Chapter 20: Rain on the Misunderstandings!

It has already been eight hours since the group left Mizukari City for Amegakure. Izuka looked over to the west, where the sun was already setting.

"The sun is setting already and we are nowhere near Amegakure." said Izuka as she turned back to the others.

"How much longer will this trip take?" asked Kankuro as he looked over at Daisuke.

"Judging by this map the Wind Daimyo gave me and our current location, Amegakure should still be at least an hour away." answered Daisuke as he put his map back into his bag.

Kankuro and Temari whined in frustration. Gaara inwardly groaned. Izuka just gave off a blank stare.

"Well, that's good news for me." said Ryu. "I'm starting to get tired of flying you guys."

"It's Kankuro's fault!" yelled Temari in instant response.

"Hey! Why you blaming me for something I didn't do?" asked Kankuro as he growled in frustration.

"Sorry, it's because your fat." responded Temari with a shrug.

"Can't you get off my case already?" asked Kankuro.

"I'm your older sister. It's my job to always get on your case." said Temari.

"But you don't need to be so blunt about it." answered Kankuro in return.

"When am I ever not blunt?" said Temari.

Kankuro gave her a wide-eyed look. "Good point." he said in defeat.

"Point to Temari." said Izuka. Gaara and Daisuke shook their heads in agreement.

The group rode on in silence throughout the next hour until they noticed a large mass of storm clouds in the near distance.

"We're finally here." said Temari as she looked at the darkened sky. She turned her attention to her youngest brother.

"Gaara, I suggest you seal your gourd in a scroll, so it won't get wet."

"That's a good idea." said Gaara. He looked over at Izuka. "May I please use one of your scrolls, Izzy?"

"You may." said Izuka. She went into her backpack and took out an empty scroll. She handed it to Gaara. Temari and Kankuro gave Izuka questioning looks.

"What?" asked Izuka as she looked over at the two older siblings.

"Why so lenient Izuka?" asked Temari. "You always give us an earful whenever we call you Izzy, but for the past few weeks, you've barely chewed Gaara out for calling you that nickname."

"Yeah, and he calls you Izzy the most." added Kankuro as he raised an eyebrow at the Sage.

"Are you two dating?" said Daisuke out of the blue.

Temari and Kankuro gave each other mischievous grins as Izuka and Gaara blushed strawberry red.

"You are late sir." said Kankuro as he continued to grin from ear to ear.

"What do you mean?" asked Daisuke as he put his hood on his head.

Ryu had finally flown into Rain Country territory and it was pouring cats and dogs. Everyone else followed his lead and put their cloak hoods on.

"Well, have you heard our song parodies on YouTube?" asked Temari.

"I've heard your parodies and they're all really good." said Daisuke. "The thing is, I haven't been on the Internet for at least a month now thanks to all the jobs I do for the Daimyo."

Everyone gave Daisuke understanding looks, except Kankuro, who was imitating that famous painting The Scream.

"Well, you are missing one heck of a video, I'll give you that." said Temari.

"How many videos have you guys uploaded in the past month?" asked Daisuke.

"Plenty." answered Kankuro. "But none of the videos compare to the one we did of Gaara and Izuka together." he added with a wink.

"Oh, you guys did a duet?" asked Daisuke as he turned his attention to the Lady Sage and Kazekage, whose faces were still red in embarrassment.

"They didn't do a duet." said Kankuro with a sly smirk.

"What did they do then?" asked Daisuke in sincere confusion.

"They did the dance of love." answered Kankuro.

"WHAT?!" exclaimed Daisuke as he gave Izuka and Gaara appalled looks.

Izuka and Gaara's faces turned an even deeper shade of red as soon as they figured out what "dance of love" meant when Kankuro said it in a pervy tone of voice.

Temari took the initiative to stop the verbal carnage by smacking Kankuro upside his hand with her fan.

"OWWW!" yelled Kankuro in pain as he rubbed his bruised temple.

"WHAT THE HELL KANKURO? IZUKA AND GAARA DID NOT DO NO DANCE OF LOVE!" yelled Temari as she screamed at him at the top of her lungs.

"They didn't do . . . "it"?" asked Daisuke as he started to relax his face.

"No. Kankuro and I videotaped Gaara singing a parody of Three Days Grace's "Last to Know" calling it "First to Show", which was basically him expressing his feelings for Izuka. Izuka walked into the room and heard the whole thing. Then Gaara expressed his feelings for her and the two eventually kissed and established their relationship." said Temari as she calmed down.

"And you guys uploaded the video on YouTube?" asked an incredulous Daisuke.

"Yep and so far the video has over 75 million hits. It's our most successful one!" exclaimed Kankuro, momentarily forgetting the throbbing pain in his head.

Daisuke looked over at Gaara and Izuka, whose faces were starting to return to normal. "I'm so sorry you have to deal with these two everday."

"HEY!" yelled Kankuro and Temari and unison.

"It's alright." responded Gaara with a tired look on his face.

"We live with them so we have to get used to it." added Izuka as she looked at her red haired boyfriend.

"C'mon guys, it's not that bad." said Kankuro.

Daisuke turned to the puppeteer, "A few things Kankuro. One: You and Temari had no right to videotape Izuka and Gaara having an intimate moment with each other."

"While hiding in Gaara's closet, no less." added Izuka.

Daisuke gave Kankuro and Temari horrified looks. "You were videotaping them while hiding in Gaara's closet?"

"All for the sake of videoing Gaara singing a parody; it was more than we bargained for." responded Kankuro.

Daisuke shook his head "Two: You had no right to exploit Gaara and Izuka's intimate moment by putting it on YouTube."

"Couples do it all the time." said Kankuro with a shrug.

"Did you have their permission?" asked Daisuke as he crossed his arms.

"No." replied Temari while Kankuro gave Daisuke a sheepish grin.

Daisuke continued his rant. "Three: Did you even think about Gaara's and Izuka's fans. Thanks to their high status, they both have growing fan bases. With their fans watching that video, how are their fans taking this news?"

"The comments have mostly been pleasant." said Kankuro with sincerity.

Daisuke turned his attention to Gaara and Izuka. "What about the regular fan mail."

"Since that video had been posted, I've been getting plenty of mail telling me good luck and to treat Izuka well." said Gaara.

"Really?" asked Daisuke. Temari, Izuka, and Kankuro gave him surprised looks.

"Apparently, they think if I make Izuka really mad, well . . . "' Gaara trailed off as he looked at his girlfriend's stomach, which was where the seal for the tailed beasts were.

"Oh." Daisuke, Kankuro, and Temari chorused, understanding what Gaara was trying to say. Baiscally, don't make the holder of eight tailed beasts angry. Izuka gave Gaara an apologetic look.

"What about your crazy fan girls?" asked Temari.

"They've been sending me death threats." answered Gaara. Everyone sweat dropped.

"What about you Lady Sage?" asked Daisuke.

Izuka gave the group a sincere look. "It's the exact same thing for me, except I'm getting death threats from both crazy fan girls and crazy fan boys."

"Sorry." Gaara apologized.

"No worries." Izuka answered him back.

"Besides, you two can easily beat those crazy fans' asses if they ever come in between you guys." said Kankuro as he pumped his fist in the air.

Everybody gave Kankuro deadpans.

"Too much?" he asked.

"Just a little." said Temari.

"Hey guys!" yelled Ryu as she entered the conversation.

"What is it Ryu?" asked Izuka.

"The capital city of Amegakure is just up ahead." exclaimed Ryu.

The group looked east to see the gleaming and awkward looking skyscrapers of Amegakure's main city.

"Ryu, land in front of the city's gate; we don't want to barge in to the place." said Izuka.

"Copy that." said Ryu in response.

The large dragon started to fly downward for landing.

"Ready everyone?" asked Daisuke as he placed his backpack on his back.

Everyone nodded their heads yes.

"Besides, the sooner we get this over with, the sooner we could get out of this rain." said Izuka.

Gaara firmly nodded his head, knowing very well how much he wanted to get out of this never ending rainstorm.

End of chapter 20

A/N: If you readers want to get more info on how Izuka's and Gaara's relationship started, please read Parody 11 of my other story "A Sage, Some Siblings, and a Whole Lot of Song Parodies."

"Last to Know" belongs to Three Days Grace.

"The Scream" is a famous painting by Edvard Munch.

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