Okay...this is my first Naruto fanfic ever...(I wrote this before "Lost & Found")...so I don't mean to confuse everybody, but you could consider this as a sequel to my first fanfic.
Now that that's clear (I hope...sigh) This takes place 3 years after the timekip, so if Hinata is 15 in Shippuden (after the timeskip) then she'll be 18 here. See what I'm saying?
This is a really cute fic! A lot of fluff though...especially towards the end. I'm a bit of a romance-hater so I don't know how I came up with this 0.o
What's sort of ironic is how I start to hate things but then end up becoming obsessed with them. (Like Dragonball Z, Naruto, Inuyasha...and now GaaHina.)
I wasn't truly convinced of this pairing until I read my two favorite fanfics by amazing authors:
Starr Yasato's "Sand Knight"
(5 stars and 2 thumbs up!)
Ame No Megami's "No Laws to Love"
(Absolutely hysterical! I must have read this story about 2 million times!)
But what really convinced me to write this fanfic was a fanart I saw by one of my favorite artists on – Daminitri, who drew two adorable GaaHina fanarts. That's when I started thinking...that's so cute! I think I see a story around that...hmm...
So really this fic is a pure work of inspiration and I am just an obsessed Gaara fangirl! I love Gaara:)
( Everyone: Okay...we get it already!)
This is going to be a long story...about 16 chapters.
(I'm in middle of writing chapter 15, it just takes me forever to type them up.)
And I have a cold now and college entrance exams, and SAT's, and AP Exams, so don't kill me if I take long with the next chapter...
I honestly try to make my fanfics as most in character as possible, Hinata is fairly easy to do this with, but Gaara is sooo much harder. Just remember...it's 3 years after the timeskip, so he's changed personality-wise (emotionally that is) even more.
Oh...and with each fic I'm going to write what song(s) I was listening to. Just for the heck of it...so maybe if you listen to it you'll sort of understand how I wrote it (?)...or maybe if you think I have bad music taste...then well, you won't listen to it --'
(I got the whole-music-thing-idea from Yasato-sensei, but honestly listening to the right music help me write.)
As the story progresses it gets better...so don't hate me or stop reading it if you don't like the first chapter. It does get better and funny later on...I promise.
Okay...here goes...I'm giving this my all. Yosh!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way, (just this storyline.) Kishimoto-sensei, who's totally amazing is the creator of this series. He owns all the characters...even Gaara. sniff
hugs Gaara plush
Also...thanks to all the people who read and reviewed my first Naruto fic (A GaaHina fic...what else? ) "Lost & Found"
I really appreciate your support:)
And my younger sister for listening to this story in the first place:)
Unexpected Love
Song: Awakening
Artist: Switchfoot
Chapter 1
The Kazekage was working late tonight again. He had to finish writing the alliance
papers to ensure a final agreement. After many battles, wars, and terrible bloodshed the land of clouds, Kumogakure finally agreed to sign a treaty of peace with Sunagakure. The Raikage had been stubbornly unyielding and disagreeable for the last decade or so, but now he seemed interested. Why was this? Perhaps it had something to do with the new Kazekage who had been chosen only three years ago. The treaty was coming along smoothly and tomorrow the Raikage would visit Sunagakure to make a final amends, by signing the treaty and shaking on it with the Kazekage.
Gaara sighed and rolled out his scroll. This sure was taking him a lot longer than he expected. The young Kazekage was only eighteen years old but he was already responsible for an entire village.
I wonder how my father was able to do this for so long, thought Gaara.
No wonder he was always tired...
Gaara yawned. Thinking about going to bed right now was a good idea, but highly unlikely. He couldn't rest until this was finished. These days Gaara was always busy.
Hey, Gaara! Do you want to come see my new house? Temari had just asked him the other day.
Temari had just gotten married to Shikamaru and was now living in Konohagakure. His older sister had asked him to stay the whole week. All Gaara did lately was work. He liked managing the entire village but, it could get to be as his brother-in-law was fond of staying – troublesome. Kankuro had just returned from a long and difficult mission. Now, he decided to go on vacation to the Land of Waves. Kankuro wanted to escape the heat of Sunagakure in the summer – during the day it was unbearably hot and at night it was freezing. While on vacation maybe Kankuro could even pick up a new girlfriend or two.
So Gaara was pretty much by himself, save for a few Shinobi guards and his advisors who slept in an adjoining apartment complex near the Kazekage mansion. Lately there were a lot of things on Gaara's mind. And probably the most nagging of all was the topic Baki had brought up to him just yesterday.
These days Baki had grown a lot more respectful to Gaara. Gaara had grown closer to his former sensei and now Baki remained one of his closest advisors and friends.
Flashback:
"Gaara-sama, we have an issue here."
"Yes, go on."
"To forge stronger alliances we must make stronger bonds. Well, I know this may be difficult for you, but it is essential. It provides a lasting bond between two countries and will make Sunagakure stronger politically."
"So...what is it, Baki? What's so important?"
"How should I say this? Er...well, Gaara-sama I've talked it over and over with the advisors and we think it's best you..." Baki hesitated.
"What?"
"You...that you get a wife. You know, get married."
Gaara gave him a worried look.
"You...you want me to get married?!"
"Um...er...yes...that is the general idea, Kazekage-sama. Please try to think about it."
Baki bowed politely and left the room.
Gaara could still not understand those words. What was getting married, anyways? Two people had a ceremony and lived in the same house. Gaara's father had always been the dominant parent, since his mother had died when he was born. But according to Temari, the wife's job was to set the husband straight. Temari believed that men just didn't know what they were doing. Gaara remembered her saying: "The women have the brains after all."
Gaara smiled to himself. He was getting pretty lonely here, maybe it wasn't so bad to have to share the Kazekage mansion with someone else. Or...maybe he was just listening to his sister too much. Gaara still didn't understand this love thing – was it how Kankuro drooled over girls. Was it how Naruto chased after Haruno Sakura all the time?
The young Kazekage couldn't even remember a time when he felt this 'love' thing for anyone of the female gender. Besides for that one time, which was so far ago it seemed almost non-existent. Nevertheless, it still remained at the back of his mind, gnawing continuously on his conscience.
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Hinata went to bed early. Tomorrow morning she would be going on a special mission. She wasn't sure of her exact job, (even now as a Chuunin, she could never make her missions go smoothly), but she was working on that. She would be accompanying Tsunade-sama, as a bodyguard, assistant and something else Tsunade wouldn't tell her until they entered Sunagakure.
As she lay in bed that night, she tried to stop herself from crying. That day she had saw Naruto confess his love for Sakura. She felt left out. Every time she approached Naruto he ignored her. She was already eighteen years old and still did not have a boyfriend, or a love-life for that matter. She hugged her pillow and forced herself to close her eyes and forget about it.
The next day Hinata left the village with Tsunade.
"Where's Shizune?" Asked Hinata, referring to the Hokage's usual assistant.
"Oh, Shizune." Said Tsunade with a slight smile.
"Her and her husband Genma decided to get away for a day. They're off in the Land of Waves. The weather is supposed to be great right now. Anyways Shizune's son, Kyo can be a handful sometimes."
Hinata smiled. Tsunade and her covered their faces with scarves, (after all Sunagakure experienced many sandstorms) and set out. Hinata wondered what her 'special mission' was and how the Kazekage was doing. She hadn't seen him in a while. Hinata pushed way the recurring memory in her mind; however this mission wasn't strictly business.
Three days later Hinata and Tsunade arrived in Sunagakure.
"Her you are Godaime Hokage and here is where your Shinobi bodyguard can stay." Said one of the Kazekage's assistants.
"Arrigatou." Said Tsunade.
The assistant bowed and left.
"Boy, these rooms are nice, eh...Hinata?"
"Yeah, this mansion is beautiful."
The recurring memory continued to bug her now and she could feel a blush creeping over her cheeks.
"Hinata, are you feeling alright?"
"Maybe I should go rest for a bit." Offered Hinata.
"Okay, but be in the conference room at eight o'clock tonight. Oh, and food will be brought to your room in one hour." Said Tsunade.
The woman turned on her heel and left. That only left Hinata with one hour to rest until her dinner came. She woke to an abrupt knocking at her door. She ate her dinner, showered quickly, changed into her kimono and came downstairs for the meeting.
The Hyuuga bowed and greeted Tsunade, the Raikage, and Sunagakure's various advisors.
"This is the Kazekage, I'm sure you met him before, haven't you, Hinata?" asked Tsunade.
"Hai, Tsunade-sama." She said with a faint blush on her cheeks.
"A-arrigatou-gozaimasu for allowing us to stay here." She said without looking at him at all.
"After two days here I'm sure you'll be glad to leave. The heat was enough to cause my siblings to make up excuses to leave." He said.
She could sense a slight joking mannerism from the sound of his voice. She looked up. A tall man wearing Kage robes stood in front of her. He wasn't wearing the traditional hat and his spiky bright red hair was clearly visible. He was just like she remembered him, except now his hair reached his neck.
"Eh? Hinata-san?" he said. Gaara flickered her a small smile. Hinata blushed.
"Umm, yeah..." she mumbled.
The treaty was signed and the Raikage left with his bodyguards. Overall, everything seemed to go smoothly. But inside, Hinata felt that were at least a hundred butterflies in her stomach. What was this special mission? And why...why couldn't she stop looking at Gaara? Okay...he was very good at negotiating and she respected him. He was still completely unpredictable even more than Naruto-kun. But she couldn't help it...Gaara was...Gaara was really quite handsome and... he was so nice to her. She couldn't help blushing around him.
Hinata took notes for Tsunade. Godaime was officially approving this alliance and using Konoha to back up Suna in the treaty one hundred percent.
"Hinata, it's getting late." Said Tsunade. "Why don't you go to bed?"
It was already eleven o'clock at night and Hinata was tired from the long travel. She went to her room and opened up a door that was supposed to be a closet, but instead led to a balcony.
"Wow." Said Hinata to herself. "It's beautiful out here." She could see the whole village from here. Suddenly Hinata felt strange. She turned around and Gaara was standing right behind her!
"Gaara-sama, w-what...what are you doing h-here?" stuttered Hinata.
"Just wanted to take a break from working…"
That's a total lie…and you expect her to believe that?
"Er...I just wanted to see how you're doing." Said a suddenly nervous Gaara, who slowly approached her...maybe this was a stupid idea after all...but he just had to speak to her, after not seeing her for so long...
Hinata almost swore she could see a pale red dusting across his face.
"So," he said standing next to her by the railing, "how's everyone?...how's Naruto? Is he still up and going?"
Hinata giggled. "Yeah." She said, "Everyone's okay...I heard your sister got married."
"Yeah." Gaara said, "But...I mean...how are you? How's everything?" He asked again.
"Umm...okay." Hinata said and she looked up at him. Gaara had definitely gotten taller.
It made him look so much more official…like a strong leader…Hinata thought.
"How...h-how is it to be Kazekage?" she asked him.
"I like it, but sometimes I can't stand it. It's like I can't just go out and travel, or just go somewhere, unless it's on a mission. I can never really take a break, I'm always busy. Gaara answered.
"I can't imagine being in charge of a whole village. I can barely manage being dependable Chuunin." She said quietly, poking her two index fingers together.
Gaara suppressed a small grin. Gaara barely even smiled, but she had made him grin?
"D-do y-you ever get lonely here by yourself?" she asked him.
Gaara's face expression changed to a more solemn one. He looked out onto the village.
"Yeah." Gaara said quietly. "Yeah, sometimes, but then I think about how this village is my home." He said looking at her, "And about all the people I have to protect."
She noticed how he looked out onto the village dutifully. This was his job – and he was giving it his all. She still remembered how barely three years ago he had died in order to protect his village – and then was brought back to life by Chiyo-basama. She felt a surge of respect and admiration for the young Kazekage. He was all the things that she wanted to be – and wasn't. He solemnly gazed out onto the village and then said: "At first, I wanted nothing to do with this village. All the people had shunned me – I was just a weapon to be feared, not a person. But, overtime I realized that not doing anything about it would just cause more pain and suffering. So...I decided to change that...to change the purpose of my existence...to protect the people important to me...so I decided to become Kazekage."
"But wasn't it hard? Why did you decide to do it?" Hinata asked quietly looking up at him. He turned to look at her.
"Yeah, believe me it was hard, but...if I worked hard enough towards it I believed that someday...someday the villagers would finally accept me. And then...I'd at last find my purpose in this world – to protect the people in my village."
Why is it so easy for me to talk to her?...She understands...
He must really care about this village. Hinata thought.
Just being this close to him made her so incredibly nervous. He was...really amazing after all.
Yes, like Naruto-kun, right? Her subconscious reminded her.
"Uzumaki Naruto taught me that...well, he was the first one who told me that you can change the way you live your life. Even...even if you were born with a monster sealed up inside up inside you...like me."
He looked at the shy Hyuuga, who smiled prettily up at him and said: "Naruto-kun's really amazing, isn't he, ne?"
Gaara's mind seemed to fall off balance, and he wasn't sure why. Her smile...maybe that was it. It managed to make him feel suprised, embarrassed, and a mixture of feeling both happy but uneasy.
How come I never felt this way before? He thought to himself. Just what was that?
"Uh...yeah." He said quietly.
"Well, h-he taught me that if you believe in yourself, you can become stronger." She said and then blushed looking down.
"Soka." He said quietly looking back out onto the village. He lifted his hand off the railing and it brushed against hers. It was purely accidental, yet it caused both of them to blush. Particularly Hinata, who managed to turn about five shades of red.
Gaara looked away embarrassed.
There it was again...What was that feeling?
"I..." he started, an apology on its way.
"I-i-i-t's okay." Hinata stuttered looking down at her hand that was still on the railing.
"Uh...it's getting late. I...I should get going."
"Um...okay then... Oyasuminasai, Gaara-sama."
"Oyasuminasai. Ja mate shita, Hinata-san."
And with that he was gone, leaving an embarrassed kunoichi in his wake.
Japanese words:
Ja mate shita: see you tomorrow
Oyasuminasai: goodnight (formal vs. informal "Sayonara!")...see you guys next chapter...Ja ne!
