A/N: I DON'T OWN NARUTO!! grumbles

Raising a Couple

Chapter 5 The Unexpected Visitors

After 2 long hors of negotiating, both the Hokage and the Kazekage have planned an excellent solution against the forces of El Niño. Tsunade had informed the officials about the plan and they resolved quick action immediately. Gaara shook hands with her as a way of saying thanks and left her office. He was very satisfied with the help Konoha will provide to Suna.

"So Gaara, what are you planning to do now?" Naruto asked him.

"The Hokage said I have to stay here for a while." Gaara told them. "She said she'll take care of the rest."

"That was very nice of Master Tsunade." Sakura smiled. "How long will you stay here?"

"About a day or two." Gaara said. "She'll be calling me whenever she needs some help. So I have to stay here."

"Where are you going to stay?" Sakura asked him. "There aren't any vacant houses here."

"I don't know." Gaara shrugged. "Anyway, it doesn't matter if I have to stay in someone's house or not."

"You can stay in my house if you want." Naruto invited him. "I have a triple-decker bed. I'm at the bottom, Sakura's on the highest part, and the middle bed's vacant."

"You and Sakura stay at one house?" Gaara asked them. "That was a surprise."

"I moved in his house when my parents let me move out of our house." Sakura told him. "I have to learn how to live without them."

"I see." Gaara nodded. "I'll be staying with both of you then."

"Alright!" Naruto cheered. "Come with us, Gaara! We'll show you our house."

"Umm… I'd better go." Shikamaru told them as he saw Chouji waving at him. "Chouji's already here."

"See ya, Shikamaru." Sakura waved at him as he left.

"Come on, Sakura!" Naruto dragged her. "We're going to show Gaara our house!"

"Okay, okay!" Sakura snickered. "Geez, what a hyper!"

Without them knowing, two villagers were spying at them from afar. It seems like they're not villagers at all. They're actually Tobi and Deidara, two members of the Akatsuki. They're planning to take the Shukaku and the Kyuubi of Gaara and Naruto respectively. With their successful infiltration to Konoha, they are now planning to get the said monsters at night. Lucky for them that the people they're looking for are staying in one house.

"Isn't this great, Deidara!?" Tobi exclaimed in delight. "Catching their monsters are easier than we thought it would be!"

"Really, why did I bother bringing you here in the first place?" Deidara sighed. "I could have done the same thing alone."

"Because Tobi is a good boy?" Tobi grinned at his partner-in-crime. "Yeah, Tobi good boy!"

"Whatever," Deidara said. "Anyway, we're going to infiltrate Naruto's house at night. You know what to do."

"Yeah, Tobi do!!" Tobi ecstatically nodded. "Tobi do!!"