Hey guys, back quickly because I wanted to put this out before FCAT, damn standardized tests. Now, I really wanted to establish Fubuki's summon animal background, and the sum up those little hints I cast about her history with her family.

Now let us enter into the mind of a summon animal… But first a little recap.

Recap

'What is that girl? To be able to hide such killer intent from me as well as the whole crowd… What happened to her eyes? Is she a Jinchuuriki?'

Gaara had no idea, but he was determined to find out. He walked up and was forming seals he had learned from a medic nin, it was used to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder sort out their memories. He placed a hand on her head and was determined to see her past, she grabbed his arm and her eyes widened with alarm as it was placed on her head and then Gaara was bombarded with images.

Fubuki's Mindscape

Gaara landed in a dark place, wisps of smoke surrounding the ceiling, obscuring it from view. He looked around curiously, asking himself, for what other reason, other than being maltreated all her life, would a young happy girl have a dank cave as her mindscape. He was shaken out of his thoughts as he heard a wolf howl. He walked toward the dark spot that he heard the distressed howl come from.

Slowly it became lighter and he saw three wolves. A male wolf, almost Gaara's height stood growling, the male's golden mane was standing on edge in anger as he cornered two other wolves, two females. One was stood as tall as his neck, snow white fur that shone brightly, even in the dim light, and the other was definitely a cub, barely coming up to his knee and her fur had much less luster, though it was the same snow white as the larger female.

He stood still, and as the med nin had told him, as memories play out, he could do nothing to interfere or risk mentally damaging the person forever. He saw as the male wolf got closer to the females.

"You whore, how dare you even think of bringing this weak pup into my range sight!" Growled the male wolf angrily, claws digging into the ground he walked on.

"Don't you say that about our daughter! Fubuki is your heir whether you like it or not! Those damn sons of yours a-" The large female wolf growled right back, the smaller female cub got behind her mother.

Gaara stared at the young cub in amazement, 'It can't be… That girl, Fubuki… she's a wolf?'

But he sprung forward as soon as the male wolf lunged at the large female when she spoke of sons and forced himself to stop before he interfered. He grit his teeth as he saw the male wolf slash his claws at the large female's muzzle before tackling her and ripping her throat out with his teeth. Fubuki let out a high-pitched mix between an angry bark and a distressed whine before she growled and attacked the large male. She bit his muzzle hard and paws were frenzied as she clawed at his eyes.

The male howled out loudly as blood poured down from his now ruined eyes and he flung the young cub away. Three other male golden wolves entered and attacked her as her form began to change into one of a baby.

"You're a bitch, just like your damn mother," the largest, now blind, male wolf growled as the scene before Gaara brightened considerably.

Gaara shielded his eyes and hissed as the bright light stung at his eyes. When he reopened them and blinked out the stubborn spots, he was in the middle of a meadow, wolf packs were gathered around a huge boar corpse, the dead boar was as big as his office at the Kazekage tower. He searched for Fubuki's snow white fur among the dark grays, browns, and blacks. When he finally spotted her, he was disgusted. The three wolves that had attacked her in the previous memory Gaara had watched, were shifting their forms into those of three young men. One stomped on her neck to keep her down as the others kicked her.

"You won't live to be heir you damn mongrel!" One shouted angrily.

"We'll make sure of it!" The other two shouted.

The other wolves were turning a blind eye, though many were tense, fur bristling angrily as they chewed their meat. Gaara grit his teeth and bit his lip so hard blood began to flow from his lip. Then everything shifted; the smell of decay and dead bodies hitting his senses, and suddenly Fubuki was lying on her stomach and looking up at a bloodied Nara Shikamaru, a summoning contract in his trembling hands.

"Wh-Who are you?" Fubuki's voice trembled.

"I-I am Nara Shikamaru, the new holder of the wolf summoning contract. Wh-What happened to you, you look so messed up?" Shikamaru kneeled down, careful not to irritate his wounds anymore than he had already done.

He stroked Fubuki's ears lightly and Fubuki whimpered quietly. Then med nins rushed onto the scene, they kneeled next to the bloodied man, and began checking him over at that very moment.

"Look her over as well?" Shikamaru asked staring kindly at the wolf.

They nodded and Fubuki looked uncomfortable as they ran their hands, gleaming green with healing chakra over her white fur. Though she soon relaxed and let them carry on. Shikamaru, his wounds wrapped, picked up the larger than average wolf, and slung her carefully over his shoulder as he began to introduce himself in more detail.

The scene faded once again and he looked around to see the familiar meadow again. He growled as he saw the wolves circling Fubuki. Sneering and calling her a whore for going to the 'ninken' world. She just lashed out and two of them were blinded.

"I am no whore. I am Fubuki Ishiteki, daughter of Kitsui Ishiteki, the alpha female, murdered by that golden bastard Akki Akuin, whom I had the pleasure of gouging his eyes out as I have yours!" Fubuki shouted, her canines grinding together ferociously.

Then the golden three pushed their way through the shocked crowd of wolves.

"You slut, we'll put you in your place!" The three shouted.

"Akuhei, Akujou, and Akuji," Fubuki spat as if the names were something nasty in her mouth.

Then they charged her from behind and one of them kept her down with their forelegs as she screamed, hollered, and struggled. Gaara looked on confused as the largest one of them circled around to her backside.

'What is he doing?!' Gaara didn't know what was happening until it rang out in his mind.

His eyes widened as he forgot the rules of the mind and ran forward kicking the wolf away from Fubuki as the sick bastard tried to enter her. Everything faded and then he was in a white hallway, doors running up and down it as Fubuki in her wolf form shifted into her human form.

"You're not supposed to be here!" Fubuki yelled out at him, "No one is supposed to be here! No one is supposed to know what those bastards did to me!"

Tears began to run down her cheeks as she balled her petite hands into fists. Gaara looked on with pity in his eyes, and for that a small hand with a lot of force behind it smashed into his cheek. He reeled back from the sheer shock of a little girl being able to punch that hard.

"Don't you dare look at me with eyes of pity!" Fubuki choked out.

Gaara just looked at her and pet her head lightly, "I'm sorry…"

Fubuki just dropped to her knees and cried. Gaara frowned and lifted the child up to try and comfort her.

"Get out."

Gaara looked confused before he felt himself being forcefully pulled out of Fubuki's mind. He clung to her to keep inside her mind, the pulling stopped.

"Please, leave me alone," Fubuki muttered miserably.

Gaara shook his head and rocked the small girl. Fubuki stopped crying and just stared emotionlessly at the ceiling.

Gaara set her down carefully, "I apologize for intruding Fubuki-san, I hope that I will be forgiven."

"Nm. Gaara-sama, leave my head promptly and promise never to use the jutsu you used on me on anyone I considered a dear person and I will forgive you." Fubuki said quietly.

Gaara raised his thumb to his mouth, bite down hard on it, drawing blood. He kneeled and wrote, 'I promise' in blood before he left.

Fubuki smiled at the gesture and waved her hand over it, the blood became as if it were engraved in the floor.

During Gaara's Visit To Fubuki's Mindscape

Matsuri ran up and screamed as both Gaara's and Fubuki's bodies crumpled to the floor. All the blood ran out of Akoaiji's face as he ran over to Fubuki. He began to shake her lightly.

"Fubuki! Fubuki! Please! What's wrong?! Fubuki wake up!" Akoaiji shouted himself hoarse trying to awake the young girl as Matsuri and Kawari attempted the same thing with the red head nearby.

Doctors ran up and tried to take Fubuki and Gaara, Matsuri helped them lift up Gaara, while Akoaiji fought tooth and nail to keep the doctors away from Fubuki.

"You can't take her!" He yelled out at them his arms were wrapped protectively around the girl and he bore his teeth.

His shouting attracted the attention of the two people able to calm him down. Shikamaru and Ino both fought their way through the crowd and past the doctors to where Akoaiji had bitten a man to force him back.

"Akoaiji! Calm down right now!" Shikamaru commanded sternly.

Akoaiji stopped his snarling, but his arms remained around Fubuki. He looked away from Shikamaru and locked eyes with the woman he considered a mother. Ino almost cried at the look in his eyes. There was fear, panic, worry, anger, and just about every other negative emotion he could show. Ino knew none of it was aimed at her, but to see his eyes like that… It reminded her of the maltreated boy he once was.

She scooped the children up and Akoaiji relaxed even more, his arms now loosely around the girl he had been holding. Ino sighed and smiled softly at the two while the doctors looked on amazed that she and Shikamaru could soothe the savage beast. Fubuki's eyes then began to blink open as she looked around and just clung to Akoaiji. Akoaiji just cocked his head to one side but held on as well, not wanting her to feel uncomfortable.

The four heard the high pitched squeal as Matsuri tackled Gaara and smothered him with kisses to his face, some of the women in the gathered crowd growing very envious. Everything calmed down and the crowd began to dissipate as the children split up their earnings. Fubuki though, still held onto Akoaiji, albeit, holding his hand or clinging to his arm, not that the boy seemed to mind.

Gaara, Matsuri, Kawari, Shikamaru, Ino, Fubuki, and Akoaiji all walked together to the center stage where the honors were going to be given. Gaara and Shikamaru made sure everyone was together before heading to the stage.

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The young pale assassin cocked his head as he saw the amount of money his new boss was giving him.

"So, I just have to disregard Kabuto's orders, kidnap three kids, and give them to you? That's it?" He said, positioning himself carefully near a window in case things went sour.

"That is all," spoke the figure, he was smirking happily. He was missing an arm and eye, but he had no fear of this young boy knowing his identity.

"And, I will even help you to disappear from Kabuto's range of sight, which I think you know spreads very far," The man said quietly, yet with force.

The young man suddenly looked panicky, "H-He can see us right now?"

The older man let out an ugly bark of laughter, "Of course not you idiot!"

The young man bit his lip, but finally nodded, "Yes Danzo-Sama, I will do your bidding."

"Good boy," Danzo said darkly, "Now Ikaru, the names of the children are, as of recent information, Kawari, Akoaiji, and Fubuki, though she may be in the form of a wolf."

"Do you understand your assignment?" Danzo barked out the question.

"Hai Danzo-sama, get in, wait for an opportunity, get the kids, get out, bring them here, and the mission is done," Ikaru said obediently.

Danzo's smirk grew wider, "Good Ikaru, and if the children are here within three days, I'll even free your fiancé from Kabuto."

Ikaru tensed and bowed lowly, "Hai Danzo-sama."

Danzo nodded and dismissed him before turning around and chuckling evilly, 'that small promise made that idiot boy completely loyal…'

"Too bad when those kids arrive, he'll just be a used tool. Not worth anymore of my time, and he shall be disposed of."

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Everyone watched intently as Gaara came up the stairs from behind the stage and began to speak.

"Welcome all," Gaara said as he poured chakra into his voice, causing it to amplify and carry over the huge crowd gathered around the stage.

"My people, exactly one year ago, on this very field, the sound attacked us unexpectedly, and we suffered in battle due to that," Gaara said in a solemn tone.

He looked out to his people to see many eyes downcast and many muscled tensed, so he continued.

"Even then, we had thought we were about to lose everything when a brave friend of mine, Suna Jounin Matai, took the over command of the western front as I led a backlash against those attacking from the north and east," Gaara saw the citizens brighten and cheer both his and Matai's name.

"Alas, Matai was wounded, and we were once again pushed back," Gaara saw anger flare in many of the soldiers in the crowd that were on the front.

"Then when all hope was almost utterly destroyed by the sound bastards, our allies from the leaf came to help us," Gaara looked out and got a mixed response.

Some cheered, some looked at their feet, but the majority looked honorably at Naruto and his friends who sat nearest to the stage.

Gaara signaled back to Shikamaru as he spoke once again, "Here today we have the current Kage of the Leaf Village, Naruto Namikaze, also known playfully as 'The Demon of the Leaf'," Naruto blanched at that, but chuckled in the end, " 'The Blind Terror' although I assure you he is not blind." Gaara cleared up before Neji was bombarded with questions after the speech.

"I am also a bit saddened to hear that the final Uchiha is not in our presence, but for good reason," Gaara continued as Shikamaru finally took his place beside him, "But here is the great strategist in their ranks, one man that if he had not given his strategic knowledge to our own advisors, I doubt we would be standing here free."

He moved aside and Shikamaru paled considerably as Gaara and the whole village before him stared at him intently.

'He didn't tell me I had to speak at this!' Shikamaru thought as he cleared his throat.

"Ah-hem, hello again residents of Suna, it is an honor to see that as a lowly strategist, I am still held in high regard," Shikamaru said jokingly, hoping not to do anything stupid.

He sweatdropped as there was complete silence and was about to apologize when everyone in the crowd broke out in peels of laughter. He sighed and continued on with things that just randomly popped into his mind, soon enough the ceremony was over and he was walking down with Gaara from the stage.

Ino ran up and embraced him smiling happily. Shikamaru felt as if he was soaring as he returned the embrace with vigor, picking her up off the ground and twirling her around. Fubuki and Akoaiji both joined in as well, to anyone they would look like family… a very strange family, but family.

Naruto smiled softly as his arm tightened around Hinata, his mother stood back and watched them all, giggling and smiling as if they were all her children. Neji was actually holding Sokkou, as he had finally given into the two year olds demands. Ten-Ten cooed over the small baby, making Sokkou beam happily.

Gaara looked on and his stomachs did uncomfortable flips, he stood back away from the group, just observing, before he felt two slender arms wrap around his torso as a head came to rest on his back. He froze for a second and looked back, Matsuri was looking back up at him and she smiled.

Then he saw it, a light in her eyes that was there ever since the day he began to train her. It was so captivating, so calming, yet it made his heart pound wildly, almost as if it were going to break his ribs. He turned in her arms, placed a hand on her cheek, and using his thumb, stroked her cheek softly.

Matsuri's eyes now showed determination, she opened her mouth to speak, "Gaara, I've known you for a long time now, and I want you to know I l-"

She was cut off as Kawari crashed into them and sent all three of them rolling onto the ground. Dust was kicked up everywhere; people were coughing, sputtering, and cursing. Finally when it all cleared thanks to a Jyuuken spin that got rid of the dust, something was missing. Gaara looked around desperately and saw that Shikamaru was having the same problem.

The children were gone.

Gaara helped Matsuri up and began hollering loudly for the children as Ikaru leapt away, a hogtied child over each shoulder and one in his arms.

'Lila, I'm coming,' He thought determinedly as he ran quickly with the children, farther and father away from Sunagakure.

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Le gasp! TWO villains?! One tragically misled fool in love?! A CLIFF HANGER?!?!? Oh, I love twists. Don't you? Well, trust me, the outcome is something strange. Well, remember, reviews make cliffhangers go away faster. : )

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