When sound meets sand
Disclaimer; I do not own any sort of naruto character other than my own.
Chapter 9
Kazumi stopped, and blinked in surprise. She faced him. 'I-I love you too, Kankuro. How couldn't I? You're like my bestfriend.', she replied, still in shock,and full of denial. Kankuro shook his head. 'No, Kazumi. You don't understand. I love you. I love you so much. I loved you for three years.', he continued to confess. 'I've loved you since we had that talk after the chuunin exams.', he sobbed.
~ flashback, 3 years ago~
Kankuro sat on a roof, admiring the view of Kohona. He heard steps behind him. 'Who's there?', he yelled, throwing a kunai. It was a girl with deep,blue hair that was braided down her right shoulder. She wore an ANBU uniform, but had her mask off. 'Wow. That's pretty bad aiming for a new chuunin, dontcha think?', she said, stepping over the kunai that was poorly thrown to her. Kankuro shrugged, looking back into the horizon. 'Well, well. Look who it is, war paint from sunagakure.',she smiled, patting Kankuro on the head. Kankuro glared at her. 'What do you want, and how did you find me?', he asked coldly. Kazumi sat next to him and sighed. 'Well, for starters, this is my apartment's roof, so that answers how I found you.', she began, 'I don't want anything. I heard movement coming from up here, so I came to check it out.' Kankuro scoffed. She turned to look at him. His paint was smeared where the tears he cried had dripped down his face. Kazumi put a arm around his waist. 'What's wrong?',she asked, sincerely. The puppet master tensed when she put an arm around him. 'My own brother would kill me without a second thought. He doesn't see me as a brother, just another person that's against him.', he admited, letting his head hang. Kazumi tightened her grip around his waist. 'Listen,Kankuro. You're an amazing brother, Gaara just hasn't realized that yet. He's believes that everyone's out to get him, and thinks no one is at his side.' Kankuro started to tear up. 'But, he'll soon realize it. You just need to help him along the way,even if he rejects it, okay?.', she soothed. She saw a tear fall onto his lap. Kazumi pulled back her arm, and turned kankuro's head, cupping his chin. She wiped away his tears with her other hand's thumb and kissed him on the forehead. 'You have a beautiful smile. You should use it more often.', she implied. Kankuro blushed, then flashed her a small smile. He got up, and held a hand for Kazumi to take. She gladly accepted it,but as soon as she did, she was pulled into kankuro's arms for a hug. 'Thank you.', he whispered.
~end of flashback ~
Kazumi smiled and walked over to him, lifting up his head. 'You still have that beautiful smile. Why don't you show it to me one last time before I go to bed?', she whispered. Kankuro sniffled, and wiped away his tears, then gave Kazumi a weak smile. Kazumi's eyes narrowed. 'You can do better than that.', she giggled. Kankuro smirked at her giggle, then flashed her a full fledged smile. 'That's more like it.', she cooed, giving a soft peck on the cheek before leaving to her room. Kankuro fell to the floor in awe. He was head over heels now, even more Inlove than before.
Gaara stood at the top of the stairs, watching the little scene his older brother had created. He wanted to strangle him right then and there, but held back, afraid the noise might wake Kazumi, so he delayed it for the next day.
Kankuro woke up the next morning with butterflies. He was love-struck, even though Kazumi didn't say she had the same feelings or not. He didn't bother to put on his paint, or even get dressed. He twirled downstairs, meeting his crush in the living room. 'Good morning my beautiful blue rose.', he sang, twirling Kazumi around and stopping in a dipped, tango style. 'Why so happy, Kankuro? You're not even dressed.', she giggled. 'Because I have fallen hard for you.', he cooed. 'Well you better stand the fuck up.', barked a voice from the opened front door. Kazumi sighed, and released herself from kankuro's grip. 'It's Friday already? Kami, how time flies.', she sighed, flashing her younger brother a fake smile to hide her irritation. Shikamaru smirked, walking over to the two ninja's, and placing himself in between them. 'So, Kazumi, how was your week in suna? Did the tranny over here mess with you.', shikamaru said with a mischievous tone in his voice. Kazumi rolled her eyes, and Kankuro glared at him. The bluenette was about to speak, when Kankuro had beaten her to it. 'You shouldn't be censuring me, I'm not the one who kissed her.', the puppet master said causally. Kazumi shot him a look with hatred and worried-filled eyes. Kankuro winked at her, then disappeared in a puff of smoke. Shikamaru opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted. 'Gaara. It was Gaara.', she admitted, hoping to get out of a speech. Shikamaru only closed his eyes, and nodded. 'What a drag, big sister. You're stuck in a love triangle. Sounds tiresome.', he began, 'I'm afraid I don't have a speech for this one, my only advice is to follow your feelings.' Kazumi blushed, then looked down at her feet, shuffling them around. Her sibling put an arm around her shoulder, 'don't let it get to ya. Take your time on choosing.' Kazumi smiled. Shikamaru gave her the side of her head a kiss, 'go pack, we're leaving today.'
An hour or so passed, shikamaru already sealed her stuff inside of a scroll and was waiting at the front door. Kazumi took one last look at the room she had stayed in. *wow, it's only been a week, but it feels like I've been here for months.* she sighed. *how time flies.* she noticed that she still had Gaara's blanket. She walked over and folded it. 'I better give this back to him.', she whispered to herself. The kunoichi walked over to the kazekage's office, carrying the blanket. She knocked on the door politely, then she heard a stern 'yes' from the other side. 'Good morning Gaara, I'm leaving in a bit so I brought back your blanket you loaned me earlier this week.', she stated. The redhead's eye twitched. 'You can't leave yet! who's going to help me fall asleep now!?' he shouted. Kazumi leaned on the wall. 'you've been able to sleep on your own lately, without any help from me.', she stated. Gaara stood up, 'who's going to help me with this paper work?!', he retorted. Kazumi closed her eyes, and chuckled. 'You're a big boy, remember?' The kazekage growled, and gritted his teeth, trying to think of more reasons. Kazumi walked over, and sat on his desk. 'If you don't want me to leave, just tell me.', she teased. Gaara was still grinding his teeth, but relaxed. 'Kazumi. I want you to stay, please.' The bluenette smiled, jumped off his desk, and headed toward the door. 'Ooh, I wish I could, buuuut I can't.', she said somewhat sarcastically, opening the door. 'I'll make sure to visit though.', she winked, and with that, she was gone.
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Well, there you guys have it ^-^ chapter 9~ let me know what you guys think :3? Gaara or Kankuro?
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