This story takes the time at about a year before the Chuunin exam. Saya and Azumi are OC.
Disclaimer: Hiks….why do I have to say this? I…I….I don't own Naruto or any of the characters!!
The First Meeting
"Tomorrow will be the first day of your job. Are you ready?" Said a jounin from the door. Saya didn't answer her and stayed silent for a while. "I will be ready…I think…" She said slowly. "You must go to bed now, for tomorrow might be a hard day for you." she said. She left the room after saying good night and patted Saya's head. Saya held her teddy bear tightly and fell asleep.
--Flashback—
"We find something!!"
Two more Jounin approached Saya's small body. She lost her consciousness and bleeding.
"Maybe she's from the village. Should we bring her back? Looks like she's still alive."
"But she might be from the enemy's side!! It's too risky!!"
"Enough!! She's just a little girl and she's a victim of the war! Our war!! And her village might be the one that we've just destroyed!! We're taking her to the village. And it will be my responsibility!!" Said a Jounin that looked like the leader of the group.
The others couldn't object her order. They went back to Suna, bringing Saya's body on the leader's arm.
- -End of Flashback—
It's been six month since Saya's been found. They found out that Saya was a villager from the village which had been destroyed by Suna. She was really young, at around ten or so. At such a small age, she had lost her family, home, and every thing that she loved. But she didn't know. Because not only those thing she had lost, her memory of her past life had lost too. Nobody had the heart to tell her the truth. The only thing that she had left was the trauma of the war.
Since she didn't have anybody to life with, she had to stay at the office of the Jounin. There's a room that they prepared specially for her to stay. Because of that, Saya knew many Suna's shinobi and became close with them, even though she didn't understand what shinobi is.
Now that she had lived there quite long, they began to think of what she might be capable of, and tried to give her some assignment.
--Flashback—
"What do you think? Isn't it a good idea?" Said Baki.
"Good idea?!?! Are you nuts??? She might get killed!! Even we couldn't handle that Gaara!! How could you came up with such an idea?? You must be out off your mind!!" shouted someone.
They were having a meeting now. The Kazekage and the other jounin were now discussing about what should they do with Gaara."Well, we could just try out the idea. Gaara might want a friend to play with and this Saya shall do the job." The Kazekage said, agreeing with Baki's idea.
He barely knew Saya because he never really pay attention to her existence. He only knew that Saya had been staying in Suna for a long time now and he didn't want to let her live there for free.
"But Kazekage-sama!! She is so small, she's not even a shinobi!!" Said Azumi. She's the one in charge of taking care of Saya, and she thought of Saya like her own daughter. "What are you expecting from her?"
"Nothing. And she will start her assignment next week and that's the end of our meeting." And with that, nobody could say anything more.
--End of Flashback—
Azumi sighed and threw herself on her chair. She was thinking about Saya and her assignment. "I hope she will be all right. She doesn't know anything about Gaara. And she doesn't even know anything about shinobi! Maybe that part was my fault. I never thought she will be involved in that world. Maybe I should have taught her more about that…"
She was so deep in thoughts she didn't even notice that Baki was entering the room. "Everything's okay?" He said, making Azumi almost jump from her chair. "What the..?!?! What do you think you're doing?! You almost gave me a heart attack!!" Shouted Azumi.
"Whoa…I'm sorry, okay? I didn't knew you'll be surprised just by that. How's Saya? Is she ready?" Asked Baki. That question had pushed Azumi's limit. "What?!?! How dare you asked about her?! You're the one that made her must do such a task!! If anything happens to her you…you..!!"
"Don't worry. I will watch over her, okay? Anyway, you'll be off charge of her starting from tomorrow right? You don't have to worry about her anymore." Baki tried to calm Azumi down. "I like her to, you know. She's so innocent and know almost nothing about the outside world, thanks to the amnesiac. I was just kidding when I said that idea. I never thought Kazekage-sama will agree with that." He explained. Azumi calmed a bit, hearing his explanation. But she couldn't really get rid of the bad feeling in her mind.
"Hhh…I just hope she will be okay. I hope she won't get killed by that Gaara and I want YOU to make sure about that."
"Don't worry. She'll be fine…"
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The Next Day…
"…Azumi-san….Can I ask something?"
Saya and Azumi were just finished eating their breakfast. "What is it, Saya?" Azumi said while washing the dishes. "What is my job? They said something about being friend with Gaara. Is that a hard job? Who's Gaara?" She asked successively.
"Well, well. You sound so talkative today. Excited with your new assignment?" Said Azumi. She didn't know how to answer any of her question and chose to change the topic.
"…You're not answering any of my questions. But yes, this is the first time I ever had anything to do. Usually, I was just sitting in my room or listening to the others' stories about their missions. And I see this new job of mine as my own 'mission' and this time, maybe I will have some stories to tell to the others." She said with a small smile. She sure felt excited with her 'mission'. But Azumi felt exactly the opposite. She's so worried but she tried to hide that.
"W-well, that's good to hear. Now, have you packed all of your things? You don't want to left anything, do you?" She reminded Saya. "Yes. Baki-san had all of my thing sent to Gaara's place. He had arranged it so that I can just go there and start the job. Or so he said…." Saya said, trying to remember what Baki told her yesterday.
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Saya wore her small backpack and ran towards Azumi. "I'm ready." She said. Azumi nodded and took the small girl's hand. They walked to the Kazekage's house.
"Remember, you must watch your words and actions. Do not do anything that might make Gaara angry ."
"Why?"
"Because…err…You know, Gaara is a really temperamental person. And when he get annoyed or something, he might start hurting people around him." Azumi tried to choose the best words so that Saya won't feel scared. Saya just nodded and kept walking. Not long after that they arrived at Gaara's place. Baki was already there, waiting for them with Gaara beside him.
Azumi looked a bit terrified when she saw Gaara. Everybody knew how dangerous Gaara could be. She shook her head to erase that feeling. "Gaara-sama, you must've heard of Saya. She's the one that will be assigned at your place to become your friend." Baki explained to Gaara. Gaara just stayed emotionless and didn't say anything.
He starred at the smaller girl with a scary look. Saya felt his gaze and felt a little bit scared. She hid behind Azumi's back to avoid his gaze.
"I don't need her…" As Gaara said that, his sand started to attack Saya and almost swallowed her if not for Baki and Azumi that had stay on their guard and protected Saya. "…Don't get in the way or I'll kill you too…" Gaara said to Baki and Azumi, readying sand to attack once more. Nor Baki or Azumi moved from their place. The sand was ready to attack them when suddenly…..
"Stop it."
The sand stopped moving right in front of Saya's face. She was standing between the sand, Baki and Azumi. She was shaking a bit but she looked straightly to Gaara's eyes with a clear eyes, not showing any fear on both of them. Gaara was a bit surprised by her sudden action. He took a step back unconsciously.
"Wait. I'm not afraid of this little girl, am I? I couldn't even felt her chakra…She's not even a shinobi, not even worth for a killing…"
"……Do as you wish…" He said and left the room and headed to his own room. "Did you see that? She actually stopped him! Maybe Saya could actually do something about Gaara."
Author's note: How do you think about Saya and the story? Please give me some comments, advises, and maybe critics for the ongoing of this story. I'll love you forever if you review!! Thanks for reading the first chapter.
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