Chapter 13
Naruto ignored the pointed stares at her apartment and instead turn whilst giving them both stern looks, “This is orderly chaotic. I know where everything is and everything is clean. Just take a seat in the living room just through that door. Everything is… plain.”
She made a grimace as she went to the kitchen to make them cups of tea and came with a tray of three, placing them in front of them as she made her way around the room, collecting her book, pen and all the equipment she would need for this little test.
She placed the second tray beside the other one on the table causing both sets of eyes to fall on it, one set cautious and the other blank. Hypnotically blank.
Shaking her head, she refused to allow herself to get distracted again, “Right so Gaara. I know you won’t agree to have Sasuke here so we’ll have to go through a bunch of tests and samples in order for me to get everything right. There’s no seals master here in Konoha currently so this seal will take time especially with the chunin exams going on.” Taking a deep breath she opened her note book and proceeded to point to everything on the tray. “Right so these are blood vials. One is for checking your chakra, the other for checking your affinity, and the last one is for several things such as compatibility with other things. Don’t worry too much on that last one. The thing here is for you to infuse a bit of your chakra into it and it’ll stay stored up in here till I take it out. The rest of this you can ignore, it’s just for my future referencing.”
She waved a hand whilst Gaara gave a sceptical glance at the needles. “To make sense of what my brother is not saying, basically, he’s never had his blood drawn and doesn’t know how the procedure works.”
Naruto raised a brow and shrugged before picking up, “This is the syringe where your blood will go in and this needle is called a hypodermic needle specifically made for taking out blood. If you look at the tip, it is sharp enough to pierce skin and enter the vein or artery to collect the blood from. Does that explain it?”
Gaara gave a short nod however that was the only indicator he gave to having actually listened to her. He seemed to be staring at her, for what reason she wasn’t sure. As much as she would like him to be paying attention to her it was highly unlikely.
‘Your thoughts seem to be quite unlike yourself.’
‘Hush you.’
She took the syringe and needle as well as the cotton then went closer to him, “Right, to take out your blood I need one of your arms. It needs to be facing wrist up and your fist needs to be clenched so I can get better access to your veins. You’ll feel I small pinch but if you do feel light headed I’ll stop and give you an energy drink. If you feel sick after you can use this bucket. As ninja we get injured a lot but whenever I go for a blood test I get really light headed for some reason.” She shrugged and Gaara reluctantly did as she requested.
Two minutes later she had all three blood samples from him and requested he show her his stomach before and after he made the seal appear and he did so at the same moment she sent out her own to feel his chakra. She chose not to dwell on the feeling of it and more on the flow of it, it was the exact opposite to her own.
Nodding she looked closely at the seal and noticed something she hadn’t noticed before and jotted it down in her diary before she forgot. Once again she nodded and grabbed the seal parchment to draw his seal on as she saw it. The picture was helpful but it was someone else’s handwriting. That and she just liked having copies so in case she lost one she could have another point of reference. This drawing also included little notes around it however before she could finish Gaara lowered his shirt and resumed glaring at mid-air.
“Right, this should all be done in a day or two. Hopefully by the end of this week I will have made a dent in the new seal and by the time you guys return to Suna, it should be completely done. Now general questions… would you like to go for a walk? Temari as well if you’re available?”
The elder blonde shook her head before stating she had to go and see their sensei before they were to due back at the tower however she encouraged Gaara to go with her.
Naruto had no malicious motives behind the walk besides getting the answers to questions he may not want his sister to hear.
They began a small walk and began talking when they reached a busy area, “So, I trust you’ve been sleeping well?” she didn’t receive a verbal reply, instead she received a nod so she continued, “Whilst you’ve had that small seal on, have you suffered from anything you don’t usually suffer from? Sickness, dizziness, loss of concentration?”
He shook his head so she once again continued, “Is there anything you think I should know about you that may have some effect on the seal?”
He paused for a moment and looked to a stall before looking away, “No.”
Nodding her head they carried on walking together in silence.
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Temari sat on the chair across her sensei next to Konkuro, “I know dad’s working on a new treaty as to not attack however we’re most likely going through with it since Naruto isn’t inclined to go out with Kokuro…” she looked to the two of them and when they gave her nods she continued, “Well, she just so happens to have a high infatuation with Gaara and I think that would work out better anyway since she’s working on making better ties with us.”
“Well if she was interested in making better ties she would agree to the original agreement.” Replied Baki however she knew she would only have to shove hard enough for him to agree.
“She’s trying. Come on, give her a break, she clearly likes Gaara yet has been giving Konkuro a go. That takes dedication.”
He gave a contemplative look as her brother let out an indignant sound, refuting any and all claims about her implication. “I shall send word to lord Kazekage about this, and will also have further words with Gaara. In any event, befriending the girl would be very useful for any future plans we could have.”
Temari needed a clearer answer, “So what do we do till then? Do we keep contact with Oto? Do we carry on how we have so far?”
Baki looked at her as if expecting those sort of questions from Konkuro, not from her. Which was quite obvious but she didn’t want to say she didn’t feel up to their plans due to her relationship with the yondaime hokages daughter, which would only cause trouble.
“Act like Oto is just another unknown village. Act like nothing is amiss, I have a meeting with the hokage later today after the exams, make sure you two and Gaara make it back to the tower in time.” With that he got up and left the two siblings alone in the room.
Konkuro was about to get up however sat back down when she spoke up, “I need you to stop pursuing Naruto. She doesn’t like it and is on the verge of running each time she sees you. She knows you like her in a way but she also knows you’re only going for her more strongly because of our father. It also seems to be getting on Gaara’s nerves. I’m not sure why since he doesn’t like her very much but it is, and it would do none of us any good to annoy him.” She gave him time to soak in her opinion however he still looked nervous.
“Our lord father specifically asked for me to pursue her, if, when Baki sensei messages father and if he says it’s fine for Gaara to do so, then I’ll stop, but I’m still gonna flirt with her, that is just natural.” She gave a sigh but nodded, knowing she wasn’t going to be able to order her brother not to flirt.
Flirting with pretty girls was like a second nature to Konkuro and there was nothing she could do about it, like Gaara’s second nature was to either threaten or to kill people, most of the time both.
Thinking about it, out of the three siblings, she was the only fully sane one and that made her feel a lot better about herself, but then again the spectrum of sanity wasn’t very high, even if she weighed it against her father.
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