Siren (a Gaara love story)

Impressing the ANBU

I woke up next to something soft and warm. sighing i cuddled closer to it, trying to maintain the warmth and security, if only for a few more minutes. i ran my hands along it and fisted its materials in my hands, desperately trying to get closer

"cold" i mumbled, still trying to press myself closer to the heat. i grabbed it and wrapped it around my waist, snuggling into it with a sigh. it wasn't until i was finally comfortable that i remembered what happened last night... the nightmare... Gaara! I snapped my head up to look at the bed and saw the red head in question staring at me confused. i looked down and saw his arms around my waist and realized my hands were fisted into the back of his shirt. blushing embarrassingly i quickly jumped out of the bed

"s- sorry!" i tried, inwardly glaring at myself for stuttering. he was still watching me confused

"for what?" he asked. i heard genuine curiosity in his voice and smirked

"I kept you here all night -I" i paused and looked at his face "this must be uncomfortable for you" i said. he gave me a quick nod before i darted to the closet grabbed my kimono and eyed him thoughtfully

"thank you Gaara" i whispered. i thought i saw a smile before he disappeared in a swirl of sand. i quickly dressed and looked at the ground he was standing on. there was a thin layer of sand where his feet were, and i could've sworn it looked like a heart. i dressed, letting my hair, that had been left upbraided and was now evidently straight, fall down by back. i walked out the room, and met the siblings in the kitchen for a breakfast. Kankuro looked up at me to say good morning, when his mouthed dropped open and half eaten cereal poured down his front. Temari who was talking to him cried

"eww!" before  turning to me, where her mouth also dropped. Gaara was watching, a hint of amusement in his eyes and i stared at them wide eyed

"what?! is there something on my face? am i naked?" i quickly looked down at myself and let out a sigh of relief when i saw i was fully clothed. Gaara was the one to speak

"your hair..." he mumbled. i grabbed the end of my hair and examined it. it didn't look that bad! what the hell. i glared at the two gawkers and they flinched

"my hair looks fine Baka one and two! quit gawking and clean that disgusting mess up!" i spat venomously. they flinched deeper and quickly adverted their eyes

"yes Liiran Sama" Temari mumbled

"sorry Liiran Sama" Kankuro said. i grunted and looked at Gaara

"train with me" i commanded, and then i walked out the door, leaving a frightened and confused set of siblings behind. Gaara was soon walking by my side and as we walked through the village in silence people gave us wary glances. we stopped in the training grounds and turned to face each other, still in utter silence. i nodded and we both prepared our first attack. his sand came at me with speed and power, but i dodged it with flexibility and grace. i shot an arrow at him, and his sand guarded him. i paused as the sand held my black arrow and smirked as it exploded into water, rendering half of his sand supply useless. he roared, caught in the fight and his sand began to slide up my ankles. i jumped into the air and made a few signs

"lightning cave!" I cried as a ball of lightning imprisoned Gaara. he couldn't move, but his sand could. as i fell back to the ground his sand quickly began to encase me like i had to him and i quickly deployed my personal favorite jutsu

"water control method: ice ribbons!" i cried as his sand formed a ball around me. i heard him growl as the ribbons that i had just shot out of my hands began to wrap around him like the arms of a mother comforting her child. i quickly sprayed water at the sand around me and it began to dissolve. i looked up and saw he had also found a way out of my prison