Authors note: Here's chappie 2. This was also made by Katharine. Not just me. We like do this thing where she write a paragraph or twp then I write some paragraphs and so on and so forth. We were just bored…
This story contains YAOI!! If you don't like YAOI then don't read!!
Kk just wanted to get that outta the way.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto or any of the other Naruto charries.
Chapter 2
Gaara sat on the roof of Naruto's house neutrally, his red hair stood out against the midnight sky, wavering in the breeze occasionally. The Kazekage was dressed in the same clothing as before, and he found the jeans to be getting slightly uncomfortable against his legs. Repositioning himself for the fifth time in ten minutes Gaara tuned out everything but the sound of Naruto's obnoxious breathing, or snoring…if you think about it.
Naruto fell asleep at around nine thirty in the living room, Gaara, without moving a finger, lifted his body off the sofa and into his bedroom, then placing him under the covers. He wasn't about to undress him but he did take advantage of the sleeping ninja by going into his drawer and taking the pictures of Sasuke, which he then hid in the oven. He hid them there because even if Naruto did find them they'd all ready be ruined. Satisfied but slightly guilty the Kage leaned back against the shingles; staring at the moon he was glad it wasn't full. Even now the monster was a full blasting voice in the back of his head. Always, he was.
Gaara lifted to his feet and jumped off the roof quickly, landing silently in the grass he began walking. While he kept one ear and eye open for Naruto, making sure the house wouldn't get robbed…or the ninja wouldn't get attacked, or the house wouldn't burn—well, there were a lot of things that could happen to him, how he'd lasted all this time Gaara had no idea.
The Kage left Naruto's property slowly, making his way down the paved or dirt roads of Konoha, eventually he found himself walking through the market place where messengers still roamed around. There were enough people that he shouldn't be noticed, but with his appearance…how couldn't he be?
"Eee! Look at him!" A teenage girl, maybe around eighteen, squealed to her other friend; pointing towards Gaara wildly. "How hot can yah get!" she bounced up and down excitably and called Gaara over, but the boy just kept walking, uninterested in the ugly—to him, at least—girls.
That's when he saw him, only thirty odd yards away stood the boy the Kage was beginning to loathe. He held himself coolly; leaning against a wall. The monster stirred again, and if you believe that the monster inside of Gaara was Shukaku, you are dead wrong. This monster was…different. Gaara's entire body stiffened, his muscles contracting as his fists clenched and the thought of him charging and breaking Uchiha Sasuke's jaw in caused aching pleasure to run through his being.
Rather than attacking
the Uchiha though the Kage examined him; raven black hair that was
longer than the last time he'd seen him, he no longer wore his head
band and his skin was incredibly pale, as always. His eyes were like
coal and just as fierce as when they were burning. He wore bandages
up to his knees along with black Tabi boots. Hands to elbow were also
wrapped in cloth, like his legs, but his legs were wrapped messily.
His hands were done tightly as would be needed to perform chidori.
Otherwise his top was the same; despite the black color and he wore
matching shorts. But there was something different…he had always
been quiet, Gaara could relate to that but now there was something
else, maturity? Yeah. That had to be it. Sasuke had completely grown
up. He looked fit to be the Kage, maybe even more than Gaara. And
that frustrated him.
Gaara strode up to the Uchiha and stood in
front of him, not saying a word. Sasuke stared back and ignored the
girl who had previously been chatting away at him, Sakura Haruno.
"Gaara?! WHAT THE HELL?! What are you wearing? What are you doing here?"
Sakura exploded, staring at Gaara in disbelief. Gaara didn't even waste a glance on her he merely kept staring at Sasuke, their eyes locked intensely.
"Gaara." Sasuke stated outstretching his hand with a slight smile. Gaara kept staring at his face, ignoring the outstretched hand. Sasuke's fingers curled back into his palm and he pulled back his arm. Gaara narrowed his eyes, stills staring, still attempting to figure out what it was Naruto saw in him.
"What?" Sakura asked cocking her head to the side.
"Haruno. Leave now." Gaara demanded, Sakura's mouth dropped open;
"Uhm! No thanks! I'm on a date with Sasu-Kun!" she practically growled, throwing her arms around Sasuke who, rather than pushing her off like he typically would, rolled his eyes and took a step away from her. Gaara stood there, knowing he was intruding but not caring for that fact as Sasuke's eyes scanned him up and down.
Suddenly Sasuke launched himself at Gaara, taking the Kazekage by surprise as he was pinned up against the wall of a shop, his body leaving an indent in the hard stone from impact. What in the hell just happened?
"Naruto told me about your letter? What is it exactly you're trying to pull?" Sasuke hissed in his ear. Gaara merely allowed the air to seep out of his lungs as Sasuke's arm choked him though he made no move that showed the pain he was in. Recoiling from Sasuke's touch Gaara stood several feet away from him; grits of sand hovering in the air around him just in case. This made Sasuke smirk until Gaara smiled. Something no one ever saw anymore. Something only the dead remembered.
"I'm only teaching Naruto the ways of the Kage, of course." Gaara smirked in a way that implied false innocence. Sasuke let a low growl escape his throat.
"You lay one fucking finger on him and I'll cut your pretty face to pieces!" Sasuke shouted going to charge Gaara again, the Kage waited until Sasuke was inches away from him before flinching out of the way, Sasuke stumbled and crashed to the ground.
"Inferior." Gaara stated, smirking before he made his way away.
The Kage headed straight back toward Naruto's house, not caring about all the commotion and destruction he's caused as he entered the house and went into Naruto's room. His feet padded against the floor gently, but in contrast to Naruto's loud breathing they were nothing. The blonde rolled over, yawning loudly he curled into his covers. Gaara dropped down to his knees next to the bed and folded his arms, resting his chin on them. He watched Naruto settle and breathing steadily. Small creases formed at the corners of the Kage's mouth, even in the dark they could be seen on the pale boy's face. In any case, it wouldn't be seen. No one who weren't meant to die would see his smile. Not anyone.
Gaara watched Naruto sleep for what seemed like hours. He watched as Naruto tossed and turned every now and then mumbling things too quiet for Gaara to understand. But he heard him say 'ramen' and then Naruto started to drool. Gaara smiled the sin and let out a small chuckle. 'Naruto you're so inosento.' Gaara thought and then went in the living room and lay on the couch. He flipped on the TV and watched what ever channel was on at the moment. The show that was playing was a random anime called 'Elfen Lied'. It was somewhere in the middle of the episode, it was good too…gore, blood, screaming, weapons…all too good.
After a while Gaara fell asleep…he'd always had trouble falling asleep, afraid the demon would posses him. Come to think of it, it was probably the only thing this Kage was afraid of, next to being alone. But since he was no longer being haunted by the demon that made his life a living hell, he fell into a deep peaceful sleep.
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Gaara sat on a bench in the middle of the park, next to a small pond. He watched as small ripples formed on top of the water as the fishes swam endlessly under the clear, blue water. He didn't know what possessed him to come here, but he didn't mind the quiet. He closed his eyes and enjoying the hushed sounds, but his peace was interrupted by a loud laugh. The laugh was so familiar… He looked from side to side then looked across the pond. He saw the blond hair and amused blue eyes of a certain Uzumaki, Naruto. He was about to walk over and greet his idiotic friend when he noticed the ninja next to him. He glared at Sasuke; the ninja's eyes remained emotionless.
Gaara stared at the scene before him in silence. He couldn't hear what they were saying but he watched anyway. Naruto was smiling and sitting next to the Uchiha. Naruto stopped and rummaged through his backpack to bring out a boxed lunch. He took out an onigiri and offered it to Sasuke, smiling that smile of his. Gaara's stomach flipped and turned at the sight of those two being so close. Then he saw Sasuke take the food hesitantly then nibble on it. Naruto's face lit up and then Naruto moved ever-so close to the raven haired ninja, a moment passed before the unpleasant chill running through Gaara's body flooded through him fully.
Sasuke finished his snack then looked at Naruto then his hand found it's way to Naruto's. Their fingers twisted around each others and they sat there together holding hands. Gaara's face turned completely red in anger. He didn't know WHY this angered him but it did. Gaara had enough of the scene and stormed away from the park and he wandered around Konoha. He looked down at his feet as he trudged past. Everything around him grew dark and all sounds drowned away. Confused he looked up to see himself face to face with the thing he hoped he would never have to approach again, the thing that ruined his life and made him feel like a puny helpless little child.
"Inferior human." The Shukaku bellowed. His raccoon eyes pierced right through Gaara. He walked towards Gaara, his feet shook the ground with each step he took. He let out a luminous glow of bright yellow as he walked towards the red headed human. Gaara stood there motionless as he was engulfed in darkness. It seemed like he was falling into nothingness under the monster's gaze. Falling hard, spiraling around dark memories as they engulfed him. Screams of pain and pleads for mercy roared in his ears. He shut his eyes and fell to his knees trying to make everything go away.
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Gaara shot his eyes open, darting them around the room. It took him a couple seconds to remember everything that happened yesterday. He groaned a little and heaved himself up off the ground.
Wait, the ground? He rubbed the back of his head realizing there was a slight bump there, and he guessed that he accidentally rolled off of the bed. He walked to Naruto's bedroom and found the boy still sound asleep. He sighed remembering the horrible…yet typical, nightmare. He rubbed his temples trying to forget it and walked to the kitchen helping himself to Naruto's food.
An hour or so later Gaara had finished his breakfast of cold yakitori he'd found in Naruto's fridge. The chicken was good, so the Kage took his time enjoying it. Minutes after Gaara had washed off his hands and face Naruto himself stumbled into the kitchen, his clothing rumbled and his eyes dreary from sleep. Hair a mess, the blonde made his way to the refrigerator and tugged it open; chugging down an entire carton of milk before finally noticing the uncomfortable-but-not-showing-it and frozen in place Kazekage.
"H-Hey! Gaa-Kun! What are y-you doin' in my house?!" He faltered nervously shoving the milk back into the fridge. Gaara held back the grin that was trying to fight its way onto his face. For one the blonde had called him 'Gaa-Kun' in the same voice Sakura Haruno had used identifying Sasuke the day before and second was for the fact that despite Naruto's attempts to hide his Milk Moment there was a line of white along his upper lip.
Gaara slighted for a moment, then confidently making his way across the average kitchen to Naruto, he reached up and for the first contact in a long time he ran his thumb along Naruto's upper lip; riding him of the liquid. It was the most affectionate thing The Kage had ever done in his life and it caused Naruto to stumble back, his face as red as the anger in Gaara's dream.
"I-I-I…YOU! I mean, Gaa-Kun never…NEVER touches anyone! Anything! A-Am I g-g-g-gonna d-die now!?" He spoke his thoughts aloud, falling to the tiled floor. Gaara raised his eyebrows, slightly hurt but again; not showing it. Because at the same time he didn't mind, at the same time he found Naruto—as always—adorable.
'Why?' He asked himself again, 'Why am I so…why do I…want to be so close to him?' His mind whispered desperately for the answer. But in all honesty, he didn't know. Naruto made him self balance and tried to calm himself down but his eyes stilled showed that he was a little afraid and confused.
"You really DO have the memory of a gold fish, don't you?" Gaara sighed, but answered Naruto's questions.
"First of all…. I'm at your house because I need to tutor you in being a Hokage, because you're so confident in becoming one. And second of all…. I'm not going to kill you… Then that journey from the Sand Village to here would have been a complete waste of my time." Gaara didn't mean for it to sound mean but he couldn't help it.
Naruto looked taken aback and he pondered for a minute or two, finally remembering everything.
"I told you before that I don't need tutoring. And I WILL become Hokage! Dattebayo!" Naruto shouted lifting his right fist in Gaara's direction.
Oh Kami… That stupid catch-phrase of his… Gaara rubbed his temples once again making himself relax.
'Do not kill
Naruto… Do not kill Naruto… What ever you do, DO NOT KILL
NARUTO!' Gaara repeated in his head. His gorge moved slightly,
the sand within it reacting to Gaara's sudden anger, but stopped
moving after Gaara became tranquil once again.
"Listen closely
Naruto," Gaara said fiercely causing the blonde to lean in his ear
close, cupping a hand around the side of his face and squinting his
eyes in concentration. "I'm not really in the mood to continue
arguing with you about this. It's… too early in the morning… In
any case, I'm here at your house and will be staying for at least a
month…" Gaara said wondering in his head;
'Will I really be able to last that long…? And if it wasn't Naruto I was arguing with right this second, my anger would have all ready killed at least ten ANBU. Why can't I stay mad at him? Why is it every time that idiotic smile appears on his face, I seem to forget all my problems?'
"And within the time I'm going to be accompanying you I will be tutoring you, whether you like it or not!" Gaara huffed at Naruto.
"Okay, okay… you don't have to get all pissed." Naruto teased, putting his hands behind his head, and pouted out his bottom lip to make him look innocent. Gaara couldn't help but think Naruto looked so cute when he did that. Gaara spun on his heels turning himself away from Naruto, so he couldn't see that Gaara was blushing slightly. Gaara, the infamous Kazekage of the sand, blushing? It would be everywhere! He would be disrespected! That, and with Naruto's loud mouth it would be all over the village in half a second, he'd be telling animals and inanimate objects…screaming it off of rough tops… Gaara shuddered at the thought, hiding his emotions as always; he walked away towards the living room, leaving the blonde behind.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Naruto complained, rushing into the room a second later and jabbing a finger out towards Gaara. "You, Kazekage! I demand respect! Nobody's gonna treat me like an idiot like the way you are when I'm Hokage! Have some faith in yourself!! If you really believed you could make me into this real fancy Hokage then you'd be treating me, Naruto Uzumaki, with respect! Yeah, yeah! You're just self-conscious Gaa-kun! Don't be! Ahahaha, Ahahaha!" The blonde…moron…continued hysterically laughing as he made his way, clutching his stomach, to the immediately irritated Kazekage; slapping him on the back repeatedly in such a matter that it caused Gaara to slump.
Gaara closed his eyes, using every fiber of restraint in his being not to completely pound Naruto. Naruto, feeling the deadly aura, slowly backed away; his laugh then becoming nervous as he held up both hands in front of him.
"N-N-Now, now, Gaa-Kun! Don't be…mean…ahh!" bumping into the wall, the blonde immediately figured Gaara's sand was about to crush him. Gaara straightened his posture innocently, but to Naruto a dark looming shadow spread around the red head. This was the factor that caused him to go running from the room. Screaming like a girl.
