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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: PLANS REVEALED

*****LEMON*****

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled myself closer to him. He hardened against my stomach and I shivered with excitement. I closed my mind to him as one of his hands slid down my back and he slid two fingers inside me. Using my arms I jumped up and wrapped my legs around his waist and he was poised perfectly at my entrance.

I shoved myself on him and he groaned as he came up to meet me. He pushed me against the wall so he could get a better angle and thrusted. I writhed and he cried out as my walls clenched around him. I opened my mind to know what he was thinking at that moment. He needed a release and soon.

He got into a rhythm that was fast and hard that felt like he was getting deeper with each thrust. I cried out as I felt my release then he came seconds later and we fell to the floor. I was on top of him on the tiled floor barely able to move from the day's events. I heard the front door open on the main level and I got to my feet, shakily.

*****END LEMON*****

I grabbed the robe that was hanging up and went to change. I pulled on my booty shorts and tube top then slid on a pair of black pants and a dark purple loose tunic. I dried my hair and walked out of my closet. I had been planning to lie down but what I saw made me stood what I was doing. Gaara's sand was swirling around his nude body as it slowly soaked up the blood on the floor. I walked up behind him and wrapped my arms around him.

"What are you doing?" I breathed against his back.

"Just cleaning up," he chuckled and I searched his mind and found a black wall that was next to the cage of his inner demon.

"What are you hiding?" I whispered as I pulled away and making him look at me.

"Everyone has their secrets, even you, my little wolf," he whispered as he walked past me to the bathroom to get dressed.

I growled at him then left the room and went downstairs to check on Temari and Kankuro. When I reached the main level, they were eating. I sat down and knew I could most likely get some answers.

"What did Gaara do today?" I whispered.

"Paced and never stopped except when he got an answer from the leaf," Kankuro sighed then Temari smacked him. "What?"

"You said you wouldn't say anything," she hissed but I heard it clearly.

"What's going on?" I snapped.

"Gaara wanted some B. ANBU to go to the Sou..."

"Kankuro!" Gaara came down the stairs. He was furious and I felt like hiding; I had forgotten how scary he could be. "Upstairs, both of you!"

"Don't take it out on us!" Temari snapped, standing up and putting her hands on my shoulders. "She needs to know."

"Go!"

"Come on Temari," Kankuro stood up and pulled at Temari's arm. "We don't want to anger him further."

"She needs someone to protect her," Temari hissed.

I stood up and turned to them. "Thanks, but you should go. His beast isn't exactly stable at the moment."

"Very well," Temari sighed then let Kankuro pull her away.

I turned to Gaara and crossed my arms over my chest. "What are you keeping from me? ?"

"I need you safe," he whispered. "If you knew, then you would have given their location away, even if you didn't mean to, and Orochimaru would have find out."

"I am ANBU, Gaara. Do you think that I would give away my own men?" I snapped. "I am not that low! I was even in for a time."

"I know, Karin, but I am just being careful. What happens if you can't kill him? What happens if you never come back? I can't lose you," his voice broke. "I can't..." he fell to his knees, head in his hands.

I walked around him and knelt behind him as I wrapped my arms around him. He held my arms to him and I felt tears fall onto my arms. I pulled him backwards and cradled him to my chest. I rocked him and I heard him whimper and the sound of choked sobs came out.

"I know..." I whispered. "I know, but you're just going to have to trust me."

"I didn't know how you would have reacted if I told you I was going to have someone spy on you while you were putting yourself into danger to keep me alive," he sobbed.

"Shh…" I whispered, running my fingers through his hair. "It will be alright, Gaara. I'll be taking every caution that I can when I leave. I understand your worry and your urge to protect me but bringing into this is a little too much, isn't it?"

"No," he whispered, as he wiped his eyes. "If I can't always look through your mind and I know you won't let me go, I must have some eyes there to report. If something goes wrong, we could act quickly and help."

"What do you mean you can't always look through my mind?" I whispered, knowing full well what he meant.

"I know you can block me, just like I had blocked you from that information," he chuckled as he pulled away from me and stood up.

"I'm going to bed," I muttered, blocking my mind and transporting to my room.

I needed to be alone for the moment and figure out my plan. Something pushed against my shield and I realized that Gaara was trying to get into my mind. I sighed and blocked harder. He could not ever learn my plan in dealing with the snake Sannin. He needed to stay out of this one and since I knew there was going to be I could easily spot them because I knew each person. What Gaara didn't seem to understand was the fact that as soon as I was in Orochimaru's grasp, I would be chained up most likely. I sighed and laid down. Okami would keep my mind blocked from Gaara.

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The next week and a half, I kept myself hidden from Gaara to prepare for my trip to the Sound. I had different plans for escape and killing the snake Sanin.

On the eleventh day as I came out of the shower Gaara appeared on my open balcony, using his sand. I sighed and walked into my closet. Today was the day I was leaving to finish the threat of Orochimaru.

"Karin, we need to talk," Gaara came in.

"So talk," I spoke as I opened the box.

Inside was an Akatsuki cloak with a hood. I grabbed my tube top and shorts and slid them on before finding an outfit. I grabbed a dark purple tunic that went to my ankles with slits up the front of both legs to mid-thigh. I pulled on my black thigh boots and they went to the tops of the slits of my tunic.

"Whats going on?" he finally spoke. "I mean with you blocking your mind completely?"

"Orochimaru has many twisted tricks so I'm blocking the bond now so when I'm there, he won't find out," I lied easily, looking at him seriously. "If it had been my actual decision, I would have waited 'til I returned to bond us but you asked."

"Why have you been hiding?"

"I'm not hiding, Gaara," I snapped, putting on the cloak. "I have been preparing myself to do this and to be able to kill him."

"Really?" he laid the sarcasm on thick.

"Yes, really. I'm doing this to get rid of a world threat," I walked to him and kissed him, "and for us."

His arms came around me and pulled me tighter against his body. "Be careful and come back," he breathed.

"I love you," I whispered before pulling away. "I need to go."

He smiled slightly as I walked out of the room. On the inside of my boots were my scrolls, they were my final plan. I was going to rid the world of Orochimaru: Sasuke too if I had to. I walked onto the balcony and transported outside of the Sound.

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