Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and Aya Natsume of Tenjo Tenge,
I just love Aya Natsume so I got this crazy idea of cross over pairing her to Gaara
This is just purely fan made story so don't sue me ok?
This is my first story ever! I don't mind critics.. I will gladly take that as a compliment :D
Warning: My English sucks!
Chapter Three: Meeting the Kazekage
"What?" Her eyes wide open in shock, Naruto gave him a slight press on her shoulder to calm her.
"You heard me right Aya, even though you were taken out of the hospital it doesn't mean that you are in capable of doing intense training with Naruto, I'm sorry but your body is not yet ready for it, you still have to undergo some physical therapy in order to regain your full strength."
She bit her lip in frustration, this can't be happening to her, damn she's yearning to show them the result of her hard training under her parents. Her fists tightly closed with rage. She really wanted to become a shinobi, and she just can't start because her body is not damn ready yet! Her features darkened as she looks down. Not bothering to complain anymore.
"Aya-chan." Naruto spoke slowly, worriedly staring at her.
"Don't worry, the therapy won't take long, as I discovered, your body is reacting perfectly fast to the medications just like your brother, maybe because of the Dragon's Eye, but forcing yourself may leave you again on a state of coma."
Aya just remained silent, her mind was too busy to react.
"Anyway, we found something at the chamber and I want you guys to take a look at it."
The Hokage pointed at large wooden trunk beside her desk.
"We tried to open that trunk, but its seal is too powerful to break, I hate to admit it but I myself is not familiar about that protector seal I never seen anything like that before."
"It's just a stupid guardian seal."
Aya said coldly as she draw near to the wooden trunk. She made a fast hand seals and decodes it effortlessly. Tsunade and Naruto jaws drop in shock. Eyes widen as they watch her open the trunk. The Hokage was amazed, she even called the best decoders of the hidden leaf to open that trunk but they all failed, But Aya did it in less than ten seconds.
"Nothing but Uzumaki Kushina's daughter." Tsunade told herself.
"For your information Hokage-sama, this was an ancient seal from Uzumaki Clan, mother taught me to decode simple stuff like this."
She said casually, Tsunade just shook her head and admitted to herself that she's impressed.
"Aya! You are so cool! You got a lot of things to teach me!"
She just shrugged and get the Rieki out of the trunk, she gently lose the sword's cover to reveal its flawlessly sharp blade.
"My Rieki." She could feel her chakra suddenly rises, she could feel the power of the Reiki, to her surprise the Ryugan activated on its own, revealing the Drangon's Eye.
"Aya! W-what the hell is-"
Naruto stood dead on his tracks seeing his sister sudden change of aura and eye color. Aya relax herself and deactivate her Ryugan.
"Damn sis! You are sooooooo cool! Tebayo! Is that your power? Seems like Hinata and Neji's byakugan! So you finally mastered your Ryugan are you?"
She nodded, and gazed at the stunned Hokage.
"This trunk belongs to my mother, can I take this home? Hokage-sama?"
Tsunade shortly glanced at the wooden trunk and nodded for approval.
"Sure, but let me check on it first."
The Hokage started to inspect the large wooden trunk, she saw a giant scroll and took it out, and she raised her brows on its unfamiliar markings and seals.
"What the hell this could probably be?"
Tsunade shot a short glare to Aya.
"The different markings comes from different types of seal, I can decode or break any kind of seal using that scroll."
She said quietly, there is no sound of boast, she just said it casually. That made the Hokage smile at her amusingly.
"You will be a great asset in Konoha, Uzumaki Aya."
She sighs sadly.
"But in my condition like this…. I don't think so."
She bit her lower lip in frustrations, she silently get herself out of the room. She hate herself for feeling so useless, she hates her condition and she hates herself for being so transparent in front of the Hokage and her brother.
She wanted to become a shinobi so badly, that was her greatest dream and she wanted it now, she can't help but to feel insecure to her former classmates, some of them are already a Jounin in such a young age like Neji and Shikamaru.
That thought made her upset even more, she just keep on walking her feet without really significant place to go, her mind was too occupied to notice the three sand shinobi passing on the other side of the hallway.
She did not even felt the cold wind that swiftly blew in the building, her golden brown hair strands danced gracefully with the breeze, allowing her striking blank face to reveal its darkened aura of sadness and frustrations.
That sight did not escape from the eyes of the Sand Shinobis, they can't help themselves but to stare. A certain light green orbs follows every single of her movements, stunned like he just seeing a gloomy goddess right before his eyes, he silently gasps as she stride to pass at them without any single word or even a nod, passing them as if they don't really exist. Kankuro let out a soft whisle.
"What a babe… that one is drop dead gorgeous!"
He's still looking at her, enjoying the view of her curves even she's gotten farther from them. Gaara just continue to walk to the Hokage's office, ignoring the weird feeling when he saw that beautiful familiar face.
Temari and Kankuro just followed him quietly both mentally smirking, did they just saw their little brother stunned for a beautiful woman for the very first time? Temari just shook her head and smug, now she knew his type. She couldn't help the smirk that forming to her face.
They were just about to knock when the Hokage's office door opened.
"Gaara!"
Naruto smiled widely when he saw the red haired sand shinobi with his siblings, he stepped backward, giving them space to enter inside the office. The Kazekage nodded in return, he gazed at the blonde Hokage's direction.
"You are early as I expected Kazekage-sama, please sit down."
Sabaku no Gaara and his siblings politely bow and rested themselves at the couch, Naruto was just about to leave when Tsunade told him to stay. So he did, he rested his back at the wall while observing the two Kages.
"As I have mention to my epistle Hokage-sama, I am here to personally ask you about this thing."
He handed her an ancient type of scroll. She frowned on its unfamiliar markings and weird ancient letters.
"We tried to decode it numerous times but we all failed, we found it on my father's grave, I think a lot of answers are inside that scroll, we can't trust it to anybody so I personally came here for your assistance Tsunade-sama."
The blonde leader shook her head lazily her eyes are still looking intently at the scroll.
"Sorry to disappoint you Gaara, but I have no talent on decoding such weird things like this. I'm afraid that I can't help you with this."
Disappointment suddenly appeared on the sand sibling's appearance.
"But I guess I know someone who can help you with this."
She meaningfully gazed at Naruto, and she couldn't help but to smirk on his wide grin as he got her message.
"I think this is my twin sister's time to shine! Hell yes! That scroll would be a piece of cake datebayo! I will get her, I'll be back in a minute."
He marched towards the door excitedly.
"Hold on a second Naruto!"
He stopped for a moment and gape at the puzzled questioning look of the three sand shinobis, he looked directly at the Kazege and proudly smug.
"Yes Gaara, she already recovered."
His answer made Temari and Kankuro more confused. They are not aware about Aya's existence, if there is someone who he really trusts the most that will be his best friend, Gaara. He already told him everything about her. And he's the only person he allowed to see her on the chamber when she was still on the stage of coma. If there is someone who is totally aware of Naruto's suffering for ten long years that will be the Kazekage.
"You have a sister?"
"I'll explain to you later, Kankuro I just have to find her and bring her here, she's kind of upset this time because of her condition, I hope I can find her easily.. I got to go.. see you guys later."
Naruto managed to say it before he leaves.
"Have you seen his sister Gaara?"
Temari raised her brows, getting annoyed for not knowing about Naruto's sister. Gaara's eyes widen when he remember the auburn haired beauty a while ago.
"The girl….. It was her!"
Temari and Kankuro's mouth dropped, eyes gone wide in shock.
"That gorgeous lady? Hell no!"
Kankuro feels like he wanted to faint. The Hokage just laugh. Later on, the door snapped open, Gaara secretly held his breath when he laid his eyes on her again, she's indeed gorgeous, and the white summer dress that she wore is just too way perfect for her curvy body. His thoughts were immediately cut off when the twins started to move forward to them.
"Gaara, this is my sister Aya."
The Kazekage gulped and mentally relaxing himself, but then, he managed to nod casually at the auburn beauty in front of him, Aya flashed him a soft smile, she had finally met The Kazekage, her brother told her everything about him and on how they became bestfriends after the Chuunin Exam incident.
"I heard so much about you, Kazekage-sama." She bowed in respect.
"Aya, this is Temari and Kankuro."
The blonde konoichi smiled at her widely and shot a meaningful gaze at the blushing Kazekage, while Kankuro is too stunned staring at her.
"Please to meet you, Temari-san, Kankuro-san."
"What a sweet voice you have Aya, nice to meet you too." Temari sincerely spoke as she continued
"And you are unexpectedly beautiful, good thing that you don't look like your brother."
Aya blushed with a small laugh.
"Thank you Temari-san."
"Eh! What do you mean by that Temari? Tebayo! You are just not aware how irresistible I am! Girls gone crazy over me!"
" Yeah Right!"
The sand kunoichi scowl at him sarcastically, that made them all laugh, they were just interrupted by the Hokage's slight clout on her table.
"Aya, I would like you to check this weird looking scroll."
She drew closer to the table and took the scroll, she stares at the marking and seal before she gazed at the Hokage, a nod from her answers her question, and she quickly form a hand seal to decode the scroll. A whirl of smoke surrounded the opened scroll. She frowned in disappointment.
"Just as I've thought…" Aya spoke and gazed at her brother.
"Will you please get my scroll in the house? I can't decode this thing without it."
Naruto scratches his head in her sudden command he's hesitant at first, but when his sister gave him a sharp glare he rolled his eyes and leave.
Tsunade arched an eyebrow.
"So Aya? What the hell is that thing?"
"Based on the markings and signs, this is definitely an ancient scroll from Suna, I believe that this was owned by the first Kazekage and should be passed to the next generation Kages of Sunakugure."
"We found it from my father's grave, he is the fourth Kazekage, do you have any idea about what is inside the scroll?"
She just shrugged and shook her head.
"I never encountered this type of seal before, but I will try my best to decode it."
They all patiently waited for Naruto, while waiting, Aya performed another hand seal, trying her second option of decoding the ancient scroll, and to her surprise it works! The scroll just opened. But she abruptly stopped when she discovered the content of the scroll. She glance at the Hokage's puzzled face.
"This is an ancient forbidden technique; this is a powerful jutsu that only the past Kazekage can possess."
She squinted at Gaara.
"The person who will completely take off its seal will possess the power."
She sighs deeply as she continued.
"Even if I can, I don't have the right to decode it… I'm sorry Kazekage-sama, but I think you are the only person who has the right to crack this scroll."
Her statement made the young Kazekage stunned for a moment.
"Uzumaki Aya, this is your first mission as a leaf shinobi so listen very carefully!"
She stood dead on her tracks, her heart pounded in shock..
"My m-mission?"
She stuttered, excitement, happiness and mix emotions are starting to sink in to her system, Tsunade couldn't help but to smile on the excitement of her face.
"Yes, your first mission is… Teach Kazekage-sama to decode the scroll."
All of her grief and despair are vanished, the darkness of her aura changed into a bright and dazzling happiness, she couldn't help but to smile, she couldn't say anything, she's so happy finally the Hokage decided to entrust this mission to her, she was so busy on her thoughts without noticing the drooling gape from a certain red haired Suna leader.
"Damn she's beautiful."
Kankuro whispered, he growled when Temari elbowed him to his ribs and gave him a meaningful look and rolled her eyes to their younger brother, Kankuro nearly snigger when he saw Gaara staring at the auburn goddess. This is actually a big surprise for him and Temari, they never saw him like this before.
"Hai! Tsunade-sama."
Aya look down at the scoll again, studying every details of it.
"Excessive amount of chakra is needed upon decoding this scroll."
She again eyed the Kazekage and smiled at him.
"Decoding this scroll will be a easy Kazekage-sama, when do you want to start?"
"As soon as possible Aya-chan." Gaara answered casually, before he continues.
"How long will it takes before I able to learn how to decode that scroll? And you said that it will need excessive amount of chakra upon decoding it, so does it means that it will take time to be cracked?"
Aya slowly nodded.
"Yes, I will take time.. I'm sorry I know you have a lot of work as a village leader, but if you really want to-"
"It's fine, but I can't stay here in Konoha for that long, I need to get back to our village as soon as possible, I did not expected that this will consume a lot of time, I think I have to ask Hokage-sama if I could bring you with us in Suna."
Gaara took a quick glance at Tsunade, waiting for an answer.
"I will definitely let her go with you Gaara, but give her two days for her treatment, since you guys just came I think two days is enough for you to take some rest and time to brief each other about the scroll, I can't let her go without making sure of her physical condition, for your information Gaara, Aya is now undertaking some treatment after her long term coma, so I hope you'll understand."
Gaara stiffened for a moment; his eyes are still staring at the auburn beauty.
"How is her physical condition so far? Hokage-sama."
Tsunade let out a deep sighs.
"As of now, she's fine, but her body is not yet ready for a combat mission and she's still on process of therapy to regain her strength completely."
Tsunade narrowed her eyes to Aya.
"You need a lot of exercise and stretching before you travel and we have to perform your therapy as soon as possible to condition your body."
"Hai! Tsunade-sama."
"We will start the therapy after lunch, I'll see you at the hospital later."
"Okay, I'll be there."
She was about to ask another question to Gaara when Naruto suddenly appeared with the giant scroll.
"What took you so long?" Tsunade yelled with complete annoyance.
"Tebayo! This thing is heavy!" He growled and hand it to his sister.
"I'm going to Suna in two days time Naruto."
Aya told him excitedly, the blond boy raise his brow and eyed the Hokage.
"That's what you got for being late you baka! I'm sending her with Gaara for a mission."
"Isn't it too early for her to have a mission? How about her condition i-"
"Don't worry brother, everything is final so shut up." She gave him a warning glare, Naruto just gulp, not wanting to piss her off.
"Gaara-sama, would you like to get a rest first before we discuss?"
The Kazekage was about to answer when Tsunade interrupts.
"Perfect! I think you guys need to rest anyway it's almost lunch time I'll see you guys later."
Then the Hokage is gone with a smoke.
"Damn! That lazy old woman!" Naruto frowned and grabbed his sister's arm.
"I'm hungry lets have some ramen, you have to eat before the treatment."
He glanced at the siblings and grin.
"Join us, my treat… I want to celebrate for this little brat's first mission."
He fondly messed her hair.
"Stop messing my hair! I'm not a kid anymore!"
She pouted even more when he poked her in the forehead.
"Yeah.. your still my little sister, don't wet your sheets when you stay in Suna that would be very embarrassing-"
"Baka! I'm not a kid anymore!"
She blushed when she heard Kankuro and Temari chuckled.
"Just behave yourself when you arrive there, don't make anything stupid, stay away from boys, crash them if they touch you, you are not allowed to date and-"
"You're beginning to sound like mom!" She rolled her eyes
"So your brother here is overprotective?" Temari asked slyly, she again rolled her eyes
"Yes he is.. and he's treating me like I'm only six!"
Kankuro let out a small laugh.
"Even me, If I have a little sister that as gorgeous as you are, I will definitely be like Naruto."
"And what the hell is that suppose to mean?" Temari shot his brother a killer gaze.
"Temari-chan you are beautiful.."
Her comment was sincere enough to calm the raging sand kunoichi. They all proceed to Ichiraku. She sat at the vacant stool next to Gaara and rested her arms on the table. She set her eye on him, she simply watched him casually, and she noticed his pale skin that matches his spiky brick red hair, he has a light green eyes and a red tattoo on his left forehead. He's handsome.
Her eyes widened when he look back at her, their eyes suddenly met. Gaara was looking straight at her.
"Oh.. I'm sorry Gaara-sama… I just… ugh.. I'm sorry, I don't mean to stare."
She blushingly look at the different direction to avoid his gaze. She sighs and mentally scolded herself, why in the world does she feels like there's a bunch of butterflies on her stomach. She shook her head, totally annoyed by her weird feelings.
"Hey Aya! Are you alright? You're flushing, are you sick?" She blushingly shook her head.
"No.. I'm fine.."
The waitress arrived and served their food, she mentally sighed in relief.
So that's it for today..
I'm sorry for loads of grammatical errors..
I'm currently working on the next chapter…
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