Chapter one
"Gaara-sama…come on please?????" The young girl asked as she walked with her close friend and former sensei.
"Matsuri…for the last time I have to do papers for the up and coming graduates of the academy and prepare the paperwork for the chunnin exams in the village this year…I can't possibly spar with you today." The young Kazekage said as he tried to get to his office before she could lock the door and force him to stay out and spar with her. Of course he could climb the side of it with his sand but he hated getting her mad…she was like his sister, Temari, when she got pissed hell she'd make the toughest of ninja cower in fear…even him…the fearless Kazekage. Alas as he was thinking about this the door had already been locked.
"Gaara-sama…looks like your door is locked…hehehe…what are you going to do now?" she said somewhat innocently as he could completely tell that she did this.
"One of these days I'm gonna get a secret door that you won't find…EVER!" He said frustrated as he followed her to the training grounds. 'The sun is really bright today' he thought as he walked to the encaged area.
"Oi! Gaara- sama watcha thinking about?" Matsuri asked looking at his concentrated face.
"Nothing…"
"You ready to get a beat down?" She asked playfully tempting him to drop a pile of sand on her.
"And what makes you think that you can get me this time Matsuri?" he said as he whipped out his sand and wrapped her ankle in it.
"This does…WATER STYLE…WATER TSUNAMI JUTSU!"
"!!!"….'Whoa…didn't see that coming…' Gaara thought as he swiftly evaded the attack.
"Matsuri…never attack with your best move first…use genjustsu when you do that…weaken the attacker first then strike."
"….Hai Gaara-sama!...." A smirk appeared on her face… *Crack!*
"What the?...A shadow clone ehh?" Gaara said as he quickly created a sand clone to substitute. ' She really is quite good…maybe I should assign her a team…then again she never sees attacks from below' As he thought that a whip of sand, much to Matsuri's surprise, came from beneath the ground and grabbed her ankle.
"Hehehe…Gaara-sama..that won't work on me anymore." And with that she turned into a log.
"Okay…maybe she did get better at that…" Gaara said as he began to listen for her but was interrupted by the annoying Kaziki…
"Lord Kazekage!...The Elders wish to speak to you." Kaziki said as he appeared before them.
"Very well tell them I shall be there momentarily Kaziki."
"Hai!" Kaziki said as he vanished.
"Gaara-sama…thank you for coming today." She said as she hugged him as a thank you..something that surprised him and caused him to blush a little.
"Hn." He said as he vanished into the air with his sand.
*At the tower the elders brief gaara on the situation….*
"Lord Kazekage, you are aware of the Akatsuki correct?" An elder asked as the meeting began.
"Hn."
"They may be making their first move soon, we believe they will attack either Konoha or here first." Another said
"Hn…we must strengthen our defenses and post guards at every entrance and send word to Konoha to strengthen their forces as well." He said coolly while in his mind he became worried for his village. What might happen in the future may be his fault for having Shukaku within him. Still he kept his composure "I will not allow any villagers to be harmed…I will sacrifice my life for them." He said…the elders watched in admiration as he showed his true heart and love for the village.
Without his knowing, Matsuri, being the curious teenager with a crush on the Kazekage, was listening to this meeting. ' Gaara-sama…' she thought as she heard him say that with get admiration. 'He really has changed…he's not the evil little demonic guy I knew years ago…he's…amazing.'
"Very well then Lord Kazekage, we shall send word to Konoha and prepare all ninjas who are not on missions to be stationed at the outsides of the village… Meeting adjourned." One said and with that they left the room. Gaara however remained there to ponder his thoughts.
'I must prepare myself for this…it'll be a battle between life and death. I will not lose this fight I refuse to let my village be destroyed… "I will not let any harm come to the villagers…especially my family and Matsuri…Matsuri…I will protect you with my life….count on it…." He said as he left the room to go home to an even worse battle then the one to come….Temari's cooking vs his ability to hold it down….(DUNDUNDUN)
'Gaara... you won't need to protect me… I…I will not let you down..I'm not the weak spineless girl that you trained anymore… I am a shinobi of the sand village!' she thought and with that she went off to the training grounds.
*END* Okay so the next few chapters will be up in a while…no later than 11/5/09…pinky promise… if you liked it or had suggestions please leave some comments!