Chapter 4
The two walked to where Gaara lived. Gaara opened the door and Mamimi followed closely behind. "There you two are," Temari said with her hands on her hips. "Dinners ready. come and get it before Kankuro eats it all." Temari said dragging Mamimi by her small hand. "Hey I heard that," Kankuro yelled back at his sister. Temari smirked and sat down next to her uncle. Mamimi sat next to Gaara which was next to Kankuro.Temari glanced at the small girl. She suddenly noticed the girl was filthy. She had blood all over her. "Come on Mamimi. We need to give you a bath," Temari said. "Okay," Mamimi replied shyly.
Mamimi followed Temari to the bathroom. It was a beautiful bathroom. The walls were painted a midnight blue. There was a big blue tub in the center of the bathroom. Temari started the water and went to get some of her old clothes to let Mamimi wear. Mamimi sat on the toilet staring at the running water. Mamimi slowly moved her hands over the water and the water followed her every movement. "How do you do that?" Temari asked her from the doorway. "I-i just do. I d-don't really k-know how." Mamimi said slightly shaking. "Oh well. Can you take a bath yourself or do you want me to help you?," Temari asked.
Mamimi shook her head and Temari decided to help her take a bath. She even washed Mamimi's long blue/purple hair. Some time later Mamimi was all dressed in Temari's old blue kimono. Temari had Mamimi sitting on her lap while she brushed her hair. "You have such pretty hair. Can I make your hair look like mines?" Temari asked her. "O-okay," Mamimi replied.
Meanwhile everyone had finished dinner. 'I'm going to see what's taking them so long', Kankuro thought as he he walked towards the bathroom. Gaara sat at the table staring at his untouched food. He wanted to wait for Mamimi to get back so they can eat together.Kankuro was about to open the door when it suddenly swung open and smacked him hard in the face causing him to fall backwards. Mamimi walked out shyly behind Temari. "Get up Kankuro." Temari said annoyed.
Once Kankuro got up from the floor he looked over at Mamimi who sat with Temari and Gaara. "What did you do to her? She looks like your mini-clone. You ruined her cuteness," Kankuro said while pointing his finger at Temari. Temari got up from the table and whacked Kankuro on his head. "Ouch... I was just kidding..Mamimi is even cuter if that's even possible," Kankuro said while rubbing his head. Mamimi blushed and hid under the table. She wasn't hungry anyway.
Soon enough it was time for bed. Mamimi was going to sleep with Temari. The problem is she doesn't sleep. Mamimi didn't want Temari or any one else to know that she has a demon inside of her. Temari was already sound asleep when Mamimi tip-toed to the door and slowly turned the knob on the door. She sighed when she finally made it to the living room.
The house was dark except for one room. 'I wonder if Gaara is awake?,' Mamimi thought. 'He is. He doesn't sleep either. He also has a demon inside of him.,' her demon spoke softly in her head. 'He's like me?' Mamimi said.'Yes. Except I'm a slightly nicer demon then Shukaku. I mean the slightly part very seriously,' mamimi's demon spoke. 'How do you know his demon?,' Mamimi asked with interest.
'To make a long story short I was his ally. Well, more like friend. We had a long distance friendship. Since I once lived in the Water Country. It's a small country, but I enjoyed living there.' the demon spoke. 'So, that's how you know him. you were friends, but what happened are you not friends now?,' Mamimi asked with pure innocence.
'I don't really know. We never had any rivalry. So, I assume we are still friends, but oh well. I realize I haven't told you my name. Well, it's Namine.' Namine said somewhat calmly. Mamimi didn't respond she just crept towards what she assumed to be Gaara's room.
The door was slightly open. Mamimi poked her head through the open crack and saw Gaara rolling a ball on the floor. Gaara's room was filled with many toys. Mamimi had never seen so many toys in her life. The only toy she has ever had was her teddy bear which she holding. "C-can i p-play with you?," Mamimi shyly asked. Gaara was shocked when he heard Mamimi. He didn't think anyone would be up this late. He looked at Mamimi and noticed she was blushing and she was looking at the ground.
"You want to play with me?," Gaara asked surprised. No one ever wanted to play with him. Mamimi perked her head up and smiled and ran over to Gaara. She quickly sat down and said, "Gaara do you really have a demon in you?."
"Yeah. Are you going to run away now?," Gaara said sadly. Mamimi saw Gaara's sad face and she felt something where her chest was. This was the pain she felt every time her mommy had said those things to her and had tried to murder her. "N-no. I l-like y-you and we're the same. I have a demon too.," Mamimi said quickly with a blush. "We're the same and you like me," Gaara repeated taking her words in.
Before Mamimi could answer the door swung open and in walked Yashamaru followed by two other ninjas who had the same eyes that Mamimi possessed. "So, there you are Mamimi," Yashamaru said sweetly he was holding her suitcase. It seems he has changed his mind about killing her. Since her mother is dead it doesn't really matter. Besides this little girl isn't his problem. One of the men came close to Mamimi and bent down to her size. The two men must be twins because they are identical.
"Don't be afraid. We're here to take you to where you belong. In the Hyuuga clan. I am your uncle Hizashi.," her uncle said calmly to her. "I am your other uncle Hiashi. We are your mother's brothers. She would have wanted you to live with us. So, we are taking you to Konoha. We leave now," Hiashi said quite harshly. "I-I can I-I say goodbye?," Mamimi asked softly. "We'll be waiting outside," Hiashi said taking the suitcase from Yashamaru.
Temari and Kankuro walked in as Hiashi and Hizashi walked out. "What's going on?," both of them asked their uncle who was sitting in a gray chair. "Mamimi's going where she belongs with her clan (A/n: well, her mother's clan anyway, she's not a full blooded Hyuuga) "But you just got here and now your leaving," Kankuro said. Mamimi nodded sadly.
Kankuro and Temari quickly hugged Mamimi and walked out the door with their uncle leaving Mamimi and Gaara alone. Gaara couldn't believe his one and only friend was leaving and he had only just met her. "Gaara. Take this to remember me.," Mamimi said handing him her teddy bear.
"But, that's your teddy bear," Gaara protested. "I want you to have it. It has my name sewed in it. So, you'll never forget and one day we'll see each other again. I promise.," Mamimi said shyly. "Well, I want you to have my teddy bear to remember me and when we see each other again we can give them back.," Gaara said with a cute smile. Mamimi nodded and said, "I'm gonna miss you. You were my only friend. I-I l-like y-you and I'll never f-forget you," Mamimi said blushing.
"You like me.," Gaara said taking in her words. Mamimi nodded and Gaara said, "I like you too and I wish you didn't have to leave." "Mamimi, hurry up your uncles aren't going to wait all night.," Yashamaru said from outside of the door. Mamimi quickly hugged Gaara and headed outside with Gaara's teddy. Everyone was outside waiting for her. Mamimi and Gaara were now outside.
"Come Mamimi climb on my back.," said Hizashi. Mamimi did as she was told and waved a final goodbye to everyone. Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara watched Mamimi's disappearing form with sadness. They are really going to miss her. Somehow 9 years quickly pass Gaara has changed a lot since Mamimi had known him. His uncle had betrayed him, but still he longs to see that little girl Mamimi. "Mamimi I'll see you one day and you shall be mine," Gaara whispered roughly as he held her teddy bear.
So what do you think? hmm what team should she be on? Let me know. Just to let you all know she will be 15 and the story will be around the Chunin exams. I know originally she'd be 12, but i decided to make her older. It would go better with what i have in store for her. Anyways until next time.
