So i dont own Naruto or any characters associated with Naruto. All i own is Ruby.
I wanna say thanks to shadowwolf89 for helping me edit and CassieTheBatman for being a reading beta tester for me.
A trip down memory lane
The rest of the day passed without much more communication from the living in the house; but the dead were busy cleaning Ruby's supply room which held the casting. Gaara's gourd was taken to his room and meals where served to the rooms when required.
Ruby awoke the next day to the sound of screaming, she stormed out of her room to find Gaara pinned to the wall with a spirit screaming in his face.
"How dare you treat my guest as such." As soon as she spoke the screaming stopped and now both Gaara and the dead were staring at her. Ruby yelled something in a language Gaara had never heard before. He felt himself being released from the wall. This was followed by the sound of a spirit running down the hall, though the kitchen and out the back door. Which slammed shut behind the spirit. He never saw the spirit but by god he could hear it.
Ruby looked at Gaara "I'll have to teach you to deal with them. I won't always be here to save you. Now let's eat and get ready to leave."
After breakfast Gaara returned to his room and sat down. He did not like being attacked by something he could not see or fight off. Gaara was disturbed from his sweet nothingness, by a knock at the door.
"Gaara are you ready to go?" Ruby ask from the other side of the door. When she received no answer she opened the door anyways. With every step Ruby took the bells which adorned her hair tinkled with each movement. She stood in the door way in clothing Gaara had never seen before and for the first time since he arrived to this new world he really looked at her.
She had small black heeled shoes, mid thigh stockings with intricate purple lacing up the sides. A short skirt that ended where her stockings did. The skirt was black with purple trim. Then there was her top. It was short sleeved, high necked with purple piping and to draw it all together was a black corset with purple lacing and boning.
"What are you staring at?" Ruby was used to people staring at her. But the way he looked at her was different, there was no fear in his eyes.
It was only a five minute walk to the village which, in Ruby's opinion, was not far enough. As soon as they entered the village the whispering started. Gaara had witnessed this before. Like when he would walk around his own village, people would point and whisper at him. After a few minuets of walking though the town and enduring the whispers and stares, they arrived at the clothing store. Just before they entered Ruby pulled Gaara aside.
"Gaara, if people ask why your with me, just say your my apprentice okay." Ruby said in a hushed voice.
"Why?" Gaara replied in a voice that was not so hushed.
"People will all already hate you cause your with me, you see. Since your with me you will be classified like me." Ruby shrugged and walked into the store. Leaving Gaara standing there in the door way.
A bell went off.
"Good morning – Oh, its you Ruby." the store owner said nodding.
A bell went off again.
"Good morning young sir, how ma..." the store owners voice trailed off as he watched Gaara walk over to ruby and stand by her.
"I need my friend here measured up, and six sets of clothing please. Black is preferred but colored detailing is okay too."
With that Ruby went and sat in a waiting chair as Gaara got harassed by the tailor for his measurements. After an hour of looking at clothing and odd questions about why he was with Ruby, Gaara was going to kill someone. They left the clothing store with two kimonos, With one black with white detailing and the other black with red detailing. Another set of the clothing sets Ruby had picked was a uniform (What kind of work he was ment to do was beyond him). It was a high collared shirt like hers but sleeveless, still with the purple piping. Simple black pants with ankle cuffs also with the same intricate lace up the sides and a pair of plain black slip on shoes. The rest of the clothing was just everyday wear.
"Was there anything you wanted to get? Books or anything?" Ruby was hoping she could learn more about him on this trip.
"No. Im fine. Can we head back to the house now?" Ruby could hear it in his voice that he had had enough.
They turned down a quiet street not far from the outskirts of town, when a group of three teenage boys stepped out of a side street and blocked their way. One stepped forward, presumably the leader of the group.
"Hey aren't you the witch that lives out of town?" He turned and smirked to his friends who all sneered back at him. Ruby kept walking and went right past him.
"Hey bitch, I'm talking to you." He grabbed Ruby by the shoulders and pushed her into a wall of the closest building.
"Listen to me when I'm talking to you ok bitch? Now if you are that witch, you had better stay out of the village or something bad might happen to you."
As he said this he was looking down her top and sliding his hand down her lower back.
"PIG!" she yelled as she tried to knee him in the groin which was hard to do since the packages in her hand did not give her a clear shot. She still hit him hear enough for him to stumble back and fall to his knees. Ruby escaped his clutches only to be grabbed by another of the teen aged boys and punched in the face. Gaara had decied it was enough when the guy put his hands on Ruby. But when one of them punched her in the face, he dropped whatever parcels he was carring carrying, and caught her just before she hit the ground. After helping her stand up he looked at the boy and said in a tone that had made most shinobi feel fear.
"What do you think you're doing?" Gaara was angry but it was a calm anger. It was just how people had treated him only she could not defend herself. She was at the mercy of these town people. As Gaara got more and more angry he could feel his charka and most of all he could feel the sands. It was only slight but he could still feel it.
"What! you wanna fight about it aye? You wanna stand up for the whoring witch, fine we'll show you what happen's when you side with freaks." The leader boy charged at Gaara with a fist pulled back ready to punch. Now Gaara may have had the sand's to protect him his whole life; but that did not mean his taijutsu was bad. He dropped low with a sweeping kick to bring the leader on his back then elbowing him in the chest. The other two boy's then charged at Gaara upon seeing of their leader down. Gaara ducked under one's punch, hooked his right arm under and punch at the elbow breaking the arm. He then kicked the back of the knee bring the boy to his knees. Just one left. He came in swinging. Gaara ducked low, punching him in the stomach. Then placing his hands on the ground Gaara drove his right foot into the attackers jaw.
With the fight over Gaara walked back to where his packages lay on the ground, picked them up and continued on his way.
Leaving Ruby standing there, speechless.