Author's Note: Okay, I seriously needed a beta-reader. If you are interested, e-mail me or review to me. Okay, sorry for the long wait. I was having a writer's block. It was so bad but thanks to all the other GaaHina fic by other author. I feel like writting again because of that. Read, enjoy and review.

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Chapter 4
Living With You

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Temari walk into the hallway as she close the door behind her quietly. She looks at Naruto and tears begin to flow down her eyes. Memories of her mom flooded her mind.

"My…My mom was…once like this…and s-she never m-make it…I tried to stop it but I can't. Back then I was...too young. I don't wanna loose Gaara too. I wanna do something for him this time."

Naruto patted Temari on her back to tell her that it will be alright but he was as saddened by the incident as Temari is.

"Let's stop Gaara from doing this. I will tell the council about this."

Wiping her tears, she looks up at Naruto. "What if they won't agree with you?"

"I'm the emperor from the Kingdom of Suzaku. How can they not listen to me?" Naruto pouted his lips.

Temari grinned. "Because you are still a brat."

"Seems like you are smiling now, Temari-nee-chan."

Temari smiled at him and ruffled his hair. 'This boy amazed me sometimes, doesn't he? No wonder Gaara liked his company.'

Ino runs back to the cabin where she left Hinata. She stopped and while she catched her breath. Hinata looks up at her.

"What happen Ino? Are you okay?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah, I saw him walking into the castle where the demons live. I have no doubt that there is where the Emperor lives. He's an associate to the demons."

"What are you saying Ino?" Hinata was confused now about who Ino was talking about. Could it be...

"I mean, the man that saved us is working with the demons…an enemy to us."

Hinata's eyes grew wider when she heard it. So, he's one of those people who are helping the demons to take over the human. Hinata tightened her fist. The demons were the one who make the human suffer so much. It was them who killed her mother. She knew it from her father when she was old enough to understand. Tears begin to sting her eyes. Her body was shaking at the thought of what have happen to her recently. The demons were heartless. They will attack human to satisfy themselves.

"Ino, let's get out of here." She swings her legs to the bedside but find that hard as her wound was hurting her every time she moves an inch. "Auughh."

"Hinata, are you alright? Stop moving now." She helped Hinata up.

"Ino, if we don't get out of here, we will be in danger again." Hinata stated.

"Hinata, when the man saved us and brought us here, there were many demons from where we are staying now. This is where most of the demons live and came from. This is the heart of it all."

"I'm sorry that I dragged you into this mess. I'm so sorry Ino." Hinata apologized to her.

Ino smiled at her and give her a comforting hug. "It's okay Hinata. It's okay. We will figure out a way."

Just when they were about to give up hope, they heard sound coming from somewhere nearby. Their heads shot up as the sound was familiar to them.

"Bura-Bara Ai." Ino said. It was a folk song that Hinata and Ino learned since they were young.

"They must be human living there. We must check it out. Maybe we can seek help. I'm sure that it was the human who sang this. Demons wouldn't have known this song anyway." Ino looks at Hinata with a smile but faded as she saw her friend in the condition where she has difficulty of moving far. "But, I think we will check it when you are feeling better."

"No, I'm okay Ino. Let's go." She tries to walk to the door with all her might. Ino run next to her and put Hinata's arm around her neck to support her.

"Uhh!" Gaara sat up on his bed, panting. He was still feeling a little groggy from what happened yesterday. He looks at his hands and frowned.

"Why doesn't it work? Why has it gotten worst than before?" He cupped his face with both of his hands. His head turns to look out to the balcony. The sky was already dark. The stars were already out to brighten up the night. His mind wandered off to the sky. 'What can I do now, mother?' He asked to no one in particular.

Just as he was deep in his thought, he remembered the girls he had saved today. Then, it strikes him. "Oh no, they haven't even eaten anything yet." He lifted his sheet and step down from his bed just to find himself loosing his balance.

"Ughh." He tries to stand up again and walk out of his chamber.

"Hinata, we are almost there. The sound is getting louder." Hinata only nodded as her body was fighting to keep moving.

As they get nearer, they can see human dancing happily together around the bonfire. Smiles were on their faces as they found their own kind.

"We are saved." Ino carried Hinata to the place but soon, Hinata couldn't stand it any longer. She collapsed pulling Ino down with her. Everyone look at them and rush to aid them.

Ino look up at them and pleaded. "Please help her. She was injured by a demon. I need someone to help her."

A man push through the crowd and kneel next to her to examine Hinata's condition. He then ordered the boy behind him to get him what he needed to help her. Ino was delighted. She looks at Hinata. 'We are save Hinata. We will be alright.'

The boy came back with some herbs and gave it to the man. The herbs were then given to Hinata. Everyone gathered around them to see the new comer.

"Welcome to our village. May I know where did the two of you come from?" A woman asked Ino as she handed her some food. As soon as she finished asking, more questions were shot to her. Ino was having a hard time answering them.

"They are my friends." A voice came behind her. Everyone was silence and backed away. She looks around before she turns her head to see the familiar face.

"Gaara-sama, we didn't know they were your friend." One of the men said.

Ino was getting scared now. 'Are this people associating with the demons too just like him?'

Gaara walks to Hinata side and kneel next to her. He examine her and turns to the man next to him. "Is she going to be alright?" He asked.

"Yes Gaara-sama. I gave her some herbs to heal her injury. She will be fine." Gaara nodded and look straight into Ino.

Ino caught his eyes and blushed. 'This is no time to be like this Ino.' She scolded herself mentally. She was totally amazed by him. She was brought back to reality when he asked her a question.

"Why were you two doing here?" His voice was serious. She couldn't tell him that they were running away from him because he was with the demons. Everyone here might be too. She will be in deep trouble if she did and so she lied.

"She was in a very bad condition…and we heard noises and, and... I thought that I can find help." She said as best as she can not to stutter so much in front of him.

"Then I'll monitor you two myself from now on." When he finishes his sentence, he lifted Hinata onto his arms. Ino was dumbfounded.

"What do you mean?" Ino asked.

"You are going to live where I can see you." Gaara answered. He looks at the girl in his arms. His eyes narrowed at the sight of her. He walks away, motioning Ino to follow him. She did so and was trailing behind him.

She was getting nervous about the idea of staying in the castle with him. 'What is he going to do to us? Is he going to send us to the demon? No way. No…'

"Why are you doing this?" Ino asked him with all the courage she can muster. It was now or never.

Gaara turned around to face her. "What?" He asked.

"Why are you associating with the demon while we human suffered because of them? Have you no heart for our kind? Why are you helping them?"

"I'm not 'associating' with them. The demons never made the human suffered." Gaara answered her.

"Yes they did. Hinata's mother was killed by a demon, so is my… dad." Tears were flowing freely down her face now. Gaara saw that and look away from her.

"That's no need for you to cry. The demons are here to help."

Ino was angry now. She wiped her tears and shouted to him. "HELP, LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO HINATA. IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL HELP!"

"Those demons that attacked you are the demons that go against the government, against the demons who help the human. The government is taking immediate action to stop them from harming anymore human. Do not blame the good ones if you do not know what lies behind it all."

"I don't understand at all." Ino was confused now. "No one tell us that before."

"It is because you human felt ashamed that the demon has taken over your kingdom. They don't admit that they have ruled poorly and made everyone suffered. Humans and demons once lived and ruled peacefully together but then, humans begin to take full control and overthrown the demons. Greed and selfishness of the human has driven the people to suffer. Demons have no choice but to overthrown the humans and regain the once peaceful world again."

"But I still don't understand why those demons attacked us."

"Some of the demons have a deep grudge towards human because of the suffering that the human made them went through." He adjusted Hinata on his arms and turns to Ino. "You wouldn't understand this. You were too young to understand back then. Maybe you two have followed the rest of your adults to despise the demons. One after another, you will end up hating them without even knowing the real cause."

Ino was a little bit shocked. She didn't realize that. Maybe he was right about all that. She looks up at him to find that he was walking away from her. "Hey wait up." Ino run towards him. "So are you working with the 'good demons'?" she asked him.

He looks at her and smiled. "Maybe you can say that."

"Oh, so, what did you do? What's your job?"

"Helping the helpless."

"That's all. I mean, no important thing other than that." Ino pouted her lip.

"It is important." He chuckled. "I help those villagers to rebuild their homes that the 'bad' demons havs destroyed."

"I see." Ino's heart begins to pound harder now. She smiled a little. He was worth her admiration. He was her hero after all.

Inside the castle

"You are free to take which ever room you like. This whole floor of the castle belongs to me. Nobody ever come to my place without my permission." Gaara showed her the place.

Ino's eyes was as wide as a saucer. "Isn't it a little big for you to live here alone? It is like a whole mansion…no." Ino corrected herself. "It is bigger than a mansion. This is fantastic."

She run around the place, looking at all the statue and painting that was beautifully decorated on the wall. There was like 9 halls altogether, 4 main one and the other 5 leads to the other floor. The marble floor was as shiny as ever, where you can see your own reflection clearly. She looks up to the ceiling and found that the mural painted on it was mesmerizing.

"This doesn't seem real. It's like what you heard from a fairytale." She continues to explore around the place.

Ignoring her, he moves to one of the many rooms and lock the door behind him. He laid Hinata on the bed gently. Her breathing was hard and her face was pale by the lost of a lot of blood. He places his hand on top of her wounded area and it begins to emit a glow. Hinata begin to fidget as her wound begins to seal up.

Beads of sweat run freely down his complexion. "All done." He moves his hand away from her and his eyes were now rested on her face. He caresses her gently, admiring her feature. He blushes a little when he realized his action and take his hand away from her like it was poison that he was touching. His eyes then darted to the shining on her neck. He slides his hand under it and takes a closer look at it.

His eyes grew wider at the sight of it. "It can't be…Is it really you?" His eyes softened as his memory of her long lost friend reenter his mind.

To Be Continue

Pandora: Woo, I thought of doing it longer but my sister is waiting for the computer to play neopets. I like how it goes and I'm changing the storyline a little. If you think it is strange, this is what happens when you forget most of the plot. I should have written it down.

Thank you to all the reviewer for chapter 3.