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I head the door close and I heard the lock turn. My shoulders tensed slightly as I heard him walk closer to the tub. I pulled my wet hair over my right shoulder and ran my fingers through it, still trying to keep up my pretenses but it didn't work.
"I know you heard me, Aiko, would you please look at me?" I turned my head to look at him over my shoulder. I noticed that his cloak wasn't on, neither was his gourd. "Are you okay?"
"I don't know honestly. My mind keeps racing and won't stop, and besides that, my hunger rises but I can't sate that until tonight."
"Why's that?"
"I require blood," I smirked.
"Oh…would you come out?" he asked, his face holding a light pink tint as he grabbed a towel of the rack .
"Only if you close your eyes."
He closed his eyes and I stood and took the towel from him and wrapped it around me then smirked. "Okay, you can open them."
He held out his hands to help me out and I grabbed them, but instead of him pulling me, I pulled him and he lost his balance and fell into the water. As he stood up, I smiled brightly.
"You planned that, didn't you?" he growled playfully.
"Yeah…I wanted to see how you looked wet."
He pulled off his wet tunic and mesh shirt and laid them on the edge of the tub and climbed out and helped me. I stumbled on the wet ground and we ended up on the ground, me on top of him. My hands were on his chest, his were on my waist as I straddled him. Both of our breathing were ragged from the shock of the fall.
"That was accidental," I whispered.
He smiled and sat up, holding me on him. Oh really," he joked then pressed his lips to mine.
I pulled back slightly to study his face. His eyes held compassion and love as he smiled at me. I smiled and pried his hands off my waist.
"We should get dressed," I whispered, trying to stand but he grabbed my waist again then rolled so he was hovering over me.
"Just because we should, doesn't mean we have too," he smirked.
"What about your siblings?" I asked startled.
"They are taking over my responsibilities so I can recover. They shouldn't be back until dark."
My hands moved up his arms and pulled him closer and kissed him. He responded to my first move, happily. One of his hands moved down my thigh and pulled my leg up to hook around his waist while the other was against the back of my neck, pulling me closer into the kiss. The hand on my thigh moved as soon as he knew I wouldn't pull it back and slid up my waist and closed over one of my breasts over the towel.
I gasped against his lips and he tugged at the towel, exposing my torso then squeezed my breast, making me moan. One of my hands slid into his hair and I pulled him closer as my other hand slid down his chest, tracing the lines of his muscles. As my fingers came to the edge of his pants, he shivered above me.
Suddenly I pushed him back and turned my head slightly and looked at the ceiling past his ear. I could feel his confusion as he pulled back more until we heard the front door open. I pushed him off me and he scrambled to his feet and hurried out of the room to see who it was.
I grabbed the towel as I stood and rewrapped it around me. Then I walked into the other room to get dressed. I pulled out a pair of leggings and the purple strapless tunic and pulled them on. The purple fabric clung to my body like a second skin. Then I walked back into the bathroom and went to clean up the water.
Gaara came back in as I was wringing out his tunic into the tub. I finished wringing out the shirt and hung it over the towel rack to finish drying then I turned to Gaara. He was wearing dry pants but was still shirtless.
"Who was that?" I asked.
"Kankuro. Temari kicked him out of the office because he wasn't being helpful at all. Talk about bad timing," he muttered.
I bent over the tub to drain it and I felt Gaara's hands on my hips. I stood up and pressed my back to his chest as I pulled my hair over one shoulder. As I felt his warm breath on my neck, I shuddered. He slid his hands onto my stomach as he kissed my exposed neck. Then there was a knock on the front door.
I sighed and pulled away from Gaara. "Go finished getting dressed," I smiled then went to go get the door.
"Pardon me milady, is Lord Gaara here?" a sand Jounin stammered as he eyed me.
"What is it?" Gaara appeared next to me.
"Lady Temari needs you right away," he bowed.
"Thank you, I'll be there shortly."
I closed the door on the man and looked at Gaara. He pressed me against the door and pressed his lips to mine. His tongue snaked out and licked my bottom lip and I opened my mouth for him. After a few minutes of this, we broke away for air.
"We should go see what she wants," I spoke breathless.
He nodded and reluctantly let me go. I went into my room and pulled on a pair of flats while Gaara finished getting dressed. I came out of my room and Gaara came out of his seconds later, wearing his Kazekage cloak and his gourd on his back. He stood there and studied me.
"Come on," I sighed, grabbing his hand and pulled him towards the door.
Once outside, Gaara walked next to me, his arm wrapped around my waist and I leaned against him as we walked the few streets to the Kazekage building. The villagers stared but we ignored them as we walked passed. At the building, Gaara let me go and we entered the office where Temari was waiting and I noticed Kankuro sitting on the couch with a bright red cheek.
'Did you hit him?' I thought to Gaara as I looked at him and he nodded once.
"Temari, what did you need?" Gaara sighed.
"First off, why did you hit your brother, half-dressed and wet and kick him out of the house when I sent him back?" Temari growled.
"What does it matter, why did you summon me while I'm recovering?"
"A foreign came and wanted to talk to you. He won't talk to anyone else. He said that it was important and won't leave until he talks to you," she sighed.
"Okay, go get him."
Gaara motioned her out of his seat and she left with Kankuro. He sat down and I came over and sat on the desk next to him. Gaara looked tired as he slumped back in the chair. Gaara closed his eyes and took a deep breath when there was a knock on the door.
"Enter," I called, not taking my eye of Gaara.
"How may I help you?" Gaara asked, sitting up as a man came into the room.
I felt a familiar aura coming from him and turned to look at the man. His eyes were bright green and his shoulder-length hair was black. He was tall and broad in the shoulders. His clothing reminded me of the clothing that Ryuugonians wore when I was a kid. His eyes were on me, his gaze intense.
"Who is she?" the man's baritone voice growled.
"What does it matter?" Gaara demanded.
"That headpiece…"
"You said you came to talk to me, state your name and your business in my village."
"My name is Sora, I am from Ryuugoni…"
"Liar," I hissed. "There is no trace of my world on you."
"Takeo said you'd say that. Must I remind you Princess Aikotsu that we can hide our auras?" he drew white leather wings out and my eyes widened as I slid off the desk.
"Sora, why are you here?" I growled in Ryuugoni. "Come to try and assassinate your princess again?"
"No, Takeo sent me. He wants me to tell you that he apologizes that he won't be able to return to this world for a long time. He has become the High Leader of Ryuugoni."
"That sucks. Why are you still here? He could have sent a message, not you…"
"Your brother wants me to protect you, but I won't unless you allow me to."
You tried to kill me many times," I hissed, pressing my back to the windowed wall. "Get out of here, if I see you again, I'll find a way to kill you." Gaara stood up, hearing the hatred in my voice and I stood behind him, so I was partially hidden then I revered back to English. "It's time for you to leave."
"Very well…oh, Takeo wanted you to have this." He tossed a necklace onto the desk then left.
I rested my head against his shoulder and took a few calming breaths. "What was he thinking…?"
"Who?" Gaara pulled me so I was facing him.
"My brother Takeo… He knew Sora's and my history… He tried to kill me many times because he thought I was a cursed child and didn't deserve to be the second heir of the Ryuugonians."
"What is that necklace he left?"
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