Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Given The Chance ❯ Susimasen (Sorry) ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter #2

Susimasen

 

 

Disclaimer: Ok seriously if I did own any of the Naruto characters they would be locked in my closet to serve on me hand and foot … especially my Smexy Gaara-kun he would be mine!

So no, I do not, own Naruto or any of the characters associated with the series!

 

Ok here is the next chapter, I doubt checked it so I hope I got all the `you' and `your' this time, forgive me if there is still one or two.

 

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The next morning was Saturday, usually the day Cassandra got caught up on all the rest she missed during the week, but since her brother Hale was leaving early that morning so she had set her alarm so she could help him prepare and make something to eat. God knows he couldn't cook worth a damn.

 

After shutting off her alarm Cassandra wondered tiredly into Hale's room next door to hers and found him packing in his room, “I thought you said you finished packing last night Hale.”

 

“I was tired so I went strait to bed,” he answered absently packing clean cloths into his backpack. As he finished he slung it over her shoulder to test the weight and see if he had packed to little or to much, and turned to his younger sister, “Hey Cass I have a favor to ask you, something you have to promise me ok?”

 

There it was again, that worried voice, the same one from last night that was really starting to worry Cassandra, “What is it?”

 

“While I'm gone I don't want you going down by the Kazekage tower, especially not with the dogs, and not alone either,” he ordered her.

 

“Does this have anything to do with why they were going nuts last night,” Cassandra asked cocking an eyebrow, “And the fact that you suddenly got all jumpy around the Kazekage? I don't get it a lot of people are afraid of him but I don't get why, I mean the guy did seem kind of creepy, but old Mr. Kagoshima down the street is creepy too but you don't see people running in fear of him.”

 

“Ya well the Kazekage has a little bit more to him then spitting on your feet like Kagoshima, believe me the guy is dangerous and I don't want you around him,” Hale brother warned her in an serious voice that was oddly out of character for him, “Definitely not after he glared at you for bringing Kobi and Cori. Anyway I have to get going now or I will be late for my mission.”

 

Cassandra followed her big brother downstairs and to the door with a slightly worried expression, “I didn't expect you to leave this early, have you had any breakfast?”

 

Hale pulled a breakfast protein bar from his pocket and waved it in front of his sister's face before he slipped on his sandals and quickly gave her a goodbye hug, “I'll be back in about two weeks, tell dad I said bye, and I'll see you both when I get home.”

 

“Bye Hale.”

 

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Gaara was bored out of his mind, he had spent most of the day as the Kazekage arranging D ranked missions for Genin, and then after he had finished all the required paperwork Gaara headed back home to find Temari and Kankuro playing a silly video game in the living room. Well what could he expect since they too had run out of things to do in between missions when they had unstructured leisure time, and the last thing Gaara wanted to do on a Saturday was stick around and watch his siblings do something so trivial as a video game.

 

Deciding he had seen enough of Kankuro getting whipped at `Mario Smash Bros' the red headed Kage got up to leave.

 

“Where you going Gaara,” Temari asked still clicking the attack button like crazy on her controller to hit Kankuro's player repeatedly until he flew right off screen and hit the camera with a loud cartoon crash.

 

“Out,” he replied dully.

 

“Ok just try and be back in time for supper Gaara you haven't been eating much lately don't think I haven't noticed,” she answered absently continuing to kick Kankuro's butt no matter how hard he tried.

 

`Ya I'll rush right back here for Temari's cooking,' Gaara thought sarcastically as he headed out the door.

 

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After a full say of doing absolutely nothing young Cassandra decided it was about time for her to go outside and get some fresh air. Since her father was working as usual and her brother was gone on a mission it was only she and the dogs had to do so grabbing the dogs' leashes she slipped on your jacket and headed out the door. Cassie had told her big brother she wouldn't go near the Kazekage tower, and she wasn't even planning on it, a lot of the time the dogs decided to lead her around the suburbs of Sunagakure far out of the way of downtown.

 

It was starting to get late and the sun had almost set, only an idiot walks their dogs in the middle of the day in a scorching desert, in the evening it was still light out but at least it was much cooler.

 

Iwate Cassandra took a deep breath of fresh air as the dogs padded along beside her down the Suna streets and smiled looking down at their oblivious happy looking faces. Cori looked up at her for a moment before quickly joining Kobi, her brother, who was trotting ahead sniffing desperately for something.

 

`Probably just a cat around here somewhere,' the girl thought taking only a mild interest in the fact that they seemed to be on edge like the night before when they had been around the Kazekage. She also didn't pay any attention to their growling and soft barking as they searched for the source of the scent they were following, “Calm down you two I'm not in the mood for this again after last night. My shoulder still hurts from it.”

 

Not paying any attention to what his master was saying Kobi started snarling angrily and began pulling violently enough on his leash to make Cassandra loose your grip. Since Cori was smaller than her brother Kobi she was able to keep a hold on her but Cori still wasn't about to let her older brother Kobi run off somewhere without her without a fight. Even if it meant taking poor Cassie along for the ride.

 

“Cori!” Cassandra yelled trying to run and keep up with the dog that was dragging her along on the chase for god knows what, “Kobi get back here!”

 

The dogs ignored her and continued to lead her further from her home and into the outskirts of town until Cassandra saw a figure standing in the middle of the darkened street.

 

Completely embarrassed that her dogs were acting in such a way towards a complete stranger the young girl made one last desperate call to Kobi in an attempt to stop him, “KOBI GET BACK HERE!!”

 

The dog halted but she had a hunch that it was not because she called him, she knew that snarling hunched over stance Kobi was taking, it was the same thing Kobi did when a burglar had attempted to break into the Iwate household five years prior and let's just say no one had attempted than feat it since. So instead of Cori dragging Cassandra into the scene she started running up to the scene to stop it with Cori just as Kobi was about to pounce on the poor young man.

 

Cassandra tossed aside Cori's leash since it was always Kobi who did the attacking and ran to try and grab his leash. In the rush you couldn't find that so you ran in front of your dog instead just in time for Kobi to jump, Kobi of course would never hurt his master so he slowed down enough to only jar her slightly, but what caught Cassandra off guard was a the defense from the young man that was to powerful to stop just by standing in front of it. She would take the hit that was meant for her dog to take…

 

She turned just in time to catch a glimpse of sand before a large amount hit her in the side with incredible force making Cassie trip over Kobi. Both of her dogs immediately came to their master's aide, sniffing her to see if she had been hurt, and big Kobi who had finally gotten the hint not to attack still snarled angrily at the stranger.

 

Moving was difficult even after the sand had drawn back to where ever it had come from, it had hit her fairly hard, but thankfully she didn't break anything. And as Cassie was sprawled on the ground trying to figure out what the hell had just happened she got her first good look at who her dogs tried to attack.

 

He was a young man, not much older than Cassandra herself, with messy dark red hair and a gourd strapped to his back. He stood there staring down at the injured girl with a slightly angered expression and Cassie couldn't help but notice the `Ai' symbol above his left eye. And of course those angry sea green eyes of his were unforgettable, especially the dark circles around them, the young man was none other than the Kazekage.

 

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Before Gaara knew it his sand had acted of its own accord to protect the young man no matter if it was just a meager threat like a dog. But then that blasted girl decided to get in the way and she took the hit meant for the dog to take, not lethal hit mind you, but she was visibly in pain as she lay on the ground with her furry companions. Gaara couldn't help but think she was a fool trying to save a dog; it was only an animal, not even worth risking her life for.

 

She looked up at Gaara with her wide green eyes mopped with a mess of dark hair for a moment as she clutched her injured side before she staggered to her feet, “Susimasen I don't know what has come over my dogs they are usually much better behaved than this Kazekage-sama.”

 

(A/N: Ok so Susimasen = sorry, kind of like gomen, but I'm not using that so just sit and deal with it ok? Good now we can get on with the show!)

 

Gaara was slightly surprised, not that she could recognize him and his title without the Kazekage robes, but that when she spoke her voice never quivered or wavered in fear. She did wince once in pain which he had expected but her large child like eyes made firm and almost confident eye contact with the raccoon boy and also showed no hint of fright only slight pain from being struck.

 

`She obviously hasn't heard about what I am,' the young Kazekage thought bitterly, `either that or she is stupid enough not to believe it.'

 

“I should really be getting home its getting late,” she said softly grabbing firm hold of both the leashes attached to her dogs' collars and gave the best bow she could considering the hit she just took. Gaara found it amazing she could even still stand, “Sayonara Kazekage-sama.”

 

She had to limp away, she didn't do it hurriedly to get away as fast as she could like anyone else would have, and she just seemed more embarrassed that her dogs had gone ballistic in front of someone so important to Sunagakure. The petite girl even gave a small shy smile to Gaara before turning around to leaving, there was no way she knew about the Shukaku, and even if she had only casually heard about it no one would ever smile like that towards Sabaku No Gaara.

 

No wonder she had no fear the girl was totally oblivious, or very stupid, either way Gaara was a bored teen whose curiosity had just been peaked by a very strange, and obviously a dog loving, girl. As he watched the girl limp off, the female of the dog walking close to make sure she was ok and the male repeatedly glaring back at him, he decided to do a little investigation just to find out how oblivious the girl was.

 

If she really had no fear of him he would quickly be able to change that.

 

 

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Ok I hope you all enjoyed the story, its going to start going in later chapters I promise, my first few chapters are often a little slow.

School will be starting soon for me so after that I might only be able to update on weekends, but don't worry I will have another chapter or two before then! It all depends on how many more reviews I get.

 

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