Chapter Two

Deception

Yugure couldn't stop thinking about the red-haired Shinobi. She knew who he was and she was privately surprised that she was very much alive. She didn't speak about it to anyone but she thought about him, his dick was a decent size and he had felt so good. He had been shockingly gentle, considering his bloodthirsty reputation. She wanted him again, but knowing what she did about him, being deprived of any loving emotions from others he would possibly want much more then just casual sex…then again, he might not. She frowned, she had to get her mind off the man. She had a mission to do.

Gaara couldn't stop thinking about the Waterfall ninja in the cave. She was beautiful and losing his virginity had been pleasure like he had never known! He wanted her again. He decided to go out and find her. He left in the dead of night, and no one tried to stop him, both guards pointedly ignoring him. He walked for miles until he came to the cool leafy green country. Then he followed the river for a while, he was surprised to see her standing there in the moonlight. The girl turned around and Gaara smiled at her.

"I wanted to see you again. I couldn't stop thinking about you."

The girl blinked at him, "Gaara." She whispered, "I can't believe you are here." Gaara felt suddenly awkward at his sudden show of openness, and fell silent.

Several minutes passed and he asked. "What is your name?"

"It's Yugure."

Dusk he thought. Somehow, it seemed fitting that he would be attracted to a girl who was named for the evening.

She smiled at him. "I'd love to continue this conversation handsome, but I have a mission to do. Perhaps we'll talk later. I should complete the mission in a week's time, if I don't come back I'm either dead, captured, or most likely, hopelessly lost." She said with a grin.

Again Yugure gave him a saucy wink and leapt up into the trees. Neither noticed the ninja hiding in the thicket.

"So, one of the waterfall's most talented ninja is having a relationship with Sabaku no Gaara." The man said thoughtfully, "What if we could make use of this? Think how powerful we would become with his demonic offspring at our fingertips." He stroked his beard thoughtfully.

The ninja next to him tsked. "Yugure is headstrong and rebellious, she would never agree to such a thing."

The other man smiled, "Oh, I have ways around that particular problem." He said smiling.

"She can break free of genjutsu and even use it against her attacker." The man replied evenly.

"It's not genjutsu I'm thinking of." The first man said with a calculating gleam in his eyes.

"Be reasonable, the Sand cannot even control him. What makes you think we could control any offspring the sand demon might have?"

The first man smiled again, "Let me tell you my idea."

Gaara came back a week later. Yugure was there swimming in the pool below the waterfall. Her head snapped up as he approached and Gaara frowned, something did not seem quite right about her. But her seductive smile and naked body overcame any doubts in his mind as he removed his clothes and waded into the pool. She laughed, and opened her arms to welcome him. They looked at each other and she kissed him gently at first, but then with more passion. He moaned into her mouth and she stroked his dark red hair, before sliding down onto his hard cock. He gasped at her tightness and began to move her up and down instinctively, he was deeper inside her then he had been the last time and god it felt so good! He dug his nails into her back and had to struggle for a moment to keep the Shukaku from ruining this moment. The sun made the water drops on her eyelashes sparkle like jewels and her hands made circles on his back, the tempo increased and he bit her shoulder when he came eliciting a moan of pain and pleasure from her. They lay in each other's arms for a while, letting the sun and the cool breeze dry them off. Finally they changed into dry clothes, and without speaking a word went on their way.

six months later;

Yugure was climbing into bed, she was absolutely exhausted, and her pregnant sister had moved in with her, three months after her husband had been killed by Monomane. The demon was still on the loose, and Yoake

was distraught and crying all the time. Yugure had taken her in after the demon had destroyed their home, all surrounding nations had their ninja tracking the demon and trying to kill her, but the Monomane was constantly on the move and as she could take on any form, this only made things more difficult. It had been hard on everyone. Yugure did not like leaving Yoake here to go lengthy missions.

Yoake was too gentle, too sensitive, and too timid to ever lead the frantic, hazardous life of a ninja. She had married a jounin in the Village Hidden in the Mist. Hoegoe Nami had been a tough man and a formidable warrior on the battle-fields, but he had loved Yoake dearly and had died saving her and their unborn child. Monomane much to the Mist's surprise had been the incredibly heavy mists surrounding the village and the carnage had been awful to see. Even the most jaded ninja had trouble controlling the urge to throw up. They had rescued the survivors and followed the blood red cloud of mist that floated away cackling maniacally as the Waterfall and Mist ninja took off in hot pursuit.

Yugure had been vastly relieved to find her pregnant sister was alive and had taken her into her own home. However, with the threat of Monomane's devastating attack on the Mist, she had decided that her sister would be safer as a refugee in the Leaf Village while she was away. They needed every shinobi that could be spared and Yugure had no way of knowing when or even if she would return, and wanted her sister and unborn niece or nephew to be safe. Yoake had been both relieved and terrified when given the news, pleading with Yugure to remain. But Yugure had her orders and the next day they headed out for the Leaf Village. The guards stopped them at the gate.

"What is your business here?" He asked, Yugure stepped up to the guard,

"My sister is a widow, her husband was killed in the attack on the Mist by the water demon Monomane and she needs a safe place to give birth to her child while I'm away."

The guards looked sympathetic as they led the women in. The Leaf had been flooded by refugees lately, and had been equally dividing them between the villages of Sand, Grass, and Stone.

Tsunade sighed wearily as another refugee was brought in from Mist, the pregnant woman looked pale and sick and Tsunade frowned and asked if she could have a look at her after her sister had left.

"Lady Tsunade where should we place her?" Asked Shizune after the woman had been looked at and taken to the hotel.

"She'll have to stay here." Tsunade replied.

"But Lady Tsunade, the village is overrun and running low on resources as it is."

"She's having a very difficult pregnancy and needs to be on bed rest. If she doesn't, there is a strong chance she'll have the baby prematurely." Shizune felt tears prick her eyes.

Gaara was staring into the cloudy night sky, when he heard a noise. He jumped around when he saw Yugure and a small squad coming into the clearing.

"Are you sure Monomane went this way?" A man's voice asked, as Kankuro and Temari shot up.

"This is the coordinates the hunter nin gave us." Replied Yugure,

"Who's there?" Asked another one of her comrades.

"It's alright Hana I know them." Said Yugure catching sight of Gaara and winking saucily at him.

"Hey Gaara, is this the girl that-" Kankuro never got to finish his sentence, as Gaara's sand smacked him in the mouth.

"Gaara you haven't been talking about us have you?" She asked looking amazed.

Gaara couldn't fight down the blush that was rising in his cheeks. He didn't answer her and looked away.

She chuckled, "I remember you." Said Temari giving Kankuro a sly look. "You helped us out after Monomane attacked."

"Never introduced myself, I'm Yugure and these are my teammates Hoseki," the short dark-haired girl waved, "Seigi," the tall silver-haired man nodded, "Hana." A woman with bright pink hair grinned hopefully at Kankuro who grinned back, "Tanto" a red-haired man with bright blue eyes also grinned hopefully at Kankuro who blanched and "Yagi." A much older man with gray streaks through his black hair, and one blind eye huffed irritably.

"I'm Temari, and these are my brothers Kankuro and Gaara." She replied smoothly.

Yugure's tone suddenly turned business-like. "I assume you're following the same trail?" She frowned and sniffed the wind, "I smell rain." She said. Yagi snorted but said nothing. Kankuro was still ogling Hana and offered

"You want to camp out with us?" Yagi glowered at him, and Kankuro answered hastily. "There's safety in numbers." They looked at each other and considered for a moment when Yagi gave a curt nod and hunkered down next to the fire. The team followed suit and immediately began sharing information. Most of it was the same, which pleased Seigi,

"That better confirms that she's been here doesn't it?" He asked Hoseki.

"It might," she allowed, "but Monomane is a very clever demon. For all we know, she could just be sending us on a wild goose-chase."

Gaara was staring up at the quickly darkening sky. "It's been a while hasn't it, since we last saw each other?" He muttered quietly.

"Yeah, yeah it has." She said with a mischievous grin "Too bad now's not the time for catching up."

Gaara snorted. She stood up watching the rain clouds gathering.

"I have a very bad feeling about this. Yagi-san, I don't like the look of those clouds."

Yagi rolled his eyes. "Don't tell me a tough kunoichi like you can't handle getting wet?" He said derisively. "Women should never have been allowed to be ninjas."

Yugure breathed slowly, trying to control her temper. The other women glared at the old man.

"You didn't hear what happened to the Mist did you?" She asked dourly.

Kankuro frowned. "I heard bits and pieces of it," He replied.

Yugure told him the story. "There was an unusually heavy mist that day, even for the Mist Village. Monomane can't only imitate humans, plants and animals; she can become any form of moisture, including mist, rain and snow. She took on the form of the mist itself and slaughtered the villagers."

"Whoa!" Kankuro said. "That's kinda scary!" The Puppet nin didn't think he'd ever feel safe taking a shower until the demon was caught and killed.