I wrote this a while ago, and it's posted on Quizilla, so I figured I would post it here as well. The plot is okay, but I don't think the writing itself is very good. Not descriptive enough. I hope you like it though.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto :(
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"Lord Kazekage," pleaded an elderly woman. "Please. Take this infant."
"It is not my duty to care for the children whose families cannot. Take the child to the nursery to be raised as a shinobi," said the Kazekage dismissively. Turning to the two shinobi in his quarters he commanded, "Take this woman out of my sight."
"She is not my child," defended the old woman. The ninja grabbed her arms. "I found her in the desert in a shack. The body of a woman was next to her. She's not my responsibility!"
"What on earth makes you think that I would want her? I have a son," said the Kazekage.
"She is what you wanted," yelled the woman frantically, struggling to break free of the ninjas' grasps.
"How do you mean?" asked the Kazekage slowly. Could it have occurred naturally? Impossible!
"She has a demon sealed in her, a wind demon! I can not handle her; she'll kill me! Please, take her. Make her one of the weapons known as shinobi!" said the woman quickly. "Just get her away from me!"
"Hand me the child," the Kazekage ordered. The old lady handed the baby over immediately, glad to be rid of it. The babe had red hair with wisps of blond and black in it. Her eyes were pale yellow. "What is her name?"
"I call her Kyanna, but her name is Akki," said the old woman.
"I will take her," said the Kazekage.
"Yashamaru! You're never around when I need you!" yelled the Kazekage as he stormed down the halls in the hospital nursery. He was carrying Akki at an awkward angle and seemed about to drop her.
"Lord Kazekage, please!" exclaimed Yashamaru. "This is the nursery! Infants are sleeping here!"
"I have another child for you to care for. Here," he shoved Akki at Yashamaru, who grabbed her quickly from the rough grasp of the Kazekage.
"Be careful with her!" snapped the nurse. He cradled the infant against his chest, trying to sheild her from the Kazekage.
"Treat her like Gaara. She is my daughter from henceforth. Her name is Akki. She has a wind demon sealed inside her," said the Kazekage curtly.
"Where did she come from? How was the demon sealed?" Yashamaru asked incredulously.
"The desert. It seems to be a natural sealing. Put her in with Gaara," said the Kazekage. Turning on his heel, the Kazekage stormed out of the infirmary into the windy night.
Yashamaru carried Akki to Gaara's room. Inside the room, a baby with red hair and pale green eyes sat on the floor. He smiled when he saw his uncle and tried to get up to greet him. Being only a little more than an infant, he immediately fell back to the ground on his bottom.
"Hello Gaara," smiled Yashamaru. "I have a surprise for you." He put the little girl down on the ground. Akki crawled over to Gaara. They looked at each other, trying to figure out what the other was. "This is your new sister. Her name is Akki. Akki, this is your brother Gaara."
Akki held out her hand toward Gaara. Gaara touched her hand with his. They began interacting as only babies understand, by touching. Akki actually crawled over and licked Gaara's cheek.
"Well, at least you two are getting along," said Yashamaru. "Two demons to look after. I have my work cut out for me."
Akki and Gaara were together at all times. They played together, ate together, and slept together. Even though Gaara didn't sleep, he pretended to while Akki did. Akki herself didn't sleep much. They both had the Kazekage's attention equally.
Sadly, they were both hated equally by the children and adults of the Sand village.
Akki and Gaara were sitting on a swing set watching some children play ball. "We should ask to play Gaara!" whispered Akki excitedly.
"But they don't like us Akki. We scare them. They'll only run away," he whispered sadly back. "Besides, we can go play ball at home. You and me."
"But it's supposed to be more fun with more people! Besides, the other kids say that Temari is unbeatable, and I want to beat her!" whispered Akki back.
"You were wind listening again, weren't you?" he asked in a reproachful voice. "Akki, that's not nice. If we were supposed to hear what the other kids were saying, they would have told us themselves."
Suddenly, the ball that the other children were playing with bounced up on the roof of a near by house. Rather than try to get it, the kids began to walk away with glum faces.
"Wait, we can get it for you," said Gaara.
"Yeah, watch!" said Akki. She sent a gust of wind up to the housetop and blew the ball down. Gaara caught it in a floating sand pile. The sand floated back to Gaara and he picked up the ball.
"It's Gaara and Akki! Run!" the children screamed. They began to run, scattering in all directions.
"No, don't go," Gaara called. The sand grabbed one girl by the ankle.
"Please," Akki added desperately. The wind pulled the girl forward.
"Leave me alone you monsters!" she yelled. The girl tried to barrel roll to get away and began thrashing wildly. The wind and sand reared back and slashed for the little girl.
Suddenly, Yashamaru jumped out of nowhere directly into the path of the sand and wind. It made several deep gashes in her forearm and one on her face. "Gaara, Akki! Stop!"
"Hand me that blade Akki," said Gaara. They were back home in their room. Yashamaru had gone to the infirmary to get her wounds cleaned and dressed.
"It won't do any good Gaara. I've already tried it on me. If the sand won't stop you from hurting yourself, the wind will. Face it, we'll never be able to know," she said sadly.
For as long as they could remember, they had been trying to see what pain felt like. They had tried jumping off buildings, stabbing themselves, and even walking through fire. Nothing had worked. Not only that, but they had to get past both wind and sand. Akki's wind for some reason protected Gaara, and Gaara's sand protected Akki.
She handed the blade over anyway. Gaara held it over the back of his hand, then plunged it down into… A pile of sand.
"I wish you two would stop trying to hurt yourselves. It makes me sad," said Yashamaru, walking into the room.
"Are you alright Yashamaru?" asked Akki quietly.
"We're sorry for hurting you," Gaara whispered.
"I'm fine you two. For not being blood related, you two sure are twin like," he said chuckling. "Two completely different parents and classes, yet here you are."
"We aren't blood related?" asked Gaara. "But father said that we're twins."
"We look the same, talk the same, and we even both have demons sealed inside of us," said Akki. "How is it possible we aren't related?"
"An old woman brought you to the kazekage when you were an infant, Akki. You were found out in the desert in a shack. Your demon was what we call a natural sealing; the demon chose to place itself in your body. You mother also died giving birth to you. Lord Kazekage brought you to me and told me that you were to be raised as Gaara's twin sister," explained Yashamaru. There was a long silence after he had finished his tale.
"Yashamaru?" asked Akki timidly.
"What's this feeling? It's like my heart is being squeezed," continued Gaara in a sad tone.
"We don't like it," they finished together.
"I think what you two are feeling is a different type of pain than being cut, or falling down. Those kinds of wounds can heal with the right kind of medicine. What you two are feeling is a wound of the heart. These kinds of wounds take time to heal, and sometimes they never heal at all," explained Yashamaru. He took the blade from Gaara and cut his finger with it. He put his finger in his mouth to suck off the blood.
"Is there any medicine for a wound of the heart?" asked Akki.
"Love. Both of your mothers died when you were born. That's the ultimate form of love. Gaara, I think that my sister's love exists in every grain of sand, and that she loves you so much that she is still protecting you. Akki, I never knew your mother, but I'm sure that it's the same thing with the air. Her love is always around you," smiled Yashamaru.
Gaara took Yashamaru's finger and put it in his mouth. "It tastes like iron."
"Hey Yashamaru," said Akki quietly.
"Yeah Akki, what is it?" he asked.
"I'm going to go be alone for a while," Akki replied. Before she could be told no, Akki disappeared into the air and flowed out of the room.
"Akki," said Gaara worriedly. He was about to follow her, but Yashamaru put a hand on his shoulder and stopped him.
"Let her be Gaara. She wanted to be alone," said Yashamaru sagely.
"But, we're never alone, not without each other," said Gaara, confused.
"She just found out that the family she had, isn't really blood family at all. It's a lot to take in. She'll be back once she has it all worked out," he explained.
"Yashamaru, can I have some of your medicine?" asked Gaara. "I have an idea."
Akki sat atop the largest building in town. The sun had just set, throwing rays of purple, orange and pink across the sky. Akki stared up at the stars. She had stopped crying for a while and was logically analyzing her situation.
"If the Kazekage adopted me, I am Gaara's sister. As for the twin part, we are the exact same. So I guess it doesn't matter anyway," she muttered to herself. The wind was whistling around, as if it were trying to alleviate her pain.
"But why did Yashamaru tell us that? Father probly never wanted us to know. Unless, unless Yashamaru wanted to hurt us. But why?" Akki murmured to the air.
Turning her face to the wind, Akki opened her eyes wide. Images floated in on the winds from all over town, passing right before her eyes. Finally, she found Gaara. He was sitting on the top of a building across town from hers. Yashamaru suddenly floated in to view. He was strapping something onto his chest and was dressed for combat.
It all hit Akki like a ton of bricks. "The only reason Yashamaru would want us in pain is to get us apart. Without me there, Gaara won't know Yashamaru is going to attack him. I've got to save Gaara!" She evaporated into the air and shot across town as fast as she could.
But she was too late. She arrived just before Yashamaru blew up.
"I hate you Gaara. And you too Akki," whispered Yashamaru painfully. Gaara and Akki were kneeling over him. "My sister's hatred of this village is in every grain of sand. Akki, I don't know your story, and I don't care. Your mother probly died cursing this village with every breath she fought for. You two must use this hatred for destruction." Then Yashamaru blew into a million pieces.
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT AKKI!!!!" screamed Gaara through his tears. "LEAVE! I HATE YOU!"
"How is this my fault? Yashamaru hated us-" began Akki, but Gaara cut her off.
"I don't care," said Gaara. His voice quieted. "Leave, or I'll kill you."
"I'll be back Gaara. Don't ever believe I'm gone," threatened Akki. She whistled through the air, out into the desert.
The next day, when Gaara regained control, he realized what he had done to his supposed sister. The kazekage began sending people to kill Gaara after he banished his sister. And Gaara began killing them using sand, but the wind always was there helping him.
Akki lived out in the desert from that day foreword. She learned to control the wind by observing the messenger hawks that frequented the area. Sand still listened to her commands for some reason.
Akki found a man in the desert who taught her the skills of a shinobi. She learned all she could from him until she was more skilled than all the ninja in the Sand Village combined. Then she killed the man, for he had outlived his purpose. Anyone who crossed her path in the desert was killed, but she was not angry like Gaara.
Crappy ending in my opinion, but oh well. It gets better.
NOTE: Originally I had named the main character Shaara (lame, I know), but then I changed it to Akki. If I missed any and you see someone called 'Shaara', I mean Akki.
