Chapter 10!
"So..."
"So..."
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"Mm..."
Sachio sighed, putting his head down on the table. I smirked and took another bite of my ice-cream. For the last fifteen minutes he has been trying to get me to tell him what I was doing at Gaara's. I just told him we were watching some movies, and that he had some friends over that live out of town. He doesn't believe me... little bastard. And now, he tried bribing me with his favorite ice-cream, and look how far its gotten him. I took another bite.
"Are you going to tell me, or am I going to have to get Taya in here?" He asked, head still down on the table.
"I told you already... but do what you want. Taya would love to hear the details." I hid my laugh with a big spoonful of ice-cream.
"Taya!!!" Sachio whined, getting up from the table and going to the living room where his wife was feeding their daughter. I could hear them arguing a little, then Asa came crawling into the kitchen. I rolled my eyes and picked her up.
I let her have a small bite of the ice-cream, then I put the bowel in the sink and went up to my room, baby still on my hip.
"Saku Saku!" Asa giggled, clapping her hands. I smiled and set her down on my bed, then went to look for something to change into for the day.
"Cute baby." I gasped and spun around, Gaara was sitting next to Asa, letting her play with his hands. "Did I scare you?" He smirked, looking up at me.
"A little." I admitted, looking back at my closet.
"It's cold out, dress warm." I could hear the humor in his voice, it was the warmest it has been all winter. He was talking about himself.
"Yeah, yeah." I mumbled, pulling out a pair of dark blue jeans and a long sleeve red shirt. I gave him a small glance, and smirked.
"What are you doing?" He asked, if my back wasn't to him, he would have seen the blush on my cheeks. Though, he could probably smell it anyway. It just made me feel better that I didn't have to see his face, though I can guaranty it would be priceless!
"Changing." I said, letting my pants fall to the floor. I took off my shirt and tossed it in the hamper, then pulled on the red shirt, then the pants. Once I found my black studded belt, I turned around to face Gaara, who's eyes were wide, Asa was patting the frozen vampires cheeks. "Hello? Earth to Gaara!" I waved my hand in front of his face, a smile tugging at the corners of my mouth. He blinked, then eyes shifted to mine. "You okay?" I asked, voice quivering with my contained laughter.
He just stared at me for a few seconds, then blinked again. "I'll pick you up in a half hour." He whispered, setting Asa off his lap and standing up. I smiled and hugged him. His finger lifted my chin up so that I was looking up at him. "Beautiful..." He whispered, then was gone.
"Jerk." I mumbled, looking back at Asa, she was asleep.
– –
Deidara fisted his hand, smiling widely at me. I looked at him with slight fright, but mostly curiosity. When he reopened his hand, there was a small rubber ducky shaped clay creature. I smiled and went to pick it up, but Sasori grabbed my hand before I could.
"Don't touch." He said, letting my hand go, glaring at Deidara.
"It's not going to hurt her, un." Deidara stuck his tongue out at the red head and held the small creature out closer to me. I smiled and picked it up, rolling it around in my hand.
"How did you do that?" I asked, giving him a quick glance before looking back at the small details in the duck.
"Sakura, you remember how I can see things? And how Kankuro can read minds?" Temari sat down next to the other blond, watching as he fisted his hand around another creation. "Well, this is Deidara's gift." She smiled and waved towards the Barby looking figure that now sat in his hand. I rolled my eyes at his choice, and set the duck down on the table.
"Why did you think it would hurt me?" I asked, looking at Sasori.
"Art is a bang, un!" Deidara laughed.
"He blows them up." Sasori explained, glaring at the blond once again.
"What else can you guys do?" I asked, looking around the big open room at all of the vampires.
"Sasori and I can use anything within reach as puppets." Kankuro said from his spot on the couch in front of the TV.
"But Sasori is much better, un." Deidara chuckled. "Kisame can use water to his whim, un. Konan still hasn't told anyone yet, not even her hubby Sasori, un!" He laughed, getting smacked upside the head by a lamp that Konan threw from the other side of the room. I laughed and gave her a thumbs up. She smiled then went back to her conversation with fish man.
"Itachi has a family blood line limit, which means, what he has, his who family can do." Gaara said, sitting down next to me. I looked at him as he continued. "He can use his eyes to hypnotize people, or other vampires. There a many different things that he can do. His brother, Uchiha Sasuke-"
"Wait!" I interrupted, looking at him like he had five heads. "Isn't Sasuke a werewolf?"
"Yes... Itachi is too..." Gaara said, giving me a similar look.
"Oh... go on." I smiled.
Gaara rolled his eyes. "Itachi and Sasuke are from a famous werewolf pack. The Uchiha's. Itachi killed every single one of them when he was nineteen, all but his brother. He hasn't told anyone why he let his brother live, but he just did. Sasuke has grown cold, and according to Kankuro, only thinks about getting stronger so that he can kill his older brother. Sasuke has refused to join the Inuzuka pack, saying that he is going to revive his clan once he has killed his brother."
"... How do you know all of this?"
"Who doesn't!" Deidara laughed. "Sasuke wears his emotions on his sleeves! It's not that hard to see what's going on in the kids head!"
"..." I looked back at Gaara.
"You wouldn't see it. It's something that humans can't see." He smirked. I punched him in the arm, but not to hard, because I knew it would hurt me more then it would hurt him. He just smirked. "Tobi, well, no one has any clue to what he can do. He probably can't do anything special, he's to much of a kid to try."
"Don't be mean!" I stood up and went over to where Tobi was playing with toy cars on the floor. I sat down in front of him and held up my hands. He giggled and sat cross legged on the floor like me. "Pat-a-cake pat-a-cake bakers man!" I heard Gaara's head hit the table.
– –
"Hello?" I stood up from digging in my bag, trying to find my ringing phone. "Oh, hey Sachio."
"It's snowing really hard out, I want you to stay there tonight. I'm sure they wont mind, I just don't want you coming home in this weather. I just got back from work and the roads are really bad."
"Um... okay, yeah it's fine. I'll stay with Temari in her room." Temari rolled her eyes, knowing that I wouldn't be. Tsunade had already agreed, having heard what Sachio said.
"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow then. Good night."
"Night." I hung up the phone and tossed it back on my bag, then skipped over to where Gaara was sitting on the couch. I plopped down on his lap and smiled up at him. "Looks like I get to sleep over!" I fell backwards, draping my body over the arm of the couch, and looked over at Tobi who was playing with his cars again.
"What are you thinking about?" Gaara asked, his hand skimming over my exposed stomach. I let out a small contented sigh, but didn't move.
"I was just thinking about a few things."
"Few." Kankuro snorted. I was getting good at ignoring his jabs.
"Like?" Gaara prompted, his hand tracing small circles in my pale skin.
"How long have you been here?"
"Two years.." He said quickly.
"How long since you first came here?" I asked with a small smirk.
"... Awhile." I nodded, closing my eyes. "What else were you thinking about?"
"... Where the hell am I going to sleep? Temari's boyfriend is over, and I'll tell you now, I am not sleeping on that bed ever again!" Gaara chuckled, making me sit up again. I could see the glare Temari and Shikamaru were giving me, but ignored them.
"Are you tired?" Gaara asked in a small whisper. I nodded, yawning. Next thing I know, I'm over his shoulder and hes walking towards the stairs. I screamed and started beating his back, but stopped and went limp when I remembered it wouldn't do anything. Kankuro fell out of his chair laughing.
Gaara opened a door and went in, shutting it behind him. I didn't open my eyes, because I knew that he wouldn't let me get hurt. He threw me down on a bed. I gasped and went to get off, thinking it was Temari's bed, but stopped when I saw the color of the walls. It wasn't the purple color in her room... it was crimson. Gaara sat down on the bed, and I could tell he was watching me. The beds blankets were the same crimson color, with blank pillows.
"Are you going to be okay by yourself?" Gaara asked, reaching over to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear.
"You're leaving?" I could feel the small amount of panic starting to fill inside of me.
"Just for a little while." He promised. "I need to go... out, for awhile. Kankuro and the Akatsuki are coming with me. So Temari and Tsunade will still be here." He was going to feed. I gulped.
"Yeah, I-I'll be fine." I gave him my best fake smile, but he just frowned.
"What's wrong?"
I let the smile fall from my face, and let out a small shiver. "I think its just a little gross is all." I tried a weak smile, and he rolled his eyes.
"You won't think that much longer. You'll get used to me telling you that I need to go out." He smiled and pulled the blankets out from under me, making me squeal. "Go to sleep." He whispered, kissing my forehead.
"Gaara?"
"Hn?"
I pulled his face closer to mine and kissed him deeply, but he quickly pulled away with a sigh. "Come back before I wake up." I smirked.
"Hn." He hesitantly kissed my lips then was gone, the door clicking shut.
I sighed and rolled over, staring out the window on the other side of the room. He had replaced his leather couch with the bed... just for me.
– –
My dreams had been getting more weird every night. But tonight tops all...
I was walking through the woods, my eyes darting all around trying to see what's hiding in the shadows. I know something is there, but I do not know what. I could hear my breathing start to pick up, I can feel the eyes on me. Something ran out from the shadows behind me, making me spin around, but nothing was there. I slowly turned back around and started running. I ran as fast as I could, hearing someone following me. Their steps were faint, but they were there.
I tripped a few times, and the thing behind me would hesitate in its steps, then come back at full force when I was up and running again. I could feel them getting closer, and tried to run faster, my breath now coming out in loud pants.
I stumbled into a clearing. The steps behind me vanished, the eyes that I had felt on my were gone.
The moonlight was shining through the tree tops, down on a figure that lay on a rock. I stood up from the ground and slowly walked over, not really looking at the bloody mass that was on the gray rock. I could hear the sound of dripping, the blood hitting the dirt. With a shaky breath I looked up into the face of the figure.
I stared into my own dead eyes.
I bolted upright with a gasp, I could feel my whole body shaking. It was like I was in one of those massage chairs in the mall, but only it was my own body that was making me shake, not some chair. I tried to stable my breathing, but it wasn't working, and soon I could feel the hot tears rolling down my cheeks.
"Sakura?" I looked towards the door to see Temari looking at me with a worried look. She was by my side in a flash. "What's wrong, Sakura?" She asked, hugging me. I grabbed on to her shirt and tried to stop the crying.
"W-w-wheres G-G-Gaara?" I got out when my sobs started to die down. Only to pick up once again.
"He'll be back soon." She whispered, rubbing my back. I nodded into her shoulder and just let my self cry, I needed to get it out, and I knew I couldn't make myself stop this time. She kept whispering soothing words, and soon my sobbing stopped, but the tears still rolled down my cheeks.
"What's going on?" I was half asleep, but I knew Gaara's voice anywhere. I couldn't move or speak, I was to far out of it.
"She woke up from a nightmare. She was crying and shaking. She's almost asleep now." I felt Temari move, and a new pair of arms wrapped around me, pulling me away from her. My head flopped against Gaara's neck, but a small smile graced my lips when his unique smell filled my nose. "She stopped crying a little while ago. Kankuro wont tell me what the dream was about, I'm guessing that it was nothing that she would want to share with me. Maybe you should try to find out though, Tsunade said that a lot of times humans need to speak about their feelings."
I felt Gaara nod, and the door was shut gently.
I was picked up and then put down on the bed, I felt the blankets pulled up over my body, then I could feel Gaara lay down. The bed tilted towards his weight, making me lean towards him. One of his hands brushed my cheeks, and I could feel the tears that he was trying to brush away.
I finally found my voice.
"G-Gaara?" It was a small whisper, but he heard it.
"I'm here." He whispered back, kissing my cheek. I smiled and opened one of my eyes to look at him, I could barely see the outline of his pale skin in the darkness. "Go to sleep. We can talk when you wake." He said gently, putting his arm over me when I turned to fully face him. I nodded and put my head in the curve of his neck, he pulled my whole body closer to his, wrapping both of his arms around me.