A New Path Chapter 13 : Not Alone Tonight
Synopsis : Gaara and Naruto now draw closer, while the the Leaf shinobis are dead set on knowing why Naruto's attitude changed and why he left.
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Pairings : Main pairing will be Gaara x Naruto.
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Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did. Because if I did, I'd be rich and happier.
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WARNING : Contains shonen-ai, in other words boy loves boy, don't like then don't read.
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Gomen but Gaara might start to be a bit OCC, but I'll try to keep him as sane as he usually is.
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EXTRA INFORMATION :
- This takes place after the Chuunin exam, although, Sasuke never went to join Orochimaru.
- Also, the fight between Sasuke and Naruto on the Hospital roof did occur.
- Important to have read up to Volume 20 of the manga Naruto
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JUTSU LIST
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JAPANESE WORDS
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- naruhodo = I see -
- Chikushou = damn / dammit -
- naze = why -
- hai = yes / yeah -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Gomen = Sorry -
- Urousai = Shut up -
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Recap
Gaara's House
---- Gaara's Room ----
Within minutes, they had reached the house, as Gaara helped Naruto up the stairs as they then headed for Gaara's room. Once they've entered, Gaara carefully let go of his drip on the blond shinobi, as this one simply leaned against the wall, head lowered towards the floor, as though he was ashamed or to hide something.
"Gomen..." Gaara apologized as he leaned against the opposite wall from where Naruto stood.
"For what?" Naruto asked, as he stared at the floor.
"You were unstable. I punched you." Gaara explained in only a few words, but Naruto understood.
"It's ok ... You know something? They actually don't know ... Only the adults know that Kyubi's inside of me, the rest don't ..." Naruto trailed off as a few droplets of water fell on the floor.
Gaara heard the sound as he stared at the floor where the blond stood, and understood that Naruto was crying. Although his face was covered by his locks of golden hair, the tears continue to fall on the floor, as Naruto's body leaned forward, as his placed both his hands in front of his own face.
"This really sucks you know? I try to escape what hated and ignored me for so long and now that old hag puts me on the missing-nin list and I have to go back there ... It's going to be hell again ... I don't want to go back!" Naruto yelled out as his vision blurred because of the water in his eyes.
"It isn't good for you to get too emotional ..." Gaara reminded the blond shinobi, who paid no attention to his words.
"It isn't fair! Why stay somewhere when I know they only want to kill me and for me to leave but because of a stupid law, they have the right to keep me in such a place ... I'd rather die then to go back to how things were!" Naruto continued his shouts as Gaara walked towards the blond.
"Naruto ..." Gaara whispered as he stood before the broken shinobi.
"I just want the pain to go away ... I'm tired of feeling this pain in my heart and pretend everything's ok when it's not... I just don't to feel the pain anymore ..." Naruto clutched his chest as he felt Gaara's hand under his chin, forcing him to raise his head to meet those pale green eyes of the sand-nin.
"Shhh ..." Gaara whispered as he placed two fingers on the boy's lips.
Naruto's tears continued to fall on his cheeks and then land on the wooden floor, as he couldn't tare his eyes off of Gaara's when he felt the hand under his chin removed, as well as the fingers on his lips.
"Gaara what are you doing...?" Naruto managed to let out before the sand-nin replied.
"I will protect you ... And make sure you never feel pain again ..." Gaara mumbled, before he placed his hands on Naruto's shoulders.
Gaara pinned down Naruto against the wall, but much to his own surprise, the blond shinobi didn't fight back. Gaara leaned forward, as he placed his own lips against those of Naruto's. Naruto's eyes widened at first, as he had each of his hands wrapped around Gaara's wrists tightly.
"Somehow ... This doesn't feel wrong ..." Naruto thought as his grip loosened around Gaara's wrists.
Naruto slowly closed his eyes, as he let his hands fall beside him, but then raised one as it rested on Gaara's shoulder. Gaara closed his eyes as well, as he pushed deeper within the kiss, as he noticed the blond responded to his own kiss.
"So warm and yet gentle ..." Gaara thought as he felt at peace for that short moment.
"This feeling ... I like it ..." Naruto told himself as he kissed back the sand- nin.
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Gaara was the one who broke the kiss, much to Naruto's disappointment, as the sand-nin took a few steps back and released his blond shinobi.
"Seems like they're finally here ..." Gaara looked towards his bedroom door, as Naruto was left confused and had many questions that roamed in his head.
"Gaara just now ... Why did you ..." Naruto stammered as he seemed nervous, until Gaara turned his attention back to the blond.
"Kiss you?" Gaara finished for him.
Naruto raised his head, his own blue eyes gazed into the pale green eyes of the sand-nin.
"Yeah ..." Naruto let out, surprised by how Gaara completed his sentence.
"Because ... I wanted to." Gaara truthfully replied as Naruto didn't quite know how to react to this.
Before Naruto could even speak another word, Gaara opened the door to reveal many sounds that came from downstairs. Naruto tossed his thoughts and questions in the back of his mind for now, as he walked out of the room and wondered what those noises were, until the sand-nin grabbed him by the wrist.
"It seems That the Leaf Shinobis have arrived." Gaara repeated more clearly this time so Naruto would understand.
"Oh ..." Naruto let out as he seemed to go back in his depression state.
"They are only here temporarily." Gaara reminded the boy.
"Here yes. But their bringing me back there ..." Naruto cursed as he lowered his head and closed his eyes.
"That is yet to be determined." Gaara let out as he walked by Naruto.
Naruto couldn't help but smile lightly at the idea that maybe he could find a way to escape, but then again, he left, he would have to leave the Sand Village as well, where he still didn't know how to feel or act around Gaara, but he knew one thing for sure. It would pain him more to stay away form the sand-nin then going back to the Village.
"Wait for me!" Naruto shouted as he walked down the stairs to join up Gaara.
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Konoha and Sand Borders
The remaining genins all laid down against trees, while Tenten occupied herself by throwing kunais and shurikens around. Asuma and Kurenai waited for some sign, as the more time passed, the more worried they became.
"Someone's coming." Tenten wanred them as she stood up and faced the borders.
"Hinata." Kurenai spoke the name of her student.
"H ...Hai ..." Hinata understood what her sensei wanted from her as she activated her Byakugan.
"What do you see Hinata?" Kurenai demanded an answer, while Asuma simply smoked another cigarette, not alarmed at all by the unknown presence to come.
"It ... It looks like a small dog ..." Hinata stammered.
For seconds, they all stared at the borders when a small dog finally appeared and seemed a but cranky at the time. Pakun made it safely through the desert, just in time to avoid the sand storm to come.
"Pakun!" Kurenai let out as she walked towards the dog.
Pakun couldn't speak too well at the moment since he was holding a scroll within his mouth, and so he simply spat it out and sat down on the ground.
"Kakashi wanted you to have this." Pakun stated as he scratched the back of his head with his back paw.
Kurenai picked up the scroll and detached it as she began to read it's content, while the genins soon gathered around
"We've located Naruto, but we ran into some trouble. By now you might notice there's a storm about to start and we have no other choice but to remain a few more days in the Sand Village. Report back to Tsunade-sama of our mission status." Tsunade read out loud.
"They found Naruto-kun ... I hope he's ok ..." Hinata thought as she played with her fingers.
"So can we leave now?" Ino broke the silence and captured everyone's attention.
"Once we're back in Konoha you can all head home. But we'll meet tomorrow morning so you can all be updated on the status of your friend." Asuma explained to the team.
All nodded as they set out to go back home, to Konoha to inform Tsunade at once of the development and turns of the mission.
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Gaara's House
---- Kitchen ----
Temari and Kankuro led their new guests for the next few days in the large room they called a kitchen. The Leaf shinobis entered the room and remained silent, while Temari invited them to take a seat at the table, until the Anbu arrived to clarify certain things with them.
"I hate situations like these ..." Sasuke thought as he looked over to his left where Neji stood.
"Take a seat." Kankuro lost no time and demanded that from them.
Kakashi, Gai and Jiraiya were more concerned to where Naruto was until they saw a tuff of blond hair appear at the other end of the room.
"Naruto." They all let out, while they were somewhat surprised by the cold eyes he gave to them, as Gaara soon appeared behind him.
Sakura only wanted to go hug her teammate but found herself, held back by Sasuke. His hand tightly wrapped around her fragile wrist as she looked up, confused to why he stopped her.
"He's not himself. Just give him the space he needs." Sasuke whispered to the girl as this one nodded.
Sasuke released his grip on her, while Shikamaru and Neji carefully observed Naruto's behavior and movements. Among all of them, the one that was most worried was Kakashi and Jiraiya, although they hid it well for the sake of themselves and everyone else.
"Naruto ... We need to talk about ..." Kakashi began but Naruto quickly locked eyes with him.
"No." Naruto quickly answered, much to everyone's surprise.
Jiraiya quickly understood that for tonight, no matter what they tried to tell him or get out of him, nothing would work. And so, he placed a on the Jounin's shoulder and gave him a look that he should not let his emotions interfere.
"I guess we're all tired after such a day, so I propose we all go get some sleep. This should give EVERYONE the time they need to think about the recent events. What do you think Naruto?" Jiraiya turned to watch his only student's reaction.
"Yeah ..." Naruto mumbled as he lowered his eyes, still unable to look into his previous sensei's eyes, as though he feared something.
"He seems to have calm down ..." Neji thought as Naruto's face expression seemed to soften.
"I'm going to sleep." Naruto mumbled as he quickly left the room before anyone could protest.
"He's unstable ..." Gai noticed as he worried a bit more not just for Naruto's sake, but the fear that the Kyubi might take over as he read in one of Kakashi's previous reports.
"Then we'll show you to your rooms." Temari pointed to the stairs as she only wanted this over with, just like her brother.
Gaara lost no time to go after the kitsune, but stopped momentarily as he exchanged stares with the Uchiha and Hyuga.
"Stay away from him." Gaara warned them with a menacing tone as he left the room to go back into his own.
The room remained silent, as the Jounins exchanged worried looks, just like the genins. Kankuro was about to lose his temper when Gai took matters into his own two hands.
"If possible, we should maybe meet with Kazekage tomorrow morning ..." Gai suggested, since all Leaf shinobis seemed all a little shocked by Naruto's strange behavior.
"I'm sure that won't be a problem. I'll have a word with my sensei first, so don't worry about it." Temari informed him as Kankuro exited the room to show them their rooms.
"Follow me." Kankuro let out as he was already out of the room.
All walked out as they followed Kankuro in silence.
---- Gaara's Room ----
Naruto sat down lazily in the darkest corner of Gaara's room, as the sand- nin entered the room and made sure the door behind him was closed. He saw the emotional state his kitsune was in and wasn't quite sure what he should do since he was inexperienced in that department.
"Ne Gaara? Can I sleep in your room?" Naruto asked innocently, but still feel the pain in his chest by just seeing for a short moment the Leaf shinobis.
Gaara nodded as the blond made his way to the sand-nin's bed and curled up in a ball under the covers.
"I'll be here if you need me." Gaara informed Naruto as he sat down, next to the bed, arms crossed.
"Thanks ..." Naruto mumbled as he closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep.
---- Upstairs, in the Hallway ----
Kankuro showed them the multiple rooms they had available and so the only thing left was for their 'guests' to pick one out according to their taste. While the genins picked out their room, they all had to pick a roommate to share it with, as Sakura lost no time to jump at the occasion to be with Sasuke,
"Sasuke-kun how about we ..." Sakura got her hopes up as Sasuke simply stared at the girl that annoyed him to no end.
"No." Sasuke answered before she could even finish her question.
"Sakura, since you're the only female here, you'll have a room to yourself." Kakashi explained as her shoulder fell, disappointed that she couldn't sleep in the same room and perhaps bed as Sasuke.
"I'll stay with the Uchiha." Neji spoke out, much to everyone's surprise of his choice of a roommate.
"Sasuke?" Kakashi turned his attention towards the boy as this one simply nodded that he agreed with Neji's proposal.
"Forgive us if we don't stick around." Neji apologized as he headed for their new temporary room.
Sasuke nodded as he joined Neji as well, completely ignoring Sakura who told him goodnight, when she went to her own room as well. Gai and Kakashi exchanged looks as they knew that the cold way Naruto all treated them affected each and every one of them, but hid their emotions in hopes things would get better.
"Shino, Kiba and Shikamaru, you will stay in the room at the end of the hall." Kakashi informed them as Kiba growled by being forced to sleep in the same room as his no good rival Shino.
"Chikushou! Why do I end up with that know-it-all bastard!" Kiba cursed within his mind while Akamaru looked oddly at his master sudden change of facial expression.
"What about you three?" Shino asked out of curiosity.
"All three of us will be in the room next to your own, Sasuke's and Neji's." Kakashi explained to them.
As the group continued to talk, Akamaru jumped down on the floor, away from everyone's attention, except for Kankuro of course, as the small dog carefully crawled his way to a closed bedroom door on the opposite side of where the Leaf shinobis would sleep.
"What the hell is that thing doing?" Kankuro asked as he raised an eyebrow and kept an eye on the four legged thing.
Akamaru sniffed the crack under the door and scratched as though the small dog smelled a familiar smell. Akamaru continued to whine until he decided to bark at the door. Kankuro lost no time as he knew how his little brother had a short temper, especially since the Chuunin exam.
"Get away from there!" Kankuro yelled out as he rushed over to the dog.
"What are you doing!?" Kiba yelled out as he rushed over as well to protect his little friend.
Kankuro almost wanted to kick the dog but as soon as Akamaru heard those footsteps coming towards him, he turned around to see a purple colored face in a black outfit that raced towards him and seemed angered, while his true master wasn't too far behind. Akamaru didn't waste time to run into his master's arms and away from the creepy painted faced guy, while Kankuro stood between the rest of the Leaf-nins and the door.
"What is it Akamaru?" Kiba asked his dog.
"Just a warning. Stay away from this room at all times." Kankuro warned them with a serious voice.
"Just what is in that room?" Shikamaru asked with a serious expression.
At that moment, Akamaru barked a few times, as Kiba lowered his sight onto his companion, to then look up at his teammates and senseis.
"What did Akamaru say?" Gai asked.
"Gaara and Naruto are in there." Kiba translated to them.
"Naruto and Gaara in the same room?" Shikamaru thought that this was indeed suspicious.
"Hai, but Gaara doesn't like to be disturbed and your friend needs his rest. He still hasn't recovered completely. If you wish to see him, then wait for tomorrow, or else I can't guarantee your safety ..." Kankuro warned them as Kiba wanted nothing more than to kick that door down and known some sense into that loudmouthed brat.
"We understand. But can't we know why they are in the same room?" Jiraiya asked, but deep down wanted to know the answer.
"Eh ... Gaara just likes it to have him around ..." Kankuro replied not wanting to reveal everything.
Jiraiya nodded and showed he appreciated the answer as he turned his back and decided to go into his own room, as Gai took the matter into his own hands, while Kankuro kept on eye out on all of them.
"Come Kakashi. We should get a good night sleep and clear up our heads. That goes for the three of you as well." Gai pointed to the three boys.
Kiba cursed, while Shikamaru and Shino remained silent and walked towards their room, followed by the not so willing Kiba. Gai placed a hand on his eternal rival's shoulder to reassure him, after all his student was on the other side of the door and yet he couldn't reach him or even understand why he did such a thing to begin with.
"Let's go Kakashi." Gai repeated himself, as Kakashi glanced one last time at the room before he and Gai walked into their new room.
Kankuro was now relieved that they had left the two alone, since he wasn't up to deal with Gaara's angry mood again, since he was already threatened enough for the day.
"About time they left ..." Kankuro told himself as he decided to leave as well to join his sister downstairs.
---- Sasuke and Neji's Room ----
Each bed were on the opposite side of the room as well placed in the corner, as Neji already laid down in his, staring at the ceiling. Sasuke on the other hand walked over to the window, where there was a small table and two chairs before it.
"Not going to sleep?" Neji kinda asked.
"Not right now." Sasuke replied as he sat down and stared outside.
"Mind if I join you?" Neji asked as he turned his head lightly to get a glimpse at the Uchiha.
"Hn." Sasuke replied as he placed his elbow on the table to support his head.
Neji smiled as he stood back up and took the other chair. Indeed this was going to be a long night.
---- Shino, Shikamaru and Kiba's Room ----
The moment the small group of three entered their room, Kiba was somewhat happy of the pace in it. Three single bed, from the left side to the right were nicely placed against the wall, while the rest of the room had also a table with four chairs, as well as a sofa.
"Seems like you got your own bed too Akamaru." Kiba smiled to his dog as this one jumped on a bed instead of the couch.
"Seems like you'll get the couch." Shikamaru commented.
Shino couldn't help but smile for a short moment as he walked over to his own bed, on the right side, while Shikamaru took the one on the left. So for Kiba he had the middle bed right under the large window.
"Doesn't matter ... I don't think I'll get any sleep ..." Kiba commented as he let himself fall on his bed.
"Hai ..." Shino agreed with Kiba for one of the rarest times.
---- Jiraiya, Gai and Kakashi's Room ----
When they entered their room, it had just about the same display, although they were four beds, each set in the corners of the room, which left the middle of the room free.
Gai made sure to close the door behind them, as Jiraiya had placed his giant scroll already on the bed he picked, as the sennin opened the window, and found himself sitting in the frame and looking out into the sky.
"Be patient. We'll get the old Naruto back." Gai tried to reassure both of them as he walked over to the sennin, while Kakashi simply took the nearest chair and sat down in it.
"Whatever happened, hopefully we'll get the answers before we leave." Kakashi commented as he laid back and stared at the ceiling.
"He's energetic and full of life, he will return to how he was." Gai continued to support them as best he could.
"If it was something else I would agree ... But this time ... This time, things went too far to the point we could lose him for good ..." Jiraiya commented, while Gai now showed how worried he was.
---- Downstairs ----
Kankuro walked down the stairs as he came across his sister, who seemed a bit discouraged and exhausted.
"What's wrong Temari?" Kankuro asked a bit worried.
"They have a meeting with Kazekage-sama tomorrow morning." Temari answered as she looked into her brother's eyes.
"But how are you?" Kankuro asked, worried for his sister.
"Even though we don't know the whole story between Gaara and Naruto, I think it would be bad if both of them get separated. Ca you remember the last time Gaara actually smiled or showed any other emotion beside the need to kill?" Temari asked form her brother.
"I know ..." Kankuro weakly replied.
"For once I wish we could do something ..." Temari mumbled as she lowered her head.
"Maybe there is ..." Kankuro mumbled as Temari quickly lifted her head to stare at her brother.
"Nani?" Temari asked.
"Just keep your mouth shut and come with me." Kankuro ordered her as he grabbed her by the wrist and walked towards his own room.
---- Gaara's Bedroom ----
Naruto was sound asleep in Gaara's bed on the floor, while the sand-nin seemed to be asleep as well since his eyes were closed and his arms crossed. Naruto slowly woke up as he turned to his right side to come face to face with Gaara's legs.
"Gaara ..." Naruto whispered as he lifted his head slightly to notice the sand-nin was sleeping.
Naruto couldn't help but smile a little by the sight of Gaara's face, since the boy seemed at peace and relaxed. Even under the sheets, Naruto felt somewhat cold, until the memory of only a few hours ago crossed his mind once more. The moment Gaara kissed him. Willingly.
"I wonder what's that feeling I got ..." Naruto asked himself as he sat up on the bed.
Naruto partly pulled off the sheets form his body as he crawled closer to the sand-nin when he was only a few centimeters away from his face. Naruto then carefully placed a hand to gently caress the boy's cheek and leaned forward, and gave a soft and light kiss on Gaara's lips.
"Still warm ..." Naruto thought as he pulled away from the sand-nin.
Although after a little kiss, Gaara remained asleep, as Naruto decided that perhaps the boy would freeze if he wasn't covered, and so Narutogot closer again, and gently wrapped a blanket to cover Gaara's body, from his chest all the way down to his feet.
"Goodnight." Naruto whispered as he repositioned himself to sleep closer to the sand-nin and stay warm.
Naruto gently laid his head to rest on Gaara's lap as he pulled his own blanket over him to keep his body heat with him and closed his eyes once more, to fall asleep, feeling that he wasn't alone anymore.
Minutes later, Naruto was finally back to his sleep, as Gaara slowly opened his eyes, to reveal his pale green eyes, while he brought two fingers to his lips where moments ago, Naruto kissed him, truly believing he was asleep.
For the second time that night, Gaara smiled.
TBC?
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Short and pointless chapter I know! But faster updates means shorter chapters, but among all the chapters I've written this is like the worse and I don't know why! Oh well, I'll make up for it that's a promise. Plus I didn't have many ideas for this chapter yet but the next one will be even better that's a promise!
There's going to be some angst and sparks between Naruto and his former friends and sensei as we also learn why the heck is Kazekage still alive! ( I had this review that reminded me in the anime he's actually dead, so the next chapter will be the explanation to why he's alive for now. )
30 Reviews! Now I'm more than happy to update soon than I was suppose to, plus I finally reached 300 reviews!
So a special thanks to Egoist for being my 300th reviewer!
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REVIEWS
TheTrueSilver : Hey! I updated sooner this time, but the result of that meant a shorter chapter too! Please understand, I didn't really mean to update in two weeks this fic, it's because I got called for work!
F.A. Star Hawk : I found it cute too. But I told myself, it's the right time for the fluff part to start and soon those two will come together!
Silver Neo : It doesn't matter if it's less funny, I still very much enjoy them you know! Gaara made Naruto feel better, and this chapter centered itself of the turmoil Naruto felt. Things are getting more and more complicated to write but more visible stuff between Naruto and Gaara! I'm sure you'll be happy.
Gina Reed : Well I had to start it somewhere so I thought I couldn't pass the opportunity to make them kiss, and not accidentally this time! I'm glad you enjoyed it since I thought it could have been better.
Ookami Kage : Glad you enjoyed the previous chapter! Hope you enjoy this one as well although it was a bit short, due thefast updates I need to do.
Spoon no Miko : Hope I didn't keep you hanging too long! I update as I can, but as I explained, I work on shifts at my work place, so sometimes I only have time to sleep, eat and work! Thanks for the compliment! I tink this is like the longest Gaara x Naruto fic out there! And it's going to be a long one I'm sure of it!
Kuroi hikari : I wans't planning on the Leaf staying over at the Sand but then I had this new idea that seemed to make more sense the the first one I had, plus it makes my fic longer, so I thought I'd try this one out. Hopefully you'll enjoy it!
Tidus2529 / Jadetiger / Death Phoenix / Kitsu3 / Kitsune / silversnowpetals : Thanks for reviewing, and hope you aren't disappointed with this chapter!
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Rubymoon17 : I think it's my best fic ever but also the hardest! To keep them all in character and not make the pairing Gaara x Naruto sound so OCC or dumb you know? Anyway, you'll be happy to learn that this fic is going to be among my longest I think.
Muchacha : Glad you enjoy the twists I added so far. I'm glad how things turn out now that everyone supported the two kissing. At firs tI wasn't sure if I was taking things too fast or suddenly, now I know it was ok. So some more fluff is planned in the chapters to come, as the angst definitely went to a whole new level ne? Many things can happen when you all live under the same roof ....
Anael Razualle : Yes, I'm going to have some lemony lime chapters later on that will be posted either on adultfanfiction or on my personal web page. I haven't decided yet, but the great stuff will definitely happened! And hopefully I'll be up to everyone's standards ne?
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Renn : I'm glad you liked it! Because some have been pressuring me for them to get like 'bam' they're together and doing perverted stuff you know? So I finally started to get the stuff going!
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Narutofreak22 : Glad you enjoy it! I don't think it will become that gross but when I'll have maybe a few lemony chapters, I'll make sure to let you know with a big warning, besides the chapters containing lemon will be posted elsewhere for those like you who only like the fluff. Hope it's ok with you.
Red Rose : You made me realize that Gaara's father was actually killed!!! I totally forgot, so instead, I made something that kinda made sense, but he will end up dead anyway. So hope this was a valuable explanation in this chapter about Kazekage ne?
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Kuji : You get to see how they all react on the first day which means more angst to come and all. Plus Gaara's more protective then ever of his kitsune. This could get really dangerous ... Thanks for letting me know you enjoy this fic and saying that it's great!
- NC - : Things are getting better and better ne? Well Naruto's attitude towards his former comrades isn't too surprising either you know? After all, they're kinda late to show they kinda care and all.
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Egoist : You're my 300th reviewer! Congrats! As for the yaoi scenes, well they just began to kiss an stuff, I can't have them suddenly make mad love out of the blue you know? Or else it would brake my concept of not having a OCC Gaara all the way. Things develop so people enjoy, so sorry for the wait, but first comes the fluff stuff and then comes the love making ;)
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