Lenia: And chapter two!

Ino: Two in one night!

Gaara: It's a miracle...

Lenia: :( you have no faith in me, and it's not a miracle it's boredom.

Ino: It's nice to know you wouldn't bother with me if you weren't bored.

Gaara: Hush, at least she didn't bite you

Ino: Because you sand cocooned her and she couldn't get out!

Lenia: *clears throat* Can we get on with the story?

Ino: Sure, even though we have no thank you's too say, warnings are as follows, slight Yaoi, and rated M for later chapters, as of no we aren't M, we're T and might get more people to read if it was rated T *Muffled talking*

Gaara: *Hand on Ino's mouth* To the story...You talk to much.

Lenia: Enjoy ^-^

Chapter 2-Glass Gardens

Ino ran though the halls of the castle and came to the glass garden. It was a glass garden because a large glass dome protected the plants from harsh winds and even winter. Although in Suna it was frequently summer anyway. She walked by the plants touching each one and recognizing them, she had been to Suna many years before. When the last King was still on the throne and Gaara was but a child. She had run in the garden chasing butterflies with Temari, played poppets with Kankuro, and Gaara had seemed so lonely back then, she couldn't even approach him, Kankuro or Temari would take her away. One day she had snuck into the garden at night to see the night blooming flowers and had found Gaara sitting alone, she quietly stepped to where he was and took his hand.

"Look there." She said, pointing to the Luna flowers; they were called because that was Latin for moon and they only bloomed at night. "Watch them." She whispered. A few moments later the flowers started coming awake. Gaara watched them bloom and then he watched the strange girl holding his hand, eyes sparkling at the magic the flowers created.

"Beautiful." He said, describing her, knowing she would misunderstand. Her baby blue eyes flashed to him and she smiled.

"They are aren't they! Usually I don't see them, and when I do they aren't this magical." She said, eyes sparking with life. After that night her parents lost everything, and she was no longer a noble, her father no longer a friend of the Suna king, and she didn't see Gaara again until now. As she strolled among the flowers she came across the Luna flowers. She stopped to inspect the soil and make sure they were okay.

"I make sure they are well kept." A deep slightly chilling voice said from behind her. She snapped around to see Gaara. She cleared her throat.

"Your majesty, I'm sorry to intrude, I think I'll go now." She said feeling foolish but not bowing. Gaara raised a non-existent eyebrow.

"Did I say you were intruding?" He asked. She suppressed another pleasurable shiver and shook her head. "Enjoy the garden, I very much do. One of my favorite places in the whole castle. Peaceful, quiet, and of course beautiful." He said sneaking in a compliment to her, once again knowing she would misunderstand.

"It is." She said afraid to say more, but instead turning her back on him and walking in the opposite direction. He chuckled behind her, this time she didn't try to suppress the shiver that laugh invoked. The king joined her stroll around the garden and she mentally calculated and appraised all the flowers. When they came to the roses Gaara plucked one and snapped the thorns off, putting the non dangerous part behind her ear. He then turned back to the castle and poor Ino was left there in the garden horribly confused. She ran back to the room though once she heard the bells start to chime, the ball was going to start soon and she had to find Naruto.

She did find him, on her way to the room, in Sasuke's arms, without his trousers, Sasuke not wearing any as well. She cleared her throat and looked away.

"That's enough; Lord Uchiha I think maybe next time a more appropriate place would be the bed." She said and heard the two men cleaning up. The next time she turned she saw a flushed Naruto and defiant Sasuke.

"Who are you to speak to me like that?" He demanded. Ino's pale eyes flashed and Naruto sensed danger.

"I told you someone would see us!" He whispered loudly to Sasuke, who took the hint and backed off from Ino.

"Fine, but it will be in your room Naruto." The older man whispered huskily to Naruto and turned on his heel to stride down the hall. Before Naruto could get anything out Ino hushed him.

"I will be in the garden tonight anyway." She said, knowing she could see the king there at night, it was well known he was an insomniac. Naruto nodded and let Ino take him back to his room where she ran the bath and his two slaves helped him clean himself.

The first part of the ball went quickly and soon the sounds of Naruto and Sasuke filled the entire wing of the castle.

Ino though was safe from the moaning and groaning in the glass garden. The sounds couldn't reach past the thick glass that was currently bathing the flowers in moonlight and allowing the Luna flowers to open. The king came out shortly after the blooming and instantly located the slave sitting there. Her eyes sparkling with the same life they had that night long ago. He was surprised to remember that. The life in her pale eyes now, was a ready improvement from a few hours ago when they had glared at him with defiance and later, with no life at all. He found even though he had technically just met her he didn't want those pale baby blue eyes to be dead. Ever, they needed life in them, they needed fire, they needed something, and they could not be empty.

"I lost the rose." She said her voice quiet but melodic, hitting him with a waking force. She was still gazing at the flowers, and there was a quality of sadness in her eyes that Gaara found an emotion those eyes could do without.

"I will get you a new one tomorrow." He said settling on the rock with her, she only nodded, though he saw the happiness in her eyes. He suddenly wanted her to himself, but the feeling only lasted a moment, so he wasn't sure what it was or how it came about. She slid of the rock they sat upon.

"I'm going to walk." She said going down the same patch she had that evening. Gaara also slid down and walked with her. She still had the stride of a noble, filled with the contempt and "holier than thou" attitude, but they were subdued in her, he wanted them back, he wanted to see the girl he saw when he was younger. Always watching the pretty blond girl who came to visit. When Kankuro scarped his knee and was about to cry she would yell for him to suck it up and only baby's cried, and when his trembling lip stopped she ripped a piece of her underskirt off and wrapped it around the scrape to cover it and they would play again. Gaara had watched it all with a fascination, the bi-polar way this girl did things. And he recalled looking around him and watching her back that it had started in a glass garden.

Lenia: Sweet things! Aww I love this scene.

Ino: I think you've burned my eyes out!

Gaara: Your fine.

Lenia: heehee

Ino: I can imagine it! Ahh its so awful, cute couple yes, wanting to see them go at it NO! *Holds hands over eyes*

Gaara: *sigh* Thank you for reading...Ino stop being so dramatic...Please review...