Sand blew through the air of the cold desert night. A man stood at the gate of the Village Hidden in the Sand. His raven black hair blew over

his dark eyes. It had been so long since he had been around here. His eyes emotionless but his mind racing with thoughts. Should he enter, or

should he just turn around, leave and never come back. Years had past since he had seen this man, a man he had found out to have become

Kazekage recently. He wanted to go congratulate the man but it had been many years since they had seen each other. He was unsure of how

he would be greeted. Would he be greeted kindly, or would the man be upset and force him to leave.

Sasuke Uchiha took a deep breath and walked into the village. He looked over the quiet town and sighed. It all looked the same, peaceful and

quiet. He slowly made his way to the Kazage's office. He stood infront of the door for a few moments, he slowly raced his hand to knock when

the door swung open. He gasped a little as he saw the man standing in front of him. He looked so much older and wiser. Of course, running an

entire village must do that to someone. He stood taller than before, his hair even looked a darker auburn that before. Sasuke could feel his

eyes widen at the sight of the man.

Gaara looked at the man in front of him, "long time no see... Sasuke.." His pale green eyes scanned the man. "What brought you all this way?"

He asked, his voice calm.

Sasuke sucked in a breath of courage and spoke, "I came to congradulate you." He straightened his back and nodded. He swallowed down his

nerves before continuing, "An I missed you Gaara... Did you miss me?" The nerves began to bubble up again as Gaara took his time on

answering his question.

"Why dont you come in? I am just about to finish my work then get a bite to eat before heading home. Wont you join me?" Gaara asked

simply. He was so emotionless and it was getting under Sasuke's skin. Yet, this is the way Gaara had always been, quiet, calm, cool, collected,

intriguing, inviting. Sasuke could study him for hours.

Sasuke nodded, "Yes sir." He walked past Gaara and into the room. He had a seat infront of the desk which was stacked high with papers.

Gaara came around and sat behind the desk and started sorting through his papers. Sasuke bit his lip, "You never answered my question...

Lord Gaara..."

Gaara's pale green eyes slowly shifted up to look at Sasuke, "If I didnt miss you Sasuke, would I have even of opened the door? I think you, of

all people should know that. Now my question, after all these years... why do you miss me now?" He asked, his voice still emotionless.

Sasuke thought this over for a moment, "Well, sir, I never stopped missing you."

"Then you wouldn't of left." Gaara stated simply, sifting through his papers and putting them all in the correct files.

Sasuke sat there, stunned for a moment. "Uhm.. well, I guess you can say I have gotten over my hunger for power." He said, satisfied by his

answer.

"So you came to the most powerful man in the sand village?" Gaara stopped and looked into Sasuke's eyes, piercing through them. Sasuke's

heart fell.

"Like I said I came because I wanted to congratulate you..."

"And because you missed me?"

"Yes, and because I missed you."

Gaara nodded slowly, "Well, Mr. Uchiha." He murmured as he stood slowly. He made his way over to Sasuke and beckoned him to stand.

Sasuke did as he was stood and stood before the man. Though Gaara was a few inches shorter than Sasuke, Sasuke felt nearly intimidated by

him. Gaara's hand lifted slowly and moved some of the hair out of Sasuke's face, "Your hair has grown since I last saw you." His said in his

slow tone. Sasuke nodded slowly, feeling almost like a small child with a crush on a older boy. His dark eyes stared up into the other mans

pale green ones. "Shall we go get something to eat?" Gaara asked quietly. All Sasuke could do was nod and follow the man as he left the

room and walked through the silent streets of the Village Hidden in the Sand.