Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Given The Chance ❯ It was an Accident ( Chapter 18 )

Chapter #18

It Was an Accident

 

 

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“Hey Gaara,” Temari walked into the kitchen where Gaara had been sitting silently at the table drinking some tea, “You know how you said you wanted some information on Cassie-chan's background a while back?”

 

Gaara almost had to think for a minute since `a while back' was a bit of an understatement. It had actually been quite some time since he had asked Temari about any files about Iwate Cassandra. Actually long before Cassandra's little game of twenty questions. Since then he hadn't thought about it much for a long while.

 

“Well I just got these from some Konoha shinobi Hokage-sama sent over, I thought you'd want it,” shrugged the blonde as she set the file on the table, “Apparently these are the files that failed to get transferred when she and her family moved here. You have to file them here as well so everything is up to date with her.”

 

Nodding Gaara took the file and started flipping through it finding some old news, and also some very interesting things. It had the normal things like her name, age, birthday, height, and so on plus a little bit about her history at the academy. Gaara had never actually found out much about Cassandra's Kunoichi training days, all he really knew was that she dropped out after a year because she was needed at home after her mother died, and not much else. That was the interesting part.

 

Iwate Cassandra entered the academy at age eight like every other student (forgive me if the ages are wrong this is just how I set it up), and dropped out shortly after she graduated only one year after. She was the top Kunoichi of her graduating class at age nine, she specialized in using weapons with Taijutsu and some good Ninjutsu, and she spent a little over a month training as a Genin in her three person squad under Maito Gai.

 

Those were the particular facts that caught Gaara's interest. Cassandra had admitted to being in the academy, but she never mentioned graduating the year after that at the top of her class. Had she gone on with her training she would have probably been an accomplished elite Kunoichi at the age she was, and seeing as Gai had been her instructor she would have been good with Taijutsu just like Lee. That aspect kind of made Gaara glad since he still thought both Gai and Lee were freaks no matter how good at Taijutsu they were.

 

`She never mentioned this before,' he thought scanning over her files once more, `But then again she never talks about herself much, not unless I have asked, any money says she'll just respond you didn't ask if I ask her…'

 

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It was finally the ceremony to welcome all the new students into the academy, the first step to becoming a successful shinobi, and eight-year-old Cassie couldn't have been more excited.

 

The Hokage stood in front of the crowd of the line up of new academy students Cassie stood among, and also in front of a large group of supporting friends and family that had come to congratulate the new trainee. Everyone in the crowd stayed quiet from their deep respect of the Hokage even though they were all fidgeting with excitement.

 

Cassandra's viridian eyes - even larger than usual at such a young age - glanced behind her to see if she could catch a glimpse of her parents, but they were nowhere in sight. At the time she simply brushed it off thinking they probably got stuck standing near the back where Cassie's small height wouldn't allow her to see them. It only began to worry her after the Hokage had finished speaking and everyone was allowed to move around again and she had still not seen hide nor hair of any of her family members.

 

When everyone began heading home Cassie was left standing alone in front of the academy. She continued to stand there and wait for quite some time coming up with all sorts of excuses in her mind for why they weren't there. Even at a young age she was an optimist.

 

“Cassie-chan why are you still here,” old man Hokage asked when he noticed the girl, he had been about ready to head home himself.

 

“Mom and Dad said they would be walking me home after the ceremony,” she responded.

 

The Hokage's graying eyebrows furrowed for a moment before he knelt down so he could be eye level with the tiny girl, “Iwate Rita was admitted to the hospital not long before the ceremony began Cassie-chan, I thought you would have been told…”

 

“The hospital,” Cassandra tilted her head to the side slightly, “Hokage-sama is Mommy sick?”

 

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Groaning slightly Cassandra sat up and brushed some stray strands of dark hair out of her face, `Damn … thunder storms always get to me like that - its painful - that is just my luck that we had such a storm in a desert.'

 

Cassandra's eyes wondered around the room, it wasn't her room, but then again it wasn't exactly unfamiliar to her either. She had been in the room once before and recognized the piles of sand that littered the floor. It was Gaara's room and it was none other than Gaara himself who was standing off in a dark corner looking as menacing as usual.

 

“Good morning Gaara-kun,” she yawned stretching her arms above her head.

 

Gaara didn't respond which Cassie half expected. Gaara was never really much of a talker anyway.

 

“Hey Gaara-kun why am I here,” Cassandra asked taking advantage of the silence, “Why aren't I at home?”

 

“I wanted to ask you something,” he stated blankly, “Why didn't you ever mention you were a former Genin?”

 

“You never asked.” Was her predictable answer, “It's been years since then and I am really out of practice though. I really don't have much chakra anymore and I am certainly not as fast as I used to be, it's a bit of a drag, but I deal with it.”

 

`As predictable as ever,' Gaara could really make a profitable bet on her because she was so easy for him to predict, or rather he had just begun to get good at it. Gaara turned to leave, “I have to go assign some missions so if you want something to eat then just go downstairs and make something.”

 

`Blunt as ever, Gaara is such a robot sometimes,' rolling her eyes slightly Cassandra jumped out of bed and followed Gaara out the door to the stairs, “I'll make something and just leave it in the fridge to eat later ok Gaara-kun?”

 

Gaara only shrugged in response as he headed down the stairs with the small girl right behind him.

 

Cassandra accidentally misjudged a step and stumbled forward down the stairs towards the red headed Kazekage. Gaara had no need to use his sand to stop the collision since his reflexes were good enough on their own, so he was quick to spin around and catch her. What he didn't expect was that since she had been higher up on the stairs she into his arms so when she landed her nose was touching his and their lips were so close it was scary.

 

They both froze completely, and Cassie felt heat rush to her face finding for once she couldn't say a thing. It was a rare thing to find Iwate Cassandra lost for words, and it was just as rare to find Sabaku No Gaara looking so wide-eyed.

 

`What am I waiting for?! Move it girl, and just laugh it off,' the raven haired teen scolded herself but her face only grew darker and darker red. She had never blushed so badly in her entire life.

 

`Damn I can't move,' Gaara's voice hissed in the back of his mind. The majority of his mind - the part that controlled his actions - was to preoccupied with how close Cassandra was to him. Her breath was warming his lips, her arms had somehow wrapped themselves around his neck, he could feel her breasts against his chest, and in catching her he found his hands sitting comfortably in the curve of her lower back. This was another one of those situations Gaara knew nothing about and had no idea what he was supposed to do exactly.

 

“W-well that was a close one, s-sorry about that I am such a klutz,” with her voice stuttering a barely a whisper Cassandra slowly began to pull away.

 

“Run away puppet head!!” Kankuro's voice bellowed from just up the stairs as one of his wooden puppet heads came bouncing down the stairs. The object his Cassie's back pushing her forward once again and that time more than just nose contact happened between the two of them.

 

Their lips made contact.

 

With his eyes widening further Gaara found his hands had almost subconsciously pressed on the small of Cassandra's back to encourage her closer. The butterflies had returned and they were raring to go because it had not been an innocent kiss on the forehead like before, it was a full on lip lock, even if it was accidental. Truth be told he preferred the real kiss and having her closer than she had ever been. Even if it was an accident.

 

Cassandra could feel his lips smother hers. His lips were warm, soft, and almost welcoming to her touch. It was finally Cassandra's turn to be the one in the dark not knowing what to do because she had never kissed anyone before, Gaara was her first kiss, and it happened because Kankuro dropped one of his puppet's heads. That would be counted as embarrassing or rather funny depending on the point of view.

 

“Oi sorry about-” Kankuro stopped at the top of the stairs having walked in on a very awkward and badly timed moment, “-that … hey Temari get over here!”

 

“Kankuro why are you being so loud,” Temari also walked in and stopped cold at the top of the stairs.

 

The slightly awkward moment had soon turned into a show for both Gaara's older siblings, `I'm not sure whether to ring Kankuro's neck or thank him.' It was no use anyway. Not moving would only make it worse, so reluctantly Gaara was the first to pull away leaving Cassandra looking like a tomato. He wished he could see her eyes so he could at least guess what she was thinking but her dark bangs had fallen over them only leaving her inflamed cheeks visible.

 

`This won't be easy to explain…' thought Cassandra her eyes wide as dinner plates behind her veil of hair.

 

“Kawaii,” Temari whispered under her breath trying to suppress a widening grin, “There is never a camera around when you need one…”

 

The young Kage didn't want to have to explain things to his siblings, and he was already late for assignments as the Kazekage tower. He would leave it to Cassandra to explain however she liked, she was the talkative one anyway, so with a swirl of sand Gaara disappeared from the staircase altogether.

 

Feeling like her knees were about to give out Cassie fell back so she was sitting on the stairs, “…”

 

“Hey Cassie-chan are you ok there,” Temari asked poking the stunned girl's shoulder.

 

Kankuro joined the two girls on the stairs so he could grab his puppet head, “Looks kind of like the lights are on but nobody's home.”

 

“I wonder if she is going to snap out of it any time soon,” murmured Temari who started snapping her fingers in front of Cassandra's face in an attempt to get her attention.

 

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Gaara had to sit outside for a few moments - a quick moment to gather his thoughts - because he found suddenly nothing made sense. He could almost still feel her lips, he could still taste her, and it was no surprise that her lips tasted like strawberries.

 

`That girl,' the young Kage ran his fingers through his hair, `Cassie-chan…'

 

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(Ultra Hyper Dance!!!) Yes finally!! Hehe please don't ask what was with the `Run away puppet head' I just needed something that would role down stairs. It worked didn't it?! You all got your first kiss so review and be happy.

 

Lil_Pix

 

P.S. - I have gotten a few people asking about ninja fights, lemons, and going to Konoha. Well all that will be coming up soon so no worries there! They're headed for Konoha soon, there are upcoming ninja fights, and a lemon planned a little later. (sorry it may be a bit of a wait still for the lemon!)