So this was my first fanfic, it's a Gaara love story and an OC, who the story follows the most. I know there is still some grammar or spelling errors floating around, but there shouldn't be many, so don't worry about it.
Anything that is like this: ~'Text'~ Means that it is inner thoughts.
I have many pictures and even a short doujinshi of the first chapter on my dA that are available to view. The link to that should be my homepage link on my profile. So this is the only actual note I'm going to make until the end. So thanks for reading and I look forward to reading what you have to say in your reviews.
Ange Clair
Chapter 1
Enter, Sune Ichinarwa!
In the post office of Sunagakure, Sune Ichinarwa hummed quietly to herself as she checked her family's mailbox, hoping that it will have the letter from the village's Kazekage for her first mission briefing as a Suna ninja.
"There all locked, now to see if I got my letter," the young kunoichi said to herself as she locked the mailbox back up before looking through the mail. "I did! It's from the Kazekage, at last I get to start my first mission as a Suna ninja! I'm so excited!" she smiled as she began to walk through the sandy streets of Suna. Dark purple hair swayed and pale green eyes twinkled with joy as she walked. She wore a white dress that went to her mid thigh and a light blue corset with pink ribbons around her torso.
She looked at the other letters. Bills, junk, and something else that caught her attention. "Hey, this one is for mom and dad and it says it's urgent, dang, now I have to find the hospital in order to get this to them before tomorrow," she groaned before starting off to look for the hospital.
Sune and her family are new to Sunagakure. Sune had not even met the Kazekage yet, but her parents only told her that he is younger then they expected when they came back from meeting with him about getting temporary work at the hospital. Their small family came to the village after they had lived with Sune's dying aunt to take care of her during her last days. Before that, Sune traveled with her parents from villages to towns throughout the Land of Wind so her parents could help give medical attention to those that couldn't go to a local medical center or that did not have one available. Thanks to those experiences, Sune now has a great deal of knowledge about different kinds of people, jutsu, and other interesting things that can help her be a better ninja. She also has many memories that she will remember forever, many good, and others not.
Sune roamed the village still not familiar with the layout and with no idea where to go. "This would be easier if Suna wasn't so big and everything didn't look the same…" she stated to herself looking up towards the Kazekage building as she stepped around a corner to make her way down another street.
Sune was not looking where she was going as she turned and bumped into someone unexpectedly, "Oaf," she yipped as she propelled off the person. The other person said nothing. "Oh sorry about bumping into you like that mister…" she hurried. She looked up instantly when they did not say anything to see a teen guy with red hair, either too much eyeliner or really bad insomnia, and dressed in dark red, obviously a shinobi of Suna. "… mister, uh…" she continued waiting for him to give a name or at least say something, "…I uh didn't see you-" she said blushing with embarrassment, and wondering why he was just standing there just staring at her with his aquamarine eyes.
"Of course you didn't with your hair in you face," he cut her off as he reached over to brush her long bangs out of her eyes, surprising her and making her blush more. "You must not be a very good ninja if you cannot see around you," he stated plainly.
She was a little offended by this, "I had a hair pin but it broke and I don't have another one yet, see?" she explained to the stranger holding out the broken clip as proof.
"Let me see it maybe I can fix it," he said in a tone that sounded like an order as he held out his other hand because the other was still holding her hair out of her face.
"Uh sure," she said unsure as she placed the broken clip in his hand. She watched as his hand closed around the pin and sand started to flow to it from all around. ~'Sand?'~ she thought amazed. She stood silently still astounded as he placed the clip in her hair and pulled his hand away, ~'He fixed it with sand?'~ She wondered how that was possible, ~'He's leaving,'~ she thought as she saw him step around her and continue on this way as if there encounter was nothing. She had to say something, anything, "Wait," she tried and he stopped. but did not turn back around, "Do you know where the hospital is?" she asked.
"Foolish girl, not very observant are you?" he said in a deep monotone voice and still not turning around.
~'And I thought he was nice!'~ she thought disappointed.
"You've been standing in front of it this entire time," he finished.
She turned quickly and sure enough she could see the big sign saying 'Sunagakure' with a large red medical cross under it, ~'Well, I don't feel like a huge idiot right now,'~ she thought sarcastically, "Well thanks for- hey he's gone?" she started turning back, but did not see him anywhere in sight.
- Later that night -
Sune sat on her bed in her nighty while drawing in her diary, venting about her day. Mainly about the stranger she met today. "'You must not be a very good ninja'," she repeated his words to herself in a mocking tone, "'Foolish girl, not very observant are you?' Ug! First young guy I meet here and he has to be like that? All men are the same…" Sune stopped drawing and looked at her work, she drew him, though she didn't know why. Instead of the love kanji, she drew a heart on his forehead with a red pen. She thought 'Love' was a strange tattoo for a guy, but she was not one to judge, it was better then some things, and somehow he pulled if off without looking stupid or weak in any way. She looked at her hair clip sitting on her nightstand beside the bed, it was indeed made of sand in the shape of a tiny gourd.
She shook her head to attempt to rid herself of thoughts about him. "Now I have to stay focused because tomorrow I meet the Kazekage and get my first mission as a Suna ninja!" she said to herself with a determined look and her pencil clutched in her hand in front of her face.
- Meanwhile in the Kazekage's office -
Kankuro was attempting to set up a date for Gaara by holding up the different girl's status pages, "How 'bout this girl?" he asked his younger brother.
"No," Gaara said not even looking at the paper with the picture on it and continued his work.
"This one?" he asked holding up another.
"No."
"This one?"
"No."
"How 'bout-"
"No," Gaara cut him off still not paying attention and working.
"Aw, come on Gaara at least look at this one," Kankuro pleaded trying to get his brother at least somewhat show some interest in girls. Gaara rolled his eyes and looked at the paper being held up. "See this girl, she's new to Suna, so it would be like working with a clean slate," he said referring to the fact she would not already have feared him because of his demon.
"'Sune?'" he read the name, "Already met her, didn't care for her, now go away," he said plainly.
Kankuro knew not to try to argue with Gaara. Even though he has got a lot better concerning his attitude, temper, and demon influence, he still had his bad days and times when he did not take crap from anybody.
Kankuro sighed and put the papers back in the file and set them back down on Gaara's desk before heading towards the door. "Fine, well I have to go anyway," he said, "But don't come crying to me when there are mysterious strippers in your room!" he called from outside the door with only his waving hand visible.
"I already said absolutely no strippers, Kankuro!" Gaara shouted towards the door while standing up. After that he went back to work for the night ignoring Shukaku's comments about how he would like to see the strippers so he could kill them.
- The next morning in Sune Ichinarwa's house -
Sune was standing in darkness, alone. She looked all around trying to find a light, but saw nothing. This feeling was familiar. The weight on her heart that made it feel like it was going to sink into nothingness, pain, and despair. The feeling where all she could hope for was that her heart would fade away, and no longer feel anything. No more pain. No more sadness. No more regret.
"I love you," a familiar voice said from the darkness.
"What's happening here?" she asked, remembering the voice.
"You're weak," the same voice said from another place in the darkness.
"How could you?" she hear her own voice echo from a distance.
"Hopeless…"
"Why did you-?"
"You're just in the way…"
"But I thought-"
"You're better off dead…"
"It's not fair…"
Sune jumped up and gasped before looking around. She was in her room safe and warm with the morning sun light peering through the edges of her curtains lighting up her room. She realized she was just dreaming and looked down noticing that she was covered in sweat, so she got up to take a shower right away.
~'It seems like no matter what I do, I can't shake those memories of when me and me parents went to live there to take care of my aunt while she was dying,'~ she thought as she stepped out of the shower and rapping a towel around her before moving to the sink to brush her teeth, ~'The people I thought loved me betrayed me…'~
Soon after getting ready she left her house, made sure to lock the door, and made her way through the village to the Kazekage building. ~'I guess all I can do now is move forward and hope for something better…'~ Sune thought as she stood in front the Kazekage building looking up at the 'Wind' symbol.
She walked in and saw an open room with sets of stairs that curved up on both sides along the walls. Directly in front there was a large open doorway with a woman sitting behind a desk. After speaking with the woman, she told Sune that the Kazekage will see her now. Sune told the nice woman thanks before heading through the hallway and into the Kazekage's office after knocking and waiting for him to say she can come in.
As Sune stepped inside she could not see the Kazekage, because he was sitting in his chair behind his desk facing the windows in the opposite direction. She stood on the edge of the purple rug on the floor waiting.
"Sune Ichinarwa," he stated and she could see that he was holding up a paper reading off of it, "Age: 15, Rank: Genin, no teammates yet, you have traveled quite a bit, have some unique abilities, Ninjutsu: 6, Taijutsu: 4, Genjutsu: 6, Intelligence: 6, Power: 5, Speed: 7, Stamina: 5, Hand Seals: 5," he listed.
"Wait, I thought I was a '7' on intelligence," she said not wanting to correct him, but remembering her test scores from when she first got to village, and they said 7, she was sure of it.
"You were," he said plainly. "But I took off a point because of your lack of observation yesterday," he finished.
~'Yesterday? Wait a minute-'~ she thought remembering what that guy she met yesterday said. Could it be?
"If there isn't any problems, we will now move on to your mission briefing," the Kazekage ordered while turning back in his chair slowly, revealing his identity.
Sune stood in shock upon see that red hair, love kanji, dark circles around the eyes, and fair skin. Her inner self was freaking out, ~'He's the guy from yesterday, the guy from yesterday is the Kazekage! You've got to be kidding me! I knew he was young but I was expecting late twenties to early thirties to be a Kage! I can't believe I made such a fool out of myself, I'm so stupid! Just my luck! I know, this is a dream or a trick, it has to be!'~
Sune finally got herself to speak, "Wait a second, you're the Kazekage? But you're only like eighteen," she said pointing at him accusingly.
"You better believe it," a male voice said from behind her. She quickly turned to see a guy in a traditional Japanese Bunraku puppeteers outfit with cat-hat-like-thing with his Suna forehead protector and purple make-up. He was leaning against the door frame and grinning. "Because whether you like it or not, Gaara IS the Kazekage," he continued, "Oh, and he's fifteen."
~'F-f-fifteen!,'~ she thought surprised.
"Hi, Sune right? I recognize you from your picture, I'm Gaara's older brother Kankuro, nice to meet cha!" he said in a friendly, but creepy tone as he walked up to her and waved.
"Hi…" Sune said with a nervous smile, he was a little too creepy for her comfort.
Kankuro then noticed the little gourd shaped clip in Sune's hair and got a sly smirk, ~'Didn't care for here huh? Sly little bro, very sly heh heh heh…'~ he thought, thinking something intimate happened between them already.
~'Why is he staring at me like that, it's so creepy,'~ Sune thought looking away.
"Ahem," they both heard from Gaara to get their attention.
"Right," Kankuro started walking over to Gaara, "Temari told me to tell you that she left early for Konoha, and there's something else I need to talk to you about but it can wait until after Sune is done here," he finished.
Gaara was slightly confused as to why it had to wait. "Very well…" he said coming to the conclusion that it was not that important and could wait anyway and that he should continue this mission briefing. "Sune, here is your mission," he said setting a paper down at the edge of his desk for her to take and look at. "Until you are able to gain my trust as a Sunagakure ninja, and until I can put together a team for you, you will be doing solo missions that Temari, Kankuro, or myself will supervise," he explained as she looked at the mission.
"This D-rank mission is just a list of household chores, are you saying you want me to clean your house?" Sune said disappointed and confused, her inner self was thinking that it's an easy mission and it will be over before lunch.
Kankuro turned to Gaara who had propped his elbows on the edge of his desk in front of him and folded his hands in front of his mouth, "Whoa! Gaara, you're actually giving her That as a mission? I mean, I know the place is a little messy but what happened to the maids?" Kankuro asked his brother.
The Kazekage sighed not looking at either of them .but instead picked up a file and started going through it. "First of all," he started, "There are no low level missions available right now," he said before shooting a glance a Kankuro, "The first maid we hired quit because Temari made her cry," he said answering his bother's second question, "The second, I fired when she wouldn't stop hitting on us, and the last one quit because you, Kankuro, kept hitting on her," he said setting the papers back down.
"Oops, my bad…" Kankuro said.
"Besides," Gaara started again, "This mission will prove to us just how good of a ninja she is," he said before looking back to Sune, "Sune, if you finish this mission before five p.m. you will get a bonus," he said as we wrote something down on another slip of paper. "Sune, take this note to Raven and Suki, they should be waiting outside to be your escort. If you don't have any questions you are dismissed," he finished.
"Right," Sune said taking the paper and heading for the door. Just as she got to the door she turned and smiled, "Oh, there is one thing I would like to say."
"Yes?" Gaara answered.
"Thank you for yesterday, you left before I could say that," she said blushing slightly.
"Think nothing of it," he said reading another file.
"Yeah, Gaara's the Kazekage," Kankuro reminded standing next to his brother. "It's part of his job to help the people of Suna however he can," he explained.
"Alright then, that makes sense," Sune smiled. "Nice to meet both of you, and I'll get this mission done by five and get that bonus, I promise it," she finished before leaving and closing the door behind her.
After Sune left, Gaara looked at his brother, "What?" he asked remembering that Kankuro said that he wanted to talk with him after she left.
Kankuro grinned, "Sooo?" Gaara blinked with a straight face. "Is there something you wanna tell me?" he asked but Gaara blinked again. "About yesterday?" this time he raised a nonexistent eyebrow. "With Sune?"
"I don't understand what you're asking, Kankuro." Gaara said annoyed.
Kankuro decided to spell it out for him hoping not to make him mad. "What happened yesterday with Sune, I saw a clip in her hair that looked suspiciously like your sand gourd."
Gaara turned back to his paperwork. "Yes, I put that there on a broken clip she had, one day that small amount of sand will protect her from harm," he explained.
"Huh?"
"A low level ninja like her will get into trouble at some point, that sand will be just enough to block an attack and warn me when something's wrong."
"Interesting…" Kankuro said mostly to himself.
Sune walked back through the large hallway to the main room, ~'Those sure are interesting people, first the Kazekage turns out to be a fifteen-year-old with an attitude I could see from a mile away, and then that make-up guy, Kankuro, is friendly but creepy looking,'~ Sune thought, ~'At least one of them is cute, there has to be balance somewhere,'~ she smiled. She could see two girls in the front area of the building. She wondered if those were the people she was suppose to give the note the Kazekage gave her so she could finally begin her mission.
