Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Together With You: A Gaara Story ❯ Disasterous Trip to Konoha ( Chapter 17 )

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Recap:

“You worry too much, Temari. She'll be fine,” Kankuro interrupted, not wishing to hear any more of this. It was all too distressing. He didn't want to think about Shiruki dying. Or how Gaara would be affected. Or how all of Suna would be affected. He just wanted to concentrate on being happy for his brother and Shiruki. It was taking every fiber of his being not to tell Shiruki how he felt. He knew she'd reject him for Gaara. That wasn't the issue. He just wanted her to know. But that was for later. When everything was stable. “They will be fine...” Kankuro assured her. Temari nodded reluctantly and Kankuro stood up next to her. “Alright. Get some sleep.” He said as he left also. Temari went to her room and the house was peaceful for the night.

 

 

Chapter 17: Disasterous Trip to Konoha

 

The night came and went swiftly. Shiruki was the first to wake. She got up, due to her morning sickness, followed by a worried Gaara, and went to the bathroom. This was getting to be a normal thing. Get up, run to the bathroom, have Gaara tell her how beautiful she was and how worried he was about her. Normal routine. Today was different, though. The sickness seemed to be getting worse and worse. This terrified Gaara. He asked Temari but all she told him that this was normal. As he stood at Shiruki's side, he held her hair out of the way, kissing her nape, whispering words of comfort in her ear. Once she was done, she was drained. Gaara picked her up and set her on the sink, where he proceeded to clean her face with a rag. She leaned her head back to regain her breath and Gaara finished cleaning her up. Sweat beaded on the young girl's face and neck as she sat there panting. He stood between her legs with his hands on either side of her thighs, firmly on the counter as Shiruki regained herself. Once she did, after about twenty minutes, she looked at him with her beautiful icy blue eyes and a warm smile. She'd kiss him right now but she didn't exactly like the idea of that. So she kissed his forehead mark. Gaara backed away and Shiruki hopped off the counter as if nothing was wrong. She had more of a bounce in her step today, Gaara noticed. He shook his head and followed her back to the room. He started packing items that they needed for the journey to Konoha while Shiruki bathed and readied herself. Once he was done, he sat on the bed, staring at the ceiling in thought. `What if Kankuro and Temari are right? What if this child brings nothing but trouble?' he thought. He didn't like thinking that way, but there were possibilities. Possibilities that he wished never existed. He sighed as he plopped onto his back on the bed and closed his eyes. He didn't even notice Shiruki come back in the room.

 

Shiruki smiled mischievously as she walked over to him and strattled him on the bed. Gaara's eyes remained closed as his arms wrapped around his waist. He didn't need to look at who it was. He felt fuzz and opened his eyes to look at her. She was still in a towel. She smiled down at him and had a look of love on her face. “What's wrong, Lord Kazekage?” she asked quietly, leaning down closer to him. Her full body was pressed against his own, her leaning on her elbows, playing with his hair. Gaara grinned and relaxed. Man, how she knew how to turn him on. Shiruki felt something jabbing her hip and she smiled with a blush. “Ah, Kazekage-sama has an issue,” she giggled. Gaara snickered and pulled her down for a kiss.

 

The door slammed open and Shiruki jumped. She looked over at the door to see who it was and saw Kankuro. She blushed severely and gaara sat up on his elbows. How Gaara wished he could kill Kankuro right now. “What is it, Kankuro?” Gaara growled rather harshly.

 

Kankuro just gawked at Shiruki in a towel, naked, on top of Gaara, water pouring from her creamy skin. She saw him staring and blushed even more. She turned away and tried to cover herself. She tried to get off of Gaara but a look from him held her there. Gaara's sight returned to Kankuro. “Oh...uh...Temari wants you to have breakfast before you leave...” he said passively. He stood there for a moment and blinked his eyes. He shook his head and left in a daze, closing the door behind him.

 

Gaara's sand shot up to lock it and he growled as he plopped back on his back. Shiruki blushed and shyly got off in shame. “I...I'm sorry...” she whispered, searching for her clothes in shame. She had shamed Gaara. Gaara got up and took her in his arms, nuzzling his cheek against hers. “If I...would have just gotten dressed...” she said quietly. “I'm so-“

 

Gaara kissed her passionately and Shiruki relaxed into his arms. He broke the kiss once he noticed he had succeeded in calming her down. “Do not apologize. It was his stupidity that angered me. Don't ever apologize for something like that.” Shiruki nodded and smiled weakly. He kissed her forehead and released her reluctantly. “Get dressed. I will see you downstairs,” he said before leaving and shutting the door behind him. He traveled down the steps, rather pissed at his brother and saw Kankuro sitting in the living room snickering. He walked over to him and glared down at him. “You are disgusting,” he growled. Kankuro snickered again and scratched his cheek. Gaara yanked him up by his shirt and glared at him. “Don't ever do that again. It's called knocking. Try it sometime. It could save your life.”

 

Kankuro gulped and Temari rolled her eyes from the kitched. “Alright you two. Cool it. Gaara, don't kill Kankuro. Kankuro...keep the perversion to a limit. And don't do it around Shiruki.” The boys glared at Temari and Gaara dropped Kankuro to the floor mumbling “idiot” under his breath. He took a seat at the table and waited for Shiruki. As if on cue, Kankuro bolted up and Temari noticed a blush on his face as he stared off towards the stairs. Shiruki walked into the kitchen wearing a tight black half top that stopped just below her breasts. It was longsleeved and looped around her middle fingers like gloves. It fit her form perfectly. Over it was black mesh that also hugged her body perfectly. She wored tight black pants that hugged her hips. Kankuro and Temari could see red tipping on her right hip but just thought it to be part of the outfit, when in fact, it was Gaara's mark. She wore black ninja shoes that resembled Gaara's and had a blood red sash hanging on her hips. She wore her normal black choker with blood red gem dangling. She smiled at Kankuro and Kankuro blinked after a long what seemed like five minutes. Gaara's attention drifted to her and Shiruki kissed his temple. She sat next to him and took his hand in hers. Temari smiled at her. “Shiru...you look beautiful,” she complimented.

 

Shiruki smiled warmly. “Thanks,” she giggled. She looked at Gaara who was wearing the normal. Tight blood red outfit with grey vest (see Shippuden to see outfit). “After breakfast, we leave?” she asked. Gaara held back a snicker at her enthusiasm. He nodded. Shiruki squeaked with delight and hugged him. Temari smiled at her and her brother.

 

 

After breakfast and goodbyes, Shiruki and Gaara were off to Konoha. They walked hand in hand and Gaara listened to Shiruki go on and on about Naruto and Sasuke. How she wished they would accept the child, occassionally rubbing her stomach self consciously. He snickered lightly at her nervousness. They passed by the shack that they always came to and smiled. Gaara was so lost in thought, he barely heard her speaking. As he thought more and more, he smirked at how his siblings hadn't noticed the marks he had given her. It had been a while. “Hey, Gaara?” she asked quietly, interrupting his thoughts. Something was troubling her. Her voice wasn't as enthusiastic as before. Gaara looked at her and stopped alongside her. She looked up at him and brought her hand up to his cheek. She caressed it with the back of her hand affectionately, lighting his skin on fire. Gaara closed his eyes, holding her hand on his cheek and nuzzling her. She smiled when he kissed the back of her hand affectionately. He'd changed so much since the marking. He wasn't as stand offish as before. He was so open. She looked at him. “Why can I touch you without your sand attacking?” she asked, looking at him curiously.

 

Gaara smirked. He knew this question would come sooner or later. He looked at her and Shiruki blushed. “Because I want you to,” he said simply, a seductive tone in his dark voice. A cold finger ran up and down Shiruki's spine causing her to shiver.

 

She smiled and rested her hand on his chest. She kissed his lips softl and giggled a little. She hugged him again and sighed. “Just like when we were kids...we're going back to it. You've changed, Gaara,” she whispered with a small sense of regret but there was also happiness.

 

Gaara wrapped his arms around her and nodded. “We better go if we plan on getting there tonight.” Shiruki nodded and started to walk off.

 

 

An hour later...

“Shiruki!” a male voice called urgently in front of them. A raven haired male ran to them with a black outfit and a Leaf Village head band. His face was clearly distressed.

 

“Sasuke? What's the matter? Where's Naruto?” she asked, grabbing his shoulders with worry. This wasn't good. His clothes were tattered, his hair a mess, and now Naruto was not with him. What could have happened to be so bad that Naruto of all people wouldn't be with him?

 

“He's in trouble again. They took him to extract Kyuubi!” he said desperately.

 

“What?! They can't! He'll die!” Shiruki growled. Her eyes flashed amber and Gaara held her tight. She growled and the stripes on her face grew ragged and got darker in color. “Who?” she growled in a voice that wasn't her own. The neko demon was coming out.

 

“Sound Village,” Sasuke said gravely. “We got separated when we were defending Tsunade. They caught word that you and Gaara were in the village a while back. They were too late in getting here though...and they destroyed part of the village...” he informed her, clenching his fists, his nails digging into his palms, blood staining the dirt beneath him.

 

Shiruki shook with anger. “Where did they take off to?” she asked through clenched teeth. They would not get away with harming her family's village. She'd be damned if they would live this time. She knew she shouldn't have stopped Gaara last time Takuya and Kasuke attacked them. Sasuke pointed to the east and Shiruki nodded. “Let's go,” she said as she darted off at inhumane speed. Her canines grew viciously and Gaara saw her blue eyes turn a permanent amber. She caught wind of Naruto and sped off using the Neko demon's speed, followed by Sasuke and Gaara.

 

They came to a building and everyone skidded to a halt. Poison needles shot towards Shiruki and she dodged them easily. An evil laughter was heard. A familiar one. One she loathed. One she longed to kill in the worst ways imaginable. “I see you came! Does saving the pathetic shinobi mean that much?” a voice came.

 

Shiruki recognized it immediately, as well as did Gaara. “I thought you learned by now, Kasuke. Don't mess with what is mine!” she snarled. How she wished she could rip this guy's vocal chords from his throat and shove them somewhere else. But first things first. She had to get leads as to where Naruto was. She couldn't just rush into this blindly. She had to be precise. Hopefully, Naruto could hold on for a bit longer...

 

TBC

 

 

A/N: well....Kasuke is back! What a cruel trick to play on Shiru and Gaara. They destroyed half the village and now they wish to kill Naruto. Or is that their real intention? Find out in the next chapter. It will be out really soon!!!! R&R Thanks for reading!

Just to clear things up...I know in Shippuden Sasuke is “bad” but in this story, he is still with them ^^ I needed him temporarily.......