Here it is the long awaited chapter 4! hope you like it! is it me or are these chapters starting to grow in length? wow! this is killing me :)
anyways some of you said that you had a little trouble reading certain lines due to the way i wrote it lemme just say that i re read this thing so much times i could literally read it back to u front he top of my head. Yet still even though i did that there will still be mistakes, we're on;y human after all right?
Anyways ENJOY!
Chapter 4
I jumped from the roof leaving the girl bewildered. The look in her eyes shook me to my very core. I couldn't stand it, those eyes! I groaned and clutched my head again; I bounded blindly through the night until I found the place where my siblings and I were staying. Regaining my composure I entered the apartment.
"Gaara where were you?" inquired Temari and Kankuro simultaneously as they saw me.
"Out," I replied while brushing past them.
I entered a room which I claimed mine and shut the door. There I sat, back against the cool wall staring out the open door on the veranda, willing myself to forget those eyes.
Yashamaru…
Why had that name popped into my head? It's been ages since I thought about him. My face drooped sadly for an instant. I still wondered if it was a façade she portrayed for me earlier. I tilted my head back against the wall and decided that it was an act. Solemnly I closed my eyes to rest despite knowing that I could never ever get a good night's sleep, much less a little bit of rest.
I should just avoid her…
"Where is Baki with the document?" I asked watching flecks of gold spray across the early morning dove grey sky.
"The message from the hawk said he'd be here by mid day," replied Temari as she was intently polishing her fan.
"Hn," I replied.
I got up from my seated position on the floor unable to spend another minute in the room. I climbed out the window and jumped from house to house, I knew where I was going, right back to the attic of the shop. I entered through the window and situated myself in such a way that I could observe the busy street scene without being seen. I watched for what seemed to be hours on end, I had came here early; no one was up and running yet. I retreated into the shop and sat in the darkest corner I could find and waited.
A few hours past and I could hear people bustling through the streets; slowly I got up and went back to my place in front of the window. I smelt her before I saw her, Vanilla, it was her fragrance. Quickly I withdrew myself from the window, I didn't want her to see me and I wanted to avoid all contact with her, also I was sure she might jump up here and question me about last night. I curled up in the corner hoping she hadn't seen me. The smell of vanilla thinned and I peeked out the window to see her hurrying off to the playground with a boy her age.
It was around mid day when Baki arrived, appearing in a puff of smoke in the Kage's office. I still wondered how Temari and Kankuro managed to find me.
"What took you so long Baki?" I demanded.
"There was a sudden sandstorm, I do apologize," stated Baki.
"I do believe this is the document you all misplaced," said Baki with drawing a few sheets of paper from his pouch.
"It's your fault Temari for forgetting the document," scoffed Kankuro.
"What? You're the one who was responsible for gathering all the documents not me!" screamed Temari.
I sighed, my natural scowl deepening.
"Baki… after this treaty is signed I would like to stay for a few months to help fix some of the damage we caused," I said slowly.
Though I wanted to avoid the girl, I felt obligated to help the village that I was once ordered to destroy. Temari, Kankuro and Baki stared at me in utter shock, their bickering ultimately stopping in an instant.
"W-Why Gaara?" stammered Temari.
"I feel obligated to this village to help repair it after we had a part in damaging it," I simply replied.
"It wasn't our fault. We were ordered to do it," said a confused Kankuro.
"I've already made up my mind, I'm staying, and you all can go back if you want," I said.
They all looked at each other, eyes full of fear and confusion. Temari and Kankuro sighed.
"No Gaara… we'll stay with you," they decided together.
"I'll be taking my leave now," intervened Baki before vanishing in a puff of smoke.
I was awake as usual, another restless night again. The girl hadn't come back to the roof since the incident, I wondered if I had scared her away. A part of me was happy but, another part of me… was a feeling I couldn't explain, it was alien.
I sat there alone in the darkness on the rooftop of the building where I first met her. The surroundings were deadly silent, except for the occasion howl or bark of a dog and meowing of a cat, somewhere in the distance. I felt all alone as I had always been, just me and my thoughts… and the beast which dwelled inside.
It had been a week since I told my siblings that I wanted to help with the repairs of the village but, somehow I had been hesitating to do so. I know that people would look at me the same way they did back in Suna, I said I didn't care and I don't… a little. I began organizing in my mind how I was going to go about helping with the repairs, plotting what my strengths and weaknesses were. My mind began to drift and unconsciously I let it. It went straight back to her the… girl.
Her eyes began to plague me again. Those large brown gentle eyes, full of concern and innocence, emotions stirred within me. Oh how I wished for people to look at me like that, like not a monster. I shook my head violently.
No I refuse to believe it was real! She knows who I am, more over she knows what I am. There's no way someone could look at me like that much less a girl.
And yet, deep in my very soul I wanted to believe it was true. I held no emotion for her or at least the emotions I knew. I sat there letting my thoughts drift back and forth.
Finally I took notice of the sky after the long debate with myself, only a silver of a moon was present. The stars were faintly to barely shining, somehow despite it was a full moon that night they seemed brighter when she was around.
"Hn," I grunted.
Then out of the blue I decided tomorrow would be the day I was officially going to help with the repairs.
I couldn't believe I had spent all night on the roof, I was a little annoyed that I had lost track of time. Grumpily I sprang from the building.
I'll just go to the repair site early then.
Temari and Kankuro would throw a fit again that I didn't return to the apartment complex that night but, I wasn't bothered.
Where was the place again?
I had heard that the repair site had moved. I jumped from the roof onto the street and rounded the corner near to the old shop with the attic I stayed to watch the busy day scene.
Something groaned. I stopped to place the sound. Slowly I moved forward, I heard the groaning again. Finally I cleared the corner and located the source of the sound; it was a building opposite the old shop. The foundation was collapsing and someone was caught in its way. It was a young girl her back turned towards me; I stood there and watched not interfering, she seemed able to get out of the way.
Suddenly she turned, her face contorted in fear, dropping the bundle she crouched down to the ground, hands protectively covering her head. I felt my eyes widen in my head as I recognized who the person was. It was her... the girl from the moonlit night.
Suddenly sand shot up around her, engulfing her frame, protecting her from the falling material. I stood there motionless. Wait? Did the sand just move on its own accord? How did that happen? I waited silently while my mind raced to find an answer for the sands strange behavior. The falling debris had subsided while, the sand remained motionless, and I continued to stare. My brow furrowed, I raised my hand and summoned the cocoon of sand towards me. Gently I laid it down in a clear area and slowly let the shell crumble away as to not hurt the person inside.
There she was looking around at the crumbling walls, a strange expression on her face, her eyes wild with excitement. In her hand she held a small glowing orb with she extinguished by closing her fist. She turned to face me a somber expression changing her features as she spotted me at the corner of the intersection. Hesitantly I took a step forward, she took one too and she continued her slow gait towards me. Flicking my wrist the sand came piling back into the gourd on my back.
"What are you doing standing there? RUN!" screamed a man behind the girl.
More people came screaming, their mass building.
"Get away from her you demon!" screamed a woman not too far from the place where we were standing.
She proceeded to throw something; I never saw what it was because the sand instantly shot up shielding me.
The mass of people screamed and reeled backwards a bit as the sand appeared. Then it dawned upon me, they thought I tried to kill her. The girl spun around, shocked to what was taking place.
Hmmm now i wanna know what the heck going on? trouble starting now! are these people gonna form an angry mob and try to harm gaara or will shakaku relieve himself?
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