Lenia:Salvete my lovelys! I am going to present a new story, I recently came across this pairing and was like "OMG THIS IS AMAZING!" and then I fell in love with it because I am in love with Gaara and Ino is my favorite girl in Naruto.

Ino: Damn Straight!

Gaara: On to the story?

Lenia: Yes my lovees, I have written a GaaIno for your viewing pleasure, please let it be known if you dislike the pairing you don't have to read it I am not forcing you, I wish to let everyone have their preferences, Just like I have mine.

Gaara: Like your Yaoi and Incest?

Lenia: Yes like those...

Ino:Neji and Hinata look so adorable together! ^-^

Lenia: Yes they do, but on to your story. Would you do the disclaiming and warning honors

Ino: Okay! So Lenia does not own Naruto or any of the characters, this is just a fan fiction and she is in no way making money from it. She is only writing this for fun. And in warning there is minor yaoi, and of course rated M for later chapters as always ^-^ Enjoy!

Lenia: There may be some slight OOCness I try to stay as true to the characters as I can, If it seems OOC to you I'm sorry!

Gaara: On to the story.


Chapter one-The King of Suna and The Slave of Konoha

Gaara was the king of Suna, even though he was youngest of his family, he was chosen. He ruled like a good king, gentle, understanding, and with an iron fist. But he was still lonely. His sister had married a noble from Konoha when they were still young; she visited often but her husband kept Temari to himself. Kankuro was engaged in a tryst with one of the slave boy's Gaara had gotten as part of a truce agreement between him and Queen Tsunade of Konoha. Gaara was very much alone.

One day the prince of Konoha came to see Gaara; Prince Naruto was a very happy boy, blond, hyper, and much too happy. He was very intelligent though he didn't look it. The prince bowed to Gaara, as all did, even visiting royalty and nobles. The prince had with him two slave girls. Once had pink hair and the other an attractive blond. Naruto had to force her to bow to Gaara. The king was amused with this girl. The other had been compliant, and very unmemorable. He would remember the blond because she had defied his power.

Naruto hopped onto the throne next to Gaara's.

"How goes it Gaara?" He asked. Gaara shrugged, paying attention to the blond slave. She was pale, had baby blue eyes, and to him looked incredibly fragile. He knew she wasn't, Naruto didn't appreciate fragile things, and he liked them to be strong. This girl was obviously very strong. "Her name is Ino." Naruto offhandedly mentioned. Gaara looked to him then, away from the girl.

"How did you know I was looking at her?" Gaara asked in his deep monotone.

"She's glaring at you; she only glares like that when someone is staring at her." Naruto motioned and Ino was indeed glaring daggers at Gaara.

"I apologize." He said. Ino looked away.

"She used to be noble. Her family lost everything, in order to plead for mercy for them she sold herself as a slave." Naruto said looking fondly upon the girl. "She's one of my favorite, she's pigheaded and stubborn, but she tells the truth, I have never heard a lie come from her lips, no matter how horrible the situation or how much I wanted one. I've never seen her cry either, not even when her parents got all their money and status back and disowned her. She just wished them well and came back to the castle." He said. The girl turned her baby blue eyes on the king and prince then turned back to where she had been facing. Gaara turned to Naruto and the blond was looking at the slave.

"I have information on Sasuke." He said, the brighter blond's eyes were on him now.

"What." He asked almost breathless. Gaara looked around and then back at Naruto.

"I'm not supposed to say anything but he'll be here for the ball tonight." Gaara said. "It has been rumored he is coming for a certain blond, but we can't be sure." The red head said. Naruto's eyes lit up.

"You're sure!" He exclaimed, causing the slaves to turn to their elated master. Gaara laughed at his friend, a deep chuckle that sent a pleasurable chill down Ino's spine.


She held in actually acknowledging the chill, she instead focused on the face of her master. Naruto only looked that happy for one person, Sasuke.

"Sasuke's coming back." She whispered to Sakura, the pink haired girl picked up her head then.

"What! How would you know pig?" She asked.

"The Prince's face, he only looks that happy when Sasuke is around." Ino said pointing to Naruto. Sakura looked up and saw that the prince was indeed filled with exuberant happiness only the black haired noble could make him feel. Just then said noble came into the throne room, Ino and Sakura scrambled off the steps and stood behind where Naruto was sitting.

"You're Highness. Prince Naruto." He said nodding to each in turn as he bowed. Gaara nodded to the Uchiha and Naruto blushed. Gaara stood and walked down to where Sasuke was standing and the black haired man kissed his ring. It was a humbling thing, although Gaara hated it as much as Sasuke did. The nobleman straightened and walked to Naruto, kissing the palm of the blond man's hand, something usually done to a lady's hand. Naruto didn't seem to mind. Just then two Suna women came in and one beckoned to Sasuke the other to Naruto, the women in Suna weren't usually allowed to talk in presence of the King, lest their voices charm him. That was not Gaara's law though. One woman took the prince down a hall and Sasuke was escorted down a totally different hall.


"Here is your room prince." the woman said in a melodic tone that would have any man fall at her feet. Naruto was not one of them, he was however mesmerized by the room, and it was covered in dark orange, his favorite color, although he preferred a lighter, brighter shade. Ino went to the mirror in the corner and looked into the mirror picking up the brush and combed through her locks, for the first time since she was a noble she was worried about her appearance. Naruto stopped marveling at the room and approached her; he placed his hands on her shoulder.

"You look pretty enough; you don't have to do anything." He said and she caught a mischievous glitter in his eyes.

"I don't know what you're talking about my lord, I was simply brushing my hair because it was becoming snarled and I dislike walking about with a rat's nest on my head." She said putting the brush down, he hair hardly ever got mussed, so both the prince and his other slave knew Ino was lying.

"If you say." Naruto said walking back to the middle of the room. "Look at this room! Is it not amazing?" He said twirling and laughing. Ino smiled fondly on her master, sometimes he was such a child, others he was as he should be, and others more he was lovesick and crying in her arms about Sasuke, still others he was the strongest man anyone had ever to see. "As for you though, why were you primping?" He said turning back to the blond beauty. She looked for an escape, but Sakura was holding guard at the door and Naruto had her backed into a figurative corner.

"I felt as if I needed it, is it not okay for me to want to look my best after traveling all this way?" She asked feigning innocence. Sakura laughed from the doorway.

"She is primping for a man my lord." She said in her annoying (to Ino at least) voice.

"What Man?" Naruto asked interested, he knew of Ino's longtime childhood crush on Sasuke.

"The king, my lord." Ino said in a small voice. Though Naruto did not hear the words he did hear there was no S anywhere in the sentence and that was enough for him. He left his slaves to their own devices as he strolled out the room in search of his longtime love Sasuke.


Lenia: SasuNaru is another of my favorite pairings. Like I said if you dislike don't read. I am painfully aware of how short this is. I try to make them long but it ends up not being how I want it so I have to make them short.

Ino: Not to mention you enjoy hanging people of cliffs no matter the size *examines nails*

Lenia: . That too...

Ino: Review please! She feeds off of them! Like a vampire feeds off blood.

Lenia: *pokes canine tooth* I am a vampire though...

Gaara:...Okay then...We hope you enjoyed it and will stick around for the next chapter...If Ino lives...Lenia do not bite your main character!