Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I would like to own Gaara though. -smirk-
Warnings: Shounen-ai. Don't like, don't read.
Chapter Two
Temari was worried about Gaara. He had improved a lot since the chuunin exam, but he was still unstable. She thought of him more as a little brother than a demon carrier now, and she knew Kankuro did too. Gaara had started to treat them more like siblings than minions under his command. The first time Gaara called her Temari-neesan she almost fainted from shock. She had to admit she liked it though… and now Gaara was going back to Konoha. Back to the place were he had fought Uzumaki Naruto. What Temari wondered was why. Did Gaara want revenge, or was he going for other reasons? She decided to be brave and ask him. "Anou, Gaara-totou? Why do you want to go back to Konoha?"
"…"
"Are you going to fight Uzumaki again?"
"…No"
"Then why?"
Throughout this exchange Kankuro had been looking between Temari and Gaara fearfully, wondering how Gaara was going to react. Gaara kept on his usual emotionless mask, so neither of his siblings could see what he was thinking or feeling. When Gaara didn't answer her, Temari decided to drop it. She would try to find out again later.
Naruto was waiting for Iruka at Ichiraku. He had been hanging out with his former teacher a lot since he came back from training with Jiraiya. Naruto still couldn't believe that he had spent two years with that Hentai. He hoped Jiraiya hadn't rubbed off on him…
"Naruto!"
Speaking of perverts…
"Hi Kakashi-sensei!" said Naruto grinning. "What brings you here?"
"I'm here to see my former student of course! Who are you waiting for?" said Kakashi, curving his eye happily.
"Well, actually I'm waiting for-"
"Naruto-kun!"
Umino Iruka came running up the path, panting slightly.
"Sorry I'm late, some of the students were causing trouble and I- Oh, hello Kakashi-sensei, what brings you here?"
Kakashi smirked underneath his mask. Iruka's cheeks were red from running, and the jounin thought that it looked so cute… Iruka noticed Kakashi staring at him and turned even redder, causing the scar on his nose to stand out more. It made him look cutely dolphin like...
"Um, Kakashi-sensei?"
Kakashi snapped back into reality. Suddenly he remembered exactly why he had come to see Naruto.
"Actually I just came to tell Naruto that Gaara no Sabaku and his siblings are coming to Konoha for vacation."
"WHAT?" yelled Naruto and Iruka simultaneously. Inwardly Naruto was wondering why. Was Gaara coming to see him? Or was he really just coming for vacation?
'I think that he's coming to see you, kit.' thought Kyuubi with amusement.
'What? What should I say to him? He tried to kill everyone! What if he's still the same? What if he tries to fight me?'
'Everyone can change kit. Especially after meeting you. Look at Neji for instance, he's a lot nicer to Hinata after you beat some sense into him. Hell, even I don't feel like killing anymore, and its all thanks to you.'
'Really, you don't feel like killing anymore? Does that mean that I could let you out?'
'No, it doesn't. If you let me out, hell yeah I would kill someone. I meant that I wouldn't make you kill anyone. Also, I look forward to seeing Shukaku again…'
'Ooooo, the big bad Kyuubi has a crush on Shukaku, ne?'
'Shut up! Also, you might want to snap back into reality, your friends are staring at you.'
"Naruto! Are you alright?"
Naruto looked around, dazed. Iruka was looking extremely worried, and even Kakashi had lifted an eyebrow in puzzlement. Oops. Naruto smiled at his former sensei.
"I'm okay Iruka-sensei. Come on, let's get some ramen!"
Naruto rushed into Ichiraku and immediately ordered three bowls of miso ramen. Iruka looked at him fondly and shook his head. Then he remembered Kakashi.
"Anou, would you like to join us Kakashi-sensei?"
Kakashi grinned underneath his mask. Lunch with Iruka-sensei? Of course!
"Arigato Iruka sensei, I would love to join you." Said Kakashi cheerily. He then followed Iruka into the restaurant.
Naruto whistled cheerfully on his way back from Ichiraku. It had been fun to talk to Iruka-sensei and Kakashi-sensei! Suddenly Naruto stopped. A little ways away stood a familiar red haired figure with a huge gourd strapped on his back. Sensing eyes on him, the figure turned to reveal black rimmed green eyes narrowed in an icy glare.
"Gaara"
The name escaped Naruto's lips as he looked at the other jinchuuriki. Gaara had grown taller since their match, taller than him, which slightly irked the blonde, but Naruto had to admit that Gaara looked… well sexy, just like Kyuubi said. His heartbeat increased, and he could feel a blush rising to his cheeks. Suddenly Gaara was in front of him. Naruto started and took a step back.
"...Uzumaki Naruto."
Gaara stared intently into his eyes. Gaara had beautiful eyes, even if they were completely devoid of any emotion…
"Um, hi Gaara. Kakashi told me that you would be coming. Did you just get here?"
Naruto wondered how he could sound so much like his usual self when his heart was pounding in his chest and all he could think about was how beautiful Gaara looked, even if his heart was made of ice.
"I… want to talk to you."
Naruto stared at Gaara in astonishment. He wanted to talk? About what? Inside, Naruto did want to talk to Gaara. He knew that Gaara's life was similar to his own, they had both been shunned and feared by the villagers and both had demons in them that they could not control… If Gaara wanted to talk then hell yes Naruto would talk to him.
"Um, okay. Let's go the forest!"
Naruto and Gaara left, neither knowing that they had been observed and overheard by two mysterious figures…
"So what did you want to talk about, Gaara?"
Gaara stared at Naruto, wondering what to say. What did he want to talk about? He looked Naruto over to buy time. Naruto had grown a little since the exams, but Gaara was taller. He still had that gravity defying blonde hair, and his eyes were impossibly blue… He seemed to have bulked up a bit, probably from extra training or something. All in all, he looked… cute? Gaara almost slapped himself. Gaara of the sand had just thought that something was cute. Cute should not even be in his vocabulary! What the fuck…
"Gaara? Hey, are you okay?"
Gaara didn't respond to Naruto's question, still in shock from thinking the word "cute." Naruto pouted. First Gaara shows up after three years looking all sexy, and then he tells him that he needs to talk, and now he ignores him? Naruto didn't like that… So on a sudden insane impulse, he glomped Gaara.
Gaara was thrown off balance when he felt arms encircle his waist. He crashed to the ground and looked down to find Naruto attached to his waist, looking surprised. Gaara briefly wondered why his sand had not protected him from Naruto's assault but was distracted when a mischievous smile appeared on Naruto's face.
"Nyah Nyah, I just caught the great Gaara no Sabaku by surprise! That's what you get for ignoring me!"
"…Let go. NOW."
Gaara's face was as emotionless as always but his voice betrayed his feelings. Was Gaara… embarrassed? Naruto realized that he didn't want to let Gaara go. Hugging Gaara was… nice.
'Maybe that Kyuubi-baka was right about something…"
Naruto didn't want to let go. So he said the first thing that came to his mind.
"No."
"…let go."
"NO!"
"Let go before I-"
"Before you what?"
Naruto didn't know that Gaara was trying to hold back a blush. Having Naruto cling to him was causing some unwanted reactions in his body. Gaara wanted… He wanted…
'Damn hormones.'
Gaara kissed Naruto. It was a quick kiss, nothing more than a peck on the lips, but he still kissed him. There was a pause. Naruto brought one of his hands to his lips, the other still around Gaara's waist.
'Gaara just... should I...?'
The kitsune looked at the attractive boy beneath him.
'...yep.'
Naruto kissed Gaara back. The only difference was that Naruto flung both of his arms around Gaara's neck and pressed hard. Then he broke off to see the others reaction. Gaara... had turned into stone.
"AAAAAAAH, Gaara are you alright?"
Neither Naruto nor Gaara had noticed two figures watching them from a tree. Temari and Sakura stared at each other starry eyed.
"...Next time, we bring cameras."
TBC
Yeah, that was the second chapter. Poor Gaara seems overwhelmed… and what did Temari mean by cameras? -smirk- Kakashi seems to be eyeing Iruka… I'll have more KakaIru next chapter okay? Next chapter, what does Naruto do with an unresponsive Gaara? Temari and Sakura gang up? Kyuubi has a talk with Shukaku? Wait and see!
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