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Magic in the Hangers

"I have four hours to find a way to make Kanea realize that Somishi is a complete loser." Kankuro sighed into his hands. He was sitting in his brother's office, trying unsuccessfully, to come up with a rational plan.

"Why are you so concerned with this? Kanea can handle herself." Gaara said. He had been trying, unsuccessfully, to convince Kankuro that Somishi was not a threat to Kanea.

"Ugh! You just don't understand. Maybe I should battle him, he cant go on a date with two broken legs can he?" Kankuro smiled evilly.

"You will not injure my ninja, with the hostilities we are facing from Orochimaru and Sound I need every able bodied fighter I can get." Gaara said sternly.

"Fine." Kankuro pouted dramatically and left the office in a huff.

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"This is almost too easy." Kanea said with a smile to her sister.

"Be careful though, Kanea. You know how Kankuro can get when he thinks he is protecting someone. You should make your move soon." Kiera strapped her whip to her belt and adjusted her metal armor. "I got to get going, I have a mission. Can you make sure Sora eats his dinner?"

Kanea nodded and wished her sister luck. This was it, tonight was the night that her plan would finally come together. She picked out a sexy, yet sophisticated black dress and decided on putting her hair in an up-do.

An hour later she was ready, and looking stunning. She took one last look in the mirror and made her way downstairs. She fed Sora quickly and put him to bed. It was now eight pm, and her date would be there in a few minutes.

"You look beautiful." A voice from behind her made her jump.

"Goodness Kankuro! I am going to tie a bell around your neck if you don't stop sneaking up on me!" Kanea smirked at his blush. "Well thank you for the complement." She brushed past him and headed downstairs to wait for her date.

"Kanea, wait!" Kankuro called, meeting her at the bottom of the stairs.

"Yeah?" She looked at him innocently.

"I… its just…" He began, but was cut off by the doorbell.

"Oh! Gotta go, you wanted to say something?" She moved to answer the door but was stopped by a hand on her elbow. She looked at him questioningly, but was met with a face full of confusion.

"I…" Loosing his will to speak he dragged her to the only place he could think of, he had to get her away from that damn door. He pushed her into the closet, ignoring her protests.

"Kankuro! What the hell are you…" she was cut off when he pressed his lips to hers. She gasped, and he took the opportunity to deepen the kiss.

The doorbell became forgotten as they were quickly lost in each other's embrace. The managed to make it out of the closet and up to Kankuro's room, loosing the dress and his clothes along the way.

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Kanea woke up in Kankuro's arms, she smiled. Kankuro opened his eyes to meet with the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen. Why had it taken him so long to figure out that his over-protectiveness was really love? He was hopelessly in love with Kanea, and had no idea when it happened. Perhaps it had been happening all along, over the years of her chasing him and him pushing her away.

"I'm sorry I was an idiot, I want to wake up next to you for the rest of my life." Kankuro confessed, making a happy tear emerge from Kanea's eye.

"It's about time, you loser!" she giggled and kissed him. He retuned the kiss and the passion that had consumed them the night before, came back tenfold.

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The Next Day

Hunger forced the lovers from the room. With roaming hands and growling bellies they made their way downstairs to find Kiera and Gaara sitting in the kitchen. Kiera gave Kanea a knowing smile, but Gaara looked more confused then ever. He looked to his wife for an explanation, but she just patted his hand in an "I'll tell you later" kind of way.

Kanea smiled up at her love, and for the first time in her life realized that everything had become what they had meant to become. She had her love, her sister had her freedom, Kankuro had found happiness, and Gaara had found his family.


A/N: told you it was going to be a short one! I wanted to give Kanea a bit of happiness because her life before moving to Sand was pretty crappy too. If I can get ONE review please... I wrote this story on NO reviews and it was depressing but I got through it. Anyway, thanks for reading!