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16: Gaara wakes up – The trip takes a turn


Kankurou placed Gaara on the bed of the hotel and stared down at him. Gaara looked up but didn’t seem to recognize him.
“Temari is gonna freak. How did this happen, Otouto?” he said. He noticed the door opening and the Akimichi entered. “What is it Choji?” he asked.
“I thought you might need this. What are you doing? Don’t leave him like that.” Choji said, putting the bottle on the table as he rushed across the room, and pulled the pillows off the bed and packed them under the blankets to form a barrier to the edge of the bed. “If he rolls over, he could fall. You didn’t help Sasuke much, did you?” he asked the sand ninja.
“Nah, I let the Uchiha handle all that stuff. My dad never did much with us when we were little so I figured I could be that kinda parent.”
“Well, things may change now. We don’t know how to fix this, and you have to take him home.”
“Right. I know. So, what is that?” he asked pointing to the bottle by the door.
“Special formula. He is loosing weight and that will help keep him from dropping more.” Choji reached for it and handed it to the other. “You need to make sure he drinks it all.”
“Okay. What if I can’t?” he asked.
“I’m not doing it for you, Kankurou. You need to start getting used to this. He needs you.” And the Akimichi turned to the door. Kankurou looked at the bottle and then presented it to the redhead. Gaara looked up and the bottle caught his attention. As it moved closer he opened his mouth as if expecting it. The nipple touched his lips and his reaction was immediate as he latched onto it and suckled happily.
“It would help if you held him. I doubt they gave much of that, but babies need a lot of holding and attention. Remember he is, for all intensive purposes, a baby. Try not to let his size fool you. This is no Jutsu and it may take a long time to fix it.” Choji said in parting. He opened the door and left the two sand citizens to deal with their problem.
Neji caught his arm as he closed the door and pulled him into a comforting hug.
“How did you know?” the chubby ninja asked as his head was petted lightly.
“You couldn’t possibly see him like that and not feel this way. It’s all right, Choji-kun. We will get him home and make him come out of it. It isn’t going to be bad. Don’t worry. But, yes we will need you to maintain, at least during the day. Will you be okay?” Neji asked turning and leading the other down the hall to the room they shared with Shikamaru.
“I’ll do my best, Neji-san. I don’t know what I can do when it comes over me. But, I’ll try.”
“That’s what we need. Don’t worry.”
“Neji. We need to go over this map. I am worried about the trip through the mountains. With Gaara in that condition we will need some kind of carry strap or a cart or something.” Shikamaru said, as they all looked down at the paper before him.
“I see. I wish we had a stroller or something. Maybe we could find a merchant headed through there to carry us in his wagon. I don’t see any other way.”
“I could carry him on my back. I don’t mind.” Choji offered.
“I’ll consider it. You should rest, Choji. You haven’t slept much today.” And the chubby smile only dipped slightly as he nodded. “Choji, I’m counting on you. You are still the foundation in our little family, don’t forget it.” Choji’s smile brightened slightly as he nodded again.
“I like that. I’m the glue that holds you together, huh? Don’t believe it Shika. I think Neji could hold you, without me.” And he headed for the next room to climb into bed.

Kankurou put the empty bottle aside and leaned against the wall. His eyes scanned the distant green eyes that watched him without focus.
“How did this happen? I thought you were doing so well. You were the leader of our people. We saved you from those stupid Akatsuki’s that nearly killed you.(1) I know it’s hard living with a demon in you, but you have never had anything else and you seemed to be adapting.” Kankurou sighed and lifted the other off the bed and into his lap. He shifted his brother until they were comfortable and rocked the burden until Gaara slid off into sleep.
Kankurou smoothed his brother’s crimson locks and gently touched the scarred tattoo on his forehead. The deep red of it had long since faded to a dull brown and was now more scar than mark. He remember the last thing that Sasuke had said and done, and he repeated the move gently placing his lips against the area and pulling away quickly surprised at his own move.

Choji woke to the feeling of the bed dipping around him and when he turned his head he felt the blanket pulled over him. He watched Neji smile at him and he sent a smile in return.
“I can sleep really well when I have to.” He said bringing a surprised look to the face of the Hyuuga that regarded him. “I am willing to bet that you and Shika haven’t had a lot of time together while we were on this mission.” He said.
“It isn’t really a problem, Choji. Don’t worry about it.” Neji said, then he rose from the bed.
“Don’t let me stop you, that is all I mean.” And he closed his eyes to return to the bosom of sleep.

Shikamaru stood in the door and watched as Neji tucked in the chuunin. He smiled at the words of his friend and the reaction it got from the other.
Neji rose and returned to the door and Shikamaru wrapped his arms around the other.
“My Choji is a genius you know?” he said. “I keep telling him he’s smarter than he thinks.”
“We can’t Shika. It’s still a mission.”
“Recovery complete. The subject is well guarded, and the team needs to rest till we regroup. I think that some stress needs releasing, also. And you are my cornerstone. I need you to be relaxed; not this tense thing you are right now. So, as your team leader I am approving it. And as your lover, I am hoping for it.”
“You are a very good leader, but as for the other, I don’t know.” Neji teased.
“So, my talents are in question. I shall strive to make this my finest performance.”


Neji lay in the arms of his lover, the heat of his body adding to his own feeling of burning throughout his being.
Shikamaru ran his hands all along the soft curves of Neji’s body and dipped his tongue into the deep well of the Hyuuga’s throat and tasted the salty goodness there.
Neji arched up as his body was set on fire by the expert moves of the shadow ninja’s hands. Shikamaru had learned exactly what would make his lover react and he was currently verifying each and every place on the Hyuuga’s body, and searching for possible new ones.
Neji in turn knew that his sometimes lazy lover was a slave to sounds and that each time he reacted with a moan or a hiss, it went directly into the Nara mans groin.
They had learned a lot in these past ten months and both were out to test their knowledge to the fullest tonight.
When they had fully found out their respective limits the Jounin rose to position himself over the chuunin and found his body drawn down by the strong legs of the Hyuuga wrapped around him and pulling him closer.
Neji was normally a reserved man, but the day had been stress full and it had been so long and this added up to a very needy ninja, who had now pushed Shikamaru’s fully engorged erection directly into himself with a modicum of preparation. And the resounding hiss from his lover was smothered by the sound of his own deep throaty moan.
The sound drove the Nara wild, and he pulled away to thrust back quickly, sending sensations up his body as he forced his way into Neji’s.


::::1. I have heard that it is possible the procedure done by the Akatsuki left Gaara dead, but I refuse to accept this. I want him alive and I’ll have it no other way.


Marielle – Sorry not much on the Sasuke and Naruto adventures in this chapter, but next we will get some answers. Keep up the fifteen year old patience, it works for you.

Serenia – I like Kabuto too, but that is what makes him so wonderfully evil. He is so pretty too. But I see him as lost without the strength of Orochimaru to guide him and speaking of him, there is a guy that can’t be saved.

BballAnimeLover89 – Now, how would he find out that? Sasuke never does anything half way. There is no way that boy is gonna find out something like that, unless Naruto releases him in the middle of his captivity. But, would I do that?????

Karite – I hope you are reading the other Naruto fic, too. This one is about to get a little sidetracked into that story and you will need some facts from it. But thanks for the compliment and welcome to the party.

Vashta – Honey, you just have to wait and see. It isn’t that far away. But that bad man was the peeker from the onsen, not that he caught more than some naked women bathing. I wonder what he was looking for, he is so obviously gay? “Oh, Orochimaru I would do anything for you, I wish you would use my body, *snicker.*”

Next chapter I don’t want to have a baby – Especially that baby