What Is Love?
Chapter 7
Disclamer:I don't own Naruto,but I do own Gaara. ;3
Gaara:Since when?
Kaori:Since Tsunade told us that we were engaged so ha!
Gaara:...Damn girl...
Kaori:-cracks knuckles and glares evilly- What was that?
Gaara:-glares back- Nothing "sweetie".
Kaori:smirks Thought so "honey bunch". Now,to the fanfic,"Gaa-kun"!
Gaara:-rolls eyes-
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Gaara continued to make his way towards Kaori's apartment.The rain didn't bother him though.It didn't rain much in Suna,only in the winter months did it rain at all.He turned the corner to see a row of apartment buildings and a girl his age sitting on the ground with a black eye.(Haha,guess who that might be?!)Gaara didn't pay much mind to her.The buildings looked about 6 to 8 stories each.Gaara walked along until he found Kaori's apartment building.He walked up the stairs to the 4th floor and to Kaori's exact apartment.He knocked on the door.
"Y-yes?",a meak voice replied.
"It's Gaara.",Gaara anwsered back in his normal tone.
The door opened slightly,enough for Kaori to show her face.Her cheeks and eyes were red.
"What is it?",Kaori asked in her still meak voice.
Gaara was surprised.She was so head strong awhile ago.Now,she was crying and trying to cover it up,which she didn't do the best job on.
"I wanted to talk.",Gaara said.
Kaori moved out of the way and opened the door more to let him in.Gaara walked in and sat down on her couch.He looked around.The apartment was fairly large.It was clean for the most part.The one thing that scared him was the entire bookself of mangas there was.Not only was there a lot,but wasn't Kaori a little too old for mangas?Kaori saw Gaara staring at the bookself.She sighed and sat down and sat on the opposite side of the couch.
"I know what you're thinking.'She's too old for mangas.',Kaori started,looking at Gaara who was now looking at her.
"I just never fully grew-up.",Kaori stated,then she giggled and continued,"Hito and Chika always said I was the most immature one out of us three.They're right.Plus,I'm the youngest."
Gaara's eyes went wide.Did she just giggle?No,it couldn't be.Girls like Kaori didn't giggle.But she was still a girl.And,was she bipolar?She was just crying,now giggling?He had to think of something to say.
He did have to agree with her.It was privete collection,but he still liked a few mangas himself.
"...I have a few.",Gaara said quietly.
"That's cool.Which ones?",Kaori asked curiously.
Gaara felt pretty awkward.Ninjas like them,talking about manga?Weird.
"...Some.",Gaara replied,a slight blush on his face.
Kaori realized that Gaara was pretty freaked out that they were talking about manga and decided to change the subject.
"So,what did you want to talk with me about,Gaara?",Kaori asked.
Gaara was glad she changed the subject.
"I wanted to talk with you about your past.",Gaara said.
"M-my past?",Kaori asked,taken back a bit.
"Yes.",Gaara anwsered.She seemed pretty sensitive about the subject of her past.
Kaori gulped and continued,"W-what about i-it?"
Gaara started,"We have almost the same past."
Kaori shrugged and nodded,"A-and?"
Gaara said blankly,"...I hope we can get along pretty well."
Kaori raised an eyebrow,"So you just hope we can get along well?"
Kaori smiled and kissed his cheek causing him to turn a bright shade of red.
"I hope so,too.",Kaori said smiling.
Gaara looked surprised.
"You're not afraid?Don't you think I'm a monster like everyone else?",Gaara asked.
"Everyone thinks I'm a monster,too.So it doesn't matter to me what everyone else thinks.",Kaori said smiling.
"Ok,I guess.But,why the kiss?",Gaara asked again.
"We're engaged now,aren't we?",Kaori replied.
Gaara sighed.He had forgotten.Well there wasn't any turning back now.
"Kaori?",Gaara said.
"Hmmm?",Kaori anwsered.
"Kankuro,being the idiot that he is,told me that when a girl kisses your cheek,they want you to kiss them.Is that true?",Gaara asked innocent sort of way.
Kaori shrugged.
"Depends.Did you want to kiss me?",Kaori asked.
Gaara didn't really know what to say.Should he?Gaara blushed slightly and quickly kissed her cheek gentally.Kaori smiled a bit.
Kaori noticed Gaara making a weird expression.
"What's wrong,Gaara?",Kaori asked him.
Gaara looked at her and started,"It's nothing."
Gaara didn't know what this feeling was.It was a good feeling.It felt like his heart was about to explode.
"You hungry?",Kaori asked.
Gaara nodded.
"Can you cook?",Gaara asked.
Kaori giggled,then started laughing.Gaara looked at Kaori,still waiting.
"Are you kidding?I couldn't cook if my life depended on it!That's why Hitomi is my roommate!She cooks,I clean!",Kaori anwsered,still laughing.
"Just great.",Gaara thought to himself.His fiance couldn't cook.
"Don't you want to be a decent house wife?",Gaara asked.
Kaori chuckled and smirked.
"Gaara,I don't wanna be a house wife.",Kaori said,still smirking.
Gaara stared at her,quiet for a moment then started,"Then what are you gonna do when we",Gaara paused,"get married?"
"You think my ambition is gonna stop when I get married?Wrong.",Kaori anwsered back with her infamous attitude.
Gaara rolled his eyes and dared to ask,"What is your dream?"
Kaori smirked even harder and went on to say with her cocky attitude,"I'm gonna avenge my brothers and kill my father.Then,I'm gonna be the next Kurokage of the Village Hidden in the Dark."
Gaara was just waiting to hear her say "dattebayo" or "hmf" at this point.She was like some weird mix of Sasuke,Naruto,and himself.Though he did have to give her some credit for having guts.
"I doubt that's going to happen,Kaori.You're to...well...your a girl.",Gaara stated in his usual tone of voice.
Kaori stood still for a second.Her eye twiched.He was a dead man.Kaori flung up from her seat and with it,she knocked over the coffee table.Gaara looked up at Kaori,who was now an angry red,with surprise.That feeling in his heart went away.Man was this girl moody.And she had a temper.Even better.
"Don't you dare under estimate me,Gaara!I might be a girl and so what?!Look at Tsunade!I'll be Kurokage,just you wait!In fact,I'll be Kurokage before we even get married!,"Kaori spilled out in a stream of words so fast,he really couldn't keep up with what she was saying.All he heard was "under estimate","girl","Tsunade","Kurokage","before",and "married",but he got what the angry girl said anyway.
Gaara sighed,"Fine,but I'll be Kazekage before you."
Kaori glared at him,then smirked.
"Lets make deal,eh?",Kaori said,conceted.She sat down.
Gaara glared,"What kind of deal?"
"Oh,just one where if I become Kurokage before you,you have to admit that women are stronger then men for the rest of your days.",Kaori smirked.
"And if I become Kazekage before you become Kurokage?",Gaara asked with curiousity.
"Hmmm,you get to make me do whatever you want for a year.No nasty,perverted crap though.",Kaori said with some thought.
"Oh no.Not the perverted stuff.",Gaara said with blank sarcasum.
Kaori glared at him.
Gaara glared back.
"Kaori,actually you lack sex appeal for one thing.",Gaara said.
Kaori's eye twiched again,but she kept in this temper flare.
"You're flat-chested.",Gaara said again.
"Since when have you been looking at my body?Unless you're a...oh,Gaara.",Kaori smirked and covered her mouth with her hand because she was giggling.
Gaara blushed.He knew what she was talking about.She thought he was a pervert.
"Relax,I wasn't,I didn't mean.",Gaara was unable to even finish a sentence with how much he was blushing.
"Aww,Gaa-kun is blushing.",Kaori said giggling.
Gaara looked away with a frown.
"I was just playing around.Ya don't need to freak out.",Kaori leaned over to see if he was ok.
Gaara had turned around to look at Kaori at the same moment Kaori was leaning in to look at him.They ended up having their faces only a few mere centimeters a part.They both blushed.They both had mixed feelings about each other as well.The feeling in Gaara's chest came back again.They both leaned in another centimeter,they were about to kiss.Suddenly,the front door opened to show the raining sky and with it Hitomi,Naruto,Chikara,and Sasuke.
"Ka-Kao...Bwhahahahaha!",Hitomi started but couldn't finish.Her and Naruto where laughing so hard,they fell to the floor.
Gaara and Kaori blushed even more and moved away from each other.
"So Gaara,did you get rough with her?",Sasuke asked with a sarcastic smirk as he pointed at the coffee table on the floor.
"Shut up,Uchiha.",Gaara snickered.
"Looks like our little Kai grew up,eh Hitomi?",Chikara said half laughing.
Gaara looked over at Kaori in the corner of his eye.She looked mad,embaressed,and disappointed all at once.
Hitomi and Naruto got up off the floor.Hitomi walked over to Kaori and Gaara and said,"Let's celebrate!"
Kaori and Gaara looked at each other and shrugged.
"How about...dumplings?Shopping district?",Chikara said with a smirk.Dumplings were Kaori's favorite and everyone knew she couldn't say no to them.
"Ummm..sure.",Kaori replied smiling,trying to keep in her excitment.
"We'll meet you guys in an hour.",Sasuke said to the girls.
"Gotta get ready.",Naruto added,showing off his famous Uzumaki grin.
Gaara,Naruto,and Sasuke started for the door.
"By the way...",Chikara stopped them.
The three girls smirked and looked at each other.
"You're paying.",Hitomi said as the three looked back at the boys.
Naruto's jaw dropped,Sasuke's eye twiched,and Gaara showed a blank frown.
"And you know how much I'll end up eating.",Kaori finished with a wink.
"Hey yo-ahh!",Naruto tried to speak up but Sasuke and Gaara pulled him back towards the door.
"There's no use,dope.Lets go.",Sasuke explained.
They finally walked out and shut the door.
Chikara,Hitomi,and Kaori started laughing hysterically.They high-fived each other.
"Lets go get ready.",Kaori said after laughing.
"Sure.",Hitomi agreed.
"I'll just go get ready at my house and come back here before the boys come.",Chikara said,walking towards the door.
"K.See ya in a little bit.Oh!And remember not to wear a dress,Chika.",Kaori said,waving good-bye.
"Tct.Don't worry about it,Kao.",Chikara commented as she smirked.
Hitomi was inching her way towards the bathroom.Chikara had already stepped out.
"Ya' know,I know you're going to the bathroom.",Kaori said,looking back slightly with a smirk.
"To late,Kao.",Hitomi stuck her tongue out.She was already in the bathroom.
Kaori smirked and went to her room to plan what she was going to wear.
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To Amaya (you know who you are),I put you in the fanfic finally.Anyway,hoped this chappy wasn't to sappy. (Omg,that rhymed! x3) Sorry this chapter took awhile to come out.I just moved and I didn't have Internet for a very,very,VERY,long time. I'm not a little fangirl,ok?...I'm a big one. xDDDD lol jk jk jk I'm not a fangirl. Tell me how much you liked or disliked (gasp) the fanfic so far.That's just a long version of saying "MORE REVIEWS PLEASE!" Thank you all. :)
-EmoKunoichiKaori