The 12 Days of GaaNaru Christmas
II. Two Turtle Doves
Gaara was in a similar situation as Naruto. He sat behind his bamboo curtains bored to death. Luckily, no one could see the expressions he was making at the paperwork from behind the screen. He pondered for a moment if his cushion had become flatter than it had been in the morning. His hand was beginning to cramp from writing down all the names of all the people assigned to all the missions that he had handed out.
A steady stream of teams and chuunin and jounin had been entering his room to receive their daily missions. Gaara was grateful that the day wasn't completely uneventful. Though, he did despise the fact that he couldn't get any silent moments to just sit there and complete all of his paperwork so that he didn't have to worry about them later.
Occasionally, Gaara had to remind himself every so often of why it was that he had become Kazekage all those years ago. He thought of Naruto and how he had inspired him to protect his loved ones. Temari and Kankuro had helped him so much over these past few years. They pushed him to continue on his path that Naruto had started him on.
Gaara realized that he had actually just had a half hour of the perfect silence that he wanted and he wasted on thinking of the past. Then he figured while he was just wasting time thinking, he could easily wonder if Naruto had received his present or not. Just as easily, he wondered if the Hokage would get him anything back.
Well, of course he would. Naruto was just that competitive. In fact, a present was due to arrive any time now.
"Kazekage-sama! We just received an urgent message from the Hokage. It's a large package sent by the Hokage's personal bird."
"Leave it there. You may take you leave."
Gaara waited until he left and pushed the curtain aside. He grabbed the box and examined it. Knowing Naruto, there could be some sort of joke about it. He would certainly do something like that just to try and give Gaara a heart attack. It pained the Kazekage to even think about his birthday present from last year. Gaara squinted and began to tear apart the messily wrapped package. He didn't even bother to notice the paper had leafy trees with snow on them coving it.
Inside the box that Gaara found was a large stuffed panda with a heart on his forehead. Gaara snorted at the animal. It was just like Naruto to get him something insulting and yet so very adorable. That's when he noticed a tag at the bottom of the box. In shock, Gaara threw it across the room and it exploded. When the smoke cleared, a letter and about one ton of confetti fell to the floor.
The explosion caused some guards to rush in, but they were quickly dismissed. Gaara picked up the letter and chuckled softly at what it said.
"Oi! Gaara-chan!
The present I got you is bigger than the one you got me! I win!
Miss you lots, Naruto."
Gaara smirked. Just like that idiot to be so obnoxious and sweet all at the same time. Naruto had better watch out. This war between Kazekage and Hokage wasn't over yet.
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