Part 18!
Neji becomes a therapist?
And Rue filled Gaara in on their connection
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Part 18
"Let me get this straight, you and Gaara are connected. Through your chakra, which your mother allowed to be given to him, to seal a beast in him. And she lied about that for years. So you're mad at your mother. And Naruto called Gaara a beast. So you're mad at him now. Your mother got fed up and sent you out. So you took it out on Tenten, who just bugs you for no real reason."
Rue nodded as Neji recounted all of what she'd told him.
"That's right." She said when he finished.
They were sitting up in a tree. Well technically Neji was sitting in the tree. Rue was sitting in his lap. He had her in a near death grip. Apparently he was afraid she'd fall
"Well I'm confused. If your friendship with that dunderhead means so much to you, why do his opinions of Gaara matter?" He asked in a sagely manner
She thought for a moment. It shouldn't matter. But how she felt about Gaara made it matter.
"I just don't want my friends to think poorly of each other. Is that wrong?" She asked and he shrugged.
"Ultimately that's up to you. Though you have no control over how they feel about each other."
"Thanks for listening Neji." Rue smiled and kissed his cheek. Neji's cheeks went a pale shade of pink.
"You're welcome Rue." He told her calmly as he lowered them to the ground.
"See you 'round." Rue said as he let go of her.
"You too." He nodded
With that they parted ways. Rue assumed he had to get back to training to the third part of the exam. She wanted to apologize to Naruto for reacting the way she had, but she didn't know where to find him.
So she went to the hotel Gaara was staying at. Knocking at their door, Temari answered almost immediately.
"Hey haven't seen you in a while. What's up?" She asked Rue politely.
"Been hiding the past few weeks. Mom came clean about something and I didn't want to handle it." Rue answered as she went into the apartment with Temari.
"Oh… Sorry to hear that. Was it a big thing?" Temari asked.
"Yea. She believes it's why I feel the way I feel about Gaara." Rue informed her as they turned into another room.
"This I'd love to hear."
Rue looked and saw Gaara sitting in the room. He was looking at Rue somewhat curiously.
"Well? Don't I get to hear it?" He asked impatiently.
"I don't see why not." Rue answered as she and Temari took a seat across from him.
Rue then recounted the tale her mother had told her. Making sure not to miss a single detail. When she finished there was a moment of silence.
"That was certainly a-"
"Ridiculous story." Gaara said, cutting Temari off.
"Which is why I couldn't handle it." Rue told him. It wasn't exactly the truth. But it was a tiny bit true.
Gaara shot her a disbelieving look and got up so the girls could talk privately.
"Don't mind him. He's just pissy because he's in denial about being just as drawn to you as you are to him." Temari told her while rolling her dark teal eyes.
"What?" Rue asked, dumbfounded, her cheeks going bright red.
"It's true. He blurted it after you left Suna and again a few weeks ago. As for that story. I was little but I'm fairly sure it's true." She informed Rue
"I know it's true." Rue said smiling
"How" Temari asked.
"My Gran came for a visit last week. Apparently she was the medical nin putting my chakra into him. She said at one point my chakra levels got dangerously loe. Somehow, something, she assumes the tailed beast did it. But chakra went back into me, only a little thought, to get me out of the red. She said it wasn't even my chakra. Or Gaaras." Rue explained.
She had left this information out of what she told Gaara. For some reason, she didn't want to tell him.
"Why would the Sand Spirit do that though? He's blood thirsty and dangerous."
"That is correct sir. Maybe he's got a soft spot for me?" Rue shrugged.