How it Feels to Fall in Love
By: xPeaceful Blissx
Dedicated to: 2much4dis!
Disclaimer: I don't own this coupling, or the anime. But I do own the plot, the very evil plot bunnies, horrible spelling/grammar and such forth. But 2much4dis owns this for today. :]
Summary: "Do you, Saboku No Gaara; take Rock Lee to be your lawful wedded wife?" "I do" Now nobody saw this coming did they? What the hell has the world come to…?
Who ever thought that Kazekage Gaara of the Sand Village would fall in love with a crazy sensei obsessed boy in a green spandex suit when he came to do a 4 month long 'A' Ranked mission? What's the mission you ask? To pretend to be husband and wife. Oh damn, all hells going to break loose. GaaLee-centric, side pairings along the way.
Points to get across: Yes, there will be being the occasional link of Naruto and Kyuubi talking, as well as Gaara and his demon. I want Gaara to have his demon in this one. It might be a bit AU-ish sometimes, but I still want it to follow a nice ninja plotline, I'll try my best to get these two characters as them selves, but if it's a bit OOC, then I'm sorry. ^^'
Everyone gathered around in the beautiful garden. The roses were in full bloom, and the white petals floated around in the air. It seemed to be moving with them. The way the petals glided and swayed, made them dance gracefully. Small children voices could be heard, and adult laughter filtered the air melodically. Violins and harps added its soft yet piercing parts of chords and notes to the wonderful music that's musing in with the air and its fruity smell.
"Stupid, fucking dumb asses" Chi thought to herself, "How can these people not know that this music seems to have no feeling, like a real wedding would. Selfish bitches. Ya'll suck." She sat on the sidelines, next to Saboku No Gaara, the Kazekage of the Sand Village. Not many people get to be close to the Kazekage like she does. And she definitely knows that he's not happy about what's happening now.
"Do you, Rock Lee; take Saboku No Gaara-sama to be your lawful wedded husband?"
The bowl-haired cut boy squirmed a bit as he answered quietly. "I do"
The priest before them then turned to the red haired man standing next to the other boy. "Do you, Saboku No Gaara; take Rock Lee to be your lawful wedded wife?"
"I do" Was the emotionless reply, which made the other male beside him flinch slightly, but unnoticeably. The priest smiled for the umpteenth time today as he said the words proudly, "You may now kiss your bride!"
Cheers rang throughout the air, as the two eloped within each others grasps, and kissed each other. To the viewers, it looked like a passionate kiss. But to Chi, she knew that it was a rehearsed one… with no feeling. They broke the kiss off, and stepped away from each other, mouthing: It's only for our mission, nothing more.
--Almost exactly 2 months ago.;;
An almost un-human scream came from the Hokage building in Konoha, the Village hidden in the leaves, that sent some of the villagers into their homes, and ninjas that were about to attack, running back with their tails between their legs. Birds flew away quickly, as animals and bugs alike ran back into protective places around the area. No one knew why the scream sounded like it did, but they knew that if it came from the Hokage's office, that means something must have gone down.
"WHAAAAAAAAT!?!" a stunned cerulean eyed boy and an equally stunned bushy eye browed boy yelled simultaneously.
One threw his hands up, while the other planted theirs on top of their leaders' desk. Shaking his head wildly, the only hyperactive knuckle-headed ninja, Naruto Uzumaki, was the one with his hands on the desk; the other, Rock Lee, was the one who's hands were up in the air really forgetting where he was and who he was talking to.
The busty blonde, with her auburn eyes pierced both boys silent, with a killer death glare that can compare to the infamous Uchiha glare if you shall say. Nervously, both boys stood before her desk once more in formal posture which was to stand straight up. Beads of sweat began to poor down Lee's face, as Naruto began to bite his nails.
"Now, do not cut me off again. Do you hear me! I want to get this over with as soon as possible. So we could have these villages off of our backs. Do you want us to go to war for no reason!?" The woman yelled to the two.
Lee straightened himself even more as he replied, "Yes, Tsunade-sama!!" While the other, just slouched a bit while grumbling out, "Yes Baa-chan." A big vein began to pound on the top, left corner of the one they called Tsunades' forehead. She slammed her hands onto her desk, cracking it in the middle a bit, as she yelled "SHIZUNE!!! BRING ME SOME SAKE. NOW!"
The young female staggered into the room with the shot glass and the fresh bottle of sake in her shaky and pale-ish hands. Placing the items on the table, she did a quick but polite bow, hurriedly ran out of the room, and closed the door with a soft clunk. As the attention turned back to the chocolate eyed woman, the room became eerily quiet. A quick gulp and a sigh cut through the tension, as she began talking again.
"Now I know that you will not like this mission, I can already tell by the un-human scream from Lee himself, and the weirdly quiet expression Naruto had on earlier. Listen, and listen carefully, because I will not repeat this again." Both boys nodded vigorously as they listened…neither of them trying to make a loud sound.
"It seems that the villagers of Sunagakure are trying to revolt against Kazekage Gaara, because they don't seem to trust that he can love anyone else other than himself. DON'T-" she said quickly, before her only little grandson Naruto could say anything. "Cut me off, let me continue please." Naruto nodded as Lee made no movement, and she continued.
"Now… for this to get better…Gaara and I met each other for a secret meeting and discussed matters before this was made. We even found out that most of the other villages don't completely believe our contract with each other. So they wanted to get a somewhat permanent way of proving that the villages are loyal to each other. Even though that the village should trust him by now because of how well he's been protecting it… we've both decided that we're going to chose someone to send off and so call 'marry' Gaara. It's going to be a forged marriage, so the villages and village people can leave us alone."
Naruto looked towards Lee, as Lee did the exact thing back at Naruto. As they did this, the Hokage herself hid a smirk behind her hands. Clearing her throat, she voiced once again, "Now this is were you come in… Lee" She noticed that Lee was going to protest but kept his mouth shut tight, Naruto was even quiet… and that was to be expected.
"We know that you two haven't been on the best of terms, but we thought that you'd be the first person to send over. The only other person that could possibly hold out on Gaara is Naruto. But having two Jinchurikis together would create an even bigger problem." Tsunades' voice held authority, which answer Naruto's pending question. She placed the cup into the drawer, and took big gulps of her sake before she continued.
"We couldn't think of any other person that has really communicated with Gaara like you two have. But, I think Lee has enough will power to get through this. Since that's settled, I shall tell you about the mission. It is A ranked, top priority. You will be spending 4 months in the Sand Village and living with the Kazekage himself." Taking another chug of sake from the bottle, already trying to prepare herself for the pending aguement that was going to happen after her explanation was completed.
"The first 2 months, you will spend time with each other, and get to know one another well. By the beginning of the 3rd month, you both will be 'eloped' and carry out the duties of a married couple. By the end of the 4th month, everyone should be off of us by then."
"So once that's over, you can have a little squabble and divorce. But if anything happens between that time, we may have to prolong it to make it more convincing. Yes, you will have be holding hands in public, affectionate touches and caresses, even the occasional kissing. You will have to convince people. Some of the villages Kages might visit so you'd have to make sure to be convincing."
"You will not need to pack anything, except your weaponry and headband. It's the perfect time to start, since this month is ending. By the end of this week, you will need to be ready to head out to Sunagakure by the afternoon. Got that?"
The boys were too stunned to reply. What the hell was the world coming to?
Ah yes, the prologue is finished. The actual chapter with their replies to Tsunade's whole speech will be soon. Gosh 2much4dis, I pulled an all-nighter like you did. XD Sorry it came out later, kinda got carried away with a few friends' birthday calls. LOL! Shame on me. Hope you enjoyed it!
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