Far Off Target (ch2)

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Summary: When Gaara finds a girl passed out in the desert, she ends up staying there for a while, but her presence causes some, uh… problems… rated T for now, fruit to come.

Awright, here’s the next chapter.

By the way: narration, thought, “speech,” emphasis.


Far Off Target: Chapter Two

Long Time Waiting

As far as she could tell, either the Kazekage was really shy or just not there.

After trying to get an audience for eight consecutive days, she gave up and started looking for an apartment. Judging by her success rate as of that morning, she had better get comfy, because it would take a very, very long time to get the stupid message where it was going. Well, so much for that.

Her orders from the Tsuchikage were to deliver the message personally to the Kazekage. Apparently, it must be important. Otherwise he would’ve just sent it up the ladder and it might eventually reach the Kazekage; but no, he had to have it personally hand-delivered to the Kazekage. Surely he was well aware of the stepped-up security after the whole Akatsuki incident earlier that year, and yet he insisted upon this course of action.

Looking up, she realized she had wandered into the residential district. May as well get it over with, she thought with a sigh.

The inside of these mud brick buildings was pleasantly cool and dry. She readjusted her hitai-ate and walked quietly up to the desk that rose from the middle of the floor, as if someone had pulled the mud up like a cloth and let it dry there. She coughed slightly to announce her presence, and the poor woman’s head jerked up and she jumped. Mayu ran her tongue across her lips to speak.

“Um… I’m looking for a room to rent for a while. Do you have any vacancies?”

“Let me see… hm. Well, dear, you’re very lucky- we have six apartments open at this moment. They range from small to medium-sized. Have you got a preference for direction, size, stuff like that…?”

Mayu shook her head. “Anything is fine.”

The woman smiled. “You’re a kunoichi, aren’t you? We get shinobi through here a lot, looking for somewhere to sleep where they can’t fall off or get stabbed… yes, how will this do?” she showed her a drawing of a small one-person room, which looked comfortable enough, with a small map of its location in the complex and some number details below the image. The girl nodded.

“That’s perfect.”

“All right then, just sign here… this is where it is, it’s over that way. Thank you, and have a nice day.” The secretary lady pointed to the side, and Mayu, having taken the map and thanked the woman again, set off.

She sighed. What was she supposed to do until she got the stupid message to the Kazekage? Should she get a job, or focus on contact? Stretching, she decided to think about that in the morning. Right now, she needed sleep.

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Stupid branches, Neji thought. Why was he even going to Suna, anyway? It was boring, hot, dry, and boring. All he was doing on this mission was just getting some kunoichi with an important message, legally or otherwise. Missions like this weren’t usually A-rank, so the girl probably had no idea what the scroll she carried said. He grimaced. Hopefully, she hadn’t gotten to the Kazekage yet, and they still had a chance to intercept it before it got through the security to the village leader. Poor kid, he mused. She’s in for a hard time. I almost feel sorry for her.

Neji grinned in anticipation.

Almost.

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