lostmoonchild: Thanks for the reviews! I know I didn't update last week, it sucked big time and I was honestly a bit more concerned with a legal issue or two (I'm not in trouble but some scammers are once I get my hands on them) than updating. Also had work so between the two, it was a mental and emotional hell. Here's last week's chapter and I don't think I'm going to post this week's since I don't feel that it's quite ready for some strange reason.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto so don't sue.
Chapter Forty Eight
Large, gray eyes widened as they entered the library, Hisoka's breath catching in her throat. This place was huge! Almost as big as Konoha's library, she bet, and there were probably hundreds of books that she had never laid eyes on before! If the librarian knew that she was Gaara's goddaughter, could she get her hands on any restricted books if she read every book in the library?
A small smile appeared on Gaara's face as he felt the excitement radiating from the child. "What kind of book do you want to find first?" Gaara asked.
"I wanna read the whole library." Hisoka breathed.
Kankuro looked at the girl in disbelief before answering, "No way! There's no way a kid could read so many books and have their brain not explode!"
Hisoka looked at him with a confused look. "Why not? I like reading. Daddy thinks that if I decide not to be a kunoichi then I could be a librarian."
"Let's find you a book, Hi-chan. Come on, let's ask the librarian where the children's section is."
"Okay!"
Kankuro shook his head as he wandered off to find something interesting to look at. He remembered seeing a book that had peaked his interest although now he supposed it was a matter of convincing the snake mistress to agree to try some of them. Knowing how adventurous in bed she was, he wouldn't have any trouble. With a grin on his face, the brunette bounded off towards the more adult section of the library.
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Watching his goddaughter and their surroundings with all the skills that a shinobi possessed, it was clear that there were people amazed that he was allowing her to read such 'difficult looking' books. "That girl is Naruto-sama's daughter? He can't be more than what? Seventeen or eighteen? That girl's gotta be at least five!" Gaara heard somebody comment in amazement.
"I'm almost seven! It's not polite to talk about someone behind their back!" Hisoka called, not looking up from her book. "Even Sai knows that and a rock has more manners than him!"
Gaara fought against a smile as the girl picked herself up off the floor and held the book against her chest. "Did you find something?" Gaara asked.
"Uh huh. I like this book a lot. Can I get one more?" Hisoka pleaded.
Could she really read a book about, Gaara checked the title before starting when he read that it was about some theory of quantum energies, and actually understand every word? "I suppose." Gaara responded with a sigh.
Hisoka grinned as she put the book on his lap before bounding off to find another book. Suddenly there was a crash and a bang that sent the redhead flying to his feet and to where the girl had taken off. What he saw when he got to the girl's destination was enough to send any shinobi into a laughing fit.
Kankuro wrapped up in a cocoon of sand and being held upside down as Hisoka scolded him. "You don't climb bookshelves in the library just to impress somebody!" Hisoka scolded. "That's not how we behave and we don't demonstrate a picture in a book to other people that can't figure out how the people in the book got that way! What if a little kid saw? I saw that kind of thing before so it's okay but you don't do that when there's other people around!"
With irritation on her soft features, she turned and made the cocoon of sand follow her out of the library. "Gaara! Make her let me go!" Kankuro shouted at his brother.
"Hn."
Kankuro's dark eyes widened in shock as Gaara allowed Hisoka to pull him outside. "Sit there. We'll be out in a minute." Hisoka told the adult as she went back inside.
By now there were snickers coming from some of the patrons and several of the shinobi were now watching the six year old with varying degrees of wariness. "Did you want another book?" Gaara asked as he handed the girl the book she had chosen.
"Not anymore. I'll come back when I need a new book." Hisoka responded before grinning at the librarian. "I'd like this book please!"
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A groan left Gaara's lips as he collapsed onto the couch, watching Hisoka run around the room. He had known before that the girl was as excitable as her father but he didn't think it was possible for anybody to actually be more hyper than Naruto. This was perhaps even more terrifying than the one time he had seen Naruto running around on a sugar high.
He almost pitied Akina for what she was getting herself into.
The redhead willed a wall of sand up and watched with exhaustion as Hisoka ran headfirst into it before falling on her butt with giggles leaving her lips. It was hard to believe that just an hour ago the girl had scolded Kankuro for misbehaving in a library and carried him out in a cocoon of sand. Right now, however, he distantly wondered how badly his brother's reputation had been bruised. "Calm down now." Gaara told the girl.
Hisoka crawled onto his lap and looked at him with a solemn expression. "How come stupid Sasuke had to go back to Konoha?" Hisoka asked.
"He decided he wanted to go home apparently."
"Konoha isn't his home anymore though! Sai told me that Sasuke-teme threw Konoha away like she wasn't important anymore."
Gaara rubbed the girl's head slightly before replying; "Sometimes grownups just do things that don't make sense to anybody but themselves."
Hisoka thought for a moment before saying, "Daddy says that it's good to forgive but never forget. I know Sasuke-teme made Daddy and everybody else sad and Daddy looked angry and happy at the same time when he heard that Sasuke-teme came back. I thought that maybe if I asked Granny Tsunade not to kill him, it'd make Daddy happy. Instead he sent me here. How come? Was it bad I wanted Daddy to be happy?"
Sometimes Gaara wondered just what wavelength the girl's brain was on. "No, you were being the grownup by forgiving Uchiha. It's not bad wanting Naruto to be happy."
"Then why did I get sent away?"
Didn't anybody explain to the girl why she was being sent to Suna? "Because Naruto was worried that Sasuke would be angry that you were being mature." Gaara pulled the girl so her head was resting over his heart. "Don't worry. Once everything gets settled down then you'll get to go back to Konoha."
"M'kay." Hisoka looked up at him. "Sasuke-teme's gonna be pissed when he gets out, isn't he?"
"Fairly."
"Would he count as an ally or enemy?"
"Intermediate, probably. Can't kill him but you could maim him."
"Maim?"
"Injure."
Hisoka grinned slightly before nestling against Gaara. "Love you, Gaara." Hisoka murmured.
Gaara smiled softly as he patted her head. "Love you too."
lostmoonchild: I had to actually think about where Sasuke would stand in Konoha's eyes and probably only Gaara would suggest maiming Sasuke. Since I just got back from riding horses, I'm going to update then I'm going to sit in front of a fan cause I got overheated. lol, kinda tells ya'll where my priorities lie today. Read and review!