In the Naruto world, where there aren't any cookies (Book 1 of The New Noblesse)

Meeting Again

During my one month stay away from Konoha, I had decided that I liked dresses. I don't know why, I just always found myself in a dress. A particular dress, actually; the one I wore on the First Stage of the Chuunins. My abilities had changed as welll. My eyes that could suck the souls out of people, I had named The Eye of Sauron. Yeah, Lucifer laughed too, so did Kago, but whatever. Problem? No? Good. Moving on, I had noticed that no matter what, for some reason, Baskerville seems more like a house pet. Is that supposed to happen? You ask. No, children it is not. Lucifer has no idea why it has happened, and neither do I, but why the fuck would I complain? I've got a hound with a hundred eyes that looks like hell's spawn (technically it is) to do whatever I want! Who in their right minds would complain?

....

I rest my case.

Anywayyyy, I was happily walking around the village in the middle of the night-wait what?
I know, why would I be up in the middle of the night when the Chuunin Exams' Finals are tomorrow? It's because Naruto's having nightmares, and I've calmed him down, but now I can't seem to sleep. Grrrr. He's gonna get it when he wakes up; his nightmares are keeping me from sleeping. Ahem. 

I walked slowly around, listening to the sounds my footsteps made in the quiet of the night. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly as I came to the a certain house, and jumped onto the roof, where a certain red head looked up at me with a ghost of a smile on his lips. I grinned and went up to him, then hugged him. His sand coiled around us as he hugged me back, and as we parted, I saw he was actually smiling now. We sat down in silence, enjoying the quiet. Then he spoke. 

"Nice to see you again." he said, in his monotone, but had an underlying tone of happiness, however slight. I smiled and nodded. 

"Nice to see you too...Gaara." I said. He smiled when I said his name. 

"Where is...your friend?" he asked, with a slight hint of malice. I sighed, knowing who he was looking for. 

"Lucifer's back at home. When I woke up to calm Naruto down from his nightmare, I found him sleeping in a chair next to my bed, so I tucked him in mine." I said, and felt him stiffen. 

"Something wrong?" I asked, and he shook his head slowly. 

"How...why is he in your house?" he asked, and I shrugged, looking back up at the stars. 

"We live together, and he sleeps in the same room as Naruto and I." I replied, and he didn't respond. When I looked over to him, his ocean-foam green eyes were staring into my blood red ones, and I flushed, feeling weird under his steady gaze. 

"You live with...him?" he asked, and I nodded. 

"Kago, Akira and Naruto too." I reminded, and he gave me a 'you-know-what-I-mean' look. 

"Why?" he asked. "Naruto lives alone. I refuse to let him stay by himself in such a big apartment with no one around, so he's living in my house now. Kago, I doubt you have a problem with him. Akira's my best human friend, and Lucifer's my...saviour." I said, wondering why I chose the words I did. Gaara looked at me with sadness in his eyes.

"What?" I asked, and he looked away. "Your...saviour?" he repeated, and I nodded. 

"Yeah. He saved me." I replied, wondering where this was going. 

"From what?" he asked. I sighed. 

"From myself." I mumbled, not really intending for him to hear, but he did, and his gaze snapped back to me. 

"Yourself?" he asked, and I nodded. 

"Ru-chan's saved me from...anything I might have done to escape the world, and was the only one beside...I mean, the only one with me for eleven years." I said, smiling when I nearly said 'beside me'. Gaara's non existant eyebrows furrowed slightly. 

"With you?" he asked, and I nodded. 

"Shukaku?" I called.

"Sup, kid?" Shukaku's voice flooded my mind. 

"You haven't told him...have you?" I asked, and smiled slightly when he began to make up excuses for his forgetfulness. I giggled and shook my head. 

"It's fine, just tell him, would you? I don't think I can explain it as you or Ru-chan do." I said. 

"Alright, kid, listen up. Kuroi-sama is-"  

"Call me 'Kuroi-sama' again, and I'll kill you." I said, cutting him off. He snickered. 

"Fine. Kuroi is the Noblesse. The Noblesse is the only one who has the power and authority to take out whoever she finds unworthy, or guilty of being traitors to the Underworld. For Chakra Demons like me and Kyuubi, she doesn't have to lift a finger. Well, maybe one or two for Kyuubi, but you get my point. The Noblesse is the symbol of power in the Underworld, and the Clans and Clan Leaders are just symbols of authority. There is one who rules over the Clans and their Leaders, and that is The Lord. Lucifer Crosszeria is The Lord, and has chosen, along with the Underworld's Clans, they have chosen Kuroi to be the new Noblesse. Most worthy by far, compared to the others before her, who died out not long after, Kuroi truly is a being of power." He said, and I blushed at the praise. Gaara looked over at me with wide eyes.

"So...you're not...together?" he asked, and I turned a blinding shade of red. Hearing this from Gaara was not something I needed. 

"No, we aren't." I replied, prasing myself for keeping the embarrassment out of my voice. He nodded, seemingly happy. I shrugged the thought away, and he suddenly pulled me into a bone crushing hug. When he pulled back, he smiled. As in full out smiled. Holy god, that was cute. Ahem. 

"Well, look at this, two love birds out at night. I wonder what you two are doing?" came a voice. I growled at it, knowing who it came from. 

"Give it up, Dosu. You'll die here." I said, and Gaara glared into the distance. I sighed and untangled his arms from around me, then turned to look at Dosu, who paled slightly as he saw my face. I was, let's face it, pretty pissed. He had just made my time seeing Gaara smiling shorter by three seconds. The bastard. Gaara's sand slowly wrapped around his ankles, then creeped up his body, until he was fully hidden. Gaara looked down at me (cuz I was that freaking short TT.TT) and I nodded, not looking at him. He held his hand out, and gave a wicked smile. 

"Sand burial."

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Woot, go me! That was fun! I had so many ideas for this, and eventually, I put them all together, although I left one or two out. I hope you liked it! :3

~Anna

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