FLASHBACK
"Meet your new room mate boy!" The keeper said as he threw a young and disgruntle Gaara into the room. Gaara landed on his back and his head hit the floor hard. "Stay in here!" The man left, leaving a terrified Gaara with a confused Naruto.
"H...hello..." Naruto said with a bright smile to mask up his worry. "Are you okay? Can I take a look at your head?"
"..." Gaara sniffed with tears in his eyes and shook his head.
"Aw...why not?" Naruto asked as he inched towards Gaara slowly.
"...hurt me?" Gaara asked Naruto, who stopped and shook his head.
"NANI! Of course, I won't hurt you!" Naruto shouted, but regretted when Gaara flinched. "I just want to see if your head is okay..."
"..." Gaara backed into a corner as Naruto slowly advanced on him. He flinched when Naruto reached a hand out and gently touched his head.
"Hm...that's a pretty big bump...does it hurt when I touch it?" Naruto asked Gaara as he gently touched it. Gaara shook his head. Naruto smiled at him. "That's good! I was afraid he hurt you bad! My name's Naruto! What's yours?"
"...Gaara..." Gaara whispered quietly as he watched Naruto's hand move from the top of his head to his forehead.
"Hey...when did you get this?" Naruto asked Gaara curiously as he rubbed Gaara's tattoo. Gaara, without thinking, slapped Naruto's hand away. "Ow!"
"...sorry...don't hit me..." Gaara said in panic, but calmed down slightly when he saw Naruto smile.
"It's my fault! I shouldn't have touched your tattoo." Naruto told him, then studied him. After awhile, he asked. "How old are you? You don't look that old..."
"...how old are you?" Gaara asked.
"Me?" Naruto said while pointing at himself. Gaara nodded his head. "I am 14!"
"...I'm 11 1/2..." Gaara whispered. Naruto looked at him in surprise and horror.
"You're still a kid!"
"You are too!" Gaara argued back quietly. Naruto crossed his arms and slightly glared at Gaara.
"I am TWO years and 1/2 older than you! That makes me an adult!" Naruto told Gaara, who frowned. "But that's okay! I always wanted a little brother!"
"Brother...?"
"Yep!" Naruto said as he nodded his head. "You are now Uzamaki Naruto's little brother! Uzamaki Gaara!"
"B...brother.." Gaara whispered, then smiled (which surprised Naruto). He then surprised Naruto even more when he hugged him. "I...i no family..."
"..." Naruto looked down at Gaara sadly while returning the hug. "Gaara..."
Gaara was soon Naruto's shadow. He followed Naruto everywhere he could, except when Naruto had clients. Gaara never knew what Naruto did in those rooms, and Naruto was fine with that. He didn't want to taint Gaara's mind or innocence...And for some reason, the keeper never worked Gaara....(AN: tell ya later why!)
However, when Gaara turned 14...something tragic happened. Naruto was with a client and Gaara was walking down the hall waiting for him to come back.
He wasn't paying attention to where he was going and ran into a man with hair redder and bloodier looking than Gaara's.
"Hey!" The man growled and grabbed Gaara's arm. Gaara winced and looked up at the man, who had opened his mouth to speak...but closed it.
"...sorry..." Gaara whispered with a slight blush and looked down. He looked up startled when he felt the man's knuckles caress his right cheek.
"Hm...I've never seen you here before...beautiful..." The man whispered as his knuckles wondered from Gaara's cheek to his lips. "What is your name?"
"Ga-gaara..." Gaara stuttered when he felt the man's thumb rub against his lips his blush grew.
"You act as if you're untouched..." The man stated, then asked. "Are you untouched?"
"I...don't know..." Gaara whispered in confusion. What did untouched mean? Naruto touched him all the time in a brotherly way by hugging him and giving him good night kiss on his forehead...
"Just as I thought, you're untouched..." The man said with a smirk. "Let's fix that."
"What do you mean?!" Gaara shouted as the man dragged him into an empty nearby room. "LET ME GO!? NARU! NARU! NARUTO!"
"Who is this Naruto, hm? It doesn't matter soon enough, you'll be screaming Shukaku." Shukaku told Gaara with a smirk as he closed the door and threw him on the futon.
"Naru! Naru! Help me, Naru!" Gaara started screaming the loudest he could as Shukaku started undressing him. "Let me go! Stop!
"Or not..."
"Na-Mmphm!" Gaara was gagged with his own obi as he tried to fight off the advancements of Shukaku...unfortunately, it was all fruitless...
Thirty minutes later, Naruto was frantically searching for Gaara and couldn't find him. Usually Gaara was nearby, because Naruto told him not to stand near the room he was in...he was afraid Gaara would hear the noises...but now, he couldn't find Gaara. He sighed when he realized that he would actually have to go up to that jack-ass keeper of his and get his help in finding Gaara.
After searching almost every room with jackass, they stumbled upon a sleeping Shukaku and crying, exhausted, and naked Gaara.
"Y-YOU BASTARD!" Naruto shouted as he ran over to Gaara and picked him up. Shukaku woke up angrily and stood up.
"Can you keep your whores in line?" Shukaku asked the trembling keeper. The keeper had a right to be terrified...Shuakaku was not an ordinary man...
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO HIM!?" Naruto shouted at Shukaku, who turned his glare on Naruto. Naruto didn't care, he glared right back.
"Na-naruto! Shut the hell up! Lord Shukaku can have anyone he wants!" The keeper shouted to Naruto, then slapped him on his cheek. Shukaku smirked as he watched Naruto's cheek redden.
"Good...I want this boy to be given to no one but me, understand?" Shukaku told the keeper as he got dressed. "He is MINE."
"Y-yes, my lordship." The keeper said with a bow. Naruto growled at Shukaku.
"HE IS NO ONE'S!" Naruto yelled and got slapped again. This time it wasn't by the keeper, but by Shukaku. Naruto spat out some blood onto Shukaku's robe, earning him another slap.
"And teach this whore some manners..." Shukaku stated, then bent down and placed a soft kiss on Gaara's face. "I'll be back tomorrow my precious..."
"..." Gaara said nothing but buried his face into Naruto's chest in terror. Shukaku frowned, but left with the keeper following him.
Naruto quickly ran him and Gaara to their room.
"Oh...Gaara..." Naruto whispered in sorrow and pain as he lowered Gaara into a hot bath. Gaara cried silently. "I'm so sorry I wasn't there...it's all my fault..."
"..." Gaara said nothing as Naruto washed and cleaned him everywhere. He flinched when Naruto cleaned his privates, but stared blankly ahead while still crying silently. Naruto let the water drain out and dried him in a big fluffy towel. He then dressed Gaara in a sleeping gown (Gaara liked gowns cause that's what Naruto wore to bed).
Naruto placed him on his futon.
"I'm sorry Gaara...My little Kitty-Chan..." Naruto whispered as he started to sob. He let Gaara go and was about to go to his own bed, when Gaara's hand shot out.
"Do-don't...leave me Naru..." Gaara whispered as he pulled Naruto to his futon. Naruto quickly climbed in besides him and embraced him as Gaara started to openly sob. "Naru...I tried to get free...he...he kept touching me...and...I told him to stop! He...wouldn't listen! Naru! I tried to call you, but he tied up my mouth and...NARU! I FEEL DIRTY! I DON'T LIKE IT!"
"I know Gaara...I know..." Naruto whispered to Gaara as he patted his back. Someone had to be strong... "Gaara...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..."
"..."
After that, almost everyday, Shukaku would visit Gaara and present many gifts such as: flowers, silk kimonos, exotic sweets, gold, gold coins to buy things with, etc. Gaara had went through two years of this...he didn't care about the gifts...he gave them all away to the others...expect the sweets and gold coins. He saved the gold coins and let Naruto let his sweet teeth lose with the sweets...
"I give you all these gifts! I'm gentle with you and give you just as much pleasure, if not more, as me when I make love to you! Yet, you act just as cold to me as you did a year ago!" Shukaku snapped at Gaara. They had just made love and Shukaku wanted to kiss and cuddle Gaara (who turned over so that his back was facing Shukaku). "If you asked me for the world, I would give it to you!"
"I don't want the world..." Gaara whispered, then gasped when Shukaku rolled him over and climbed on top of him.
"What do you want, what do you desire?! I'll give it to you!" Shukaku whispered as he trailed his thumb over Gaara's right cheek and lip. Gaara turned his head away from the touch. Shukaku growled as grabbed Gaara by his chin and forced him to look at him. "THIS IS THE SHIT I'M TALKING ABOUT! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO TO ME!?"
"..." Gaara stared at Shukaku in slight fear. He was never that afraid of Shukaku for he never hit Gaara; he might have gagged him and stimulate him so much that he didn't care who took him, he just need someone to take him....but never laid a hurtful hand on him...Gaara shivered as he stared straight into Shukaku's eyes.
"..." Shukaku studied Gaara, before he leaned down and kissed him softly on the lips in a passionate way. Gaara gasped as he felt Shukaku enter him slowly again. "Gaara...my Gaara...you...have no idea...what you do to me..."
After taking Gaara again, Shukaku stood up and dressed slowly. Gaara watched him lazily from the bed, not really caring...he had seen Shukaku enough not to blush anymore.
"Gaara..." Shukaku said he stood at the head of the futon. "I won't be able to see you for about two weeks, I have business to attend to..."
"..." Gaara didn't care, but didn't say anything. He turned his head to face the opposite of Shukaku, and secretly smirked to himself. He knew that pissed off Shukaku.
"BRAT!" Shukaku growled at Gaara.
"If you know I'm a brat...then why do you keep coming back?" Gaara asked curiously, still not looking at Shukaku.
"..."
"Why am I the only one that you come for? Am I the only one?" Gaara asked as he turned his head to face Shukaku. "Why are you the only one allowed to touch me in an interment way?"
"Because you're MINE!" Shukaku answered. "Yet, you refuse to accept me! I bare all these gift for you! Yet, you cast them aside! I see common whores walking around with my gifts for you on! Do you know how that pisses me off?! Seeing a common whore with a necklace worth 1000's on top of 1000's of gold coins! I think you do! Why else would you do it?!"
"..." Gaara said nothing as he started to turn his head away, only for it to be snatched back in Shukaku's direction.
"AND STOP TURNING YOUR HEAD AWAY FROM ME!?" Shukaku shouted. "Gaara...why do YOU not accept me!? Can't you see you cause me to act out of character? A lord doesn't act like this...he doesn't act weak..."
"..."
"...This brings me to another matter..." Shukaku said as he stood up straight and let go of Gaara's face. "I can't continue to see you like this..."
"..." Gaara looked at him surprised. Was he finally giving up!?
"You will be moved from here to my manor." Shukaku told a shocked Gaara. "I want you with me all the time."
"I...I won't leave..." Gaara told him with a shake of the head. At least here, he still had Naruto. Shukaku smirked.
"That wasn't a request." And with that said, Shukaku left Gaara.
Gaara told Naruto everything, and that was when Naruto planned to run away. They left two days later...Shukaku should be coming to visit Gaara around that time.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Here's your money and pastries!" Gaara told Choji as he handed him the bundle. Choji quickly unwrapped it and started gobbling down all 6 pastries. "I also bought you some tea! I figured you would need it to help the pastries go down..."
"Thanks!" Choji said as he gulped the tea down. "Those were really good! And so is the tea!"
"Thank you...I would also like to purchase some flour."
"Sure!"
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"Man, today was a busy day...I don't know if I want to open tomorrow or not..." Gaara groaned. "Man, this bag is heavy!"
Choji gave Gaara 3 extra pounds if he bought him some more pastries and tea. Gaara, who wasn't paying attention to where he was going, ran into someone and dropped the bag of flour. A lot of it scattered on the ground and some of it got on Gaara and the person he ran into.
"Oh! The flour!" Gaara exclaimed as he picked up the bag, which still had some in it. Tears filled his eyes in frustration.
"Hey, are you okay?" The person he bumped into asked. Gaara shook his head.
"My flour..."
"Troublesome..." The man said in a bored voice. "Don't cry. I'll replace your flour, okay?"
"Really?" Gaara asked in surprise, then bowed and exclaimed. "Thank you, Pineapple-san!"
"Pineapple..." The guy repeated in an annoyed voice, then said as his eye twitched. "It's Shikamaru-got it?"
"Let's go!" Gaara said as he ignored Shikimaru and began to walk back to the mill.
"Hey Gaara, you're back!" Choji greeted.
"Yes, Pineapple-san spilled my flour and agreed to get me more." Gaara told Choji as he gestured to Shikimaru, who sweat-dropped.
"My name is Shikimaru!" Shikimaru told Gaara, then said to Choji. "I want to buy how many pounds he had."
"Plus two more pounds!" Gaara told Choji, then shot a glare at Shikimaru as if daring him to say something.
"Troublesome..."
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"I remember saying I would buy them back, not help you carry them." Shikimaru complained.
"Yeah, well, I would be home if it wasn't for you." Gaara told him. "Now let's hurry before Aniki comes looking for me!"
"Troublesome..."
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"There you are Gaara!" Naruto said he ran up and hugged Gaara.
"I was only gone for a little while..." Gaara told Naruto when he let him go.
"It was suppose to only take at least 30 minutes, you were gone for about 50!" Naruto told Gaara. Shikimaru cleared his throat.
"Where do you want this flour, Gaara-Chan?" Shikimaru asked as he flinched at the glare Naruto gave him.
"Put it in the kitchen." Naruto told Shikimaru, who quickly went through a door hoping it was the kitchen. "Whose he?"
"He ran into me and knocked my flour." Gaara told Naruto, and quickly added. "But he bought me more and offered to carry it home for me."
"Actually you forced me to carry for you..." Shikimaru said as he came out of the kitchen.
"Tomato, To-ma-toe.." Gaara said with a shrug of his shoulders. "If you come by tomorrow, I'll have some free pastries for you!"
"Hm...I have to go, ja!" Shikimaru said as he left.
"Ja ne, Pineapple-kun!" Gaara shouted.
"Troublesome..."
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"Naruto...?" Gaara whispered as he shook Naruto awake.
"Mm...wha-what...?" Naruto muttered grouchily as he slowly opened his eyes. "Kitty?"
"Naru...I-I had a bad dream...can I sleep besides you?" Gaara asked shyly. Naruto nodded sleepily as he held the covers up for Gaara to climb.
"What was it about?" Naruto asked sleepily, then yawned. Gaara snuggled up to Naruto.
"Wh...what if Shukaku finds me...?" Gaara asked. "I don't want to leave you Naru..."
"That won't happen, I won't let it happen."
"But-"
"No buts! Now shut up and let me sleep!" Naruto told Gaara as he closed his eyes and went back to sleep. Gaara smiled and went to sleep too.
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"Myua, Myua...its too early for this!" Naruto complied as they opened the shop with several people standing outside. He quickly got everyone seated and served tea. "The pastries will be done in a little while..."
Five minutes later, Gaara served the pastries and finished a couple of more batches. Ino was watering the flowers and checking on them. Sakura was walking around making sure everyone was satisfied. Gaara, then went outside to greet and try to bring more people in.
"Excuse me, Miss?" A girl with a red sleeveless shirt, black short pants, and black hair in two small buns asked. Her face was slightly dirty and her clothes were wrinkled. "Um...I was wondering if you were hiring..."
"...um well..." Gaara trailed off, but before he could start to speak-a male voice interrupted him.
"Ten-ten! No one will hire you! It's bad for business to hire a whore!" An ugly man taunted as he came up behind Ten-ten and squeezed her behind. "Now how about coming with me and making some fast cash..."
"..." Ten-ten looked down sadly and was about to follow the man, but Gaara spoke up.
"We don't pay much, but...you get to eat all the pastries and drink all the tea you want..." Gaara told her. She looked at him, surprised.
"Y-you'll hire me...even though...you know what I..." She trailed off as she looked at the ugly man that snorted and walked off. Gaara nodded his head; and she smiled brightly. "THANK YOU! Y-you won't regret it! Um...I know this sounds...stupid...and rude...but...I need a place to stay...since I'm no longer a...well...I don't have one..."
"Do you plan on going back to being one?" Gaara asked her. She shook her head quickly. "...Hhhm...there's an empty room upstairs...it hasn't been cleaned out, so you have to clean it. Also since you live with us, you have to help do chores, cook, and groom the horses, understand?"
"Hai! I understand!" Ten-ten said. "Um...when do I start...?"
"Hm..." Gaara looked her up and down. "First you need to clean up, then you'll need a kimono...I think Naruto's will fit you...follow me."
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"Nice work Ino-Chan!" Naruto said to Ino, who nodded her head in pride. "Ten-Chan looks better in that kimono then I ever did."
Ten-ten was now wearing one of Naruto's kimono. It was a black kimono with red outlining and her shoulder length hair was lose. All and all, she was pretty.
"That's true...it made your butt look fat-ah!" Gaara glared at Naruto, who kicked him.
"No fighting! Only working!" Ino and Sakura yelled at Gaara and Naruto, who nodded their heads in fear.
"Now, Naruto go back to serving tables! Gaara the pastry counts are still good, so go be the greeter! Sakura dishes! New girl, go fetch two pales of water!" Ino ordered.
"Hai!" Everyone shouted as they ran off.
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"Thank you, come again!" Gaara said as he gave a small smile to an old lady.
"I will...I haven't had tea that good since I was a little girl...I enjoy the atmosphere..." The old woman said as she walked away with a smile.
"Hello my little rose" Kakashi greeted Gaara as he walked up with Iruka following him. He grabbed Gaara's hands in his. "Did you miss me?"
"Konichwa, Iruka-san!" Gaara greeted Iruka after he pulled his hands away from Kakashi. "You can go on in."
"T.T" Kakashi turned chibi and started sobbing. Iruka smiled at Gaara. "Why does my rose not say hello to me...T.T"
"Good morning, Gaara-Chan." Iruka greeted as he walked in while dragging a dramatic Kakashi. "And thank you."
Gaara shook his head. If Kakashi was with Iruka...then why did he flirt with Gaara and the others every chance he gets?
"Um...Gaara, I filled the pales, boiled the water, cleaned the tables...um...what else do you want me to do?" Ten-ten asked.