My computer is really starting to piss me off. It keeps freezing up and I have to keep restarting it. It wouldn't bother me so much if my computer was old but its almost brand new! Ugh! Stupid Technology. Well you are not here to listent to me rant about my messed up computer. Enjoy chapter 10. The begining isn't anything special but I like the end. Rei and Gaara have an interesting time in Rei's room during the night ;) Read to find out what I'm talking about. I don't own the characters in this story they belong to somebody else :(
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Chapter 10
Temari and Kankuro insisted that Rei stayed with them while she was in the Sand Village. After she had seen Gaara the first day she had went back to her room and slept for the rest of the day. The next afternoon Temari showed her around the house. Temari's room was next to the one she was staying in and Gaara's and Kankuro's rooms were right across the hall. The following morning Kankuro snuck her out to their private training grounds where they sparred for about a half an hour. They had to return after Rei ripped the stitches on her back. Temari caught them as they were coming back and yelled at them for a good ten minutes while she re-stitched Rei's back. She kept saying how wrong it was too do that because Rei needed to rest and Kankuro was being irresponsible. This didn't' stop them from doing the same thing for the next few mornings. Re wasn't allowed to leave the house yet so she spent most of her time in her room or sometimes hanging out with the sand siblings. When Rei wasn't in her room or with Temari or Kankuro she was sitting with Gaara in his room. Since Temari wouldn't let him out of his room, Rei sat at the end of his bed and they would just sit together. She sort of enjoyed being with him. He slept a lot those days and he wasn't a very talkative person when he was awake but Rei didn't mind. Later in the week, Temari finally let Gaara leave so he took Rei out and showed her around a small part of the village near his house.
"It's so nice here" she said as they walked down the street.
"I'm glad you like it" Gaara replied.
"I could definitely get use to this place. It's a little too hot and sunny during the day but the desert is so amazing at night. Its so creepy. I love it!"
"Umm… sure" he smiled "You know, you could probably become a sand shinobi if you wanted to"
"Really? Where would I stay though? I don't have any money. Maybe at your house?" she asked with a grin. "Your family is pretty sweet but I don't' understand them?"
"Why's that?"
"They are so nice to me but we just met and they don't really know anything about me."
"Well it's probably because of what you did for me. They also know that I… well, never mind.
"Oh, alright. Don't tell me then" she said jokingly. "Ooh what's that?" she said as she grabbed Gaara's hand.
She's… holding my hand…again thought Gaara as she pulled him into a small shop. They continued their walk and then returned to Gaara's house a few hours later. They had dinner with Temari and Kankuro. After dinner Reiko and Gaara went to bed.
Rei's usually peaceful sleep didn't last that night. She soon found herself back in her village. The entire thing was on fire. Thick smoke filled the street she was running down. The bodies of dead villagers crowded every street. She kept trying to get out, but all of the exits were blocked by walls of flames. The smoke grew thicket and she soon became lost. Damn! I have to get out of here! Out of nowhere she heard a familiar voice calling her name. She followed the voce to the center of town. She saw a man laying on the ground and quickly ran over to him. It was Tobi. She knelt down beside him. He looked the same as when she left him a few days ago: burned and bleeding but somehow still alive.
"Reiko?" he coughed
"It's okay Tobi, I'm here." She replied
"It… it hurts Rei…"
"I know. Just hold on. I'll get us out of here.
"Please kill me!" he begged
"What? No! Tobi, you just need to relax. You'll be fine. I'm going to save you."
"Just kill me. Kill me! Kill me Reiko!" he said in a strange mocking voice.
Tobi started laughing hysterically and he suddenly turned into Kisame. His pointed teeth showed as he laughed.
"No!" yelled Rei as she jumped back. Kisame stood up and walked towards her. He swung his sword but she couldn't move. I'm going to die! A wall of sand erupted around her, deflecting his sword.
"Reiko?"
She looked around for whoever had just said her name, but couldn't see anyone. Kisame pulled his sword out and raised it above his head.
"Reiko!"
"Reiko!"
She woke with a start. Gaara was standing over her, holding her arm. She was shaking and covered in sweat.
"Hey, Rei are you alright? I heard you yell so I came to check on you"
"Yeah… fine…"she panted, trying to catch her breath.
"Nightmare?"
Rei just nodded her head. Gaara wasn't really sure what to do. He was bad with people and normally avoided situation like this but Rei was different. He got this strange feeling whenever he was with her. He had asked Kankuro about it a few days ago. Kankuro had laughed at him and said, "Looks like our little brother is in love!" Impossible! I don't love anyone. I can't love anyone… can I? Bah! Such a stupid idea. He still wanted to make her feel better so he walked around to the side of the bed. He sat down next to her and put his hand on her shoulder. He could feel the start of the wound that stretched from her shoulder to her hip.
"Are you sure your okay?" he asked
Rei leaned back against the wall and took a deep breath to calm herself. "I'm fine." Gaara held onto her until she stopped trembling.
"Well, I just wanted to see if you were okay. Umm, I should probably go back to bed and let you sleep.
"You can stay here if you want"
"I think it would be better if we both got some rest."
"I meant you can sleep here. Your already in bed so why not?"
"Uh, I guess I could. If that would make you feel better." Rei moved closer and leaned back on his chest. I'll take that as a yes. He put his arm around her. She was soon fast asleep with her head on his uninjured shoulder. Gaara let out a yawn. He felt uncomfortable at first, being this close to her, and not on accident, but he soon got over it. The Kazekage looked down at the girl in his arms. She looked so calm and relaxed. The pale scar that ran across her nose seemed to glow in the moonlight that shown though the window. He let out a sigh and rested his head on hers. He closed his eyes and fell asleep listening to the sound of her steady breathing.
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Awww! They are so funny together. And wasn't that sweet of him? ;) Sorry if any of you were hoping for something a bit more naughty or saucy but that's not in here anywhere. Too bad for you. You should know that Gaara, being as anti-social as he is, wouln't do anything like that. He is way to socially awkward. (But I still love him!) I really enjoyed this chapter and I hope you did to. Let me know what you think