Part 12 Two's A Company Three's A Crowd
After we got back up to the room, I decided that just so Makaiko didn't get murdered in her bed that I'd ask Gaara if she could stay. I stood looking at the door for ages, I raised my fist a few times to knock but didn't have the courage on about the fifth attempt I knocked,
"Come in," said a weary voice,
"Sorry for disturbing you Gaara," I blushed and looked down at the floor, "Kazekage-sama I meant, er sorry," I looked up and he had an odd look on his face, half way between amusement and surprise at my politeness,
"What do you want Keitii?" He asked and it didn't sound harsh and angry but calm,
"Well, when I was out in the village I ran into an old friend that I haven't seen since I was young and she's my best friend, I was just wondering if she could stay with us, I meant me for a while?" he put his head on his hand and sighed,
"Well, I suppose, she can stay in your room, I am sure it will be sufficient," we gazed at each other, I looked away, "Look Keitii, about the other night-," I pretended not to hear him,
"Right I'll got tell her then, thank you Kazekage-sama,"
She quickly exited. Then I was alone again, trying to talk to Keitii was harder than keeping the Shukaku at bay, why was she so scared of talking to me? She never had even when she heard of the Shukaku. I hoped I could talk to her soon, to clear the air of course, not anything else just to clear the air…..
I rounded the corner and just stood against the wall thinking. Why was he even bothering with me? Why did he even keep trying to breach the subject of what I said about him that night? Temari came strolling passed,
"Oh, erm hey Keitii-chan," she looked a bit ruffled,
"Erm, hey, by the way if you see a silver haired neko girl around don't attack because she's staying with me for a bit," I leaned against the wall putting my hands behind me and propping a foot up on the wall,
"Cool, have you talked to Gaara yet?" she said giving me a piercing look which made sure I knew what she meant but I wasn't going to play along,
"Yeah, he's cool with Makaiko-san staying,"
"I meant-"
"I know what you meant," and strode off to my room, on the way Kankurou came out of his room,
"Hi Keitii-chan!" I turned back round; surely he didn't want to make me 'talk' to Gaara,
"Hey, Kankurou what you up to?" I must keep calm, cool and collected,
"Nothing really just go to the pub maybe," he gave a grin,
"Lucky you, by the way a neko girl called Makaiko-san is staying with us so please don't kill her if you see her,"
"Okay," Kankurou gave me a look, oh no, not him as well, "Have you talked to Gaara yet?"
"No and I don't plan to," why did everyone insist I talk to him? I strode into the room to find a very strange sight, Makaiko was wearing pyjamas and Kotaro was beside her watching T.V., both swearing loudly at it, sometimes I could swear I am dreaming or having a nightmare which ever way you look at it. "O-okay," I said as I shut the door behind me, I didn't know what the hell Makaiko would sleep on and I wasn't going to ask Gaara for a bed, so I rummaged in the cupboard where I kept some random workings of my incredibly deranged mind, ha I found what I was looking for and pounced on it. I dragged the futon out,
"Seeing as I am in the Kazekage manor, I would have at least expected a bed,"
"Gaara says you have to sleep in my room," Oh fuck!
"Gaara?" Makaiko raised an eyebrow. I blushed why did I always have to embarrass myself?
"I mean Kazekage-sama." I corrected myself quickly,
she smirked, she was really enjoying my torment as she does in every situation, "You are among friends, Keitii-chan. Tell all."
"The same friend that pushed me out the window?" I tried to change the subject,
"Technically, I threw you, but that's by the by. Besides, in some cultures, friends treat each other with kindness and trust. In others, they throw them out of windows; it's a sign of endearment," Oh so funny and I finished putting up the futon, then everything went pitch black and I'd hardly had anything to drink,
"Night." I heard a mocking voice say,
"Huh?" I started swearing trying to find the light, "Fucking, bastard mother fucking damn whore,"
"Hush your mouth, Keitii-chan," Makaiko tutted, "There are impressionable children in the vicinity."
"The only child here is you!" I said angrily as I flicked the light back on.
"Yes well, I have been told." She said dryly. She sat up on the bed and went to rummage through my draws,
"What are you doing?"
"Looking for clothes," she said bluntly,
"But you're a shape shifter," I told her as she rummaged through my underwear door why couldn't she shape shift her own bloody clothes and I didn't have her down as that sort,
"So?" She slammed the draw shut "This is nice." She mused, holding up a short kimono. She ran to the bathroom then she walked out and admired them in the mirror.
"Gorgeous," I said dryly. "Hand 'em over," I commanded,
"Iie," she sang and hopped over to the window, oh no she wasn't!
"MAKAIKO!" I bellowed and I watched her fly away,
"Later!" She waved and turned, well I wasn't gunna try and go after her so I flopped back down on my bed. I felt so tired, my eyes so heavy and my body as light as air.
I was standing on the edge of a cliff in a desert, suddenly a glint of glass caught my eye, I picked it up and the side read, umeshu. There was a rumble of thunder in the distance, then a flash of lightening blasted me back from where I stood and I let go of the bottle which was white hot and glowed. The bottle was flung high in to the air, soaring in a great arc until landing on the ground, but instead of breaking it melted in to a dark pool of blood. I pushed myself away from it as far as I could, but suddenly it vanished, where had the blood come from? A hand grabbed my shoulder and pulled me up then wrapped its arms around my waist pulling me closer, I looked in to the hazel eyes with green shoulder length hair draped around it,
"Come back with me," a voice whispered,
"I can't," I heard myself whisper back, suddenly the embrace stiffened and a chill of coldness and evil seemed to run down my back, I stepped back and felt the cliff end, I looked down and saw blackness. He was so close, he lifted my chin with his hand and pressed his lips to mine, if I stayed like this I would be safe but in a world of bitterness and hate, if I stepped away I would surely go plunging to my death. I stepped back and he let go, suddenly I was clinging on to the cliff and for some reason I looked down to see Sachiyo on the arm dangling him about the deep dark bottomless abyss,
"Don't let go," he smiled at me,
"I won't, I promise," and I smiled back then I felt a hand wrap around my arm, I looked up. I met the cyan eyes and red hair of Gaara, he just looked at me with a little bit of fear, then he clutched his heart and turned into fine grains of sand that blew away in the wind as I was sent spiralling down, down, down…….
I woke up and heard someone staggering about and assumed that Makaiko was back, I heard a flump, then silence as she buried herself under the covers. I flicked the light on, Kotaro tweeted as Makaiko moaned, I grinned it was so fun to see someone else hung over and it not be me.
"Makaiko-chan?" she groaned as I pulled the pillow out of her fairly weak grasp, when I realised she could see I made a mock sadness act of it all that you may adopt at the side of a really terminally ill patient, my diagnosis far too much sake which equals a mega hangover! "You're hung-over, aren't you?" she grunted, I tutted and saw, conveniently a dislodged frying pan and spoon from the cupboard I had got the futon out of. I advanced on her menacingly even if she couldn't see me it was fun, BANG BANG BANG! I clanged the pan and spoon loudly, she almost jumped through the roof, I ran off laughing my head off after discarding the spoon and pan. I ran down the corridor and collapsed laughing my head off in front of a door, which to my surprise opened,
"Keitii-chan?" I heard two voices simultaneously say,
"Y-Y-Yes, oh, hehe hi Kankurou-kun and Temari-chan," my eyes watered as I stood up,
"What were you laughing about?" Kankurou asked warily,
"Just made a friend's hangover worse,"
"Riiiiiiiight," Temari raised an eyebrow, I was probably considered a child by her, but who cares? Temari took my arm and led me in to her room and I promptly sat down on her bed. Then I felt like I had missed about a million steps going down and realised why she had done this. I was cornered, why hadn't I run whilst I had the chance? We sat in silence for a long time, "Do you want a drink?" Temari asked me,
"Oh yeah, sake please!" she smiled weakly at me,
"You know Gaara has banned you from it so don't even try,"
"Fine! Water," I threw her a dirty look before saying under my breath how all this was a total screw up and a plan by Suna to send me insane, well that's the polite way of putting what I really said,
"I am sure Kankurou will get us some drinks,"
"No I bloody won't!" he cried indignantly,
"He will unless he wants to be a fried puppeteer!" she yelled and the door was pushed open slowly and he was shoved through it then I heard a big crash and a lot of screaming which sounded like a certain hung over demon.
"Makaiko!" I yelled running down the stairs,
"M'kay" she muttered, I looked down at her, she was so funny to look at, her hair was a shade of pink which she would have burned when touched with and she had some weird marking under her eyes, also her make-up was all over the place, we all stood around her as Kankurou disentangled himself,
"She's hung over," I informed them in half a sympathetic voice that was mixed with laughter; mind you I knew her pain.
"Well if she's hung over," Temari said grinning," I have just the thing." Makaiko's nose was so sensitive she'd probably pass out with in a mile of the stuff,
"Temari-san, I really don't think you should give her that.." my voice trailed off as Temari-san threw me a look that made me go quiet.
"I'll be right back, stay right there Makaiko."
"M'not goin anywhere." she grumbled and shielded her eyes. Kankurou nudged her with his foot so she dug her claws into his foot, he yelped,
"Cover your nose, Makaiko-san." I ordered as I saw Temari coming back with a cloud of putrid smoke drifting around her,
"Eh?" Makaiko said dazedly,
"Cover your nose, really." I said with urgency, she'd pass out for sure if she smelt it, she raised a hand and it completely missed her nose, and the claws dug into the floor, she tried to yank them out, I suppose I owed her this, I didn't want her passing out on her second day, it was no use,
"Here we go!" Temari said cheerfully, holding a cup that stank of such a foul odour Kankurou and I wretched, she shoved it under Makaiko's nose to try and get her to drink it. She immediately passed out.
"Well done Temari!" Kankurou yelled at her as he kicked the glass out of her hand which was sent flying out the window, I heard a crash and a few yells. I sniggered.
"Oh shut up Kankurou, well I got some down her, which should be enough to ensure the hang over is gone when she wakes up,"
"I think she may just be a bit mad about the stench though," I looked down, "Well we can't just leave her here," I sighed, I didn't feel like lugging her to my room, Kankurou picked her up haling her limp form over his shoulders, I ran a head to open the door, then he laid her down on the bed. There was nothing I could really do so we just left her lying there, she'd find me when she woke up.
We walked along the corridor, and down in to the village. Temari and I dragged Kankurou in to a shop,
"No- I- don't- want-" but we just ignored him as we piled him high with clothes,
"Well I think I've got all I want from this shop," Temari said eyeing up a new kimono she'd bought,
"But what about that section over there?" he pointed and we both followed his finger to the……….. wait for it………………. Underwear section, now I saw why Temari and Gaara were related, she gave him a white hot burning kind of glare, the one that leaves severe burns and makes you look like some type of scaly monster. Needless to say I found it funny when Temari jumped on him screaming
"YOU PERVET!" and bashing him over the head with some heavy shoes, well I started to edge away as people were staring. They eventually caught up with me, Kankurou was beaten black and blue, Temari looked like she may breathe fire to rival a dragon's, "Where to next?" she said through gritted teeth,
"Why not a shop that I want, you two were in there for three hours," he suggested wincing with every step he took,
"I am not going into a porn shop Wankurou," I said flatly , Temari laughed. We eventually agreed to go back to the Kazekage manor after we'd piled Kankurou high with bags of our clothes.