The Enigma Of Your Persona

By: saihei

Disclaimer:"I don't own Naruto!"

Summary:Have you ever wonder how Gaara could possibly have a love story...well, since I'm wondering myself I wrote this fanfic to unleash my imagination about him as being a natural in-love guy. This is a story about the kazekage of the sand meeting his future wife. I am not so good with summary, please just read it! Thanks!

Pairings : NaruHina x GaaAzura x SasuSaku x ShikaIno x NejiTen

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CHAPTER 1: "The day I met her"

Conference room;

"How old is he again?" One of the Suna advisers asked again to Kankuro.

"He's 21 years old damn it! How many times do I have to answer that same question!?" Kankuro exclaimed as his sister smacked him on the head. "What?!"

Temari glared to his brother. "Shut up okay; are you that stupid to even forget that the one you're shouting at is one of our country's advisers?"

"Ump! But he keeps asking that damn question! What's wrong if Gaara is 21 years old, I'm 23 so what's the problem hah sis?" Kankura retorted.

The old adviser coughed as the siblings fight before him and the other advisers. "That is the problem."

Both Temari and Kankuro eyed the old man.

The old man stared back to the siblings as he noticed that he already has their attention. "It's only normal for a kazekage to already have a wife when he reached 18, and Gaara-sama doesn't even have a special friend...and he is 21."

Temari squinted with the idea of his youngest brother having a girl. "You want me to laugh huh? You know him better than anyone of us here, since you've been watching him ever since he was born...and you also know that he has this very 'biiig problem' in coping up with normal people." Temari stress the word BIG to emphasize her statement. "And you expect him to have a wife? You're crazy."

"He's quite normal now you know sis." Kankuro commented.

The oldest among the advisers stood up and stared to Temari. "You have to go to the minor of the Mikage."

Temari brows twitched. "The Mikage; the clan who holds the seal of shukaku?"

The adviser nodded. "The heiress of the clan who inherit the seal is the only one, meant to be the kazekage's wife...Gaara-sama has the shukaku inside him right, it's only natural that the one he'll be spending his life with is the one who understand his situation." The adviser turned around. "I have already informed the clan."

Kankuro snickers. "Fine, I want to see her now, let's go sis!"

"What's her name? And how can we be sure that she's the one who has the seal?" Temari asked.

The adviser smiled. "She has a red gem embedded in her neck, the name is..."

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"You're Mikage Azura?" Kankuro asked. He eyed the young woman standing before him. She has a long wavy dark hair tied in a ponytail. Her eyes are color light blue tinted with black lines. And she stood so straight like a commandant who's always on the go to give orders. But she is smiling. "Are you sure?"

The young woman laughed. "Yes I am, look." Azura point to the gem embedded at the left side of her neck. "I'm the only one who has this, I am Mikage Azura."

Temari looked at Azura with serious eyes. "And you know why we're here?"

Azura nodded. "To tell me that I'll be the kazekage's wife. I already know that...since birth."

"And you're okay with that? Are you aware who's the Kazekage is?" Kankuro asked, bemused.

"I am a sand shinobi too, of course I'm aware of that." Azura answered. "He's Gaara...and you are Temari and Kankuro, his siblings."

Temari smiled. 'This girl is tough I guess.' "So since you seemed like you're not even afraid of my brother, can we go now? You have to meet him."

Azura simply nodded and followed the siblings as they both began to leave. They are obviously heading to the kazekage's tower.

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Inside the Kazekage tower;

"Um?" That's all Gaara could utter as his siblings finished the explanation and focus to Azura. "Wife?"

"Yeah, the advisers told us that you are required to have a wife since you're 21 years old now." Kankuro said with a mocking smile.

Gaara began to walk closer to Azura. Azura on the other hand just stared at him with calm eyes. Temari started to feel apprehensive. Although Azura is just a mere shinobi, the fact that she's the only one who could lock the shukaku gave her the clear idea that next to Gaara's significance is Azura. And she can't read her brother's mind. Did he hate the idea of the fix marriage or not?

Gaara's monotonous voice distracts her thinking. "Hi."

Azura smiled and bowed her head, showing her respect to the head of the country. "Hai! Doozo yoroshiku!"

Gaara smiled. The knowledge that Azura did not show any fear of him, somewhat made him feel glad. The 2nd regular person from his land who did not shiver upon looking at him; the first one was his student, Matsuki...and now this strange woman who came from the clan who holds the seal for the monster inside of him. "Wife?"

Azura nodded and grabbed Gaara's right hand. Both Temari and Kankuro looked at Azura with their widened eyes.

Gaara stared at the hand which enveloping his right hand. 'My defense did not activate?'

Azura smiled. "You don't have to worry about it, it's just a name, even though we've been forced in this idea I will not force you to like me...let's think of it as a mission okay?"

Gaara moved his darkened eyes to the smiling woman and nodded without thinking first.

Temari began to feel her shaking knees, she held on to Kankuro's shoulder. "I think I'm gonna faint..."

Kankuro tried to speak. "Anou...Gaara, do you accept her...as your f-future wife?"

Gaara deviate his gaze to his brother. "Alright." He returned his gaze to Azura. "She looks like she's not afraid of me at all...I wonder."

Azura let go of Gaara's hand and put it on her hips. "Why would I? Your sand will not hurt me...the shukaku respects me as the only person who could seal him...this is the reason why I've been chosen to be your fiancée; Because we could interact without your sand trying to defend you." The dark haired woman said with a large smile on her face.

Gaara just nodded.

"So this is why the old geezer said that she's the only one who is meant for Gaara...she's the only one who could approach him without any anxiousness that Gaara might kill her." Kankuro stated with a rather straight face. "Geez..."

Gaara watched Azura made her out of the room and stared to his older sister who's currently having a trouble in standing straight. "She did not say goodbye, that's inappropriate right?"

Temari unconsciously nodded.

Outside the room;

Azura examined the entire place with glee. This is the first time she entered inside the Kazekage's tower. "It's not that scary like what it's seemed outside." She smiled and began reading the words that were neatly carved on the wall. "Oh...I see...the names of the past Kazekages of Suna. Cool."

"Hey!" A female voice called out to Azura.

"Um?" Azura stared at the blonde woman who called her attention. "Temari-san?"

Temari approached the dark haired girl with her hands on her hips. Her eyes were miffed and serious staring at her. "Are you sure you're okay with this? Do you understand the whole idea?"

Azura nodded.

"AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT?!" Temari finally bursted out, after all this idyllic calmness that Azura is showing. She's the one who can't understand anything at all. Azura pinned a quizzical look on her as Temari continued her unintended interrogation. "Gaara also known as the hidden weapon of the sand, who has a monster inside him and the one who had killed many shinobis...is the one...WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT HERE! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME WOMAN!?"

Azura's eyes blinked and her head budged a little to the right. "What's your problem? Are you telling me that I should not marry him? Because he has a monster inside him...but he's the Kazekage." Azura smiled and raised her head. "He's the strongest man in Suna, and marrying him is not a problem, like I said it's just a name. No feelings involve, we doesn't need to be physically and emotionally connected, so technically speaking this thing means nothing to me...I take it as-a-mis-sion, got it?" Azura nodded her head and smiled at the still stunned Temari.

"A...mission?" Temari repeated. "That's it...just that?"

Azura once again nodded.

"You'll be stuck with him for the rest of your life...you'll be the one to stand at his side whenever there will be a 3 long hours of meeting with daimyou and advisers...you'll never be allowed to go on missions again. You'll become his shadow...and you're okay with it? You're throwing away your future just like that?" Temari said directly to Azura.

Azura once again smiled and nodded. "All I want is a peaceful life. I don't like the idea of going on missions anyway...this is good for me base on my own perception."
Temari once again found herself speechless; her mind began musing...'is this girl is really this strong, or she's just plain stupid?' "W-wakatta. Alright...then." Temari stood straight, put her right hand on Azura's shoulder, took a deep breath and smiled at the younger woman. "Welcome to the family."

Azura smiled and nodded.

To be continued

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AUTHOR's NoTE: Thank you for reading! Please R & R!