Kairo Chapter 7
"THEY SHOULD BE HERE BY NOW!" the ground shook. Temari was on yet another rampage. Kankuro tried to keep his balance, but it was quite hard to do that when you are standing on sand. They were at Suna's front gates, waiting for the arrival of the Leaf Nin. Gaara was standing beside Kankuro, gourd strapped to his back. Gaara's face morphed into a smirk, it was amusing watching his siblings at times. He couldn't exactly blame Temari for being to impatient thought; he wanted to see the Konoha Ninja again as well. Suddenly Hinata popped into his head. Her skin so pale and perfect, those small little feet, her bluish black hair… he wondered if she changed it. Part of Gaara wanted to see Naruto ad his other friends again, but most of him wanted to see the one who showed him how to love again, his true friend. Now Gaara might not know lust from bloodlust, but he knew who his friends were. Temari sighed impatiently and began pacing around. Kankuro was playing with crow, making him do weird things, like holding a teacup.
"Would you like some tea, Ms Sequatchie?" he asked crow. He made crow nod its head. Kankuro grinned. "Ok." He pretended to pour tea.
Gaara rolled his eyes, Kankuro could act really strange sometimes, especially when he was bored. Temari suddenly stopped pacing, making Kankuro and Gaara look up at her. Temari used her fan as a propeller and flew a good twelve feet into the air, which was good enough to peek at the other side of the fence. Sure enough, Temari spotted Hinata and the gang approaching the gate. She got excited and started wiggling around in the air. Kankuro and Gaara watched as she slowly landed on the ground. She stopped spinning her fan and looked at them, grinning.
"The gang has arrived!" she shouted joyfully. Kankuro smirked and walked over to the gate. "Hn." Was the only thing that escaped Gaara's lips as he followed Kankuro and Temari to open the gate. Naruto waltzed up to the door and was about to knock the knocker when the gate suddenly opened, making Naruto fall flat on his face.
"Ouch…" he mumbled his mouth full of sand. Hinata, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, Tenten, Kiba, Lee, Chai, Neji and Shikamaru entered through the gates, stepping over Naruto or walking around him. Temari clapped her hands.
"Hey there!" she addressed everyone in the group. Everyone greeted her back. "Ohayo, Temari-san!" Hinata greeted her long time friend. Temari looked over to her and widened her dark eyes. She gasped and ran over to Hinata, hugging the younger girl to her chest.
"Hinata-chan! Ohayo, ohayo!" Temari greeted back, crushing Hinata to her. When Temari finally let go, Hinata was gasping for breath, she put a hand on her arm and watched as Temari bent down low to be eye level with her.
"Hinata! You have different eyes!" Hinata smiled and nodded. "I'll explain the details later." Temari smiled and nodded. "Anyhow, you look great! You have a really nice figure!" she gushed on. Hinata blushed and watched Temari walk off to meet the others. Gaara welcomed everyone with a 'hello' or a hand shake. Hinata watched as he shook hands with Naruto and gave him a small friendly hug. She watched as greeted Neji and Sasuke and started walking towards her. 'He's coming this way!' Hinata thought as she clasped her hands behind her back and shuffle her foot, trying her best not to fidget with her fingers like she used to do. Gaara stopped in front of her, looking her up and down. 'She looks really nice…' Gaara thought, he never so Hinata wear something so curve-fitting. His eyes lingered on her midsection and he blushed a bit. "She looks great… so curvy…' He moved a little closer to her.
"Hinata, it's great to see you again. You have grown." He said the blush still present on his cheeks. Hinata blushed a bit herself and nodded.
"Good to see you again Gaara! You have grown too!" she complimented him. Gaara looked really good too, his hair was down to the end of his neck at the back, and he had nice, lean muscles. Hinata observed him some more and he observed her. The shy little girl he used to know had turned into a very hot and a gorgeous young woman of seventeen. Just a year younger than himself. Gaara also noticed her new outfit. It suited her really well. A little TOO well. Something stirred from inside of him. He was feeling some kind of emotion he had never felt before. Taking his eyes off of Hinata's tempting body, he gazed into her Crimson-brown orbs. He stared deep into her eyes, he saw strength and determination.
"Hinata… you're eyes are so different…" he said moving closer, until there was barely a foot-distance separating them. Hinata stared into his own Aquamarine spheres. "Yeah…It's a long story, but I'll make sure to tell you, why do you not like them Gaara-kun?" she asked, she sounded a bit disappointed. He held her hand sealed behind a shield of purple, giving it a reassuring squeeze.
"No, I love them …" his deep voice whispered to her huskily. She loved hearing his voice. She wrapped her hands around his neck, giving him a hug. Gaara didn't flinch or pull away; he wrapped his arms around her waist in the same hugging gesture. Gaara rested his chin on Hinata's shoulder, his fingers playing with the bow of her obi. They pulled away ad Hinata smiled softly.
"Let's go." Gaara led her over to the Kazekage tower, the rest of the group followed, a very jealous Sasuke following close behind. He had seen them hug, and he didn't like it one bit. 'It's only the beginning; I still have plenty of time to make her want me.' He thought shoving his hands in his pockets, while keeping a distance from Sakura who magically appeared at his side every two seconds. Chai was chatting with Temari and Ino. Tenten laughed at a joke Kankuro told her and Neji, although Neji didn't laugh, he gave Kankuro his props. But out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Gaara walking with Hinata and smirked. 'I wonder who'll end up with Hinata…' Neji thought looking over at the Uchiha than at Sabaku no Gaara. 'Either way, they better not hurt her.'
Gaara led Hinata to her room, which was surprisingly right next to his. AS they walked through the long corridors and stairwells, Hinata noticed that there were pictures of former Kazekage's. She scanned the canvases, as her and Gaara passed by. They went up another flight of stairs, before stopping at a tall pine wood door. Gaara turned to Hinata. "This will be your room." He said in that deep voice she had come to love. Hinata nodded and smiled softly. Gaara lifted up one corner of his mouth, smirking. as a response. Hinata stepped a bit closer, so did he. Hinata leaned in and kissed Gaara's cheek, making him go pink. Hinata stepped back ad giggled at his dazed expression. But Gaara was in demon heaven, if there was a such thing. Hinata kissing him, even if it was only a friendly kiss on the cheek, to Gaara it was like reliving that lovely moment when Shukaku was being removed from his body. Gaara wasn't too fond of the 'Incarnation of Sand.'. Snapping out of his daze, he watched as Hinata turned the metal door knob and pushed the door open. Hinata turned to face him.
"Good night, Gaara-kun." She stepped into the room and began closing the door. Gaara stuck his foot out, stopping the door from closing completely. Hinata looked down at his foot and then back at his face, questionably. Gaara held the door open with his hand ad took a step in the room. He and Hinata were centimeters apart; Hinata could feel his hot breath against the foreside of her collarbone and her neck. Hinata looked up at his face once again only to be held captive by his eyes. Gaara slowly came closer and closer. So close, that Hinata could feel his chest brush against hers. He came even closer and bowed his head down so that he was looking down at her. Gaara was a good head taller than Hinata, so he had to crane his neck to look into the crimson depths of her eyes. Slowly he dipped his head further and. Hinata seemed to catch on, because she slowly lifted her head higher to meet his mouth in a passionate kiss.
Electrifying.
Five syllables say it all. The kiss was just a pleasant feeling of lips brushing against each other, in a loving way. After five minutes they pulled away. Hinata's cheeks were pink and she was panting lightly. Gaara too, was panting, but he actually smiled down at the petite kunoichi. Giving her a hug, which she gladly returned, Gaara began to walk to his own sleeping chamber. "Goodnight." He whispered to her gently before walking away, a small smile tugging at his lips. Hinata stood there for a good three minuets before sapping out of her daze, and went inside to get ready for a well deserved rest.
Unknown to Hinata and surprisingly Gaara, Sasuke was walking by and happened to see their little 'friendship kisses'. He had just come back inside from training in the yard, and happened to walk down the main corridor to catch sight of the last part of Gaara and Hinata's reunion. And boy, Sasuke was pissed. He has to make her his. And fast. He had to act before Gaara ad Hinata decide to 'get together'.
Suzume-kage: Oh… Sasuke is jealous!
Sasuke: No! I am supposed to proclaiming my love to Hinata!
Gaara: Too bad. I got to hot-Hinata-hime first.
Hinata: Would you two come off it! This story still has ways to go… this can go either way you know that?
Gaara: Ok, Hina-hime.
Sasuke: Ok, Hina-hime!
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