Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Grand Summoning Jutsu ❯ Butterfly ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Grand Summoning Jutsu

Gaara's mind kept getting flashes of what he had witnessed. "what the hell, it sure seemed real enough"

his pace of jumping through the trees had slowed down when he saw the bright glow of a camp fire where his siblings had set up to rest, he finally made it back. "huffs" he breathed as he landed in reach of the light of the fire. His brother and sister were sitting around it eating what the young blond had made for them that evening to eat. Gaara's eyes widened as he approached in clear view of the fire light. There was a third person sitting with them, talking, and laughing. A girls voice was giggling along with Temaris'. He recognized the girl right away even though he only had a glance at her from the side.

The giggles stopped as Gaara entered the light slowly making his way to be more visible.

"HEY GARRA!" his sister raised her voice happily at the site of him. "Look what I found!" a wide smile came across the blonds face as Gaara shifted his eyes to the pretty young girl, he had thought he seen in his head, beside her. He watched her smile gently at him.

"hello" she said in a soft sweet voice. Gaara's cheeks were now flush with a brilliant scarlet.

~oh no, did she see him?~ he fought with himself.

"well, this is my younger brother I told you about, Gaara" she drew her attention to Temari to nod, only to return her gaze to the wide eyed, redheaded teen in front of them.

"She was walking by when I saw her, she was alone and I asked what she was doing all the way out here by herself." stated his sister. "she is going to Konohagakure, the same way we are going"

Gaara's eyes went back to their original self as he watched the young woman smile at him, he was still flush red but the night shield his embarrassment. He watched her reach her hand to flick her still wet hair from where it draped over her shoulder.

"I told her she could travel with us until we get there" Temari continued. " she is off to see the Chunin Exams like us."

The tall boy dressed in black stood as he yawned, "yah yah well enough of this, time for bed we have a long hike tomorrow."

Gaara still said nothing as his eyes slightly moved towards his half sleeping brother. Not too long after he disappeared into the shelter of the tent he drew his attention back to the girl who was now playing with a piece of her hair between her fingers. The water from her long locks began to squeeze from what remained onto her finger dripping down her hand. Occasionally shooting a shy look up at the young red head.

"well," yawned Temari getting up from her place around the fire. " the pervert is right we have a long go tomorrow lets get some sleep" looking over at Gaara knowing full well he could not sleep.

"humf" he grunted watching both girls make their way to the tent. The young woman turned her head to look over her shoulder at him one last time before vanishing. Gaara's cheeks flushed once again ~grrrr what the hell, she MUST know.~

The moon was at its' first quarter there were no clouds in the air, just the light shine of the blue tint on the moon. Gaara spent most his time at night looking up at the circular planet that hung in the sky. It was peaceful for him to be alone sometimes he enjoyed thinking and relaxing. He dangled his legs over the side of a large tree he had chosen to be his place for the evening. Hunched over with his elbows on his knees and his palms under his chin to support his head. His mind thought about many things while in the silence of the night, but tonight it kept pointing back to this girl. ~who was she, I never seen her before. I didn't even get her name~ he thought, when his cheeks began to turn red at the thoughts of her bathing in the waterfall and his eyes scanned her so the image was clear as day. "huff" he breathed.

Feeling a presents behind him, it was too late. He felt a gentle touch on both sides of his shoulders, because the touch was not threatening his sand did not react. He lifted him self from his hunched position to straighten himself eyes wide that someone would be able to seek up on him with out detection.


His eyes shifted quickly to the hand that was perched on one of his shoulders, it was delicate looking, a woman's hand. He felt the breathing of the person behind him get louder and louder, until he felt the warm moisture of the panting so close to his ear. Their lips were barely touching his lobe when a soft voice spoke.

"I saw you watching me" she whispered in his ear. "did you enjoy what you saw, Gaara young Kazekage of the Desert."

A feeling swept over the young man as he closed his eyes to take in her breath. a feeling shot though his body making him tingle all over, he never felt something like this before. His hand reached up to grab the strangers wrist where it lay rest on his shoulder. His eyes scanned the small figure he pulled her to the side of him to find the young woman Temari had found, and the one he discovered earlier.

"hum, I was just..." The flush feeling came back to his face as the girl took her place sitting beside him. His eyes followed her.

a small giggle came from the girl, she scanned his shocked look. "I'm just trying to tease you" she smiled taking a seat beside him.

"how do you know who I am?" he questioned flatly.

"I've been traveling for awhile, I hear things. Besides when I travel through the desert that's all the young girls are talking about, the young Kazakage Gaara, your name is well known among the girls" she laughed at the expression of embarrassment on his face. "I also know of the great deeds you have done"

He grunted, "nothing in my life I have done to deserve the respect of the people, but I am working towards it." his light blue-green Iris looked over her small figure, aside from the image he had of her in the waterfall she was now fully dressed in jeans that flared at the bottom, ninja sandal's that wrapped around her feet. With a black and white Kimono style top that tied in the back. Her long brown hair was now dry, straight and gave off a shine with the light of the moon, her bangs hung in her eyes evenly across her brow line. Truly a beautiful sight that matched his impression of the waterfall. Calming.

"hum, I've traveled along time. I have known and seen much. You, from what hear, had the power to change your life, if something gave you that strength to see past everything you were it was worth hanging onto. I've seen brother turn against brother, wars between families tearing apart the ones they love,lands torn by greed all because of selfishness. But the selflessness I've heard from you, Gaara of the sand, is far from not being admired." she looked at him and winked playfully.

His expression turned from Stern, to shock, to shy in a matter of seconds.a small giggle came from her lips seeing the serious sand Ninja in a state of "not knowing"

"I have killed many" he said in a low deep voice.

"that maybe so, but now is what's important. You fight to protect life not steal it." she said softly.

His head turned to look in her direction, her facial features were somewhat hidden from him in the shadow of the night. She swung one of her legs over the tree so she was straddling the branch facing him. His head fully turned looking at her in confusion. "I hear you can manipulate the sand."

a slight shy nod came from the young man's gesture.

"may I see" she smiled widely at him, as he did nothing but blush.

Without saying a word Gaara lifted his hand to open his palm just below her gaze. a swirled of sand began to emerge suspended a few centimeters. Her eyes watch closely she could see the sparkle of the sand in the moonlight as a familiar shape formed. a small butterfly began to flutter in his palm and started to settle on the shape he wished it to take. He didn't know why he picked a butterfly, maybe it was because she was a girl and figured they liked that kind of stuff.

She was in amazement staring at the sand sculpture fluttering in front of her eyes. It was beautiful and never saw anything that stunning in a long time. "wow" she whispered "beautiful" with that the image was gone, Gaara hand closed his palm and glanced up shyly at the young woman."you are definitely amazing" she smiled.

Gaara said nothing as he turned his attention back on the moon, if he continued to look at her his whole body would turn red of embarrassment. No one had given him attention like this person is giving him right now. His siblings did, but it was a different kind.

"so!" she began "what's with the tattoo?" she reached up and brushed a few strands of his hair to expose the tattoo on his forehead, the symbol for love. She felt him back away from her touch slightly as he turned to her.

"it was forced." he remarked "what is with yours?"

Her eyes lowered to the tree she was sitting on looking down." hum, I was kind of born with it." she said amazed that he remembered that about her body. " well! I'm tired, it was nice chatting with you but I do need some sleep" she sprang to her feet and gave a small wave leaping from the tree to the ground where the camp fire once burned brightly. Gaara said nothing as he watched her movements. "see you tomorrow.oh and, my name is Maya."

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A safe distance away Sasuke perched on a branch of a tree observing the two with his Sharingan eyes. "I found you" he breathed heavily.