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Chapter FIVE
"I have somethings I need to do." Gaara said. "My siblings have decided to go out. You need to keep an eye on them." He patted Sakura's head, sinking his teeth into the stretch of flesh which he had been licking for the past few minutes. "Keep them out of trouble." He grasped the girl's wrist and held it up, eyeing a wristband made of his sand. He lowered his head to her ear. "If anything happens, send a pulse of chakra. I'll sense it." He whispered, then gently held her in place as he nibbled on her ear.
He pulled back and stood up.
Sakura immediately slipped off the couch and crouched, head lowered. "Of course, Gaara-sama."
Gaara led Sakura out of their room by her wrist, to where his siblings and Sasori were sitting around the living room.
Gaara gave Sakura one more lick along her jaw line before he drew back and turned to his siblings. "I expect you to not cause any trouble." He said.
Both Temari and Kankuro nodded. Sasori lazily waved from his place on the bed. "Be back before dark." He randomly called out.
Gaara vanished in a swirl of sand, leaving Temari, Kankuro and Sakura.
The moment the Jinchuriki was gone, Sasori sat up. "Sakura."
The girl looked up from her crouched position on the ground. "Yes, Sasori-sama?"
Sasori narrowed his eyes. "You're bleeding." He indicated to the bleeding wound on her neck.
Sakura blinked, then raised a glowing hand up to her bite mark, cleanly healing it.
Temari and Kankuro felt the tension in the air and went back to their room.
It had been two days since Sasori had seen Gaara's possessiveness over the girl. A part of him felt sorry for the girl. As far as he knew, she had arrived through some secret deal the Kazekage had sealed with someone.
Simply put, she had been passed form one person to another as property. And judging from how the girl had reacted to Gaara's taunting and claims, she was quite used to it.
She was someone who had been brought up being told that she was below humans, that she was nothing more than an object. And what worried Sasori the most was the fact that she seemed to accept it without question.
He glanced at the girl's eyes and noticed the glow it held.
"What are you thinking?" He asked.
Sakura blinked, surprised that he had been able to read her gaze. Sasori inwardly smirked. Of course. He was someone who appreciated knowledge. he would recognize the look of wonder anywhere.
Sakura shook her head. "Please do not let it bother you."
Sasori leaned forwards. "Just tell me."
"I do not need curiosity." Sakura murmured. "Please do not trouble yourself over something like me."
Had Sasori been anyone else, he would have flinched at the girl referring to herself as an object. Instead, he opened his mouth. "Tell me." He said as gently as he could, while trying to mimic Gaara's tone.
Automatically, almost as if it were instinct, girl instantly answered. "Are you related to Chiyo-baa-sama?" She asked quietly.
Sasori was slightly taken back by that question. "Yes..." He paused. "She's my grandmother." He briefly wondered if that had been her question all along, and then wondered how she knew. He voiced his question and the girl instantly answered.
"When Chiyo-baa-sama trains me, I was sometimes invited into her house. There, I caught a glimpse of a photo, and you reminded me of the person in it."
Sasori nodded slowly, knowing that his grandmother had a lot of photos lying around.
Just then, the door opened again, revealing Gaara's older siblings. "Uh...Sakura? We're heading out now. We were wondering if you..." Temari trialed off.
Sakura dipped her head, then turned to Sasori, head lowered.
Sasori, having seen then girl in the Kazekage's office once of twice, knew what she was waiting for. "You're free to go." 'You're dismissed' just didn't seem right.
Sakura lowered her head more than it already was, before quickly stepping off to the side. She trailed after Temari and Kankuro as they left the inn.
Temari nudged Kankuro, who glared at his sister. Temari glared back and Kankuro let out a sigh of defeat. "Er...Sakura-chan?" Kankuro called. The girl turned to him. "Is there anything you want to do? Do you want to go eat something?"
Sakura kept on her emotionless mask. "Anything you wish to do is fine for me." She replied softly.
The siblings exchanged looks. "Why don't we get something to eat?" Temari asked.
Sakura simply nodded. She flicked her wrists and vanished.
The siblings glanced at each other one more time before turning to lead the way towards the main street, knowing that Sakura would follow.
Just as Kankuro turned the corner, something, or someone came running into him.
The young boy looked up. He didn't even have a chance to say anything before Kankuro had his collar in a vice grip, lifting him into the air.
More people came around the corner. A blonde boy who looked around Gaara's age was accompanied by a girl and two younger children. "Hey! What are you doing to Konohamaru! Put him down!" The blonde yelled.
Naruto scowled as the ninja lifted Konohamaru higher.
The blonde girl watched for a while, horror slowly growing in her eyes. "Kankuro! Stop!"
The boy, Kankuro, turned to face the girl.
"What if Gaara finds out?"
Kankuro shrug. "Temari...what Gaara doesn't know wont kill him." He turned back to the boy.
Temari took in a gulp of air. Gaara didn't know, but Sakura was somewhere nearby, and everything she sees would be relayed back to Gaara.
Kankuro suddenly dropped the boy who darted back to his friends. A stone had been thrown, hitting Kankuro's arm. Both siblings looked up. Naruto looked up too, noticing Sasuke. He jumped down from the tree and walked over towards them, hands in his pocket. Ami's eyes instantly lit up. "Sasuke-kun!" Naruto cringed.
Sasuke scowled at the two shinobi. "What are you doing here?" He asked.
Before either siblings could reply, a girl with pink hair appeared in front of them.
Sasuke stopped in his tracks.
"I apologize if our actions have offended you in any way." She dipped her head, then turned to the siblings. "Temari-san, Kankuro-san."
Kankuro stiffened. "Well, you see..."
There was a pulse of chakra, and another person appeared in a whirl of sand. The pink haired girl instantly dropped onto one knee, head lowered respectfully. Kankuro stiffened more than before and Temari took a small step back."You are a disgrace to our village. What were you doing?" The newcomer asked.
Kankuro shivered. "Listen Gaara! These guys started it-"
Gaara ignored him, instead turning to the Konoha shinobi. "I apologize about the trouble." He muttered, then turned to his siblings. "We're going."
"Wait!" Sasuke called before he could stop himself. "You aren't from this village. Why are you here?"
Temari scowled, but before she could say anything, Gaara held up his hand, then shot the pink haired girl a look.
The girl nodded. "Gaara-sama and his siblings are here for the Chunin Exams."
"Chunin Exams? What's that?" Naruto asked.
Temari proceeded to explain the Chunin Exams.
"We're going." Gaara repeated. He turned around, but was once again stopped by Sasuke.
"Wait! What's your name?"
Temari turned around. "What? Me?"
Sasuke shook his head. "The one with the gourd." He paused. "And the girl with pink hair."
Gaara inwardly snarled at the mention of the girl but answered. "Gaara." He then shook his head.
Sasuke turned to girl, who kept quiet. "What about you?"
"I am not permitted to say my name." She murmured.
"Not permitted?" Sasuke asked.
"Permission has not been given, and therefore, I cannot tell you my name." She repeated.
Sasuke opened his mouth again, but stopped when Gaara grabbed the girl by her arm and dragged her to her feet. "We're going." He snarled. "Who are you?"
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Uchiha Sasuke." He said.
Gaara nodded, then dragged the girl to his side. They were gone in a swirl of sand.
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