Chapter 19: Attendant
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He followed her to a musky tavern entrance, its purpose to cater to the needs of dayshift ninjas.
She was nearly three years older than him, but he couldn't understand what had led her aimless feet in this direction. There were too many people in that tavern to make it comfortable.
Not that Gaara particularly cared, so with a disinterested shrug he twisted to begin his journey to where he had begun, his flight of fancy finished, a scowl of dissatisfaction underneath his stoic mask.
At least… that had been his intention, until her lingering laughter reached his ringing ears.
Word Count: 100
AN: For those of you that were wondering this makes Kagome nearly 16 and Gaara around 13, a few months before the Chuunin Exam.