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I just realized that some people don't like the beginning of this story. I know that already, cause I was unsure about how to start it. I might rewrite, but I need to think about the rest of this story first...I hope I'm improving my writing though! :D
Gaara POV
Sazuko yawned next to me. It was almost night and my room had already been cleaned and set up.
"Hey, Gaara, is this the only reason you invited me here?" Sazuko sighed. "That was the most tiring thing I've ever done. I don't even work this hard to clean my room! And you being picky about where everything goes doesn't help either! And also-"
"I get it!" I yelled to stop her rant. "To make it up to you, I'll take you out to dinner, okay?"
Hahaha, what, you're going to admit your love for her there? Then get married? And then have little versions of yourselves running around?
Shukaku, do me a favor and don't do anything for just three hours. Alright? Just three hours. Then you can annoy me all you want.
Fine. But you still owe me.
"Really? You will?" Sazuko exclaimed. "Yay!" She jumped up and down like a little kid.
I sighed. "Let's go." I grabbed two jackets from my new closet. I threw the smaller one to Sazu, since she was a lot smaller than me. I threw on the other one and took Sazuko's hand.
Sazuko POV
"Where are we going?" I asked as we exited the door.
"I dunno. I guess we'll just walk around until we find a good place to stop?" Gaara locked the house door. "That alright with you?"
I shrugged. "Sure. So it's a date?" I'm just really natural like that. I can stay stuff that people would usually avoid saying without batting an eye.
Gaara turned red like his hair. "N-no..."
I laughed. "If that's how you want to think about it, go ahead. But I'm thinking about it as a date." Gaara and I walked in silence after that. However, he still held on to my hand. I hope he's paying.
Sasori POV
"Right. Deidara, you take the car. Stop after two hours or so." I yawned. We were at a gas station, taking a break. We were almost halfway to Sazu's place.
"Sure thing," Deidara replied swiftly. "Who's taking the next shift?"
"Me. I don't trust Tobi with the car. Zetsu would be keeping an eye on his plant, so he's outta the picture as well." I switched seats with Deidara. "Let her rip, Dei."
Temari POV
"Your house is...nice," I commented to Shikamaru. "It's pretty decent." His house was really big, bigger than Sazuko's. There were lots of room to move around, and there were three floors.
"Thanks." Shikamaru opened the back door and led me outside to his backyard. Like his house, it was pretty big as well.
"First, I'm going to see how you use wind. For example...do you need a weapon? Or can you just use your hand or something?" Shikamaru was right. I do need to know how I exert my power.
"Try using your hand. See if anything comes out of it," Shikamaru directed.
I held out my right hand and focused on it. I imagined wind drifting through it, but I couldn't feel anything.
"All right..." Shikamaru dragged out. "I guess you'll need a weapon then." He left to go back inside his house.
"Right." I followed him, no clue of what he was going to do. He walked to a phone and dialed a number.
"Hey, Sazu, I need a favor. Give me a big fan for Temari. Thanks." He hung up. "She wasn't home, so I left a message," he explained.
"Sure. So you want me to leave?" I didn't really want to leave, Shikamaru is really smart he was kinda cool in his own way.
"Stay if you want. If you left, I'd have to walk you home. That's what guys are supposed to do." Shikamaru shrugged. See what I meant by "cool in his own way"? He has his own set of rules of how guys should act to girls. Like girls aren't supposed to defend guys, it's the other way around.
"Mind if I stay then?" I asked. Even if he refused, I'm staying.
"Sure," Shikamaru replied, eyes widening a tad.
Kankuro POV
"Right." Sakura walked over to a drawer and grabbed out some mini puppets. "I spent all week making these, so don't break it. Let's see how well you can control them."
I rolled up my sleeves. I hope this works quickly. I held out my right arm and imagined my fingers extending strings onto one of the puppet's legs and arms. Then I flicked my index finger up. The puppet's right arm jerked up, then fell down. I curled up my fingers into a fist and the puppet rolled into a ball.
"Nice," Sakura commented. "Let's see if you can move...that chair." She pointed towards a small wooden chair next to her.
"Sure." I shrugged off the invisible strings attaching to the puppet. It instantly went lifeless. Then I imagined the strings attaching to the chair. I jerked my whole hand up, and the chair flew up and landed on top of Sakura.
"Sorry," I said, laughing. Sakura glared, then softened up and laughed as well. "That was pretty funny."
"Yeah," I gasped out, still laughing. "Can I try to attach my puppet strings onto you?"
Sakura suddenly stopped laughing and glared at me. "Sure, but you'd better not try anything dirty."
I stopped laughing as well. "I won't." I slipped the strings onto Sakura. I made her walk and lift her arms up and stuff like that. After a few minutes, I let go.
"Not bad, eh?" I smirked.
"Sure," she replied. "That wasn't too bad. You wanna stay here for the night? It's getting late so it might not be safe for you to go home alone."
I hesitated. "Gaara...he might destroy the house or something."
"I'll give Sazu a call then. She can keep an eye on him or something."
Sazuko POV
Gaara and I were at a sorta fancy restaurant. It wasn't that bad, I think it's called Olive Garden or something.
Suddenly my phone rang. "Sorry, Gaara." I picked up the phone.
"Hey Sazuko, this is Sakura!"
"Yeah?" I replied. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I was just wondering, is Gaara close by right now?"
"Yeah, he's next to me. Why?"
"Kankuro wants to talk to him."
"Sure. Give Kankuro the phone." I handed Gaara my phone. "Kankuro wants to talk with you."
Gaara POV
I took the phone from Sazuko's hand and held it up to my ear.
"What?" I said aggressively.
"N-nothing...Just don't let Shukaku out and kill everyone, okay? Like last year, at school, even without Shukaku, you almost ki-"
I instantly hung up. Why would he tell me that? He knows I would never hurt anyone with Sazuko around.
"What happened?" Sazuko asked, curious. I shook my head. "Nothing important."
Sazuko gave me a doubtful look. "Riiight. And you're going to get hit by a knife in less than three seconds." With lightning speed, Sazuko threw the knife at my throat. Luckily, my training didn't fail me. I instinctively caught it.
"What the hell? That's dangerous you know!" I was pissed. That was risky to do in public, as well as in the house. She should've known better.
"Sorry," Sazuko giggled. "I just forgot how bad at lying you were."
I handed her back her knife. "Don't throw it again. We could get kicked out."
"Only if you tell me what made you mad. Except for the fact that I threw the knife at you." Sazuko folded her arms. "Okay?"
I sighed. "It's not important. You don't need to know." She didn't need to know that I nearly killed a few people at my last school.
Sazuko raised an eyebrow. "Really, then." I gave her a hard stare, telling her that I wasn't going reveal anything to her. She sighed and gave up after that. "Just don't let Shukaku out."
Sorry about not uploading, I was too lazy :P This was a long chapter though, hope I made it up to you guys ^.^
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