Sharne Kiele, Not so Much Loved Subordanate
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Name: Sharne Kiele
Age: 13
Orgin: Sunakagure
Staus: Shinobi
Ninja Ranking: Genin
Appearance: She wears the traditional ninja footwear and fishnet from her thigh to her wrists, though a little past. She has silky black hair with a tint of red when reflected upon by light, and bright emerald green eyes. Overtop of her fishnet are bandages on her right forearm, a black sash type thing across her chest, though made of thin cloth. She wears a dark crimson skirt like clothing, ending halfway between her knees and her ankles. (A/N think Ino, although not purple.) Her top, over the fishnet, is a crimson sleeve less with black silk embroidery along the edge. Her Sand hitaiate is tied underneath her skirt of her thigh, where the fishnet ends. As well, she has a thick wristband. On itis engraved, in kanji,"prisoner of the sand".And no, she isn't gothic.
Also...
These idicate regular dialouge.
These indicate thoughts.
These are a sign that Kiele's demon sealed inside her, like Naruto and Gaara, is speaking to Kiele.
Author notes are ( A/N blah blah, blahblahblah.)
FYI... the demon is Takai. Takai means "death". Suitable name for a demon, eh? This story also begins right before the Third Exam Preliminaries, so don't be lost.
"First off, congradulations on passing the Second Exam."
She tried to focus on the Hokage, but she can feel multiple sets of eyes boring into her.
She couldn't blame them, though. After all, she did make a very... memorable... first impression during the Second Exam.
She looked over to see Zaku. Both of his arms appear to be rendered completely useless, as they are in a sling.She quickly avertedher gaze to the front, only to come face to face with Temari. Her wide turquoise orbs held worry and concern. "Something up?" She inquires softly. Kiele shifted her gaze towards Kankurou, who is already looking at her. He smirks at her, and she isn't sure whether or not to smile back, so she didn't. Kiele glances -er- more like, glares over at Gaara. He, too, has his intense teal, black rimmed eyes fixed upon her. She curses the sand siblings beneath her breath, then turns back to the front.
"...You're still angry with Gaara, Kankurou and me, aren't you, Kiele?" Temari inquires softly, attempting to put two and two together.
"Hn," She replies, snapping her attention anywhere but the sand siblings. She had began to trust Temari a little bit, but she wasn't about to even try to bring herself to say anything, especially with the two boys so close to her. Muttering another string of colorful words beneath her breath directed mainly towards Gaara, she shook her head. Temari stares for a moment. By the look in her eyes,Kiele knew thatTemari wasn't dull enough to be tricked like Kiele had vainly hoped. Temari places a hand on Kiele's right shoulder.
"I hope you can tell me... You'll need your mind clear for what's to come... the Third and final Chuunin exam."
Kiele nodded solemnly.
"We will now have an explaination of the the Third Exam from Hokage-sama," The proctor of the Second Exam, Anko, announced.
"Listen up!"
Temari removed her hand from Kiele's shoulder, then turned back around to face the Hokage.
"They're all yours, Hokage-sama."
The Hokage nods, and steps forward towards the genin.
"The Third Exam will soon begin, but before the explanation, there's one thing I want to make clear of all of you."
He pauses.
"It's about the true purpose of this exam, and about why we do a joint exam with the allied nations."
" "To maintain good relations with the allied nations" and "hieghten the level of the ninja..." Do not let those reasons decieve you. This "exam", so to speak, is..."
'So to speak?' Kiele mused.
The Hokage continued.
"The epitome of a war between the allied nations."
"What d'you mean, old man?" Kankurou asks quietly.
This shocked Kiele.
Usually, Kankurou was outspoken and inconsiderate. Not this strange and unfamiliar calm, quiet, cautious, and soft spoken boy before her now.
The Hokage acknowledges his question by removing the pipe from his mouth.
"If we go back through history, the allied nations right now were anything but at peace. Nieghboring nations fought, and to avoid wasting military power those countries decided to find a place to fight. This is the orgin of the Chuunin Selection Exam."
"Why do we have to do that?" A blonde boy, clarified to Kiele earlier as Naruto demands. He struck her as... an idiot.
"Aren't we doing this to select Chuunins?"
"Yes, this Exam does examine those who are worthy of the Chuunin title," The Hokage replies.
"But, on the other hand, it's also a place where ninja fight and carry their country's dignity."
"So, that means that lords from the various countries here may come to watch the Third Exam?" Kiele inquired, not realizing at first that she had just said this aloud.
"That is correct," The Hokage answers her.
'That must mean that the Third Exam is either a little show-and-tell jutsu competition, or fist-to-fist combat, ' She concluded to herself.
"Also, at the same time, countries are able to show how thier village has grown and possess exellent military power to the adjacent countries. In other words, they can put foreign pressure on one another."
"So why do we have to fight with the risk of losing our lives?" A males' voice pipes up. Kiele turned sildelong to see the boy that she had savedfrom Gaara's sand wrathin the Second Exam, the boy with the whimpering dog. Kiba.
Kiele stood there, watching Gaara's sand devour its latest victim, some stupid, arrogant rain ninja. Soon his umbrella technique had just failed, the baka, and now he was paying the price of standing in Gaara's way. Kiele had learned the hard way not to defy Gaara, as her left hand subconsiously reached up and graspped her right sholder. The place where Gaara and his sand had exacted thier revenge on her for mouthing off. She refused to speak to the boy afterwards.
Gaara tossed her an umbrella, which she caught ahd quickly opened above her head.
"Sabaku Soso."
Blood rained down on the sand siblings and thier fourth "honored" guest.
This is the price paid for defiance,)The demon Takai hissed in her head. A little reminder from her inner demon to make sure she still knew which being was in charge. Kiele simply ignored the beast as she watched Gaara preform Sabaku Kyu on the first rain victims' companions, and then Sabaku Soso.
"What a monster...!" A male's voice resounded from the bushes. Kiele, as curiousity will surely kill the cat, craned her neck to get a good look at the boy. In fact, two boys and an innocent enough looking girl hid in the bushes.
"If I had a choice," Kiele thought,"I'd hide from the heartless boy too."
"What luck!" Kankurou exclaimed, picking up the rain ninja's scroll. "A heaven scroll!"
Gaara's eyebrows furrowed, and Kiele held her breath. She'd seen that look before. He'd looked at her like that once before.
Apparently, both Kankurou and Temari had caught on as well.
"C'mon, Gaara, we've got both scrolls, that's enough for now." Kankurou insisted.
"It's not enough..." Gaara hissed in an icily tone. Sand swirled in his hand, and Temari stepped forward.
"Please stop Gaara? Do it for your big sister?"
"This test may be easy for you, but it's dagerous for Temari and me. Gaara, listen to older brother-" Kankurou began.
"It's too bad," Gaara interrupts, "that I don't think of you as my big brother."
"If you get in my way... I'll kill you." The sand thickens, andone can see the fear embeaded on Kiele's face, as he aimed his hand at her.
No... it wasn't at her, but at the kids. The leaf genin behind her.
"Gaara, you've had your fill of bloodlust contented- for the moment. Just stop, at least until the next exam."
It pained her, every word she spoke to him. She had reserved herself from him for almost a month now, and it took every ounce of her will in order to refrain from speaking to him with a venomous tone.
Gaara's cyan eyes locked with her emerald orbs, and Gaara dropped his hand.
Kiele was in complete shock that he listened to her.
"Thank you," She muttered, Gaara already starting ahead of her. Temari mouthed a silent "thanks a ton" to her, and Kankurou sneered at Gaara's back.
She turned to the horrified leaf genin and attemped at a smile. Failing miserably, as her jaw felt strange, moving in such an unfamiliar guesture, she gave up.
"You three owe me big time," Kiele spoke, giving up on her trying to smile.
"Let's start with your names, shall we?"
One stared up at her dumbstruck, and the dog tucked in his jacket whimpered.
He mouthed something inaudiable.
"Eh?" She asked, cupping her hand around her ear.
"Speak up. I'm not the one to be afraid of."
"Kiba," He repeated.
"Okay... and you two."
The girl swallowed, then pushed her index fingers together shyly.
"I am Hyuuga Hinata, and this is Aburame Shino..."
Kiele nodded, then realized how far ahead the sand shinobi really were.
"Well, I'll catch you three later. Take care, and avoid any stray sand now, m'kay?" Kiele called back over her shoulder, taking off at a run.
"A country's power is the village's power. The village's power is the ninja's power." The Hokage replies, referring to Kiba's question.
"And a ninja's true power is only born in a life-or-death battle. This Exam is also to display the power of one's country. Since this is an exam where you fight with your life on the line, it has meaning. And your predeccors have fought and dreamed of being in the Chuunin Exam because of it."
"But, then why do you say that this is to promote good relations?" A girl with black hair cropped up on either side of her head in buns asked. She wore a pink oriental outfit, and her chocolate brown eyes were warm. She looked as if she posed little threat, the way that she looked.
This was most likely exactly what she wanted. To be underestimated. To be taken lightly. So that people would mock her, and then she could strike at the precise timing. But anyone that was going to fall for that stunt was not worthy even of the title "shinobi".
The Hokage grimaced.
"I told you at the beginning not to get confused with that."
"The custom of showing one's life's worthiness and fighting to maintain balance... that is the good relation in the world of the shinobi."
"Maybe she's not as bright as I thought she was hiding behind the innocent face," Kiele smirked to herself.
"This is a life-or-death battle for you and your village's dignity."
"Dignity..." Kiele repeated in her mind. "Hmm... don't think that I've got any of that left... however... a battle to the death does sound quite... enticing
"I don't care," Came Gaara's cold voice from ahead of her. Even from the back of his head, she could still invision Gaara's harsh glare.
"I can handle anything you throw at me, just give me the details of this life-or-death exam."
"Hasty..." Kiele mused.
The Hokage nodded.
"I will now begin the explaination of the Third Exam, but..."
"But...?" Kiele asked mentally, becoming impatient. She hadn't fought anyone since Gaara had inflicted the wound on her shoulder. Gaara had taken away all of her fun lately. Any fights she could have enjoyed, any shinobi that could have been her prey...
Suddenly, a man in a green Konohagakure uniform fell from what appeared to be the ceiling. Kiele's eyes curiously scanned the ceiling for any entrances.
He bowed respectively in front of the Hokage.
"Excuse me, Hokage-sama," He began in a sickly tone.
"I, Gekkou Hayate, proctor, will explain."
"Please do," Hokage replied.
The man turned his head towards the genin.
"Everyone, before we begin the Third Exam..."
He paused to cough. Once. Twice... and a half.
"...There's something I want you all to do..."
Cough.
Sputter.
Gag.
(This protor's life will soon be at its end,) Takai hissed from within Kiele.
(So much misery...is beautiful...)