And so Akari and Gaara finally meet... Yay!... Although they're happy now, a little twist in the story may change everything... read to know more...
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...
Normal POV
Akari and Gaara had a great time getting to know each other... although Akari already knew a lot about him from the anime and the manga, it was different to hear the details from Gaara himself...
The time passed by quickly, and it was almost time for Takeshi's sister to pick her up...
Akari realized this when she looked up at the sky, noticing that it was probably almost four in the afternoon...
She knew that she couldn't let Takeshi's sister see her with Gaara... if she did, they would probably bar her from going out at all...
All good things had to come to an end... and Akari knew that she had to say goodbye... at least for now...
Akari's POV
"What's wrong?..." Gaara asked, looking at me... looking worried...
"... uhmmm... nothing really Gaara-kun... I just think that I need to go now... Takeshi's sister will be here to pick me up soon..."
"oh..." he said, looking down at his feet...
"Gaara... are... well... uhmmm... are you going to be here tomorrow?..."
He looked up at me... he looked sad, almost scared... what was wrong?
Wait a minute...
Did he think that I made some lame excuse to go because I suddenly realized that I didn't like him after all?...
He didn't think that I was asking because I wanted to avoid him or what?...
No... It wasn't like that...
Gaara... these people have done so much to you... but please... trust me...
"I just want to know if you'll be here so I'll come back tomorrow..." I said, giving him the brightest smile I could, hoping to prove that I wasn't lying...
I guess he found no fault because soon, I small smile slowly crept onto his face...
"Yes!..." He said nodding...
"We'll meet each other here again tomorrow, promise..."
"Promise..."
We both locked our pinky fingers together, a sign of our promise...
"Okay... I'll see you same time tomorrow... Bye!..." I said cheerfully, waving as I ran off...
He waved back smiling... he looked genuinely happy...
seeing that bright smile come from him made my heart melt...
that was my purpose for being here... to make him happy...
As I sat down on a bench on the other side of the playground to wait for Takeshi's sister, I made a silent oath to myself...
I swore that I'd make him smile like that at least one more time...
Normal POV
Gaara and Akari had created one of the best memories of their lives that day...
Gaara learned what it was like trust someone and to have his first friend...
and Akari felt the happiness of having a friend again after many years since her brother passed...
Akari had said that she was ready to take whatever came with being friends with Gaara...
although...
she didn't know how much tougher it would be from what she had imagined...
Because as those events at the swings unfolded, unknowingly, someone had been watching them...
He smirked as he watched them laugh and smile...
'I bet Kazekage-sama would love to hear about this...' the man thought darkly...
'Heh... I'll show you Takeshi... that girl's more trouble than you've bargained for...' he said to himself as he jumped off to the Kazekage's tower...
At the Kage's tower... (Normal POV)
"All this seems very interesting..." the Kazekage said behind his intertwined fingers...
The ninja who had seen Gaara and Akari had just relayed all he had seen to the Kage...
Now, the kage was deep in thought...
The jounin stood silently, waiting for what his superior would say...
After a few more moments of silence, the kage spoke...
"As you've said a while ago, the girl already knows how to handle a kunai and shuriken... am I correct?..."
"Hai, Kazekage-sama... Takeshi was the one who taught her..."
"Hmmmmm... taught by a formidable jounin I see..." the kage said, pausing momentarily. An idea popped into his head...
"I want you to teach her more of the basics of being a ninja... she seems to have quite an interest for it.
In his mind, the kage had started to form a plan. If the girl could be manipulated correctly, then... he would be rid of the menace that was his son...
Sorry that this chapter's so short, but I just wanted to post something before the exams... it's two weeks from now... it's not only that but I have a lot of college entrance exams to prepare for, and I want to be ready... I post the next chapter depending on my schedule, but I think I'll be able to post by August 17...
until then... please review and give me a couple of suggestions of what you want to see in the next chapter...
