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I knew you would find me

By: VRon8899
folder Naruto › Yaoi - Male/Male
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Trust Again (beta'd)

****THANK YOU VERY MUCH HZLBYRN****


AN: OMG! Sorry. I'll tell you what thats all about later ^_^;

Read on! I won't babble till the end of the chapter!!!



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The Hokage stared at him at the statement, and then Gaara took a step back.

“I will be returning to Suna in the morning,” he said at once, dropping his hand from his face. Naruto didn’t catch what he said, but when he stepped away the cool, night air washed in front of him.

“Wait,” he managed finally, peeling himself from the stone he had been immobilized against, “That’s it?” he asked. “You do that and tell me those things and now...” the blonde stopped before looking away. He knew that as a Kage he did have responsibilities, but how could he leave after telling him all that?!

“And now?” Gaara inquired.

“I don’t know what I’m doing! You...I can’t...Do you have any idea what you’re doing to me?!” he suddenly raged. “I can’t stop...thinking about...” He turned away suddenly, crossing his arms and uttering something inaudible under his breath.

Gaara put a hand on the shoulder,

“To let go and love again is difficult,” he whispered gently. Naruto whirled on him, grabbing his hand. He stared at Gaara before his eyes went wide suddenly and his face softened.

“You’re right,” he whispered.

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“Aw man. Gaara, that wasn’t much fun,” Kankuro muttered as he watched from the farthest of points. None of Naruto’s shinobi had left even though they had been ordered. It thoroughly peeved the puppet-nin off immensely; disobeying a direct order like that from Gaara would have meant their life.

An unsettling, unmasked chakra fluttered almost transparently through his senses, making the puppet master jerk himself upright. Then he felt it—the snapping of his chakra strings with Karaso.

“Damn it!” he hissed. It meant someone had interfered and was stepping within the lines he had set up. It was a breach. A ripple of Hyuuga chakra could be felt, and there was a short shout from the Bykugan user.

“This is why we don’t listen to him!”

Ignoring the comment, the puppet-nin reattached his Karaso hurriedly, seeing a blur to his left. A giant shuriken rippled above him as he ducked, and already Kiba and the others had the attacking nin on the run.

He couldn't tell how many were actually attacking as the Konoha-nin went after them His eyes passed over the clearing, seeing a wall of sand suddenly erupt from his brother’s gourd, kunai and throwing needles imbedded in the thick sand blockade.

A dog landed hard underneath the branch Kankuro was standing on, meaning the dog-lover was nearby. The eerie chakra that had cut his own could be felt. He held his ground, realizing the henge jutsus the nins were using.

“Whoever was here is gone. No scent. No Chakra,” came Kiba’s voice at his shoulder. The puppet-manipulator narrowed his eyes.

“That’s a pathetic disguise,” he whispered. He tugged at the strings of chakra laced with his fingers, and his puppet jumped, slamming Kiba to the ground.

“Kiba can’t sneak up on me,” he said, but before he could make the killing move, the ninja gave a short laugh.

“You’re right. He probably can’t. It’s probably the reason he’s dead.”

And his body melted into the earth. The strings snapped away, and Kankuro tried reattaching them, but the transformed mutt landed on him. The form changed into a masked ninja who somehow managed a kunai at his throat, but a high trill of sound erupted though the battle glazed area,
and as suddenly as the attack started, all traces of enemies had disappeared in thick smoke poofs.

Kankuro rubbed at his throat, feeling the smallest trickles of blood and wiped them away with a curl of his lip. Someone landed next to him. It was Shikamaru. His eyes were narrowed.

“They’re gone. All traces of them,” the shadow-nin said as Kankuro got up.

“Find Inuzuka. I’ll get down to the valley,” Kankuro said, and before the shadow-nin could reply, he jumped up into the trees, darting among the branches, finding the fastest route down to the lake. As soon as his foot hit the grass at the lake’s edge, sand flew at him, wrapping around his legs and arms. It seemed his brother’s anger had not been sated.

“Damn it Gaara!” he hissed, using the remaining chakra for a replacement jutsu. He rolled away hard as the sand crushed a rock.

“To think that could be me,” he muttered, warily watching as the sand began to recede.

~*~

Gaara’s anger was immense. An unexpected attack on the Hokage. His sand hovered
dangerously around him and he turned to Naruto.

“I will be staying with you for this last night,” the Kazekage proclaimed loudly enough
to be heard by Naruto’s leaf-nins. Naruto opened his mouth to protest,
but Gaara gave him a sudden look.

“Let me stay this last night,” he asked with a gentler tone and watched as Naruto gave in.

“Fine. If you’re that worried about me...” Naruto muttered, turning his attention to the nins approaching.

~*~

Roughly, Kankuro brushed himself off, swiftly wrapping up his puppet before swinging it on his back and walking forward to meet them.

“Kiba lost a lot of blood, but nothing that can’t be healed by the medical-nins,” Shikamaru said as he strode up next to him as they made their way closer to Naruto and Gaara.

“My chakra was cut off when they first entered the area and it was hard to use when I fought one of them,” Shikamaru said suddenly, his eyes narrowed in thought.

“Something about them immobilizes chakra. I don’t know what it was. Get to close, like Kiba had, and they suck it dry, making attacks easy,” replied the puppet manipulator.

“So we’re not just dealing with a few runaway nins the Kazekage had told Naruto-sama at Suna,” muttered Shikamaru.

“Apparently not.”

The Hokage looked up at Shikamaru with a curt nod as they came near.

“Shikamaru. I want full descriptions of the attackers, as much as any of you can remember on my desk tomorrow,” Naruto started. “Tonight, you and Neji will be posted at my household; Shino and Kiba will be your relief.”

“Kiba has been taken by Shino to the hospital for severe injuries.” Neji appeared in a cloud of smoke.
“But I will inform Lee for the relief watch. He should be back from the day mission.”

“Thank you Neji,” came the quiet reply from the Hokage, and he paused, a worried look on his face as he inspected the rest of his shinobi.

"Are any of you hurt?" Naruto finally asked. He seemed more worried about his friends than his own life.

"We're fine. Kiba will be fine. It's part of the job description," Shikamaru said with a lazy grin.

“I will escort the Hokage,” Gaara suddenly said as he stepped up next to Naruto, cutting the conversation short and looking directly at Kankuro, then to Neji and Shikamaru.

“And I will be residing with him until dawn. Kankuro, you will bring my belongings to the Hokage’s suite and inform Tai of our situation.” His glare dared an argument, but none came. He tilted his head towards the city, giving the Hokage a meaningful look, and they left in silence.

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“The seals that I placed on you blocked you from using your chakra because you’re still healing. It was dangerous to be out there. I’m glad you weren’t hurt!” Sakura shrilled as Naruto and Gaara entered the house.

She had just returned to inspect the Hokage, hoping he had returned, only to hear the news of the assassination attempt.

“Leave, Sakura. Please,” Naruto asked. “I will have two guards tonight to insure another attack won’t happen, and it wasn’t as if I was alone,” he whispered, his eyes glancing over to the Kazekage before looking at her sternly.

“Of course, Hokage,” she said with a bow. “You will see me in the morning to finish with your healing?” asked the pink-headed kunoichi. Naruto cocked his head to the side, smiling softly.

“Don’t worry. I won’t be waking up late. Oh, and please insure that Kiba is taken care of. He was wounded badly in the attack.”

He heard her reply that she would before the door closed with a soft snap. His smile faded and he turned towards the Kazekage. The anger had lost its edginess, but there were still traces of it along the set of his jaw.

“You were the target,” came the whisper that broke the silence between them. Naruto looked at him, running his fingers through his hair.

“Yes. Ibiki warned me of assassination attempts,” Naruto replied nonchalantly. A hand grabbed his upper arm, the grip almost painful, and the Kazekage tugged him forward.

“Why wasn’t I informed?” Gaara asked with a hiss. Naruto blinked back his surprise before shrugging, not looking at the other Kage.

“Naruto,” Gaara said. “Why are these ninja after you?” he asked, but a sudden knock sounded at the front, interrupting him, and Naruto glanced at it.

“Come in,” he said. It opened and Kankuro stood there, holding a simple traveling bag.

“Here you are, Gaara. Hokage-sama, Neji and Shikamaru are here.” He dropped the traveling bag and
took one step back before jumping up and disappearing into the night. As he left, the shadow manipulator and Byakugan user materialized from the darkness.

“Thank you,” Naruto said to them and closed the door, knowing they would do their job well.

“You didn’t answer my question, Uzumaki,” Gaara said as soon as the door was shut, grabbing his wrist, leaving no room for argument.

“They say it’s because I hold the demon fox, but I know it’s because I killed their leader,” the Hokage replied quietly.

“Sasuke,” whispered the Kazekage, watching the cerulean eyes go wide.

“I’m not talking about it, Gaara, and I’m going to bed,” Naruto said hurriedly, trying to escape. The Kage held firm.

“Tell me, Naruto. What do you gain from running away?” he asked, invading Naruto’s personal space again for that night, daring to caress his cheek gently with a forefinger. “You act as if what—”

Naruto leaned forward, cutting him off with a soft kiss.

“I liked it better when I did all the talking,” he said quietly, licking his bottom lip before twisting his wrist from the loosened grasp and heading towards the back of the house, where the bedroom was.

“There’s a bathroom to the left,” Naruto pointed. He paused at a door, opening it to reveal the bedroom. He stared into the darkness, suddenly feeling the breath of the other creep down the back of his neck, a gentle hand on his shoulder.

“I asked you once if you trusted me,” spoke the Sand leader softly in Naruto’s ear. “I never received an answer.”

“No, you didn’t,” the Hokage murmured. Turning slightly, he noticed Gaara had removed the gourd, and the other Kage brushed his hairline gently. Naruto exhaled slowly.

“I do trust you,” he whispered, leaning into the other, willingly offering his mouth


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TBC

OH, and if ur concerned about the formatting or if it's really screwy
I'm trying something out at the request for a reviewer!! LOL.

Don't worry. Next chapter. Promised smut. I can't help myself. I just can't XD Sorry,
I'll forewarn everything in the beginning (like I'm supposed to do, lol)

OK, so the whole OMG in the begginning. Mother god, u people are AMAZING ^_^;
ok, I hate using the whole 'I'll take this off if I don't get reviews'
but I did, and I felt bad for it, lol, so I won't do it again.
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Ukagau: Thanks, gald u did, even if it was only for New Years,
lol.Naruto's chakra, well, no. It's not quite. sorry I can't answer it fully or
I'd give things away ^_^; and thank u again!

Hello: hehe. Next chapter promsie.U have no idea how much
want to write gaaranaru action. OMG...this story is KILING me.
lol Sorry, I'm a smut freak XD what more can I say hehe, and thnaks!

AnA La PaNa83: yeah. he is. Gaara's working on It very hard.
Might have happened too ^^

malimillions: lol. yes, and all the yummy future prospects. Gaara WILL succeed ^_^

eien no ren: lol, and to u too! yes. Naruto is very stubborm.
perhaps he gave in finally -evil laugh as she rubs her hands together
poised over her laptop keyboard- hehe...anyway.
Thank u. the dream sequnece was...actually the hardest thing to write XD,
i'm glad you liked it ^^

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just might be ur type of computer, because mine I have no problem with the
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