The following day Gaara and I were once again walking to school. It wasn't until it was too late that I realized there was an ambush waiting there for us. We had just reached the parking lot when I heard the crunch of shoes behind us quickly coming closer. I figured it was one of my friends trying to get in a sneak attack like they occasionally do. However, I realized it was very much the opposite when Sasuke suddenly appeared and attacked whoever was trying to sneak up on us.
"What-" I stopped what I was going to say after seeing Gaara's terrified expression. 'Shit, his dad. Damn Naruto, why do you have to be to be slow now of all times?' I quickly reached over and wrapped an arm around Gaara's waist, pulling him closer to me. In the next second I have my phone out and 911 on the other side.
"What's your emergency?" toned a calm female voice from the other side of the call.
"There's a guy here at the school trying to kidnap his son. Please send the police and an ambulance." I replied back, not letting my gaze leave the image of Sasuke holding the guy back.
"Help is on the way." she was still calm as she spoke.
"Thanks." I ended the call, and tugged Gaara closer to me, as though having him pressed against me would somehow keep him safer. I cringed as Sasuke threw a punch at the guy's nose, the loud crunch reaching my ears. Gaara gave a small flinch at the noise and my hand began to rub across his side in an attempt to comfort him.
"Naruto!" I forced my gaze to leave the fight, seeing Tsunade running across the school yard towards us. It was in that same moment that Sasuke gave a small grunt,having taken a hit to his stomach. My eyes quickly searched him out, relaxing slightly after finding he wasn't too hurt. I paused my hand when a yellow and grey blur swept passed me and attacked the red headed man, pushing Sasuke back towards Gaara and me.
"Sasuke, are you okay?" I asked, wanting to search him for major injuries but not willing to leave Gaara.
"I'm fine. But damn, what is that woman made out of, steel?" he growled out, poking at a bruise forming on his face. I held back a chuckle, knowing it wasn't the time to be laughing. It was only a few moments later that Tsunade was dragging a bloody and unconscious form towards us with a satisfied smirk.
"That will teach him not to touch someone precious to us." she dumped the body a few feet from us, not wanting to have the man any closer to Gaara. The sirens of the cops and ambulance could be heard a few second later and we watched them pull up next to us. The events that happened next are a huge blur of motion and questions. Rasa, as I learned his name to be, was taken to jail. There's going to be a trial later to determine what will happen to him. Sasuke was left with minimal injuries, having been able to avoid most of the hits. Gaara was in slight shock but otherwise okay. Tsunade gave the three of us a week off from school to recuperate and heal. By the end of the day, the entire school knew what happened. I never left Gaara's side and we quickly fell asleep on my bed after finally getting home.