Suna's Kekkei Genkai
Chapter 16: Complicated situations
ok first...YAY! NEW NARUTO CHAPTER 247!
Second, when I first read people's fics with Gaara being the Kazekage I didn't like them...now I really don't know what to think...he looks cool though. Applause for those who have incredible insight.
Gaara stepped into the Sand House and found Temari and Kankurou in the living room waiting expectantly. He started to ignore them and go up to his room, but Temari made a loud, obvious clearing of the throat noise. Rolling his eyes, he turned back to them. Kankurou made a motion for Gaara to sit in his chair.
Gaara sat.
And waited.
Nothing happened. They just watched him.
Gaara gave them a '….?...' look.
Still nothing happened.
Gaara started to get up again.
"Sit down, little boy!" Temari ordered, causing Gaara to freeze in mid rise and slowly sit down again hands folded in his lap.
Long silence.
"So.." Temari said. "Did you have fun?"
Gaara raised a shoulder and dropped it.
"Did you hang out all night?"
Shoulder raise.
"Did he stay up with you?"
Shoulder raise.
"Did you watch nice movies?"
Shoulder raise.
"Did he do anything that would make me want to set up wanted posters?"
Eyebrow raise.
"WHAT THE HELL DID HE DO TO YOU!" Kankurou suddenly exploded.
Gaara stared at them with the most confused look a twelve year old could possibly muster unintentionally.
"Huh?"
"DON'T GIVE ME THAT FAKE INNOCENT TONE!" Kankurou shrieked. He paused panting. "I know he was planning to do something to you! And I thought he wouldn't have the guts! ……damn it!"
Gaara was now labeled at the most confused sand nin in the entire world. He knew Kankurou was off, he was born like that. But when he lost it like this Temari usually stopped him. But she didn't. This seemed to be the root of her own questions and Kankurou didn't feel like waiting.
"I …don't—" Gaara stuttered, outwardly showing his confusion.
"Don't hide it, Gaara. Tell us the truth!" Temari said sternly, staring at him intently.
"Hide what?" Gaara asked. "I don't know what you're talking about!"
Kankurou and Temari looked at him like they didn't believe him, then at each other then back again. Kankurou gave a heaving sigh and folded his arms.
"Gaara, did you and Neji have sex?"
"WHAT! NO!" Gaara involuntarily screeched. His eyes got wide and he looked emensly freaked out. He almost jumped up himself, but he would have cracked his siblings heads on sand since they were standing right over him.
Temari and Kankurou looked at one another and for a short time shared a brain wave. 'Well, that answers that question. I knew he couldn't do it.'
When they looked back at Gaara's chair he was gone. They caught a glimps of him running up the stairs and heard his door slam shut as he tried to hide from their insane questions. The two smiled to themselves. What good siblings they were!
Gaara sat in the corner of his bed, glomping his pillow. What the hell had happened to his siblings! He leaves them alone for one night and they go crazy! After he decided that they weren't coming up to talk to him again he go off the bed and set his backpack down.
The phone rang down stairs and he heard Temari answer it. Sighing without interest, he pulled the manga Neji lent him out and set it on his dresser next to the tri-frame Sakura had gotten him.
"Gaara!" Temari called up. "Sakura's on the phone! She wants to speak to you!"
Gaara went downstairs and gingerly took the phone from Temari and hurried up the stairs. He went into his room and shut the door.
"Sakura, Temari and Kankurou've gone mad!" he whispered frantically into the phone.
"What?"
"They're asking me all these weird questions cause I spent the night over Neji's," he said sitting down against the door.
"Aw…you spend the night?" Sakura said into the phone. "That's so cute!"
"…cute?" Gaara asked.
"Yeah, what'd you guys do?"
"Nothing…"
Sakura made a noise to show that she wasn't going to let this go. "You wanna come with me to get something to eat?"
"Fine…. When?" Gaara asked glancing over at the clock.
A knock sounded at his door he opened it and saw her standing there, cellphone to ear.
"Right now?"
Gaara gave her a funny look and hung up.
"Please?" she asked. "I need to talk to you about something anyway."
Gaara raised an eyebrow, then put the phone down and shut the door in her face. Sakura sighed and waited. (damn bastard! Why can't he just say 'hold on a sec'!) Five minutes later Gaara opened the door again and stepped out in different clothes. They went down the stairs and started to go out the door.
"Aren't you gonna tell your brother and sister you're going out?" she asked pausing.
Gaara stopped and looked back at the house then turned away again. "No."
Sakura shook her head and turned to the house. "WE'RE LEAVING!" she shouted as she followed him outside.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Gaara asked as they waited for their food.
Sakura took a long sip of her soda then sighed. "I have a big problem," she said. "Lee-san asked me to go on this date tonight to a fancy restaurant where you eat and dance."
"….and that's a problem why?" Gaara asked.
Sakura blushed and mumbled something into her straw.
"Can't hear you."
"I don't know how to dance!" she shouted.
Gaara blinked and stared then started laughing. Sakura's deepened. Gaara was laughing at her! Laughing! Like some normal thirteen year old.
"I don't know what made you laugh, but it's not funny!" Sakura cried.
"You can't dance?" Gaara asked.
Sakura glared at him as their food came. His smile instantly dropped and the laughing boy instantly became the glaring demon vessel again. He remained that way even after the waiter left.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing."
"Why did you do that?"
"What?"
"Stop smiling," she said observing him. "You look a lot better when you're smiling."
Gaara shrugged. "Why are you telling me your problem?" he asked.
Sakura did a little freak out thing. "Cause you're my friend!" she said, as if it was obvious. "Friends tell each other their problems!"
"Oh," Gaara replied. He frowned. "How would I know that?"
Sakura giggled and started eating. "Well, anyway, I need help! I need to find someone who can teach me to dance."
"Why don't you tell Lee you can't?"
"You don't tell your date that!" Sakura said. "Urgh! You gotta learn these things! You have a date too." Her eyes narrowed slyly. "What about you and Neji?"
Gaara flinched and swallowed the French fry in his mouth. "What about us?"
"What'd you guys do last night?" she inquired.
"None of your business," Gaara replied, before he realized that was the wrong thing to say to a curious girl.
"Oh, really?" she said leaning forward across the table. She gave him a knowing smile. "I'm sure he had a wonderful time."
Gaara's cheeks turned pink. "We didn't do anything like that!"
"Like what?"
"You know…"
"Did you kiss?"
"NO!" his face turned a shade of deep red.
Sakura pouted. Nothing interesting happened then.
Gaara stuffed his face with French fries to hide his embarrassment. After a moment's silence he looked up again. "I could show you how to dance," he offered.
Sakura stared. "You know how to dance?" she asked in surprised. Gaara nodded. "Where did you learn?"
"Temari taught me because she wanted a partner. She likes to dance," Gaara explained.
"Would you really teach me?" she asked hopefully.
"Sure, why not?"
"Oh! Thanks Gaara!" she squealed.
"I've called you here on very important business," Tsunade said, her hands folded under her chin.
"Are you sending us away?"
"No. Never," she replied. "It a mission."
"But we aren't lisenced to go on missions from Konoha."
"I know, but this is urgent and I need you two to go."
"When?"
"Right now."
Sakura had found an empty building with lots of space enough to dance in. Gaara brought a CD in and he showed her how to dance to each song. After he got tired of almost getting trampled and elbowed several times he made a Suna Bushin for Sakura to dance with. He sat with the stereo and watched correcting her several times. Easily growing bored with watching her, he began unconciously scanning the CD looking for a song he liked.
Ten songs that only lasted 10 seconds later..
Sakura smacked her hands in front of his face. "Gaara! Stop!
"Gomen," he mumbled. He stopped scanning and let the stereo play 'Drowned' by Korn. Sakura glared at him as he laid on his back for not picking a good song she could dance to. She started to turn, but stopped as the lyrics began. Fully turning back to him she stared at the sand nin who lay with his eyes closed, singing along the music. He continued, not paying any attention to her, until she sat on his stomach, making him grunt out the last word in the verse.
"What?"
"Any other hidden talents you'd like to share?" she asked.
"….uh..I can cook…" he replied, not catching her sarcasm.
"Really? That's it?" she asked. "You don't have any other talents that would have previously been labeled 'non-Gaara'?"
Gaara grinned. "Not that I know of."
Sakura laughed and helped him up. "Hey! I have a good idea!"
"What?" Gaara asked taking a drink from his soda.
"Ask Neji out and we'll go on a double date!"
Gaara choked on his soda.
Sakura laughed at his expression while he recovered himself. They left the old building and walked to Sakura's house.
"I don't think so…." Gaara replied.
"Aw! Why?" she whined.
"Well…cause I just spent the night….It seems weird to do some thing again so soon…"
"Okay," she said sticking her tongue out at him.
Gaara did the same then waved her into her house then started to walk home himself, ready for dinner.
Where are they going?
"Who?" Gaara asked, immediately glancing around.
Temari and Kankurou. They're heading towards the gate.
Gaara stared in the direction of the gate in confusion the started heading towards the gate.
Wait… Gaara, wait!
Gaara didn't listen and ran to the gate as fast as he could.
Kankurou and Temari exited the Konoha village and was about to leap into the woods when they felt a familiar chakra coming up fast. They tried to ignore it and move faster but their brother was faster.
"Temari! Kankurou!" Gaara called jumping up to them. They stopped but didn't turn to him as he slowly approached them. "Where are you going?" he asked curiously.
"No where," Kankurou replied sternly. "You can't come."
Gaara stopped short at his tone. "Why not?"
"You're not ready," Kankurou didn't turn to look at him but kept the same tone.
"Why? Where are you going?"
"We're going to get rid of the sound nins that are around the border."
Gaara blinked. "Why can't I come? I've been working hard for this. I can help."
"No, Gaara," Temari mumbled, also unwilling to look at him.
"Why?" Gaara frowned in frustration. "I can—"
"No Gaara! You'll only get in our way! Like you always do!"
Gaara froze, wide-eyed, unable to take in what he had said. He gave a small, worried smile. "What are you talking about—?"
Kankurou turned and glared at him. "You heard me! You're always in the way with everything we want to do! Everything bad that's ever happened to us two is because of you! We have a job to do and we aren't taking you to mess us up!" Muttering to Temari to come on, Kankurou leapt into the trees with Temari right behind him.
Gaara stared at the place his siblings had bee, a feeling rising up in his chest that made it hurt. Unable to control it he turned and ran back to his house, flying into a rage as he entered his room. When he had run out of steam from smashing his possessions, he plopped down in the middle of the room and, for the first time in a long time, felt like crying. Not only had he destroyed almost all his worldly possessions, but Kankurou….
He got up and ran to Neji's house. On the way, going over what happened, he worked himself up to sniffles.
"Gaara, what's wrong?" Neji asked in alarm when the sand nin opened his door.
Gaara cracked and started crying on a very startled Neji's shoulder. Sakura had done this to him before when Sasuke had been particularly nasty to her. It seemed to make her feel better and he hoped it would work for him.