Disclaimer: As you will see from my Authors Note, you should be GLAD I don't own anything. Things would be more hetic than major yaoi and bad lemons. Trust me. Kishimoto Masashi. You should all warship him. Really. Do it. Now!!!... Just kidding. XD. *Sneaks to alter with Kishimoto Masashi's picture* (Is it just me or does that sound kind of stalkerish?)
Story: Freeing Gaara
Chapter: (4) Gaara's Gone
Pairings: No one just yet. But eventual Gaa/OC, Sasu/Naru, Kaka/Iru, Saku/Ino and many others.
Warnings: - Nothing yet really.
ThusFar: Gaara met Iashu Tsuki. Gaara killed Iashu's mother, father and grandfather. They both get into a fight. Gaara cheats to win, but it was only because he underestamated the girl. Iashu somehow took Kakashi's IchaIcha without him noticing until later. Saku, Naru and Iashu all play fight before the festival. And we learn some of her past.
Now: We find out why Iashu hadn't seen Gaara for those few days.
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A/N: Okay, I was already going to have the characters a little OOC so that this would make sense, but reading up on everybody I've realized how bad everything is. To start off with, I haven't really read/watched much of this series. (I'm only to the second part of the chunin exams. I know, I shouldn't be writing if that is the case.) Umm... right now, everybody is at What I'm guessing to be 'shippuden' age. That is, Gaara, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, etc. are all around 15. (And what not) That being so, nothing major that happened prior to this stage. Sasuke has yet to leave (Obviously anything that happened at that time as well never happened), Gaara is NOT Kazakage, there has not been an attack on Konoha (Though one could start at any second because they aren't on the best of terms as stated before.), Gaara does not teach Matsuri (And everything that entails), Kimmimaro is still alive and mostly well (Don't know how I'm going to work that one out.), ... Well, you get the point. Not only all of this nonsense is going on, but when it DOES finally happen, it doesn't happen like it should. I think it's safe to say 'This is VERY AU!!!' ... So, yeah... Sorry if there is a problem with all of this, but nothing would make sense otherwise.
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Sasuke stopped for a second.
"Where is this village of yours anyway? And why did you leave?"
"It was burnt. Everything was. As far as I know, the only survivors are me, my two brothers, my grandmother and, before that damned kid with the sand killed them, my mom, dad, and grandfather. We don't know how it happened, as I said, we were all well trained. As we were leaving, I only saw one person going around killing people. Just one. I want to know who it was, and how they did it. To defeat a whole town of warriors single handedly... That is great power. I only know that they were wearing a black cloak thing with hints of red."
"Oh." is all he said. He looked like he was going to say more but Sakura came up from behind and grabbed his arm.
"We have to go Sasuke-kun. Bye Iashu-chan!" She waved and turned to go back home. There was a routine to finish after all.
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Later that night, Iashu was still wandering around town, thinking about how she could get a hold of more of those IchaIcha books. She just had to get them. She was already addicted with just one book. She stopped mid though.
"What the heck?" she asked herself. "What an odd kid... I want to stalk him!" She got a mischievous look in her eyes as she followed a kid in a black outfit with ears on top of his head. Iashu waited until he was around the corner then took a running jump at the building across the street, barely making it to the roof. Careful to stay a good distance away, she hopped from building to building.
Sadly, this guy didn't seem to be doing anything of interest. He was just walking around town. 'Maybe he's lost...' After about twenty or so minutes of following, Iashu was about ready to give up. Finally, he did something. Still not interesting but... He stopped walking. Iashu froze. 'He figured me out!' She quickly ducked behind a railing. After a few seconds she figured it was okay to take a peek. He was still standing there. Iashu tilted her head in confusion.
He sighed and turned around, heading in the direction he just came from. 'Eh. Maybe now he'll do something.' She continued to follow him once more. After a few short minutes, he walked up to a blonde girl with four pigtails. She had on a short kimono but Iashu couldn't tell if it was light blue or white from her distance. She also had what looked to be a giant hand fan on her back.
"Have you found him yet?" the girl asked.
"Do I look like I've found him, Temari?" the boy asked sounding bored. "He can take care of himself you know. He doesn't need you hanging over him like you're his mother."
"I know he can take care of himself, Kankuro. That's what I'm worried about. Why aren't you worried?"
"Because, as long as I don't do anything to upset him he won't have a quarrel with me. There for no problems." Kankuro turned to walk away but his arm was grabbed by Temari.
"You don't just have to worry about him causing you trouble. I'll do it too if you don't do as I say."
"Fine." they began walking in a seemingly random direction. Iashu followed. 'Who are they looking for?' she thought to herself. After a while it got boring again. They were standing at a cross section looking around. That left Iashu to lay down on a building. To any passer by it looked like she was just enjoying the day as she had her elbows on the edge and legs swinging above her.
"Temari I have better things to do than look for my little brother. Really, I do." 'So, they're looking for their brother.' She leaned closer to the edge, trying to hear them better.
"Well, I'd rather know if he was killing someone again than find out later when we have a mob of people banging at our door." 'Hmm... Killing isn't that new for him then? Sounds... interesting. Glad I followed.' Kankuro groaned.
"If we don't find him soon, Gaara's gonna regret killing anyone because I'll kill him."
"Exactly what else coul-" Iashu fell with a thud to the ground. She quickly got up and stared at the other two who were looking at her in an amused manner. "It's about time you showed your self. You know, if you're going to follow someone, you should be less noticeable. It's sad really." Iashu narrowed her eyes.
"Yeah well you two are so boring I didn't see a point. If I thought it important enough for you to not notice me, you wouldn't have."
"... Whatever. Why were you following us anyway?" Temari asked, looking bored.
"Well, this town is really boring so I figured I'd look for some entertainment. But I saw that guy," she pointed to Kakuro, "and figured that any guy wearing face paint had to be worth following. Evidently I was wrong." Kankuro was shaking.
"It's not make up!! It's face paint! Why can't anybody get it straight!! I'm not a freaking girl. I don't wear make up!!" Both girls gave him an odd look.
"Kankuro, she said face paint. You brought up make up."
"Oh. ... Really?" They nodded. Kankuro looked to the sky and put his hands up "FINALLY!! Someone gets it!"
"Well, not really but sure." He just sighed in defeat. Iashu leaned to the side a bit.
"What's that?" she asked, pointing to the bundle fastened to his back.
"...It's my puppet..."
"Oh, okay... If you say so."
"You didn't know?"
"Why would I?"
"Do you even know who I am?" He asked desperately. She only raised an eyebrow as if to say 'Do I look like I know?' He hunched over in defeat again. "... I hate short people sometimes. I really do."
"I'm not short!!! I'm at a perfectly normal height. You're just freakishly tall!" Iashu huffed.
"You're apart of that family that came here last month, aren't you?" Temari asked. That got Kankuro's attention.
"You're not from here? That would explain a bit."
"Yeah, my village got attacked and your counsel said they would give us a place to stay, being the only known survivors and all."
"That means that my brother-"
"Hey, I didn't do anything... Did I?"
"Not you. Gaara."
"Oh my gosh! That's why I fell off the building to begin with! Are you really that damn kids siblings?" She asked wide eyed. They nodded.
"I apologize for what he di-"
"He is soo going down for what he did." The other two looked at her like she was crazy. You don't just go up to someone as scary as Gaara and try to take them on for killing your family. Sure revenge is wanted but... this is Gaara. "I mean really, you can't just cheat and walk away. It simply isn't done. The coward. Next fight, he won't be walking away from me like that." This girl just confused the heck out of both of them.
"Wait... You're upset, not because he killed half of your family, but because he... did what?" Kankuro asked. Iashu took a calming breath.
"A few days ago I got into a fight with him because he killed them, but right now he has to pay because he cheated in that fight."
"How did he cheat exactly?" Temari asked "I don't think I've ever heard of him doing that."
"Well... Okay start from the beginning. First off, we made a deal that he wouldn't use his sand to fight with and I wouldn't use my clans ability. Well, he kept that part. But also we had it so that if he won the fight, he could kill me, of course he was also rather persistent about that. ... Anyway," They gave her questioning looks. "If I won the fight..." She started snickering, "If I won, he would have to wear green spandex short shorts while skipping through Suna going 'La-la-la-la-la-la-la!!'. ... Come on, you have to admit that that would be funny in a disturbing kind of way." They just blinked. "Or not... Hey, where is he anyway? I haven't seen him in a while... Not that I was looking for him or anything."
"Well, we don't know where he is right now, but we were all on a mission for the last few days." Temari said. "Could you help us look for him seeing as you're not afraid? We- I" she glared at her brother "would appreciate it."
"Pfft. I have better things to do than look for a coward. *Sigh* Fine, I guess I could. You know, for being his older brother and sister, you haven't really gotten upset with how I talk about him." They just shrugged. Another sigh from Iashu. "Where do I look?"
"Hmm... Lets look this, way." Temari turned right and walked down the middle of the street. They all walked in silence for about three minutes. Iashu continuously stole glances at Kankuro until
"Okay, seriously. What the heck is up with that hat? ... Really? It's completely weird." the puppeteer groaned in annoyance as he looked at his sister.
"Another good reason I hate short people. They ask too many questions."
"I'm not short!!! I told you, you're just abnormally tall."
"When he says short," Temari interrupted, "He really means young. He doesn't like anyone younger than. Kind of like a phobia of kids or something."
"... And he is how old?"
"I'm 17 and that has nothing to do with it."
"...So, you're a kid who hates... kids... Odd... Besides, it was a very reasonable question. That thing looks ridiculous." He simply ignored her while chanting in his head 'I won't crush her. I won't crush her. I WON'T crush her.' They all searched for the red head for another hour but eventually Temari said
"Well, people aren't screaming or running so I guess it's safe to assume that he isn't doing anything he shouldn't be. Hey Iashu, you should come hang out with me today. You're an alright kind of kid." There was just something about the white haired girl that drew Temari to her. She would figure it out soon enough. Maybe it was just the fact that she didn't seem to fear her baby brother. Who knows.
Poor unknowing Iashu agreed and was yet again subjected to wardrobe criticisms and make up. By the end of the day Temari and Iashu were pretty good acquaintances and she and Kankuro had many many arguments that nearly led to fights but still Gaara did not show up.
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To Be Continued...
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Chibi: Well, here you go. Hopefully you aren't to upset with this one. I am also sorry for all confusion in the difference and should probably not be writing any FanFiction on the Naruto series with the smal amount of information I have on it.
Iashu: You so failed at this one.
Chibi: Hey, if I were you, which I kind of am, I wouldn't be talking. If I weren't doing this, you wouldn't be beating up on Gaara.
Iashu: NUU!! He must pay!! He must!!! X[
PlotBunny: ... Exactly what did Temari do to her?
Chibi: I'm afraid to know...
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-Chibi
(5-10-09)
