"What did I say earlier when you asked to visit your siblings?" Naruto asked Gaara, who bit his bottom lip. "What did I say?"
"...later..." Gaara answered.
"Then why did you go now? Not only did you go! You LIED about it!" Naruto growled out in anger. "Do you have any idea what could have happened? How stupid you were-"
"I'm not stupid!" Gaara interrupted Naruto, who growled again and grabbed Gaara. He pushed Gaara up against the wall with a loud bang. Gaara winced in pain.
"DO...NOT...INTERRUPT...ME." Naruto told Gaara, who winced again at Naruto squeezing his shoulders in a slightly painful manner. "You must except your life! You are in danger every moment on the moment! Every one of my enemies will be trying to hurt me through you! YOU SHOULD NOT BE SO FUCKING STUPID! YOU HAD ME WORRIED ABOUT AN HOUR TRIP THAT TOOK 6 HOURS! I SENT PEOPLE OUT TO LOOK FOR YOU! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!"
"..." Gaara started crying, causing Naruto to come out of his anger induced haze. "I...I...I don't know..."
"Gaara..." Naruto raised one of his hands to caress Gaara's cheek, causing him to flinch. Naruto frowned and let both of his hands fall to his side. Gaara started sobbing harder. "I'm-"
"I hate you!" Gaara shouted as he punched Naruto in the face and ran out of the room. Naruto stood their in stupor, then cursed and ran to find Gaara.
"..." Gaara was crying in the middle of the maze located in the castle's courtyard. He had been crying for about what Naruto said and did to him.
"Why are you crying, Little Red?" A voice asked causing Gaara to jump in surprise. He quickly scrambled to his feet and wiped his face.
"Ky-kyuubi-sama..." Gaara whispered. Kyuubi frowned as he walked up to Gaara, who was shaking slightly in fear. He flinched when Kyuubi lifted his hand up and touched the back of his head.
"Hold still." Kyuubi told Gaara, whose fear turned into confusion when he started to feel a tingly feeling. When Kyuubi moved his hand away, Gaara's head didn't hurt anymore. "It seems my foolish cub still has a temper."
"..." Gaara didn't know what to say as Kyuubi started healing the bruses. "T...thank you."
"Don't mention it." Kyuubi said when he was done.
"Still..."
"I mean it. I don't want to be seen as a softie." Kyuubi told Gaara, who smiled slightly. "Did he hit you?"
"No...he...he just grabbed my shoulders a little hard..." Gaara told Kyuubi's whose eyes narrowed.
"If that was the case, you wouldn't have had a bump the size of Iruka's belly on the back of your head." Kyuubi pointed out. Gaara looked down and bit his bottom lip. "Do you want to know the problem of why Naruto can dominate you so easily?"
"Um..." Gaara blushed slightly.
"You let him. You can't let your mate push you around. Hell, before I came I got the shit beat out of me by my pregant husband." Kyuubi told Gaara, who looked at him in surprise. "Sometimes, we need to get put back in our place; and that place is next to our mate that is the way of the fox. If it is not our mate or any kits that we have, then they are second to us."
"S-s-s...I stand up for myself more?" Gaara asked nervously. Kyuubi gave him a smirk.
"Now you're getting it." Kyuubi said as he sat down a nearby bench. He gestured to Gaara to seat besides him. "This is my favorite part of the maze."
"Why?" Gaara asked curiously. Kyuubi smirked as he leaned on a tree behind him. He closed his eyes as he reached behind him and hit the tree twice. Gaara watched in amazement when two red-fruity things fell into Kyuubi's lap. Kyuubi handed him one and started eating the other one. Gaara stared at it for a while then nubbled on it. "^.^"
Gaara now had a new favorite fruit.
"Are you done crying and ready to face my idiot of a son." Kyuubi asked Gaara as he opened his red eyes. Gaara nodded his head while smiling as Kyuubi ruffled his hair.
"Sweetness!" Naruto exclaimed when he saw Gaara and Kyuubi walking down the hall. Gaara glanced at Kyuubi, who nodded then walked off.
"Remember." Kyuubi told Gaara.
"I'm so sorry." Naruto apologized to Gaara, who nodded his head. "I...I was just so worried. I've never felt that worried my whole life."
"It's...okay, Naruto." Gaara said. "I'm...I'm sorry I worried you. I just missed them a little...I know I've got you now...but they...they were the only family or anyone I've known for years. It kind of hurt to be seprated from them for so long."
"Oh..." Naruto pulled Gaara into a hug and kissed the top of his head. "I'm sorry."
"I love you, Naruto." Gaara told Naruto. Later...Gaara thought. Later he would be assertive and not let Naruto run over him.
"..." Gaara softly petted a sleeping Naruto's ears. He giggled every now and then when Naruto continued to purr slightly and whine. Shukaku meowed loudly at not getting attention and jumped on Naruto's face.
"Damn it!" Naruto shouted as he jumped up and knocked Shukaku off the bed. Gaara gasped and immediatly ran and picked up Shukaku.
"Are you okay?" Gaara asked the baby panther, who purred and snuggled into Gaara's chest. Naruto glared at it.
"Little fucker." Naruto shouted as he pointed at the kitten, which seemed to be gloating at him.
"Naru, calm down." Gaara said as he kissed Naruto on the cheek. Naruto pouted while crossing his arms as Gaara cuddled the kitten. "It's okay, Shukaku."
"...HMPH!" Naruto grunted as he saw down and glared at the still gloating kitten. "Should have never gotten that little bastard."
"Naruto! He can here you!" Gaara scolded Naruto, whose glare increased. "You can sleep with me tonight, Shukaku."
"WHAT?" Naruto shouted as Gaara walked out of the room. He shut and locked the door behind him. "GAARA! COME ON!"
"I'm sleeping in here tonight. It's bad luck to be with your future spouse the night of before the wedding." Gaara told Naruto, who was sulking. "Night, Naru. Say night to Naru, Shukaku."
"Meow." Ah, ha! I'm sleeping with Gaara!
"Stupid cat..."
I know its kind of short, but I'm just recovering from writers block. ^.^ Review and vote and I promise that the next chapter will be almost as long as the first or even longer. Reviews feed my brain! Don't let me starve!
Oh, and I don't own Naruto...he would be my smex slave.
