Okay... I decided that receiving more hits is better than recieving more reviews.. How can I say that it's better recieving more hits than reviews when I only have one review?? It makes me think I only have one reader. Oh well.. v.v Sigh

I swear this story sounds like crap to people! (See, if you don't comment, this person looses confidence) Shucks. I'm not forcing anyone to review though (or else my constant bickering will stop XD)

Okay, here's Chapter 3 of "And the Darkness Fled"

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. It is a work by Masashi Kishimoto-sama. I do not earn money making this fanfic so don't steal it and don't use it as if you own it! I only own the OC Gaara is paired up with and her sister.

This is a GaaraXOC story. I may not ask for reviews but then, without it, I may not be motivated to write. I don't like Flames at ALL but if you insist, then expect hate mail in your inbox.(Joking.. I guess.. )

This is one hell of a long story that might take 30 chapters or less. Bear with me, please. ( . )"

Italics - thoughts

bold - talk

(parenthesis) - author

The Deal

Days had passed since the attack at Sunagakure. Everything was slowly returning to its peaceful way of living. The nins began to repair the damage the sudden incident caused. Although many lives were lost, they were glad that the monster never returned to haunt them.
Gaara knew who to thank for the restoration of his country's peace. Though peace had returned to everyone's thoughts, Gaara's were in chaos. He was troubled about the deal Resa made with him. But after the so-called deal was formed, Resa hadn't shown up in his doorstep yet.

'What the hell are you up to?', Gaara pondered. He was waiting impatiently for her arrival. He could've just shrug this aside and thought that it never happened. Or he could just kill her off by the time she lay foot in his office. But then two thoughts stopped him from doing so. First was the deal they made. As the Kazekage, it was his responsibility to stay true to his word. If he'd break this deal, although no one would ever hear of it, his pride as an ever-trusty leader will shatter. And the second? Gaara suddenly remembered his first encounter with the girl. The one before he woke up. In other words, the 'kiss'. He couldn't stop thinking about it. Her lips against his, her amazing fragrance... it kept him up all night long. (I'm blabbering again. v.v)

He wanted to know why it bothered him so much. That's why he'll wait for her no matter how long she may arrived

He'll definitely wait for her.

Later that night, Gaara was working in his office. As he was absently reading and writing files in his work desk, he didn't notice the time slowly passing by. By the time he was half-finished, it was already an hour after midnight. (Boy, does time flies by or what? XD)Gaara suppressed a yawn as he pushed the scrolls to the far end of his desk. He seemed tired and now that Akatsuki had got Shukaku out of him, he could finally sleep without the torments from the demon tanuki. But he still had a lot of work to be done. He didn't wanted to put these out later and a sudden urge just told him to finish this up right now. He folded his hands, elbows placed against the wooden table, and leaned on it. He sighed hard, his breath passing through his fingers, as he closed his eyes. 'I'll rest for a bit'

"That was a lot of work."

Gaara flung his eyes open quickly and looked up to identify the owner of the voice. He was caught off guard with the whisper of silky ebony locks caressing his face and soft pink lips pressed against his, an overwhelming fragrance swelled up in his nostrils

"Resa...", he instantly recognized. No one could own that delicious fragrance other than her.

Resa leaned away and gave him that sweet childish smile she always owned, "Miss me?"

"How long have you been there?", Gaara's face contorted back to its expressionless form.

"Hm..", Resa sat on the desk, "Not long enough."

The silent Kazekage leaned back on his chair, "You made me wait long."

"Did I?", she turned her body so it would face him and made her legs dangle on the edge of the desk. "Now, back to where we left off."

"What do you really want?", he sighed, patience slowly running out.

Resa's childish smile turned into a malice grin, "I'll leave your precious Sunagakure alone if and only if you let me be your acquaintance."

"Ac.. Acquaintance?", Gaara was almost shocked by the strange request. "And what happens if I say no?"

Resa nodded, "You can see that Sunagakure is living peacefully, ne?"

She waited for him to nod and he did.

"And you also noticed that I passed through the tight security and managed to enter your office without anyone knowing, ne?"

He was a bit surprise in realizing that she was right then nodded.

This time, Resa's face turned serious. "Since you've realized that, you also realized that I can easily attack your city without a warning. I make no noise when I move in my demon form and basing from experience, you can't kill me easily.", she smirked, "So if you deny, you already know what will happen."

She was actually right. But Gaara didn't let that threat move him. He was still staring at her with that same face void of any emotion. Both of them momentarily engulfed by silence.

Since Gaara was staring at her through all that silence, he finally got to take a real good look at her and realized that she was... beautiful.Yes, she's beautiful all right. Her hair was as black as ebony and it reached her knees without even bothering to tie it. Her skin was as white as snow but her lips held a delicate pink color. Staring into her eyes was like staring into the clear midnight sky.

"Earth to Kazekage? Hello??!", Gaara woke up from his daze. Resa was waving a hand on his face.

He frowned then looked away and in that monotonous tone asked her, "May I ask the reason for that selfish deal?"

"That you'll find out later.", she answered.

Gaara narrowed his eyes

Resa knew exactly what he was thinking. She smiled then kissed his forehead, on top of his kanji sign

Gaara flinched at her action. That tattoo was a sensitive spot for him. He touched the spot where she kissed him

"So, a deal's a deal."

Gaara shrugged in defeat. He knew he couldn't deny, obviously because of the two reasons stated earlier. The second reason proved stronger than the first.

Resa took this a sign of approval and her face showed one of joy, like that of a child who just found a treasure chest filled with candy. "Sankyuu, Gaara-chaaan!"

His face slightly contorted after hearing what she addressed him. No one in his entire life has ever called him by -chan. It was either -sama or -san.

(Japanese people used suffixes to address one another. '-sama' is for people in higher rank; '-san' as a sustitute for Ms, Mr, Mrs; -kun is for males but is also used to address someone younger; '-chan' is used to address a friend and is rather informal)

Resa grinned at his sudden showing of emotion. She wanted to stay a little longer but knew that she couldn't. Her gaze turned toward to one of the small circular windows in his office. Her eyes slightly widened at what she was viewing. Gaara caught sight of this and turned to where her gaze was but saw nothing. He turned back to her and saw her smiling back at him.

"So that's it for now, Gaara-chaaan.", she hopped off from the side of the table.

"You're leaving?", Gaara stood in his chair. He didn't knew why but he suddenly felt the urge to.

"Uhuh.", Resa answered. She faced the handsome, yes.. handsome, Kazekage. "We'll meet again next week, same time, same day."

And with this, she was gone. Vanished like how the shadows vanished when light spot them

Again, he was not able to stop this female from leaving in time. Why would he want to stop her anyway? Thoughts still wander in his head. He quickly shook this

'And so this is where it begins...'

I'm making this as long as possible yet as quick as possible too so.. BACK OFF!

By the way, forgive my wrong spellings in the previous chapters. 'Kuso.. I should had overcome my excitement while rereading my fic. v.v I can't believe I have bad grammar and I'm having a hard time expressing my thoughts through words! XD

Oh yeah, I just have to comment. My Gaara was such an EMO in Naruto: Shippuden.. Guess that means new attitude for him in the next chapters in my story.. Oh well.