Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Given The Chance ❯ The Kazekage ( Chapter 1 )

 

“Ordering two Pepsi, one turkey club, and one soup of the day,” Cassandra announced clipping the small order sheet to a clothes wire hanging in the little window separating the kitchen from the dining area.

 

Iwate Cassandra, a normal everyday girl and resident in Sunagakure, and surprisingly the heroine of this story. She wasn't a ninja, a demon, and she didn't have any form of Kekkai Genkai whatsoever, this is not that type of story, Cassandra didn't even have anything other than her hard working nature that made her stand out from a crowd. She was a bit on the short side for sixteen, only 5'3”, her ebony hair was cut so it just barely brushed her shoulders, pale skin for someone who lived in a desert village, and wide child like green eyes. She normally wore casual and comfortable cloths, normally that included a light green t-shirt, and a red skirt, a white jacket, and a green cap to keep the sun out of her eyes.

 

Now to describe her personality … well to mention anything first it would be her ability to remain obliviously happy and not seem to take many problems seriously, she was the type of girl who it was impossible to rain on her parade, always with a gentle smile on her face and always ready to help anyone who needed it. Cassandra could also be considered motherly since she had been the one to take on cooking and other household chores after her mother died of lung cancer when she was only eight years old.

 

So you can probably see now why Miss Iwate Cassandra could be so significant, especially in a story involving someone like Gaara, considering after all that they had completely opposite lives. So why is so important? Well it's kind of a long story so it would be best to start on the day Cassandra first met Gaara…

 

A tall lean man with dark brown hair unclipped the small paper and took it to the back with him to fill out the order. He was Cassandra's father Daichi, the man who owned the restaurant, Cassandra was working there temporarily as a favor to him while he was short handed after his other part time girl quit. It was one of the busiest privately owned small businesses in Suna so he was always glad for the help.

 

“You know Cass your shift was over an hour ago you're free to go home,” her father called from the back.

 

Glancing at the clock Cassandra realized he was correct, “Damn you're right it's already seven.”

 

“You head home I'll be back right after I close up for the night,” Daichi called from the back.

 

Handing the apron she had been using to hold your notepad and change in to her father in the back she grabbed her hat and jacket off the coat rack in the back before heading out to home. Her house was only a ten to fifteen minute walk so it didn't bother her much, plus around sunset and nighttime the desert got nice and cool so Cassandra was comfortable in her sweater.

 

Cassandra lived in a nice two story home in Sunagakure, it was a nice size, and she called it home and never wanted for anything. Cassandra liked her comfortable life; she had her father and her brother Hale always looking out for her, a warm bed to always come home to, and two yellow labs named Kobi and Cori that always waited patiently at the door for her no matter how late she came home from her job.

 

Opening the door she were instantly knocked over again by two large blonde fur covered bodies jumping up and tackling the dark haired girl to the ground followed by a pair of large saliva drenched tongues lapping happily at her face. She coughed and fought against them laughing the whole time, even if they weren't behaving Kobi and Cori were her babies, her father had bought the two of them for Cassandra on her tenth birthday and even six whole years later they still acted like puppies.

 

“If you guys keep attacking me like this what does that say about my animal training skills,” she asked her dogs when they finally allowed her to get to her feet and enter the house, of course after they were satisfied with the tongue bath, “Of course its always me that gets knocked down by you two never dad or Hale. I guess you both are hungry though I am an hour late coming home after all.”

 

After putting down two large bowls of dog food for Cori and Kobi she sat at the table for a moment to rest her tired feet from being on them all day running around with people's orders. She watched the dogs eat for about ten minutes when she noticed a note on the table in her brother's handwriting.

 

Cass and dad,

 

I was called to see the Hokage with my teammates so I probably won't be back until late, so someone will need to feed the dogs.

 

See both of you later,

Hale

 

P.S. - It would be greatly appreciated if Cass made some of that great rice and curry I love so much, I never did eat any supper, and a shinobi needs good food.

 

Cassandra chuckled reading the note. Her brother, a Sunagakure Chunin at the age of seventeen, was technically an adult but writing notes was an old habit since Daichi tended to be protective and always wanted to know where Cassandra and her brother were. And that same habit was burned in her brain as well because using the pen on the table she scribbled in her own little P.S. note that said she were going to take the dogs and maybe go meet Hale at the Kazekage's tower.

 

“So much for resting my sore feet,” she said with a small smile, but she couldn't help it, if Hale had been gone that meant the dogs hadn't been out and if they weren't out at least once a day they went insane at night, “Come on guys lets go for a walk the night air will do us good.”

 

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Gaara had just about rapped up a briefing for a mission involving a very rich Suna citizen requesting shinobi escorts to the fire country, none of them below rank of Chunin, they would be leaving early in the morning thus the late night meeting.

 

When the time finally came for everyone to start filing out and going home Gaara was relieved, everyone finally leaving meant he got to leave too, Gaara didn't necessarily like going home but he preferred it over staying at the Kazekage tower and working. At least at home people would keep calling him Kazekage-sama, which he was beginning to loath, and he could always get away from his annoying siblings by going up on the roof for the night. When Gaara was out in the open and the Kazekage there was virtually no escape and it was irritating.

 

Gaara got out of his seat and followed the Chunin out of the building since he was also heading home, the eighteen year old Kazekage was going to welcome home, it was unusual for him.

 

The group of them had just arrived outside, everyone seemed to unanimously stop and breathe in the fresh air after being inside for such a long briefing, when a young girl maybe one or two years younger than Gaara came leading two large yellow labs, “Oniichan!”

 

(A/N: ok so for the sake of clarity Oniichan = big/older brother. I thought about using the more traditional Oniisan which means the same thing but Cassie is not the type to be so formal with her family members so chan it was! Ok my rant is done back to the story…)

 

One of the chunin, a young man with dark chocolate coloured hair, looked over at the young girl and smiled. Gaara remembered his name being Iwate but not much else about him other than he was a year younger than him, pretty much because his family life was his business not Gaara's, all he needed to know was if he could get a mission done or not, he didn't care if he had a sister.

 

“Cass,” the young chunin with his messy brown hair mopping over his Hatai-ate said kneeling down and petting the dogs, “I didn't expect an escort home.”

 

“They needed to be walked so I thought that I may as well,” the girl ebony haired piped happily.

 

The male of the dogs started sniffing the air curiously and for a split second it froze as it stared right at Gaara before starting into a frenzy of snarling and barking. It only took a few barks to get his female companion to start barking and snapping in the Kazekage's direction, it wasn't the first time dogs and cats had acted like this around him, it got on his nerves and the sand around his feet began to swirl in agitation.

 

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The dogs suddenly started acting up for some reason but Cassandra couldn't for the life of her see why. All the chunin present outside the building were old friends of Cassandra's brother from his academy days that Kobi and Cori had all met and `approved' of before. They had no real reason to start freaking out like they were doing just then, and they were going for it like they had never done before. Normally she could keep a good grip on both of them, but they started pulling so hard she was being dragged across the ground leaving sandy track marks from trying to dig in her feet for traction, she was after all fairly small in size compared to two large dogs.

 

“Kobi, Cori down,” she ordered but they wouldn't listen to her and they started pulling against her so hard her heals were leaving even deeper drag marks.

 

Hale gave his sister a hand by taking the leads for her and trying to calm them down, “There's probably just stray dog running around here somewhere that they smell, we'll just take them home, I have to pack for tomorrow anyway.”

 

Cassandra stretched her relieved arms after almost having them pulled out of their sockets by her two insane dogs when she noticed the man in the Kazekage's robes. She blinked seeing a pair of sea green eyes staring out at her from underneath the hat, Cassandra couldn't see his face because of the cloth in front of it (a/n: what is that called anyway), but those glaring eyes were unforgettable, `At first glance they seem angry … but … they also look kind of sad, almost lonely in a way … nah maybe I'm just tired.'

 

“Is that the Kazekage,” the small girl asked curiously glancing up towards her brother who had inherited their father's height so he basically loomed over her.

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“Ya that's him,” Hale grumbled before giving her a small nudge, “Come on Cass lets get going, now.”

 

The way her brother said `now' was what got her attention, it was the way he always said it so she knew he meant `or else', it showed some form of fear. But what on earth was her brother so afraid of that he had to get you home so urgently that instant?

 

As Cassandra walked home alongside Hale she happened to glance back at the sea green eyes that were still glaring daggers in her direction and you began to wonder, `Is Hale afraid of the Kazekage?'

 

 

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Ok so here is my opening chapter, I hope you liked it, I already have the second chapter written but I am going to wait for a few reviews before I post it! Chapters are a little shorter than my normal length (standard `me' chapters are usually 7-9 pg) because as I said before this was originally a Quizilla story but I am still proud of myself!

Buhaha *more bad evil laughter*

 

Review please I learn from constructive criticism and your compliments really do boost my ever growing ego! LOL!

 

Lil_Pix