The Ultimate

Alive

As soon as Kankuro guided Mitsuki out of the building, Temari started to scream at the youngest Sand Sibling. He was accustomed to his sister being so temperamental, he did as usual and just waited for her noise to cease. He decided to finish some paperwork and attempt to ignore her, which was proving to be a difficult task. Taking out all the swearing and rude comments, Temari's argument was based on her assumption that Gaara was so mesmerized by Mitsuki's physical appearance that he couldn't sense the danger in her. Gaara set his pen down and stared at his sister in a manner she had never seen before, empathy shining in his seafoam green eyes.

"Temari, she's just like me." Gaara whispered as if Mitsuki could hear, his gaze never wavering from Temari. She clenched her brows together, hoping for Gaara to elaborate. "She was raised to be the perfect weapon, with no other purpose other than to kill." His soft tone was distant, as if he was back in the old world he used to be apart of. That world was not a place for any human to be, it was dark and void of any feeling. As soon as Mitsuki walked in the room, he could feel that void in her. Although she covered it up by acting as if she could feel like everyone else, he knew she couldn't. He knew he had to help her, for that life, is no life and Gaara wanted to save her from the pain it would soon cause.

"Exactly!" Temari countered, breaking Gaara from his dark thoughts, "she was born to kill! She's dangerous! Why does her village want peace with us all of the sudden? And why did they send their ultimate weapon to bring that peace?"

"Are you assuming she can't change like I did?" Gaara questioned his sister's belief in him.

"No Gaara, I'm just saying, she's dangerous and I don't think she deserves our trust." Temari backed down, "I know you are going to stand firm in your opinion, just please be cautious. I can already tell she's very powerful, not only is she ranked as a sage, I couldn't detect the level of chakra present in her once. She could have been a civilian for all I knew. I've never met a shinobi who could completely conceal their chakra for that amount of time. Her concentration never wavered, even when I threw the shurikens!"

Gaara sighed as he remembered how vain his sister acted while meeting his new guard. Silence filled the room for a few awkward moments but was soon broken by the Kazekage's orders,

"I want you to bring my acceptance scroll to Getsugakure. While you're there try to gather information on Mitsuki, go ahead and bring your students with you."

Temari bowed and left to inform her Genins and gather the necessities for the long journey ahead of her. She hoped her brother was making the right choice, but couldn't shake the uneasy feeling of the situation.


Mitsuki noted how uncomfortable and nervous Kankuro acted around her as he attempted to give her a tour of Suna. The "tour" consisted of Kankuro running around pointing at different places, sweating, stuttering, and never looking directly at Mitsuki. She knew he was intimidated by her, this was troubling because Mitsuki was skilled at making herself appear to be harmless. Her aptitude for making herself appear this way was what made her so skilled as a kunoichi, if she couldn't gain his trust, the mission she has trained for her entire life could be in jeopardy. She needed all the help she could get with this mission, and she needed to count on the skilled shinobi in the area to be unprepared. The tour ended at the Kazekage mansion, which was more grandeur than she imagined. Mitsuki wasn't able to admire it for too long, she had to catch up with Kankuro in order to get a tour of the inside and receive her room. Per her request, she received a room right across from Gaara's, so she could keep a close eye on him. Before Kankuro scrambled out of her room she turned to hug him, attempting to start some sort of friendship with the valuable Kazekage's brother.

"Thank you for the tour Kankuro-sama." Mitsuki smiled as she released him.

"Just call me Kankuro." He squeaked before absconding from her presence. Mitsuki shrugged and pulled her scroll from her travel bag. She quickly opened it and started gathering her belongings, decorating the once dreary room. When she was just about finished one of the maids informed her dinner was ready. She finished putting some of her books in order but didn't want to be too late to her first dinner with the Kazekage and his family. She descended the stairs to find a large dining area only filled with Gaara and Kankuro. She assumed Temari had left with Gaara's acceptance letter already. She took a seat next to Gaara before thanking the maids for making the meal, they were very flattered.

"So Mitsuki," Gaara cleared his voice, "how are you an S-ranked ninja? You can't be any older than 20."

Mitsuki created another artificial blush, "You're a good guesser Gaara, I just turned 19 this month. The chief of Getsu, sent me to study at Ryuchi Cave when I turned 18 because I was born to be great, and my life has been nothing but training, from sunrise to sunset every day. Also because my scholastic knowledge is beyond what most shinobi know. I'm being humble when I say, I earned it."

Gaara chuckled as Kankuro noticeably became more nervous.

"Well Kankuro and I would love to challenge you and see how good you really are." Gaara smirked at his brothers squeamish reaction and Mitsuki laughed. Dinner wasn't awkward as everyone imagined. Although Kankuro was intrigued and confused concerning his brothers behavior towards the outsider, he welcomed it. As much as he loved his younger brother, he was glad to see him actually interacting with someone who wasn't related to him. Since his fight with Naruto way back during the Chunin exams, he had been slowly changing for the better, but even this was a big step. Although this girl seemed very nice, there was something deadly about her, and it wasn't just her body. Looking in her leaf green eyes, he could almost see the coldness in them, as if she was completely cut off from any emotion. She seemed to constantly be prepared for something to happen, she didn't remove her weapons for dinner, he never sensed a sliver of her chakra, and she seemed to always know what to do and say. Kankuro passed the eerie feeling as just her being a very advanced ninja for her age, but it didn't seem to leave him completely, even when their friendship grew.

"So Mitsuki what's it like in Getsu?" Gaara asked, trying to keep the conversation going. Kankuro thought he saw something ignite in her eyes, but it was gone as soon as it came.

"I think it's absolutely beautiful. My village is shaped like the crescent moon, although it is small, people seem to thrive in it. There is vegetation everywhere besides the shore. The sun is always shining, even when it rains. The sand is thicker than the sand here and contains plenty of shells. We home the most passionate thunderstorms, which rage almost every night during the summer. There are so many things to do there, perhaps we can all take a vacation there some time." Mitsuki smiled a real smile as she thought of her home, it was the perfect place for her and she would always love it. Even when she took to account all the hardships and tragedies that faced her there, most people would be bitter about the tropical paradise, but it was the one place that made the girl who couldn't feel, alive.


A/N:

A big thanks goes out to my first reviewer, eapsokardu, I'm glad you're enjoying my story!