Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Loveless Suna ❯ Chapter 36

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Warning: foul language

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So, without further delay I opened the door and rushed in… only to stop after two steps dumbfounded. Shocked I started at Gaara, my Gaara with some slutty whore on his lap.

“What the hell are you doing?!” I yelled hysterical. For a moment the redhead looked confused at me and he seemed to be searching for something, but didn't find it since his face turned hostile.

“Haven't I told you to knock?!” He hissed and before I knew it sand had wrapped itself around me and pushed me outside. Shocked and confused I looked into angry blue-green eyes while the door fell back in his place with a hard bang.

-

It seemed like the world had stopped spinning and the only thing I could do was stare at that stupid door. After the shock, came anger and I burst through the door again.

“Wha-!“ I stopped in the middle of my word and looked how the whore flew next to me into the wall. Shocked and completely confused I looked back at Gaara and for the first time felt a little scared by him. He looked like he was ready to snap and let Shukaku take over if he still had him.

“Ga-…”

“OUT!” As reflex I took a step backwards and noticed the woman next to me crawl to her feet. I would have helped her if she hadn't been toughing what was mine just a minute ago. Instead I kept standing in the middle of the doorway to irritate her. Angry she glared up at me and while I glared back she struck with her hand. I was too surprised to react and was more than happy when sand stopped her fist. Confused I also noticed that there was an extra layer of sand in front of my lower body reaching my breasts.

`Double protection.' I thought surprised. Gaara glared hard at my attacker and the whore practically ran his office out. I wanted to follow her, but my hand got captured by sand. I watched how the door closed again, but this time with me still inside.

“Are you alright?” The angry voice seemed to have settled down a bit, but he still wasn't in the best of moods.

“Yeah…” I answered a little unsure.

“No chakra hid you?” I shook my head, thinking that woman hadn't used a lot of chakra to begin with.

“Good.” He looked me over before his head dropped down to the papers lying on his desk and his hand waved me outside.

-

Utterly confused I stood outside the Kazekage's office and stared at my body.

`I guess he's still cares for me.' I decided and glanced at the door again. `I wonder what's gotten into him?' Doubtful I grabbed the handle again, but then I remembered what I had seen the first time I opened this door. `Maybe he's still concerned about me, but that doesn't explain why he's fooling around with stupid sluts!' I screamed in my head, feeling my anger rise again. Twirling around I walked away stamping my feet. `He probably just doesn't want anyone to touch… or hurt something that's his.' I walked my room in and the moment the door fell back in his place I felt the first tears coming up. `Maybe that's the only thing he still sees me as, something that's his.' My feet carried me to the bed where my body let itself fall down on it. Grabbing the pillow I pressed my face into it and the first tears found their way over my cheeks.

-

I watched the sun slowly disappear behind the sand buildings and heard someone knocking on my door. Quickly I wiped away the lingering tears while the door got opened.

“Shizuka?” Kankuro's voice entered the room. I didn't answer, but he seemed to have seen me since he came in. “Diner's ready. Are you alright?” He asked concerned when our eyes met.

“Would you be alright if you caught Matsuri cheating on you with some stupid whore?” I sounded sarcastic even with my broken voice.

“No, but I don't think Matsuri would go for a whore.” He answered thoughtfully. “But why are you sad? Isn't it all part of the plan?” Confused I raised myself to have a better look at him.

“Plan, what plan?” Kankuro's eyes got a shocked expression.

“You don't know? How did you think Gaara stopped those attacks?” My confusion was increasing with the second.

“I don't know I figured he had a plan.”

“Yeah, and the plan was to make everyone believe he lost interest in you.” My eyes widened before they narrowed again.

“So, he started to screw whores?” Even I could hear the jealousy in my voice.

“No, he doesn't do a thing with them and they aren't even allowed to kiss him.” Now I was getting confused again, but at the same time relieved.

“He hasn't done anything with them?” I asked to be certain of this little fact and when Kankuro nodded I couldn't be happier.

“He has something on them, just now I had to go pay off a girl's family's debts. Gaara makes them gossip about having something with him and to make it more believable he makes sure he gets seen with a lot of different girls.” Kanky explained everything.

“He should have told me.” I muttered hurt staring at the hands in my lap and the puppet master let out a sigh.

“He didn't want you to know.” Surprised I looked up.

“Why? Doesn't he trust me?” Again Kankuro sighed and sat down next to me on the bed.

“I think it's more that he doesn't trust himself.” My face told him I couldn't follow him. “When it got known that your relationship wasn't going that well, you got a lot of admires…” My eyes widened again. “…and the only reason he could keep himself in check was because it was Temari, not you.” My eyes widened even more.

“So, he was just sticking to the plan earlier.” Kanky nodded.

“He'll be all over you once in closed quarters.” He continued standing up again. “Maybe you should give him a little surprise.” A wink made me blush before I followed his example. I had to admit I was hungry.

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Later that evening I wanted to drop dead on my bed, so tired I was, but Kankuro's suggestion kept repeating itself in my mind. During dinner I had decided to wear the lingerie set I had bought ages ago with Kaeda. `Perfect!' I thought smiling at my mirror image. Making another 360° twirl I heard the door open. As on time Gaara walked in. I made a seductive pose and the Kazekage almost tripped over his own feet. His face seemed to be stuck in between lust and dumbfounded.

“Shi…” To my surprise he shook his head a little to get his senses back and glared at me. “What are you wearing?”

“A present…” I tried to keep the seductive act, but it was hard with him glaring me to dead.

“Put something on! Don't even dare to go outside and show anybody that body!” Okay, now I was confused again.

“Gaara…” I tried again, but he left the room in a hurry as if he had to escape. Completely out of it I dropped down on the bed and stared aimlessly at the spot Gaara had been standing.

`Am I really only an object he owns?' Again I could feel the tears welling up. When my tears had dried up I changed back into my normal nightwear before returning to bed. I didn't want to wear something that reminded me of how disgusting the redhead had become with me.

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Hearing the curtains get pulled open and the sun hitting my face woke me up. Groaning I pulled the sheet over my head, but my alarm clock wasn't going to let me sleep any longer.

“Shizuka, wake up, it's already noon!” Recognizing Kaeda's voice I sneaked a peek over the sheet.

“But I'm still tired.” I whined snuggling deeper.

“But we have a mission!”

“What mission?” I yawned sleepy, but sat up.

“Have you forgotten? We were going to bust Keiko with her lover!” Now I was awake.

“Keiko, with her lover?!” `I really have missed something!' I stared shocked at her.

“Yeah, you know we're going to find out what she had been doing all these nights while her trusting husband has been home alone.” I blinked my eyes a couple of times and pinched myself under the sheet to see if I really was awake. Maybe the whole Gaara thing has made me dream something completely ridicules, but no I was awake. “Come on, get ready!” Still shocked it got up and quickly got ready. An hour later we were following Keiko around in the centre of the village.

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“She's just shopping.” I said tired from following her half a day already without a step closer to the lover. I heard Kaeda sigh next to me.

“I just thought that maybe she would seek contact with him.” Her eyes followed her sister greeting a female friend and entering a restaurant.

“Why don't we also go and eat?” I suggested and my friend nodded.

“But she will be suspicious if we eat in such a high class restaurant.”

“Why?” I asked confused. “Am I not the Kazekage's concubine? It should only be normal for me to go eat somewhere high class. That's the least I can do with the way he's treating me.” I mumbled the last part. If Kaeda had heard me, she didn't show it, but instead pulled me with her to the restaurant. The moment we walked in I felt all eyes on us… better said on me. I guess it was well-known that I had lost their beloved Kazekage's favor. Ignoring their stares I watched a waitress rush to us.

“Shizuka-sama, if you could wait a couple of minutes we'll make a private room ready for you and your guest.” Dumbfounded I nodded appreciating her gesture on one side, but wishing it hadn't come to this on the other. She leaded us to a separated waiting room where I dropped down on a chair.

“Don't let it bother you. You'll have the Kazekage's favor back in no time. Have you already worn the lingerie set we bought together?” I was only feeling worse.

“Yeah, and he hated it.” Kaeda bit her lip and I could see her searching for the right words. I sighed and at the same time the door flew open. Thinking it was the waitress again I stood up, but to my surprise it was Keiko.

“Shizuka-chan, Kaeda!” She rushed towards us and pulled me in her arms before turning around again to the waitress, who had followed her. “They'll be sitting on my table!” The girl looked questioning at me and I nodded it was alright. The moment she left, Keiko had her hands on me again and pulled me out of the waiting room with her younger sister on our heels. We entered the fourth private room we came across and got welcomed by a middle-aged woman.

“It's such an honor to meet you, Shizuka-sama. I'm Kotone, wife of Yuu Takahiro, a counsel member.” She had my hands between hers before I knew it. “Kaeda-chan, I'm happy to see you again.” She continued after I gave her a polite greeting and I noticed my friend force a smile. Keiko pushed me into a chair and started to go through the menu. In the end we just let her order for us.

“I was surprise when I heard you were here.” Keiko started when the waitress had left again.

“We have to eat.” I answered sarcastically, but I had to admit I hadn't expected I would be such a circus attraction.

“Yeah, of course you do.” As usual the woman in front of me zoomed out everything she didn't want to hear. “Don't let them bother you, nothing is your fault. It's the Kazekage's.” A sigh was released and Kotone nodded agreeing with her friend.

“Sometimes I wonder if we did the right thing with appointing him such a responsible position.” It seemed Kotone had started to doubt her leader. “Don't get me wrong!” She added quickly seeing my face. “The Kazekage is a great leader, he was just what are village needed, military that is, but socially I have my doubts.” I couldn't deny that being social wasn't Gaara's strongest point.

“But that he's lacking that isn't his fault, it's yours for treating him the way you did when he was younger.” I defended him calmly. Maybe things weren't that good between us, but nobody could deny he was doing a good job. Kotone was a little taking back while Kaeda was nodded fiercely beside me.

“I guess that's true, but we can't change the past and the future is what we're working too.” Keiko needed to be heard. “And right now, we need to think about what's best for the village.” More she didn't want to say. “Just remember that whatever happens you're welcome in our family. If only Shori was still alive.” The big sister got sad eyes and sighed. A knock on the door interrupted us and our food got brought in. The rest of dinner we talked about small things and I was more than happy when we split up again.

-

“No sign of her cheating.” I made our observations clear when we were in my room again.

“I know.” Kaeda sighed, but I could see she was relieved.

“But don't you think she's changed her view of Gaara drastically?” I asked and my friend's face got a thoughtful expression.

“You're right, that is odd.”

“She's a woman who wants power, right?” I named a fact and of course Kaeda nodded. “Then why is she turning her back on that power?”

Stephke23: Now we know about Gaara's plan, but he's still acting weird. And what wrong with Keiko? Review!