Chapter 05
Gaara and Sasuke were staring at the girl as if they had slapped them awake. It took them a while to realize what was going on. Sasuke's face went crimson red and he immediately hopped off Gaara.
Temari tried to explain herself quickly, "Oh shit.. Umm.. Listen up guys I'll stay quite about it! I promise!!" 'Please do nnt kill me..'
Sasuke rubbed the back of his head, "good.. Now leave.." when she left, Sasuke slumped to the floor beside Gaara.. He slowly looked up to find himself surrounded with sand. He looked at Gaara and found him looking intently at the plant.
Gaara got up, pulling up his pants, "stupid plant.."
"I am sor-"
"Don't be.." Gaara gathered his sand into his gourd and left without a word.
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"You love simply because you cannot help it." – Anderson
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Temari ran blindly away from Sasuke's house. 'What was that back there?! Gaara does not love!! Shit, he is going to kill me!!'
"Watch it!!"
WHAM - CRASH
"OUCH!!" Temari had slammed to the floor and the unexpected lad had smacked right on top or her.
"You should have moved out of the way when you saw me coming!" Temari was in no mood to let anything go. "Couldn't you see that I was in a hurry?!"
"No, you looked like you were scared shitless!" The youth complained. "Besides, it would be too troublesome to move."
Temari's eyes lit, but she promptly pulled herself together, "Get off me, will you?!"
"Alright, alright.. Troublesome woman." He stood up and stared down at her. He actually thought twice before offering his hand to help her up. Temari slapped it away and groggily stood up. "Women!"
"Who are you?" Temari was intrigued by his attitude.
"Shikamaru desu." He didn't bother asking back and took off.
'This guy has issues,' Temari thought, ' .. Like I'm the one to talk..' But then, an idea had popped into her head.
"Hey!" Temari called, making Shikamaru turn, "if you show me where the public library is, I shall forgive you."
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"We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities." - Jacques Maritain
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"It would produce different scents depending on the mood."
'Just what was his mood back then.. And why?'
Gaara sat on the roof glaring at the sky, as if condemning the world for its injustice. Out of sheer anger he hissed through gritted teeth, "as long as there are people in this world, I am going to kill them all- that is my purpose!!"
SLUMP
Gaara turned his head towards the noise to find a book. He beckoned it towards him with his sand. As he held the book, a small paper fell out. He grabbed it in mid air and read,
'Hope this helps! You secret is safe with me! Temari-chan 3'
His eyes hesitantly peered at the title. "You've got to be shitting me!"
Book: "The Ultimate Gay Sex Manual for Beginners."
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"That was stupid," Shikamaru sighed. They were sitting at the bench right in front of the inn.
"I am aware of that," Temari crossed her legs, "but he is going to need it, anyway."
"You do things for that guy, knowing he might decapitate you.. How troublesome.." Shikamaru grumbled.
"Well I am the eldest," Temari smiled at him cheekily, "it is my job!"
Shikamaru could not help but put on a little smile.
"We'd better get going.."
"Yeah.."
None of them moved off the bench. There was a serene tranquility as the sunset sprayed its colorful rays on their surroundings.
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"You can be sincere and still be stupid." - Charles F. Kettering
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Loti had fallen asleep in their bedroom, locking the door, which means that he really was planning on having Jun sleep on the couch for the week.
Jun gazed lividly outside the window. 'The youngest of the Subaku No siblings didn't, thankfully, show up as much as the two older ones." Jun thought as he crossed his arms, 'I have to make sure that Loti and Gaara never meet.. I would hate to be forced to start killing again.. Baka Baki!'
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Sasuke sat in his usual thinking pose on his doorway steps. He slumped and placed his lips on his hands. 'This is stupid. and humiliating. It should never have gone this far.. I don't even invite people over!' his eyebrows furrowed, 'I am going nowhere like this.. I could not even defeat that Haku guy- but Naruto did! How low have I sunk?' He bit his thumb hard, 'I have to get stronger! I want to kill that bastard Itachi!!'
"Foolish brother, if you wish to kill me, hate me, detest me, and survive in an unsightly way. Run, run and cling to life."
'I am an avenger!' Sasuke screamed in his head and had gradually bit harder on his thumb, until the tasted of blood had filled his mouth. 'And that guy..'
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"Some thoughts are better left unsaid, some feelings are better left kept to yourself, but love has its way of expressing itself despite the silence."
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Siyakatzi's ranting space:
I kept today's chapter short, just to speed up events. Temari and Shikamaru have finally met - they had a fluffy moment, and Kankuro's Karasu did not break this chapter.
Sigh.. Word came in that my cousin collapsed after we left the wedding.. If she was not ready for it, then she shouldn't.. Oh, well..
I was going through Hunter x Hunter episodes on veoh.. I love the series!! Too bad it remains incomplete.. It was the first anime series that made me fall with most of its characters!! My favorite characters are Killua, Illumi, Kuroro, Korapika, and Hisoka!! Hisoka is just so gay, I love him!! Btw, Killua & Illumi Zaoldyeck share similar big-brother-small-brother relationship as Sasuke & Itachi Uchiha.