Disclaimer: We all know by now that Naruto isn't mine!
Yosh!
"Suna, here I am!" Naruto exclaimed as they entered the sandy village.
"Excuse me but what is your purpose here?"
Naruto saw a Sand Shinobi standing in front of him.
"Tsunade-baachan wanted us to talk to Gaara and the council. She said they should know the things I want to know!" Naruto replied.
"Oh, we received a message from Hokage-sama a couple of days ago telling us two people will come in the future. They must be you. Please enjoy your stay," he greeted.
The two entered the village. Naruto jumped around in excitement. His answers were getting closer by the minute.
Kakashi watched him and stopped in front of the guard. He leaned to his ear and whispered a request.
"Tell Kazekage-sama not to give out any information of Jinchuurikis or anything close to that."
"Hai."
The guard leapt away. Another shinobi took his place.
The night sky disappeared and was replaced with the bright light of a new day. Of course, it couldn't be told in the basement. The light was on which kept the place bright. There were no windows to view the outside, making the bulb their only source of light.
"Byakugan."
Hinata had always liked the view of the morning, especially in Spring and Winter. She like how the snow sparkled beneath her and how the small birds fly around in the warm sky.
The view she was given was dull and grey but the insects and little creatures brightened it up. Grasshoppers hopped around. Small mammals licked the morning dew off the grass. It made her feel thirsty. There was only a small bit of water left in the bottle that she was given from last night's food.
She quickly grabbed it and gulped the water down. The wet liquid dribbled down her neck. It moisturised her dried up throat. It was a relief.
Tenten moved around on the pile. She tossed and turned and moaned and groaned until she fell onto the cold concrete ground.
"Huh, where am I?" she asked herself as she rubbed her sore head.
"You're in the basement with me, remember?"
"I remember."
The rubbing continued for a few minutes before she stopped. The door above opened after she stopped. Neji walked down the stairs.
"Hinata-sama," he started, "Hiashi-sama says that you are released."
Hinata sighed in relief. The basement seemed haunted to her. She could feel the presence of dead Hyugas surrounding her. She trembled a little at the hatred she felt from them. She stepped forward, wanting to leave as soon as possible.
"Thank you Neji-nii-san, Tenten," she said before leaving.
The guard at the entrance of the village was t the Kazekage's side, whispering the information he needed to know.
"Naruto? Why do I have to keep anything from him?" Gaara asked.
"I don't know. The silver-haired man told me not to give out any information of Jinchuurikis."
"I understand now. You may return to your duty."
The guard left leaving Gaara to think of what to do next. Kankuro walked to him. He was inside the room checking his beloved puppets.
"Gaara, what was that about?" he asked.
"It's Naruto," he replied. "Kakashi wants me to hide every bit of information of a Jinchuuriki."
"Why is that?"
"I suspect he may be a Jinchuuriki too. That would explain his behaviour of wanting to become Hokage so people in his village will acknowledge him."
"What is your decision?"
"I wish I could tell him but the request was from Kakashi which probably came from the Hokage," he answered.
"So you won't tell him?"
"That is correct."
"Shall I tell the council?" Kankuro asked his younger brother.
"Yes and be quick about it."
Kankuro did what he was told. He walked out of the room and quickened his pace outside. How could he not obey the Kazekage's orders?
His older sister watched him hurry by. She wondered what was going on but didn't bother asking. She wanted to see Gaara for a permission to see a special someone.
Knock. Knock.
"Come in," Gaara said dully.
Temari entered. She saw him sign important papers but didn't care. As she walked in, remembered what her brother had done to her.
-Flashback-
She walked to the exit of Suna. She couldn't wait to meet up with Shikamaru again. Her journey was stopped by Jounin. They grabbed her by the arms and legs and carried her back to the Kazekage.
She kicked and screamed and struggled to get out of their grip. Her large fan was out of reach and she couldn't do anything much.
"What are you doing?" she demanded.
"Kazekage's orders," was their reply.
Her eyes were wide in shock. What was going on? It was just a small trip to Konoha and a date with Shikamaru.
"Let go of me!" she screamed.
-End of Flashback-
"What is it?" he asked.
"I'm wondering if you'll allow me to see Shikamaru," she said.
"Him? No."
"Why?"
"I said it before, he's a lazy coward."
"He is not a lazy coward! Well, he isn't the coward part," Temari admitted.
Gaara continued on with his paperwork, not caring of what she was doing or saying. Her hand slammed on his desk hard making the piles of papers float to the ground.
"Why can't I see him? I'm older than you!"
"But I have more power than you. I am Kazekage and I'm supposed to protect you. Isn't that what siblings do?"
"Yes but he will protect me!"
There was a silent pause. Gaara needed to get the work out of the way and greet Naruto later on but with Temari in his face, that ain't gonna happen.
"Here's the deal, you leave me alone and you go to Konoha for a month," he said.
"Deal!" Temari agreed and left.
The Kazekage got out of his seat and gathered the fallen papers. If it wasn't for Baki-sensei, he would've been greeting his friend. He also wanted to talk to Kakashi after the conversation with Kankuro.
He found his office boring and dull. It was yellow, yellow and more yellow outside the window! It needed to makeover, and soon. While gathering the rest of the papers, he started to think of possible colours.
'White, too mental institution type, blue, nah, red, hmm…'
The door suddenly burst open. Along with it sprung out the blonde ninja of Konoha. The orange on his jumpsuit just made Gaara's office colour worse. It needed a serious makeover now!
His thoughts quickly sank deep into his mind as he watched Naruto grin his foxy grin and Kakashi slowly walked in as usual. Gaara finished collecting the fallen items and placed them on his desk. He was about to greet them but Naruto had beat him to it.
"Yosh, where are the books?"
Chapter 9 is done! Hehe, this story is going to be longer than expected! All well. Please review!