Mercy Killing

Koi

"Why won't you call me 'Kairi-koi'?" I asked Gaara, sitting on his desk, on his paperwork, successfully preventing him from doing anything.

"Because we are not married," he replied simply. "Now get off my desk."

"No." I replied to his order. "So because we're not married, we're not together?"

"Not in sense." I narrowed my eyes at him.

"So that sneaking around behind your body guards in the pantry was…?"

"Sneaking around. Get off my desk."

"No." I leaned closer into him, feeling my anger slowly grow. "So it was nothing else?"

"What else could it be?" He replied. "Can you get off my desk now?" I shook my head.

"So, according to you, I'm nothing more than a fling?" His eyes widened when he realized his mistake.

"When did I say that?!" He barke. I narrowed my eyes.

"You just said all it was was sneaking around. It wasn't trying to be together, it wasn't because you actually feel something for me?!" He glared.

"No. I never said that. You're twisting my words."

"So you do feel something for me? You do care?" I challenged. He gave a heavy sigh, putting his head in his hands.

"You're not going to get off my desk anytime soon are you…?" He mumbled out. I threw up my arms in exasperation.

"Now you're avoiding it!"

"Kairi, get off my fucking desk, and out of my office," he growled. I crossed my arms and glared at him.

"No."

"Why not…?"

"Not until you tell me why you won't call me koi!" I answered angrily.

"That's what this is all about?"

"YES!" I snapped. "Stop acting like it isn't a big deal! You won't admit any feelings for me, though I do it on a regular basis!"

"How is that a big deal…?"

"IT FEELS LIKE A FUCKING ONE-SIDE!!" I screamed at him, fighting off tears. His eyes flew wide.

"Kairi, I do… I just… I'm the kazekage… I'm four years older than you… you're not even a legal citizen and…"

"So I'm in a fling with the kazekage because of my heritage and age?!" He winced.

"Don't phrase it like that. It's different."

"How?!" Gaara got on his feet, getting in my face, snarling.

"I have fucking responsibilities expectations, now get out of my fucking office before I have you escorted out." I narrowed my eyes at him, and got off his desk.

"Fine. Don't expect to be sneaking around with me anytime soon, though." He narrowed his eyes, pointing at the door.

"Out."

"Buh-bye, Gaara-koi," I teased, turning to head out the door. Before I had even set down my foot, sand had slammed me into the wall, knocking the air from me.

"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME THAT!!" Just then, Kankuro and Temari and four ANBU rushed into the room. Kankuro started shouting at Gaara as the sand fell. Temari caught me, resting me back on my feet. I shook out my arms and legs, before shoving past the ANBU and out into the hall.

As I neared the entrance hall of the mansion, Kankuro finally caught up to me.

"Kairi!" I didn't stop. "KAIRI!" I kept walking. "KAIRI…!!" He shouted, grabbing my shoulder, spinning me around. I turned around, yanking from his grip, and stood facing him, fighting off tears.

"Kairi, who started it this time." I crossed my arms and gave Kankuro a look. He rolled his eyes. "C'mon. You two have been fighting for almost two years now! Lay off it, all ready. I can't count how many injuries you've acquired from the fighting, not to mention the housing costs." I sighed, leaning against the wall.

"I know… I know… I just… ugh… He's so annoying. Arragont, too."

"I can't deny it, but you have your own faults too."

"Thank you. So flattering, Kankuro." He rolled his eyes.

"This is your guys' ninth attempt at a 'relationship', Kairi."

"All right. I'll try to stop fighting. Happy?" He nodded. "Now did you want anything else?"

"Yeah. Care to go clothes shopping with me? My treat."

"Sure. I have nothing better to do… Can we stop and see Jean-Claude." Kankuro rolled his eyes.

"Sometimes I think you two have a very unnatural relationship."

"He is a vampire."

"Touche, touché my friend."

"Ew."

"Why ew?"

"Touche is French for touch." Kankuro winced, and followed me out of the mansion and into the front sector of the courtyard.

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A/N: So the first chapter of Mercy Killing is up and out with a hot, angry start… I know. This story will have a lot of fights in it, and personally, I'm curious to who's sides people take in their fights. I can't really decide.

So what will happen next? How will the shopping trip go? Only time can tell…

I can tell you all now, Mercy Killing is going to be very fast-paced in the beginning, and probably pretty angry and angsty for a while, so sit tight, and I suggest seat-belts. And chains. And ducktape. Lots of ducktape. Maybe some gorilla tape too.

Also, for those of you who don't know, Koi is a suffix you usually give to the name of your lover/boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife. And yes, I do think there is differences between those things.

Review please, and I hope you liked it!