Summary: Ceris is an Angel of Death and is half human. Because of her lineage, she is shunned and underestimated. As a child, her human mother was the only one protecting her. And while the mirage floating isle of Umougakure travels near Suna, Ceris befriends a boy shunned like herself. But her mother's fatal illness causes her to leave sooner than expected. And for the last seven years she was in Konoha. She just wants her friend back. Even if it kills her.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, places, or whatnot created by Masashi Kishimoto. Everything else that is not covered by his copyright belongs to me. Sorry if something is similar to something you may have read or written, but I am not doing it on purpose and I am very much trying to be original.
Warning: This story has been rated T because I like to be detailed, so I will mention: blood, maybe gore, and some vulgar language.
The clouds passed by slowly as we went to a place Mommy called Suna. She said it was a really pretty place filled with lots of sand. Mommy also said that it was really hot, and the sun made a pretty sunset every night. I didn't like the cold, so I was really happy we got to go to Suna this week.
"Ceris, not to close to the edge Honey," Mommy called out from behind me.
"Yes Mommy!" I said as I ran over to her chair. She was paler than normal but looked happy.
I fidgeted and looked up at her, making her smile even wider. "Okay, what do you want Ceris?"
"If I find a friend in Suna, can we stay?" I asked her with chibi eyes my neighbor Celia taught me. She said that the adults wouldn't refuse if I made a face with those eyes.
"If you be a good girl and get me to bed I could ask the Kage if we could stay longer." Mommy was real quiet, but I could still hear the truth in her voice.
"Okay." I ran over and helped her up. Ever since I was three, mommy had a bad illness and needed help getting around. She said it might get very bad at times and might need my help.
When we got inside, she went to the kitchen and got some tea before pushing me to my room. "Night Honey."
I walked to my room to get ready for bed. "Night Mommy!"
I got my PJ's on and crawled into my bed. Of course I didn't fall asleep, I only looked like it. I only pretended to sleep for Mommy's sake. When I tried to sleep I wouldn't dream and would be engulfed in blackness. It was really scary and I hated it. But I almost always fell asleep because it was really boring just lying in bed.
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The Next Day
The morning birds that were on the island were pretty and had all sorts of colors for feathers. They sang in the sakura tree outside our house and always woke me up when I was stuck in the darkness.
I ran to go get Mommy up like I did every day, being careful not to make too much noise as I struggled to open the door to Mommy's room. She was still in her blue futon and snoring like a bear as I peeked in.
'Mommy sounds funny when she sleeps.' I giggled to myself as I neared her bed as silently as I could.
"Wake up Mommy!" I sang to her.
She groaned before she flipped over so that she was facing me now. "Morning Honey." She smiled "I think I can walk on my own today."
"Yay!" Mommy was finally going to get better. I ran outside to the edge of the island that was a couple yards away from our house. I looked down and through the clouds. There was a lot of sand and a pretty village in the distance.
"MOMMY! We're almost at Suna!" I screamed as I ran as fast as I could back into the house. Mommy was in the kitchen making breakfast.
She smiled at me before she put some eggs and bacon in front of me. "If you eat your breakfast now and get ready you might be finished by the time we get there."
"Alright!" I said before I dug in.
I wasted no time cleaning my plate as I finished eating. Rushing back to my room I took a bath and brushed my hair, dried off, and grabbed a red and tan kimono with black socks. I put them on as fast and neatly as I could so I could meet Mommy back outside.
"Why the rush Honey?" Mommy said from behind me. Of course I didn't know this so I got startled and jumped.
"I want to make a new friend that's my age!" I whined to Mommy. She sighed when looking down at me. "Everybody is like ancient compared to me!" I continued.
"Really now?" Mommy mused as she fixed the sash on my kimono.
"Oh, not you Mommy! You're still young and pretty." I said quickly.
"Nice save." Mommy laughed at me as she finished. "Now go ask the Kage for me if she can send us down, alright?"
"Wait! Were already there?!" I screamed excitedly.
"Yes. While you were taking a bath we got right outside the gates." Mommy said rolling her eyes.
"Be right back Mommy!" I said as I ran out and onto the street in the front of our house.
'Kagey-Sama's office is this way!' I thought to myself as I ran full speed.
At the Sorakage's Office
"Kagey-Sama! Mommy is feeling better and says I can go to Suna!" I screamed as I ran in.
"Still loud as always Ceris?" said the tired voice of our Kage.
"Yes! So may I go? Pretty please?" I begged with chibi eyes.
She looked at me very seriously, like mommy did when the older kids were mean to me. "Yes, but make sure you go as a HUMAN!"
"Yes Kagey-Sama!" I said before bowing and running back to Mommy.
At the Gates of Suna
"Ceris be careful. I'm going to be shopping if you want to find me O.K?" She said before we walked through the gates and showed the guards our passes.
Kagey-Sama said she had placed a genjutsu on me so that Mommy always knew where I was. She also said that I was being watched by a Guardian. So if something happened the Guardian would protect our secrets. So I got to have as much fun as possible.
"Alright Mommy!" I said running to the park I had seen all the way from Sora.
The people and merchants became nothing but one big blur. I took the fastest speed I could but still look human at the same time. It was hard to tell, Mommy was the only other human that I was familiar with.
"Ahhh! It's Gaara!" A girl screamed.
"Forget the ball!" Shrieked another girl.
"Everybody run for your lives!" some boy shouted.
I ran faster burning with curiosity to see lots of kids running from a cute red headed boy. He was curled up on a swing crying as he clutched a teddy bear to his chest. I saw a kick ball rolling away from his other very limp and trembling hand. I decided to go over and stand near him until he looked up at me.
"Aren't you going to run too?" He cried to me.
"No! I think you're cute and why should I?" I said truthfully before I hoped down on a swing next to him.
He looked away sadly as he started to cry again as he said, "because, I have the demon named Shukaku sealed inside of me."
"So what! I don't care!" I said cheerfully. He looked at me as if I was missing something.
"Shukaku could try to kill you and it would be all my fault you're dead." Tears fell down his face as I thought.
I remembered Mommy talking about there being special people that had a demon sealed inside of them. She called them a Gincharike or something like that. Mommy said that one of her friends used to be a Gincharike. But her friend died with her baby son because the demon got loose. Mommy also told me that Gincharike are usually mean because they don't have any friends and people are really mean to them.
"Aren't you going to say something or run away in fear?" He asked when I didn't answer him.
"Well," I said pausing to think, "I would say that I would forgive you and Shukaku if you guys hurt me. Or even if you killed me I would still forgive you both. Forever and ever." I said gently to him as I started to move my feet back and forth so that the swing started moving.
"Really?" He asked looking at his teddy bear.
"Mmhhhmmm!" I hummed loudly so he could hear me. "You can be my first friend!"
He looked up with hope and doubt in his pretty blue eyes. I decided he needed something special. I held my hand out to him with a goofy grin on my face. He reached for it slowly. When he grabbed my hand I pulled him up and gave him one of my famous bear hugs.
Sand started to surround me as he was yanked from my grasp. I started to feel it tighten around me when I heard him shout, "Why did you attack me?!"
I was now in the air with sand covering everything except my head. "Attack you? What do you mean?" I looked at him funny. "I was just giving you one of my bear hugs."
"... What's a hug?" He asked me.
'Why wouldn't he know what a hug was?' I frowned. "Can you put me down so I could talk more easily?"
He set me down next to him. "So what's a hug?"
The sand was warm and smelled of the earth. There was a rusty smell in it too, I really liked that smell.
He looked at me as he waited for my answer. "A hug is something special you can give to a friend, what people who love you give, or as a way to cheer someone up." I said lying down and looking up at were Sora was floating.
"Oh." He laid next to me and started asking me questions. "Do you think I'm a monster?"
"No, just because you have a demon doesn't mean you're a monster." I said thinking of a question to ask. "What's your demon like?"
"He's a sand raccoon who used to be sealed in a teapot before me." He said simply.
"COOL! I love sand and raccoons." I said shooting up.
He was quiet as he looked at me with his dark eyes and I grinned. He looked away from me and I scooted really close to him.
"What's sucking up? Shukaku says you're doing that." He asked me.
"I don't know. But I think raccoons are strong, clever, and perfect in every way natural." I said going on.
He paused for a minute and said, "Shukaku says that there's something wrong with you."
It almost sounded like he was saying something mean, but he sounded like he was also telling the truth.
"Thank you Shukaku! Hey Gaara wanna play tag?" I asked hopefully as I got restless.
"Sure but only if you tell me something." He looked up at me, "why are you being nice to me?"
"Cause I wanted to!" I said reaching down and tagging him and started to run. I looked to see him just standing there.
I stopped running and leaned my face to the side. "What's wrong?"
He looked down with a really sad expression. "I don't know how to play."
"Well silly, you just have to catch me and tag me. And if you do, it's my turn to chase you!" I waved my hands in the air.
He nodded and I felt something around my ankle. Sand held me still and he walked up to me and touched me. "Like this?"
I nodded and reached out to touch him, only for the meanie to move away from me. "Can you let me go? I wanna play."
He grinned and disappeared with his sand. I looked around and spotted him far away from me. I ran, and for the rest of the day we ran around tagging each other.
"Ceris honey, where are you?" I heard Mommy shouting to me. She always did this so she didn't look sus- su- suspicious.
"Come on Gaara! You need to meet my Mommy!" I said grabbing his hand and pulling.
"But what if she doesn't like me?" He asked scared.
"She will like you! My Mommy is awesome that way!" I said still tugging.
He started to come more willingly as I followed the life energy Mommy gave off. She was near a bench with a lot of bags.
"Mommy!" I screamed as my Mommy turned around.
"Ceris where were- oh! Who is this?" she asked when she turned to my voice.
"Mommy, this is my friend Gaara! Can we stay at Suna longer? I like Gaara and the village." I begged bringing out the Chibi eyes.
"I want to stay here longer too; I will ask the Kage if we ca. Now say good-bye to Gaara-kun, honey." she said picking up all the bags.
"Okay!" I turned around and let go of his hand. "Bye-bye Gaara-kun!" I leaned over and kissed his cheek. His face turned the shade of his hair.
"Uh, bye! He squeaked out and ran off to his house that he had pointed out earlier.
Mommy was laughing all the way home, which confused me greatly.
The Next Day in Sora
Mommy was sick again. She said I could still go to Suna only if I was going to play with Gaara. I wanted to stay and help, but I also wanted to play with Gaara again.
"You sure Mommy?" I asked.
"Go on honey. I'll be all right." She said in labored breaths, but she still smiled.
"Alright! Bye-bye Mommy!" I said in my cheerful voice.
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Gates of Suna
"Weren't you here yesterday kid?" The older guard questioned me.
"Yep!" I responded.
"Where's your mom?" The other guard asked.
"Sick at home." I said glumly.
"Oh! Well come in then. I hope your mother feels better." The older guard said to me in a gentle voice.
"Thank you mister! I'll tell her you wanted her to feel better." I said being happy again.
I heard the other guard say something and I listened as I skipped on ahead. "What does she mean at home? Nobody lives out there."
"She's probably from a traveling caravan. A few others came here also and were dressed similarly. And the Kazekage gave them permission. So don't worry." The nicer man sad as he showed me forward.
I ran back to the park and the swing set that I had met Gaara at. The wind blew up dust and sand as I picked up speed. When I got there nobody was there. I decided to go on the sing and wait for him.
"Ceris! You came back!" I turned to see Gaara running with his teddy bear in his hand.
"Gaara! Of course I came back, I wanted to play again! Wanna go see something cool?" I asked hoping he would say yes.
"Yeah! Where are we gunna go?" He asked with excitement.
"You have to promise to keep it a secret from everybody." I said holding out my pinky finger.
He looked at it and tilted his head to the side. "What am I supposed to do?"
"Well, you're supposed to wrap your pinky around mine and promise!" I said giggling.
"Okay!" He said as he wrapped his pinky with mine. "I promise I won't tell anybody!" He said before we unwrapped our hands just to hold them.
"We have to leave Suna so I can show you!" I said as we ran to a secret passage we had found while playing tag yesterday. It smelled yucky and had lots of creepy puppets on the walls. ;)( Only one guess to who made it!) It went to this cliffy area where you could see all of Suna if you went to the edge.
"Kagey-Sama said I couldn't show anybody. But you're not anybody! You're my best friend!" I said happily.
"Your my best friend to!" he said gleefully back to me.
"Remember you promised!" I said as I let go of his hand and took a few steps back. He looked waiting to see what would happen.
"Rise of the Angel!" I yelled as I made the hand signs needed to get rid of my disguise. A bright golden light surrounded me and blinded Gaara.
"Look now!" I said to Gaara wanting to see his face.
He stared at me a couple seconds before asking, "what are you?"
"I'm half-angel and half-human!" I exclaimed. "What do you think of me?"
"WOW! You have pretty wings! Can I feel?" He said as ran over to marvel at them. The obsidian wings shined in the desert sun as I shifted them.
"Yep!" I said as I extended my right wing out.
"The feathers are really soft!" He exclaimed.
"Do you want one?" I asked cheerfully.
"Yes!" he said jumping up and down.
I reached for my wing and pulled out one of my softest feathers. "Angel feathers are really rare so you can't show anyone." I warned him with a smile. "Owww!" I said as I looked at where the pointy end of the feather had slipped into me skin.
"You okay?!" Gaara asked worriedly.
The blood welled up on my finger and was a glittery silver-red color. I started to cry when the wound throbbed with pain. I didn't like pain.
"Why is your blood all silvery?" he asked when he saw the bleeding.
"Angels have different blood than humans, so it tastes different and looks different." I told him as I rubbed my tears away with my free hand.
"Can I try it? Shukaku won't let me get hurt so I don't know what pain feels like or what blood tastes like." He said sadly.
"You can, but only if you kiss it better after. That's what my Mommy always does." I told him while holding my finger out.
"Okay." He brought my finger to his lips and plopped it in his mouth. He ran his tongue over it and swallowed. Something happened to my head and I could hear somebody else's voice.
'Careful brat. That blood tastes good and I know you don't want to kill her. I would have killed her already but killing an angel is considered a taboo that not even we demons cross.' Came a rough voice from Gaara's direction. With those words Gaara took my finger out of his mouth and kissed my cut.
"Gaara is so nice! I want to stay in Suna with him! But what was that voice I heard?" I thought in happiness.
"What voice? Nobody else but you and me is here." He said puzzled.
"But wasn't somebody talking to you and how did you hear my thoughts?" I asked in turn.
'Oh shit! That blood did something boy! I feel like I should remember though, since bonds like these are unheard of between humans and angels.' Roared the voice again.
"There it is again. Uh, is that Shukaku?" I asked him as I thought about what he said.
"You can hear him? But I thought only I could." He said thinking out loud.
'I think you two can read each other's minds now. I have a feeling it was that blood you drank.' Shukaku commented. 'I wouldn't tell anybody though you brats, it could get all of us in danger, with the… higher ups.'
'Shukaku you sound so smart! Do you think we will be all right?' I thought loudly catching on fast.
'You should be fine Girly. Now if you want to keep those wings a secret get rid of them! Somebody is coming!' He thought quickly to me.
"Decent of the Angel!" I whispered quietly as I made more hand signs. A black smog surrounded me and I lost my wings. The only thing left was the ebony feather in my hand.
"Here Gaara-Kun! Keep it safe for me! That's somebody from my village and that can only mean that I have to go back home! Best friends forever no matter what! Promise me okay?! I said quickly sticking my pinky out with one hand and handed him the feather to him with the other.
"Promise!" He said gloomily.
"Ceris?! Where are you?! Your mother is very sick and is in critical condition! She wants to see you before she is forced into surgery!" Came the voice of one of the really strong angels that worked in the village.
"What! Sorry Gaara-Kun I have to go! Mommy is in trouble!" I said running to the Gaurdian. I caught up to her and waved to Gaara as a farewell. He waved back with the forgotten teddy bear by his feet as we went to the pick-up point.
Too bad I didn't know that would be the last time I would see him for seven years and running.
This chapter is really sucky, I know, but 6 year olds aren't exactly the most observant and that I couldn't put anything else.She says Kage as Kagey and Ceris sounds like (S air is [the s's are supposed to sound like sss not zzz]).