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As soon as we reached the desert, I started to think that maybe Tsunade had no fucking clue who she was dealing with. Sending ME of all people to this godforsaken place? I don't think I've ever been hotter in my life. Its like sitting on the surface of the sun with the most annoying substance known to man, SAND. It was getting in my eyes and since I was tied up, there wasn't anything I could do about it.
My life fucking sucks
When we reached the gates of Suna, after what seemed like days, Naruto stepped forward to talk to the guards. I was about ready to die of a heat stroke.
With a few hushed words we were escorted into the Village. I, of course was the item on display. Every person who was out and about could see me being hustled through their village like a prisoner. If these ropes weren't stopping my flow of chakra I'd…
"Gaara!" Naruto yelled "GAARA!"
The group halted as we awaited the arrival of 3 men. I was beginning to feel dizzy and was struggling to focus, but I could make out that 2 of them were tall, with one slightly shorter man in the middle.
"Naruto… what a surprise.."
That voice… that voice poured into my ears like honey from a spoon, and my mind drank every drop of it.
"Good to see you again, Gaara. Got a present for you,"
Naruto stepped aside to reveal me, standing in the middle of the formation. Some prize. I must've looked fucking pitiful. One of the ninja reached over and gave me a few sips of water, which helped my vision begin to clear up a bit.
As soon as he saw her, his breath hitched in his throat. He could feel her energy radiating through his body, immediately letting him know of the immense power she possessed. He felt something towards this girl, he just didn't know what it was. Gaara still had emotions that he didn't totally understand and frankly, couldn't be bothered with, and this was one of them.
"Who is she?" The voice asked again… now which one said that?
…the short one.
He…well he certainly didn't look like anyone I'd ever seen before. His hair—a deep blood red color, and spikey. His eyes were.. stunning. They were lined with strange black rings, two pale teal orbs, gleaming in the desert sunlight. They intimidated me. They made me feel like they could see straight through me and into me, all of my deepest thoughts and dreams, they all belonged to him now. And the amount of Chakra this kid had was almost threatening.
"Her name is Mei Igarashi," Naruto continued "Tsunade-sama also sent this along",
Naruto handed Gaara a piece of paper. He gazed at the paper for a moment, totally expressionless, before folding it up and handing it to the taller man on his left.
"Untie her," He said simply "We'll handle it from here."
With a swift hand motion, the rope fell from around my body. Naruto simply saluted Gaara, and gave me a wink, before him and the other nin dissapeared.
Before I even had time to think of running I was grabbed by the 2 men standing on either side of Gaara.
"LET ME GO! WHY AM I BEING TREATED LIKE A FUCKING ANIMAL? I didn't do anything to anyone!"
Gaara glared at me. His eyes sent chills down my spine.
"I'll only have them let you go if you promise not to run, but if you do I'll be forced to stop you," He crossed his arms
A smirk spread across my face
"Is that a threat?"
"Try me."
I quickly disarmed his 2 guards as I noticed a wave of sand rushing towards my body. I quickly protected myself in the only way I knew how
Gaara had never seen anything like what the girl standing in front of him had just done. 2 monstrous wings of black chakra folded around her body to shield her from the sand in what seemed like a split second. She then tried to retaliate by sending one of the wings over to cut his throat only a millisecond before his sand protected him. For a moment, the two of them just stared at eachother, each one of them amazed by the others abilities. They had drawn quite a crowd by now.
Gaara grabbed me by the shoulder and hurried me along in silence for the next 10 minutes until we reached something like a mansion. More like a glorified sand castle, if you ask me. We scuffled up the front steps and into the door. He slammed it behind him.
"Don't ever cause a scene like that again, do you understand?"
"Whats up your ass? I'm the one being treated like a fucking criminal, I really don't need this…"
Gaara did his best to control himself
"I understand, but I'm the Kazekage of Suna and I have appearances to keep up. I can't just go into full scale battle with a stranger in the middle of my village!"
Kazekage? but he's so young… He can't be any older than I am
"Listen, " He said, trying to calm himself "You'll be staying here in the guest quarters from now on. All of your clothes and food will be provided. Now if you'll excuse me, I have work to do, but I can have someone show you to your room,"
"What if I don't want to stay here?" I challenged
"Fine then, don't. But you look pretty sweaty for someone who's only been here 15 minutes, going back outside may not be the smartest thing for you to do."
Fuck this kid. Who does he think he is? Kazekage my ass.
One of Gaara's lackies shuffled up to me and offered to take me to my room before I could retort. I had nowhere to go, I didn't know where I was, and I have no reason to trust any of these people.