Desert of Despair
((Disclaimer: Again Naruto is NOT mine))
Meeting the Kazekage (part one, Prince vs. Kage)
It took all but a half hour for Gaara's bad day to become worse, the sick feelign had intensified tenfold. That it had forced Shukaku to cut off that part of his host's mind. He had been able to send his letter off to the bousterous fox, moments before that had happened. Temari had been hovering aorund him also due to the fact she said he looked ill, then just now to top it off, Kankuro had come in and stated that the party from the Northern continent was here. He had also heard in that same report that the prince was "Untouchable" and "extremely beautiful" another said "His guards are like sanin" Honestly none of it appealed to the Kazekage. Only eged him on, making the Shukaku inside him boil with a bit of envy, wanting to challenge what was said.
He was lead out of the room by said puppeteer, mullign over thoughts the whole way, tryign to quell the raging demon from his sudden need to prove himself. He was only minimally aware of entering the commerce room and vaugly looking up when the figure on the left side of the two-sitting table caught his eye. First he saw a flash of white, this was the pure silk robe, and then the bejewled showl, and finally the enchanting eyes. He stared a moment before narrowign his emerald gaze in a glare. "You must be the Northern Prince." He hissed with slight contemp, never one for the overly flashy.
A timid soft voice replied to him with a curious tilt of the head "And you must be the Kazekage." Damasu bowed and then sat down on th red cushion, smiling softly. "Your probably wonderign why I'm here...Sit I came to you with a proposition."
Gaara raised a brow but followed the other's example and sat on the opposit side of the younger. Lookign him in the eye across the top of his knitted hands. "Well, say it." He was impatient, who wouldn't be?
The prince nodded and tapped the top of the table with elegant fingers "I cam to ask for Suna's aid in a war my people currently face with the Kumo." Gaara blinked since when did the cloud ninja's begin assulting other continents?
"Your their leader can't you take care of it yourself? I'm not thrilled about having to share our military power." He folded his arms across his chest his gourd wasn't with him, so scaring the Prince was out of the question.
Damasu sighed, he knew it wasn't goign to be easy. "As you know we on the Northern continent follow a much different life then those here on the Southern." He watched as th eKazekage nodded. "We don't have established villages like you, our whole continent is run by a monarchy...and the only army is in my kingdom." He paused the kazekage interuppting him briefly.
"See..you don't need our help,you should stay with your own instead of beggign strangers for help." He stood, ready to leave when the Prince also stood and ran to him, slippign inbetween the Kage and the door.
"You don't understand we don;t have enough men or women for the stations required and no one to teach the ones that want to help." He stayed firm, quivering alitttle under the cold glare from the red head. "We need outside help to train and fight with us, we already have Mizu and Konaha on our side." Konaha wasn't willing to sacrafice shinobi so they had offered to transport food to the North. Mizu had stated they only had a few strong warriors but would gladly support the Prince.
Gaara stepped back alittle, suprised at first Then again Naruto IS the Hokage he reminded himself and soon fell back to staring at the prince. "Look it's obvious your weak, if you'd even ask Mizu" He brushed past the male and started out the door.
Damasu sighed and looked down before drawing a silver kunai from the chest pouch hidden under the showl he threw it. Hearign the thunk of metal on wood. And the Kazekage's footsteps coming to a halt. The knife had landed true to it's spot right in front of the Kage. "If you think The North is weak I'll show you different...then you'll have to help us."
Gaara was alittle nervous not even the sand had predicted that move, and it just ebbed the fire of Shukaku forcing it into the Kazekage's chest as well. "It's foolish...and I don;t want to be blamed for your death by your Country." He turned and narrowed his eyes again, so the Princling wanted a fight, well thats what he'd get.
The othe nodded "I'm not worried." He growled back in reply, settling himself into a position of both offense and deffense, summonign chakra to his body preparing himsle ffor the inevitable fight, and this time he had started it.