Emi noticed something on the bookcase near the door as they left the office.
"Raccoon is that the teddy I gave you?" She asked walking up to it to take a closer look.
"The very same." He said walking up behind her, smiling, she looked back at him and smiled.
"Gaara-kun I…" Emi was cut off by a blonde women walking in.
"Gaara-kun the…" She started till she saw Emi. "Who are you?" She then asked as she folded her arms over her chest. Temari remembered very clearly who she was, she just wanted to know which name she was using now. Gaara had come back from Konoha and explained what had happened with Orochimaru, but that didn't put her at ease. She didn't trust her on bit.
"I'm Hatake Emi." Emi answered looking down at the floor.
"Temari what is it?" Gaara asked annoyed. Temari glared at Emi.
"I won't tell you while she's here." Temari said annoyed and Emi looked away. Temari had spotted the forehead protector, what was Gaara playing at?
"I'll wait outside for you Gaara-sama." Emi said and went to leave but he grabbed her arm, pulling her back to his side.
"No you won't, whatever my sister has to say, she can say in front of you. And please don't use sama with me Emi-chan, we have known each other too long for that." Gaara told her.
"Gaara this is important, the girl isn't a high enough rank." Temari hissed at him, annoying Emi to the point she accidently released a sound wave at her.
Temari flew back into a bookcase.
"Sorry!" Emi gasped and looked at Gaara. She was sure now that he wouldn't want her there anymore. She just completely failed her mission. "I didn't mean to, I just." Gaara stopped her by raising her hand. Emi watched him with caution, she was waiting for him to blow up at her. Temari stood up and went to attack but Gaara protect Emi with a sand shield.
"Gaara! She just attacked me!" Temari shouted at him. "She'll attack you!" Gaara shock his head.
"Her jutsu is second nature like my sand. You sounded threating to me and her jutsu reacted." Gaara explained but Temari looked confused and as if she didn't believe him at all.
"How?" She asked and Gaara shrugged his shoulders.
"She used the same jutsu at the academy to stop the bullies. She used it to save me." He told her. "For this reason, she will be my new guard. Her jutsu will allow her to react to a threat fast than my sand can." Gaara explained. "Whatever you have to say to me can be said to her." He then added as he let the sand shield drop. Emi looked at Temari nervously.
"I'm sorry Temari-sama." She said and looked down. Temari ignored Emi's apology and looked at Gaara.
"Well the Akatsuki have been spotted in Suna." She told them and Emi's breath hitched. Gaara looked at her worried.
"They won't get you again Kitty." He quickly reassured her. Temari raised an eyebrow at the two.
"What do mean? She was in the Akatsuki before?" Temari asked with a cautious look.
"No, they kidnapped me and…" Emi looked down as she spoke.
"They hurt her badly, she was lucky to escape them." Gaara finished for her. He knew that it still haunted her.
"Tell us everything you know." Temari ordered.
"She has amnesia Temari, back off." Gaara hissed at her and pulled Emi out of the room with him.
The walked side by side in silence till they got to a small restaurant.
"Sorry about Temari, she means well but she can be overbearing." Gaara said as they sat down.
"It's ok Gaara-kun. I understand." Emi replied with a smile and looked the menu. Everything on the menu was quite expensive.
"Don't worry about the price." Gaara said as if he was reading her mind.
"How did you know?" She asked shocked. Gaara laughed which made the whole restaurant go quiet, everyone looked at him in shock.
"Your ears drooped down when you looked at the menu." He explained after he finished laughing. Emi blushed because of all the eyes that were watching them. "Kitty are you ok? You look flustered." He asked leaning forward to touch her forehead, concerned, making Emi blush even more. She didn't know why she was blushing so much.
"N-no Gaara-kun, I'm fine." She told with a small smile. They stopped talking and looked at the menu, a few moments later the waiter came over and took their order.
Emi could hear people whispering around her.
"Emi-chan stop it." Gaara warned her, Emi looked at him confused.
"Stop what?" She asked and Gaara smirked slightly.
"Listening in to what people are saying, your ears keep flicking as people talk." He explained as their food came. Emi blushed again.
"Sorry Gaara-kun." She said looking down.
"Relax kitty and you can still me Raccoon silly." He teased her and Emi blushed even more.
"Sorry Raccoon." She said before tucking into her seafood ramen. Gaara smiled and tucked into his own.
Sasori and Deidara watched in the distance.
"Wow Sasori no Danna! She's good un." Deidara said as Emi started blushing again while talking to Gaara.
"Shut up brat. She's properly thinking about Itachi." Sasori grumbled, he to make sure the same didn't happen in Suna as it did in Konoha. Itachi must have let his guard down, he should have never been sent to watch the person he loved seduce someone else. He was going soft towards who she held dear.
Gaara took her back to his office.
"Raccoon where will I sit?" She asked looking around the room. Gaara smirked.
"My lap?" He suggested and saw Emi go bright red. She slowly walked towards him as she reached him, Gaara pulled her down on to his lap.
"I'm not heavy am I?" She asked nervously and Gaara raised his non-existent eyebrow at her.
"You're as light as a feather." He said with a smirk and wrapped his arm around her waist. Emi blushed even more.
"Umm, Raccoon were am I going to stay?" Emi asked quickly, her nervous showing her voice as she tried to ignore his arm around her waist.
"You can stay with me, I'll get Temari to make up the spare room for you." He said in his calm voice.
Something about Emi made Shukaku quiet.
'I'm still here boy.' Shukaku's voice doomed inside of Gaara's head. Gaara frowned and Emi looked at him confused.
"Are you ok Raccoon?" Emi asked.
"Yes, just thinking." He answered quickly causing Shukaku to laugh.
'Are you ashamed to tell your mate about me?' Shukaku asked, making Gaara's breathe hitch. Emi looked at him worried.
"Are you sure?" She asked him, he was starting to worry about him. Gaara nodded and looked at the paperwork on his desk.
'What do you mean mate?' Gaara asked Shukaku, making him laugh again.
'Lover then.' Shukaku barked back at him.
'And how would you know she is my lover?" Gaara hissed back annoyed at Shukaku's lack of an explanation. Shukaku huffed at him.
'Do you get the feeling you want to do something to her?' He asked and Gaara looked confused. Emi watched his face closely for clues to what he was thinking about. Shukaku sighed in frustration. 'You want to have sex with her.' He finally said plainly and Gaara's breathe hitched again. Shukaku laughed. 'You want to mate with her. If you do she well be bond to you for life.' He added and earned another confused looked from Gaara. 'Because you have me sealed inside you, I will also be mating with her too.' Shukaku started and Gaara looked at him in disgust. Shukaku rolled his eyes and carried on. 'I will be mating with her because my container will be mating with her, you idiot. I won't be physically mating with her.' He explained with an annoyed look. 'Anyway, once the bond has been made, there is no going back. Pick the right time Gaara or it could go wrong.' Shukaku warned him before going quiet again. Gaara sighed and called a guard in and told him tell his sister to make up the spare room up for Emi.
"Gaara are you ok?" Emi asked concerned.
"Yes, Shukaku was just playing up." Gaara told her looking at his desk, waiting for her to freak out.
"What does Shukaku want?" She asked and Gaara looked at her surprised.
"That didn't worry you?" He asked confused.
"Raccoon my best friend is Uzumaki Naruto, tailed beast don't scare me." She told with a smile and he smiled back.
"He was just talking about some nonsense, that's all." He quickly reassured her. Emi smiled and nodded.
It was evening and Emi was starting to fall asleep on the floor next to Gaara. She had moved to the floor, telling Gaara it would be easier for him to see his work. He had made her a pillow with his sand. He looked down at her as he heard a soft snore coming from her. He had forgot she wouldn't be able to stay up all night with him. He gently picked her up so she was giving him a front piggy back. He had his sand help him support her as she cuddled closer to him. He walked home, carrying Emi close to him. He earned a few strange looks from the few villagers that were still about but ignored them, he didn't care.
Once he got home, Temari and Kankurō were sat on the sofa, waiting for him.
"Did you make up the spare room?" Gaara asked as he walked past them, hoping to be able to get Emi into bed so she could sleep better.
"No. She's not staying here." Temari hissed at him and Gaara looked back at her.
"And why not?" He asked annoyed.
"Konoha have declared her missing nin!" Temari shouted at him, standing up. Emi shifted in her sleep but didn't wake up.
"Do you know why?" He questioned her and she shook her head. "Then shut up, you can make the room up tomorrow, she'll have my bed tonight." He said and walked up the stairs.
"He likes her." Kankurō said with a smirk and Temari hit him over the back of the head.
Gaara pulled the sheet back on his bed using his sand and then placed her down on the bed. He watched her curl up and hug the pillow. He pulled the sheet over her and kissed her cheek with a small smile on his lips. He went back down stairs and glared at his siblings, annoyed with their behaviour towards Emi. "I didn't say anything!" Kankurō quickly defended himself.
"Temari." Gaara called her, getting her attention. "She's missing nin because they wanted her to marry into one of noble clans and she refused. She ran here." He told her plainly and walked back up the stairs. He didn't want to hear what other excuses she would come up with to avoid that was going to happen. He didn't want to be explaining the situation, for Emi to wake up and get upset if he heard him telling them.