Several days later, Tsunade got Nitsu up to her office. "Well Nitsu, now that you're finally better, why don't you go get the rest of team 7 for a mission?" Tsunade grinned after checking over the slightly bouncing girl.
She quickly nodded and took off, leaving a chuckling Hokage in her wake as she ran into her team not too far away from Ichiraku, "Hey guys! Tsunade wants us to meet her in her office for a mission!"
Before the others could say anything she ran off back to the Hokage Tower. "What just happened?" Sakura asked as she and the others began to follow their hyper teammate.
"I'm not sure Sakura but I think I might know," Naruto grinned as they opened the door to Tsunade's office and found Nitsu bouncing in her seat, eating a handful of gummy candy then bouncing some more grinning.
The blonde woman shook her head and sighed, "All you guys have to do is take these scrolls to Gaara and report back after you have his answer."
They nodded as Nitsu hugged Tsunade, giggling, then skipped out of the room.
"Why did you give her candy?" Naruto asked as Tsunade shrugged.
"She's your problem now," then went back to her paperwork, leaving team 7 to deal with their one sugar crazed squad mate.
Half the way to Suna, Nitsu was leapfrogging from tree limb to tree limb, making her own sound effects as she landed then took off again faster than the others. Kakashi chuckled as the hyper girl spun around a tree limb and launched herself farther ahead only to see her stop dead in her tracks like a statue.
Everyone stopped as she looked around with a serious face on. She glanced over to Kakashi and motioned with her eyes to the left side of them. He quickly disappeared and the sound of grunts could be heard.
A few seconds later he came out with some blood on his jounin vest and nodded to the others and took off quickly. Not too much longer, they were out of the forest and surrounded by sand. It didn't take long for them to make their way up to Gaara's office and give him the scroll.
He opened it and blinked a few times then, with a small quirk of his mouth, he wrote his reply on another piece of parchment and handed it back to Kakashi. "Nitsu, Tsunade has invited you to stay here in Suna for a few weeks. Would you like to?"
Said girl stared at him for a few minutes then grinned and bounced around and hugged the red head, "Of course I would!"
He watched her with big eyes as he was still trying to get use to how affectionate Nitsu was and nodded, "You'll be staying with us at our house since you let us stay with you at yours." She grinned as the others blinked then shrugged and left as she waved bye to them.
She watched the red head for a few minutes, "So what do I do now? Is there anything for me to do here or can I just sit and haunt your office until you're through?"
Gaara blinked a few times then shook his head and stood, "I'll show you where your room is." He walked out the door first then waited for Nitsu to follow. As they walked to where the rooms where he glanced over at the hyper girl, "Why did Tsunade want you to visit here for a few weeks Ni-chan?"
Nitsu shrugged and tapped her chin, "Something about giving Konoha time to recover from me being sugar crazed or something like that. I didn't pay too much attention after she gave me a bag of gummy candies."
They stopped outside a room and Nitsu watched as the red head opened the door and stepped aside, "This is your room. Mine is right next to yours," he pointed to the room at the end of the hall that was to the right of her room. "Temari and Kankuro's are down on the other end of the hall. I knew you wouldn't want to be near Kankuro with what happened the last time we stayed at your house."
She pouted and crossed her arms, "He shouldn't have tried to spy on me when I was taking a shower."
They both remembered how she had tortured him after that and both let a small smirk grace their faces. Gaara shook his head then walked over to his room, "If you need anything, just knock."
He was about to go into his room when a warm hand caught his wrist, he looked down surprised that his sand let anything touch him, then glanced up to where Nitsu stood with a confused face, "When's dinner?"
"In a few hours," he mumbled as she slowly took her hand away. He could still feel the warmth where it had been.
She smiled and nodded then bounced away and into her room happily, leaving the red head standing out in the hallway confused. Whenever he would be around her, he would have these weird confusing feelings in his stomach and his heart would beat faster like he was expecting an attack.
When they were in Konoha, it had happened after he had kissed her cheek subconsciously then went and talked with Tsunade about it. She had just chuckled and said that it was normal for him to be feeling like that around Nitsu and that's when she had suggested Nitsu visiting Suna for a few weeks.
It didn't take long before Nitsu was bugging Kankuro and Temari until they were on the verge of strangling the hyper girl. They were all seated around the table eating when Nitsu had a random bored thought and held her roll for a few seconds, just long enough to get Temari and Gaara's attention, then threw it as hard as she could at Kankuro's head, sending him toppling backwards and sprawled out in the floor.
Temari busted up laughing and Gaara let a small smirk pull at the corner of his mouth as he watched the brown haired kunoichi raise up slightly and peek over the table, "I didn't know that kitty cats could fly like that." She pouted and plopped back down with her arms crossed, "But it wasn't that impressive though."
Kankuro got up and glared at her, "What in the hell was that for Nitsu!"
She shrugged as she stood up and began to walk away, but glanced over her shoulder with a devious smirk, "Just for my own personal amusement."
He gapped at her as the other two siblings blinked as she put her plate away and made her way back up to her room with a sigh. She really was bored though. She had wanted to visit for a while since it had been several months from her last visit but now she didn't have anything to do. She knew that she was getting on her hosts last nerves. Well, at least Temari and Kankuro's but she had no clue about Gaara's.
She sighed as she walked up the stairs towards her room with her head down and hair hiding her eyes and mumbled, "I guess since he hasn't kicked me out or killed me is a good sign. But I don't know how much longer I'll probably be here. They'll only take so much more of that until they tell me to leave. I just better not get my hopes up." A slight breeze caught her attention and caused her to look over and noticed an open window.
Perking up, she went over and noticed a ledge that led up to the roof.
Quietly, she made her way up and laid down in the center of the roof as she stared up at all the stars that were visible. Her dark brown eyes grew hazy as she stared out into the dark vast space as the stars twinkled back at her. Her hair splayed out around her danced softly in the wind as she took a deep breath then sighed deeply and let all thoughts leave her head.
Gaara watched quietly from the side of the roof. He had came up there to think like he normally did, but he noticed that someone had already beat him there. He was close enough to notice the glazed over look in Nitsu's eyes as she stayed still until he caught sight of something.
Nitsu sighed again and slowly wiped the tear that had escaped away and draped her arm over her eyes, "I guess the stars will have to listen to me tonight." She spoke so softly that Gaara thought he was hearing things until she took her arm away and stared up at the twinkling dots again, "They don't want me in Konoha. I've heard them talk when they thought I didn't," her laugh was hollow, "I'm a nuisance and can't do anything right. I think the only reason they put up with me is because my parents were strong and the only reason why Naruto is close is because he feels sorry for me," she sighed and slowly closed her eyes, "But that doesn't mean I'm safe."
The red head stayed silent as he listened to her confessions with big eyes. He didn't know any of that. He always thought that the people in Konoha loved her. He looked back to see her eyes focus on a bright star. Her dark brown eyes slowly began to glow until they were an eerie purple colour. "I doubt they would want me here either. I get bored too easily and would get on their nerves until they sent me away." She lifted her arm up and stretched her hand towards the star, a silver mist began to form in her hand until is was in the shape of a ball, "Why is my chakra so different from everyone else's?" She stared at the ball as she brought her hand closer to her face, the light from the ball made it easier to see that she was still crying.
Gaara stared as she closed her hand and the silver ball seemed to shatter into nothing but dust. "Kankuro and Temari already can't stand me," she sighed and closed her eyes, "But I guess I brought that on myself with how much I tease them. But I'm sure they're only being tolerant of me because Gaara hasn't done anything yet. I bet if he were to tell me to leave those two would be helping me pack." She opened her glowing purple eyes again and took a deep shuddering breath, "I don't know how much more he can stand of me either." She chuckled dryly, "I'll bet when my weeks here are up and I have to go back, they'll all be so happy."
The red head narrowed his eyes as Nitsu glared darkly at the stars, "I wish you could talk back to me. Tell me what to do. It seems I don't have anyone to go to for help." Her eyes lit up as a shooting star went by and closed her eyes, making her wish. Gaara watched as she opened her eyes again, their original colour back. She closed her eyes again and breathed out, "I wish there was someone meant for me out there, someone that wouldn't let me leave."
Gaara quietly walked back into the house and into his room. Just as he shut the door, he heard Nitsu walk to her room and shut her door quietly. He would need to figure something out.