The Hole in my Heart (Gaara x reader)

22. The chakra charm

You had been in the sand village for a couple of days now. Yesterday the assassin came and we killed him. We traced back to his summoner and caught him. It was one of the elders of the village. You were happy that Gaara was safe, if anything happened to him you didn't know what you would do. You smiled as you walked through the streets of Sunagakure, Sakura and Sai with you. You had told them you wanted to buy something but what? They both stared suspiciously at you, you hadn't told them specifically what. You walked up to a small store, an old man was sitting in a chair stoking his long beard. You approached him with a large friendly smile on your face. "Hi can I please have a chakra charm?", you asked. He nodded and pulled one out of a small wooden box, you handed him the money you were given last night and you all left the store. Sakura gave you a confused look. "What do you need a chakra charm for?", she asked raising an eyebrow. You giggled at her response. "Of all people I would think you would know Sakura". I watched as her face changed from confused to excited. She gave me a big hug, Sai just stared at us. "What's it for?", he asked. You gave him a cheeky grin and walked ahead with Sakura. Sai kept bothering you with questions so you got Sakura to tell him.

You were all going to be heading back to the hidden leaf village tomorrow and you couldn't wait. You wanted to see all of your friends again, you wanted to hang out with the girls, also the boys. But more so the girls. They made you happy that you had them, they were your friends. You were also a little sad, you didn't to leave Gaara, but you knew that you could always come back. You were all going to have a good bye party later that night. You looked down at the chakra charm in your hand and smiled. You were going to give it to Gaara, to let him have some of your chakra forever. A chakra charm is a small enclosed space that can hold chakra in a physical form. It will stay in that form forever, unless the chakra charm is broken. You walked up the stairs to the Kazekage's building and had lunch with the others. Later you managed to get by yourself, you were sitting on your bed in the room that you, Naruto, Sakura and Sai were sharing. You formed a small ball of dark blue chakra between your index finger and thumb, then you placed it inside the charm. Once it was sealed, the chakra formed into the shape of a wolf. You stared in awe at it, then you heard someone come in."Hey (Y/n) what are you doing in here?", asked Naruto. You tried to think of an excuse but your mind just wasn't cooperating. You ushered him over and held the charm by the string. The wolf sat and licked the clear wall of the charm. Naruto stared at it in awe. "Its so beautiful", he said. You smiled and held it close to your chest. "I plan on giving this to him", you say while staring off into the distance. Naruto gives you a big hug and pulls you off of the bed. You follow him back to the others, tucking the charm in your kunai pouch.

Temari pulled you and Sakura into her room. "I heard your giving Gaara something, what is it?", Temari asks. You smile and pull the chakra charm out of your pocket. They both stared at it, their eyes wide and mouths open. "It's perfect", yelled Temari, pulling you into a hug. You hugged her back and you pulled Sakura in too. Then there was a knock at the door. "Dinners ready", called Kankuro from the other side of the door. You all released each other and hurried to the dinner table.

I sat next to Temari and Gaara, typical. They had set up signs telling everyone where to sit, when I saw my name next to his I blushed a dark red. Temari sat next me and playfully punched my arm. I enjoyed myself so much that night, we had ramen for dinner. Naruto and I devoured so much and after that we still had dessert. It was a chocolate with whipped cream. Gaara wiped cream off my nose, I don't think my face has ever gone so red. We all went to sleep that night with full stomachs and smiles on our faces. I knew I was sad to be leaving Gaara but I smiled, tomorrow was the day that I would give him the chakra charm. I fell asleep with it in my hands, clutched to my chest.

We woke up at seven the next morning and packed up our stuff. Sai gave me a sly smile and I giggled. He may be clueless when it comes to emotions but he sure isn't an idiot. My face was bright red just thinking about giving the charm to Gaara but I manged to calm myself. I put my bag of stuff into my scroll and placed the scroll in my kunai pouch. I walked out of the room with the other leaf ninja. We met the others in the kitchen and we walked together towards the gate.

Once we arrived I gave Temari a hug and shook Kankuro's hand. Last was Gaara, he smiled at you and you gave him a big hug. Not wanting to let go. When you did you grabbed his hand and placed the chakra charm. He looked down at the charm, tears formed in his eyes. He pulled you into a tight hug also, you pulled away and wiped a tear from his cheek. You smiled. "Please don't cry". He nodded and you waved goodbye as you left the village and all the sand behind.

After three days of constant travel you finally made it back to the hidden leaf village. You shuffled through the gates exhausted. You gave Naruto a Ichiraku ramen voucher for him to carry you so he did. You got back to the apartment and you collapsed on the bed, you fell asleep. You were then awakened by a loud knocking on the door. Naruto got up to get it and turned and ran to me. "Come on we have to go back", he instructed while quickly getting changed. You followed his instructions and got changed into your ninja gear. "Go back where?", you asked, while running beside Naruto. "Back to the sand, the Kazekage has been captured".