"You are so weird." Gaara's comment halted my train of thought.
"Why thank you, that's very kind."
"Most people wouldn't see that as a compliment."
"I'm not most people."
"Are we almost there? My feet are killing me!"
"We're ten minutes away from the Leaf Village. Just like we were ten minutes away five seconds ago." Kankuro says as he snarls in my direction.
"It's not my fault! I'm not used to walking this much."
"What do you mean 'this much'?" Kankuro asks me with his eyebrow raised.
"Three days non-stop without a break, walking all day, did I mention the non-stop part?"
"You don't walk much, do you?"
"Where I'm from there isn't a need to walk to different countries by foot."
"Well you aren't back home, now are you?" Kankuro said in a rather judging tone.
"Kankuro be nice."
"Gaara, I can handle this on my own." I looked over at Kankuro "I may not be at home, but this may very well be my new one. Ever since we've started this trip you have been nothing but a complete sour puss and moody. I may not be the best at fighting or the smartest when it comes to plans in battle. But I know people. I know what to do when people I care about are getting hurt. If I have to, I'd risk my life to save another. I would risk my life to save you or Gaara or anyone else. So don't you dare even for a minute think I am any less capable than you. I may not be as advanced or qualified or as dependable. But I'm not completely useless and you better start to recognize that and stop treating me as if I am a nascence to your travels. It's annoying to see you look down on people who have less skill than you do. I wasn't trained from childhood about martial arts; I was in my teenage years." I walked faster so that they were the ones following me, I don't know my way around this place, so it's likely not the smartest idea.
"Wow, she's moody." Or maybe it is.
"I heard that Kankuro." I turn around and glare at him.
"So this is the famous Leaf Village. Hn. It's not what I expected."
"What were you expecting? A flying horse?"
"No Kankuro. I wasn't. Keep your snide remarks to yourself next time. Thank you very much."
"Will the two of you cease?"
"Sorry Gaara." We both said.
"While we're here the two of you are to behave. We are here for political means and we represent our country. So don't screw it up."
"Did he just say?"
"Screw?"
"So where's the welcoming committee?"
"Kankuro, you don't expect people to go out of their way just to greet you. Do you?"
"Well, yeah, I kinda do."
"Wow, he's lamer than I thought."
"Cut it out you two. We have a meeting."
"But what about meeting up with Naruto and the others?" Kankuro asks.
"That can wait." I say.
"I think the powers gone to her head."
"No, it didn't. I just know my priorities."
"Kayla, and Kankuro this is the kind of behaviour I was referring to earlier. At least try not to say those types of comments to each other. It doesn't reflect well on the Sand Village. Now, let's go."
"Gaara!" a blonde yelled from down the street. Causing all three of us to turn in the direction of where the sound came from.
"Naruto." The two bowed slightly.
"How have you been?" the blonde, Naruto, asks.
"Fine."
"Kankuro?"
"Okay I guess. I have this real pain in the neck." I shot a glare to Kankuro.
"Well I hope it goes away!" the blonde said completely oblivious to the fact he was referring to me. But I'd be more than happy to give Kankuro a physical pain in the neck. "Sorry. But, who are you?" the blonde said pointing to me.
"Her name is Kayla." Gaara responds before I get the chance.
"Oh, I've never seen you here before. You from the Sand Village?"
"Not exactly." I say trying to hide the fact that I'm not really from anywhere at this time.
"No, she isn't from the Sand Village. Or any other Village around here." Cover equals blown. Thanks Gaara.
"Huh?"
"She won't tell me what Village she comes from." Okay, maybe not as much as I thought.
"But she's on your council, right?"
"Yes."
"So shouldn't you know what village she's from? For safety reasons?"
"I know all that is necessary."
"Yeah, what he said." I say pointing my thumb in Gaara's direction who happens to be standing next to me.
"Okay." The blonde said with an uneasy feeling present in his voice "So how long are you down here for?" Naruto asks Gaara.
"About three days."
"What! We walked all the way over here for three days straight and we're gonna leave in three days! You've got to be kidding me!"
"She doesn't travel much, does she?" the blonde says pointing in my direction.
"Very rarely, you can see why." I'll pretend I didn't hear that.
Three Days Later
"Well it was nice meeting you." I say trying to act as friendly as possible.
"Yeah, um, you to."
"You still don't trust me."
"No, it's not that."
"I never questioned if you trusted me or not. I know you don't trust me. It doesn't take an idiot to figure that out."
"Don't take it personally."
"Would never take it that way." I smiled trying to lessen the awkwardness, didn't work to well "Gaara! Kankuro! We should get going!" I yell to them.
"Now look who's making the orders. And she's below us." Kankuro whispered.
"Must I repeat the previous conversation we had earlier Kankuro?" I smile wickedly towards him.
"Nope." He quickly scurries next to me, Gaara in toe.
"Shall we depart?" I ask.
"Yeah, yeah just start walking." Kankuro said with a tone that suggests he's on the brink of annoyance. I looked over at him, as our eyes met I sent a glare in his direction. He was quick to look away. I smile in defeat of Kankuro! Oh, god, I've had too much candy. Three day march again. Yippee. And by Yippee I mean kill me now and never make me walk for three whole days ever again.
"How was the trip?" Temari asks.
"It was-" I began
"I didn't ask you."
"Nice to see you to Temari. I see you're still up to the ol' routine of not including me. Well you'll be happy to know Kankuro has joined your ranks." I quickly left the three of them in the entrance and make my way to my room. Everything has just spiralled downwards these last couple of weeks. I don't know what it is. If all of this shit I'm getting is because of the kiss between me and Gaara or if this was the plan all along. Everything is just so confusing now. I don't even know what to think anymore. If all of this is my fault, or if it isn't, it's all too confusing.
I like Gaara, and I may even like him more than a friend. But guys, they are so hard to understand. And they all want one thing. Or at least that's what I've been told my so many people. But Gaara, he's different somehow. I don't know how exactly, if it's cause he's different from most guys. Or if it's the whole time travel thing, maybe guys were different in the past. Who am I kidding? Guys have only evolved to be guys. Does that make sense? Great, now I'm talking to myself, they have so overworked me. I need sleep.
I open the door to my room. Everything was the way it was when I left it. The books on the shelves, the weapons in the- okay so maybe I haven't found space to put those yet. It's a small room and I have a fair bit of weapons. I always liked weapons back home, especially the ancient looking ones. They always told a story of they're own, that each weapon had a purpose, past, and history. Though most think my obsession with history and ancient artefacts is of the unhealthy kind. But I've always had a knack for it. But enough about that, it's time I figure out what's really happening around here. But not before I sleep for thousands of years, I am utterly exhausted.
"Kayla! Kayla!" the pounding at my door never stops does it?
"Yeah?" I say groggily.
"You up?"
"I am now." I grumble.
"I didn't hear you."
"Just come in already!" I barked. The doorknob moved and a body entered my room.
"I woke you, didn't I?"
"Yeah."
"Sorry about that."
"What do you want Kankuro?"
"Do you like my brother?" I shot up from my bed. Yup, I'm defiantly awake now.
"Why?" I ask; puzzled on why this topic was brought up now, of all the places and time.
"I was just wondering. Well, do you?"
"I'm not sure."
"How can you not be sure? You kissed him."
"So?"
"That doesn't mean anything to you?"
"Sure it does. It's just" I pause "I don't know. I don't think he thinks about me in that way. Everything is just so confusing."
"How? How is it confusing? You either like the guy or you don't."
"Why do you even want to know? I thought guys didn't care about these types of things?"
"Will you just tell me already!" he asks raising his voice slightly.
"Why are you being so persistent about it?"
"Because! I like you and I want to know if it's one sided!" he said quickly. His voice hinting with rage. "Oh shit!" He covered his mouth quickly. Unable to believe what he had just said (and at a rather loud volume)
"You" I pause "Like me?" I finish, completely confused how this could be possible. We've been fighting each other for like a week now.
"You heard that, didn't you?"
"Yeah. I did. But if you like me than why were you picking fights with me all week?"
"It's how I show emotion."
"It's a crappy way." He looked at me. Not giving me a comeback for what I said. Just waiting, waiting for an answer. "Look Kankuro, you're nice. Except for this week. But you're a nice person. What happened between me and you" I pause, I hate doing this kind of stuff (mind you I barely do this to begin with) "it was an accident. It wasn't intended."
"I know."
"I don't think you do. What happened there, it was just me being the clumsy person I am. Please, just forget about it."
"I was right."
"About what?"
"That no girl would ever like me." He looks down at the floor. Oh god, I truly hate this.
"No, Kankuro. It's not like that. You are a very nice guy with a horrible way of showing his feelings. I'm sure tons of girls would love you once they get to know you."
"But not you."
"No, not me." I take a deep breath "I'm sorry."
"It's Gaara, isn't it? He's the one you like."
"No, no, no, no, no!" I say slightly blushing.
"Your face tells the truth. You're as red as a tomato." He started to laugh at me.
"Stop! It's not funny!"
"Just promise me one thing."
"What?" I ask, my hand covering my very red face.
"Don't toy with his heart. He's had a messed up life. He's had family betray him as a kid. He's never felt loved. Never felt wanted. Just promise me you won't hurt him. And if possible for you, love him, and let him know he's loved. He needs it."
"You really care about your brother, don't you?"
"Yeah, but don't you ever tell him!"
"There's only one problem. Gaara doesn't like me. Not like that."
"Oh, he does. Trust me, he does."
"How do you know that?"
"It's all in the eyes." He smiled at me.
"Gaara told you bout that?"
"Course he did! I'm his big brother!"
"You are such a loser."
"So are you."
"Shouldn't you be somewhere?"
"Yeah, but not until you promise me."
"I promise." Kankuro waved goodbye and slowly walked away from my room. I could hear his footsteps as he got further and further away from my room.
"Kayla, you in there?" Gaara's deep voice asks as he knocks on my slightly opened door (Kankuro never closed it). These boys never stop.
"Yeah," I give a heavy sigh as I get up "I'm here."
"If I'm bothering you I can leave."
"Don't you dare you made me get up!" I poke his chest as I lean against the door frame of my room.
"I never made you get up. You chose to."
"Don't you dare start with that." I poked him in the chest again.
"I'll leave." He started to turn around. I quickly grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him back around.
"Why are you here Gaara?" I ask. He remained silent. "Look, there's something I need to talk to you about. Or show you. Or something." I say, getting confused at the words that were leaving my mouth.
"Which is?" I took a deep breath.
"Look, your exterior is very intimidating." I pause, releasing my hold on his collar "You're a hell of a teacher and you push me too far. You might not think you do but you do." I looked down at my feet, and then looked back into his emerald eyes "When we first met I thought you were scary and untrustworthy. You suck at showing your emotions at times and other times I'm very confused at what you're trying to get across." I pause again, this time looking at the floor. My hands fiddled at the bottom of my shirt. "But now that I've come to know you, you aren't intimidating. You are still a hell of a teacher and I doubt you'll change the course for my laziness. You aren't scary at all and you are the one person I've trusted the most in, likely my whole life. You believed my story which likely sounded weird and crazy to you when most people would just have put me in some loony bin and you haven't told anyone where I'm from, what family I come from or anything. You still aren't very good at showing your emotions but I'm starting to understand the ways you show them." I take a deep breath after talking a little faster than I had hoped I would have been "From what I've learnt I know I was completely wrong at the beginning, I might have thought you were scary but I also thought you were completely hot and sexy." I covered my face, trying to hide my burning cheeks as I kept my gaze on the ground "God, I can't believe I just said that!" I looked up at the ceiling then back to Gaara's beautiful emerald eyes that just entranced me "I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've had a great time being here, and an even better time spending it with you. And maybe I want to get to know you a little better, well a lot better. I like you. Not as a friend. More. Boy, this is scary." I breathed out a nervous breath "I'm not sure if you like me or not. But we've kissed a couple of times and I'm just confused at all of it. So can you please just tell me? And how can you have a straight face all this time!" I finally finished. Gaara just kept staring at me with his deep eyes. Looking at me. Saying nothing, which is really starting to freak me out. Gaara stepped closer to me. Making the space between us very small, he kept looking into my eyes. He brought his hand from his side and slipped it around my waist. The other traveled up my back to rest at the back of my neck. Sending a shiver down my spine. His head leaned close to mine, our lips an inch apart. His forehead resting on mine. His warm lips pressed against mine. Quickly making my heart race and my body warm up. As we parted he playfully bit my bottom lip.
"I'm still confused." I say, his arms resting on my lower back.
"I think that means he likes you!" Kankuro yelled down the hall.
"Kankuro!" I screamed, opening the door fully. Gaara moved out of my way; however he was sure to keep his arms around my waist. "You watched! That's gross!"
"You moaned." He said flatly. I blushed furiously.
"I was not!" I screamed, my voice cracking to my embarrassment.
"Is she blushing?" Kankuro asks his brother as he comes walking down the hallway. I turned around and hid my face in Gaara's chest. Gaara held my close to his body. I could feel his heart beating. It was beating almost as fast as mine was.
"Go away Kankuro!" I say, my voice muffled.
"But it's so fun to make fun of you!" he tapped at my shoulder. Gaara held me even closer and I was glad to bury my face in his clothes.
"Do as she says." Gaara told Kankuro.
"Kill joy." I hear Kankuro's steps as he walks down the hall. Now that my very beat red face has cooled down a bit and is only slightly rosy, I look up at Gaara. He was smiling down at me.
"You think I'm sexy?" I just laughed in embarrassment. Gaara smiled wider than I had ever seen him smile. I guess I just got my answer.
Side Note
Please, please, please, please don't kill me! I'm a very bad person, I know. I was just so focused on finishing 'A Hidden Truth' that I completely forgot about this one (having it in my documents instead of my desktop didn't help much; I only really type when it's on my desktop). And it's been so long since I last updated this that I forgot my last chapters, so I had to re-read them. It's sad, I know. And I'm afraid I won't be any better anytime soon. With school starting I really have to focus on my grades cause this is where it gets ultra important. So maybe once a month, maybe once every two months? And they likely won't be very long either. But I'm not giving this one up. So just don't lose faith in me. I'm just going to be so much busier this year.
I've also noticed that I put side note when most put author note. And you can't deny that Gaara is a sexy boy. Not for one second! ;) That's all. Please, don't hate me. -_-!