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Naruto gulped, his eyes were glued to the scene in front of him. A small breeze ruffled his hair and his open jacket. His heart was thumping faster and faster as time flew by. He couldn't believe his eyes, would he really do that?

Naruto eyes locked onto the person. A red haired man was standing several feet from him. He wore white and blue robes which flowed along with the breeze. The blonde looked down, eyes trained on the ground. It was his fault this was happening.

Gaara was stepping down as Kazekage.

Naruto shifted his gaze to the crowd beneath him. Yeah he was standing on the terrace of the Kazekage tower. It was a very high platform where you could see to the edges of the village, maybe even farther. Gaara was standing in front of him, facing the citizens of the village, who had no idea what was going to happen. Behind the redhead were a few elders and his siblings. Naruto was in the shadows, observing the situation.

Naruto gulped once more. He was resisting the urge to jump and drag Gaara away from the hellish atmosphere, but he knew ... he couldn't do that. He had agreed with Gaara that he would let him step down from his position, but from the blonde's point of view, Gaara's back was slumped slightly, making him look lonely and sad. He knew the redhead loved his position as Kazekage more than anything, yet he was so persistent to let it go.

The blonde closed his eyes when he heard Gaara begin speaking to the people of his village. Somehow, he felt strange listening to the redhead speak, his tone was different, and it was powerful and prestigious. Naruto opened his eyes to look at his feet before he closed them again. He wanted to run away, to flee the scene, he didnt want to see Gaara relinquish his position but he knew ... deep down in the redhead's heart, he might want to runaway too. He didnt do that though, Gaara was tough even though his burden was heavy; he still accepted it.

Blue eyes opened when he heard the redhead say that one line.

"I will step down as the Kazekage."

By then Naruto really wanted to throw himself at Gaara and kidnap the redhead and take him far away, but no ... he gritted his teeth and shook his head.

"I know, you all are wondering why I will step down,"

Naruto swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat as he stared at Gaara's back. This was all happening because of him. No someone, please stop him!

"It is because I am pregnant."

The whiskered male heard the villager's loud chatter. It became louder and louder. Even some of Gaara's fan girls began shouting.

"The reason why I'm pregnant is because Shukaku is female and ... I made a mistake with someone," Gaara spoke quietly. Naruto bit his lip. No Gaara, it wasn't your mistake. IT WAS MINE!

Naruto saw Gaara shudder a little when he heard the screams of disappointment from the Suna citizens. Gaara needed to wait until the screams had faded out before he could start talking again.

"I know. You must be disappointed with me, but, I never regret being the Kazekage. I will always cherish my time as the Kazekage. But I have betrayed your trust in me and for that reason; I will step down as the Kazekage."

Naruto was amazed how calm Gaara's voice was when he spoke, and from the way the villagers looked at Gaara, he knew they cherished him so much. Even though he was a Jinchuuriki, even though he was so young, Naruto believed that Gaara was the best Kazekage ever, and he knew all of Gaara's people believed that too.

"But, even though I'm not the Kazekage anymore. I will always protect this village, no matter what. I will always protect you all."

Naruto couldn't fight the smile that was creeping up on his face. Gaara…he really loved his village.

"And Kankurou will replace me as the new Kazekage." Kankurou walked up to Gaara's side then the citizens were screaming again. It looked like the villagers would support Kankurou as the new Kazekage.

Gaara looked at Kankurou, who looked nervous, and smiled. He took off his robes and gave it to the Kankurou who accept them with a nervous smile. The citizens cheered again.

The redhead helped Kankurou put on the robe and then stupidly, the brunette waved his hand to the citizens who screamed for him once more. Slowly, Gaara took a step back and then another step until he turned and ran from the stage, the only ones who noticed were Naruto and Temari. Naruto instinctively tried chasing after the redhead but Temari grabbed his sleeve. Naruto turned to her.

"Please, take care Gaara for me," she smiled sadly. Naruto stood, stunned before he finally began chasing Gaara. Temari sighed when both of them had disappeared from her view. She also wanted to chase Gaara, but she needed to accompany Kankurou, who had started his speech.

Also, Gaara had Naruto to help him.

Temari smiled then sighed, she knew sooner or later she would have to let Gaara go. She hoped, Naruto was the best man for her little brother.

IoI

Gaara ran as fast as he could. He had tried his best to hold back his feelings but he couldn't hold them back anymore. Tears slowly flowed down his pale cheeks, but, he didn't slow down, instead he kept running. The streets were empty because all the villagers had gathered in the front of Kazekage Tower. So, he didn't need to be afraid of being seen like this.

But, for now he needed to calm down, to recollect his broken feelings. His chest hurt so much; he bit his lip to distract him from the pain of his damaged heart. Gaara ran as fast as he could. He wanted to go somewhere quiet and let all his emotions out.

"GAARA!"

Gaara gasped then turn his head a little to see who was chasing him. It was a blur of yellow and black.

"N...Naruto," Gaara mumbled, he couldn't believe that the blonde would chase him this far.

Naruto ran faster to chase Gaara but the redhead began to slow down when he saw Naruto. The whiskered male grabbed his wrist forcing him to stop running.

Gaara looked at Naruto with wide and watery eyes. His breathing was heavy and his body was sweaty, just like the kitsune's.

"Don't run so fast, you are still weak," Naruto said between deep breaths before slowly smiling. Gaara stared at him, tears fresh in his eyes. No, he didn't want Naruto to see him in this state. He couldn't…

"Let me go," Gaara said weakly, trying to pull his wrist away from Naruto but the blonde held on tight.

"No, I won't," Naruto's voice was harsh. He couldn't let Gaara go, he didn't want him to break down and then pretend nothing happened. He didn't want Gaara to hide and bottle up his sadness. He would slowly break apart.

Gaara bit his lip then tried to free himself from Naruto but the blonde was stronger than him. Naruto held his wrist tightly; he didn't want to let him go.

"Tell me where you want to go, I will accompany you, I will be your mate soon anyway. Please let me help you," Naruto spoke softly. Gaara stared into his eyes. They were tender and sad, sad because of him. Gaara gave up on escaping the blonde's grip. His eyes fell as his body began shaking. Naruto panicked, he let go Gaara's wrist and patted the redheads back.

"Let's go home, Gaara," the whiskered male smiled then pulled Gaara along. The redhead finally followed him but at a very slow pace. Gaara walked little by little whilst trying to wipe away his tears but failed because more fell. Naruto stopped walking and gently touched Gaara's shoulder.

"Let me carry you," he said, didn't wait for Gaara's response; instead he pulled Gaara's feet away from the earth and carried the paler male bridal style. The redhead gasped quietly and quickly wrapped his arms around Naruto's neck. The blonde turned to see him and grinned widely before jumping from roof to roof. Finally he leaped through Gaara's window and into his room and gently placed Gaara on his bed.

Naruto averted his gaze when the redhead looked up at him with questioning glance. The blonde scratched his head then laughed a little.

"Sorry for that, but I really can't let you go alone," he spoke up, his face slightly flushed. Gaara only nodded once with red face.

Slowly, more tears flooded down the porcelain cheeks. Now he was in his room, he could release all of his emotions. Naruto felt useless when he watched Gaara cry his eyes out and start shaking.

"Ah…Ga-Gaara…please, don't cry," he knelt in the front of the other male and cursed himself. When it came to calming people down, he wasn't the person to ask.

The redhead only shook his head.

"No…I...I can't….the tears…wont…stop," Gaara's coughed between the sobs. His hands were covering his face and trying to erase the tears as his body shook badly.

Naruto bit down his lip, Gaara looked… so small … so fragile … so weak. It was because of him. The blonde tried to searching for a handkerchief in his pockets only to realize that he never brought one. He didn't know if he even owned a handkerchief. Feeling stupid, Naruto scanned the room to see if there was anything else for Gaara to use as a handkerchief; to get rid of the tears.

He found nothing.

Gaara was startled when he felt something covering his head; it had a very familiar scent. Gaara looked up, to see that it was in fact an orange and black jacket over his head. He felt confused, what was the meaning of this, but he was a little shocked when the blonde began wiping away his tears with the sleeve. Naruto only smiled and wiped away more tears.

"Sorry, my jacket might not be clean but I don't have handkerchief for you," Naruto laughed a little.

Gaara's heart began thumping faster and faster when Naruto gently rubbed the fabric over his face. The scent from the orange and black jacket was suffocating him. His face felt hot and the blondes touch was burning his flushed skin.

Gaara closed his eyes, loving the soft and gentle touches that slowly began comforting him. Naruto smiled when Gaara stopped crying and began leaning into his touch.

"I'm sorry."

Gaara opened his eyes and looked down, to see Naruto was knelt in front of him. The whiskered male looked at him with sad eyes.

"It's because of me," his blue eyes were clouded over in guilt and sorrow. Gaara shook his head.

"No, it was my decision. And….I was crying because I'm sad that I had to let my title go but, I will never regret my decision," Gaara spoke truthfully, watching Naruto look up at him, the blonde grinned.

"Thank you," he said. Gaara shook his head, his face beaming red.

"I'm the one who should thank you," he smiled a bit.

They both began laughing. Naruto sat by Gaara's side then playfully rubbed his jacket on Gaara's head. "You really are amazing, Gaara," he grinned widely. Gaara only replied with a smile.

"I mean…if I was you…I wouldn't know if I could do that. Whoa, you are really amazing, aren't you? And did you hear the screaming from your fan girls? They must be very disappointed, but … they scream loud. They are fearsome fan girls. How come you didn't shoo them out I mean they are really noisy," Naruto began to babble and revealed his bad habit. Gaara only sat beside him, with Naruto's jacket on his head listening to the none stop talking.

The blonde stopped talking when he noticed Gaara wasn't talking; he turned to look at the redhead, who looked at him with tender eyes. The blonde blushed heavily, wondering why his heart had begun thumping faster.

"Sorry, I was talking so much," he chuckled nervously. Gaara shook his head.

"No, I don't mind," he said. Naruto glanced at him again. Gaara looked tired, but better than earlier.

"Do you want to rest? Do you want me to leave you alone?" Naruto asked cautiously. Gaara stared at the blonde and quickly shook his head.

"No…don't…don't leave me alone," he spoke weakly, he looked scared. Naruto gasped lightly, not expecting Gaara to react like that.

Naruto patted Gaara's shoulder gently. "I won't," he replied.

The redhead smiled and sighed gently in relief, slowly he leant against Naruto's shoulder. The whiskered male was startled but he let Gaara leaned on him.

The paler male slowly placed a hand over his rapidly beating heart. He was really confused. Why did his heart beat fast when he thought of Naruto? Why did his face would heat up and turn red when Naruto was around him? Was he sick? Was it because he pregnant with the kitsune's child?

Why, even though his heart was pounding painfully in his chest, did he like it when Naruto touched and caressed him?

And, Naruto is really warm. It feels so comfortable to lean on him….

Meanwhile, Naruto tried to calm down his own wildly beating heart. He didn't know why, but the way Gaara leaned on his shoulder made his heart beat crazily, it almost exploded in his chest. Gaara's scent was also so sweet, it almost made him dizzy.

'Calm down, calm down Naruto,' he thought to himself. It was probably because it was first time being so close to Gaara.

"Naruto?"

Naruto's eyes widened slightly when he heard Gaara call his name.

"Uhm…you don't mind marrying me, right?" Gaara asked. Naruto nodded once, nervously. Gaara looked so cute to him. Clear green eyes rimmed with deep black, his flushed and slightly chubby face (probably because of the pregnancy), his long bangs which almost covered his eyes, he looked so damn cute.

"Of course not," Naruto nervously laughed.

"I'm glad then…I hope…we will be a harmonious family," Gaara spoke with a smile on his lips, slowly his hand stroked his belly.

"I hope so…," Naruto replied.

Naruto wondered why he got no reply but when he turned to see Gaara, he was slightly shocked to find Gaara was already asleep. Naruto was stunned for a minute before he started to laugh quietly. No wonder Gaara's voice was so soft and weak back then, so the redhead was tired after all.

The blonde smiled tenderly, he would marry the redhead soon. Maybe … it wouldn't be so bad.

Slowly, Naruto gently lay Gaara down on the bed and carefully pulled the blanket over his body. He sat beside Gaara then stroked the redhead's forehead gently.

"Hm...Naruto….," Gaara mumbled in his sleep, making Naruto blush.

"Is he dreaming about me?" Naruto asked himself, scratching his whiskered cheek.

Ah, actually, when will you mate with him? Can't you do it now?

W-What did you say? M-mate with him! Hell no!

Why not? He is sleeping now; you can do whatever you want with him

No, I don't want to! I don't want to hurt him again. Eh….wait how is he able to sleep anyway?

Are you stupid? Have you only just noticed now? Shukaku is pregnant; she will not consume this redhead's soul. So for now, he can sleep peacefully

Shukaku is also pregnant?

Dont you ever use your head? Of course she is pregnant too. She just doesn't have real body to carry the child, so Gaara is the one who physically pregnant

Oh I see….EH! THAT MEANS GAARA IS PREGNANT WITH A MONSTER IN HIS BELLY?

I'm not sure about that either. I have never had a child with human before, so I don't know

W-wha….that's dangerous! Gaara will die!

No, he will not. Or at least Shukaku and I will not let that happen

Re-really? Wow…thanks kami-sama

Yeah, I will protect him. So, let's make love to him now!

NO! I DON'T WANT TO! SHUT UP! YOU PERVERTED FOX!

You are also perverted, brat….

Finally, Gaara will move into Konoha soon~

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