Five years had passed, and the desert was fully repaired from the attack thanks to the kyuubi's powers.
The villagers in memory of the saviour of their village had built a shrine to Dai Uzumaki and her demon's powers. In the middle of the sand village there was a statue of a kitsune sitting boldly and proudly with all nine tails curled around its small paws.
On the back of her was a golden disk that had 2 kanjis on it the first was thankyou. The second was love.
Engraved underneath the two kanji's in neat writing was a sentence, written from the Kazekage himself:
"Thankyou, Uzumaki Dai. I pray you'll return someday, you will always be known as a great hero here. I love you and I promise I'll never forget you, little vixen"
People went to the shrine to honour the girl who held the fox demon inside her, from the elders to the young children.
Two cherry blossoms had been planted next to the statue to give it a lovely flowery scent.
The sand village now was livelier then ever, many children roamed the streets and the young ones Dai used to play with were now 12 years old. They didn't forget her and growing up they asked the Kazekage continuously 'where's foxy?'
He'd look to them almost as if they had said something wrong, they'd lower their heads and apologise before leaving the man alone.
Gaara would watch out his glass window every sunrise and sunset, waiting… wishing… hoping…
For his little vixen to return home…
Back into his arms…
Oh how he wanted to see her again…
One sunrise, he waited by his office window, watching the village gates quietly. Just like every morning,
Waiting…
Wishing…
Hoping…
He sighed and looked down, yet another morning of disappointments for the kazekage. He turned around and began dragging his feet back to his room, looking over his shoulder as if saying 'your never coming back… are you?'
But he couldn't dare make these words escape his lips, no matter how much he thought it he just couldn't bring himself to say it no matter how empty he felt.
Kitsune's were always good at fooling people… even lovers…
He began to wonder now, if Dai was like that. He shook his head vigourously, refusing to admit myths and legends. This is a human being! Not some dumb fox!
Gaara sighed again, he begged her silently… to prove his thoughts wrong and come back to the village.
One Step…
A black boot stepped into the dry sand and dust blew away immediately.
Delicate hands covered by long black fingerless gloves gripped her hips as she cocked her head to the side. Her blonde hair leaning slightly to the side with it, despite it being kept up in a ponytail.
A smirk came upon her red lips, "the sand village…" she spoke quietly and then screamed, "It hasn't changed a bit!!"
Gaara's eyes snapped from their daze as he heard a scream coming from the village gate, "It hasn't changed a bit!!"
Gaara gasped and looked over his shoulder, 'that voice…' he thought to himself and ran to the window where the voice came from and he saw a young adult with golden hair and crystal blue eyes standing on the head of the kitsune statue.
Her body was beautiful, a perfect hourglass shape, she wore an orange and black short top, just stopping just below her breasts and a red swirl on the back. On her hips lay a short black skirt. Fishnets were underneath all of the clothing, covering her belly and down her legs to her boots, and to finish it all off her hair was pinned up to a neat ponytail.
She was stunning… and oddly familiar…
Gaara smiled as he saw her, and ran outside as fast as he could. He ran until he puffed and felt like dropping but looking upon the girl seemed to relieve him almost immediately. He saw her twitch and she looked over her shoulder to meet his glossy eyes that were spilling over with tears.
"Dai…" he whispered and smiled happily
She smiled back at him and jumped off to embrace his being lovingly, she whispered ever so quietly in his ear "I'm home…Gaara…"
Thanks for reading my story! Especially to all those brave people who review ^^ I love to hear what you think.
Sorry I havent been updating as much, senior school gives out more homework then I thought -.-
But to all those who've been patient enough to wait for the next few chapters I can honestly say are worth praising :D
looking foward to the next one i write, hopefully the sequel to the black rose of the sand if i can get off my lazy butt.
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