My Penpal the Kazekage
letter two – Chapter two –Naruto's reply! NaruGaa will be in later chapters, I want to kind of ease into it, so don't worry it's in here, just not yet.
Chapter two – The First Reply
"You're late Naruto," Sakura said irritably when Naruto finally showed up to training.
Naruto shrugged uncaringly and said nothing, which as Sai observed, 'wasn't like him'.
When Kakashi managed to turn up, he dismissed them almost immediately after because Captain Yamato was unavailable, and they needed him for training.
So Naruto trudged home, irritated at the lack of training for the day, and he got home in a bad mood.
When a bird pecked at his window, he got excited and let it in quickly. This must be Gaara's reply!
Slightly nervous, he opened the scroll and read his reply.
Naruto
Thank you for your letter, it's nice to get mail that isn't Kage related for once. You don't need to be formal with me, you should know that, and if you ever call me Kazekage I will hurt you, because to you I am not a Kage, I am simply Gaara. Besides I like talking to you, because I know you'll understand, and you're easy to talk to in general. And don't worry about going off on tangents, I like hearing from you so I don't mind, and you're not irritating. To answer your question I'm doing fine, a little tired but that's nothing new. It's good to hear you're training to be Hokage, you shouldn't call Tsunade-sama old either. I think you'd be able to surpass Jiraiya-sama if you worked at it, after all it's every student's job to one day surpass their mentors. As I said before, I'm fine, Kankuro and Temari too, they've convinced me to eat dinner and breakfast with them instead of locking myself in my office. It's nice to have that time with them. I'm sorry to hear about your friends, I hope they're okay. I'll ask Kankuro about that joint mission for you. And I'll say hi to Temari from Shikamaru too. I don't care what Temari's told you I don't work that much…well maybe I do but it's not like I'm being forced to do it. But you're right, maybe I should take a break. I thank you for your acknowledgement, it is true that many people don't know I need other things humans do, I suppose I'm still an imposing figure to them. And Naruto…thank you, for being proud of me, and for respecting me, I had hoped to gain your respect one day, it's good to know I have achieved it. I've been meaning to ask a few things actually, but I never had the chance beforehand. How is your luck with bringing the Uchiha back for one thing, and please tell me you're eating properly, I know how you go for days with nothing but ramen, it's not healthy Naruto, eat a vegetable every now and then, for my sake at least, so I don't have to worry about your health as well as your safety. And be careful on missions for heaven's sake, I know how reckless you get, just because you're a Chuunin now doesn't mean you're invincible. Congratulations on that by the way.
Gaara.
Pumped by Gaara's reply, Naruto got to writing back at once.
Gaara,
I shoulda known I don't have to be formal with you, but you know I was trying to be a bit mature, guess I don't have to be. You wouldn't seriously hurt me if I called you Kazekage would you? I'm kidding I know you wouldn't. You like talking to me? Thanks Gaara I like talking to you too, you know you're the only person to have ever said that to me, thanks. I hope Kankuro will take that mission, I haven't seen him in forever and I'd like to say hi. I'm glad to hear about your siblings, you of all people deserve a family like them. Though to be honest they kinda freaked me out at first. You should take a break, hey you could come here and visit me! I haven't seen you in way too long, you could stay with me, it'd be like a sleepover, I've never been to a sleepover before, but I bet it's fun. And yes I am eating properly, believe it or not, I started putting vegetables in my ramen, it's good because all I can taste is the ramen and not the veggies. You don't need to worry about me, I'll be fine, but thank you for caring to worry yourself. I'll be fine on missions I'm ready for anything! Well, when I say anything…I dunno, I'm really nervous about being Hokage, I'm starting to think I'm not responsible enough or something, I dunno I don't think I'm ready for it. I mean you did it so I guess I can do it too, and it's not like I'm gonna give up, but I'm still kinda down about. Whatever. It'll pass.
Naruto
Naruto quickly sent the reply with the bird, practically jumping up and down in excitement in wait of Gaara's next reply. It was a good idea to decide to write to Gaara after all.