the two of them. She doesn't mean to leave and never write a letter to them about her journeys. The palace is making her busy that's why she had no time.
"Now go to sleep, Matsuri-hime." Yukata said to her in a sarcastic tone, hoping she would at least be happy.
Matsuri chuckled lightly then laid on her bed and pulled the covers to her body. Sari turned off the lights and the two girls closed the door and left with Ittetsu to their headquarters. Even though the only light present was the full moon, Matsuri still can't sleep. She has been thinking about what Gaara did earlier.
She knew deep down in her heart that Gaara doesn't have those feelings for her. Gaara only did that because he knew that she was in trouble about being chained to the daimyo for a few years. But still she hoped that Gaara had some sort of feelings for her. Ever since becoming his student, she continued to like him until she knew that she was in love with him but only showed that she was a reverent admirer of the kazekage and nothing more.
She sat at the edge of the bed and turned on the bedside lamp. She took the harp beside her bed and played a lullaby. Even though the others are asleep already, they wouldn't think of waking up at the music she was making. Unfortunately, she's not the only one awake.
Gaara also can't sleep. It's not because of the harp. It's because of what Matsuri said earlier. Gaara will not be able to have those feelings for any women. It's like she's saying that he's cursed in not falling in love with any women. It's not like Matsuri's blaming him either. He knew that she knew that he had really no feelings for her.
"What if you fall in love with her or with someone else? Sure, it's a trouble." he remembered what Kankuro said to him earlier.
If that happened, Gaara will never be able to work as a Kazekage very well. Those feelings of love are not important now. His village and the people dear him are important now.
Mustering up his courage, he performed hand seals and fade into the sand. Instantly, he's now in Matsuri's room, sitting at the floor. He saw how Matsuri concentrated on playing her harp. But he cannot wait for her to finish her melody so he spoke in his usual tone.
"Matsuri." Gaara called.
Matsuri suddenly flinched and looked down to see Gaara on the floor in an Indian seating position. Gaara was looking up to her, waiting for her to speak. Matsuri placed the harp gently on the bed and sat on the floor in front of him.
"What are you doing here, Gaara-sama?" Matsuri whispered loudly to him but not too loud to hear.
"I wanted to talk to you. About the plan." Gaara said.
"What about it?" Matsuri asked.
"With your current status as the princess of the Wind, I guess it's better if we already get married." Gaara told her.
"What are you talking about?" Matsuri asked, eyes widening. She's not ready for marriage. Sure she's still in love with him and even dreamt of being his wife but she's still young for those things. She still wanted to live her life freely.
"If you do things your own way, the daimyo will still control you. The only way is for the both of us to be married." Gaara explained.
"Then I will be tied to you?" Matsuri said which in turn Gaara nodded.
"Once you're already married with me, you do whatever you want. You'll be the Lady Kazekage and you'll be free from the daimyo's grasp." Gaara added.
"But still... the council. They'll force you to produce a heir." Matsuri protested.
"Then so be it."
Matsuri wanted to tell him how insane he was. Producing a heir?! Then if the council told them to produce a heir, Matsuri and he will... No! Matsuri doesn't want to think of those perverted thoughts. But if they were to do those, the reason won't be love. Just thinking of it makes Matsuri disagree with the marriage thing for it seems too boring for her.
"Are you alright, Matsuri?" Gaara asked, noticing her red face.
"I-I'm alright. If that would be for the better, I'll be fine with it but I want to spend the week before the wedding with myself and my friends. If that's fine with you..." Matsuri said with hesitation, afraid that her selfishness might ruin the plan.
"That's fine. After a week, the marriage will begin."
"If you say so."
After that, Gaara suddenly disappeared using his sand and Matsuri was left alone. Matsuri placed the harp inside the case and laid again on her bed. Eventually, she fell asleep wishing that everything will be fine.
Well that was a start~~
for all Filipinos who read this, read my wattpad story entitled Cantarella: The Devil and His Butterfly~~
anyways about the parasol dance, we danced it when I was in high school with my classmates...it's slow but it's awesome!
what do you say about my fic?
please review and I'll be open for criticisms and suggestions (just for editing this chap)
laters~
