The Power Of Shinobi (Naruto x Gaara)

Chapter Twenty-Nine.

A/n: Hello! I'm back to annoy you all. I'm very sorry about my poor updating, and I'm not entirely sure whether you aware of my vote that's going on currently.

The vote simply is a vote on my authors page in the "conversations" tab that well...This is actually harder to explain than I thought.

Whichever story gets the most votes is the story I will focus on until it is completed. So I guess all my other stories will be put on hold until that story is complete. This story is one of the stories in the running, so if this story gets votes I will focus on this story until it is completed.

Surprisingly, I haven't had any votes. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that but if you would like to drop a vote it would be appreciated!

Thank you for your all your support! Now then, onto the chapter!

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"Parties suck" Naruto grumbles, causing Gaara to sigh.

"Naruto. You have said that around twenty times."

"Well yeah! Because they do!" Naruto whines, Gaara just stares at him.

"Then why do you want to come? You can stay here if you like" Gaara offers, Naruto shakes his head vigorously, crossing his arms in an 'X' formation.

"I'm coming!" Naruto stubbornly responds, Gaara sighs for the seemingly tenth time that day.

"Why do you want to come that much if you don't like parties?" Gaara questions tiredly, rubbing his temple in frustration.

"To protect you of course!" Naruto answers simply, causing Gaara to blush.

"W-What do you mean protect?" Gaara asks unsurely, nervousness taking over him.

"What I said! I'm going to protect you. You never know what's going to happen" Naruto shrugs causally, Gaara gently throws a black shirt at him. His face a scarlet red colour.

"H-Here" Gaara stutters, before he picked up a red shirt of his own.

"I'll get changed in a few minutes, I'm just going to go and get a drink" Gaara informs, a little more confidently, clearing his throat.

"Do you want anything?" Gaara asks, looking at Naruto with a small smile.

"No I'm okay, you go ahead" Naruto responds with a grin, watching as Gaara left the room. Taking the opportunity; dNaruto looks at the black shirt in his lap. It was a pretty simple black shirt. Not that Naruto didn't like simple shirts; it reminded him of Gaara himself. How things seem to work out in the end, and how he simply makes Naruto happy everyday. Something that Naruto knows he will not find anywhere else. Then something caught his eye, sewed into the shirt was Gaara's name, in a nice style. Naruto grins to himself before slipping the shirt on. Deciding upon putting on some blue jeans, and somehow finding an orange tie. With the addition of his ninja sandals he walks out of his bedroom, searching for Gaara.

Finding Gaara in the kitchen; making a drink as he said earlier.

"Hey Gaara!"

Gaara turns towards Naruto, a blush dusting his cheeks once more. Seeing Naruto in his shirt immediately caused butterflies in his stomach.

"Oh...Hey. You look nice" Gaara replies hesitantly, Naruto's grin becoming even bigger if possible.

"Thanks! You can get ready when you want to. How about ichruka's before we head to the party?" Naruto offers causing Gaara to smile.

"Yeah sounds good."

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"Hey old man!" Naruto grins, Gaara just gives a polite nod before sitting down beside Naruto.

"Hello again Naruto. I see your back already" he smiles warmly,

Gaara nods, hesitantly following Naruto through the small archway and taking a seat beside him at the bar.

"The usual?"

"Yeah! What would you like Gaara?" Naruto replies eagerly.

"Erm...The same as you again if you don't mind..." Gaara trails off nervously.

"No problem! Two miso ramen with extra pork!"

"Coming up!"

Gaara turns to Naruto. The same question has been playing on his mind for the last hour but he had been resisting the urge to ask.

"Naruto?"

Gaara gulped. Looks like he was going to ask him...

Naruto gave him a curious yet questioning look. Gaara's gaze darting to the side. Nervousness engulfing his mind.

"Well...I was wondering about what you said earlier..."

"About protecting you?" Naruto questions. Gaara nods, silently hoping he didn't push things too far.

"It's hard to explain" Naruto admits, his eyes lighting up in delight as two bowls of ramen are put in front of them.

"Thanks paps! Looks awesome" Naruto grins, Gaara nods in thanks before turning his gaze back to Naruto.

"Carry on."

"...I can't really explain it. All I know is that I want to protect you" Naruto says quietly.

Gaara smiles, and puts his hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"I know you want to protect all your friends. And I get that, but you don't need to worry about me so much Naruto. Have you ever thought that maybe you need protecting?" Gaara reassures, his time turning slightly questioning near the end.

"No not really..." Naruto admits.

"Well...How about we protect each other?"

Naruto grins happily:

"Yeah!"

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