Recap: They continued to feed the baby until there was no more of the mush. Tsuki let out a content sigh and snuggled in Gaara's arms and slept comfortably. Gaara brought her closer to his body not only in benefit for her but for his reassurance that she wouldn't go away like all the other people that supposedly 'cared' about him. He closed his eyes and vanished in sand, with Tsuki still in his arms, and reappeared on a thick sturdy tree branch. Tsuki was still wrapped up in Temari's blanket so Temari just stole Kankuro's blanket and went to sleep against a tree. :End:
"I'll go ahead and inform Kazekage-sama of the child." Baki informed then disappeared in a poof of smoke. Gaara was cradling Tsuki in his arms and stared blankly were Baki once stood. The tyke giggled and played with his white sash.
"Da!" Exclaimed the cheerful baby which earned Gaara and his siblings to look down at her. She pointed at Gaara and exclaimed yet again, "Da!" This caused Gaara to raise an eyebrow at her; not understanding what she was saying or if she was just overly excited and was yelling out baby talk.
"U-um, Gaara? I think she's calling you her father..." Temari said sheepishly knowing that the concept of the word 'father' was touchy with Gaara. The corners of the redhead's mouth went down and he looked over at Temari as if he didn't understand.
"Why would she think I was her father?" Kankuro watched from behind Temari with wide eyes thinking the baby was going to die for sure and so was Temari.
"W-well I think it's the way you're treating her. A-and saying the word 'Da' which in her terms mean 'father' she's showing that she thinks you are the one who is going to be her male model, I guess you could say, and that she's showing her affection for you." Temari stuttered a couple of times but she was getting better at not talking to him with her sentences all jumbled.
Kankuro was astonished. Gaara hadn't killed the toddler nor Temari and he didn't even get the slightest bit angry about the child calling him 'father'. 'What exactly is that baby doing to Gaara. What will happen when father finds out about this?' Kankuro thought worriedly
"Daaa!" Tsuki exclaimed yet again then berried her face into Gaara's sash; her tail wagged happily and she purred loudly showing she was just ecstatic at that point and time. Gaara's eyes softened just a bit at the innocent angel and he moved his thumb in comforting circles on her small arm causing her to purr even louder and to rub her face into his sash even more to show even more affection for him.
'I wish I had my camera!!! This is the sweetest thing I've ever seen!' Temari squealed in her mind and repressed a giggle. Kankuro held a small smile on his purple painted lips. Gaara suddenly looked ahead on the road back to Suna no Sato.
"Let's go." He ordered coldly with out looking at his siblings. He started to run with his siblings slightly behind him on both of his sides.
Tsuki squealed in excitement as they started to jump from tree to tree, she peeked over Gaara's arms to look at Kankuro and squealed again and waved at him happily. Kankuro's eyes softened and he offered a small smile and wave. She giggled when she saw him wave back at her and grinned showing her sharp canine teeth that were now just peeking threw her gums. When Kankuro saw the canniness he knew she was teething now. Gaara looked down at her and saw how happy she was with him and it made him feel warm and, well, happy too.
After a few hours of running threw the forest Gaara looked down to see tears building up in the tyke's eyes.
"Fooo! Wa Foooo!!!" She wailed. They stopped in the clearing, Kankuro quickly went to find kindling to start a small fire, Temari went to find wild, non poisonous, mushroom and fruit, and Gaara went to the small stream that was near by the clearing. Tsuki whimpered in hunger so Gaara made is quick to get a decent sized fish to give her. Once he caught one he came back to the clearing to see the fire already started and Kankuro just finishing skinning the bark off of a strong stick that they would use to cook the fish and mushrooms on. Temari stepped out of the bushed with two small honey mushrooms and three ripe figs. Gaara set the still whimpering Tsuki in to a bed of freshly made sand and started preparing the fish while Temari put the mushrooms onto a stick by the fire to cook. Once he finished with the fish he put it on the other stick and started cooking it. Temari took one of the figs and skinned it with a kunai then cut a piece and fed it to the hungry baby.
Kankuro reached for one of the figs but Temari slapped his hand away. "Those are for Tsuki so she won't be too hungry so we can get back home faster to get her more nutritious things to eat."Temari snapped at him. Whine. 'Huh? Oh right she wants more food.' Temari cut another small piece of fig and kept repeating the precess till Gaara prepared the food and it was ready to be fed to the toddler. Gaara fed her and then they got back to running back to Suna. After an hour they were in the miles and miles of endless sea of tan. Temari had covered Tsuki up with a light brown cloak to protect the tyke from the sun's harmful rays.
They saw the gates of their village just up ahead. Once inside the gates they waisted no time getting to their home. Their home was a large mansion that was located near the Kazekage tower. When they entered they were met by the Kazekage's half covered face.
"You brought a child." He stated, "Did you kill her parents Gaara?" The appalling man had mockery in his voice. The toddler made a sound from underneath the cloak and wiggled in Gaara's arms.
Gaara glowered at the man with hate in his eyes. "No, I found her," Gaara narrowed his eyes, "If you even touch her or one of your followers touch her. I. Will. Kill. You in the most painful way possible." The demon possessor's voice was dangerous and low.
The disgusting(A/N: You can tell pretty much that I don't like this man. But who actually does?) man smirked, although you couldn't see it. "I don't intend to. I even made a nursery for her next to your room. Though her sleeping courters are in your room." Gaara grunted in response. 'Good. Gaara will raise this new demon girl and she will be just like him. The sand village will have two weapons and we will be the most powerful village.'
Gaara walked up the curving stair way and up to this nursery to check it out. The door was a pretty dark indigo color with the words 'nursery' printed in shiny gold cursive. Gaara opened up the door to see sky blue walls with large Violet, almost white, diamonds decorating the walls. The cradle was a wooden white with a fluffy light Violet pillow and fluffy covers. The floor was a very pale baby blue with purple polka dots of random sizes. There was a changing stall that was once again white, that was across from the door it also had a floor lamp and window next to it. A couch of white with a tint of blue was across from the cradle. Next to the couch was a floor lamp and next to that was a book shelf filled with children books. Next to the cradle was white, french, closet doors that led into a walk in closet. In the middle of the closet was table to change the tyke's clothes on. There was a hamper to throw dirty clothes in, a chest filled with loads of diapers in it, and then there were racks upon racks of baby clothes. The clothes consisted upon pajamas, dresses, shorts, shirts, skirts, pants, and tank tops and not to mention the loads of shoes for her and the hats and headbands.
"Mmf, aa? Daaa waa??? Mmah!" Came noises that only a confused and annoyed baby could make. Gaara looked down and realized she was having a battle against the cloak. Chuckling quietly he lifted the cloak to see Tsuki pouting. He scratched lightly behind one of her ears and the toddler forgot all about the cloak incident and leaned into his touch. "Daaaa..." She murmured contently.
Remembering his father had said her sleeping courters were in his room he walked over to his room. Looking around he saw that it was still its normal sand colored walls with black out line and a cherry wooden floor with piles of sand every where. His bed still had its black comforter and sand colored pillows and sheets with maroon outline. The only thing different was that there was a cherry wood changing stall with a container of diapers at the bottom and a cherry wood cradle with sand colors pillows out lined in maroon and a sand colored comforter out lined in maroon.
Just at that moment Tsuki yawned. He transported one of her pajama outfits into the room with his sand an put her on the changing stall. First he put a clean diaper on her then he put the lavender footy pajamas on her and then added the lavender night cap with little paw prints along the border. By the time he was done changing her she was already sleeping peacefully. A small smile (A/N: Yes smile isn't it amazing!) pulled at his lips and he stroked her baby soft face in affection he had never felt before.
"My child..." He whispered as he brought her into his arms and carried her over to the cradle and tucked her in. He paused for a minute thinking something was missing then he remembered an old bear he used to play with when he was a child, it had always comforted him. Walking over to the dresser were the bear sat on top of he brought it over to the tyke and let her latch on to the raggedy bear in her sleep.
Gaara smiled again; he felt completely content and happy with this child with him.