Here is the rewrite of chapter two, new people enjoy, old people hope you like it better.
Don't own Naruto
Chapter two: Insane Child hood.
Mamoru yawned from her spot on Gaara's lap. They sat on the wall above the village. The lies that the bastard [as she had taken to calling the medic] filled Gaara's head with had stuck. Much to her dismay, he was becoming the demon the village accused him of being. But he was her child now, and she loved him as her son. There had been many more assassination attempts on his life. Either she sensed them first or the sand blocked whatever they threw at him. Either way they ended up six feet under.
Mamoru frowned, she then stood up. Gaara looked at her in question. She nudged his face with her nose and licked it. Letting him know she would return. He seemed satisfied she would not turn on him and looked away and Mamoru vanished.
She reappeared in the Kazekage office. She snorted as her form changed. Her fur became long white hair on her head. She wore a blue tube top shirt, just covering her bosom, exposing her dark skin. She wore a long blue skirt. She was barefoot and had her blue anklet. Her green eyes glowed in anger as she marched out of the shadows and in front of the Kazekage. He sat behind the screen; his advisors on either side, the assistance kneeled in front.
He jumped when she appeared as did everyone else. Everyone suddenly found themselves bounded by a psychic force.
"I've a bone to pick with you" she said to the Kazekage. He was sweating underneath his hat and mask but was cold in tone.
"Yes" he said
"As I am sure you figured out I am a desert Okami Iki." The man nodded. "Many times now you have attempted to kill my son" she said
The Kazekage pretended to be confused
"I do not know what you speak of"
The rice paper began to burn and the binds on the men tightened as Mamoru's power was increased
"DO NOT TAKE ME FOR A FOOL HUMAN, I HAVE CLAMED UNDER YOU PRIVIOUS WIFE ORDER GAARA NO SUBAKU AS MY SON, HE IS NOW A SON A OKAMI IKI, KAMI HELP THOSE WHO AIM TO KILL HIM, FOR EITHER HE GETS THEM OR I DO."
She then snorted and walked out the room. The binds dropped and the men fell to the ground. The Kazekage sat in his mat blinking.
"Kazekage-sama, shall we go after her" one of the guards said
"No, you won't find her, cancel all assassination attempts on Gaara, it seems the desert will defend him."
Mamoru found Gaara in the exact same spot she left him in. she walked up to him and laid her head on his lap and he began to pet her. This was her child, she thought, and I will kill all that aim to take him from me. She then fell asleep.
From that day on no one tried to kill Gaara on orders, but he still continued to kill. It pleased the voice he was starting to hear, begging for blood.
Two years later
An eight year old Gaara was walking to the selected space for his training grounds. A gourd of sand was strapped to his back, his hiate-iti tied to his waist belt. Mamoru walked beside him as was normal.
Everyone was use to the pair. Where the demon went the devil dog followed. Yes Mamoru had earned the name devil dog as she followed the sand demon around willingly. Didn't these people understand, she was a wolf, they valued loyalty and she was loyal only to her child
They met Gaara siblings and sensei at the designated spot. The spot was a little space just outside the Villages west wall. There were no trees just a bunch of rocks near the walls back that completed a moon shape circle around a clear path of sand.
Temari had grown into a fine eleven year old. Her hair still in the same four pig tails. She wore her mother's fan on her back and Mamoru would sometimes stare at remembering its old owner. The nine year old Kankuro wore a traditional beginner's puppets master outfit, complete with war paint and his new puppets.
They stared at Gaara nervously then looked at Mamoru. Temari and Kankuro were use to Mamoru's presence, as she lived in their home with Gaara. Sometimes she would let them pet her as they were her old friend's children but she would always stay next to Gaara. But the siblings had never known the dogs name as Gaara had never bothered to tell them.
Baki looked at the wolf then at Gaara. He knew of the rumors that surrounded the dog…or wolf…that followed Gaara around, never leaving his side. But that was the extent of his knowledge. Gaara caught his eye and seemed to almost sigh at their curious stares.
"Her name is Mamoru" was all he said then crossed his arms ending the conversation.
Training began at that.
At one point when crow had gone to attack Gaara, instinct had kicked in and she jumped the puppet.
Her teeth crashing into it and breaking the wood where the arm would be; she landed next to Gaara, crows left arm still in her mouth. She growled at the piece of wood while everyone looked on in shock. Gaara looked slightly startled and almost happy. But then he just patted her on the head and told her he was fine and it was just training. She spit the wood back out and walked away.
When Gaara would train she would sit, lay or wander off till their training was done. She would follow them on missions as she was considered permanently attached to Gaara.
After following them on several S and A rank missions and taking down several ninja when they got to close to Gaara, and sometimes the other children, Baki tied a Hiate-iti around her neck and she stared at it.
"You are official apart of our Team Mamoru" he said and walked off as Kankuro and Temari patted her on the head.
She walked back to Gaara and lay down with her head in his lap. He gave her some water and she got use to her new routine.
People still tried to assassinate Gaara, people from the council, or other villages, but none from the Kazekage. He had taken Mamoru's threat very seriously, Gaara however, just assumed they were from the Kazekage and just killed them like normal. With each and every threat to his life, Mamoru could see Gaara slip further and further away from sanity…and she began to wonder if their was any hope left in this world for him.
Four years later
The sand siblings stood at their normal training ground. Baki wanted to see if Mamoru could fight without the need to defend. Mamoru gave him a look that asked if he was crazy, he didn't pick up on it. So he had her fight Kankuro. The boy wasn't allowed to poison her, not that he would any way or feel the wrath of Gaara. Gaara himself was sitting on a rock glaring at Kankuro.
"Alright little poochy" he said "come and get me."
If you insist
She spread her legs apart, raised her hackles and growled while baring her teeth at him. He seemed slightly put off by this, as he had never been on the receiving end of her anger. She didn't wait for him; she charged. The white wolf flew through the air, sniffing as she jumped; she landed just short of Kankuro and then bolted to his back side as he tried to spin around. But Mamoru was faster and reached the mummy behind him and bit into it. There was a pause of silence then as a scream as Kankuro burst out of the wrappings and fell to the ground clutching him-self. His puppet fell to the sand chattering.
Temari snickered as Kankuro groaned. Deciding to torment him a bit she walked over to him and growled threateningly. He whined and tried to crawl away.
"Enough Mamoru" Baki said, walking over to the two with a sigh.
She snorted and nudged the boy with her nose and walked back over to Gaara, licking his face. Kankuro watched her go through his pain before whimpering when Baki knelt beside him.
"I must take Kankuro to the hospital now, return home" he lifted Kankuro and walked away.
Gaara stood and walked back into the village, Mamoru following.
Mamoru stretched on Gaara's bed as he sat meditating. His body smelt permanently of sand as he had covered himself in some sort of armor. She blinked and thought of the last four years. She was considered not only the devil dog to the demon but also a ninja dog to the sand sibling's team.
She had taken down several ninja, she was a wolf spirit after all, which just added to the devil dog rumor, damnet she was an Okami Iki, not some mutt from hell.
She supposed it was her own fault, but she was protecting her son. She supposed she should consider his siblings her children as well as she protected them sometimes to but not offering compassion to Gaara had some what made her bitter to them.
Her thoughts were interrupted by knock on the door. Baki entered and Gaara glanced at him.
"Come down stairs" was all he said and left, leaving the door open for the two to follow.
Gaara stood and walked out with out a word, Mamoru stretched before following.
Once the sand siblings were gathered in the living room along with Mamoru at her normal place at Gaara side; Baki began.
"This is a super A-ranked mission, understand the importance. The sand will join with sound and war with the leaf." He paced in front of them; Temari and Kankuro were seated on the couches, Gaara on the wall next to it, Mamoru at his side.
Mamoru looked startled and gave a low growl, one only Gaara heard. It was a wolf loyalty thing. Temari too seemed to hate the idea.
"But why war now? It took too much time and sacrifice to create the alliance agreement…to break that…many will die."
This time Mamoru growled rather loudly. Baki glanced at her before looking back at his students, two were staring up at him, and the third was looking away, not caring. What Baki said next made Mamoru question the faith she had put in this man with her child and his siblings.
"In the end Shinobi's are tools of war, the alliance itself was an object that threaten our existence." Gaara's head titled up at bit as he began to listen to the conversation but his eyes still remained closed.
Mamoru stared up at her son before looking over at Baki who met her stare with great intensity before looking at Gaara. She growled, this man knew the right buttons to push to get Gaara to listen.
"You Genin don't know about it very well but the wind countries stupid minister used the alliance as a reason to forcibly weaken the military strength of the hidden sand village."
Mamoru snorted; humans and their power, that's what, got her sitting here in the first place. She looked up and saw Gaara's eyes were open, his attention fully paid to this conversation.
"Because of the stupid alliance agreement the minister fully trusted the leaf, sends our clients to them; and began drastically cutting back our funding because that way was cheaper. When the head is stupid, we, the arms and the feet suffer. Four our village to keep up we had to raise the ability of each individual shinobi." He looked over to Gaara "That's why shinobi like you were created…Gaara" Mamoru looked up at the boy and saw the pain in his eyes.
She turned her head to Baki and growled at him. He just continued, pushing the right buttons on Gaara.
"Right now the existence of the wind country itself is in danger. Kazekage-sama fearing…."
He stopped as the pressure in the room dropped. They looked at Gaara, who looked confused; he was looking at Mamoru so the others did to.
Mamoru's eyes appeared to be burning. Her teeth were out, her nose in a snarl, fur on end; Baki actually back up a bit. Mamoru stood and turned and walked out the door.
"Mamoru" Baki called before she could get all the way out "get back in here, the mission brief isn't…" She cut him off with a snarl and a snort and walked the rest of the way out.
After a few moments of silence Baki continued but Gaara still wondered about Mamoru's strange behavior. When his …father's title was mentioned she had acted that way. Did she hate the Kazekage? He shook his head. He was being given an excuse to kill, he shouldn't question it.
Mamoru appeared in the office of the Kazekage again. He was alone this time. She stood in front of him and transformed.
"Yo" she said and he jumped.
"What do you want now; I left him alone, what more do have to demand" he leaned on the back wall wearily and looked up at her.
"This war, you plan on Gaara turning into Shukaku and destroying everything and everyone insight"
The Kazekage choose not to say anything.
"You don't have to answer, I am just here to tell you that Gaara is my son, and his siblings will be given the same protection once they learn to play nicely, but I will and always will protect my children. Even if it means I have to kill you." She marched up to the man's face and stared him down. "And don't think for one second I won't, I have waited 13 years to get revenge on you for Karura's death and the loss of his innocence, so if I am given the chance, I will not hesitate to send you to hell."
She began to vanish, her feet turning to sand. It floated towards the door as the rest of her body turned to sand. The last thing he heard her say was
"After all I am an Okami Iki, or as your people made me, the demons devil dog."
She was then gone and the Kazekage fell back. He chuckled humorlessly
"Send me to hell why 'Mamoru' I am already there" he then passed out in fear.
She reappeared in Gaara's room in wolf form. She noticed he was sitting on his bed, looking at nothing. She jumped on the bed and lay beside him. He put a hand on her head. He then grinned, the grin she always hated to see on his face.
"Mother begs for blood, Mamoru and this war will give it to her" the grin over took his face as he stared at the beds blankets.
Mamoru frowned and wanted to growl at the demon in him, pretending to be Karura. But growling would scare Gaara mentally so she just moved her head to his lap and licked his other hand. Telling him she wasn't going to leave him; after all wolves don't abandon their children.
The next day Gaara met his siblings and sensei at the village gate to depart for Konoha. The gate guards looked at her and Gaara a little unnerved but they ignored the stares.
They took off into the desert, still surprised Mamoru could keep up with them easily. She sprinted across the sand, leaving only a few paw prints behind. She ran mostly by Gaara, who was flanked by his siblings, Baki leading them. Temari looked at Mamoru once, particularly her green eyes. For some reason every time she saw Mamoru's eyes, another pair of green eyes jumped in her head…but she couldn't think of whom they belonged to.
They reached the land of fire border a day and half later. Baki order them to make camp. Once a fire was going, Mamoru got up and walked off into the Darkness.
"Where is she going?" Kankuro asked, Baki replied
"Wolves normally travel in packs and patrol areas they will sleep in, she making sure no one is hiding the area." The others accepted the answer.
An hour later she came back satisfied and a rabbet in her mouth. She sat a little ways away from them and tore into it.
Kankuro and Temari looked disgusted. Gaara and Baki just glanced and moved on. Once she was done she walked over to Gaara and cleaned her-self, she then placed her head in Gaara's lap and waiting for the others to go to sleep. With that she fell asleep to.
This happened every night till they reached Konoha; a three day trip. The guards allowed them to enter but stared at Mamoru. They shrugged it off, they after hall had the Inuzuka clan in their village. Gaara and Mamoru went with Baki to talk to Hokage about Mamoru and letting her in the Chunin exams, Kankuro and Temari wandered around the village.
After meeting the old man Hokage who smelled like smoke and a monkey, Gaara vanished with a pat to her head and she wandered off. She followed the scent of Kankuro and Temari and appeared in their area just in time to see kid crash into Kankuro. Oh boy, ever sense Gaara started to pick on Kankuro he's always hated little kids.
She walked over to them just as Kankuro picked up the screaming brat with a really long scarf. There were a few others around them. Some little kids and two kids about her son's age; the little kids had goggles on their heads just like the boy Kankuro held by the neck while the older ones had on hiate-its. One of the older boys had whisker marks on his face and the girl had long green hair.
She barked at him and they all looked at her.
"A dog?" a really loud kid said. He had on a bright orange and blue jumpsuit and bright blonde hair. He was the one with the whisker marks on his face.
She sniffed him as she walked by, he smelled of fox…and Chakra, a lot of it. So this was another on like Gaara. An idea came to her head. He didn't act like Gaara; maybe he could help her child. The kid yelled again so she looked back at Kankuro. She growled at him; Commanding him to put the child down.
"Mamoru's right, we'll get yelled at later." Temari scolded her brother half heartedly.
The pink haired woman apologized for messing around. While the blonde one called Kankuro a fat ass and told him to put the boy down. She growled at him again; if Gaara showed up…she was not responsible for what he did.
"Let's play a little before the boss comes, will that be alright Mamoru" Kankuro looked at her momentarily before looking back at the kid.
Mamoru frowned, and growled again; no, that would not be alright.
The blonde boy ran and Kankuro manipulated him with chakra strings. He tripped and crashed right into Mamoru.
Mamoru growled trying to get the boy off her. Kankuro looked sheepish for a moment.
"Oh, leaves Genin are weak." Kankuro commented as she growled as the blonde boy scrambled to get of her, his feet hitting her ribs in the process.
After he successfully got off Mamoru, he insulted and yelled at Kankuro again. She glanced around, she was sure Gaara would be looking for her by now.
"You're annoying" Kankuro said and the she-wolf growled, he had better not hit that kid. "Basically I hate midgets, especially ones that are rude…it makes me want to kill them."
The she wolf knew he was angry at Gaara, but she snarled at him. He didn't have a right to bring it out on other children. Temari glanced at Mamoru. Good she better stop him Mamoru thought.
She sighed and said
"I am not involved"
What, Mamoru blinked; she was just as guilty as he was then.
Kankuro brought his fist back and went to hit the child. Mamoru raced forward but she smelt something coming just as Kankuro said
"Well after this one, I will take care of the other annoying midget"
A rock flew out of nowhere hitting Kankuro's arm and dropping the kid. They all looked up in the tree. A boy sat there. He had black hair that looked like a chicken's ass, his eyes were dark, and he wore blue high collared shirt and white pants. By his head band he was a ninja.
The pink haired girl said his name, adoration in her voice.
"Sasuke-kun"
"What are you bastards doing in our village" this Sasuke said tossing another rock up and down.
Mamoru eyed him before turning back to Kankuro. She snarled at him, her teeth pulled back for added effect. Kankuro looked at Gaara's pet wolf before looking at Sasuke saying
"Another guy that pisses me off"
"Get lost" Sasuke said. He eyed the wolf and the ninja head band on its neck. Was it part of their team, like the Inuzuka clan?
"Hey punk gets down here" Kankuro called, out pulling crow of his back. Mamoru growled at him and moved closer.
Temari tried and failed to stop him. Mamoru almost lunged when she felt her child appear. She stopped.
"Kankuro stop, you should listen to Mamoru" a rough voice slowly said.
They all looked up; the leaf ninja assumed Mamoru was either the girl, or the wolf. There was Gaara was hanging upside down on the tree. With his hair flipped up they could see the Kanji on his forehead, the shadows from the trees cast deep shadows on his face as he crossed his arms and stared at the fence along the path; not bothering to make eye contact with anyone.
"You're an embarrassment to out village." He told his brother. Mamoru snorted in agreement causing Gaara's eyes to spin to her. Her tail waged as she sat and looked up at him. "So this was where you wandered off to" Gaara said to the wolf.
Sasuke looked shocked; he didn't even sense Gaara show. Green eyes glanced at him for a moment before looking at Kankuro.
"Losing yourself in a fight, how pathetic" Gaara continued "why do you think we came to this village"
The she-wolf growled a bit at the thought "Stupid Kazekage." Kankuro began to yell and Mamoru turned her attention back to the argument.
"Listen Gaara, they started it and…-Shut up or I'll kill you" Gaara cut off his brother.
Mamoru sighed as Kankuro shuttered at the look Gaara gave him.
"OK I'm sorry, really sorry ok" he said trying to appease his younger brother, he turned to Mamoru "sorry to you as well Mamoru"
Gaara looked at his brother, what had he done to Mamoru the sand ninja wondered. Gaara turned to Sasuke, seeing him as a good opponent. To hit Kankuro with a stone like that. He looked at the boys deep black eyes and his own eyes took in the stone cold black…eyes like his.
"Sorry to you guys" he said, his voice holding no apology.
He vanished in a swirl of sand and reappeared on the ground next to his siblings. Mamoru went and stood next to him.
"Looks like we got here to early but we didn't come here to play around" he said looking at Kankuro.
"I know that" Kankuro said, looking away from the harsh eyes.
"Let's go" Gaara said and he and Mamoru began to walk away.
"Hey wait" the girl called out and Gaara turned to her.
"What?" he demanded impatiently.
"Judging from your forehead protectors you guys are ninjas from the hidden sand village right?" the girl asked. "You may be allies of the leaf village but it's forbidden for each shinobi to enter village without permission."
The wolf snorted, how she thought we got into the village.
"State your purpose…depending on what it is we may not be able to let you go." the girl continued after a pause.
Mamoru almost smiled, the girl was brave.
Temari snorted and pulled out her pass, given to them at the gate.
"Hah, talk about clueless, see my pass, don't you know anything" she put it away.
Sasuke looked interested, he vanished in some leaves before reappearing in front of his teammates and the other children, Gaara turned to face him.
"You're right we are Genin from the hidden sand, we've come to your village to take the Chunin selection exams."
The other demon host looked confused and Mamoru began to doubt her plan…did he have what it takes.
"Chunin selection exams?" they echoed each other.
Mamoru tuned Temari out as she explained the exams. She looked up at Gaara, he was watching Sasuke. Sasuke too had an eye on Gaara. Great, they were going to try and fight one another; just peachy. She turned back to the real world when called for her Childs name.
"You mean me?" Temari asked and Mamoru snorted.
"No, you with the gourd, and dog" Mamoru growled at that.
"She's a wolf" grumbled Temari, looking away.
"Gaara of the desert" he said after a pause. "I am also interested in your name."
The boy smirked and said
"Uchiha, Sasuke"
They stared at each other, their chakra power doing the talking. Mamoru snorted and rolled her eyes but staid by Gaara's side.
"What about me" the loud on said breaking the stare and Mamoru's doubt in her plan grew.
Gaara looked at the boy who looked eager for recognition, but his blue eyes held something else, something deep rooted in him much like it was in him-self.
"Not interested" that pain came forward and Gaara frowned in his mind "let's go" he said but Sasuke stopped him again.
"I wasn't aware Suna had wolves" he said staring at Mamoru.
"She is my protector" Gaara said without turning "she is Mamoru."
They then took off the ninja way and Mamoru ran off to the selected meeting place.
Sasuke smirked after they left; this was going to get very interesting.
There you all go, now please review, thanks.
