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Come With Me
Two weeks went by and in that time, they had gotten to know more about each other.
Gaara a 20 year old male, the Kazekage of Sunagakure, has an older brother named Kankuro and older sister named Temari, doesn't enjoy a lot of things (except talking to Ari which he would never admit), and he even told her about the demon inside him, Shukaku.
Ari a 16 year old female, traveling singer visiting Sunagakure (and won't let Gaara hear her sing just to annoy him), no siblings, loves stargazing, high places, annoying Gaara, and talking with him (which made Gaara blush when she told him that).
"So what else do you like Ari?"
"Well there is something that I love more than anything else."
Gaara couldn't help but get curious of this "What is it?"
"RAMEN!!"
Gaara fell out and couldn't help but laugh.
Ari puffed up her cheeks and frowned "Hey, it's not that funny!"
"Sorry, it's just that I have a friend that's insane about ramen."
"What's wrong with that ramen is delicious!"
Gaara's smile started to fade into a smirk "Ari, when are you going to let me hear you sing?"
"Not anytime soon." That made Gaara start to frown and Ari could feel he was upset. "How about this. If you sing to me, I mean really sing from the heart, then I'll give you your own personal concert. Deal?"
Gaara was quit for a moment puzzled by the proposal but smiled "Okay"
They both smiled looking toward the person they couldn't see until there peaceful moment was interrupted by a knock on the door.
XXX
Today was a bad day for the Kazekage. He had recently been informed that the Hokage Tsunade needed to see him in Konoha right away and that his business there would last for at least five months. In that time he wouldn't be there to protect his village, his piles of paper work would become mountains, and most importantly, he wouldn't be able to see Ari.
It was already dark and Gaara was to leave for Konoha by noon but he couldn't get Ari off of his mind. Even though it might lead to a dead end, Gaara went to go see Ari on the roof.
It was too dark to see anything on the tower so Gaara called out to Ari "Ari are you up here?"
"Yeah I'm over here" and sure enough there she was standing only a few feet from Gaara.
Ari got a worried look on her face sensing that Gaara wasn't himself "Gaara are you okay? Is something wrong?" Ari stepped closer to Gaara so that there was only a foot between them.
"Yeah I'm fine, it's just… I have to go to Konoha on business."
Ari was a little worried about this but tried not to show it "When and how long?"
"I leave tomorrow at noon and I'll be gone for at least five months."
Ari was starting to tear up. "We won't be able to see each other for five months." She couldn't hold her tears back any more a started to cry.
"But Gaara-" Ari was stopped in the middle of her sentence by Gaara's gentle hand on her cheek pulling them closer together.
Gaara could see Ari's face clearly now. Her skin was paler than Gaara's, long, dull, jade green hair that touched the ground, and even duller jade green eyes.
A blush appeared on Ari's face from their closeness. "Ari, I don't want to be apart from you for so long. Will you… will you go with me?"
Ari smiled as tears continued to flow "Of course."
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"Where is he?!" Temari was starting to get impatient with her little brother who has supposed to meet Kankuro and her at the gate 20 minutes ago. As soon as she said that Gaara appeared.
"Hey Gaara, what took you so long," Kankuro started to complain until he saw Ari. She was wearing a green cloak that draped down to her ankles and she tied a white bow at the end of her hair. Ari had been hiding behind Gaara a little shy about meeting Gaara's siblings.
Temari directed her attention to the read head about to scream at him until she noticed Ari behind him. "Um G-Gaara who is she?"
"This is Ari, she will be accompanying us on our visit to Konoha."
"N-nice to meet you."
"W-wait" Temari was cut off to shaken up by Gaara's death stare to continue.
"G-Gaara, are you sure it's okay for me to come?"
Gaara smiled and placed a hand on Ari's head, "Don't worry, it'll fine."
"D-did you just see that Temari? Gaara, he smiled. Gaara never smiles."
"I know. Who is that girl?"
"Temari! Kankuro! What are you waiting for let's go!"
"Who do you think you are rushing us? You're the one who was late!"
