I'm sorry it took me so long to update, Flame-sempai is out of town, and I really have no one to bounce ideas off of… so it took me a long time to settle on a way to present this chapter. Gaara is a little out of character because he grew up under Eien (Naruto). Oh! Someone unofficially asked me how to pronounce Eien, and I thought you might be wondering as well, it's Eh-ee-in. Okay, as Flame-sempai likes to say, on with the story!
Title: Proving Them Right
Pairing: KakaNaru
Warning: Yaoi, gore, and me. This'll be fun
Disclaimer: Kishimoto is a guy. I am a girl. If you are older than the age of three, you know the difference
Random Trivia: Kishimoto was worried about Sakura's looks, because he thinks he utterly fails at drawing 'cute' girls. What do you think?
Chapter 2
"Kazekage-dono, it's a privilege to finally meet you. I, of course, heard of your father's death and give you my condolences." The oily voice of the Godaime Hokage rang through the office.
"Hn," was the redhead's only answer. Inu shifted casually, his hand lingering near the kunai pouch on his waist.
Danzou glanced at the Kazekage's guard, a tall man, dressed in a white cape with black flames wearing the mask of Suna ANBU. For some reason the man seemed to have more presence than the Kazekage himself, though that was impossible.
Inu studied the two people on the other side of the desk. He noticed that every few moments the Kazekage's eyes would drift over to his guard, almost as if it was a habit. He was trying to figure out what that meant when the young man himself stepped up to the redhead and they held a murmured conversation until the masked man stepped back again, and did something that shocked both Inu and the Hokage. He split in two without any hand signs, and the clone disappeared in a swirl of fire that didn't harm anything.
"Ah, Kazekage-dono, what-" Danzou started, but Gaara cut him off.
"Eien just sent one of his clones to check on our men. You did not think that I would travel with only one guard did you?" he asked. Danzou just grunted. He did not trust the ninja that could do a jutsu without hand seals. It was considered impossible. Inu just stared at Eien, not saying anything.
Gaara did not like this one bit; the ANBU beside the Hokage watched them too closely. He had told his Master that he might not be able to pull this off…
Flashback: 2 Days Ago
The ninja traveled swiftly, leaping from tree to tree on the way to their final destination. Gaara caught up to his Master to voice his concerns before they had no choice but to continue.
"Master, I do not think that I could fool a Konoha Chuunin, much less an ANBU." he said nervously as he adjusted the triangular hat that was emblazoned with the sign of the Kazekage, the position his Master had given him after Suna was completely defeated.
Eien glanced over at his follower before grinning and placing a hand on Gaara's shoulder.
"You are one of the most powerful people I know, and before I got to you, so many years ago, one of the best actors. You survived the attempts on your life by people you knew, family members, friends, and still no one suspected the vengeful plans you had for them." he said, his voice ringing with pride.
"I am honored you show so much faith in me, but-" Gaara was cut off.
"Gaara, once again of the Sand, you are the Godaime Kazekage, the most powerful person in Suna, if you doubt yourself, then you give anyone in this pitiful village a reason to doubt you."
"I-i… Thank you, Master, I will do it to the best of my abilities."
"Excellent, because we are here." Eien moved to his place on the right side of Gaara as the gates of Konoha loomed over their party. Eien put on the mask that
End Flashback
"Inu!" the Godaime Hokage's voice startled him from his musings, but Gaara was trained to show a calm exterior under all circumstances, and his breath didn't even hitch. The man in the dog mask had summoned a small dog and it was sniffing Eien curiously, much Gaara's amusement.
"I have a much better solution to your curiosity, Kazekage-dono, if my man removes his mask, will you agree to have yours do the same?" Danzou's voice was honey coated, and if Gaara could show any emotion, he would have raised a non-existent eyebrow.
"I decline, this man is not my slave, and I will not order him to do something he would not do otherwise." he responded, and noticed the dog-ANBU's shoulders relax slightly, obviously reluctant to do what the Hokage was suggesting, though the Hokage seemed angry that Gaara did not agree to let 'his ANBU' reveal his identity.
"Kazekage-sama, the others wish to know if Konoha is prepared to house all of us, or if we will be camping outside the gates." Eien suddenly said, his voice a bit young for one so tall. Gaara looked at Danzou for his answer.
"O-of course all of you will be staying here. Did you expect anything less?" the crippled man demanded, but the redhead chose to remain silent.
"Where will we be accommodated?" the masked man, Eien, asked in the Kazekage's place.
"The Hokage tower, of course. I hope your delegation isn't too large." The intent of the question was obvious, how many people did they bring? Enough to fight Konoha?
"Not too large, just enough to protect me in a journey across the desert." Gaara replied.
"Excellent, then I shall have Inu here escort you to the floor where you and your delegation will reside." Danzou relaxed a little.
"Actually, there is another place I would like to see, and another person. The nine tailed demon child… he should be a teenager now, correct?" Gaara asked according to plan, and waited for the reaction he knew he would get.
"You have no reason to fear, the demon has been put down. We would not use it to attack you, in any case." Danzou lied obviously, not understanding the real reason for Gaara's question, he was too busy watching the dog Inu had summoned finally trot to its master.
If what happened next was a shock to the two sand nin, they didn't show it.
The dog stated in a clear voice, "It's no use boss, the kid is blocking his smell somehow," before poofing back to the summons world.
"Hatake-san, if you have any questions about my identity, you could ask like a normal person." Eien said nonchalantly, and the ANBU froze, staring at the hunter with one wide black eye.
Dark's Randomness Corner
And that's all you're gonna get right now, just because cliffies are fun, and the fact that it is midnight and I have final exams this week. Oh, I just found an awesome story, it's called Rockband, ANBU Style by flamingmagnum, it's really good and it's widening my music taste. Go check it out, the review for it, because I really wanna see how it turns out, though it definitely won't be a KakaNaru... ah well. I'll try to update soon!