Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Sand and Rain ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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CHAPTER 4- SHUKAKU'S PLAN

 

 

She hit the floor with a light thud. It all happened so fast. She was hugging him one moment and on the ground the next… The door flung open and hit the wall with a bang. “HEY GAARA! HEARD YOU SNUCK A GIRL INTO KONOHA!” Kankuro said with a smirk. Gaara's older brother who, just like his sister, is a happy-go-lucky freak. Kankuro raised an eyebrow. “Well, well. What do we have here?” He laughed and Gaara threw the girl to the floor. She twitched. Why he had thrown her to the ground when she was comforting him was beyond her and not finding out was not permitted in her case. She got up and rubbed her hip. “Ow! What the heck is wrong with you?! I was only-…”

 

“Will you shut up!” She looked at him in confusion. Now he's yelling at her? Really… what was with this guy's split personality? He was all nice one minute and extremely rude the next. Kankuro cleared his throat.

 

“Now, now Gaara. Yelling at this nice young lady is awfully bad-mannered and I will not allow such behavior in this high class Sand Village family; being the older brother. So, to you young woman, I apologize for my self-indulgent brother.” He walked up to her with a smile and covered the left side of his mouth with his left hand so Gaara couldn't see what he was whispering to her. She had a shocked yet engrossed look on her face. He bent over slightly to get to her height and then started to speak softly, “He wouldn't have even if I didn't do it for him. He's so immature.” He stood up straight and she giggled. Gaara looked at her with a strange look yet, it didn't seem he was looking at her at all. He gave the impression that he was in deep thought, or even asleep with his eyes open; and he just stared at her.

 

`What the hell?! He's trying to steel her away from me! I mean us! Sick `em boy!' Gaara growled in his head at Shukaku's incompetence. He was not, repeat, NOT a guard dog. Especially not for the demon that he was dammed to carry in his body for all eternity.

 

`What was that you idiotic raccoon?' Gaara was not in the mood for joking around anymore. It seems that his abduction had been found out and if the Hokage was to catch even the slightest whisper of it, he would be kicked out of Konoha.

 

`And away from my- I mean our mate! We will kill everyone who knows! Muhahahahaha!' Shukaku laughed triumphantly as Gaara became aggravated.

 

`When did you decide that?' Shukaku laughed again, yet not evilly.

 

`We my good child, we.' Gaara growled as the door was slammed open again. Temari quickly walked in and locked the door.

 

“Hey! Gaara! The word is out on us kidnapping the loud mouth!” She looked at Gaara then Kankuro and then at the now very unhappy, silver haired girl. She walked over to Akira and grabbed her wrist. “Let's kill her and get it over with!” She took out a Kunai and stuck it into Akira's wrist. There was a “Poof” and she was a log with a large stick, which took the place of her wrist. Temari looked around and saw that she was standing next to Gaara in a fighting position.

 

“Come on. If it's a fight you want bring it on!” She was going to uphold the remark she made about being skilled enough to get the better of the blond girl in battle. If she was going to do it now was the perfect moment in time to demonstrate her abilities. She pulled out a kunai herself and put it in her mouth so she could make a hand sign. She focused all of her chakra to her feet and disappeared. She ended up behind Temari and she kicked her in the back, making her fly forward. “Oh, and if you think you're going to beat me like that you've got it all wrong.” Temari's body hit the ground and with a poof, was gone. She appeared a few feet behind Akira with a smirk on her face.

 

“I think I'd know that even a loud mouth like you wouldn't be beaten easily, don't you?” She pulled her fan off her back and, without opening it, swung it at Akira. She easily dodged it (although not facing Temari) and while doing a flip in the air, threw some kunai that were specialized and made by herself. They were strange looking things; looking remotely like sakura petals, as the name suggests; the sakura shuriken. Not many have seen such a weapon, this depending on the targets that lived through Akira's missions. She was usually a merciless hunter.

 

Akira smirked. “I would expect you to know this, but, through everything,” She landed and quickly turned on her heel to face her opponent. “I've considered that you're too dense to notice the slightest discomfort from your younger brother.” Gaara slightly turned his head in Akira's direction, wondering how he was brought into this.

 

Temari looked at Gaara, who was looking at Akira, who was glaring at Temari who was now looking at Akira who was still glaring at Temari who was once again looking at Gaara who was still looking at Akira who was also still glaring at Temari. Temari growled. “What the hell does he have to do with this?!”

 

“Everything! When you look at Gaara, what do you see?” Akira pointed at him and Temari slowly turned her head. What did this little loud mouth mean? All anyone could see was coldness, hatred and the occasional blood lust! There was nothing else! Nothing! She heard Akira laugh and whipped her head around. “You want to know what I see?” Actually, yes. Temari was curious at what the irritating little girl meant. Could she really see something in Gaara? “I see sadness itself buried in the small unfrozen part of his spirit. You and the rest of your family fed this growing hatred until it became like a wild fire and took control!” She looked at Kankuro. “Both of you! You're a disgrace to your team and family!” She strolled over to Gaara with haste and grabbed his wrist, yanking him to and out the door, leaving Temari and Kankuro to stand in the dark, shocked.

 

With Akira and Gaara…

 

“Ohhhh! I can't believe those two! They're so pathetic! I can't even stand to hear their names!” She stormed down the streets of Konoha in rage dragging Gaara behind her. People turned their heads to look at the strange couple; women giggling and men either coughing or snickering. Only a few of them knew who Gaara was, thankfully, and only smiled slightly. Akira stopped pulling him. Shukaku whined at the loss of contact and warmth.

 

`Oh, cruel world why have you cursed me with this arrogant ass boy as a body! Whyyyyyyyyyyy???!!!' At the moment, Gaara was thinking the same about Shukaku and was also disappointed at the now cold spot that was now on his wrist and the little annoying squeaks he was getting from the demon that resided in his body.

 

`Shut up! How many times must I tell you that this won't get anywhere!' He growled but yet again, Shukaku only laughed.

 

`Well, when YOU work up enough courage to ask her to be our mate I'll shut up. But until that time comes-“ Like before, bad and very sinful images filled his mind along with the occasional picture of what his daughter might look like.

 

“You seemed a little uncomfortable with me pulling you around Konoha, if you were wondering why I stopped pulling you.” She smiled at him but he had no comment to give. It's not like anyone cared that he was in an awkward position before so he had nothing to say to this cheerful girl. That and he was too wrapped up in his thoughts and could barley make out the sentence in the first place.

 

`Listen to me Shukaku, you have absolutely no place to talk. You're jut as bad as me.' But the Shukaku was thinking of a plan and kept ignoring Gaara until he thought up an idea. A really good idea. An idea that would allow them to get closer to the silver haired beauty who was now counting how many sakura shuriken she had left.

 

`Hey kid.' Gaara stopped insulting the raccoon for a minuet to listen, though, he knew it was going to be something bad.

 

`What now.' Shukaku smirked.

 

`You know that “Harem Jutsu” thingy that that Naruto kid does? Well I was thinking…' Oh no… another one of his perverted ideas. And this time… he wanted Gaara to turn into a girl! No way in hell was he gonna turn into a girl! That was just… sick! That's what it was! Sick! `You could get one of your clones to turn into a girl, follow shiny head over there into a hot springs bath and ask her a bunch of questions about us- I mean you! That way it can give you the information after they get back! It's genius! Genius!!' That was probably the most idiotic… yet intelligent plan Shukaku has ever came up with! This way, Gaara doesn't have to see her without any clothes and let her keep her dignity! `But I'd bet you'd like to see her with no clothes! I know I would!' Gaara twitched.

 

`No way!' He was broken out of his inappropriate conversation with the demon by the most annoying sound he has ever heard in his life—

 

“AKIRA-CHAN!!! Over here! It's me! NARUTO!” Gaara looked up and saw the most annoying thing he has ever had the pleasure to hear of… Uzamaki Naruto. The number one, hyperactive, knuckleheaded ninja.

 

Naruto was waving away, hands above his head with the great big cocky Uzamaki smile he was famous for and Akira waved back with a kind, genuine smile of hers. Next to him were two people she had never had the joy of meeting. A girl with short pink hair and a boy with spiky raven hair like a cockatoo who was oddly, very attractive. “Hi Naruto. Um, who are they? Your teammates?” She giggled and Naruto blushed lightly.

 

“Y-yeah, this is Sakura-chan,” he pointed to the pink haired girl and Akira waved while she only smiled. “And that's Sasuke-teme.” He pointed to the other boy next to him with the cockatoo like hair. She smiled at him but he only turned his head and looked at her out of the corner of his eye. She took down her hand sadly and looked back at Gaara who was… gone?! What! Where the hell could he have gone?! It's not like he had any other engagements to attend! She growled.

 

“Damn him!” Naruto looked at her strangely. Who was she talking about? Well, she did say that after he said Sasuke's name so…

 

“AHAHAHAHA!” Sasuke and Sakura looked at him in question. What in the world could he be laughing at? Their question was soon answered. “Looks like that's one girl in Konoha that isn't your fangirl!” Sasuke glared at Naruto and then looked at the silver haired girl he called `Akira'. She looked a bit uneasy and mad. At him? What had he ever done to this beautiful girl? Hang on… was he actually calling her pretty? No an Uchiha is cold and uncaring; they keep what is theirs ad get what they want. Yes, an Uchiha always get what they want….