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Chapter 12 – Fever
Soccer tryouts were tiring, so when we got home, I plopped down on my bed—face first—and layed there for a good hour until Mieks decided to jump on me. I groaned and she giggled.
"What is up with you and jumping on me Mieks?"
"I actually came in here to tell you something." I felt her get serious as she sat Indian Style, I sat up and followed suit.
"Orochimaru contacted me during school today."
"What did he want?"
"He said that he has a mission for me." I raised my eyebrow.
"What kind of mission?"
"I don't know, he said that he will debrief me whenever I see him in person."
"And when will that be?"
"Sometime around 5 in the morning tomorrow." I nodded, understanding. That means that she has to leave sometime tonight.
"That sucks! We just got here, and now one of us has to leave."
"I won't be gone for long, he said that it shouldn't last more than a week. I'll be back before you know it."
"But why you? Why can't he get any of the others to do it?"
"He said that I'm the only one who can do it and get out alive." I looked at her and she looked back at me with those wide eyes of here. People underestimate Mieks and what she can do, which is exactly what I was trying to do myself. I don't want her to leave. She seems so fragile at some times, but even I forget that she can be strong, which is exactly why Orochimaru chose her.
He chose her for that very fact: that people underestimate her. She stood up and stretched, some of her complicated tattoo showing. That took about 3 weeks to even finish, with all the detail and color. I wonder why she wanted it in the first place. Whatever reason, it looks badass.
"Come help me pack up?"
"Yeah. Did you tell everyone else?" Just then I heard a thump on the door. When I opened it, 'everyone else' tumbled in. I just stepped over them and went across to Mieks's room, rolling my eyes and smiling.
-Gaara POV-
"Gaara, what the hell are you doing?" I was by the time Sasuke finished asking me that, I was already standing in front of her door. I think I'm starting to get obsessed, but the question it, why? I already have a girlfriend, so why the hell am I standing here, about to knock on her door for no reason whatsoever? I can't explain it, it's like something is drawing me to her. Not anyone else, just her alone. Then when we went on that ride, that made it worse. It's like she's a magnet, and I'm helplessly going toward her like the metal object. I knocked on her door a couple of times, Sasuke looking at me like I was crazy. I was just about to turn away when the door opened to reveal the blonde one.
-Noriko POV-
"Who's that Maya?" I walked into the living room to see Amaya peeping out of the eye hole in the door.
"It's Gaara!"
Gaara? What the hell is he doing here? Don't tell me he lives right next door. Amaya opened the door to reveal a red-faced red-head, with Sasuke standing next to him.
"SASUKE!" Mieks zoomed passed me and jumped into Sasuke's arms, he returned the hug a bit hesitant. I laughed. She grabbed his and Gaara's wrists and dragged them in here, then closed the door and just stood there with a smile on her face.
"Okay then, what are you guys doing here?" As soon Kiba—when did he walk in?-spoke, Gaara seemed to have come out of a trance.
"Oh, uh, I was wondering if you have any sugar."
He's lying. I hate liars, but in his case, he's lying for a different reason, and I'm going to find out what that reason is.
"Yeah sure, follow me." Kiba led them to the kitchen, got out an entire thing of sugar, and thrust it into Gaara's hands. Gaara looked at Kiba with a what-the-hell face.
"You can have it, we have about six of them anyway." He wasn't kidding, we found a whole bunch of sugar, flour, cinnamon, and just about everything so that we don't have to go food shopping for a while. Gaara just shrugged and walked back toward the door, staring at me. Something is up with him, and it's freaking me out. I formed a plan and opened the door for him, not before shooting a glance at Amaya, who nodded.
"Uh, thanks."
"No problem, don't be a stranger you hear?" He smirked and turned on his way out.
"Ouch!" He looked at his arm for a minute, a thin line of blood forming.
"The door got you?" He kept looking at his arm, confused as to how he got that cut. I smirked and fingered the needle in my pocket.
"Yeah, I guess it did. See you later." Sasuke walked out after Gaara did and I closed the door, feeling accomplished.
"You got it Amaya?"
"You know it." She smirked and handed me a small lid that had one drop of blood in it.
"Nori, why the hell are you and Amaya looking devious and why the hell did she just give you that?"
"Have you guys seen the way he looks at me? Remember when Orochimaru said that he has something in his blood?" They all nodded. "I'm going to take this and scan it with that thing we took from Orochimaru before we left, and see what the hell is up."
I looked on the cabinet to see it already set up and plugged in. I looked at Maki and Kiba, who were grinning.
"Let me guess, you wanted to see your blood so you hooked it up and took samples from each other?"
"You got it my little sister." Maki walked up to me and noogied my head before walking away, Kiba following. I forget Maki is older than me sometimes. I rolled my eyes and went to the thing, and put the lid of Gaara's blood on it. I took the dropper and put one drop of water and one drop of that other stuff that you have to put in it. I guess you can say this is a microscope, but it's very high-tech. Orochimaru got it from a friend of his, and we found out that he actually had two, so we helped ourselves out and just took this. I looked in the eye hole and saw nothing but red at first, so I zoomed in.
"What the..?"
"What is it?"
"Remember when you read that book about blood and junk that related to what Orochimaru does?" Amaya nodded so I continued. "I remember you telling us that we would see other things in our blood because of what he injects us with. You also said that if two people have the same shapes in their blood, then that means that one will be attracted to the other for no reason at all. It's just a want, like they have to be together at all times. "
"Yeah, so?"
"So, my blood has shapes that looks like little squares. Gaara's blood has two shapes instead of one." When I said that, Amaya looked up at me. "One is the shape that has whatever he was injected with, and the other.."
"The other what?"
"The other are little squares, just like mine." Her eyes got wide and I nodded as if I was trying to believe this myself.
"Are you serious?"
"Dead serious, come take a look if you don't believe me." She bent down and looked into the eye hole for about 10 seconds before she said-
"What the fuck."
"Exactly."
"You know what this means right?"
"It means that he didn't come over here for sugar, he came just to see and be near me."
"You know what else this means?" I shook my head.
"Orochimaru said that the only reason we are coming to get him is so that he can test his blood with all of us. Since Gaara's blood has his own and yours, that's impossible."
"Meaning?"
"Meaning that the only way Gaara's blood would ever coexist is if you and him have offspring." I turned red when she said that.
"We aren't ever going to have offspring."
"Exactly. When we bring him back, Orochimaru is going to take his sperm and your egg to create hundreds, maybe thousands of offspring. With his technology, he can make super-soldiers."
"He's going to make an army.." She nodded and I backed up into the cabinet.
"The question is, why the hell does he need an army?"
"He wouldn't need an army unless he was planning to overthrow something."
"Who, or what, does he want to overthrow?"
"I don't know Nori, I don't know." I slid to the floor, completely mind fucked. First, Gaara has this attraction to me that can't be stopped, second, Orochimaru is going to make an army, and third, Mieks has to leave! I just thought of something.
"What about his brother and sister?"
"Gaara has a brother and sister?"
"Yeah, they are both other than him, and they both has had something injected inside of them as well. That had to have happened to them when they were little, they have no clue that they have something inside of them. It's really convenient how we are placed right next to them, don't you think?"
"We need to get their blood too?"
"I was thinking the same thing Maya." I stood up and walked to the door, Amaya grabbing two more of those lids that she used to get Gaara's blood.
"You guys! We're going to be right back!"
"Okay! Bring me back skittles!" Of course Mieks wants skittles. She's probably packing still, Maki and Kiba doing who knows what. Amaya opened the door and I followed. The doors are spaced apart a good distance, so we walked for a good six seconds getting to his door.
"Ready?"
"I was born ready."
"Nope, you were born crying." I laughed and she knocked on the door a couple of times.
-Gaara POV-
"Could you get that Gaara?"
"Why can't you get it?"
"Because I'm watching TV." I looked at Kankuro and just rolled my eyes.
"Lazy ass."
"I heard that!"
"You were supposed to, idiot."
"Boys! Quit arguing please, dinner will be ready in a few." I got up, stretched, and went to open the door.
"Hey there. Can we come in?" I almost lost my bearings as she stood in front of me, her blonde look alike standing next to her.
"Gaara, who is that?" Temari wiped her hands and came to the door.
"Hello, my name is Noriko and this is my sister, Amaya. We're friends of Gaara."
"Friends of Gaara? Sweetie, you can do better. Speaking of better, my name is Kankuro." Kankuro walked up to me and tried to look cool until Gaara bonked him on the head. I just looked at him and tried not to laugh. Amaya was laughing and so was Temari."
"Ouch! You didn't have to do that!"
"Trust me, it was called for."
"Anyways, I'm Temari, the oldest." She led us in and closed the door.
"It smells amazing in here, what is that?"
"I was just cooking dinner, those boys can eat up a storm. And by the way, thank you for the sugar."
-Noriko POV-
So they really did need sugar. Either that or Gaara told them we offered it. I tried to keep a smirk off my face as I saw Gaara looking at me from the corner of his eyes. I followed Temari into the kitchen to see what she was making.
"You know, if you cut up some potatoes and put it in there, it would go great with the broccoli." She pondered it for a moment and nodded.
"Thanks, I never thought of that."
"When I cook, I put potatoes in almost everything." Amaya scoffed.
"Almost? You put potatoes in everything."
"No I don't, I put potatoes in almost everything." Amaya rolled her eyes and I laughed. I felt a pair of eyes on me and I looked up to see Gaara staring at me. He must hate that he's feeling the attraction, because he can't do anything about it.
-Gaara POV-
"Gaara, can you set the table please?"
"Sure." I managed to tear my eyes away from her as I set the table, my eyes going back to her every now and them.
"How long until dinner is ready?"
"Uhh, about 15 minutes since I put the potatoes in there." Good. All I need is a good shower and I'll be fine. I walked in my room and closed the door, then walked in my bathroom, taking off my clothes on the way. All of a sudden, it felt hot. I hope I'm not getting a fever. I turned the knob for cold water and stepped in, and stood there.
Before I knew it, I was laying on the tub floor, my head hurting, and seeing nothing but the edges blurring, until they faded into black.
-Noriko POV-
"Did Sasuke leave?"
"Yeah, he left about five minutes before you guys showed up." Temari looked up once she heard the sound of something falling.
"What the hell was that?"
"I'll go check."
"No no, let Kankuro do it."
"It's okay, I don't mind." I smiled at her and walked into Gaara's room. I saw that his bathroom door was open and I heard the shower running.
"Gaara? Gaara, are you okay?" I got no response, so I just braced myself and walked in. I saw Gaara hanging over the tub, clearly passed out.
"What the hell? You guys, get in here!" I went to turn off the shower, and turned Gaara over so that his head was in my lap.
"What happened?" Temari ran in and felt his forehead. "He's burning up! Gaara, Gaara wake up. Kankuro, hurry and get the keys so we can take him to the hospital.
I helped them carry Gaara—after putting putting a towel on him—outside and we decided to run down the stairs. We reached their car and put him inside, and I sat next to him, his head still on my lap.
Muhahaha! A cliffhanger! Well, sort of a cliffhanger. I was originally gonna make Nori catch him in the shower when she goes to get him to tell him that dinner is ready, but then THAT happened. So tune in and we'll see what happens next.
Also, I read the plot and I realized that I had to change some things, like their ages. They are all 17, Temari is 20 and Kankuro is 18. Temari is in college, but her classes don't start until a certain time. She was at their school for some reason that I'll think of later. Noriko's eyes are officially PURPLE, and Mieks WILL come back to the story. I keep forgetting that Noriko is the youngest, I realized that in the plot I said she is the second oldest. As of right now, she is THE YOUNGEST.
If there is anything else I need to address, please let me know!
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