Gaara's Love
Summary: Saahra is taken from Konoha. She doesn't know where she's going.
Rating: T
Genre: Romance/Drama
Chapter 19: Reunion of Love
I hadn't seen Gaara in five years. It was tearing my heart apart. We wrote to each other, secretly. Naruto sent my letters to him and gave me letters from him. The head of the family didn't want us to have anything to do with each other because of our family. I cried every night. I hadn't fallen asleep. There was a knock on my window. I tried to ignore it at first, but it just went faster. I went to it and opened the window. Neji was kneeling underneath it.
"Grab your things," he whispered. "We're leaving."
I blinked and wiped my face. "Where are we going?"
"I'll explain to you once we get out of the town," he whispered, looking around. "Hurry."
I turned and packed all the letters from Gaara into a bag along with some clothes. I jumped out the window and followed him out of the Hyuuga estate. His two companions were waiting at the gates to Konoha. I didn't remember their names. One was a girl with two buns and the other had large eyes and fuzzy eyebrows. We left the village without a sound. Once we were out of site of the main gates, we stopped.
"Saahra," Neji said. "The head of the family wanted to put a seal on you that has been forbidden by Hokage, by Naruto."
"Seal?" I asked, confused.
He took off his headband to reveal a green seal on his forehead. It was two lines surrounding a small 'x.' "This is the seal that Naruto banned. The head of the family doesn't know that you are leaving so we must hurry."
"If he doesn't know, aren't you going to get into trouble?" I asked. I didn't mind leaving, but I didn't want anyone getting into trouble.
"We're under direct orders from Naruto," the fuzzy eyebrows said. He winked and gave me a thumb's up. "You're safe with us."
"Where are we going?" I asked, curiously.
They just smiled at me, not telling me. The next three days before we reached our destination, I continuously asked where we were going. They kept insisting that it was a surprise. On the third day, we came in sight of the Hidden Village of the Sand. I froze. I was sure to be excited or devastated.
Gaara lay in the village ahead of me, but he had always been cold in his letters. He said that he had stopped crying over me. I had gotten a letter from Temari the week before saying that he had grown cold again and was getting cruel. I was afraid. I didn't want him to be cruel to me.
"Are you okay?" Neji asked, not turning to me. I knew he could see me. It was a family trait.
Everyone else had stopped and was looking at me. I sighed. "I… don't know if I want to continue…" I whispered.
"Gaara will be happy to see you," Fuzzy Eyebrows said, grinning. "I promise you!" He held out a thumb's up.
I smiled. The girl, who I had learned was named Ten-Ten, came up to me and pushed me forward a little. "Let's go," she said.
We all walked to the village. I stayed at the rear of our procession. We were greeted by Temari and Kankurou. I didn't really look at them. I was afraid that Gaara would be mad at me.
"Saahra." Temari came up to me. "Gaara wanted to meet you alone," she said. "He's asked me to take you to where he is."
I felt my face grow warm. She led me to where his room was, though I was a little hesitant to even go near it.
"He's waiting," Temari said, softly. "It's your choice to go in or not." She walked away.
I stood outside the door for several minutes before knocking.
"Come in," Gaara's voice said on the other side.
I opened the door and stepped in. Gaara was sitting on his bed like he normally did. I closed the door behind me. I sat on my knees next to the bed, still a little afraid. He was looking out of the window.
"I haven't seen you in five years," he said. "You've really changed. You used to be unafraid to hug me. You would always smile. Now, you sit there like everyone else does. You're afraid of me."
I fidgeted with my skirt like I had when I had met the head of the Hyuuga family. "Temari told me you had gone back to being cold and distant from everyone," I whispered. "I admit that I'm scared. I missed you so much. You told me that you stopped wanting to see me three years ago. It only made me cry harder." I felt my eyes water. "I'm afraid that you're going to fulfill your nightmares." I buried my face in my hands and cried.
I didn't hear him move or even used my Byakugen to see him moved. I felt his arms around me and he held me close. He wasn't as warm as he was before.
"I don't know what happened to me," he said. "I know that when I turned my back on Konoha five years ago, I was afraid I would never see you again. I got an emergency letter from Naruto yesterday explaining what was going on." He pulled away and lifted my chin. "Stop crying, Saahra. You're back and you can stay as long as you want."
I jumped up slightly and hugged him. I knocked him over and landed on him. I didn't care. He wasn't as cold as everyone thought. "I love you so much," I said. "I'm going to stay forever. I don't want to ever leave again." I looked in his eyes and smiled. He pulled me close and kissed me.