The Kazekage sat at his desk, filling out form after form, almost robotically. He would scan the paper, dip his quill into the ink stone next to him and sign his name, and then place the form on the stack of already signed ones next to him. He picked up the next paper and did the same as the last, signing in a bored manner and put it in the stack. The position of Kazekage could be pretty exciting sometimes, but a major part of the job was downright boring. Like now, for example, having to read and sign all of the people's requests. If he wasn't dealing with all the paperwork, then he was attending a meeting, listening to everyone bicker about the smallest problems.

Gaara laid down the quill and ran a hand through his red hair, looking out the window into his village beyond. All of those families, children playing in the street without a care, the vendors selling things to people with too much money on their hands, the buildings crafted so carefully out of sand…What would happen to all of that when they were attacked? His hand clenched as he thought of the unknown assailant out there, the one behind this attack. What was his goal? What did he want? Gaara knew almost nothing of what was going on. Lots of things had happened almost all at once. Dageki had appeared one day, and the council had voted for him to be promoted to commander, without even talking about it much. Gaara had later discovered that someone out there, past the village walls, was plotting against The Sand. A few days after that, Tsunade had sent Gaara a message saying she was sending an ambassador out to keep up the relations between Konoha and Sunagakure, which was fine, until he had seen who she had sent. The ambassador was practically emo, and his attitude said he didn't really want to do an ambassador's job, which was hardly going to help to 'keep up the relations', but the eyes were so familiar. Gaara had been shocked when Kurai had walked in, since he looked so much like a certain bastard that had failed to visit, to even send letters, as he had promised. When Gaara looked closer at Kurai though, he saw this person wasn't that bastard, or if he was, he had changed…a lot. He was wearing makeup, he had dyed his hair after growing it out, pierced his ears, and his choice of clothing was very different than, say, a way too big, bright orange, matching top and bottom that he never changed out of. Gaara had checked if Kurai was who he thought he was, and the results were negative. If Gaara believed him, then Kurai was just an emo, slightly anti-social person who didn't want to act like an ambassador, and yet he was here to help the relation between Konoha and Sunagakure…yea, right. Tsunade was up to something again, but Gaara didn't know what.

"Great…another mystery to solve…" Gaara muttered…

Gaara knocked on the door to Kurai room, glancing down the hallway to see if anyone was coming, but the hall was empty.

"Coming… Hold on a sec…" Was the muffled reply from the other side.

The door opened and Kurai stood there looking at Gaara. Gaara watched his face carefully, but Kurai had put on his usual mask so there were no emotions to be seen that might give Gaara a clue.

"May I come in, Kurai-san?" Gaara asked politely.

"Yea, of course, Kazekage-sama." Kurai stepped aside and Gaara walked in, briefly looking around before turning to Kurai.

"I hoped we could talk. Is now a good time?" Kurai nodded and so Gaara continued. "Why I came here, instead of summoning you to my office is because anybody could be listening there. I've already put up my sand as a barrier against your door, so no one will be able to hear us or come in. I've made a reason for why I'm not at my office if anyone goes in there so we don't need to worry about that." Gaara smiled at Kurai before continuing. "Anyway, what I want to talk about concerns the future attack that I told you about. I was hoping you would consider staying to help us out during that time. Is that possible?"

"Yes, Kazekage-sama. Tsunade sent me to strengthen our villages' ties, and so I'm sure she would be okay with this."

"Good. I need people I can trust at my side, since I have reason to believe that the enemy has already infiltrated our defenses. I think they've been planning this for some time now."

"You trust me, Kazekage-sama?" Kurai asked, a bit of disbelief in his voice. "I just got here a day ago, and you don't know anything about me. We've never met before Tsunade-sama sent me."

'Damn…I messed up…' Gaara thought. "I've…got a good feeling about you, Kurai-san. I think you're a pretty good fighter if I'm not mistaken, and you have other uses as well." Gaara gave a small smirk as he realized what else he could use this bastard for.

"Other…uses? Kazekage-sama?" A bit of worry appeared in Kurai's face.

"Yes…With your looks, we could use you as bait, but I'm not sure how that would work yet…When you walked into this village, you attracted a lot of stares right? You distracted everyone that saw you. I believe we can use that against the enemy, I just have to figure out how."

"That's...a new way of fighting…I haven't heard of doing that before."

"I bet if we go outside to the training yard, and start sparring together, we'll attract a crowd before too long. Should we go test it out?"

"That's…I don't know…"

"Hmm? Could it be that you're afraid of some little crowd? I thought you were better than that. Oh well…I guess even you aren't perfect." Gaara gave his head a sad little shake and turned to the door.

"Wait! Heh…you bastard…I guess you're really itching for a fight, aren't ya?"

Gaara smirked at the door. "Come on then. We don't have all day."

The clash of weapons rang through the village as the sun began to set, turning the sky into beautiful array of pinks and yellows. Around the training yard, a crowd was gathering as word spread through the village that the much admired Kazekage was fighting the rumored dreamy ambassador from Konoha. People cheered as hits landed on the opponent and girls squealed in delight as they looked upon the two most wanted people in Sunagakure.

From the village girl's point of view, it was perfect. There was the admired Kazekage that girls chased after and just seeing him in person was enough to make one blush and become timid. Then, there was the mysterious ambassador from Konoha that had arrived the previous day. Everyone had been gossiping nonstop about his unmatched beauty and cool demeanor. How the sun reflected off his long golden hair and his bright blue eyes hidden behind the sun glasses could make one faint. People said that the local fashion designers had been struck with envy by his outfit. The high heeled boots, the artistic use of silver, black, and blue, the perfectly placed chains, and the touch of black in his hair and silver around his eyes. Rumor had it that the Kazekage had also admired his beauty and had offered him a place in his private room. Most of it was all nonsense of course, but people will believe what they want.

As those two glorious men flew through the air, throwing weapons at each other with unrivaled accuracy, blocking, dodging, deflecting, and the other moves that ninja must learn, they were also performing a test. As they fought, they struck poses that seemed natural in combat, to test the crowd's reaction. Gaara wanted to see if they could use Kurai as bait, by turning him into the perfect 'eye candy', and so far, the results were excellent. Kurai was very distracting, to both females and males. Naruto, on the other hand, was practicing poses and seeing where he could fit one in without looking like he was trying too.

"You're not bad, Kurai-san!" Gaara said, dodging one of the many attacks.

"Same goes for you!" Naruto said, launching kunai after kunai.

Gaara smirked. "I am Kazekage."

'Let's see how you like this.' Naruto thought. "Kagebunshin no jutsu!" Naruto shouted. A clone appeared in a burst of smoke. "Sexy no jutsu!" Shouted the clone, turning into a Kurai form of Naruto's normal Sexy Jutsu.

Gaara's eyes widened. "You bast-" He was cut off by the clone jumping onto him and pulling him to the ground, Naruto following. Gaara kicked out at Naruto, sweeping his legs out from underneath him. Naruto gasped and started falling. Gaara was pinned down in front of him, which was where he would normally stick out his arms to break the fall, but he had no other choice, so he stuck out his arms on either side of the person below him and fell on top of Gaara. Naruto's bright blue eyes were really close to Gaara's green eyes, which were wide open, and it took Naruto a moment to realize why, until he felt Gaara's lips underneath his. Naruto's eyes went wide as well.