I do not own Naruto or any other characters in this story.
Gaara: must you annouce that everytime?
ShyPrincess: Yes don't want to get into trouble with plagerism or anything like that.
Gaara: Why was Hinata stuttering in the last chapter? You said that she lost her stutter in the first chapter.
ShyPrincess: Well her stutter is almost completly gone, but when she gets around you it comes out.
Gaara: Why?
ShyPrincess: Well if you can't figure that one out then you will just have to wait and find out.
Gaara:Let's just get on with the story shall we?
ShyPrincess: *writes away*
Hinata laid on her bed trying to rest before she had to go downstairs for lunch. She was in deep thought about what Gaara asked her. Why did he ask her if she feared him or not? Did he want her to be afraid of him? Hinata dismissed that idea as soon as it came to her. Was it that everyone looked at him with fear and he was expecting her to as well? HInata knew that her friend Ino was a little afraid of Gaara from what she seen at the chunin exams, but that shouldn't matter. It was along time ago. Maybe she could become friends with the Kazekage and show him not everyone was afraid of him. She was so deep in thought that she didn't hear the knock on the door. That was it she would become the Kazekage's friend. Now how to get that plan into action?
"HINATA." Temari yelled at her friend from the other side of the door. "Are you awake in there? It is time for lunch are you coming down?"
Hinata jumped off the bed and ran to the door opening it to a worried Temari.
"Oh sorry Temari-chan I was just resting up a bit. Yes I am coming down for lunch. Is everyone waiting on me?" Hinata would have felt terrible if she was the cause of everyone not eating right away.
"Don't worry Hinata Shikamaru, Ino, and lee just got down their. My brother Kankuro should be downstairs by now." Temari told her friend. "Gaara never comes to the table for lunch. He always says he has to much work to do in the afternoon to eat. He worries me sometimes. He takes this job way to seriously. I mean He never makes time for himself" Temari confided in her friend.
As they were walking down stairs Hinata wanted to know a little about Gaara so she asked "Temari-chan what sort of things intrest your brother? I want to know things about him."
"Kankuro? Well when he's not on missions or playing with his dolls he usually tries to hit on the local females. He is nothing but a HUGe per-."
"Not Kankuro Temari-chan. I was talking about Gaara." Hinata told her
"Gaara?" Temari asked confused. "You want to know things that intrest my baby brother?"
"Why do you sound so shocked?" Hinata asked
"Noone ever asks about Gaara. You kinda through me off with wanting to know about him." Did Hinata like her baby brother? Temari looked at Hinata and could tell that Hinata was intrested to know about the Kazekage. This was very good news. Temari thought that no one would ever take an intrest in her brother, but here was her good friend askin questions about him. This was too good to be true. Not only was Hinata beautiful, but had a great heart and was kind to others. She would be perfect for Gaara.
"Well, when he is not busy being Kazekage I do know that he always likes to go on top of the roof and just watch the sky late at night. Although he is no longer the host of Shakaku he still has trouble sleeping at night. He is mostly quiet and keeps to himself. Early in the mornings he takes a stroll around the village and tries to talk to other villagers. One of his favorite meals is broiled gizzards. His birthday is-" Temari and Hinata wasn't paying attention and as they round the corner they ran into someone.
"Whaa-Gaara what are you doing down here?" Temari asked her brother embaressed that she might have gotten caught talking about him. " You usually dont leave your office till later on in the evening." Temari stated to her brother.
" Well I figured I could put a hold on my paperwork and join my family and our guest for lunch. Is that a problem Temari?" Gaara asked his sister.
"No, no not at all baby brother ."Temari put on a quick smile for her brother.
"What were you two talking about anyways?" Gaara asked trying to hold back a smirk.
"Who us...hehe we were just talking about uh the weather in Suna. You know the intense heat and I was letting Hinata know ways to get use to it...RIght Hinata?" Temari lied looking toward her friend for help.
"U-uuh right" Hinata said her cheeks turning a shade of red.
"Right. Well maybe you should also tell her that around Janurary 15th the nights here in Suna get to be pretty cold." Gaara said turning around before his sister and HInata could see the small smile he had on his face.
"Janurary 15th?" Hinata asked looking at her friend.
"Gaara's birthday." Temari said looking at her friend. They both had been caught talking about her brother.
Oh this was not Hinata's day. First she gets caught talking to Temari about her brother and now she was sitting right beside him. He was sitting there at the end of the table not saying a word. What was he thinking. Was he mad that he overheard her and Temari talking about him? Oh why didn't he say something.
"So Gaara me and my team will be ready to meet the kids after our individual meetings tomorrow. Is that going to be fine with you?" Shikamaru asked Gaara not aware of Hinata's and Temari's tension. Gaara just nodded his head toward Shikamaru.
"I'm so excited. These kids will know the full power of youth!" Lee pipped in.
"I have to admit, I think it was a great idea of Naruto's sending the leaf jonin down here to help out with the academy. Expecially bringing two very pretty females." Kankuro said giving Ino and Hinata a wink. Ino just rolled her eyes at Kankuros statement while Hinata looked down at her food, a slight blush coming to her face.
"Kankuro don't you even think about flirting with either of them. They are not interested." Temari scolded her brother.
"Don't worry Temari your brothers charms won't work on me. I am here only to complete my mission" Ino told Temari. THen she looked at Kankuro " And nothing else."
"What about you Hinata? Care to get to know each other while you are in Suna?" Kankuro asked her not noticing the glare his brother was giving him.
"No Kankuro." Was all that Gaara said.
Hinata looked towards Gaara and then at Kankuro. " Im sorry Kankuro but I'm afraid I might be to busy to have the extra time. But thanks for the offer" Hinata said to Kankuro.
"Well you know if you get the free time my offer still stands" Kankuro said throwing her one of his sexy smiles. That's when the kick came from the head of the table. Ouch! What was that? Did Gaara just kick him under the table? Kankuro looked over at his brother and Gaara looked back shaking his head no then continued with his meal before anyone noticed. Did Gaara have a thing for this leaf ninja? Wow so Gaara was a male after all. Gaara was jealous that he was trying to hit on Hinata. Alright Gaara i will back off. You just better make the moves on her quick before someone other that me notices her baby brother Kankuro thought to himself. Kankuro then looked over toward the blonde ninja and smiled to himself. Now she will be a challege.
"So HInata, Ino after you meet the kids at the academy I have some errands to run. Would you care to join me?" Temari asked the two girls.
"Sounds to troublesome to me" Shikamaru said with a yawn.
"And thats why I didn't invite you. Everything is troublesome to you" Temari said glaring at her boyfriend.
"Shikamaru we will not let these lovely ladies go by themselves tomorrow. We will join them with the full power of youth" Lee said to his friend.
"What a drag. I was planning on taking a nap after we left the academy." Shikamaru said anoyed
"Well Lee I got some errands to run myself tomorrow you are welcome to join me." Kankuro said to Lee.
"Alright Kankuro we will take care of your errands tomorrow and as a challege to ourselves we will do them while walking on our hands." Lee said giving Kankuro a wink.
" Alr- wait...what?" Kankuro asked. Oh man what did he just get himself into.
" And if We cannot complete the errands walking on our hands then we will do 500 laps around the village." Lee said challenging himself.
"Sorry I'm going to miss that." Shikamaru said with a smile.
"Wait Gaara don't I have a mission to go on tomorrow? A mission that will take up most of the day?" Kankuro looked over at his brother pleading silently to him.
Gaara just gave him a smile and said "No"
Crap! All he wanted to do was get information out of Lee about this Ino girl now he had to do what with his hands? Oh she better be worth the trouble Kankuro thought to himself. At that moment ino looked at him with a smirk on her face. Oh yeah she was worth it!
Hinata noticed that Gaara was not talking to much and she wanted to get him to talk more. "So Gaara wh-what will you be doing t-t-tomorrow?"
"I have to assign missions tomorrow." Gaara answered her.
That's it? thats all he was going to say? Gaara had a wall up and he don't let it down to easy Hinata thought. How was she going to break through?
"Gaara, Hinata said something about wanting to tour our village and since you do that every morning why don't you show her around?" Temari volunteered her brother. Hinata looked at Temari giving her a silent thanks and looked back at Gaara. "How a-a-about it Gaara? Could y-y-you show me the vi-vilage t-t-tomorrow morning?"
SHe wanted to spend time with him? Gaara looked at Hinata. What was it about her that had his chest in knots. No woman wanted to spend time with him, and especially not alone time with him. He did not know what to think about her. He couldn't read anything about her, and usually Gaara was very good at reading people. I guess he could spend a little bit of time with her tomorrow. What could it hurt right?
"I leave at 5:00 am sharp be ready by then." Gaara said and with that he got up from the table and left the room.
Okay guys let me know what you think of this chapter. I have got my story on some of your favs and follow list but I like the reviews. cmon guys I need the reviews. It puts me in a happy place.
Gaara: you sound pathetic right now you know that don't you?
ShyPrincess: You know what Gaara-
Gaara: *smirks* what
Shyprincess: I'm going to tell Hinata on you
Gaara: Wait I didn't mean to-
ShyPrincess: To late Im going to go tell her
Gaara: Please guys leave some reviews! Hey did that make up for it? Can you please not tell Hinata
Gaara: Shy?. Shy?! ...SHY! *tries to run after shyprincess*