"A fine thing to say to someone you allegedly love; believe me when I say that your pain provides me with no pleasure." Gaara scowled as much as he usually had, turning toward her with a quick blink of his eyes that appeared every bit as detached as ever. It was clear that he didn't like to see her like this.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, though, Kakashi wasn't doing better at all really than Gaara was. Still, he figured that he would have needed to bring something up straightforwardly to the other person. Looking the Dragon Sage clear in the eye with the only eye that he ever elected to display, Kakashi decided to be straight up when it came to defending his daughter.<br/><br/>"Remind me again what might happen if she absolutely refused and took off."<br/><br/>Kiba looked down to Akamaru and started to scratch underneath his chin. "You know, I think you're both going about this the wrong way."