It was already his 3rd week in service and he can actually feel the pressure of being the Kazekage. Not only that, Shukaku is very noisy and annoying to him all the time. Gaara sighed as he straightened his back. He could hear the sound of his bones making some small crack. "This is a lot of paper works," he thought.

"Maybe I could finish this over 3 hours then I can take a break," he thought as he took a sip of his tea. He sighed as he put down his cup. "Begin," then he started to do it quickly.

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Isamu stared at the clock and pouted. "It's almost 6 am. I should go to the market without bothering them," she thought. The ebony-haired girl thought of serving her new family some lunch later. She figured out that before she comes home from grocery, they have finished their breakfast so she came up of having lunch instead.

She walked out of the compound gate and brought a small basket and a list of things to buy. Actually, it was her first time to buy grocery. She was so happy and when she came to a split road, her smile froze. "Wait, I don't know this place from here!!"

Isamu took the right road and saw some village houses. She smiled and put some confidence to herself. She really didn't remember the ways in the village, she just knew the compound and inside her house. In short, she just pretended to know. Stupid girl.

She saw an old lady sweeping the front of her house. She approached in a friendly manner. "Ohayo baa-sama," the lady glanced at her and smiled. "Kazeka- Oh, Isamu-sama! Good morning," she greeted in a very old voice. "May I ask the way to the market please? I'm quite lost," Isamu said shyly. The lady knew why, actually the whole village knew why. "Just go straight then turn left then turn left again then right, turn around then-" "Uhm, can you just draw a map here?" Isamu interrupted since her brain was like formed into knots. She handed the lady her paper list and grabbed a pen somewhere. The old woman started to scribble down weakly.

She said good bye to the woman and faced her way. "Yes!" she whispered to herself. Her light green yukata swayed against the wind as she walked down the road. She looked at the map and was confident that it's correct. But deep inside herself, she doubted it.

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At last, he was done. He needed to go out of this four-walled jail. He neatly filed all the things on his desk and went out of the room. He walked along the carpeted hallways that lead to the exit. Everyone that passed him uttered some greetings but many of them sounded scared. He didn't mind at all as soon as he was doing his work well.

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Isamu kept on looking down the small map while walking. She knew this was so embarrassing but she didn't have time to think of it anymore because she was getting lost more at each passing moment. "Wait, there should be a dam here." When she looked, it was just a small puddle. She sighed, "She must have exaggerated it." She kept on counting her steps since it was indicated there. Suddenly, she bumped on something and fell on her butt.

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Gaara was walking down the street and breathing fresh air. The first dose of sunlight was good to feel in his pale skin. He looked up the blue sky and wondered if it was really made of water as what Kankurou always told him before. "I guess not," he thought. He kept walking while looking up when suddenly, something bumped on him. He heard something made a 'thud' sound. He looked down and raised a brow.

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"Ouch…," she murmured softly as she looked on the ground. When she looked, there was a pair of ninja sandals, then hem of a some kind of rob with a blue band in the center. "I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to," she said apologetically. She looked up and her eyes widened.

Ebony met teal ones.

She gasped in horror. She quickly stood up and bowed down. "Oh, I'm so sorry Kazekage-sama! I didn't mean to ruin your day," she said while bowing over and over again. She didn't noticed Gaara bent down to pick the paper she dropped. He studied it and figured out to be small, crooked and a non-existing map. He stared at the bowing girl.

"Is this yours?" he asked in a monotone voice. She looked up and quickly snatched the paper away from him. "Yes, it's m-mine," she nervously answered. He looked at her with slight confusion. "What is that for?" She grinned sheepishly, "It's a uh… A-A… A treasure map! Yes, that's what it is!" The redheaded Kazekage looked unconvinced. "Treasure map?" he murmured. "Yes, so I'll see you around Kazekage-sama!" she said happily after dusting off her butt and picking up her basket.

"Treasure hunting with a… basket?" He looked at her back as she walked away while obviously looking down at the map. He looked at Isamu, his now ex-sworn enemy. He was surprisingly not holding any grudges for her after all demonic things she has done to him. Instead, he sees her as a different person now.

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She walked for several minutes now. Good thing she started at 6. She walked down an alley and stopped. She laughed crazily then stopped. "This is a dead end!!!!" She looked disappointedly at the paper. Then she sighed. If she didn't have amnesia, she would've burned the paper and killed the lady. "Sigh, how can I get to the market this time?" she asked aloud. "Meow!" she heard and turned her head to the maker of the sound.

"A cat?" Isamu kneeled down and patted the cat's golden head. "Meow!" she giggled, "You're one cute kitty, hmm?" It purred and rubbed itself to her legs. She poked it in the head and it purred. "Oh, kitty, I'm lost," she said to the blonde cat. It purred them meowed. "You think you can help me?" Guess what, it miraculously answered, "Meow."

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Gaara secretly followed the black-haired girl behind. He knew it wasn't a treasure hunting she's gone to. So he followed. He saw her entered a dead end and he smirked, "I knew she's lost and that map's a fake." Then he heard her shouted but he couldn't figure what she said. He waited for her to come out and when she did, she saw a yellow cat.

He saw her kneeled in front of it and she even talked to it. The cat, to his surprise, sounded back to all her questions. Gaara can hear what they're talking about. "She was about to go to the market," he murmured.

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"Come on kitty, show me the way!" she enthusiastically said while raising a fist in the air. She was just like Rock Lee and Maito Gai. He started to follow them as they began walking. "Oh kitty! I know you can do it! Go, go kitty!" cheered Isamu.

But all her hopes died down when the cat ran to a trash bin. "Meow! Meow!" She sweatdropped and gave out a mushroom-sigh. She kneeled down and smiled sadly at the kitty, "I guess you can't help me after all." "I know the way," murmured a voice behind. She turned and saw Gaara himself.

"Gaa- Kazekage-sama…" she gasped. Her cheeks turned pink, "We're you following me?" she asked. "Hn," was his only answer. Oh no! He've heard my speeches, haven't he? She slowly erased the embarrassment off her face and murmured, "… Really?" But when she did, the Kazekage has walked ahead. "Kazekage, wait!" she ran to catch him and stayed behind him.