Love Works In Very Strange Ways (A Gaara Love Story)

Chapter 29

Chapter 29

           I looked at them out of the corner of my eye and saw them talking with the one guy with the grey hair.

          I got very curious about what was going on.

‘Hinata, forgive me, but I need to know what’s going on…’ I thought making a few quick hand signs. ‘Ninja Art: Mind-sharing jutsu!’ I thought as a part of my subconscious went in her body.

“Ow…” She muttered as a part of my conscious slammed into her body.

‘Hello Hinata. It’s me, Miyuki. I want to know what’s going on…mind if I hang here for a bit?’ I asked.

‘Um…sure?’ She replied.

“Thanks.” I said from my real body.

With this jutsu, I see with my own eyes, think to myself and communicate with the person I’m linked to and move; but I can only hear what they hear. However, like my Clan Jutsu I can take control over their speech or body if I wanted to.

I figured out that this ninja’s name was Kabuto. He started spilling information about his ‘ninja info cards’ and I groaned in annoyance.

‘Will he just get to the god damn point? What’s the point of him showing you guys that?’ I thought.

‘I think he is right now…’ She responded.

“Do those cards of yours have any info on the other candidates? Individually?” Sasuke asked.

‘Oh HELL no, I can see where this is going…please say no, please say no…’ I thought.

‘Why? What’s going to happen?’ Hinata asked me.

‘I get the feeling he’s going to look up information about me, since he stares at me every other minute!’ I thought frantically.

“They might. You have someone special in mind?” Kabuto replied smugly.

‘Crap.’ Hinata and I thought at the same time.

“I might.” Sasuke replied frowning.

“Dammit.” I muttered quietly so my teammates couldn’t hear me.

“Well, I can’t promise my information is complete or perfect, but I’ve got something on just about everyone. Including you guys of course. So which one is it? Tell me anything you know about them: a description, where they’re from; whatever. Anything at all…” He said holding his cards up.

“He’s Gaara of the Desert…She’s Miyuki Hiragana and there’s Rock Lee of the Leaf Village while you’re at it.” Sasuke responded.

‘Dammit, dammit, dammit!’ I thought.

“Man, that’s no fun, you even know their names. That makes it easy.” He said. He picked out 3 cards and paused for a bit.

“Here they are.” He said holding them in front of his face.

“Show them to me.” Sasuke said demandingly but still in the tone of his regular voice.

‘Just kill me now…’ I thought face-palming.

‘Sorry, Miyuki.’ Hinata said.

‘You don’t have to be sorry Hinata.’ I replied.

Kabuto set the cards down.

“Okay, first up is Rock Lee.” He said concentrating his chakra on the card. The card spun and with a ‘poof’ the card stopped and revealed the information on this ‘Rock Lee’ person.

“Looks like he’s about a year older than you guys. Mission experience: 11 C-rank and 20 D-rank. His squad leader is Guy. In the last 12 months, his Taijutsu has radically improved, but his other skills are pretty shaky. Last year he got a lot of attention as a genin, but for some reason, he chose not to participate in the Chunin Exam. This will be his first time as a candidate, same as you guys. His teammates are Tenten and Neji Hyuuga.” He said.

‘What?!’ Hinata thought loudly.

‘Why, what happened?’ I demanded.

‘Well…you see, he’s also our cousin…but he despises the main branch of the Hyuuga family because he’s from the branch side of our family.’ She responded.

‘WHAT?! How can anyone not like you? You’re so sweet and nice!’ I thought, amazed that anyone can dislike Hinata.

‘That’s something I’ve wondered for a long time…’ She replied solemnly.

“Alright, now for Gaara of the Desert.” He said unlocking the secrets of the next card. “Mission experience: 8 C-ranks and …get this. 1 B-rank as a genin.” He said amazed.

I unconsciously rubbed my neck in remembrance of that one B-rank mission he just mentioned. I could feel that kunai sink into my throat and drag a line through the delicate skin of my neck.

“There’s not a lot more information on this guy. He was a rookie from another land originally, but there is this. He’s survived every mission without getting a scratch on him.”

‘Yup, that sounds like my boyfriend to me.’ I said bored out of my mind.

‘Really? Not ONE scratch?’ Hinata asked.

‘Nope. He’s always protected…that’s all I’m going to say, so don’t ask.’ I said.

“The dude’s done a B-rank as a genin? And has never even been injured?” Shikamaru asked.

“What’s the deal with this guy?” Naruto asked.

‘No comment.’ I said.

“And last but not least, Miyuki Hiragana.” He said placing my card on top of Gaara’s.

“NOOOO!’ I thought.

“Let’s see. She’s on the same team as Gaara…same number of missions. Whoa, get this! She excels in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu.” He said.

‘And?’ I thought.

“The thing is, she’s been hospitalized on multiple occasions. The main reason was due to…blood loss caused by self-harm?!” He said shocked.

My head shot up.

‘How could that be on my records? They’re all in the…medical files…’ I thought when realization hit me.

‘The hospital here must’ve gotten a hold of my records at Suna.’ I thought face-palming.

‘Miyuki…is this true?’ Hinata asked.

‘…yes.’ I replied solemnly.