AN/My OC, Yasu Sunaku, is the same age as Gaara, and this begins when she's 6
My name is Yasu Sunaku, I have short blonde hair and blue-green eyes, I was born on the 21st of January and I'm 15, this is my story.
The night Gaara killed Yashamaru, my older brother died. He died protecting me. I can never forget that day.
I had always loved Gaara, watching him behind corners, thinking about him all the time. But I was always too shy to even speak to him. The day the children ran away from him, when the sand caught them and dragged them back. I wanted to comfort him, but I was too shy, and I followed him to the girl's house when he tried to say sorry. After he'd left, I'd knocked on the door, when the girl opened it I shouted at her "Gaara-san didn't mean to do that, he can't control Shukaku, it's not his fault, so why do you treat him like a monster? He isn't a bad person, he is kind and caring, but nobody sees that, why can't anybody else see?", by then, tears were pouring down my face. The girl was stunned, she didn't speak, and her expression was one of disbelief. I picked up the bag of ointment Gaara had left, and shoved it into her hands, then ran away. I finally felt strong enough to go and talk to Gaara, so I ran towards the building where I used to watch him sit on the wall, all alone. As I turned a corner, I saw a ninja in a white mask walking towards the same building, then I realised he intended to hurt Gaara, so I ran up to him and tried to stop him. He pushed me away easily, knocking me into the wall, I had dislodged his mask, and when I saw who it was, I gasped. Yashamaru took out a kunai and threw it towards me, I couldn't run. Then my brother came out of nowhere and jumped in front of me, the kunai hit him in the chest, burying itself deep between his ribs. He landed beside me and blood was pouring out of the wound and trickling out of the corners of his mouth, Yashamaru disappeared into the building, but I barely noticed. I bent over my brother crying "Nii-san! Don't die Nii-san! Don't Die!" He looked at me with glazed eyes, and whispered "Yasu, take care of yourself", then his breath rushed out and his eyes closed. I tilted my head back and screamed, then I collapsed over my brother's body.
I changed after my brother died, I enrolled in the Ninja Academy and focused all my attention into becoming a good person and a good ninja, training hard everyday. Soon I was sent to Kumogakure for extended training .
Kumogakure
When I arrived in Kumogakure, I was sent to live with an old woman called Izumi and her son, Ichirou. They already had a girl, Akahana, who, like me, was without a place to stay when she arrived. The house was small and neat, with a thatched roof and a wide chimney, and there was a small barn beside it. When I knocked on the door, Izumi answered it and welcomed me, then she showed me to my room, which was very small, with two hammocks attached to ropes hanging from the ceiling. "Hammocks are easy to put up and take down, that way, when we aren't using them, we can have more space in a room, and they take up alot less space in a rucksack than a tent", Izumi explained, "But what if it rains?", I asked. Izumi chuckled, "That's exactly what Akahana said when I explained it to her. It's quite simple, you tie a rope between two trees about a foot above your tent, then put a waterproof sheet over it, then you use a few tent pegs to nail it to the ground, which stops it from blowing away". When Ichirou arrived he shook my hand, then enveloped me in a bear hug that left me gasping for breath. He laughed with a loud roar, then pointed his thumb towards the barn, "Akahana's in there, she likes being with the animals", "Thankyou" I said, before running towards the barn. When I looked through the door, I froze. Standing next to a horse pen was a girl, a girl with spiky red hair and black rings round her eyes.
