Here's the sixth chapter. Since it is summer now I am hoping to update. I am determined to finish this story as well as my book by the end of the summer.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto even though I would like to
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Ruri walked down the streets of Suna she noticed that the sun was setting in the distance. It had to be about time for dinner that she promised Gaara she would cook. She knew that earlier he had mentioned his siblings would be coming. Knowing that she had chosen to cook curry and rice. It was simple enough but it could easily fill someone's stomach.
She located a food stand further down the road it was fairly simple. She had already bought the meat and herbs needed for it. The stand would contain all the basic vegetables needed for it.
Ruri walked up to it and searched for the vegetables as the stand owner greeted her. She picked out carrots, onions, potatoes, and most importantly red chilies.
"Excuse me, how much for all of these," Ruri said gesturing towards the vegetables. The shop owner twitched in surprise at Ruri's words. They were not impolite she just said them in an unexpectedly crude voice.
"Since they will spoil soon you can pay whatever you like," the man said honestly a little afraid of her.
"This is the smallest bill I have," Ruri said handing him the money.
"I'm sorry but I don't have any change to give you. They aren't worth that much." The man began to gather the vegetables for her.
"It's fine. I'm sure you don't get what you deserve for you goods anyway," Ruri said her face unemotional. However the thought of how useless Kiyoshi is crossed her mind.
He handed her the bag before thanking her. Ruri walked off in search of Gaara's apartment. It didn't take five minutes for her to realize that she was lost. That's what she got for letting her mind wander. The whole time she was thinking of a solution to her little infatuation problem. However none of it really mattered as long as Gaara didn't return her feelings. Wait there's no feelings Ruri thought.
"God damn it!" Ruri yelled out loud in the alleyway. Ruri halted she was being followed. At least four, no it was exactly five men.
In about a second there was a kunai to her throat.
"Don't move," a deep husky voice came. Ruri listened to the feet of the others surround her. No doubt they were at least ex-shinobi, the one who had made his footsteps that quiet had to be a jounin.
"So about this little stick up thing," Ruri said. "Can I set my groceries down?" Ruri earned a firmer press of the kunai to her throat. "Just tell me what you want so I can hurry up and leave." Ruri cautiously set her bag of groceries down on the ground.
"Hmm," a voice hummed from behind her while trailing a hand up on her stomach. "How about you guess," a voice Ruri concluded was younger than the first.
"I see…" Ruri trailed off thinking. Just then a blindfold was tied around her eyes. Ruri sighed. "Ok here's how this is going to work. Anyone touches me again and everything I do is in the name of self defense. I'm going to count to five and I want to hear your feet scattering away. All five of you."
Ruri heard the laughter from behind her as she began to count to five.
"You're pretty cute you know that," a man said beginning to untie the dark green obi on her modified kimono.
"Five!" Ruri said. She then kicked behind her successfully kicking her attacker in the stomach. Ripping the blindfold off and looking at the shocked look on the groups faces. "Last chance to run." Ruri paused waiting for them to do something. "This is just perfect I defiantly have some stress to get rid of."
"You arrogant little bitch!" a man yelled running at her a kunai in hand.
Ruri grabbed the hand with the kunai in it and squeezed it until it broke under her harsh touch. She then pulled the man towards her and punched him in the stomach before extending her leg back to kick the man who thought he could catch Ruri off guard.
"You are now the proud owner of four fractured ribs, and a broken hand. How does it feel?" Ruri sneered into the man's ear.
"What the hell are you?" the man asked after a coughing fit was done. Ruri laughed and looked at him with now purple eyes while smirking.
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Temari was on her way to Gaara's house when she heard a loud crashing noise in an alley. Temari as well as most of the ninja's and civilians in Suna knew about the recent gang rapes that were happening. Being a headstrong, and justice loving shinobi she ran to see what the problem was.
By the time she got there she saw five men laying on the ground and a girl picking up two bags of groceries. Temari could tell they were all easily unconscious their bodies were in impossible positions no doubt they hand broken bones. There was only a little blood but no flesh wounds.
"Ruri?" Temari half asked and the girl turned around.
"Oh Temari," Ruri said before letting out nervous laughter. If Temari had just witnessed her fighting then there was a chance she would have to retreat right away. "Well I was kinda attacked by some men and just…"
"We need to contact the police," Temari said calmly. "Are you hurt anywhere?"
"I'm fine and the police are on their way here," Ruri said walking towards her smiling. "Do you know how to get to Gaara's apartment from here?"
"You have to go to the police station first and report this," Temari said dumb founded. Just then officers arrived on the scene to pick up the suspects. Ruri and Temari followed them to the station for questioning.
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"So Gaara where exactly is the cute little secretary of yours?" Kankuro teased him.
Gaara glared at him in response to his question. Truthfully he had no idea where she was. The girl was a ninja at some point she should be able to leap roof tops to get here at least. It was already seven yesterday they had eaten around five thirty where could she be?
"Sorry we're so late Gaara," Temari said barging into his apartment with a smiling Ruri. Gaara noticed though that Ruri's smile seemed more nervous than genuine.
"Geeze what took you so long? I'm practically starving," Kankuro complained from the kitchen counter.
"Well that little gang rape problem we had has been taken care of thanks to Ruri," Temari said. "We had to drop them by the prison. Do you need any help with dinner Ruri?"
"I don't need any help. I should have it ready in about thirty minutes. You guys can go wait in the living room," Ruri replied obviously nervous still. Gaara eyed her suspiciously before leaving with his siblings.
Ruri appeared calm while she unpacked the food and began to cook but her mind was racing. How was she supposed to deal with this? Temari hadn't seen her fight personally but there was no way her behavior wasn't suspsious. I mean she was supposed to be an undead person and undead people don't defeat three jounin. Especially people who died young. Killing Temari wasn't an option, Ruri concluded she was screwed.
In the living room Gaara sat down on a comfortable burgundy arm chair while Kankuro and Temari sat on a matching sofa adjacent to him. He was thinking about how suspicious Ruri was just acting. She wasn't going to poison them was she?
"Ruri has to be lying to you," Temari said almost immediately. Gaara didn't flinch while Kankuro over dramatically gasped.
"He knows that already," Kankuro stated. "He figured that out yesterday during the match they had. She also has no signs of being revived and it is highly unlikely she was revived from something inhuman."
"Wait you know?" Temari questioned looking at Gaara. He solemnly nodded his head. Temari's jaw dropped. "Do you even know how dangerous this girl is? That little gang was made up of two chunin and three jounin; one was decorated for hand to hand combat. She took them all on by herself and didn't get a scratch on her."
"That's all the more reason to keep her by me," Gaara said calmly. "I sent word to Konoha to ask about her. I rather keep my eyes on her than have her parading around town. My guess is that she just ran away from home."
"Ninjas that good don't run away from home, if they want to change something they would do it," Temari said. Gaara could tell that her temper was rising. "For god's sake you almost died like two fucking weeks ago!" Temari yelled.
Gaara remained silent and openly glared at her. No way Ruri didn't hear that. She was probably paying attention to what they were saying now. Gaara couldn't describe his frustration right now.
He hardly paid attention as Temari yelled something and stormed out the apartment. Ruri then poked her head into the living room.
"Is she coming back?" Ruri asked. It looked to Gaara that she had regained her composure and cute attitude.
"No," Kankuro said getting up from the couch. "I'm going after her. Have a good night you two." With a wink at Gaara he was out the door leaving the two of them alone.
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Madara Uchiha sat behind his desk looking at the man who was acting as the leader of the Akatsuki. Most of the original recruits knew of his existence however the newer ones have no idea that he is alive.
"Uchiha-Sama, how do you want us to deal with Ruri?" Pein asked him stoic look on his face.
"She certainly is interesting," Madara said with an Uchiha smirk on his face. "If we nurture her and teach her the ways of the Akatsuki she could be a great asset. Unfortunately I don't believe she is full heartedly with us. Do you?"
"Of course not she didn't listen to the cause and wasn't selected," Pein agreed. "I would've killed her on the spot in the meeting room if you hadn't expressed interest in her."
"Yes, I am very interested in her. It's not every day that someone comes into contact with a rose ninja. Especially a rose ninja that is fully sane. I want to know what she is doing here. I want her to stay here but I will not accept her derailing my plans for the future."
"Yes I understand what you mean. If she causes any problems I will have her killed by a member."
"Make sure to switch up who she works with from now on. I don't want her working to close with anyone. She must not know the secrets of the members. That one girl could be the end of us."
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Ruri was dying inside. Gaara had been absolutely silent through all of dinner. Ruri had no idea what he knows about her. If Ruri could get him to tell her where Temari's house is she would just have to knock him out and take care of the job. She was this close to freedom she wasn't giving up now.
She heard the shower turn off. She looked out the window at Suna one of the biggest pains in her ass. Gaara would be coming out soon hopefully completely clothed. Ruri was just starting to walk over to the bed when he emerged. He was wearing clothes just not a shirt much to Ruri's dismay. He was becoming a problem. Ruri would now focus on his personality more than his ability which is unnecessary.
Suddenly Ruri was pushed onto the bed. Gaara had trapped her legs with his own legs and had successfully pinned her wrists above her head. Ruri was shocked to say the least. She hadn't felt him make a sudden move. Ruri was about to flip him over until sand came into her view. If she made any move she would be killed. The sand slipped around her throat certainly to choke her.
"Who are you really?" Gaara asked his jade eyes blazing. He was looking straight into her eyes for any sign of panic or change from the dull look they had now. Gaara knew that she had to be a professional.
"I am Ruri," Ruri said calmly. Gaara didn't sense her lying.
"Why are you here?" Gaara asked. Ruri opened her mouth but the sand tightened around her throat so she shut it. "Don't lie to me."
"A top secret mission led me here," Ruri said.
"What is the mission?" Gaara asked.
"Its top secret as in I don't tell others. Go ahead and confirm it with the Hokage if you want." The sand once again tightened around her neck and she became silent again.
"I'm a Kazekage you can tell me the mission," Gaara said. Ruri noticed his expression was becoming angry. That was not good for her. Even with that power she couldn't get out of this situation.
"I'm bringing back Sasuke Uchiha to Konoha," Ruri said. "I needed a place to stay but like most ninja when I'm insulted in certain ways I get violent."
Gaara gazed into her eyes to try and make sense of what she was saying. Ruri had a smirk on her face, it looked to him that she was a different person.
"Why are you in Suna?" Gaara asked. Ruri could tell right now that he was angry his tone was harsh and short winded.
"Although it was years ago Suna was in an alliance with Sound. It is not unlikely that people in Suna could still have connections with sound. Which is why I'm here working on a way to connect to Uchiha," Ruri managed to say without lying to him.
The sand around her neck moved away from her and Ruri took a much needed breath of air. He then released her wrists. Ruri propped herself up on the arms and looked at Gaara with a smirk.
"What exactly are you hoping to do to me in this position Gaara?" Ruri asked. He glared at her before sighing.
"Just what exactly is your personality?" he asked her. "Sometimes you act so innocent and other times you tease people in a rather sadistic way."
"I guess you could say I have multiple personality issues," she said. "I blame my confinement for that."
"You're what?" Gaara asked.
Now that was a stupid thing to let slip out Ruri thought. "Don't worry about it. If I told you I would have to kill you by order of Konoha's elites. Are you going to get off me or what?"
When Gaara made no move to get off of her she took him by surprised and flipped them over. She was now straddling his stomach and held his wrists above his head. She smirked at his expression. His gorgeous jade orbs were widened his mouth was opened slightly and he had small worry lines on his forehead which brought his tattoo into view.
"This is probably a good time to let you know that I'm actually fifteen and not twelve. I'm very mature for my age and have a lot of experience in certain areas thanks to two people. Also I'm an on top type of girl."
For the first time ever Ruri reached her hand out and gently traced over his tattoo. It was Kanji for love it meant something so different from the tattoos that were on her own back. It meant something that could be beautiful and not frightening.
"Are you finished yet?" Gaara asked looking up at her. He noticed the slight pink in her face before she dismounted him. She sat at the edge of the bed while he remained laying down on the bed. Her eyes weren't on him anymore they were down casted in what seemed to him shame.
Ruri was thinking about love. What Gaara had mistaken for shame was actually rejection. The second she thought about love she thought about Kiba. The second she thought about Kiba she thought about the rejection he had silently given her. She remembered sneaking out and waiting by her grave for him for almost a month after she died he never showed up. He hadn't even bothered to attend the funeral. Before she knew it Ruri was crying.
Ruri hadn't cried since the first time she killed someone during the chunin exams. She didn't cry when she had almost died. She didn't cry when her parents left her. She didn't cry when she became a Rose Ninja. She didn't cry for the 353 people she had killed during her time as ninja. But here she was crying in front of a man she had known for three short days. Not only that but a man who is said to be as cold as ice.
Gaara looked at her stunned. None of the sides he had seen of Ruri suggested that she would cry openly in front of him. He had seen a lot of crying women. It was usually in their own homes with him leaving. He wasn't an expert at comforting women. He inhaled deeply before letting out a steady stream of air.
"Are you going to sit there and cry or tell me what you're crying about?" he said finally deciding what to say. That's when her sift cry turned into an all out sobbing fit. Gaara sat up slowly and ran his fingers through his hair. "Well?"
"Love," she managed to say through her sobbing. He realized that the tattoo on his forehead must have triggered her little meltdown.
"Elaborate on that for me," he said in a demanding tone. Much to his approval she stopped her wailing and explained to him what she meant. He felt like he heard all the details of her past relationship with Kiba. However Ruri did not mention that he failed to visit her grave she said he failed to acknowledge her so she wouldn't give away her past.
Surprisingly once she finished Gaara wasn't glaring at her he was smiling. He reached out a hand and gently brushed away the remaining tears on her cheek. To his surprise Ruri leapt into his arms and cried, again. He awkwardly patted her back not knowing what to do really. Soon her sobbing settled down. He recognized the drop in her body temperature she was asleep.
He gently moved her to lie down on the bed. He somehow managed to manipulate the covers to get them around her. He ran his fingers through his hair. Gaara was realizing that he had a new soft spot for the girl, which could become a problem. The mission she was on is dangerous if she fails more than likely she'll die.
He sighed before crawling under the covers and turning away from Ruri to sleep. Almost instantly one of Ruri's arms and legs was around his body. His eye twitched in annoyance as he began to drift to sleep. He had to admit that sleeping had to be the best part of having Ruri around.
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Ruri never thought that she would be longing for the killing sprees she had been so carelessly sent on. Life was good the only thing that got in the way of it being great was the paper work she had to file; and the fact that this little made up life style would be over tomorrow.
A week had passed since her little meltdown and it was Friday. Thank god Ruri thought. She had to admit she loved her time here and she would now acknowledge the fact that her loving Gaara was a possibility. However she wasn't made for this life style, the boring secretary life style. She applauded Gaara for sitting behind a desk and reading paper upon paper of boring information. Half the time it didn't even matter. For instance the Hatori family had sent an official notification about buying a new dog. What the hell?
Ruri slammed her head on the desk just thinking about that document. She was extremely bored. Ruri always felt bad for troubling Gaara but now she knew him like the back of her hand. Even though she acted like she didn't sometimes she knew everything physically and mentally when it came to him as a Kazekage. However his personal life was a complete mystery. The one thing she knew for sure was that he didn't hate her he had smiled at her three times. That had to be a miracle.
"Ruri I need to talk to you," Gaara yelled from inside his office.
With a groan Ruri got up from the desk. She walked the troublesome five feet to his office an entered. She silently walked to the chair sitting in front of it that Gaara had put there just for her so she wouldn't sit on his desk or his lap.
She sat in it with her legs hanging off one of the arm rests and her head on the other one.
"What is it you need master?" Ruri asked jokingly with a smirk. She saw his forehead twitch in annoyance.
"I need you to greet some ninja's from Konoha on a diplomatic mission," Gaara said averting his attention to a document. "Team Genma and Kiba…"
Ruri ignored his trail off. She was more worried about the fact her team was going to be here. It made her so happy but she couldn't see them right. Her face turned into a pout.
"Sorry I can't greet them," Ruri said calmly. "Team Genma is my old team; I'm not supposed to see them under any circumstance. If I do I get punished badly."
"I see well. What are you going to do for the official dinner tonight," Gaara asked. "Since you are employed by me it is required that you attend. You need formal attire and I absolutely refuse to have you show up wearing boots."
"Your sister was nice enough to lend me a kimono when I asked her to," Ruri replied. "The only down side is it's pink and I'm wearing boots with it. More than likely I will spend the whole night avoiding my team so I won't have time to play the Kazekage's secretary role."
"This diplomatic party is not a joke," he lectured. "It needs to be taken seriously which means you have to perform all of your duties."
"So far I have preformed all of my duties, but you need to understand I can't do this. I'm not supposed to show myself to my team, they would try and take me back with them. I love them and I'm excited to even be this close to them but I can't interact. I guess what I'm saying is I'm loyal to Konoha before I'm loyal to you."
That caused Gaara to get angry. He scowled at her Ruri was a little taken aback by it but it was expected. I mean Gaara had quite the childish side to him. He like to come first she had subtly dropped hints at it but he failed to pick up on them. That was the first time she had flat out told him that.
"Ruri you need to do this nothing is up for discussion," Gaara said finally regaining his composed face.
"What if I leave before that?" Ruri asked.
"Ruri go now they should be arriving at the gates any second now." Ruri silently left the room. Gaara knew that day would be coming but she had never mentioned it. Surely she realized that he had enough power to get her out of whatever situation she was in but she never asked for his help.
One day he would have to let go Gaara knew this but he had become helplessly attached. Soon someone would have to pull him away to stop the inevitable.
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Well that's it for this chapter looks like Ruri will be leaving soon what will Gaara do? Got any suggestions, leave a review with your idea and I might just use it.
Preview:
"I swear I saw her," Kiba said. "I saw Ruri walking in the streets."
Before he could make a move to defend he was up against a wall with a strong chokehold on his neck. The hand was so hot it felt like it was burning his skin as it suffocated him. he looked into the eyes of the "gentle" member of team Genma, they were burning with flames of rage.
"You do not have the right to say her name," Maikaia said before releasing the iron grip she had on his throat. He fell to the ground gasping for air.