Something New

Chapter 2: a new home

Koomahana

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They had traveled none stop for a week to reach the place between the five nations. The land they were in now was so different from the lands they had traveled through, it was both different from their home villages and yet it was similar to their various homes. They were high in the mounts, but it was heavily forested, the air was cold and dry yet they came across thick whips of mist. They crossed rivers, hot springs, and half-frozen lakes.

It was as if the strange land didn't know what it wanted to be, did it want to be warm or cold? Did it want endless forests or endless grasslands? Did it want to be rocky and mountainous or swampy and misty?

After another week's worth of travel where they went further and further into the strangely bipolar land, the woman with the four children traveled through the land until they came across a large staircase that was guarded by three large crimson Tori gates.

"Our home is at the top of those stairs," the woman smiled at them and led the way, holding onto the sickly Yugito Nii as she started up the stairs. "Come on, we're almost there." The children each hurried after her, once they came to the top of the stairs the children were physical exhausted. But were too amazed to really feel how towered they were.

They felt as if they were looking down on a beautiful village, complete with open hot springs, wide, open roads, houses that were built in the old style of the first and second Kage's, large sweeps of farming land and endless, beautiful flowering cheery blossom trees that lined every road, every path and rested on every corner. In the very center of the semi-large village, stood the only second story building within sight of the entire village.

As the woman and the four children walked down from the staircase they had just walked up, they could hear shouting and raised voices. Gaara looked back up at the stairs they were descending fearfully, catching sight of his fearful look, the blond boy reached forward and clasped his hand encouragingly.

"It'll be okay," Fū called softly as she took Gaara's other hand and smiled at him shyly. "We'll protect you and each other." Gaara took another look up at the stairs and nodded softly to himself, he turned and headed down the stairs with Fū and Naruto holding his hands. As they entered the village, the three children stopped to stare wide-eyed at the rows and rows of bowing villagers.

"Welcome home," the villagers greeted with smiles and giggles, the three children looked at each other in confusion before they hurried after the woman still carrying their sickly sister on her back. They could hear the whispers of the villagers, they were hurried and fearful, but soft and excited; yet all they could hear were 'guardians' this and 'guardians' this. It made the three children feel like they finally found a place where they were accepted, the woman's words were true. As they walked through the village, their eyes wide and wondering, the children watched with curiosity as they slowly walked through the gates of the second story house and then proceeded to the sliding rice paper doors. The second the doors slid open the children felt a cool breeze rush out and cares their cheeks, making them each giggle at the feeling.

"Welcome home Roushi-kun," a soft whispery voice echoed out to them the woman unconsciously straightened, the children each looked up at her curiously. "What has happened to the little one?" the whispery voice sounded from the darkness of the house, the woman stepped into the semidarkness of the house, a puff of smoke enveloping her as she went.

"Forgive me Nee-chan" a boy's voice sounded from the smoke.

"Nee-chan?" Naruto called out in confusion, one hand tightening on Gaara's as he stepped closer to the red haired boy and waved his other hand in front of his face. "What—?" whatever Naruto had to say died in his throat at the smoke cleared revealed a tall red haired boy in place of the woman who guided them to the village.

"Yugito Nii seems to have eaten or been bitten by something," the boy said as he continued to move forward, barely even stopping to see if the three children would fallow him. "I didn't find any wounds on her, but I didn't look anywhere I wasn't supposed to."

"Let me take a look," the soft voice sounded, the three children twitched as a tall woman stepped out from around the corner, revealing herself to them. "Hello children," the woman greeted them kindly, "Why don't you each take a seat while I take a look at your sister?" Roushi steeped forward and kneeled beside the woman, letting her crouch to place a single green glowing palm against Yugito's back

"Who are you?" Fū asked softly, shifting slightly in her place, not liking how the woman just accepted them so openly. The woman giggled as she straightened from her crouch, she raised one hand pushed back her long brown hair from her face, revealing warm chocolate orbs and violet stripes on her cheeks, a single large bar on each side of her face.

"Roushi-kun please take Yugito-chan to mother please. There isn't much that I can do for her." Roushi nodded his head and rose from his crouch gracefully, and continued on down the hall without question.

"My name is Rin Nohara," the woman said as she turned to look at them, a soft smile stretching across her face as she regarded them. "And I am the same as you."


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