Here ya'll go! lol this is the first one in the Shippuden, i hope you guys like it, if you want, you're more than welcome to rate and comment. ^^

Disclaimer; I own NOTHING of Naruto, only Aiko

It seemed that time passed, Aiko turned 16, her hair stayed short, and her eyes never dulled, her skills sharpened and her wardrobe changed. She kept her black short shorts, but over them was a loose dark blue skirt that went to her shins and slit in the front from the bottom to the mid thigh, her tank top switched to a tan shirt that showed her stomach and her left shoulder and arm. Her head band was tied on the dark brown belt that slated to the right and to sum it all up; she had fingerless dark red gloves.

Although 16, she had reached the rank of Anbu and was considered one of the best, somehow in her opinion, and she was always by the side of the Kazekage, practically the personal body guard, even though he didn't need one..

Temari and Kankuro had reached jounin, and was ecstatic knowing that the shyest one on the team got higher than them, of course, no one got as high as Gaara, who was Kazekage.

It was a light summer day, and Aiko was walking around, making sure everything was in order, and stopped seeing Baki, she smiled, "Baki-sensei!" she said waving.

Baki stopped, and looked at the teen, and shook his head, "How did you become ANBU?"

She smiled, "By luck." She gave a slight laugh before looking at him, "Since you're here, that means the council let out?"

"Yes, we're going to have to tighten the security, Yura's going to make sure of that."

"Captain Yura won't let a fly by. It's cause of the Akatsuki isn't it?" she whispered, and when Baki nodded, Aiko frowned, "I guess I'll have to be on my guard then."

"Especially since you're guarding the Kazekage." Baki added, "You won't want another member with you?"

"Oh please, like Kazekage-sama would allow it, he already gets annoyed that I have to be around him when he walks home." She gave a slight chuckle, "Speaking of which, I need to go find him, thanks for the heads up Baki-sensei." She said waving and going off.

Aiko walked lightly, and reached the Kazekage's office in no time, and opened the door, and smiled, "Kankuro!" She didn't hesitate to hug the guy, "Long time no see!" She then noticed someone was missing. "Hey, where's Kazekage-sama?"

Kankuro shrugged, "He's probably taking his good ole time getting here since he knows your going to be here looking over his shoulder 24/7." He joked.

Aiko stuck her tongue out, "You're just jealous."

A laugh escaped Kankuro's lips, and he bent down so he was eye level with the girl and extremely close to her face, "Aiko, that's a lie right there, you're more of a sister to me, you know that."

She only smiled, "But you could be the protective brother type."

Kankuro stood straight now, shaking his head, "It's a wonder you don't drive Gaara insane."

Aiko frown, and crossed her arms, "That's hurtful."

"Well who said I was nice?"

"True."

"What are you two doing?" A voice said.

Kankuro and Aiko looked to the door, seeing none other than Gaara. Aiko smiled, "Good Evening Kazekage-sama."

Kankuro patted Aiko's head, "Just making sure your bodyguard here doesn't kill herself."

Aiko's face dropped and she smacked Kankuro's hand away, "I'm not THAT klutzy!"

Gaara only shook his head as the two started to argue, then walked by them, going to his desk, and completing the large paper work. After a while he got fed up with the two, "Is there any certain reason you're here?" He said specifying to Kankuro, since he knew Aiko's reason.

Kankuro blinked, then walked away from Aiko to go to Gaara, "Yes, wanted to know if this Akatsuki group is going to become here."

"We're not sure, but we're going to tighten the security around the boarders." Gaara spoke casually.

Aiko sat in a chair, "Besides, Captain Yura's already briefed his guards, with the tighten security, it will be hard for the organization to sneak in." She looked at the ground before her eyes rested on Gaara, 'Considering that they're after Gaara..' She closed her eyes, then leaned back, before opening her eyes, revealing her slits.

She started to zone out, able to see the whole village, 'No one out of the ordinary, no one new. More people at the entrance, seems Captain Yura didn't waste anytime.'

"Aiko. What are you doing?"

She snapped out of it, her eyes returning to normal, now seeing it was only her and Gaara, "Oh, nothing Kazekage-sama." She said smiling.

"You were scanning the village again weren't you?" He said, now going back to his paper work.

She gave a slight smile now, "Um.." She took her role now, "Kazekage-sama, you know, with the Akatsuki on the move, it's only right that everyone, including me, be on guard." She hesitated the last part, "Especially since you're the one they're after.."

Gaara looked at her, and she cringed back, afraid of him to scold her, but he only looked down to his paper work, "But we'll also deal with it when it comes up, I don't want anyone straining themselves on protecting me."

She gave a slight sigh, "Kazekage-sama.." She shook her head, and walked over to him, looking over his shoulder, "You know as your friend, I'm going to be worried."

He didn't turn his head, or respond, he knew he shouldn't argue with the girl.

Aiko smiled, then stood up before something hit her, and Gaara only heard a thud behind him.