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A/N - Some mistakes fixed! Sorry if there's still a few!^^'

(WARNING - RATED M for mature content, it contains sexual situations, a.k.a. LIME (very explicit!), and ugly bad words, a.k.a. cursing)

Chapter 14 - Kankuro's research

Everyday that passed, Kaoru was happier and happier, since that night with Kiba, she spent more time with the dog-boy. She never thought that she would ever like another human being in her entire life. Life was so hard for her, bad experiences and being brainwashed by her father, all that made Kaoru simply unable to love another person. That's why she always kept a secure distance from everyone. Most of the time she accoplished that "safe distance" by being over-polite or keeping things 100 per cente professional.

However, Kiba proved her wrong. Every single second she spent with him, Kaoru felt more attracted to him, not only by his looks, but also by his personality. And after that night, Kaoru's feelings only grew stronger.

It wasn't long before the two sand shinobis were back in to their mission, in the little office in the Hokage mansion. Both willing to resolve that mysterious sealing jutsu that the Forth Hokage used.

Days have passed and the more Kaoru researched more doubts came. Everytime she thought she was close to find out how to unseal that damn jutsu, something always came up, destroy that little glimpse of hope she had. This was an hopeless case, and now she understood why Konoha asked for the best seal expert from Suna. Even though she was technically the second best.

"Even father wouldn't be able to do this..." she said a little bit to loud since Kankuro heard.

"What? Are you serious? Your fahter wouldn't be able to do this?", Kankuro asked perplexed.

Kaoru blushed in shame, she didn't wanted to talk about her father, especially with Kankuro. The puppeteer, like many other Suna shinobis, saw her father like a hero, a living legend that made many good deeds in the Sand village. Also, her father when was young was part of the same team as the former Kazekage, Kankuro's father. In Kaoru's vision, it was completly normal for Kankuro to see her father like someone powerful and wise. Not to mention the fact that he was also one of the Sunagakure couselours.

So this was one of the reasons, besides her seals, she never told anyone, about the abuse. No one would believe her, and even if they did, they would probably close their eyes to it. Her father had too much power and too many connections. Compared to him she was no one, like Kankuro once said, almost no one knew her name.

"Kaoru?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you ok? You're spacing out."

"Yeah, I'm fine. What did you ask?" Kaoru asked.

"You were saying even your father wouldn't be able to do this, then why the hell are we bothering?" Kankuro said looking around as if he was looking for a way out of that damn small room.

"Well, it's our mission we can at least try..." she stopped talking when she saw Kankuro staring awkwardly.

"What?", she asked with an eyebrow up.

"Your table." he said laughting, Kaoru looked at the table, "Your scrolls are all messed up, your OCD is fading away."

Kaoru looked carefully at the scrolls and books completly messy. It was true, she didn't even felt like arrange that. She looked at Kankuro and laughted too. Both Jonins laughted for a while, enjoying the sound of the other's laught.

"I think it's Kiba-kun's fault." Kaoru said still laughting, Kankuro's smiling face faded right away., "He's so messy, I think I got used to it."

"Kaoru..."

"Yeah?"

"Do you really like him?", Kankuro knew he shouldn't ask it, he knew he wouldn't like the answer, but maybe just maybe he may had a tiny little chance.

Kaoru looked more serious at the puppeteer, but still with a glint in her eyes and a serene smile in her face.

"I think it's more than that. I know I sound silly telling such a thing, I met him a few weeks ago but, it was like love at first sight, you know?" she said.

"Do you love him?" Kankuro asked, his heart hurt, as if someone was trying to squeeze the life of it. Before the girl answered, he continued. "Are you sure you want him?"

"Of course, I'm sure, I'm not used to have boys chacing me, but I'm not a fool, and I'm not that naive, if I say I love him I really mean it."

Kankuro's face turned into pure sadness, and Kaoru could see that, but why would he be sad?

"Kank-"

"Kaoru, why him?"

"What?"

"Why do you like him? He's not even like you, you have nothing in common."

"Kankuro-dono I-"

"Don't call me that.", Kankuro cut her, "Quit with the -dono thing."

"Ok, Kankuro..." Kaoru felt weird saying it, "-kun, Kiba-kun is the first person that sees me as I am, and doesn't judge me."

"Who judges you?" Kankuro asked, the girl was never judged by anyone, what the hell she was talking about.

"Well, everybody! Especially in Suna, if you don't act or be in a certain way you are lower than trash."

"What? That's what the elders think, why do you even care about it?"

"It's not just the elders, other people too, even you!" Kaoru said looking at the puppeteer.

"Me? Are you crazy, look at me! Who am I to judge someone?" Kankuro said incredulous.

"You judged me all the time! Because of my gloves, and my OCD, and you call me a freak!"

"That's me just messing around with you, I don't mean those things."

"Why would you "mess" with me?" Kaoru asked. Kankuro was just playing with her all the time before? There was no way that was true. So many times they fought and argue over everything and anything.

"Because I lo-" Kankuro's words were cut by a knock on the door, Tsunade peeked inside, like she was watching if they were doing something she shouldn't be seen.

"Sorry to interrupt your work, I'm just here to deliver mail that we received to Kankuro-san." and as fast she came, she left.

Kaoru looked at the boy, carefully opening the scroll, she totally forgot about what they were talking before.

"You have been receiving a lot of mail lately, Kankuro-do...-kun." she smiled when she corrected herself.

"Yeah" he only replied, eager to read what was inside. That eagerness didn't escape the kunoichi's eye.

"You look impatient to see that, is that from a girl?" she asked.

"What the hell did you came up with that? I told you I lo-", he was cut by Kaoru.

"You don't have to be shy about it, I trusted you telling you my feelings towards Kiba-kun, you can trust me too."

Yes, it was right, she told him she loved Kiba. That painful feeling came again, but he kept himself together.

"It's not from a girl, it's from Suna, I've been researching about who hurt you." Kankuro said starting to read the scroll. It was the only thing he could do for her, if she was in love with Kiba and the leaf chunin made her happy, then he would let them be together, however he would break and kill anyone that hurt the girl. If he couldn't please her than he would protect her.

"WHAT?" Kaoru panicked, she couldn't believe what he just said, "Why are you doing that?"

'Did he writte to my father?

Please Kami-sama NO!'

"I told you I'm gonna kill the one that did that to you!" he said looking up meeting Kaoru's eyes. The girl stood up, scared.

"D-did you talked with my father?" her voice trembled. Kankuro frowned.

"No..." he sincerely replied.

"Please don't talk to him, don't tell anything to him." Kaoru burst. She turned around the table and kneeled down to where Kankuro was sitting. She grabbed his arms firmly.

"I beg you don't tell him anything. Please."

Kankuro was shocked but he nodded.

"Why don't you want him to know, he's your father, he can protect you!" Kankuro asked and Kaoru stood up.

"Damn, Kankuro-kun why are you so fucking curious? That's why I like Kiba-kun, because he's the opposite of you! He doesn't intrude what's not of his business." Kankuro's eyes widen. The male Jonin couldn't say anything.

"I'm sorry, didn't mean to be rude, it's just I really don't want my father to know it."

"No problem" the puppeteer simply replied.

Kankuro laid down, in his bed which was Kaoru's former bed, in the guest room. He stared at the blank ceiling. The scent of wild fruits surrounding him. The smell of Kaoru's hair. Her scent was still in the pillow cases. Oh Kami, how much he loved that smell. He took one of the pillows underneath his head and he sniffed it.

It hurt to know, that she was in another room with another guy doing probably things, Kankuro would never be able to do with her.

'She said she loves Kiba...'

Fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK. Kankuro sat. He was going insane thinking about it. Why was he so upset anyway? It wasn't like she would stay with Kiba forever, she was going to get back to Suna right? Such a distant realtionship wouldn't work!

Kankuro hugged the pillow and sniffed it again. Kaoru was so beautiful, she looked so perfect all the time. But Kankuro loved even more when she looked unperfect, like when her hair was messy and wavy, or when her clothes were wrinkly right in the right places, showing her curves that she hid everyday.

Kankuro felt himself getting hard. The thought of Kaoru's body, was making him hot. He laid down again.

Imagining her smile, when she bits her lower lip when she'd thinking. That mouth, oh how much the boy wanted to know how that mouth tasted. How she looked without those clothes...

Unsconciously Kankuro's hands traveled through his body, touching his hard boner. He pulled down his pants and boxers to his tights, and freed his member. His hand wrapping it, starting to rub it up and down.

The sight of her tattoed body, her pale white shining skin... How much he wanted to trail those seals with his mouth, kissing and licking every inch of her skin...

Kankuro increased the speed, moving his hand twisting slidly and touching the tip, the way it made it more pleasurable for him.

Her back, her shoulder, her neck... her mouth, how much he wanted that mouth in him, around him. Those full pink lips...

Kankuro sniffed the pillow again. Her scent in him, her body underneath him, him between her legs while he's...

"KAORU!" he moaned, cumming into his hand.

Kankuro looked at the white ceiling again, panting. He cleaned his hand, and pulled his pants up. Tears fell from the corner of his eyes. His hand met the wetness in his eyes, making him notice he was crying.

'Shit...'

"That's why I like Kiba-kun, because he's the opposite of you! "

Kankuro never cried since he was kid. And now the tough boy from Suna was crying for a girl, a girl that he loved. And she had no idea that she was hurting him. Hurt.

'Hurt... love'

Suddenly a thought came to his mind. He sat down quickly and took the scroll he received earlier from the nightstand. It was from Gaara, he previously asked Gaara to give him a list and some quick biographies of a few shinobis he was suspecting they could be hurting Kaoru. However he never asked Gaara for the most obvious file. Kaoru's file, and her family's file. Kankuro noticed how Kaoru pleaded for her father not to know about it, maybe it was someone close to her family... Kankuro would find out, and would beat the hell up the person , but before he had to know more about the girl herself.

Kaoru woke up again, with Kiba bringing her breakfast at bed. And of course part of that breakfast were those amazing pancakes, which she delightfully eat them. An hour later, the kunoichi and Kankuro went to the Hokage mansion, this time straight to Tsunade's office.

When they arrived they found out two people were there beside's the Hokage. Kaoru recognize the blond boy Naruto. Next to him was a man with white long hair. Kaoru gasped recognizing the man as one of the Sanin, Jiraiya. Now, this was someone Kaoru truely idiolized.

"Tsunade, I think it's Naruto's choice!" Jiraiya said audaciously.

Tsunade sighed and looked at the two Suna shinobis.

"I apologize for this, but it seems we had a breach of information here." she glared Jiraiya.

"Tsunade, seriously give Naruto the chance to speak for himself." the man repeated.

"Naruto, what do you want?" Tsunade asked. Kaoru deduced she was asking for his consent to continue the research.

"Baa-chan, I don't want to take him out. Maybe in the future I can control it. I always saw Kyuubi as burden in my life, but... it made me what I am today." Naruto replied. Kaoru smiled. The boy was so sure of himself it was inspiring.

"I guess then, there's nothing else I can do... The mission is over for you two. Did you made any advance?", Tsunade asked.

"No Hokage-sama, I believe that seal is impossible to break. Not even a kekkei genkai based on seals would work." Kaoru honestly answered.

"Jeez, well I'm sorry for taking your time. You can return to Suna, your mission is over."

After treating burocratic things, both shinobis walked back to Kiba's.

"Well, this was a waste of time." Kankuro said, putting his hands on his pockets.

"Yeah... Kankuro-kun? Can we stay a couple more days?", Kaoru asked. Kankuro knew why she was asking that. She wanted to be with Kiba, but Kankuro couldn't say no to those bright blue eyes looking at him.

"Sure, you still have to take off those stiches right?" he said. Kaoru grinned.

"Thank you!" she said clingy into the puppeteers arm, making the boy slightly blush.

To be continued...