A Night at the Theater
By TwinEnigma
Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto series or characters. I am doing this because I like writing.
Characters: Temari, Kankuro, Gaara
Stage lights up.
Temari's fan snaps open crisply and her dance begins in exaggerated slowness. She is elegant in her kimono, her steps light and delicate as she dips and spins. The dance grows quicker and her fan seems to be an extension of her body even as it arcs through the air. At the height of her dance, she stills, a coy smile gracing her lips and then she is a whirlwind of fury and violence, deadly in her art.
Kankuro is invisible, his puppets taking center stage as his mastery of the strings brings them to life with vivid clarity. They play out a story of deception and murder, a crowd favorite that always ends in tragedy. He manipulates them from shadows, weaving the well-known tale into its final brutal act.
Gaara is riveting from the very moment he steps on stage, commanding the attention of the entire audience with his presence alone. His stories, too, are violent and end in death and tragedy, but they love him all the more for it. He stands in perfect stillness on the hanamichi, his mie one of a vivid stare and outstretched arms, calling forth the sand.
The curtain of blood falls and the three siblings take their bows on another sold out show.
AN: Really, I love the Sand siblings. They're like a trip to the theater. Temari is a noh mai dancer (or maybe a kagura dancer), Kankuro has the Bunraku puppetry and Gaara with his dramatic poses is very representative of Kabuki theater. Hence my reference to the hanamichi, the path which characters enter and exit the stage on in kabuki theater, and mie, a type of posing that represents a character.