((Okay, I missed a review for chapter 18 so here it is!))

kitkat kezia:

Okay... that was kinda confusing but I'm sure it'll make sense in time. :)
Whats the song called? Or did you make it up?

(I just made up a small verse of poetry and decided that she would be singing in the tub about Gaara. I hope you liked it!)

((Now here are the other four review that came after chapter 19))

xXTwilight-KunoichiXx:

AH HE WILL KISS HER CAUSE ILL GET MY OOC AND KICK HIS IF HE DOESN'T! You
kill me inside with your cliffies and if i was a guy i would be the least
perverted guy cuz i hate perverted guys no offense but i got leg touchedby
this kid arthur i slapped him but anyways PLOX means please, plz, por favor,
pwease ya know it goes on and on and I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN CHIKAGE'S SHOES
RIGHT NOW! Ok I Had a Crazy Fan moment...and thank you for being happy that
i'm ok and i still have to go to the doctor to get my chest area checked so
hopefully im fine!
P.S. MY LITTLE BROTHER IS BEING ANNOYING!!
-Ja ne, xXTwilgiht-KunoichiXx

(yay! wait... your OOC... would kick his ass? lol don't worry... no violence will need to come of this situation and crazy fan moments are to live for!)

kina:

NO I SPELT CHIKAGE RONG -crys- stupid keybord..BLAME MY KEYBORD! and YAYZ
FOR THE SMUT!

(that's okay. I blame my keyboard for mispellings all the time)

Gaara-frenzy:

if people try to assassinate you your raccoon mafia can protect you! i hate
other assassins. i like to think i'm the best assassine since i gave my
neighbor and her mom a heart attack by walking up to them in the dark since i
could see and they couldn't. besides if they assassinated you how would we
know what happens next?! please please please update soon. XD

(lol, yes but my raccoon mafia is slowly disintigrating. today, I saw one of my members had been hit on the road. weeps for her loss we'll miss him dearly.)

Of.Two.minds:

(Excuse my blissful fangirl moment) AYYIIE THAT IS SO ADORABLE! Takes Deep
breath Okay i'm fine now. Can't wait for more this is so Adorable!

(yay! I'm so happy that you love it so much for a blissful fan girl scream! And to take such a deep breath to regain your compossure only makes it even better. once again... crazy fan moments are to live for.)

((Okay then, now that the reviews and replies have been tallied... let us begin. Gaara has to make a choice and since he's confused as all Hell, I've decided to choose for him... as if there was a doubt that I would. He likes to pretend that he has a say in these stories. lol jk))

Chapter 20: Kiss Me Once

Gaara stared upon the puckered lips as though they were covered with a paper bomb. He knew that if he touched those lips, something would happen. But whether it was good or bad, he couldn't tell. That was the thing about Chikage-- she was grey. She was the good and the bad. For the life of him, he couldn't find the bad about her at that moment.

She wore a large night shirt, panties, and no bra. She hugged him and he hugged her. Her eyes were soft and she begged for his kisses. The ideal angel of any man. But he wasn't any man. He didn't know what to do... what was right to do. He had been outcasted for so long, it seemed almost impossible for him to touch a female. And yet, here he was, an angel in his arms.

"What will happen?" he asked softly. As much as he would have denied it, her lips looked so kissable. He could almost taste them upon his own.

Chikage smiled at him with those kissable lips. "Everything and nothing. It won't harm you physically but if you're like me, there will be an emotional waterfall that you'll just tumble down in a wooden barrel."

"What? You don't make any sense."

"It's called being in love, Gaara-san. Nothing makes sense to a woman in love."

"Would you stop saying that? You're delusional... it's all that hot water." He remembered that she'd said something similar before she'd taken a bath but he didn't care.

"Gaara-san..."

"Don't say it. I don't want to hear it."

"Then kiss me!"

"Not until I know what will happen!"

"But I don't know! I don't know what will happen to you... I can only feel for one."

"I hate that about you."

Chikage giggled. "I'm just glad that you don't hate me as a whole."

Gaara looked at her funny. "Who said that?"

"What? You mean... you do hate me... for me?"

"I don't know. You annoy and confuse me. I suppose that's reason enough to hate you."

"Gaara-san..." Her lilac eyes began to tear up.

"That won't work."

"You never said flat out that you hated me, though..."

"Hm... so I didn't. That doesn't mean anything."

"It means a lot!" she argued.

He sighed. "No, it doesn't. I just can't seem to decide."

"Kiss me and then you'll be able to."

"You're like a dog with this kiss thing. Is it an exchange of chakra?"

Chikage laughed slightly. She was starting to get impatient. "No... not really. It's just a physical way of showing love."

"But I don't love," Gaara retorted logically.

"Hey! You asked me to show you love!" she replied sharply. "This was the best way. But I would be lying... if I said that I wasn't looking forward to doing this."

"What are you trying to say?" Gaara asked.

Growling, Chikage declared, "It's like trying to talk to Kankuro-san! I've been saying all night how much I love you! And I've loved you for so long! Now kiss me or die!"

"You can kill me? I'd like to see that..."

Chikage shook her head. "Let me go, Gaara-san."

The red-headed sand god was shocked to hear this. "What?"

"I won't beg anymore. I'll leave and... go stay in another room."

He didn't understand why she suddenly sounded so tired. "Why?"

"I'm sick of asking you to kiss me. I've answered all of your questions, I've told you time and time again that I loved you. And you have yet to kiss me! The way I see it... this is the best way to "kill" you," she replied, struggling to get out of the sandy grasp of Gaara. But he held on fast.

"I can kill you just as easily."

"I didn't say it was easier... I said it was better. Now let me go!"

Time stilled to a stop. Chikage couldn't speak anymore, Gaara didn't care about her sudden attitude. All that mattered was her body against his. Her hands weakly holding on to his arms as his lips devoured hers. One of his hands snaked up her body and burrowed itself deep into her reddish-brown locks. A soft moan came from the back of her throat, followed by one of Gaara's thicker, manlier ones. His other hand had made contact with her butt and he began to mold and massage her left cheek. This, in turn, coaxed her hips into his.

((smut cliffhanger! warning, warning! next chapter might take longer to jot down... since I might make it into a lemon... maybe... maybe not. oh well, review please!! I think this one's longer... puppy eyes for reviews))