Secret Eden Chapter 6: Blue Roses Suit her, a naruto fanfic

Blackeclipse: Heeeey guys! :D I feel like I'm a roll since I've written these new 3 chapters in one day O_O that's what happens from drawing and playing Naruto Shipuuden on my PS2 :D Gaara's JAPANESE VOICE ACTOR IS SO AWESOME…THAT IT GAVE ME THE INSPIRATION JUST BY LISTENING TO IT XD.

Up next, would be Sakura-san's turn :DDDDDDD oh dear oh dear~ :D

Lee: Why DID I APPEAR AS A DUNKARD LAST CHAPTER!

TENTEN: WHY WAS I BEING GROUPED WITH THESE IDIOTS!

NEJI: WHY DID MIZUUMI-SAN GAVE ME A DEATH HUG? -(he likes it XD)

GAI: AAH~~! ANOTHER DAY WITH THE YOUTHFUL AUTHOR USING HER YOUTHFUL DAYS OF HER LIFE FOR A WONDERFUL SHINING INSPIRATION OF WRITING A FANFIC OUT OF PURE YOUTH AND A BLOSSOMING UNIQUE COLOR OF A YO—

BLACKECLIPSE: WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP AND GET BACK INTO PLACEEESSS! *BLACK FLAMES*

*SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND*

Aaaand, que the music! :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, except my two OCs, Mieihi and Mizuumi Hino :D :D :D

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Chapter Six: Blue Roses Suits Her.

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It was a wonderful sight.

Temari's eyes were big, her mouth was open and felt like having a heart attack, Kankuro, being the same expression gaped as well, Sai had a big lump on his head when he told Tsunade about it, Mizuumi and Shizune were sharing the same expression with Tsunade looking at it with flames, directed at Sai, again.

Gaara came back, with the girl, now named, Mieihi. Both soaking wet.

Both of them had poker faces like nothing happened.

All of them took a breath for yelling.

"WHAT-THE-FUCK-HAPPENED!"

+++A few aching heads, explanations, drying up, and Sai going home with 20 wounds around his body together with Mizuumi, later+++

+++Tsunade's office+++

"I see then." Tsunade massaged her forehead, the Kazekage had finished his explanation and observations of today, he wanted to rest as well, he was the one who also got rained on as well, but his duties were always ahead. "But thanks to this…..we are able to find new information about her behavior…we should be careful from now on…."

Gaara nodded, standing up straight to the Hokage, even though he is the Kazekage, he had shown more respect to the elderly.

Although, he knew very well not to say that part.

He was wearing his round black shirt and another pair of black pants, he had assumed that Temari must have came back to their house using a Teleportation Jutsu to pick up some clothes for the stay. That would explain why she and Kankuro weren't around, and despite him and Sai looking forever hours ago, they haven't seen the slight sign of them as well.

"It seems like she is easily responds to you and your siblings, coming from your explanations." She filed up reports, setting them as she looked back at him. "And seems like she would be at lost if one of you weren't around with her…..it would be best if, especially you, not to leave her side."

"…" he didn't say anything to this, but he had agreed to her decision.

"As her founder, it would be only natural that she has grown attached to you…." She looked down, "That is why, you two will now share a room in your stay here.

Ok, he blinked there, had he heard her right? "…Share a room?" before he could stop himself, he had asked her.

She nodded to him, expecting the reaction coming from him. "I presume this is your first time?—Well, if she were to wake up suddenly with weird occurs….you would be the first one there before the others came in. Our rooms aren't room to room. The next room to hers is the stack room, the next one would be the other side, which is now Temari's room, a floor below them is Kankuro's room, the rest below there are the other officer's rooms. Those three rooms are the only vacant we have so far…..and some your data, you have the highest defense if she would ever attack."

By hearing that, he agreed to her terms and nodded. "Very well then."

"I had discussed this with Temari and Kankuro, and they asked no questions about it." She nodded back to him when she added that. [That's because she threatened them. =_=;] "Which reminds me…who will be incharge of showing the girl around the village?"

He recalled, "…Haruno, Sakura." He replied.

"I see, so what Kakashi said was true with their draws…" she sighed while face palming, "Sorry for this."

"No…it's fine." Gaara muttered as he blinked. "….Mieihi haven't complained about her stay….so there are no problems present…" he added.

Tsunade blinked at his words, looking back at him. "…?—Mieihi?" she tilted her head.

The red haired kage replied, "…It's the name I've given her…."

She grinned at him, even though he showed no reaction, she sensed he's feeling awkward now. "I see—so you finally gave her that name….it's beautiful."

Gaara turned around abruptly. "I will take my leave then if there are no more matter discuss-"

"Gaara…" her voice halted his feet.

And he turned to her, "…?"

"…Our Investigation teams have returned." She muttered seriously, looking at him. "They had shown evidence of previous Akatsuki activities…"

The Kazakage was stunned, his eyes had shown it, it had been sometime since he had heard news about it, a part of him was ashamed that he had spent some blissful days without thinking about it at all, and yet here was the Hokage, dealing the situation, when it should be him who should have done a lot.

The Forest was in the Land of Wind, and to add in, it was located at the territories of Sunagakure's Desert area, thus, making him the closet one to be handling it, and yet it looks like he was leaving it to her to work on it. It's disgusting me.

Tsunade showed no interest on the dead silence slowly forming, "I will gather more Intelligence to the Forest…" [Intelligence: another term referring to the Investigation Team.]

Gaara was still facing her, half of him was facing her as he waited for her to continue.

Knowing that he wouldn't say a response, she did response. "...If Akatsuki had already discovered that she is now under our supervision, especially under your care…this would cause you problems. I cannot afford that since from the last invasion you had lost considerably, a lot of soldiers under Deidara's attack….and the previous casualties during your fight with the other trouble bastards around here."

"I do not mind handling my own problems, if you will."

"Gaara…admit it." She sighed, holding her head like looking at him. "You were defeated even if the Shukaku was still within you—you were still defeated by Deidara."

"I am not someone who would openly ask the monster within me to aid me in such battles if it risks, I, destroying my own Village…."

"Even so it does not change the fact that you were defeated."

"And your point is."

"My POINT is." Tsunade's voice raised. "…Gaara…regardless the facts that you indeed have gotten stronger—You will not stand against them….nor will we be in time to come to your rescue…again."

Gaara moved to face her, his glare being solid. "…I did not ask anyone to rescue me…Nor have I EVER urged it."

"Gaara-"

"For the things that are deemed the most important in my life." His voice was low, dark, yet she could hear his protectiveness in the way his voice had darkened. "I will fight and protect-I will die a second time if I have to…"

Tsunade sighed at his words. "Such bold words Gaara…however I have to inform you…" she looked at him. "We cannot AFFORD you…as the Kazekage of YOUR land to be KILLED….TWICE—There isn't someone like Chiyo to be out there to save you again!—Even though you might depend on Naru-"

He snapped. "I DO NOT DEPEND ON ANYONE!" for the first time, he had yelled before the eldest Hokage in their political council.

His glare was upon her, sharper than any claw he had formed, however Tsunade didn't fall back with her own glare. "…Depending on how you easily get emotional….is the proof that you are still very young…"

"…Tch." Gaara's hands gripped into a fist, clenching and clenching yet no blood had gushed from his grip. "Are you implying that I am too weak and valuable to be lost?"

"…" Tsunade simply looked at the youthful Kazekage. She had no response to his question, although she was unsure if it was rhetorical.

He looked back at her, "Isn't that the same with Naruto and Mieihi?—Stop treating us like tools or treasure…!"

"We aren't d-"

"Do not say such foolery…" Gaara said angrily. "…Deep down…all you adults, are just as selfish as the next one….you are all just the same!"

"LORD KAZEKAGE!" Tsunade yelled out as she slammed her hands on the table, nearly cracking it as she glared at him, but he didn't flinch at her threatening movements. "STOP YOUR CHILIDISH ANTICS AT ONCE!"

"…" His temper was still growing.

"Adults, Teenagers, children….All in all it's just an AGE DIFFERENCE….who are you to be judging us adults when no one is different at all?" Snapping at him she sat back down. "Stop SULKING!"

"Stop being so rash!" she glared at him, "…Ok, so let's take it if you CAN defeat ONE of the Akatsuki—what will happen if she suddenly loses her OWN control and WRECK HAVOC to your Village Gaara?—Even if you were somehow to restrain her back to her usual face like how we did to Naruto—It won't stop the fact that people will continue to think that way—thus making it more depressing and even more terrible to continue in their acceptance on our decision!"

"!" Gaara cringed at the fact, as he looked down, trying so hard to just calm himself down. "….She's not…like…"

"Gaara…she is." Tsunade sighed again, holding her head. "She is exactly like you, Naruto, Sora, and all the Jinchuurikis combined….she's actually, even more threatening than the Akatsuki here…." She looked down. "..Are you sure that in that lab, that was all you ever saw?"

Gaara's eyes widened. "…?"

Tsunade glared back up at him. "…We had found the villagers'…corpses."

Corpses…! Gaara's mind sparked.

"…We found them….beneath the whole field the Village was sunk in…." Tsunade mutters as the Kazekage listened in surprise, "…Yamato had helped in raising up the village, but it was gone, as if it had sunken to the deepest parts of the earth making it unreachable and vanishing from the world. However, we have found that after that….everyone, village heads, scientists, villages, infants, children, elderly and even some of our shinobi and from other countries are all buried deep underground with…"

"Black feathers on them."

What…? Gaara could barely speak.

"….Gaara." Tsunade muttered, looking back up at him. "…I know what you must feel…I'm sorry but….do not treat her as a child."

He blinked, still stunned at everything. "..What do you mean?"

"…" she looked at him, not breaking eye contact. "….She can deceive as well….She can hide things as well….Gaara, even though it may look so weird for us to do this to her—She may not understand however, it seems like she gets swayed by her feelings so easily that when angered or saddened…it seems like she would go into this state as her memories would continuously flash in her mind—If we do not make memories, good memories, for her…then there are no way that she could be stopped…Understand?" she took a breath. "….Mieihi can't be trusted yet….If Akatsuki was there, I find it impossible for her not to be found first by them before you did….From what she had said, I assumed that the Akatsuki had found her before you did but had left her."

She looked at him sharply. "She may be an Akatsuki for all we know, in disguise, we are not sure…But Gaara…"

"…" It's….hurting…

"Do not form a close bond with her yet…."

Why…? He bit his lip. …Why is my head….and my chest…hurting? "Why?"

Tsunade was growing irritated. "I've already sa-"

"Aren't you….just treating her as someone like them?" Gaara began to ask her, his voice now calm as he looked at her. "….She did not attack us…she had suppressed herself from nearly killing us like how I did when I had the Shukaku within me….She had smiled…she had formed bonds with everyone else, including me, and even you haven't she?"

"!" She flinched.

"…How can you say that I shouldn't form a bond with her….when the bond has been made, not by us… but by her?" Gaara asked as he didn't break eye contact to the Hokage before him. "…Isn't she…just someone who's scared about being alone—like the rest of us?..." he clenched his hand into a fist, he felt something hurting again. "…Are you saying that she shouldn't be trusted just because she's that powerful and threatening?—Isn't it that how you treated me and Naruto in the first place?—Well then, tell me…..even when I had the Shukaku within me, I, has the host….why is it that they made me into the Kazekage?—Why is Naruto being recognized by nearly every village he passes through when he and I posses the same threat—She…maybe be different than us, she, maybe stronger, even more bloodthirsty than us." He turned around, looking at the door, he just doesn't want to look at the one who seems to be blinded by something he cannot put his finger on.

"…She maybe unworthy of anyone's trust yet, however, she has mine." He said, as he lifted his head to look slightly up. The memories of when he had saved her was still clear in his mind.

"…Where exactly…is 'safe'…?"

Back then….she was scared…..not having the slightest feeling safety at all…

He closed his eyes, "…Mieihi…..is just….a living being." He muttered as he turned his head to look back at her. "…She is a being, who feels things, who fears things, who cares, she may deceive, she may lie and hide, she may kill or save…..but isn't that….how it is these days?" he raised his hand, a sign of an open hand not closing into a fist, it looks like an open claw. "…In the end….doesn't she just resemble everyone in this village?"

Tsunade's eyes widened as his comparison as he continues.

"She's fragile like every citizen….yet she is threatening, like the nation's people coming up against their leaders, she is scared like the citizens being frightened by an attack, she reacts like everyone one of us, when threatened she protects herself, when offered kindness, although not immediately, she smiles….when you offer her trust….she replies with her own."

He turned around, going to the door and finally opening, revealing Shizune who was just standing there. Frozen, he didn't mind it as she stepped aside.

"….She is no different than a Village being threatened….and we are just all the protectors of that Village that could even turn against us." He moved his head enough for him to glare over his shoulder at her. "…As a Hokage, as any other Kage…..Can you turn against your own village?"

And with that had stormed off, Shizune was just frozen, stunned by everything as Tsunade heaved a big, tiring, sigh while facepalming. "…That kid." She muttered angrily as she glares to the table.

"Tsunade-sama…?" Shizune called out but she gave no comment.

…I know that—I know exactly what you meant!—In fact, I too can say that, I know that already! She gripped onto her side bangs as she closed her eyes. …I'm doing everything I can….I'm doing everything I can to protect her….Everyone is!—Don't make it sound like you're the only one who understands her!

"…Tsunade-sama…" Shizune mutters in a sad expression as Tsunade brought up another hand, holding her head as if she's having a huge headache.

Why….Why is it that you can't…understand…? She grit her teeth. Even I am trying to protect you and Naruto….that makes you 3 Villages and I as only one Hokage….I cannot do this any longer. Just when you all are still so very childish…I need to do everything before I….She gave another sigh.

She knew it…

This Jutsu she has only keeps her young, her body back into good condition for her to fight like she was in the age of her appearance.

But it does not stop her from aging.

And soon…

There would be a time."Those…damn brats won't understand us…!" she spat as she held her head. "…Is it just because we're adults? HUH!"

"Tsunade-sama…if you keep on getting angry like that—you'll get wrinkles despite your Jutsu…" Shizune smiled jokingly before screaming at the flames of the Hokage.

From behind the door, Gaara had leaned against the wall next to it, his arms crossed, sighing at it. …Suman nai. [I'm sorry]….But...I can't just be someone who can just watch by the sidelines without doing something to help her.

He turned around to leave. I can't betray our bond.

+++Mieihi's room+++

"I see." Mieihi nodded when Gaara had finished explaining, she was already dressed into the dress pajamas she had wore last night, except this time they were teal blue. There was another bed beside hers, her bed was beside the wall like back at Sunagakure.

He recalled that bed being at the other side of the bed, facing the door.

Perhaps she wanted it that way.

His bed was beside her in the same position, enough space for them to move in the middle without bumping into each other. Both beds with pure white sheets, she was seated down at her own bed, seeing the books Sai had around her almost made him glare at them as if it were to burn the items by his eyes.

She began to wonder why was he silent, and just standing there, "Gaara?"

He blinked, moving his eyes back to her and sighed, sitting back down at the side of his bed, he didn't reply to her call, and proceeded to change the subject. "…How are you now?"

"I'm fine….Temari had helped with drying me…." Something was off in her voice, and he knew it.

He looked back at her directly, and she felt it, it was as if he could see right through her.

"A—about….awhile ago…" she muttered, her hands gripping onto the sides of the book she was reading, her right side view of her face was the side seen by him so he can't see her eyes, not see him as well, her head tiled forward, into a slight bow of it, not noticing the small dots of water staining the drawing she was doing. "…I'm sorry….I…I'm sorry."

"…" Gaara was just staring at her, watching her, his face showed nothing at all.

In reality, he didn't know what to do, he was never someone who gives comfort to someone, he wasn't like Naruto in that way.

Even though it sounds so ridiculous, he was now asking himself, at a situation like this, what should he do?

Should he let her cry it off?

Or say something…?

"….You didn't do anything that makes it your fault…."

He had said something without knowing it, or knowing if it was the right words to say simply, 'it isn't your fault'

She was silent for a moment, and inside, he was urging to turn her face to him so he could see what face was she making now.

The silence was getting longer.

And for the first time…the Kazekage…

Felt nervous…

Did he say something that had made it w—

"Say it again…"

"?" he blinked, looking back up at her.

"…My name….what was it again?" she began to turn around, and he was relieved to see her back to her usual self.

He on the other hand, still remained uniform, nothing was there in to express any emotion. But his voice gave away the tenderness in his voice, at the name he had given her. "Mieihi"

She listened to it, and finally began to write it down in kanji.

His eyes widened for a moment, she was going to figure out what it means. He maintained his composure but, somehow, he felt weird if she knew he had made that name for her.

He heard her in some sort of a happy gasp, and smiled at him.

The weird heat, was rising up from within him again.

He said something before she did, fearing that it would worsen the heat inside of him, "…I thought about it….already…..from last night." His sentence was even broken, and found himself looking away when she turned to face him again. "….I…wanted to make sure….that it wasn't…common." He said again, utterly disgusted at his pathetic broken sentence. "…and also…I found it hard…to say it…to you."

Why

Why did he just suddenly say that last sentence?

He felt like stabbing himself from it and he didn't know why, he doesn't even know why he felt like it as well, he felt just as confused as she was at the rainy hour.

Mieihi stared at him, and smiled gently, he was looking away from her, his hands were gripping onto the sheets and he doesn't seem to be aware of that, scanning through the books in her mind, thanks to Sai. She had recognized this behavior. "…Gaara….you are really a shy person."

"!" His eyes widened dramatically.

And for the first time, they stayed there when he swear he felt steam coming from his red, and hot face as he looked back at her.

She, as well, was shocked at his expression, she had forgotten on that last note of the book, to perhaps, keep the comments to herself. I see, so this must be the affect.

He finally found himself stuttering. "D-don't say ab-surd things." He felt the urge to deny it so much, his way of speaking had worsen, and he didn't know what was going on.

He looked down when he stuttered, he can't believe it all, what was going on with him?, he had a strange feeling of just being here with her in this room by Tsunade, and now, he had the sudden urge to go out of this room and even share a room with Kankuro.

They were in the lower floors so he can't even go to the roof to escape, but knowing that it might rain again, he declined that thought. This behavior is so… his composure was breaking by the minute, and the heat was getting worst when he looked back at her, and he felt like shattering beneath his sand armor when she looks back and smiles a smile she only gives to him.

She smiles to everyone she had befriended, but there was always something in that smile, that was different.

He was so confused.

"Gaara…?" she tilted her head as she reached out to him.

He flinched from her touch against his face and moved back to escape it. "…I…" he looked away. "…Forgive me….It seems I am still adjusting in sharing a room with another person…"

He is also honest. She added in her mind as she retracted back to her bed, which he was incredibly grateful for. "Um…it's fine…"

Gaara gave a nod, as he laid back down on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. Now he was really wishing he would sleep straight away to next morning and not wake up every hour.

She saw him went to bed, and decided to put down the books around her, she turned back to look at him, noticing a small crack at his fingers, perhaps it was when a chip fell off, a part of his sand armor softening due to the rain. "…You must not like the rain…don't you Gaara?"

He blinked, he didn't know how to answer at that. Indeed he didn't like it at all, once his sand was down, then, he had to focus his chakra into solidifying his Sand Armor to prevent it from sogging down like some kind of weird wet skin peeling off of him.

"I don't like the rain too."

"?" he found himself turn his head to her, who he know finds laying on her back, and also staring at the ceiling.

"…I remembered…when I was younger….my cell was a four enclosed wall room with a metallic door….the only means of light and air, was a vent with bars that showed the sky." Her eye softened at the memory. "…I was alone then…only staring at the birds that lands on its bars…but was too scared to come down…."

"…"

"When I was there…I always hear various of sounds…only leaving the date they had put into my brain to tell me what it was…." Images of her small self, was in her head, staring up at the vent on the ceiling. "…I wanted to go out….and I hated it when it rains…the water pours in, and levels, like I was to be drowned, I cried out until my throat bled, I was surprised that my voice was still, with me….perhaps it has something to do with the things they did to my body." She gave an unsure smile to herself, something Gaara knew, was a fake one. "I didn't know….I didn't know what was it like out here…..not even to use chopsticks…nor even the simple slang around me…I don't even know when to smile to whom…."

She sat up, hugging her knees as she looked down, "…Sometimes, I would smile without me knowing….and smile with no emotions or reason at all.." her eye softened, staring down. "…everyone around me….feel so weird and scary… everyone, when they go closer and closer…. I had a weird feeling, like hours ago." She looked at her hand. "I could have sworn I heard myself….to kill everyone I see….to kill everything I see."

Images of blood scenes were inside of her, "…everyone…who tries to come closer…who touches me with no warning….my body says to kill them…" she held herself in tighter. "…I was better left in that Coffin Rest…I feel like, when I get too close to anyone….I might just end up-"

"Like this…?"

Her eye widened at his voice when she looked before her, he was already infront of her, seated on her bed, before she knew it, he had pushed her down the bed, and she stared at him as he remained untop of her.

His face showed nothing, but a serious expression. "…Did you kill me?"

Her eye widened again, as he went closer, his face was so close that she felt his breath, before he tilted his head to move his head to her ear, "Back then…you never attacked me even though I was this close."

He looked back at her. "…Do not be like that. Do not blame yourself for what happened to the past….this isn't Tornado Village…and we aren't those people in your memories." He began to say, his voice deep and serious. "Do not compare us with the people then…do not sound like you want to kill us even though. You didn't mean it…your comrades will become afraid of you."

Her face remained startled, she looked up at his own expressionless face she could not maintain, but she knew he was dead serious in his own tone.

His hold was so strong and firm, that she can't even move an inch in his grasps, he was warmer than she thought, yet there was a small line of space between her and his chest.

Something inside of her felt like bursting out that the distance, his breath was gently brushing her lips and her face.

…It seems like…I could relax, and be restless when he's around me. She was confused at her own thoughts.

"I'll ask you again…."

"!" her eye widened as he continued.

"…If what you think is entirely true….then why didn't you kill me back then?" his voice seemed gentler at this as she didn't respond to anything. "….Wasn't it because a part of you was resisting?—if that too is correct…then why did you resist?"

"…" she felt her own hands gripped, unable to answer was frustrating to her.

Somewhere in his eyes, it was slowly softening at her. "….Don't underestimate yourself…." He told her as he began to move back, sitting beside her as she propped herself up with her elbows. "Isn't it because you don't want to hurt others?—Instead of complaining and giving up. Do something about it to make yourself, control yourself."

I'm being lectured. She sighed, looking down as she gave an expressionless frown. …It…doesn't feel bad… being lectured, was something no one did to her, ever. She closed her eye, I'm pathetic. "…I understand…"

"…." Gaara looked at her, blinking as he realized his own actions were a bit too forceful or straightforward. "…I apologize….It seems I have done unnecessary actions to make my point clear." And now the heat was getting into him.

But then she grinned to herself, "…But those actions….helped me listen to you even more." She looked at him, who wasn't looking at her direction, she looked at the back of his head, and her eye softened. "…Thank you…."

"…." She saw his head lower slightly, "Sou ka…(I see…)" was what he said before he stood up and went to his bed. He said anything else I he faced the other way, the blanket covering his body.

She smiled again, turned her head to reach the switch just above her to her left, clicking the lights out as she too went back to bed.

The redness in Gaara's face, was making he scowl at somewhere he couldn't see in the darkness. I too…have to do something about this…

+++Morning+++

Gaara opened his eyes, from the slight sunlight that hit him, his eyes were open half way, till it widened as he sat up, startled. He looked at his hand, Did I… he blinked, then scratching his eyes, they were adjusting to the light, he felt his whole body relaxed, fresh. He even felt his warm body heat on the bed, in the sheets, and felt recharged, he can even feel his whole chakra reserves filled up. Sleep?

It was something he never knew he would ever accomplish, he had just slept straight throughout the night, without waking up hour by hour. He just, fell asleep. Like, a normal person would.

This was something, that had surprised him.

This feeling. He was knew to the rest, he had studied that in sleep people give out a certain chemical or something from the body to make them feel recharged, something that still doesn't make sense and debated but however. What was important that he had experienced the after effects of this 'sleep' he had just done.

He sighed as he gripped his hand, because of this he felt even more sharper, so is this what it does to your body and senses?—Then that solves the reason why that shinobi who controls shadows in Konoha had always be seen sleeping here and there.

He turned his head. "!" Mieihi! She wasn't there, her bed sheets were fixed, and her dress pajamas were on the bed, the books were still under her bed, but the Ojou-san wasn't.

He quickly jumped out of bed, but before he could rush to the door, he heard some laughter familiar to her.

"Well—don't be shy! I'll take you wherever you want to eat, my treat!"

"…Um…..Yaki…niku Q…"

"Hmm….barbeque for breakfast?—Well, shouldn't that be for lunch instead? It's not really healthy for your body in the morning, Ojou-san!"

"…Really?—Then…where do you usually in the morning?"

Gaara relaxed in his tension, he was by the window, looking down to see a pink haired kunoichi, hands on her hips, wearing a red shirt with yellow colored short sleeves, and a light coffee brown pencil cut skirt with some shinobi slippers on.

He almost didn't recognize Mieihi beside her because of her clothes, she was wearing a high turtle neck that covers her whole neck in the color red, and she wore a black jacket with a hood on the back and 2 white stripes down the sleeves, it was open as she wore a dark denim skirt with a brown belt, on her legs were black tights and her boots/shoes that covers up to an inch above her ankle. She still wore the red gloves she had, and had a small shoulder bag that he guessed might have contained the sketch pad from yesterday.

Something tells him that it was the pink kunoichi's idea to put that black hat on her head, perhaps to cover the bandage that messes her hair.

He sighed, and something tells him that Temari had something to do with Mieihi's outfit.

+++Outside the entrance Of the Hokage Residence+++

Sakura smiled brightly at her, as the raven haired girl tried to fix the hat and her bangs in the way Sakura had told her to. Even though she may be dangerous, a bit scary looking—She's actually very beautiful. She blushed at the thought that she first she was a beautiful boy then and shook at it.

"Haruno-san…is this ok?" she began to ask in a calm voice.

"Huh?—Oh yeah it's cute…!" she grinned as she put up a thumbs up. "Oh, and Sa-ku-ra is fine with me!—No need to be so formal." She's also very polite.

She gave a small nod like she was sleepy, actually, her left eye makes it look like she is sleepy. "…Ok…Sakura-san."

Although she was expecting her to drop the suffix, she didn't mind it so much.

Sakura wondered, why did she suddenly perk up when she saw her?—It was about early in the morning, she was actually a bit nervous to handle a scary serious looking 15 year old girl like her, who says in the documents that she is incredibly unstable.

But by the looks of it, when she gets near her, she wants to remain with her and talk, couldn't help but to blush and smile when she gives a small smile to her. The girl may not know it, but she actually likes to smile quite often, but after the smile, she always returns to the emotionless face or the sad looking one.

I wonder what's going on in her mind when it happens like that…? Sakura asked herself as the girl looked around, then back at her. Just when she was about to ask her a question, "..Um…so, how do you like it so far?—Sorry about Sai yesterday, he can REALLY be an idiot, sometimes, even more of an IDIOT than NARUTO."

"Sai…?" she looked up at him in a calm and almost quiet voice that has no feelings in them like she's dead. "…He taught me various of things, he brought me to the library and taught me how to borrow books from them….then he taught me how to draw and brought me to Yakiniku….he also let me experience "Market Day"…"

THAT DUMBASS! "Oh really? Ahahaha." Sakura's inner self had an urge to slam Sai down to hell. "Sorry if he did that…"

"Why sorry?"

"?" she looked at her, and her emerald eyes widened slightly at it soft expression on her face.

"…I enjoyed my time with Sai and Gaara…."

She blinked, Gaara? That was when she remembered, only Temari and Kankuro had left, leaving Gaara there with her. She had assume he left her with Sai, despite what she said, and went somewhere else. TO think that Gaara would go out of his way to join them.. she gave a small smile at the thought. That guy…really changed huh? "Well then.."

Mieihi looked back at her as Sakura placed her hands behind her back, "Shall we get going?—Ojou-san!"

"Her name is 'Mieihi.' From now on."

Sakura's eyes widened as she screamed, "UAAAHHHH!" the red headed Kazekage had appeared out of no where behind her. "W-what the…i-it's just you G—*pissed* KORA! (you!) DON'T GO SNEAKING UP BEHIND OTHER PEOPLE'S BACKS TEMEE!(also means "you" but in here, it is used as a slang for anger)" her fist was held up with a vein popping on it.

Gaara remained solemn at her actions, a blink was the only sign that confirmed that he wasn't frozen. Unlike them, Gaara still wore his long red closed collared coat, the purple vest was there, although she was wondering why was there a chain as a belt for his pants?—Anyhow, he was wearing his usual shinobi outfit, just that his gourd wasn't to be seen behind him.

She paused before she made a comment, and realized what he had just said earlier. "Mieihi' tte?" she asked him as the girl called out his name as a greeting. She turned to her, "…?"

"That's my name now." Mieihi explained, "Gaara gave it to me last night."

Sakura smiled, "Heeeh…Is that so?" she turned to smile at Gaara. "That's a beautiful name Gaara!—I thought you were going to give something else but I never knew you had such talent in putting up a unique one with 'that meaning'."

Gaara had his arms crossed, looking away with a "Hn.." sound escaping.

That just almost looked like Sasuke's reaction at some point.

"Mieihi-chan huh? It suits you!" Sakura grinned as the girl looked away in a small blush.

"It does?-A—arigatou…(thank you.)"

"Aww, you're so cute." Sakura placed her hand suddenly on Mieihi's head, Gaara saw this with his eyes startled.

But nothing happened.

Mieihi was struggling, he knew that, as he saw her hand in a fist, Sakura was patting the girl's head like she was older than her. A small smile slowly grew from her, as her hand slowly relaxed.

Gaara resisted the urge to smile. So she listened to me after all.

"Ooy~!"

The three of them turned their heads to the sound of a male, the young man had a black band on his forehead, with dark brown spiky hair, his eyes were a bit slit, and he had a fang like red markings, which was paint or something like that, on each cheek, he was wearing a black jacket, and inside was a black shirt, and perhaps inside that black shirt was like a net, he also wore black pants and shoes, he had a worry expression on his face.

Sakura recognized him before Gaara did, "Kiba?"

"Hey!" Kiba had stopped infront of them panting. "H—H—Ha…"

"Ha?"

"Have you seen AKAMARU!" he began to panic, Sakura had then noticed, his, very, very big dog, was no where to be seen either.

"Oh, sorry I haven't…" She shook her head as Mieihi looked at the, somewhat, wild looking man before her. Gaara was just watching from beside her.

"Akamaru?" she asked as Sakura turned her head to her, meeting the bottomless blue shades of her eyes.

"This is Kiba, and Akamaru is his dog…." She grinned a bit, "That dog is a bit different from the normal dogs these days…very different." Miehi gave a nod as Kiba noticed her.

"Heeh, so this must be the girl Naruto was talkin' about." He scratched the back of his head as he let out another hand to her. "Hey there!—Ya can call me Kiba!"

"Kiba-san."

Kiba looked at Sakura who was smiling, again. "She's….very polite."

"Aah I see…" he looked back at the shorter than him raven haired, girl. "…What's your name?"

"I don't….." she paused, as she felt herself smile in the inside, removing the usual answer she gave to people she had met. She began to smile softly, not knowing the affects it was giving off to the animal lover before her. "…Mieihi…"

Kiba blushed a bit as he tried to brush it of, "I-Is that so?—Ehem, anyhow…sorry but if you do see Akamaru, tell me alright?" then he finally noticed Gaara, who seems to have daggers in his eyes, "…U-uh." He felt a bit overwhelmed for some reason at his stare on him.

"Where was the last time you saw him?—It's rare for you guys to separate." Sakura asked, her hand on her hip as she wondered if this was Naruto in disguise to come and snatch her turn with her.

"Aah…well." Kiba began to look back.

+++Flash Back+++

"OK! AKAMARU!—WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN BREAK THE SCIENTIST'S FACTS AND MAKE YA FLY!"

"AWWWWOOOOOHHH!" the HUGE dog that maybe even bigger than an Irish wolfhound or more had returned its reply as the tail wagged in excitement, they were by the forest at this time, nearby a small dango shack after they had their breakfast there. His master was just as energetic as ever.

"Ok Akamaru! If we get to do "Gatsuga" (Fang over Fang) and appear high in the air than you will have to maneuver and focus chakra on your paws!"

"BARK-BARK! (Alright!)" Akamaru had replied, the bark was deeper than the first one.

"OK! LET'S DO THIS!" he began to take his position. "BEAST MIMICRY!" with a sudden poof there was another Kiba above him doing a symmetrical position as they jumped up and twirled in the air, both of them landing on another branch to push up into the sky. "GATSU—GA!"

And with that, they were spinning like crazy as they went through the woods cutting down trees, Kiba landed on one tree, the real one as he looked up to see another Kiba tornado spin above him. "THAT'S IT AKAMARU! GO HIGHER!"

[Wait…can Akamaru call out Chakr-]

"AKAMARU!" Kiba sweat dropped when his dog had tried to stop, but somehow he didn't as he began to in another direction like a dart. It seems like Akamaru wasn't able to stop for some reason and went to another direction.

On the other hand, Kiba was happy. "WE DID IT!—IT'—WE DID IT BOY!"

Then he sweat dropped, even his fist of victory did. "Wait…." He had noticed he was all alone. "OY!-"

"AKAMARU!-WHERE DID YOU GO!"

+++End of Flash back+++

"Ahahaha, at least we prove those scientists wrong!" He punched the air

*BAM*

While Sakura smacked his head with her fist. "That was must be the most ridiculous thing I haven ever heard."

"OW!—hey! It's true!" Kiba growled as his hand rubbed on his head. "Anyhow…sorry for getting in your way, but if you do see him, please tell him to stay where he is or bring him to me or even tell me!"

Sakura sighed as she held her head, "Alright, alright."

"Thanks!" he also grinned while winking at Mieihi. "See ya later Mieihi!—Gaa-.." he paused when the Kazekage doesn't seem pleased at him winking at the girl WHY THE HELL IS HE SO ANGRY AT ME FOR?, he sweats as he began to run off to look for his best friend.

Sakura gave a heavy sigh as she gave a small grin at Miehi, "Shall we get going?"

+++Hours after eating in a place and Sakura gaping to see Gaara feeding Mieihi later…+++

I can live with the shock of the sadistic Gaara being all nice and going out of his way to be with her BUT WHO WOULD EVER BE COOL WITH THE FACT THAT I JUST WITNESSED THE SADISTIC KAZEKAGE, WHO IS INDEED, GAARA HIMSELF, FEEDING A YEAR UNDER HIM, GIRL WHO IS MIEIHI LIKE SHE IS SOME KIND OF CHILD!—NO-NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, IT MAKES THEM LOOK LIKE THEY'RE…!

"Open your mouth…"

Mieihi nods.

[In Sakura's imagination.]

*Flowers were everywhere in the background* "Open your mouth…Mieihi…"

"Aah~…" a blush on her face as she closed her hands in a clasp and Gaara coming dangerously closer.

UAAAHHH! NO!—NO THAT'S CAN'T BE IT!—THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!—NO WAIT THAT MIGHT BE!—OH WAIT!—SINCE SHE'S IN A CAPSULE AND TRAPPED THERE FOR 10 YEARS AND A FEW DAYS OR MONTHS, PERHAPS SHE HASN'T EXPERIENCED EATING OUTSIDE *REMEMBERS MIEIHI SAYING THAT TO HER ON THEIR WAY THERE* YES THAT HAS TO BE THE CASE! AND GAARA HAD EXPLAINED THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO HOLD CHOPSTICKS YET SO IT'S NORMAL AND NOTHING ABNORMAL ABOUT HIM FEEDING HER WITH HIS OWN CHOPSTI-OH KAMI-SAMA! GAARA USED HIS OWN CHOPSTICKS THAT HE HAD USED TO EAT WITH IN THE FIRST PLACE TO FEED HER AND THEN HE USED IT AGAIN TO EAT WHEN SHE WAS FINISHED! OH KAMI-SAMA! IS THE WORLD NEARING ITS END? HAS GAARA BEEN POISONED! ABDUCTED! REPLACED BY SOMEONE! OR HAD THE AKATSUKI KIDNAPPED HIM AGAIN AND MADE A WEIRD GUY IN HIS PLACE USING A TRANSFORMATION JUTSU!

OR IS THIS A GENJUTSU!

SINCE WHEN DID MY LIFE TURN INTO SOME KIND OF MANGA! [actually…ever since you were born…or even before you were born….]

"Sakura…"

"!" her eyes widened as she snapped out of her thoughts, they were still walking through the streets, Mieihi was staring at her as Gaara was beside her, glaring at anyone who was staring the raven haired girl. "Aah…sorry, I just had something in my mind…." And then she grinned, pushing the thoughts away with a sweat drop down her head. "Um...say, do you like flowers Mieihi?"

She blinked, "Flowers…?-I had read them and seen them in books…" looked down at the ground before her as she walked, like she was thinking, her head now looking ahead of her. "…I do not know if I like them…but I want to see one for myself."

"Then it's settled!" Sakura grinned at her as Mieihi turned to her with question in her eye. "…I know a place for some flowers for you~," then she made a dark face, stopping at her tracks as the two did the same. "…Even though that Ino pig runs the place." Then returned with a smile that almost makes the girl freaked out by her face. "Let's go!"

"A-aah.." she nodded uneasily. As they began walking to the place.

It wasn't long before Sakura had done another glaring match with the person by the counter, Mieihi looked to see who it was as Gaara followed her in.

It was a beautiful kunoichi, wearing a purple sleeveless turtle neck, her long blonde hair bangs had covered her right eye, and her hair was tied up in a pony tail, her eyes were in the color of sky blue, she noticed her, and she blushed. "Oh my gosh what a gorgeous—OH MY GOSH IT'S A GIRL!" she gasped while she jumped out of the counter swiftly, by this actions, Mieihi knew she was a skilled kunoichi.

She went to her and smiled, "She's so pretty!"

"HEY YOU STOP DOING THAT TO SHOW OF YOUR SKILLS, INO PIG!"

Ino had a vein popping on her forehead. "SHUT UP! BILLBOARD FORE HEAD!—I WAS JUST SURPRISED BY OUR VISITOR! THAT'S ALL!"

"I'M SURE THAT TSUNDE-SAMA HAD ALREADY SHOWED YOU HER PICTURE BEFORE SHE CAME HERE TO KONOHAGAKURE SO WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED!—PIGGY!"

"IS IT SO WRONG TO BE SURPRISED BY SEEING SOMEONE FROM THE PICTURE IN PERSON! HUUH BOARDY JOE!"

They are like Kankuro and Temari. Gaara and Miehi just stared at them, they had a feeling that this will take 15 minutes so Mieihi decided to look around on her own.

Gaara blinked, not minding the noisy girls before him, turning to see Mieihi looking at each flower that she had seen in the book.

But to his surprise, she mostly passed them by just looking at them. Perhaps none of those interests her. He guessed in his mind as he tilted his head back to avoid a Wolfsbane flower from hitting his head by mistake as the two girls freeze.

"I'M SO SORRY-OH MY GOSH!" Ino gasped, her hands clasped together until she paused to see who it was. "….Wait…is that Gaara?"

Gaara moved his eyes to her, he was wondering why is she so surprised and startled?—She did see him by the time he had been revived.

Wait…he can't really remember though.

OH MY GOSH HE GREW HOTTER! Ino flamed in her thoughts as she moved back before Sakura slammed her fist to her blonde head. "WHAT THE HELL JOE!"

"MY NAME AIN'T JOE—YELLOW BOAR!

Gaara sighed he looked away. They say that it's noisy where there are three women…but I beg to differ. He also sighed mentally before looking back to watch Mieihi.

Who, was no where to be seen for the meantime.

"?" he blinked as he walked away from where he was to find her inside the traditional looking flower shop, just in time to avoid the flower pots of daisies being thrown by the two rival kunoichis.

He passed by a great number of flower pots, as he walked to a small hallway that perhaps leads to another room of the shop, and saw camellias around the place, together with some other flowers he does not recognize himself.

He was about to go to the sight of a cactus he doesn't seem to have yet till he saw a black head among the blue roses that had covered a lot of room to his far left. "..?" he took a step closer, and looked down to see her.

She was crouched down there, surrounded by a weird color of roses around her, blue roses. To her, something was, a bit familiar with their sight, she was staring at them, her mind was scanning through her memory, she had seen them before. She just doesn't remember where or when did she ever.

Perhaps she did. Her mind told her that, as she felt something within cry out that it almost pained her chest.

Gaara felt uneasy when he looked at them, Blue roses. He thought, they were in that book as well. He cringed on the thought, but looked back at her, she was looking at them with her beautiful eyes that seems to blend perfectly with the roses as her surroundings, the cringe was now disappearing into a relaxed expression, soon he had forgotten what he had thought about as silence settled in among them.

Well…it was about to settle i-

"Looks like she got a liking to the newcomers here!" a cheery lady like voice was heard as Gaara turned his head to see the two, who are keeping a huge distance away but nevertheless, is beside each other, walking towards them.

"Heh?—Blue roses?" Sakura blinked, as she walked towards Mieihi who turned to her in a sleepy look. "This is the first time I saw this hue of a rose…"

"That's because it's artificially made." Ino said, a hand on her hip as she continued to explain. "Although they look real, they were given a special kind of chemical to grow in the water they gave it to make the petals turn into that certain color…..sooner or later it became a popular color in the roses…and now it had made its way to my shop." She smiled sweetly. "It looks like Mieihi had taken a liking to it!"

Mieihi turned her to face the blonde kunoichi. "…What do you call these again?"

"Hm?" she raised an eyebrow and grinned. "Blue Roses."

"Blue…" she muttered before turning her head back to the blue roses facing her. "…roses."

Gaara had the sudden urge to get them all for some reason he easily burned inside of him, to grow roses is unfitting. And also, they live in cold areas.

Cold and wet areas. Is what he added in the statement, and even though it was for her, he didn't like the feeling of his sand sticking into every part of his body at all. Nor the fact, that his gourd was soaking wet when he last checked it. He left his gourd there, even though it was dry, he doesn't want the incident from yesterday to happen again if Konohagakure was suddenly becoming even more populated by the months coming by.

"Do you like Blue Roses, Mieihi?" Sakura grinned, the girl had her nod as her reply, with a small pink blush at one of her cheeks, sadly for her, having such white skin makes it very obvious.

Ino bent down at them, her hands resting on her knees and maintaining balance, partially showing off her body as Gaara was too busy staring at the blue roses, lost in thought. "Well, for you, you can have a bouquet of blue roses—on the house!"

Mieihi looked back up at her from where she crouched, and began to give a warm smile, initially confusing Ino if she really is a girl or a young boy in girl clothes.

Ino blushed, her expression was still in surprise state as Sakura waved a hand infront of her, and Mieihi simply wondering what's wrong with the people she smiles to?

"They seem to freeze when I smile…" she said quietly as she turned to Sakura. "…is there something wrong when I smile?—do I give off a frightening appearance?"

"Ah…no…it's not like that…Hahaha." Sakura grinned uneasily, her brows brought together in her sweat drop. Unsure into how to explain it to her.

+++A few moments later+++

"PLEASE COME AND VISIT AGAIN MIEIHI-CHAAAN!" Ino called out with a huge happy face and sparkling, uuhh, sparkles surrounding her being as she waved good bye to the three, who were now walking away.

Mieihi had waved without looking, so boyish like that Ino found herself squealing.

Sakura was deeply troubled.

And Gaara felt like shutting that blonde kunoichi up for some reason kami-sama-only-knows-what it was.

I hope did get converted into someone who goes both ways! Sakura was almost disgusted at the thought, she gave an inwardly sigh. Why does Mieihi have to look like a boy and a girl combined?—and even her voice is very confusing…!—Maybe I shouldn't have brought here there…what was I thinking?

Mieihi was busy hugging the bouquet of blue roses with her against her chest, the right side of her face was feeling the softness of the rose petals, till. "!"

Gaara paused when Mieihi did, and found that she was bleeding against her chin, Sakura noticed and got inflamed, "THAT DAMN INO MISSED A THORN!"

Mieihi's eyes were startled, she looked at the thorn, the single thorn there, the green had something on it.

What was that thing?

My face feels wet, and there's a small tingling feeling… she placed her finger on it and senses an opening from the tips. She looked at her wet finger, and saw a red hue of liquid. Her mind had told her it was blood. Blood…my… her grip was slowly loosening to the hold of the bouquet, she had ignored Sakura's calls for her of concern, and Gaara's glance on her.

My…blood. She thought to herself as images of her being tortured…and an enormous amount of red was seen before her. No…stop it. Her hand before her closed into a grip, a sign that she was fighting the fear within her, she could hear her inner screams inside. Don't… her eye widened even more. DON'T!—

"Mieihi." A voice called out for her, and instantly she snapped out of it and turned her head to look at Gaara's eye glancing on her.

"Ah…" her eye slowly went back into it's normal sleepy looking ones as the sounds around her finally came back.

Sakura called out. "Are you alright?...It seems you got cut by a thorn." She walked infront of her, and her eyes widened when she saw the small cut come into a close. She froze in place. What was…that…just now? She felt herself shiver.

She heals in an intense rate. Gaara commented in his mind but showed no clues of his surprise on his face.

Sakura held a small grin as she wiped off the blood smeared on her cheek, in the inside of her, she was, shivering. What is this? Her mouth was partly open as she closed it in a grit of her teeth. …What is…this feeling?—fear?

"Thorn…?" Mieihi asked her.

Sakura blinked, snapping out of it. "A-aah, well, it's a part of a rose that helps it protect itself from predators and idiots." She tried to make a pun, and it seems to only work on her and not to the two poker faced beings before her.

"I see…" she muttered as she looked back at the rose with a thorn and her eye softened, she had a frown on it. That rose…is like me. She began to pick it up, and give it to her. "Here."

Sakura paled in a comical way, wondering why did she gave her the thorn one? "Um…thanks." She took it, in two reasons, the other was obvious.

The 2nd was, because of Gaara's look of take-it-and-be-grateful-or-die.

She began to change the subject, although her brows were still scrunched together. "Aah, have you ever tried dango, Mieihi?"

She blinked, a sign of a no as Sakura took her hand and marched, "Let's go then!"

Gaara sighed, following them from behind, wondering what is just wrong with that pink haired kunoichi.

And she says Naruto's the weird one.

+++Dango Shack+++

"Well?—does it taste good?" Sakura grinned, her eyes closed to add in the expression as the girl smiled, she had finished about 5 sticks of them, Gaara was still eating his second one, seated, AGAIN, beside Mieihi and AGAIN glaring at the men who were staring at Mieihi.

"OH LOOK IT'S BLACKFEATHER-SAN!"

That voice. The three of them both thought, with those words right behind them in a huge font style in a dramatic away.

It was none other than Mizuumi who had fallen on the attempted glomp-tackle to the girls.

The three of them sweat dropped at the same time at her fail, especially when she did it again, only to be dodged by Mieihi.

"My name is not Blackfeather—it's Mieihi…" said coolly.

"MIEIHI-CHAN!" Mizuumi sprout back up, like daisies, which somehow scared Mieihi and making Sakura bang her head.

"Geez girl!—you're just like the girl version of Naruto!" she grit her teeth as Mizuumi giggled with a sorry expression on her face.

"Well th—WOW!"

Will she ever stop shouting? Sakura asked herself in another irritated expression when Mizuumi had seen the blue roses Mieihi held close like a teddy bear.

"It suits you! WHERE'S MY CAMERA?—Miehi-sama! Blue roses really suit you! You should be a model for both girl and boy fabrics!"

No one knows if that was just a compliment she just blurted out.

More importantly, she seems to be scaling up with the suffixes now.

"…It…suits me?" she blinked as she gave a faint smile to her, and Mizuumi smiled even more.

"Here, give them to me!"

"?-!" at an instant, her black feathers (which are now black spikes) were around the panicking water kunoichi, making Gaara quirk an invisible eye brow at this.

Her wings didn't burst out this time—Perhaps her control is improving. He noted, wondering if this would be necessary on the reports he would be sending or telling to Tsunade by the end of the day.

"C—calm down Mieihi-sama!—If I don't put those roses in a face they will wilt and die—!" she quickly spoke as the spikes turned into feathers falling and disappearing with the question escaping Mieihi's mouth.

"…Die?" she asked her as she nodded, taking a deep breath and a heavy sigh of relief.

"If they're not in a vase, they'll wilt fast!—you knew they need water!" She said with the matter-of-fact face, her finger pointing out with a chibi-like expression on her face.

She, on the other hand, had the bored chibi-face. "I see." Then she had an idea as she nodded, making Gaara and Sakura turn to her. "I understand—I shall take care of it!"

*POOF*

"EH!" (O 0 O)

"AH!" (:O)

"…" (Insert dark and scary chibi face here.)

There were feathers left on the space where the girl had sat seconds before she had disappeared. Without a doubt she had teleported, as Gaara had another feeling of De Ja Vu.

Sakura flamed up, with fire behind her as she yelled out. "MIZUUMI-BA-KAA! (Mizuumi you idiot)

[Insert a very long scream and numerous of exclamation points here.]

+++?/Woods of Konoha/River Bank+++

"…." She frowned. All she got was now wet roses in her hands, But at least they won't die…yet. She nodded to herself, hugging them close, resulting into her making her scent into roses and her clothes being slightly wet.

*Whimper, whimper*

"?" she blinked as her eye moved up to look around from the water, she heard something, a sound but it doesn't sound human, what is that? She looked up ahead and focused, there was something huge and white over the bushes.

She put the roses down, just in case she would get into a fight, and looked back at it, it was on the other side of the river.

She began to remove her jacket and tie it around her waist using the sleeves, it would be alright if she would make a whole on this turtle neck, and cover it with her jacket until she gets back to fix it.

Then she re-think of that plan, and shook her head, she was going to bother tearing it up while she can use some chakra.

Her feet began to glow, as her eyes shined in the almost same hue of the roses on the ground when the light hits it.

She walked on the water as she made it to the other side, and looked over the bushes, her feathers slowly falling from now where was surrounding her in caution, it was something she only know discovered, that she can do.

She looked over, and at broken bits of branches and a huge broken branch on a white furry body of an animal.

It seems to be a huge canine, a wolf perhaps?

She blinked, the dog seemed to be in pain, saw it licking the front paws, and the leg of it, she walked towards it, and the dog perked it's ears to the sound, it began to bark at her, then whimper when it tried to move.

It had injured both front paws. She analyzed it as she went closer, the dog was now snarling at her with huge teeth.

When she knelt close to its paws, it was barking and snarling louder.

Her left eye suddenly slit like a sharp cat eye, making the huge dog sound like it just got scared or hurt again. "…I'm not here to kill you.." she muttered as she looked back down.

The dog was on its side, the back of it was against a tree stub that must have snapped when something happened, was it a fight?—no, it looked like this dog had fallen from a high place.

She looked closely at the canine's front legs, and finally realize that the brownish hues around it, was dried up blood. "It's broken…" she muttered to herself.

"*Whimper*" it whimpered in a high pitch, then it seems to be sniffing her.

She looked back at it, and saw the expression changed into a more happy look of security, did my scent calm him down? She recalled the roses on her, but, that wouldn't be the case.

She move closely to it and the dog was giving an illusion of it smiling, barking a bit as the teeth bared and the tongue sticking out, she hesitantly place a hand on his head, warily, just in case it suddenly bit her. But it didn't, she felt the soft fur, and knew this dog was being owned by someone, it was so clean.

"Have you seen AKAMARU!"

Eh? She blinked at the suddenly flash back.

"Akamaru?" her voice echoed

"This is Kiba, and Akamaru is his dog…." Sakura's grin was seen.

"That dog is a bit different from the normal dogs these days…very different."

This canine certainly is huge…and from Kiba-san's story… she began to call out to it. "..Are you…. Akamaru?"

"*BARK! BARK!*" it barked loudly, she could see the tail trying to wag, but it was very faint, it seems like it had other injuries as well.

So he must have recognized Kiba-san's scent on me… she guessed as she began to look back down at the paws, then Akamaru's whole body. "…I am going to help you….ok?"

"*BARK! BARK-BARK!*" he seemed happy as she stood up, and placed her hands before her as she closed her eye.

She took a deep breath while looking up, the black feathers suddenly showering the huge canine instead of her as small blue flames were upon him.

The dog yelped in surprise and whimpered in fear, "…It's alright…" she said softly as Akamaru's body was fully engulfed in light blue light of chakra, perhaps it was the dogs own chakra. And that was exactly it, she had made it seem that Akamaru was healing himself, the blue flames were from her, instead of healing it in an instant, by doing this, the dog had learned how to heal itself.

She smiled softly as she put her hands down, the feathers returning back to her as the dog slowly sat up and shake, stretching as it barked happily at her, she smiled back at her as the dog suddenly nudges at her limb, asking her to face there.

She unknowingly did and looked at the direction of the river, before she knew it, Akamaru had appeared below her, and now she found herself hiding the huge canine like a horse and began to walk out of the bushes. She was worried that her weight might snap this spine of this dog.

"Ah!—there she is!"

She heard that annoying sound again and looked, it was Mizuumi who was having at her, holding the blue roses in her hands, a glass material vase was holding the roses together with water within it.

Gaara and Sakura quickly rushed to Mizuumi's location and saw her. "Hey, isn't that Akamaru?" she quirked an eyebrow.

Mizuumi grinned as Akamaru jumped over the river and landed beside Gaara, letting Mieihi down as he lay on the ground, it began to turn on its tummy and Mieihi began to rub it, feeling the fur as the two girls began to smile at the scene.

"Aww! Mieihi, it looks like you made another friend!" Sakura grinned as Mizuumi nodded at her comment.

Gaara was watching her with nothing in his mind, face or words, but his arms were crossed, and can't help but to feel relief from knowing that they found her quite fast. "….."

+++Moments Later+++

"I'm glad Kiba and Akamaru are finally back." Sakura grinned as the three of them walked back into town. "Kiba really seemed desperate back then…" recalling the times there were water works with Akamaru's master.

Mizuumi had gone back to the Hokage's Residence to place the face at Miehi and Gaara's room, and the sun was already setting, the sky now deep in pastel orange.

"Aah!—sou ka! (I know)" Sakura clasped her hands together as she smiled at Mieihi's direction, "…Mieihi, you don't have a kimono yet don't you?"

"…Hn?" she blinked turning to her. "…What's a…kimono?"

"Aah, a kimono is a traditional Japanese clothing."

"Japanese…" her mind soon calculated the word for her as the dictionary meaning had made her understanding clearer. She nodded when she understood it.

Making Sakura sweat drop at her computer scanning process of her mind. "Well then, why don't we get you some?—Konohagakure has the most beautiful ones in the whole Land of Fire!"

"…" She found herself nodding before she had anything else to say.

"Gaara, you're also going to help out too!" Sakura turned to the quiet Shinobi who doesn't look like he was listening at all.

"Very well then. I shall assist." Yes, he wasn't really listening at all….

+++Kirei Hana+++

A shop, not so far from her house was called "Kirei Hana", where most of the females in Konohagakure had come over and buy their clothes, it was very popular, especially for girls who were looking for beautifully made kimonos.

According to Sakura, the Fire Fly Festival, "Hotaru Matsuri", would be coming after a few weeks. Since Miehi haven't experienced one, she should and so she won't allow her to miss any joyful celebration such as this.

Gaara though, was just standing there infront of the shop, he had refused to come in, ignoring the complaints Sakura had thrown on him that he had agreed earlier, and the threats of her telling everyone that the Kazekage is a chicken, he knew that was something she wouldn't even dare to do to him.

There was no way he would promptly enter, a pink, shop. With lots of girls who, by the looks of it, might be one of his fans, there were even some kunoichis from his village. Although he has no idea, why in hell, were they all squealing at the sight of him.

He told Mieihi that he would just wait outside and she agreed, going in with Sakura, who somehow looks like the owner than a customer to the place, from what she was wearing.

"Oy~!"

Somehow he felt De Ja Vu, but he knew who's voice was that. Turning to see, what he just expected to see, his fellow friend, Naruto.

"Naruto…?" he blinked at the blonde shinobi stopped infront of him with a grin, he had a black shirt on with the Konoha symbol in red on it, and his usual orange pants.

His head protector was no where to be seen, perhaps he has no missions today like the rest. After the calm comes the storm. Was what he thought in his mind, although it seems this situation was the reverse of that saying.

"What are you doing here in this…" He seemed to pale when he looked exactly where Gaara was standing infront of.

Gaara replied coolly. "Haruno and Mieihi had entered this place to purchase a kimono for themselves, in order to attend the Hotaru Matsuri." He made sure his point was clear. "…I decided to stay and wait for them."

"Aah—Eh!—Hotaru Matsuri!" Naruto gasped before he went to his relaxed pose, "I forgot all about that!—Aw damn…"

"?"

"Ah, well, it is now asked for everyone to wear the traditional kimono for such festivals." Naruto made an irritated face while ramming a hand through his blonde spiky hair, a sigh came before his words. "…Although it's not really mandatory…anyway. If Mi—EEHH! WHO'S MIEIHI AND WHERE'S OJOU!" Naruto in mid way of his sentenced had suddenly panicked.

"Naruto….Ojou-san, is Mieihi…" Gaara said, not at all surprised by his reaction, although he wondered how big can his mouth and eyes get to a small surprise of his own realizations.

"W-wha?-oohh, Ahahaha." Naruto scratched his head with an embarrassed grin, "…Mieihi-chan huh?—that's an awesome name!—Anyhow…if Mieihi-chan's now going to attend…then I'm sure Sakura-chan would want her to experience it traditionally and stuff like that—Anyhow, it means-"

"You're saying that you and I should wear a traditional costume on the night of the festival." Gaara had gave a shot gun response, interrupting his friend who froze on the spot. "…datta…na….?(isn't it…?)" he ended with very little emotion in them.

"Ahahaha—ya got me!" Naruto sweat dropped while scratching the nape. "—Yeah but you should really go and wear one got it?"

He again, wondered why he should e-

"Besides!—I think Mieihi-chan would be happy to see you in one as well! Datte ba yo!(You know!)"

He takes it back. "….." Although he was looking away, he had considered it.

"Eh?" Naruto blinked as he turned his head to him, "Hey—Hey Gaara are ya listenin' at all! Oy! TEMEE!"

"I am." Gaara muttered, still looking in another direction.

"OY!—FACE ME WHEN YOU DO!"

He faced him. "…What?"

Naruto sweat dropped even more. "Will ya move a muscle in your face when you move? It's creeping me out!"

"We're back!—Ah, Naruto?" Sakura's voice was heard from behind Gaara, and turned to see them having two shopping bags, BIG ONES, he wondered if the female kimonos were really that big.

Mieihi had noticed the person with him, although Naruto was always the one who comes first in the greeting. "Yo!—Mieihi-chan!—I head that your new name!" he gave his usual fox grin. "It suits you!"

She found herself smiling at that shinobi. "Thank you."

"What are you doing here, by the way Naruto?" Sakura placed her hand on her hip, raising a brow.

"Aah me?—well I was on my way to Ichiraku Ramen till I saw Gaara along this way!"

"Ichi-raku Ramen?" Mieihi asked, tilting her head as Naruto nodded to her.

"It's the best Ramen Shop—EVER—I'll bring you there on a date tomorrow-*SMACK* GAAAHHH! MY HEAD!"

"WHO'S GOING ON A DATE WITH WHO!" Sakura yelled out as her usual demonic flames came from below her, her chakra infused fist still gives off light at the dark streets as the street lights began to flicker on. "Ah…it's already getting late." She noticed.

"Aah….it's starting to bleed." Naruto mumbled, referring to his head, which has so many bandages by now.

"…Are you alright?" both Mieihi and Gaara had asked their fellow shinobi friend who seemed to pass out anytime by now.

"He's fine!" Sakura humped back to standing tall.

"You're so mean…-owww-…Sakura-chan…" Naruto mumbled while holding his head as he stood up. "Anyhow…I'll see you and Gaara tomorrow…" he smiled weakly. "Konohamaru and Mizuumi are waiting for me by the Ichiraku Ramen….night guys!"

Even with the throbbing pain, like a true shinobi, we walked bravely away to the streets.

That was when Mizuumi had accidentally landed her foot on them on a fail attempt to hug him from above.

Sakura sighed at the scene, "Geez…Mizuumi and Naruto are just like two peas in a pod!" without her noticing, the other two peas in a pod had nodded their heads at the sametime.

"SAKURA-SAN!—SAKURA-SAN!"

"!" Sakura's eyes widened when the three of them turned around to see a raven haired adult, Shizune. "Shizune-san?—What's wrong!" noticing the panic in her face.

"I'm glad I found you soon! *pants* *pants*-You are being called into Konohagakure's Hospital Stat! sorry to interrupt your time but this is an emergency!" she panted, from the looks of it she has been running all the way, and she had used to much energy.

"M-me!—U-understood!" Sakura nodded as Shizune ran off ahead, she turned to Gaara and Mieihi, "I'm sorry you two but I have to go—I had a great time—Bye!" she called out as she made a ninja sprint with the assistant.

There was a small silence before Gaara and Mieihi turned their head to look at each other, unsure what to do next.

"Gaara…..!" she broke the silence as he blinked, she placed her hands in her jacket's pockets, it seems like she wore it back up instead of the one by the river. "Let's go and eat at Yakiniku Q!"

"…" he tried to remember the place, but didn't want to worry her. "Wakatta…(I got it/Understood.)"

+++20 minutes of walking around Konohagakure+++

"Gaara….I think we're not in town anymore…" Mieihi said as she saw the closed Dango Shack to her left.

Gaara was, well, embarrassed but he showed none of it, will not. Ever. And he doesn't even know why he's sighing which was a clue to his own discomfort.

"Areh…?"

There was a shy voice coming from the woods, and finally saw two people coming out.

One had long bluish black hair that her bangs covered the whole forehead, she was wearing a jacket, her metal head protector at her neck, next to her was someone Mieihi had already met.

She remembered well, in fact his name was. "Neji-san…?" she called out, catching their attention.

"You know him?" Gaara can't help but to ask and she nodded.

"He had saved me from two men yesterday."

"I see."

"You did?" the shy voiced girl turned to him, and he crossed his arms.

"Aah.." he nodded remembering that time as they walked up to the other two by the shack. "What are you guys doing here at the outskirts?"

"We're lost." Mieihi said instantly.

At least she didn't say it was my fault. Gaara commented on her honesty.

The girl beside Neji was at the same height as Mieihi, they looked at each other and she smiled. "Um…could it be, that you're the guess Tsunade-sama w-was talking about?"

"…" Mieihi nodded to her, "My name is Mieihi now." She added, informing Neji instantly.

"I—I'm Hyuuga, Hinata…n-nice to meet you…" Hinata smiled, nodding her head in a greeting. She saw that Mieihi had noticed it, and explained before she might say something embarrassing. "I am Neji-kun's cousin."

"Oh I see." Mieihi nodded again, "..Hinata-san…do you know how to get to Yakiniku Q?"

"Y-Yakiniku Q?" the other girl tilted her head.

As the two of them discussed about how to get there.

Gaara turned his head to the male Hyuuga, who noticed and looked back at him. "….From the looks of it…you seemed to have been attacked." He noticed a couple of rips here and there at his clothes and Hinata's sleeves.

They were also wearing the battle outfits, "Aah." Neji shrugged but saying yes anyway. "Once I came back, I was asked to patrol the area by Hinata….who was asked by Gai-sensei, since he is now taking care of our imbecile in the team."

Gaara blinked, so there were a lot of Narutos around this place?

"They seem to be bandits, making pranks on the training grounds around here…Hinata and I were able to silence them before they do something more than just pranks." Neji explained even further, "…and why are you here? With her?"

"I thought it was made clear by Mieihi that we have lost our way through this village." Gaara said to him, not bothering answering the other question, he still doesn't seem to get along with other people.

Neji seems to be almost the same as he didn't reply and turned to Hinata, "We have to go and report at once Hina-"

"…" Gaara and Neji both blinked as the cold breeze passed them by.

Those two were not where they used to be.

Neji sighed, holding his head. "…She has to go without telling me…"

For once, Gaara had thought the same as him.

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Phew….my head huuurts! DDDDD:

It's going to be a lot of emotional scenes in the next chapter :O that I'm laughing at it XD but meh….Everyone in Naruto are ALWAYS emotional, don't you agree? Aah~! But that's the beauty of it! :D

Well then, Gaara and I discussed *evil grin* if you don't REVIEW…..

GAARA: …KOROSU ZO.

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Gaara: Sabaku Kyuu—

Mieihi, Temari, Kankuro & Me: GAAAARRAAAA!