Shattered Dreams. Chapter One: The Calm before the Storm.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own Naruto or any of it's characters, they belong to Masashi Kishimoto but I DO own Yoshida Ayame and Yoshida Rin and whatever other one of my own original characters, you may use them as long as I get credit (just like I gave Kishimoto credit for making Naruto and all of it's characters, go it!? Good.) .
Summery: An island colony of the Mist has started a revolution for it's independence, the rebels raise up and finally a treaty was signed making the colony it's own village. Rin the new Mizukage of the Village Hidden in the Rain is cold and cunning, and now that she has gain independence from her former village she's looking for more power. Can Gaara take her down before she causes the Lands to crumble? GaaraxOC; KankuroxOC; (and a little) ShikaxTemari. (Yay. XD )
War had broken out between the tiny village of the Mist and the colonies that had been established for those "unfit" to live among the citizens of Kirigakure, The Village Hidden in the Mist. Momochi Zabuza was one of the few to try and commit a coup d'état against the Mist but in failing to do so the government passed several laws which forced the poor, the homeless, the disabled, the orphaned, and the ex-convinces of the Mist to colonize several isolated Islands off the coast of the Land of Water.
"My younger sister, Yoshida Ayame, and I, Yoshida Rin, were no older than nine when we became orphaned, and although our family was of a upper class, rich with history and money the government took everything away and cast us into this Island, without a second thought. The injustice that we all faced day to day was evidence of the cruelty of the Mist, they send our kind to battle, to death, they used our homes to house the ninja, our privacy is non-existent, they used us as laborers, slaves would be the proper term, and what had we done to deserve this? Had the convinces not served their time? Had the orphaned not suffered enough? Had the homeless not starved for many days already? We all know these things to be true but there are still some among us who do not see the injustice of the Mist and who do not support our movement! We must NOT let them get in our way!"
The crowd roared with excitement, passionate and angry, the people pushed to get closer to the stage on which Yoshida Rin stood at with a smirk of satisfaction. The war between the rebels and the Mist was coming to an end, she could feel it. Soon the colony would become Kousuigakure, the Village Hidden in the Rain, and it would become an unstoppable force of power.
Battle after battle, three months had passed. The treaty of the Sunagakure was signed by the lords, ladies, and the Kazekage and Hokage of the Lands, assuring the new Village Hidden in Kousuigakure of it's independence and as Rin was leader of the rebellion she was appointed as the new village's Mizukage. At the signing of the treaty she was able to meet the lords and ladies of the Lands but the most impressive were the Hokage and Kazekage of the Leaf and Sand villages, especially the Kazekage, Gaara, at nineteen was only a few months older than Rin herself. He was tall and handsome, his eyes cold and filled with the wisdom only few are able to obtain, Rin thought of him after she left the Wind Land and soon found herself there again…
"And why is that you've left your humble village to visit me, Mizukage?" Gaara's voice was low but very clear.
"As you well know, Kazekage, Gaara, my nation is just learning how to stand on it's feet. I've come to gain your alliance," Rin replied.
"Why come yourself? Why didn't you send an ambassador?" Gaara questioned.
"It has been but a year since the Treaty of Sunagakure was signed…I have yet to find a worthy ambassador to represent my nation," Rin said.
"Then why are you looking for allies?" Gaara continued to question.
"Don't be silly, do you really believe things are peaceful between my nation and the Mist? They send assassin ninjas to take me down almost every other day," Rin said darkly. Gaara was silent, he stared Rin for a few seconds and then stood up.
"You are welcome to stay here as long as it takes me to make my decisions, you must understand, in times of peace I do not wish to look for war," Gaara said turning away and exiting the large meeting office. Rin stood up, a Sand ninja appeared next to her and led her out. Outside the meeting room stood a tall lovely pigtailed red head in a black tank top and black mini skirt, around her waist she used her forehead protector as a belt, the symbol engraved into it was that of two waves on above the other.
"We're going to be spending a few days here," Rin said grimly to her little sister. Ayame smiled wickedly.
"Good, just a few minutes ago I spotted this really hot guy dressed up in drag or something, he had purple make up on…I dunno but I can tell he's cute ," Ayame said.
"That would be Lord Kankuro, the Kazekage's older brother, now please follow me. Lord Kazekage asked that I take you to our guestroom of honor," the ninja who led Rin out of the office said.
"Yes, thank you," Rin replied.
"Hey, Gaara. What was up with the little cutie red head standing outside your meeting room? Was it another of your fan girls?" Kankuro said walking into Gaara's office. Gaara was sitting at his desk surrounded by piles of paper and he currently writing a letter to the Leaf's Hokage concerning the policies of the student exchange between the ally villages.
"Hmph, hardly. She's a Rain Jounin. As a matter of fact, she's the younger sister of the Mizukage," Gaara said not looking up.
"Mizukage? The Village Hidden in the Rain? What the heck do they want?" Kankuro said a bit concerned, he knew that this village was just starting up but they won their independence from the Mist in just three years, their whole village was made up of ex-assassins, murderers, thieves, traitors. Many of the villages were suspicious of the Rain's actions but they have been quiet enough for the past year
"Alliance," Gaara looked up at his brother to see a reaction. Kankuro frowned and then stared at his brother for a moment.
"Does Temari know about this yet?" Kankuro finally asked.
"No, remember…she left to Konohagakure yesterday. I still don't know why she spends so much time over there," Gaara said looking back at his letter.
"Psh, Nara Shikamaru," Kankuro snickered. Gaara frown even more at this.
"Don't worry about her," Kankuro said trying to reassure him. Gaara said nothing and kept writing more feverishly now.
"So what happened in the meeting anyway," Kankuro said trying to change the subject. Gaara stopped writing, and looked up at this brother again.
"Nothing, I just asked them to stay a few days so I can make my decision, I want to see what their true intensions are," Gaara said.
"He knows…"
"What?" Ayame said from across the guestroom. Rin stared at her bandaged up hands and signed. Ayame frowned, she knew she had to be careful of what she said while still in the castle.
"How long will we be here?" Ayame said.
"I don't know," Rin said looking up at her sister from where she sat on the bed.
"Do you trust me?" Ayame continued.
"No, I only trust myself," Rin replied.
"I understand," Rin walked to the bed set up next to her sister's and laid down. Rin laid down as well but made sure not to close her eyes.
"So who's this Mizukage, anyway? I heard she's suppose to be ruthless and blood-thirsty," Kankuro said to his brother who was now signing bills and reading over other state issues.
"She does seem very strong," Gaara said.
"She has to be if she was able to bring a group like those colonies and then win against the Mist. She must be extremely intelligent besides that too," Kankuro said.
"Yea…"
"How does she look like?" Kankuro asked.
"Tall, blue eyes, short black hair, covered in bandages from neck to toe, and she wears a hat to protect her from the sun," Gaara stated.
"Bandages?"
"I have a feeling they're more for tying up things other than herself," Gaara said.
"Oh I guess that might make sense," Kankuro said.
"She has really big bags under her eyes, like she doesn't sleep much," Gaara added.
"So?" Kankuro said.
"She's from the Yoshida family clan…" Gaara said.
"So what's that suppose to mean exactly?" Kankuro said.
"The Yoshida family is a cursed clan of assassins, they're commonly called the dream kills because they attack their victim as they sleep," Gaara explained.
"That sounds cowardly," Kankuro said.
"It's part of their curse," Gaara replied.
"Explain yourself already," Kankuro said impatiently. Gaara looked up at his brother and frowned.
"They're call dream killers for a reason, they kill their victims in their dreams," Gaara said. Kankuro's facial expression showed his confusion, Gaara sighed and tried to explain again.
"In every generation of the Yoshida family there's only one chosen to carry the curse, it is usually the strongest and oldest sibling of the family, Rin for instance was probably the one who inherited the curse. The reason it is passed down to the stronger and older sibling is because the curse is almost uncontrollable, without intention she could murder hundreds. She does this in her sleep by sending high concentrations of her own chakra into another person's brain, because the brain is so vulnerable in it's sleeping state her chakra can take over your hold body and as you sleep you can feel your body shutting down (your heart stops pumping, your muscles weaken, and your organs stop working) but there's nothing you can do, only a few have survived. And it seems that Rin can only control herself for a few hours so she sleeps as little as possible," Gaara explained looking back down at his papers.
"Wow…" Kankuro said.
"When she was nine her whole family except for her younger sister 'mysteriously' died, that same year she had inherited the curse…can you put two and two together, Kankuro?" Gaara said smirking.
"Eh, I think I'm gonna go drink some coffee, I don't feel like sleeping anymore," Kankuro said and then left quickly.
(Author's Note: This is my first Fanfic so R&R, please review, and all that good stuff. I really do hope that I get some good views so I'm encouraged to keep submitting new chapters. Also I hope I didn't repeat myself too much in the story...I really want the history and personality of my characters to come..."alive" to me they are very important XD )