The Lady Sage and the Kazekage's Many Adventures
Chapter 1: The Lady Sage and Cookies
"COOKIES!" Kankuro screamed as he walked into the Sand Siblings' household. He smelled the delicious aroma of chocolate chip cookies coming from the kitchen and he ran straight for said room.
"Kankuro, calm you stomach down!" Temari called after her younger brother, as she too, ran straight for the kitchen, the sweet smell of cookies beckoning her further into to the house.
"How come when there are cookies around, I am the last one there to get one?" Gaara thought to himself as he took off his Kazekage robes, hung them in the nearby closet, and walked calmly to the kitchen, where he saw his two older siblings gawking at the kitchen door.
"Why are you gawking? Wait, let me correct myself. Temari, why are you gawking at Izuka while Kankuro is just staring at her creepily?" Gaara asked in his usual monotone voice.
"Shhh!" was his brother's response. "We're watching the master at work." he continued, speaking in a hushed tone. Gaara just sighed at that, but joined his siblings in watching the spectacle going on in their kitchen.
They were watching Shizukara Haineko Uzumaki baking her well known chocolate chip cookies. She preferred that everyone call her by her shortened name, Izuka, since she thought her name was too long and could be easily be mispronounced. She is Naruto's fraternal twin sister; her being the younger of the two. The thing is, she could possibly pass as Gaara's twin sister since she suffered from insomnia just like he used to and has the insomnia rings to prove it. She also has the same pupil-less eyes like Gaara's, but hers are ice blue, a stark contrast to Naruto's bright blue ones. Izuka was wearing her hair in her usual hairstyle of two braided pigtails that went down to her waist and tied with two rings at the ends with a side bang that hung over her right eye. She was still wearing her ninja outfit; a thin black hooded crop top with a dark purple colored crop tank top with a vertical stripe on the center of it over the black one. She wore black tights with a long, dark purple and black skirt with long slits on both sides of it and heeled sandals. (Think of the sandals that the Sand shinobi wear but with a tall heel) Her chain whip that held her sealed weapons was tied around the waist.
(Here's some backstory for you readers: Izuka lives in Sunagakure with the Sand Sibs thanks to the Shinobi Exchange Program between the Sand and Leaf villages. Izuka met the Sand Sibs at the Chunnin Exams and her personality was cold and heartless, just like Gaara's at the time. She was trained by Jushiru Fukudome, Danzo's second in command in the Root and he was the one who trained her, molding her into a cold blooded mercenary. Izuka, at the time, was and still is the 10-tails jinchuriki and holds Ryuna, the 10 tailed bat-dragon. And yes, if you are wondering if Izuka is a vampire because of the fact jinchuriki share some physical traits with their tailed beast and her beast is part bat, yes she is a vampire of a sort. She seals her vampire form with a silver rosary (thank you Rosario + Vampire) and drinks animal blood once a month. Let's just say Gaara and Izuka understood where the other was coming from, and became mutual acquaintances. After the failed invasion, Izuka moved in with the Sand Sibs in Suna a month later as part of a peace treaty between the villages. Over the years, Kankuro and Temari got used to having Izuka around and she and Gaara became best friends. Let's just say, the Fourth Allied Shinobi World War really messed thing up for a while. Don't worry readers, as you previously read above, Gaara is fine thanks to Tsunade, but a whole lot of stuff happened and now Izuka is the new Sage of the Six Paths. Thanks to her special genetics, she has all the tailed beasts sealed inside her except the nine tails (who is still safely sealed within Naruto) and the eight tails (who is still safely sealed within Killer Bee). One thing is for sure though, Izuka has DOUBLE the insomnia symptoms thanks to Shukaku, which Gaara fully understands.)
(Sorry for the epically long backstory on Izuka, but I thought that you readers should really get to know what her past was like. I'm still thinking about writing a prequel for the story, but if I do start one, I'll let you readers know. )
Izuka started to take the cookies out of the oven when she sensed her roommates' presence at the doorway and turned her head to see them there, practically rooted to the floor.
"Oh, hey guys." Izuka said in her monotone voice.
"Don't worry about us. You just get back to what you are doing and did I mention how wonderful it is to have you as a roommate?" said Kankuro. This made Gaara stare at the puppeteer in disbelief.
"Uh huh." Izuka said. "You're still not getting these cookies before dinner." She continued as she took the sweet-smelling cookies out of the oven and placed them on a tray in the middle of the kitchen table with a lid on top.
"Aw man.", said Kankuro, putting emphasis on the n.
"Kankuro, every time Izuka bakes cookies or anything sweet, you always try to sweet talk her in order to get your hands on it. Gaara has more self-control than you in these situations, and he's the cookie lover in the family." Temari said to her younger (and more hungry) brother.
"I can't help it. When my stomach wants food, it wants food." Kankuro told the wind user. "Besides, I bet Gaara only has this kind of self-control when people are around. Trust me, if you put him in a room by himself and the only company he has is a jar of fresh baked cookies, the cookies will die in less than three minutes, tops." He continued.
"Kankuro, cookies are inanimate objects." Gaara told the puppeteer.
"Hey, don't get technical with me." Kankuro growled at the young Kazekage.
Gaara sighed at this response and walked into the kitchen as a small sweat drop came down Izuka's forehead.
"Okay.", said the young sage, "What do you guys want for dinner?"
"Anything that has hamburger steak and has no spinach whatsoever." Kankuro exclaimed.
"I want to have Kenchin soup for dinner." said Temari.
"I'll have anything that involves salted tongue or gizzard. I don't really care," said Gaara. Temari suck a look at her littlest brother. "He does realize that he just contradicted himself?" Temari asked herself as she took a seat at the kitchen table. Kankuro just leaned against the wall next to the kitchen entrance.
"Guys, can't you guys agree on one thing for dinner?" Izuka asked the Sand Sibs.
"Izuka, we already agreed that we would have hamburger steak for dinner." said Kankuro.
Temari and Gaara deadpanned at the middle sibling. "We agreed on no such thing." the oldest and youngest sibling said to the puppeteer in matching monotonic voices.
"Okay, okay, so we didn't agree on dinner just yet." Kankuro said while holding his hands out in surrender.
"Well, I'm not choosing anything and if you guys can't decide on what to eat we'll just order take out instead." Izuka said in a slightly defeated tone.
"That's probably the best idea." Gaara exclaimed with no emotion in his voice.
"Izuka, order our usual from Miyure's, I heard they got a new shipment of seafood just yesterday." Temari said and sing-songed the last part. Temari knew that Izuka was a big seafood lover and slightly giggled at the change of expression on Izuka's face. Izuka then proceeded towards the phone to order their usual takeout from Miyure's Resturant.
"Hey, do they have anything with steak at Miyure's." Kankuro suddenly piped up.
Gaara gave his brother an annoyed look. "Kankuro, Miyure's is a chicken and seafood restaurant. They don't serve beef."
"Oh, okay." said Kankuro.
The room fell silent as Izuka called up Miyure's and placed their orders.
There was silence once, but became broken as soon as Kankuro opened his mouth.
"Do they serve pork?"
End of chapter one.