NO OWN NARUTOOOO
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Chapter 3: Jealousy
"Tsunade-sama, can I use your---" She stopped when she saw that Gaara was still in the room talking with Tsunade, "Oops… umm, sorry, I'll come back later" 'How stupid of me to just barge in…-'
"No no, it's okay Sakura. Come in"
"Oh, um, okay" Sakura entered the room carrying Kiba in her arms and Akamaru following just right behind her. She carefully put Kiba down on a couch and let out a sigh of relief. It will be all okay until Tsunade screams in pain about her sake…
"Say Sakura, could you get me those books on Shizune's desk? Thanks," Sakura nodded and went out of the room to Shizune's office, "So, anyways, since the Akatsuki is still after Naruto, I suggest that we---"
"Fua…" The two heard Kiba wake up on the couch. He looked around his surrounding and groggily looked up at Tsunade and Gaara, "An…? Chyunyade baa-chan? Gaarya no nii-chan?" He yawned before saying anything else, "Are…? Where's Shakura nee-chan…?" He searched around for that certain pink haired kunoichi from right to left, top to bottom, "Shakura nee-chan…?"
"She just went out to get me some books, Kiba. She'll be back soon" Tsunade said.
"Au…… Shakura nee-chhaaaaannn……" Tears started to form in his eyes and was starting to make Tsunade panick. Gaara just stared down at the crying child. He didn't have any idea of how to take care a child, so he kept silent, leaving Tsunade with all the worries.
"D-d-d-don't cry Kiba! She's coming back REALLY soon, okay? OKAY? Oh jeez, SAKURAAAAAA!" From far away, beyond the door, they can hear loud footsteps coming down to the room, then a loud THUMP. A little silence, then those footsteps started to act up again. Soon enough, Sakura slammed the door open with handful of books. She held the door in place with her leg and was standing there breathless.
"Y-yes, Tsunade-sama…?"
"Kiba is up"
She looked over at Kiba, who still had tears dropping down on his cheeks, but was smiling, "I-is that all…?"
"Yeah, thanks for the books!" Sakura sighed, this was too much for her. She was carrying the books, she was trying to hold the door in place, and Kiba was holding on to her blouse. Could anything get any worse…? "Oh hey, come on Sakura, bring those books over here onto my desk" It did get worse. Now she has to surpass the door without hitting her and making her lose her balance, and walk over to Tsunade's desk -which seems a billion miles away- with Kiba tugging onto her shirt, slowing her down. This must be part of the training with Tsunade…
"Y-yes… Tsunade-sama……" Sakura started off by kicking the door lightly off her leg and start walking towards the desk. She passed the first 'trial' of the door without hitting herself or Kiba. Next was just to carry the books over to the desk without dropping them… That shouldn't be so hard… right?
'Right, just keep steady, keep balanced, and all will be fine…' She was making it half way through the room, 'Okay, come on, come on, come on… Just three more steps and…' That's when Kiba tugged on her blouse harder and made Sakura lose all of her balance. The books she was carrying swayed back and forth. She stood still on her two legs, hoping for them not to give up on her just yet. 'Ohhhh! Come on! Come on!'
"Shakura nee-chan…"
Kiba's voice made Sakura into that lovable state again, causing her to lose that equilibrium she needed. All the books started to fall down one by one, and she herself and Kiba was in danger by getting buried in books. She closed her eyes, hoping for not too much of a severe damage.
But nothing happened.
Sakura cracked open an eye and saw that the books were floating. No, not floating, it was actually being held in place by grains of sand. Gaara, he has helped her out. Wow, now that's what real Kazekages do!
"Thanks Gaa-…… Kazekage-sama!" Sakura began to pick the floating books back into her hands. Once she managed to place all the books in her arms, she banged them down on Tsunade's desk, "Here you go, Tsunade-sama!"
"Thanks Sakura," Tsunade gave a small smile before returning to Gaara, "So, anyways, I want some of your sand nins to come and-" She continued to talk as Sakura bent down next to Kiba. She gave a quick glare at him, and he replied with a pout. "So, can you accept this?" Was the next thing Sakura heard.
Gaara, crossing his arms, thought a moment with no expressions written on his face. He closed his jaded eyes and finally answered, "Sure" He glanced over at the pink haired kunoichi talking to the chocolate haired kid, "If only Haruno comes and companies my people with her medical skills"
All Tsunade, Sakura, and Kiba's head shot up. What did he say?
"I-I'm sorry, could you repeat that again?" Tsunade asked, hoping that he didn't say what he said.
"I want Haruno to accompany my people with her medical skills" Gaara repeated.
"D-Does this mean that s-she will be staying at Suna for… however long…?"
"Yes"
Sakura's eyes went wide, and she looked over at the back of Gaara, then to face her teacher. She gave that worried look, shaking her head a little. Tsunade's frown grew, and showed Gaara that she wasn't too sure about their deal. Kiba was also surprised. Was his nee-chan going away, leave him alone? Slowly, anger came creeping out of his body.
"Look, if you don't want to accept my deal, then I can't accept yours. It is all for the safety of my people. I need to make sure you won't harm my people,"
Tsunade was nervous, she couldn't give up one of her best kunoichis to Suna right now! But… what else could she really do…? She needs those sand nins for Konoha's purpose… She opened her mouth and was about to speak, but a cry interrupted her.
"NO! You can't take Shakura nee-chan away! Not now, not ever!" Kiba gave a long glare at the Kazekage before peaking again, "I don't trust you, Gaarya nii-chan!" The little kid's body started to rage out charka and Akamaru was whimpering. Sakura tried to calm him down, pushing down his shoulders. Gaara stared at the boy. Kiba was all ready to take up on a fight, already in that famous Inuzuka fighting stance.
Gaara took a breath, "Inuzuka, I have no purpose to fight you. You would lose anyway"
Kiba growled, "You don't know until you try!" Gaara still didn't give Kiba his full attention, and that made Kiba even angrier. "Hey! When I'm talking to you, you better be looking at me, you wimp!" Even though he was a kid, he still had that same Inuzuka attitude… Or maybe he was getting his old personality back? Is the potion wearing off?
Gaara sighed, shaking his head. He stood up from his seat, "I guess we'll talk next time. With no interruptions" With that, he left the office, leaving a smirking Kiba, a worried Sakura, and a bit mad Tsunade.
"Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiibaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" A long groan came from the Fifth's lips and Kiba quickly turned his little head towards it. Oh, he was sure in for it now…
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Ahahaha, little Kiba is so cute! And with Akamaru, they're just a great teeny-weeny partners!
