Nothing Special

Chapter 12

Aceso spent an hour alone, making medicine, using up a ton of chakra. Aceso was walking with her arms full of ointment tins when she fell to her knees and all of them went rolling. She saw a footstep on one, she looked up to see Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro.

" Where have all your chakra gone?" Gaara as he eyed her evilly.

" Into the ointments," Aceso smiled weakly.

" You made way too much," Temari said as Kankuro picked them up.

" I wanted to make sure I had enough," Aceso admitted as Gaara pulled her to her feet. " Do you guys need any treatment?"

" No," Kankuro laughed as he walked over with his arms full of the tins. " All of this is chakra medicine?"

" Some is just plain healing ointment," Aceso answered. " I'm afraid I used too much chakra making the others."

" Maybe you should use some of your own medicine," Temari suggested as Kankuro opened a tin.

" Why are you being so nice?" Aceso asked.

" Don't get too comfortable," Gaara warned.

" So what do I do?" Kankuro asked.

" Wipe a little and spread it on the patient," Aceso explained. Kankuro swiped up a little and then put it across her forehead. The medicine sank in, the chakra spread throughout her body and she began to feel a lot stronger. She wasn't completely restored, but it was enough,

" Wicked," Temari breathed as she snatched the tin. " What do we do now?"

" Rest for a bit," Aceso answered. " We have to wait for the rest of the teams to show up."

" If they show up," Kankuro laughed as he closed the tin.

" If," Aceso agreed with a nod. " I should go back to making more medicine."

" Oh, no you don't," Gaara denied. " You're going to rest." This caught Gaara by surprise, why was he showing such care to some person that's low on his kill list?

" You three should rest as well," Aceso advised. " Oh, and I'm pretty sure you three sent a new record on time, congratulations."

" I don't care," Gaara glumed.

After getting some rest, Aceso was sitting in a room, making more medicine, she was so focused she didn't hear anyone come into the room.

" Didn't Temari say you made too much?" a voice asked. She jumped, turned, and saw Gaara was looking down at her, he wasn't with his siblings.

" Well, if I make too much here, then the rest will just go straight to the hospital," Aceso answered. " So, no harm in making more." She put her hand on the ointment. She focused her chakra until covered the whole thing. She then took her hand back and watched it absorb into the liquid. She looked up at Gaara with a smile before falling over. " Are you using a clone Jutsu?"

" And you're done," Gaara noted as he knelt down beside her. He swiped up some ointment and put it across Aceso's forehead, strength slowly returned to her body.

" Thank you, Gaara," Aceso breathed.

"Don't your parents get worried about you being out here?" Gaara asked.

" If I had parents, I would think so," Aceso answered, Gaara looked directly into her eyes.

" Siblings?" Gaara asked.

" Naruto is on his way, I'm sure of it," Aceso answered.

" You're related to that weakling?" Gaara asked.