A/N: It's been forever! I'm sooo sorry D:

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto

Chapter 4

Abi's POV

We both jumped and turned around to see...Gaara.

"Ahhh! Gaara! We weren't stalking Neji or anything! Haha!" Blaze shouted nervously. I mentally sighed, we were screwed.

Gaara narrowed his eyes. "Why were you following Neji?"

"I said we weren't!" Blaze said.

Gaara rolled his eyes. "I'm not an idiot. I also know you knocked out Kiba and Kankuro. Why?"

I noticed a stream of sand circling us. "Hey we aren't evil or anything we are just doing our job."

"And what is your job?" Gaara asked.

"We can't tell you. Didn't Tsunade's letter explain?" I was getting a little irritated and nervous.

"Tsunade's letter didn't say enough. Just tell me or I'm afraid you're going to be escorted out of Suna." Gaara looked at us, daring us to refuse.

I sighed. "Fine we will tell you."

"We are spies sent to assassinate you!" Blaze shouted.

"Idiot." I muttered.

"That's a lie." Gaara said. "Like I said before, I'm not an idiot. You both are obviously not ninja."

"Meanie." Blaze pouted.

"I apologize. Her idiocy is incurable." I explained and Blaze sent me a glare. I went on to explain what we were actually doing here.

Gaara's sand stopped. "Matchmakers?" He questioned.

"Yeah."

"Okay." He shrugged and walked past us.

"That's it?" I was shocked.

"Yes. Please excuse me now, I have some personal matters to attend to." Gaara said, before slipping into his room.

"Yeah I'm sure it is a very personal matter." Blaze chuckled.

"Come on Blaze, they obviously don't need help. Let's check on Kiba and Kankuro." I said walking back towards our room.

"Okay! Does this mean stealth-mode is off now?" Blaze asked hopefully.

"Nope." I smirked.

"Aww." She whispered as she quietly walked.

'Thank Kami for stealth-mode.' I thought to myself.

We arrived at our room. I put my ear to the door but didn't hear anything. "I think we are all good. Let's go in." I opened the door and we walked in to see Kiba and Kankuro still sleeping.

"Aw! They are so cute!" Blaze took out her phone and snapped a picture.

"You still have your phone?" I asked.

"Yeah! Although, there isn't any service." Blaze frowned.

"Ughhhh" We heard from the direction of the bed.

"Quick hide!" I whispered to Blaze and we hid in the closet.

"My head is killing me." We saw Kankuro sit up, rubbing his head. He blinked a few times before noticing still sleeping Kiba. "Ahhh!"

"Ahh! What? What is it?" Kiba shot up out of bed, looking around. He noticed Kankuro. "What is going on here?!"

"I don't know! I just woke up!" Kankuro shouted.

I stifled a giggle. They looked like chickens running around without heads.

"Okay let's calm down and think. What's the last thing you remember?" Kiba asked Kankuro.

"Showing you guys to your rooms!" Kankuro said, panicking.

"Yeah me too. But at least we aren't naked right?" Kiba let out a small laugh. "Your makeup is smeared by the way."

"It's face paint! Not makeup!" Kankuro shouted.

"Okay! Okay! Relax. Sit down. I will be right back." Kiba said entering the bathroom.

Kankuro did so and Kiba was back in a few moments, holding a wet towel. "Here, I will take off your 'face paint'." Kiba sat down next to Kankuro and started wiping his face gently. "There." He smiled when he was finished. "Now I can actually see your face. Man, you're hot. Why do you hide it under that face paint?"

Kankuro shrugged. "I don't really care if people think I'm hot or not. I wear it because I want to. Do you not like it?"

Kiba grinned. "I love it, but it's nice to see your face every once in awhile."

Kankuro grinned back. Kiba bit his lip shyly and glanced at Kankuro. I could tell he was going to kiss him. 'Do it! Do it!' I mentally encouraged. Kiba slowly leaned in and kissed Kankuro. Kankuro's eyes were wide with shock and he pushed Kiba away.

"What are you doing?!" Kankuro asked, jumping up and backing away from Kiba.

"I-I thought-" Kiba stuttered.

"Oh my Kami! We are both guys! Stay away from me!" Kankuro ran out of the room and left Kiba there, looking like he was about to cry.

Blaze and I exited the closet and went to comfort Kiba. He didn't look surprised to see us. 'Must have smelled our scent.' I thought. "Hey, it's okay. He's just shocked right now." Blaze said soothingly, hugging him. I saw tears drip onto her shirt and soon he was bawling. "Shh shh, it's okay." Blaze rubbed his back. 'Go talk to him.' Blaze mouthed to me. I nodded and left the room.

I left the room and looked around. Kankuro was nowhere in sight. I heard the door open across the hallway and saw Shikamaru standing there. "Go on! Go!" He was pushing Akamaru out of the room and Akamaru was whining.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"He won't stop whining and Kiba hasn't been here in awhile. Do you know where he is?"

"Yeah he is in my room with Blaze." I pointed behind me. I opened the door and Akamaru practically flew in there. I closed the door behind him and asked Shikamaru, "Do you know where Kankuro's room is?" 'Might as well check there first.'

"No. Why?" Shikamaru asked.

"I have to find him."

"I know someone who might know where he is." Shikamaru sighed. "Tch. Troublesome. Follow me."

I did and we eventually came to a door. Shikamaru knocked on the door and said, "Temari. It's me."

"What do you want lazy-ass?" Temari asked, opening the door and leaning against it.

"She is looking for Kankuro. Do you know where his room is?" Shikamaru asked.

"If he's upset he won't be there." Temari told me.

"Then where would he be?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes and stood up straight. "Come with me."

We followed her for awhile until I noticed tiny specks of blood on the ground. "Hey."

They stopped and turned to look at me. "What? I don't have all day ya know." Temari asked.

I simply pointed to the ground. Her eyes widened and she said, "Crap! Not again!" She burst into a sprint and Shikamaru and I scrambled after her. We eventually came to a workshop of sorts, the blood trail getting bigger.

"Kankuro! Kankuro!" Temari shouted, running inside.

There was a loud clang to our left. We all whipped our heads toward the sound and saw Kankuro covered in blood and struggling to get up.

"Kankuro!" Temari shouted, holding Kankuro up. "Shikamaru help me!"

Shikamaru sprang into action, picking up a now unconscious Kankuro bridal style. We all rushed to the infirmary where they took Kankuro in immediately and told us to wait outside.

"He told us he would never do this again!" Temari cried.

"Again? What happened before?" I asked.

Temari sniffled and said, "Gaara, Kankuro, and I used to be homeschooled. Our father hired a teacher for us because he never had time to teach us himself. Anyways, that teacher was the most homophobic person I had ever met. He used to tell us all the time never to be gay because it was disgusting, unnatural and a sin. Gaara hated people back then so he always skipped out on the lessons. It was just me and Kankuro. One day, I noticed that Kankuro never paid attention to the girls in our village, but I would see him glancing at the boys every now and then."

"So he's gay?" I asked.

Temari nodded. "I wasn't the only one noticed though. Usually I would show up late to our lessons to piss the teacher off but one time I arrived early and saw him beating Kankuro." Temari had tears in her eyes. "He told Kankuro that he was disgusting and that liking boys was wrong. He told him that if he ever found him staring at another boy again he would beat him again. I ran out of there as fast as I could and didn't go back until two days later. I showed up early again and there he was, beating Kankuro again. I didn't know what to do, I was so young so I just watched, coming back every day, seeing him getting beaten. I eventually realized it was wrong and told our father and he got him fired, but Kankuro was never the same again. After the teacher was fired, everyday in his room Kankuro would hurt himself. He never did it so much that it would be noticed, but one day he went overboard and almost died. Father got him help and I thought that it was over. What happened to make him do it again?" She asked me.

"Kiba," I said, staring blankly at the wall. "Kiba kissed him."

Just then, Gaara and Neji came running into the waiting room. "Is he okay?" He asked Temari.

"I don't know yet. Where were you?" She asked, looking past Gaara, at Neji.

Gaara said, "We just had some business to do."

I gave Neji a knowing grin. He just looked confusedly back.

A nurse came through the doors and we all looked at her anxiously. "Kankuro is fine." We all let out huge sighs of relief. "He will be out anytime now."

"Thank you." Gaara said to the nurse and she nodded and went back inside.

About 20 minutes later, Kankuro came through the door, bandages covering his arms, legs, and probably his chest.

"Don't do that ever again!" Temari said, attacking him with a hug.

He winced a little but hugged her back. "I'm sorry Temari."

After everyone made sure he was okay, they all left, leaving only me and him.

"Hey." I said. "Let's talk about it."

He nodded, understanding what I meant. "Did Temari tell you?"

"Yeah. It's okay to be gay, you know. There is nothing wrong with it." I told him.

He just looked down.

"Naruto and Sasuke are together." I said and he looked up, surprised.

"They are?"

"Yup and so are your brother and Neji."

"What!" Kankuro looked super surprised at that. "How did that happen?"

"I have no idea." I chuckled a little. "The point is, it's okay to like Kiba. I can tell you really like him and he really likes you."

Kankuro fidgeted nervously. "Will you come with me to talk to him?" He asked.

"Of course." I smiled at him as we walked towards my room.

We arrived at my room and I didn't hear any sobbing so I took that as a good sign and opened the door. I saw Kiba, looking depressed, sitting on the bed talking with Blaze and petting Akamaru who was sitting on the floor next to Kiba.

"Hey." Kankuro said softly. Kiba's head whipped towards us. Akamaru started growling at Kankuro.

"Hey." Kiba said looking up at Kankuro with a solemn expression. "Akamaru stop." Akamaru stopped growling instantly but I could swear that he was glaring at Kankuro.

"I'm sorry Kiba. I didn't mean to hurt you. It's just I was scared." Kankuro looked like he was going to cry.

Kiba ran up to him and hugged him. "It's okay Kankuro. I understand."

I saw Kankuro wince when Kiba wrapped his arms around him. "Careful Kiba. Your man is injured."

"What?" He examined Kankuro and saw the bandages. "What happened?!"

"Well I kinda-" Kankuro started.

"You did this to yourself!?" Kiba started shouting at him and making a fuss over him. "Don't do this ever again!" Kiba said with a glare.

"I won't." Kankuro gave him a small smile.

"Good." Kiba's scowl burst into a grin and he kissed Kankuro. This time he kissed back.

"Blaze," I said. She turned towards me. "Let's go."

"Okay." She smiled happily at me.

Before we left, we glanced one more time at the kissing couple and smiled.

"We have only one couple left and the day isn't even over! We are so awesome at this!" Blaze shouted, pumping her fist into the air.

"Hey can you keep it down out there?" Shikamaru asked, opening his door revealing himself and Temari.

"Sorry!" Blaze apologized and he shut the door. "We are miracle workers!"

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"They're together!" Blaze shouted in my face.

"Just because they are in the same room together doesn't mean they are together." I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah? Well what about Neji and Gaara?" Blaze asked defiantly.

"What about us?" Asked Gaara walking towards us with Neji.

"AHHHHHH! OUR POSITION AS BEEN COMPROMISED!" Blaze shouted running around screaming.

"OH MY GOSH SHUT UP!" I shouted over her screaming.

"Okay." She said and sat down.

I looked over at Gaara and Neji. Their expressions were like wtf?

"Blaze thinks that just because Temari and Shikamaru are in a room together they are 'together' because you guys were in Gaara's room and you are together." I explained.

"We aren't together." Neji said staring at us with a confused expression. So was Gaara.

"The reason he was in my room was because of a private matter Tsunade sent him to discuss with me. We moved it to my room because apparently my office isn't that private." He gave us a look.

"Oh well oopsie." Blaze laughed nervously. "I guess we have two couples." She whispered to me.

"Wait what? No you don't. We don't like each other. We barely know each other." Neji said looking a little alarmed.

I sighed and rubbed my temples. This is going to be harder than I thought.