Getting to Hitori

"Wow."
Akuma grimaced.
"But you'd accept a gift from me? I don't get it."

"I hadn't appreciated the things he had said to me.." He shook his head slightly. "You haven't said anything like that to me. Actually, to be honest, I respect you. You've been nothing but kind to me, in my perspective."

"I try. I think I've only said one mean thing to you, but my veiw on things has shifted slightly."
Akuma smiled.
"If I do good things, maybe others will repect me too."

Love avoided commentary feeling the pressure of being his body guard sink in again but tried shaking it off as best she could. When she heard all this talk about stabbing and decision making she felt as if her heart sunk.

"What is Gaara-kun doing?" she had sat down like Akuma asked but clung to one of Gaara's hands as if he would disappear if he stepped too far away from her. "Will Gaara-kun be alright?"

"Psh, he'll be fine. I think. Perhaps he should answer for himself."
Akuma grabbed another chair and sat down.

Hitori walked into her office which was now full of people, or what she considered full of people. She looked at Gaara, then at Love and last at Akuma. She walked over to be standing by Akuma and smiled.
"What a surprise, what are all of you doing here?"

((There now there's a Hitori))

((ooc: Lmao yay XD))

He looked at Love before turning his gaze towards Hitori. "My apologies, Lady Hokage. I did not mean to.. run through your hallways, disrupt your people, barge through your door, climb on your desk, and sit in your chair.. I'm not quite sure why any one of those acts were necessary, but I managed to do all of them before you got here.."

He glanced back to Love. "And don't worry about me, I'll.. be fine."

Love waved at Hitori remembering her from a while ago and tugged on Gaara's sleeve.

"What is it you are doing that is so risky? I cannot simply believe everything is okay." she blurted out. It was not like her to disagree with him but she had obviously changed.

He smiled slightly his expression softer than it probably should have been. "It is a simple procedure that will pull Shukaku's spirit from my body. Please, don't worry.."

"But then-" she stammered, "You are no longer safe alone-wha-what if someone tries to hurt Gaara kun? Wh-what is to stop them? I-I thought demon extraction kills the vessel. Will that not happen?"

"No, it won't." He shook his head slightly. "It's a special procedure, one that won't kill the host."

"You promise?" she asked with her arms crossed.

"I.." He stared at her, wishing that he could afford to promise something like this. He knew that there was a decent chance he'd break the promise. "Well.. I can't promise anything.. because it has never been preformed before.."

"Then you cannot!" she snapped now scowling at him. "Why must you do this? Supposing it goes wrong, Suna will lose it's greatest Kazekage.....and I will lose my closest friend."

Her eyes glazed over with tears and she was biting her lip trying to calm down not sure how she manage to scold him....had she changed that much already?

"I know.." I he looked down, sighing. "But.. I've done some horrible things, Love. I don't want to worry about losing control anymore, I don't want to be what brings death and destruction, and I can't be sure that I'm able to stop it when the time comes. And besides.. they already think I'm dead at this very moment."

"I can assure you..."
Akuma cleared his throat.
"The procedure has a low rate of failure, maybe as low as five percent, and that the personality of the host won't be impacted in any way."

"That is too bad! The truth is you are not dead and that is how you will stay! Dying does not cure what has been damaged. Standing up and correcting it will fix it."

When Akuma spoke, Love beamed at him and threw her arms around him greatfully, "Thank you-thank you-thank you...."

She let go and bowed before Gaara, "If anything goes wrong I vow to prevent you from harming anyone and from harming yourself. Do not lose hope."

"I won't.." He lied, knowing he already had lost hope. His thoughts traveled back to the last time he spoke to Kani, two days after he had killed her. If he couldn't stop himself from killing her, there was no telling what would happen. He remembered what their last conversation had been about, and realized that no matter what he would only continue to screw up.

"Alright.." He turned his head, looking at Akuma. "Can we do this tonight?"

"Maybe. I'll send a clone with the secure location."
Akuma grinned.
"It shouldn't take long."

Love watched Gaara very nervous about the outcome and felt as if something was repeatedly stabbing her. What if that slim chance...what if it was the outcome? She cried on the inside fearing for his life and looked at Akuma hoping he knew what he was doing.

"Okay.." He wondered if he was ready to put his life at risk. Then, he realized that there was no better time than now. He looked at Love, thinking about how she would feel if things went wrong. "Don't worry, Love.."

Hitori stood there, blinking with a blank expression on her face. She wasn't able to follow the conversation so she just stood there. When she found a chance she looked at Akuma.
"So, how was your day?"

"The usual. Ask Gaara, he knows."
Akuma smilked.
"My job's never done."

"Uh..."
She looked at Gaara who was somewhat busy with Love.
"You can tell me later."
She said as she wrapped her arms around him to give him a hug.

"Love you too, hun."
He kissed her arm.