This is a one shot I wrote two years ago. It'll probably seem a bit immature because I wrote it when I was a good bit immature. Anyways enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, only Tsuki.
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Love.
The word nether of them knew well. They met under odd unexpected circumstances. She was sent by the Kazekage, his father, to assassinate him. Her whole life she was raised without love, care, comfort, or any reassurance for anything. To be a cold-hearted killer, that was what she was meant to be. Without even thinking she accepts any assassination job.
12:01 am
She walked down the streets of Sunagakure wordlessly. The only light being that of the moon's. She stopped at a building and jumped onto its roof. There he sat, cross-legged, staring at the moon. Quietly she crept towards the young red-headed shinobi. Of course, she herself was young. Probably the same age as him. She pulled out a kunai, as she continued to move ever so slowly towards him.
"Who are you and what do you want?", he spoke coldly, his sand wrapping around her ankles.
"I am known as Shi no Tsuki, sent to assassinate Sabaku no Gaara." she answered in the same cold, emotionless tone as his. He turned his body around, looking into her eyes.
"Your eyes....are the same as mine." he spoke again
She hesitated then raised her gaze to meet his. She normally wouldn't look into her victim's eyes, for fear that it would later come to haunt her dreams. His eyes were an icy blue, with a hint of green, containing no pupils. But something, that only she could see, other in his eyes were sadness, loneliness, and hatred. Hers were a dull red, held no pupils, and contained that of loneliness.
"I was raised without love and comfort, I am but a tool for those that have need for me." she spoke
"The sand, it protects me, you can't kill me." Gaara said as the sand around her ankles tightened.
"Don't you fear death?" he asked
"If I had emotions I wouldn't be an assassin" Tskui spoke calmly
"Existing only to kill others...is that your purpose in life?" he asked her
In her mind she was screaming to tell him the truth, to tell him otherwise
"I..." She started, unsure of what to say for once in her life
"I used to, but not anymore." Gaara spoke again
They both went silent for a minute
"What is your purpose now?" she asked
"To discover what love is" he answered
She lowered her arms slightly, dropping her kunai in the process, and stared downward
"I was told that love is nothing but a weakness. To feel it was to die." Tsuki spoke quietly
The sand receded and within seconds he was standing up in front of her, their faces mere inches away.
"Then we'll die together." Gaara whispered his face now even closer than before. Slowly lifting her head up the next thing she knew was that their lips had collided, and then he wrapped his arms around her. She was tense at first, and then relaxed as her arms went around him.
'So, this is love' both thought