More Than a New Friendship

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Me: I don't own Naruto

Gaara: Thank god

Sasuke: Praise the lord

Me: What's with you guys today?

Gaara: Nothing

Me: … but you're back to your cold demeanor

Sasuke: Oh well

Me: Oh by the way Sasuke, I might be able to redeem the thoughts towards you character towards the fans

Sasuke: Really? Oh joy (sarcasm)

Me: Yes really. Anyway, I don't own Naruto

Gaara: Yay!

Me: Why do I bother?

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Hi- normal speaking

Hi- thoughts

Hi- demon or inner self speaking

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Chapter XII Why me?

A week after they past the Chuunin exams three, years later, (sorry for so many time skips) boys are eighteen and Susurie fifteen

Susurie, feeling quit content with her self, was sitting on a branch of one of the trees in the market, watching the people go about their business. Her mother told her to take the day of to celebrate becoming a Chuunin. The boys were happy that they finally advanced to Chuunin level but were upset they had to wait this long. They were overly ready to take Jounin exams in a month as they past to Chuunin level with flying colors, finding it to be overly easy. It was a warm day out and she was content to just sit there all day. "Congratulations on making Chuunin. How about our pretty Chuunin gives us a flash?" Oh great, my fan clubs here. Damn! The group of boys she had lost a half an hour ago finally spotted her red hair. "Get lost. I'm not in the mood and I'm rather tired." She spat with the most ferocity she could manage without breaking her relaxing façade.

"Oh come on, just a little peak?" one boy asked. She raised her hand to control a monstrous amount of sand to hover in between the many boys below her. "You were saying? You do realize that I could crush you?" the boys gulped and nodded their heads. She released them from the sand trap and they ran off. She leaned back in her tree to be tackle out of the tree and to the ground. A boy about the age of her brothers was lying on top of her in the sand. Now pissed, Susurie from with under him, shifted her weight so she reversed their position as to straddle his waste. "Do you really wish to die?" she hissed as she trapped him in a sand cocoon.

"Susurie stop." Yelled Akane as he ran towards her, Kenichi in tow. She glanced at them with a death glare until she felt the sand beneath her collapsed inward and the boy was gone. She looked around and he was nowhere to be seen. "What happened?" Kenichi asked pulling her to her feet. "Nothing. That jerk tackled me out of the tree. It's weird I didn't even sense him be hind me, or anywhere for that matter." She was still slightly confused how he disappeared without her notice. "… Well he's gone now." Akane said quietly.

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The three went out for dinner that night to celebrate at the local ramen shop. They chatted about all the challenging missions they hoped to get, and how excited they were that Gaara approved of them to try the jounin exams next month as well. They ate their ramen happily as the fan boys of Susurie and fan girls of her brothers watched from a safe distance. They walked home at dusk with the two boys giving death glares to the fan boys, while Susurie played with the sand around them like she had when she was nine, oblivious to all else.

Sakura and Gaara were home waiting for them when the arrived. They said their 'good nights' as the three hurried off for bed. Sakura and Gaara followed suit and fell asleep within an hour.

Sakura's dream

She was lying on a bed with black satin sheets. She awoke to the door opening. A dark figure approached her. She recognized the figure immediately. "Sasuke?" He walked towards her. She tensed, she knew this dream; it had been a while since she had it but it was the same dream just the same. Though this time it was different. She glanced down and she was fully clothed. "I know what you are thinking Sakura but it's not your usual dream. I needed to talk to you about some thing important." He said softly. She stared at him and threw a questioning glance. "What is it Sasuke?" she said looking away. "First of all I would like to say I'm sorry for what I did. I let it go way too far. If it makes you feel better, my mother gave me hell for what I did. Also I did in fact love you but I should have realized you were happier before you came back to Konoha." She stared at him in disbelief. "Another thing, I am most grateful that you gave our son a chance though I couldn't blame you if you didn't. I appreciate that Gaara-san is treating him like his son. Um, I'm just curious but did you tell him about me… he must have gotten curious?" He asked kind of sheepishly. "… He thinks… well I told him that you are his…uncle. I couldn't tell him because he was so young when he first asked. He seemed content with the answer and never brought it up again, though he always wanted to meet you. He's having trouble with the sharingan. Maybe you could somehow talk to him." He nodded and hung his head slightly.

"I'll talk to him in his dreams…but I have other things to tell you. Itachi is in Suna and I think he's after Susurie. He has a son that's seventeen now and is apparently looking for a suitable mother for his heirs. Really his son isn't into the idea but Itachi's insisting upon it." He said with an urgent tone. "Sasuke, I asked you and you said he was dead." He nodded. "I thought he was dead so I left but apparently the bastard wont die." He had a slight grin. "Was that an actual joke? When did you get a sense of humor?" she asked giggling. He smiled and let out a small laugh. "Being dead and all, there's not really any reason to try and act stoic, plus mom says she likes to see me smile. Anyway, I don't have much time left but you might want to watch Susurie closely. She may be in danger. Your children are beautiful by the way. Susurie has all the beauty of her mother and Akane is as strong as his father. Kenichi, well what can I say? He just like me so apparently he perfect." He smirked. "But seriously watch out, Itachi is close. I have to go but I hope you can forgive me for everything. When Kenichi knows the truth, I'll teach him how to use the sharingan in his sleep. Thanks for everything Sakura." He said before vanishing into thin air. She was left alone in the dimly lit room until she was pulled back to consciousness.

End of dream

Sakura woke in a light sweat from realization of Itachi being so near. "What's wrong?" Gaara asked pulling her close. "It's been a while since you had that dream. Are you okay?" he questioned. "Sasuke came to me in a dream. It wasn't the normal dream though, we just talked. He said that Itachi is coming for Susurie. It seems he has a son a year younger than the boys." She said relaying the message. "Are you sure that's what he said? It wasn't just a dream? Besides I thought he told you Itachi's dead. What would he want Susurie for?" he said sitting up right. She spotted a hint of worry on his face and a tone in his voice. "It was more than a dream and apparently Itachi's eager for a grandchild to carry the Uchiha name. Sasuke said he left him for dead but apparently 'the bastard won't die.'" He frowned. "Susurie is not aloud out of the sight of the boys from now on." he said as he began to get dressed. It was four thirty in the morning but he was used to getting up much earlier that this. "When the boys wake up tell them to guard her. I'll see you later I have to make sure the borders are secure." He said and in a gust of sand, he was gone.

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Susurie woke up at six due to a nightmare of red eyes chasing her. She bolted awake and heard footsteps out side her room. She quickly pulled a pair of black shorts on and a fishnet shirt over her black tank top she wore to bed. She opened the sliding shoji door to find both her brothers outside. "What are you doing here?" she whispered to them eyeing them carefully. "There's a possibility that an s-class criminal is after you. We were sent to guard you. Sorry for waking you." They replied sheepishly. She nodded silently and went back into her room. She pulled on her cargo pants and strapped her kunai holster to her right thigh. She stepped back out into the hall gracefully and walked towards the stares. "No point missing breakfast." She said after they exchanged a confused look.

After breakfast, she walked to her normal training spot with the two following behind like lost puppies. "Are you going to follow me around all day?" she asked, slightly annoyed that they would watch her train. They nodded slowly and watched her every move. She sighed and did her normal routine. They watched carefully as they have never actually watched her practice like this since they were twelve and she was nine. They were impressed by her speed, agility, and grace as she performed her various warm up jutsus as well as her ability to do over five hundred pushups within a few seconds. All of this was just child's play for her and accomplished it with ease.

She disappeared momentarily to be hanging upside down on a tree branch above them. "Boo!" she said as she did a flip to land in a crouching position between them. "Enjoy watching me warm up?" She said cocking her head to the right. "Warm up? That's just your warm up?" Kenichi asked in disbelief. "Well yeah, I don't go full out unless I'm alone or in battle. Didn't honestly think I was going to show you my full capacity yet, did you?" She smirked as she began to walk away completely at ease without any signs of fatigue from what they would consider a vigorous workout.

"So, who's after little ol' me?" she asked in a childish voice when they caught up. "Word is that someone named Itachi and his son, but for what I have no idea." Akane commented lightly. "So where are we going now?" she glanced at the two with an evil smirk on her face. "I was going to go later but I could use your opinion. We're going shopping boys!" she exclaimed happily. Muwhohahahaha. I'm so evil. She thought to her self as the boys groaned. She dragged them from store to store. She was changing while the two boys were pouting, waiting for her to come out. The girls that passed on the street would occasionally stop to gawk at the two boys. Susurie came out of the dressing room with a black dress that had red flame like swirls on it that matched her long red hair. The boys' mouths almost hit the floor. Boys out side stopped and were gathering outside the shop to get a good look at the desert blossom. Her two brothers noticing this, rushed to her and blocked her from view of the window until the many groaning boys and men disappeared. "Hey, what's your problem?" she asked, felling crowded. "What are you doing in a dress like that? Someone could have seen you." Akane said shoving her back into the dressing room. "Our birthdays are coming up soon and I wanted to get a dress for my sweet sixteen party, sheesh! So do you like it or not, but then again the audience says that it's good." She said from within the room. She appeared back in her normal cloths again and she hung the dress back on its normal spot on the rack. "Maybe it's a bit much." She mumbled to herself. "Gee, do ya think?" Kenichi exclaimed sarcasm dripping from each word.

"It was pretty but a little to short, I think." She mumbled as she started roaming through the racks again. "No, too much red. Blue's not my thing." She went through each rack commenting on each one. She changed again and came out in a knee length black dress with short red sleeves and had a single embroidered red rose at the bottom with stray petals on it as if being carried by the wind. It had a small slit on the left up to her mid thigh. The boys looked her up and down and smiled. They nodded their approval and she went back in to change. She paid for the dress and they left the shop. "Susurie, I know that our birthday is next week but yours isn't for a couple of months. Why shop so early?" Akane asked quietly. "Mine is only one month after yours, and this way I can plan my party without having to worry about what I'll wear. Let's go get some lunch." They shock their heads at her logic and followed her to a small stall serving various foods.

She placed the money on the table, enough to pay for all of them. She insisted after they put up with shopping saying it was the least she could do. "I'll be right out; I'm just going to use the bathroom before we leave. Just wait out side. I won't be but a minute." They nodded and waited for her outside. Knowing she'd take a few minutes, they browsed some of the shops, looking for a birthday gift for her. She walked out of the restaurant to find them gone. Maybe they went home already. She walked towards the mansion her family lived in. She was nearly there when a hand covered her mouth and dragged her into a dark ally. She punched the person in the face and ran at top speed.

A dark figure appeared out of thin air and stopped her dead in her tracks. "Hello kunoichi." Said the figure as he kissed her hand gently. She pulled away to find another younger figure than the first behind her. He quickly injected a poison into her system to deplete her chakra. "What do you want?" she said weakly. "We want you kunoichi." The first one spoke. "Why me?" she asked trying not to act scared. "My son needs a strong bearer of his children and you are the strongest one we've found in years." He replied softly, no emotion playing in his voice or on his face.

"Itachi, you let her go." Sakura said as she came running up. Gaara swirled into view in a dust cloud beside her. The boys ran up from the other direction, after seeing her fly out of the ally, showed up as well. "It's not like you have a bargaining chip with you." Itachi said smirking. Susurie from chakra loss collapsed into the arms of the figure behind her panting heavily. "Let her go now!" Gaara commanded in a deep shallow growl. "You can't hurt us while we have your precious daughter. We'll be going now." The two figures did hand signs and dissolved into nothingness. Itachi left a small note there in his stead for the remaining four left in the middle of the street on that late afternoon.

Gaara

Don't worry about your daughter. We'll take good care of her. We'll teach her what kind of things she can do in the company of men, since that's all she'll be around for quite sometime. If she doesn't resist she'll live and if you come for her, she dies. Oh and by the looks of the boy, you haven't told my nephew yet. Good luck with that!

Itachi

Gaara by this time was furious. How could he let this happen? Damn, it's all my fault. He passed the note to Sakura who passed it to the boys in turn after reading it. "What do we do? She's only fifteen and with two s-class criminals." Akane asked trying to remain calm even though he and his father were already subconsciously sending sand flying. Kenichi read and reread the note. "Mom what does he mean and why does he look like uncle Sasuke?" his own anger boiling. Sakura sighed and proceeded to tell him the truth. Both Akane and Kenichi were too stunned to speak. Akane looked at Kenichi thinking what was going through his mind. Itachi's my uncle? Sasuke's my father? What the hell?

"I'm still related to Akane and Susurie then?" he asked trying to process the new information. Gaara and Sakura nodded as Sakura gave him a hug of comfort. "I'm not mad but why didn't you tell me?" he whispered. "You were young when you asked and you hadn't brought it up since." She replied. She let go of him to see him smiling at her. "Don't worry mom, we'll get her back I promise. She is after all my sister." He walked to the house and after a minute returned with two backpacks. "Me and Akane will go to your own village for backup. Your old teammate is Hokage right? He'd help wouldn't you think? You need to stay here and watch the city." Sakura nodded and started to cry. "Mom don't worry, she's stronger than either of us and can manage until we get there. We'll be back with her safe." Akane added as he took the backpack that Kenichi was holding. They both gave her a hug and then looked at Gaara. "I'll make it an official mission so you won't be considered missing nin. Good luck." Akane gave his father a quick hug. Hesitantly Gaara looked at Kenichi and gave him a hug as well. In a swirl of sand and leaves they were both gone.

End Chapter XII

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Chapter XIII Who Are You?

Susurie woke and found herself in a room that was not her own. There was a large wooden dresser on the other side of the room. The bed was large enough for two to sleep in and there was a small couch with a fireplace opposite the door. She sat up and held her head from exhaustion. Her body ached all over and she was getting muscle cramps every few minutes. She bit her lip to keep from hissing out from the pain. She made a small whimper and tried to calm down. Where am I? "Good, you're awake."