Chapter One
Flames danced in her deep oak eyes, tears freely flowing down perfect porcelain cheeks, a heart wrenching scream that should have been heard for miles and yet over the sounds crumbling timbers and shattering glass faded to nothing. There was no escape, being only five, fear paralyzed her small dainty frame as fire licked up her clothes and greedily grabbed at her once long mahogany hair. The flames soon engulfed her, the old building collapsing on top her, and a red hot iron support slicing through her body before the roof finally came crashing down. Outside panicked shouts and a mother's cry for her baby could be heard. But they were too late, far too late to save another poor child that would be said to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"Damn it!" a deep voice rumbled as two large fists smacked on to the smooth surface of his solid oak desk sending papers flying haphazardly across the semi-circle room that served as his office. He bit the inside of his cheek as pain pulsed from his most likely now bruised fists travelled up his arms causing him to hunch over his scarlet red hair falling over his insomnia ringed ocean green eyes, closing In frustration before taking a deep breath to calm his rage before it was let loose at the two innocent men in front of him, that now stood backs against the door slightly shaking in weary anticipation of what the terrifying man would do next. Reining his anger, he slowly sat up and fell back into his perfect posture staring at his two subordinates with his usual blank stare.
"Anything else."
"No, Kazekage- sama, only that the child's parents wish to have what's left of the body's remains buried." The younger of the two men replied keeping his dark eyes trained to the sandstone floor.
"Permission granted. You're both dismissed". The two men promptly dispersed from the room leaving the young kage to stew in his thoughts.
"You know, you should really get yourself a secretary." The Kages sister announces picking up the now disorganised paperwork off the cold sandstone floor gently placing it on the right hand side of the overly large desk, her four dirty blond pig tails falling out of their bindings, the soot from the fire, still smeared across her creamy skin and small burn holes in her black kimono, even the bow in her obi was starting to droop.
"Go home Temari." He replied jotting something down on a piece of parchment not once looking at his sister as she cocked a brow leaning her weight onto her left leg.
"I could say the same to you lil' brother." She answered back with a smirk and a playful glint in her moss green eyes. The younger man sighed lifting his over tired eyes to his sister.
"I would if I could, but there's too much to do at this moment in time, I'll cook myself something when I get in."
"alright, but make sure you try to get some sleep tonight, Ok?" she then promptly turned, her heels clicking as she headed out the door, only pausing as she placed her hand on the door to close it behind her.
"Seriously though, think about getting a secretary." The doors click resounding around the room signalling that the kazekage was once again alone with his thoughts.
'Maybe I will...' He thought to himself turning towards the round window behind him seeing the sun ounce again disappear over the wall of the village, allowing reds and oranges to bleed across the sky.