Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and Aya Natsume of Tenjuo Tenge,

I just love Aya Natsume so I got this crazy idea of cross over pairing her to Gaara

Things will be a lot different starting this chapter, Hope you guys like it! Enjoy reading!

-Shishucoh-

Chapter Five: Gaara's Ultimate Distraction

"I made this dummy scrolls for the practice Gaara-sama, I made exactly the same pattern of the original scroll that you need to break, this is to avoid the original scroll from breaking because you need to unseal it perfectly at one single instance." She said while placing the dummy scroll in front of the Kazekage, that is currently sitting indian sit right in front of her.

"How did you manage to copy the exact marking and sealing of my father's scroll?" Gaara admits that he's very well impressed at the female konoichi, and the way she prepares things is all in a proper order.

"My mother taught me every single detail of all types of seals and markings of five great nations, and honestly, It took for about six years for me to get familiarized and memorize all of them, and this one is an ancient, one of the hardest thing I ever learned from my mother." For the second time, her heart jumps when she saw the smile on his face, she can see the amusement on the way he look at her, she just smile back at him as she continued.

"My mom is pretty strict when it comes to training, since this is job is my family Legacy, I have to be perfect, because I am the only one left to continue and past this knowledge to others, so.. are you ready Kazekage-sama?"

Gaara just nodded in response, not taking his eyes of her face.

"I'm pretty sure that you are already familiar with the hand seals, for this scroll we're going to perform twenty fast hand seals just follow my steps and get yourself familiarized in exact order." She began to perform the hand seals, she started it slowly at first to make the Kazekage catch up with her, they are both serious for what they are doing specially Aya, she made sure that the red hair Kage follows her order properly, there are instances that he misses a single seal,but she patiently continue to coach him in her very own gentle manner.

"This is harder than I thought." Gaara supposed.

"You're doing good Kazekage-sama, this is just normal for the first time, honestly you are a real fast learner than I am, mom almost rans out of patience when she taught me this, would you believe that I took three long days performing this twenty hand seals." She said with a soft chuckle as she go on with the hand seals, unsurprisingly Gaara manage to memorize the hand seal faster than she expected. That inspires her to go on to the next level of their training.

"I told you, this will be just a piece of cake for you Kazekage-

"Just call me by my first name Aya, there is no need to be formal." He cuts,

"I just want you to be more comfortable in this training." He added

A genuine smile flashes on Aya's face, feel much at ease with the humble Kazekage in front of her.

"No wonder that you became a Kazekage at your age Gaara-sama, you are such a humble person, my brother told me a lot of things about you, and he is right, you are such a wonderful person." Gaara just stare at her, examining himself for this unfamiliar feelings that growing inside him towards this girl, admiration he suppose by her straight forwardness and sincerity that he can see through her beautiful auburn orbs. They continue the basics over and over until he masters the twenty hand seals as fast as she performs, Aya just can't hide her gladness about the result.

"It seems that we can finish this faster as I am expected, you're doing really great Gaara! Let's proceed to the next step?" Gaara nodded in response, but his thoughts was occupied on the last thing that she stated, on the back of his mind there is something that telling him that he doesn't want to end this so soon.

"Place your hand to the scroll like this." His whole being froze at the moment when she holds both of his hand and place it about an inch to the scroll, he can feel the softness of her hands, her gentle touch made him sense the strange feelings inside him that made his heart beats faster than usual.

"Relax." She said, slightly pressing his hands as she look directly on his eyes, she's still holding his hands, The Kazekage held his breath watching her as she close her eyes and concentrate, he just keep on staring at her, her long lashes, small pointed nose, pouted lips he mentally shook his head for such a distraction.

"Relax Gaara-sama I can't control our chakras."

She ordered still eyes closed. But he couldn't stop himself upon staring at her freely, feeling the softness of her hands, Gaara is starting to hate himself for being unfocused, confused and he just hate the feelings that blocks his concentration for this training.

"Please Gaara-sama relax yourself, concentrate on the chakra flows in my hands we have to avoid to wrecking the scroll with the one single wrong move."

She manage to say while continue to flow her chakra on the dummy scroll, her eyes are still close, sweat are beginning to came out of her forehead. To her dismay, the dummy scroll shatter because of imbalance chakra control. She just sighs and regains her composure and set another dummy scroll. Gaara quietly blame himself for the first failure.

"I guess you have to watch me first."

She said calmly and shot a soft gape at the slightly stunned Kazekage, she then quickly perform the twenty hand seal then placed her hands over the scrolls, eyes closed Gaara literally saw the chackra flowing all over the huge scroll coming from her hands then she perform another hand seals he got astonished because he can't count on how many hand seals she performs this is definitely different from the first one and she's fast, the chakra flow from her hands are consistently glowing and very well balanced after the numerous hand seals she opens her eyes and clunk the scroll with excessive amount of chakra The Kazekage feel the strong amount of control that came from her and in just a blink of an eye, she manage to break the seal.

Gaara is undoubtedly confident to himself that he can actually learn to do that, but not for now, he hates to admit that he is not in the proper disposition right now.

"Concentration is very important here Gaara-sama." She spoke placing her left hand to her chin.

"I can feel that you're distracted, are you okay?" The red haired leader slowly shook his head.

"Sorry, maybe I was just tired, haven't rested since the day we arrive." His statement is true to be more like an alibi.

"I'm sorry Aya-chan, can we just continue this training by tomorrow? Maybe I need time to rest."

Aya just froze, felt a little puzzled by his sudden change of mood, she just remains silent while watching him rose and quietly leaves the room.

"Hey Aya what happened?" She didn't even noticed that Ino and the others already entered the room.

"What happened to the Kazekage? He looks kinda upset, is there something happened?" Ino repeats, But she chose to remain silent, thinking about what happened, did she done something wrong, said anything wrong to that made the Kazekage upset? She can feel that there is something, but she can't figure out what has gone wrong.

"I don't know…. Maybe… I'm not good enough.." She murmured, almost a whisper but didn't escaped from the ear of the three shinobis in front of her.

"I just go outside need some fresh air." Aya gradually rose and get herself out of the room, leaving the three shinobis wonder even more about what has really happened.

"We were doing just fine… I wonder what happened." Mentally asking herself while walking on the main street, she can clearly remember their change of smiles, the light atmosphere just before they started the training a while ago, truly she is offended.

She just found herself sitting on the wooden bench in front of the training ground, not sure how long she's been sitting there, just blankly watch the golden sunset as she let herself to have a deep breath.

"Aya-chan, it's going to be dark soon, let's go back to the building." It was Kiba, she's fully aware that she's been followed, she can also sense Ino and Neji nearby, silently thanking them for giving her enough privacy to be alone, although she knew that they are watching her, she smiled when Akamaru draw near to her giving her a puppy eyes as if begging for her to go back at the building, another deep breath and she stood.

"Okay! Let's go."

xXx

"What happened? Come on girl speak up!"

Ino just can't stand her quietness any longer, they just had their dinner without any single word coming from the auburn girl, and they got a whole body spa from the nearby salon expecting that she will speak up but nothing happens and now they are just about to sleep in their room, hell that she knows that neither one of them wants to sleep. The determined blonde march herself towards her direction and sat beside her on her bed.

Aya just let out a small sighs. "Nothing, I just got a little upset." She said coldly that made the blonde konoichi raise her brow.

"Why? Did the Kazekage harass you?" That statement made her on state of panic.

"No! It's not like that!" now she's blushing like crazy.

"Did he kissed you?" Ino said mockingly enjoying herself teasing the auburn konoichi and watching her face redden like a ripe tomato.

"Of course he didn't do such thing!"

"Then why are you blushing?"

Aya pouted and gave her friend a light tap on a shoulder.

"It is because it's not what you think!" The light blush was still on her face as she spoke.

"Well, I got upset because of his sudden change of mood, were doing quite well at the start, then later on I feel that he became distracted and out of focus then just leave, ordering me to continue our training by tomorrow, It seems to me like he doesn't want my way of teaching I feel offended about what happened." Before Ino could say anything she continued.

"Then he said that he's tired and haven't got any sleep since we arrived, I know this may sound unusual but I have a feeling that… that was a half lie.. I can sense it.. I'm not that dim witted."

Ino couldn't help the playful grin on her face upon hearing the story. For she already know the possible answer.

"Blame yourself for being so gorgeous!" then the blonde laugh that made the other girl confuse again.

"Nani?" Ino placed her hand on the puzzled fellow konoichi.

"Get over it Aya, it has nothing to do with your teaching skills I'm pretty sure."

"Then what was it?" Ino rolled her eyes as she rose and get herself to her own bed.

"Don't make things hard for you Aya, there are certain things that you might don't understand yet, but in time you will realize why is this happening." The blonde said meaningfully. Aya just remained clueless.

"Just get over it okay? Just continue your job and stop imagining things, he's right he haven't have any rest since the day we arrived."

"I'm not imagining things, but perhaps, you are right, I just have to focus myself on this mission." Aya noted to herself.

xXx

On the next morning, Aya had an immediate call from the Kazekage's office; she rushed herself quickly with her materials. She made sure that everything is well prepared. She quietly vowed at the red haired leader in front of her. She already made up her mind upon being serious about this training and refrains herself for thinking about other things.

"Are you ready Kazekage-sama?" Gaara stiffened upon hearing her serious voice. He nodded not taking his eyes off the auburn lady, silently frowns when he noticed the coldness of her voice and the seriousness of her aura.

"Let's get started." She said casually and strides towards the training room, fully aware of the Kazekage's presence at her back. Once they got there, Aya lead him to sit down in front of the dummy scroll that she created, she then sat to face him.

"Let's begin with the seals Kazekage-sama." They started to perform the seals, and unsurprisingly Gaara manage to perform it perfectly.

"Nice, it seems that you already mastered the seals, next were going to perform the chakra balance." She said without even looking at him. Or avoiding the Kazekage's stares to be exact. She grabbed his hands and placed it to the dummy scrolls. She began to release her chakra in a very balanced manner, channeling it in his hands. To her surprise, Gaara managed to balance his chakra just like what she did.

"You're doing great Gaara-sama, just continue what you are doing." She let go of his hands and watch him carefully.

"I'm sorry about yesterday Aya-chan." Finally the Kazekage spoke that made her froze for a moment, she let out a deep breath as she landed her sight to his green orbs. She could feel his sincerity through his voice that made her smile softly.

"You don't have to apologize Kazekage-sama, I understand that you're tired, well good thing that you chose to rest, and you're doing great this time." She replied in her usual manner, surely that apology brought back her senses. A genuine smile flashes on her face. That made the Sand leader to get stunned again, hell! He prepares himself for this, he already keep in his mind that he will never get distracted again, just like what happened yesterday. Heck he knows that his behavior got her upset and he hated himself because of that, for he doesn't want to see that coldness again in her trait.

"Keep your concentration to the scroll Kazekaga-sama." Gaara mentally frowns because of her formality, and somehow feeling stupid about what he feels right now, he is very much certain that this feeling is different, he never feels this way before specially in front of a woman. Surely, he's gotten used of dealing with his fan girls, by just simply ignoring or giving them a death glare. But he must admit. This one is totally different. Her innocence, her sweetness, her voice, her eyes, everything about her is way too different from the others. And that fact scares him for some reason.

"Kazekage-sama." She frowns, there's a slight complain on her voice. "Please concentrate."

He avoided her gaze and started to concentrate on his work. Fighting the urge to walk out again to avoid this unexplainable feeling that's slowly killing him. And it works! He managed to control his chakra the way it has to be done.

"See? I told you this is just a piece of cake! Okay let's proceed to the next step." Aya exclaimed cheerfully, getting pleased about the result of his training.

"I think we can make it by the end of this day! I'm so happy for your response Gaara-sama."

He couldn't help but smile upon seeing the happiness on her face, but a part of him is getting heavy thinking that this training will end up soon.

They began to perform the next step, the fifty fast hand seals that he managed to memorize in such a very short hour. That inspires the auburn beauty of this training, there's a glimpse of unexplainable happiness in her eyes that didn't escape from the Kazekage's sight.

"I'm so happy for the result of this training Kazekage-sama, I know it's too early to celebrate because we haven't finish the whole thing yet, but I'm really glad because we're doing this so fast than I'm expecting." She let out a sincere smile as she continued.

"I'm getting excited for the next step! I know your very strong Kazeka-

"Gaara will do." He cuts, silently enjoying himself by just looking at her childlike composure, the looks on her face is definitely priceless, the glows on her eyes and the sweetness of her smiles is way too much different from the others.

"O-okay Gaara." She said, still smiling at the sand leader.

"I'm going to give my best shot in this last part of our training, are you ready?" The Kazekage let out a small smile as he nods.

"Yes sensei." Aya frowns at his statement.

"Ah! Gaara-sama, don't call me sensei! It's so embarrassing! You're the Kazekage for kami's sake!" She pouted.

"But you are my sensei." That made the auburn pouted even more.

"Let just say that I'm not comfortable with that, just call me Aya okay? That will do."

Amused Gaara just nodded. "Okay let's proceed to the last step, this is the most complicated part of this training." She then again started with her serious tone.

"This requires a huge amount of chakra that you must perform perfectly well balance, watch me." She commanded as she gathers a large amount of chakra on her hands.

"Hold my hands." She ordered, the sand leader followed her instruction without hesitations, for he doesn't want to upset his 'sensei' again, he can feel the chakra flow from her hands, and he admits that he's impressed by her great chakra control, very well balanced but definitely strong.

"Can you feel it Gaara-sama?"

"Yes, this will require great amount of chakra, so I must learn this quickly before you get drained."

"It's alright, don't mind my condition, here it goes." A large amount of chakra engulf the whole scroll, that stunned the Kazekage by surprised, he never thought that this is way too strong that it will be needed this kind of excessive chakra, hell he doesn't want to waste another time for this, and he must return the effort of this woman that fully giving her best shot for this training, a part of him is urging him to make this a fast as he could, worrying about her physical condition if he fails.

"Darn it! Come on!" Aya mentally noted to herself, she must admit that her physical condition is not yet fully recovered; she can feel that her control is gradually decreasing. She closed her eyes and concentrates, after a couple of seconds she managed to break the dummy scroll. She let out a deep sighs in relief, smiling brightly as she wipe the sweats on her forehead.

"Aya.." Gaara gave him a concerned look, there's a glimpse of guilt on his face.

"Are you alright? Please don't push yourself too much."

"Don't worry Gaara-sama I'm perfectly fine, okay let's continue, we're going to start from the very beginning." She answered as she placed another dummy scroll.

"Let me do this, just watch and guide me, you already did this twice in a row." The girl just nodded and watches the Kazekage. Silently thanking him for giving her enough time to rest. Gaara manage to perform the first three steps flawlessly, he's now performing the final step.

"You can do it Gaara-sama." She spoke cheerfully, while watching him doing the best that he could.

Her eyes gone widen when he managed to break the seal, she was surprised and extremely happy for the result.

"Gaara-sama you did it!" She exclaimed with a very wide grin on her face.

"Yeah, I guess so.. did I- He froze when she suddenly gave him a warm hug.

"I'm sooooooooo happy! You did it!"

"A-Aya-chan." His heart pounded over a million times at this very moment, then she quickly let go of him realizing that she got carried away out of happiness.

"I'm sorry Gaara-sama I just got too excited about it." The sincere happiness is still visible on her face. Bringing back his composure the Kazekage smiled back.

"But I guess you have to do it again with the dummy scrolls until you manage to master it so that we can avoid some cracking problems with the actual scroll, is that okay with you Kazekage-sama?"

"I was just thinking the same way, but can we continue this training by tomorrow?"

"Hai! We consume a lot of time performing this, and I know that you still have a lot of things to do. I understand Kazekage-sama."

"And besides it's almost dinner time, thank you sensei." Gaara says enjoying himself to watch the auburn girl frowns.

"There you go again Gaara-sama!" She pouted as she rose to her feet, he soon follows and they both exits the room. Revealing Kankuro and Temari.

End of the Chapter

Wew! I'm starting to get a little bit of frustrated in this story.. I really have something really great in my mind but having a hard time to make it :(

I really need a Beta for this.

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