Sangokirara5: Thank you for the reviews- yes…it is a major OOC and I changed their personality a bit…Kagura is no lone wolf any more, taking the advice from my faithful reviewers. MAJOR OOC! I'm SAYING IT AGAIN!
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Ch3
As Kagura ran through the village, she turned back. "What am I doing! I can't just leave him there!" She mentally kicked herself. "He's not match against both, and I think I sensed couple of other Sand Nins around."
With that, she turned, and started to run back, but a hand gripped her shoulder. She spun around, with a yelp, and got her kunai, and just as when she was about to strike, the man spoke. "Don't, I am not trying to capture you."
Kagura turned all the way, to see her friend. "Gaara." She said, as she relaxed a bit. They had become friends during his visit during the Chuunin Exam "Thank god you are here; stop Temari and Kankurou before they get Sasuke." She said to him.
Gaara didn't say anything, but turned, and his hand went to her arm. He then just wordlessly pulled her off somewhere.
"Gaara? What are you doing? Let go!" Kagura said, as she tried to get free. "I need to get back to Sasuke, Gaara!"
Gaara still said nothing, but pulled her into a house, and into a room. "Uchiha will be in the cellar, soon." Gaara said to her.
"WHAT!" Kagura yelled out. "What are you talking about!"
Gaara looked annoyed. "Uchiha has been caught. There was Temari, Kankurou, 2 Chuunins and 1 Jounin at the site, and he got royally kicked." He said with an evil sneer.
Kagura looked at the ground. "What am I going to do now!" she said to herself. "I can't abandon him!"
Gaara looked at her, and said, "Uchiha is in the cell, as I said before. You can go see him, because I am responsible for him now." He took out a key.
Kagura's face lit up. "Thank god, GAARA!" she said, with a wide grin, and jumped on him, hugging him. Gaara staggered backwards a bit, for he didn't expect the jump and hug, but he didn't do anything to get her off. Finally, she released him after a while, and asked, "So, do you think I can go and see him now?" she asked.
Gaara nodded. "But get out of that clothes." He said to her. "A man saw your back, with those clothes. He might see that you are her. I will lend you my sister's clothing."
Kagura nodded. "Thank you again!" she said, her smile broadening.
Gaara then left, and came back shortly, with Temari's clothes. He tossed it at her, and went back out, closing the door behind him.
Kagura looked at the clothing, to see that it was blue shirt and pants. She then saw that he had brought a blue and white ribbon to tie around her neck, wide enough to hide the whole neck. "Ah, Gaara, you always know what I want." She said, as she changed.
When she opened the door, she saw Gaara standing, and looked her over. He gave a nod of approval, and they both walked down to the dungeon.
On the way, Kagura thanked him for the clothes. "Gaara, thank you for lending me this, and the ribbon." She said, as she pointed to her neck, which had the ribbon. She then touched the bottom part of her neck and sighed. "You and Naruto are the only ones…the only ones who know how I feel…about a demon within."
Gaara said nothing, as they went through series of paths, and guards standing by, but they said nothing. They knew that messing with Gaara was a bad idea. After a while, Gaara had led them to a small house. When he opened it, Kagura gasped.
"SASUKE!" she yelled, as she ran to the bars that stood between her and him. There he was, leaning on the wall, sleeping. He had bruises and cuts everywhere, showing that he went through la lot. One of his legs was straight, and one was curled up to him, and his arm rested on it, while other rested on his side. His head was cocked to the side, and eyes closed, his mouth slightly open.
Gaara took the key and opened it. He then moved aside, so Kagura can go in. As soon as she saw him open the door, she dashed in. When she was 1 foot away from him, she stopped and gasped again. There was such little sunlight that she couldn't see before, but now that she was close to him now, she could see the wounds clearly. She slowly walked up to him, and knelt besides him. She then took the arm that was resting on his side. She gently picked it up, and brought his hand to her face. She closed her eyes and held his hand tight, in front of her, his knuckles touching her forehead. She then heard a faint whisper from him.
"Kagura…you moron, did you get caught too?" he asked, one eye opening.
Kagura opened her eyes, and a tear came down. "Sasuke…I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left, and I should have stayed back with you and…"
Sasuke cut her off. "Kagura, I told you, this is a mission. We have to do this." He said, and he quickly scanned her. "Well at least you are in a better condition than I am." He forced a smile.
Kagura couldn't stop her tears anymore. "Sasuke…I'm sorry!" she said, as she threw her arms around him, crying.
"Ow, watch where you are throwing your arms." Sasuke said jokingly, as he hugged her back. "You know, you are going to get blood on your clothes…and speaking of clothes, why did you change? Did they make you?"
Kagura let him go, and wiped her tears, and said, "No," she said, she hesitated. "Well, I am not caught, you see." She said.
Sasuke looked at Gaara. "Well why? I don't see why you and Gaara are here, if you aren't caught?" he asked, but his voice was soft, relieved that she was not caught.
Kagura looked back at Gaara, and back to him. "The thing is, Gaara and I are friends, and he helped me get away, and come here." She explained. "And I had to change, because someone saw me. And stay still, I am going to look through your wounds, Gaara had let me bring some medical stuff."
Sasuke nodded, as he glanced at Gaara again. Jealousy and hate was written all over Gaara's face, as he stared at the wall. Sasuke gave him an evil smile at him. He then turned to Kagura, who was bandaging him. "Do you know a way to get away?" he asked. "I tried to use Chidori to get away, but these walls seemed to be sucking my chakra away every time I try."
Kagura nodded. "Well, Gaara and I were talking about this, and he told me that I can be his pretend girlfriend, like what we did you know." She bent down, tying to bandage his stomach. "Then I can come back and forth, until I know exactly when this thing is going to happen." She looked up, smiling, but that disappeared as she saw Sasuke's face clouding.
"What?" he asked, his tone deepening.
Kagura looked at him, straightening, and used a flick of her hand to move her bangs back. "What's wrong? Oh, if you are worried that Gaara might turn against me, don't worry. His words are true, even if he is going against his village." She explained.
Sasuke frowned at Kagura. Jealousy surged up to him, she trusted Gaara completely, while Sasuke himself didn't have that much bond between them. He then changed his frown to anger. "No, you are coming back with me." He demanded.
"No, silly, this way, we can do this faster. This won't cause too much trouble." Kagura said, as she bent down again to put bandage on his stomach, but Sasuke stopped her, for his arms went around her and hugged her. "Sasuke?" she asked, as she hugged him back, confused.
"You are coming back with me, Kagura. I will not leave you here." He said. "You were assigned as my girlfriend, not his, and we were told to do this together." He said, as he tightened his grip around her.
Kagura frowned. "Sasuke, don't you understand? I will be able to walk around, not hiding from people, and research." She explained. "Sa…." Before she could finish, she felt his lips go on hers again. "NNF!" she was surprised, she tried to move away, but Sasuke's grip tightened even more, making her stay where she was.
When they parted for breath, Sasuke went to her cheek, and kissed there, too. His hand then went to her neck ribbon, and untied it, but that caused him to be pushed back. Kagura had pushed him really hard, and was up, looking at him with fear in her eyes. Her right hand was on her neck, where her ribbon was, which is on the ground now. Her hand was covering her neck, as if she was hiding something on her neck.
"Kagura, I…" Sasuke started, but Kagura already had turned and ran.
Gaara looked at Sasuke with a glare, and turned and walked out, and closed the door. He then pressed series of buttons next to the cell. He looked at Sasuke, and said, "Now your chakra should function in here. Get out." He demanded, and left.
Sasuke looked one more time, grabbed the ribbon, and with in a flash of light, he left, leaving a huge whole in the wall.
Kagura had stopped running, panting. She was in Gaara's room, leaning on the door. Her hand was still on her neck.
"Why does it have to be ME?" she yelled out in fury. "Why me…why me…?" she said repeatedly at herself as tears ran down her cheek. "Why does it have to be me…cursed with the demon of the Demon Bird…?" she whispered, as she fell on to her knees.
She then heard Gaara walking towards the door. She quickly stood up, and walked to the window, and looked out, and wiped her tears. When she heard the door open, she turned around and her hands were behind her back now, that Gaara could see her cursed seal. There on her neck were black markings, like a bird's claw, gripping her by the neck.
She cast her eyes to the ground, trying not to meet his eyes. "Ah, Gaara…sorry for the stupid over reaction back there." She said, trying to sound normal. She then got courage to look up, and forced a smile.
"I know exactly how you feel...to have a demon within." He said to her.
Kagura nodded. She then, broke into tears. One hand went to her face, one went to her neck. "Why me?" she asked again. "Why does it have to be me? The bird…is the worst of all…this bird…I hate it!" she yelled. "I told myself that because it is on me, someone else wouldn't suffer, but…" she stopped, as more tears fell. "But…don't I deserve the same lifestyle as everyone else? Don't I get a privilege to play with other kids?" she asked. "Just because there is a demon in me, it doesn't mean that I am the bird…"
Gaara looked at her. "You aren't the only one thinking that way." He said to her.
Kagura looked at him. "I'm…sorry…" she said, turning away. "I…forgot…" she said.
"I understand how you feel, I felt the same way as well." He said to her. He then pointed to the bed. "Take a break, it's late, sleep." He said, and tossed her new clothes. "And change, you got too much blood on yourself, and I don't want to sleep in a bloody bed."
Kagura nodded. "Thank you." She then laughed, "Well, it just hit me, why do you have a bed when you are not going to use it?" she asked. "And, do you every sleep in the bed, even if it was bloody or not?" she asked.
Gaara rolled his eyes of annoyance, and left the room. Kagura giggled, and changed. "Okay, I am going to bed now, thanks." She said, and Gaara re-entered. He watched her sleep. He saw tears falling down during the night, and each time, he would wipe it off. His emotionless eyes now were caring ones, and full of concern (wow, Gaara being nice…wow…told you, OOC)
Sangokirara5: Whew, anyway, plz review-
