A/N: sorry this took so long guys, writers block ya' know? any who I hope you like this chapter! :D
Three weeks later and Kiya was in her fourth month. It was 3 months till the wedding and Kiya had finished most of the things that she needed to do but there were still some loose ends that Temari wanted her to come to Konoha for. Kiya had yet to tell Gaara that Temari needed her in the Leaf village, mainly because she knew he would throw a fit. She smiled to herself while putting some books away. Now that her morning sickness was lessened it made working much easier although she did find that she needed to use the bathroom more often. Gaara had told her last night that he had a meeting at 6:30 so he wouldn't be home for dinner. Kiya glanced at the clock, it was 5:30 already and so she decided to head home.
Gaara sat in the meeting room drumming his fingers on the table, waiting for the council to decide that they wanted to come to the meeting that they had scheduled. He looked impatiently at the clock: 6:32.
'I'm missing dinner for this.' He thought, getting more restless as the second hand ticked. 'Okay if it reaches 6:40 I'm leaving.'
He sat and willed the clock to move faster. He was a little confused why the council had not shown up yet. They were usually so anal about their meetings for superfluous crap such as this one which was to be about what sort of names are respectable for the Kazekage's children.
Gaara scoffed inwardly 'as if Gaara was an acceptable name for a child of the Kazekage…but I suppose I never really was his child…' Gaara pondered that for a moment before discarding the thought with 'Oh well, as Kankuro says: he was a shitty dad any way. Oh look its 6:41.'
Kiya smiled down at the photo album in her lap, carefully remembering every detail of one of the best days of her life. She glanced down at her slightly pudgy tummy and rubbed it with her hand.
"I guess the day you are born will be the best, huh little guy?" She whispered.
"It will be for me." Gaara said from the door way into the living room.
Kiya jumped a little but giggled up at her husband as he walked toward her.
"What are you looking at?" he asked, sitting down next to her.
"Our wedding pictures. Just remembering the day is all." She said, snuggling under his arm and laying the album on his lap. She opened the front cover and started to laugh. "That's one of my favorites!"
The first picture in the album was of Kiya and Gaara except instead of them both smiling happily it was Kiya laughing hysterically and Gaara looking slightly perturbed at something over to the right of the picture.
"Do you remember this picture? Kankuro and Naruto decided that it would be a good idea to start posing behind the Photographer to get you to smile but they ended up just making you look angry! But that was one of the better ones." Kiya giggled.
Kiya turned the page and smiled again. "This one is my all time favorite of you." She said pointing to a picture in the middle of the page on the left. The picture was in black and white, taken from a low angle looking up as Naruto buttoned Gaara's cuff. Naruto was smiling softly, not his normal all-out grin but like he was truly happy and Gaara looked calm but still a little frazzled. Kiya looked over the other pictures on the page, all of Gaara and his two best men before the ceremony.
Gaara remembered that picture quite well, he had never learned to button cuffs, it was hard with only one hand. His eyes skimmed the rest of the photos of himself in the left page then moved over to the right page where it was all of Kiya and her two bridesmaids. Gaara smiled a little seeing one of his favorite pictures of Kiya. It was taken from behind her with her lace train fanned out and a small, sweet smile on her face.
Kiya sighed "Look how pretty I was that day. I don't know if I'll ever feel that beautiful again."
'uh-oh…' Gaara thought, he could hear the tears in her voice.
"You will always be beautiful to me." He said.
Kiya smiled up at him the tears in her eyes on the brink of falling "Thanks." She whispered.
Gaara closed the album and set it off to the side, then picked Kiya up and took her to bed.
The next day Kiya was at the library putting books away when her assistant came looking for her.
"Kiya-hime, I heard you are going to be gone for a while?" Miyzu said
"Oh yeah, I will be going to Konoha to help Temari with her wedding there but I haven't told Gaara yet so we need to keep that a little hush-hush, okay?" Kiya said
"Why haven't you told him yet?" Miyzu asked a little confused
"Because he's gonna freak out and not want me to go cuz I'm pregnant." Kiya whispered.
"Oh, I see…" Miyzu whispered back, not really sure what to say.
"Miyzu? Will you do me a favor?" Kiya asked.
"Of course! I am your assistant."
"Would you run up stairs and get me my crackers from my purse, I'm feeling a little queasy." Kiya said with a guilty expression but Miyzu just smiled.
"Right away Kiya-hime." Then she dashed off in the direction of the stairs.
Kiya walked to the Kazekage tower later that day. She remembered the first time she had seen the rather large tower like thing. It had seemed imposing and threatening at the time but after she had started working with Gaara it became a much happier thing. She smiled at the memory of first meeting her husband, how he looked so confused as to what to make of her. Kiya waved to the people on the streets as she passed and finally she made it to the tower. Kiya entered her husband's office without knocking to find him working away just like usual. He looked up slanting a half smile her way before going back to what he was doing.
"Gaara, I have something I have to tell you." Kiya said sitting down in one of the chairs in front of his desk.
"Okay." He replied continuing to write whatever it was he was writing.
"I know you aren't going to like it but I have to go to Konoha for a week or so to help Temari out with the last arrangements for her wedding." Kiya said waiting for his reaction.
He stopped writing abruptly then looked up at her.
"I would really rather you stay here." He said putting down his pen
"I know but Temari says she really needs me plus I can see Sakura while I'm there and have her look at the baby and make sure I'm okay. You can send me with Kankuro, you know I'll be safe and we'll travel slow, okay? Please!" Kiya said in her best 'I'm-going-to-pout-if-you-don't-let-me' voice.
Gaara couldn't help the smile that drifted across his face. That voice was just so funny.
"Alright but only if Kankuro goes with you and you write me as soon as you get there." He conceded
"YAY!" Kiya jumped out of her chair and gave her husband a big hug. "I have to go home and pack, I'll be leaving tomorrow morning! Bye!"
"Wait!" Gaara tried to stop her but she was already out the door. 'She's leaving tomorrow? Why didn't she say that first? Oh well, I can't take it back now." He thought as he sat back down to continue with his paper work.
Kiya climbed the stairs up to the top of the city wall looking for her brother in law, luckily he was on his way down so she didn't have to go the whole way.
"Kankuro! hey, are you busy for the next like week and a half?" Kiya asked when she saw him.
"Hmm, no I guess not really. Why?" he asked thoughtfully.
"Cuz you are taking me to Konoha so I can help your sister with wedding stuff." Kiya answered slightly out of breath.
"Oh shit! Really? I don't have to be there for wedding crap do I?"
"No, no, of course not! I just need an escort cuz Gaara is being the typical protective daddy." Kiya smiled.
"Well okay, at least I can see Naruto. He's been kinda sparse with his answers to my letters, says he's been really busy but he won't tell me with what, says it's a surprise." Kankuro huffed obviously a little perturbed.
"That is weird, I haven't gotten a letter from him in forever! Any who I have to get home and pack and so do you, we leave tomorrow." Kiya said not waiting for an answer and dashing off to find something to eat.
Kankuro smiled to himself. 'Poor Gaara." was all he thought.
The next day started much earlier than usual. Kiya got up with Gaara at 5 in the morning, they got ready together then she walked with him to his office where Kankuro was waiting.
"Here are the papers you will need to get in, I'll send a letter to the Hokage informing her if your arrival. Travel safe, I don't want you getting hurt." Gaara said to Kiya then turned to Kankuro "Kankuro, you keep her safe from anything. If she gets one scratch…" but Kankuro interrupted
"Let me guess, you'll kill me? Really Gaara get a new threat. You wouldn't deprive your son or daughter their favorite uncle now would you?" Kankuro smirked as he left to give Kiya and Gaara some privacy for their goodbyes.
"You will write me when you get there?" he asked, taking her hands in his.
"Of course! I'll be perfectly safe! I highly doubt any one will try to get to me; this trip is so spur of the moment assassins wouldn't have time to travel to the forest outside of Konoha to kidnap me. I'll be fine." Kiya assured him even though she could see it wasn't working.
"I know. It's just…I worry. You know that." Gaara said pulling her in for a hug. He could feel her slightly bigger belly pressed against him and he willed himself to think positive thoughts. She would be fine.
She pulled away first and looked up at his face. "I love you very much Gaara, I wouldn't leave you."
"I know. I love you too." He said and kissed her softly.
Three and a half days later Kiya and Kankuro broke the tree line in front of the gates of Konoha.
"Wow, it seems like forever since I was here." Kiya said looking up at the ornate gates constantly open to guests because they were too much of a pain to close.
"Looks like we have a welcoming committee." Kankuro said pointing at three people standing in the middle of the doorway.
"KIYA!" two of her best friends shouted the third ran right past her to crush his boyfriend in a hug.
"Oh my god Kiya you look so different!" Ino shouted
"How do you feel? Are you nauseous? Do you need something to eat?" Sakura asked
"Can we look at the baby please? I want to see the little guy's cute little face!" Ino started to jump up and down.
"Guys we aren't even in the village yet!" Kiya giggled at her friends exuberance.
She was ushered in to the Hokage's office where Tsunade was, for once, diligently working on paper work. Kiya smiled at the odd likeness of her husband she saw in that moment.
"Ah, Kiya-hime." Tsunade said looking up finally.
"Just Kiya, if you please Tsunade-sama." Kiya said sitting down.
Tsunade smiled warmly at Kiya. "Very well Kiya. I got the letter from your husband about two days ago and I was indeed surprised that he let you come so lightly guarded."
Kiya laughed "well I assure you I sort of sprung this on him last minute so he wouldn't have time to refuse. Kankuro is an excellent Shinobi and given the journey a little overkill in my opinion but Gaara would not risk my safety in any way."
Tsunade smiled again "Well I am happy that you work so well together seeing as I married you two. It is always good to have a success story. I hear I am to congratulate you again on your coming addition to the family."
"Thank you!" Kiya said
"So I understand that you are here to help Temari-san with her wedding arrangements? Well that is good, she's been quite the nuisance." The Hokage said, her face darkening slightly.
"Oh has she?" Kiya said, sucking in her cheeks to keep from laughing.
"Indeed she has! Always barging into my office requesting something or other. I swear I will never deal with another bridezilla again!" Tsunade said rising from her chair slightly to reach the bottle of Sake on the edge of her desk.
Kiya snorted softly, trying desperately to keep her laughter in check. "I suppose I should go see her now, she'll be needing my help every day so I'll try to keep her away from your office for the days that I am here." Kiya said attempting to school her expression into a friendly smile but failing miserably.
"Only a few days? Why don't you stay for the rest of the time till the wedding, then maybe I'll actually get something done?" Tsunade said slumping back in her chair downing her cup of Sake in one go.
Kiya closed the Hokage's office door and burst out laughing so hard she had to hold on to the wall for support.
"Kiya? What happened?" she heard Kankuro say.
"S-she called…Temari a…a…a Bridezilla! She said…she… was a nuisance!" Kiya choked the words out through fits of laughter.
"Well that figures doesn't it? Well we better get over to the Nara compound…Kami knows that poor shmuck Shikamaru is gonna need a drink and a night out with the boys, I'll tell Naruto." Kankuro said as Kiya stopped laughing reverting to giggling fits every once in a while and they made their way to the Nara house-hold.
A/N: I'm so excited to write Temari as a bridezilla! she always seemed sort of that way huh? the next chapter is gonna be great! yay!