Tenshi Sohma was the envy of every girl that came her way. She was beautiful, wealthy, powerful, and had great friends, a loving, and very hot, boyfriend, and was loved wherever she went. Of course, this couldn't have been said about her six years ago.
Six years ago she was on the verge of suicide. Everyone was afraid of her, because of her power, and shunned her. Her father and brother were the only ones that accepted her. Her mother was basically the ringleader of the people that hated her.
Although, the real reason she sat in the park with a kunai to her wrists, was because of how she became a chunin. You see, in the village hidden in the mist, in order to graduate from being a genin and become a chunin, you must kill all of your classmates. Unfortunately, for Tenshi, the most treasured person in the world to her was in her class; her brother, Eireron.
She and him were the last ones left in the slaughter-fest. Eireron had told her to take care of the village for him before pulling his sword on himself. She carried his body out of the closed-in arena, his decapitated head resting on his stomach.
When she was about to commit the act the love of her life found her. He was on his way to see her father, the Mizukage. They had a meeting planned for that day. He was the Kazekage, from the village hidden in the Sand; Gaara.
[Flashback]
Gaara walked down the misty street, almost squinting to see his way. Blackish forms walked past him; people. It was hard to tell what they were until they got about two feet away from him. He had decided not to wear his hat and cloak today, because that would mean guards. And he didn't like focusing attention. He heard sobbing coming from a grassy area next to wear he was walking.
When he paused and looked over, he saw a hunched over black blob. It was a girl. Curious, he walked over. That is, until he saw the kunai she had brought to her wrist. Then he ran. He dropped to his knees in front of the girl, holding the hand that had the kunai in the air, away from her wrist. Her eyes shot wide open in surprise. Who would want her alive?
"Are you an idiot? No amount of anything is enough to make you do this to yourself!!"
She stared at him for a moment, her dazzling emerald eye shaking back and forth. He noticed that her hair split in color; vibrant blue in the front and an autumn red in the back. Her right eye was completely covered by her hair, making it unseen. Then it registered to her; he wasn't from the village.
Immediately her other hand flew to his arm and started pulling on it. When that didn't work, she brought her wrist back up to the kunai. He grabbed a hold of that one too and held them on either side of her head, in the air. A broken sob escaped her throat and she clenched her eyes shut as tears ran down her cheeks.
"Why are you stopping me?" She sobbed, choking out the words.
"Because, nothing is worth killing yourself over."
Her head shook from side to side vigorously. "How do you know?!" She glared up at him, her voice rising. "You don't know me, so you can't possibly know what I've been through!!"
She twirled the kunai in her fingers and brought it down to his arm, surprised when her face wasn't splattered in blood. When she looked over, she saw sand covering her kunai and shielding his arm. Her eyes widened and she dropped the kunai; she knew who he was now. She looked back at him, into his sea-foam green eyes, in shock.
"You-…you're him…"
His face held no emotion as he stood, bringing her with him. He still had hold of her wrists when he looked over to the kunai and sand surrounded it, flying it over to him. He let go of one of her wrists and grabbed it. She watched as the sand flew back into a small gourd on his belt. He held the kunai out in his hand, his fingers open.
"If I give this back, would you try to do that again?"
She scoffed, looking off to the side and reaching for it with her free hand.
"What do you think?
In less than a second she was up in the air, being thrown over his shoulder. His arm curled around her to keep her there as she kicked her legs in the air, fisted his back, and shouted out in protest. About half way to where he was going, she gave up, rested her elbow on his back and leaning on her hand. People stared.
He walked into the Mizukage building, going up the stairs until he came to the top floor. He came to a specific door and put her down, knocking on it. A jounin of the village answered the door, looking at Gaara then at Tenshi, surprised to see her there with him. He motioned for them to come in, watching Tenshi's movements, then closed the door after he left. Her father looked at her then up at Gaara.
"What's my daughter doing here?"
Gaara's eyes widened a bit. "Wait. She's your daughter??!"
"Of course she is. Why else would the guard have let her in without question?"
"But-…" Gaara looked down at Tenshi next to him. She noticed this and smiled, turning her head to stick her tongue out before hopping over the large desk to stand next to her father. She smiled down at the Mizukage for a second then the lord stood. His hand plopped on her head, ruffling her hair. He looked back over to Gaara.
"So why is she here?"
"I found her in the park. She was…" He trailed off as he saw her head turn him, staring over with her pleading emerald eye.
"Yes? 'She was' what?"
Gaara thought for a moment, and then smirked in her direction. "She was training. I saw her and thought I'd come here to ask permission."
The Mizukage straightened and he crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"Ask permission for what?"
"Yeah, what?" Tenshi spoke up, wondering what the hell that smirk was for. Gaara's smirk only grew and a mischievous glint showed in his eyes.
"To have her train under me."
There was silence in the meeting room. That is until Tenshi yelled out, "What?!"
"Fine." Her father said. She looked up at him in shock.
"Dad! You can't seriously let me train with-"
"Yes I can. He's a fine ninja. It'd do you good."
"But he's from the Sand!"
"It'll be a good chance to show the bond that our villages have."
She turned her eyes over to Gaara again and he was bowing. She jumped when she felt a hand on her back; it was her father. He was still looking at Gaara though.
"How long to you want her for?"
Both Gaara and Tenshi stiffened at the Mizukage's choice of words, but Gaara composed himself.
"I was actually going to ask you how long she would be able to stay away from the village."
"Doesn't matter. She'll be in good hands with you. I know that. So it's up to you."
"Oh…" Gaara stared at her for a moment, then returned his eyes to the Mizukage. "I'll keep her until I think I've taught her all that she can learn."
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"What the hell? Why did you ask to train me?"
Tenshi stalked next to Gaara as he walked through the village.
"Because, I am going to train you." He halted and turned around in front of her, crossing his arms with a smirk planted on his face. "I'm going to teach you all the things in life that you would've missed if I hadn't come along when I did."
Tenshi blushed somewhat, then scoffed.
"Sheesh. It almost sounds like your confessing your love for me." She looked around for a second before grabbing his wrist, pulling him into a building off the side of the road. "C'mon, I'm hungry. Let's eat."
Gaara paused for a second then sat down next to her at the ramen stand. She ordered hers then asked what he wanted. He just got the same thing. She reminded him of a spunky blonde from the leaf village.
He set his elbow on the counter, leaning on his hand as he smiled lightly over at her. She paused in the middle of slurping up a noodle and bit it off, straightening her back.
"What are you staring at?"
Gaara shook his head, to clear his mind, and muttered 'nothing' before diving into his ramen.
[End Flashback]
A year later and they were dating. Tenshi had learned to make friends and was living with Gaara, in separate rooms mind you, at the Kazekage mansion.
"Hey, you're going on an A-rank mission today, right?" Gaara pushed himself off of the couch and walked over to Tenshi, wrapping his arms around her middle from behind her. She smiled, fixing her forehead protector on top of her head before turning around in his arms.
"Yeah, I am. I'm going with Yukionna too. Don't worry though." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. "I'll come back. I promise."
"You better." Gaara purred out before bringing their lips together once more.
A knock came at the door, interrupting them. Tenshi answered it and waved good-bye to Gaara as she and Yukionna left for their mission.
Gaara was sitting at his desk, filling out paperwork, when two jounin from the village burst through the door.
"Kazekage-sama! Come quick!"
He hopped up from his chair and followed them down the hall immediately.
"What's happened?"
"It's Tenshi, sir. She's been hurt badly. We're not sure if-" The man that responded turned his head back to see Gaara but the redhead had already disappeared.
Only a second passed before Gaara ran into the infirmary, yelling at the closest nurse to take him to where Tenshi was. One took him to the large window in front of her room, stopping him before he walked in there.
"Move out of the way." He growled out. She shook her head.
"I'm sorry. She's been injured to such a degree that she probably won't-"
"Don't finish that sentence."
The girl stared at him for a moment before he walked around her and opened the door. A doctor was coming out of the door as he stepped in. He placed a hand on Gaara's shoulder.
"She's awake…for now. When she falls asleep, she won't wake up." He left without giving another word and Gaara pulled up a chair to her bedside, taking her hand in his. Her looked at her blood covered face as she opened her eyes slightly to look at him. When she saw who it was, she forced out energy to smile at him.
The blood that stained her eyelids made her look even worse than what she was. She had slashes up and down her arms and legs. Her stomach was physically outside of her open flesh. Her liver had been removed during battle. And yet, somehow, she was holding on to her life.
"Hey…Gaa…ra…" She whispered out. He held a finger up to his own mouth, to tell her to not talk. Maybe, just maybe, she'll hang on longer.
"Tenshi…I just…I don't want to loose you…I'm sure it's worse than it looks physically, if they can't heal you…why aren't you healing automatically? Shouldn't Yokomakaku be giving off healing energy throughout your body?"
"They…sealed her…and my…body…"
Gaara could tell she was forcing herself to talk and, before she could say another word, he covered her lips with his. He didn't move against her or anything, just simply pressed their lips together. When he separated her eyes were closed and she wasn't breathing anymore. A tear trailed down his cheek and landed on hers. He hid his face in his hand.
"I love you, Tenshi…"
"I…too…"
He looked up at her face but she was already gone. Then he realized; she had stayed alive just to see him one last time. The sobs came and he openly cried into the hospital bed. His hand held hers more tightly then ever.
Okay, I know what you're thinking.
"Holy crap! It's not a yaoi!!"
Right?
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This was odd. I killed off the main character in the first chapter…heh…well, it makes sense in a way. The story basically takes place all in the afterlife. So yeah…
This was also the shortest first chapter I have ever written…
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