The 12 Days of GaaNaru Christmas
VII. Eight Maids a-Milking
Gaara found himself sitting on the roof of the Kazekage complex well before dawn. He was just waiting for what was in store for him and Suna. However, it was nothing. Nothing was desecrated or decorated and thank the desert heat that all that cold stuff was melted. Nothing was happening. Gaara knew that the Hokage wouldn't forget something like this. It had gotten to be too big to forget.
He adjusted his hat and stood up. Gaara looked around the town to make sure he didn't miss anything unusual that Naruto could have done in the spirit of Christmas. There was nothing. Absolutely nothing. Gaara couldn't stand it. He was growing impatient by the second and he wanted something to happen. Anything.
Eventually, the sun rose and it forced Gaara to go do his job as Kazekage in his office. He sat behind his screen and handed out missions like any normal day. He took care of disputes between two families of animal keepers. He found out who that goat really belonged to and gave the order to give it back. He talked to people and accepted money and missions that would be handed to the next few genin groups to come for more missions. Overall, it was an uneventful morning.
The sun rose to high noon. Gaara took his break for lunch and went to one of his favorite restaurants to procure his favorite sticks of dango. He sat on the roof of that building while eating them. Nothing. Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary was happening in Sunagakure. Gaara was very troubled by this. Even though he found some of Naruto's "gifts" to be a nuisance (he couldn't forget that cold wet snow), he still wanted something exciting to happen. Naruto was starting to make him mad because of his lateness. After finishing, Gaara headed back to do more work.
As he was sitting there doing next to nothing, a jounin rushed in with a medium sized box that had just arrived from Konoha. Gaara perked right up and pushed aside his curtains to grab the box. He tore the thing open frantically. He had been waiting for this thing all day. Gaara was rather surprised by what he found inside the box. He pulled out what looked to be a handmade book that was poorly stitched together and made entirely out of construction paper.
He opened the cover and the first page literally popped out at him. The background was a scene of a nicely decorated house with a large decorated pine tree and wrapped gifts laid out underneath it. The part the popped up was a little Naruto and Gaara holding hands and smiling. "It was Christmas morning and time to open presents."
The next page had Kankuro and Temari on it. It was the same background, but this time, there were things to pull on it that changed the two people. Gaara pulled Kankuro's first. He nearly died when Kankuro was replaced by what looked to be him as a sexy no jutsu. Temari's arms came up when he pulled the other tab. One of her hands held a whip and the other was gripping on to a naked Shikamaru's ponytail. "Everyone got what they wanted. Kankuro-chan became a woman and Temari-kun got a new whip to try out on Shikamaru."
The next page had the same house and tree image but this time it was Sakura and Sasuke on the page. When he moved Sakura, who was holding what looked to be a teddy bear with Sasuke's face on it, she jump around flailing her limps. He moved Sasuke's pull and he hid his face behind his hands as if not wanting to be there. "Sakura got what she wanted, too. However, that dick Sasuke hated Christmas and burned all his gifts with 'Katon: Gokakyuu no Jutsu.'"
Then, on the second to last page was another picture of Gaara and Naruto. However, the background was different instead of a living room with the tree, it was a bedroom. Through the open door you could still see the tree. Gaara was placed on his back on the bed and Naruto on top. When you moved the pull, Naruto moved back and forth over Gaara. The real Gaara's eyes widened. "Gaa-chan and Naruto-sama had a very happy Christmas, also. It was a wonderful night."
On the very last page was just an envelope pasted to the back. Inside was a necklace of braided black cord and plain clay fox charm. On the page opposite was more writing.
"By Uzumaki Naruto for his beloved Gaara.
Merry Christmas. I miss you.
Love, Naruto."
Gaara smiled at the book. It was something that he'd never show anyone else for fear of them ripping it up or killing Naruto. Gaara had a plan already, but he'd have to talk to his brother about it first. His grin became larger.
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