BLUE SAND RED DESIRE
PREFACE
TIME SKIP: 6 YEARS AGO
'It's hot, yet I feel cold'
'Maybe you should be happy, i keep you this safe from the heat', this is the bane of my existence, Shinziki, the sand mistress. Me being the vessel for her she keeps me safe from the heat... but also from human contact. I was staying with my older brother in Suna while my parents were on mission. He tried to stay as far away from me as possible, and I, though saddened at this, stooped to his wish and did not approach unless needed. I now know why... The Kazekage of Suna had done a horrific deed in taking me as the vessel for this monster. I even heard he did the same to his son... but not wanting anymore rejection, I stayed as far away from any social places possible...
'Oh look, were in a park!' the stupid Tanuki demon chanted, 'watch your mind child, you're lucky I'm not ableto escape this horrid prison', I felt the pang in my head as she swashed her tail around, then she started in alarm, 'keep close eye child, I feel a very strong chakra close by'. Just then I heard screaming, when i swiveled my head around I saw a bunch of children running away from something, then I heard the crying my heighten sense lets me catch. Under further inspection I saw it was a boy, with blood red hair, and ocean green eyes. He was desperately crying, asking "why? please don't leave me!" , while he was saying that he encased a girl in sand, 'hmm, i rather like this child, he gives into instinct' , the demon was hungry now, by this point when the full moon came i would be even more restless, 'stop it Shinziki, no more images' , but already it was too late, she painted a picture, of blood pooling on the soft sand, the moon turning red with its hue, the scream-, I stopped short there, and my sand transported me right in front of the boy. My sand went berserk and as it inched closer a man suddenly screamed,
"Gaara-sama, Stop this right now!" the boy's breath hitched in his throat, and the sand retreated leaving the girl to run away. Then the man who interrupted looked at me, "You must be Zafire-sama, my apologies for disturbing your walk" he spoke with retained fear, and i didn't know why, but it angered me. Why must i see that fear and hate reflected in the eyes of people, who only look at me...
"... No... its fine..." the man then left saying he would be back after dark for the boy, i was going to go back to the sand box by the swings when something caught my arm, i was shocked my shield of sand did not react, "... you're not afraid...?" he asked yet i still could not cope with the overwhelming shock.
"why don't you look at me? , is it because you're afraid?" he sounded sad, so in my best manners i turned around, "... no I'm not... afraid...your touching me..."in the back of my head i could feel Shinziki swash her tail, as if waiting for something, but to my surprise she was ... silent...
"You can control sand too, and how come yours is blue?" he asked he was staring at me like as if i would disappear, "I don't really know, it's always been that way" i was not used to talking so instead I just whispered.
The day passed in a flash, he sat at the sand box with me and we played and talked, he showed me some cool things with his sand. Sometimes he looked like he was out of it, lost in his thoughts, but other than that he was really fun... I didn't feel so cold anymore, he had several quirks that were like mine like the dark circles in his eyes, that somehow made the green look prettier, he didn't sleep either, and he had no mother but a father. When I noticed the sky turning dark I got anxious, "I really should be going now! Nii-san will be expecting me, will you be here tomorrow?"
"Yes, here take this- ,"he handed me a necklace, at the end of it was a coin, with the kanji for love. "If you promise to come here tomorrow... I'll let you go..." he got up then and extended his hand to me, I took it while also cleaning my dress, "...um... if you don't mind me asking... why were you crying?" I asked him while looking him in the eyes, he seemed to blush at my closeness for I did not notice that I was almost completely pressed to him, "I feel so alone... then they started running...I didn't want them to go, HE told me to make them stay... then the sand reacted..." by this time sand started to swarm around him, 'listen to me child! You must calm him down, immediately, he must get his emotions in check', I did the next thing I could think about, I hugged him. I heard him catch his breath, "wh- what are you doing?" I just looked up, to see him lightly blushing, "I'm hugging you, for being hurt, I'm making you feel better" I whispered not wanting to scare him away. He stared at me for a few seconds then quickly hugged me back, "thank you, you're the first person that has not run away from me... I don't feel so alone right now, but you have to go" I wanted to give him something, but what? ... 'I have an idea child, cry', why would it want me to cry? 'Just do it! You'll see', so I let go of him and pinched myself, and in front of him I started to cry, "Zafire what's wrong?! Your- whoa!" my tears turned to sapphire stones, little tear shaped stones of the most intense blue shade. "They are for you, so you will have something of me with you" I looped them in a string I found, and gave it to him. "Please don't waste my tears" I pecked him on the cheek and waved good bye.
AT MY HOUSE
I noticed that my house was very dark when I arrived, normally, my brother would have the lights on before the sun set. As I came in, I started looking for him, "Nii-san, brother!" no answer, my nose started to pick out his scent... being hours old, while I searched I found a scroll in the kitchen,
TO: Blue Tears Clan
Our most humble condolences in the loss of your family, we are here by obligated to give you a sum of the money your parents collected before their death, we hope you may carry on with your family's tradition and become shinobi of your village in hopes of honoring your clan.
Sincerely, the Kazekage
'I'm alone now...I know he left, Nii-san was a coward... he would not have stayed with me.' I felt like killing myself, never have I heard in my five years of life a kid wishing to die, but I sure wanted to, 'do not give up child, I have a perfect idea, instead of your death let us continue on and find a place where you can shine, come with me to Konoha, I can lead you there' I thought this over, maybe, I could really find a family there or someone that would not care, like Gaara. That's when it hit me, if I leave, what will happen to Gaara-kun? 'He will do as Shukaku tells him to, I showed you what will happen today to him... don't worry child we will see him again'... 'Very well, lead the way' I started packing things that Shinziki thought would suffice, we packed seven water canteens, some clothes, and all the jewels in the family place. But before I left I wanted to see something, so I made my way to the top of the Kage tower.
I saw everything then, how Gaara turned out and everything that happened then. Following Gaara's scent to his home, I found his room, all the tears I could cry would not come out, but when I thought of leaving Gaara... one silent tear escaped... I left it there on his bed.
"I'm sorry... Gaara-kun, I promise we will see each other again"
ONE WEEK LATER
COGH, I've been out in this blasted forest for over two days now...COGH, I'm not feeling well, and I'm hungry... and I feel even more alone now. 'Listen to me child, somebody is approaching, and from his chakra... I can tell he is good' out of nowhere; four guys' with masks on emerged, and in front of them landed a man wearing robes...
"State your business child! We do not wish to harm you" one of the mask wearing guys said, my sand started to react to his harmful voice, and Shinziki did not like his tone either. the one with the robes stepped forward and silenced the mask, "from your clothes I feel you are from Sunagakure, if you are a runaway I will have to send you back- ." this scared me, and out of nowhere I reacted "NO!, please don't send me back, I'm alone!" the man seemed frightened, but none the less he picked me up on his arms and ran with me to my new home. Where hopefully my past would not follow...