Chapter Three: Sleepless Nights
"Things are progressing nicely." whispered a cloaked man as he stood before his leader. "The trap is sprung. There is nothing that could go wrong now. Soon, we shall take over and nothing will stand in our way."
"Gaara. That girl you sent away with Sato. Are you sure it was wise to send them out in such weather?" Kankurou asked his brother after he came in that night. The rain was still going strong and Gaara had spent the day worried for his friend and, although he would never admit it, even to himself, the girl Sato called Shiyomi. It would have been wiser to have sent them out after the rain had ended but Sato was persistent to go and he must admit, he was also in a hurry to get the girl as fara way as possible. Her green eyes havent given him a peaceful nights sleep ever since she wandered into the village and now it would seem as if he would have to spend another sleepless night in worry. That girl was nothing but trouble and he should be glad to be rid of her but somehow, he couldnt help but miss her. He hadb een alone for so long, and had always dealt with it in his own way. Why now does that same lonliness threaten to crush him? Why should he keep seeing her angry eyes in his mind and regret their argument? It was all very new to him and he was confused as to what should be done.
"----aara?" His thoughts were interrupted as Kankurou said his name again, impatient this time. "Gaara. Are you listening?" He closed his eyes for a moment to gather hsi thoughts. "Im sorry Kankurou. What did you say?" Kankurou sighed and shook his head. "I asked you if you thought I should go after them. After all, Im done with that mission you assigned to me and so is Temari. We could catch up and go with the original plan. After all, we still dont know if this girl is a threat to anyone yet. We might only be adding our problems onto Konoha." Gaara wanted to rub his head, to see if the headache he's had for the last three hours would go away. "No Kankurou. Im sure Sato can handle the girl. You and Temari are needed here. Konoha arent the only ones in short supply of trained shinobi." Kankurou nodded. "Very well then. I shall go see the shinobi in charge of the missions then, and do what I can." Gaara nodded and Kankurou dissapeared.
Later that night, Gaara went to his room to lay down. He had seen the medical ninjas earlier and they had given him a potion to cure the headaches but the sideaffects had made him extremely drowsy, and for once his dreams werent haunted by the site of smiling green eyes.
The next day Kankurou caught up with Temari. She called out a greeting to him and he asked if he could talk to her while they ate lunch. She nodded and they went to the local ramen shop. Temari smiled. "Kinda reminds you of Naruto, huh? We owe him a lot." Kankurou smiled. "Ya. We do. Anyway Temari, I wanted to ask you something about Gaara..." A worried look flashed across her face and was gone again. "Is he ill Kankurou?" He shook his head. "Not that I know of, its just that ever since that girl was found, he's been acting strange..." Temari looked thoughtful for a minute and then a smile broke out on her face. "I see. I dont think we have anything to worry about Kankurou. Im sure Gaara will be fine." I hope... she thought to herself as she and Kankurou finished the rest of their meal in silence.
A/n: I apologize for the short chapter. Its late, and im surprised I could write anything at all. :P I can only do so much in a day and ive already written out chapter two as well. Again, my apoogies. Ill try to make later chapters at least 1000 words or more.