Our children of night and day
Sequel to (A wolf's dream)
Chapter 1 – I can't forget you.
"MANGETSU"
Gaara was woken up with a fright by the sound of his daughter's voice.
"GET UP YOU LAZY BAKA" Hinode shouted at her twin brother.
"Er…huh…Hinode it's not even 7:00am go back to bed" her brother said putting his head under his pillow.
"There's no time we have to get to the academy early today remember!" Hinode said.
"Go away Hinode" Mangetsu said from under his pillow.
"Ok you asked for it" Hinode made a hand sign and shouted "SAND COFFIN".
Mangetsu was lifted up into the air with sand by his legs, he tried to struggle while been held upside down.
"HINODE PUT ME DOWN"
"Hinode how many times have I told you not to use the sand coffin on your brother" Hinode looked behind her to see her father standing in the door way with his robes on.
She dropped her grip on her brother and he fell to the ground with a thud.
"Hinode you know your brother's not a morning person so please be patient with him" Gaara said to his cute little daughter.
"-Sigh- Yes father"
"Come on Mangetsu you better get up if you're going to get to the academy to practice for the graduation exam today" Gaara smiled at his son.
"Yes sir" he answered lazily.
Gaara went to sit at the table and wait for his kids to join him.
While he was waiting his thoughts began to drift over the memories of the past few years. It had been 12 years since the birth of his children, and he glad to have them. He was now 32 years old and had two wonderful kids, even if they argued a lot.
What more could he have asked for? Well he knew exactly what he'd ask for but he knew he would never get it.
He had to raise two lively children on his own for 12 years as well as run the village so be barely got time to relax.
His thoughts were interrupted by Hinode and Mangetsu running into the kitchen.
"You better pass today Mangetsu!"
"I wouldn't worry about me if I were you"
"Look if we end up on the same squad then we can help each other, I mean I'm a long distance fighter and your a close combat type. We can use that to play to our strengths!" Hinode finished.
"Well I guess you have a point"
"Yeah well when were on the squad I'm team leader!"
"What!? Why you?"
"Because I'm smarter then you and I'm older"
"BY TEN MINUTES!" Mangetsu shouted.
"Ten minutes ten years the point is I'm older which means I am leader!"
"But I'm stronger when it comes to physical combat your too weak so you rely on sand!"
"Hey you can't talk because you have never even touched me with my sand shield so don't go flapping your lips Mr. big shot!"
Gaara watch his kids argue and smiled. He wished he could have done that with his siblings when he was their age.
They sat down at the table and Gaara looked at how many of their mother's qualities each of them had.
Hinode the eldest out of the two siblings looked just like her mother but without the tail, claws and ears. Her teeth when just like her mother's but her eyes were just like Gaara's. she was the most popular girl at the academy, she always got top grades and her teaches said she was a natural born leader and very intelligent. Her personality was a lot like his own; she was serious and got down to the purpose at hand. She often wore cloths that showed her curves, much to Gaara's distaste but he kept his mouth shut. She did, however, have an odd habit of putting black liner on that made her eyes look even more like Gaara's. She could wheeled sand much to Gaara's surprise. She always went to bed at dusk and was always up at dawn.
Mangetsu on the other hand was a lot different to his sister in a lot of ways. He looked like a younger version of his father but his eyes were the same as his mothers. He also had his mothers' cheesy grin and attitude. He too was intelligent but he didn't show it very often. The girls fell for him all the time but it was mainly because he was a very good looking person and the Kazakage's son. He wore cloths that showed his six pack and abs with baggy trousers. His black gloves covered up his wolf like claws and he had also inherited his mothers kekkei genki, he had all the natural sense's of a wolf and his eyes were like super computers that could look at someone and find any detail about them.
Even after death, Gaara still had a part of Tsuki that he would never let go of even if it cost him his life. Hinode's looks and Mangetsu's behaviour made it seem like she'd never left.
But no matter how hard he might try he would never forget her or the two gifts that she had left behind.
Gaara had didnt realized he was staring into space until Hinode called to him.
"Um…dad you ok?"
"Huh? oh yeah I'm fine just thinking that's all"
"About what?" Mangetsu asked.
"Oh it's nothing"
"Come on dad tell us!" Hinode and Mangetsu pressed.
"Well…I was thinking of…your mother"
Hinode and Mangetsu never knew their mother but whenever someone asked them if they missed her they always replayed 'no we don't miss her coz we never knew her but we get on just fine without our mother'.
It always broke Gaara's heart. But he never did tell them the truth of how she died. He had always said that she died from a rogue ninja attack after they were born but Gaara had quickly killed the ninja after.
There was silence for a bit then Hinode began to speak.
"So? Why are you thinking about her? She's long gone and our lives are fine without her"
"THAT'S NOT TRUE HINODE" this was one of the few occasions that he scolded his children even though he didn't mean to do it, but oh boy she defiantly was his daughter.
Hinode jumped out of her seat as did Mangetsu with scared looks on their faces. Even though they had been told off before their father had never shouted like that before.
Seeing the look on their faces made his heart ache "I'm sorry I didn't mean to shout" he said bowing his head in shame.
Hinode looked at the hurt look on his face so went over to her father and hugged him.
"I'm sorry father but I just don't understand why you still think of her"
"It's because she was a brilliant women that cared for me no matter what I did" he said letting a single tear fall from his eye.
Just then there was a knock on the door. Mangetsu went to answer it.
When he opened the door he found his Cousin Bara, Kankuro and Mushi's daughter.
"Hi Mangetsu my dad told me to make sure uncle Gaara had this for today's meeting" she said holding out a piece of paper.
Bara was 4 years younger than Mangetsu and Hinode. She had short brown hair that was shoulder length with red eyes like Mushi's. She wore a black top and black trouser with fingerless gloves. Like her mother she had purple marks under her eyes and her canine teeth poked out of either side of her mouth. But she carried 3 scrolls on her back like her father did.
She handed the paper to her older cousin and he thanked her.
"See you later uncle Gaara" she yelled as she left.
Gaara smiled. He had two children of his own, a niece from his older brother and two nephews from his older sister and Shiro. He finally had a full family that he would protected till the end of time.
"We better be going, see you tonight" Hinode kissed her father's cheek and, letting Mangetsu get his weapon, dragged him out the door and ran off to the academy.
Gaara was now as happy as ever. Tsuki maybe gone but she will never be forgotten.
Me – how cute!
Gaara – yeah but did you have to kill Tsuki off?
Me – yes it makes it more interesting!
Gaara - sigh