Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, its plot or characters. I own any OC, my plot, and anything else you don't recognize unless otherwise stated.
Ouat-in-vampirediaries: Don't worry, moments like that will come ^^
(guest) alice: google translate said that meant "strongly after" I don't know what that means o-o
I'll be your keeper for life as your guardian
I'll be your warrior of care, your first warden
I'll be your angel on call, I'll be on demand
The greatest honor of all as your guardian
-Guardian - Alanis Morissette
"Where's Rin?" Temari asked looking around as the three entered the tower.
"Hey twerp!" Kankurō called. Temari swatted his arm. "Ow! What was that for?" he grumbled.
"Hey guys!" Rin called as she ran over. "You did that so fast!" She said with a big smile. "I knew I wouldn't have to wait long." she smiled. "No one's hurt right?" The two older siblings shook their heads. "Great!"
"So what do we do here?" Kankurō asked. Rin shrugged.
"Just hang out I guess. There's a hallway of rooms for the teams that make it."
"Sweet; I'm taking a nap." Kankurō said. "Lead the way, twerp." Rin rolled her eyes but lead them to the hallway with the doors. "There're only five rooms." Kankurō said.
"Guess they don't expect a lot of teams to finish." Temari said. She opened the first door and the four went inside. Rin sat down on the bed at the end of the room; it was the only unmade bed.
"This one's ours, Gaara." Rin said with a smile. Gaara walked over, put his gourd down at the end of the bed, and sat down next to her. Kankurō sat down on the middle bed but Gaara started glaring at him.
"Uh, Temari and I are gunna talk a look around and see what else there is." Kankurō said.
"I thought you were going to take a nap." Rin said tilting her head.
"I'm not tired anymore." Kankurō said. "Come on." he said walking past Temari.
"We'll be back later." Temari said before the two left, closing the door behind them. Rin shrugged and turned to hug Gaara.
"I missed you."
"I saw you an hour and a half ago." Gaara said one of his arms around her and a hand over one of hers.
"I know." Rin said with a small giggle and a shrug. "But I still missed you." She whispered as she closed her eyes.
"I missed you too." he said quietly rubbing his thumb over the back of her hand. Ai meowed and put a paw on Gaara's knee. Gaara stared at it for a moment before he patted Ai's head twice. The cat rubbed his head against his hand as it started purring.
"Ai missed you too." Rin said with a smile as she took her arms from around him. Gaara frowned slightly. "I found a kitchen in the tower if you're hungry, well, actually Hayate found it when he was exploring."
"If you're hungry." Gaara said with a nod. Rin slipped her hand into his as they stood. He gave her hand a light squeeze and she smiled at him.
"Oh, I should make cupcakes for the teams that pass this part of the exams." Rin said as her eyes lit up. Gaara frowned.
"Why?" he asked as she looked inside a fridge. The 'kitchen' wasn't that big and had a small table with a few chairs around it.
"Cause I'm sure they'll be hungry too and I feel like making cupcakes."
"I doubt they have what you need here." Gaara said as he sat down in a chair.
"Awe, you're right." Rin said with a frown. "I'll just make them afterwards. Hmm… I wonder who would let me use their oven." Gaara sighed silently and shook his head.
…
"Just like I thought there' no other place to go!" Kankurō said.
"We've already waited half a day how much longer are they gunna make us wait?" Tamari asked.
"Think it's safe to go back to the room?" Kankurō asked. They entered a room and saw Team Eight. "Hm?" Kankurō and Tamari looked over at the three for a moment before walking into another hallway. "That's kid with the dog that chased Ai."
"Great. Well, if Ai goes missing we just have to look for the dog." Temari said. They walked a bit more and found Gaara and Rin in the kitchen. Rin was looking through cabinets trying to find something to make and Gaara was sitting at the table having a staring contest with Ai who was sitting in front of him. "Rin, Ai shouldn't be on the table." Temari said.
"Hm?" Rin turned to see them then looked at Ai with a frown. "Ai." Ai looked over and Gaara smirked slightly. Ai looked back at Gaara for a few seconds before jumping down from the table. He walked up to Rin and meowed loudly.
"I think he's mad you made him lose." Kankurō said with a slightly chuckle.
"I could get Hayate." Rin suggested looking down at Ai. Ai meowed again and jumped into the chair next to Gaara to lie down. "Didn't think so."
"What are you doing?" Temari asked.
"Trying to find something to eat." Rin said. "Well… something I can make."
"Let me help you." Temari said. Kankurō and Gaara exchanged a look.
"Hey, Temari," Kankurō said. "Why don't we go drop off Crow and your fan in the room."
"It was one time." Temari said putting her hands on her hips.
"You blew up the microwave." Kankurō said. Rin blinked.
"How'd you do that?" Rin asked.
"She was making popcorn." Kankurō said. Rin blinked and frowned.
"But there's a popcorn button." she said before she looked at Gaara who nodded.
"She's just bad luck in a kitchen." Kankurō said making Temari roll her eyes.
"I'm not bad luck in a kitchen. You never let me make anything again; it could have been a onetime thing." Temari said.
"We're not taking that chance." Kankurō said pushing her out of the room. "Let's go." The two heard Temari groan as the older two headed to the room.
"She can't be that bad. Maybe the microwave was broken already." Rin said.
"She also burnt tomato soup once." Gaara said.
"Tomato soup-…how did she… Seriously?" Rin asked with wide eyes. Gaara nodded.
"Kankurō had the flu and she was trying to be helpful."
"Yikes." Rin said before turning back to the cabinets. Suddenly Ai sat up and sniffed the air before running from the room. Gaara blinked.
"Um… Rin?" he asked.
"Hm?"
"Ai just ran out of the room."
"What?" Rin turned around. "Maybe Kiba and Akamaru finished the test."
"Who?"
"Kiba; he's the boy with the puppy." Rin said with a smile. Gaara frowned. "I'd better go get Ai."
"I'm sure Ai will come back soon." Gaara said standing quickly.
"The two are most likely running around like crazy." Rin said walking past him. Gaara's hand shot out and grabbed Rin's. "Hm?" She looked back at him. "Do you want to come with me?" she asked. Gaara nodded. "Okay." Rin said with a grin. "Let's go."
Rin followed the sound of barking to a room where Kiba was trying to stop Ai who was chasing Akamaru.
"Hey! Stupid cat!"
"Ai!" Rin called making the cat stop. Akamaru stopped and turned to see Rin and Gaara. The small dog whimpered and jumped into Kiba's coat. "Sorry about him." Rin said picking up Ai. Kiba swallowed hard and tore his eyes away from Gaara to give Rin a weak smile.
"No problem, it's fine." Kiba said with a nervous chuckle.
"Kiba, right?" Rin asked.
"Ye-yeah." he nodded. "You're uh… you're Rin."
"Uh-huh!" Rin smiled. "This is Gaara." she said turning to smile at him. Gaara quickly stopped glaring at the boy and turned to face Rin's smile with his normal blank expression.
"Hi." Kiba said. "It's uh- it's kinda late so-"
"Oh sorry, yeah you must be tired. Congratulations on finishing this part of the exam though." Rin said with a thumbs up. Kiba blinked.
"Thanks." he said. "I'll uh… see ya around." Kiba said before glancing at Gaara, who'd returned to glaring, before quickly leaving the room.
"He's nice." Rin said. Gaara didn't respond. "I'm actually kinda tired too. Let's go to bed." She slipped her hand into his and Ai jumped onto her shoulder. Gaara nodded and gave her hand a squeeze.
"Let's go see who else finished the test!" Rin said jumping up and down by the door.
"You go, we're tired." Kankurō said waving his hand from under the covers.
"We'll catch up later." Temari said into her pillow.
"Aw you two are no fun." Rin whined. "That's okay; Gaara will come with me." she said turning to smile at him. Gaara blinked and opened his mouth to respond but Rin started giving him puppy dog eyes. He closed his mouth and sighed before getting up. Rin grinned and grabbed his hand before pulling him from the room.
"I don't know how that girl does it." Temari said.
"She's the only thing he cares about besides himself." Kankurō said turning over.
…
"I wonder who finished." Rin said walking with her hands behind her back. Gaara walked beside her with his arms crossed. "I hope the leaf genin made it." Gaara looked at her with a frown. They walked towards the entrance and saw Lee walking in, looking all beat up, with a female ninja and another boy. Rin gasped and ran over. "Lee!" The boy and the girl frowned and took defensive stances as Rin approached. Lee held up a hand.
"It is okay." Lee said. "She is a friend."
"What happened? Are you okay?" Rin asked. Lee smiled and nodded.
"It was nothing we could not handle." Lee said. "These are my team makes. Tenten and Neji Hyuga."
"Oh, are you related to Hinata?" Rin asked. Neji frowned and turned his head away. Rin frowned.
"What's your name?" Tenten asked.
"Oh I'm Rin." Rin said with a smiled. "and this is Gaara." She turned to point to Gaara.
"I thought you said you were not competing?" Lee said.
"I'm not. My friends already finished; they were the first." Rin said. "I think it was an hour and a half."
"Impressive!" Lee said with wide eyes as he looked to Gaara. Gaara looked away with a blank expression. Rin smiled and nodded.
"I can show you where the rooms are so you can rest."
"That'd be awesome." Tenten said with a smile. "Thanks."
"No problem." Rin said as she stared to lead the team to the rooms.
"How do you know Lee?" Tenten asked. Gaara glanced over as he walked beside Rin, he had to admit he was curious too.
"Oh my cat Ai ran away the day of the first exam and Lee found him." Rin said.
"Where is Ai?" Lee asked as he looked around.
"Probably bothering Akamaru, Kiba's puppy." Rin said with a small shrug.
"You have a cat?" Tenten asked with a smile.
"Yep." Rin said. "If I can find him you can play with him."
"Cool." Tenten said. "I can help you look for him if you want."
"Sure." Rin said with a big smile. Gaara glanced over at the two smiling girls and frowned. He glanced at Lee and Neji. Neji was ignoring the two and Lee was silently listening with a small smile. Lee leaned forward slightly to look around Tenten.
"Would it be okay if I joined you aswell?" he asked.
"Sure!" Rin said. Gaara frowned deeply.
Ai rubbed against Tenten's leg as she pet his head. Rin and Tenten were sitting in the kitchen with Lee across from them and Gaara leaning against the wall, glaring at the floor.
"He's so cute." she said. Ai meow loudly and started purring as Tenten picked him up. "Awe!" Rin smiled. "Where did you get him?" Tenten asked. Rin opened her mouth but stopped and glanced at Gaara.
"He was a present from a friend." Rin said making Gaara looked up from the ground and stared at her.
"Awesome." Tenten said. Gaara pushed off the wall and started to leave.
"Yeah he is." Rin said. Gaara hesitated by the door but then left.
Rin knocked on the door of their room before she peeked her head in.
"Gaara?" Rin called into the room softly. She saw him lying on their bed facing the wall. Rin closed the door behind her and walked over. "Are you mad at me?" Gaara didn't answer but shook his head. Rin frowned and kneeled on the bed behind him. "You sure?" He nodded. Rin bounced a bit on the bed. "Gaara." Rin smiled and gently pushed his shoulder. Gaara rolled over and looked up at Rin who was pouting. He frowned and reached up to touch her cheek.
"Smile." he whispered.
"Why did you leave?" Rin asked. Gaara looked away. "I only said a friend gave me Ai because I didn't want to embarrass you." Gaara looked back at her with one brow raised. "You don't seem like the kinda guy to give a girl a kitten." Rin said with a shrug.
"If that girl is you." he said quietly. Rin smiled and let herself fall onto him in a hug. He let out a soft 'omph' but wrapped his arms around her with a smile. "I'm not your pillow." he said.
"Mhm."
"Mm-mm." he hummed shaking his head. Rin lifted her head and rested her chin on his chest.
"Yeah-huh." she said.
"Nuh-uh." he said shaking his head again.
"Yeah-huh."
"Nuh-uh."
"Yeah-huh."
"Nuh-u-" Gaara blinked as Rin kissed his nose before she giggled. Gaara looked away as his cheeks went pink and Rin snuggled her head under his chin again. She smiled and let out a content sigh making Gaara smile and put a hand on her head.
"You think Naruto is okay?" Rin asked. Gaara frowned.
"Who?"
"The blond boy with the really pretty blue eyes." Rin said. Gaara clenched his teeth together. Rin let out a squeak as Gaara rolled them over. "Gaara you're heavy." she whined.
"Now you're my pillow." he said with a slight chuckle. Rin laughed.
"No." she half whined. "Get oooff." Gaara chuckled and turned them over again. Rin sucked in a big breath. "Air!" Gaara rolled his eyes.
"So dramatic." he said. Rin giggled and moved off to the side of Gaara. Gaara frowned and pulled her closer to him. She smiled up at him making his chest flutter.
Hey I know I haven't put up an update in a long while but don't worry I'm still working on this. I'm gunna work on the next chapter tonight too and probably post it within the week.