Tenshi woke up to the annoying sound of her alarm. Fumbling around in her nightstand she pulled out a slip of paper and laid it across the alarm clock. She then threw it in the air as the paper bomb exploded.
"Damned, mother fucking clock! I set it for 10! Not fucking 6!" she ranted as she stretched. She noticed a letter had been slipped through her mail slot. She picked up and read it.
'Tenshi,
Meet me in my office at 7. I have a mission for you.
Lord Sabaku
4th Kazekage'
She put the note on the table and walked to the bathroom. Turning the shower on high, the water quickly became a temperature a normal person would get burned by. She stripped her night shirt and underwear, and then stepped in.
Getting out after 20 minutes, Tenshi dried off and walked to her bedroom. 10 minutes later she was in front of the mirror checking her appearance. She was wearing a blue, sleeveless turtle-neck half shirt, with blue ninja capries, with her black knee-high combat boots.
Her peach skin was soft and matched the green sash she wore for a bet with her Sunagakure plate on it.
Her mid-thigh length hair was in a high pony-tail being held by a purple sash. She had applied brown lipstick and black eye shadow that complimented her skin well and with her ninja-tool pack on her hip, carrying her kunai, shuriken, senbon, and summoning scrolls she was ready to face the day.
She made her way to the Kazekage tower, and made it 20 minutes early. She was about to enter when she spotted a few men making another attempt to kill Gaara Sabaku, the kazekage's youngest son.
She pulled out a few kunai and threw them at the shuriken and senbon headed for the young red haired boy. The 3 Jonin glared at her.
"What are you doing Tenshi?" one of them asked.
"Defending and innocent little boy. Honestly leave Gaara alone, he's just a kid." And with that she waved one of her summoning scrolls menacingly. "Or would you rather face me?" the 3 men sweat dropped and ran off in terror.
"You OK Gaa-kun?" she asked brushing some sand out of the 8 year olds hair. Gaara nodded and hugged his bear.
"Why are you so kind to me?" he asked in that monotone he'd recently developed.
"Because it's not right what they do to you. If you were my son, you would never have to face that. You'd never be alone, and you'd always be loved." She answered.
Excluding his brother and sister, Tenshi was the only one who actually cared about the boy. But after Gaara's uncle betrayed him, he was cold towards everyone, even her. It hurt her; she really did love him like a son. Even if she was only 16, and Gaara knew it.
He also knew that all he had to do was say so and Tenshi would take him away form his father, and become his mother. But if she did people would despise her as well and he didn't want her to get hurt. So he kept silent.
"I know…" he whispered looking down, and gripping the bear tighter. She kneeled down and hugged him even though he stayed still. Tenshi sighed and pulled away.
"I have to go Gaa-kun. Your 'father'" she spat out the word like it was something foul, "has a mission for me." She said goodbye and kissed his forehead, before entering the building. What she wasn't aware of was the fact the entire council had just heard and saw the whole thing through a window.
