Okay, I know it has been a while, but I am back with a whole new chapter! jumps for joy with fans I know I haven't updated in a long time, and I apologize for those who have been waiting for an update, but, since I got some reviewers who wanted me to continue, I will. Well, enough of me blabbering. On to the story!!
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Chapter 10: Waking up to Gaara's Rage, and the Uchiha's Working Together
-Tashi's P.O.V-
As I stirred in bed, the flashback of when Gaara and I were on our date played in my head. And it made me smile in my sleep.
-Flashback-
"It was you," he whispered. "It was you I had saved so long ago. I remember now. I saw this exact necklace on you when I took you to the leaf village."
"And you," I whispered back. "You were the childhood friend I could never remember the name of. Gaara," I said and laid my lips to his. He smiled, and pressed his back to mine firmly.
"So, can I have my necklace back now?"
"Sure," he said, reaching back around his neck and undoing the clasp. He handed it back to me, and I looked at the dragon that lay at the end of the necklace. I gasped.
"Gaara, look! The sand is gone!"
He looked to the necklace and indeed; the sand was no longer there. Then something dawned on him.
"Tashi, you know I was the one to find the necklace, right?" he asked as I put the necklace back on me.
"And?" I asked.
"In the flashback, your mother said that the boy who finds your necklace will be the boy who falls in love with you."
I gasped. "So, Gaara-you...love me?" I stuttered.
He shrugged, making me grit my teeth. He noticed that and smirked.
"What!?" I shouted. "Am I not a loveable person or something? Did you just do this to get me in bed?"
Gaara stopped smirking at my outburst and grabbed my hand, pulling me to him.
"Of course you are a lovable person, Tashi. And I really hope you do not think me the kind of person as to think I would date a girl just to get her in my bed."
I sighed, and leaned my head on his chest.
"Thank you, Gaara," I whispered.
"And, Tashi. I think I could love you…if I had time to get to know you. I don't know much about loving a person, so you will have to be patient."
I nodded, and put my arms around his waist, hugging him tight, getting lost in the bliss of his body against mine.
"Okay, Gaara. I would like to try that too. We should go on another date, and this time, I get to choose. And we need to talk about our past."
Gaara stiffened under my arms, but then he sighed.
"Okay, Tashi. I just can't say no to you," he laughed.
"Good." I looked to the horizon and noticed that the sun had set. "I think we should go now, Gaara. We hardly ate anything," I stated, picking up the basket.
"It's okay. Oh, and Tashi?" "Yes?"
"Don't let Sasuke kiss you again." I
laughed.
"Okay, Gaara-kun, I won't let him." "Good," he said, grabbing me around the waist, draping the
blanket over his shoulder. His sand poured out of his gourd, and we
glided back to my room.
--End Flashback-
I felt a hand cupping my cheek and my eyes fluttered open, to reveal my Gaara standing there actually looking worried. It made him look funny, and I couldn't suppress a giggle. He smiled when he noticed that I was awake and then leaned down to kiss my lips.
"I'm glad you're awake, Tashi. I was worried about you. Why did you just laugh then?"
"Oh," I mumbled, getting sleepy again. "It was just that your face was funny to me when I looked to you."
"Yeah, I bet it was…" he whispered, almost too low for me to hear.
"Gaara-kun, are you alright?"
He didn't answer my question and instead got up and started to pace. I sat up more in my bed, and then I noticed that I wasn't at my room at the Inn, but in the hospital. Oh shit, I thought and looked down to see my body covered in a hospital gown. Then I knew why Gaara was pacing and not saying anything.
You could see the bruises Sasuke gave me clear as day.
I sighed. I knew I would have to tell him someday that he had did this to me, I had just hoped it could have waited longer. I glanced up to him, and started my explanation.
"Gaara, I know this looks bad, but-"
"Bad, Tashi? You think this is just bad? Try a whole fucking universe of bad! Someone beat you! And you never told me! How could you keep something like that from me?" he asked, his head turned from me.
I looked down to my hands, which were now in my lap, and let a few tears fall.
"I'm sorry," I whispered. There was nothing I could say that would make him feel better. And the next question's answer was going to really piss him off.
"Who did it?"
He barely got the question uttered through his lips, but I heard him. I didn't answer right away. I was afraid of what he might do. I sniffled, and then he was on my bed with me, cradling me in his arms, and uttering soothing words to me.
"Ah, Tashi, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you more, it's just-I only want to protect you, and I can't do that if you don't tell me these things."
I nodded, and looked up to his face. This time the concern showing there didn't make me laugh, but it did almost make me weep.
"It was…Sasuke."
Gaara's whole from went rigid, and he quietly excused himself, and left the room. The next thing I know, I hear a very loud explosion. He came back in minutes later and embraced me.
"What did you do?" I asked him.
"Just something to relieve my stress. Now, you should be able to go home tomorrow. And then we can try and figure out what kind of power that necklace holds. Oh, and I know where Naruto has been. He finally admitted it."
"Where has he been?" I asked, excited. I saw Gaara smirk and new that this would be good.
"At a gay bar."
At first my mouth dropped open, and then I burst into uncontrollable laughter. When I could finally breath again, Gaara suggested that I should go to sleep.
I nodded, content with the position we were now in. I was always so warm in his arms. It made me feel safe. So, I drifted off to sleep in his arms, just barely feeling him kiss me as I completely fell asleep.
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-Gaara's P.O.V-
I hugged Tashi as close as I could and made a promise to her that I would never break. Even in death.
'I will get the Uchiha's. For ever thinking they could get away with hurting you, Tashi. They will never lay another hand on you again. I promise.'
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-Sasuke's P.O.V-
As I drank water from the spring I felt a presence come behind me. I stood up and pulled out a kunai from my side pouch on my left calf. Then I looked into red eyes and new it was my brother. Finally, I had a chance to kill him now.
"What do you want?"
He smirked, and I would have thrown a kunai at him and begun a battle, but his next words stopped me.
"You and I are both after the same thing, little brother. You and I both want Tashi. You, for your reason, and I for mine. I just want her necklace, after I fuck her a few times. Now, if we could actually work together on this, we could get in her no time at all."
I stared at him, stupidly, and then smirked.
"Alright, Itachi. Just this once, I'll work with you. Now, tell me what you had in mind for taking Tashi."
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A/N: Wow! So much happened this chapter! Naruto is gay, the Uchiha's working together. What will happen next? Just keep reading and you will find out. Now, go tell me what you thought about this chapter in a REVIEW!