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Happiness? (beta'd)
***THANK YOU VERY MUCH HZLBYRN***
Warning: A bit of WAFF at the end...sorta...lol XD
AN: I'm back, with another chapter. YAY!! Enjoy!!!
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“Sir, the two escaped missing-nin have been found dead three miles to the west. We believe they were killed by their own group members,” someone said behind the Hokage. Naruto turned to him quickly.
“Of course they were killed—no use to the main group once they’ve been caught once,” he muttered. He was tired and irritated, not having had much sleep since the Kazekage had left Konoha. It didn’t help either with having to bury a fine ninja still in her prime and the scroll the now-dead ninjas had left still plaguing his mind.
“Search up to the Wind Country. I want a report of everything you find when you return. I should be back from Mist country,” Naruto continued. The nin took a step back to leave before Naruto spoke again. “Be careful,” the Hokage said, and the other disappeared with a nod. Exhaling slowly, the blonde Hokage dropped into the chair.
“Hoshi,” he called out. The secretary popped her head in with a smile.
“Hokage-same?” she inquired. Naruto pushed the papers to her.
“These need to be sent to the Villages Hidden in the Sand, Mist and Rock.” She nodded, taking the scrolls from the desk. The blonde watched her go. He’d been stuck in his office for most of the day after making sure all of his guards were training with their genins before they had to escort him to Water Country. He only had Kakashi making sure he wouldn’t be unexpectedly attacked in the building, giving his own genins the day off. He stood up from the chair and headed for the door. The grey-haired jounin stood right outside, waiting patiently as he passed through the post and lintels.
“Going somewhere?” he asked. Naruto nodded distractedly.
“Yeah,” he muttered, knowing Kakashi would follow him without question, already used to the bouts of Naruto’s silence. Naruto took the long way down to the Memorial Stones, a new name already carved into it from the burial ceremony.
“I thought you were better,” Kakashi mused quietly, observing his leader in a semi-worried fashion.
“Was I worse before?” Naruto asked, dropping down to the ground to sit in front of the gleaming black stones erected above.
“You just seemed happier with the Kazekage around. I thought you had both figured it out.” Naruto didn’t look at his former sensei, nor did he reply. He brushed his finger over the Fourth Hokage's name before sighing.
“I don’t know. Alright. He’s just…I don’t know,” Naruto tried to explain. He heard nothing from Kakashi. Turning slightly, he looked up to the still standing jounin, who was regarding the stone silently, his arms crossed loosely over his chest.
“Maybe then it’s a good thing you’ll be traveling to Water Country to meet with all the Kages,” mused the older man. The Hokage didn’t reply as his eyes slid closed. It was warm for that time of year.
Kakashi glanced down at the Naruto and exhaled; he knew the Hokage hadn’t been sleeping after being posted some nights at his front door. It was hard not to hear the nightmare driven screams from his former student.
“He shouldn’t be out in the open with only one nin,” someone said behind the older jounin. Kakashi recognized the voice and turned with an unhurried reply.
“He needed out. I’m sure he’s well capable of protecting himself too, you know. You don’t become Hokage for nothing.”
The Byakugan user glared at him, finished with training with his genins for the day.
“I know he can,” came his short reply. Kakashi shrugged his shoulders and pulled out his book, flipping to a page.
“If you’re here, then that means I get the rest of the day off. Tell Naruto I’ll be there for guard duty.” The jounin gave a short, distracted wave to the Hyuuga. Neji glanced around the area, feeling out for any chakra signs he didn’t know. He relaxed when there was none sensed, letting his eyes land on the Hokage. Naruto’s mouth was slightly open in deep sleep. Neji resisted the urge to touch him. No, he wouldn’t like that; Naruto had made that clear to him once before.
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“We only have a few days travel before we reach the Land of Waves,” Kiba said next to him while he sent Akamaru ahead to scout. Naruto nodded slowly, his whole body tingled for some unknown reason, and it had nothing to do with the demon fox in his body. He was nervous. He had no reason to be nervous; he’d been to several dozen Kage meetings before. Then again, none of them had ever involved someone that made amazing love and had wanted to be with him… Naruto growled softly to himself. Gaara just confused him. He just didn’t understand…why?
“Hokage,” someone said rather stiffly from behind him. Naruto turned to gaze back at Neji. The Byakugan user had activated his bloodline, and instantly Naruto felt out, ignoring the chakras he recognized.
“There are approaching nin, moving rather quickly. I do not believe they are enemies.” His eyes returned to normal and watched Naruto’s own eyes go wide as he recognized the faintest trace of chakra lacing through the forest towards them.
“We’ll wait to greet them,” came Naruto’s final decision. “Kakashi, send someone to alert the Mizukage that we are well on our way,” Naruto called to the tree tops, hearing Kakashi relay the orders to a few chuunin he had chosen for the mission.
“They’re Sand-nin,” Kiba announced suddenly, looking over to the Hokage. Naruto didn’t need to be told. Inuzuka openly stared at him when Naruto gave no hints of surprise.
“Did you ask to be joined in our travels by the Kazekage?” he asked finally. Naruto rolled his eyes upward, hearing the rustle of leaves as the Elites above waited for his word.
“Of course I didn’t,” he muttered, feeling the Byakugan user move up behind him.
“We should keep moving, it’s not safe to stay in one place for long periods of time,” said the nin. Naruto gave a dismissive shrug.
“He’d probably catch up anyway,” Naruto replied, and they waited. It didn’t take long before two recognizable nins landed in the small clearing. The Hokage watched as green eyes sought him out first and didn’t realize he had been holding his breath until he exhaled sharply.
“Thank you for letting us join your traveling party,” the Kazekage said calmly. Naruto nodded once, averting his eyes away from Gaara’s quickly. Wordlessly, Gaara stepped up beside the Hokage as they began traveling once more, his own elite nin (far fewer the Naruto’s) traveling above through the trees. Temari had been the other one with the Kazekage, and with one look from her brother, she too shot up into the trees with ease.
“Have you not slept well the past few weeks?” Gaara’s even voice asked next to him. Naruto passed a sidelong glance, his eyes narrowed in annoyance.
“Yeah. But if you think it’s because of you, you’re wrong.”
“I would never assume that,” came the deadpanned response. Naruto glared at the other man before feeling the barest of brushes run along his arm.
“You traveled quickly,” Naruto said suddenly, putting a bit of space between them.
“We didn’t stop to rest for some days,” Gaara replied unhurriedly, leaving Naruto to his personal space.
“We’ll stop to rest tonight once we reach the water’s edge then,” the blonde said with a soft sigh. There was no reply to his statement except a prolonged look in his direction.
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“Shikamaru, you can take first watch with Neji and Temari,” Naruto said after Gaara spoke with his sister. It was a few hours after nightfall by the time they had stopped at water’s edge. The last of their travels would be escorted by Mist-nins over the water which would take at least another day. Gaara tilted his head to the side in the opposite direction from where the nins took first watch. Naruto glanced around the still alert nins—Kakashi seemed to be grinning madly in his direction—but one hand pressed lightly against his shoulder caused him to swing his gaze back to the Kazekage and Naruto followed him silently, if not a bit apprehensively, away from the main group. They weren’t going far enough to rise alarm from Naruto’s closer friends, but far enough for some privacy.
“What, Gaara?” Naruto asked, turning towards the other, cocking an eyebrow and waiting for the other to respond. One hand reached out confidently and wrapped under Naruto’s chin, pulling him into a kiss. The Hokage relaxed as his senses were filled with the other and out of impulse pulled him forward. The kiss was bold, but not overpowering, letting Naruto do most of the work. Already, everything that had happened since Gaara had left faded to the back of his mind as the warm, searching tongue stroked through his mouth, urging his own into the dance. They both broke with the need to breathe, Naruto’s fingers woven into the front of Gaara’s travel clothing.
“What…am I to you?” Naruto asked, catching his breath, avidly staring into Gaara’s eyes. It seemed the other Kage was generally surprised by the question, but that didn’t stop him from leaning forward once more.
“In the beginning, you only confused me, Naruto,” Gaara started softly. “Happy with your life, your friends.” His lips brushed against the blonde’s. “I wanted a taste of that happiness.” Naruto mouth parted slightly at the caress. “Seeing you happy,” he licked across the bottom lip, “Somehow made me feel more at peace.” He paused as Naruto’s fingers tightened in his clothes, and the Hokage swallowed hard.
“Why didn’t you say anything?” he asked the redhead, forcing his voice to be calm.
“Your thoughts and actions were solely focused on another,” Gaara answered steadily, his eyes pinning him. Naruto’s breath hitched, and he tore his eyes away, looking to the ground. Forceful but gentle fingers pulled his chin up. After a few moments of silence, the blonde felt another hand pull him closer and Naruto titled his head, meeting Gaara’s lips for a second time. Two eyes burned with anger as they watched the two Kages before disappearing into the night.
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TBC
AN: I am soooooo ready for a good smut between those too...you have no idea. OK. Anyway, going on with life.
Review answers for all of you whom I LOVE!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Sancta:Yeah...it isn't nice, and I can't wait for smut too, LOL XD
Bookworm51485: Long review! LOL Yeah...Sorry, she was frieken awesome, bit I had to kill someone off...XD Don't worry, I love long reviews, they totally make my dad hehe. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Yeah, well I never said this people were very intellignet when it comes to their tangled love lives. lol. Yeah, I'm still working out how I'm going to do that, becuase I don't want it to be cliche, or like other stories I've read. I've actually been avidly NOT reading gaaranarugaara stories because I don't want to steal idea's lol. Neji...well...Yeah. I do like him to. Very much, LOL. Thank you so much for reviewing I can't wait to hear more from you!!
AnA La PaNa83: yes...of course he misses Gaara ^_^; LOL, Well, as you can see, those particular nin arn't much of a problem because they have alread deemed worthless by their own members and killed for it. lol. Thank u for the review ^^
Ukagau: You'll find out in good time, promise. Telling you now will ruin the surprise! And yes, Gaara will help protect him, hehe. I'm really working hard the interactions, trying to make them true to character, but not cliche, you know what I mean? It's very hard. And thank you! I hoped that would be more like him hehe. Yes, Kyuubi is still in him, and yes Naruto does have majorally good control over him, except for the bout he had with Gaara in the Desert, remember? He sorta lost control, but the lvoely Demon fox might make a semi entracne in a later chapter hehe. It's no trouble, promise. I like talking to reviewers, it's very fun!!
Eien_no_Ren : thank you very much. I am, promise ^^ And yes there is hope for Naruto. I'll try not to kill anybody else off, but plot bunnies go wild...soooo...who knows...
Kaze: Thank you. I hope you enjoy all the updates you've missed!!!
Warning: A bit of WAFF at the end...sorta...lol XD
AN: I'm back, with another chapter. YAY!! Enjoy!!!
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“Sir, the two escaped missing-nin have been found dead three miles to the west. We believe they were killed by their own group members,” someone said behind the Hokage. Naruto turned to him quickly.
“Of course they were killed—no use to the main group once they’ve been caught once,” he muttered. He was tired and irritated, not having had much sleep since the Kazekage had left Konoha. It didn’t help either with having to bury a fine ninja still in her prime and the scroll the now-dead ninjas had left still plaguing his mind.
“Search up to the Wind Country. I want a report of everything you find when you return. I should be back from Mist country,” Naruto continued. The nin took a step back to leave before Naruto spoke again. “Be careful,” the Hokage said, and the other disappeared with a nod. Exhaling slowly, the blonde Hokage dropped into the chair.
“Hoshi,” he called out. The secretary popped her head in with a smile.
“Hokage-same?” she inquired. Naruto pushed the papers to her.
“These need to be sent to the Villages Hidden in the Sand, Mist and Rock.” She nodded, taking the scrolls from the desk. The blonde watched her go. He’d been stuck in his office for most of the day after making sure all of his guards were training with their genins before they had to escort him to Water Country. He only had Kakashi making sure he wouldn’t be unexpectedly attacked in the building, giving his own genins the day off. He stood up from the chair and headed for the door. The grey-haired jounin stood right outside, waiting patiently as he passed through the post and lintels.
“Going somewhere?” he asked. Naruto nodded distractedly.
“Yeah,” he muttered, knowing Kakashi would follow him without question, already used to the bouts of Naruto’s silence. Naruto took the long way down to the Memorial Stones, a new name already carved into it from the burial ceremony.
“I thought you were better,” Kakashi mused quietly, observing his leader in a semi-worried fashion.
“Was I worse before?” Naruto asked, dropping down to the ground to sit in front of the gleaming black stones erected above.
“You just seemed happier with the Kazekage around. I thought you had both figured it out.” Naruto didn’t look at his former sensei, nor did he reply. He brushed his finger over the Fourth Hokage's name before sighing.
“I don’t know. Alright. He’s just…I don’t know,” Naruto tried to explain. He heard nothing from Kakashi. Turning slightly, he looked up to the still standing jounin, who was regarding the stone silently, his arms crossed loosely over his chest.
“Maybe then it’s a good thing you’ll be traveling to Water Country to meet with all the Kages,” mused the older man. The Hokage didn’t reply as his eyes slid closed. It was warm for that time of year.
Kakashi glanced down at the Naruto and exhaled; he knew the Hokage hadn’t been sleeping after being posted some nights at his front door. It was hard not to hear the nightmare driven screams from his former student.
“He shouldn’t be out in the open with only one nin,” someone said behind the older jounin. Kakashi recognized the voice and turned with an unhurried reply.
“He needed out. I’m sure he’s well capable of protecting himself too, you know. You don’t become Hokage for nothing.”
The Byakugan user glared at him, finished with training with his genins for the day.
“I know he can,” came his short reply. Kakashi shrugged his shoulders and pulled out his book, flipping to a page.
“If you’re here, then that means I get the rest of the day off. Tell Naruto I’ll be there for guard duty.” The jounin gave a short, distracted wave to the Hyuuga. Neji glanced around the area, feeling out for any chakra signs he didn’t know. He relaxed when there was none sensed, letting his eyes land on the Hokage. Naruto’s mouth was slightly open in deep sleep. Neji resisted the urge to touch him. No, he wouldn’t like that; Naruto had made that clear to him once before.
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“We only have a few days travel before we reach the Land of Waves,” Kiba said next to him while he sent Akamaru ahead to scout. Naruto nodded slowly, his whole body tingled for some unknown reason, and it had nothing to do with the demon fox in his body. He was nervous. He had no reason to be nervous; he’d been to several dozen Kage meetings before. Then again, none of them had ever involved someone that made amazing love and had wanted to be with him… Naruto growled softly to himself. Gaara just confused him. He just didn’t understand…why?
“Hokage,” someone said rather stiffly from behind him. Naruto turned to gaze back at Neji. The Byakugan user had activated his bloodline, and instantly Naruto felt out, ignoring the chakras he recognized.
“There are approaching nin, moving rather quickly. I do not believe they are enemies.” His eyes returned to normal and watched Naruto’s own eyes go wide as he recognized the faintest trace of chakra lacing through the forest towards them.
“We’ll wait to greet them,” came Naruto’s final decision. “Kakashi, send someone to alert the Mizukage that we are well on our way,” Naruto called to the tree tops, hearing Kakashi relay the orders to a few chuunin he had chosen for the mission.
“They’re Sand-nin,” Kiba announced suddenly, looking over to the Hokage. Naruto didn’t need to be told. Inuzuka openly stared at him when Naruto gave no hints of surprise.
“Did you ask to be joined in our travels by the Kazekage?” he asked finally. Naruto rolled his eyes upward, hearing the rustle of leaves as the Elites above waited for his word.
“Of course I didn’t,” he muttered, feeling the Byakugan user move up behind him.
“We should keep moving, it’s not safe to stay in one place for long periods of time,” said the nin. Naruto gave a dismissive shrug.
“He’d probably catch up anyway,” Naruto replied, and they waited. It didn’t take long before two recognizable nins landed in the small clearing. The Hokage watched as green eyes sought him out first and didn’t realize he had been holding his breath until he exhaled sharply.
“Thank you for letting us join your traveling party,” the Kazekage said calmly. Naruto nodded once, averting his eyes away from Gaara’s quickly. Wordlessly, Gaara stepped up beside the Hokage as they began traveling once more, his own elite nin (far fewer the Naruto’s) traveling above through the trees. Temari had been the other one with the Kazekage, and with one look from her brother, she too shot up into the trees with ease.
“Have you not slept well the past few weeks?” Gaara’s even voice asked next to him. Naruto passed a sidelong glance, his eyes narrowed in annoyance.
“Yeah. But if you think it’s because of you, you’re wrong.”
“I would never assume that,” came the deadpanned response. Naruto glared at the other man before feeling the barest of brushes run along his arm.
“You traveled quickly,” Naruto said suddenly, putting a bit of space between them.
“We didn’t stop to rest for some days,” Gaara replied unhurriedly, leaving Naruto to his personal space.
“We’ll stop to rest tonight once we reach the water’s edge then,” the blonde said with a soft sigh. There was no reply to his statement except a prolonged look in his direction.
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“Shikamaru, you can take first watch with Neji and Temari,” Naruto said after Gaara spoke with his sister. It was a few hours after nightfall by the time they had stopped at water’s edge. The last of their travels would be escorted by Mist-nins over the water which would take at least another day. Gaara tilted his head to the side in the opposite direction from where the nins took first watch. Naruto glanced around the still alert nins—Kakashi seemed to be grinning madly in his direction—but one hand pressed lightly against his shoulder caused him to swing his gaze back to the Kazekage and Naruto followed him silently, if not a bit apprehensively, away from the main group. They weren’t going far enough to rise alarm from Naruto’s closer friends, but far enough for some privacy.
“What, Gaara?” Naruto asked, turning towards the other, cocking an eyebrow and waiting for the other to respond. One hand reached out confidently and wrapped under Naruto’s chin, pulling him into a kiss. The Hokage relaxed as his senses were filled with the other and out of impulse pulled him forward. The kiss was bold, but not overpowering, letting Naruto do most of the work. Already, everything that had happened since Gaara had left faded to the back of his mind as the warm, searching tongue stroked through his mouth, urging his own into the dance. They both broke with the need to breathe, Naruto’s fingers woven into the front of Gaara’s travel clothing.
“What…am I to you?” Naruto asked, catching his breath, avidly staring into Gaara’s eyes. It seemed the other Kage was generally surprised by the question, but that didn’t stop him from leaning forward once more.
“In the beginning, you only confused me, Naruto,” Gaara started softly. “Happy with your life, your friends.” His lips brushed against the blonde’s. “I wanted a taste of that happiness.” Naruto mouth parted slightly at the caress. “Seeing you happy,” he licked across the bottom lip, “Somehow made me feel more at peace.” He paused as Naruto’s fingers tightened in his clothes, and the Hokage swallowed hard.
“Why didn’t you say anything?” he asked the redhead, forcing his voice to be calm.
“Your thoughts and actions were solely focused on another,” Gaara answered steadily, his eyes pinning him. Naruto’s breath hitched, and he tore his eyes away, looking to the ground. Forceful but gentle fingers pulled his chin up. After a few moments of silence, the blonde felt another hand pull him closer and Naruto titled his head, meeting Gaara’s lips for a second time. Two eyes burned with anger as they watched the two Kages before disappearing into the night.
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TBC
AN: I am soooooo ready for a good smut between those too...you have no idea. OK. Anyway, going on with life.
Review answers for all of you whom I LOVE!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Sancta:Yeah...it isn't nice, and I can't wait for smut too, LOL XD
Bookworm51485: Long review! LOL Yeah...Sorry, she was frieken awesome, bit I had to kill someone off...XD Don't worry, I love long reviews, they totally make my dad hehe. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Yeah, well I never said this people were very intellignet when it comes to their tangled love lives. lol. Yeah, I'm still working out how I'm going to do that, becuase I don't want it to be cliche, or like other stories I've read. I've actually been avidly NOT reading gaaranarugaara stories because I don't want to steal idea's lol. Neji...well...Yeah. I do like him to. Very much, LOL. Thank you so much for reviewing I can't wait to hear more from you!!
AnA La PaNa83: yes...of course he misses Gaara ^_^; LOL, Well, as you can see, those particular nin arn't much of a problem because they have alread deemed worthless by their own members and killed for it. lol. Thank u for the review ^^
Ukagau: You'll find out in good time, promise. Telling you now will ruin the surprise! And yes, Gaara will help protect him, hehe. I'm really working hard the interactions, trying to make them true to character, but not cliche, you know what I mean? It's very hard. And thank you! I hoped that would be more like him hehe. Yes, Kyuubi is still in him, and yes Naruto does have majorally good control over him, except for the bout he had with Gaara in the Desert, remember? He sorta lost control, but the lvoely Demon fox might make a semi entracne in a later chapter hehe. It's no trouble, promise. I like talking to reviewers, it's very fun!!
Eien_no_Ren : thank you very much. I am, promise ^^ And yes there is hope for Naruto. I'll try not to kill anybody else off, but plot bunnies go wild...soooo...who knows...
Kaze: Thank you. I hope you enjoy all the updates you've missed!!!