Hello everyone, this story is for the anonymous reviewer Lexi who wanted a Gaahina story. This one is for you and I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto™, but I do own the plot of this little one-shot.

- (Line Break) –

Hinata stood before Suna's entrance and shielded her eyes from the rays of the sun; she was sent to Suna by her Hokage, but she was given little information. Hinata followed her jonin escort into the village. Hinata wasn't made to be in this kind of environment, with her pale skin and dark hair; she soon wondered why her name meant Sunny. She was baking under the sun and unzipped her chunin vest and whipped her brow. Hinata had recently been promoted to chunin and saw it fit to wear the proper uniform. She was happy that the vest had acted like her coat, she was very self cautious about her body. She tucked her bang behind her ear and watched the villagers go about their day; she was intrigued with their customs and smiled as she saw the kids playing with one another. Hinata was pulled from her daze when she accidentally dumped into the back of her escort; she looked up at her with an apologetic smile and blush, "S-So-Sorry."

The jonin rolled her eyes and nodded, "Just forget about it," she held upon the door and motioned for her to go in. "Just follow the hall and go up the staircase to the top." Hinata nodded and walked in, the jonin closing the door behind her; she blushed as she walked through the Kazekage's tower. Hinata looked up at the photos of the last four men who held the title of Kazekage and looked at all the expensive works of art and artifacts. She walks with soft steps, in fear of dropping something and didn't even breathe too hard. Hinata sighed in relief when she came up to the stairs and was happy to make it without causing property damage. She walked up the steps then realized that there were a lot of stairs to the top.

'Not one of my best days,' she thought to her self and sighed.

- (Line Break) -

"I swear that I saw her in the village," Kankuro said to his two siblings. He was sitting across from the two as they sat in their booth, waiting for their food to be delivered. Temari just rolled her eyes and scoffed, Gaara didn't even respond to his babbling. Kankuro had been in the village, buying some parts for his puppets and had been stopped in his tracks when he saw the blue haired shinobi walking through the village. He quickly paid and ran to the restaurant where Temari and Gaara waited for him, and was now trying to convince the two that he wasn't crazy, "How can you not believe me?"

"She has no reason to be here and we would have gotten word of it," Temari said as she took a sip of her water. The three had also been promoted to chunin and wore the vest over their regular attire. "I mean if I she was here, I would know, we are like the best of friends!"

"In your little dream world you are," Kankuro grumbled under his breath, but Temari heard and smacked the side of his head. "OW; That kind of hurt Temari!" He glared at her as she just smirked and looked as innocent as possible. "Everyone is so mean to me, all the abuse I take from you."

"Next time," she glared at him with that smirk, "keep your mouth shut and your stupid comments to your self. And to your information, Hinata and I are great friends, so cram it!" She leaned back in her seat and then smiled as the waitress set down their food. "Thanks," she said not looking at the waiter and then looked over at Gaara with a smirk, "Have you seen Hinata around, because I'm sure that out of any of us you'd know that she's here," she said with a teasing voice and Kankuro couldn't help but chuckle. Gaara's cheeks grew a light pink and he looked away, glaring at whatever was in his line of sight.

"Don't be shy, that's Hinata's thing. I'm sure you would know that," Kankuro teased further. Temari started laughing at Gaara's darkening face and Kankuro didn't help by joining in her laughter. Every since the death of their father and the failed attempt to attack Konoha, the siblings had began to get along. While Gaara's time in the hospital, he had thought about what Naruto had preached to him, and really took the words to heart. Once healed, he tried to communicate with his siblings; at first they were scared he was out to kill them, but then they came to discover he wanted to "better their relationship" so over a few weeks they became closer. He would talk with Temari as she cooked meal and trained with Kankuro. His killing lust had gone down dramatically and Shukaku had begun to leave him alone; sometimes. Other times he was as talkative as ever and brought back memories that Gaara tried to keep back.

Like all his killings and her match. Shukaku would get into a moment when he brought it up; and he would even tease him about it like Kankuro and Temari. It was really his fault that they found out that Gaara still thought about the blue haired Hyuga. During his match all he thought about was the blood she coughed up, he had to admit that it had a sweet smell for blood; but then it became the about how she spoke, her words were soft and smooth, or the way she looked, she had pale eyes that reminded him of his own. They were both pale skinned and didn't look like they belonged, she was weak, and he was a killer. Of course he couldn't help but remember when her sensei pulled off her coat and they all caught a glimpse of her matured body.

One day, like any other day, Shukaku felt like pissing off the demon holder and began to go on and on about Hinata. This was a little after when the three were sent out to help get back Sasuke Uchiha, but anyway, Gaara was getting really mad and annoyed and walked around with a glare on his face. By then, Temari and Kankuro knew to keep their distance from him and hope for the best; the two were in the kitchen while Gaara was sitting on the sofa in the living room. He soon got so angry that he just started yelling.

"Look, why don't you just shut up!" Kankuro and Temari looked to see that Gaara was just standing in the middle of the living room, arguing with his demon. "I'm tired of you bringing her up every day when I have important things to be doing! I need to get things done and you keep distracting me by bringing up the Hyuga girl!" Then Gaara suddenly stopped when he heard a snort, and turned around quickly to see Temari's hand clamped over Kankuro's mouth. She looked up and smiled nervously and slowly began to exit the room, dragging Kankuro along. Gaara stopped them with his sand and his face was darkened, but Temari could see a faint blush on his cheeks. His voice was dark, "What…did….you…..hear?"

Temari slowly took her hand off Kankuro's mouth, he took in a deep breath and just pointed at Gaara…..and just laughed at him. Gaara couldn't believe it, Temari couldn't believe, hell, I couldn't believe it, but it was true. Gaara had never been laughed at, no one even dare talk about him and snicker at him, let alone laugh in his face. The good thing was, Gaara didn't want to kill him, literally, but more in the sibling 'I'll-kill-you' kind of way, where you beat each other up until one taps out, starts crying, or when furniture is broken. Kankuro began to speak between breathing and laughing, "Y-you *laugh* l-like the Hyuga girl?" He fell back and just laughed harder, until he was crying.

Before Gaara could inflict major damage on Kankuro's face, Temari stepped in, "G-Gaara," she smiled holding him back, "why didn't you tell us you had a *snort* a crush," Temari couldn't help it either. Just seeing Gaara get all flustered and embarrassed was a sight to see and enjoy for everything its worth. "I-I could introduce you two. I see her every time I go to Konoha."

Gaara just walked away, and the whole room was silent, even Kankuro stopped laughing once he heard the red head stomp off. Once they heard a door slam, the two older siblings look at one another and then broke down laughing. Gaara sat in his room, his face red and Shukaku teasing him in his siblings place. Gaara wished he was dead right now, cause being laughed at and embarrassed was not a great combination.

Now, back to that wonderful lunch in present time, Gaara glared at his siblings as they just ate. "Why," the two looked up at him, "why do you make my life hell?"

"That's what siblings are for," they both said and then went back to eating, Gaara rolled his eyes and took a bite of his food, enjoying the silence.

While it lasted anyway

- (Line Break) –

Hinata stood before the elders, nodding as they explained to her what was her purpose in Suna, but it was about information as Tsunade had given her. Hinata's legs still hurt from going up all the steps, and now, being forced to stand before the elders. The village was without a Kazekage for awhile, for reasons known so the elders took the job of leading until the next person of interest to be the Kazekage was able to be 'trained'. Hinata really wanted to meat the next Kazekage, since it reminded her of Naruto and his dream of being Hokage. Maybe this person has dreamed of this day forever, and maybe this was their goal, purpose in life. She wished she could meet them, but she had business first. She was soon dismissed and before leaving she gave a final bow; then departed down the steps.

Hinata had once again, gotten the basics of her mission, to spend a few days in Suna, get to know the people and culture, and to also to meet up with the old Kazekage's children. She was already friends with Temari, that's what she thought; Hinata was Temari's guide while she came as an ambassador to Konoha. Hinata knew she wasn't an ambassador, that was Shikamaru and sometimes Sakura, but she had never been on that kind of mission. She was also sure that she wasn't sent here to create a friendship between the villages, even though she was part of the main branch of the Hyuga clan, her father would have came, or better yet her father would be with her at the moment. Hinata was, out of the blue, asked to go to Suna, alone, and spend a few days there. She didn't know why and she got very limited information on the matter.

'Maybe I should write back to Lady Hokage about this-' Hinata was pulled from her thoughts as she tripped on the last step. She didn't hit the ground hard, but was able to land on her hands and knees. She stood up and dusted the sand from her pants and jacket, but when she looked up, she blushed a light pink and bowed, "Sabaku-sans' p-please t-to s-se-see y-you."

The three just stood there, starring at the small shinobi as she just stayed in that bowed position. Kankuro and Temari looked at each other, Kankuro then mouthed 'told you so,' Temari rolled her eyes and then caught the look on Gaara's face. It was that emotionless mask that he wore on missions or when standing before the elders. Kankuro smirked and she could tell that a plan was coming to him. "Hinata-san," Hinata stood strait and he smiled brightly at her, "no need to call us like that, just Kankuro, Temari and Gaara would do."

"O-Oh," she looked away with an embarrassed face and blush, "I-I d-don't th-think th-that's b-be r-right o-of m-me-"

"Hina-chan," Temari looked at her with a smile, "You better call me Temari-chan or just Temari, or I'll be offended." Hinata nodded furiously; Temari smiled a laughed lightly, "Now, what are you doing here? Lord Stupid here said he saw you earlier, but I didn't believe him."

"Who are you calling 'Lord Stupid' you ugly-" Temari quickly brought her fist down on his head. Hinata cringed as his face hit the ground, hard.

"Finish that and end up in the hospital," she glared at him as he rubbed his head and soar face. She then looked back to Hinata, "Go on,"

"O-oh right," Hinata pulled out her mission scroll and showed them, "I-I was s-sent here t-to observe and t-to meet u-up with y-you th-three for t-th-the next f-few d-days," she put the scroll away and smiled lightly, "Th-that's r-really a-all I-I kn-know," she rubbed the back of her head and wore an embarrassed smile. Now, Gaara's mask was falling and a blush appeared on his cheeks, Temari took notice, and decided that playing match maker would be fun.

"Then why don't you stay at our house during your stay," Hinata's face went up in flames and so did Gaara's.

"I-I couldn't…" she trailed off looking down at the ground and twiddling her fingers.

"Of course you could," Kankuro was suddenly behind her and had his hands on her shoulders, pushing her along. Temari led them over to their side of the building, were the family lived. "You'll love it here, and maybe you can teach Temari how to cook, since she isn't all that good," he whispered the last part in her ear and Hinata couldn't help but laugh a little. She blushed at the thought of living with the Sabaku family, in their house, for the next few days; she would have to do some work around the house for her keep and to keep her form feeling like a free loader. Hinata was amazed at the home, which was still in the Kazekage building, and it still was of great size. She smiled at the photos she saw of the family; Kankuro put his arm over her shoulder, "I do take a good picture don't I?"

"Please," the two over to see Temari on Hinata's other side, "he was whining about taking that picture and then Gaara finally shut him up by stuffing sand in his mouth." Hinata giggled as Kankuro walked away grumbling under his breath. "Now you're room is right over there," she motioned to a door that was at the end of the hall way. "When you go to your room, you'll pass a bathroom and we'll be upstairs if you need us." Temari looked over to the clock, "I'd give you the grand tour, but I need to be somewhere."

"I-I'll see y-you later th-then," she smiled lightly and kept looking over the pictures. Temari gave her one last hug and ran out the door, "Y-You a-are so l-lucky," she said softly, and glanced over at Gaara and Kankuro, "I-I wish m-my sister a-and I-I had th-this k-kind o-of r-relationship." Hinata turned around to face them, "B-but what a-am I-I saying," She said with a smile, "th-that doesn't c-con-concern you." Hinata looked over tot the kitchen, "w-why don't I-I m-make some-something to e-eat?"

"We are fine," Gaara said looking out the window, "but thank you anyway Hinata-san." Hinata blushed and looked away mumbling out a 'you're welcome.' Without a word Gaara went upstairs and went to his room, closing the door softly.

"Come on Hinata," Kankuro said standing up and stretching his arms, "I'll give you a tour of the village," he smiled. Hinata nodded and followed after the puppet user, "then we'll have to spar together; I want to see if you have gotten any better since our last encounter." Hinata blushed and looked away, dreading the last part.

- (Line Break) –

"Well, well, well," Shukaku said, "looks who come to live with you for a few days. Now it's not my fault that you get all distracted."

"Why can't you just leave me the hell alone," Gaara glared at the demon dog, "Not just one day without your bull crap?"

"Hey, I'm not the one to seal my self inside of you. So while we're stuck together, I'll make my living a little less boring," he then smirked evilly and looked at him with a gleam in his eyes. "And I'll start by getting you some."

Gaara's face went a dark red as Shukaku chuckled loudly, he then glared at him; "You sick teme! How dare you think like that, and beside we are much too young for that kind of thing." He took in a deep breath, "Now leave me be, I need to meditate."

"You little kill joy, why can't I have some fun," Shukaku pouted and just watched as the red head meditate on the floor of his room. "You know what," he smirked, "Forget you; I'll get that little girl to fall for you with or without your help."

- (Line Break) –

Hinata panted loudly as she tried to stand against the puppet user; she had one major problem and was stuck on defense. Hinata quickly found out that Kankuro was a long rage fighter with both defense and offense, while Hinata could only work close range. She did have her weapons and a few times she was able to get it pretty close to hit a pressure point, but he was quick on his feet. She had to hold against the puppets more then the puppeteer, but she had one last trick up her sleeve, and this was for desperate measures. Hinata was complemented on a lot of things, and one of them was her great chakra control; even her father had agreed that Hinata may not have strength, but her control was impressive.

Kankuro watched as the blue haired Hyuga activated her Byakugan once again and this time got down in her stance, but this time he saw that her feet and hands lit up with chakra. He quickly sent out his puppet crow, but she was gone. His eyes darted around in search of her, but then a hand came down and cut the strings that attached to his puppets. Crow fell to the ground and Kankuro jumped back as Hinata's hand hit the ground and made a large dent. She removed the chakra from her feet and looked at him. Her hands were engulfed with chakra, she was scaring looking and Kankuro was about ready to run away in fright. He couldn't get to his puppet since Hinata blocked his path, and one hit with her hand could paralyze him. He wasn't very good at plans and getting past the Hyuga would be harder then he planned on. Kankuro just needed the puppet and he'd be back on the offense.

Hinata wasted no time and charged at him, pulling her hand back and ready to hit his vital points. Once in range she lung her arm foreword but Kankuro was able to dodge it, it seemed every punch she threw; he was barley able to dodge it; until she hit him in the jaw and sent him skidding back. Hinata let through a smile, but her chakra was getting low and all the chakra she was pouring through her body was putting too much pressure on it. Hinata staggered to the side a bit but kept her stance and once again went for Kankuro. By the time she reached him, her body gave out on itself; the chakra in her hands disappeared and her Byakugan un-activated itself. Hinata's eyes closed and she passed out right into Kankuro's arms.

Kankuro caught her, but then he began to panic, "No, no, no, no, no, no. Temari's going to kill me if she sees me come home with a dead looking Hinata." He quickly picked her up and put her over his shoulder. "Stay calm Kankuro, you can get through this. You are the man….yeah," he smiles and runs for the hospital "No one will find out and I'll just have to bribe Hinata into staying quiet." He picked up crow with his other hand and sweat dropped when everyone as he ran for the hospital: 'Temari and Gaara are gonna find out and then skin me alive.'

In the Hospital

Kankuro waited beside Hinata as she lied in the hospital bed. The nurse had said Hinata had passed out due to her body being so over whelmed with chakra she released at once, that it shut itself down. The nurse had also said that all the chakra in her hands had slightly burned them and her arms had slight burns as well. She was surprised that the small Hyuga could apply all that chakra and not ruin her own chakra system. Kankuro had told her that Hinata had held that chakra for a good ten minutes, and the nurse said it was a miracle that she held it that long; with enough training, Hinata could be a great ninja.

Kankuro was told he could leave, but he said that his family couldn't kill him if he were in the hospital. Temari was alerted of Kankuro bringing in a young girl, and he could feel that room get cold. Now, he just watched the young girl sleep and looked at her wrapped hands and arms. Just as he was about to get up and get something to eat, Temari kicked open the door and was glaring daggers at him. Kankuro glanced to the opened window as was about to jump, but Temari got to him first.

"What did you do?" she held his collar tight and shook him back and forth, "I leave you guys alone and you get her in the hospital! How dose that even happen!"

"We were sparring and she passed out," he shielded his face," Don't kill me, I have so much to live for!" Temari just let him go and turned to look at Hinata.

"Once Gaara finds out, he'll kill you," she said not looking back at him.

Kankuro rolled his eyes, "It's not like I did this on purpose, and he would understand." He then pointed to his bruised jaw, "and look what she did to me! I should be lucky she didn't shatter it." Temari smirked and sat down by the girl's side, "The nurse said she'll be fine, all she needs is rest." He began to tell her what the nurse had told him about Hinata and how it was a miracle that she was able to hold her attack so long. Temari was a bit shocked at the girl's strength. When he finished his explanation he became serious, "Now Temari," he pointed at her with a glare, "no telling Gaara."

"It's not like he won't find out," Temari said as she smirked back at her younger brother. "You better just go home and tell him we're here."

"What if he kills me?" Kankuro asked with worry, "I'm too young to die! You go tell him, he won't kill you," he smiled and began to form a plan, "yeah, and then I'll make a run for it and try to get as far away as possible. I'll run to Konoha, he'll never find me there-"

Temari put her hand over his mouth and sighed, "Stop. Talking, I can see why Gaara just never listens to you; you just babble on to yourself like some kind of nut." She pushed him back and gave a light smile. "Look, we'll tell him that she was in the hospital when we bring her back home once she's discharged-" Just as she said that the nurse walked in with her chart and a doctor at her side. "Great," Temari smiled, "can we take her when she wakes up?"

"I'm sorry," the doctor said as he fixed the glasses on his nose, "but do to her current problems; we want to make sure that her chakra coils aren't destroyed form all the pressure. Not to mention that we don't know if her body is fully recovered," he sighed and smiled at their confused faces. "You see, she my get up and say she feels fine, but then her legs could give out to her body will shut down again."

Kankuro waved his hands in front of him, "Wait, wait, wait," he looked at the doctor, "what do you mean her current problems? She just passed out from exerting too much chakra-"

"She has some heart problems," he said looking over Hinata's charts, "and we want to be extra sure that, that wasn't the cause of her fainting." He smiled at their worried faces, "There is no need to worry, it's not like she's in critical condition, but we just want to be sure that she is stable enough to go walking around and continue her training." Please get home and rest, we assume she'll be up by morning or probably late tonight."

"I can't go home without her." Kankuro said grabbing the doctor's jacket,"My little brother will kill me if I don't bring her back," Temari pulled him away and dragged him away as he cried for mercy. A lot of the patients looked to see the Kazekage's daughter drag out his eldest son down the hall as he anime cried about not wanting to die.

"That kind of scared me," the doctor chuckled fixing his coat and turning back to the young blue haired shinobi. "Get her vitals and then just check on her every so often," he walks out as the nurse quickly gets to work.

- (Line Break) –

Gaara sat on the sofa, killing zombies as he heard the door open and close and then the sound of only two sets of footsteps walking into the kitchen. Gaara should be suspicious, but not wanting to look up form his game, he assumed that Hinata was tired and Kankuro offered to carry her home. She would have denied it but in the end she was being carried home. He smiled to himself, satisfied that he solved that mystery. He continued on with his game, ready to face the boss, until Shukaku began to talk.

"You should be helping your injured lover, not playing video games," he said with a tone in his voice that made him sound like a father.

"Leave me be," Gaara said still focused on his game. "I'll only make a fool of myself if I get anywhere near her-"

"HA! You admit that she is your lover," Shukaku smirked as Gaara hung his head low finally realizing what had just happened. "Now go in their and sweep her off her feet!" Suddenly his demon reminded Gaara about his green clad friend back in Konoha probably running around the village to prove his youth is greater then anyone. He laughed to himself and pushed pause on his game to go apologize to Hinata for anything his brother might have done, but as he entered the kitchen he only saw Temari and Kankuro at the table. "Okay, something seems off here. I knew the little Hyuga was known for being invisible, but I didn't take it literally."

"Where is Hinata-san," Gaara asked softly as both his older siblings jumped in fright. They both looked over at him and looked like they suffered small heart attacks.

"Jeez Gaara," Kankuro held his pounding chest, "are trying to kill me at such a young age?"

"You need to make your presence known before you talk Gaara," Temari smiled at him, "that's all really." She stood up and clapped her hands, "What do you want for dinner guys? I could make something for you guys and I'll even make some cookies-"

"You're avoiding my question," then Gaara thought about what she had just said, "and I want chocolate chip. Now," he looked her in the eyes, "where is Hinata-san?" he watched as both his siblings looked at one another, then Kankuro glanced to the door. Gaara sighed and before they could make their daring escape, they ran face first with the sand wall. "You really think I'm that slow," he smirked and glanced back at them, "now answer the damn question."

"Please don't kill me little brother," Kankuro begged for his life and Gaara just watched him, his left eye twitching. Temari covered his mouth and Gaara thanked her for it.

"She's in the hospital right now Gaara," Temari said softly looking right above his head.

Silence

Complete and utter silence

Guess what….yeah just more silence

Suddenly Gaara ran out the door and the wind blew Temari's hair back and blew Kankuro's hat off. They looked at each other and then ran over to the door and saw Gaara jumping the roof tops as the sun went down. "He took it better then I expected," she said as Kankuro nodded. "Well," she smiled and walked into the kitchen, "what do you want to eat?"

"Something you didn't cook," he said to him self and took a seat on the couch and began to play Gaara's game. Temari decided to ignore his comment and sat with him and watched as he played, telling him what to do every so often. The two ended up fighting each other in the end, until they broke a lamp and ran off to their rooms.

- (Line Break) –

Gaara stood outside the small flower and decided if he should go in and probably make a fool of himself, or just walk into the hospital with nothing. Gaara sucked in a deep breath and walked into the flower shop, which was surprisingly just full of people as he opened the door. He didn't know what was worse, that he was looking at flowers, or that everyone else was looking at him as he looked for flowers.

Ever since Gaara became good, he began to notice that no many people were afraid of him, and some girls had started to approach the red head, usually with hearts in their eyes. Temari had told him he had a fan club, and then Kankuro told him that he better watch out or he'll get mobbed by girls that might just rip off his clothes. Gaara took head to those words and traveled the village with great caution and tried not to go out alone.

All those girls seem to be in the flower shop right now.

They began to whisper and giggle as he tried to finds some nice flowers and he began to get annoyed that he couldn't even think of something that Hinata would like. He thought that she wouldn't really care what flower it was, but more of that she got one; she was never really one to judge about that kind of thing. Then a small potted cactus caught his eye, not like he's never seen one, but that it had began to bud and Hinata probably never get to see them. He picked up the small potted plant and went up to the counter and paid for it.

"I wonder who the lucky girl it's for?"

"Gaara doesn't like anyone, I would know because I am the president of his fan club-"

"Like hell you are!"

"Cram it! I was voted far square so get over it!"

Gaara quickly ran out of the flower shop, clutching the potted plant and looking up at the darkening sky, he was in there a lot longer then he thought. He walked off to the hospital, hoping that she was still sleeping, cause if not he would faint if he had to give it to her in person.

- (Line Break) –

Hinata sat up in her hospital bed, a blush on her cheeks and a sad look on her face. She had tried to check herself out, but her nurse said that she had to be kept over night to make sure body would fully recover and probably the next day too. Now she couldn't sleep and the moon was shining bright, but she couldn't see it. Her nurse advised her to just stay in bed, but Hinata really loved to look at the moon. Hinata smiled and slowly moved her legs over the side of the bed and looked to make sure that her nurse wouldn't suddenly come in. Hinata felt fine and felt a lot better then she did before; she was only in a hospital gown –that didn't have an opening in the back- and the floor was very cold. It was a small price to pay to see the moon; she smiled as she walked over to the window and leaned against the window sill and was breath taken by the site of Suna at night.

The village was illuminated in the light form the moon; it was even prettier then Konoha at night. She sighed softly and smiled to herself as she hummed a lullaby that her mother used to sing to her at night. Hinata was in her happy place, until her legs felt numb and gave out from under her. Hinata was on her bottom with her legs tucked to the side of her and her eyes were wide form slight surprise. She finally got over it and grabbed the window sill with her hands and tried to pull herself up, but she could not feel her legs and they refused to work

"O-Oh no," she said softly trying to get feeling back into her leg and trying to pull herself up, but it was all useless. "H-how em-embarrassing," she buried her head in her hands. Now they were going to come in, in the morning and find her on the ground, helpless and unable to move; her day could not get any worse.

*Knock, Knock*

Her head shot up and her face began to pale as she tried to get back to her bed. Hinata's legs had become like ton weights and refused to let her move. "Hinata-san," she blushed at the sound of that voice, "Are you awake?" Hinata just kept quiet in hope that Gaara would leave, but instead she blanched as he opened the door and quietly stepped in shutting the door; he probably thought she was sleeping. As he turned around, he just starred at the fallen Hinata. Hinata blushed at the site of Gaara holding a potted cactus.

"U-uh s-so-sorry…..m-my l-legs gave o-out a-and…" she trailed off as she looked down at the ground. Gaara coughed lightly in hopes to hide his blush; Hinata looked up at the cactus and smiled. "Is…..i-is th-that for m-me?"

"Uh," he looked down at the plant, "y-yes. I though you'd like it to take back to Konoha." He set down the plant on the night stand and walked over to her. "Would you like some help?" Hinata looked away and blushed cutely; Gaara couldn't help but smirk and picked her up bridal style. Hinata wrapped her arms around his neck in fear of falling and her face was a dark shade of red as she noticed their faces were very close. She then looked away and tried to hold up the hem of her gown, since it was falling down her leg. Gaara blushed and looked out the window, "I-I'll put you back in bed." He gently set her down on the bed, his face going red as he felt his hand brush against the skin of her legs as he removed them form under her.

Hinata sat up and blushed, "Th-thank you G-Gaara-san," she looked down at her lap and twiddled her fingers, "i-it's a good th-thing you c-came, huh?" Hinata couldn't look up at him, in fear that she'll faint. And Hinata hate to admit it, that she was jealous of Gaara's dark red hair; sure she did have midnight blue hair, but it didn't stick out. She didn't want bright pink hair like Sakura, since that was too much but Gaara's red hair was subtle and yet out there. She glanced over at him to see that he was kind of just starring at her as he sat at her side. "Y-you know," she looked up at him, "y-you d-don't h-have t-to stay h-here."

Gaara looked at her and couldn't help but let a small slip through. Hinata was just too cute as she looked at her fingers and twiddled them and had a blush on her cheeks. He leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest. "I rather stay here then go back home and deal with the other two," he smirked as she just muttered an 'oh' and they both sat in a silence. "Are you feeling any better?"

"M-my legs a-are a l-little so-soar, b-but other th-then that," she smiled at him brightly, "I'm gr-great!" She laughed lightly and Gaara chuckled along at her cuteness. Hinata couldn't help at blush at how gorgeous Gaara was in the moonlight and she nearly melted at the sound of his deep chuckle. Hinata never thought of herself as the type to fawn over a guy, but she was pretty close to when it came to Gaara; ever since she finally came to terms that Naruto will never see her as anything more then a friend, she began to drift away and not faint around the loud mouth blonde. Hinata began to hang around Temari, and warmed up to the confident Suna delegate; who in turn began to tell her more and more about her family, especially Gaara. Hinata didn't know why she began to blush at the thought of the red head, and luckily Temari never caught on. She tried to push out the thoughts of Gaara and then she was brought back by the thought of his voice.

"How….." he looked away with a blush, "how is life back in Konoha?" Gaara wasn't all the interested about everyone in Konoha but he kind of wanted to know if she was….going out with anyone while he was trapped her in Suna. Gaara feared that while he was here, some other man could be trying to court the young Hyuga and knew that she wouldn't say no. He's been trying to get Temari's job as an ambassador, but the council wanted to get him ready to take on the role of Kazekage and he had a lot of classes to take in politics and economics. Not that Gaara would be jealous…okay maybe a little but he knew that was a common feeling to have when it came to a matter like this.

"O-oh everything is f-fine i-in Konoha," she smiled lightly as she pulled the sheets over her lap. "n-nothing h-has changed r-really." Hinata just shrugged and twiddled her fingers. "H-how about y-you Gaara-s-san," she looked up at him and smiled, "wh-what i-is life like h-here?" Gaara couldn't but smile at her and talked about how his life was going and more about the missions he's been taking then his life at home. Hinata listened intently and just absorbed everything he told her; Hinata was almost fascinated with his missions and Gaara couldn't help but enjoy the little ego boost she gave him. As he finished Hinata couldn't help but blush, "W-wow G-Gaara-san, y-you're amazing."

Gaara blushed and looked away, "Hinata-san," he glanced back at her and swallowed the lump in his throat, "you are quiet the card your self. I envy the man that asks for your hand in marriage." Hinata's face was the same color as his hair at the moment and Gaara had to rule with this little confidence boost he was having. "Of course," he smirked, "I plan on being that man."

"G-G-G-Gaara-san," Hinata soon buried her face in her hands and shook her head. She slowly looked back at him and her cheeks were still a dark red, "A-are you….s-ser-serious?"

"If I am Hinata," he glanced at her with a smirk, "what are you going to do about it?" Hinata couldn't help but smile lightly and look down at her lap. "How about once out of the hospital," he cleared his throat and looked away, "we can…..spar together?" Gaara suddenly felt like a fool; he wasn't supposed to ask it more like suggest it. He was about to groan until she spoke.

"Th-that sounds….nice," she smiled at him' and Gaara couldn't help but smile back at her.

- (Line Break) –

Hinata stood at the village gates, a smile on her face as she stood beside the three siblings; the cactus plant in her hands. She had spent the rest of her stay in Suna with Gaara, much to Temari's dislike –she wanted to spend time with the young Hyuga- and Hinata couldn't help but blush at the thought of him now. From all the time she spent with him, Hinata couldn't help but fall for him at the same time; and now, as she stood at the gates, she couldn't help but feel sad at the thought of leaving him. Even during her week here, she never found out her real reason for being in the village, but she was glad she came anyway. Hinata looked back at the three and bowed in their direction.

"Th-thank you f-for letting m-me st-stay in y-your home," she smiled at them and was soon being help in a tight embrace by Temari and Kankuro.

"I'm going to miss you Hinata," Kankuro sobbed as he held her tight, "you have such great cooking that I wasn't afraid to eat dinner!"

"I promise," Temari said ignoring her brother, "that the minuet I get to Konoha, you and I are going shopping and getting ice cream." Hinata smiled and nodded trying to pull from their strong holds and finally broke through and stood before the red haired shinobi. She blushed lightly and squeaked when he put his arm around her shoulders and held her close.

"Come back soon," he said with a soft voice that nearly made Hinata melt. She nodded slowly and was able to pull back from him, and with a quick adrenalin rush, she gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

Hinata quickly ran off with one last wave, "G-goodbye!"

Gaara just stood there as Temari and Kankuro began to poke his stiff body. His face slowly began to turn a dark shade of red and he could feel his eyes rolling into the back of his head. "Holy crap," Kankuro and Temari looked down, "she got him to faint." He looked up at his sister and smirked at her evil smirk. "Black mail?"

"Black mail," they quickly took a picture of the event and then took Gaara home to sleep it off. Even Shukaku couldn't help but just let the boy live in the moment, even though this was his chance to break free, but decided he'll wait for a better time.

- (Line Break) –

"I believe it was a success,"

"Indeed it was; I couldn't believe it worked."

"Lady Tsunade did say she had a good idea who would be the best for him,"

"Like you believed her," the council man smirked as his counter part just shrugged.

"Well, at least we learned he could find someone to love."

"Yes and the Hyuga would make the perfect bride-"

"If they both don't faint the minute we tell them that they are arranged to marry," the group broke out into chuckles, looking down at the photo they bought off the two siblings. "I'm going to frame this and put it on the wall next to his picture when he's the Kazekage."

(End)

Well, was that good? I hope so Lexi. Please leave me a nice review and I don't know if I said this before, but I will do crossover request if you have any. But they'll probably be AU or everyone will be slightly OOC. Sorry if you don't like it, I'll try to get better and keeping people in character.