Reincarnation! Chapter 11, a naruto fanfic

Chapter 11: The Jinchuriki of the Sand!

In the Hidden Sand Village, a little boy with unruly red hair and turquoise pupil less eyes with black rings around them sat at his bedroom window, staring out into the sand storm outside with almost no emotion. The boy was only Four years old, but had already suffered in a way most adults would shudder at. He sighed deeply, and lowered his sad eyes. His father had told him of the upcoming meeting with the Hokage, and that he was bringing his family with him to meet him. Gaara was scared but a little hopeful too. The boy knew that the "special" voice inside his head was the reason for the villagers fear and hatred of him, but he had also been told that this boy had a special voice too, and Gaara wanted to know what the boy and his voice were like.

Gaara knew what his voice was like, and he hated it. The voice made him hurt others, and it hurt him too if he didn't. The boy wasn't sure what pain was, only that other people felt it and he didn't because he was "special". The only thing he knew to identify with pain was when his voice made his head feel bad, and when his chest made him want to cry. Other than that, he had no clue. Staring out at the storm that was steadily getting worse, Gaara clutched the small teddy bear in his arms that he took everywhere. 'Sabaku, I wonder if this boy will be nice to me like you always are?' he thought to his toy.

"Gaara" The boy turned around at the voice, and was surprised to see his uncle, Yashamaru standing in his doorway. The young blond-haired man walked towards him, "it's late, I know you can't sleep, but please, at least meditate and get some rest" he said, a worried look on his face. Gaara looked back to the window, "Yashamaru" he said quietly. The blond-haired man looked down at him, but he was facing away from him, "this person, the one who's special like me, are you sure he won't hate me, or run away, like the others?" Gaara's voice was small, and filled with a deep fear. Yashamaru smiled gently, and walked up to his Nephew. Taking him by the shoulders, he gently turned the boy around to face him. The sandy blond man smiled at his sisters child, "yes Gaara, I'm sure that he won't hate you, in fact, I'm more than sure that you two will become the best of friends".

Gaara smiled, squeezing Sabaku tightly in his tiny arms, "thank you, Uncle, I'm going to go meditate now" he said happily, walking out of the room silently, leaving a hopeful Yashamaru behind, 'God, I hope I'm right' he thought.

The next day, the party of six left the Leaf Village, under supervision of the ANBU under Minato's direct control. Of course, you couldn't see those ANBU, or even tell they were there, but Bethany knew that there were probably at least 20 ANBU guards surrounding them from the shadows. This was the Hokage and his family and friends they were talking about here.

As they walked, Bethany couldn't help but look around herself in wonder, same with Sasuke, this was the first time they'd left the village after all. Bethany grinned, she couldn't wait to meet Gaara, this time he would not go insane. He would not be alone any more, that, she promised herself. Sasuke walked up to her side, "hey, Naruto, can you imagine how much more of this kind of stuff we'll see when we're ninja?"he asked. Bethany grinned at him, "yeah, it'll be awesome!" she exclaimed happily. Itachi was also looking around, wondering if this boy they were going to see would be like Naruto-Chan. Bethany, on the other hand, couldn't help looking around herself with wonder, examining the world around her. Everywhere she'd ever been had been somewhere in the Leaf Village, so it was quite exciting for the young girl (well, kind of young) to finally get to explore the rest of her new world.

Minato called back to the three children, "hey, guys!" the two boys and one boy/girl looked up at the Hokage, who beamed at them, "it's getting pretty close to lunch time, want to stop and eat now?" he asked. Bethany cheered, Sasuke looked shy, but nodded, and Itachi- well, let's just say that if you looked really close, you could see a tiny smile of relief on his face and in his eyes. looking over to her mother, Kushina pulled out a large container of Penne Bolognese. The blonds' eyes lit up with joy at seeing her favourite food. Minato, Kushina, Sasuke and even Itachi laughed at the sight of this. The oldest Uchiha used a small fire jutsu to light the fire, and Bethany's lunch was heated quickly. The two Uchiha brothers were surprised at how fast that huge amount of food disappeared into the small form that was their friend.

Sasuke stared in shock. Seriously, the container holding the blonds meal was almost as big as his body, and he almost literally inhaled it! Sasuke knew that his- uh, best friend could eat fast when it came to Ramen, but not even the kids Ramen obsession could compare to this. Itachi chuckled at the sight of his little brother staring in shock at his companion, that boy sure had some high metabolism. After a few minutes, Bethany sighed in contentment, placing the container that previously held her meal down, "ah, I love pasta" she said, smiling happily. Then she realised that Itachi and Sasuke were staring at her like she'd become the Kyuubi. She grinned and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Sorry," she said, eye smiling with both eyes, "I just really love pasta" she explained. Itachi just blinked, then shook his head, now he knew why Kushina-San had brought such a large portion.

After about two days the party of five arrived at the gates of the Hidden Sand. Bethany was actually fairly okay with the temperature, being able to take heat much better than anyone else there, and was hardly tired at all. After passing through the large sandstone structure, and wavering to the guards to let them know they were supposed to be there, the small party broke apart to do some quick exploring before they went to meet with the Kazekage. While Sasuke and Itachi walked along the sandy street, something at a jewellery stall caught Sasuke's eye.

The boy ran up to said stall and examined the object, while Itachi came up behind him. The owner of the stall came up and greeted them with a smile, "well hello their young man, what can I do for you today?" he asked kindly. Sasuke glanced up at the man then back down to the item in his hands, "Yes, um, could you please tell me how much this costs?" he asked, handing the item to the man. The owner took it and examined it gently, "this is 1200 ryo young man, would you like to get it for someone special?" he asked. Sasuke nodded, and handed over the money. The owner of the stall placed Sasuke's purchase into a brown paper bag, and bid the two boy's good day.

Sasuke nodded in thanks, and left after Itachi to the Kazekage's mansion.

Bethany walked into the Kazekage's office with her parents and little sister. Looking around, the young woman found the place to be too bland and boring, basically just a large wooden desk. Soon her attention was drawn by the man sitting at the desk who must be the Kazekage.

Immediately, Bethany didn't like the man. Pretty much all of his body was covered by his robes, hat and face mask. The only parts of his face visible were his eyes, which had large dark circles around them, obviously from many sleepless nights. However, despite her dislike of the man, he was a Kage, and she was sure that, despite how strong she currently was, the man could crush her easily if he wanted to, and it wouldn't do to make a bad first impression. So, after her parents had greeted the man, she walked forward and bowed politely, "Ohayo, Kazekage-Sama" she said, smiling happily.

The Kazekage narrowed his eyes, then looked up to Minato and Kushina who were standing behind their daughter. "So," he said, his voice conversational, but still holding a deadly edge to it, "this is your oldest child, is it Hokage-Sama?" he asked. Minato nodded, then gestured over to his wife who was holding a board looking Kuroko in her arms. "That's right, Kazekage-Sama, my wife Kushina is holding our youngest, Kuroko" he said. The Hidden Sand Village's leader looked back down to Bethany, who was still standing in front of his desk. "Then this boy is the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki" Bethany stood stock-still, trying very hard not to flinch under the look the Kazekage was giving her. The man shrugged, then went back to his paperwork "Yashamaru, my brother in law will be here shortly to take you to Gaara" he said, dismissing them, as one would a fly that annoyed them.

Bethany almost sighed in relief, but held it back as she walked back to Kushina's side. Minato nodded, "very well, Kazekage-Sama, we shall wait here" he said. As there were no chairs, the family of four were forced to stand in the office and wait.

Gaara Sabaku sat in his bedroom clutching tight to Sabaku the bear as he waited for his uncle to get back with the other 'special' boy that he was going to be meeting. "You know that he won't accept you," Gaara jumped at his tormenters voice inside his head. "You know he'll hate you, just like all the rest" The boy shook his head, got up and walked over to his window to stare over the village. "I don't know why you even bother, I am going to break you eventually, there's nothing you can do to stop me," Gaara closed his eyes and sat on the floor of his room, bringing his knees up to his chest and holding his head with his hands covering his ears, desperately trying to keep the Sand Racoon out, but all he got in return was dark, insane laughter that made his head throb.

"stop it" he moaned, tears starting to gather in his eyes. Shukaku laughed louder, "why would I stop when it's so fun" the poor boys head felt like shattering glass, as he started to sob, "please stop it!" Gaara begged. He couldn't see, his vision was being covered by red, and he felt scared, terrified even. "Yashamaru!" he screamed, "Kaa-San! Kaa-San please, save me!"

A man with kind grey eyes and short sandy blond hair walked to the Kazekage's office. The Hokage and his family were here and he had been called by his brother-in-law to collect them and take them to meet his Nephew. The man frowned, he hated that man. Not only did he cause his precious sister to die, but he was the one responsible for Gaara's suffering! As he reached the door to the office, Yashamaru wondered on what the Hokage's son would be like.

He'd heard from the Kazekage that the boy was a young prodigy, but also very childish sometimes, though polite. He hoped that the boy would get along well with Gaara, he really did. Reaching up slowly, Yashamaru knocked on the door. Hearing the rough voiced reply of the Kazekage to enter, the young man pushed the door open and entered the office, getting his first look at the Hokage and his family. The Hokage was a young man with bright blond spiky hair, with two bangs framing his face and bright blue eyes, filed with kindness and strength. Yashamaru secretly admired the Hokage, knowing that he was everything a good leader should be and wished the Kazekage could be more like him. The second person Yashamaru noticed was a woman with violet coloured eyes, pale skin and long, vibrant red hair. She was standing next to a small girl with orange hair, (obviously a mixture of both parents hair colours) red eyes and a fierce expression on her face, though he did notice an underline of gentle kindness in her eyes.

The last person was a young boy, around Gaara's age, and looking almost exactly like the Hokage, with the spiky blond hair and bright blue eyes, though his eye and face shape were rounder compared to his father, making him look rather- cute and three whisker-like lines on each cheek. The Kazekage spoke up then, "Yashamaru, this is the Hokage and his family" he said. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Yashamaru looked at his leader, who gave an almost imperceptible shrug. So the blond man went to open the door. Upon opening, he was greeted with the sight of two boys who must be brothers. The taller and older of the two had straight black hair and black eyes, and slightly more pronounced ridges around his nose and looked to be around Nine years old. The small boy who looked to be around the Hokage's son's age had black hair and eyes just like the older boy, so he deduced that they must be siblings. The younger boy looked a lot like the older one, with his hair hanging limply to fall down his neck and frame his cheeks.

The older boy walked in while holding the younger boys hand, "sorry we're late, Hokage-Sama, Kazekage-Sama," he said, bowing to each of the village leaders, and prompting the younger boy to do the same, "I'm afraid we got a little side-tracked" he explained smoothly. Minato nodded, "that's alright Itachi-Kun, we we're just about to introduce ourselves formally to the Kazekage and his brother, so you're just in time" he said with a smile. Itachi nodded with a blank look on his face, but Bethany noticed the slight relief in Itachi's eyes, and smiled inwardly. Minato nodded, "alright I'll start, my name is Minato Namikaze, Forth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village," he indicated the red haired woman and small girl, "this is my wife, Kushina Uzumaki," the woman gave a short bow and a wide smile. He indicated the child and baby next, "my two children, my oldest, Naruto," the blond boy stepped forward and bowed, "it is a pleasure to meet you Kazekage-Sama, Yashamaru-San" Minato nodded his approval at his politeness, "and my youngest, Kuroko" the small girl just waved.

Next he turned to the two black-haired boys, "these are two of my son's friends, the oldest one is Itachi Uchiha," Itachi bowed to Yashamaru and the Kazekage, "and the younger boy is his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha" Sasuke blushed and hid behind his brother, "um, n-nice to meet you" he mumbled shyly. The Kazekage nodded, then turned to Yashamaru, "take them to see Gaara" he said bluntly. The sandy blond nodded, turning to his guests, "follow me please" he said with a gentle smile on his face.

Meanwhile, Gaara was struggling to keep the sand from lashing out, even as his mind was weakening from the pain both in his head and in his heart. "Yashamaru, Yashamaru please-" he whispered, in too much pain to even scream properly. Shukaku smirked, "see, this is what I mean, neither your precious Yashamaru nor your mother are coming to save you, they don't want you!"

"no," he managed to get out, he was so tired, "no, it can't be- true" he begged, hoping someone would come and say it was a lie. Just then, a huge burst of pain ripped through Gaara's head, causing him scream out in pure agony.

Thankfully for Gaara, Yashamaru, Minato, Kushina and the children were close enough to his bedroom that all of them heard the scream. "Gaara!" Yashamaru cried, running up to his Nephew's bedroom as fast as his legs would take him, the three children right behind him. Itachi was running because the scream sounded like a child's, and he wasn't one to let any child suffer, Sasuke because it sounded like someone was being murdered, and Bethany was running because she recognised the scream as Gaara's and she was worried and wanted to know if he was alright.

The six of them burst through the door to a whirlwind of sand. Bethany shielded her face as she caught sight of the small red-haired boy writhing in agony on the floor, screaming his lungs out. 'Damn you, Shukaku' she thought. "Gaara!" Yashamaru yelled over the roar, forcing his way through the storm to get to his Nephew. Fortunately or unfortunately, Bethany got to him first. Though the sand cut her flesh, she pushed her way through until she was right in front of him. Grabbing him into her arms, she held him tight yet gently. "Gaara, it's alright, he won't hurt you again, not while I'm here, shh" she whispered softly.

He must have heard her because he relaxed in her arms and the sand calmed down. The four year old boy opened his eyes to see Bethany's bright blue ones staring back at him. He sat up quickly, "w-who are you?" he asked, scared. Bethany smiled, "my name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Fox, It's nice to meet you, Gaara" she said gently. "N-Nine Tails? Then, you're the boy Yashamaru told me about?" he asked, beginning to calm down. Bethany nodded, as said blond haired man came over to check his Nephew. Soon, everyone's attention was on the red-haired boy and his uncle, so Sasuke took Bethany to the side.

The boy smiled gently, and gave her a small box, "here, this is for you, Naruto," he said as she took it, "it's why Itachi and I were late before, I stopped to get it for you" he said, blushing a little. When she opened the box, Bethany gasped. Sasuke had gotten a necklace for her. It was a silver fox on a choker. The fox's one tail was wrapped around an opal, which was Naruto's birthstone. But what really amazed her was that it had an Aquamarine for an eye, and Sasuke didn't even know that that was her birthstone. Sasuke took the necklace from her hands and put it around her neck, "I wanted to get something for you, to show how thankful I was for your love, and this caught my eye" he whispered into her ear from behind her.

"I hope you like it, Naruto" Bethany smiled happily and kissed the boy gently, "I love it Sasuke, thank you" she whispered back. Sasuke ran his hands through Bethany's hair, including the longer second layer that she kept hidden under her clothes. When they broke apart for air, Bethany noticed Gaara watching them curiously, and blushed, turning away. Gaara frowned, cocking his head to the side cutely. Turning back to Yashamaru, he asked: "what were those two boys doing to each other's mouths?" Minato and Kushina sweat-dropped, Itachi smirked, Kuroko fell to the ground anime-style, Sasuke blinked and Bethany turned bright red.

'Oh boy,' she thought, 'this is going to be a long night'.

To Be Continued