Cold Eyes || Gaara x Reader

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Edited: 03/05/24
Reuploaded: 03/05/24

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Old (left) – New (right)
¬ Vine Cage (landscape jutsu) = Vine Ensnarement Jutsu
¬ Natural Hearing (tree dance) = Leaf Whisper Jutsu
¬ Root Grab (landscape jutsu) = Root Snare Jutsu
¬ Steel whip (tree dance) = Steal Whip Jutsu
¬ Natural surveillance (tree dance) = Natural Surveillance Jutsu
¬ Plant army (tree dance) = Plant Army Jutsu
¬ Liana clones (tree dance) = Liana Clone Jutsu
¬ Shallow plant (landscape jutsu) = Plant Phasing Jutsu
¬ Tree tracking (landscape jutsu) = Tree Tracking
¬ Tracking tools = Tracking tools

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As I laid out the food we'd brought, I heard a voice whisper mildly loudly a "who's that?", probably aiming it towards me. I didn't quite know who it was since I was setting the food and more focused on making sure I didn't spill anything over myself while I moved things around. I glanced up and looked across the group curiously. There are only a few people I haven't met around here yet: Choji and Ino from Shikamaru's team, and Hinata from Kiba and Shinos, and then of course Sai, the new member of Team 7. I wonder, is he still unwelcome in their group or have they warmed up to him yet?

"That's y/n, my future sister-in-law," Temari replied—again with this?! As much as I didn't want it to nor acknowledge it, I felt my face heat up at her words and pulled my shoe off before throwing it at her without even a thought of hesitation.

"Stop it, Temari!" I shouted, flustered.

"Aw~ do you love Gaara, y/n?" she asked, throwing the shoe back, my face just burned even more, and I started mumbling to myself before laying down and facing my violin case, my back facing the group behind me. They get a time out—or I guess it's more like I'm giving myself a time out from them.

"She didn't deny it," Sakura cooed. I grumbled quietly before sitting up and looking at her.

"I do not love Gaara, he is just a friend," I pointed, speaking with a matter-of-fact tone, trying to make it sound as serious as I could. Forcing these kinds of things never end well, so they need to not.

Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, Ino (who let me remind you, had yet to meet me) appeared in front of my face and pinched my cheeks.

"The cheeks don't lie, the words do," she sang, I pushed her off me and played dumb.

"And who, exactly, are you?" I asked and she moved away and smiled.

"I'm Ino Yamanaka, nice to meet you," she introduced herself.

"Oh yeah, we should probably introduce everyone," Lee suddenly recalled, well, I'm glad someone here is mildly conscious of my unknowingly fake unfamiliarity.

Although, I kind of want to scream that I already know everyone, but I can't... How would you even explain my situation without ending up in some kind of psychiatric treatment? Do they even have that here? Considering Orochimaru exists... maybe not?

"Over there is Shikamaru, Choji and Ino," he pointed to them, "then you've got Shino, Kiba, Akamaru and Hinata. Then you definitely already know me, Naruto, Sakura, Tenten, and Neji."

"You forgot our new member! This is Sai!" Naruto introduced the plain looking boy who looked like he was scanning me the entire time. He's a lot weirder in person than he is on a page or a screen.

I just nodded to them and then grabbed an apple.

Everyone was staring at me.

"What?" I asked before noticing a presence behind me and pulled out a kunai and turning around. The assassin—oh.