Part 28 Questions
On my right there was Uzamaki Naruto and on my left a boy of whom I had never met before. His hair was long and brown and his whole aura creeped me out and he was definitely added to the femi-man club, although Dei-chan will always be the head honcho. The feminine guy muttered something about going into the centre with the rest of the team, Uzamaki Naruto nodded. We split from them and I headed towards the kitchen, when I entered Naruto sat down at the table,
"Thirsty?"
"You betcha!"
"Hyper much?" I laughed and made some herbal tea, I set it down in front of him, "Thanks." I sat down in a seat opposite.
"So, I am assuming that you didn't just come to Suna to ask for some back up."
"Actually we were passing and I wanted to see how Gaara was doing."
"What is it with you and him? You both seem so erm different." He smiled.
"Well he was the host for the one tailed beast and I have the nine tails, only Gaara understands me and me him." He shrugged and slouched back as if to say life had its compensations. "I wish Gaara could find someone like I have found many people." He looked side ways at me, I dropped my cup and it smashed into tiny fragments. I hurriedly cleared it up.
"Yeah I do too," I said as I turned back around. I had to respect that Gaara had to uphold his title as Kazekage and wasn't about to ruin that for him, even if it meant lying. "So where are you heading then?" I asked calmly.
"To find an old team mate of mine called Uchiha Sasuke." He looked rather down cast. I sensed someone behind me even though they hadn't made a sound. I turned keeping a kunai close to the palm of my hand. A boy moved out of the shadows,
"Holy motherfucking shit! Are you a ghost?" he gave me a creepy cold blank smile. Naruto glared at the new boy.
"Of course not you stupid drunken girl," he said evenly. Oh no that bitch did not just say that! I pinned his arms to the wall with several kunai in quick succession, so quick he had no time to react. Naruto smirked,
"That'll teach you Sai!"
"Sai is it?" his face was blank unreadable, I had only ever seen that kind of expression from ANBU root when I had seen one unmasked. "Well you're definitely joining the femi-man club although you'll never be as feminine as Dei-chan the head honcho." He pulled the kunai away skilfully,
"Where do you come from then?" He was sharp.
"Hoshigakure."
"That explains it."
"Explains what?"
"A different coloured chakra flared around your fingers still after you'd thrown the kunai." He cocked his head to one side, he creeped me out majorly. "And the whole group you saw, it was made up of different squads on different missions but we met up and we all needed to replenish supplies because certain dickless people get irritable when they don't have food or water for a while." Naruto folded his arms and pouted, what a baby.
Sai exited, I glared after him hoping it would scorch his black and white appearance in to oblivion.
"What a sad assed git you got landed with, but shit happens and worse things happen at sea which is why I am not a sailor." He grinned back at me, I sat down again and looked out the window. The pink haired girl Sakura walked in, I offered her a seat which she took and I poured more tea. She frowned at me, "I sense an air of mistrust Haruno Sakura," I said raising my eyebrows and sipping the tea. I had an idea of what it was about.
"What is the relationship between you and the Akatsuki?"
"Well Fuuma Makaiko my best friend kind of works with Deidara the S-rank Akatsuki member and Tobi is surprisingly stupid although you shouldn't judge on first encounters." I sighed, "If you are indeed trying to find the Akatsuki to find someone then you are very stupid."
"I killed Sasori who was from Sunagakure and ex partner of Deidara, if you are in league with them then-"
"I would hardly tell you would I?" I raised an eyebrow at her. "You killed Sasori all by yourself or did you have an accomplice?" She gritted her teeth. "I thought so, people of your level can never compete with the likes of the Akatsuki."
"But what makes you different then? You're only a year older!" I gave a small laugh which seemed to unnerve her.
"I may only be a year older but have skills that not many have heard of. Well I do use the stars chakra and I know Naruto has been on a mission to Hoshigakure before, also I have the ordinary combat jutsus a little higher than your accomplished chunin. I may only be sixteen but I have been able to kill rogue ANBU and others such so I do think I know what I am talking about." I glanced down then back up at them. "And what's more Makaiko is a demon."
"Are you sure they even exist?"
"Positive and I have met two so far, Makaiko and her erm delightful brother Hiroaki. Demons are cunning, devious, ruthless, merciless and above all only care for themselves so that means they do not care about tearing anything in their path apart to achieve their aims." Sakura stared at me.
"So that's why Tsunade-sama is letting you work with the ANBU and Konoha military police."
"Exactly, age does not show power or ability of which Gaara is an excellent example." Naruto and Sakura nodded in agreement, they seemed so weak compared to the likes of Gaara, the Akatsuki and Makaiko even myself. Did they have any idea of what force they were up against?
"What do you suggest we do?" Naruto asked seriously.
"Personally I suggest that you abandon the plan and train more but I know that you can't abandon the mission." I surveyed their faces, I sighed heavily, "All I can advise is that when dealing with S-ranks anything in the world can be possible, their methods are ever changing and a many headed entity you will be fighting a seemingly indestructible force, anyway I wish you luck on your mission."
Kankuro entered.
"Hey Keitii-chan!" he sat down next to me I just hoped he'd keep his sexual urges to himself or I would cry rape like last time (I hadn't called him Wankurou for nothing you know.) "Stop putting a whole downer on the situation, you'll scare them all the way back to Konoha."
"Why do you eavesdrop?"
"Because I am nosey"
"That much is obvious not to mention a pervert," I muttered so he couldn't hear, Naruto and Sakura laughed. Kankuro glared at me, but I was the queen of all death glares so I was unaffected.
"Bite me bitch," I said raising my eyebrows, he rolled his eyes and poured himself some tea.
"So is it true you've killed people on missions Keitii-chan?"
"Yeah but I don't do it for pleasure like S-ranks do I mean they're nutters," I stated.
"And you're not?!"
"What?!" Now watch carefully at this fatal mistake that many make when they insult me. When I say what to something you've said, the key is in the tone of my voice but for some simple beings they lack the brain capacity to interpret this, when I am angry I mean I am gonna fucking do my nut and go on a murderous rampage in a minute so stop now. Anyways back to where we were.
"And you're not a nutter?"
"What?!"
"I said and you're n-" I threw a kunai so precisely so that it made his puppeteer hood fly off and be pinned by the ear like piece to the wall behind him. Kankuro looked quickly behind him,
"Ah, so you heard me the first time I guess?" he said backing away slowly.
"No shit Sherlock," I hissed advancing on him. But before I could do anything Kankuro had his new butt ugly puppet hoist me by my ankle into the air. I glared at him upside down as I swung from side to side, at that point I chose to shout out, "Stop trying to molest me!" Temari promptly walked in, her sweat drop almost hit the floor. I swung myself up and over the puppet then kicked Kankuro in the arse hard which sent him flying out of the door. Temari sat in Kankuro's vacated seat. We all whiled away the hours of merry chat, sing song and the grand old Can Can. Soon the sun set on Suna casting ruby red rays over the four of us, the Konoha ninjas were staying on one of the lower levels of the Kazekage manor.
"I'll see you both in the morning," Sakura said waving at Temari and myself. We continued to the higher levels passing all of the guards swapping shifts for the night. Temari bade me goodnight and I continued down the corridor then paused at my bedroom door wondering, I carried on down the passages and arrived Gaara's office, I just stared at the door as if it would magically open. I knocked then pushed it slowly open and stepped in to the seemingly empty office.
I felt a slight breeze and noticed a pair of curtains fluttering by the balcony, I could see the outline of his silhouette stood up looking at the moon. I seemed to float over to the balcony, he seemed not to notice as I stepped out in to the cool desert night that surrounded us. Quiet. Tranquil. Still. As though he and I only existed, I put a hand on his shoulder. Gaara turned his head then seeing it was me held my hand and pulled me gently in front of him. He held me around the waist close to him, kissed my hair and rested his chin on the top of my head making me smile just from his touch.
"I'm going to miss you," I whispered softly.
"I know, I am going to miss you too but I wanted to show you that I trust you and we can see each other during the Chunin exams and I will try and get there as soon as my duties permit."
"Temari and Kankuro suspect us by the way."
"Yes, I thought as much did they question you as well?"
"Of course they did."
"I had to remind them that I was the Kazekage."
"I just shook them off." I gave a nervous little laugh, Gaara turned me around to face him still with his arms around my waist as though he was frightened of letting me go. He lifted my chin gently, his heart was beating faster and I know knew that he did feel love after all. I leaned in and pressed my lips against his wrapping my arms around his neck to deepen the kiss, he seemed to give so much passion in that one moonlight moment it was more than most get in a lifetime. I felt the sand brush against my skin and felt him let us down lightly in my room on the soft bed. He licked my lower lip and I shivered and allowed him to explore. I broke apart and planted little kisses on his neck to give us time to breathe, also the key to keep him waiting. I met back up with his lips one final kiss and then we broke apart. I laid down next to him with his arm around my shoulders, I snuggled right in to him. "I haven't felt like this in a long time."
"I haven't ever felt like this in my whole life time." I looked up in to those cyan eyes which made me feel like I was lost at sea. "Keitii-han?"
"Mmm."
"I want to spend the night here because... I want to spend our last moments together before you have to go."
"That's fine by me." I leaned up and kissed him then pulled the covers over us, I cuddled up to him glad of another friendly presence at last.