Yippee!! Another Chapter!! Finally summer has begun in my country!! I can finally tend to my story without worrying much about other things.

And so.. I thank the ones who reviewed my story but I'm also thankful for the ones who read it. I don't know if you like it though. Now, in this chapter.. I'm not very confident about my grammar and I may need to take up Grammar Lessons again. v.v

So here's Chapter 5 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

Sugar Rush

And so, another day had passed in the lives of the people of Sunagakure. As they continued their normal way of living, no one but two Jounin could see the slight change of attitude in the ever-respected Kazekage.

Temari and Kankurou, elder siblings and only blood relatives of the powerful Kazekage, noticed that their youngest brother was a little bit...

"...strange.", Temari told Kankurou. They were spending their break time together in a local sweet store.

"You too, huh?", Kankurou took a sip from his cup of warm tea.

"Just because I'm not in Suna more often doesn't mean I don't know what's going on.", Temari gulped down her dumpling.

"Hold your horses, Temari. Don't get mad all of a sudden.", Kankurou shrugged.

"I'm not mad, you--", Temari cut herself off seeing that this fighting was useless. They had more serious matters to deal with.

The blonde released a loud sigh, "You know why?", she was referring to Gaara.

"Not really.", Kankurou replied as he started eating his dumpling. "I tried asking him but he won't say a thing."

"Typical.", Temari crossed her arms as well as her legs..

"But do you really think this is a problem?", Kankurou inquired, swirling the green clear liquid in his earth brown cup.

Temari raised a brow at him. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, yeah, he may not acting like himself but I don't think his sudden slight change of attitude is a threat... or something like that.", he leaned on his right palm as he placed the cup down on the table.

Temari thought about what he said, "Yes, I guess so.. but still, it seems kinda weird."

"You think so?", Kankurou sounded like he disagreed.

Temari frowned, she didn't like the way her first brother smiled. "What do you think of it then?"

Kankurou's smile widened, "I think he's involve with someone."

Temari's eyes grew large at her brother's statement. She was shocked alright but she also knew that Kankurou was right.

"There's no other explanation to it, Temari.", Kankurou took another sip of tea. "I mean, what could possibly be the reason other than what I mentioned for his...

...smile?"

He was smiling. The great Kazekage of Sunagakure, known for his incredible power and impassive expression, was smiling for the first time in years. But it was not the grand kind, it was rather a small one; not enough for anyone to see but just enough for his two high-ranked ninja siblings to notice. What makes it strange was that not even the Kazekage himself noticed that he was smiling the whole day.
But why did Kankurou and Temari take this as a big deal?
Simple, it was because Lord Kazekage Gaara was spacing out... all the time.
He would stare into space inside his office with that small smile dangling on his lips. No matter how loud Kankurou's or the elders' shouting were, he could not hear it unless you physically disturb him from his train of thought.

Right now, Gaara was sitting on his desk facing the window on the left side of his office. He was still smiling as he gazed upon his city. The reason behind his smile? No one really knew and Gaara would not know because he wasn't aware that he was smiling. No one even dared ask him of his strangeness because they were afraid they might anger him. The Kazekage wasn't one to socialize. But only one thought played inside his head during his time of spacing out. And that was...

'Another week had passed, that means I'll be meeting Resa again after midnight.'

(fast forwarding a bit.)
And an hour after midnight came. As expected, Gaara would wait for Resa, because of the little deal they made, while he was writing some scrolls and right on time, Resa would appear.

"What're ya doin?", Resa popped up out of nowhere wearing a long black cloak with a hood. She was leaning towards Gaara in his desk trying to read what he was writing.

Gaara only closed the scroll he was writing and placed it inside one of his desk drawers.

Resa puffed her cheeks. She didn't really like it when people kept secrets from her but didn't care enough to push the issue.

She leaned away the desk and flashed Gaara her childish smile.That was when Gaara realized what she was wearing and carrying. She was carrying a small basket of breadsticks. She portrayed the main character of little red riding hood... only that she wore black instead of red.

"What are you wearing?", he asked, placing his head on top of his interlocked fingers.

"Isn't it obvious?", she pranced towards him. "It's a hood.", she placed the basket of breadsticks on the wooden surface of the desk.

"And why are you dressed that way?", his gaze shifted to the basket of breadsticks.

"Because I want to.", was her cheerful response.

"Hm..", he closed his eyes and began to rub his temples. For some odd reason, a minor headache threatened to come.

"Headache?", she asked, a hint of worry in her question.

He nodded his head slowly.

The smile returned on her face, "You're just hungry."

"No, I'm not.", he stated.

"Yes, you are and I have the perfect solution!", she took a breadstick from her basket.

Before Gaara could refuse, Resa placed the stick in his mouth and suddenly took a bite from it. Gaara's eyes widened at her action. For a brief moment, their lips were a fraction of an inch apart. Her eyes were closed as she took a bite from the breadstick that was on Gaara's mouth. After Resa pulled away, she quickly placed a finger on top of his lips probably just to make sure he would swallow it. Gaara pulled himself from his sudden surprise to munch and swallow the bread. When Resa was sure Gaara swallowed the breadstick, she placed another one and did the same thing, bite half of the breadstick while it was sticking from his mouth.

Because of the shock the sudden bold action Resa did, his body rid him of his ability to move so he just sat there, staring at Resa while she sticks a bread in his mouth, bite it, waits for him to swallow it with a finger over his lips then sticks another bread and the whole process runs again.

It was only until the fifth bread stick that Gaara regained his mobility and grabbed Resa's wrist before she sticks another bread stick in his mouth.

"What in the--", his expression was part anguish and part blushing.

Resa immediately placed a finger of her free hand on top of his lips. "Now, now, Gaara-chaan, it's not good to get angry all of a sudden."

The partly confused Kazekage lightly slapped off the black riding hood's finger away from his lips. "I do not permit you--"

"But this is part of the deal.", her grin was one of malice.Gaara gave her a glare but she wasn't intimidated by it. Instead, she just smiled innocently. "What?"

"You don't need to do that when you're feeing me.", he told her but it was more of an order than a request.

"Do what?", she innocently asked.

"Resa!", Gaara was almost pissed. Pissed because somewhere deep within him he liked it and it somehow freaked him out.

Resa was now being childish. She puffed her cheeks again then sat on the desk, back facing Gaara with her child held up high and her arms crossed.

'Great. Now, she's the one pissed.', Gaara sighed as he stood from his chair and walked up to her.

She still had her cheeks puffed up and her eyes closed. Her child held high showing her left side, both her arms and legs crossed.

Gaara leaned on his left foot and crossed his arms. He eyed this woman before him and found himself appreciating her mysterious beauty.

The hood had already dropped from her head so he had a clear view of her porcelain white face. Although the cloak covered most of her slender body, he could still see the curve features of this woman. He couldn't help but chuckle a bit at the thought of a beautiful woman with a... not-so beautiful childish attitude.

'So opposite...', he thought.

Resa heard his soft laughter and eyed him out of the corner of one eye.There and then, they locked gaze as the silence slowly engulfed them.

Resa was the first one to smile. Without breaking eye contact, she faced him then reached out her basket of bread sticks. "There's candy inside it. Wanna try some?"

"Candy?", Gaara raised a brow.

"Uhuh.", Resa nodded once, taking out a red ball as big as a marble and was shining like a star. "Taste one."

Gaara didn't know what to react. He just stared at the red ball in Resa's hand.

"Don't worry. I won't bite half of it when it's in your mouth.", she assured him.

Gaara almost blushed at this. 'That was not funny.'

"I don't like sweets.", he told her.

"Eh??", Resa was dumbfounded. "Who CANNOT like sweets??", she couldn't believe that there is someone who's not a fond of sweets.

Gaara simply ignored this woman's rants.

"Come om, Gaara-chaan, you should at least try one.", she insisted then gave a malicious smile. "Or do you want me to feed it to you?"

Seeing the smile, he decided to take the darn candy ball and let its sweetness sink in his mouth. His eyes widened a bit at the taste.

"Delicious, isn't it?", Resa took another red candy from her basket and placed it in her mouth, chewing on it leisurely.

It was not the delicious taste that surprised Gaara, it was the familiarity. He knew he had experienced this kind of sweetness before and his eyes just widened when he realized when.

'The candy tasted exactly like Resa's kiss.'

And it was not a good one. Sorry. Someone killed my mood while I was writing that. I'll make up for it in the nexy chapters.. v.v

Kyaa!! I've finally got to watch Naruto: Shippuden episode 5! Hey.. I noticed at the first song that Gaara-chaan was smiling!! blushes madly Yes!! He was smiling! Try watching the OP and you'll see him smiling!! So handsome my Gaara-chaan!!