Chapter 10: One too many
This is a chapter dedicated to KIBA (well at least the beginning of the chapter lol)!!!!!! I noticed that all the shinobi from Konoha who came to Suna have someone for them like ShikaIno, NejiTenten yada yada lol but Kiba didn't have anyone so I created someone new . Also someone before asked if Matsuri was a real Filler character and yes she is She was a sound village ninja who ran away for she didn't want to work for orochimaru and that's when she came to Suna and yah . Although I also skipped most of the fillers except the ones that contained Gaara…O.O lol. Shippunden roxs!!!! Sorry I'm a total major Gaara fangirl ohhhh and my other fav character is Hinata as you can see .
(Start chapter)
"Akamaru!" Kiba said running down a foreign corridor trying to follow the scent of the old dog. His ears perked here and there trying to pick up any sounds coming from Akamaru's feet but nothing was heard. He took a left down a smaller corridor that was fairly dimly lit and started hearing small pattering footsteps that he recognized as Akamaru's. He turned one more time and saw Akamaru running down the hall towards an open door. Kiba dove for the dog but missed and Akamaru ran into the room excitedly. Kiba quickly scrambled to his feet and ran to the door totally surprised at how Akamaru was acting. Before he ran into the room he heard a young woman's voice. He stopped surprised and instead of walking in he peaked in lightly to see what Akamaru was doing. He looked in even more surprised. It looked to be a giant library with shelves filled to the ceiling with books but it wasn't the library that had caught his attention but the very attractive young woman dressed in a tan coloured light dress, her light brown hair tied back in a messy bun with glasses falling down her nose. She was patting Akamaru with a smile.
"You're back again I see," The woman said sweetly to Akamaru with a smile. Akamaru barked back happily and before Kiba knew what was happening Akamaru ran over to him happily.
"Akamaru," Kiba said bending over so the dog could jump up into the front of his hoodie.
"Hello sir?" the woman said surprised looking at how Akamaru just jumped into his hoodie without hesitation at all. "Is that you're dog?"
"Yah, this is Akamaru," Kiba said scratching behind the dog's ear lightly.
"He has come and visited me a couple times in the last two days," The woman said picking up some books off the table. "You look tall. Could you possibly put these books up in the top shelf for me?" Kiba was a little surprised with the request but walked over and took the books out of her hands then placed them in the empty section on the top shelf. He looked to be a least half a foot to three quarters of a foot taller then her.
"I'm Inuzuka Kiba," Kiba said with a smirk.
"I'm Yuri Suke," the woman said holding her hand out to Kiba who shook it.
"Suke…means knowledgeable right?" Kiba asked.
"Yah," Suke said with a smile as she turned around to grab more books.
"You know," Kiba said with a smirk. "You'd be pretty hott without those glasses."
Suke stood up straight and did not turn around towards him. "I-I beg your pardon?"
"Just a compliment," Kiba said with a chuckle.
"Oh…ok," Suke said putting the books away quickly trying not to make any eye contact once so ever which made Kiba smirk even more. "I-I have much work to do g-getting books away and such so y-you might want to l-leave sometime soon…"
"Wanna go to dinner with me?" Kiba asked standing beside her so that his arm was touching his shoulder. She flinched lightly and her face went beet red (like Hinata when Naruto talks lol or technically now Gaara XD).
"I-I…"
"I'll take that as a no," Kiba said walking towards the door not to affected for this normally happened to him anyways. "See yah round then…"
"Yes," she said her face going even redder. "I-I would love to." Kiba looked at her shocked. This was the first time anyone had ever actually said yes to him. He wasn't going to blow this now.
"Cool," Kiba said scratching the back of his head with an even bigger smirk. "Tomorrow night sevenish?"
"S-sounds good," Suke said looking down at her feet.
"You know you can look at me right?" Kiba said with a chuckle.
"Oh," she said going even redder. She looked up lightly and Kiba was stunned at the colour of her eyes. They were a light mulberry purple colour and were very piercing (like Kira from Gundam seed except Naruto style eye version ). Eyes that could be dangerous on any shinobi for they are eyes of intimidation but she was not like that. She seemed to shy and calm.
"You have pretty eyes," Kiba said with a smirk which made her blush even more. "Meet me at the front of the Kazekage tower k?"
She nodded calming herself down a little.
"See yah then," Kiba said walking out of the door with a smile. He had forgotten that girls in Suna didn't know much about his 'flirtation problem'. Finally things seemed to be looking up for him and he could finally let her go…
(Break)
'I hate shopping,' Gaara thought to himself lightly as he walked into the market by himself. He had planned to surprise Hinata with a flower but not just a normal flower. A single lavender rose. This was a breed of rose that he had funded personally and now the roses were finally grown. He didn't know why he wanted lavender flowers but now he labelled it destiny for lavender was perfect for her.
"Gaara," Said a sweet twinkling voice that Gaara recognized almost instantly.
"What do you want Matsuri," Gaara said coldly as the young kunoichi started walking beside him with a smile.
"To talk," she said her hands clasped behind her back. Gaara looked down at her and noticed that she was wearing perfume which was sickeningly intoxicating and instead of the regular tan colour she normally wore she wore an olive green short-sleeved jacket buttoned very low on her chest and high on her midriff so you could see lots of skin while wearing tan trunks. "Who is she?"
"Who is who?" Gaara asked not really wanting to talk to her.
"The girl you were with yesterday," Matsuri said. "Very pretty girl I must say."
"It's none of your business Matsuri," Gaara said turning to her angrily.
"She's a Hyuuga," Matsuri said with a smile. "Like that one shinobi, Neji I believe his name was."
"I told you it is known of your business," Gaara snapped.
"Oh but it is my business," Matsuri said. "For she seems to have stolen my fiancé."
"You knew well enough that when you left our engagement was broken," Gaara said. "I told you I don't need you anymore. You hurt me, not the other way around."
"You're just too cute you know that?" Matsuri said with a chuckle. "I'm not saying you have to all the sudden like me again. We can give it time and see if we could ever be together again. We were in love at one point in time remember? I can still remember the night when I took your…"
"Matsuri that is enough," Gaara said turning away from her.
"Oh, are you ashamed I was your first?" she said with another chuckle. "I distinctly remember you enjoying it."
"Why do you constantly bug me?" Gaara asked sadly. "Why cant you just leave me be?"
"You really want to know why I bug you so much?" Matsuri asked. "It's because I'm still in love with you Gaara. Don't you get it? I'm bearing my soul to you even if I'm being pushed away. I'm so in love with you that I come back here to Suna just to see you when I had made a good life for myself in the village hidden in the mist. I could have had any guy I wanted there but I didn't want any of them because I want you Gaara…"
Matsuri looked at Gaara stunned feeling her cheek go red from the newly hand print forming there. In the blink of an eye or so it seemed he had slapped her across the face as a small tear dripped down his cheek.
"Shut up," Gaara said angrily. "I hate you Matsuri."
"Then why is a tear falling down your cheek," Matsuri asked feeling her own cheek.
"Because I pity you," Gaara said. "Her name is Hinata Hyuuga and I'm in love with her."
"And how many days has this been going on? Two three?" Matsuri asked angrily. "You're willing to throw away our three year relationship for her?"
"Let me put it this way Matsuri," Gaara said. "I'd be willing to throw my life away for her."
"Like I would you?" Matsuri said tilting her head sadly. "I don't want you to hate me Gaara. On the contrary. I want us to be friends for then maybe I might be able to move on from you. At least give me that chance Gaara. At least let me know that I'm not hated by the very one whom I love."
"It will be a hard path," Gaara said nodding his head. "But I'm willing to try if your intentions are pure. Come to dinner tonight at my place in the Kazekage tower."
Matsuri brightened up happily and smiled.
"Is seven ok for you?" Matsuri asked.
"Yah," Gaara said starting to walk away.
"Um…Gaara?" Matsuri said lightly. Gaara turned around quickly. "Thank you for another chance at being your friend."
"Welcome," Gaara said and he walked away.
(Break)
"I still can't believe your staying with Gaara from now on," Tenten said with a smile. "That is so romantic. You haven't even been together for like a week and you're already moving in with him."
"I'm in love with him," I said turning to her my eyes flashing. "A feeling far greater then anything I've ever felt. It's really quite strange how much I developed feelings for him so quickly but I'm happy and that is good enough for me."
"Let me do your hair tonight," Tenten said grabbing the brush off the counter. "I might not get the chance to anymore if you're moving in with him."
"You should just move in with Neji and then you could do his hair," I laughed to her dismay. She turned brilliant red. "Well he does have hair like mine for we are both Hyuuga's."
After a good 15 minutes Tenten had tied my hair in two long low pigtails. It was actually really cute but I couldn't help but smile at the fact that it was very close to Tenten's buns.
(Break)
Matsuri walked up to Gaara's door with a smile. It would be the perfect time to play the cute charm on him and lead up to some aftermath. Two weeks, ha. She could make him melt like a Popsicle in the microwave in less the two days. Orochimaru would be so pleased with her. She knocked on the door lightly and saw as the marks on the door lit up as Gaara opened the door wearing his sepia jacket to Matsuri's surprise.
"Matsuri," Gaara said opening the door up wider so she could get in.
"Hi Gaara-kun," she said with a big smile walking in. "So what are we having for dinner tonight?"
"Sushi," Gaara said sitting down on the couch. Matsuri's eyes landed on the brilliant coloured rose on the table before him. A very soft lavender colour it was. Matsuri sat down beside Gaara closely pretending it was just an accident with red cheeks but not moving away.
"Pretty rose," Matsuri said with a smile.
"I funded the making of them," Gaara said picking the rose up off the table delicately. "The first ever lavender rose…"
Knock, knock, knock.
(Back to Hinata)
I walked to the door and knocked lightly against Gaara's door waiting patiently as the five marks lit up and the door opened Gaara standing tall in his Sepia jacket and his eyes bright and happy. Before I knew it his lips met mine and I felt him put something in my hand. I kissed him back gently enjoying the way his hair was tickling my forehead. When he pulled away gently I looked at what he had put in my hand and I stood shocked. It was the most beautiful rose I had ever seen in my life except it wasn't red but lavender. I put my arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.
"Thank you so much," I said with a smile. I then looked behind his shoulder and Matsuri was sitting down looking at this totally surprised. "Um…what's Matsuri doing here?" I whispered lightly.
"She wants to be my friend now," Gaara said lightly back in mine. "I don't know her intentions but if she would rather be my friend then my enemy then I would rather have her as a friend."
I looked over at Matsuri not to sure what to think. I let my arms fall down to my sides and I walked in with him walking in behind me.
"Hello Matsuri," I said with a smile.
"Oh, hi," Matsuri said with a sweet smile. "This is a pleasant surprise."
"Oh I forgot to tell you that Hinata was coming," Gaara said to Matsuri.
Gaara sat down in the middle of the couch and I went and sat down closely to him his hand taking mine. Matsuri sat on Gaara's other side a little to close for me to not get jealous.
"So you're name is Hinata?" Matsuri asked.
"Yes," I nodded with a light smile. "And of course you are Matsuri. I have heard much about you."
"Oh really," Matsuri said. "That's interesting."
"Ow," I said as I accidentally pricked my finger on one of the thorns a droplet of blood running down my finger.
"Oh, let me help you with that," Gaara said and before I knew what he was doing he had the tip of my finger in his mouth (Sound familiar? Yashimaru cries). I looked at him a little confused but smiled because the sting started to go away and he looked so cute and innocent with the tip of my finger in his mouth. What I didn't know was the he secretly longed to taste my blood and he didn't really know why.
"That better?" Gaara asked for it had stopped bleeding as well.
"Thank you," I said lightly pecking his lips. I put the rose down on the table.
"I've never seen you so happy in front of someone else," Matsuri said a little surprised looking dead straight at Gaara. "I truly have been replaced but I don't mind as long as we can be friends…" I was a little surprised at this statement. She didn't sound like such a bad person but I was starting to have weird feelings about her. An emotion that she so desperately hid behind her eyes was vaguely visible. An emotion of shame…but why?
Gaara stood up and walked over to the table sitting down where three plates were now set up instead of two and a big plate filled with all kinds of sushi sat in the middle of the table. It looked absolutely delicious and I licked my lips hungrily. Gaara picked up his chopsticks and picked up a few cucumber sushi from the far end then dapped a huge spoonful of wasabi. I was a little surprised for the last time I tried the green spicy goo I had to drink down a giant glass of water just to breathe. Matsuri did the same and I watched in amazement as they both dipped their sushi in the spicy wasabi and ate it easily. I grabbed a few shrimp sushi and just sat at the other side of the table feeling a little sad.
"You still like wasabi," Matsuri said with a smile taking another bite of her sushi. "You always had weird taste in things."
"You did too," Gaara said plopping another sushi in his mouth.
"I remember that you liked soda flat instead of fresh because you didn't like the bubbles," Matsuri said with a chuckle. "Our first date you sat there for like an hour just staring at the pop can waiting for the bubbles to stop. You're nose was scrunched in concentration and you wouldn't even look at me."
I didn't know that Gaara liked flat pop…She knew so much more about him then I did and I started to feel jealous and inferior to the young kunoichi sitting at the other side of the table. Gaara's eyes then looked at me and his nose scrunched worriedly for he must have noticed the sad expression on my face.
"Try this," Gaara said dipping one of his cucumber sushi in the wasabi and passing it to me.
I looked down at the little sushi and gulped. I wanted to show Matsuri that I had a lot in common with Gaara but if this was as spicy as I remembered then I would just make more of a fool of myself. I looked at the sushi once more then plopped it in my mouth feeling intense heat hit my tongue. I started choking loudly and my cheeks when bright red with embarrassment.
"Hinata!" Gaara said running into the kitchen and grabbing a glass of water. He passed it to me and I drank the whole thing down soothing the hot sensation on my tongue as Gaara patted my back lightly. That was so dumb of me. Finally when I had started breathing normally again Gaara started to chuckle. I looked at him a little surprised but he just kept chuckling and I couldn't help but chuckle myself. It really was funny and I couldn't help it as the giggles spilled out of my lips. Matsuri giggled a little but there was something about her giggles that seemed strained and forced.
"I forgot to tell you that I don't much like spicy things," Hinata said scratching the back of her head lightly.
"Then why did you eat it?" Gaara asked confused.
"Because I wanted to have something in common with you," Hinata admitted a little embarrassed. Why was she so plagued with shyness?
"You have many things in common with me," Gaara said. "But it's the things that set us apart that are the things that make me attracted to you."
Hinata smiled happily at this comment for she had been feeling so inferior all night compared to Matsuri.
"I think I might be intruding on a date or something being here so I think I should go," Matsuri said standing up starting to walk out when Gaara had walked over to her and grabbed her wrist lightly.
"I want to be friends again Matsuri," Gaara said. I was already started to feel stings of jealousy run through my body but I would never say anything about it. "You are not intruding."
Matsuri smiled a cute innocent smile up at him. "Ok," She said sweetly sitting back down at the table. She was starting to see that this was going to be harder then she thought it would be.
The rest of the night went by relatively easy although I kept having these strange feelings about Matsuri. She kept giving Gaara these looks that I didn't much care for but what was I supposed to do? Just get up and bitch slap her then tell her to get the hell away from my boyfriend? I couldn't just do that for Gaara would most likely take offence to it as well so I kept my mouth shut. Matsuri left at about 11:00 and I remembered what was to happen tomorrow. The mission was to start. After showering I curled up beside Gaara in his bed enjoying the sudden warmth and fell straight to sleep.
I blinked my eyes open lightly as the rays of sunshine struck my eyes. I looked at the window which Gaara was looking out of already dressed in fresh Kazekage clothing for the day with his hat in hand.
"Looks like the mission begins," I said yawning loudly grabbing my pack off the floor.
"Today could be a dangerous day," Gaara said his eyes worried and filled with anticipation of the battle that was to take place when the unknown shinobi arrives. I was now becoming nervous. I had forgotten how important today was.
"I will be by your side through out it all," Hinata said walking beside him even though she was still fully nude and the window was open but no one dared to look up into the Kazekage's window.
"I'm glad," Gaara said. That's when I noticed how truly sad his eyes had become. Very sad indeed. I knew that he was frightened of what is to come because I could feel it emanating off of him. He didn't have the Shukaku protecting him anymore and he thought he would have to fare this alone but he didn't seem to realize that I would never let him fare it alone. I opened my pack and pulled out a baggy black t-shirt, blue pants, my Hyuuga jacket, a kunai belt, and undergarments then began dressing. "Promise me one thing."
"Hmm?" Hinata asked.
"That you will keep on living even if I can't withstand," Gaara said. "Keep living your life even if I am not physically in it anymore."
"I would rather die with you," Hinata said more confidently as she slipped on her sandals then fastened the kunai belt. "For at least then I would die happy."
I felt arms around me in a tight embrace and felt Gaara trembling lightly. "You have a life ahead of you Hinata," Gaara said lightly. "Many years of life when you shall live a full and happy life, marry, and have children. You will grow old and die peacefully even if I'm not the man who will share that life with you."
"Don't say that," Hinata said lightly. "You will be the only man in my life and if I die now then I know I have lived."
"Please Hinata," Gaara said. "Promise me you will keep living. Please promise me this and I can fight today without worry. Please tell me that if I lose then my lose will not ultimately be your undoing cause I could never forgive myself if that happened Hinata. Just promise me now."
It hurt me inside to say it but I said I would keep living…even if I did not die I would die inside…
(End chapter)
I cant wait to hear comments on this chapter for next chapter is going to surprise lol. It's actually kind of ironic really lol. Please, please, please review! Do I really have to beg? Lol jk. I just like reviews and I noticed that my story doesn't have many reviews so I don't know if that is supposed to be flattering or just plain sad lol.