Yay! Final chapter! I won't bother you with pointless words. Read!...please!
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Chapter 14
Rei struggled to remain conscious as she was moved through the hospital. All of the different voices around her confused her and gave her a pounding head ache. Her whole body felt like it was burning and sweat covered her trembling limbs. Some one was holding her arm. She looked over to see it was Gaara. It was getting hard to breath. She felt a medic jam needles into her arm then she passed out.
Rei's nose twitched as something tickled the side of her face. Something heavy was on her arm. She tried to open her eyes but the bright lights above her burned her eyes. Where… am I? And whose idea was it to have all these damn lights? Ugh, If I wasn't so beat up from the fight I'd get up and- Wait, the fight! What happened? She forced her eyes open and blinked away the tears in her eyes caused by the blinding lights. She was in what looked like a hospital room. Her head pounded and her side was throbbing. She felt her side. It hurt when she touched it but it was bandaged. She turned her head to the side to find a familiar red head asleep in a chair with his head on her arm. His hair was in her face. She poked him in the forehead.
"Hmm? What? I'm awake…" he mumbled.
"Umm, would you mind getting off my arm? I'm starting to lose feeling in it"
"What?" he looked up to see Rei looking at him. "Oh! I apologize" he quickly moved back. "You've been asleep for a day. How are you feeling?" He was still wearing he same clothes from the day before but he had taken off his jacket and was just wearing a tight-fitting black t-shirt that showed off his muscular arms and chest. His upper arm was wrapped in a bandage.
"Alright" she replied. She sat up causing her head to swim. She was surprised to see she was still wearing her same clothes as well except for her jacket which was on the back of Gaara's chair.
"That's good. How much do you remember from yesterday?"
"Hmm… I remember getting to the hospital but nothing more. Why do you ask?"
"You remember what I said then?"
"Umm… You said a lot of things."
"Can you give me a normal answer? You know what I mean."
"Sorry" she smiled. "I think I know what you mean."
"Well I just wanted to say th-"
The door suddenly flew open and Rei found herself being crushed by a back breaking hug.
"Oh my God! I'm so glad you both alive! I'm so sorry we weren't there!"
"Temari?" gasped Rei "I can't breath"
"Oh sorry" she laughed as she released her. She sad down at the end of the bed. Kankuro stood in the doorway.
"We just got back and found the village a mess. We heard what happened and came right here" he said "You both alright?"
"I'm fine" replied Gaara
"Well, I'm better than I could be" said Reiko
"So what happened to you guys?" asked Temari
"How about you guys go home and unpack first. You've had a long trip so go rest. I'll tell you when I come home tonight" said Gaara without looking at them.
"What?" whined Temari. "We just hot here! I'm your older sister. You can't tell me what to do."
"Let's go Temari" chuckled Kankuro. "Can't you tell the man wants some privacy?" Gaara scowled at him. "Well go talk to Baki-sensei and see if we can help with anything. He'll fill us in."
"Oh alright" she said. She followed Kankuro out the door. "Have fun you two" she winked as she closed the door.
"Annoying fools" growled Gaara. He sighed, "Sorry"
"It's alright. I think they are funny" she smiled. "So what did happen?"
"Well the leader of the group that attacked us ran off during the fight."
"Ha! Coward!"
"Anyways, one of our guys picked him up and brought him in for interrogation. He said they were trying to take over the land of Wind. They were also the ones who sent Kisame after us. We found out who their leader is and have sent a squad to get him. He won't get away."
"That's good." She replied. They sat there in silence for a minute. Then Gaara got up and walked over to the side of the bed. "You cant sit here all day in a hospital bed. It doesn't suit you."
"What?" Gaara picked her up in his arms and carried her over to the window. "Oi! What are you doing? Gaara! Put me down! Where are you taking me?"
"You said you liked to watch the sun go down so lets go"
They Kunoichi glared at the man holing her. He only looked down at her with a kind expression on his face. She rolled her eyes. "Fine"
He opened the window and leapt out onto a platform of sand. He lifted them up to the roof and set Rei down, seating himself close beside her. After a few minutes he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small package. hehe Gaara's package is anything but small
"I got you something. If you want it, that is."
Rei took the package and unwrapped it. Inside was a new sand village forehead protector.
"You can become a shinobi here if you want. It's up to you. You don't have to accept it if you don't want it" he laid back against the warm tiles on the roof.
"Wow, well I don't know what to say."
"Yes or no"
She smiled. "Sure, I guess I'll stay" She tied the headband loosely around her neck then moved next to the Kazekage.
"Good. I'm glad you'll stay in the village. Your welcome to stay in our house. There are plenty of rooms." He paused for a moment a if thinking of what to say next. "We would… well I would really like it if you stayed with me… well us."
"Oh really? Now why is that?" she said with a mischievous grin.
She's toying with me. I should have known she wasn't going to make this easy for me. He propped himself up on his elbow so he was facing her and she looked over at him. "Alright Rei, there's something… something I want to tell you."
"Oh, this should be good" she commented.
"He mentally sighed and rolled his eyes but other wise ignored her comment. He had been around her long enough to know that she used sarcasm to hid her real emotions. "Rei, I don't want you to leave me… ever. I had been alone for so long until I had met someone who helped me change that. I became closer to Temari and Kankuro and found out how good it felt to not always be alone. Knowing you makes me realize what he really meant about the people you care about being the most important thing. If you left I would feel alone again. Rei… I don't want to feel that way anymore." He lied back down. "I have to admit… I seem to have grown quite… fond of you"
Rei lied down next to Gaara. "Oh really now? Well, I'd say that I have also grown quite fond of you too" she smiled. She turned her head and looked over Gaara. He gently brushed some of her black hair away from her face then leaned in and kissed her and she kissed him back. She rested her head on his warm chest. Her head felt fuzzy and she couldn't tell if it was from her medicine or because she had just been kissed by Gaara. "And yes, I will stay with you and we can be not-lonely together"
The Kazekage wrapped his arms around the small kunoichi and buried his face in her hair. "Good"
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Yay! Finished! You didn't really think I would let Rei die did you? She is way to cool to be killed in that fight. I really like the ending and I think it was good. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I have finished this so I can finally start my next story! It will be a sequel to this one so you will be able to see what happens with these Rei and Gaara. It's no big deal if you didnt' review the other chapters but I would really love it if you could review for this final one. Let me know what you thouht of the story and let me know if you don't think I should write another one and why. Maybe it will keep me from making a fool of myself by writing another epic failure of a story. Also if you have any funny ideas for situations between the captured Reiko and naruto's team (ooh spoiler for next story!) let me know! I'm open to suggestions. Thanks again for reading and I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing this. Wait no I don't... I hated writing this. It drove me crazy but I am happy with the finished product and I love my story. So I hope you liked the story as much as I do :)
~Reiko