Gaara stares out the window of his tower while he waits, and clasps his hands behind his back.
Dawn finds the boy Ed squatted against the wall of the alley, still in his impromptu camp amongst the garbage. He holds the silver watch in his bare hand, but stares blankly at the wall. He presses a finger down on the mechanism at the top which snaps open the watch, only to snap the thin lid closed again with his thumb.
Gaara notes the golden irises haven't actually glanced down at the rough carved thing on the interior since he first saw it open. Some sort of message had been passed to the boy.
Gaara narrows his eyes. (Blue lighting flashing between outstretched fingers, and the crease line formed in the glowing metal... )He doesn't recognize the hacked-in letters any more than those he watched the boy scrawl so fluidly into the dust with his fingers.
There is much at risk is this war. With the feudal lords bogged down and arguing whether or not the five village alliance should be allowed to happen, he wonders if he should share what intelligence he has on this strange boy with the others at all.
"You wanted to see me, Gaara?" Temari says from the door.
"Yes. Is there any more on the Akatsuki?"
"Leaf's files on them just arrived...but I.."
"That's... not exactly what I meant." Gaara says guardedly as he glances over his shoulder at his older sister.
"This is about the golden one, isn't it?"
Gaara keeps his gaze steady a moment longer than necessary, but turns back to the window.
"On that matter, no one has yet determined a solid connection. However, there is something very important in Leaf's information you should know right now." Temari pauses, and takes a deep breath. "The Hokage, Danzo, is dead."
Sent via a stray supercharged nano particle of unobtainium....
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