Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Grand Summoning Jutsu ❯ Grand Summoning ( Chapter 19 )

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Grand Summoning Jutsu

"how could we have not seen this" Tsunade slammed her fist down on her desk making a loud sound. she still wore the Kimono she had on from the dinner last night, but a few strands of her hair was coming undone due to the deep slumber she, and the rest had endured. Her anger was beyond believe as she stare down at the papers on her desk in her office. the room was now full with every available Jonin, and of course, the Kazekage awaiting for their next move. "I don't understand how she could have stayed this long in Konohagakure without anyone noticing" she spat.

The butterfly she had left with Gaara stayed hidden under his long burgundy coat, he wanted to remember and keep anything attached to her close.Gaara felt a twist at the pit of his stomach, he thought the girls features were odd and the fact that she could sing him to sleep, but he figured that wasn't such a huge deal, his arms crossed over his chest as his eyes swiftly moved to look at Tsunade. her honey eyes were now staring him down, she knew they spent a lot of time together, even though he believed that no one was watching.

the Ninja of the village already made an appearance at her apartment to search for her, but it looked like no one even lived there. not a spot of evidence was found that she had even lived there for the past few months. and not to mention Sasuke was gone before anyone else was awake, he was probably went after her.

"How much do you know of her Lord Gaara?" she spoke with concern.

"not much containing that"

"really...." her voice trailed in disappointment. "she really is a Siren."

"apparently" a heavy breath followed.

"you have no Idea what a Siren is, do you" the Jonin were now listening to the two speak to one another, trying to get all the information they could. " how much do you know?" she listened as Gaara had spat back the information from the ancient text he found in the library the day he found the short write up. Tsunade gave a slight nod as the information he was telling her was correct. "that is only the tip of the ice berg, sadly"

Gaara's eyes grew large "what do you mean?"

"Two important things in the text you have read that should have been taken immediately into consideration." she paused looking at the young Red head remove his arms from his chest to place them at his sides. he was now in his Kazekage ninja uniform his gourd to his back, he was never leaving it behind again, incase something this happened a second time. he listened as she continued. "she is a playmate, which means she feels nothing for you, she plays with men's minds and manipulates them."

"no..." Gaara shook his head as he lifted his hands to brush his hair from his forehead exposing the love tattoo in blood red.

"she is said to have the ability to change to a monster, as the scroll stated."

"no..." he softly repeated.

Tsunde removed her attention from the frustrated young man to her Jonin at attention from her. "we must find her before Sasuke does, or it could be bad news. the scroll can not be taken from her, she must give it to him, retrieve it at all costs." she spoke sternly

"what is she..." Gaara's deep voice filled the room as Tsunade turned her attention back at the wide eyed young man.

"She is over 2000 years old, Gaara" she started. "she was born with the Dragon seal on her back from the earth that first created this world, which means she is the Carrier of the ancient Grand Summoning scroll. this is the scroll Sasuke is after."

The Kazkage seemed to be engulfed in the information that the Hokage was telling him. "how do you know this, I tried doing research on her."

"the reason why you couldn't find anything in the library is because I had it all on my desk" she pointed to the mountains of paper that lay sprawled over the surface. "she was hard to find though the ages, but her features gave it away."

"she has stealth through the ages disguising herself as many things to remain undetected" she began turning from the tall redhead to her Jonin as they stand watching the conversation going on between her and Gaara. the tall boy made his way around her desk slowing to stand alongside his brother, now dressed in black his face painted and three scrolls strapped to his back. "from the ancient worshipped Cats of historical Egypt" she held a 2 dimensional painting of a brown, short haired cat that was lay spread across a red pillow with gold tassels dropping from the corners. the Cat stared back at them with it's Blue and green eyes from between the mountains of gold pots and jewels surrounding it. She lowered the picture only to replace it with another. "to the raging war horses of Medieval Europe" the picture was again 2 dimensional as a king looking figure sat upon his rearing brown mare, a lighter shade of a dragon was found near the back of its short hair, eyes once again, eyes multicolored like Maya's.

Gaara's felt his entire body sink as the gravity of the information was begin shot at him. he had no idea, no clue Maya was that old.

"her stealth did not last long during the time of the Hundred years war." she held up a picture of a young woman sitting valiantly upon her white mare, her pink banner hung high above. as the shine of her heavy armor gave a slight glare, the woman's hair was cut short like that of a man's her eyes remained the same as in the other pictures, one green the other blue. " she went under a different name at this time, Jeanne" she paused at the now lost looking boy staring at her moving mouth. "or history would know her as Joan of Arc, around this time was the only recorded time that she used the her summons upon herself, without the use of a master."

"they burned her, didn't they?" Kakashi spoke from behind his mask, raising his hand slightly.

"apparently not...." Tsunade followed almost immediately. she paused once again to look at the Kazekage frozen in his spot with the rest of the Jonin. "Gaara...." his eyes snapped out of his daze to turn his attention to her. "we must find her, before Sasuke."

the ninja in the room began to put their fingers together in a sign only to disappear at the Hokages commands. Gaara was the only one left in the room as he also raised his fingers to go with them. "Gaara..." Tsunade lifted her gaze to him as the sand began to swirl around his feet. "I'm sorry...." his eyes narrowed at the words as he lowered his head deep into his concentration. without saying a word he vanished in the gust of sand.

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tears fell from her eyes as the brunette girl found a safe place in the outskirts of the fire country. the cave was behind a waterfall, it was dark and damp that lead her into an open room, a small circular hole at the top to allow the sun to peak in. she threw her travel bag down to let it slide against the rock wall of the cave, her sobs seem to echo throughout the hollow of the room. she lifted herself upon the rock in the middle and prompted one foot firmly, letting the other fall over the side. her skirt fell to above her kneel as she wrapped her arms around them to hug them in. her kimono style top was untied from the back, she did not have time to do it up since she was in a complete rush. her long hair fell over her face as she lowered her forehead to her knee. "I just want to Die, like everyone else." she watch many people die before her in her 2000 years, friends, enemies they all grew old and past on into the next life while she remained forever young, never changing and never growing old.

She found herself lost in her tears for along time, thinking about many things. her life, she wanted to die, not because she felt she had no meaning, she was just tired and needed to rest. "the look on his face" she couldn't get the thought of the the young Kazekage looking at her with confusion as Sasuke had told him she was a monster like him. she began to cry once again as her memory kept seeping back to the nights they spent together, she loved him, but had to leave him to save him and everyone she had met she did not want to watch him die, like the others before.

"Temari, I'm so sorry..." she breathed between sobs. "but I can not be with you, or Gaara, many lives will be in danger if I stay and if Sasuke gets what he is after."

a sound echoed through the emptiness of the damp cave, it almost sounded water rushing, but the waterfall was too far for her ears to hear it. she lifted herself onto the rock in which she sat, and watched carefully at the entrance she had emerged from hours before. her tiny body crotched a little her arms ready to leap as the sound got closer. her breathing became heaving as a wave of sand started to inch it's way towards the rock where she stood. in fear, Maya leaped from side to side pushing herself up the walls of the cave breaking pieces of rock as they land being swallowed by the sand. she lifted herself from the small opening from the top looking back down the hole to see the sand retreating. her breathing was now uncontrolled as she darted her eyes around the forest, no one could be found. she took a leap from the top of the rocks she stood to the green grass below landing on her feet her hands planted on the earth to support her landing.

Gaara stood behind the young girl, where he waited for his sand to drive her out. he had found her hidden deep into the cave from her crying. his arms crossed across his chest and gourd to his back, he commanded the sand to snatch her. the grains followed his master order as it creep along the ground wrapping around her toes and around her feet. a smile whipped across his lips, he was getting excited he had found her once again as his Icy eyes grazed over her tiny frame he had once seen naked, before him. he watched the young woman as she lowed her head to the sand and began to step away from it.

"oh no..." she breathed putting her hands up in a sign and used the shadow clone jutsu that Naruto had mastered. Gaara's eyes widened as another Maya had appeared in a puff of smoke beside her. "GO!" the real Maya yelled as the clone took off jumping higher and higher into the trees.

with that Maya had taken off into a sprint, picking up speed trying to escaped the sand that was trying to hold her back, she felt its presents follow close behind catching up. Gaara followed using his suspended jutsu he had created, rising himself higher as he watched her leap into the tree after her clone at incredible speed. Her speed was getting so fast the force from the wind was causing her eyes to slightly shut, tears came from the corners. His sand rush after as she moved closer to the top where her clone was waiting for her.

"you have no where else to run" Gaara said softly from his place on his floating platform, his arms crossed waiting for his sand to grasp her and bring her to him once again.

The clone planted herself with her energy so her feet were unable to move, placing one hand over the other palms up she squatted down so that the real Maya could slip her tiny foot onto it as she could get her last bit of speed before disappearing into a puff of smoke. Maya did just that, stepping into the hands of her clone it used all her energy to give her one last boost that fired her into the sky at a great speed. Gaara couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing, he had no idea she could even do the shadow clone technique let alone build up enough chakra to rocket herself away from him.

his arms fell to his side watching the young woman fly higher into the blue of the sky.

"Garuda, lend me your wings" she softly spoke to herself. in a great burst of feathers two giant angle like wings began to form from her upper back, some loose feathers had found themselves free and started to gently fall to the ground as Gaara followed some with his eyes in compete shock reaching his palm out to grasp one.

~does she even know it's me?~ his eyes turned back at the now winged angle, Maya. she was now facing him with her eyes wide and mouth slightly open. her wings expanded in the sky as the wind kept her in place. one of her legs found themselves slightly behind the other, and her arms out trying to keep her balance.

"Gaara...." she stared down at the young red head. "what are you doing?" she questioned him, wondering why he was trying to capture her with his sand.

He said nothing as he raised both his arms to levitate himself to become level with her. his face was stern watching his sand wrap around her from behind, pushing her wings against the stiff wall of harden mineral as it drew her in closer to him. he watched as she struggled a bit waiting for his wall of sand to bring him his prize. she was finally directly in front of him now her eyes filling with tears as the stern Kazekage reached for her struggling wrist and wrapped his hand around it. he pulled her in drawing her face close to his, as though he would lean in to give her a kiss. no. "What is this Scroll?" his flat tone seemed to snap her out of her struggles as her eyes fell wide upon him.

"oh my God..." she breathed tipping her head towards his leaning her forehead against him. for a second heaving her breath heavily near his face and closing her eyes, he doing the same, he remembered her soft skin, her warm breath calling out for him. she finally pulled back from him reaching far with her free hand and struck him across the cheek, the blow caught Gaara off guard as he face began to heat up from where her hand made contact, it was now turning red, his face had turned the direction she had struck as he stayed lingering for a few seconds. He felt the force of her in his hand pull him close to her, her lips barely touched his ear as she spoke. "you are just like them, the scroll is all they cared about." she spat as she freed herself from his grip. she managed to get herself out of the small semi dome she was being held captive in as she flew away from the dumfounded redhead watching her in complete confusion. she turned wrapping her wings around her to face him only to extend them once again to steady herself a few yards in front of him. "you also want the power of the scroll, I shall give it to you lover." the same haunting voice escaped from the back of her throat.

"Maya, no...that's not" he began but stopped dead in mid sentence as she closed her eyes as a pillar of faint green light surrounded her tiny frame that seemed to extend from the ground to the sky, the wind was forceful within it. her hair lifted to the wild wind within the cylinder as her body started to change a pale green, hoof like feet began to transform her at her toes creating an animal like look and claws stretched from her hands making them long and inhuman. her now violent hair was swaying furiously into the gusts when she flicked her eyes open at him to expose her Pastel green color airy iris. A giant tribal symbol formed behind her with in the openness of the blue sky glowing a bright green as a massive apparition had swirled next to her , wings as she did, green skin, animal like body features a woman's face.

"you will know the wrath of an ancient power, carrier of Shukaku" the chilling double voice had taken over his lovers vocals once more.