Hello again!! 4 chapters already? I feel that I accomplished something, Yet again, something's missing... Dunno
Anyways, On to the usual stuff ...Sigh
D.I.S.C.L.A.I.M.E.R.: No, No, NO, No NOOOOO!!! I do NOT own NARUTO or THE characters. Asks around Do I have to write these stupid disclaimers???
Anyways, rules of previous chapter apply here; what means talking and what means thinking, you know the usual!
Onto Chapter FIVE!!!! Ha!
Please remember, chapter 5
"Damn, it's windy in here" the 20 years old Kankurou – The older of the two brothers who almost painted himself in purple- exclaimed, putting his hand in front of his face to protect his eyes from the sand storm.
"Gaara, it's midnight already, can't we take a break? I can't see in this weather anymore!" The 21 years old blonde haired Kunoichi told her little brother, Sabaku no Gaara, The fifth Kazekage.
Gaara has gotten an invitation from Tsunade, the fifth Hokage of Konohagakure, in which she asked him to visit Konoha to discuss some Issues; they were half way already to Konoha. Depending on this weather, it might take some time.
Gaara stopped, making his brother and sister stop in the process. "Fine" was all he said, then continued on their trip to find a place to stay.
Kankurou walked closer to his sister, "Pssst, Temari." He whispered to his sister who rolled her eyes, even Gaara heard his 'Pssst'.
"What do you want? I'm tired and sleepy and my legs hurt, so unless this is good news, you'd better not tell me" Temari yelled at her brother, touching her fan as a threat.
Kankurou gulped, pulling on the cloth, which held his puppet on his shoulder. His sister is even scarier than Gaara 'no wonder she's still single' he thought with a stupid grin on his face, and then he spoke again, "Geez, Sorry. I've been just wondering why Gaara is acting like this?" He asked his sister with a concerned look on his face.
"Like what? Like not being so verbal? That's Gaara for you. Hm, and you call yourself his brother and you don't even know him" Temari smirked at her 'purple' bro. who narrowed his eyes at here.
"Look, all I'm saying is that after what happened a few months ago, Gaara started to open up to us. Sometimes even smiling and joking around with us. But now he's back to his older self ever since he's got that stupid letter…" Kankurou told his sister who just was looking to the ground.
Gaara was listening to the whole conversation. Luckily for them, they've found a place to stay. Kankurou continued with his little 'speech' about Gaara.
"…he's back like he was when Shuka…" "DON'T…." Kankuro's speech was cut short by Gaara, Kankurou gulped, Gaara continued "…Mention its name again, you hear me?" He glared at his older brother who, like the time they were in Konoha, apologized in fear. Gaara glared at his brother for a while then turned back and walked closer to the hotel they've found.
They entered the hotel. It wasn't a fancy one but it'll do for the night. "Welcome to our Hotel…Oh my GOD!" the receptionist was shocked to see the Kazekage at her own little Hotel. (Yeah, Gaara is Kazekage and everyone knows him. Don't flame me!!!) "Kazekage-Sama, I'm much honored to have you at my humble hotel, Please…." She turned around and picked a key with a big leather tag chained to it. "…Room 207. This is the best room we have, please enjoy your stay, Kazekage-sama" She said.
Blush on her face. 'He's young alright, but he's cute' the young receptionist said, admiring Gaara. His wild red hair, his bright blue eyes piercing right through hers, his broad shoulders, his black outfit, belted with beige leathered one sleeved top, matching the darkness around his eyes & his pale skin. 'He's perfect' the girl was drooling all over him (not literally, that would be gross).
Gaara noticed that the girl was 'staring' at him, he quirked his eyebrow, 'Ok, Maybe I should take the key and run' Gaara thought, then smiled a bit, "thanks a lot" he took the key from her, only the key wasn't being taken. he pulled the key, she kept holding on to it with a goofy smile on her face, 'Oh for Kami's sake' Gaara thought as he snatched the key out of her monstrous grip before looking at his brother who was in actual tears, of laughter. Temari covered her mouth in order to prevent herself from laughing.
Room 207
"That was HILLARIOUS. She loved you at first sight. Gaara, will you be my husband?" Kankurou mocked the girl's tone & laughed, jumping on the bed. He and Temari started talking about Gaara's future with that girl, in an attempt to piss him off, they knew that he changed, he wouldn't hurt them. And it wouldn't hurt if he laughed once in a while, but Gaara wasn't even paying attention.
Gaara untied the top holding the gourd to his back and set it next to the door. He took a good look at the room. It was big, a huge master twin bed, across the bed was a big closet that could fit Kankurou and his puppet along with Temari's fan. To the bed's left side was a balcony that had a good view to the village & set in the middle of the big room was A table, on top of it was a vase holding many flowers, Dark blue flowers and purple ones, Gaara Admired them. 'They look nice' Gaara thought, though he never cared about flowers, but the color attracted him.
"OH MY GOD!" Temari yelled after going into the bathroom. "What? What? A dead body? I told you this hotel was a bad Idea" Kankurou said jumping off the bed and running to his sister's side. "There's nothing, too bad. No action. It's boring" He said, going back to the room and taking off his hat to reveal his brown messy hair, like Gaara's, only a bit longer.
"This Bathroom is Huge. I'm going to spend the night here" Temari ran to her bag, picked up a few stuff and ran back to the bathroom, closing the door with a slam. A small 'click' was heard indicating that she locked the door.
"Damn, we've only been here for like 5 minutes and she's already taken over the bathroom." Kankurou said as he changed into something more comfortable. Sitting on the bed almost lying down when he jerked himself up, "I would be killed by Temari if I slept on the bed; she's probably wanted to take over it like she did with the bathroom." He said, picking his bag and setting It on the bed, he 'rummaged' through his bag until he found a big cloth that he used for a cover during the times they went on missions and had to sleep in the wilderness.
"Well, there's nothing better than sleeping on the floor. Right, Gaara?" Kankurou laid the cloth of the ground while talking to his younger brother. Gaara did not respond, he opened the balcony door and closed it again, Kankurou saw him lean on the railing and lower his head a bit, as if he's thinking. Kankurou sighed "goodnight, little bro." and he slept on the cloth, using his arm as a pillow and quickly falling asleep.
Half an hour later, Temari got out of the shower, drying her hair with the towel that was in the shower, her hair's length was now to the middle of her back but she always tied it in a messy four-sided pigtails. She was now wearing her pajamas, getting ready to sleep. She looked at Kankurou who was fast asleep, arms and legs spread everywhere. 'Man, he sure is tired' she giggled at her brother's sight. She looked for her other brother; he was nowhere to be found. She checked the balcony, 'Not here, either'. She turned around to find a small note on the bed; she picked it up and read:
Temari, the bed is all yours, I'm going out for a while.
Gaara
Temari sighed, 'he hasn't changed at all. After what happened to him at Konoha, Going back is going to be harder than I thought' She removed the covers and lied down on the bed, covering herself to her chin, rolled on her right and closed her eyes, 'I hope he finds the thing or the one he needs' she smiled and fell fast asleep.
The roof
Gaara has been sitting on the roof ever since Kankurou fell asleep. Even though they managed to get Shukaku out of him, he still hasn't been able to close his eyes. He's still feared to fall asleep. The wind has calmed down, 'just as I expected', he looked around. The hotel was on the outskirts of this village, but on higher grounds, he was able to see some of the houses. Most of the houses' lights were turned off. Some of them still had the lights on. "late-sleepers, I guess" he talked to himself; it's been a habit of his. Letting his thoughts take the form of words whenever he's alone.
"Alone, the perfect word to describe my life" he laughed as he wiped some of the sand that has been on the rooftop since the sand storm struck. He remembered when he faced Naruto 5 years ago; he knew that Naruto's childhood was a lonely one, just like his. He remembered Naruto's words:
'They never forgot me; they acknowledged me when no one did. That's what made me stronger. Fighting for them is what made me stronger.'
Naruto had friends that acknowledged him, Gaara Had no one. "I wanted to have friends… but no one wanted to be my friend." He said to himself. He only had is brother and sister. The ones he 'started' to trust soon after he became a Kazekage and started to open up to them. But he needed someone else, someone who didn't know about his past, someone to help him change the life he had…someone to take him out of this loneliness.
"That person wasn't in Suna." He held a handful of sand, which slipped in between his fingers as soon as he held it. Sand, he was sick and tired of the sand, surrounding him even when he didn't want to. It was rough, cold and…. "Lonely…" he mumbled, sands never found a place to rest, they always move around with the wind, whether it was a storm or just a breeze…
"I don't want to be…" he said, holding his knees. "…Like the sand". He rested his head on his knees, took a deep breath and exhaled it. Tomorrow they will start their journey to Konoha, only a few miles ahead of them.
TADA!! Chapter 5 is over. I know, Gaara OOC-ness & Short story, please don't flame.
Forgive my bad English and grammar, I'm not English, you know. But I've been learning since I was 5
This story might be longer than I thought. Cuz I intended to add some stuff about Tsunade and Shizune, a bit of Sasuke x Sakura here and there. But it ended up being a Gaara Chapter. Cuz he's the hero of this story…They've all got their share; I'm just being clumsy, hehehe!!
Sasuke: Appearing out of nowhereThought I'd never find someone clumsier than Naruto.
TLD: Oh, shut up Sasuke. I'll take Sakura away from you.
Sakura: YOU WOULDN'T DARE. WE FINALLY GOT TOGETHER. SHANNAROOO!!
TLD: To Sakura NOT YET, BARBIE!! sighing and scratching her head where do they come from?
Naruto: FROM HERE-TEBAYOO!!! pointing at a little hole leading to Naruto world
TLD: looks through the tiny hole along with the other three You sneaky little rascals. GET OVER HERE Grabbing Sasuke, Sakura & Naruto and throwing them through the hole AND STAY THERE!!!
Phew, they almost escaped away, but this hole is a good Idea. I might ask Gaara to stay Over, Nyahahahahahaha
Please forgive my OOC-ness & my Hyper-ness… Review Please!!!