Just realised I had two Chapter Sixes... well, it's sorted, but I feel like an idget to the 8 people that have read already -.-

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"Mmh..." I rolled over slightly, snuggling into Gaara's bare chest. I felt really good. And I mean really, really good. It was a little weird, but not in a bad way, because my games yesterday evening had gotten us here. Heh.

"Morning." I was pulled a little closer to Gaara, not of my own accord, but hey, I wasn't complaining.

"Morning, Gaara." I kissed his collar bone lightly, and ran my hand over his stomach. His only response was his eyes slowly sliding over to meet mine, slightly hazy and lidded with happiness. My eyes closed in a smile, and then I laid back down and twined my fingers with his.

"What time have you got to go to the office?" I asked sleepily, yawning.

"I've got about half an hour before I've got to be there." I just nodded slowly, and snuggled down, more than content when Gaara pulled the covers back fully over us.

When I woke up again, I was alone, the covers being hugged in my arms instead of being over me. I must've pulled them like that when Gaara left.

I sat up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes, then running my hand back through my hair to push it out of my eyes. I then slid from the bed, padding across to the shower room, paying no mind to the fact that I was completely naked. I didn't really notice. Plus, no one is allowed in this part of the Kazekage tower except me and Gaara. Anyone else has to ring the doorbell-thingy.

I turned the shower water up really hot, enjoying the pleasant burn as my cold skin got accustomed to the temperature. By the time I got out, the steam was rising from my own skin. But at least I felt presentable now.

Once I was dressed, I went and sat on the still messed-up bed. The boredom was setting in now.

I tied my still damp hair up in a bun, and then my hand trailed down my neck a little, feeling the ridges of my newest scar. Well, technically it's not really a scar yet, since it's not fully healed yet and still has the stitches in it. I have to resist the urge to pick at it, though... it's really hard.

I do have other scars, though... from the fight with that man. I have two on my arms. They are both the same shape, one on each forearm, where he stabbed straight through them and into my stomach. There's a scar there, too.

Oh, and one on my leg. He did a lot of stabbing. I'd like to say I'd never forgive him for hurting me, but... I hurt him in a way worse. I killed his child... sure it may have been a long time ago, but I still did it.

No, what I'd never forgive him for was hurting my child. I know the saying, 'an eye for an eye', but even so. I did the wrong, so I should take the punishment. I wouldn't care if he had beaten me within an inch of my life, as long as my baby could still be alive.

Sighing, I shook my head and stood up. I needed to stop thinking about things like this.

I'm so bored already. Once again, I'm wishing that I had stayed in ANBU, or at least been able to go back to work today. I know my kids miss me; I keep getting 'Get well soon' cards from them through the post box. Hiragomi had even sent me one, telling me that he finally had found a friend. In a little girl named Mai, who was apparently a student transfer from Iwa. He also asked me to come back soon because he 'doesn't like the bad scary teacher'. That part made me laugh. Hiragomi's such a sweetie.

I'm gonna have to plead with Gaara to let me go back to work later. I'm so bored hanging out at home by myself.

I shrugged and went through to the kitchen, fixing myself some breakfast. I then went and brushed my teeth, before filling up a bottle with some water and leaving the house part of the building. I stopped by Gaara's office on the way out, going to stand in front of his desk.

"I'm just going out for a bit. I'll probably be back in a few hours." he nodded.

"Okay, but be careful." I grimaced, blushing a little, then nodded. I knew I was accident-prone, but he didn't have to keep reminding me. I leaned over the desk and planted a quick kiss on his lips, then started my journey again, leaving the building.

I had been at the training grounds awhile, working up quite a sweat, when I sensed an unfamiliar presence behind me. I whipped around, automatically taking hold of the person's blood and rendering them immobile.

"Who are you and why are you trying to sneak up on me, you creep?!" I demanded, and the man had a scared expression on his face. He had short hair, the colour of mint ice cream, and slanted blue eyes. He was relatively average-looking, average height and average width, and his blood felt similar to that of an ordinary Suna Chunin. I could tell straight away that he was an averagely skilled shinobi, too, from the development of his muscles and strength of his heart and pulse rate. And of course from the amount of chakra he had.

"I was only coming to say hi!" he protested, and I rose an eyebrow, "It's not every day I see a pretty girl like you out training, they're usually all too worried about gettig their clothes dirty."

I brushed off the compliment and released my hold on him. "Well, in that case... ohayo, my name is Uzumaki Kaien. And you are?"

"Kiyomizu Kisuke, pleasure to make your acquaintance." Kiyomizu, where had I heard that surname before? Wait, that was it!

"Are you, by any chance, related to a young boy named Hiragomi?" I asked, and Kisuke froze, then nodded.

"Yes, he's my younger brother, why?"Kisuke replied, and I smiled.

"He's a student in my class! I thought I recognised the surname!" I explained, and Kisuke grinned.

"Oh! So you're the 'pretty teacher lady' that Hiragomi's told me so much about!" I laughed, and Kisuke smiled, "It's nice to finally meet you!"

"I never knew that Hiragomi had an older brother! I always assumed he didn't have any family, since he always walked home from the Academy alone." I said, sitting down on the sandy floor. Kisuke scratched the back of his head, an awkward smile of sorts on his face.

"Maa, that's because I'm always away on missions and our parents are dead." my eyes widened and I slapped my palm over my mouth.

"Oh, I didn't know! Gomen!" I said hurriedly, and he brushed it off, sitting down on the ground next to me and drawing patterns in the dirt.

"It's okay, it happened a long time ago. They were KIA." he said, and I nodded.

"So were mine, sort of." Kisuke looked at me questioningly, and I waved my hand, not caring to elaborate. I mean, come on! I was hardly going to tell my life story to some guy I'd only just met, even if he was incredibly easy to talk to.

"Okay, I won't push it. But in any case, it's getting late, care to join me for dinner?" I thought about it for a moment, then grinned and stood. I was extremely hungry; I hadn't had any lunch, and a small breakfast.

"All right, but you're paying!" I said cheekily, and he laughed.

"Of course!" He stood up also and brushed down his pants, then looked at me with a soft smile. "You are a very intriguing woman, Uzumaki Kaien."

I just stared at him, and I could feel a slight blush warming my cheeks. I scowled and look away, folding my arms as we started to walk. "Yeah, yeah." I said, then muttered, "Such a shmoozer.." Kisuke just chuckled.

The time seemed to fly by, and before I knew it, it was pitch black out.

"Shit!! What time is it?!" I exclaimed worriedly, Gaara was going to be so worried. Kisuke looked taken aback.

"Around nine pm, why?" he asked, and I cursed, quickly standing up and almost knocking over my chair in the process.

"Shit shit shit shit!!" I said, fast, collecting my things. "Look sorry but I gotta go, thanks for dinner! I'll see you around, 'kay?"

Then I rushed out of the door of the cafe that we had been eating in. I wasn't risking my teleportation, for the simple fact that it still makes me feel sick and the food I had eaten just now was very good, so I would very much like to keep it in my stomach.

"Sorry I'm late back Gaara- Gaara?" he wasn't in his office, but I checked under his desk just to make sure. Hey, don't laugh, it doesn't hurt to check, you never know what could be hiding under a huge desk like that!

"Gaara?" I called as I entered the part of the building that we lived in, snapping lights on as I passed them. This was getting weird, where was he?

"You're late back." I shrieked and I swear that I jumped about ten feet in the air, before landing and clutching my chest over my pounding heart. I turned to face my fiancé, who was sitting on the windowsill, his legs pulled up and hands gripping his knees, looking out over the village. The moon outlined his shape and gave a hint of colour to his blood red hair and teal eyes, also giving the whole picture an air of beauty and mystery. Teal eyes which were blank, I noticed, as they moved slowly to settle on me.

"Eesh, Gaara, you scared me!" he rose a nonexistant eyebrow, and I blushed a little, "I was beginning to get scared as it was, I thought you had disappeared, and then you sneak up on me like that!"

"Where have you been for all of this time? I checked the training grounds and the ramen bar for you, but you weren't there." he asked, and the slightest amount of worry leaked into his eyes. I frowned, putting that together with his hands, which were now clenched on his knees tightly, and realising just how worried he actually was.

"Sorry, I made a new friend at the training grounds and then left with him and I guess I just lost track of time." I said apologetically, not noticing how his eyes narrowed ever-so-slightly when I said that my new friend was a 'him'.

Gaara stood up and moved closer to me, placing his hand on my cheek. "All right then. But please be careful, I don't want a re-run of what happened on that mission."

I shivered and shook my head, my hand going to my stomach absentmindedly. No, me losing my memory and my baby and getting so badly injured was definitely something we could all live without.

I leaned forward and rested my head on Gaara's shoulder, the fatigue from the day's activities finally setting in. I was so tired that I didn't protest at all when Gaara picked me up and carried me through to our bedroom, just wrapped my arms around his neck and letting my eyes fall shut. I was only just conscious enough to pull him into the bed with me, despite the both of us being fully clothed. I just smiled faintly as I felt him kiss my head and pull me firmly into him, so that I could, not for the first time, steal his body heat.

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B'aawww, fluffy ending! Sorry for the late post... -.-

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