Meet your Match
Notes:
The Demon Raccoon (Shukaku) talking
Gaara thinking in his head or talking to his demon
Anyone thinking
Selene (Serena) thinking and talking inside minds
Nine Tail Fox talking
Naruto thinking or talking to his demon
Meet Your Match
Chapter 11
Gaara woke up; he only had ten minutes of sleep. He felt anxious, something was wrong, he knew deep down that something bad was about to happen. What was going to happen he just didn't know, but that wasn't he question he wanted to know, he just wanted to know how he knew something was about to happen.
What happened next was something he couldn't describe for months or maybe even years later. Or he thought maybe if someone in a room down a couple of halls would explain it he would know sooner.
His sand was in front of him, forming something that looked like a ball. It did form a ball it reminded him of something. He remembered the eye he used in the Chunin Exams during his battle against Sasuke Uchiha. Who Gaara at the moment did not like since he was kind of Serena's fiancé, he was and wasn't at the same time, which in it self is confusing to understand how he understood it was really amazing. But thinking about it, he didn't like him from the beginning, since he first saw him sitting in that tree next to where he hung upside down.
That was when the ball of sand starting clearly, was there images in there? Yeah there was but of what? That was when he saw someone. He saw Serena, in a bed; wait was there another bed too? Was there someone in it? If so who was in it? He hoped that it wasn't a guy, if it was… he didn't want to finish that sentence.
Gaara looked and moved his ball of sand around till he saw the face of who it was. It was Naruto, and Naruto was staring at Serena intently, like his life depending on it.
Gaara was overcome with intense jealously as he looked at Naruto, then he looked at Serena, at how close they were, in the same room, they could even share a bed! Maybe that damn Raccoon was right; no he had to be wrong.
He also saw something in Naruto's eyes; he saw the way he stared at her. It was as if he loved her, he would do anything for her, like she was the sun and everything revolved around her.
Well don't you stare at her like that? I don't see what the problem is. Gaara ignored him; he had more important things to worry about.
He was angry, that look told Gaara more then he wanted, more the he dreamed to know.
Naruto knew that Serena looked at him, which kind of the same yes maybe a little different but the same anyway. His face showed it all, a mutual love between them. Of course she loved him, she trusted him enough to fall asleep in his room.
Then he witnessed something that would haunt him for a while, maybe he though later that he would never forget it and he would have nightmares about how scared he was.
Serena bolted awake. She was soaked and covered in a lot of sweat, tears almost spilled from her eyes. He could tell she barely held them back, he knew it took everything she had to do just that.
Naruto jolted out of his bed a second before Gaara had seen Serena moved at all. Yet Gaara had felt something was wrong, maybe Naruto did too.
He went behind her on the bed and sat down. His legs at her sides, he positioned himself so quickly so it looked liked he was there all along, with his arms wrapped tightly around her shaking body. His legs on the sides if her body to try to keep from moving too much to try to calm her down. To make her feel secure.
He repeated over and over sweet nothings in her ear, to calm her down. It took awhile but he never gave up, he continued and would do it as long as it took, to help her, to calm her down.
She was breathing very hard, very fast, it took everything to hold back the tears but it seemed she had just enough left over to keep herself from not breathing.
When she finally calmed down a little, she turned and buried her face in Naruto's chest, He still held her, he held her gently but you could see he was holding on for dear life. Like if he let her go, she would float away and never come back. He didn't want to hug her too hard, if he did it was like he thought he would break her, like she was a stick of wood one hard squeeze and she would snap he didn't want that.
Gaara was amazed at how well Naruto handled this situation, out of all of the times he had been on a mission with Naruto or fought against him he was always an emotional wreak, or close to it. What ever he did this past year had helped him greatly.
It still amazed him how he cared for her so much, how he handled her so carefully like she was a fragile little doll that would break oh so easily.
Naruto held her and waited for her to talk, he would not force her, this had to be on her terms, and she had to tell him what was wrong of her own free will. He would never make her do something she didn't want to do. Fuck, he would even dream or think of it. He loved her too damn much to play with shit like that.
She finally looked up, it had taken a while, but she was finally ready to tell him, what had her scared shitless. She was never scared, nothing in all these years had made her scared, nothing.
She turned her head away, as if she couldn't bring herself to bring him horrible news, like she was telling him someone very important to him was dead or was going to die really soon.
Gaara thought as he watched this, would she really do that? Would she really tell you if someone you loved and cherished was about to die, or was already dead lying out there somewhere all alone or something was happening to the body as we speak something so horrible she couldn't stomach to say it? Though depending on her mood she probably would do exactly that.
He shook his head knowing full well that it had nothing to do with their loved ones death.
Serena finally as it seemed got the courage to look him in the eyes and tell him what was wrong.
"Naruto," she took a deep breath, and calmed down a little more, "it happened again!"
Naruto knew what she was talking about, even with so little information. Just three words told him everything he needed to know.
Even though he knew what she was talking about , he was till as quiet as when he waited so patiently for her to tell him what made her so uncomfortable in the first place.
Gaara wanted to know what she dreamed about he wanted to know how to comfort her, how to make her feel all better again.
He knew what he wanted to know, he wanted to know what she had seen. After he thought that he stopped himself, and asked himself another question about the strange things that have been happening to him and her tonight.
How do I know that? How do I know she saw something, how do I know she just didn't have a nightmare like the rest of the people in the world.
Naruto sighed, and hugged her close then he asked her, "What did you see? I know it happens when you close your eyes or you don't really expect it. Most of the times you block them out, but has it come to you when you were in a dream like state before, like when you're sleeping?"
Those two sentences showed Gaara that Serena and Naruto had been together a long time. That was another thing that stood between them, and if they have been together a while that means they know each other really well.
Another strike for Gaara in the love department, boy you haven't even begun to get her to love you yet you have so many things against you. Like a fiancé, how she loves them, and she has known them for a long time, chuckle you are so far behind in negative points I really don't think you will ever catch up. Plus if I am correct I do believe the other boys who own her heart have a lot of points, and of course they aren't negative.
You fucking dumbass! Who the fuck asked your opinion? Who in their fucking damn right minds would want it? I am so sick of your shit now get out of my face you bastard; I need to see what's going on!
With that the Raccoon Demon was gone, and Gaara went back to watching Serena and Naruto.
Gaara shook his head and continued to watch, clearing his head while he shook it.
Serena thought about the question the men who held her in his arms asked her, "I don't remember, but my head hurts. I saw it, I saw it all, in some much detail. He…" she coughed and choked, "he killed you all, everyone of I have gotten close to these past, god I don't even know anymore it has been so long, I guess it starts with Tsunade and her group. Then went to Snaky then he came here.
I saw it all though, every death so…vivid, like I as there. Jiariya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, you, Neji, Sasuke and Gaara...and…and…"
She could not go on, both of them saw that much, just by the tone of her voice and the way her body reacted. She named three fourths of the Guardians of the old, Katina's Guardians. Who was the last one though?
Naruto had always wanted to know whose place he had taken. Gaara wanted to know too, but of course for different reasons. He didn't know all of the details as Naruto, he wanted too. First she would have to open up for him, which would take a while at the rate they were going and of the obstacles in their way.
That didn't matter right now. She mattered right, only her not him but soon maybe his wish would matter, maybe him wanting her would matter to them both.
Naruto knew he shouldn't push her, but he wanted to know so badly. He asked Granny Tsunade, she wouldn't tell him, neither would the Pervy Sage.
Serena grabbed Naruto's arm and looked into his eyes, "He is dead so tell me why he would be in my dreams? My Guardian of Air," the tears came now, they just fell and no matter how fast you thought you were or how fast you actually were they would still have fell. As Naruto looked at them he knew, and so did Gaara that those tears have been bottled up for so long, they needed to come down.
Naruto and Gaara's heart broke at into pieces at the sight of those tears that fell. They couldn't do anything because those tears wanted and needed to fall whether anyone wanted them to or not.
The only thing Naruto could do was hold her to him, something Gaara wanted to do as well but couldn't.
Then someone was in the room, walked across the floor and went to the bed. The person sat down on the bed and took her hand. He pulled her to him and stroked her hair saying it was okay.
"He never wanted you to cry over him, which was one thing that he couldn't bare. So don't my dear, it broke his heart remember? If it broke his, don't you think it would break ours too? We all feel your tears no matter how far away, even Sasuke feels them! He would have come to you if I was not already here!"