Sandy Whether
It was a normal day in the village hidden in the sand. The sun was rising and it would get very hot soon. Yes, everything was normal.
Until this happened!
Temari woke her sleeping brother with a jolt. Kankuro jumped out of bed wondering what this rude awakening was all about.
"What the hell do you want Temari!?" the angry puppet master yelled.
"Kankuro!!! I think something terrible is going to happen!! You'll never believe this!" Whatever it was, Temari was serious about it.
"What is it? What's going on?" Kankuro was actually getting kind of scared.
"Follow me!" Temari ran off down the hall, with Kankuro behind her.
When they stopped they were outside Gaara's room. This scared Kankuro even more. If it involved Gaara, it was certain to be trouble.
"Shhh" Temari said as she slowly opened the door. It was quiet inside the room. Not unusual. But what Kankuro saw inside was. His jaw dropped in amazement at the sight of a peacefully sleeping Gaara. Laying down on top of the covers still dressed (he didn't have any pajamas).
"But… how?" Kankuro whispered.
"I don't know, but it can't be good" Temari whispered back.
They quietly shut the door and went into the living room so as not to wake there sleeping brother.
Kankuro, his makeup not yet on, sat down on the couch. "But I don't understand! Gaara doesn't sleep! Because if he dose, that thing will take over! Like it dose every night for 2 hours while he dose sleep. And it takes all our ninja's to keep it under control!"
"I don't know what's going on either." Temari said. Worry in her voice. "but it can't be good. Gaara doesn't just sleep. He can't, not with the nightmares he gets and that thing running loose."
"We need to tell dad." Kankuro said. "Not because he's our dad, but because he's the Kazakage, and if the village is under threat we have to tell him! That's the law."
Temari sighed. "Yes, your right. But he hates Gaara! He'll probably just say 'kill him now while we have the chance!' and even though that's probably true, that this is our one chance to kill him, I still don't want to. He is our little brother after all!"
"Yes but, Temari, you have to push those emotions aside and think about what's best for the village… what's best for the world…" The things Kankuro was saying surprised Temari, she thought he would be on her side, but it seems as though he almost wants Gaara dead. And what for? Because of that monster? Because Gaara told them everyday how much he hated them both? Because of all the lives he's taken and probably will take? Or the fact that he might kill them? Well, all those things did seem like logical reasons why you would want someone dead but… it just didn't seem right some how.
"We can't let that happen. Evil or not, he's still out little brother, and we have to protect him." Temari said.
"We could live to regret that, you never know when the little brat will turn on ya." Kankuro said. Now Temari was getting mad, she didn't know why she felt so strongly about protecting Gaara. Kankuro did have a point, but something was stopping her…
"If that's the way you feel, then why don't you go in there and kill him right now!" She yelled. Kankuro was taken aback by his sister's sudden outburst.
"Temari…" Kankuro said. "You do realize what monster your talking about right?"
"Call him what you will! Either way he's still our little brother and we're still responsible for protecting him!"
"Are you listening to yourself? Protecting? He's not like us Temari! He's a monster!"
"I stand by my word. Either your with me or against me. And going against me is going against family!"
"But being on your side will be betraying dad, isn't that going against family?"
"Kankuro! If anyone's the monster here it's dad! He's the one who wanted to do that stupid experiment in the first place! And for what? So the village could have some kind of weapon? It's that kind of heartlessness that got Gaara into this situation in the first place! And since the experiment has failed, he just wants to get rid of him like some kind of lowly lab rat! No Kankuro, if there's anyone in this family who's a monster, its dad!"
Kankuro was sent speechless at his sister's rant. Temari isn't the type to do things like that. She's mostly calm and collected. But on this morning she seemed distressed. "Ok Temari. If you feel that strongly about it, I won't tell dad. We'll figure this out on our own."
"I thought you'd see it my way. Now, let's get dressed, eat breakfast, and figure out what the hell is going on! But quietly! We mustn't wake Gaara!"
"Right!"
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It wasn't until 2 pm that Gaara finally awoke.
He looked around, not sure of what had happened. One minuet, it was night, and now it was day. Did someone put a jutsu on me? He thought.
Then Temari came in. "Hi there…. Did you have a nice nap?"
"I had a nap…?" Gaara had no idea what it was like to sleep for so long. It made him feel weird. But, in a good way. "What happened to me?"
"You fell asleep." Temari said.
"I fell asleep? But how can that be?"
"Me and Kankuro have been trying to figure that out all day."
"What time is it?"
"2:07"
"Dang!"
"I know!"
"I feel…. Better though."
"You look better, how about some lunch?"
"Ok"
They went down stares where Gaara had some left over pancakes. As he was eating, the knife slipped and cut his finger. Seeing blood, he froze up, not sure what to do at all.
"Temari…." he whispered "Temari!!"
"What?"
"Th-th-th-there's blood…."
"What? Speak up I can't hear you."
"BLOOD!!!! THERE'S BLOOD!!!! MY BLOOD!!!!"
"Ok! Ok! Calm down!! It's just a little cut… hey, you have a cut!!!"
Gaara was still freaking out even after Temari got him a band aid and the bleeding stopped.
"This is not supposed to happen… not to me…" Gaara said shakily.
"I know… first you sleep, now the sand doesn't come to protect you… something weird is going on here…" Temari said
10 Minuets later Kankuro came home. "Oh, hi Gaara. I see you're awake."
"Kankuro, I have to talk to you" Temari said
"Ok sure"
They go into the kitchen where they hoped Gaara wouldn't hear them. "Kankuro, I don't think Shikaku is inside of Gaara anymore, and I don't think mom is either…."
"What do you mean?" Kankuro said, confused.
"I mean just what I said, Gaara has lost his powers."
"But he's helpless without the sand!"
"I know"
"So what are we going to do? How will we get his powers back?"
"Uh…, Kankuro, did you ever think that maybe he's better off without them?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, it's those very powers that make everyone so afraid of him... maybe if he didn't have them people would start acknowledging him and he wouldn't be so lonely."
"Hmm, you have a point. Maybe it's best he doesn't have them. BUT the question still remains, where did all that power suddenly disappear to?"
"I don't know, maybe its best not to question it"
"Yeah"
Unfortunately, Gaara could hear them. Every word. And he didn't like what he was hearing. The thought of not having the sand protecting him was scary. And with out that sand, he can't fight. Which means he can't kill, and if he can't kill, then what is his purpose for living? So Many things were running through his head as the clock ticked…….
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Meanwhile, in the middle of the village, a group of people were in an underground secret laboratory. They were watching a TV screen and laughing. They had long black cloaks with red clouds on them.
"A job well done boys!" said one
"Excuse me?" said another
"Oh, sorry, 8 boys and one girl!" said the first one
They were celebrating their success. But success at what? Find out in chapter 2!!