Brilliant Red

by Ashleigh Uchiha

"All our lives we've not only seen shinobi, but innocent people drop dead before our very eyes. And what were we expected to do? Turn a blind eye. Why? Because those were Father's orders as Fourth Kazekage. But those memories can never be erased from our minds. After all, we can only elude our roots for so long."

1. Enter: Akane Sabaku!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, it would've ended with SasuNaru becoming canon. Masashi Kishimoto rightfully owns Naruto.

Disclaimer: I don't own the cover image but I titled the cover myself and edited it as I desired) and neither do I own my profile image, so credits to their rightful owners.

• However, I do own Akane and another OC, by the initials of 'S.N.' You'll find out soon enough.

(badass villainous laugh)

NB: This A/N is very significant, so please bare in mind:

• I know in canon, the Sand Siblings refer to themselves as 'Sabaku no Gaara/ Sabaku no Temari/ Sabaku no Kankuro', meaning 'Of the Desert/Sand.'

However, I've decided to use 'Sabaku' as the Kazekage Clan's surnames, including my OC, Akane.

• Karura is still deceased.

• Yashamaru is alive, Rasa as well.

• This is set in the Shippuden timeline, so the Sand Siblings, Konoha 13 and Taka are all among the ages of 16/17 and in the beginning of their Junior year in high school.

• Minato Namikaze is still alive and Hokage, though Tsunade is present in this story.

• Kushina is also alive and well, AND the Uchiha massacre never happened.

• I am well aware that Gaara's DOB is January 19th, Temari's August 23rd, and Kankuro's May 15th.

However, I altered their birthdays slightly, because I want all four of them to be born within the same year, only months apart in age, and not years like in canon.

• So, I took Gaara's original birth date(19th) and changed it to October 19th instead, as he and Akane are twins in this fanfic.

• Temari and Kankuro are also twins in this fanfic, born on the same day in this case, so I chose May 15th (Kankuro's original DOB) as their birthday, so that they are at least 5 months apart in age from Gaara and Akane.

• Italics without quotation marks indicate thoughts. (Particularly the main character, Akane's, as this fanfic is written from Akane's POV.)

• However, (excluding Akane) Italics followed directly after any other character's lines/actions indicates their thoughts.

This is my first fanfic, so I hope you enjoy and please review and favorite. :)

Arigato. :)

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Akane Sabaku: Biography.

Age: 16.

Clan: Kazekage Clan.

Complexion Fair. (like Gaara).

Eye color: Blue.

Hair color and length: Deep crimson; waist-length.

Affiliation: Previously Sunagakure, currently Konohagakure.

Kekkei Genkai: Magnet Release.

Zodiac sign: Libra.

Hobbies: Baking sweet treats, watching series (especially homicide documentaries) reading, sparring.

Dislikes: Spring cleaning.

Favorite foods: Ramen, Dumplings, Hanami and Mitarashi dangos, Roasted chestnuts.

Least favorite foods: Spicy food, pumpkin.

Jutsu: Gold Dust Manipulation.

- Magnet Release: Gold Dust Imperial Funeral.

- Third Eye.

- Shield Of Gold Dust.

- Gold Dust Coffin.

- Gold Dust Hail.

- Air Gold Dust Protective Wall.

- Gold Dust Drizzle.

- Armour of Gold Dust.

- Gold Dust Suspension.

- Prison Gold Dust Burial.

- Gold Dust Binding.

- Gold Dust Clone.

- Gold Dust Shuriken.

- Gold Dust Sensing.

- Gold Dust Bullet.

- Wind Release: Infinite Gold Dust Cloud- Great Breakthrough.

- Water Release: Water Blade Technique.

• Basically, Akane possesses the exact same jutsu as Gaara, including some of Rasa's jutsu, except that she utilises Gold Dust (like Rasa) instead of Sand.

• Also, if you'd like to see an image of Akane, my profile image is Akane Sabaku.