Blood and Silence
CHAPTER ONE
NOTE: The main character's name "Shizuki" translates to "quiet spirit" and Gaara's name translates to "self-loving carnage", which I adapted to "Silence" and "Blood." So that's what the title is about.
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Location: Moon Country, Hidden Moon Village
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It started raining over an hour ago, and it's still pouring. Slumped against a dirty, stained gray wall in an alleyway, was a little girl, wrapped in tattered, beige-colored rag. She looked no more than 6 or 7 years old. A wet, tangled mess of long black hair covered her face.
"Hey kid... are you okay? Where are you parents?" The voice belonged to gruff-looking man, kneeling down beside the girl, holding an umbrella over her.
Slowly, she moves her head up... frightened, golden-yellow eyes peeked through the curtain of drenched hair. There is a few seconds of silence before she speaks. Lowering her eyes to the ground, she began in a small, weak voice, "M-my parents were killed during a mission. Some medical ninjas found what was left of their bodies yesterday..." She was barely able to finish the last sentence before her voice began to crack, and she broke into hysteric sobs.
The man patted the girl's head. "There, there. Don't cry, it'll be okay. C'mon, let's get you out of the rain, and into something dry. And some food, too. You probably haven't eaten for days," he said kindly, offering a hand to the girl.
The girl sniffed and wiped her tears away. She stared at him timidly and hesitated before taking his hand.
"By the way, what's your name?" the man asked.
"Sh-Shizuki," she stuttered.
"Well, Shizuki, nice to meet you," the man chuckled and moved the umbrella over the girl's head. "C'mon, now." He took her small hands, and started to walk down the street...
---Scene Switch---
8 years later. The man turns out to be Lord Getsukage of the Getsugakure (Hidden Moon Village). He adopts Shizuki as his daughter, and trains her to be one of the best shinobi in the village. She is now 14 years old. Her ninja clothes include black, short-sleeve shirt that stops above her belly, with a sleeveless fishnet shirt underneath that covers the rest of her belly; elbow-to-wrist fishnet arm bands; sand-colored cargo pants that stop at mid-calf; white bandages that start from under the pant legs to her ankles; black ninja shoes; and last, but not least, her Moon Village headband around her waist.
Location: In the Getsukage's building, where the Grand Council is having a meeting.
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"This is ridiculous!" the Grand Councilman slammed his fist on the table." The Moon Country is a thriving, independent nation. We should be recognized as one of the Great Shinobi Nations! The Five Great Shinobi Nations are currently the Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, and Lightning nations. Our ninja's are excellent and well-trained. We have a right to be among the Great Five!"
The Getsukage nodded,"Indeed. I fully agree. I've heard word that Wind country has a new Kazekage, a boy of about 15 years. Can you imagine?! A mere child managing the hidden village of one of the Five Great Shinobi Nations! The absurdity! Even if he's supposedly the strongest and deadliest shinobi in the nation, he's still just a teenager!" He scowled as he said the last sentenced.
"Yes, Getsukage-sama. But we can use this to our advantage. Shizuki-hime is about the same age as the Kazekage. Since you've taken her under your wings, she's grown into a strong, intelligent, and rather attractive young woman. If you are willing to take the risk, perhaps we could send her to Sunagakure(Hidden Sand Village), and have her build a relationship with the Kazekage and use his trust to gather information about the Village. We can use this information to launch a surprised invasion on the village. If all goes well, we should be able to defeat them with ease, and then, the other nations will have to respect us, and the Moon Country will replace the Wind as one of the Five Great Shinobi Nations!"
"... Yes.. You are right. Shizuki has become a fine shinobi indeed. I'm sure she will be able to handle herself if the situation becomes violent. Hmm.. Alright it is settled then. Call Shizuki and her team to my office at once, so I can inform her of her new mission."
"Yes, Getsukage-sama."
And with that, the councilman goes off to find Shizuki.
---Scene Switch----
Location: Getsugakure training grounds. Shizuki and her teammates, Kenichi(Ken) & Akito (Aki) are in the middle of a training session.
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Shizuki, sitting atop a tree, threw a few kunais at Ken, who was standing on the ground below her. He easily dodges them, and slices the tree in half with his jumps to the ground, where she is ambushed by Aki's signature spinning kick.
She dodges it, just as the Grand Councilman appears and unwittingly takes the kick in the back.
Aki's eyes widen. "Gomen-nasai, Jii-sama ('SORRY, MISTER')! I didn't mean to-- I mean Shizuki was just there and---"
The Councilman gasps and coughs for a while. When he regains his breath, he replies in hoarse voice, "It's alright... It's my fault for appearing in the middle of your training session." He turns to Shizuki. "Shizuki-hime. The Getsukage has requested you, along with Kenichi and Akito, to his office. He has a special mission for you."
"Yes, sir. I'll be there right away," she saluted. The Councilman nods and dissappears.
"Alright, you heard the councilman. Let's go," she said to her teammates, and then disappears in a swirl of chakra. Her teammates follow suit.
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