Desert Rose | By : TsurugaRin Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 2027 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Five years later
It was a beautiful day in Sunagakure. One of the few days where the heat wasn’t intolerable, instead was rather nice with a pleasant breeze filtering through the village.
At the local playground, children laughed and squealed in delight as they happily played the ninja game together.
Gaara paused on his approach to watch them play.
The years had not changed him much, perhaps the dark circles around his eyes had diminished slightly but that only added to his handsome features.
“Hey! You did that on purpose!” a child screamed. Two youngsters were getting into a scuffle. The boys were both about seven years old and neither were holding their punches.
Before Gaara could interfere, sand blasted between the two, flinging them apart.
“Sho! Ren! That’s enough,” a calm, melodic voice said.
A girl, no more than four years old, was walking toward the boys. The autumn kimono she wore swished as she moved. The rest of the children stopped what they were doing, deferring to the girls sudden change in mood. It was easy to see why they were all mesmerised. Even if she didn’t have flaming red hair, braided into two ponytails or those inherited clear lavender eyes, there was something about the way she moved with the grace of a queen that simply commanded attention. Not even the older children could resist her.
“This is a game, no real fighting allowed. If you don’t follow the rules, you can’t play.”
“It’s his fault,” Sho grumbled.
“What?!” Ren protested.
The girl pouted, her eyes grew wide and tears glistened at the corners of them.
Gaara’s jaw almost dropped at the change in demeanour. Seriously, where did she learn to those skills from?
“I don’t like guys that fight without honour and I don’t like liars!” she declared.
Sho hung his head in shame. “Sorry,” he mumbled.
“Me too.” Ren bowed.
Gaara simply shook his head in disbelief. He’d seen enough.
“Ai!” he called, “It’s time to go!”
At his words the four year old girl spun on her heel to face him, her face lighting up when she saw him.
“Papa!” A spiky fringe covered her smooth forehead that was free from any seals or tattoos. She skipped gaily over to his waiting arms and he readily scooped her up.
“Did you have a good day?”
“Yes!” she said. “Is Mama done now?”
Gaara smiled indulgently at his daughter. “Yes, your mother has passed the Jounin exam and should be coming back into the village any minute now.”
“Ara, talking about me behind my back, you two!” Hinata couldn’t help sneaking up on her family while they were distracted, eliciting the startled surprise from her husband she was aiming for. It was rare for her to be able to sneak up on the infamous Sabaku no Gaara.
The years had also been kind to Hinata. Her hair was longer and she emitted a confident aura that her daughter had inherited. The only thing that marred her beauty was the Hyuuga clans cursed seal that she showed off proudly across her forehead.
Gaara had asked her once if it had bothered her but she’d shaken her head.
“This seal was supposed to be a curse, but for me, it signified the beginning of my real life. A life where I am free and my children are free.”
Now, as he hugged his daughter and wife, Gaara couldn’t help but agree with her. Together they were going to build a family and a village that will grow from their love. One that all their future generations can live fully and freely in.
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A/N: Well, that’s all for now folks. Hope the ending did the story justice! Not to worry everyone, these two are by far my favourite pairing so you can look forward to me writing about them again! Keep an eye out for my next work, although I don’t know which of the many stories that keep floating around in my mind I’ll be posting next but hopefully it’ll be better than this one J
Thanks to everyone for reading, please rate and review if you liked it as that’s the only thing keeping me from withering away into nothingness!
A super special thanks to those of you who kept up with this story from the beginning even though it took me like three years to finish it. Sorry it took so long, I promise my next work will come out at a much steadier pace.
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