Gaara slept well through morning and woke up about mid-day. He sat up startled and i immediately stopped sending chakra to my hands. I collapsed on the floor breathing heavily then looked up at Gaara, "H-hey Gaara. I'll be taking a nap."
Then i passed out there on the floor.
(he's asleep so Gaara p.o.v i guess)
Arashi passed out within seconds of me sitting up. I felt refreshed for some reason and it was a new feeling. It wasn't the same refreshed feeling i got when i killed someone or i ate something after being hungry.
I felt like i had more energy and my mind was clearer.
Yeah right! That boy is so annoying! I couldn't do anything with his chakra over you're head! It's the most pure and angry chakra i have ever felt! It rendered me useless! This is not ok!
Mother? What is wrong? I feel like i have more energy. It's… new.
Gah! No! You must not let the boy control you like this! You should kill him now while you still can! He's trying to control you! Kill him!
But mother… I looked at the sleeping boy and frowned. He looked so peaceful like that and i have to admit it annoyed me that he had been able to get so close to me without my sand killing him. My sand was spread about the room though so it must have tried something in the beginning so why'd it stop? I don't want to kill him. He's not as annoying as everyone else.
Are you going against my orders! I want him dead so kill him! He was able to nullify my Cakra by using his own! I don't like that so kill him!
He hasn't harmed me in any way… i can't kill him.
You fool! He's trying to use you and you're letting him do it without giving a fight! I can't believe you! How could you let him do this without so much as a fight! You let him get close to you and the sand didn't attack! You are getting soft!
I'm sorry mother. I will try to please you but i can not kill him.
Mother did not reply. She hid away wherever she was in a tantrum. Mother did that every so often, but there was nothing i could do about it. When she was unhappy she made it very clear.
Most times it was just yelling in my head that she wanted blood and then making kill. I didn't want to harm Arashi though. He was so innocent and stupid i don't think i would hain any satisfaction from it.
I lifted the sleeping boy off the ground where he had ungracefully collapsed. I laid him on the bed that by its smell had not been used last night by any of us. There was a small alarm clock at the end of my bed that informed me it was around mid-day of the second day.
Three and a half more days left of the test and we'll finally be able to learn what the third exam is. I disappeared in a swirl of sand to head to the roof. I needed to think. I couldn't let Arashi become one of my weaknesses but at the moment i can't kill him so i have to come up with a plan for fixing this.
(back to the original p.o.v as well as a time skip)
When i woke it was dark and the clock by my feet read 1:47. I don't remember getting into bed and i'm wearing the same thing as yeste…! Wait a second! I was helping Gaara sleep but it was mid-day when he woke up! I must have passed out from chakra exhaustion.
I wonder who put me into beda, because i certainly didn't put myself here. I was out like light after using my chara at such a continuous scale for such a long time. Silently i took out a fresh pair of clothes and changed silently. They both slept peacefully on and as soon as i had dumped my clothes in the spot the rest of them seemed to be putting all their dirty laundry for someone to do later. Probably Temari. I don't think the rest of us knew how to do it but i suppose Temari might not other since she can't cook and all.
I slipped from the room and walked down the halway. Based of the chakra signatures i could feel there was only a few jounin sensei up on the top floor but there was one or two chunin levels as well. Other than that it seemed like we were the only ones who made it here already. Most of the teams would probably arrive in the morning.
I decided to visit the senseis but this time instead of simply jumping through the ceilings i took the stairs. I made it all the way up in no time and entered without any hesitation whatsoever.
A few glances my way slightly surprised at my suden unannounced arrival because i had been hiding my chakra. I looked around for the green haired guy i know i had seen running down the hall earlyer and aproached him.
He looked like he was in a rock-paper-scissors match with the jonin who looked like an old man but i believe he was about the same age as green man.
"Excuse me." both jumped and turned towards me sliding skillfully into their defence stances. I had to bend half way backwards in order to dodge the two kuni they had threw at me without warning. "EEP!"
The blinked then their eyes widened in realization of what they had just done, "I am so sorry youthful child!" green man was whisper yelling probably because of the few people who were actually sleeping right now. Two of my teammates and a few of the jounin sensei who were watching the forest through the one way windows.
I bowed to the green haired man, "I'm very sorry for kicking you through a wall. You startled me so i attacked." i bowed once more then straightened. I then began to back out of the room that had fallen deadly silent as they watched the proceedings.
The in the blink of an eye i was being scooped up by the green haired man and spun in circles. I flailed my arms and hit him squarely in the face. I heard a loud crack as i made contact with his nose.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to react like that but i can't help it! It would be best if you refrain from touching me." as one of the jonin who seemed to know medical jutsu took care of him an i made sure he was ok i left quickly.
I think i may have messed up. It was one thing to be able to take down a taijutsu master in one hit once but to do it twice… though to be fair the reaction i had to him was about normal. I think a kid would be startled if they were suddenly lifted up by a man like him.
So it would only be my strength that would draw their attention but if i wasn't careful they may see through our plans. I was trying to make it seem like i was weak and able to be trusted but i may put uncertainty into everything if i mess this up.
I was given a very important mission by Lord Kazekage. It would help guide the results of the attack to our favor. I thought back to the day i had been given the mission. It was sudden and nearly right after i was finished packing for our mission.
(flashback begin!)
I was just about to open the door when Lord Kazekage spreaders in my living room.
"Arashi, rank Genin i have a mission for you."
I blinked at the red haired man wearing kage robes. I bowed my head, "What is it you wish for me to do?"
He smiled and i couldn't help but shiver, "It's a simple request. In Kahona we will be launching an attack on them during the chunin exams. We will be aided by sound. I want you to cause a distraction to draw some of the more able bodied shinobi away from the third exams so we can win." his eyes narrowed, "Give your life if you must but do not fail me."
I bowed low, "I will do as you ask." i gulped. How was i supposed to do this? Did he mean for me to be enough of a problem during the exams that the village had to send a bunch of their forces to deal with me.
I suppose he would want me to kill them to so that they aren't a problem later on, "Of course you are a only a child so if you fail all i will do is kick you out of the village."
My eyes widened but i made no noise as he left. So this was my test. Was i loyal or not? Was i strong or not? Was i useful or not? There were so many questions but so few answers.
(complete flashback!)
I gulped. This would decide my future. Would i be able to stay in the village or would i be tossed out like trash? I shook my head and focused on the task at hand.
If they knew somewhat the level of my abilities they would no doubt send a few stronger people to some after me. If i began before the third exams even began i could draw a few towards me and then allow one of them to get away so they can go to request back up.
I shivered. I could lose my life and for some reason that bothered me. I don't want to die but i might this time. I've never been in a situation where my life was on the line and i can't deny the fact that i'm scared.
All of a sudden my body began to shake and i hurried to the nearest bathroom and emptied my stomach. I don't want to die. But my home… i exited the bathroom and returned to the room.
Instead of my normal carefree attitude i was more serious. I didn't want to break down like that again. I was in turmoil with myself. I was struggling with comprehending the fact that i could really die here.
It was for the village. I would draw them away from everything and not let a single person escape. I would complete my mission, and i would not let there be even the slightest chance of failure.
When i entered the room i glanced at my two team mates sleeping in their beds. They both looked peaceful. Kankuro wasn't wearing any of his make-up and emari didn't look mad. Tier weapons rested harmlessly on the floor. Still in arm length if they were startled awake or someone attacked them.
I climbed into bed and closed my eyes. I slowed my breathing until to anyone casually checking i would look asleep. I concentrated on keeping myself calm so my chakra was flat. I then proceeded to fake my sleep.
Tonight had been way to stressing. I couldn't help but be frightened of the mission i had been given. I would do it hough. My future depended on it. I'm only a genin i wouldn't last a month as a missing nin.
I would most definitely be labeled as one if i failed. I couldn't fail. There was no option for failure. I couldn't let this get to me or it would hinder my progress n everything and i would be completely ignored.
I need them to keep an eye on me so that when the attack begins many of the more skilled shinobi would have fallen. I don't want to die… i will do it and i will not lower myself to fail. I will kill them for my village. For my home. For my… Why am i doing this for the village. I have no family. I have no friends. I have no home there.
I cast all thoughts following those lines and with as much conviction as i could muster commanded myself to complete my assigned mission. I would continue to kill them till i myself died. I would give up everything for the village.
