The Desert Wild Flower of Suna

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, I only own the ooc characters in this story.

Chapter 2

[Darina's P.O.V]

We all were crouched behind a tree trying to formulate some sort of plan. Mere hours ago we were instructed by Kakashi to try and get those stupid bells from him once again. This time however he wasn't getting any time to read that stupid book of his and I was enjoying that immensely.

"Can't you like…I don't know use a powerful genjutsu on him, Darina?" I looked at my twin. His hair was longer and looked almost like our father's hair. I scratched the back of my head.

"uh…well you see in order to get here so fast I had to use a lot of chakra to turn a three day trip into a three hour trip instead…Plus I already used pretty much the rest of my chakra trying to nail a hit on him." Naruto's face fell before he sharply looked up at us all.

"I got it!" He quickly told us his plan. I could tell Sasuke looked skeptical and I didn't disagree with him. Sakura had an evil glint in her eyes as she stood ready to put the plan into action. I stood as well while Sasuke and Naruto remained crouched.

Sakura and I scanned the area looking for our old sensei. I smirked as I found the barest of traces of Kakashi's chakra. I motioned for Sakura to follow as I took off towards Kakashi's hiding spot. Once close I focused the last bit of chakra I could spare into my hand as Sakura did the same. Together we raised our fists and struck.

The tree cracked before exploding into tiny splinters under the force of my punch. The ground cracked before it to exploded under the force of Sakura's punch. Kakashi was sent flying back into another tree fifty meters away. Sasuke came out from hiding and quickly blocked Kakashi from fleeing.

"Hey Darina, did you know that the main character's in Kakashi-sensei's book…"Naruto's voice came from behind me. I watched Kakashi's eyes get wide as he quickly plugged his ears. His eyes widened further when he realized his sharingan was working against him for he could easily lip read with it active. Quickly he closed his eyes tightly and that's when we moved in.

Moments later Kakashi opened his mismatched eyes. Each of us held a bell in our hands. Sakura and Naruto stuck their tongues out at our sensei while Sasuke and I merely looked smug about our victory. Kakashi sighed excepting his defeat with what pride he had left.

[Time skip: One day]

"What!?" I stared at the woman before me. Tsunade merely glared at me.

"You are to go back to Suna as soon as this meeting is over and stay there until the Chunin exams are over! I don't care that Naruto only came back yesterday! You have a responsibility to this village as well as one to Suna and their Kazekage!" I merely clenched my jaw and glared at the woman. Two and a half years away from my twin and when he finally comes back I get shipped off to another village the very next day!

"Understood Hokage-sama." I hissed through clenched teeth. I turned and walked out of her office slamming the door on my way. I used my body flicker jutsu to get home faster. Naruto looked up at me from unpacking his things. I ignored him and grabbed my pack and began packing cloths and other various things I would need for the next 3-6 months.

"You're leaving? I just got back though…" I could hear the hurt and loneliness in his voice. I glared at the window.

"Lady Tsunade wants me in Suna to help prepare for the chunin exams."

"Why would she want you to do that?"

"I am the go between for the Leaf and the Sand. Gaara had asked for me personally when he became Kazekage a year ago." I heard Naruto gasp and turned to look at him. He was sitting there with wide eyes and his mouth wide open. Any other time I would of laughed at him but I was far to pissed at the moment.

"Gaara is the Kazekage?" I nodded and he looked down in shock. I went back to packing and glaring at things.

"How long will you be gone?"I stopped for a moment before resuming packing.

"Three to six months at the least…" My voice was barely above a whisper. Naruto stood up and walked over to the bookcase in our room.

"I'll escort you there then. Granny Tsunade can deal with it if she doesn't like it." I smiled softly at my twin before I finished packing. Naruto sent a clone to tell the Hokage he was leaving with me. We were at the gates when we heard yelling and then a load bang followed by an audibly poof. Naruto and I merely laughed and rushed to leave before the female Hokage could reach us.

On the way there we took our time not wanting to rush the tree days we now had together. Naruto talked about the places he and Jiraiya had traveled to and the things he had learned along the way. In turn I talked about my training with Tsunade and Sakura and also about what had been going on in the village these past two and half years. It felt good to have my twin back with me and I'm sure Naruto felt that same.

As we neared the village hidden in sand Naruto and I both felt saddened that our journey had been so short. The gates came into view and I couldn't help the smile that broke out on my face. There standing in the entrance of Suna was Gaara.

[Gaara's P.O.V]

It had become a sort of routine for me to wait at the gates of the village for Darina when she would arrive at such late hours. I don't know what had made me do it in the first place. Maybe after hearing she had gotten lost on her first trip here and ended up sleeping on the roof of some building. Yes that must have been why I had started meeting her at the gates if she arrived late at night.

She had assured me time and time again that I didn't need to do it, but I felt like it was a job of mine to make sure she never got lost again. Thus the reason why I now stand here at the gates of the village. It was well past midnight when I saw two figures start to appear on the horizon.

Once they got closer I could make out the details of Darina's face and figure. I studied the person walking with her and smiled very faintly. Naruto was clearly eager to be back with his twin judging by his huge grin.

"Hello Gaara." Darina smiled sadly at me as she greeted me. I smiled faintly as I preferred her to call me by my name instead of Kazekage-sama. I always did hate formalities, but now I couldn't just ignore them.

"Yo Gaara!" I resisted the urge to roll my eyes at the blonde. Naruto was suddenly at my side with a grin on his face that worried me.

"So I heard your Kazekage now. Trying to impress my sis with a title now huh!" I felt my eyes widen as I sharply turned towards the blonde. I could feel my face heating up slightly. I was most certainly not doing this to impress anyone.

"N-N-Naruto!" Before I could respond Darina was already yelling at her twin. I turned to see the beautiful blush that tainted her cheeks. This made me wonder what did she feel towards me? I already knew that I was in love with the redish blonde haired woman before me.

"What!? I was just messin around!" Naruto defended himself against his twin. I merely stood there watching the two of them. Clearly time had done nothing to how they acted around each other. I sighed and wondered if they would ever stop yelling at each other.

"I see she is back." Kankuro's voice sounded in my left ear. I nodded and shook my head.

"Oi! Knock it off you two before you wake the village!" Kankuro yelled at the two siblings.

"You're yelling two, Dumbass." Kankuro clenched his fist and glared at Darina. She smirked at him before turning to Naruto and ignoring Kankuro completely. I sighed and started walking back into the village not wanting to be in the middle of a yelling match again.

Over the year that Darina had been coming here, it was made painfully clear that the woman loved to push my brother's buttons just to get a rise out of him. Kankuro in turn would push Darina's buttons making her angry which turned into a fight if no one intervened. I was usually the one to stop them seeing as I was just about the only one who could. Temari would try to but usually would end up joining them when Kankuro pissed her off.

"OI GAARA WAIT UP!" I flinched at the volume Naruto used. Soon the three of them caught up to me and we continued on. Eventually we made it back to the Kazekage tower. I led Naruto and Darina to their rooms before I disappeared into my own room from the night.