"Twist around left…right…" Hinata muttered to herself, trying to tie the velvet tie to her new outfit. The top was pale purple, with long sleeves that cut of about two inches from her hands. Under were fishnets going to the tip of her hands. She had black gloves, minus the finger coverings. She wore her headband around her neck as usual. Her pants went to about her ankles and were tied with silver strings. Her waist belt was bright silver, which folded back into a bow behind her, with ribbons hanging down. She finally got it tied right, and examined herself in the mirror. She blushed, realizing that she actually looked good. The finishing touch. She grabbed her long hair and tied it into a flowing ponytail with a silver ribbon that Hanabi had given her.

She let out a weary sigh, her silver eyes wide with anticipation. It was the day her fiancé was set to arrive. Her father had just bought her this outfit, in hopes that it would appease, whoever this man was. He knew something she didn't, she could tell by the way he acted when she brought up the subject. Neji had been surprisingly nice these past two days, something that surprised Hinata. In fact, everyone in the Hyugga clan seemed to be treating her with a greater respect then they ever did before.

"It's just because I'm getting married…" She whispered, "My fiancé must be a powerful and well respected man then," She brushed her hair from her face, and stared at her reflection in the mirror for a minute more. I guess…there's no going back on it now.

"Hinata, come on!" Called Neji from the next room.

Hinata turned and walked out of her room, to see her father, Neji, Hanabi and the rest of the clan waiting for her expectantly. The whole clan smiled brightly as she walked in and began to whisper to each other. Neji smiled slightly, Hanabi beamed, and Hiashi nodded approvingly.

The heiress of the Hyugga clan stared around at her family, frowning slightly. They were all expecting her to do this, for the village. It's not like the wedding was today. These things take time, meaning she would have some time to get to know this mysterious man she was to wed.

Naruto looked up, surprised to see the whole Hyugga family walking together down to the gate of the village. He was sitting by the gate with Lee, waiting for Gaara and his siblings to arrive. His blue eyes scanned the crowd, and he spotted Hinata at the very front. He froze, and his heat rate quickened a bit. He had never seen Hinata look so…pretty. He had never thought of her in any other way, except for a friend, but now…now she was…

"N-Naruto-kun!" he herd Hinata gasp, and he blinked. He leapt to his feet, surprising Lee who fell over.

"Hey there Hinata!" Said Naruto, scratching the back of his head, "What are you guys doing down here?"

"Um…" Hinata blushed beat red, and she felt as though she might cry.

"Naruto?"

Everyone looked around, towards the gate of the village.

Gaara had his arms crossed over his chest as he stepped into the village, Temari and Kankuro at his side. His red hair blew gently in the small breeze that flew through the leaf village. His cold eyes scanned the whole lot of them. They rested on Hinata, and widened. "You…."

Temari gasped and looked around at Kankuro, whose mouth was wide open with shock. Both jounin turned to look at their younger brother, who had an uncertain look on his face.

N-no….it can't be….Hinata stared in horror at the Kazekage, her gray eyes wide. He….he couldn't be her, no, not him!

Hiashi walked up to the sand ninja, and bowed, "Kazekage-sama, thank you for agreeing to this. We-,"

"Hang on!" Snapped Temari, "You didn't tell us it was Hinata! Tsunada-sama said it was just some girl from your village! She didn't say…" her breathing was quick and angry as she glared around at the Hyugga clan.

"What are you guys talking about?" Asked Naruto, staring at Gaara.

The redhead glanced at his friend. "Naruto…I…."

"Hinata," Said Hiashi, motioning for his daughter to step forward. Hinata hesitated, but at a push from Neji, walked forward to her father and Gaara. Hiashi took his daughter's hand, "Hinata…this is your fiancé, Kazekage Gaara. You know him, and he will be a good husband for you."

Hinata looked at her father, eyes wide. She turned, and looked at Gaara, whose face reflected her look of shock.

"F-fiancé!?" Cried Naruto. He felt a pang inside of his chest, a burst of anger towards Gaara. He didn't understand why, why he was feeling this. It wasn't like him to be mad at Gaara! He was his friend! Naruto looked around at Lee, who just shrugged, and looked around at Neji.

Neji had an unreadable look on his face, his fists clenched at his sides.

"Father…." Whispered Hinata, "he…"

"Why didn't you tell us who it was?" Snapped Temari, throwing a furious look at Hiashi, "Gaara can't marry Hinata! She's…she's one of Naruto's friends! That's just wrong!" Her hair crackled with electricity, and her eyes burned furious holes into the people they landed on, "This is ridiculous! I can't-,"

"Temari, stop it."

They all looked at Gaara. He had closed his eyes, and had his head bowed. After a long pause, he opened his eyes again, and looked down at Hinata. "I will try and be a good husband to you," he said in a quiet voice, "I know it is unexpected that…"

Hinata had begun to shake her head, eyes filled with tears, "No…no…no…" She looked from Gaara, to Naruto, getting more panicked by the moment, "No…NO!" She clasped her hands to her heart, tears spilling from her eyes, "I can't marry you!" She screamed. She turned on her heel and raced away from all of them.

"Hinata!" Called Neji, starting to run after her, but Hanabi stopped him.

"Neji-nii-san…" She said quietly, "Let Hinata-onee-chan be alone for awhile." She looked up at him pleadingly.

Neji sighed, but nodded.

"This is…This is all messed up!" Cried Temari, pacing back and fourth, rubbing her head and muttering to herself.

"Gaara?" Said Naruto, nudging the sand ninja, "What's going on? Why is Hinata's dad calling you her, fiancé?"

Gaara sighed and turned to face the blonde, "Bad rumors have been spreading between our village, and we had to stop them. Your Hokage decided that I was to marry one of your village females, and the head elder of the five great nations agreed as well. I wasn't told who it was, only that she was a woman of the leaf village, and a ninja."

"B-but Hinata…"

"I told you, I wasn't told who it was," Gaara said in a clam voice, "I didn't know it would be Hinata-san."

"B-but that's just insane, I mean," Naruto ran his hand through his blonde hair, laughing from shock, "Hinata's…you can't…that's just insane, Gaara! I mean, Hinata's a friend, your friend, just a friend!" His hands her shaking.

Gaara stared at him, his eyes narrowed. He hadn't expected it to be Hinata. No…he would never expect it to be anyone that had anything to do with Naruto. The heiress of the Hyugga clan was, well, just of limits. She was his best friend's friend, and marrying her was definitely out of the question. But then again, it had already been decided, and he had agreed to it.

Naruto shook his head. He walked forward, and grabbed Gaara's shoulders, "Gaara…please don't tell me that you are marrying Hinata! Please say that I'm dreaming!" he stared at him with wide eyes.

Gaara sighed, and moved away from his hands, "I wish I could, Naruto. I wish I could tell you it's all a dream, but it's not." He turned his back on him, head down, "It's all real." He turned to his siblings, "Kankuro, find us an apartment to stay in. Temari, you and I are going to have a talk with Tsunada-sama." He looked around at Hiashi.

Hiashi bowed, "I am sorry for the way my daughter acted, Kazekage-sama." He said quietly.

"Think nothing of it," Gaara replied with a flick of his hand, "And please, just call me Gaara." He tuned with Temari, and walked of towards the Kage building.

"Gaara…" Whispered Temari, "What are we going to do?"

"We'll figure out something," He said in an undertone, "It'll be hard, but my marriage to Hinata-san is inevitable, I'm afraid."

Temari nodded sadly, "She seemed rather upset."

"I wouldn't be surprised."

"What do you mean?"

He stopped, and turned to look at her, "Back in the chunnin exams Temari. She saw me kill those three ninja from the hidden rain village. She saw me fight and almost kill Lee. She saw me fight Uchiha, and lived in fear of me. Even though we are allies, it still must be hard."

Temari sighed, "You're right. Some things that people see can't be forgotten."

"Exactly."

"It's going to happen," he added after a moment, "it can't be stopped."

"It is an arranged marriage though…" Temari whispered.

"Mother was arranged to marry Fourth Kazekage," said Gaara bluntly. He never referred to the man as, father.

"Tch, yeah. But look where that relationship ended up!"

"Good point." Gaara looked up at his sister, eyes narrowed.

Temari looked back down at him, "Why are you glaring at me?" She asked after a moment, "What'd I do?"

Gaara hesitated, before saying boldly, "Temari, I need you to tell me what girls like. After we speak to Tsunada-sama. Will you?"

Temari stared at him, open mouthed. After a shot pause, she chuckled and patted him on the shoulder, "Sure Gaara. I'll tell you everything you need to know about how to win a woman's heart!" She smiled.

Gaara stared at her, his eyes blank. He said finally, "Thank you," Before continuing on his way to the Hokage's office.

Temari let out a weary sigh and rubbed the back of her neck. This was going to be a very long and confusing month. She was going to have to teach her brother how to truly love a woman, and teach Hinata to love Gaara! Without love, there can't be a relationship, and there has to be a relationship before there can be marriage. Temari had her work cut out for her alright. She shook her head, and followed Gaara.

Gaara glared at the ground as he walked. He stuffed his hands in his pockets, and clenched his fists. That look on Naruto's face, when he had found out that Gaara was Hinata's fiancé, it had been a look he had only seen once in his life. The look Naruto wore during their fight so many years ago. A look of anger, and hate. He could understand why Naruto was feeling these, but he didn't want him to be feeling them at all. Gaara was fearful…fearful that this would ruin their friendship. He shook his head. Being stupid. He thought to himself, Naruto would never…Or would he? Whenever Lee or someone was hanging out with Sakura, Naruto got jealous. Was he jealous that Gaara was marrying Hinata? Naruto had never shown an interest in Hinata, never. He always was going on about how much he was in love with Sakura, but he never mentioned Hinata.

Ugh…why are emotions so complicated? He thought angrily. He liked it better when he didn't have to worry about things such as, love or jealousy. It was so much easier back then, when all he did was kill people. What was he thinking!? He was glad to have given up that part of his life. Then again, he didn't have to deal with this type of stuff back then. Is this how all men felt when they found out that they were getting married, or was it just him? Was he being paranoid? Was he being stupid? My head hurts now…He sighed, and completely ignored Temari for the time being. Damn hormones…that's what it was.

Yay for chapter four, and yay for the lovers finally meeting! Boo that hinata ran away, and Boo that Gaara's head hurts! CHAPTER FIVE WILL BE EVEN MORE ANGSTY!!!!