Hey guys, sorry this chapter took a while, I've been quite busy but I hope I get more time to write this week as it's the last week of school holidays! So I'll try my hardest to write as many chapters as I can this week, but once I go back to school I'll probably post a chapter every weekend, hopefully! XD
There are two OC's in this chapter, Takumi and Kimiko, they'll probably be in the next few chapters as well. And for everyone who doesn't know, a Yokan is a type of Japanese jelly.
Lost in the Sand
~Chapter 3~
A deadly silence filled the room as Gaara left, marching up the stairs in a burning anger at the words Kankuro said. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR KANKURO!?" Temari screamed, terribly pissed at the two brothers. "Look I was only trying to help, he's completely changed!" He replied, trying not to keep his anger at bay. "HOW IS THAT TRYING TO HELP!? HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT MAYBE HE'S CHANGED FOR THE BETTER!?" Temari yelled at him, red in the face with fury. Kankuro just rolled his eyes, and continued to eat his now cold food, trying to finish as soon as possible so he could get out of the house for a while and avoid hurricane Gaara that was sure to pop up sooner or later. "I'll go talk to him," Naruto offered quietly, trying to ease away some of the awkward tension. He stood up quickly, tucked in his chair, rushing up the creaky stairs to the room opposite the one he woke up in.
Naruto hesitated as he reached out to the brass door knob. He couldn't hear anything happening on the either side and it was starting to worry him. He slowly opened the bedroom door, wincing slightly as it let out an ear piercing squeak. He saw Gaara sitting on the bed with his back facing the door, peering out his bedroom window at the lively village below. "A-are you ok?" Naruto stuttered out, carefully making his way further into the room towards Gaara. "Yeah I'm fine. Sorry about that by the way, Kankuro can really get on my nerves," Gaara sighed, not turning to meet Naruto's eyes. "No it's all good. Hey do you want a Yokan? I know you like them," Naruto asked politely, moving closer to the bed, but at the same time keeping his distance. Gaara swerved around, finally facing Naruto as he gave him a death glare, "And how do YOU know I like them?" He asked starting to get suspicious, but at the same time full of curiosity. "I-uuuuh," Naruto looked down at the question, starting to get a little nervous as well. He mentally cursed himself for being so stupid and letting it slip. "Why are you even here? What were you doing out in the desert alone in the first place?' Gaara snapped, starting to get a little impatient. "Ok first of all, I wasn't actually alone, but I may have, sorta lost my group." Naruto answered, looking to the ground at the last part before snapping back into action, "Also I literally just appeared here. The last thing I remember was falling unconscious in the desert, so I think you can answer that question yourself," Naruto replied with a smirk. "No, I mean, ugh, you said you were on a mission, what was it?" Gaara said really getting annoyed. "Oooh, the mission, well that's top secret," Naruto shot back with a wink. "Well then," Gaara sighed, rolling his eyes, "Where did you have to go for the 'mission'?" "Here actually," Naruto replied with a roll of his eyes."As in the Sand Village?" Gaara asked in disbelief. "Well yeah, kinda, I guess," He mumbled with a very faint flush of pink to his cheeks. "Oh ok, cool," Gaara muttered, a pane of disappointment flashed through his gut, yet he wasn't entirely sure why, "So are you going to go and find your group today? It'll probably be better than staying here?" "Staying here isn't bad," Naruto whispered to himself. "Anyway," Naruto said trying to brush away his secret comment, "Do you want the Yokan or not?" He took the half squished jelly from his pocket and held it in front of Gaara mockingly, like he was teasing a hungry puppy with a piece of chicken. Gaara snatched it out of his hand, glaring as he opened the wrapped Yokan and shoved it in his mouth, chewing it slowly. "Well I can't say no to an offer like this," He claimed through cheeks stuffed with the sweet jelly. "so, do you wanna go look for your group? It'll probably be better to look now so you can get back to your mission," Gaara asked awkwardly, finishing off the Yokan and putting the foil wrapper in a bin beside the bed. "Yeah fine," Naruto sighed, lazily walking out the door with Gaara in tow.
Gaara's POV
We walked silently through the busy streets, when I realised that we had been walking in circles because somebody (Naruto), wasn't paying any attention to their surroundings. "Do you know where they could be," I asked irritably, shocking Naruto out of his own little world and back into the reality. "Huh? Oh, sorry what did you say?" He muttered, still dazed. I glared at him starting to get annoyed at his negligence. "Do you know where they could be?" I asked again, biting back anger. "Well," he grabbed his chin with his index finger and thumb as he thought deeply, "They do tend to spend a lot of time at the bar. "I stopped and turned in the opposite direction, "Well the bar is over this way," I grumbled, starting to walk again, Naruto jogging behind me to keep up. It wasn't too long before the bar was in our sight and Naruto spotted the group people he was looking for.
"There they are," Naruto whispered, pointing over to a group of three eerie looking men at the crowded bar, "Hey Guys!" He yelled running over to them, bringing a lot of attention to himself. "Oh hey Naruto," One of the three said, trying to bite back a laugh, "What happened to you? You suddenly disappeared." "Oh I got lost in a sand storm," Naruto shrugged. "And who's your friend here?" The strange man continued. "Oh yeah right! This is Gaara, he found me in the sand storm," Naruto answered with an excited grin. I turned to look over at the men two men who hadn't spoken, one with long, choppy brown hair and the other with short, neat blonde hair. "This is Takumi, and the blondie is Kimiko," As Naruto said that sentence, Takumi broke out into a sick laughter. "Shut the fuck up Takumi," Kimiko shouted, shoving an elbow into the others gut. "But he's just so stupid!" He whispered behind laughs, covering his mouth with his hand, "He literally brought us right to him!" I looked back over to Naruto with a look of disbelief. Did he seriously not just hear what Takumi just said! Something didn't seem right, and from the way the man was laughing, I didn't like it at all.