Kaze no koibitō

7

Naruto woke up the next morning at the crack of dawn. There was much to do and so little time to do it. He needed to perfect the rasengan and the rasen-shuriken. He had made good progress with the rasengan and was well within completing it fully. The rasen-shuriken was another story altogether. It was still shredding his arms and the memory of that pain was not comforting. Luckily, none of his clones had had a 'Kyuubi episode' and hadn't needed to be dispelled.

He figured that another two hundred clones and he'd have rasengan perfected by lunch. He wondered how many he should dedicate to the shuriken technique as he wandered down to start breakfast. He wanted to avoid Temari as much as possible, at least until that evening. That way they'd have something to talk about. He grunted as he grabbed some eggs out of the fridge. Thinking in too many directions had never been his strongpoint.

First, he had to get his priorities straight for the day. As he sat the frying pan down on the burner and turned it on, he quickly stepped outside and formed two hundred clones. He gave them their instructions and they rushed off into the desert to work on the technique. He figured it wouldn't be too long now...

He shuffled back inside and cracked the eggs against the pan, pouring the yolks inside. Stage one complete, now for stage two. He waited for his eggs to finish before putting them on a plate and taking a seat at the table. As he quickly ate, his mind turned back to his date for the night. She was certainly a lively one. She loved to tease him for some reason and yet, even when she was aggressive, there was an underlying playful tone to it. He shook his head and wolfed the rest of his eggs down. He couldn't afford to be distracted today. There was too much to do.

Not wishing to wash his plate at the moment, he threw it in the sink and walked out the door. He focused and summoned nearly five hundred clones, gave them their orders, and they left to start the rasen-shuriken jutsu. He hoped they would make some headway today...

Turning on his heel, he began to trek to Gaara's office. He wanted to get started on his land if possible.

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Gaara had been having a peaceful morning, something not often seen in Suna. His hopes for it remaining like that were crushed when he saw Naruto walk through his door pulling an angry secretary behind him. The Kazekage winced and sighed heavily. His blonde friend could be such a pain in the ass.

"I'm telling you, you don't have an appointment to see Kazekage-sama. Please leave now!"

"And I'm telling you, I'm a friend of his and it'll only take a moment. Get off me lady!"

"Mori, leave him be. I'll deal with him."

The woman bowed and shot Naruto another glare before shutting the door behind her with a firm click. Naruto huffed and sat down in the chair in front of Gaara, ignoring the swirling sand behind him.

"And why have you chosen to grace me with your presence this morning Naruto? I hope it isn't anything too pressing? Or have you decided to renege on your date with my sister?"

"Easy, easy. Nothing like that. I was just wondering if you'd found a plot of land for me to purchase yet. I was kind of hoping to get started on it."

Gaara blinked twice and turned around to grab a scroll sitting on his windowsill. He tossed it to Naruto and leaned back in his chair.

"It's on the outskirts of the city, outside the walls. It's all I could get you that put you away from everyone else. You have virtually unlimited space, it's larger than the compound. There is a small spring located in a cave on the property and sparse vegetation like you asked for. It is truly a desolate little piece of dirt. Why did you ask for those specific requirements?"