~Gates of Konoha~
"Lord Kazekage" the gate keeper bows "I hope you had a pleasant journey. Your hosts are waiting for you" The man opened the Gate to see Shikamaru and Lee.
"Come, come my youthful sand friends. We have a wedding to plan" Lee said much too eager.
"Uh… Is this guy for real?" Kankuro asked.
"It is nice for you to have joined us with your presence. I will show you to you state and Lord Kazekage the Hokage request a word with you after you have settled in" Shikamaru said and showed them to the state that they had built two years ago for the Kazekage's visits.
"Temari I will go see Naruto now" Gaara said making his way to the door.
"Gaara you are not wearing your robes"
Gaara nodded "I will be going now" and with that he left and what used to be his usual attire. He saw the Hokage's tower come to view as his made his way to one of the windows. He saw his friend buried in a stack of paper a scenario he knew too well.
"Gaara are you just going to stay there or are you going to come in" Naruto turned around in his chair and Gaara came in. they embraced each other in a manly hug "How you've been my old friend"
"Much like you, with a great deal of paper work" he smiled at his friend "It is good to see you"
"Same here my friend I just wish it was on different terms" Naruto looked down and sat on his desk "Please sit and tell me about your journey"
And Gaara did sit down but he was not here to talk about a journey "we are not here to talk about that. I know you better than that; I know she was special to you"
Naruto smiled at his friend as he took a sit back on his desk "Yes, she always will be she was the only person that believed in me before anyone else, she will always be special to me. I talked to her today and she wants to go through it. She asked me if I trusted you and I told her that I do and she said then she knows she will be in good hands" Naruto sighed running his hands through his blond hair.
"You know she will" Gaara reassured him "anything that she will ever need or desire she will receive"
"You have to protect her Gaara, she is strong and everything but you has to promise me to never let anything hurt her"
"I promise" Gaara said and stood "Not even I will"
Naruto smiled "I'm not worried about you. I am just saying because we both know how cruel the world can be and she has gotten her fair taste, I just think it's about time she lives the life she deserve"
"And that is as my wife"
"No" Naruto smirked "As the desert princess" and with that he cracked up
Gaara was tempted to laugh; Naruto would say that "Ignoring that, when do I get to see her?"
"Oh I sent for her just a while before you came she should be here soon"
Gaara sat there and waited patiently.
~Hinata's Room~
She came out of the shower with a fluffy towel wrapped around her body and the other one around her hair. She sat on her bed as she dried her hair with a towel then threw the towel in the hamper. She stayed there thinking for a while and looked at the cream color kimono that she had picked to meet The Kazekage. It had beautiful delicate leaves patterns that were of a lavender tone and it was darker at the bottoms and it faded as you moved up. The kimono was a short one, reminded her of Temari's but it was not as appealing. It went a just above the knees and it hugged her body well, it was perfect. She stood to but her under wear on and then the kimono. She sat right in front of her mirror and she looked at herself, good thing her hair dried straight. She took her perfume that hat a sweet sent; it was strong but not overwhelming. She let her French bangs fall on her face while all her hair was moved to one side where she tied it with a alight purple ribbon then added a white small orchid for decoration.
"Hinata the Hokage has sent for you" she hear her sister calling
"I'll be there in a minute" she took a last look at herself then went over to see Kakashi.
"Are you ready Lady Hinata" He asked politely.
She nodded then looked back at her sister and waved. She saw her father in the back, was he hiding? Hinata ignore the thought and left with Kakashi. The tower seemed closer this time, everything was just happening to fast and before she knew it Kakashi was knocking on Naruto's door.
"Come in" She heard Naruto called in.
Kakashi opened the door and held it for her; she took a deep breath and went in to have the door closed behind her. She saw Naruto standing with his signature grin and next to him was Gaara. She felt the air leaving her lungs and her face becoming flushed, no one told her that her husband would be so . . . Handsome.
Gaara saw his future wife walk in and he was amazed, the years had surely been good to her. She had a presence that she probably wasn't aware of, a darling blush made its way to her cheeks. She was so charming and graceful as she took a bow; Gaara didn't miss a beat and did the same.
"Guys stop it you guys will be married soon don't be so formal with each other" Naruto said. Gaara looked at him and Hinata gave a sweet laugh which made him turn his attention towards her.
"Your right" Hinata walked up to them and she leaned up to place a sweet kiss on Gaara's cheek the she held his hand.
Gaara was speechless, not that he ever said much in the first place but he was stunned by her actions. She seem to have no problem with touching him, he still has memories of people the shivered by just looking at him. Gaara was more than pleased with her actions it was a great sign that she was confortable, I guess she trust Naruto enough to trust me, He thought.
Naruto laugh "look at you too already look like married couple"
"Don't get ahead of yourself there Naruto" Hinata said and giggled "He is only my fiancé" she joked.
She was at ease holding his hand, He looked at her and smiled and she did the same. "Yeah the wedding is not today or tomorrow"
"That's right that's why I have made reservation for you two to go to dinner" Naruto said
"Naruto don't tell me it's the Ramen place" Hinata protested
"Hey that's great Ramen and no its not it's the restaurant that's a few steps away from it the one that you like. Do you guys need an escort?"
Hinata looked at Gaara before responding he shook his head. "No I know where it is but thanks" and with that they left.
They walked through town still holding hand people were staring but they did not care "do you mind?" Hinata ask holding up their hands.
"No I don't I was surprised that you are handling this so well"
"We are both grown-ups and we can be civil. We are going to get married in a few days we need to be comfortable with each other and get use to each other's presence. Why make this harder? There is no point on acting up and being rude to each other" They reached the establishment were a nice lady took them to a secluded table.
Gaara sat and looked around "This is nice"
"Yes it is my favorite place actually"
"Yeah Naruto mention that"
She chuckled "your right, you have to forgive me I am a bit nervous"
Gaara looked unease "Because of me" he said, more a statement then a question.
"No" She reached across the table where his hands were "It's not you it's just the situation" She smiled at him "Naruto trusts you that means you have done something to earned his trust and I trust Naruto's judge of character, so I trust you"
"Thank you"
"No need to thanks me just trust me back" She smiled at him sweetly as a hostess came and they order they food.
"What's your favorite color?" Hinata asked him.
"I don't understand the purpose of your question"
"I want to get to know you" She paused before she continued "Gaara, I know marriage should be a union of people that want to spent the rest of their lives together but not all of us can have that luxury. I don't want us to be strangers, let me become your friend Gaara. Let me become more than just a wife that was chosen for you, let me become your companion"
Her words were strange to him, but it felt nice to hear. She wanted to be close to him and he just might let her. This charming creature was full of surprises, anything to make this arrangement as smooth and easy for them.
"I'm not very good at letting people in" Gaara stated as he went quite when the hostess came with their food. He waited till she left to keep going "but I am willing to try as long as you are"
Hinata smiled at him "I will as long as you let me. I promise you Gaara that I will be the best wife I can be as long as you promise me the same"
Gaara nodded "Maroon"
She looked up from her plate "Pardon?"
"Maroon" he said again "that's my favorite color" and she smiled at him.
The Dinner went better the fine. He was happy to see that she did not hate him for what has happen and she was willing to make this work. He knew their marriage was not out of love but they will be companions, they will be friends and that is more that they could ask for. Gaara went home satisfied he was glad to know the marriage won't be a pain
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