Learning To Love (Gaaino)

Rumors

"I should probably feed Torri a bottle before I start eating dango." Ino took out the supplies from the diaper bag and mixed them in the bottle while Gaara looked amazed at how quickly she had made the formula. "It took me and my men 20 minutes to get the formula mixture just right the first time we tried." Ino was trying her best to retain a laugh and ended up snorting and breaking into a fit of giggles before she finally regained her composure. "Most shinobi don't know how to take care of babies, so it's understandable." Gaara gave a nod. "I never would have imagined Suna's kage on diaper duty having to take care of a baby. It truly must have been difficult since it's even hard for some kunoichi to properly take care of babies." Gaara's eyes widened at her statement. "You mean not all women know how to care for babies?" Ino smiled and took baby Torri out of his stroller and gave him his bottle before replying. "No. Actually only a handful of kunoichi know how to properly care for infants."

The Kazekage and Ino seemed to be trapped in their own little world and were unaware of the stares they were getting and gossip that was starting. "I bet she's probably trying to stick him with that child that's clearly not his." "I don't know about that baby not being his. I mean it has reddish hair."

"Do you think that's the Kazekage's girlfriend?" "I assume so since she's wearing his Kazekage robes."

"I see.......Your boyfriend must be a very lucky guy to have caught a kunoichi that's as good in the battlefield as she is in the domain." Ino was both flattered and furious at the Kazekage's comment. "Are you implying that a kunoichi is only useful if she's good at doing domestic chores?! And for your information I don't have a boyfriend." "Shikamaru was right. Your temper is terrifying....You know, that's probably the reason why you don't have a boyfriend, you scare them away." Ino was enraged. Kazekage or not he had no right to talk about her as if he knew her life and to insult her none the less. "I'll have you know that I've had many marriage offers!" Ino wanted to bang he head against a table for raising her voice at the Kazekage, but being as prideful as she was, she decided to stuff her mouth with dango and give the Kazekage an angry look. "I can see why so many men would put in marriage offers for you." Gaara said as he took a stick of dango.

The meal was silent after the discussion and both adults and the baby left the restaurant unaware of the whispers that followed them.

Ino had pushed Torri's stroller across all of Suna and her legs felt like they were going to give out on her any second. "Can we go back to the mansion? I think Torri is getting tired. But before that can we stop somewhere so I can buy some appropriate desert clothes.

The Kazekage felt uncomfortable. He had never been dragged clothes shopping before; not even by Temari. It certainly didn't help that the isles in the store were too narrow for the stroller, so he was forced to carry Torri while Ino looked for clothes. "Let's go try these outfits on." Ino said as she walked towards the dressing rooms, which unfortunately for Gaara were right in the middle of the lingerie section. The most powerful male of Suna could only pray to the heavens that no one would see him and assume that he was some sort of pervert. "I'll be right out. So you two sit tight." Maybe he could make a cube of sand that would surround him and Torri and that way no one would see him. However, they would figure out it was him in there because of the sand manipulation. Before his brain could come up with another plan to save his dignity and honor Ino appeared. "What do you guys think? I don't really like how dull the colors are, but they were the brightest ones they had." "It looks pretty." "You really think so." Gaara nodded and Ino ran back into the room to try on another outfit.

"Is that the Kazekage?" "Yeah. It looks like he's shopping with the girl from earlier." "I guess that confirms the fact that she's his girlfriend."

"What do you think of this outfit?" "It's a sensible choice. Much more covered than your kunoichi outfit, but still looks good." "I think I'll be fine with these 2 outfits for now. Thank you for letting me borrow your robes." Ino said as she handed the white robes back to Gaara, who was still sitting on a chair holding Torri.

Ino had paid for the outfits and they were all on their way to the mansion when a hooded man blocked their path in a small street. The hooded man turned his head and threw two small papers that stuck to Ino and Gaara's foreheads.

"Who are you and how dare you think you can attack the Kazekage and get away with it?!" The hooded figure disappeared without giving any answers. "Are you or the baby hurt?" "No. We're fine." Ino said as she took off the paper stuck to her forehead and read it. "Reversal?" "We better get to the Kazekage tower fast so I can issue a search party. Also you and Torri are not allowed to be anywhere without me."

"Kankuro! Get any available Anbu in my office." "What happened?" "Someone blocked our path and threw some paper at me and Ino and I want them caught. Who knows what they're trying to accomplish." "I'm on it little bro." Gaara nodded then grabbed Ino's wrist and dragged her into his office.

"Is there any weapons that you need to ensure your and the baby's protection?" "No. I'm carrying all my weapons with me. So I should be fine." Gaara looked very skeptical. Where exactly were those weapons hidden. The clothes she was wearing were tight fitting on her body and he didn't see any weapon outlines. Ino saw his skepticism and reached into the back part of her shirt and pulled out a set of kunais. "How do you hide them so well?" Ino gave a flirtatious wink that turned the Kazekage pink before answering "woman's secret" and attending to Torri who started crying.