I know, short...but you know they say short is sweet?
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Gaara froze when he felt the movement of air. There was a
thunk behind him and he turned to look.
Two kunai were imbedded in the tree behind him, it was not
them that had his attention, more it was the snake they had mounted there.
"Are you alright?" a voice beside him asked
His sand tried to come up but he stopped it with supreme
effort as he turned towards the person who was stood inches away.
"Hello?" The woman asked him, noting his heavy breathing and
sweat that gleamed on his skin.
"I….am fine" he said finally. Staring at the woman, she
seemed familiar.
"Good, come with me" she replied cutting the snakes head off
and walking away with the corpse.
With nothing better to do Gaara followed her.
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The camp he approached was very small, so small in fact he
didn't see it until he stopped in front of the warm fire.
"Make yourself at home" the pink haired woman said, her eyes
flashing dark green in the dimming daylight. She sat and began to dress the
snake (dress means cut out all the insides and remove the skin etc) she then
cut the flesh into strips.
"I hope you're hungry" she said to the silent Gaara who was
watching the process with an unemotional façade.
"You eat snake?" he asked as she put the strips onto sticks
and wedged them so they'd cook over the fire. That done she began to clean her
knives.
"Hai!" she replied sheathing the kunai in a very
professional manner "I try to supplement my dry travel food with fresh as much
as possible. She smiled "Besides its not too bad, and it was going to eat you"
Gaara sat down frowning
"What?"
"Its not big enough to eat me" he replied coldly
She rolled her eyes "Its an anaconda, they can unhinge their
jaws to eat you"
Gaara decided not to mention his sand would have protected
him.
About to vanish he was startled by a stick being shoved into
his face. "Eat it" she said nibbling hers.
"No" he replied
Her eyes flashed dangerously "Its good, and rude to reject
the food I just caught and cooked"
The diplomatic side of him immediately responded taking a
small bite out of the white flesh.
"Chicken?" he asked surprised
She laughed "Everything tastes like chicken after a while"
Gaara went silent realising what she had just done. She had
ordered him a round for about 4 hours, and forced him to eat something he
wasn't familiar with.
"Who are you?" he finally managed to say
She blinked "Oh! Didn't I introduce myself?"
"No, shouldn't you find out my name and mission before
allowing me in your company?"
"Well we are allies" She replied pointing at his headband
around one arm. She bowed "My name is Sakura Hurano, yours?"
Gaara paused "Call me Gaar"
"Alright Gaar-kun what are you upto?"
"Im…on vacation"
"Oh? Anywhere in particular?" she asked interested
He shook his head "Just felt like wondering around" without paperwork or idiots
"I see" she replied
Gaara shrugged "What are you doing here? I thought they
stopped border patrol"
She grinned "Im herb hunting, Im a medical nin so my Sensei
sent me to gather some special herbs" She showed him one with spiked leaves.
Gaara nodded, "Who is your sensei?"
"Tsunade-sama" she said with an accompanied eye roll "Shes
such a slave driver"
"Well….thats nice" Gaara replied "I must be going, thank you
for the food"
"Oh" she looked disappointed "Are you sure you don't want to
stay a few days?" she asked
Gaara was so shocked he nearly gaped at the woman she wants me to stay? Out of reflex he
shook his head and walked away, when he turned she was waving to him.
He waved back as he disappeared into the forest.