Chapter2 dinner
Ken-maru was going to take me out to this fancy restaurant. So, I had to go home and drop off my stuff.
"We never do anything this fancy." I said, as I walked into my maroon room (Gaara wouldn't let me paint it black!) and dropping my weapons on what was suppose to be my bed.
"I know and it requires formal dressing." Ken-maru said, a bag materializing in his hand. I turned around and raised an eye-brow.
"Do I want to know what's in that bag?" I asked. I normally hate surprises, even though I'm a master at surprise planning and surprise attacks. That was kind of discovered 2 years ago.
He gave the bag to me. The bag was as large and as tall as I was. I unzipped the bag, being cautions of anything that could jump out at me. But when I finished, bag fell off to reveal a kimono on a hanger. The kimono was black with a red lily on the back. The fabric was the finest silk I've ever felt and seen.
Normally, I wouldn't wear anything formal, it would get destroyed or something, but it was a gift. A gift from Ken-maru. I shooed Ken-maru out of my room and changed into the kimono.
When I was finished, I stepped out of my room. He was leaning against the wall.
"Well, how do I look?" I asked, shyly.
"Whoa." Ken-maru said when he looked at me. He was dressed formally as well; in a tux.
"I didn't realize it was a formal occasion, ken-maru." A familiar snarl came to my ears. Gaara was home and he walked up the stairs. And the first thing you see when you walk up the stairs is the wall Ken-maru was leaning against. So, I stepped forward into view. That got Gaara to stop snarling.
"Ken-maru's taking me to a restaurant that's requires formal wear. So, Ken-maru got me this kimono. What do you think, Gaara-kun?" I asked. I had gotten into the habit of calling Gaara "Gaara-kun" after Shicaku was taken. It was Gaara's idea for all the "kun", not mine.
Gaara stood there, I guess too shocked to see me in a kimono, to speak. After a moment, he shook his head and "You…..look amazing, Amaya-chan."
I smiled at his praise. Gaara was……how to put it…….sappy now. He literally was but it was so much easier to talk to him, now Shicaku was gone. That reminds me; I need to go and thank Naruto and murder those left in the Akatsuki. Yeah, put my fist through Deidara's head. That'd be fun. Sasori's already gone, thanks to Sakura.
"Come on. The reservation for six and it's five-fifty." Ken-maru announced. He practically pulled me down the stairs.
"Okay. See ya later, Gaara." I called over my shoulder. I looked over it to see Gaara's expression. It was, as it looked to me, sadness. I wonder why?
With Gaara
"I'm such an idiot!" He screamed. He had been beating himself up for sometime. Ever since Ken-maru came into their lives and asked Amaya out on a date a year ago. Gaara hated Ken-maru for having Amaya. Gaara pounded the wall once more out of frustration.
"Gaara? Is everything okay?" Temari's voice came through the door.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He lied.
With Amaya
"This place is amazing, Ken-maru!" I said, in awe. The Façade de la Décor was very well decorated with tapestries of all colors and paintings.
"I thought you'd like it." Ken-maru smiled down to me. He was as tall as Gaara; 5''7. I use to be taller then Gaara by almost a foot but he got taller. I remained the same height.
The waiter placed us at a table and gave us our menus.
We ate and talked for what seemed to be hours. Then Ken-maru walked me home.
But when got close to home, Ken-maru pulled me toward the open desert.
"Where are we going?" I asked, suspicious of wrong doing.
"To the desert. Is something wrong with that?" Ken-maru stated, noticing my alarm.
"I may have permission to leave the city when I want but you don't. If take another step out, you'll become rouge to Suna and then I'd have to hunt you down." I stated. I may be Gaara's assistant but I'm also the rogue hunter of Suna. The one who hunts down all those who leave the city and bring them back for judgment. Most get executed and some get to live in a jail cell for the rest of their life. Loyalty is one of the most important things in Suna.
Ken-maru just looked at me; with an expression was one I couldn't read. Then he shrugged and took me home. He rambled on about something but none of it registered because my mind was rapidly thinking. What was he thinking? Why was he trying to bring me with him? He knows I have to let Gaara know I'm leaving before I take off. What's going? Something isn't right here and I need to figure it out, quick. Looks like I'm going to go file digging later. For now, go along with it.
When we arrived at the door step, he gave me good night kiss. But it was hard and preservative. Something was defiantly going down.
I walked into the house, changed, stole the tower's keys from Gaara's room and ran out. I had a really bad feeling.