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Tamaru looked up at the clock on the wall as she finished eating her breakfast and looked at her mother, who was trying to find her car keys. "Are you sure you looked every where?" tamaru asked, practically begging the keys to make themselves known. But, unfortunately, her mother nodded, "yes, I've looked every where. I'm sorry chick, but I think you might be walking to school today." her mother said, finally giving up the search.
Tamaru frowned and glared at the table, as if blaming it for the missing keys. She finally pulled herself up out of the chair, and started toward the door. It groaned as she opened it and banged loudly as she slammed it shut. She walked out across the yard and toward the sidewalk. When she turned to the right to start toward the school, she saw gaara. Her frown faded into a smile as she caught up with him.
"Hey, gaara," she said as she walked up to him. Gaara shivered at her presence and felt himself starting to get an odd sensation he had never felt before in his life. 'What, is this?' he said to shukaku when tamaru was right beside them. Shukaku bellowed a great and hearty laugh at this question. If shukaku was in a body form of his own, gaara would have glared mercilessly at him. This, feeling, is was happens when you really want to- er I mean, when you like someone a lot. This is how you feel when you're in "love" shukaku said, still giggling to himself every now and again.
Gaara just brushed him off, but was thankful for his advice. He looked at tamaru and smiled slightly, then looked back down at his feet. "My mom forgot where she put her keys so, I guess i'm walking with you." tamaru said as she looked over at gaara. He nodded and kept listening to shukaku talk about her tattoo, which was really familiar to him. Just as they rounded the corner of a street gaara new where he had seen it before.
On himself, where shukaku was sealed, On naruto, where the nine tailed fox was sealed, and now he was seeing it on her. He didn't want to ask but had to wonder which demon, she had sealed within her. They finally reached the school, and went to their lockers. Gaara still wanted to know which demon was sealed inside of her.
As the day rolled by, tamaru had gotten to know every one she had classes with. Even temari, gaara's older sister, had invited her to a sleep over she was having later that week. Tamaru excepted her invite, hoping she could make a few good friends besides gaara. Before she new it the bell rang and everyone was leaving the building. Gaara and tamaru walked out of the school and down to the side walk. Tamaru looked around for her mothers car, but didn't see it anywhere. "Guess i'm walking home too." she said starting down the sidewalk. Gaara followed and finally, after letting it eat away at him all day, asked her what demon was sealed inside her.
"Ugh, I don't want to butt into your personal life, but I have to know. What demon possesses you?" he asked, looking at her stomach. Tamaru looked down at the ground and then back up at him. She didn't know if he was playing mind games with her or not. Finally she decided she could trust him. "I-I do have a demon, but how did you know?" she said looking at his face, trying to find any hint of emotion. "He- I mean I, noticed your tattoo last night. But it isn't a tattoo, it's a seal. I know because naruto uzemaki and I both have a demon. I have shukaku, and naruto possesses the nine tailed fox. But I must know what demon possesses you?" gaara said getting a little edgy.
Tamaru sighed, and finally gave her secret to him. "I hold the power of inuka, the water snake demon. Just like your control over sand, I have the same control over water." she said, actually sounding ashamed. Gaara felt an explosion of joy run throughout his entire body. 'Finally, someone to share my thoughts and feelings with. Someone who knows what it's like.' gaara thought to himself.
Gaara just wanted to reach out and give her a hug as they reached their houses. They stood in tamaru's yard, with their bags slung over their shoulders. Wait, make her prove her powers over water. Shukaku said in gaaras mind. Gaara looked over at the bird bath that sat by the little Japanese cherry tree in her yard. Then he got an idea. "I believe you hold an influence over water, but shukaku doesn't believe me. He want's you to prove it by moving that water in the bird bath over there." gaara said looking at her in his most common expression. At times she wondered if his face was just stuck like that.
She sighed and looked over at the bird bath. Lifting her hand up into the air, she stared at the water, and without even moving her hand, it rose up high into the air. Gaara held back a gasp as she moved it around the yard with little or no movement. But she started to look pail and struggled with it. Gaara became worried but didn't want to interfere with her jutzu. With a final gasping heave of air, she collapsed on the ground and the water separated with a splash as it hit the ground.
Gaara ran to her side and desperately tried to wake her up, but to no avail. Go to the house, see if her mothers home!! Shukaku shouted in gaaras head. Gaara obeyed and ran to the house. He pounded on the door and looked at the windows. The door was locked and the house was filled with darkness. For once in his life gaaras face portrayed his worry and he could feel his heartbeat quicken when he saw her lying there, so motionless. Finally gaara decided what had to be done.
He kneeled down and scooped her up in his arms. He could tell she was still breathing, but it was faint. What are you doing?! Shukaku growled at him as they walked to his house. "I don't have any other choice," gaara said out loud to shukaku. They walked into the house and gaara walked into the living room where his sister was sitting on the couch. "Oh my god, is she dead?!" temari asked as she rushed over to feel the girls heart beat. Gaara stood back and watched, speechless, as temari checked for her breath.
Gaara almost fainted when temari spluttered, "she-she isn't breathing! Gaara, you have to give her mouth to mouth!" gaara looked at her pale face and then at his sisters. "What to what?" gaara shouted at her feeling so confused. "You have to put air in her lungs while I push on her chest to get her heart to keep beating. Come on we're wasting time!" temari yelled, practically dragging gaara over to tamaru. Gaara put his shaky hand over her nose and opened her mouth.
"When I say three, breath," temari shouted, pushing on her chest. "One, two, three" she said and gaara hesitated but finally put his mouth to hers. He felt a rushing sensation and shukaku wasn't even being serious. He pushed air into her lungs and put his head back up. Two more times of this and tamaru shot up from where she lay and coughed. But before she could speak she fell unconscious. Gaara sighed and looked down at the ground.
"Take her upstairs and put her in your bed, she needs a place to sleep. And then you'll come down here and tell me what just happened." temari said calmly as she walked out of the living room. Gaara obeyed and took her up to his room. He didn't mind giving her his bed, because he really didn't sleep anyway. Then he trudged back down the stairs to tell his sister what happened.
Tamaru opened her eyes and looked up at the sealing. She blinked a couple of times before she realized it wasn't her sealing. There was a giant crashing sound and she looked outside. A storm raged through town and lighting flickered every now and then. Even though the clouds could have covered up the day, she still new it was night. Tamaru looked over at a clock on a dresser and saw that it was one o'clock in the morning. She sighed and listened to the thunder roll across the land. To a normal person the thunder and lightning would have been troublesome and noisy, but to her it was really calming and soothing like the drumming sound of rain. But then again, she wasn't all that normal.
Tamaru sat up and looked at the shut door straight across from the bed. She got out of the bed and stared into the darkness. She swayed a little and felt dizzy for a second, but soon regained control of her limbs. Just as she was about to open the door, the handle jiggled and opened. Tamaru was to shocked to move and she could recognize the figure standing in front of her. It was gaara. She backed up as he walked toward her. He reached out a hand and turned on a light, which momentarily blinded them both.
When the blurriness had subsided, tamaru got a good look at gaaras face. It was so full of emotion. She could see the worry in his careworn face and the sadness that filled his eyes for the fear of doing something wrong that might have hurt tamaru. But as they locked eyes all gaara could say was, "are you, okay?" tamaru smiled and sat down on the bed because the room had started spinning, at least it felt like that to her. Gaara gave a sigh of relief and a smile crept over his face. He walked over to the bed, neither knowing what to say next.
Finally, gaara could no longer hold it in. He bent down and hugged her like they had been apart for months, years even. Tamaru gasped and was unable to even comprehend what was happening. Gaara never loosened his grip and waited for her to say something. Finally she got her head back into the picture and realized what gaara was doing. She returned the favor and then let him go. They looked at each other until tamaru asked, "were you up all night worrying about me?" she noticed that he couldn't have just been up because he didn't feel like sleeping. Gaara averted his eyes pulled himself farther onto the bed.
He folded his legs and looked at her again, while she did the same. "I was really worried about you but the truth is, I couldn't sleep if I tried. If I do fall asleep, shukaku will eat away at my personality until there is no gaara, only shukaku." he said, sounding as if he was trying really hard not to hurt her feelings. She didn't mind but did feel bad about the fact that he really couldn't sleep. She put her hands on his trying to comfort him, then realized how red his face was getting. She started her pull her hands away, but gaara held them tight, not wanting the warmth and comfort of them to leave.
