Hey, sorry about last week. I hate November it's the end of the semester and that means projects and papers. I am going to switch the upload date to Sundays. Tomorrow I will upload either The love of the Stalked or Grievances with Gaara. If I really want to avoid writing a paper I might write both.

Promises

"I found the suna ninja." I told Tsunade as she visited us in the hospital.

"I can see that." Tsunade said trying not to laugh at my predicament as I sat on a hospital bed with a hot red head holding my waste.

"I wonder if I have a camera." Shizune wondered looking like she was using all of her will power not to say 'aw' really loud.

"If you do it I will be forced to destroy the camera or ask for copies." I answered.

"Ask for copies?" Tsunade wondered right before she laughed at me.

"Commemoration of a hot red-head refusing to let go of my waste." I said seriously causing Tsunade to burst into another fit of giggles.

"Tsunade,shouldn't you be healing someone." Shizune reminded Tsunade about the real reason they were in the hospital. They had just heard about my predicament from the gossip of the receptionists and had to stop in and see/laugh at me.

"Oh yeah, well it's good that you found the suna ninja." Tsunade said snickering at me.

"Nami-chan?" Sakura asked coming into the room as Tsunade left.

"How's Naruto?" I questioned being unable to go see him because I had a suna ninja attached to my waste.

"Still sleeping."

"I'd say still passed out is more accurate of a description from what I hear." a nurse said coming in to check on the passed out ninja on my lap.

"Was he badly hurt?" I questioned not knowing since I didn't see Kakashi or Naruto before the medic ninjas took me to the hospital with Gaara.

"Big hole in his chest. It's pretty much closed now though." the nurse told me adding the last part really fast after I looked really worried.

"It's good that Naruto heals oddly fast." I pointed out wanting to change the conversation's tone to a more optimistic tone.

"Well the ninja on your lap will wake up when he's good and ready to, other than being asleep he's fine." The nurse informed us before leaving the room.

"It's all my fault." Sakura said beginning to cry.

"What is?"

"Naruto's wound, everything. I shouldn't have asked Naruto to bring Sasuke back, I should have been able to stop Sasuke-kun that night." Sakura explained between sobs.

"No one could have stopped Sasuke that night. I was there too, he didn't stop leaving when I asked either. The only one that had any chance of stopping him was Naruto and he apparently failed also."

"But, I still shouldn't have asked Naruto to--

"Sakura. Naruto would have chased after him anyway. Sasuke is Naruto's best friend. Naruto would have gone on the mission even if you didn't say anything to him." I explained after cutting her off because I didn't want to hear what she wanted to say.

"I can't believe he left." Sakura said referring to Sasuke.

"I can." I muttered before telling her, "Why don't you go back to Naruto's room so someone will be there when he wakes up. I can't go for obvious reasons." I said gesturing to my lap causing Sakura to giggle. Why must everyone giggle at my predicament?

Several boring minutes later...

I looked down at the hot red-head who just moved. I swear he did. I think he did. My feet are asleep...I hope he wakes up soon. False alarm he was just snuggling closer in his sleep. Thank goodness I don't have to go to the bathroom or something.

Several minutes (about 452 dots on the ceiling later)

Okay, now I have to go to the bathroom. Please wake up soon...or now. Now seems like a much better idea for the both of us. Please? Yes! Gaara can read minds while he is sleeping because he is starting to wake up. It's either that or my twitching because I have to pee really badly. Gaara woke up, thank goodness, and I immediately pushed him—gently--off of my lap and leaped off the bed and ran to the door but my plan failed due to the fact that my feet were asleep so I fell down two steps into my frantic run. I looked up and saw Gaara blinking at me from the bed in hazy confusion.

"My feet are both asleep." I explained sheepishly.

"..." he said nothing just continued his sleepy blinking.

"I have to use the restroom." I explained politely.

"..." he nodded to me as if I was asking his permission. No the one whose permission I really need is my feet. My feet finally woke up and I was able to walk, painfully, to the door. I looked back at Gaara just as the haze finally left him and he blushed. I am not sure if he was blushing because he was in my lap while he was sleeping or because he gave me permission to use the potty. Either way: I am going to use the bathroom.

When I was done using the facilities I decided to make a pit stop to Naruto's room to see how Sakura and him were doing.

"Nami-chan." Sakura greeted me as I walked into the room.

"So he hasn't woken up yet." I stated staring at the, hopefully just, sleeping Naruto.

"No." Sakura said sadly.

"I'm sure he will soon."

"So how is Gaara?" Sakura asked trying to lighten the mood.

"Well he woke up and then I left to go to the bathroom." I explained omitting the fact I fell down, no one needs to know about that.

"So you just left him there?"

"I really had to go..." I whined.

"Nami-chan go back there, I will come get you if Naruto wake up."

"When he wakes up." I corrected smiling at her causing her to smile a little back.

When I opened the door to Gaara's room his siblings were there and they were whispering to one another even though no one else was in the room with them. Maybe they were afraid of being overheard by enemy ninjas...yeah it's probably that.

"Nami-chan!"Temari greeted me happily grinning oddly at me.

"Hello Temari, what's with the grin?"

"I just heard the story of what happened from Gaara." she said grinning at me.

"Oh." I said suddenly finding the ceiling interesting once more. I wonder how many dots are up there...

"So what was the outcome of the mission?" Kankuro asked because he is out of the loop because no one tells him things because he is Kankuro.

"Failure." I said, "We didn't succeed in bringing back the lord of the zombies, I mean Sasuke, back."

"Lord of the zombies...?" Kankuro questioned earning a shrug from Gaara and Temari.

"Leaves." I explained.

"Wha..." Kankuro asked trailing off because he couldn't figure out how to word his question, in fact he couldn't even figure out what his question would be. Poor confused Kankuro...

"Excuse me," an ANBU interrupted appearing in front of me and nodding towards the sand ninja, "Taki Nami you are being summoned by the council."

"Okay." I answered causing the ANBU to poof away. Glad I didn't want to chat with him/her or anything. I think it was a him but I have been wrong before, so yeah.

"Why are you being summoned by the council?" Temari asked curiously.

"No clue. I guess I should go, lovely conversation. See you all later." I said with a wave and a promise at the end.

In the council office placemabober

"What is your plan about Sasuke now?" the council member asked because they didn't get a chance to interrogate me after Sasuke left.

"Well I made a promise with him that if he ever escapes Orochimaru and goes off to kill Itachi that I will join him." I explained.

"Hmmm, that could work." one council member said.

"They will have to remain in touch so that he knows where to pick you up afterwards." a different council member said.

"Until then we want you to be the ambassador to Suna. Tsunade has already agreed to this. We also want you to help Suna any way you can so that Suna will become more and more indebted to Konoha for our kindness." a council member that really likes the sound of his own voice said.

"Okay." I agreed.

Preview from next chapter: Ambassador

"Hey Nami-chan, so Hokage-sama who is the ambassador that we should take back with us?" Temari questioned coming into Tsunade's office.

"You are looking at her." Tsunade said simply, slightly annoyed that Temari didn't say hello to her.

"Nami-chan?" Temari questioned and received a nod from Tsunade. The announcement caused Temari to grin at me, Kankuro to stare in astonishment, and Gaara to stare—slightly creepily—and blink at me.