Chapter 9:
The Truth of Dreams
Okay, I had made it to the siblings' house and was safe in my room. Kankuro was looking on the otherside of town, or so Temari said. She also mentioned that I ought to lock the door and trap every floor board. I guess Kitty-chan really wanted to kill me. Well, I trapped the door and window with half a dozen traps. Classical and new ones. I wasn't in the mood to be chased out of Suna by Kitty-chan tonight. I grumbled as I changed into a night gown. The stupid thing was a T-shirt and shorts, but what bugged me were those shinigami. Stupid shinigami! I mean they decide to turn me into a bet, that invovled my life, and turned me into a eagle. Sure eagles are cool, but flying is so tiring and the feather's made my skin itch. I was learning to hate feathers and beaks. Screech is all good and well, but it is screeching! My voice was raw after that flight the stupid Minchato-whato guy scared me into taking. Also, what if I met up with this Minchato guy? A eagle was not good in a fight. Wings could hit and talons slash, but you really had to get in close. It was a drag as Shikamaru would put it. I rolled into the covers, falling asleep nearly as soon as I buried my head. My dreams were going to be a pain and if I knew that I would have stayed awake forever.
"Great fog again..." I grumbled. "Why can't it be pocky?" I stood in a thick mist of pearly white. Darkness crowded on oneside light on the other.
A white figure floated toward me, Nilahs Shalin. "Why did you leave?" She was mad. She also had a sword in hand.
I pointed toward the darkness, "Ask him. You brother didn't want to lose the bet." The white woman was twice my size. Did I mention she was shining with anger? Bad combo for a death god.
"Explain, my mirror." She growled. A dark figure walked out of the black shadows. He had dark olive skin, with black tatoos, and hundred of braid on his head. The braids were pulled back into a pony tail. His jaw was heavy and his brows thick. Black eyes shined with mirith.
"Welcome back, Miss Selva." He greeted. I glared. "Okay. Okay. I think you want me to explain." He drooped. But he did explain so I was sasified. "Well, sister, mortal have such short life spans and for this one to die so young..."
"Get on with it!" The sister and I snapped. She smiled at me slightly. I guess shinigami like to gang up on annoying brother's too.
"Fine!" He sighted and drew forth his tale. "I didn't want to lose the bet and I wanted her for my own and not yours... For once in my life I want beuatiful women!"
"Wait!" I growled. "'Yours'? 'My own'? 'Beautiful women'? Someone needs to explain!"
The shinigami traded looks. "Take it off her brother." The woman sighed. "She may like the sky, but she is of the earth. And that is MY domain." Shalin nodded. "Mortal, you want to still have some power to aid you in your bet?" She asked me. "I can re-" Shalin gave her a warning look and she quickly rephrased the sentance. "Give it to you."
I thought it over. I mean what were they talking about? But before I could respond she pointed at my heart. "It is time for you to go. You may not stay in this world for long, for you are neither dead nor dying. Selva Lucanas, I return to you your-"
I sat up, "What the fucking hell ws that?". I fell back on the bed. "Stupid shinigami." I tried to sleep, but that just was so not happening. Grumbling under my breath, I cursed the two siblings of the Netherlands to whatever is higher than the Netherlands. This was going to be a sucky day. Glancing at the clock (It was one with hands, thank goodness.), I noticed it was like twelve on the dot. Shit. I wanted to sleep for a while yet! But it was nice out, nice and cool. I gazed up at the ceiling. Damn, it was cool in these houses. No wonder these people hadn't died from heatstroke. Intrestingly enough layinng here was giving me a new impresion of the ceiling. It was domed, so it actually was pretty spacious. Nice grain... coloring too.
Thump!
I jerked into sitting position. What the Hell? I was about to doze off too! I leaned my head against the wall. A small moan came from the other room. I shook my head to clear it then pressed my ear against the wall. A tono-less grambled sentence. Okay, either I was insane or there was something in that room, and I couldn't remember who the hell's it was. Hell, not my problem. Then another grambled sentence came through the wall. Only I could make out some of it.
"...rain blood..."
I pulled back from the wall quickly. Shit! It was Gaara! With the ease of long pratice I slipped out of the room and made it down the stairs with little noise. I swipped a few of my needed ingridents from the kitchen and my way back up. Kankuro or Temari had a secert stash of liquor. I slipped back up the stairs, and landed a soft kick on the Kazekage's door. It swung inward to reveal a startled Gaara. I kicked it shut. And both anyone who's looking in my brain get's any ideas this is not a freakin' leamon! I pulled the cork out of the bottle of sake and tossed Gaara the other bottle.
"Drink." I ordered. Gaara just looked at me dumbly. I graced my way to the window and looked out at the night, taking a swing from the bitter drink.
"I woke you." Ignore the dumb raccoon, I thought. Glancing at him I took a swig from the bottle again, he was checking for poison. I wasn't a acholic, but the rare shot hit the spot every now and then.
"I was awake." I grunted. "It's best not to remember the bad times. I didn't poison it, baka." After making sure he drank some, then nearly spat it out. With a frown at me he drank it.
"Why?" I shrugged at his question.
"Don't ask me. I just hate remembering things that should be remembered." I swallowed the rest, tossing him the empty container. I growl low."Things like that should never be remembered."
Gaara looked at the empty sake bottle. Kami, the stuff was horrible! He nearly choked the first time. What was in it? It wasn't poison, but it wasn't better than poison! He mulled over what the firery eyed girl had muttered before she had left. That, and what the hell put in the sake! He now had another thing to put on the list to advoid. The first two, Selva out for revenge, and Selva's sake.
'Things like that should never be remembered.'
The phrase haunted his mind. What had she meant? She could have been reffering to something else. But, she seemed to know so much about a lot of the key people in the shinobe world. She could have been reffereing to him, before he met Naruto. Could it be that she was a assassain? Or was it that she feared, possibly even hated him? Gaara had a lot to think about now on the newest complication in Sunakurage.
Hello, so sorry for the late update. I've been learning how to play the flute and drive. The horror. Anyways. Basicaly, this chapter is going to be the most confusing one. Let me sum it up for you! Number Uno. Selva was not suppose to be a eagle! The black guy was jealous of his sister so he stole Selva, Nilahs's subject 'of the earth', from her. Being Nilahs's she has another side. Though she might like the sky Selva will never really love it and be able to fully unleash herself there. Number Two. The eagle form is completely gone. Number Three. Gaara thinks Selva is an enemy (keep your freinds close but your enemies closer), or she hates/fears him because of what he did in the past. Next Chappies is coming up soon! This is a key chapter! Sry it's so short!
